MONDAY
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TO ELECT FRENCH
PRESIDENT THURSDAY
Paris, Sept. 20—It is definitely an
nounced that the French national'as
sembly will meet Thursday to fleet a
iMdlcrand Probably Deschanfl,J*
Successor
Paris, Sept, 20—The election of
Premier Millerand to the- presidency
of Km nee sitlms Inevitable, despite the
proimiel'M r operated deela rations that
he is not a candidute for the office.
IOWA GOVERNOR
BOOSTING NAMESAKE
intx of Iowa., arrived here tcMlay to c;un
painn the state of Washington in till"
WOOD DECORATED WITH
FOREIGN ORDER
of the Order of St .Maurice and St
1 a*isame by Colonel Plhernejszo.
AGED WOMAN MURDERED
ON SONS GRAVE
South Amboy, N. J, Sept. 20—Mrs
Mary Trent limvltz, aged 60, was
found murdered presumably for money
on the grave of her son Kmnk. who
whs killed in action in France.
ARAB OUTBREAK IMPERILS NEAR
EAST RELIEF WORK
term in has serloiisl.v imperilled the
Aimeilcn n Commission If or relief in
that section.
BRITISH TO CONTROL
PALESTINE IMMIGRATION
London. Sept. 20—The conditions
grants Into Palestine are contained in
Under the terms Riven each immi
the British consul of his city, also he
able to .-rive proof that lie will In- able
Sir J. Samuel, the British High
Commissioner for Palestine, is vested
witih the right to expel any immignint
from the country is he has broken the
BOMB PLOT SUSPECT
REACHES NEW YORK
New York. Sept. 20—Kit win S.
Fisher, the man who warned friends
to keep out of Wall Street on the day
of the bomb explosion lest week, ar
rived here today from Hamilton. On
tario. accompanied 1>y a detective.
More Clews Found to Bomb Plotters
New York, Sept. 20—The fire de
partment has put the Department of
Justice men In possession of informa
tion regarding the firm supplying the
explosives used in Thursday’s bomb
explosion In Wall Street.
The name of the concern is withheld
for the present.
BOLSHEVIKI STILL ON RUN
ON DNEIPER FRONT
Warsaw. Sept. 20—The Bolshevik 1
troops have been driven northward to
the 1*1 nsk marshes along tho wholo
Dnelper front, the I’olidh War Ofh ;e
commutin' pie announced today.
The statement adds that "In the
south, the Ukranians have occupied
Kzertkow and Bucnz.”
Fierce Fighting in Kovel District
London, Sept. 20—A wireless dis
patch from Moscow today said "fierce
fighting is continued in the Kovel dis
trict. northeast of Lemberg."
WILSON MAKES
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION
New York, Sept. 20—President Wil
son has sent a five hundred dollar
campaign contribution to the demo
cratic national committee, saying he
did so ‘Vis a private In the ranks."
VET'S ARE NOT AGAINST
PRO AMENDMENT
Washington, Sept. 20—The Veter
ans of Foreign Wars. In the closing
session of thedr annual encampment
here today, voted down a resolution
disapproving the adoption of the fed
eral prohibition amendment.
ALLEGED SHIP
GRAFTERS RELEASED
Sea Lilt*. Sept. 20—Bruce C. Short
and four <»th*-r officers of the dray's
llarhor Motorshlp Corporation. and
('apt. A. \V. Mu gee, an Kmorgcncy
Fleet ('orjMmition official, all of whom
were charged with d< fraud inf? the gov
ernment in tlfu* construction of Mhetly'
ships, were today acquitted by a trial
jury in the federal court.
ALLIES OWE U S
NEARLY 12 BILLION
Washington. Sept. 20- The Indebt
STANDING OF
IKE BIG LEAGUES
TUESDAY
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U. S. POPULATION SHOWS
SMALLEST KNOWN INCREASE
Washington. Sept. 20—Census es
timates place the population increase
of tli<* I'nited States proper at about
thirteen million, eight hundred thnus
Tlils is the lowest ten year Increase
ITALIAN WORKERS OCCUPY
MORE FACTORIES
workmen have occupied the faetories
at Terni. one ‘f the most important
industrial towns In Southern Italy, ac
cording to advices reaching here.
COX CLAIMS NEWSPAPERS DARE
NOT PRINT TRUTH
Cox. in a campaign address here today,
charged that the Senate oligarchy has
California. even now. do not dare t..
I»rlnt the news,” the governor declared.
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING
WORLD SERIES
GAMBLING CHARGES
Chicago. Sept. 21—The grand Jury
is to begin an Investigation Wednes
day of the charges of alleged gamb
ling by the base ball players partlei
MILLERAND AGREES TO
TO BECOME CANDIDATE
New York. Sept. 20—I'remi* r Mil
lerand has yielded to wide persuasion
and agreed to become a candidate for
the French presidency.
BOMB WARNING RECEIVED
IN NEW YORK
New York. Sept. 20—W. If. Ed
wards, Collector of Internal Revenue,
today received a postal card warning
him that the New York custom house
would be blown up tomorrow. The
card was signed “Citizen."
Edwards has notified the Depart
ment of Justice and also the postmas
ter and several government agencies
are at work In an effort to locate the
writer and prevent consummation of
the threat.
ROCKEFELLER HOME
HEAVILY GUARDED
Tnrrytown. N.. Y„ Sopt 21—Twelve
extra guards armed with rifles patroll
ed the roads adjoining the estate of
John D. Rockefeller ihero during the
night. It become known here today.
No statement could he obtained at
the Rockefeller home regarding' th*
alleged receipt of n threatening let
U. S. TO FORCE
RESPECT BY HATIENS
Washington, Sept. 21 "Withhold
ing the hhInrfes *>f the president. sen
rotary of state. coune.ilors and th«
puluee interpreter of Haiti will
tinned until nu»*h time as the
governments adopts .1 leas .nit
tic attitude toward the Amerii
thorilies there", tlv State I >»-1»:
WITNESSES TELL MIXED
TALES OF BOMB OUTRAGE
Hint? from tin* sen. just before tin
Pisher. tin- man who sent .. post
rji.nl from Toronto to friends hero
yesterday eliminated himself from the
implication of having direct know
lodge or complicity in the case. Pish
eight hours dose questioning.
ANTI-BOOZE CONVENTION
ON AT WASHINGTON
Washington, Sept. 21 The (if
Alcoholism convened here toilay for
:i six' day's session, with delegates
NOTED HIDE
SPECULATOR SUICIDES
UNDER EMBEZZLEMENT
1 Xitroit. Mich. Sept. 21 Blair C’rn
and Itoden of lloston, and known dur
cause of his heavy speculations in
hides, suicided here today following
the returning of an indictment hv the
grand jury charging him with em
bezzlement <*!' lift \ thousand dollars.
WEDNESDAY
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SOCIALISTS AGAIN
EXPELLED FROM NEW
YORK ASSEMBLY
Albany, N. V. Sept. 22—Three of
the five Socialists who wore returned
to the New York Assembly it the re
cent elections after being previously
expelled from that lK»dy, were expelled
ton itch t for the second time when tiho
Assembly declared wiuint the seats of
Ijoiris Waldennan and August Cleas
sens. or New York, and ('lias. Solomon
of King's Borough.
Samuel A. Dewitt and Saul Orr.
of Bronx, the two remaining mem
bers of the quintet, were permitted
to retain their seats hut both were
later given tlve floor and voluntarily
The assembly expelled the three Soc
ialists on the ground that they were
unfit to sit in the legislature, having,
been found guilty of disloyalty during
tin- last season of the legislature.
JAPS LAND MORE
TROOPS IN KOREA
To.vko, Japan, Sept. 21—A trans
port returning from Siberia with
troops, disembarked a number of con
tingents for Korea for strengthening
Japanese garrisons there to meet a
growing spirit of unrest, according to
an government announcement.
HARDING DENOUNCES
LEAGUE “AMBIGUITIES’
Marlon, O. Sept. 21—Warning
that the Ixxtgue of Nations covenant
is “full of known nanblgultles” and
that It was " an ambiguity In our own
constitution that led to the civil war”.
Senator Hording today asked a dele
gation of civil war veterans and a
delegation of Kentucky and Tennessee
•Htisens how “we ever can consent to
-nter Into a new world compact with
\ dozen ambiguities In It.”
FIVE NOTER FIGURES SUBSCRIBE
$25,000 TO DEMOCRATIC
CAMPAIGN FUND
Washington. Sept. —The turn
s' note has revealed th.v August I»«*l
Ah\.inil*-r and K. I.. I • 11 r? *• v eaeh sllh
serfbed five thousand dollais to the
I’cimoerntio campaign fund.
KIDNAPPED MAN BRANDED
WITH I W W. LABEL
min eiu.plo.%. d hy the \ orialed Kti
t'e. sust.’iineil when ! Kidnap
BROOKLYN POSTOFFICE
WARNED OF BOMB PLOT
CLAIMS RUSSIA WANTS
COMPLETE PEACE
•niplcle ponce." \dol;.', lolTe, I,, ad
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
APPEARING IN CAMPAIGN
Washington. Sept. J Tie- Sena'o
in.u.ior parties will devote .some of its
I’oengn j/.ahlo flenufin propaganda in
eiumnitli
FRENCH LEGISLATORS CHOOSE
MILLERAND AS CANDIDATE
THURSDAY
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ROOT TO ENDORSE LEAGUE
OF NATIONS; COX LEARNS
I’hoenix, Ai'i/.. Sept. 23—Informa
tion to tin* pflVot that Klihu I toot,
shortly after his return from Kit rope
"'ill deman.I that Senator Harding
**h:inge his international policy to a
ileelara tion for the l*eagui- .»f Nations,
with reservations. was received today
l»y flovernor Cox, according I" an
nouncements following the governor's
I toot, according Cox's advices,
believes it inadvisable to form a new
association of nations or to try to re
model the Hague tribunal, after an
exhausted study of the subject during
his stay in Holland in connection with
the effort to organize a Court of \’.i
CALIFORNIA G. 0 P
CONVENTION DECLARES
FOR JAP EXCLUSION
S;ic rain onto. Sept. 22The Itcpuh
lican convemtidn declared today for
tin- exclusion of Japanese.
Tihe Democratic convention, also
meetimr here, declared for the League
of nations and prohibition. The con
vention also nohninaited James S. Kd
wai.ls for Senator.
Convention Endorses Mr.Fadden Bi’l
Sacramento. Sept. 23—The Demo
cratic. convention today endorser! the
McMidden Hill, now in congress, pro
viding for a bonus for the production
of now gold as a means of reviving the
gold mining Industry.
RACE DISTURBANCES IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Sept. 22—Chicago's Black
Belt is In a state of selgc today with
entire poHce battalion’s on duty, fol
lowing nice dlsturtmnce* hist night
whilch caused the death of one man
and serious Injuries to eight others.
The outbreak started when a negro
v/ellding a knife, nearly decapetnted
Thomas Barrett, white, and reached a
Hlmax with five thousand angry whites
milling about Ht Oahrlel’s Catholic
church demanding the surrender of
three negroes who were hiding within
the edifice.
MILLERAND ELECTED
TO FRENCH PRESIDENCY
V.tw.III. s. iTcinler Mi
lerunri was today . I«-Hod pn swl. nt .f
KVaiK;»» »»y tin* National Assfinldy in
ANOTHER SLANT A‘
PROBLEM
GERMANY SURRENDERS
MORE SHIP TONNAGE
*»»« Mlir-I Ib-psi 11.
CHINA BREAKS RELATIONS
WITH RUSSIA
FORMER ALASKAN
SHIPMASTER DEAD
ITALIAN WORKERS
DEMAND SHARE IN
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
Will providing a slum- for labor in the
TURK NATIONALISTS FIGHTING
FRENCH FORCES
FRIDAY
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CONGRESSIONAL VISIT COSTS
CHINA $75,000
Washington. Kept. 22—'The Chinese
I Republic expended $75,000 to entertain
tihe recently visiting American con
gressional delegation. according to a
report received In diplomatic circles,
STORMS DAMAGE
LOUISIANA CROPS
New Orleans. Sept. 22—Sugar and
rice crops have been seriously damaged
over n large part of this section by a
tropical storm of great violence.
DIES OF THIRST .
WITH WATER NEAR
I ..os Angeles. Sept. 22—Patrick If.
I’oreey died of thirst In Death Valle
with a' spring of water half a mile
away on either side of him. reports
reaching here announce.
NOTON
THE MARKET
Writing to th- Nuifgft from Atl.
iiifiiil,itill* spirit to try uni rhivr sorno
kriow-lfdKf ilfservo thf following
hill
editors are certainly "nervy"
• a poor, defenseless letter such
e and insert it in your precious
I;isk i. I>ut I full to connect with
i th.tt I was putting myself up
k on the matrimonial market. I
writing and am of a Jolly dls
i and my Intentions as to wrlt
iTf the most friendly in the
Hut please print this in youi* paper
a frieml anytijne of the <lay. toil that
I*. S -Also am a Republican and
old enough to Vote. You see Michigan
CANADIAN TRANSCONTINENTAL
AIR VOYAGE MONDAY
Montreal. Sept. 22 The first trims
Canada air voyage from Halifax to
the I ‘aeitlc coast will start Monday,
according to an announcement today.
HARDING GIVES VIEWS
ON IRISH QUESTION
Marion. <» Sept. 24 Declaring
that the Irish problem is not a ques
tion of official Interest to America,
Senator Hurtling said in an address
yesterday, that In his opinion the
movement for Irish independence
would be under the League of Na
tions. a subject entirely of internal or
SHIP MASTER FINED FOR
PACKING BOOZE TO SEATTLE
Seattle. Sept. 24 Captain l>. Don
ship ITInee C.eorge. today paid a fine
of $7NS for having brought a quantity
of whiskey and opium to this ]M>rt on
SUSPECTED DYNAMITER
ARRESTED AT SEATTLE
a pint of nltro glycerine, four dyna
mite percussion caps, and a quantity
of fuse in an automobile .led to the ar
rest of the owner, George McHugh,
WILSON TO DELAY OPERATION
OF MARINE ACT CLAUSE
Washington, Sept. 22—The view .*
expressed in administration circles that
President Wilson has decided to delay
carrying out the directions contained
in Article 34 of the Merchant Marino
Act. relative to the termination of cer
tain c'lmlmerttial treaties, until Con
gress reconvenes In December.
COX’S SPECIAL WRECKED
NEAR PHOENIX
Phoenix. Artx. Sept. 23—Governor
Cox's special train, while on Its way
to Prescott from Phoenix. was wrecked
at Peoria this afternoon. Neither Cox
nor any member of his personal party
was Injured, although aM were badly
shaken up.