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United Press Staff Correspondent Los Angeles, Cal., July 23.—Movie queens, film heroes and all the color ful Hollywood community were hurl ed from their beds and fled to lawns and sidewalks in filmy night attire shortly before midnight when all southern California was rocked by two earthquakes which lasted over six seconds. Little damage was done in Los Angeles or vicinity, although the quake was the most severe In three years. • Beach cities suffered a particularly heavy shaking. The shock occurred at 11:27 p. m. * Sunday night. Prisoners in jail here were thrown' Into a panic and shouted like mad dened cage animals as the walls rocked. Throughout the city, persons frightened by the quake rushed to the streets. Late pedestrians were thrown from their feet. Chief damage here and at Holly wood was to plaster and modesty. Exposure of movie colony night life was complete in some instances. Riverside Hard Hit. In downtown Los Angeles there was great excitement. The negro janitor in the United Press offices felt the walls shaking, heard a tre mendous rumbling and thought that bandits had blown the safe. He rushed out with drawn revolver shouting to the yeggs to surrender. No fires were caused here, but the entire Los Angeles fire department was on the alert for the first alarm. The trembling was most severe at Riverside, where many persons were thrown from their feet. Typical of the pranks reported from all points were those of a sharp tremor in Los Angeles. Here the brief shock stopped clocks, set off burglar alarms, rattled and broke dishes and cracked plaster. Artesian wells on the Warren ranch south of San Bernardino which had not flowed for years, gushed forth : immediately after the quake. | Trees were reported to have top pled over a strawberry flat. The Hill creek road into Bear valley was blocked by fallen rock and dirt. Several hundred patients in the Loma Linda sanitarium, near San Bernardino were alarmed when plas ter crashed from the walls and chem ical containers In the laboratory burst with loud reports. The patients were quieted and an examination of all disclosed that none had been hurt. Other cities and towns which re ported shakes and slight damage were San Diago. Pasadena, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Mojave, Arrow head Springs, Riviera, El Centro, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Ven tura, Glendale, Eagle Rock, Riverside Monrovia, Pomonia, Antheim, San Jacinto, Hemet and Barstow. Reports had it that tremors ihad been felt in the northwestern part ov Arizona, but there had been no con firmation this morning as telegraph and telephone service into that dis trict from Los Angeles failed. Telephone messages from Lake Arrowhead, in the San Bernardino mountains said there was no damage there, although the earthquake was heavy. Many guests of the resort spent the rest of the night out of doors. Forest rangers near Lake ' Arrowhead reported feeling the shocks. AIRPLANE FALLS 700 FEET, TWO ARE HURT Des Moines, la., July 23.—Falling to come out of a tall spin, an air plane piloted by Raymond C. Fisher, of Des Moines, plunged 700 feet to earth, late yesterday, badly injuring Fisher and his passenger, F. L. Mc Carty, Des Moines real estate agent. The control levers did not work when Fisher attempted to right the plane after he had gone into a tail spin at a 1,400 foot height. McCarty's back was Injured, And Fisher was badly cut about the head and body. It wag Fisher’s first accident. DR. WELLINGTON KOO ACCEPTS NEW POSITION Peking, July 23.—Dr. V. K. Welling ton Koo, who Sunday assumed the portfolio of minister of foreign af fairs, accepted only after repeated urgings by Wu Pel-Fu and Tsao-Kun, north China military leaders and< in spite of the continued reluctance of Wang Kemin, to take the portfolio of minister of finance. Dr. Koo has act ed as minister from China to Great Britain and the United States. MINERS ASK INQUIRY Washington, July 22.—An investi gation of the system under which convicts 'are employed in the coal mines of Alabama is asked by the United Mine Workers of America in a communication filed with the Unit ed States Coal Commission Sunday. $2.SO for Honeymoon Coffee Letter O, Num ber 7. If you have one please phone MRS. \V. C. Meacham Auto 67977. CASUALTIES OCCUR WHEN TRIBES CLASH IN INDIA Peshewar, British India, July 23.— Fighting has broken out between the tribesmen, headed by the Nawabs of Amb and Mianguli in the northwest frontier province, according to a dis patch received here Monday. As a result of a dispute the Nawab of Amb occupied a part of his rival's territory by a surprise attack in which 50 men were killed. _ The Nawas of Mianguli retaliated ruth lebssly. Refugees are streaming in to this city. TRIAL IF SAXON PRINCESS OPEN!! Defendant, Charged With Aid* ing Erhardt in Treason Plot, Presents Striking Figure in Court. Leipzig, Germany, July 23.—Slend er. beautifully gowned, a striking fig ure in the box despite the hunger thinned lines of her aristocratic face. Princess Margarethe Zuhohenlohe went on trial Monday charged with having aided and abetting the notor ious Captain Erhardt In high treas on The princess, by a special order of Judge Schmidt, president of the state court for protection of the re public, was prompted to enter the court room, without being blindfold ed, as is customary in » the case of prisoners who might make use of knowledge of their surroundings to escape. Judge Schmidt, who granted her mt^ny other favors, is reported to have resigned because the Saxon state government objected to his eas ing the rigors of prison life for the titled prisoner. 4444444444444444444 ♦ TURNS BURGLAR ♦ 444+444444444444444 Mrs. Catherine BucUlenslck, alias O'Shaughnessy, of Brooklyn, N. Y., according to the police, left her husband and three young children and Joined a burglar band because she had tired of home cares and wanted “to see life.” Now she Is under arrest on a burglary charge. She told the police she married too young and that a combination of poverty and youth was too much for her to bear. amundsIn enroute TO U. S. REPORTED Nome, Alaska, July 23.—Raould Amundsen, famous arctic explorer, is at Wainwright and will take the first boat for Nome enroute to the United States by way of Seattle, according to private advices received here today. The message indicated that Amundsen had abandoned, for the time being, his proposed airplane flight across the polar wastes from Wainwright to Spitzenbergen. “DRY" CHIEF ILL Washington, July 23—Prohibition commissioner Haynes is confirmed to bed with a severe attack of intestinal grip. His condition is said not to be serious. RECEIVER FOR MORO8CO New York, July 23.—A federal re ceiver was appointed today for the Morosco Holding company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, holding the capital stock of the Morosco Theater company and the Morosco Produc tions company. EXPRESS TRAIN HITS MOTOR BUS; 5 KILLED Gothenburg, Sweden, July 23.— Five persons were instantly killed and twenty injured when a rushing express train crashed into a crowded motor coach at a crossing. All the occupants of the bus were killed or injured. Several were hurl ed 100 yards by the impact. Some were mutilated beyond recognition as the coach was smashed to kindling wood by the engine of the express. LEAD UP New York, July 23.—The Ameri can Smelting and Refining com pany today advanced the price of lead from 6 to 6.25 cents a pound. GRAIN EXPORTS UP Washington, July 23,—Grain exports from American ports last week amounted to 3,716,000 bushels, com pared with 3,613,000 bushels tihe week before. Dr. R. T. Quick osteopathic physi cian and surgeon ear, nose and throat 411-12 Francis building. MAN IS CRUSHED UNDER HEAVY LOAD OF GRAVEL I Sac City, la., July 23—William Giles, 60 years old, of Stewart, la., was Instantly killed near Odebolt Monday night, when a load of grav el which he was hauling, overturn ed upon him. His neck was broken. He is survived by a wife and nine 1 small children. PARTY FIGHT DEVELOPS IN ISLAND ROW One Philippine Group Backs U. S. Representative as Oppon- | ents Start Bitter Partisan Activities. Universal Service Manila, July 24, (Tuesday.)—The Philippine commission In session here today adopted resolutions demanding the recall of Governor Gener&l Leon ard Wood. The Independence commission adopted a resolution demanding the absolute Independence of the Philip pines. The commission is controlled by Manuel Quezon, Filipino leader, who recently led the cabinet in their res ignation as a protest against what Quezon charged was the disregard of cabinet members prerogataives by Governor Wood. The spilt between Governor Gener al Wood arid Quezon, which re sulted In resignation of all lead ing officials of the Philippine gov ernment, has developed Into a lo cal political partisan embroglio, with adopted resolutions opposing the Gov. Gen. Wood and the collectiv ista arty opposing him, according to political leaders here Monday. The democrata leaders Monday Joining of the parliamentary mis sion, which Is to leave for Washing ton, D. C., wltin the next two weeks to lay the Filipino contro versy before President. Harding. Instead, the democrata leaders fav ored a plan whereby the regu larly elected resident commissioners would be given full pow'er to lay the faits before President Harding. Gov. Montanola of Iloilo, in a statement here Monday places the entire responsibility of the political crisis In Queson and Manuel Koxas, speaker of the house of represent he asserts, the Quezon men en croached on the pregrogatives of | the governor general. ♦ HE’S RICH MARINE ♦ KE&smeNmBxmKmmmmHmm* * 5 O- oTokrt^o ! Sergeant Eric O. Johnson, U. S. J Marine, stationed in Charlestown , ■ (Massachusetts) Navy Yard, has in herited $50,000 through the death of a relative, but he won’t quit the "De vil Dogs” to spend it. He married on ly a short time ago. “X wouldn’t quit the service if I had a million dollars,” he says. mmr- MMBMaaav ■mmrnmmcmmmmmmmr . mmmmmmrnmmm - ■■MMM SKIPPER BURNED BY BLAST ON RACE YACHT Santa Monica, Cal., July 23.— Picked up yesterday near the Santa Cruz islands in a disabled condition, the yacht Idalia, one of the entries in the Santa Barbara-Honolulu race, which started Saturday, was towed to Venice, the victim of an explosion to the gas tank of its auxiliary en gine. Capt. C. B. Eyer, jr., of Eos An geles, was seriously burned by fire, which, was quickly extinguished and did little damage. THREE ELIGIBLE FOR NEBRASKA POSTOFFICE Washington, July 23.—Th® civil service commission today certified as eligible for postmaster at Beatrice, Neb., the following: John R. Mo Cann, Robere Pease and George B. M unford. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL FIGHT NOW Bos Angeles, Cal., July 23.—Tom Moore, movie star, has been sued for divorce by Renee Adoree, screen star, j When the couple was married three ! years ago the event was hailed as & j real love match In the film colony. | “lie stayed out late nights and chided me concerning my past,’’ Renee charged in her complaint against the film favorite,’ a brother of Owen Moore. i Tom Aloore was once the husband of Alice Joyce. FIND SHflfilflEE Discrepancy of $5,000 Re ported in Checking of Office of Treasurer at Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids, la., July 23.—Short age of $5,000 was found In tax books of former Deputy County Treasurer E. W. Holsinger, according to a re port made by State Examiners to W. J. Barngrover, County Attorney, Monday afternoon. Mr. Barnrover declined to make the entire report public until it was submitted to Attorney General Ben Gibson, but he admitted the discrep ancies were for the years 1920-21-22. It was reported at the courthouse that an effort would be made to settle the shortage, since the bonding com pany preferred such a course rather than resort to prosecution. Mr. Barngrover declined to say wliat ac tion the county would take until aft er the Attorney General passed on Mi* matter. Holsinger was employed under former County Treasurer A. C Cherry. Cooler Weather Predicted for Tuesday in Sioux City Terri tory—Four Killed in Chi cago Storm. Sioux City heat records for the last two years were shattered Monduy afternoon, when the government thermometer here registered 99 de grees at 3:30 o'clock. Previous to Monday ,the record for 1923 was established on July 9, when the mecury rose to 94 degrees. The terpperature registered Monday aft ernoon was also one-tenth of a de gree higher than at any time during 1922. A relief from the intense heat wave was promised by the government meterologist in Sioux City Monday night. He predicted that generally fair and cooler w'eather will prevail Tuesday. Other forecasts follow: Iowa, Ne braska, South Dakota, and Minneso ta—Generally fair and cooler Tues day. —— FOUR KILLED IN STORM Universal Service Chicago, July 23.—The heat wave In Chicago was partially broken Monday by a thunderstorm. Four men were injured in the storm, two seriously. # Fred Miller, a carpenter, and a la borer working with him at the top of a 110 foot tower were hureld down when the structure was struck by lightning. Two other laborers were pinned under a brick wall when it collapsed during the storm. Hig litemperatures were general throughout the country, with thun derstorms. Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Louis ville reported a maximum of 90 de grees, with several prostrations. The highest temperature in Chica go Monday was 86. At St. Louis It was 94 and St. Piul reported 96. 4 —<f— DES MOINE8 SWELTERS Des Moines, la., July 22.—Des Moines sweltered in the hottest day of the year Monday when the temp erature went up to 97.7, one-tenth higher than the previous record of 97.6 on July 10. Sioux City, with 98 degrees, was the only other Iowa city reporting such a high mark to the local weather bureau. Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Keo kuk each reported 96 degrees. Light breezes partially relieved the heat here. $50,000 LOSS BY FIRE. Cedar Rapids, la., July 23—Fire in the Abrams department store here Monday night wiped out the entire stock of goods, causing a total dam age of $50,0000. The flames started in the rear of the building and had gained consid erable headway before the alarm was turned in. The amount of insur ance carried on the goods and biuld. lng could not be ascertained. ORGANIZE BAND TO HUNT VILLA KILLERS Mexico City, July 23—Nicolas Fernandez, a Villa lieutenant, has ar rived at Canutillo to organize a column to pursue Francisco Villa's slayers from among followers of the late chieftain. He attended Villa's funeral at Parral and left after the burial in the municipal cemetery. It was learned that the unidenti fied man who was killed in the attack upon Villa and his retinue was the aged Mexican wtoo had rented to the assassins a vacant house from which they fired upon the passing party. He was put out of the way apparent ly on the theory that “dead men tell no tales.” LABORITES MOVEsTo HALT ARMAMENT RACE London, July 23.—J. Ramsay Mc Donald, leader of the opposition in the house of the commons toady mo ved a resolution deprecating in creasing expedlture in military prep arations, which he asserted, formed the beginning of another race for armament. He urged the government to take Immediate steps to call an international Conference for the limi tation of armaments. FRENCH NOTE WILL REJECT BR1TISHPLAN Terms of Reply to Baldwin Proposals Reported as Reit eration of Franco-Belgian ^Policy to Remain in Ruhr. BY BASIL D. WOON Universal Service Correspondent Paris, July 23.—The Franco-Bel* gian reply to the British proposals on German reparations, which has been held up by Belgium's wavering and France's opposition to any repara tion* conference, will be sent within a few days. The note, it is learned, will be a reiteration of the following cardinal points of the Franco-Belglan posi tion: 1. —No negotiation will be entered |tato with Germany while passive re sistance in the Ruhr continues. 2. —France and Belgium intend to remain In the Ruhr indefinitely, or until Germariy commences payment on. a schedule considered satisfactory by France, which schedule Germany itself must suggest. 3. —Absolute refusal to consider a definite fixing of Germany's debt un til Germany reorganizes her finances, 4. —Refusal to consider an' inter national reparations conference un less England and the United States agree to take up the matter of the cancellation of debts. 6.—A moratorium may be granted, but France and Belgium will remain in the Ruhr during the period of non payment. 6.—A denial of England's sugges tion that reparations and war debts be taken out of the domain of diplo matists and placet^ In the hands of a committee of International bankers, Poincare pointing out that such » proceeding failed in 1922. HOLLAND ENTERS INTO" TREATIES WITH TURKEY Lausanne, July 23—Holland and Turkey entered Into new treaty re lation hare Monday. Their repre sentatives signed three documents, a general treaty establishing friend ly relations, a commercial treaty on the basis of the most favored na tion, and an additional commercial convention. This last document In cludes features of the European treaty with Turkey which will be signed by the allied and Turkish representatives Tuesday. Serbia will not sign the treaty be tween the European powers and Turkey, it Is understood as she finds some of the economic and financial clauses unacceptable. A protocol of aBccession will be opened after the signature, leaving the possibility of further negotiations in Serbia’s case. MILLIONAIRE STARTS ACTION FOR DIVORCE New Yorker Charges Wife De serted Him for an Ob scure Dentist New York, July 20—Charges that a millionaire’s wife had eloped with an obscure dentist were made Friday when Edward W. Browning, society man, filed divorce papers. The club man and Bon of the late President of Browning, King & Com pany, Is 45 years old, his pretty wife, 81 and the other man 29 years old. The mlllionalre'a affidavit, in sub stance, says: “Mrs. Browning disappeared from her sumptuous home on June 30 last and under an assumed name, Mrs. H. J. Wolcher, sailed that afternoon for France on the steamer Olympic. Also on the ship was Charles W. Wilen, a dentist. The couple, now living as Mr. and Mrs. Wolchyr at the Imperial hotel, Paris, are leading a wild and gay life in cabarets and at the race track.” Handkerchiefs were first manufac« tured in Scotland In 1743. JUDGECOMPLIMENTS WIFE FOR KILLING Court Informs Woman Murder of Husband Was Fully Justified Cincinnati, Ohio. July 24—Mrs. Bee tle B. Bush, 38 years old, was com plimented and immediately discharged for killing her husband, William Ed ward Bush, after being arraigned on a charge of murder in municipal court here today. Judge Meredith, in dismissing Mrs. Bush, said she was justified in killing her husband in defense of herself and child. Mrs. Bush shot and killed her hus band Sunday after she said, he threatened to kill her and his step child. She told the court that Bush objected to the child going to Sunday school. IRENE CASTLE TREMAIN GETS A DIVORCE MONDAY Paris, July 23.—Irene Castle Tre maln, the dancer, was granted a divorce here Monday from her hus band, Capt. Robert E. Tremaln. MAIL SACK'S RIFLED. Lincoln, Neb., »«ly 23.—Authori ties were informed Monday of the rifling of two mail sacks at the Burl ington station at Broken Bow, Neb., The amount of loot secured has not been disclosed*