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VOL. XLVI NO. 40.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1916 TWELVE PAGES.
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SPLENDID RAIN
BREAKS DROUTH
AND HEAT SPELL
All of Eastern Nebraska and
Western Iowa Relieved by
Downfall of Goodly
Depth.
OVER AN INOH IN OMAHA
Railroad Men Say That it Will
Be Worth Over Fifty
Million to Corn Drop.
STILL RAINS IN SECTIONS
Sweetest music fell upon, the ears
of such Omahans as were awake at
or after 2:30 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. It was the music of the little rain
drops drumming upon the roofs,
splashing against the windows, swish
ing among the treetops, pattering in
the puddles.
The month's drouth was broken.
July had gone into history as the
dryest Omaha ever recorded. And
when August was only two hours old
the rain began.
The rainfall here was .88 of an inch
up to 7 a. m. And enough fell after
that to make the total fall well over
an inch. Other parts of the state
was drenched even more. Stroms
berg reported 2.15 inches and Lin
coln reported 1.88 inches, with rain
still falling. Only two out of twenty
weather stations in the state reported
no rain.
Early reports to railroads Tuesday
morning indicated good general rains
through the eastern half of the state.
The Burlington reports on the Oma
ha and Lincoln divisions showed that
the rain extended as far west as Has
tings and Grand Island. The differ
ent stations reDorted wide4v differing
UI11UUI11S, DUl Willi me CAicpuuu UI
O'Neill all reported some rain.
It was the first rain since the
Fourth of July, after almost a solid
month of unbroken drouth . with
blistering heat. It is believed that
this morning's rain will be worth
many millions of dollars to the farm
ers of the Missouri valley.
Worth Fifty Million.
"A fine rain, covering all the rain
belt of Nebraska," was the way in
which E. W. H. Jones, division
freight agent of the Northwestern
lines, commented on the crop saving
downpour.
"I figure that it means a 100,000,
000 bushels of corn at 50 cents a
bushel." said L. W. Wakcley of the
Burlington. It came just in time
to save the crop, and while we wilf
not have a 100 per cent crop, we will
have a splendid big crop. I think
.Nebraska is about the most favored
spot on God's green earth this
year.
Good soaking rains were reported
all along the Missouri Pacific line
from Omaha to the Kansas line. E.
P. Hennessey, commercial agent for
the Rock Island, said that he had
just heard from the agents atang the
line to Fairbury, and that not a sta
tion had missed a good rain, and that
most of them were either enjoying
a rain or had one in prospect.
The heaviest ram reported was at
inches. From Grcsham to York, on
the Northwestern, the average rainfall
was in the neighborhood of two and
one-quarter inches.
Torrential Rains
Hamper "Operation pf
Army Motor Trains
Columbus,! N. , M., Aug. 1. Three
days of torrential rains in the Casas
Grandes valley have hampered oper
ation of the army truck line to the
American field base at Colonia Dub
Ian greatly, according to reports here"
today by truck men. However, the
drivers asserted the command has
ample supplies.
Other reports indicated that small
'Carranza forces, which operated south
anrt urcf f fhj Ai..ri,-an Itn-c in
the El Valle district, have withdrawn,
apparently to enter the bandit cam
paign along' the Chihuahua-Durango
border.
With the arrival of 500,000 rounds
of small arms ammunition, daily tar
get practice has become a routine of
the American troops in Mexico.
GERMANS BEGIN
EVACUATION OF
KOVEL FORTRESS
Count Von Returner's Army in
Galicia is Reported to be
Practically Surrounded
by the Russian Army.
COSSACKS MAKE A DASH
TWO VIEWS OF THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION ON BLACK TOM ISLAND, where million of dollar.' worth of stored
ammunition were destroyed by fire and much property damage and lost of life resulted from the exploding shells and other
destructive agents. These graphic photographs were rushed to The Bee from the scene of distaster in New York.
Divisions from Body Said to
Have Destroyed Railroads
in Austrian Rear.
LEMBERG 13 ...iAXENED
The Weather
For Omaha, Council Bluff and Vicinity
Pair tonight and Wednesday; Bltghtly warm
er Wednesday.
Temperatures
at Omaha
Hours. Dec
5 a.
6 a. m. . ,
7 a. m...
8 a. m . . ,
9 a. in...
10 a. m...
11 a., m . . .
12 m
1 P. m . . .
2 p. m. . .
Local Weather Record.
1016. 1916. 1JH, ig3
LowMt last night 61 71 67 6j
Precipitation 88 .23 .on 00
Normal temperature for today, 7 degree
Deficiency In precipitation since March 1
S.61 in Chen.
Excesa for corresponding period ltlfi 81
of an Inch
Deficiency for corresponding period. 1U
1. 17 Inches.
General Weather Conditions.
em iioruun ii nrorHiKa miring the last I
iwemy-iour pours, oui nign temperatures
were again general In the southern portion
Temperatures of 100 to 101 were recorded at
Superior and Palrbury. Good soaking rains
were general In the southern portion of the
ata'e during the night and smiwers occurred
ip other portions, exi-ept the northweat.
Hhowers alao ocrurred In western Iowa, but-
re generally light. The weather l r-inur
outlook is for fair or partly cloudy weather
in this vicinity tonight and Wednesday, with
pngiuijr warmer vvenneauay,
L. A. WELSH. M.tturolojlit,
London, Aug. 1. General Count
Von Bothnicr's army is reported to
be almost enveloped by the Russians
in Galicia, says a dispatch from Rome
to the wireless press. Cossack di
visions after the occupation of Brody
are said to have destroyed the rail
ways behind the Austrian army.
The Germans are withdrawing from
Kovel their heavy artillery, food and
munitions depots, says another dis
patch from Rome to the Wireless
press. The city of Vladimir-Vo-lynsky
in Volhynia, is said to have
been completely evacuated by the
Germans.
Ready to Evacuate Lemberg,
Telegrams from Vienna says that
the Austro-Hungarians have made
all preparations for the evacuation of
Lemberg, the Galician capital, savs a
dispatch from Copenhagen to the Ex
change Telegraph company. Large
quantities of goods have been re
moved trom the city.
The Neue Freie Presse of Vienna
says it learns that a large number of
tne tnnahitants ot Lemberg have al
ready left the place.
Counter Attacks Repulsed.
Petrograd, Aug. 1. (Via London.)
Russian troops at the bend of the
Stokhod river, in the region of the
village of Velickikuchary, forced the
Austro-Germans back and fought
their way through to a point west of
this line, it was officially announced
by the Russian war department to
day. All Teutonic counter attacks in the
Kovel and Lutsk regions, the state
ment adds, were repulsed by the Rus
sians. Russ Control Stokhod River.
Petrograd, Aug. 1. (Via London.)
With General Kaledine's army in
full control of the Stokhod river,
which has been the chief obstacle
to the westward progress of the
northern wing of the Russian forces
under command of General Bruis
scloff and the troops of General Sak-
liarott driving the Austrian army
commanded by General Von Boehm-
fcdmow westward from Brody, the
Russians now are well advanced in
the campaign against the two impor
tant centers of Kovel and Lemberg.
The Russian offensive conducted
in both these directioi.s has been so
vigorous and unrelenting that the
Austro-Germans apparently have
been in a predicament, not knowing
from which point to spare troops to
reinforce the defense of some other
part of tl.e front. The result has
been that the Germans are exclu
sively occupied with the defense of
Kovel, while Von Boehm-Edmolli's
army, without assistance," has been
mainly striving to protect the roads
to Lemberg.
L.
Damage to Cotton
Crop is More Than
One Million Bales
Washington, Aug, 1. Heavy dam
age to the growing cotton crop
between June 25 and July 25 has
caused a reduction of 1,350,000 bales
in the prospective production. The
August cotton report of the depart
ment announced today indicates the
production of 12,916.000, equivalent to
500-pound bales, compared with 14,
266,000 forecast for the condition of
the crop June 25. The condition dur
ing the month dropped 8.8 per cent,
to 72.3 of normal.
Condition of the growing cotton
crop on July 25 indicates a total pro
duction of 12.16,000, equivalent to
500-pound bales, the Department of
Agriculture today announced in its
August cotton report. That compares
with 14.266.000 bales forecast last
month by the bureau of crop estimates
Dasing its calculations on the condi
tion of the crop on June 25, and with
11,191,820 bales, last year's final pro
duction, 16,134,930 in 1914. 14,156.486
bales in 1913 and 12,703,421 bales in
1912. The final output, however, will
be larger or smaller than above fore
cast, according as conditions here
after are better or worse than average
conditions.
Condition of the crop on July 25 as
compiled from reports of agents and
correspondents in the cotton belt was
placed at 72.3 per cent of a normal
compared with 81.1 per cent on June
25, 75.4 per cent on July 25 last year,
76.4 per cent in 1914 and 78.5 per cent,
the ten-year average on July 25.
New York. Anc 1 A un.,t;nH.
ally rapid advance of about $1.75 per
bale followed the nuhliratinn rf ti.A
government cotton crop report in the
mantel nere today, just before the
official condition of 72.3 per cent
aeainst 81.1 last mnnth anA th
year average of 78.5 was published, a
canvass or local exenange members
indicated an average expectation of
76.5 per cent, and the government re
port was also far below the most bul-
f . - f
nsn oi recent private ngures.
New York Bank to Open
Branches in Russia
Washington, Aug. 1. Permission
has been granted by the Federal Re
serve board to the National City
bank of New York to open a branch
at Petrograd, Russia, and establish
sub-branches throughout ' Russia, it
was announced today.
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UPPKP. PANEL SHOWS A VIEW
OF THE PIER FROM THE WAT
ERSIDE; THE LOWER PANEL
SHOWS THE NATIONAL STOR
AGE HOUSE AS THE FLAMES
FULL OF DANGER, REACHED IT.
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DATES FOR HUGHES
TRIP WEST GIVEN
Republican Candidate Leaves
New York Saturday Night
for Pacific Coast.
VACATION IN ESTES PARK
New York, Aug. 1. The itinerary
of the trip that Charles E. Hughes
will make to the Pacific coast was of
ficially announced today as follows:
Leave New York Saturday evening,
August 5, spend Sunday at Niagara
Falls. Leave there Monday, August
7 for Detroit, where there will be two
evening meetings.
Leave Detroit Tuesday morning,
August 8, for Chicago, where there
will be an evening meeting. Leave
Chicago that night for St. Paul and
Minneapolis, where two evening
meetings will be held Wednesday.
August 9.
Ihursday. August 10. a morning
meeting will be held in Grand Forks.
N. D and a night meeting at Fargo,
N. D. Friday, August 11, the entire
day will be spent in transit to Helena,
Moat, where a day meeting will be
held Saturday, August 12.
' Sunday in Spokane.
Sunday, August 13, w ill be spent in
Spokane, Wash., ancs, Monday morn
ing, August 14, an automobile trip
will be taken into Idaho, where a
morning address will be made at
Couer d'Alene. An evening meeting
will be held in Spokane, with the de
parture at night for Tacoma and
Seattle. A day meeting will be held
Tuesday, August 15, in Tacoma and
an evening meeting in Seattle.
Wednesday, August 16, an evening
meeting will be held in Portland and
in the early morning, August 17, de
parture will be made for San Fran
cisco, where an evening meeting will
be held August 18. The following
dav. Saturdav. August 19. will be
spent in San Francisco and early that
evening departure will be made for
Los Angeles, arriving there early
Sunday morning. August 20.
The entire of Sunday will be spent
at'tos Angeles and anevening meet
ing will be held in Los Angeles Mon
day, August 21.
Departure will then be made tor
at Los Angeles and an evening meet
ing will be held Wednesday, August
23.
Aueust 24 a dav meeting will be
held in Ogden, Utah, and an evening
meeting will be held at Salt Lake
City. A night meeting will be held
hridav. August 25. in Cheyenne: Sat
urday, August 26, an evening meeting
will be held in Denver.
Vacation in Estes Park.
Departure will be made that eve
ning for Estes Park, Colo., where ar
rival will be made early Sunday morn
ing, rrom Sunday, August 27, to
Friday, September 1, a vacation
period will be had in Estes Park.
the evening ot September I, de
parture will be made for Denver,
where a tew hours will be spent, and
Saturday, September 2, there will be
a talk in Topeka, Kan., for one hour
in the afternoon and an evening meet
ing in Kansas City. Mo.
Departure for St. Louis will be
made late Saturday evening and Sun
day will be spent in St. Louis. An
evening meeting will be held in St.
Louis Monday, September 4, and de
parture will then be made for Lexing
ton, Ky., where an afternoon meeting
will be held September 5. Wednes
day and Thursday, September 6 and
7, will be in transit to Maine, where
arrival will be made in Portland about
noon, September 7.
The trip provides for rest Sunday
instead of traveling. With only one
or two exceptions, in order to make
connections, the trip will be made by
regular trains.
British Steamer Has
' Fight With Subsea
Montreal, Quebec, Aug. I. The
British steamer Clodmoor, just in
port from Genoa, Italy, had a battle
in the Mediterranean sea with a Ger
man or Austrian submarine, its com
mander, Charles Hunter, reported to
day. He believes he left the sub
marine in a sinking condition.
Two More Retail Stores
Will Close at 6 0'Clock
Beaton & Laier and the Matthews
book store are two more retaileri
added to the list of those who have
reported to the secretary of the As
sociated Retailers that they will
close at 6 o'clock on Saturday nights
during August.
MRS. HELEN DRESHER
DIESJfflMURIES
Advanced Age and Shock of
Auto Accident at Clarinda
Prove Fatal.
AL DRESHER IMPROVING
'Mrs. Helen Dresher, injured in the
automobile accident near Clarinda,
la., Sunday, when the car of her son,
Al Dresher, plunged over a twenty
foot embankment, died at 4:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in the Clarinda
hospital.
Mrs. Dresher's advanced age, 66
years, rendered her injuries more
serious than they would have been
if sustained by a younger person,
and she failed to rally from the
shock.
She was the widow of S. S.
Dresher, pioneer Omaha business
man, and had been making her home
at the, Dresner family residence, 2522
Jones street, with her unmarried
daughter, Louise. , j
She is survived by "four sons and
two daughters, all of Omaha, and
all of whom were at Clarinda when
she died.
One son, Al Dresher, was seriously
injured in the accident, but is be
lieved to be improving, it was report
ed at Clarinda last night. The other
sons are: Charles, J. D., and Sam jr.,
and the daughters are Miss Louise
Dresher and Mrs. Glenn Smith of
Omaha.
Definite funeral arrangements have
not been made. It is probable that
only private services will be held
for the present, and that the body
will be placed in a receiving vault
until Al Dresher is able to attend
final services.
FIND BODIES OF MRS.
LETNER AND LARSON
Recovered From Missouri Riv
er's Waters at Nebraska
City.
Two Bombs Exploded
Under Building of
Jewish Daily Press
Chicago, Aug. 1. Two bombs,
believed to have been made of dyna
mite, were exploded this morning un
der the building of the Jewish Daily
Press, whose publisher, A. M. Lieb
ling, was a witness for the state in
the recent trial of a score of labor
leaders charged with conspiracy here.
At the time of the trial Mr. Lie
bling said that his life had been
threatened because he told the grand
jury what he knew of the methods of
the labor union representatives.
The bombs were placed near the
front door of the building. Mr. Lie
hling, his wife and three children were
throw from their beds on the sec
ond floor of the building. A night
watchman also narrqwly escaped injury.
IDENTIFIED BY SWIFT
Nebraska City, Neb., Aug. 1.
(Special Telegram.) The body of
Mrs. Gertrude Letncr, one of the five
victims of the early Sunday morning
automobile accident near La Platte,
was found floating in the Missouri
river at this point shortly after noon
today by Willis Hikes, a fisherman.
Within an hour of the finding of the
body of Mrs. Letner, Taylor McGuire
landed the body of Harold Larson,
another victim of the accidcnC about
a mile below the city.
The coroner, H. G. Carstens, had
the bodies removed to the morgue,
where, they were identified late this
afternoon bby Thomas F. Swift the
only surviror. of the accident, who ar
rived here at 4 o'clock, accompanied
by T. H. Mynster, brother of Mrs.
Thomas F. Swift, a victim of the ac
cident, and Mr. Kiddoo. Both bodies
were in a badly decomposed state and
identification was made ..through
wearing apparel. The bodies will be
sent to Omaha Wednesday. A sharp
lookout is being kept for the other
victims of the accident.
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'Frisco Creditors
Attack Recent
Sale of System
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 1. A peti
tion attacking the recent sale at fore
closure of the St. Louis & San Fran
cisco railroad and asking that the
court withhhold approval of the sale
until unsecured creditors are pro
vided for was filed in the federal
district court here todav.
. The suit was fiied by bondholders
of the Cape Girardeau & Northern
railway, which was sold to the 'Frisco
system a short time before the latter
went into receivership. 'Frisco
bonds were given in payment for the
Cape Girardeau & Northern, but the
receivers refused to recognize the
purchase as valid, as it had not re
ceived the sanction of the stock
holders.
The petition says that in the re
organization, stockholders ot the old
'Frisco system receive stock and
bonds in the new. It is claimed that
creditors should come first, and that
before the foreclosure sale of the
'Frisco is approved, creditors should
receive the value of their claims.
URGE EMBARGO
DPONMDNITIONS
Egan and Hamil of New Jersey
Will Offer Bill Prohibiting
Shipments of Explosives.
TO APPLY TO ATLANTIC
Text of Hughes Address to
The Women's Roosevelt League
New York, Aug. 1. Charles E.
Hughes, the republican presidential
nominee, this 'afternoon addressed
the Women's Roosevelt league, say
ing: "It is an especial pleasure to meet
you this afternoon and to recognize
the very deep interest that you feel
in this campaign. I am particularly
glad to have the support of this or
ganization. It bears the name1 -of a
great American. It bears the name
of one who has very recently brought
the whole country to a sense of its
obligation and aroused a very deep
feeling with regard to some of our
most important concerns. I welcome
the support of the Roosevelt league
"This is a campaign in which I am
sure women cannot fail to take a very
profound interest. They, if there can
be any comparison in such a matter,
feel more keenly, perhaps, than any
one else with respect to the national
honor and the importance of its main
tenance to our proper preparation
and to our security; and, further, to
that organization in our lite in all its
activities which will give ui an Amer
ica going forward to meet the re
sponsibilities which are to be upon
us after this war is over. '
"I note that you represent a verv
strong feeling with regard to our re
lations to American rights in connec
tion with that war to our relations
to the maintenance of American
rights in connection with Mexico. We
do not wish in this countr yto be
br.iught into unnecessary conflicts.
There is not the slightest danger of
that in a just, firm and consistent
American policy.
"It is very difficult to satisfy our
friends on the other side. If you say
that the administration has been weak
and vacillating, they reply: 'That is
an old story' they knew that before.
If you say they have been lacking in
firmness and consistency, they say
'we are going to be firm and con
sistent now. We are looking to the
future and we are going to turn over
a new leaf.'
Reckoning Time Now.
"Now my friends, this is the
reckoning time. We are all stock
holders in a great coporation and the
balance sheet and is presented in
order that we may know what kind
of administration of our affairs we
have had. We look over that balance
sheet and we find a fearful debit bal
ance, and we do not trust the admini
strators that have brought it about.
"There is an incurable defect of
character in the administration with
respect to the weakness and vacilla-
(Contlnue4 o Pr Tin, Column Thrse.)
New York, Aug. 1. Kepresenta
tives John J. Egan and James Hamil
of New Jersey announced this after
noon at the conclusion of a confer
ence of city, county, state and federal
officials about - the Black Tom
munitions explosion that they would
go to Washington tomorrow, accom
panied by Mayor Fagan of Jersey
City, to demand an embargo on the
export Of munitions from Atlantic
coast ports.
Representative, Egan said he would
introduce a resolution in the house
asking for an immediate embargo, and
Representative James Hamill said
that he was framing a bill of similar
design. k bntu refused to -disclose its
exact nature. r - .
Before The Commission.
The three men will also go before
the Interstate Commerce commission
in Washington tomorrow, they said,
and demand the adoption by the com
mission of stringent regulations pend
ing remedial legislation for the re
moval of immediate danger from the
storage of high explosives at this
port.
Representatives of the federal dis
trict attorney's office of New York
and New Jersey attended the con
ference, but said there was nothing
to show that federal laws had been
viloated in the transportation or
storage of the explosives wliich
caused Sunday's disaster.
Another Arrest Made.
The fourth arrest growing out of
the separate inquiries underway was
maae today wnen u Mackenzie,
president of the National Dock and
Storage company, the scene of the
explosion, was taken into custody at
his home in Plainfield, N. J., and re
leased in $5,000 bail for examination.
"There is no question that I am
responsible for the warehouse owned
by the company," said Mr. MacKen
zie. "But I can state positively that
there was no infringement of the law
in any respect."
The city commissioners of Jersey
City by a vote of 4 to 1 adopted a
resolution today calling upon Director
of Public Safety Hague to prevent the
shipment or storage of high explosives
in that.ciry.
The commissioners authorized the
directors to use physical force if nec
essary in carrying out their mandate,
which, it was stated, was based on the
public nuisance ordinance of the city.
This means, it was explained, that Jer
sey City will cease to be the terminus
of munitions shipments for the en
tente governments in Europe.
Director Hague announced later
that he would take whatever action he.
tnought necessary, if after twenty
four hours the railroads neglected or
refused to remove the explosives. He
declared that there was at present
within the city limits more than fifty
carloads of dynamite- and explosives.
Shooting Affray
In I. W, W, Camp
At Aberdeen, S. D.
Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. I. An un
identified negro, said to be a mem
ber of the Industrial Workers of the
World, was shot following a dis
agreement with a fellow wanderer,
Lee Griest, over a game of craps
here last night. Griest is now held
by the authorities, being caught two
hours after the shooting five miles
east pf the city.
The chief traveling delegate of the
Industrial Workers of the World or
ganization declared today that the
convention of the members will be
held in Minneapolis, probably No
vember 20, and not in Aberdeen or
Fargo, on August 12, as had been
reported. i
Officials here say they do not fear
trouble with the Industrial Workers
of the World, as more men- are now
getting out of the city than are com
ing in.
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DEUTSCHLAND IS
NOW ON ITS WAY
BACK TO GERMANY
Oerman Submarine, dairying
Cargo of Nickel and Ootd,
Casts Off Anchor and
Goes to Sea.
TOWED INTO CHANNEL
Coast Guard Boats Follow Ce
hind and Keep Motor
Craft at a Distance.
FAREWELLS ABE SAJD
Baltimore, Aug. 1. The German
submarine Deutschland today sailed
on its return voyage to Germany,
leaving its pier at 5:40 p. m. this
afternoon. It carried a cargo of
crude rubber and nickel and, it is
understood, a consignment of gold.
The Deutschland's tender, the tug
Thomas F. Timmins, drew the sub
marine out to the main channel.
There the tow line was cast off and
the submersible proceeded under its
own power. The coast guard cutter
Wissahickon followed close behind,
and a little further back was the Tim
mins. In this order the little squad
ron proceeded down the river and
soon disappeared from view around
Wagner's point. A few sight-seeing '
motor boats followed, but they were
kept at a safe distance by the city
police boat Lannan.
As hte Deutschland left the wharf
flags were run up on the interned
North German Lloyd liner Neckar
and its crew lined the rail cheering
and shouting their farewells to their
countrymen in the Deutschland. r
Mooney's Letters
Said To Throw Light:
On Bomb Outrages
San Francisco, Aug. I. Docu- '1
mentary evidence, secured by the po
lice in a raid on the headquarters of
the perpetrators of the preparedness
parade bomb outrage, has laid bare
all the names and facts connected
with the plot and will assure con
viction of suspects in custody, ac
cording to announcement made to
day by District Attorney C. M.
Fickert. "
Fiekert made nublic only a few ' '
Aits of intorma:ior gamed in the let-
ten, which he said consist. I of the
private letter file and other papers
of Thomas Mooney, Isbor agitator,
suspected ringleader of the bomb
gang. '
According to Fickert, the letters
disclosed Mooney's alleged implica
tions in various California dynamit- .
ing cases; his plans for causing a
str.et car strike in Ssn Francisco,
with hints of dynamiting attempts
to follow, and valuable information
bearing on the wrecking of the Los
Angeles Times building.
In a letter written by Mooney just
prior to the preparedness parade, he
said, according to Fickert:
"If I can pull off what I am plan
ning, I will be the biggest man in
San Francisco labor circles."
Gov. Withyc'ombe
Welcomes Pythian
Knights to Oregon
Portland, Ore., Aug. I. The twen
ty-ninth biennial convention of the
supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias, A
opened here today with, members
present from all parts of the United
States. The opening session was
given over to a joint assembly of the 1
supreme lodge and the supreme tem
ple, Pythian sisters, which was at
tended by friends and members gen- .
erally. Gus C. Moore of Portland,
supreme representative, presided as
general chairman
Formal addresses of welcome were
delivered by Governor James Withy
combe and Mayor H. R. Albee, and
responses were made by Supreme
Chancellor B. S. Young of Ada, Colo.,
and Supreme Chief Cora M. Davis or
Union, Ore.
Following the joint assembly, the
supreme lodge went into executive
session. At the same time the su
preme temple, Pythian Sisters, and
the grand lodge of Oregon held the
first sessions of their conventions
in separate halls.
The principal parade of the conven
tion was to be held this afternoon;
the Uniform Rank, Knights of Khor
assan, grand lodge and subordinate
lodges generally were to participate.
Tonight Walter B. Ritchie of Illinois,
East supreme chancellor, will deliver ;
is golden jubilee address on . "The
Pythian Lesson of Friendship." N
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