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.ft,tth Y.arNe.IiT OGDEN CITY, UTAH MONDAY EVENING AUGUST 16, 19267 LAST ED1TION 4 P. M. I
9 (710,000 DAMAGE FROM TOLEDO STORM
IU. S. WARSHIPS ARE ORDERED TO BALTIC
666
II POLAND HOLDS
9 SOU TROOPS
. flMWN
mf Armored Flotilla Patrols Vis
tula to Prevent Bolsheviki
From Crossing
IMF RUSSIAN HORSEMEN
SPREAD CONSTERNATION
Lloyd George Issues Emphatic
kH Warning to Threatening of
r 3P Union Labor
WASHINGTON, e- If The
nrmored cruiser Pittsburg
f J j( Mr. m. i hftvt b n ordered i
1 ihc B -hi. lea to protei t in i;hi
I mum-nut '
The ressels arc now f ( nnr
bourjBi I in i '. and It was an
nouaccd ' the navj deisartment
iiini ii would proceed Inuncdl
ii.i i . ii Russian waters,
i in rcwclii are under orders to
proceed to Danxig, tin free eltj
on Hi. Baltl 1 1" ,hr' enlni
n1 mation in Poland ae Jeopar
dised the Uvea and Interests f a
inri- intuitu r of Americans
n loos parte of Poland
LONDON, Aiih. i" Vnnounoe
iii in that the IHrtlsh and Russian
armlatlee ami peao i legates
had met at Minsk waa made iv
i .h i urson. seen tnrj for foreign
nlfiilr-. In I he lion- Of lords n
daj ttOfjotlatloM were doubt
i. m proceeding, he added.
LONDON. Aug. 10. Premier
Lloyd George stated in the houae
ol commons thnt the government
bad made it clear t General Bar
on Wrangel, antt-Bofahevikl lend
er, i : i annul Rna tin, that ir he
rurt in attacked th -i.t foroee
he must ii" o uu lit- own reapon
glbllltj General Wrangel Bhioe then baa
opened farther operations, the
premier added, and the poepooal
biltty consequent!) was bla own.
LONDON, Aug. 16 Premier
i loyd George, replying to quca
ii. .11 in the house of onunoua to
day, ooneendng labor's ultimatum
gainst w.u nil Russia declared
thai any attempt o dictate the
pollcj of tiu- goTenimcnl or par
'lament b Industrial action
struck at the root of the demo
, i .ii. oonatltutloii f the countr
would Im resisted bj all the forees
t the government's disposal.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 rroniier
-loyd Qeorga'l announcement that
Great Britain had Informed General
L Wrangel that any further attack t
C"Tir thlm on the bolsheviki would be on bis
f5 ovvn responsibility conies almost on
MkM the heels of France's recognition of,
.in.i promise oi material aid to the
RH fvnti bolsheviki leaders. Some of ft ;
DB rials and diplomats here were of the 1
i. pinion that the situation was not
Rl quite as serious as appeared on firs'
WMr examination of the premier's pro-
fa, noum ement it i Oreal
a iirita.n had been aiding General Wran
4 gfi nd thai ii wai i nl Irel) poi Bible
.'2 -J that the IJrltlsh government had dccld j
Hfl ed to withdraw that aid, because it did
BLS not desire any complications in the 1
oriel Polish armistice negotiations
' The decision of France in recognising
Jm General Wrangel is understood to have
mel with the approval of the Auieri
w i .m government and the French replj
vSf to tho American note to Italy on the
jfctj Russian situation received yesterday
t ?4 has disclosed that the United States
'SM und Franco practically are as one in
ihc-ir policy toward Kusula.
State department officials said today
the) bad received no information as
JK?5 to whether the British government In
IHgk iend-d i tl to the AmiTH .iu note.
B There filSI ai no Indication today
ItERI that the government ws eerloueiy
SQn considering rrcognltion Of General
IBK WrangeV Consideration la I'Clng glv-
en. hdwever, to plana for extension of
,;4iggV xnpporl to Poland-
PROl 11 x i.l
ttH Information reaching the mate de- ,
SflH partmont direct from Poland was that
3H the Polish government was preparing
flH for a prolonged Megc of Warsaw, it
'JIH v,-is reported that the Bolshevik line
northeaat of Warsaw had been ad
jH vanced to wlttiin approximately 12
I miles of the eapital.
3mB a dispatch today from HelslngfOrs
said that Finland and soviet IXussln
ijgjsal had concluded an armlstioe last Prl
aaj night, ru. old frontier bi ween
glJBpj Fblland and Russia, vMth certain niln-
RW or cxeeptlonri. whm agreed upon and
pjgjfj Kiiiu'ia wax not io nine nniuituie il-
ClM ith to the Gulf of Pmland.
UH The armistice, wax to be effective
bmV from noon, August Id. for 31 days, to
DW bo tcrmlnuhh' upon ten days' notice
by either slAe.
RIVER PATROLLED
! WAUSAW. Am: l o. t i; the Aso-
elated Press. An armored flotilla is
3fl latrolllng the Vistula rtver between
g vVaraaw and Thorn to prevent the Bol-
B" -i . s lk i from to encircle this
Wt i ity afanj of these boats saw serv-.
SJimV leu along the Prepltu and Unclper
DM I IveVs, some saving been raptured
faom the Uolshevlkl.
Soviet cavalry i working westward
9Rl ' reported at several points
f!MK 5 -'west of Warsaw. Thee horsemen
y3 an laiiiinr .listricis. endeavoring to
lilt drive In behind the Polhsh lines and
, i . utlmie i ou Page fwu i
OGDEHITE CETS FAKE DEATH WIRES
' i
BUILDING 'D0BE
' HOUSES IN WEST
STAGES COMEBACK
DENVER, Aug 16 Adobe
houses are being built in this
vicinity. Due to the soaring
costs of building materials, the
American Beet Sugar companv
has nut up more than thirty col
onics of adobe homes for Mexi-1
can sugar workers. Adobe is a
clay soil which is mixed with
water and chopped straw for
1 building purposes
Terms fod sale
bp he fleet
ide known
Shipping Board to Dispose of
1200 Steel Vessels Under
New Act
WASHIXGTi IN, Aug. 1C. Terms
on which the shipping board fleet of
more than l.L'OO steel vessels approxi
mating 6,500,000 deadweight tons will
be sold to private Interests under the
new merchant marine act, were an
nounced today by Chairman Penson.
Bids for the vessels will be enter
tained, as they stand, the chairman
said, at minimum prices of $160 a
deadweight ton for eoal burners ar.d
$17a n deadweight ton for oil burners
bnilt on the Great Iakes to $175 for
eoal liurn. rs :ind $185 for oil burning
vessels of over m. 000 deadweight ton!
Terms of the sale all for ten per
cent of the purchase price In cash on
delivery, installments of five per cent
In jLx, twelvo. eighteen and twenty?
four months thereafter and the re
maining 70 per cent In equal semi
annual Installments over a period of
ten yea re
ll l ERRED PAYMI N l S
Pcfcrrcl payments are to cany five
per cent Interest .Deduction for de-i
preciation 13 allowed at the rate of
Six per cent for the second year of
the vessel's age and flvo per cent fori
each succeeding year up to the date
of purchase.
purchasers will be required to de-'
posit all revenues derived from their
operation in Hiiier iseii accounts from
which the deferred Initial payment to
be paid. After paying concurring in
stallments purchasers ai' permitted
to take from the proceeds of operation;
an amount not exceeding 15 per cent
Of paid-up installments as a dividend
on the investment Payment of half
of the purchase price of a vessel, the
buyer wlil be required to execute a!
preferred mortgage to Che shipping
hourd after which the vessel will be
released from the supervision and'
control of the board, except as to!
maintaining Its berth and route.
I IN I IL Mil MTV
Satisfactory evldeiu,- of the flnan-:
clal ability of the buyer to carry outi
his contract and proof of his nation
ality will be Insisted. upon, the chair-1
man slated. Sale to foreigners Is per-!
mUied under the Jones' act only when1
the board after diligent effort" has
been unable to sell to citizens of the I
I'nlted States vessels not deemed
necessary of promotion of ,m efficient
American merchant marine.
Purchasers must agree. Chairman
Benson, .said to maintain such routes
and services as I ho board considers
desirable-
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HARDING'S 'FRONT PORCH'
SPEECH DUE THURSDAY
MARION, Aug. 14 Work was be-
gun by S nator Harding today on his
next front porch speech which will
be delivered Thursday nnd which Is'
expected by his advisers to be one of
his Important campaign utterances, j
The nominee will speak before a
delegation of members and former
members of the Ohio legldluture.
p.oth Democrats and Republicans
have been Invited.
COTTON BREAKS $5 BALE
ON NEW YORK MARKET
NEW VuRK, Aug. lfi There wusi
a break of $5 to $6 a bale In the cot-'
ton market todav. Causes were In
creased nervousneas over European
conditions, reports of lower spot of-
tarings in the .mb and a continued!
I absence of trade demands.
nn '
FOUR HUNDRED DROWNED
BY FLOOD ON SAKHALIN
TfiKH", Aug. 16. Four hundred
persons were drowned In the floods
In Sakhalin Island, it was announced
esterday
BELFAST RIOTS
RENEWED WITH
Air INJURED
Mayor and City Officials of
I Cnrk C-o on Hunger Strike;
Face Sedition Charges
FIVE MEN ARE KILLED IN
BATTLE FOR AIRPLANE
Street Fighting Against Police
and Troops Goes on in
Many Parts
BELFAST, Ireland. Aug. 16 Riot
ing was renewed last night, but no
firearms were used. Short Strand, a
nationalist area In East Belfast, was
tnc battleground and contending par
lies threw stoiKs a: ca h otlnr. the
locality remaining very near in a state
of siege until after midnight. Four
nationalists were arrested and on"
i constable was so badly injured he wait
t. ken to a hospital.
A party of Sinn Felners returning
) from a sport meeting near Leurgan
'county. Aramagh, yesterday, was fired
' upon, one person being kilb-il and an
othei dangerously wounded.
( on HUNCIRR STRIKE.
CORK, Ireland, Aug. 15 Terence
JdaeSw. n : lord mayor, and. (en men
'arrester! with him Thursday night,
base refused food since they were
placed In a military barracks, and
have been Joined In their hunger strike
' by other prisoners. j
F I . si ni l ION Cfl R.F
DUBLIN Aug 15. The lord mayor
of Cork. Teren. e MiicSwcney, and olh
et members of the corporation will be
tried on the charge of sedition, said a
statement today
B ITT1 I HK MRPl. WF
BELFAST. Aug. 16. By The As
sociated Press.) Disorders were re
newed over the week-end, the most
serious being a fight early Saturday
foi possession of a military airplane
which, having left Fernioy with dis
I patches was forced to land Friday
i night between Klllarney and Eralee
'Official accounts say one soldier was
killed, that four of those who at
tacked tho plane were killed and thai
three attackers were wounded
The plane had been left under a
military guard Earlv In the morning
a large band of Sinn Felners opened
lire which the soldiers returned The
1 battle lasted three hours before the
, raiders were driven off.
Another outbreak Is reported from
Londonderry, serious results being
I prevented by police Intervention S ii
Urday night there was much Indiscrim
inate reve'ver firing here and attacks
on pedestrians Soldiers searched Sinn
Felners for arms and cleared the
streets. General Allgood. who as
sumed command in northwest Ulster,
ordered four battalions strung out as
far as Sllgo.
FIGHTING IN si RE1 Tv
LIMERICK, Aug 15. There was
serious street fighting and other dis
order here this afternoon. Constable
Ahthen was shot deey, hut towhs
i people said he was killed acbldentall)
I by a com rade
The outbreak began with an att&i k
'on two detectives by the People's
. party.
DISORD! its vr TR 1LEE.
i DUBLIN, Auk. 15. Four constables
were fired on at Tralee last night and
two .--llghtlv wounded. At midnight
military stores and wagons at the Tra
i lee station were burned. There was
much firing by the military and po
lice. The office of a newspaper was
1 destroyed bv fire.
PIG ii I im. T CASTLI
DUBLIN, Aug. 15. Nothing was
talked of today except last night s
i flight tv Meh follrmeil n irnwri'n t -
tempt to rush the gate of Dublin cas
tle. Tension wan extreme. Military
precautious against a renewal of the
disorders were taken, but wore re
laxed later
An official report accused civilians
of attacking soldiers on a systematic
plan It adds that unarmed soldiers
were dragged from a street car and Ill
treated and declares one soldier was
thrown into the Ltffej Concerning the
attark on Dublin castle the report
adds:
"Shots, were fired at the guard
room In the castle yard. The guard
and pickets returned the fire. As far
as known nobody was hurt, bul hear
ing their comrades were being molest
ed, a number of troops broke out of
the castle. Thcv were recalled."
( ONI FBI. M E s STED.
DUBLIN, Aug. 15. Henry Harrison. j
secretarv of the Irish Dondnlon Home
Kule league has received letters from
moderate men throughout the country,
Including L'lster. Indorsing the league ,
suggestion that a conference be held
to endeavor to settle the Irl?h prob
lem. The come from men of all par
ties, including Catholic and Protestant
clergymen?
Reports of reprisals by police and
soldiers, which It Is feared will fur
ther arouse the people, are greatly j
exorslng the moderate.
PROTEST MWNIX aOTING
MONTREAL, Aug 15. A mass1
meeting held tpday to protest removal j
of Archbishop Mannlx from the Baltic I
indcrcd the sympathy of "the cltl-
JOHN M'GRAW IS
TO BE QUIZZED
ON BOOZE FACTS
NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Fed
eral prohibition enforcement
agents were ordered today to
bring John J McGraw, mana
ger of the New York Giants, to
! the United States district 'at-J
torney's office to be questioned
concerning a report credited to
him during the Slavin mvestiga-
I tion that he had purchased li
quor at the Lambs' club.
i
POKI FAMILY IS
GUARDED AFTER
THREAT RUMOfl
Police Believe Persons Who
Were 'Taken in' on Scheme
Will Seek Revenge
BOSTON. Maaa Aug. 1 'fhe.in
'nulry inlo fevfy ramification or
Charles Ponzi's spectacular financial
activities again occupied the attention
of state and federal officials, but they
took up their task with the assurance
that i he discovery of further damage
.to the financial fabric of New England
was unlikely.
Ponzl s counsel centered lis efforts
todav on attempts to obtain the ball
necessary to affect his release from
'the East Cambridge jail. Should a
bondsman be found, the sheriff was
ready at ihe jail with a warrant upon
which Ponzi would be rearrested for
the state authorities on a charge of
larceny Tho bond required by the
federal court Is $2y.o00.
A heavy guard remained around Pon
y.i's honie at Lexington and several oi
them accompanied members of his
family whenever they left the house
Threats are said to have been made
against Ponzi by persons who were
attracted by hin offer of 50 per C HI
in 45 days
A search for possible hidden fundo
entrusted to ihe old Colony Foreign
Exchange companv, which was com
pelled to close laHt week, was made
todav Charles M Brightwell, Ray
mond Meyers, Frederick Meyers, thrcv
officers of i lie company who were
locked up on charges of larceny, have
not procured hail. They were held
In default ol 50,000 bonds.
Hank Commissioner Allen announced
that an audit of the liabilities of the
Hanover Trual company, which were
closed last week, was almost completed.
AMERICAN SHIPS CAPTURE
TRADE, FIGURES REVEAL
WASHINGTON, Aug 1C Over 60
per cent of the cargo carried In ves
sels entering and leaving L'nlted State
ports during the first six months of
10-0 was in American bottoms, ac
cording to a shipping board survey
last night.
f 1 o.o58 vessels Included aggregat
ing SC. 931. TOO deadweight tons and
carrying 37,398,184 ton of cargo,'
American ships numbered 9, ."30 with
31,534.620 deadweight tons and car
ried 1 2,724,1 17 Hons of freight.
American vei4els carried 4 4 percent
of capacity load and foreign vessels 4 1
per cent.
.
WOMAN LOSES LIFE IN
BIG BLAZE AT CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Aug. 16 One woman I
burned to death here, her htllband j
j and a lieutenant of the fire depart-,
i ment were seriously burned and nine.
other persons narrowly escaped when
! a series of wooden buildings on North
LaSalle sttreet were destt roved by fire I
early today.
The dead woman Is Mrs Arthur
i ianle
-en- ..: Montreal" t. the prelate and
"repudlate,the tyranny of those who
violated hi liberty.'
SENATOR I IVORS IRELAND.
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 15. Senator
James A. Heed declared he was In
favor of the l'nlted states recognizing
the Irish republic." at an Irish-Amer-1
i. .in picnic today and asserted he Is
";i confirmed hater of Ihe British gov
ernment." If the oppression of our forefath
ers warranted revolt against Great
Hntaln," he declared, "then the op
pression of thu Irl.sh warrants resistance."
PLOT TO STEAL
COILO SEEN II
MYSTERY CASE
Father Finds Son Well in Great
Falls After Getting Death I
Telegram
RESIDENCE ATTACKED
NIGHT OF DEPARTURE
Montana Police Look for Man
and Woman Who Sent
Fake Messages
A kidnaping si heme i believed to
have been thwarted In (gden last)
Thursday night, after I" B Hume, I
proprietor of the ogden Employment
office had been called to Great Falls,
I Mont , on fictitious telegraph m"
vig-s telltng of the death of his son.;
P. Hume in that city.
At midnight Thursday, while Mr
Humo was speeding northward to I
Great Falls to attend the funeral of
his supposed!) deud son, an unknown
man attempted to gain entrant e to the
hnn f.n?. Thirtieth street bn!
was diiven off and escuped alter Wil
liam Hume, another son, had procured
a gun.
vlr Home can niii.c at no other
ex1&tinttbn ro the mysterj but that
plans were laid to kidnap his ten-vcar-old
daughter, after he had been
called from the city by the fake tele
graph messages.
Mr. and -Mrs. ttume and thlr son.
Earl, left ogden Thursday after a mes
sage had been received which said.
Deeply regret to Inform you of ur
sons death here this morning. Wife
very ill."
Tot N I SON I I I
They arrived In Great Kails lo find
the one believed dead in the best of
health and the origin of Lhe messages
vvhl. h called them from Ogden, a com
plete mystery!.
Another message came to Ogden
the day following the departure of
Mr. ami Mrs Hume which said. ' Your
son li Hume will be buried Saturda?
St - 30. Why cannot we hear from
you 7 '
The first wire which misinformed
Mr. Hume of the son's death was
signed by a person unknown to Mi
Hume, J C. Lirown."
Immediately upon arrival in Grent
Falls, and finding his son living, Mr.
Hume went to the telegraph office
th.-re in an endeavor to determine who
sent the fake message.
s s r BY WOMAN
The clerk said the sender of the
death message was a woman The
clerk declared she was g stranger, buti
she could Identify her if she saw her
again. The sender of tho funeral no
tice message, the clerk said, was a
man, unknown to her and she would
not be able to Identify him.
Scenting a possible plot to kidnap
his daughter whom ho had left In
Ogden, Mr. Hume hurried home His
sun i ..i.l him of the attempt of the
mysterious man to break Into the.
Hume home, which led Mr. Hume to
belleva more stronglj that a plot had,
been planned. He now believes that
the action of his son In obtaining a
gun and driving the man' away,
thwarted a possible attempt tn make
awav with his ten-year-old daughter.
son s STOK1 .
William Hume, who declared he;
drove the mysterlQUS stranger awai
from the Hume home Thursday night
said this morning
"I heard a sound on the pon h
about midnight Investigating fur-i
ther, I saw a man peering in one ofi
the windows. He tried the screen.,
which was locked, and then moved to;
another window He tried this win-,
dow and then moved to the third. I
hurried to my room and procured B
gun The man evidently heard me
moving about and had disappeared
when I returned to the window."
Mr. and Mrs. Humo left ' gden fori
Great Falls Thursday at 12 30 o clock,
aft'-r receiving the first message con-'
talnlng the news of the death of their1
6on. Before leaving Ogden Mr Hume'
sent a message to his son'K wife In.
re.it Falls saying that he would ar
live there In time for th funeral.
SENDS o i HER MESSAGES.
While en route he sent two other,
messages, In which he gave further!
details of the trip and limn of hK ..r
rival, In order that the plans for the
funeral could be made to conform
With his arrival there.
In the meantime, "Bud" Hume, in
treat Pall- th supposedly dead son '
had received his father's messages an. I
bad Immediately telegraphed back to
Ogden that everyone there was in!
good health.
EVEN BENDS WREATH.
Ills wire reached Ogden Just after
Mr and Mrs. Hume had left for Great
Falls. Before boarding the train here
Mr. Hume sent a funeral vvr.-ath b
parcel post.
Mr. Hume's daughter, Bernlce, In
I Igden, telegraphed J. C. Brown, send
er of the fake message, asking for
more details. When no J. C. Brown
coul be located there who knew any
thing of the matter, the wire was de-1
llvered to "Bud" Hume.
"I believed when 1 received the first i
telegram, that J. C Brown was a
fr f
HKRE'S how Hani ntr look.' I
when ho played in the band.
I Note the plnmed hat, foxy but
i Ions ami epaulets of the gay
uniform.
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POLICE Ft
BLACKMAIL PUT;
TWOJiESTED
Attempt to Eviort Money From
Rich Widow Soon Is
Frustrated
CHICAGO, Aug. 16. Efforts of
blackmailers to obtain $20,000 from
Mrs Mary Coleman, widow if Eld ward
J. Coleman. Chicago labor leader, woo
was murdered lost April, Wt re declare
i I by police today to have been frus
trated through the anet of ,a man
und woman, the latter colored.
Demands for the $2,000, It n LS
staled, followed the announcement
that Coleman left his entire estate,
more than $75,000, to his widow. To
extort the money.' police s:ild, tho
vriter of the letters threatened lo kid
nap the five-year-old daugh'.er of Mrs.
Coleman, to kin the widow, or blow up
her home.
The mini, who Is a foreigner, gave
his name as Samuel Newchuir and
furnished the police with tbj name Of
tne negress. She was booked as Ellen
Wesley.
B0LSHF.VISTS BREAK UP
GOTHAM CHURCH SERVICE
NEW YOBK. Aug ir.. Servi. e.i In
the Russian orthodox cathedral of St
Nicholas were Interrupted Sunday by
what church dignitaries charged as
i Bolshevist attempt to piecipitate i
riot. Archbishop Alexander was adr
ministering communion when ihuiit.-i
broke out in the ear.
A police guard was stationed at the
cathedral today as a result of warn
ings that Bolshevist sympathizer
planned to break up the services 1 i I
alleged rioters Wi re escorted from IhS
church by the eongreg ition.
Abhot Patrick, who preached at the
Service charged that two week- ago
the chalice at the Church of the
Transfiguration was poisoned.
WOMAN TURNS 87 LOOPS
IN TWO MILE AIR DESCENT
NEW YORK. Aug. II; Eighty-,
I seven loops in a two-mllo airplane
drop, claimed as a world record for
women, disturbed Miss Laura Brom
jwell Just enough today so her flrrl act
after landing was a request that her
maid hand up her powder puff. Then
she asked official observers how many
turns they counted, and when told
they saw 8". exclaimed she counted
over 100.
Observers explained that weather
conditions cut off their view of the
first stages of her drop. A French
woman had set the previous record at
26, they said.
physician or undertaker In Great
Falls," Mr. Hume sahl today. "1 can
find no trace of any Hum. who died
in Great Palla It ma have been a
band of kidnapers who have been
causing considerable trouble in Ogden
recently who wished to get me out of
tho city, and took this means of doing
so, in order they might kidnap my
daughter."
Mr Hume arrived back In Ogden
this morning He said that he will
Investigate the affair further.
SECTIONS OF I
PAVEMENT ARE I
FLOATED AWAY I
Traffic Paralyzed, Cellars Are j
Flooded. Automobiles Are I
Washed Down Streets M
CRIES OF DISTRESS
FOLLOW DOWNPOUR
One Building Collapses: Others
Damaued by City's Most
Severe Storm
TOLEDO, Aug. 16. Dam
I age. estimated at $7,000,000,
I was done here today by a
severe rain storm which float- 1 fl
ed away great sections of pav- I
ing, flooded cellars and para- j
lyzed traffic. It was one of j
lhe worst storms that ever I
slrrck the city.
Rain swept in sheets
through the streets when f
crowd-? were trying to make
their way to work Automo-
biles parked at curbs either
were floated away or stood J
with their floors flooded.
Telephone service was tern- f
porarily handicapped and in- 1
terutban ca.s ran with diffi- Jfl
City authorities estimated j
that the damage to wrecked H
pavements would run close to
$200 000. A number of ,
streets are out of commission. f
The block surfacing on one J
street floated in the lobby of j
a building. Damage was heavy
io buildings, one collapsing.
From all parts of the city dis
tress calls were received. No
casualties were reported.
MISSOURI FARMER-LABOR
PARTY NAMES CANDIDATES
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1G. The Mis
BOUrl branch of the Farmer-Labor H
part;, last nUlht launched preparations
participating in the November H
lei (ion adopting a platform and J
nominating a state and electoral H
ticket, and W. J. Mallett, Kansas City.
as the candldati for senator, after an
all-daj conference of delegates.
ihe platform adopted provides
abolition of 1 hlld labor; criminal pen- H
profiteers; favors raising
revenue by taxing kind values, exclu-
she of Improvements; placing women H
in all siaie government clerical posl-
nous, rehabilitation of agriculture
through a system of credits, and ro-
inuhorntion for seryics men. J
Several women participated In the
deliberations of the convention, two
being ii. i me . lectors at large
The tate committee will meet to
morrow to decide on measure to be
taken by the party to participate In
lhe election, the .Missouri secretary' '
state having ruled that tho name
Farmer-Labor Is an infringement on
that of the Bociallst-Labor party and
can nut be placed on the ballot.
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LIEUT. KINCAID WILL AID
IN PROSECUTING GERMAN
CHICAGO. Aug. 16. Lieutenant
Arthur EClncald, whose name was as
sumed by Theodore SchUde, confessed
German spy under arrest in San Fran
cisco. will aid federal authorities in
the latter s prosecution, according to
word lo federal officers today. Lieu
tenant Klncaid, whose home Is In
orange county, lnd., now Im in Texas, '
authorities stated, but will arrive here
late this week to attempt to Identify
Schudc when he Is brought from Sjo
FranclSco t.i face charges of fraud.
Schude is charged with having ob
l nned the officer's Identification rH
l. i tiers in France, to have assumed tho
haters name and come to the United
Stales ;is b psychosis patient. Later,
it 1h charged, he was sent to the gen
oral hospital at Fore Sheridan, ills.,
and there discharged
Both Lieutenant Ivincald and
Schude drew back pay due the officer,
according to army records.
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FUND FOR BAILING OUT
PRISONERS IS COLLECTED
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10. The Amrrl- H
can civil liberties union today an-
nounced creation of a national ball H
fund of $300. U00 to be used In an I f-
fort to effect the release of "Hundn ds
of political prisoners held for trial or
imprisonment during appeal after con.
V'ictlon." The fund Is Intended for uso
In federal, state and local cases, par-
tlcUlarly those Involving prosecution
under criminal syndicalism and sedl- H
lion laws, It was stated. H