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VETERAN EGO EATER
SCORNFUL OF TYRO."
Dallas, Tex.. Sept. 14. S. G. Scott
of this city it hurt over the report
that a PennslyvaniT" man claims to
be the champion egg eater of the
world just became he got on the
outside of forty-eight eggs in twenty-four
hours.
Scott is a vtteran of the Civil
War and declares that on a wager
in his younger days he ate forty
heven eggs at one sitting and when
asked to eat another to make it
four-doren scornfully replied that
lie didn't want to make a hog of
himself.
Scott says his opponent devoured
thirty-seven eggs during the hours'
contest.
WOMAN HAS HAIR
7 FEET IN LENGTH.
Los Angeles. Sept. 14. If a
woman's crowning glory ii her hair,
then Mrs. Lydia MtPherson of Los
Angeles lhay lay claim to being
thrice crowned, for she has a cor
onet of auburn hair that measures
seven feet in length.
Mrs. McPherson, who inciden
tally was an entrant for the big
parade of Titian blondes recently
held at Venice, has hair over which
the famous Titian himself might
veil have raved. At the same time,
lid she so desire, she might draw
down a royal income as the national
representative for sonic hair grow
ing coneotioii.
Mrs. McPherson herself standj
but five feet five inches and weighs
something around 130 pounds. Her
liair when braided has a circumfer
ence of from ten to twcl.i inches,
and she wears it wrapped and coiled
about her head like a Turkish tur
ban. For her a shampoo means a
half day's task, and then it Is only
possible to dense her wonder cor
onet by washing it in the braid.
EATING CHAMPIONSHIP
IS CLAIMED IN SOUTH.
Boonsport, My., Sept. 14. Dave
Einbry, 54 years old, a Clark Coun
ty negro, claims to be the champion
eater in the South.- At a sitting,
witnesses say, he "engulfs proven
der" in quantities as follows:
Eight pounds of cheese; or
Thirteen, boxes of Sardines, plus
oil from five other boxes; or
Thirty-six flap-jacks with syrup
nd coffee in proportion; op
Twelve pounds of raw fat bacon.
He eats six meals a day and fre
quently eats at night and between
meals.
LIGHTNING CAUSES
BODY TO GO RIGID.
Monaca, Pa., Sept. -14. Lightning
has a peculiar effect on Miss Mary
Sinclair of this place. During a storm
recently there came a blinding flash
and her right hand closed rigidly. It
required the efforts of four men to
open it sufficiently to place a splint.
The pain is intense.
A year ago Miss Sinclair suffered
n-similar injury with her hand and
six times in the last two years her
body has become rigid after a flash.
ARMY CAPTAINWEDS !
HIS DIVORCED WIFE. I
Rockford, IU., Sept. 14. Mrs. Al- j
bcrt D. Vaughan and her husband
had a misunderstanding three years
ago and a divorce was the result.
They have secured a marriage li
cense and been reunited in wedlock
by Judge Fred E. Carpenter of the
county court.
The couple were divorced several
months before the" United States had
entered the world war. Captain
A aughan, whose home is in Des
Moines, la., entered an officers'
training camp and came out with
the rank of second lieutenant. He
rf.'.s assigned to duty with the
J'otirth division and went to France.
Mrs. Vaughan. whose maiden
nunc was Madge Slocum, decided
vhilc her former husband was in
Trance that they, had both been too
haty and a reconciliation was
Fought. It was mutual. So when
her former husband returned to this
country and to Camp Grant the for
mer wife left her home in Cedar
Kaivids, la., and came on to Rock
ford. The groom is 38 and the bride is
37. Captain Vaughan has just re
ceived his discharge from the serv
ice. The couple will return to Des
Moines, where life will be begun
anew. y
WAR METHODS UTILIZED
TO SETTLE SQUABBLE.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 14. "Judge,"
said the man at the bar, "there's no
use of you trying to square this thing
ur. My w ife and I tight just so often
and just so long, and we can't help it.
50 there vou are."
"And about how long do you keep
51 up?" asked the judge. .
"About two weeks, judge."
"AH right; I'll give you IS days
in jail; in other words, you are in
terned for the duration of the war."
LITTLE BOY SAYS MOTHER
PAID MAN TO "LOSE HIM.
Kansas City, Kas., Sept. 14. A
little black-eyed boy of 5, who says
his mother paid a man to lose him,
.will be made a ward of the Wyan
dotte county juvenile court this
week unless his parents claim him
or he is given a home.
Three weeks ago he was found
alone at Twenty-fourth street and
Orlando avenue. He said his name
was Petey. Further than that he
could remember nothing, except
that he saw his mother pay a strange
man money to lose him, -and that
he lived somewhere on Fourth
street in Armourdale, several miles
from the place where he was found.
PETTICOAT WINS NOW .
AS IN DAYS OF YORE.
Terrell, Tex., Sept. 14. This week
the woman announced that she was
going to spend the afternoon at the
movie. The man demanded that she
remain at home and make him a
rhirt There were some hot words.
The upshot was that the husband
took all of his wife's skirts to his
ship. Also her hats. Did that keep
her? Not much. Hubby forgot the
nice jersey petticoat It was jnst a
trifle short, but it would do. So the
, wife donned it and marched down to
the movie. People craned their
Becks, but she went riht on. Hubby
wants a divorce. He says his wife
, is indiscreet. Wife wants one. She
cays hubby is inconsiderate
VOL. 49 NO. V6.
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MAY BRING
ON CRISIS
Permier Nitti Says Remainder
of Italian Army Corps Re
fused to Disarm Troops Re
sponsible for Recent Raid.
D'ANNUNZIO. LEADER
OF SEDITIOUS FORCES
"Papa Loo Loo" Bases
Breach of Promise Suit
on 300 Loving Letters
"
Suing Girl's Parents For $5,0p0 Because Hazel Promised
To Marry Him As Soon As She Got Divorce, But
She Wed Man in Chicago, Mexican Wooer Says;
Mother Insistent in Devotion to Him and Was
Ordered From Office.
Remains at Head of Large
Body of Soldiers in Adriatic
Port and Installs Himself in
Army Command Bureau.
Rome. Sept. 14. Premier Nitti in
a statement in the chamber of depu
ties regarding the Frume raid, an
nounced that the remainder of the
Sixth Army Corps had heen ordered
to, intercept and disarm Gabriele D'
Annunzio's troops, but that these
troops had refused to obey the com
mander's orders.
The latest advices were to the
effect that tlje situation arising
from the coup was serious and the
premier declared he was determined
to act in a manner to avoid grave
conflicts. He deplored what had
happened, because for the time se
dition, though for idealistic aims,
had entered the Italian army. The
Epoca announces that General Ba
doglio, deputy chief of staff has
gone to Fiume armed with full
powers. s
12,000 Men Behind Him.
D'Annunzio, according to some
reports, entered the city of Fiume
at the head of from 8,000 to 12,000
men. "
Signer Nitti gave full details of the
report of the military authorities at
Fiume, showing that D'Annunzio's
troops had overcome all re
sistance and entered the city and
that the war minister's order to dis
arm and return them to the armis
tice line was not carried out be
cause,, as General Robilant reported
to the minister, "the detail to carry
out the order had faijed him."
News received Saturday at noon
showed that D'Annunzio's troops,
described as numbering 2,300, were
still in Fiume and that the post
had announced that he intended to
install himself in the army com
mand bureau. Parts of the Sixth
Artillery regiment and a cyclist
corps apparently were marching on
Fiume Saturday and General Fer
rari, commanding the supervision
troops on the armistice line was
marching to stop them. Signor
Nitti expressed strong depreciation
of what he termed the misgiven
deed of D'Annunzio, because he
said it would propagate the belief
abroad of the violent imperialistic
spirit of the Italian people and re
sult in Italian aspirations in the
Adriatic being met with strong op
position. Fears Service Rendered.
"No worse service could be ren
dered to the cause we are defending
and have defended" he said.
Signor Nitti declared that the
government had taken every meas
ure to prevent such acts as had
occured at Fiume and said the re-
I sponsibifity for it would be mves
) tigated.
; The premier stoutly denied that
. . ... j i
tne government encouraged sucn
moves as occupation of Fium.e and
characterized as "lunatics betraying
the cause of- the fatherland" those
who advocated protests and "mad
acts" against France and the j
United States.
League Fight Opens
in Congress Today; .
Lasts Till Vote Taken
Washington, Sept. 14. Lines had
been drawn by the opposing fac
tions, absent senators for the most
part had returned to Washington,
and all is in readiness for the open
ing of the final stage in the senate ,
peace treaty and league of nations
controversy.
The treaty with its league cove
nant, tentative plans provide, will be,
called up about 2 p. m. Monday by'
Chairman Lodge of the foreign rela
tions committee, and will be kept
continuously before the senate in
"open executive" session until the
final vote of ratification is taken sev
eral weeks hence.
Senator McCumber, republican.
North Dakota, wWo refused to join
his republican colleagues of the for
eign relations committee in the re-
porting of amendments and who de
clined to approve the majority's
;eservation to Article 10 of the
league covenant, will file an indi
vidual report.
Mosquito "Smudge" Sets
Fire to Baby's Bed
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 14. Reed
Herbert, agVd 3, is dead here from
barns received when a pallet on
which he was lying Caught fire. The
fire started from a "smudge" the
parents had placed near the sleep
ing child to keep off mosquitoes.
Boston, Sept.. 14, An attachment
for $5,000 made in the registry of
deeds, Norfolk county, on property
of Eugene B. and his wife, Effie P.
Ilewins, by counsel for Louis M.
Rodriguez, a Mexican, is the pre
lude, the Mexican asserted, to a suit
for $5,000 against the Hewinses for
alleged alienation of the affections
of their daughter, who married an
American in Chicago.
Three hundred loving letters to
"Papa Loo Loo," alleged to have
been written by Mrs. He wins of
East Dedham, Mass., and the daugh
ter, Mrs. Hazel H. Kussmaul, will
figure in the suit.
Rodriguez asserts Mr. and Mrs.
Hewins conspired with their daugh
ter to secure money from him for
three years,, and prevented him from
marrying her, after she obtained a
divorce.
The story is one of the most pe
culiar which has ever been heard in
a Massachusetts court.
Rodriguez, who is an expert in
South American commercial laws,
a Spanish accountant, auditor and
legal translator, alleges that he paid
attentions to Mrs. Kussmaul know
ing her to be married, that her
mother encouraged him and made
love to him herself, and that he ex
pected to marry the daughter after
she received a divorce.
Mrs. Kussmaul, however, he
claims, on June 23 last married a
Vincent B. Beckett in Chicago.
Free Verse and Thanks for $18.
Verse of varied meters passed
from the loving Hazel to Rodriguez,
according to the latter. Vers libre
is exemplified in the following:
"Mother just brought me these two
blossoms
To wear to church;
I have kissed them and now
I enclose them to you."
The endearing phrase, "Dear
Papa L90 Loo," is the regular greet
ing in the letters, and here and
there through the missives runs the
ages old theme, "1 thank you for the
$18 you sent me."
While Rodriguez was in New
York he became ill and wrote
"Mama Hazel" of his condition.
Return mail brought this note:
"Dear Papa Lew: Poor mama's
iittte Papa Lew, so sickly all alone
in New York. If his mama only had
the money she would go and take
care of him.
"Forgive your mama for saying
bad things to you. We are sewing
on my dress, which is a fussy job.
Good-by. multiplied my millions and
oceans of love, for my sick papa.
"YOUR LOVING MAMA."
Later he said Hazel wrote:
"Dear Lew: Oh, I am so lonesome.
Papa Luis, here I am sitting in the
den with just animals. Did you get
my special delivery? I sent it last
night. And are you cross with me?
I will tell you the truth. : never go
to Boston for any bad purpose ex
cept for business or to the show. I
did not get a phone from you I
am here all alone. I feel so blue be
cause you have not written me.
Lovingly.
.'TOUR OWN HAZEL."
Feminine longing for a touring
car is voiced in this:
"Dear Papa Loo, Loo: The flat
terer costumer, as you may call, ar
rived safe and sound. I hops vou
will be able to get a lot more jobs.
Never mind my clothes, but get
money to buy touring car that would
seat seven with comfort.
"Heaps of love and millions of
kisses from your mama, mama,
mama."
Says Mother Suggested Marriage.
"I first became acquainted with
Hazel," said Rodriguez, "when she
(Continued on Vniti Two, Column One.)
14 OF CM
OSSING IN
HURRICANE
Brownsville and Corpus Christi
Feel Brunt of Storm, Which
Has Passed With Its Fury
On Into Mexico.
BUNDLES AND BABIES
CARRIED BY REFUGEES
Pacific Northwest Labor
Difficulties Explained
to Wilson by Committee
m
President Hears Grievances of Delegation Protesting
the Imprisonment of "Political Prisoners" and
Details of Present Unrest Which They Declared
Will Make Prevention of General Strike on October
8 Almost Impossible.
1F0URHRE
Streets Present Carnival-Like
Appearance, With Every Im
aginable Vehicle Moving
Back and Forth.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 14. The
steamer Barnstable, coal laden from
Savannah to a Cuban port, went
down off St. Catherine's Friday
night. It is reported that 14 of the
crew are missing.
YANKS' MOTHERS
PRAISE JOHNSON
FOR HIS STAND
Want Their Boys Now in
Russia, Brought Back to
America.
BOY, 13, DROWNED
WITH HIS PAL HE
TRIED TO RESCUE
Kansas City. Mo., Sept. 14. Sen
ator Hiram W. Johnson of Cali
fornia rested here today prepara
tory to beginning the second week
of his speech making tour of the
middle west opposing the unqual
ified ratification of the peace treaty
and league of nations covenant. A
delegation of mothers whose sons
are with the American troops in
Russia called on the senator - to
thank him for his efforts to have
the boys brought home. '
In a statement the senator de
clared he had never seen such
crowds and demonstrations outside
of a national political campaign as
have attended his meetings in Chi
cago, Indianapolis, St. Louis , and
Kansas City.
"I am convinced by these great
crowds that public sentiment in the
states I have visited is opposed to
the league in its present form," said
Senator Johnson.
He left for Des Moines, la., late
tonight, where Senator Borah of
Idaho is expected to speak with him
tomorrow night.
Senator Johnson is scheduled to
speak at Sioux Falls, S. D., Septem
ber 16; Sioux City, la., September
17; Duluth, Minn., September 19, and
St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn.,
September 20.
He has received invitations to de
liver addresses in every state west
of the Mississippi river.
His trip to the Pacific coast is de
pendent upon the progress of the
senate in considering he peace
treaty. He wants to be present
when the senate takes up his amend
ment for involving strength in the
assembly of the league of nations.
Grand Duke Michael
With Kolchak Army
Paris. Sept. 14. Grand Duke
Michael Alexandrovich, brother of
the former Russian. Emperor who
made his escape from Perm, where
he was imprisoned by the bol
sheviki, has reached Admiral Kol
chak's headquarters according to
Humanite. He is known to only a
few of Kolchak's officers, the paper
adds, and is preparing to act in the
role of pretender to the imperial
throne.
Ask Congress to Recognize
the Republic ot Ireland
Xew York, Sept. 14. Four thou
sand persons crowded into the Lex
ington Avenue theater to attend a
meeting of protest against the ac
tion of the British government in
taking drastic measures to suppress
the Sinn Fein movement in Ireland.
A resolution was adopted calling
upon congress to recognize the "Re
public of Ireland" and to refuse fur
ther loans to Great Britain.
Newsboy, Seeing His Compan
ion Struggling in River, At
tempts to Save Him.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 14. Seeing
his playmate, James Alexander, 13
years old, struggling for life in the
Ohio river at the foot of Sixth
street, Roy Davies, also about 13
years old, although an unexperi
enced swimmer, plunged into the
water in a heroic attempt to save
him. Both were drowned.
Alexander was about twenty
yards from shore and Davies. reach
ed him in a few seconds. He at
tempted to grab the boy, who was
floundering in the water. Alexan
der managed to grasp his rescuer
around the neck. After a struggle
of several seconds both boys went
under, never coming to the surface.
The drowning occurred 4:30
o'clock. Both bodies were found
an hour later by a crew from the
United States life saving station
under Capt. Harry Van Denburg.
Alexander, a negro, lived at 610
Liberty street and Davies, white,
who was identified by a little tag
pinned to the inside of his shirt,
lived at 209 South Twentieth street.
The body of the white boy was
taken to the undertaking establish
ment of John H Miller and the ne
gro's body was taken to Burn's un
dertaking establishment.
Airship Rises Six
Miles for World's ,
Altitude Record
Mineola, N. Y., Sept. 14. A new
unofficial world's altitude record, it
was learned today, was established
here Saturday when Roland Roh
kens, testing pilot for the Curtiss
Airplane and Motor corporation,
..limbed to a height of 34.000 feet
more than six miles beating the
previous world's unofficial record of
Adjutant Casale of the French army
at Vallacoublay last June by 864
feet.
Rohkens explained tonight he took
the air intending only to make a
test flight but he found conditions so
favorable that he decided to keep
climbing until his apparatus showed
the new record altitude.
New York, Sept. 14. The world's
airplane altitude record of 28,500
feet for a pilot and one passenger,
made at Dayton, O., September 6,
by Maj. Randolph W. Schroeder,
who won the recent New York-Toronto
international contest, has been
homologated by the contest commit
tee of the American Flying club, it
was announced today. The former
record was 27,300 feet, held by Cap
tain Lang of the Royal air forces.
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 14. (By The
Associated Press.) Driving furi
ously into the Texas coast, princi
pally in the section southwest of
Galveston, the tropical hurricane
that has skirted the United States
gulf coast for nearly a week appar
ently has swept inland near the
Mexican border.
Wire communication was inter
rupted in most of the affected area
and the extent of the storm's dam
age could not be learned accurately
Sunday night, hut there were no re
ports of fatalities.
Brownsville and " Corpus Christi
apparently fClt the brunt of the
storm, which weather bureau offi
cials believe has passed on into
Mextco, where it will be dissipated
in the Mexican mountains.
Galveston, where considerableJ
anxiety had been felt, apparently
was struck by the edge of the storm
area, and again the city was saved
from any 'considerable damage by
the powerful sea wall constructed
after the 1900 disaster.
Water Six Feet Deep.
Water was reported to a depth of
six feet in sections of Corpus Christi
and information received by the
weather bureau at San Antonio said
the water was three feet deep in the
lobby of a Corpus Christi hotel.
Earlier reports Sunday from Cor
pus Christi told of considerable
damage done by a 65-mile gale that
swept away signs and awnings and
drove residents of outly'ftig districts
to the greater security of brick and
stone buildings downtown.
T .!...: d :ii I
lauiauuii ui ui uwiiaviuc as com
plete Sunday night, so far as wire
communication was concerned, the
only information coining from that
city being contained in a brief wire
less dispatch from Fort Brown to
the Southern department headquar
ters at San Antonio, reporting a 75
mile wind at 4 p. m.
The effects of the high wind
(Continued oi Pae Twt rotumn Two.)
Police Augmented
for Emergency in
Lynching Aftermath
Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 14. With all
of the police reserves augmented by
a force of volunteers on duty the
Pueblo police department, assisted
by Sheriff Thomas and all his depu
ties, was ready for any emergency
that might arise as the aftermath of
the lynching Saturday night of two
Mexicans accused of the murder of
Patrolman Jeff Evans early Satur
day morning. Apparently rhe city
is quiet, but hundreds of Mexicans
visited the morgue to view the
bodies of the mob victims and
later gathered in groups in various
portions of the city.
The murder of Patrolman Evans
has stirred Pueblo more than any
of the thirteen other murders that
lave taken place in this city since
July.
It seems definitely determined
that both Gonzales and Ortez. the
victims of the lynchings, were Mex
ican citizens.
Gonzales is said to be survived j
by a widow and two minor children.
Patrolman Jeff Evans was shot
and killed when he attempted to ar
rest the Mexicans for threatening to
"shoot up" the negro residents of
Pueblo. Persons who witnessed the
shooting say Ortez shot the officer
down when he accosted him on the
street and that Gonzales shot the
patrolman through the head as
Evans was trying to struggle to his
feet. Evans was 60 vears old and
had won several medals as an ex
pert shot.
Steamer is Stranded;
Removing Passengers
Toronto, Sept. 14. The passenger
steamer City of Mackinac is stranded
in the Straits of Mackinac and is
breaking up, according to a wireless
message from Sheboygan, Mich., re
ceived here via Detroit. Seme of the
passengers have been transferred to
the Anchor liner Tionesta
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 14. Repre
sentatives of the Washington State
Federation of Labor here laid be
fore President Wilson labor griev
ances of the Pacific northwest and
pictured to him existing labor un
rest which, they saiiL would make
difficult, if not impossible, the pre
vention of a nation-wide strike Oc
tober 8, in sympathy for James Moo
ney, sentenced to life imprisonment
for the San Francisco bomb outrage
in 1916.
Specifically, the delegation asked
for an appointment to see the pres
ident to present the case of "polit
ical prisoners," notably those of Hu
let M. Wells, Sam Sadler and Joe
Pass, the latter two being brothers,
all serving terms of two years for
seditious conspiracy.
Composition of Delegates.
The delegation was composed of
L. W. Buck, acting president of the
state federation; C. R. Cottrell, sec
retary of the triple alliance com
posed of railway men, laborers and
farmers, and James A. Duncan, sec
retary of the Central labor council
of Seattle. Mr. Duncan, according
to officials of the United States dis
trict attorney's office, was one of
the leaders in a general strike here
last February, which former Mayor
Ole Hanson characterized as a "rev
olution." For more than an hour the presi
dent discussed the labor situation
with the delegation and suggested
to them that organized labor bury
its differences with capital and do
its utmost to prevent strikes
After the labor conference, which
he has called to meejt in Washing
ton October 6 the president told the
delegation he was giving the entire
matter his personal attention and
was hopeful of the results of the
convention.
Private Offenders Escape.
Mr. Buck acting as chairman in
presenting the cases of what he
termed "political prisoners" charged
the government was prosecuting
these while it failed to prosecute
private offenders. The president
told the delegation it was alright
for them to have grievances but
he wanted them to know what rem
edy they had to suggest.
President Wilson would not make
a statement concerning the confer
ence. Secretary Tumulty said when
the delegation left the president's
hotel. The secretary eptomized,
however, what went on.
Members of the delegation like
wise declined to talk for the time
being, out of courtesy of the presi
dent. Mr Buck said they wanted
to give the president an opportunity
to disclose what took place, but that
if he did not do so, the labor men
would issue a statement.
The president, it became known,
listened attentively to what the dele
gation had to say, and the men
thanked the president for his cour
tesy and consideration when they
left.
Local police officers reported a
group of men Saturday night stood
outside the arena while the presi
dent was speaking inside, pounded
on the doors and cried, ''We want
justice," along with the cries of "We
want in," and "We want Wilson."
During President Wilson's visit
to Seattle local radicals walked the
streets wearing badges reading, "Re
lease political prisoners."
Wilsons Attend Church.
President and Mrs. Wilson today
attended services at the First Pres
byterian church of which an old
Princeton classmate of the president,
Dr. M. A. Matthews, is pastor. The
president was cheered for about "one
minute by the congregation when
he entered the church.
Admiral Rodman, staff officers
and ship commanders of the Pacific
fleet called upon the president this
afternoon to pay their respects. The
president complimented them oifthe
precision with which the review
went off yesterday.
The greater part of the day the
president spent quietly at the hotel,
(Continued on Pa ire Two, Column Elght.t
DIE SUNDAY
MANY HURT
Snnntanpnns nnmhiistinn Fx-
VI IV W HV WWIMVMWII VII
plosion Saturday Wrecks
Grain Elevator With Fatal
Results.
BODIES OF TWO MORE
BURIED IN WRECKAGE
SAYS GOMPERS
CAN'T JUSTIFY
POLICE STRIKE
MURDER SUSPECT
CONFRONTED WITH
BODY IN MORGUE
Twelve in Hospitals, Several
With Injuries That Physi
cians Say May Terminate in
! Their Deaths. " .
j Kansas City, - Sept. 14. With
; the death Sunday night of four
more employes of the Murray grain
elevator here which was wrecked
Saturday by a spontaneous combus-v.
tion explosion and fire, the list of
fatalities in connection with the ac
cident reached 13.
The bodies of two others were
still buried in the wreckage and 12
persons were in hospitals, several
with injuries that physicians say
might terminate fatally.
Four bodies were taken from the
ruins Sunday. Five persons were
killed outright by the explosion or
died early Sunday.
Officials of the company said the
loss would be in the neighborhood
of $3,500,000. They said there were
approximately 1,000,000 bushels of
grain in the elevator and that the
property loss would exceed
if 1,500,000.
$10,000,000 LOSS
1 AND 50 HURT
IN N. Y. FIRE
Weary Firemen Still Combating
Blaze That Wipes Out
Oil Concern.
Governor Telegraphs Labor
Head; General Walk
out Debated.
Boston, Sept. 14. GovernorCool
idge telegraphed to Samuel Gom
pers that "your assertion that the
commissioner was to blame cannot
justify the wrong of leaving the city
unguarded."
He declared that he was deter
mined "to defend the sovereignty of
Massachusetts."
Attention in the police strike is
now focused upon a meeting of the
Central Labor union, where the ad
visability of calling a general strike
is being debated.
Outwardly the situation appeared
to be under the complete control-of
the state and city authorities, backed
ty the military.
The day passed with unusual quiet.
The customary Sunday street meet
ings were banned. Armed members
of the stale guard patrolled all sec
tions. No steps were taken during
the day toward reaching a compro
mise in the situation.
.Preparations for building up a new
police force were being made by
Commissioner Curtis, who an
nounced that the strikers would not
be reinstated.
In preparation for any eventuality
the state and national guards re
cruit briskly.
200,000 German
Soldiers Ready
to Attack Poles
Paris. Sept. 14. A dispatch re
ceived here from Sosnowice, in the
government of Piotrkow, Poland,
asserts that a German army, com
prising a minimum of 200,000 men,
is concentrated on the frontier of
Silesia, ready to be thrown against
Poland.
White Mar Fatally Shot
By Wigress This Morning
Louis Moran, 28 years old a
switchman employed by the Union
Stock Yards company, residence
1102 Pierce street, was shot and
probably fatally wounded at 2:30
o'clock this morning by an uniden
tified negress at-Seventh and 'Leav
enworth streets.
' The police as yet have been un
able to get from Moran any defin
ite account of how the shooting occurred.
Chicago Police Escort Los An
geles Man to Corpse of
Strangled Widow.
Chicago, Sept. 14. L. C. Palmer,
who claims Los Angeles as his home
and is said to have claimed to be
wealthy, under police escort was
confronted today in a morgue with
the body of Mrs. Louisa Brown, 60-year-old
widow of a Methodist min-
ister, who was beaten and strangled
to death in her suburban home last
week. He was arrested yesterday
as a suspect and the police, al
though admitting there was only
circumstantial evidence involving
Palmer, expressed satisfaction with
their efforts to clear up the case.
The police case chiefly rsets on
the fact that there had been a dis
agreement" between Andrew A.
Stuhl, Palmer's father-in-law, and
Mrs.-Brown from whom Stuhl had
purchased a horse. The difficulty
was about full payment. Forty
eight hours before the widow was
slain, Palmer had appeared at her
home and paid the balance due her.
There were also two neighbors who
thought Palmer looked like one of
two men seen running near the
widow's home the night before the
body jwas found on Thursday.
The police case chiefly rests on
to explain the motive for the murder.
They took Palmer to the Chicago
bureau of identification and found
that he had no police record. He
also stood the ordeal of viewing the
body of the murdered woman with
out any suspicious conduct. He and
his wife told how they had spent
Wednesday night in Chicago attend
ing a theater. The same night they
said they bought tickets for Los
Angeles, intending to return there
accompanied by Mrs. Palmer's fath
er and sisters.
Mrs. Palmer denied that her hus
band had been a motion picture
actor in Los Angeles, but said he
Mad been a chemical engineer for
several years with California oil en
terprises. She reiterated that he was
a relative of the Potter Palmer, mil
lionaire merchant of Chicago, which
the family has denied.
Col. House Won't Discuss
Statement Made by Bullitt
Paris, Sept. 14. Colonel Edward
House, who arrived in Paris refused
to discuss the statement made by
William C. Bullitt before the For
eign Relations Committee of the
United States Senate. Colonel
House said he would be in Paris
for only a short time for a confer
ence, with the American delegation.
He will not sit with tt, supreme
council. j
Xew York, Sept. 14. With more
than fifty persons injured and the
damage already done estimated at
from $5,000,000 and $10,000,000,
weary fireman are still fighting a
threat of further explosions of oil
tanks at the fire which practically
wiped out the Stone & Fleming Oil
Companies plant in Long Island
City.
Five tanks of crude oil are still
burning. Should there be a sudden
shift of the wind from the north tp
northeast, many additional tanks in
plants nearby would be threatened,
as well as the thousands of tons of
coal. -
The twenty acres of fire-swept
territory looked like a scene in war,
devasted France or Belgium. TanW
were crumpled up; huge steel gir
ders lay in a tangled mass, few
walls were left standing, and burn
ing oil continued to flow along thfc
surface of New Town Creek.
Mayor Hyland made two trips to
the fire this morning, and once was
standing within 150 feet of a tank
when it exploded. He was deluged
with water and oil, but insisted that
he had not been in aTiy danger.
Lower California
Partly Closed to
Oriental Races
Calexico, Cal., Sept. 14. The
northern district of Lower California
was closed to further immigration by,
'Japanese, Chinese and Asiatics"'in
an order issued today by Gov, Este
ban Cantu. The order is to be ef
fective until the Mexican federal
congress takes action on the question
of immigration.
The order declares that although
members of ttre three excluded
races have contributed to the wealth
and development of Lower Cali
tornia. Governor Cantu considers it
to the interests' of the Mexicans to
prevent their further entry into the
rorthern district pending legislation
by the national congress.
Speech Restored to
Two Soldiers by Dream
London, Sept. 14. A remarkable
story of the recovery of the power
to sneak by two soldiers is reported.
While in a base hospital a private
in the Middlesex regiment named.
Gillman dreamed that a German had
struck him a violent blow on the
urflti a rP Tli lfsm ... a
realis'ic that H jumped out of. bed
shouting for h . s Ty
In the next h J to him was a com
rade, who also! tad become speech
less as the result of his war service.
So alarmed was he at Gilltnan's
conduct that he also shouted out to
the nurse, and since then both havt
regained the power ot specclb
