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| , much change in temperature. A. " 4 ^ ^ •“» ■*■ *■ * ” “ "** ” rr ~ Only the actions of the Just smell
f - sweet and blossom in the dust.—
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|_/ VOL. 54—NO. 81. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1924. * TWO CENTS Five'*>nV. Klnewher*. ^ i , . ■, —*
Fog Delays
Fliers; Come
Here Today
Commander Smith Orders
Postponement; Feared for
Safety of Men and
Planes.
Disappoints Airmen
By AHMM- lu111 (I Press,
TTnited States Air Mail Field, May
wood, 111., Sept. 1R. The 140 mile
hop to Omaha, the next stage of Hie
flight for the round-the-world fliers,
was postponed until 8 a. in., central
standard time tomorrow, when at
11:51 a. m. today, Lieut. Lowell
Smith, commanding, decided the
weather conditions were too In
clement to continue today. “We
are all mighty disappointed." Lieu
tenant Smith said. “But we would
Chicago Wants Ship.
Meanwhile, Chicago, which hailed
(he glebe enclrclers as “atl\cntureis
supreme, worthy hearers of our < oiin
try’* flag,” has started a movement
to bring to Fields museum here flic
craft that carried the city's mime
around the world.
MaJ. Gen. .Mason M. J’ulrlrlt, chief
of I lie army air service, was informed
of the plan and Ills co-operation un
asked. Major General Patrick was
asked to allow Lieutenant Smith, pilot,
and his engineer officer. Incut. In'S ip
T. Arnold, who flew the ship, to route
back with it when the flight around
the globe is completed. An organi/^i
tlon here announced it would present
I the two officers with an automobile
each.
rather be disappointed than sorry.
Despite reports of fair weather west,
the erea Immediately surrounding
Chicago Is too foggj? to try and fly
through. We would dislike to have
fe- a forced landing even In good
eather, but more so in this kind.
Fog Hung Low.
The fliers plainly were disappointed
when the lieutenant told them the hop
was off until tomorrow. They super
intended the taking of their ships
from the field into the hangar and
then departed for their hotel in
Chicago.
Since 7:20 a. m. (Central Standard
timei, when die fliers unceremonious
ly arrived at their planes, they de
luded nothing but weather conditions.
It was on the basis of the Associated
1’ress weather reports throughout
the morning that the decision to de
lay departure first was made.
A ground fog, which blanketed this
section of the Chicago territory from
1he first light of day together with a
chilly, misty atmosphere and a murki
ticss that was very heavy, refused to
be dispelled. When the noon hour
approached and the Indications w-ere
still unsatisfactory, Lieutenant Smith
decided It was useless to wait long
er. He announced earlier that he
would wait until 11 a. m., standard
lime, before making his definite ar.
nouncement.
The flight commander said his
principal concern was for the safety
of his ships and companions, and
neither did he want to flv If in doing
so in hazy atmospheres it would dis
appoint the thousands of people cn
route, who were waiting to have a
kuik at them.
"We got the ships this far and we
certainly want to get them to the
end #f the route,” Lieutenant Smith
i said. "Neither because of poor vial
\ ' ^-bility, do we want to disappoint any
I (jf the folks along the line. This foggv
I (condition seems to hang lew. and In
I pdor weather, safety lies In height.”
We Have
With Us
Today
T/eonidaa F. Newby,
Knlghtstnwn, I ml
(•rand Master of file (iraml Kncamp
nient Knight* Templar,
A desire to have something to do
nfter he was forced to retire from
the practice of'lnw by falling health
has led Mr. Newby Into every coun
try In the world with the exception
of Australia.
Mr. Newby was for year* a mem
ber of the legal department of the
Pennyslvnnla Railroad company. In
1912 hi* health broke and It was not
until 1914 that he was able to do any
thing.
Then he began to devote his en
tire time to the affairs of the Knights
Templar. In this work, ami on trips
of his own devising, he has crossed
the Atlantic 21 times, has traveled
; over the Holy Ruud and has studied
archeology In the Valley of Kings.
The one boast which Mr Newby
makes 1h that since Ills work with
i the Knights Templar began ,he has
created an acquaintance, which In
eludes a member of hi* organization
; In every district and almost every
city where there Is an encampment.
Mr. Newby I* at present on tour
of the encampments In the middle
relate* Ills trip will cover some 8,000
•^■Julies and when It Is completed he will
• have visited every encampment of
Knight* Templar In the United
titate* 1
!
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Omaha Sailor If rites
of Carrying Supplies
to Fliers in Greenland
A vivid description uf flic ilifli
culfies which the world fliers en
eountereil when they Innileil in
Greenland is contained in a let
ter which Mrs. Jewel Young, 2510
I, street, received Monday, from
her son, Tom Sullivan, a petty
officer on the f. S. S. Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee was the ship which
carried supplies for the fliers (i
Greenland.
Sullivan's lettrr describes a
violent storm which the ship en
countered on this trip.
Tlie Milwaukee is now on its
way to Germany to net as an
escort for the new i nited States
dirigible, ZK-I, on ils trip to Amer
ica,
in Campaign, blit
It Won t Bo Shot
Opponents of Emil Placek to
Use It as “Exhibit A” in
Fourth District Con
gressional Fight.
By P. C. I'OWKI.I,,
Stuff CorrcHfinmlent. The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, Sept. 16.—The war's over
but an army rifle used in the world
war will play an Important port In
the congressional fight In the Fourth
district of Nebraska.
The rifle was shipped today front
the office of ('. A. Sorensen, lawyer
and politician, to John (>. Schmidt of
Wahoo, a farmer and politician, to lie
used by Schmidt and his friends lu
political speeches as Kxhibit A of al
leged unwarranted activities of F.mil
Placpk, candidate for congress in that
district, during the war.
Here is Sorensen's story of the
rifle, the part it played in the world
war and the part it will play in the
hot political battle being waged in the
Fourth district between Placek and
M. O. McLaughlin, present congress
man.
"Many persons in the fourth dis
trict are bitterly opposed to placek
because of his actions during the
war when he was a leader in the
home guards. These guards are
charged with going armed to lawful
assemblages and breaking them up
under threats.
"Many rifles were purchased by the
guards and these rifles were repur
chased after the war Ivy a Lincoln
arms dealer. Those men who claim
they were abused and denied the
rigiit to hold lawful assemblages are
going to do their bit this year to
demonstrate to citizens in the fourth
district the use of mailed fist by
Placek and other members of the
home guards in enforcing their de
mands.
"Schmidt lias asked me to obtain
ont of the rifles used by the home
guards. The one I am sending him
today is one used by the guards. This
rifle will he used in speeches deliv
ered by Schmidt, Jim Beadle and
others to demonstrate to voters of the
fourth district drastic measures used
by Placek and others during the
war."
PRESIDENT 0. K.’S
FLIGHT TO POLE
By International New* Mrrvlce.
Washington, Sept. 16.—After the
arrival of the airship ZR.l in this
country from Germany, President
Coolidge is in favor of sending the
dirigible Shenandoah on a trip to the
north pole, it was learned officially
at the White House today, A pre
vious scheduled trip of the Shenan
doah into the arctic! regions v\as can
cel Ini by the president.
CAKE MAKER FOR
PRESIDENTS DIES
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 16.—Mrs.
Betty Lyles Wilson. 64, domestic
science expert, who was krmvcu dur
ing the administrations of Presidents
W'ilson, Taft, Roosevelt and McKin
ley ns the ‘'president’s cake maker,”
lied last night.
Toliarro Grown ill York.
York. Nfi).. Hppt. HI.- IP.licit :■ n.l
Thomas Fluty today harvested a
small crop of Burley tobacco, a trans
plantation from the Kentucky tobacco
fields. ]f the tobacco mntures the
men plan to plant n larger acreage
next year.
Sertion Huiul killed.
Oakland, la., Sept. 16. Ira Bird,1
r»5, section hand, was killed here In a
collision between the section car and
a truck on a grade crossing In the
south part of town. lie leaves u
widow and six small children.
r1"" -" —n
roller ( '.use Sequel
to liitrniriK of Weeds
mid II onion's l,nrty
V
HhcnaniltJiill. Ill,, Hrpt Hi Kill Mini:
Weeds off a ]Hitato patch and a
woman's party was the cutises of ,t
police court case.
II. S. McLaughlin says while the
women of the neighborhood were hav
ing a party at his home, <* O. Walker
built n fire opposite it and deluged
tiie house with smoke. M< Lnughlin
objected and he says Walker slipped
up behind him with a club and hit
hbn over the head. Walker denies
the charge. He appealed to the dis
trict court.
League Gets
Program to
Outlaw W ar
Presented to Disarmament
Committee; Already Ap
proved l>y French and
British.
Arms Must Be Limited
By \hvocin t#*il PreKi.
ft* nev.t, ,svpt. Bi. The provisions
of tlu- draft protocol for the outlawry
of war, already approved by th*
French and British representatives at
the assembly of the league of na
tions. which was presented today' by
Foreign Minister Benes of Czecho
slovakia. to tlie disarmament com
mittee of the league and which be
* ante available this evening to the
Associated l*i*ss, are insubst#nce as
follows:
The draft begins bv seating that,
with a view to insuring lasting peace
in the world and to suaranteoing tfic
surety of peoples whose existence,
liberty and territory might be threat
ened and being desirous of establish
ing a system providing for peaceful j
settlement of d spites arising between i
the members of • the international
/••immunity and for the repression, if
necessary, of International crime, and
being determined to carry out the
reduction and limitation of armaments
contemplated in article eight of the
covenant of the league of nations,
it is agreed to accept the following
provisions:
Articles 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the draft
must eventually he drawn up in
agreement with the arbitration com
mittee of the assembly. They provide
that signatories recognized henceforth
as obligatory' Ipso jure and without
special, convention, the jurisdiction
of the world court of Justice in con
formity with the compulsory arbitra
tion clause but with reservations.
Council Arts as Court.
These include that in the appli
cation of articles 12, 13 and 15 of
the covenant, the signatories confirm
their undertaking to submit to the
council of tho league nil disputes, in
respect to which no other court of
arbitration is provided for, with the
understanding that the league assem
bly alone shad !*» competent to de
cide as to the necessity for the re
vision nf existing treaties.
The council shall net as a court of
arbitration, taking its decision by a
majority vote and tho parties to the
dispute shall retain the right to sit
in the council during discussion of
the matter submitted. During ex
amination of the dispute, the council
may, by a majority vote, order meas
ures to bo taken by the parties In
volved with a view to preventing or
stopping armed conflict. The pro
cedure provided In tho foregoing
article shall apply to tho permanent
court nf justice in cases which come
within the competence of this court
If such a dispute is submitted for
arbitration to some other body than
the court or the council, the council
of the league shall have power to
follow thU procedure.
DAVIS RESTING
AT NELSON FARM
H> \«M>rintecl I*ren*.
Eastwood Farm, Hunceton, Mo .
Hept. 16.—John \Y. Davis, democratic
candidate for president, spent today
jesting at the farm home of Dr.
Arthur W. Nelson, democratic nomi
nee for governor of Missouri, and
working on the address he will de
liver at lies Moines Wednesday night.
Yesterday Mr. Davis opened the cam
paign in Missouri with the address
here, in which he assailed the repub
liean party, “special privilege” and
the Fordyce McCumber tariff act and
promised that if elected he will fur
nish a government “honest through
and through, from top to bottom."
Rev. J. (1. McCain to Remove
From Marne to Marengo, la.
Atlantic, la.. Sept. 10 Rev. J C
McCain, pastor of the Marne, (la..)
Methodist Episcopal t hutch, has ac
cepted a. call to Marengo, la. Mr.
McCain Is secretary of the Iowa Mis
souri Methodist Episcopal church
association.
Ticket \ aeancieg Filled.
Aurora, Hept. 16.—Hamilton Re
publican county committee has filled
vacancies on (he republican ticket by
naming M. F. Stanley for county
attorney and John \V. Mtntun for
county commissioner. Mr. Htanley
was appointed to fill the vacancy
created by the death of John J. Rein
hardt. The commissioner va
cancy was caused by the resignation
of Claud J. \\ right. L. A. Enderle,
who was appointed to fill the vacancy
is democratic candidate for re election.
Audubon Fair a Success.
Atlantic, la., Hept 16 -Forty-fifth
annui I Audubon county fair, Just
closed, was the most successful In the
history of the association, according
to an announcement made by of ft*
cials. Total gate* receipts were over
$10,000. Livestock, farm products and
poultry exhibits wen* the largest
ever shown here.
Mr*. Julianna Rclr. Dio.
Atlantic, la., Hept. 16. .Yin- Johan
na Rets, resident of Cass county since)
1602, died at her home here Monday.
She wan born in Eermany In 1836.
\
Self Stvled Harvard Graduate
J
Who Victimized Omahans, in Jail
t
Enjoyed Hospitality of University Club Here on Strength of
College Training and Faultless Appearance;
Held by Great Falls, Mont.
Stephen Denimon, 52, self-elect
ed to the class of "Harvard, ’9!,”
whose polished shoes, fingernails and
manners won for him the hospitality
and cash of Omaha University cluo
members a year ago, is now wasting
his suave personality on jail attend
ints at Great Falls, Mont.
Tiemmon, said to be one of the best
known confidence men In the I'n.tcd
States, was arrested by Postal In
spector Sheldon of Montana last
week on a charge of using the mails
to defraud.
Denimon, a man of distinguished
bearing, faultlessly attired, came to
Omaha in November, 1922, and pro
ceeded to make friends with dis
tingulshed Oniahans who were gradu
ates of Harvard. Through the friend
stiip of a distinguished physician, he
was given a card to the University
club.
Through friendships which he made
at the club he obtained several large
sums from Harvard men on various
fictitious pleas.
John Baldwin, public defender,
was one of those who befriended
Demmon. Demmon promised to
send him a fine running horse from
his ranch. After Demmon left the
city, Baldwin built a stable for the
promised horse, but the horse Is
still apparently In Demmon's pri
vate corral.
Before Demmon left Omaha he
obtained $10 front Hugh Myers,
another Omaha lawyer on the plea
that he hail to attend an Important
conference in the cast and that
funds which he expected had not
arrived.
One of Demmon's favorite games
was to Insert an advet tlsement In
daily {tapers stating that he had a
large sum of money to Invest, and
then borrow money from business
men who answered his ad.
Demmon is said to have been
working confidence games In all
parts of the country for 12 years
without once being arrested, al
though he always used his own
name.
Mystery Station
*r
Cuts Gas to Dime
Owner Says Overstock T.etl to
licdnction; Michel (iocs to
10.9 Cents.
Another hittle in the gasoline price
war opened In Omaha Tuesday when
Morris Ferer of the People Gasoline
company, proprietor of the "mystery"
station at Sixteenth and Izard streets,
ut the price of gasoline to 10 cents,
a drop of 1 cent.
H. M. Michel of the Service Oil
company, which has been Ferer's
closest competitor in price-shaving,
announced a reduction to 10.9 cents,
but announced that he would proba
bly lower his price later.
Michel declares that he will be sell
ing gasoline for less than 10 cents
before the end of the month.
Ferer declares that an overstock
had caused his cut in price.
MACMILLAN TO BE
IN HOME PORT SOON
Wlsranuft, Me., Sept. 16.—Capt.
Donald B. MacMillan, Arctic explorer,
who arrived at Sydney, N. 8., last
night in hi* schooner, tha Bowdoln.
expert* to reach his home port here
Saturday.
Hiram P. Maxim of Hartford, fonn.,
president of the American Radio Re
lay league, today sent a message to
MacMillan, which wild:
'‘Congratulation* for you and your
gallant crew on getting clear of the
he. Keep the prow of the little Bow
dt*in pointed south from now on. A
royal welcome awaits you when you
dock at AA'i.mi-asset. AVe will all be
there.”
POLICE WINNERS
IN GUN BATTLE
Hr Intermit innnl NfW» Sertlce.
Sacramento, Sept. 16.—A due]
between two deputy sheriffs and two
bandits in Plantation Inn early this
morning terminated in the death of
both holdup men. Neither of the
officers was wounded.
The slain bandits were Identified ns
“Indian" Hart, a halfbreed, and Her
man S< hlehoff, former carpenter.
WAR MAY HALT
ZANNI’S FLIGHT
lit lnl.riintlnnnl \rw. S.rtlrr.
Hiftiol, China, flept. 16.—Major
Znnnl, Argentine aviator who la wait
ing the arrival of a new plane to com
pleto hi* round-the-world trip, may
halt at Hong Kong on account of the
Chinese war.
Dixon Provides Tourist Park.
IMxon. Neb., Sept. 16.—The city
council has provided for « tourist
park In IMxon nnd the grounds have
been equipped with city water and
other conveniences.
r 1 a
Man I'nconscious 6 Days
Restored hy Tiikiuft of
l elefiranh Key at Redsidr
\_;_j
Vancouver, It. Sept. 16.—The
ti< king of hi* private Morwr code
rail at an itintnmieut hy hi* bed
side last night restored to con
si kinane** .1, T. I'helnii, superin
tendent of the llonilnlon Telegraph
company here, utter lie had keen in
a comatose condition for nearly a
week.
Superintendent I'lielan was ill (or
week* following tile dentil of til*
wife nnd hail been iiiironsrintis for
si* day*, alfeuding physician* ill*
dosed today. On the «iigge*thm of
n pliyslrliin an instrument was in
stalled hy I'lielan'* hedsldo. nnd
"I’N," hi* private call, ticked off.
Mr. I'helan smiled nnd opened hi*
eye* when the tiekrr announeed
"Kvrry day In every way.” Then
the ticker suggested Hint I’helan
deink n lit lit- milk. I'helan renehrd
out III* hand fur the glunn and took
the first nimrlshiiient III *1* day*,
lie wn* reported r«m aleseeat to
day
First Round in
Fijdit to La Rue
Haiti** Against Extradition
May Yet H<* Successful;
\\ ou t Be Photographed.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha llrp.
Ft. Wayne, Jnd.. Sept. lfi.—Clif j
ford Sterling, former city patrolman
and an alleged bigamist, may win his
fight against extradition to Omaha,
where he Is wanted under the n»me
of Jeane I>arue, It was indicated here
today when police detectives announc
ed that Sterling's handwriting on a
p°llce department application failed
to check with that of the signature
which ' l.aru«'’ signed in an Omaha
hotel last December.
Sterling’s attorney hw steadfastly
refused to permit his client to b»
photographed and state laws prohibit
such action prior to conviction and
this has made identification doubly
difficult f"r the Nebraska officials.
Detective Fred Palmtag of the Oma
ha police department left last night
for Indianapolis In an effort to so.
cure extradition papers for use as a
basis in court tomorrow morning
when Sterling will he arraigned on the
fugitive charge.
Since confeiring with his attorney
Sterling has steadfastly denied that
he has ever been in Omaha, although
it Is said that he confessed to marry
ing ’wife No. S ’ there immediately
after his arrest.
DEDICATION WEEK
AT LOCAL CHAPEL
Dedication week services Sunday at
| Mosher Memorial chapel, Forty-ninth
| and S streets. were attended by
more than 1,000.
Rev. J. W. Pressley of the Nebrns
ka synod of the Presbyterian church
delivered the principal address, nnd
Ixaptlem and communion service*
were in charge of the Rev. R. I,.
Wheeler, pastor emeritus of Wheeler
Memorial church, assisted by Rev. .1.
M Wilson, vice-president of the Pri s j
bxterian Theological seminary.
At the ('lose of the services, 63 were 1
received Into the church nnd Hi tiabirs j
were baptized.
C00LIDGE SAYS
CAMPAIGN IS 0.
My Inf f>rnntlonnI New* Seri Ire.
Wauhlngton, S.'pt, 16.—I’rmldont
Ooolldjie bellevr* that his prral dentin I
campaign is progressing satisfactor
ily. It was de« hired offic ially at the
White House today.
The president was said to have not
[decided if he would go into the west
for a speaking tour next month.
■
Otld Follows Choose
Portland for 1 ')2.> Meet
.1a( ksnnx ille Fla., Sept. 16. Ilrr
jbert A Thompson of Wllliamton, I
Mich., was elected grand sit e «>f th '■
I Independent Order (»f Odd Fellow s at
the Soveriern grand |n«lg«i session
here today.
Portland. Ore , was chosen for the I
1025 convention city.
Jerry Says He’ll Sue.
Jerry Howard Maid Tuesday he will
start a suit to mandamus the elec tlon
commissioner to put his name on the 1
November ballot as candidate for the
metropolitan water board. Jerry has j
a petition with many signatures whic h
the commissioner refused to accept,
I and Founty Attorney Heal held that
no names can be placed on the ballot
for this office by petition
Nose Hrokt'ti hy Foul Tip.
Ueutrli-*, N'ph . Si‘|it. is \\ hit.
watching n ball game at IJberty, Fred
Reese of Mission < V»»ek was struck
in the fare by a foul tip. Ills nose
was bmken and his face severely »ut
and lacerated
Ithtlto Man Dim Herr.
Paul O. Coates, of Sheridan,
Idaho, died In a local hospital to
which h« was brought for treatment, j
Civil War in
China Still
Spreading
Fighting Furious NVar Port of
Shanghai; No Change in
South; Manchurian and
Chihli Troops Clash.
Chekiang Line Holding
By .AftMM-itated I*re**.
Civil war Tuesday continued to
spread over China.
tn the north, a clash between
troops of Chihli and Manchuria was
reported near the borders of the
provinces, while further prepara
tions pointed to fighting soon near
Hha nhulkwan.
On the middle coast, near the “gate
way” port of Shanghai, the fiercest
fighting of the war continued all
night on all battle lines within a
hundred miles of the city.
Only in the south was no change
reported. So far as known, Sun Vat
Sen, head of the South China govern
ment. still was gathering troops for
a campaign to aid the defenders of
Shu nghai.
Bj I iiIvhshI Srrvli s.
Shanghai. Sept. 17.—Artillery duels
continued all along the “eastern"
front of China's civil war all through
last night, dawn finding the Chekiang
and Kiangsu armies still fighting, the
struggle for pon < ssion of Shanghai
still unsettled.
Headquarters at the arsenal at
Lungw ha of the Chekiang forces do
finding the city issued a bulletin to
day saying that the Kiangsu armies
had attacked viciously on all fronts—
Liu ho, Kiadng. Hwangtti and Ihing —
but that In each case the Chekiang
line had held.
The Lungw ha headquarters also
made public a telegram from Chang
Tso-Lin, commander-in-chief of the
Manchurian forces marching on
1'ekin and an ally of the Chekiang
leader, Lu Yung 1 Luang, saying that
his first and second armies had
moved 25 miles toward Shanhaikwan,
on the Mr neburin-Chihli Inudcr.
The attitude of the Chekiang chiefs
was that Chang’s march brought a
clash Icetween his armies ami those
of \\ u Pel-Fu of Chihli closer, and
that conflict would prevent Wu from
sending reinforcement* to the
Kiangsu force.*, with which he has
declared hi* sympathy.
The Shanghai volunteer corps was
railed out ngain lute Inst night after
fears had been expressed that the
fighting would come closer to the city
and the international settlement. The
city remained quiet. however,
throughout the hours of darkness.
The volunteer corps is held remi\ for
emergencies.
BRYAN STRANDED
IN NEBRASKA MUD
K) AMorlmnl I'rm.
Peru, Neb., Sept 16.—Governor C.
^ • Bryan, democratic vice pres.den*
tial candidate, left here early today
after having the most interesting ex
peHence of his campaign last night,
when he was forced to alsindon, l*c*
cause of heavy rain*, his speak.ng
engagement yesterday at Salem, Neb
He found a haven of rest in a little
white f irm bungalow nestled dose to
the Missouri river. Knowing the can
didate could not reach Lincoln befoie
the early morning hours by automo
bile. t'baric* A. L id of L.ru'oln in
vlted the nominee to spend the night
at his farm In an isolated section of
Nemaha county.
Governor Hi.van giatefulH accept
ed. and together with Mr. Lord. Harry
Gottberg of Lincoln and n newspaper
man drove through mud of cornfields
to the little farm house and helped
p re pure a l>*efsteak dinner, after
which he sat around a big open lire
and Joked ami told stories for half an
hour liefore retiring as owls hooted
ami prairie coyotes whined nearby.
Ship in Dry Dock Sinks:
\\ orkun-n I .rap to Safety
G heater. Pa.. Sept lt».— The g.lHfx
ton steamer Mary Weems of Haiti*
more turned over on its side and sank
today in 3N feet of water in the wet
Itasin of the Sunshtp Building and
pry Ik-K'U company, whet* it is undet
going alterations. Three hundred
workmen aboard saved themselves by
leaping to scaffolding ns the vessel
overturned.
The accident i* believe*! to have
been caused by an open sra valve or
porthole.
Report Says Mexican
t liief’s Son Kills Self
ID International Nrwa Sen ire.
Nogulrs, All*.. S*pt. iC - An uncoil
firmed report received today at Her
inoslllo, Mexico, stated that Uudolfo
Guile*. son of President elect t'alies
of Merico, had committed suicide at
a hotel In Germany, where he was
visiting with his father.
Ill health was given as the cause
of the suicide in reports received at
I let inoslllo.
Hail Storih Mils l indsay.
Linden>, Neb., Sept P> -Porn in
Lindsay ami vicinity was damaged
About &0 per cent by a hail storm
which lasted half an hour. The storm
took nearly the same routs* as the
on* in Augu*t last \mr. but was more
*«\ et e
W a .
'f
r ~ ' —
Battling Monroe
in “Jam” Over
Gem
What good are women friends If a
man can't pawn their jewelry?
"Battling Munroe” Byrd, Omaha
negro heavyweight tighter, wants to
know. He has been pondering this
question since Monday.
Byrd, according to detectives, had
a friend, Mildred Ashford, maid in a
Dundee home, who loaned her dia
mond ring to the battler. Monda\
she told police she wanted It back, but
Byrd objected.
So Detectives Killian and Kimball
went around to the Business Men's
gymnasium. 1.106 Harney street, and
found "Battling Monroe" shad M'
boxing.
Byrd reluctantly got out of the
ropes, admitting he bad some finan
cial reverses and "borrowed a little
money on it."
The detectives tfsik him down to
the station, where Byrd was booked
for investigation. He says it's all a
“frame-up" to keep him from meet
ing a fight engagement on the Pacific
roust.
Partv of School
Boys Raided bv
Bluffs Officers
Said to Have Been Drinking
Before Police Arrived;
l ined for Disturbing
Peace.
Entering an uni* cupied cot
near Lake Mtnawa in the small
»u;« of Sunday mom»ng. police and
lieriffa officers rudel; Intel i upted a
t i;? party anti arrested 16 hoys,
members of Phi Delta fraternity of
Alim ham Lincoln High school. Coun
< il Bluffs, and several Omaha High
school students.
Despite attempts of authorities to
conceal the raid and arrests, the f u «.»
were revealed Monday afternoon
i v- hen the ],< ys, tm-mbd s r.f some • >?
(Council Bluff*' most prominent fan:
ilies. were arraigned and fined ^-5
f- r the group in municipal court.
Sheriff l\ A. Lai ns n with ilykuLtv
and police Officers raded tfD coPa^e
‘4*ter neighl*»rs had complained that
the party \v s disturbing the neigh
borhood by yelling and singing at •*
l a. m.
Party at Height.
The r ffleer* found the p*rty at its
^ height when they entered the cettage.
j H- E. ClUbe, Council Bluffs real es
tate man. is the rental agent.
Many of the tjoys had been drink
ing. officers testified, but no liquor
was found in their possession when
the raid was made.
The hoys arrested gave the follow
1 log crimes- Franklin Pierce, lies
Moines. la Rd Nestor. 3x16 Chicago
st re# t. Oma ho; P.n Ba rton, 412 South
Ninth street; Bennett Wesner. 176
i c.icn avenue; Have Miller. 2*.»11 West
Broadway; Harry Andrew*, 17 Park
ir« le. Cordon Itufe. 316$ Lincoln
Uiulevard. Omaha: Clen Rafferty, 418
South Ninth street; Jack Hellwig, 312
Lawton Terrace; Ernest Peterson.
318 Sherman avenue Bennett Olsen.
427 Fuller avenue. John Fuller. 420
Oakland avenue. Brody Shea, 366 Lin
coln avenue; Clarence Cordon. 2445
Avenue D; Herman Russell. 344 Shcr
man avenue, and Ernest l«alnson.
1360 Canning street.
Wh« n # ffien s raid'd the cottage,
they found thrt the boy* h *d >#.•«
t'red paint around the tutors, at 3
h. d scattered rent estate t*aper> an
letters Monglnr t#i ClUbe.
Party Fallow«d 1 lucre.
A«eoi\Ung to th#» hoy*, thg^ party
starlet! following a dame at he
Country club, nearby.
Clixlie sal#! that one of the boy s bad
asked him Saturday for the use of the
cottage, saying that he wanted to
take a boy friend there to spend the
night. ClUbe did not know that he
was planning to invite a party.
In municipal court the boy* pleaded
guilty to a charge of disturbing the
peace and were assessed a Joint ftaa
of $25, which Judge J. L. Blsnchaid
turned over to ClUbe to pay for !h?
damage done to the rottnee
Rav mrr» \\ ill (;.i-o Set
for Heariim Soptnnl or 17
Auror*. Sept 16.— Heating on the
objections to the will of Ed nnd C.
Raynter* will 1*» held in the county
court Wednesday. September 17. Ray
mere left all ef his property to St.
Francis hospital in (Irnud Island His
c 'fains are ronb'stmg. They nib vje
in their objections that Rnymcrs was
not competent to make a will and
that be was unduly Influenced The
property is 11*6 acre* of land near
Marquette and •« residence in Mar
quette Raymers was u bachelor.
Bov Injured bv Fall.
Rmtrlor. Ni t. So|il i t; KrrtloTt.U,
'inin* »ott of Mr, nn.l Mis floorer
Sploeol of this olty, foil is foot from
a tree. Sunday, breaking both wrUie
and fracturing l»oth arm*.
! The Weather 1
Fer K hciiti rn«tlng t e m . Setqrm
t»«*r 11’.
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Bodies of
8 Dragged
From. Shaft
Resriif* Crews ork Frantir*
ally at Sublet Coal Mine
to Rearh Imprisoned
Men, Fathers and Sons.
Gas Hampers Progres;
Kemmerer, Wyo., Sept 16.—Eighty
one men were entombed in mine No.
f. of the Kemmerer Coal company at
Sublet, Wyo., a small postal station
and mining camp seven milts north
of here, by a terrific explosion at
11:45 a. rn. today, according to an
official announcement made here late
today by officials of the coal com
pany. According to reports received
here the bodies of eight men were
recovered by rescue crews during the
afternoon. All were said to have
been burned beyond recognition.
A resounding roar that reverber
ated throughout the little mining
camp nestling in the mountain, broke
through the sound of crashing
thunder at 11:45 today and brought
to Sublet it* first great mining dis
cster. As the sound of the terrific
explosion died out. residents of the
little community of 500 persons
started an exodus from their homes
through a blinding rainstorm to the
mouth of mine No. 5, a drift mine,
theie to claim their dead.
Within an hour t*> many residents
of tlie camp had congregated around
tlie main portal of the tunnel that
it was with difficulty that workmen
and rest tie crew s were able to make
their way to start the work of rescue.
Rescue Crews Formed.
News of the disaster was sent to
Kemmerer and the main winding
little mountain highway soon became
congested with automobiles and per
sons on foot, all on their way to the
scene of tlie explosion. Rescue crew*
from the mines in the adjacent terri
tory? wrany-oT them owned and "op
crated by the Kemznete/ Coal com- •
pany and others hv the Union Pa
cific Railroad company, were qulckiy
formed and started on their way to
the mine.
The rnln continued to fail in virtual
torrents and shortly after news of
the disaster had spread to Kemmerer,
the road to the mining camp was de
clared to be nearly impassible. An
urgent call for help was dispatched
to t'ne bureau of mines headquarters
at Denver, Polo., and rescue car No.
2. on duty at Trinidad, Colo., was or
dered to proceed with all dispatch to
the scene of the disaster A sec-on 1
car. No. 1 held at Butte Mont , was
ordered held in readiness for the
journey in case it wo* needed.
(las Bio, k. KeM'uers.
soon as a clearing large enough
to admit a man had been opened Into
tlie wre'-ked main portal rescuing
parties attempted to enter the mine
but were forced to withdraw because
of the gas which was pouring from
the mine. Orders were sent at once
to the Frontier mines, to Diamond
title. Cumberland and Rook Springs
for rescue workers and late in the
afternoon a crew- of about 2on men
had been assembled at the mine.
These men were sent into the main
entran.-e rnd also to the fire entrxtn #
with orders to dear these pa-sagr
wa\ s to permit the gas to escai**
front the filled mine and also to dear
way t lie wreckage and debrtc within
the mine in order to rxiwdite the
work of searching for survivors.
First reimrts received here were to
the effect that fire was raging within
the mine, but rescue crews coming
out after short shifts weiw unable to
confirm thes reports, although they
had made but little progress into the
interior of the mine proper.
All of the timbers in the main
portal were wrecked by the fores of
the blast.
Practically all of the men eniorshe-1
within the mine and declared by com
ivsny offleiais to he believed to be
dead, have i-een residents of the min
Ins community of Sublet for cents.
Fath- s and < at ac >->:dir.g to tit
; company statements here were etn
I Ployed in the mine and It is believe’
i that practically entire families hs'«
I been wi|>ed out by the blast.
Mine l.-trge One
fhe mine, w hie he has been w-tvrke-1
for 1 tt years. Is one of the targe.-.
>cft civil producing mines In thla se.
lion of Wyoming. A normal fore's of
; too men Is employed In the mine, but
| the- working force was reduced con
| stderobly today, because of repair
! "ork that hid t-ecn planned by the
| company. As a result, a crew of but
miners was sent Into the mine at
.' this morning a crew sufficiently
I only to produce cal .sufficient to
I meet tlie need* of the day's order.
| The other 11 men, enhimhcd wee*
| mendiera of timber, repair and hra!
jtioe crews and wen- briieved to have
I tieep at work at the time of the ev
[ illusion
Today* disaster at SnUet i* the
first mining explosion that has taken
a hewvc tcdi of life among its rev
i dents and workers since last, tip
Vttgttet II. ISO'S, hoeveerr a Mast rn
tonilwcl *4 men In the Frontier Minn,
of the Ken-mo - exai company ne
Ixemnii taking a toll of *x dead
Sixteen oilier* wipe were caught is
the ttune at the time later were re-'
I rued trx'm