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Bee THE WEATHER CLOUD? fat; hotelDcl news stand. VOLvXLVt NO. 110. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1916 TWELVE PAGES. Oa Train!, u Htli Ken (!, ete., M. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. When nw&y from Iiodm v- , ask for t THE BEE The. Omaha Daily DEMOS' CHARGE AGAINST HUGHES IS PROVED FALSE Letter From Frank Sieherlich, Member of. O'Leary Commit ' tee, Says Nominee Made No ' Promises Whatever. ' '- HE DID NOT CRITICISE T. R. .- . Made Statement to Hyphenates - That He Stood for All Amer ican Rights. . i Missive is unsolicited New York, Oct. 23.--A telegram from Frank Seiberlich. 'Boston, was" mvn nut hr tnHav hv .th rAnhll. can national committee in support of the denial ry Charles F. Hughes last night of the democratic national com mrttee's charges that the republican ' presidential candidate entered into a secret agreement with the American , Independent conference, of which Seiberltch and Jeremiah A. O'Leary v are members. The telegram reads "The statement made by Mr. Hughes relative to conference with committee ot the American wae- . -i i...i penaence conference is apsoiute.y true. Mr. Hughes saw the 'commit- " tee, of which I was a member, made no oromises. did not criticise Theo dore Roosevelt and made a statement to the committee that he stood tor alt Americanrights." ' William R. Willcox, republican na tional chairman, said in making the' telegram public, that it was voluntary and unsolicited by the national com mittee. ' " The charge of the democratic na tional committee contained what pur ported to be a report made by Mr. . O'Leary at a session of the confer ence in Chicago of what occurred at a meeting between Mr. Hughes and the committee headed by O'Leary. The latter was quoted .in the report as having said: , i i "Mr. -Hughes promised that his fu ture conduct in the . speech-making line would be entirely satisfactory to the interests of the committee. Mr. Willcox today characterized the democratic committee's report as a fiasco of an attempt to prove an "hy phenate alliance" on Mr. Hughes' part. "There i not a shred of evidence ' that Mr. Hugffes had knowledge that P'Leary would make the statement to the American 'Independence con-ferencev--of promises to frame, his Mr, Willcox -said he had no part in an-antrimr fnt- trm O'Learv com mittee to meet Mr. Hughes, Dut mat if it had been called to his attention he would not object. The chairman said he makes no effort to keep any committee of legitimate citizens away from Mr. Hughes, , ' . : 's " New York Oct 23'. Charles E. Hughes, republican nominee for presi i dent, denied the charge of the dejno- (Continned on Pat Blven, Column Six.) Norwegian, Danish And SwedisH Ships Are Reported Sunk : London, Oct. 23. Lloyd's an. nounces that the Norwegian steamers Rabbi of 878 tons gross and Risoy of 1,129 tons gross have been sunk. - The sinking of the Danish sfchooner Fritzemil and the Swedish bark Lenka" is also, announcedyOy the shipping agency.' Viscount Grey in Favor of , League to Maintain Peace London, Oct.' 23. In a speech at luncheon given by the Foreign Press association today Viscount. Grey, Brit ish secretary on foreign affairs, ex pressed approval of American move ments for a league after the war to maintain peace. . .' He asserted, however, that tne na - tions which went into such a league must have- a 'public sentiment, pre pared if necessary, when a critical time came, to uphold their decision by force. s-- jt f . , ' . The Weatlier " io- V-hf-jnV-. Parti r cloudy. Tempemturei at Omaha Yesterday. 4 i Hour. , Detj. I a. m... t 86 6 a. m.." it 7 a. m...M. ...... 87 - a. m. 88 a. m 88 10 a. m. 19 11 a. m... 19 12 m 39 1 p. m..., 38 . 1 p. 37 S p. m..,,. 37 -4 p m, . . . , , , 37 5 p. m. . 38 8 p. m 86 7 p. m 37 8 P- m. . 17 tomparatlTe Loral Record,4 v I ' 116. 118. IU. 191S iliKhest yesterday , tnwcHt yesterday. Waan temperature 89 82 , 4 ...V 88 ; 83 48 16 .... 18 88 - 68 , (30 1 .00 .01 ..00 i'rKcipirtotion Temperjttare and preclpttatlob departures frtmi til normal: , Nrtrmai temperature. . ,'. . . 61 .:.fklrtiy for the day. 11 Total excess since March 1. ............ .218 formal precipitation. ........ .Winch . l'tfictency fcr the day . 06 Inch TtftH.1 ruin fall since March 1. .. .14.82 Inches . LsufiMon.'V nlnrM Miri'h, 1 11. ID InrhiMi , l'enciency ror cor. penoa, ins. i.tsincnes deficiency (or cor. period, 1814. 2.21 laches Reports From. NUtlotm at I r. M Rtattens and State Temp, High- Rains of Weather. , ' 7 p.m. l.ll 22 42 : u it ID u 12 .80 .14 .12 .00 . ! .01 .1 .10 ' .00 .00 T .0 , T .10 Davenport, rain..;,., 62 19 , . 34 Denver, snow , . .i UodKe City, cloudy;... Uander, clear , North Platte, cloudy.. Omaha, rain Pueblo, raln.. Rapid. City, clear Salt Lake City, clear.. Santa F$- rain.,,,.,,,, -fthertdan,' clear. I- 41 City, ler.. V ifrntlnt,, pArt cloudr.. 14 I Indicate, traea of praclpltstloO. ! . : , t. A.- WELSH, M.twniloi H SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON Chief of the imperial f literal staff, who supports the ntennt expressed intention of Lloyd George, minis ter of war, to fight to the fetter end. f , - " t I " ( "SJ'SW EPBEPTSONf GERMANS CONTINUE THE ONWARD MARCH Capture of Fort of Constanza Regarded as Important Vic '. tory in the Campaign. RUSSIAN FORCES REPULSED Berlin, Oct 23. (Via eLondon.) The Roumanian fort of Constanta has been' captured by the Germans, the war office announced today. - - Constanza was one of the principal objectives of Field Marshal von Mac- kensen in -his campaign in Dobrudja, It la of particular importance by rea son ot the fact that rife is-the-wtenifc" teftaifius of the only railroad'between the Black Sea and the Danube, which it crosses at Tchernavoda. Thence the railroad runs westward mto old Roumania. Troops of the central powers have iruescu ine railway n?e running oe tween the Black Sea port of Constanza and the Kiver Danube at) a point to the east of Murfattar. On tfte left wing of Field -Marshal von Mackensen's army the Germans and their allies are approaching the Danube town of Tchernavoda. - The total repulse of the Russian forces from the-western bank of the River Narayuvka, jn Galicia, has been completed, says the official statement issued at German army headquarters today. , At Predal pass, on the Transylvania front, the - statement adds . that 560 Roumanians have been captured. , Operations In Egypt. ' London, )ct. 23.T-Successful' opera tions by British 'camel satps on the Egyptain western frontier have re sulted in the clearing of hostile forces from large areaj and the capture of some, 175 prisoners, says an efficial statement today on operations in Egypt. ArmoTed cars were operated in connection with the camel detach-, ments. The statement reads: "October 22, on the western fron tier,' camel -corps detachments oper ating with armored cars, successfully swept tne uaknia oasis to its western edge, capturing 175 prisoners after some opposition. Similar operation on the same date in the Baharia oasis ( luu miles west of the N e). bv camel corps aetenments resulted in tle cap ture of fifty prisoners, including one "fficer an da quantity of arms and am munition. Russians Repulse Attack. Petrograd, Oct. 23. (Via London.) Austrp-German forces made a new attackyesterday,, striking north of Brody, near the Volhynian-Galician border. The war office reports that the asscult was repulsed. "On the northeastern Roumanian front, in the' Trotus, Oitupz and Sla nic valleys, the enemy, attacked by Roumanians, was compelled to make a slight retirement. -Orr the western frontier of Moldavia (northern Rou mania) stubborn battles continue with success for the Roumanians. British Take 1,000 , Yards of Trenches London, Oct. 23. Store' than 1,000 yards of German trenches in the region of Gueudecourt '. aqd, . Les Boeufs were taken, by the' British in fighting north of the-Somme river in France this afternoon, according to the official communication issued' tonight. In the f egion of Grandecourt the British artillery stopped a Ger man plan for an attack.' ' ' Operating Income is Up ' ' Four Hundred Per Cent Washington, Oct. 23. A 400 oer cent increase in the operating income of the nine principal express com panies of the United States for the fiscal year ending last June, was shown today in the Interstate Com merce commission report on their rev-, enuea and expenses, -for the twelve months the companies had total op erating income of $10,560,650, against $2,556,212, the previous year. CHICAGO POLICE CHIEF INDICTED - ON TWO COUNTS Charles 0. Healy .Accused of - Malfeasance and of Plot to Nullify the Anti- . - Gambling Laws. BOND TWENTY THOUSAND -. i ' His Secretary and Sportsmen's Club Official Also Named in the Bill. , THREE MAINTAIN SILENCE: v , , . - ' . Chicago Oct." 23. Charles c. Healy, chief of police, was indicted on two charges in returns made in the criminal cqurt here tottay. The first indictment accuses him of malfeasance and the second names the chief, Wil liam Luthardt, his secretary, ,and Charles T. Essig, secretary of the Sportsmen's club, as conspirators in a plot to nullify the anti-gambling laws. Chief Healy's bonds were fixed at $20,000. The bonds of Luthardt and Essig were fixed at $10,000 each. Mayor Thompson was presiding over a city council meeting when in formed that the indictments had been returned. v "I will make a statement later," he4 said. "But the people of Chicago should understand that only one side HBO lVV-ll IIVBIUi' V " i I Three Men Are Silent. All three of the indicted me re fused to discuss the indictment. The chief was attending the hearing-iefore Chief Justice Olson when informed of-the -indictment. -i Capiases for the arrest of the three men were issued, but state s Attorney Hoyne ordered that they be w ithheld until tomorrow wnen tne maiciea men will be allowed to surrender and give bond. After the return of the indict ments the state asked for the dis missal of the hearing on an applica tion for warrants for Heily was ac cused ot wiltul and corrupt omusipn of his duties) as chief of police in per mitting the operating of gambling rooms, allowing the sale of liquor without licenses, failing to interfere with prostitution, and in making false statements to Mayor. Thompson in order to restore saloon licenses which had been revoked. The second count was similar to the first and charged Mealy, Xuthardt and tssig with con spiracy to violate the laws; Garment Workers EesentPederation Officers' Effort Philadelphia. Pa.. Oct 23. A reso lution criticising the American Feder ation of Labor for attempting to put itself on record as supporting the candidacy of President Wilson for re-election waj introduced by a: ma jority report of resolutions commit tee at today's session of the thirteenth biennial convention of tne Interna tional Women Garment Workers' un ion. A motion to refer the resolution back to the committee for reconsid eration and change wis adopted after a long discussion by members oft the union, which is .said to be the third largest in the federation.' The original draft oi the resolution states that ("the chief executive offi cers of the federation have commit ted the largest and most powerful' body of organized labor in this coun try to a policy of andignified and un fruitful political lobbying and begging jnd have attempted to make the fed eration an auxiliary to one of the political parties." Smith, Mills and . Mayer Must Take : Penalty as Imposed Washington, Oct. 23. The supreme ciurt today refused to review convic 'ion of James B. Smith, vice presi dent; F. C. Mills, dock superintend ent, and E.- H. Mayer, checker, re spectively, of the Western' Fuel com pany of San Francisco! of conspiring to defraud the 'government by false weighing of dutiable coal and the punishment prescribed in the Cal ifornia federal courts will stand. v German Aviator . Shoots Down Two More Enemy Planes Berlin, Qcti- 23. (Via London;) Captain Boelke, German aviator, shot down two more aeroplanes yesterday, bringing the total to thirty-eight, the war office announced today. Twenty two allied aeroplanes were destroyed during the day. The announcement follows: . "In the neighborhood of the coast, lift Somme and in the Meuse regions, there , was great aerial ac tivity.. Twenty-two enemy aviators" were shot down by aerial attacks and Twenty-two enemy aviatoryj anti-aircraft fire. Eleven aeroplanes were lying behind out lines. Captain Boelke conquered his thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth foes, Ind Lieutenant rranxi nil fourteenth enemy. 'Enemy aviators drooped bombs on Metz and on villages in Lorraine. No military damage was caused. Five civilians died and seven were made ill through inhaling poisonous gases emitted from bombs. Activity Resumed in the : New York Transit Strike New York, Oct. 23. Strike actiyity in the city's transit situation was resumed today. Several Third avenue,' elevated, trains were bom barded with stones thrown from roof tops in the .Harlem district Two passengers were injured. Brotherhood Chiefs Railroad Engineers Told that Heads Are in the Dark Warren S. Stone, Grand Chief Engineer Sends a Frank Circular to His Mem -l" - bership. New York, N. Y., Oct 2j:Warren S. Stone, grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- (' neers and one of the four then chiefly -, tesponsiblc for driving the Adamson law through congress under threat of a nation-wide tic-'of the railroads, has made forrn-' 'ssion, over the grandseal. Aerhood, to all its omr- g,. '-.nbers that he is "not..---:-.' iVVto give any definite tf botit the Adamson law, ' a .v.-we do not know yet just K "gP'oie law means." He made this ..iissiim m a circular reproduced herewith addressed to "the'jpfficers and members of all divisions, and to the chairmen and secretary-treasurers of all general committees of adjust- i ment." The rircular" was dated at Cleveland, O., October 10, 1916. It was signed by Mr. Stone as grand chief engineer and by Assistant Grand Chiefs Cadle.i Wills, Burgess, Ken.j nedy, Corrigan, Griffing .and Mont gomery. - k "We are receiving a number of let- l ters requesting definite information regarding the application of the Adamson eight-hour law," says the circular, "but we are not in position tq give any definite information on this subject, because we 'do not know jet just what the law means. Weare, however, from time to time, furnish ing the general chairmen with such information as is obtainable in the matter." The day before Mr. Stone and his colleagues signed this circular Charles E. Hughes discussed the Adamson law in a speech at Neward, N. J. "Hasty legislation is likely to carry with it unwelcome surprises," he said. "If eight hours is to be a 'measure or standard of a day's work' for the. pur pose c.f reckoning the compensation SOCIAL SERVICE COMMITTEE NAMED Episcopalians in Convention Take On More Duties Relat ing to Social Welfare. DAKOTA SEEKS DISTRICT St. Louis, Oct. 23. Announcement of the appointment of a standing so cial service, cpmmitte;" headed Jy Rev. Edwin S.. Lines, bishop of New atkf J., was made today from the house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal General convention. The committee will co-operate with a simi lar commission of the house of depu ties. ' ' .' .' ,, The -appointment, according" to leaden of the church, in effect marks the approval tf the upper house "of the sense of social responsibility and social sympathy which has manifest ed itself at this-convention." This year for the first time, Kev. i'aul Jones, bishop of Utajj and a member ot the i newly created, committee, Kointed -out today, the convention has eld a dailv social forum at which the attitude of the church toward the so cial welfare of the masses has been openly discussed. loflay, the beginning ot the iihal week of the convention, discussion centered on proposals to change the method of representation in the house of deputies from the present system, providing ,equal , representation for each diocese to a plan giving the church units representation in .pro portion, to the number of their com municants. On the lower house cal endar also was a memorial asking for the creation of a niw missionary dis trict in South Dakota. The house of bishops today will debate upon a proposal to open their sessions to the house, since the tirst triennial convention in Philadelphia, in 1879, the meetings of the upper house have teen held behind closed door's. Advance in Flour Is Now Announced Minneapolis. Minn., 1 Oct. 23. Flour increased 20 to SO cents a barrel here today as a result of the bullish condition of the wheat market and re ports of a strong foreign demand. Fancy patents, which sold Saturday at $9.35, were guoted today it $9.55. This grade of flour has increased 65 cents a barrel in one week. First clears sold for $7.90 today, an increase of 56 cents, while second clears sold at $5, an increase of 50 cents a barrel. Two Dollars Per Bushel foriWheat Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 23. Five thousand bushels of No. 1 durum ...I..-, b-sM ; ,!.. ...i.U m--i,. today at $2 a bushel. lhe wheat was purchased by a lo cal concern from "another local firm for milling purposes. Several cars of Montana durum, to arrive, sold at' the same price. , Registration Dates ' - The office of the election com missioner will be open until 9 p. m. on the following days for the reg istration ofvotera for the Novem ber election: October 23 to 27, Monday to Fri day, inclusive. ' , . Registration for the .November election closes on Friday, October 27. All who have changed their place of residence since last fall must register again. Don't Know What GRAND Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT x , Cunuuis, Oan, Octoksr Mt"B . TV ike OsVffi mi Unmttn tf Ml SMwi iWUlh CMram mi Smtmyt Trrmnrm CfMrsI Cmilttrt AijfUlmcill: Dua Siu and BssniBsii W mtt ikt (oUowIm Mitt el tkt rat. fas I the walk el September, 19I& wbks Wt art renlvist aumbtr el ttttm nesttmi Malts Menastlea Ktirtii the speHcslion of tkt Admmaoa koy law, 1st wt sis eel estkioa to tw tt ethnilc Isfontilttos oa this -kt frr )e Mt know wt lit kit ikt li meat. ' Wt an, kewmr. frost tkas to Uok IihuMisi Iks Ctatnl CkalnM wk ik s Isgpauea si It ebtsioiblt at tkt matter. Yosn A. .0 ""MII1,'. ATTEST, Wat. B PRENTER. F. C. E. to be paid, how are those men left who complete the prescribed number of miles in less than eight hours? Have they any assurance, if they are to be paid under this bill on a basis of hours, that they will be paid on a basis of miles .when they work less Tuskegee President Urges Negroes to. v ' Remain , in South Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 22. Major R. K.NMoton, president of Tuskegee Institute, in an address here yester day asserte-t that the negro should remain in the south and study his own shortcomings with a desire and aim to overcome them. . He said the -ace needs to get rid of the lazy, shift less negro ' if it hopes to cope with the white man, and added that the race Jas much -to- be thankful for in the south. Major Moton urged the negroes to stay in tne soutn, saying: "In New York. I understand from letter received from a physician that negroes are finding it very dim cult even now to find places to stay; they are huddled together in quarters like pigs, and many of them cannot find any place, and there .is bound 'to be suffering this winter. They will take colds and develop pneumonia and consumption, as well as other dis eases, and either will die there or be kri-tiicrrit hrtn in a i4irini rtnttrla tints " Fifty Persons Dead In Train Collision :- On Mexican Road !.- .. '.J t Laredo, Tex., Oct. 23. Fifty per sons were killed and a great number injured in a rear-end collision of a freight and passenger train at Ramos Arispe, Mexico, last Friday, according to reports reaching the border today. Ramos Arispe is between Saltillo and Torreon, Coahuila. A freight train, heavily loaded with coal, according ;to the story 'received here, crashed into a slowly moving passenger train. The dead were taken to Saltillo and buried.vlt is not believed any Ameri cans were injured. . Roving Bands Are ( Out Stealing Horses El Paso, Tex., Oct. 23. Reinforce ments are being sent from Juarei to Chihuahua City to strengthen the gar rison there, reports received from the military- authorities in Juarez today state. A detachment of 125 soldiers left Juarez last night for -Chihuahua City, it was announced in Juarez to day. , Of this number seventy-five were Cavalrymen. Their horses were taken with them. One hundred pre ceded them Saturday, it was stated. A rancher, who arrived here from Ojo Caliente, eighty-five miles squth of Juarez, today stated that roving bands of Mexicans, were stealing horses and looting the ranches in that vicinity. Two Steamers Are Reported as Sunk r London, Oct. 23. The sinking of the Danish steamer Hebe and the Dutch steamship Fortuna, of 1,254 tons gross, was reported today at Lloyd's shipping agency. Ten sur vivors of the r-ortnna were landed The captain and fifteen others, it is (eared, were .drowned. It was also announced that the Donaldson liner Cabotia, of 4,309 tons gross, was believed to have faeiVtunk. The Cabotia was 385 feet long and was built in 1900. . Two Women and Men In Police Roundup Sadie Barnes, 821 Leavenworth street; Fred Bitney, State hotel: Dave Bolker, Brunswick hotel, and Nellie AdkirTs, 619 North Seventeenth street, have all been arrested on I charges of keeping and maintaining disorderly establishments. Inmates were taken from each place. Law Means ? OFFICE m hum arOI nett wits roar searenL (rsunisl, , 1 STOKE, i , Crss Caltf EaimW.- U W CADLE, H. K wnxs. F. A. SURCtSS, ASH KENNEDY, A CORRIGAN, ' a GRIFFING, M E. MONTGOMERY. AhIium Grus.Cbkfi. than eight hours f And how will a ligid eight-hour basis of pay affect present guarantees? There n much food for thought in this legislation, not only on the part of those for (Continued on F&f e Two, Column Time.) ADLER POLITICAL ' FANATIC Oil CRANK View' Taken by Newspapers i Relative to Man Who Mur-, . dered Premier.-.; J? BOVOl Or FAMILY INSANE Berlin, Oct. 22 .(Via London, Oct. 23-)-T.he morning,. pap.ej-. ,agret.ln railing the assassination pf, Premier stuergxn oi Austria ine aecn ot an irresponsible political fanatic, , if hot neurasthenic whose mind hss given Way under the strain of the war. 1 Dr. Friedrich Adler, the assassin, la described by acquaintances ai a man of a naturally fanatical temperament, in whose family Insanity runs. His lister has been in an insane asyfum for years.s These acquaintances say that Adler has given the impression for months of one whose nerves were stretched to the breaking point and -hat his wild demeanor had caused much agitation in the socialist central committee, of which he was secretary.' Young Adler led a small but vehe ment opposition to the policy of the . arty under his father's leadership. The Vorwaerts, which ' expresses the-strongest disapproval of Dr. Ad ler's' deed,, asserts that he was un doubtedly demented when he commit ted thejnurder, as nobody tn his right senses, could have expected favorable results from Such an act. Premier Stuergkh's last political act was to prohibit two big meetings called for today as demonstrations in ftivor of the convocation of ParJia ment. AHe-also designed on the part of the gqvernment to participate in a conference "of parliamentary officiaU tomorrow to discuss the possibility of the resumption of sittings of the rep resentatives. It is not thought the premier's death will have any effect for or against the convocation, as he only acted as representative di the system in opposition thereto. There is no disposition to charge Adler's act to the parties which demanded the reconvening of the Diet. , Just a Political Crank. - Vienna, Oct. 22 (Via London, Oct. 23.) Government circtes here regard ;he killing of Premier Siu.rglch as an act of a political crank, which can in no wise influence the political situa tion or the course of the ws.r. This statement was made to the corre opondent of the Associated Press in high responsible quarters. It is pointed out that the time which has elapsed since the murder lias shown that Adler, the assassin, (lands alone. His act -is disavowed by the socialist party and press arid rondemned by his father, Victor Ad ler, socialist . member of .she lower i hanfber of the Reichstag. Adlet stated to the police that he thot Stu'ergkh because thev premier opposed the convening of Parlia ment, --"it is jtated officially that Stuergkh had at no time done this and that he could not do it because the convening of , Parliament was a matter in the hands of the political parties. 1 " ..' , The Austro-Hungarlan -p r e s i brands Adler as axvile, irresponsible criminal and without exception de plores the fact that the act of a crazy man should disturb the peace of th: people. The city is quiet. The pub lic urges the murder as ( purely pri vate crime. - ' Adler Held 1 Prisoner. Dr, Friedrich Adler. the assassin of the Austrian premier. Count Karl Stuergkh, is beihtr held bv the ooliee awaiting trial. He maintains his com posure. The population of Vienna is recovering irom tne snoclc ot the assassination. Throughout the em pire Dr. Adler's act is deplored and looked upon as the deed of a fanatic. lit. rtuicr, writ, is cairor oi a social- (Continued on rue Twa. Column One.) DEATH TOLL ON LflllL LI1IL 10 FIFTIOR MORE Almost Certain Now that the Merida Went Down and that - All on Board Are Lost. . ONE SAVED i OFF COLGATE Captain Grasha'w, Sole Sur vivor Now in Hospital Bat- - vuug ,ui Wis, ALL HIS COMRADES LOST Cleveland, O.j Oct. 23. While Cap tain Walter Grashaw, sole survivor in ' a crew of twenty-two men of the steamer, James B, Colgate, was bat tling tor lite in a nospitai t v-wiiucaut, . O., today, following his rescue yes terday, marine circles were almost convinced that thesteamer Merida, forty-two hours' overdue at Buffalo, had gone down in Friday night's stornron utat crie, wnicn sanit two other boats in addition to the Col gate1. The Merida is a 360-foot steel boat, bound from Fort William, Canada, to Buffalo. No word had come from it today to local managers here. It car ried a crew oj twenty-five. The Merida ?. is owned by the Valley Camp. Ship ping company and is managed by James Playfair of Midland, Ont. Local managers refuse to admit the loss, but concede their fear for its safety. 1 i Taken Off (Life, Raft ' ' " Captain Grashaw of the Colgate was picked up in Lake Erie off a life raft by the Marquette & Bessemer Car Ferry No. 2, after he had been at the mercy o' the storm without food onwater f v thirty-four hours. . He lives in Cleveland. The complete list of the lost crew of the Colgate follows: Henry Lftnan, flrit mats. r' 0ort Coon, second rottt. XllwaukM, Wli t CharlH B. Sutllff, chief engineer, Solon Sprlnse, Wta. Harvey Oaeman, second enslneer, Clevs land, O. 1 ' - -s . , 1 -w n.i.h.MI a n P la v 1 n ft ' Dettittrle Gartfalea flreman, Buffalo. Harry M. Beabers, dreman, Duluth, Minn.. Chandler B. Hill, ooal Bauer, Union, vllle. O. Herbert A, Ahmai, ordinary seaman, Brioklyn, N. V. , Oua Tarbel, ooal peeler. ChliHoIm, Minn. ' IPrank Vredartnka. ooal oaaaer. Buffalo. John B. Kuyawa, ooal peaeer, Aioion, xe. i. Balph Adama, ateward. a - - John Buckley, wheelman, Garfield, Utah. Jkmea Orosan, ordinary seaman, . Seott dalo, Pa. ' Jumoa Kalmar, ordinary eeaman. Bupsrtert wie - ...... -r ... .. " - Stanley Krelser. deck hand, Buffalo. James O'Connor, deck hand, Roctaastar, H. T. ; , - -i Clement Roman, one nana, janiiaw i uamoa roeioi, uoob nau, iuuuhi.u, - a : Wheelman. Ont name unknown. : I Captain Only Survivor. ' -With the exception of Captain Grashaw one of the crew of twenty one of the Colgate perished, nineteen of them sucked down to death the in stant the big steel boat foundered in the storm and two added to the roll when, exhausted, -they were washed Off the raft that carried their captain. The ferry steamer Marquette ana Bessemer No. 2 picked up the captain off Rondeau, Canada, opposite Cleve land. . . r . Six men were lost when the steamer Filer sank in Lake Erie on Friday, , onjy Captain Mattison being saved. Earlier the steamer. Marshal F. But- (Contlnued on rasa Two, Column Tww.) Hostile Aeroplane Drops Three Bombs, - Injuring Two People London, Oct. 23. A hostile aero plane appeared today over Margate, on the southeastern coast of England and dropped three bombs in the Clif-" tonville district oi the town. Slight damage was caused to a hotel; and one man and one woman were slightly in jured. --v. British aeroplanes went up in pur suit of the raider that made off in southeasterly direction. Squatter Shot and . Killed by a Posse Uru;,..o xr v rut 91 At,.. killing Sheriff Paul Stier of Queens county with a shotgun and keeping at bay a posse of police and deputy sheriffs who had surrounded his home here, Frank Taft, 65 years old, was shot and instantly killed Dy one.ot the besiegers today- : . -. Taft shot Stier, who .served him with a warrant, after he had been ad judged in contempt of court for fail ing to appear as a witness. 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