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Fiftieth YearNo. ne Prix:a Five cent". OGDEN CITY, UTAlT FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1920. LAST EDITION 4 P. M.
RECEIVER NAMED FOR CHARLES PONZI
I INVESTORS WHO
DREW DIVIDENDS
f 11 LOSE COIN
Receivers Called On to Adjust
Claims Which Total About
j $7,000,000
BOSTON, Aug. 20 The broken for
tunes of ( harles Pnnzi wete placed in
receivership by judge Morton of the
district court today.
d The court appointed three receivers
Jt ! ho; mi si quallf In I olid "I c '" """
JM Ponzi's statement ihat assets would
m 7-, aggregate JJ 000. 000 Is the only estl-
IK" m.ite available. The receivers will bo
rJH tailed upon to adjust claims which al-
IM ready aggregate more than thai sum
Wm and the total is likely to run to ST. 000.-
ftfW 000, according to the estimate of Ed-
win r.. Pride; federal accountant.
These figures Include the 50 peri
jflLI i i ni profits promised
rH With the probability that settlement
of claims will bo on the basis of .ir
lual settlement the figures will be!
BB paired down by approximately one-1
M.I third The receivers also will be 1 1 -
JH id upon to deride whotho" they will
H proceed ngalnsf those persons to whom,
sW Pons! paid the 50 i" cent profit.
Ponzl asserted he paid out 9 T. 500. - j
000. Some of these payments were ,
refunds of actual Investments only.
Accordingly the amount of mon
paid out by Ponzi in Interest and sub-1
jeet to action by the receivers, should
it be held that undue preference was.
tflljl Riven the persons who received it.
1 would be approximately (2 "00.
isBBi I The receivers are William R. Sears,;
HH John Forbes Perkins and Edward A.
Thurston
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I CIVIL WAR 'VET' ADMITS
f HIS ANCIENT DESERTIONS
Hf LEAVENWORTH. Kan . Aug 20.'
.J Samuel jf Jtviiigr 7 4 years dd. a rcsl-
- wK dent of Joplln Mo . appeared Jter-
lB day at the United States dlscipllnar
vSV barracks at Fort Leavenworth and
asked that he be locked up as a do
SrH sertcr. or else that his civil war record
bo cleared. King wept while telling
his story to Lieutenant Colonel Rosen
baum, assistant commandant of the
prison, Colonel Rosenbautn refused to
hold the aged veteran and said the
MH matter would be investigated
King had documents to show that he
was honorabb discharged FobruarJ
IM io, 1866 on i surgeon's certificate of
XAll disability Issued by the adjutant gen
fXJ oral of Missouri He also showed pa
fjfll pcrs from the bureau of records and
kl pensions In Washington, which stated
that he had twice deserted In lSt4, be
sBij ing convicted of desertion by a court
martial between the time of the two
alleged offenses. Should Kings rec
?B ord be cleared, army officers declared
9 he would be 'entitled to more than
'J9 $20,000 in hack pension.
fH -oo I
CITIZEN POSSE FIRED ON
BY S. DAKOTA ROBBERS
jftfk WrS.sIXGTON f D., Aug
JM posse of.cltlsens, led bj Deput Sheriff
, A. J. Larson of Beadle county were;
M fired em from a torn field near Wess-
jB Ington, late yesterday by men supposed'
to be members of a Knng of robbers)
jH who have been looting store in this1
Hj part of the country' during ih- past
jH few weeks. Search of tht field by the
JH posse revealed a wagon load of auto-
mobile tires which were identified as!
fM part of the stock stolen from a garage I
BH at Arlington last Wednesday night
IH Sheriff Larson and the posse have
jH gone on into the hills near Wesslngtonj
IffA f , In search of the men who fired upon!
pH them yesterday.
S WORSTED MILLS CLOSE,
j WOOL MARKET IS DULL
BOSTON, Aug 20. Tho Commer
, I : P.ullctln tomorrow will s;iy
'With few exceptions sale of wool
VM ilurlng the past week have been of ie-
tall description Prices ere barely
tM atrndy on the basts of last week's
9 Balea There is little new with ref-
H erence to the new domestic clip
"'J'he manufacturers are generally
engaged on samples and it la hoped
S i 'iat th mills will be re-opened gen-
1 Lilly bj the middle to thi lasl of
I September, although some of the New
4 England worsted mills have been clos-
' ed this week for an Indefinite period.''
IfHSM oo
POLICE IN AUTOS FIRE
SHOTS AT ROBBERS
LOS ANGELES, Aug SO. Several'
hundred shots were fired b police-'
men who vainly chased two robbers
through downtown streets for several
miles here today
The men had held up a restaurant.
The cries of the owner attracted at
tention from a platoon of policemen,
marching by on their way to the sta
tion, and the officers commando, red
private automobiles and look up the
chase
DENVER TRAIN MEN
TO REMAIN ON STRIKE
DENVER, Colo.. Au JO Striking
trainmen of the Denver Tramway com
pany meeting here toda voted to de
g i stroy eight hundred signed appllca-
1 nous for re-employment and remain
J ' " strike. The men will meet ;ii i
I i. it' date to formulaic a statement
i of terms under whii h they are willing
to resume work.
i9 ? ? V V V J 99 v
FOES Of SUff RAGE SUSTAIN NEW DEFEAT
1 .
IIIX URGED
: TO MODERATION
1 IN U CRISIS
Rome Report Says Consistory
Has Sent Exhortation to Pre
late in England
LORD MAYOR OF CORK
GIVEN 2-YEAR SENTENCE
Mail Trains Are Looted; Two
Parties of Soldiers Attacked
by Raiders
LONDON'. Aug CO The consistary
at Tiome has directed to Archbishop
Daniel J UahplZ of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, a strong exhortation urging I
i. u. deration In his treatment of Hrlt-
Ish political questions, according to a
British official message from Rome
todav.
M AM HI . I "TS TWO YEARS
CORK, Aug. If The courtmartlal
which tried Terence MacSweeney lord
mayor of Cork, on a charge of hav
ing under his control the secret police
cipher and sedition, sentenced him to
i two years in prison
The trial of Mr. MacSweeney was
conducted undei the defense of the
realm act hen arrested he went on
la hunger strike. Tuesday ho was de
i ported ID England and arrived in Lon
! don Monday under a heavy military
escort. He was atll.1 refuslqg, to eat
when fie reafdhed Loudon.
l l.s FOR RESIGM 1TION
I DUBLIN, Aug 19. (By the Asso
ciated t'ress. The Sinn Feirt Bulle
tin publishes the text of a personal
' letter addressed to Viscouni French,
' lord lieutenant of Ireland, by Sir
I'fhbmaS Btafford when Sir Thoman
I asked permiaslon to publish his let
! ter resigning hii membership in ih
Viceroy's advisory council on August
10. The letter says
1 believe your excellency's policy Is
I on precisely the same lines 1 aiivo
cated but your )oalty to the cabinet
led you to accept the views of your
colleagues rather than your own. If
I may humbly say so, 1 think this is
a mistaken sense of loyalty and that
'for your own sake and the sake of the
j country you would be better advised
to Insist upon your own views Of re
sign "
A dispatch from Dublin August 10
,sald Sir Thomas Stafford had resigned
I because ho declared the premier "re
fused to take the only step giving a
chance for peace, namely the tirm and
! immediate offer of a form of domin
ion government," for Ireland.
MAIL is STOLEN
I DUBLIN, Aug. 19. The holding up
. and robbing of mail trains and mall
; motors by armed and masked gaiign
'continues. A party boarded a Dublin
I southeastern train at Kerns lasl night,
taking ajl the official malls
Twenty raiders held up a mail car
: near Kllbrlllain uiul seized six bags
of mall. Postal officials with malls
'from Buncrana, naval and military
I center, were waviid and the mans
taken while official letters were re
I moved from another train held up
! near Buncrana.
KILLED BY It I1M J'.s
MACROOM, Ireland. Aug. 19.
Lieutenant Shannon, commanding a!
military patrol, was killed and four ot
I his men were wounded last evening
near Bally vou rney, in a battle with
armed civilians who delivered a sur
, prise attack. The attackers had dug
i trenches and felled a tree across the
' road.
vol DIERS' f.I SS TAKEN
I THAI KK, Ireland, Aug. 1. Thlr
; teen fully armed solders returning
I last night to Tralce tn a military lorry
I were ambushed. After sharp firing
I from both sides the soldiers were
I forced lo surrender and were dls
i armed bv civilians. t our of the sol
diera wero wounded. They were
rushed to B nearby hospital. Tho re
mainder were taken to a tarmer's
house and treaied to tea by their captor.-.
Later they were driven a short
i distance and released.
SERBS AND ALBANIANS
MEET IN FIERCE FIGHT
j ROME, Aug 20 A wireless mes
sage from Scutari, Albania, to the
rempo States 'hat fierce fiKhllng Is
pr.u eedlng north of that place between
Serbs and Albanians and that Serbian
r clmenls, In their defense of Taraboso
yesterday, lost 220 dead and B6Q prls
, oners. It adds that a revolution has
broken oul at Kdstovo and the Alban
ian government has called to the col
ors four new classes, numbering G0,-000
on
SHORTEST G. A. R. VETERAN
I DROWNS ACCIDENTALLY
SIOUX CITY, la. A Ug -u The
body of Thomas Meirstein of Sioux
Citj was found In the Floyd river here
'yesterday. It Ik believed he was acci
dentally drowned. Meirstein. who was
four feet ten inches In height, claimed
to be the nhortest (J. A R. veteran
in the United States.
QUINCY FOLKS
ALL AGOG OVER I
! LATEST WONDER
I
QUINCY, Aug. 20. The
"Ain t Nature Wonderful"
club of Quincy 13 all agog to
: day as the result of the discov
ery of a slice of watermelon
v. hose red meat wa3 plainly 1
traced with the name "Hard
ing" spelled by the white fibre.
Bishop M, E. Fawcett, of the
Quincy diocese of the Episcopal
I church who vouched for the
Btary, declares the name was 1
clearly and plainly spelled. The
Harding watermelon was dis
covered by Misl Margaret Eish
op. who showed it to the bishop
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HARDING TO GO
ON ACCORDING
TO SCHEDULE
Republicans Refuse to Let
Democratic Tactics Break
Up Campaign Plans
MARION. O.. Aug. 20. Senr.tor
.Hurdlng j campaign will k'o n ns pre
viously planned rcgnrdles-s of the
strategy adopted by the Democrats, It
wag said today by Harry M. Dougher
ty, a member of the Republican ex
ecutlve committals, after a tonferenco
With tin nominee
Tliere was no intention ho de
t tared "f abandoning the 'lout porch
policy, though nonie speeches would be
made In other cities.
v campaign ut all times must be In
harmony with the candidate and the
cause, said Mr. Daughert
As far as tho plans of thr Republi
can paity are concerned, they will go
on In orderly fashion as laid out from
t'nie to time b Chairman Hays and
the committee in conference with the
candidate Nothing will he done In
connection with the Republican cam
paign, or omitted to he dono because
any particular thing has been done,
01 omitted to be done by tho oppo
sn Ion.
"I think I can safely say that the
American people must not expect a
campaign of bombast to be conducted
b . or tn behalf of, the Kepubltcan
candidate or party.
"A campaign of pcrsc nallties may
not be expected nor u campaign which
appeals to prtjudlce. but rather a cam
paign of dignity, entirely appropriate,
oru In harmony with the ulgnity of
the candidate and tho position to
which he aapln .'
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M'GRAW GOES TO CHICAGO
"10 DIRECT GIANTS' PLAY
NEW YORK. Aug. 20 John Mc
Graw. manager of tne New York Gi
ants, has one to Chicago to take
cbarge of his team, it was announced
today by his attorney, who said he had
Informed the district attorneys office
that McGraw would return '.n 4S hours
if he was wonted In connection with
the inquiry as to how John 1 '. Slavln,
of lor, received a fracture of the skull
in front of the McGraw home after a
fiacos ot the Lambs club
McGraw wus quoted as saying his
presence wus essential as his team
r.teded him In this critical time in
the race for the pennant.
McGraw o lawyer said the baseball
man had nothing lo do with Slavln's
injuries.
CONGRESSIONAL 'PLOT'
HELD FALSE BY KOREAN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 Reports'
from Tokio that a plot to 'hold the
party of American congressmen now
visiting the For East when it arrived!
in Korea has been uneurthed. were
characterized toda' by Kiusic Kimm,
chairman of the Korean commission,
ub "another groundless Japanese 1 ii-
rlcant."
What was planned, he 6ald, was to
present a memorial to the party, and
ho declared this object was uoll un
derstood In Tokio
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BURIED WHISKY LEADS
TO FISHERMAN'S DEATH
SEATTLE, Aug. 20 Charles He
landor. a sailor, yesterday was charged
with first degree murder, following an
alleged confession 111 which, according
in ihe police Helander admitted ne
shot and killed t'harles Johnson. 1
fisherman. Monday night in n alter
cation oer a search for a burled gal
lon of whLsky.
i
FAIL TO DUE
NEW ACTION ON
KBTEJi HOUSE
Suffragist Friends Shown to
Be Still in Majority in
Tennessee
I N ASm n.LE, Aug 20. Suffrage
leaders forced adjournment of the Ten
nessee house roda before Speakei
I Walker made any motion to reoonsld
er the ratification of the federal suf
frare amendment Opponents thus lost
their r.ghts to offer a motion to re
consider but the suffrage forces plan
ned to make such a motion tomorrow
then table it, thui making Impossible;
an further parliamentary tactics to
reconsider the original action
1 After the amendment was ratified
! Wednesday . Speaker Walker changed
j his vote from nay lo ae. in order thai
ht might be In a position to offer 8
! motion for reconsideration, but the
time expired today
ludge Joseph Higgins of Nashville,
'president of the Tennessee constitu
tional league stated today In prepared
to sue out a wrll 01 injunction against
! Governor Roberts and secretary o;
j state restraining ilreni from certifying
the resolution to Washington on tho
grounds 1 hat ihe legislature was pro
hibited by the state cons: ltution from
aiuir" -'in ihe ajoiendniont.
I NAPzH'lL-LE AAig- 20--ThoTen-j
nessee house adjourned today until ten
la. m. tomorrow without an attempt of
the ahtwsliffragists to force re-oon-s'tderatiojj
of the house action In rti
; lying iho federal suffrage amendment
Th. moltotl te- adjourn was offered b
a suffrage leMfler and carried by an
' o"erwhelmlng la voce vote.
Failure of Speaker Walker to move
j rc-con.ilderation was taken as an Indi
cation that the opposition had not S -j
cured enough pudges to rescind the
. ratification action.
The antl-suffraglsts sought to have
the house adjourn until Monday but
the suffragists voted their motion
(down, the movement being defeated by
'the same vote h which the ratifica
tion resolution was adopted Wednes
day, 49 to 47
STRIKERS AT VERA CRUZ
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT
VERA CRL'Z, Aug. 20. Employes
of the street railway company whose
strike precipitated a general walkout
of sailors and workmen in railroad
yards and terminals Wednesday, de
cided today to appeal to the provision
al president to act ;iy ariilior Pending
I his decision they will return 'o work.
' Employers of other workmen who
; Joined in Ihe strike agreed to disre
gard their contracts with unions In-j
jvolved. holding that the sympathetic
I strike was a violation of law.
j U was learned osterdf - that these
i employes am framing new wage settles
w hich are said to be lower than those
in force,
Owners Of lighters and ships engi&;-(
led in the coaHi-uiso trade have agreed
1 to tie up their boats because of the;
demands made by their men.
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RESTRICTION ON LIQUOR
PRESCRIPTIONS RAPPED
CH1CAG, Airg 19 The American
Protfptlye Medicl f raternity was
I launched lasl night at a meeting of
Chicago physicians, to discuss tho re-i
strn Mon of liquor prescription blanks
ne of the objects of the fraternity 1
lis "to secure for tho physicians an un-
1 limited number of prescription
blanks." Among Ihe other (xpresxed
'objects, formally stated arc to COOper
Inte with the prohibition authorities in (
upholding the eighteenth amendment'
land assist in . enforcement of the Vol-'
1 stead act.
Dr. E. Wi Scott, who was chief,
medical officer In charge of emergent
I Influenza hospital at Washington, D
C during the war, s.ml ih physicians I
themselves shouM bo the ones to de
i cide the number of blanks needed 1
I In. ago physicians now are allowed.
1200, blank" everj three months by the
pi ohlbltlon dret toi
JERSEY COW AGAIN SETS
MILK PRODUCTION RECORD
SEW YORK. A tiA 20. Sophie 19th. I
of Hood Kami. Lowell, .Mass.. former!
champion Jersey cow, hn.s conic back
at the ago of IE yeurs and six months
v. Hi a ninth official record that makes
her world's champion buttoi cow, the
American Jersey Cattle club announc
ed today.
In nine .urs eho Is credited with
hnvltiK given 110,918 pounds of milk
and C3G3 pounds of butter fat, an av
01 age of 12,314 tyQUndS bf milk uiid 706 1
pounds of butter fat per cji
Sophie 19th has a clear lead of C93 1
pounds of butter fat over her nearest
competitor. Tilly Abartra, ft Holatoln 1
cow owned on a southern California
farm, It was stated. 1
BALL PLAYER'S LAST I
SERVICES LARGEST IN
CLEVELAND FOR YEARS
L 1
CLEVELAND. Aug. L'O Cleve- J
land paid its final tribute to Ka
I Chapman toda
, Long before ton o'clock, the
hour of the funeral services In St.
John's cathedral thousands of
mi n women and children had
gathered to attend the services
tor the star shortstop of the
Cleveland American leagje team
w ho died in New York Tuesday
. morning.
When the services began sev
eral thousand persons were un
able to obtain admission. Tears
glistened in the eyes of mnn of
, those In the waiting throng.
It was the largest funeral in
U- eland for years
When the funeral party left the
home of Mrs. Chapman's puients
ml proceeded to tho church, pe
destrians paused and stood at at
tention and bats of the urfen and
POLICE COURT
CLERK HELD IN
$24,000 THEFT
Mystery Robbery of Los An
cjeles Court Takes New
Turn With Arrest
LOS AXdELES. Aug liO. Clyde C.
Johnston, police court qlerk, who re
pyrted Tuesday that the :ufe in the
court room had been broken open and
;Jj4,000 in ball money taken. Was :n -rested
today on a charge of eOlbezsle
mcnt and lodged in the bos Angeles
county Jail Hail was fixed at fS0,Q00.
Johnston, Tuesday, sold he found
the lock forced off the inne: door of
llio safe, the other door, he said, had
apparently been opened by snmc one
familiar with the combination and rc
locked after the theft
The court room Is directly over the
100m occupied by the police dete live
i ureau.
Witnesses before the grand jury
which Indicted Johnston included a
city detective, a stock broker with
w liom Johnston was said by Depot
District Attorney W C Doran to hav"
bad dealings, und the auditor of a
Lank in which Johnston had a per
sonal account.
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WILSON REGAINS WEIGHT
AND STRENGTH RAPIDLY
WASHINGTON Aug L'u President
Wilson has regained his normal
weight of IT'.' pounds, according to an
article appearing ioda In tho Wash
ington Times, quoting Rear Admlr.il
Cary T Grayson, the president's ph -slcian,
as having made that statement
yesterday. The article also depicts
"according to Dr. Cra8on.:' the thing--the
president does in a "normal day."
including the following:
' Exerclsfs his left arm by extending
and withdrawing it.
Shaves himself, sometimes with 1
safety razor.
"Climbs stairs with a cane to cxer
Clse hh leg musclos
Dictates rapidly and frequently
writes shorthand notes of what he
wants dono.
I SSS an Indelible pencil to sign
most letters to department officials."
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SUGAR MEN CAUGHT BY
SLUMP MAKE COMPLAINT
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 Sugar
dealei-.s raught In the three cent pi Ice
slump with large stocks, are appealing
to the department of justice to save
them from loss, according to John P
Crosby, acting head Of the depart
ment a campaign to lower the cost of
111 Ing
Many dealers who have been pro
hibited from selling sugar at more
than one cent a pound profit, he
said yesterday, complain that because
ill.", bought sugar when prices wr
high they now face heavy losses. Un
less refiners violate the Lever act. he
added, the department has no remedy.
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COX MAKES HOT SPEECH,
SPEAKS TWICE TOMORROW
COLl'MBCS. O.i Aug. 20 Gover
noi Cox returned today from South
Bt nd, Ind . where In two speeche" yes
terday he charged ihe Republicans
Ut) collecting a campaign fund ot at
least 15. 000 000
The Democratic candidate tomor
row win continue his campaign wMth
two addresses, at OrrviUe, Ohio, in the
. fternoon, and in the evening at Can
ton. Ohio Ho will return on Sunday
;o prepare for another trip next week,
prior to his "swing around the cir
cle" In September in the west.
of hundreds of small bos were
doffed.
Flags ot league park and on
down town buildings were half
masted and operations In many
Industrial plants were suspended
for a few minutes.
B. II Johnson, president of the
American league and Jam. s Dunn,
president, qnd' the entire Cleve
land learn were at the services.
Three ot th- Cleveland team, Man
ager Trls speaker, Stee O'Neill
and Joe Wood were pall i.e. iters.
More than 300 floral offerings
were sent by friends, among them
I being an Immense floral blanket,
a tribute from 20,682 persons who
contributed len cents each to a
'flower from a fan" fund.
The blanket contained 20,6(2
flowers. The remainder of the
monev will be turned over to a
fund to erect a bronze memorial
I tablet at League park
STATE PRISON
1 SCENE OP WILD
RIOTIT NIGHT
Fifty Hunger Strikes Break
Out of Cells and Raise
Great Tumult
BALTIMORE, Aug. 20. More than
fifty hunger slrlk'-rs started a. riot In
the dormitory, of the Maryland penl
tr.tiary early today
The men. who had been Rcgregated
tore oul the electric lights ami, with
(lit building in darkness, started a two
hour demonstration.
Breaking out cf their cells In some
unknown manner, tho men tuough un
able to get out of the building, set up
a general racket that policemen had
'biM little sruccess In quelling because
lof the darkness. When streams of
water were played upon them the)
quieted down
The demonstration resulted from a
,slrike a few days ago of pi isoners who
'declared they would not work unless
'glen better food. The w.,rden de
I C,lared an man who would not work
would not eat All but about fifty
jof the men went 10 work.
DEATH CALLS AUTHORITY
I ON INTERNATIONAL LAW
NEW YORK Aug. 20. A. Henrv
I Snow nf Washington, D C , an author
ity on International law. died in a hos
pia! hete last night after a lingering
illness He was In his 60th year.
I Mr Snow was a member of the
board of trustees of George Washing
ton Dnlverslty. the executive council
of the American Society of Interna
tional Law. the American Bar associa
tion, the America-ii Societ for the Ju
dicial Settlement of International Dis
putes and the American Historical
I association
I Mr Snow was born 111 Claremont,
j N. II.. and was educated at Trinity
college and at Yale and Harvard. He
practiced law In Hartford Conn., from
, lfri.t to 1887. and In Indianapolis for
the next eight years Mr Snow wa-J
the author of nvim article and books
on political science and international
law.
A widow who war Miss Margaret
1 Butler of Indianapolis, survives him.
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FARMER-LABOR DAILY AT
MINNEAPOLIS LAUNCHED
MINNEAPOLIS Aug 20 A fourth
oeniug paper was launched hero yes
terday when the Minnesota Daily Star
began publication. I It declares it Is
"an Independent dally newspaper,
owned and controlled by 20.000 stock
holders. The Star's president and editor Is
Herbert E. Gaston, formerly of the
Fargo, N. D., Courier NSWS
Mr. Gaston said tonight that about
fiftv per cent of the stockholders are
city residents and about fiflty per
cent arc farmers, main of the mem
bers of tho Non-Partisan league. Sev
eral labor unions also hold blocks of
stoi-k, he said
GREAT WHEAT AND CORN
CROPS DUE IN KANSAS
TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 20 Kansas
raised the second largest wheat crop
in Its history this year and the corn
crop promises to bo the largest in the
last five ear a according to th( month
ly crop ieiipt of the slate boaid of ipr-
rlcultturs based on a canvass made
J A 1 gust 14.
A total wheat yield of 147.000, 000
Iburhels. and a production 01 127,900,-
00C bushels of corn, was estimated In
'the report.
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POLISH ARMY
STILL FORCING I
RUSSIANS BACK I
While Delegates Talk Peace at f
Minsk, Fierce Battles
Continue
RUSSIAN TERMS TO
POLAND MADE KNOWN
1
French Officers Play Big Part
in Turning Tide of
Events
WASHING ION. Aug 20. ij
Bret-Iiitovsk has been occupied !
iv the i'oiih army, according t"
advices received today by the state 1
department from the American
commission at Berlin.
His dispMch "as based on a re
port received b him from Poscn.
LONDON. Aug. 20. The second
sitting of the Russo -Polish peace con- !
fcrence at Minsk look place Thu';
day and a summary of Russia's term ji
'a.i ' nmmunlcatf'ti to the Poles. They I
were substantially the same as those
the Russian delegation published in
London says a Moscow official state- i
ment received in London today. iH
Stated orders for the conferenco tl
were agreed upon. Toward the end of lil
the session the Russians protested 1
againsi the Poles efforts to drag the ?H
negotiations, the statement says. .H
The terms laid down by the Russian lH
I soviet government for an armistice IH
with Poland as sent to Premier Lloyd 'H
George by the Russian delegation in H
London on Aukusi 10 were-
SOVIET TERMS I
The strength of the Polish army t
to be reduced to one annual contln- tH
gent of 60 000 men. together with the tl
arm) command and an "army of ad- rl
I ministration ' apparently a permanent !
I force to aggregate ten thousand men.
Demobilization of the Polish army (
to occur within one month. il
All 1 rms 1 (eluding these needed for j
I the arm; forces specified to be handed
I to soviet Russia and the I'kraine.
I All wag industries to be demobilized
No troops or war material to be allow
I ed to come from abroad.
The l ne of Woko Isk. Kialystok and
l'rawevo to be placed fully at the dis-
posal of Russia for commercial transit
to and from the Baltic IB
LAND K IB HU MS
Land to be given free to the families
of all Polish citizens killed, wounded
or incapacitated in the war.
In return Russia offered to with
troops from .the Polish front
simultaneously with the Polish demob
ilization and to reduce the number of
troops on ihe Russian frontier line. IH
The final frontier of the independ
ent state of Poland would in the main
1 be Identical with the line indicated
in the note of Earl Curzon. the British Jl
foreign minister of July 20 ll
Russia stipulated, however, that ad.
dltiona territory should be given Po- 1
laud of the east
Pol I s STILL VICTORS
I PARIS. Aug 20 ( By the Associat
ed Press) The military successes of I
the Poles continued yesterday, accord
inR to a report to the foreign office
to.! 1 from the military mission in
I Warsaw under plans elaborated by the
French General Weygand and and his
istaff of more than (04) French officers.
The.se officers now are either active
! ly In command of the forces that are
freelmr Warsaw from the soviet men
a e, or are aiding the Polish com- 'IH
manders.
i) K. sn r Hon
It is considered that French and
1 Polish cooperation In the commands
; now has reached a satlsfactor stage.
J 1 Jussersind and Lord D'Albernon,
I respectively the heads of the French
and British missions to Poland, havo
returned to Warsaw from Posen for
a conference with General Wgand
and the Polish staff.
The situation at Danzig is still cau
ing worry but it Is expected to be
cleared, up when two French battle
ships. now on the way there arrive and
offer sir Reginald T. Tower the allied
'high commissioner at Danzig sufficient.
j forces to permit the ui. loading of Po
; lish munitions
WARSAW. Aug 20. The extreme '
'right wing of the l'olkdi army Is
marching on Breet-Utovsk, on the S
I Rug river. 120 miles east of Warsaw,
i according to un official statement is
I sued shortly before last midnight. Tho
rifiht wins has captured Stedlce and
Blelslc'i the statement says. H
The Polish left wing has taken Pul- H
!'.tsk. about 3j miles north of Warsaw, H
and is continuing its progress In the H
.M.-'tion nf .Miav.a. lu the center, the
1 i ih forces arc marching in the di- 1
ictioii of Ostralenka, 22 miles south- 1
I vv 1 st of Lomza. H
1 OO M
CROWD GREETS PLANES
AT FAIRBANKS, ALASKA '
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Aug 20
Four arm) airplanes, en route from
I Mlneola. N V . to Nome. Alaska, ar
I rived here together yesterday, having I
traveled the 2Cti miles from Dawson.
Y. T.. 111 two hours. The planes mud
a perfect landing, lining up In front
of a grandstand where 6,000 persons :
assembled to grc-et them Cap- 1
tain St. Clair Street . ommanding the m
expedition, announced that tho planes
I will be here three dajs I
00 .
OREGON PEARS BRING
RECORD PRICE IN CHICAGO
MLDFORD. Ore., Aug. 20 All
records for the sale of Medford Bart -lett
pears in carload lots were broken
yesterday when a local carload sold in
Chicago for I2.S86, an average of
C I per box. The former high pries
secured in 1919 was $5 per boxi Sev
snt) cars cf pears have been shipped
thus far.