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SEVERAL LIVES LOST IN STORM; DAMAGE HEAVY . - V. Tornadoes Sweep Minnesota and Wisconsin—Lake Region Warned Universal Service Chicago, Sept. 21.—Minnesota and Wisconsin were struck by a storm Sunday. A number of lives aro re ported lost and property damage has been heavy. The storm followed in the wake of a hot wave that sent the tempera ture to 90 degrees in Chicago shortly after noon, a record for this season of the year. After the storm there was a sudden drop in 'temperature and frost was predicted for states in the northwest. The path of the storm was through central Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. Near Eau Claire, a tornado wrecked a score of farm buildings. It was in this district that first loss of life was reported. A farmer and his wife and daughter, driving in an automobile were injured when the machine was carried high in the air by a tornado and crashed to earth. A 16-year old girl and a 79 year old man were killed near Thoi pe. Damage Near LaCros*# A dispatch from EaCrosse. W!s, on the Mississippi river, told of heavy damage in that district when a tornado crossed from t iso Minne sota shore. The strest railway pow er house was practically wrecked and buildings were unroofed. Rain fell in torrents throughout the storm district and many streams were running bank full. Railroad and highway bridges were inundated and serious interruption of traffic was reported Heavy rain was reported from the Canadian border to Texas. At Itrcckenridge, Tex., a small stream that passes tic:.:- the town flooded more than 25 homes. Storm warnings weie issued for Lake Michigan. The storm that passed over Minnesota and Wiscon sin during the'day is gaining In Intensity, the weather bureau report indicated Sunday night. It is trav eling in a northeasterly direction and is expected to be fdt over the entire lake region within the next few hours. t Chicago Escapes Chicago is believed to have es caped the greatest fury of the Bto’rm. The temperature started mounting in Chicago early Sunday morning and reached 90 degrees at 8 o’clock. There was a suddon change of t'he wind and the tempera ture began falling and at midnight was down to 60 degrees. Colder weather was expected by morning. The temperature has fallen decid edly in the rear of the storm. In cluding most of the Mississippi val ley and the southern plains states. Wire communication was serious ly interrupted through parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin and it was feared that t'he death list would be increased when communication is established. Invariably the places where 'heaviest damage results from storms are slow to report because of •interrupted communication, weather bur*au employes pi rted out. Hgh temperature was reported Hm stations in ibc southwest. San Antonio, Tex., reported 96 degrees, , Mobile, Ala., 9® and Vicksburg, Miss., 94. -_o__ New York City Crowd Cheers La Follette Candidate Given Great Ova tion at Memorial Meeting To Von Steuben k— . _ * Universal Service New York. Sept. 21.—Thirty thou sand people arose and cheered Senator Robert M. LaFolletto Sun day afternoon when he set fo'ot in the Yankee stadium to be the guesj of honor and to deliver the principal address In commemoration of the service rendered to this country by General Von Steuben. r. When he mouiilca the speaker's stand, John Grossgtbauer, chairman of the United Steuben Societies art America, presented him as "the great American who is striving to bring the American constitution back to itself," and as "the next president of the United States." Passing elevated trains Interrupt ed him at times. "I've had trouble with the railroads all my life," he said with a broad smile. The audi enco laughed with him. In his complimentary references to the people who have contributed to the best In American history, La Follette was Interrupted when he mentioned "the Irish." "Hooray for the Irish," welled a group of voices. The audience again cheered. When It had subsided, DaFollette said "God bless them " CANOVA ORGANIZED TO CURB CRIME EPIDEMIC Canova, S. D., Sept. 18. (Special)— The town of Canova Is taking every precaution possible to guard against robberies and daylight holdups. The business men are hiring an addition al night watch who will patrol the Htreets In company with the regular night watch and, if occasion demands, an additional volunteer patrol may be added as a vigilance committee has been organized to protect the town from the hold-up artiste who seem to be making South Dakota their field of operations NEW ANGLE IN ILLINOIS CASE FOUND SUNDAY Attempt Made To Conned Divine With Death of Young Girl Universal Service. Mount Vernon, 111., Sept 21.—Po» ■tbllity that Rev. Lawrence M. Hlght, sedate Methodist minister, held In Jail here as a suspect In the fatal poisoning of his wife, Anna Hlght, and Milford Sweetln, may also have been responsible for the death of a 16 year old girl at Centerville, 111., three years ago, was being Investi gated by authorities here Sunday. The story of the girl was learned when the picture was found in the Hlght home. She died of ptomaine poisoning, which was first thought io have caused the death of Mrs. bight and Sweetln. Later lnvestiga | tlon, however, developed that arsenic In large quantities had been found in the stomachs of both Mrs. Hlght and Sweetln. Wife Jealous of Girl Discovery of the hidden picture developed that it used to have a place on the Hlght mantle, but that Mrs. Hlght was Jealous of the girl and de manded that her minister-husband remove It. He placed It In a frame behind a picture of his own. Rev. Mr. Hlght admitted that he had known the girl, authorities, said —admitted that she had been a close friend. But he said that he could not recall her name. "We are not overlooking any pos sibilities," said States Attorney Frank G. Thompson, in charge of the In vestigation. ‘‘It seems peculiar that Dr. Hlght cannot remember the name of the girl." Two Poisoned. Rev. Mlp. Hight was arrested last week theft the authorles started an investigation of the death of his wife. Chemical analysis of the stomach of the dead woman dlclosed the arsenic and hot ptomaine poisoning was the cause of her death. Following this disclosure, an investigation Into the death of Milford Sweetin, who died a short time before the death of Mrs. Hight, was also started. He also was supposed to have been a victim of ptomaine poisoning, but a report of chemists, given Sunday, said that he had been killed by arsenic. Sweetin was the husband of Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, a special friend of the minister. They had been friends two or three years, close friends. Motive Is Clear. Bate’s Attorney Thompson has pointed out that there is a dear mo tive for the crime—if the minister is guilty. Tfce investigation so far would indicate the minister wanted Mrs. Sweetin for himself. To get her, poison was administered her hus band. Physicians believed he died of ptomaine poisoning. The next step was to be free from his wife. Poison also solved that problem. While the authorities worked with out rest to collect every bit of evi dence that would sl ed light on the strange case, Rev. i'fr. Hight was bring closely guarded In the county Ja il. His children were allowed to visit him for the first time Sunday since his arrest. Prisoner Breaks Down. The minister broke down and cried w! 'n his youngest daughter told him th.it she did not believe him guilty ami would pray for him every night. ”1 will need all your prayers and I want you to pray for me as often as you can,” he said. He told the little gir’ that he was not guilty. Ilis oldest daughter, Marie, with her husband, Robert Eaton and Ro ber\ the minister’s 12 year old son, | we e also present. Mrs. Sweetin, the pretty young widow with whom the minister is said to have shown ihuch attention both before and after the death of her husband, Is ill at her home. The stale’s attorney plans to question her as roon as her health will permit. PRINCE QUITS U. S. FOR VISIT TO HIS RANCH IN CANADA Universal Service Syosset, L. L, Sept. 21.—With ft deep regret that he eould not stay Indefinitely In this most luxurious play : round of history, the Prince of Wal 'a terminated the diverting part of li:s vacation and entrained for Canada where he is to spend a per iod of monkish retirement. There are only eight bedrooms In hlB ranch house, and these are fur nished with bare and unpretentious simplicity. H*s nearest neighbors will be some 20 miles away, and there is no "social life" nearer than algary—67 miles. STEAMER ON FIRE. Halifax, Sept. 21.—The big oil tanker Ivor from Philadelphia, Is on fire at sea 600 miles off Cape Sable, N. S. The ship has been abandoned by the crew and Is doomed, according to radios picked up here. HE THINKS JUDGMENT MUCH TOO HEAVY Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 17. (Special)— Arthur Atkins, filling station mag nate of Buffalo county, has appealed to the supreme court from a judg ment that he pay Jesse C. Skov 115, 000 fc r alienating the affections of Mrs. Kkov. He siiys that the proof failed to show that he had done any alienating, t-ud that the verdict Is so large as to Justify the belief that It was the rer lit of passion and preju dice. MEANS ADITS HE LIED BEFORE SENATE 1 WRY Chief Investigator ;ays Much of Testimony Against Daugherty False Universal S> r vice Washington, Sept. 21.—John W. Davis, democratic non: nee for presi dent, was denounced la strong lan guage by former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, "for various Insinuations Implying misconduct” while he was head of the depart ment of Justice. In a letter made public here, Daugherty berated Du vis for ac cepting without verlfi -ation, testi mony offered before th : Brookhart Wheeler committee as :he basis for "Innuendo suggesting Improper con duct by me In my official capacity.” Accompanying the Daugherty broadside, was a stat< ment signed by Gaston B. Means, < hlef Investi gator for the Brook h art-Wheolor committee, In which M uns candidly confessed that he perjured himself In his testimony before the Senate committee in his reflex ions on the work and conduct of Harry M. Daugherty when head of the de partment of Justice. Me us stated: Tissue of Li. 3 "The testimony given before the Wheeler committee by lloxle Stin son, R. Momand, my: f and the majority of the other v nesses, was nothing but a tissue f lies put In the mouths of the: • witnesses by Senator Wheeler 1 imarlly to confound and discredit the depart ment of Justice and the administra tion.” Daugherty, in his letter to Davis, said the exigencies of a political campaign did not warrant the democratic candidate In connecting his name with “others” and he de clared that “to Insinuate something Improper to me Is neither In har mony with the facts nor consonant with the reputation you have en joyed.” He told Davis that the govern ment’s special counsel—Pomerene and Roberts—completely exonerated him from any connection whatever with the oil leases. As to the 3rookhart-Y. heeler In vestigation, he told Davis he should have verified the evidence submitted before that committee, as a matte/ of fairness, before using any of the material In the campaign, “to be smirch me." Daugherty declared he has not yet been charged with one specific offense reflecting upon 1 is official Integrity or personal hono . He Baid even the Brookhart-Wheeler commit tee reluctantly acquitted him of any negligence in the i rosecution of the cantonment and the war fraud cases. Efforts of the committe made by corrupt means, he added, to connect him with alleged improper trans actions on the part of others, failed utterly, “despite the indecent meth ods and prejudicial condi: et." Daugherty emphasized the refrac tion by Means of his statements before the Brookhart committee. He said that “Means lays bare the de tails of the conspiracy of a majority of the Senate committee, not only to ruin me and those connected with the administration but to discredit the department of justice.” Daugherty ended his let! r by a veiled attack upon Senators l.a Fol lette and Wheeler. He raid the fundamentals of this nation are be selged "by a desperate element com posed of the malcontents, the mis guided, the revolutionists and the light-minded, ever ready for a change, no matter what.’’ He declared it la not ro much “whether we are republicans or democrats this year, but the test is, are we real Americans?'’ Civil War Reported Raging In Bulgaria 150 Government Soldiers Killed-Entire Country Under Martial Law Universal Service. Berlin, Sept. 21.—Civil war la rang Jng In Bulgaria. Pitched battles are being fough between government forces an rebels while massacres are roporte from the suburbs of Sofia. The whole country has been placed under mar tial law. feven the smallest offenses bear ings a political taint are being punished by death. Citizens are al lowed to appear In the streets only six hours a day and all houses must be shut by 8 o'clock In the evening. Government troops have stormed the stronghold of the rebels In the southern Macedonian town of Pet rltsch, routing all the rebel i with bomb throwers and hand grenades. One hundred and fifty government soldiers have been killed In battle. The casualties of the rebels have not been determined. VIGILANCE COMMITTEE TO 8TOP CATTLE THEFTS Marcus, S- D., Sept. 2?.—A vigil ance committee has been organized In this locality as a result of va rious losses of cattle by ranchers during the past year. The movement was given added Impetus recently upon the return to the Campbell ranch of 12 head of cattle which had been stolen in June and had strayed away apparently and come back to their home range. Chew it after every meal It stimulates appetite and aids digestion. It makes yonr food do yon more nood. Note how It relieves that stuffy leellng Men Before Citizena Before man made citizens, great Nature made us men.—J. R. Lowell. 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Other sects repre sented are: Reformed, Protestant Epis copal, Baptist, Hebrew, Evangelical, United Presbyterian, United Brethren, Society of Friends, Church of Christ, Congregational, Dunkard, Christian Science, Moravian, Unitarian, Mennon Ite, Universal 1st, Greek Catholic, Dis ciple, Schwenkfelder and United Zion Children, the last three having but one representative each. Comfortable Traveling For comfort In summer motoring wear bathing suits, say Misses Flora McGlsh and Ilelle Taunton of Ashta bula, Ohio, who were the well-known cynosure of all eyes when they passed through Westfield attired in one-piece bathing suits. The girls nre driving to Maine. When these modern mer maids pass a good swimming place they stop their automobile, hop out, take a swim, get aboard again, and are on their way.—Boston Globe. Much Honey in Tree Trunk In taking up a big bluek oak on an Orwell (Vt.) farm, A. A. 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