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THE OGDEN STANDARD, OGDEN. UTAH ; SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1914.
nrifiiTHiTniiBfyfiffi
I OGDEN THEATER
Last Time Tongiht.
JOHN BARLEYCORN
By JACK LONDON
A Picture You Will Never Forget.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY-DOUBLE FEATURE
PROGRAM
J. WARREN KERRIGAN MARY PICKFORD
in a strong 2-part drama in a one-reel Imp Reissue
"Man and His Brother." "Normandy Romance."
JOHN IT CAUSES
IE ARREST OF
A GREEK
I
Nick Kooraaus. a Greek, was taken
Into custodv this morning by Officer
lohn Russell, on complaint of Fred
llirt. manager of the Hermitage re
sort The. affair that resulted in the
Greek 5 arrest Is a somewhat compli
cated one. According to the com
plainant. Kohmaus was given a time
heck bv the Utah Construction com
pany, with a time credit of $36. This
amnunt, as in all time checks issued
bj the company, appeared at the boad
Of the cbeck. Underneath, however,
7, had heen taken off for board and
r.O cents for hospital fees, leaving the
real value of the cbeck $20.40.
The Greek took this to the wife of
(he resort manager to cash and. not
noticing that the $15.60 bad been
taken off, she cave him the full $35,
This was pocketed by tbe Greek with
no intimation thai be had been given
more than was due A short time
later, he appeared with a $55 check,
which he also wanted cashed Mr.
Hirt. however, was on tbe Job, and
accused tbe Greek of playing a
"scurvy" trick, and asked that the
$15.60 be returned Kobmaus refused
to accede to the request and left the
resort.
Mi Hirt kept on bis trail anr when
he reached Ogden bad him taken Into
custody. No charge lias as yet been
preferred acainst the fellow
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STAPLES IS HEAVILY
FINED BY THE
CITY JUDGE
After makinc a further Investigation
oi tbe case of the Citv vs E Staples,
which was heard yesterday morning
and taken under advisement bv fudge I
Reeder, the judge sentenced the de
fendant to serve 25 days in jail, with
the alternative fine, in addition to glu
ing him a 155-day suspended sen
tence. Staples was convicted of the charge
of disturbing the peace.
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I I Society
FROM SALT LAKE.
Miss Margaret L Brown of Salt
Lake visited friends in Ogden during
tbe week
RETURNS FROM EVANSTON.
Mlsr Vivian Baden has returned to,
her home in this city after a pleas
ant vibit with friends in Evanston.
MRS. KIRKENDALL HOME.
After a delightful six months' visit
with friends and relatives in St. Jo-
Beph, Mo, Mrs. P. F. Kirkendall re-i
iiirned to her home in this Cltj last
w ednesday.
BETHEL UNION.
Next Wednesday. August J6. the
Bethel union will meet with Mrs. C.
S I lite. 510 Thirteenth street lm
pr.rtant business matters will be. dis
cussed.
MACCABEE CHILDREN'S DAY.
Silver Hive No 1 is planning to j
celebrate their annual children's day
on Friday afternoon. August 28, at
l.lbertv park. The committee is ar
ranging for contests for the children,
and a general good time for all. A
large attendance of mothers and chll
dren is expected, as the Maccabees
w always have an especially good at
tendance and good time.
G. A. B. CLUB.
The G A. B. sewing circle spent a
most enjovablc afternoon Wednesdav
With Mrs R. I Moyos. 115 W Twen-ty-Beventh
stieet. Kach member
brought needle work and a busy hour
was spent, after which they were in
vited to the dining room where a
tempting luncheon wa6 served.
Dainty little Luclle Moyes celebrat
ed her second birthday anniversary at
the same hours. The little guests!
v ere most pleasantly entertained by
their tiny hostess.
Among the guests and member?
Who partook of the hospitality of the
Bin. and Miss Moyes were Mrs. R
Purdv, Mrs. Leltz, Mrs. Tom Harris, i
Mrs James, Mrs. Ray Francis Mrs
Wilson and Miss Eva James, little
Misses Lorna Purdy, Margaret Fran- j
cis. Anna Wilson and Erroa Purdy Of
Salt Lake. Masters Sanders and
James Wilson. Tommie Harris, Nell;
anri Robert Purdv . Chde Moves and I
I Jlmmie Francis.
The next meeting of the GAB
, circle will be with Mrs. Robert Pur
dv on Steele avenue next Wednesday
! afternoon
GUESTS OF MISS THOMAS.
The faculty members of tbe Ogden
Conservatorv of MuBic were the
1 guests of Mi6S Ellen Thomas at her
! camp in the canyon an afternoon this
I week
IN OGDEN CANYON.
Thursday afternoon a number of
young people, pupils of Miss Ellen
Thomas, spent a delightful time af
their teacher's camp in Ogden canyon.
During the afternoon sereral games
of valley ball were enjoyed after
Which Miss Thomas served a delicious j
luncheon Musical selections on the i
Vlctrola were decidedly pleasing to .
j everyone present.
The Federated Union of the W. C.
T U. met last Wednesday with Mrs. 1
W. S. Flewelling, .12 Twentletn street, i
i Mrs. L L. Sbepard. Btate president, I
j was present to arrange for a conven
' tlon to be held September 24 and 25,
in tbe Methodist Episcopal church In j
Ogden. Mrs Shepard pave an inter
, estlng talk after which a social hour
I was enjoyed, tbe members adjourn
I ing late In the afternoon to meet Sep
tember 2 with Mrs. Dr, Gordon.
VISIT IN OGDEN.
Mrs. Cobb and daughter, mother
and sister of Paul f'obb, eenterfielder
of the Ogdm baseball team, are vis
iting in Ogden. They returned here
this morning after a tout of the Ye!
lowstonc park and are stopping at the
Reed hotel.
FROM GREEN RIVER.
Miss Nellie Morkey of Green Riv
er. Wyoming, is an Ogden visitor tho
guest of Mins Nellie Freeman.
MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY.
Promoters of the League of Sacred
Heart will hold a meeting next Wed
npsdav afternoon with Mrs. George
Updegraff. 2843 Grant avenue
CHURCHES
i
Ellm Lutheran Corner Twenty.
I third street and Jefferson avenue.
Eric Floreen, pastor. Sunday school.
10 a. m Services in English, 8 p. m.
Wednesdav afternoon meeting of La
dies' Aid at church parlors in honor
of Mrs Rudlgren.
First Presbyterian Sunday school
at 10 o'clock, Bermon by pastor at 11.
i No other services.
German Evangelical, St. Paul's At
Twenty-third and Jefferson avenue
Sunday worship at 11 o'clock, even'
Sunday Sabbath school at 9 45, all
are welcome. P. Pb. Tester, jastor.
Sundav morning preaching services
will be resumed tomorrow in the
First Presbyterian church with a ser
nion by the pastor at 11 o clock
First Methodist Episcopal Bible
school will be held at 10 30 a m.
j In the evening, Epwortb league will
be held at 7 o'clock and at 8 the
Rev. H. D Zimmerman will preach
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CRUISER PASSES
THE GOLDEN GATE
San Francisco, Aug. 22. Tbe Japa
nese cruiser Idrumo. fully stocked
and provisioned, fresh from the dry
dock, passed through the Golden Gate
a! 12 10 p m. today. She will clear
for action at sea
Now at your service in our new store
on Washington at 2425. A formal
opening will be announced later.
BuchmiUer Rowers
Drewere ef MmrC
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REHEJUISM. OF "THE
DAUGHTER OF A
PIONEER"
A preliminary reading rehearsal of
the drama. "The Daughter of a Pio
ncer, " bv Mrs. Jane W. Herriek, will
be held at the studio of Prof T Earl
Pardoe this evening.
The drama is to be produced at the
Orpheum theater on September 2S
and 20, under the auspices of the
Weber county lodze, Daughters ot the
Pioneers, for whom It was written
The playwright is a daughter of Mrs.
Josephine West, tbe first president
of tbe local organization and the
drama one of several that she has
w ritten.
It is to be staged by T Earl Par
doe. whose ability for this kind of
work was recently recognized in Salt
Lake City through his staging of the
opera Pinafore at Wandamere Mr.
Pardoe has been engaged to stage the
Elks' show this season and is now
reviewing n number of opera scores
with a view to securing a suitable
one to present.
The drama. "A Daughter of a Pio
neer is in three acts and deals w ith
authentic events in the history of the
Mormon nloneers, in the yeais 1856-57-6i.
All but three of the characters
in tbe cast were taken from history
and the story is woven around tbem
In a manner deeply Interesting, oc
casionally amusing and at times in
tensely dramatic.
The first scene is enacted at a
spring In the Rockv mountains, in the
autumn of IS.'G the second scene III
in the Interior of the Richards' home !
In Salt Lake Fit? in the winter of '57.
just prior to the time when the people j
went south to avoid meeting John
son's army, and the third 16 in tbe j
front vard of the Richards' home, on
the Fourth of July. '5S. after the re
turn from the South.
There are fourteen principal char
acters tn the cast, which also include
thirf six minor characters- -emigrants
Of different nationalities, coldiers and
Indians. The principal characters are
as rouows:
Benjamin Marsden Spiritual advls- j
er of the camp
Willie and Millie Two children.
Betty Marsden A daintv flower)
unused to prairie life.
PatRv O'Brien youth
Capt. Spencer and Lieut Hodge, of;
the l S cavalry.
Ruth Richards The daughter of a
pioneer
Mrs O'Brien Patsv 's mother
Big Soldier Chief of the Sioux In 1
dians.
"Little Soldier His son.
William Richards Chief Scout and
huntsman of the pioneer party
Robert MeKenzie A young scout. j
John D. Holliday Southern gen
tleman, captain of the pioneer party
Tudge Hammond of the I7 S court
The players have not vet been chos
en bv Mr Pardoe and the rehearsal
tonight will be in the nature of a try
out for parts. Mrs. Herriek and the
committee from the Daughters of the
Pioneers having tbe financial part of
the production in charge, will be present
UTAH TEACHER WINS
HIGH FAVOR I
MISSOURI
Miss Matilda Peterson, superintend
ent of primarv education in this coun
ty, has been a member of the lacultv
of the First District normal school
of Missouri, whl h is a bran b of the
state university, and during her elev
en weeks stav in Kirksville has won
high praise as the following from
John R Kirk, president of the Insti
tution, proves :
"Kirksville, Mo Aug 28. '14. I de
6irc to ongratulate the people and I
! especially the teac hers and school j
children of ber and Davis counties
Utah, on account of their superintend- !
ent of primary education, Miss Ma
tilda Petersen, who for the past elev
en weeks has to our verj high satis
faction been serving this institution
in lieu of our supervisor of primary
I grades, and especially of elementary
I manual and industrial arts
"Miss Peterson had in her class
1 nearly one hundred actual and intend
ing teachers. No member of our
facult) has ver received more near
ly uniform praise than Miss PeterBon
nas receiveu. sne is hot on i y digni
fied, courteous, and obliging, so as to
be very much liked by teacher- stu
dents, bui 1 think we have never had
in this institution a more intelligent
and skillful teacher and supervisor of
primarv instruction than Miss Peter
son Her exhibit of elementary man
ual arts at tbe close of out summer
term was deemed by critical Judges
the best we have ever had
"We would gladly have Miss Peter
i-on installed permanently m the posi
tion which she filled this summer, but
she declines the offer In order to
return to her duties in the beautiful
inland kingdom of Utah
in leaving Mlsspurl for her Utah
home Miss Peterson carries with her
tbe confidence and good wishes of -o
many new friends made this summer
iu Missouri. Very respectfully submit
ted (Signed) JOHN R KIRK. Presi
dent "
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AT THE LYCEUM
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
Miss Marion Leonard in
"The Romany Rye," an ab
sorbing love story of a Gypsy
Princess see it. Advertisement.
SHARP EARTHQUAKE RECORDED
Washington. Aug. 22. A sharp
earthquake disturbance at a distance
of about 1200 miles from Washington
was rcc-orded on tbe seismogranbs o'
Georgetown university here early to
dav It began at 12:49 a m. and
continued 12 minutes.
NIGGER SI GULLED;
OY DEATH; BURIED
THIS MORNING
' Nigger Sam" is dead and in the
! funeral chapel of the Klrkendall Un
' dertaklng company this morning at 10
o'clock were held funeral services
I which w ere attended by a number of
friends and acquaintances who had
known him for many years.
"Nigger Sam, who took the name
of a master In slave times named
Riley, was better known in Ogden
than any other colored man He bad
lived here the past 30 years, during I
which time be had worked at odd
jobs for many families and most of
the business men of the nt He
would not keep a steads job but de
lighted (n doing little things scrub-;
bing. cleaning carpets, washing win
dows. Hundreds of the children of
the citv knew him.
Sam came from Kentucky to Wyo i
rr.lng about 30 years ago with a string
of racing ponies. The string did not
make good and Sam was stranded
He came to Ogden and has remained
here ever since. He did not know
his age but, as near as he could fig-j
ure time, he was about 70 ears of
age. He started life as a slave on a
big Kentucky plantation and never
in his whole life did he care to be
anything else. He was a big hearted
negro and many times begged a dimej
to buy a little candy for the children;
whom he knew He died of stomach
trouble and old age and was burled!
in the Ogden cemeterv
CONFERENCE OF M. E
CHOHCH OF UTAH
IN OGDEN
On Thursday. August 27. occurs tbej
opening In Ogden or the Utah Masonl
conference of the Methodist Episco-I
pal church with Bishop Hughes pre
siding There will be interesting and prof
itable sessions with addresses from!
visiting speakers.
A fuller announcement of the pro
gram will appear later
HELEN DRYSDALE 10
MANUEL SOUZA
ARE CAUGHT
Manuel Souza and Helen Urysdale.
who left Ogden In an automobile
Tuesday evening, without the knowl
edge of the girl's relatives and for
whom a search was immediately In
stituted bv the Ogden officers, were
caught yesterday afternoon at Cobre,
Nevada Souza will be held pend
ing a decision as to whether he can
be charged with the crime of abduc
tion. The Drvsdale girl is only about
1G years of age, while Souza Is 36
The capture of the couple was made
through their being recognized by i
Southern Pacific conductor who no
ticed them traveling westward In a
Studebaker automobile, as his train
neared Montello. When he arrived
at Montello, he notified the Ogden of
ficers and also Sheriff Zundel of Bo
Klder county who was at Montello
Sheriff Zundel went on to Cobre and.
when the couple arrived there in the
automobile, placed them under arrest
and took them back to Montello
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CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express the thanks
and gratitude of our hearts for the
sympathy and kindnesses extended
during the late Illness and death of
our dearly beloved father James T.
Coleman, and hope that in the hour
j of bereavement ihey mav have many
loving friends to extend condolence
We are verv grateful for the manv
floral offerings which were brought
to tbe hier (Signed)
MR ND MRS WIU.lAM COLEMAN
I MR AND MRS. H C PKTKRSoN
MR NT MRS W II JOHN
MR N D MRS FRANK MILLER
MR AND MRS. HEBKR COLEMAN
Advertisement.
Deaths and Funerals
HARRIS The funeral of infield
Scott Harris "H' be held tomorrow
at 1 1 a. m in the Llndquist chapel
The body may be viewed at the fu
neral chapel this afternoon and Sun
da until the funeral hor. The in
terment will be made in the city
cemetery.
Roylance Kuneral service., for
Hyrum Roylance were held yesterda)
at 2 p m. in the North Ogden met
ing" house Bishop Barker presided
and the speakers were Patriarch
lames Ward, Joseph Bidwell. John
Seaman and M N Reynolds. Mrs
Will Howell sang I Know That Mv
Redeemer Livetb" and "Some Sweel
Day. rtnur u. dhu sah, .u i
and tbe Misses Dona and Lerna Rash
sang "I Know M Heavenly Father
Knows. " The ward choir also sane
several selections. There was a large
attendance of relatives and friends at
thr service and many floral offerings
were placed upon and around the
blei The interment was made in the
North Ogden cemeterv and tbe grave
was dedicated bv G Randall.
PEARCE The funeral ol PranciS
Dale Pearce was hHd yesterday af
ternoon In the First ward meeting
hniie. with Blshcn D ii IfinslEn pre
siding. Walter Stephens sang "AH
Through the Night ' Frank Madsen
pang Face to Face, ' M i Bemloe
Glazier sang "O Love Divine," and
Ethel Davue sang "Your Sweet Little
f in silks and dress . v. T , , , , , are the best for II
Mi ' Thls Underwear should appeal to those not skilled in J
goods just m any woman who appreciates real e dressmakin i f I
Don't overlook this cmfort. It stretches like a silk glove ressma mg. H
and fits snuggly to any form the 1 9
Mwhen in need of a prices are also with your reach. CORSETS v B
dress or waist. Union Suits-low neck-knee length c d , I
no sleeves colors pink and S
white $3.49. show yu a11 thc II 1
M NOTIONS AND Vests low neck no sleeves white different forms k i 9
NOVELTIES and pink $1.58. No matter what II E
Bloomers white pink and blue form, we have II 1
are always the la- $2.48. f
Htest in this section. SILK SALE is now on, a nice line or k J j
Foulards, only 39c II W
Our Underwear Department has ANYTHING II r
WE ARE GLAD manY things in store for you Nru pnp Tp H U
H., come in and see. NEW FOR THE U 0
TO SHOW AND The Ready-to-Wear Section is ready SEASON YOU II
HELP YOU TO for yur inspection we have had WILL FIND AT II fj
di iv rnnnc many new things in' tlldt Wl11 intercst ni id cTnor " I
HBUY GOODS. you OUR STORE. v
See our window -these are good for combinations or full dress skirts andwaists. mm ft
Do not feel that you have to be under obligation to buy when you come into I"
Paine & Hurst Store I
j "Where ihc Women Trade." j
Rosehud Has Left You." The speakers !
were Horace Garner, Wiles G. Cra- i
gun and Bishop Ensign. The inter
ment wag made In the city cemetery
FOWLER The Hooper ward meet
ing houo was crowded ly the friends
and relatives of the late pioneer
Samuel Fowler, Br., yesterda aftei
noon, when his funeral service was
held Bishop James Bcur presiden i
at the service and the speakers were,
President G FMId.lleton. Patriarch
G. W. Larkin. Francis M Belnap,
Robert Todd and Bishop Reus Special
music was furnished by George Man
ning and the ward choir. The Inter
ment was made in the Hooper ceme
tery
PETERSON The funeral ot Jacob
Peterson will be held in the Fourth
ward meeting house tomorrow at 12
o'clock noon The body ma be lew
' ed at the home. 768 Twentieth street
tomorrow morning from S to 12.
SULLIVAN The funeral of Daniel
E. Sullhan will be held tomorrow at
3 p m. in St. Joseph's Catholic
church, with Rev. Father P M Qush
i nahan officiating. The body may be
viewed at the residence, 1054 Twenty
fifth street, this evening and tomor
row until - P m The interment w ill
bt made in the City cemetery
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OWNER OF 1 ftUTQ IS
GIH BIG
SURPRISE
Desk Sergeant Walter Wilson nf
the police department received a tele
phone call this morning from a resi
dent of West Seventeenth street and
was Informed that an automobile was
Btanding in the road in that vicinity.
The machine bore evidence of having
been used for a jo ride, the ser-
geants informant stated, then hunt
up the "phone before the officer could
a-k lor Its number
hile searching ihe official record
of automobile nurnoer anu ownerb,
Sergeant Lane found that the car be
longed to George S. Glen He got
Mr Glen "on the 'phone" and asked
dim It he had an automobile. Re
ceiving an affirmative answer, the of
Cei injured as where it was. Mr
Glen answered that the machine .as
in the garage at the rear of his rosl
dence He was then told to Investi
gate so as to be sure and a minute
or two later again took up the con
versatfon and said that the lock had
been broken from the door of the
garage and the machine stolen. The
tlWt of tUe machine was a total sur
prise and the owner was just getting
ready to come to town in it when
Sergeant Layne telephoned
IlIOR IS CHARGED
WITH BURGLARY AND
GRID LARCENY
District Attorney John C Dai has
filed an Information In the district
COUrl charging Stephen R taintor I
with burglary and grand larceny. The
Information contain two counts, al
leging that on August I, 1914, Tain I
tor burglarized the stoic oi L 1 1 Be-I
j craft and that at that time he stole)
a ra.or. a watch, a pocketknifc and
firearms of the alue of $90,
Unless ibis charge serves the pur
pose of covering other alleged often- J
ses. more informations will be tiled
against Taintor, a6 it is said that be ,
burglarised and stole goods from the I
Proudfit and the Browning Brothers!
stores He also has been identified .
,( - i he man w ho held up and robbed j
car conductor on the Twenty-ftfth
Street line last spring and It Is possl
ble tluit an Information charging him i
kith robbery will he placed on Hie In
the district court.
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Mra ISugene Shugrur of Anaconda.
Mont., has been orgauisl for a Hap
tist (hutch in Vineyard Haven for
twenty-eight consecutive years
MRS. E. R, RIRR11
HERE TO MEET HER
DAUGHTER
Mrs t II Harriman was iu Ogden
several hours this morning She
came here to meet her daughter who
arrived on the Overland Limited from
the east at 10 40 a. m. from her sum
mer home at Island I'ark, Idaho.
Mrs. Harriman Is traveling in her
private car "Arden." and after her
daughter's arrival went to Salt Lake
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THE WORLD'S
MARKET NEWS
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas pity, Aug 22 Hogs Re
. Mpts S00. market stead) (attic
Receipts L00; market steadv Sheep
I Receipts none; market steady.
Chicago Livestock
C hicago, Aug. 22. Hogs- Receipts
10,000. market steady. Bulk, $8.8 5 "
9.20; light. .$85i9 30; mixed, $8-60
9.85; heavy, $8.469.30; rough
$8.45:08.65; pigs. $7.0008.70,
Cattle Receipts 400. market slow
and weak Beeves, $c3 TSfi in i0
steers, 86.3009.40; stockers and feed
ers. $5.4008.10; cows and heifers,
$3 609.20. cahes, $7 75 10.75.
Sheep Receipts 6000; market dull
and weak Sheep. $5.1005.10; yearl
ings, $6 007.00; lambs, $6.6008.50.
South Omaha Livestock
South Omaha. Aug 22. Hogs Re
ceipts 7600. mark-t lower. Heavy
$S TCI. 'Vj 0 nil; light. $ S" ci '.'. . plg-
$8.0008.80; hulk of sales. $8.75 8.85
( attic Receipts 100; market
steadv Native steers, $7.75010.15;
cows 'and heifers, $6.0008.00; west
ern steers, $6 509.00; Texas steers.
$6.007.85; cows and heifers, $6.00
8.00.
S)ieepHecipts 100; market
steady Yearlings, $6.0006.50; weth
ers, $5 65 6 15.
CHICAGO GRAIN
Chicago. Aug 22 The recent eo
centrlcltlea oi wheat carried the mar
ket higher at the opening today and
for the moment buyers and sellers
were pennies apart Opening price
were from Sc up tor Ma to 1 1-4C
for December and in a few moments
another cent was superimposed but
part of this latter gaiu was relin
1 mushed on ensuing trades. The ad
vance was due to the shyness of sel
lers, rather than to sny particular de
mand As has been the case since
the war begau the price gyrations
have been due large! to the varying
-uesses as to the European situation,
and the fairly general impression 111
tbe face ol Influential utterances to
the contrary, 'hat war means higher
grain prices, regardless of the diffi
ciiltles of shipment and llnaic Ing.
Liverpool was higher; the BngllSrf
crop was reported above the average,
and the potato crop abundant ''
over-sea authority estimated thai Ger
Biany and Austria-Hungary would
need' 288,000,000 bushel- ol wheat
corn, barley and oats lrom abroad.
m hile English import requirements
were placed at ISS.niiu nun bu-heis
The volume of trade In corn was
restricted by defection oi traders to
the wheat and oats pits hut prices
were sympathetically stroug. The j
market opened unchanged to 3 Sc net I
higher and quickly added 3 & to 1 '-1" v
to the bulge. k
Oats opened 3-8 to 1 2c higher on U
reports of seaboard acceptances anu f
earlj gained an additional quarter
cent May touched 51 1-Sc. Trade g;
in prov isions was very light but prices I
were - 1-2 to 10c up.
The wheat market continued stroug
and close 2 3-4(?i3c net higher .
The corn close was strong 1-2 to J
l-4c over yesterday. I
HERO OF MANY I
RACESKILLED I
Car Overturns at Elgin Nation- j
al Road Race and Driver j
Wishart Meets Fatal
Injuries. I
Elgin, Aug '22 Spencer S iahan f
J the v eteran hero of many automobile
I races, was fatally injured while he t"m
i woe lo-jrlinf tlm fifvld in the Kluin na I
tional road race today, when bi: i a; I
overturned His meehanlcian, John
lenter also was badly hurt. I
Wishart s right leg was broken, his
skull wat, fractured and his chest I
crushed. His assistant's right arm
was fractured and he was also in
jured internally. Both were rushed
to a hospital. They were unconscious
Mrs. Wishart. who had been cheering
in the stands each time her daring
husband flew past, was taken to his I
bedside. j
The accident was due to the fuxi- i
mis pace sustained For nearly ball
Ol the distance of 301 miles, until the 1
accident, Wishart averaged almost 7s
miles an hour, or nearly five miles
raster than the new record which was I
established yesterday by Ralph Do
Pal ma.
It was bv no means Wishart s race
' as vet, however, for Bob Burman.
1 who" is known as a driver who drivefl
with a fearlessness considered close
on reckless, was close behind. Wis
hart to maintain bis lead took
chances on rough stretches that cans
ed the spectators to gasp.
Car Skids Through Fence
On the thirteenth lap his car skid
ded through a fence aud overturned. I
I Some of the w itnesses said that be
seemed to lose control of the steer-
ing gear
The accident put Burman In tn
, lead hut the awful pace and the heat
of his engine made bim sick and Tie
bad to withdraw in favor of Raipn ,
' Mulford who took his seat at the
steering post The new leader was I
followed closely by Alene. Pullen.
UePalma. Grant and Wilcox
The race was not stopped While
-I ectators were lifting the ear Off thi
prostrate forms pinnea uuuei j BJ
other contestants their set faces look
.ing straight ahead in the dust Snd
smoke, pursued their breakneck
course.
Three Spectators Hurt.
Three spectators were reported
Slightb hurt when Wishart 8 car h
I the fence, near which were their H
I SCt:ishart was 24 years old and had
been racing for six years. He star
ed bj piloting cars owned by himsen
and finished second in the first race i
' ii.ii at the Indianapolis crack
His work was characterized by a
fine combination of daring and cool
Inerve and It wafi not long jmtU he
. , ailed into the professional I ranks
: and rose to the capUincy of the ac
ling team of a well knon manufac-
I turer 1 H
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