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VOLUME SIXTY-NINE
Indications Are That Gen.
Mackensen Has Failed
to Pierce Defenses
RAlft INTERFERING
ON BATTLE FRONTS
Bucharest, Sept. 25.—Successes
for the Rumanians in both Tran
sylvania and Dobrudja are report
ed in an official statement issued
by the war office.
Paris, Sept. 25.—Latest reports re
garding the important campaign in the
Romanian province of Dobrudja indi
cate a lessening in the intensity of the
struggle between the invading armies
of the central powers and the Rus
sians and Rumanians facing them.
Field Marshal von Mackensen's in
itial attempts to break the allied lines
formed to defend the Constanza-Tcher
naveda railroad evidently have failed,
the opposing forces apparently are
now virtually deadlocked along the
front from the Danube to the Black
sea.
In
their invasion of Transylvania the
Rumanians report success in an attack
at Hermannstadt, where 300 men and
five machine guns were captured.
Nearly 7,000 prisoners have been tak
en
by the Rumanians so far in their
Transylvanian campaign.
Today's official statement from Pet
rograd declaring no events of import
ance have occurred along the Russian
or Caucasus fronts is one of the lacon
ic sort customarily issued by the war
office when decisive results in pend
ing operations are lacking.
Official reports and private dis
patches Indicate that the fall rains are
Interfering with the progress of hos
tilities on. virtually all battle fronts.
In the Alpine districts and the Cau
casus cold weather and snow add to
the
difficulties of combatants.
ENTENTE BEATEN BACK.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 24.—Via Lon
don, Sept. 25.—The Bulgarians have
successfully defended Kaimakcalan
height on the westerly side of the
Macedonian battle front against re
peated attacks by entente forces, the
war office announced today. Succes
sive assaults were delivered yesterday
on the Bulgarian positions but in each
case the attacking forces, although
they closely approached the Bulgarian
Urenches, were unable to penetrate
them and fell back with heavy losses.
Entente troops which attacked vil
lages on the eastern bank of the
Struma were forced by the Bulgarians
to retreat across the stream.
RUSSIANS ON OFFENSIVE.
Paris, Sept. 26.—Russian troops on
the western end of the Macedonian
front took the offensive last night. The
war office announced today that they
liad captured hill 916, west of Fiorina,
which had been fortified strongly by
the Bulgarians. A Bulgarian counter
attack was checked by French and
Russian artillery and bayonets.
COUNTER ATTACK FAILS.
Paris, Sept. 25.—German troops
made an attack on the Verdun front
last night near Vaux-Chapitre wood.
This afternoon's war office report says
the attack failed.
BELGIAN COAST RAIDED.
London, Sept. 25.—British monitors
and destroyers bombarded the Belgian
coast Sunday between Heyst and
Bruges, according to a Reuter dis
patch from Flushing.
Two Zeppelins Lost
Berlin, Sept. 25.—Extensive fires
•were observed to have been caused by
the Zeppelin bombardment of London
and the English midland counties on
Saturday night, it was announced today
In the official report on the air raid.
Two of the Zeppelins were lost as a
result of the fire of anti-aircraft guns
in London, the statement adds.
TWENTY-EIGHT KILLED.
London, Sept. 25.—The Zeppelin
raid on the eastern coast of England
Saturday night resulted in the death
of twenty-eight persons and the in
jury of ninety-nine in the metropolitan
district of London. Two Zeppelins
were brought down by the British anti
aircraft guns, Ae crew of one being
burned to death in midair. The crew
cf the other was taken prisoner.
On the Somme in the last few days
more than forty aeroplanes of the Ger
mans and entente allies have come to
grief. Both sides claim to have
"brought down about an equal number.
GREEK DIPLOMAT ARRESTED.
^Paris, Sept. 25. —Monsignor Agath
jg^gelos, Greek metropolitan of Drama,
was arrested on board the steamer
Ohio on its arrival at Saloniki from
Piraeus by order of the national de
fense committee, according to a Sal
oniki dispatch to the Matin. Bishop
Agathangelos constantly attacked the
entente in speeches and writings and
^ls also accused, the dispatch says, of
acting as a spy.
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MEDIATORS IN
HALFDEADLOCK
MEXICANS IN8IST ON AN EARLY
WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS
WITHOUT FURTHER AOO.
New London, Sept. 25. —The mem
bers of the Mexican-American joint
commission today began the fourth
week of their investigation of border
conditions in their effort to bring an
adjustment of international questions.
The Mexican representatives were
still insistent that their army is cap
able of maintaining peace in northern
Mexico and that relations between
the two countries would be greatly
Improved by the withdrawal of the
American forces. The Americans in
sisted on further study of Mexico's in
ternal affaire.
More reports from the war depart
ment supporting charges that out
lawry in the state of Chihuahua is
showing signs of Increase were in the
hands of the Americans but the Mex
icans were prepared to submit counter
reports indicating the insignificance
of Villa's reappearance.
CHANGE MEETING PLACE.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 25. —At
lantic City was chosen today as the
new meeting place of the Mexican
American commission, now sitting at
New London. The selection was made
by Eliseo 'Arredondo, Mexican ambas
sador designate and Assistant Secre
tary Phillips of the state department.
The change was decided upon be
cause the hotel at which the commis
sioners are making their headquarters
in New London closed this week for
the season.
Mr. Arredondo today called on Sec
retary Lansing and reiterated that no
report from any source Indicated that
Villa personally took part in the re
cent raid on Chihuahua City.
BRITISH KM 01 Wit
Diplomatic Exchanges Deal With
Seizure And Opening of Ameri
can Mail To Neutrals.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 25. —The
British reply to the American mail
note of May 24 protesting against the
mail censorship left London Friday,
the British embassy here wag Inform
ed, today, and should arrive in Wash
ington late this week. No advance
indication of its contents was for
warded.
Any arrangement arrived at with ex
porters, in New York by Sir Richard
Crawford, the British commercial at
tache, who today began Informal ne
gotiations there, will be made to con
form with the terms of the note.
Such arrangements, it is pointed out
will be entirely Informal and made
theoretically without knowledge of the
diplomatic authorities of the two gov
ernments, who will continue to nego
tiate as to the principles involved, re
gardless of any modus vivendi which
may be arrived at.
TWO HELOJOB SWINDLE
State Agents Promise Sensational Dis
closures as Result of Their
Investigations.
Des Moines, Sept. 25.—James Ris
den, special state agent, came to Des
Moines today from Waterloo to take
back there Harold Ward and J. W.
Brown, who, according to Attorney
General George Cosson, are to be
charged with operating a confidence
game. Ward and Brown were arrested
here Saturday night, charged with
having swindled John G. Huglin, a re
tired farmer, out of $10,000 on a "fake"
horse race.
In a statement issued today, Attor
ney General Cosson said that the al
leged swindle of Huglin is only anoth
er ramification of the swindles charg
ed against Ward, Brown and
F.
Washington,
J.
W.
Reeves in Davenport. State agents
still are working on the case, Mr. Cos
son said, and their investigations may
result in sensational disclosures, it
was said.
According to published statements,
Huglin was swindled in May, 1915, and
borrowed a large portion of the $10,
000 he is alleged to have lost.
SCOTLAND YARD
INSPECTOR DIES
London, Sept. 25. —Alfred Ward,
chief inspector of Scotland Yard, died
in a hospital this morning. Inspector
Ward had charge of the police inves
tigation into several of the most sen
sational crimes of recent years. He
visited the United States last May to
bring back Ignatius Tribich Lincoln,
the former member of parliament and
self confessed German spy. Lincoln
was extradited on the charge of for-,
gery.
WAR TO LAST YEAR
YET, SAYS GENERAL
*San Francisco, Sept. 25.—That the
war in Europe will last at least an
other year was the opinion expressed
here today by Brig. Gen. U. C. N.
Sellheim, who has been with the
Australian forces in Europe and who
is on his way to Australia to take over
the organization and equipment of
new troops.
"The outstanding feature of the
whole terrible business," he said, "has
been the magnificent courage and
patriotic spirit of the twentieth
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EXPDRTSREAGH
More Than Half a Billion
Dollars Worth of Goods
Shipped in a Month
D.
C., Sept 25.—Ameri­
can exports finally have passed the
half billion dollars a month mark.
Statistics issued today by the depart
ment of commerce show that
AMERICAN BANKERS
HOLD CONVENTION
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 25.—Bank
ers, gathered here today for the con
vention of the American Bankers' as
sociation, began the preliminary work
of the annual gathering with meetings
of commixes of the general organiza
tion and of the affiliated sections and
the organization of a state bank sec
tion, the first of its kind in the asso
ciation.
Officers of the association revealed
today that the convention probably
would not go on record in favor of any
radical changes in the present bank
ing lawB.
Representatives of the country
banks, however, plan to continue the
fight started three years ago in Bos
ton for an amendment to the section
of the federal reserve act relating to
the present system of collecting coun
try checks through the federal reserve
banks, which the country banks claim
is "unfair and entirely without author
ity in law." An executive conference
of bankers interested was held last
night.
PROSECUTOR OF
BANKERS CHOSEN
Chicago, Sept. 25. —Edwin J. Raber,
prosecutor in the trial which resulted
in the conviction of Charles B. Munday
on chargtes of conspiracy in connection
with the wrecking of the LaSalie
Street Trust and Savings bank, today
assumed charge of the prosecution of
defaulting private bankers uncfer the
direction of-State's Attorney Hoyne.
The campaign against unsupervised
private banks progressed today.
While Mr. Raber was preparing evi
dence which Is to be used against four
private bankers already indicted for
accepting deposits while insolvent, Mr.
Hoyne prepared to lay before the grand
jury evidence concerning the closing
of the three Paisley bankB. At the
same time the affairs of these banks
and of the Dubia bank were scheduled
for airing in bankruptcy proceedings
before Federal Judge K. M. Landis.
CHEMICAL SH.OW
.ON IN NEW YORK
New York, Sept. 25.—Nearly every
prase of the chemical industry and
most of the leading chemical concerns
of the United States are represented
in the exposition of chemical indus
tries which opened here today with
the annual conventions of the Ameri
can Chemical society, American Elec
tro-chemical society and the technical
section of the Paper & Pulp associa
tion. Today was devoted to the open
ing of the exposition and displays of
moving pictures illustrating technical
subjects.
Dr. Thomas H. Norton, agent of the
department of commerce, who is at
tending the meetings, said he believed
the United States within the next six
months will be producing enough dyes
to meet a normal demand.
BOMB AT MOVIE SHOW.
Chicago, Sept. 25.—The explosion of
what is believed to have been a timed
and shrapnel filled bomb in the rear
of a State street moving picture
theater here early today broke scores
of plate glass~windows, shook buildings
for blocks around and badly damaged
the show house at which the bomb
was direoted.
The police attribute the use of the
bomb to the rivalry between different
motion picture operators' unions.
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goods
sent abroad In August were valued at
$510,000,000, a record not only for this
country but for the world. The total
is $35,000,000 above the previous high
record, established in May, and $45,
000,000 higher than the June figure.
Imports decreased In August, the
total of $199,247,391 being $47,000,000
below that of June, the record month.
It was greater, however than the total
for any previous August. Exports for
the year ended with August aggregat
ed $4,750,000 and the Imports $2,300,
000,000, both totals being far in ad
vance for those for any similar periol
Of the August imports, 66.5 per it
entered free of duty, compared with
67.5 per cent in August a year ago.
The favorable trade balance for Au
gust was $311,000,000, compared with
$119,000,000 in Augusta sear ago, and
a balance of $19,000,000 in August,
1914, against the United States. For
the twelve months ending August 31
the export balance was $2,465,000,000
as against $1,363,000,000 J*' the preced
ing year and $374,000,01 two years
ago.
The net Inward gold movement for
Aiigust was $29,000,000 and for the
year $410,000,000, a record breaker.
Last year the net inwarJ gold move
ment was $146,000,000 and two years
ago there was a net outward move
ment of $95,000,000. Gold imports in
August were $41,238,716 against $61,
641,191 in August, 1915, and $3,045,219
in August, 1914.
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IOWA—Partly cloudy probably show- era east and south tonight or Tuea- day. Sun rises, 6:50 a. m.: acta, 5:53. LOCAL TEMP.—6 p. m., 77 8 a. m., 67 12 m., 80 max.. 80 mln., B7.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25. —ChaB.
E. Hughes' left here early t&day to
open his campaign In Ohio at Dayton.
Addresses before the National league
of republican clubs at the soldiers'
home and in the auditorium at night
with an afternoon visit to the fair
grounds were the chief activities for
today.
He will leave Dayton early Tuesday
to continue his trip through Ohio. He
expects Gov. Willis, Senator Harding,
Myron T. Herrtck, James R. Garfield,
and other party lenders to accompany
him.
Sunday Mr. Hughes was the guest
of his running mate, Charles W. Fair
banks, who left today on a speaking
tour that will carrv him to the Pacific
coast. His first speech was scheduled
at Omaha Tuesday evening.
TALKS TO VETERANS.
Dayton. Ohio, Sept. 25.—The United
Stah.i, Charles
E.
Must Be Ready.
"I look to the United States of the
future as a nation with governmental
policies which will maintain general
prosperity as a nation prepared for
every emergency. We seek peace but
we are firm in the determination that
we will enforce American rights and
have peace with honor and security.
"We desire nothing but that to
which we are justly entitled. We
want the estem of all nations. W«
covet nothing but my friends, the
union which you fought to maintain
will not long be preserved unless we
maintain in this generation, firmly, the
dignity of American citizenship, the
honor jf the American flag.
"The republican party has been the
party of national honor. In our inter
national relations under republican ad
ministration the dignity and prestige
of the United States has been of the
highest."
Candidate Cheered.
The nominee's reiteration of his
Btand for the enforcement of Ameri
can rights "with regard to lives, prop
erty and commerce throughout the
world1' was greeted with cheers.
Mr. Hughes will deliver one more
address in Dayton at the auditorium
tonight.
BACK TO THE G. O. P.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25.—While
the election is several weeks away it
is possible to draw some conclusions
as to the situation in Indiana from re
ports received by the organizations of
both parties In the last week. Both
parties are now getting reports on the
sixty day poll.
One conclusion seems pretty safe
and that is that the amalgamation of
the republicans and progressives is a
thing completed. It Is admitted by
well informed democrats that practl-.
cally 100 per cent of the progressives
who came from the republican party
have gone back to it.
OKLAHOMA FOR HUGHES.
Tulsa, Okla., Sept. 25.—The Okla
homa republicans are growing in con
fidence that they will carry the state
for both the national and state tick
ets this fall.
The remarkable state convention in
Oklahoma City a few days ago, coup
led with big meetings in Tulsa, Musko
gee, Perry, Enid and other places has
accentuated the belief that Oklahoma
can no longer be classed as part of the
solid south.
VOTING ON PROHIBITION.
Worth, Tex., Sept. 25.—Voters of
this, Tarrant county, were participat
ing in a local option election today by
which, if prohibition is carried, ap
proximately 125,000 persons would be
affected?
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HUGHES OPENS
OHIO CAMPAIGN
CANDIDATE HAS BUSY PROGRAM
ENCOURAGING REPORTS
FROM 8EVERAL STATES.
Hughes told an
audience of civil war veterans, will
not idure unless each generation
Btar firmly for the dignity of Ameri
caA citizenship and the honor of the
flag.
"What I most want to see in thiv
country," Mr. Hughes said, "is to have*,
our young men, our middle aged men,
all our men and our women, jtoo, fired
with the patriotic spirit of *61.
"You veterans have aided in pre
serving the union at a critical time,
but in a very true sense every generar
tlon must preserve the union. We are
still a very young country as com
pared with empires of the past that
have fallen from decay. We can not
be preserved alone by the valor of our
ancestors, but we can, Indeed, be pre
served if we keep alive their spirit.
Patriotism Needed.
"As I look to the future and greatly
desire that we should find solution for
the economic problems of our coun
try, I am deeply Impressed with the
fact that we must have a driving
power of progress, of love for our
country. Whatever our race, what
ever our creed, wherever we spring
from, wherever our fathers.were born,
we must have ap intense devotion to
our country, the United States, if we
are going ahead in the troublous days
of the twentieth century and hold our
nation where it belongs in the front
rank of the nations of the world.
"Surely, my friends, you must look
into the future with some concern as
you think of the possibilities of agi
tation and disturbance In this land.
We, you and I, so far as I could, lab
ored in the past for the preservation
of the union, hut the union of states
must be typical of a union of spirit.
We must have a sense of comradeship
that Is very real. Labor in all its ac
tivities must frfel that Its work is dig
nified by justice.
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CURTIS TO BE
Play and Recreation Man to
Talk Thursday at Big
Institute Here
The Wapello county teachers' insti
tute, which will be in session here
Thursday and Friday, will have but
one evening program and this will be
on Thursday.
Henry S. Curtis, a well known lec
turer on play and recreation, will talk
in the high school assembly room at
8 o'clock. The First Cavalry band's
megaphone chorus made up of Will
Hahn, James Rlggles, George Potter
and Arthur Griffin, will sinfe preceding
the lecture.
Dr. J. W. Searson of the state agri
cultural college of Kansas at Manhat
tan, and Edgar S. £Jndley of Daven
port, a Chautauqua and institute lec
turer, together with Dr. Curtis will
make up the headliners of the pro
gram. All rural teachers and those
in towns of the county employing less
than twenty-five Instructors in their
schools will attend both days' sessions.
The pupils will be dismissed for the
*me. With the exception of Thursday
evening's lecture all meetings will be
held In the court house. The superin
tendent's offices on the first floor and
the small court room on the third will
probably be used.
TO CUT SWEAR WORD
OUT OF PRAYER BOOK
New York, Sept. 25. —Elimination
of the word "damn" from the Episco
pal prayer book and the substitution
of the word "condemn" is recommend
ed by the commission on revision of
the prayer hook, in a report to be sub
mitted to the triennial convention of
the Protestant Episcopal church at St.
Louis next month.
The commission argues that "con
demn" is a more correct translation of
the Greek word. The commissioners
suggest that "damn" Is harsh, inter
feres with the beauty of the service
and that Its use in church |has a bad
influence on the young.
NEW YORK BAKERS
BOOST BREAD PRICE
New York, Sept. 25. —The largest
baking company in this city announced
today that the price of Its five cent
loaf of bread will be advanced next
Monday to six cents but that this will
be accompanied by an addition to Its
weight. A smaller loaf than hereto
fore will be sold at five cents.
Members of the national bread com
mittee are here today to attend a con
ference with officers of the House
wives' league to consider the advis
ability of a wheat embargo.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 25—Declaring
that bread making materials have ad
vanced in price, the most important
baking companies here today announc
ed higher prices as well as changes in
the size of the loaf. Five cent loaves
In future are to be unwrapped but the
ten cent loaf will
tbe
wrapped.
SMALL INVESTORS
DODGE WAR LOAN
London, Sept. 25.—Small Investors
are not subscribing to the new German
war loan in the same numbers as to
previous issues, according to a Reuter
Amsterdam dispatch quoting the Col
ogne Gazette.
"However important and valuable,"
says the Gazette, "are subscriptions by
the million, our war loans would never
have been a great success without
small single subscriptions."
The paper adds that the farmers are
afraid that Germany must suffer bank
ruptcy owing to the gigantic and ever
increasing cost of the war.
FAMOUS COMEDIAN
DIES IN POVERTY
Chicago, Sept. 25.—Charles B. Haw
kins, a famous comedian of the civil
war days, was buried today without a
mourner.
The veteran actor was found dying
a week ago in a cheap rooming house
in which he lived alone and practically
in poverty. No one knew where he
was 'born, nor if he had any relatives.
Hawkins, at the height of his fame,
was comedian in "Tennessee's Pard
ner." He was about 75 years old.
METHODISTS END MEET.
Waterloo, Sept. 25. —At the closing
session of the Upper Iowa Methodist
conference, the following appoint
ments were announced:
Mason City, first church, J. E. Wag
ner Olivet church, W. G. Rowley.
Iowa City, S. E. Ellis.
Clinton, first church M. J. Locke
St. Lyons' church, R. C. Keagy.
Davenport, Frank Cole.
The presiding elders chosen were:
R. F. Hurlbert, Davenport W. F.
Spry, Waterloo S. R. Beatty, Cedar
Rapids and A. B. Curran of Dubuque.
JOE R. LANE UNDER KNIFE.
Davenport, Sept. 25.—Ex-Congress
man Joe R- Lane is reported to be re
covering nicely today from the effects
of a severe operation performed Sun
day at St. Luke's hospital for gall
stones. A total of 190 stones was re
moved.' Six leading surgeons of this
vicinity performed the operation.
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MAN HELD FOR
WIFE MURDER
SPECIAL GRAND JURY TO BE
SWORN IN TO HEAR EVIDENCE
AGAINST MISSOURIAN.
St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 25.—A special
grand Jury will be appointed immedi
ately to hear the case of Oscar D. Mc
Daniel, prosecuting attorney of Bu
chanan county, arrested here last
night on a warrant charging him with
the murder of his wife, Harriet Moss
McDaniel, on the night of July 15, ac
cording to Bart M. Lockwood, special
prosecutor.
McDaniel's arrest brought to a head
investigations of many weeks' dura
tion. The murder with which he Is
charged greatly stirred the city, as
Mrs. McDaniel came from a well
known family and was prominent so
cially. She was 35 years old and the
mother of three children.
In outlining the state's case Mr.
Lockwood declared that strained do
mestic relations and an alleged quar
rel resulting from accusations by Mrs.
McDaniel would be the line of argu
ment of the state as contributory con
ditions for the murder.
The special prosecutor asserted his
ability to prove that the telephone call
which McDaniel said caused his ab
sence from home during the time the
murder was committed was an inven
tion and part of a plan to conceal the
crime. It will also be charged that the
shots McDaniel claims he exchanged
with the murderers on his arrival
home that night were in reality fired
by himself, according to Lockwood.
Following his arrest, the only state
ment McDaniel would make was a de
nial that he was guilty.
Wants Early Trial.
McDaniel, who is prosecuting attor
ney of this county, said today he would
ask for an early trial. McDaniel is a
candidate on the democratic ticket for
reelection in November.
"Thel people have a right to know
whetheit I am innocent or guilty," he
said, "and I have never denied any
body an early trial."
Mr. McDaniel characterized as false
the statement made by Bart Lock
wood, the special prosecuting attor
ney, that McDaniel was guilty of the
crime.
"Countless false and slanderous ru
mors have been circulated about me
and some have tried to blacken the
fair name of my wife," the accused
man said. "It seemed in their sight
not enough that my wife, whom
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known and loved since she was a 12
year-old girl, should be torn from me."
Judge Thomas F. Ryan today direct
ed the sheriff to summon a special
grand jury to report in the criminal
court next Wednesday to consider the
case.
ASSAILANT STILL FREE
Hundreds of Men Spend Sunday
Search For Brute Who Attacked
Country School Teacher.
In
Grand Rapids, Minn., Sept. 25—More
than 300 men all day Sunday vainly
searched the woods and portions of
the vast swamps in the region believ
ed to shelter the man who attacked
and shot Miss Olga Dahl, Round Lake
school teacher, Thursday.
There are hundreds of miles of
swamp and forest in which he may be
hiding that have not been thoroughly
searched and which could not be with
less than several thousand men. He
may be dead, Sheriff Charles Gunder
son is said to have stated.,
"The country in which he has taken
refuge abounds In wild game," he said.
"I doubt if the man we want is alive."
Dr. M. M. Hursh returned here late
last night after passing the day at
Miss Dahl's bedside. He said she is
improving hourly.
The little cabin where Miss Dahl
lies was thronged with visitors and
her pupils yesterday.
OVATION FORJRESIOENT
Cheering Crowds Greet Wilson as He
Rides Through Streets of Balti
more to Convention Hall.
Baltimore, Md., Sept 25.—President
Wilson came to Baltimore today to de
liver the second speech of- his cam
paign for reelection. He arrived here
at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon and was
driven immediately to the Lyric the
ater for his address before, the Na
tional Grain Djealers' convention.
Cheering crowds of several thousand
people greeted him at the station.
The president's progress through
the street was marked by a continuous
ovation. Four automobiles carried his
immediate party. There were no
bands because of Mr. Wilson's insist
ence that the occasion be kept non
partisan. Frequently, however, he was
forced to bow in response to applause.
A committee representing commer
cial organizations and the Grain Deal
ers' association met. As he stepped
upon the platform at the theater the
audience stood and clapped..
VIENNA IS SHORT
ON BREAD SUPPLY
Zurich, Switzerland, Sept 25—Press
dispatches from Vienna say there has
been a bread famine there for several
days owing to transportation difficul
ties. An official decree has been pub
lished forbidding hotels and restaur
ants of Vienna and- lower Austria to
supply bread to guests, who must
bring their own. Railway service has
been greatly dislocated since Rumania
entered terete
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Car Skids When Turhed
for Passing Team and
Suffer Some Injuries
RECEIVE BRUISES
NO BONES BBOI
An automobile accident on
Blue Grass road some five or
miles west of the city late Sub4
afternoon caused the five occupant*^
the car to be considerably shaken
and the car but slightly damaged.
The party consisted of Mr. and
F. P. Salter, 126 North Willard at
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Salter,
Queen Ann avenue, and Mrs. Ml
Parker, 101 North Ward street.
The latter waa perhaps the
seriously Injured, having received]
bruise on the left hip and her
was wrenched. She spent a reatyl
night and can move only with
culty,
Mrs. F. P. Salter received a
on the head which Is black and 11
but she states that she suffers but
tie from the injury although
nerves are shattered and she saya
seemed to suffer a nervous shock
were more or less shaken up.
Mrs. Russell Salter who sat lit
rear seat of the car with the other''
women all of whom were thrown
suffered a hipj bruise and said
morning that she felt much better,
though considerably shaken up.
seem grateful to have escaped
serious injury.
The two men received mii_
bruises, Russell Salter having his 14
somewhat Bklnned but no one reaeii
any broken bones in the mix up*
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The accident was caused whfj&j
P. Salter at the wheel turped Otyt,
permit a team to paas on a bad str
of the road. The car was going
moderate speed and under full
trol, but the condition of the
where the turnout was made cat
the rear wheels to skid and in
ing the car one of the forward wL
ran into a hole or deep cut ant
car threatened to tip but kept upi
although the jolt was sufficient
throw the three women out of the
chine, Mrs. Parker being beneath
two companions and thus
the greatest Injuries.
J. R. Needham of Centervllle,
was driving by at the time of the
cident, picked up the injured won
and brought them to their hoi
The accident occurred about 6 o'cl
GRAIN DEALERS
IN GONVEl
^ng
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 28.
twentieth annual convention of
Grain Dealers' National asaocll
opened here this morning with an
dress of welcome by Mayor James
Preston.
President Lee G. Metcalf of
polls, 111., delivered the president's
nual address and reports were
by Secretary-Treasurer Charles Qui:
of Toledo, Ohio, and J. W. McCofd
Columbus, Ohio, for the executive
mlttee.
Adjournment then was taken nnf
2:80 p. m. when President W
Wilson was scheduled to make an
dress.
Among the Important matters td
discussed during ihe nex ^hr-q da
Is the problem of car sHiu
Is vexing middle we.am: farmei
Thousands of bushels of grain
said to be tied up in elevators becau
there are not enough cars in ivhloh
ship the grain east.
FIRST LIGHTHOUSE
SITE IS MAKrfft
Boston, Sept. 25.—The two hll
dredth anniversary of the eetablisl
ment of the first lighthouse in Amerlc
was commemorated here today by
unveiling of a small bronze tablet
Bostbn light station, at the entrant
to Boston harbor. Secretary Redflelj
of the department of commerce
other federal, state and city offic
and representatives of Boston's ool
merclal, maritime and historical
ganizations participated inu the eel
monies. &
MILK TRUST SAID
TO BE UNCOVERE1
Chicago, Sept. 25.—Investigation
charges that a virtual "milk trust"
isted in this section of the count!
was finished today by Carl Vrooi
assistant secretary of agriculture, wl
after consulting for an hour with
trict Attorney Clyne on the result
his work, departed for Washington.^
Mr. Vrooman expects to return
in ten days but meanwhile will
give to the publie a hint as to his
ings. With Mr. Vrooman were
eral aides and the invesUgatlott
eluded '8t. Louis, jD$s Moiifeg,
Aurora knd ChicigiD^'-^^