MONDAY
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FOCH DECORATES AMERICAN
LEGION COMMANDER I
Fluery. Muerthe et Moselle. France.
Aug. 22—Removing; his own Croix de
Guiarre from it's place on his mili
tary tunic beside the American Dis
tinguished Service medal. Marshal
Foch stepped up to Major John Emery
National Commander of khe American
Eegion. and pinned it on Emery's coat
lapel as a climax to the ceremonies
attending the unveiling of the famous
Fluery monument to the American
soldiers he.re Sunday afternoon.
BRITISH BIRTH RATE BROKEN
London, Aug. 22—Statistics an
nounced today by the government re
veal that nine hand red iirnl fifty thons
nnd birth's in England and Wales last
year. This is the largest number ever
recorded in the history of those sec
tions of the British Isles.
HOUSE PASSES TARIFF BILL
Washington, Aug. 22—The House
of Representatives, late Saturday
evening, passed the Fordney Tariff hill
after long debate.
ITALY THREATENS
TO QUIT LEAGUE
Paris. Aug. 22—Italy wtill withdraw
from the. league of Nations at the
September assembly If France and
England persist in what is termed by
the Italian Foreign Ministry as "re
legating Italy to second category” in ;
the nr sol ut ion of League questions
and decisions, it became known today.
HARD TO KILL
Chicago, Aug. 22—Mrs. Mary
Smith, a few days ago while bathing
broke, her neck, which wa-s reset.
Sunday she was operated on for ap
pendicitis. Physicians say she will
AMERICANS DEDICATE TABLET
TO VERDUN HEROES
Verdun, France, Aug. 22—Members
of the American Ijegion party now vis
iting i^ France today ^dedicated a
tablet to the memory of the defenders
of Verdun in the City Hall here.
BILL REFUNDING ALLIED
DEBTS REPORTED
Washington, Aug. 20—The bill of
the administration for the refunding
of the eleven billion dollar Allied debts
to th.P United States were favorably
reported to the Senate today by chair
man Penrose of fhe Finance Cominit
The measure as reported has been
amended to provide far the refunding
to be complete in five years.
NAN3EN TO ASSf8T
RUSSIAN FAMINE RELIEF
Riga. Russia, Aug 22—Dr. Fridtjof
Nansen, the famous Arctic explorer,
arrived here today to organize relief
measures for the fataine sufferers in
Russia.
EXPORT STIMULATION BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Washington. Aug. 22—The Senate
bill making a billion dollars available
through the War Finance Corporation
for stimulating exportation of Ameri
can agrlcuture products, was passed
by the House today.
205 8HIP BOARD VESSELS j
SOLD AT COST OF ONE
Washington, Aug. 22—Two hun
dred and five Shipping Board vessels,
which have been laid up at Seattle
and various points on the Atlantic
coast, have l»een sold by the shipping
Board to the Ship Construction and
Trading Company of New York for
$430,500, Chairman Lasker announced
today. The sum received for the ships
is about what it cost the government
to build each one. —
BATTLESHIP STILL
NATION’S BEST DEFENSE
Washington, Aug. 20—The . joint
navy and army board engaged in in
vestigating the relative merits of the
aeroplane and battleship, reported to
day that the latter remains the chief
weapon of defense of the nation.
HARDING SUGGESTS NEW
HELP FOR VETERANS
Washington, Aug. 20—President
Harding has asked Director Forbes of
the Veteran’s Bureau to haw experts
study and report within a few days to
determine the practicability of turning
one or more of the gneat army can
tonments whichgwill shortly be abnnd
oned. into huge
trafnlng camps fo
ELEVEN DIE IN HOTEL FIRE
sons perished here today in the de
struction by fire of the Brown Hotel,
a well known local hostelry.
U S ENDEAVORING SETTLE
PANAMA-COSTA RICA TROUBLE
Washington. Aug. 22 The I'nited
States lias informed the government
of Panama that as a friendly mediator
their boundary dispute, it does not
fei l compelled to suggest that Costa
Kira delay longer in taking jurisdic
tion over the disputed territory now
held by Panama and which was ad
judged to belong to Costa Rica by
former Chief Justice White of the
United States Supreme Court in an
arbitration award.
Battleship Rushed to Canal Zone
Philadelphia. Aug. 22—The battle
ship Pennsylvania, bearing four hun
dred marines who are being hurriedly
dispatched for duty In the Panama
Cana I. Zone, passed out of the Dele
ware Capes today. ufte«r the Navy
Yard forces here worked throughout
the nigh* loading the Pennsylvania
with equipment and supplies for i long
stay away from her base.
HOUSE TA8LES BILL
PAVING WAY FOR
WOOD GOVERNORSHIP
New York. Aug. 20—Secretary
Weeks announced today, that as the
House of Representatives has tabled
the bill making: possible the appoint
ment of General Leonard Wood as
governor of the Philippines, the only
way the general can take the position
is by resigning from the army.
HIGHTOWER CHARGED WITH
MURDER FATHER HESLIN
San Francisco, Aug. 20—After u
brief preliminary hearing this morn
ing, jiHighioiwifJr. whom the police
charge was at least implicated In the
killing of Father Heslin of Colma,
was held to answer on charges of mur
der in the Superior Court of San Mateo
County.
TACOMA WOMAN CHARGED
WITH MURDER
Tacoma. Aug 22—Mrs. William H.
Stublbs. wife of a Tacoma hotel pro
prietor. is demined by the police here
at the instance of the Tennessee au
thorises, who claim rfh* is Maudo
Moore, who is wanted in KnoxvilLv
that state, on a charge of murder.
IRISH TRUCE BROKEN
AT BELFAST
Belfast, Ire. Aug. 22—1The Frlsh
truce was broken hare today when a
bomb was hurled by unknown parties
into a crowd on the street. One per
son was killed and five wounded by the
explosion.
TUESDAY
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PAPER MONEY THREATENING
SOLVENCY OF EUROPE
I<ondon, Aug. 22—"If Europe is to
be saved from bankruptcy she must
have gold and must stop printing pa
per money," Austin Harrison, the
noted economist and editor of the Eng
lish Review, declared tonight in •
published statement.
AMERICAN FEDERATION
FOR DISARMAMENT
Atlantic City. N. J. Aug 22—Sam
Gompers, who Is here attending the
American Federation of Labor execu
tive council meeting^ said in an in
terview' today that the Federation is
for disarmament.
U. S.-GERMAN TREATY READY
FOR GERMANY’S SIGNATURE
Berlin. Aug. 22—Final instructions
regarding the treaty of peace between
the United States and Germany have
been received from Secretary of State
(Hughes by Ellis Larlng Dressel, the
United States Coimanissioner here, and
the treaty now' awaits signature by the
German government. *
ft ii* expected that the document
will be signed within the next few
CONGRESS SPEEDING
UP FOR RECESS
Washington. Aug. 22—The Senate
and House resumed today their con
sideration of pending business under
high pressure in expectation of de
claring a thirty day recess late to
morrow. Both houses were in ses
sion late last night.
VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO
AID EX SERVICE MEN
tageous points in the cast, middle. w.-st
and south and one on the Pacific* Coast
are to be operated in the near futu e
Col. Forbes, head of the Veteran’s Bu
reau. announced today.
NO RECESS UNTIL ANTI-BEER
BILL BECOMES LAW
Washington. Aug. 22—House lead
ers today indicated to the Senate lead
ers that ther-e will he no recess of
Congress until the anti-beer bill be
comes a law.
SHIP BOARD DEFICIENCY
BILL PASSES SENATE
| Washington. Aug. 23—The Ship
| ping Board Deficiency appropriation
bill, carrying forty eight million dol
lars few use by the Board this year,
and with a clause eliminating all re
strictions as to what salaries are'to be
paid officers and counselors, was pass
ed today by the Senate.
BRAKEMAN BATTLES FOR LIFE
ON MOVING TRAIN
Yakima. A up 22—Everett Young,
a brakeman on the Northern Pacific,
today battled on the pilot, of a rushing
locomotive for several miles to save
his own life and that of a fellow
brakeman who was in the throes of an
epileptic fit. After a hard struggle
Young finally brought the freight
train to a standstill.
SAYS FORMER DAUGHTER
IN LAW BAD CHARACTER
Evanston, 111. Aug. 22 Mrs. Mary
Dean Obenchain declared tonight that
she would rather see her son Ralph
dead than married again to Madalyn
Obenchain, her former daughter in
law, who is charged with the murder
of James l>. Kennedy at I.os Angeles.
8ANK R08BER
CAPTURED WITH LOOT
Rockford, Wash. Aug. 22—A lone
bandit who held up the Merchants and
Farmers’ Rank here this afternoon
was later captured by a posse with
his loot of several thousand dollars.
ANTI-GRAIN AND COTTON
MARKET GAMBLING
BILL PASSED
Washington, Aug. 23—The Cappe:*
Techner bill, prohibiting gambling :n
the grain and cotton markets, passed
both houses of Congress and was sent
to (the White House fog- President
Harding's signature today.
The House today adopted the con
ference report on the anti-beer bill.
TRIALS OF MAMMOTH NAVAL |
DIRIGIBLE UNDER WAY |
Howden. England, Aug, 23—With
an American blue Jacket perched in
the Runner's nest, the huge dirigible
7.. It, 2 built here fur the American
navy, i-omme'nced its trial trip this
morning. The flight today may be the
Hnal test if the great airship mee‘s
requirements.
Seattle. Aug. 23—On his way to
work this morning, Hans P. Olsen,
father of live children, was killed by
being struck by an automobile driven
by Rev. W. J. Thompson of Kent,
a Seattle suburb.
The police, after an investigation,
say the accident was unavoidable and
no blame attaches to the minister.
U. S. LAYS DAWN LAW TO
PANAMA ON COTO DISPUTE j
Washington, Aug. 23—The note of]
the State Department to Panama re- |
garding the area in dispute between
Panama and Costa Rica, is said by ]
officials to have stated emphatically]
that the United States would not per
mit of any hostilities growing out *>f
the Coto region by Costa Rica.
CLARA SMITH HAMMON
MARRIES MOVIE ACTOR
J,os Angeles, Cal Aug. 23—The |
notorious Clara Smith Hammon. whose
trial for the murder of "Jake” Ham
mon, wealthy speculator, attracted na
tion wide attention some months ago,
was married here today to John W.
Oormon. a movie $ctor.
GIGANTIC SWINDLE UNEARTHED
AT CHICAGO
Chicago. 111. Aug. 23—Rudolph
Kohen, vice president of the American
Rubber Company. Charles W. Frencn,
alleged partner of John Worthington,
head of the recently unearthed "mail
robber’s trust.” and four others are
under arrest here in connection
with what the federal autho"it:es de
clare *«• he a six million dollar swindle,
the victims of which include an <“»h:n
Automobile concern which suffered to
the tune of two million ■ r anfh thel*
swindling operations.
WEDNESDAY
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HARDING HOLDS CONFERENCE
ON GERMAN TREATY
W ash iiKton, Aug 21—President
Harding, Secretory Hughes and repre
sentative members of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee conferred
this morning at the White House on
the i>e.u.'e treaty between the United
States and Germany, which is exact
ed to be signed today in Berlin
Borah and Johnson not present at
Treaty Conference
Washington. • Aug 21—Senator '
Hoi ah and Johnson were not. present
at the conference between Preside;-:
Harding and his advisees and t*V- Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee, on
the German peace treaty, which the
president hopes to have ratified.
LAST RECOVERED ALASKA
VICTIM IDENTIFIED
AS CAPITALIST
Kn eka. Cal. Aug. 23—The last
body to be recovered from the wreck
of tin- steamship Alaska was identified
today as that, of tteorge W. Bushn" 11,
a I .os Angeles capitalist, who was once
a member of the Minnesota legislature.
EMBEZZLING MANAGER
GETS TERM IN PRISON
Seattle. Aug. 23—Robert (J Sell,
manager of the Xnoquatimie Lumber
Company, pleaded guilty to stealing
four thousand dollars of the company
funds in the King County Superior
Court today and was sentenced to
serve site (months in the W;*Ua Walla
penitentiary.
GEN'L SAM HUGHES PASSES ON
General Sam Hughes, former Canad
ian Minister of Militia and organizer
of the Canadian oversea’s forces dur
ing the war, died at his home here
today after a lingering illness.
MAHONEY REFUSES TO PLEAD
TO MURDER CHARGE
Seattle. Aug 23—James FI. Mi
honey, alleged wife murderer, refus'd
to plead when arraigned in court to
day to answer to the charge of mur
der developing out of the finding of
his wife's body in a trunk in the hake
Washington canal.
Col lowing Ma'honey's refusal to
plead the court, accordingly ordered
a plea of not guilty lo be entered fo.
MAMMOTH NAVAL. DIRIGIBLE
EXPLODES ON TRIAL TRIP
London, Auk 24—The new Amer -
ican dirigible Z. R. 2 exploded over
Hull today at 6:44 p. m., broke 'n
half and Pell into the Humber River.
The accident occurred near the con
clusion of the *:ial trip undertaken
kite yesterday In preparation for a
trans-Atlantic trip to America. The
machine had been in the air many
It is reported at the aero station at
Howden that only two persons on
board the huge airship were saved.
They were said to have escaped from
the falling ship and descended in
parachutes. There were fifty persons
on board. The rest are reported killed.
Twelve Dead Recovered From Wrecked
London, Aug. 24—Twelve bodies
have been recovered from the wreck
of the Z. R. 2. The exact number of
Americans, including five commission
ed officers were on board when the
great airship fell. Ensign Marcus A.
'Easterly of (the American navy is
among the known dead. Aji explo
sion on board the airship nf*er she
fell wrecked pna-ny store fronts in
Hull near the spot where the vessel
Commander \ Louis If. Maxwell,
designated by the American navy o
bring the airship across from England,
and Brigadier General S. M. Mait
land, the British Air Marshal, are sup
ship, which vvas «!>' feet h-ng
MILLIONAIRE INVOLVED IN
BOND THEFT TRUST
issued 'h-ro today for the arrest of
I». VV. navis, millionaire pie-dent r.f
the Wm ton Automobile Company. n
connection with the bond theft trust
recently unea-thel t«v federal Investi
pitor<i here.
SENATE STILL CONSIDERING
TARIFF BILL
Washington. Vnr. •'! - Tie- Senate
still has befi• . it the T t iff Bill. Tax
Bill and other important measures
The ffouv is r.idv to recess W. lnes
SHERIFF KILLS
ECAPING PRISONER
Los Angeles, f‘aI Aug 24 Horace
Bog, aged 22. was shot .*rvd killed it
the County J til today by O-puty Sher
iff’s who claim he had attem • i *0
escape.
HARDING FAVORS
LABOR REPRESENTATION
AT CONFERENCE
Washington. Vug 23—Pre-ddea
Harding announced t.--1 • v that he is ir
favor of labor b--ing represented a
the coming <J si -mamenf confer.-nee
S DEMANDS
Waslnngt.
United f«tatr
t.-rritory, it
government
Dublin, Ire
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residence Thm
morning, it w.
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government.
I-orgv ~ official
INTIMATED SHIP BOARD
TRANSFER FROM FRISCO
BRINGS PROTEST
Francisco. Aug Jt I
from Washington. 1» <'
n Francisco branch of Ul
tra nsf erred to Seattle,
local shipping interests
test t-> Chairman I-asi
Mason (\ty„ Town. Aug 24 Mia.
Ida. Couch Hazelett, a New York So
cialist, while ape; tiling here in be ha If
of Kugen • V Debs last night, was,
yanked from the platform by angry
citizens, who carried her to a point
ten miles outside the city and dumpe I
15 MILLION IN SECURITIES
OF SWINDLER SEIZED
N>w York Aug. 24—Fifteen m'i
llon dollars i:i notes and securities were
seized in the Union Trust Company
vaults today by .John Saw ken, a De
partment of Justice agent, who has
been engaged in investigating the ac
tivities of Chas. W. French, the Chi
cago swindler, who is under arrest In
THURSDAY
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FORTY THREE PERISH IX
WRECK OF / R 2
London. Aug. 24—Forty three
persons perished in the wreck of the
giant American naval airship Z. R.
2 at Hull today, it was definitely an
nounced tonight. Six persons who
were aboard the dirigible are alive
but are badly burned and shocked
and several may not survive.
Investigation discloses that the
wreck of the airship was due appar
ently to faulty construction E H
Bateman. a British mechanic who
was employed on the dirigible, said
following the accident that one of
the main girders of the ship had
failed to stand the strain and that
the explosion resulted when the
broken girder pierced the gasoline
Bateman hung on near the steer,
ing rudder with his clothes aflame
when the airship fell and was saved
from being burned to death by the
dirigible falling into the river. He
was picked up without other injury
than resulted from his contact with
the flames. Eyewitnesses say the
airship -seemed to sway and sag,
then nose ciiv*-d and th»- frame work
buckled and broke Flames ^h->t
out a mom.nf later as fh. hut
bag rushed to ear»h Three para
chutes succeeded ^ leav ng the fall
iiig ship before i» struck the Hum
ber but it is believ d that all three
of the occupants wree killed.
Warned Parents Z It 2 I ii-.ife
Atlanta. Ga Auk 2 t— Llewellyn
Stevens, mechinist's mate o-, the Z.
R. 2. which exploded today at Hull,
England, during its trial flight, de
clared m a letter to his parents here,
which was received v.-stc'day. that
he ‘ hoped to God he would not have
to go up in the airship because
girders had buckled on her trial
Stevens asked his parents in the
letter to say nothing of what he told
Only one American on Z It 2 Saved
Washington. Aug 25—Nofman
O Walker of Texas was the only
American on the Z. R 2 who was
saved, the State Department was ad
vised today f
Fault in Metal Construct ion ltlat«e<l
Fur X. It 2 Disaster
Howden. England, Aug. 25— En
gineer experts report that the causa
of the disaster involving the 7. R
2 was the breaking of a longiiud
ional girder amidships as a result of
some fault in the manufacture of the
aluminum alloy of wh rh the frame
work wa.i made The defect result
ed in the huge body brer.kine in
halves.
GFli.lt.lN AM) AUSTRIAN
PBACK TKKATIKS sIGVFI)
fieri in. Aug. 25—Tht- peace treaty
bringing to an end the technical sfatn
of war between the United Staten
and Cl riuany will be signed thia
afternoon, it wa.: officially announc
ed her.- at uoon today.
Peace Signed With Germany
Herlin. Aug 25- The treaty oT
peace between C- rmany and the
United States was signed at five
o'clock ths evening.
Amencan•Austrian Treaty Signed at
Vienna, Austria, Aug 25—The
treaty of peace between the United
States and Austria was signed here
ItODIF.S OP 400 KOI.DlFIi DP III
MAVKD PROM I’LlMFS
Hoboken. N\ .1. Aug 25 Two of
the great oc. an p t-rs on the Hoboken
frout of Hudson River were burned
last night and four hundred bodies of
American soldiers just returned from
the cemeteries in France were saved
only by h. roic work by firemen,
troops, stevedores, aud American
IRISH PFA4 F
KKP1.Y DF1.IVFKF1)
Loudon. Aug. 25—The reply of
the Irish republican cabinet to Pre
mier Lloyd George's latest letter on
the Irish peace question wae receiv
ed here this afternoon
CANADIAN PKKIGHTKR
sr\'K AT HEA
Seattle, Aug. 25—The Canadian
government freighter Canadian Im
porter. bound from Vancouver for
Austalia, is supposed to have sunk
about seven hundred miles off the
mouth of the Columbia River.
The Seattle Steamship Cordova,
on her return voyage from Honolulu,
rescued part of the crew of the Im -
portre but one boat load is mlssiug
Wieless reports from the Cordova
announce that the vessel is putting
Reported 2:1 of Importer's Crew
Vancouver. R C. Aug. 25—
Wireless advices today report that
twenty three persons are in the mis-t
ing boat of the steamship Canadian
Importer.
HARDING SIGNS FARM
FN I'ORTS AND SHIPPING
HOARD HILLS
Washington, Aug. 25—The Ship
ping Hoard bill appropriating fifty
million for expenses to January 1,
and the billion dollar Farm Exports
Credit bill, were enacted into law
today, both being signed by Presi
dent Harding.
FEDERAL GOV’T ASKED
TO POLICE VIRGIN LA
COAL FIELDS
Washington, Aug. 25—An appeal
for federal troops to prevent further
lawlessness on the part of arir.cd
men In the coal fields of West Vir
ginia was received today.
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