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BEE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
THIRTIETH YEAR
12 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1919
12 PAGES
VOL. XXX., NO. 106
GUESS TO
START PROBE
OF FOODSTUFF
PRICES TODAY
Leaders Plan Immediate
Consideration of Legisla
tive Recommendations
Made by Wilson
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Congress
tomorrow begins actual consideration
of high cost of living problems. Plans
have been made by leaders for imme
diate consideration of the legislative
recommendations made by President
Wilson in his address and the cost of
living questions promises this week
to overshadow even the peace treaty
and many other Important affairs at
the capitol. " '
Work for several days will be in the
hands of committees. The house agri
cultural committee will take up a bill
for government regulation of cold stor
age facilities. Chairman Cummins of
the senate Interstate commerce com
mittee is expected to announce a spec
ial sub-committee to consider the
president's proposals for regulation of
foodstuffs entering interstate com
merce, including .federal licensing of
interstate corporations. Tuesday the
senate agricultural committee meets to
consider the wheat prices, extension of
food control law and similar questions.
Chairman Gronna and national grange
leaders ?!an a statement early t'.iis
week gtvirg the farmers' side of prob
lems now under discussion. All sen
ators from agricultural states have
been invited to the ireeting Tuesday.
Hear Labor . en Again
With jurisdiction Over the railroad
brotherhoods' demands for increased
wages to meet living costs, shifted
from congress to the president and
director general of railroads, the house
interstate commerce committee tomor
row win resume hearings on organized
labor's railroad bill. Glenn E. Plumb,
author of :be measure, is expected to
conclude his statement tomorrow and
will be followed by A. B. Garretson,
chief of the conductors' brotherhood.
Other advocates of the Plumb plan
ami opponents will be heard later.
Spirited debate on the high cost of
living questions is expected in the sen
ate tomorrow. Senator Reed, Mis
souri, and McKellar, Tennessee, demo
crats, have announced addresses on the
subject and others are in preparation.
The peace treaty and league of na
tions are not to go into total eclipse
in the senate.' " '
Lodge to Analyze Treaty
Republican Leader lodge Thursday
will Oliver an extensive analysis of
international problems and other
speeches are to follow. Secretary
Lansing tomorrow will resume his tes
timony on the peace negotiations anil
related subjects before the foreign re
lations committee. He probably will
rrad a prepared statement on his nego
uation of the Lansing-IfihU agreement
which fined Japan's special interest
is China and reaffirmed the "open
rtor" policy. The commitee also is
evpeted to receive a communication
from President Wilson in response to
rrnur&is for data and documents on
ih negotiations in Paris.
Republican lexers snid today the
rnrt of the committees teliberations on
the treaty was not in sight, despite
demand, for eu-ly ratification ss a
means of insurir. peace and aiding in
the solution of living cost problems.
Some republicans are insisting that no
anion Ho taken on the treaty until
i"olonl House can appear before the
' vmmiUoe.
TO SUPPORT ACTORS
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Aug. 10. In an effort
to obtain support of stage hands and
musicians in the strike of the Actors'
Kquity association, wnich has closed 10
New York theaters the actors will
i-onfer tomorrow norning with of
ficials of the other tvo unions.
In what is said was an effort to
make clear the causes which led to the
strike the Producing Managers' Pro
tective association tonight issued a
lengthy statement reviewing all nego
tiations that led up to the strike. The
atement announced the theaters would
be reopened.
The fundamental cause of the disa
greement, said the statement, was the
eight peprformance clause. This the
managers said, was a demand they
could not comply with.
Tne Forty-fourth street theater to
night was added to the list of play
houses closed by the strike.
Actors tonight greeted with cheers
an address by John Drew, who an
nounced his nephews, Lionel and Jack
Karrymore, had requested him to notify
the strikers that they were "with the
Actors' Equity association." He also
read a letter from Ethel Barrymore in
which she allied herself with the or
, ganization.
Officials of the Actors' union said
they had received word from Al Jolson,
from Atlantic City today that he was
willing to aid the strikers in any way
he could.
RED CROSS FIXES
CAMPAIGN DATES
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The fall
campaign of the American Red Cross
to enroll members for 1920 and to
raise 115,000,000 to enable the organi
sation to complete its war obligations
at home and abroad will open Novem
ber 3 and close armistice day, No
vember 11, it was announced today by
Dr. Livingston Farrand, chairman of
the Red Cross executive committee.
NOTED PAINTER IS DEAD
NEW YORK, Aug. 10. Ralph A.
Ulakelock, whose power as a painter
was recognized only after he had been
committed to the Middletown asylum
for the insane, died yesterday at a
jCamp in the Adirondacks, according to
word raceived heretoday.
Angeleans Trod
Decks Of Giant
. Fighters J0f Sea
LOS ANGELES HARBOR, Aua--10.
Residents of Los Angeles and
other nearby towns and cities to
day trod decks of an American
dreadnaught for the first time
when they visited this port and
went abroad the vessels of Admiral
Hugh Rodman's Pacific fleet.
, Inaide the harbor the visitors
saw the slim, sleek destroyers, the
lesser battleships and the cruisers.
Lying at anchor off the harbor
were the first line battleships
New Mexico, flagship; New York,
Mississippi, Texas, Wyoming and
Arkansas and two huge fuel ships.
All were visited with the excep
tion of the New Mexico which was
practically closed to visitors be
cause of the great amount of of
ficial business that had to be car
ried on from the flagship.
REPORTED ATTACK
01 BORDER PATROL
AIRPLANES DENIED
' YUMA, Aug. 10. Reports that Mexi
can soldiers yesterday had fired on
American airplanes of the border pa
trol near Andrada, Lower California,
six miles west of here, were denied
tonight by S. N. Cromwe'J, who spent
all of yesterday within 1,000 yards of
the scene of the reported clash.
Mr. Cromwell, general superintend
ent of construction of an irrigation
work on the Colorado river declared
many men employed on the work had
heard unusual noises from the border
patrol airplanes as they flew over on
their way back from Yuma to Rock
well Field, San Diego, and he attrib
uted reports that the airplanes had
been firs on to these. He said the
noises sounded to him like the motors
were backfiring but that they might
have been caused by practice shots
fired by the aviators from the machine
guns on the planes.
He said "absolutely no shots were
fired from the ground near the scene
of the reported clash at any time yes
terday cn either side of the interna
tional boundary line. The border pa
trol airplanes did not fire any shots
at anyone either. I was on the scene
when they came over from San Diego
and when they went back and I
watched them. You know down here
in Yuma airplanes are not a usual
thing yet, and we all turn out to watch
them. And they certainly did not fire
at anybody near Andrada yesterday."
SAN s DIEGO, Aug. 10. When in
formed tonight of a report originating
in Yuma that Mexican federals had
fired tB' twov airplanes of "the United
States border patrol at Andrada. Lower
California. Saturday, Colonel J. P.
Hanlon. commanding officer at the
army aviation station, Rockwell Field
here, expressed doubt of such an in
cident. The planes supposed to have
been fired on were from Rockwell
Field., i .j , .
. "I spoke with Lieutenant Puryear.
who handled one of the machines used
in the patrol Saturday and he did not
report any attack," said Col.'. Hanlon.
"The other plane did not leave Yuma
Saturday,. the return flight being de
layed on account of engine trouble.
"f think it is very improbable that
such an attack was made. " The air
planes used in the patrol of the bord
between Yuma and San Diego are f.-jm
Rockwell Field, Two planes make the
round trip each day." " .
CIUiillY-
PLOT OVERTAKE! 0
EVE OF LAUNCHING
Republican A. P. Leased Wire'
EL PASO, Aug. 10. A plot to have
the Chihuahua City garrison revolt
against the Carranza commanders and
join Villa Friday was discovered early
Wednesday morning and a large num
ber of federal officers and soldiers, in
cluding o.ie brevet general, were placed
in the federal penitentiary." charged
with inciting a mutiny, according to
American and Mexican passengers ar
riving from Chihuahua City today.
The passengers said they heard shot
fired in the patio of the penitentiary
before they left and said this started
rumors in the state capital that the
leaders of the mutiny had been exe
cuted although this was not confirmed
when they left for the border, they
said. Ail telegrams and mail is being
closely censored out of Chihuahua City,
they sa.id, to prevent news of the at
tempted revolt reaching other parts of
the sta;:e where federal troops are Sta
tioned. One of the passengers estimat
ed the number of federal prisoners in
the penitentiary, arrested following the
discovery of the plot ,to be 1,000, in
cluding many officers from the rank
of sub-lieutenant to brevet general but
this is considered here to be an exag
erated estimate of the number of ar
rests. ;
The plot, which had been planned
for several weeks, was discovered
when two of the leaders went to Jim
enez add Santa Rosalia to induce the
garrisons there to revolt. An effort
was made to have a colonel named
Hernandez join the revolt as he had
been deprived of his command by Gen
eral Manuel Dieguez recently. Instead
of joining the plot, he telegraphed to
General Enrique Martinez, chief of
staff to General Dieguez, giving the
details of the plot as it was revealed
to him, Arrests of the leaders in Chi
huahua City and Santa Rosalia fol
lowed, ' according to the reports
brought to the border today.
The plan was to have the garrison
mutiny against the loyal .officers at
revelle Friday morning, send a courier
to Villa, telling him to come and assume
command of the troops and accept the
surrender of the city, the passengers
said. A federal colonel, learning of the
discovery of the plan early Wednesday,
escaped with his command of 850 men j
and is reported to be marching to join I
Villa fiouth of Parrel, these reports 1
stated. ' Loyal troops are said to be
pursuing the battalion and trains have j
been annulled to prevent them from j
capturing a train and making their es-
cape.
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Attorney General -Palmer
Directs AH Former State
Food , Directors to Reap
point Committee to Give
Public Correct Quotations
on Foodstuffs
FLAGSTAFF, Aug. 10. Relue
tanca to undertake the work of
reviving the food price commit
tee operated under him while he
was state food administrator was
expressed tonight by T. A. Rior
dan of Flagstaff. A long telegram
from A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney
general of the United States, re
ceived tonight, requested Mr. Rior
dan to undertake this and other
work looking, to lowering of the
high cost of living.
"It is undecided whether 1 can
undertake the work," Mr. Riordan
said. "I prefer rot t do so, and
hope ome other resident of Ari
zona ma;, be found to undertake
if
' WASETSrOTOX. Aug. 10.- At tori.
General Wmer started today o as
certain how much of Hie high cost of
living is due to excessive profits by
retailers.
In a telegram to all state food admin
istrators who worked with administra
tor Hoover during the war, the attor
ney general requested appointment of
a fair price committee in each county
to investigate what is being charged
for retail necessities, and if in excess
of what the committee leaders think
just, to publish a list of fair prices for
guidance of the-public.
This is the "extra legal" means of
reaching profiteering which Mr. Pal
mer recently indicated was under con
sideration. He has frankly admitted
from the start that there was no means
to prosecute directly a man guilty of
extortion in prices. Retailers gouging
the ultimate consumer will have to be
disciplined by public sentiment, which
officials have no doubt is sufficiently
alert to act vigorously in clear-cut
of- Laws for Hoarders
Hoarders, on the other hand, can be
reached 'through the war-time food
laws or the Sherman act, and Mr.
Palmer requested the state food ad
ministrators to transmit to hira any
evidence, of hoarding or other violations
of the law which they might encounter
in their work, with the promise that
the government's law enforcement ma
chinery would act promptly.
"There is a pressing necessity for
restoration of normal conditions," Mr.
Palmer's telegram said, requesting the
men who did such effective work dur
ing the war to take up the burden
again. They were asked to serve with
out compensation, the attorney general
believing that the public service to be
performed now is as important as when
the country was engaged in hostilities,
and" that nd patriotic citizen would re
fuse the call.
The attorney general's telegram fol
lows: "In order to secure accurate Infor
mation relative to charges of profiteer
ing by dealers in necessary commodi
ties It-is the desire of the government
to ascertain whether or not such deal
ers are making more than a fair mar
gin of profit Will you assist in your
state by requesting those persons who
have been county food administrators
under your jurisdiction to appoint fair
price committees, including one re
tailer of groceries, one of dry goods,
a representative of the producers, of
organized labor, of housewives, two or
three representatives of the public gen
erally, also a wholesaler, when prac
ticable? Follow War-Time Plan -
"Please request them to pursue ap
proximately the same inquiry with ref
erence to food products and In the or
dinary necessities in dry goods and
clothing that were pursued by your fair
price committees tinder the food ad
ministration act. This committee will
be an extra legal body, without power
to summon witnesses or fix prices. It
is requested, however, to ascertain the
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GREAT AMERICAN
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Tomorrow
Gives Remedy
For Increased
Living Costs
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. "To
work and to save" is the remedy
for the increasing cost of living
pointed out today by the federal
reserve board.
In reply to an inquiry from the
senate banking committee, asking
if it was advisable to attempt con
traction of currency by legislation
in the hope of reducing prices.
Governor Harding wrote Chairman
McLean that growth in the volume
of circulating nott-e was the effect
and not the cause of advancing
wages and prices and that the war
period of finance would not be over
until government obligations, now
carried by the banks, were ab
sorbed through the actual savings
of the people. !
Strong censure of strikes and v. ...
..travagance was implied in Mr.
Harding's letter, which did not.
however, undertake to blame any
one section cf th population, but
j, referred to the nation as a whole,
especially to the relaxation of
economics practiced during the
war and the purchase now of
non-essential artUsles by persons
enjoying large incomes for the
first time.
"The federal reserve believes
any currency legislation at this
time unnecessary and undesirable,"
Mr. Harding wrote, "and would
suggest that whether viewed from
an economic of financial stand
point tns rjmedy for the present
situation in the nama, nsmg-iy,-- ts
work and to save; to Work egu
iarly and efficiently, ;r '.cder to
produce and deliver the largest
possible volume cr commodities
nd to exercise reasonable econo
mies in order that money, goods
and services may be devoted pri
marily to the licuidation of debt
and to the satisfaction of the de
mand for necessities, rather than
to indulge in extravagances or
gratification of desire for lux
uries." PIlliTELLS
OF ITALY'S DESIRES
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
ROME, Aug. 10. Francisco Nitti,
the Italian premier, in art interview
today dealt at length with Italy's ef
forts In the war and her ambitions for
the future. Particular stress was laid
by the premier on Italy's desire for
closer economic, relations with the
United States. He declared Italy was
ripe for exploitation by Americswi busi
ness. "I find no difficulty with speaking
plainly," said Signor Nittt to the cor
respondent. "Having been in America
and seen the work that America has
done in all baanches of human en
deavor, I know something of the great
institutions that shs has built up, in
dustrially, socially and politically, It
is therefore with a feeling of great
pleasure that I communicate to Ameri
cans this message as the head of the
Italian government.
"There is no coniliet of interest be
tween us. We are today two democ
racies, striving for a still further,
realization of the benefits, of free gov
ernments." SIX INJURED IN AUTO CRASH
DENVER, Aug. 10. -Six persons were
injured, one seriously, when a sight
seeing automobile collided with another
machine here today. Mrs. Emma
Strickmier of Cincinnati, Ohio, was
badly injured tibout the head, and her
son, Ralph, and Slaughter, Dorothea,
were hurt t. Cobb of Oklahoma City
sustained an Injury to his back ; Charles
D. Gray, guest at a Denver hotel, is
in a hospital vith both arms and two
ribs fractured, and Attorney General
Brown of Denver was cut and bruised.
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' WILL CONTINUE STRIKE
ATLANTA, Ga A'!'? 10 After m
all-day session, during which nppeM
were made to them by grand lodge of
ficers to order all strikers to return to
work, members of the. Atlantic district
council. Federated Railway Shopmen,
tonight announced they had reached a
Cct'iskin to continue the strike here un
til t'$ original demands were met.
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HOME
Ill
HE IUDH5T
SS DESPATCH
Pressure from Entente Is Re
sponsible for Withdrawal
of Army, Berlin Report
Indicates Invaders Are
Disgruntled May Cause
Trouble Later
UKRLIX, Aug. 10 By the Associ
ated Press) Retii-ement from Buda
pest of the Rumanian army, owing to
i ressure from the entente, is probable
but it will be a sullen withdrawal, bod
ing no good for the future, according
to dispatches from the Hungarian cap
ital. A big national Hungarian army is
planned to koep order after the Ru
manians leave. This army will consist
of six divisions.
The Rumanians are known to be dis
gruntled and angry at the Hungarians,
the Austrians and the entente but they
are not alffne in this state of mind, for
sharp differences of opinion alread
are manifesting themselves among the
Hungarians, Austrians and represen
tatives of tl.e entente. Even ihe Czechs
in. Plague are balking and the Hun
garians are frankly -"-ied, believing
return cf a monarchy inevitable.
On the contrary Archduke Joseph's
advisor Count Stefan Bethlen says a
correspondent has declared again that
the new government will be composed
of representatives of all classes ; and
that the future cabinet will restore or
der. The correspondent adds Count
Bethlen still fails to answer directly
the question whether there will lie a
monarchy preferring to pass the re
sponsibility to the new government.
The provisional premier, Stephen
Freidrich, has issued a proclamation
to the Budapest population urging it
not to use developments of the situa
tion for racial persecution. No news
paper in Budapest is publishing, owing
to a paper shortage.
Workmen in various Budapest fac
tories have voted to return to work at
less pay than was guaranteed them
by the soviet government.
LASTING TRIBUTES
TO THE LATE FIRST
AMERICAN PLANNED
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Aug. 10. The Roose
velt iMtfmorlal association announced
today arrangements practically had
been completed for the campaign to
raise funds for erection of a monu
ment at Washington and establish
ment of a public park at Oyster Bay
in honor of the ex-president.
Regional conferences at which state
chairmen and committees will meet to
consider plans will be held in Dallas,
Texas, and other cities. The Dallas
meeting will take place August ,19.
AUSTRALIAN GIRLS WIN HONORS
CHICAGO, Aug. 10. Miss Fannie
Durack and Wilhelmina Wylie, Aus
tralian swimming stars, who yesterday
refused to enter competitive events,
today won two of the five events for
women. Miss Betty Grimes, Minneap
olis A. C, won the national A. A. U.
senior women's high diving champion
ship. The Duluth boat club's four
oared crew won from the Lincoln park
boat club and the Duluth club's swim
mers won the women's relay race. To
day's program closed the second an
nual public water carnival of the Chi
cago Athletic association.
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STREET CAR WORKERS STRIKE
CHARLOTTE, N. C, Aug. 10. Winston-Salem
and Charlotte, N. C and
Greenville and Anderson, S. C, were
without street car service today fol
lrfwing the strike of. motormen and
conductors announced at 2 o'clock this
morning. No disorder occurred during
the day.
FIVE DIE WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO
LAWTON. Mich., Aug. 10. Five per
sons, a man, woman and three chil
dren, were killed when a Michigan
central passenger train struck the
ajjtomolule in which they were riding
here today.
PLUMB PLAN FOR CONTROL
OF RAILS IS RADICALLY
SOCIALISTIC SAYS TAFT
Would Prevent Soviet System From Ob
taining Even A Toe-Hold In This
Country Strongly Opposed
To Proposal
(Republican Associated Press Leased Wirej ,
CINCINNATI, August 10. "It is radically socialis
tic and ought to be fought," William H. Taft said of the
Plumb plan for administration of the railroads, in a state
ment here today. .
"I very much disapprove of the plan. I am almost
certain the republicans will oppose the Plumb plan and I
hope the democrats too. We should not let the soviet
system obtain even a toe-hold in America," he said. '
CALL MEETING
0FSHOPMENT0
FIX POLICY 1
STRIKE ISSUES
Convention Will Be Held at
j Chicago Thursday to Get
Views of Workers in All
Sections of U. S.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10. A call for a
convention of representatives of the
striking railway shopmen of the coun
try; to be held here next Thursday, to
determine definitely what action shall
be taken, was issued today by the Chi
cago district council of the Federated
Railway Shopmen, which called the
strike August 1, in defiance of the in
ternational officers of the shop crafts
unions.
This decision was reached as a re
sult of conferences held yesterday by
some of the international officers and
representatives of the council and
strikers. :
The strike has been declared illegal
by the international officers. It was
called by the Chicago district council,
whose officers declared such was the
wish of the rank and file because the
international officers had failed to ob
tain a settlement since 'demands for
85 cents an hour for mechanics and 60
cents for helpers were presented last
February to the rail administration.
The council has stood for a continua
tion of the strike until their demands
should be granted. . Its secretary sent
a telegram to President Wilson re
fusing to order the men to return.
L. M. Hawver, president of the dis
trict council, said 200 telegrams were
sent today to railroad centers request
ing that the men sund delegates who
would reflect the attitude of the shop
workers.
J. D. Sanders, secretary of the dis
trl;t council, and David Crosswiiite,
vice-president of the international car
men's union, left today for Washing
ton to confer with Director General
Hines. It tras decided yesterday the
International officers would use their
influence to obtain a hearing fo." San
ders. x -
Say Conditions Aimont Norma!
WASHINGTON. Aup;. 10. Develop
ments over the woek uvb are expected
to result in almost aormal conditions
tomorrow in nearly every railroad shop
where men have been on stride.
Director General Hines is ready to
undertake negotiation of wage de
mands, as directed by President Wil
son, as soon as the men return to
work. In view of President Wilson's
specific instructions that the wholo
matter would have to be 'iat a Stand
still" so long as an illegal strike con
tinued, the demand of men in some
placfs for wage .increases before going
back to the job, it was learned, an
not alter the situation.
CHICAGO, Aug. .10. Striking shop
men in Denver, at meetings here today,
voted not to return to work, advised
by their international officers by tele
graph received here earlier in the day.
J. D- Sanders, secretary and treas
urer of the Chicago district council,
in a message to Denver strikers, urged
the shopmen to stand firm. "We are
out to win," Mr. Sanders said.
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AERIAL FOREST PATROL ACTIVE
WASHINGTON. August 10. The re
cently established aerial forest fire
patrol discovered 35 fires last week
in California and Oregon and made 79
flights for a total of 8530 miles, the
air service tonight .announced. The
patrol service was extended last week
to Oregon and 28 of the fires discov
ered were in ' that state. Ninety-on
fires have been discovered by the ser
vice since it was inaugurated seven
weeks ago. The forestry service, the
announcement said, was able extin
guish the greater number of these be
fore they gained headway,
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SEEK TO EXTRADITE BELA KUN
VIENNA, Saturday, August 9. A
demand by the Hungarian government
for extradition of BelaKun and other
soviet officials who left Hungary and
obtained asylum in Austria is antici
pated here.
RUMANIANS ENTER TEMESVAR
PARIS, August 10. An official com
munication received here from Buch
arest says Rumanian troops entered
Temesvar in Banat, southern Hungary,
last Sunday. The communication says
the reception of the Rumanians bv the
population of the town was inde
scribable. 4
Gives Railroads Chance
"I do believe in close su
pervision of the railroads of
the country, but such super
vision as we have had has
been too severe. We should
give the railroads a chance,
give them adequate revenue
by proper rates so they can
attract the necessary capital
for maintenance and im
provements. We have not
allowed rates to go up as
they should."
Referring to the strikes of
railroad? shopmen through
out the country and ' de
mands of other railroad
unions for increased wages,
Mr. Taft said:
Men Seek Too Much
"While I have not gone
into the subject with the
thoroughness to warrant a
final judgment, I will say
that from what I do know, it
seems to me that the men
are requesting a greater in
crease than the percentage
of increase in the cost of liv
ing warrants. Thus it ap
pears they are asking more
than they are entitled to re-
ft
ceive.
SEVEN DIE-IN FLAMES
WHEN FiRE VISITS
AMUSEMENT RESORT
MONTREAL,, Aug. 10. Seven per
sons were burned to death tonight m
a fire on a scenic railway at Dominion
park, an amusement resort near this
city- ,.
Bodies of three men, three women
and a boy were recovered from th
ruins shortly before midnight. It is
feared several more persons lost their
lives. It has been impossible to &cr
tify the dead.
Cause of the fire, which not only dcr.i .
stroyed part of the scenic railway biL
also the "Mystic Mill" nearby, is ill
known, but it is believed it was start'JfH
by a lighted cigarette or match. fjj. :
The fire started in the mill. Accord 1 1
ing to witnesses, a car filled wit HI
merrymakers leaped into the flame.-' I
Firemen found it possible to rescut! .
only a few of the men, women and!
children trapped in the blazing struc .
ture. They succeeded in cutting theiH :
way through the walls and dragginii
out a few persons almost smothered byf j
smoke. . ;j.
To allay fears of the thousands whcl! :
crowded the park, Sousa's band, plav -j
ing here this week, continued its con-i
cert. While shouts of the firemei ;
mingled with moans of the dying thcrf '
came from the bandstand notes oil' '
opera and ragtime airs. Even when!
the black wagon arrived from thtJ'- '
morgue, flying its black flag, the gay
tunes continued.
WILL FIGHT COAL
STRIKE TO FINISH
LONDON. Aug. 10 (Via Montreal.)
The strike in the Yorkshire coal
fields, involving 200.000 miners, appar
ently will be fought to a finish. The
coal controller yesterday told the men's
leaders it was imposible to concerts
their demands. To do so, he said,
would mean a strike in every cosl
field in the country for similar concessions-
,
No further conference with a view to
arriving at a settlement have been
arranged. It is said the strikers' funds
will last only another fortnight.. Al
ready a quarter of a million pounds
sterling have been spent in strike pay.
PROMINENT ENGINEER PASSES
CHICAGO, August 10. John S.
Shaughnessy, brother of Lord Shaugh
nessy, chairman of the board of direc
tors of the Canadian Pacific railroad,"
died at his home here today after be
ing ill more than a year. He was PS
years old. Mr. Shaughnessy formerly
was purchasing agent for the Soo line.
He superintended construction of the
Royal Alexandria hotel in Winnipeg. A
widow and two children sur jpe him.