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A5QUITH URGES
 ECONOMY

London, Dec. 1-Premier AsQuith made an address at a session of the Trades Union congress now in session in this city. He made a lengthy speech, dwelling upon sev- eral important matters which would come up before the delegates in attendance, and urged above all things that strict economy be prac- tiCed.
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GIRL BORN IN NOME
 IS TEACHER THERE

Miss Mildred A. Lehman, one Of the most popular young misses of Nome, and who is a grade teacher in the public school is herself a graduate of the local schools and enjoys the distiuction of being the first graduate to secure an appoint men as a teacher. It is said to be the intention of the school board to employ local teachers in the 1u- ture whenever possible.-Nome Mug get.
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SHOULD FORGE
 MEN ID ENLIST

Paris, Dec, At a session held by the cabinet Cf French deputies last night, is was strongly urged by that body that some measure be immediately adopted whereby those men of the republic who are able bodied and are now shtrking ar my duty. would be obliged to enter the service.
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JANE ADDANS
 G0LLAPSES

Chicago, Dec. Jane Addams, the great settlement worker, Buf- fragette and social center advocate, was late last night removed to O hospital in this city suffering from a severe attack of fever.
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CANADIANS
 COME ACROSS

Ottawa, Dec. In response to demand for $59,0OO,OOO to be raised tn the Dominion of Canada to be loaned for war purposes, more than twice that amount was sub scribed by the prescribed time set for sending the cash abroad.
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IN
 SEVERE WEATHER

Paris, Dec. l - Severe weather, with snow and biting cold prevails along practically every battle front and the men in the trenches are suffering untold hardships from the exposure.
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FLYING SHIP
 SINKS DIVER

London, Nov. 3O-It is reported here that a German submarine had been sunk by bombs from a British aerOplane while the former was running on the surface off Mid uvIkerEe.
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CABINET MINISTERS RESIGN;;
 TEUT0NS THREATEN GREECE

The resignation Of these officials, following so soon after the visit of the Kaiser to Vienna is looked up- on as the proof that there has been a difference of opinion as to war operations.
 The advice further states that Germany and Austria have notified Greece in a threatening manner not to accept the terms of the Allies,
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London, Dec. 1-Adyice received in this city this morning state that the Austrian cabinet ministers Of commerce, finance and the in terior. simultaneously handed in tbely resiguations, and that the resiguaions were Immediately ac- cepted.
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WHITL0CE SEES
 P1EG9. WELDON

Washington, Dec. 1-President Wilson today had a long conference with Brand Whitlock, ambassador to Belgium from the United States, relative to the conditions there at the time Mir. WhitlOck left to come home.
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MINE EXPLOSION ENT0MBS
 THIRTY GOAL MINERS

Bonner, w.. Va, Dec. 1-An ex- plosiOn occurred at an early hour today in one of the big coal mines near this city, and although quick action on the part of men off shift at the time of the disaster result ed in the saving of over three hun
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RE.CHSTAG
 SATISFIED

Berlin. Dec. 1-Officials of the German Reichstag have expressed their entire satisfactioa over the progress of tho war movements thus r.lr.
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eers of Alaska development. He built the Tacoma shelter in 1890. About 1900 he joined forces with the Guggenheims, selling them the Tacoma smelter and arranging the uerties on the Pacific coast and led their invasion of Alaska.
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ANOTHER DUPONT POWDER MILL
 BLOWN UP KILLING 3O MEN

Wilmington, Dec, Thirty men were killed and many injured when the DuPont powder works located near this city was blown Up last night
 When the department at Wash
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dred men from the mine, it is known that thirty men are en- tCmbed in tue burning tunnels. Ev- cry effort is being made to. get to the men in the hopes that some of them may yet be alive, but there is small hope that any will be talk en out alive.
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Washington, Dec 1 - General Funston who has command of the American troops along the Mexican border, wired the department this morning that he had received ad-
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ington was notified of the destruc- tion of the powder mill, the of fIcials here were notified that thorough investigation would at once be made. in an effort to To- cate the cause.
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.FEAR CANADIANS WILL SIZE
 IBIG ATLANTIC GRAIN SHIPS

government is but the fOrerunner of the reqUisitioning of all the big grain freighters of the Atlantic for the purpose of transporting the grain to British ports.
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were being used for the manufac- ture and transportation of material to. the Allies.
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Chicago, Nov. 8O-Tbe big grain of this city have expressed a fear that the seizure of all the Canadian wheat by the Dominion
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GREAT BRITAIN HAS NOT
 FELT THE FINANCIAL STRAIN

London, Dec. 1-SeUetary of the Colonies Law stated yesterday in to an attack on the finan- claI condition of Great Britain that the wealth of the British Empire
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had not been touched, and that Great Britain was better able from a financial standpoint to stand the stress brought about by the war than any other nation now waging war against her.
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'SCHEFF" WOULD
 BE POSTMASTER.

Cordova, Nov. 28 - Postmaster Harry G.. Steel yesterday announced
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VILLA ID FIG4T AMERICA
 IN ORDER ID GET SUPPORT

vice that Villa was planning raids on American territory, and owing to his repeated failure in Mexico, he believed that in this way he could gain the support of America.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-14
PEACE OFFERS
BEGUN In MARCH

LONDON. Aux 10. Sis D mus.
troGerman overtures for a separate
peace with Russia were begun al the
end OF March. according 70 the star.
which quotes kilograms II says were
taken from an Italian green book. said
10 have been published today.
The nrst intmation OF such peace
proposals according TO the Stars
article. was contained in a telegram
from the Italian ambassador az Petro-
grad 10 the Italian foreign Office dated
March p. In which the ambassador
said he learned from an unimpeach-
able source that a serious attempt 10
make peace has been addressed TO
the Russian government
Twelve days later the article con
unues. the Italian minister at Nish
informed his government that a sepa-
rate peace between Austria and Russia
was possible. The minister at sofia.
Bulgaria. sent similar news. the Star
continues and the series OF communi-
cations from which Il quotes ends
with a telegram from the Italian am
bassador al Berlin. dated April Is. In
which the ambassador is quoted as
saying
"RumOrs OF a movement for a sepa.
rate peace are persistent maintained
and are constantly gaining ground"
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WILSON TO REVIEW
AMATEUR SOLDIERS


PLATTSBURG. y. Y. Aug. 13-Pres-
ldent wilson some time during the next
three weeks viii review the thousand
amateur soldiers training at the mtti-
ttry camp Of instruction here. MAJOR
General Leonard Wood today sent an
invitation TO the President asking him
10 visit the camp and received a reply
that the nations CHIEF executive would
do so.
Invitations to visit the camp also
were sent To former President Roosevelt
Secretary OF war Garrison. General
Hugh J.. Scott chief OF staff. and others.
II the plans OF MAJOR General Wood
are carried out the men will be taken to
Ncw York 10 participate in the labor
DAY parade aud will turn in their equip
ment at the Governor island barracks.
The aptness with which the men are
learning army drills has surpassed any
thing tho most experienced regular ON
GERS have ever Witnessed. Captain l.. e
Andrews declared tonight.
Captain Andrews today had charge OF
the cavalry instruction and said he had
only hoped TO have the men get "A gen
eral idea OF what the WORK meant. BE.
rore the day was ended. however. the
troops had gone through the mass for
nations and drills OF swinging into "a
charge and tomorrow will be ready 10
command the battle exercises.
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PACIFIC MAIL
SELLS FIVE SHIPS

NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-The Pacins
Mall steamship company. in pursuance
Of its plan announced some time ago.
has sold Eve Of its steamers to the
Atlantic Transport company Of West
virginia. The steamers 30 disposed
OF are the Manchuria. Mongolia.
Korea, Siberia and China
Some months ago the company In
dicated that II would withdraw It's
steamers from the trans Pacific serv-
ice because IF the new seamen's
law. passed by the last congress. the
terms OF which, IL is claimed. made
II impossible for the Pacific Mail com.
pany 10 compete with the japanese
lines
Many members OF the crews. chiefly
IN the FIRE room. consist OF cheap
cooiie labor. and under the new law
the Pacific Mail would have to re-
place them with men speaking toe
same language as the officers OF the
hip. This II was stated. was one
OF the most onerous clauses OF the
new law. but there were others when
contributed 10 the decision Of the COM
pany TO dispose Of its property.
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Report on Conditions.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Aug. 10
A committee OF citizens headed by rep
resentative John II. Garner OF Texas,
today made a report TO Governor ker-
guson and Major General Frederick
Funston concerning the conditions on
the Mexican border.
Speaking for the committee NJ. Gar
ner said:
The constituted Mexican authori-
ties are believed by leading business
men along the border to be prepared.
In the event American troops are
again landed at Vera Cruz to make a
dash into Texas and the large bodies
of Mexicans in northern Mexico ava
able for immediate use in case orders
are given 10 attempt to carry out the
plan OF San Diego would enable the
Mexicans to brush aside the troops at
present guarding the border and pene-
trate a considerable distance INTO
Texas. OF course they would be de-
feated and driven back. but before
sufficient American troops could be
sent into the border country the Mexi-
cans would have destroyed valua Die
American life and property
Speaking further. he sald:
Il went to Brownsville four DAYS
ago TO make a personal Investigation
OF conditions along the border with
especial reference to the Mexican
raids. The people in the lower Rio
Grande Valley are much disturbed. so
far as we are able TO learn. the raid
ers are Carrauzaistas
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SIX-DAY WEEK
TO REFERENDUM

Los ANGELES. Cal. Aug. ID
After debate led b. James NJ. Lynct
Tor the administration. delegates "a
the International typographical UniOn
ordered today referendum on ;ne
sunday week proposition adopted yes
terdsy. this being the first victory for
the opposition In the current cOnven
ton OF the union.
The delegates overruled a plan pro
posed BY Mr.. Lynch 10 hold all con
Ventions after 1916 In either Indiana.
polls. the international Headquarters
or In Colorado SPRING.
The committee on laws reported IN
iaNorably on the propositions 20 in
crease the salaries % the secretary
ana treasurer and president from So.
300 10 5000. The report was adopted
a proposition 70 make the secre-
tary OF a local union having less than
one hundred members and entitled "a
one dolegate, the representative b.
virtue OF his Office was defeated as
was one offered by the Denver delega
ton placing women on the same wage
basis. as men.
A resolution that members of the
typographical union abstain from the
use of liquor was defeated.
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BUSINESS NORMAL
In MEXICO CITY

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. Robustness
conditions IN Mexico City are more
nearly normal than at any time In sew
cral years. according 20 Carrauza con
srlar dispatches received here today
from Mexico City via Vera Cruz Gen.
eral Pablo Gonzales. upon orders Of
Cauanza. me dispatches said. today
loaned bankers and mercantile houses
$2.510OCO gold 20 relieve the financial
situation and all banks and most bus
mess houses were open
Tho authorities daily are distrlbut.
ing food No. hundreds Of citizens and
aI examinations for the relief Of the
general public are working in perfect
harmony. 20 was said
Governor de- Lara has purchased
large quantities Of food in the outly-
ug districts and the provisions are be-.
iuE forwarded t0 the city by tho train
load IS solid train Of supplies left
Vera Cruz for The capital Yesterday
and another was being loaded today
TO follow o.
Three asylumr for indigcuts have
been provided. one each Tor men. won.
on nod children. and three establish
w.ufe FOR The manufacture OF cloth.
food. shoes and eaIdlory have been
Iut into operation by Oh. authorities
tarrau1a has ordered chat aU men
and dependent women ont CO employ.
mNuf shall uc given work
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either an arm or leg. but he said. no. ne
had them all four.
My beauty Is ruined. however" he
wrote mockingly. Poor mother, I'm
afraid you won't b. able to marry off
your ugly son"
She went down 20 Lyon quite unpre-
pared. And when the men came off the
train, such as were able TO walk she
watched them all and turned back in
despair. thinking her son had not come.
She did not know him.
And. crawling toward her. with a ter
rihlc. painful twist Of his body. drag
glug one useless leg after him one side
OF his body contracted so that he looked
deformcd and MS carefully chtseled
features merred out Of recognition by "a
broad red scar running from his Jaw 90
the top Of his head. right across one
eye. came her boy
She told me yesterday her heart near
Is stopped beating. That the mere sight
~ him. SO changed. made her ply sically
I'D. and that 30 was only by the most
tremendous effort that she kept from
showing her horror IN her face
All the time / was saying TO myself.
TIE must never know now he affects
people. 1 mustn't show him how he has
changed Re vas looking az me with a
slight trembling Of the lip a. 81 b.. were
AFRAID wasn't going TO recognize him.
ana ] took him In my arms ana said with
such an AGENT Of pure JOY and thankful
ness iu my voice that he was completely
deceived.
" %. how wonderful IL f. that YOU can
walk. Armand. and that you can see too.
] am indeed "a grateful mother"
Copyright. 1915. By the Chicago
Trlhunel
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-14
BRITISH MAY PUT
BAN ON COTTON

LONDON, Aug. 10. 7:15 o. m-Lord
Robert Cecil. parliamentary under sec
rotary for foreign affairs. In the course
OF formal interview today. defining the
British governments attitude in the
complicated cotton situation made this
statement:
The allies must by all lawful means
prevent cotton reaching their enemies.
~ may be considered necessary to make
cotton Contraband
At the same time Lord Cecil studfous-
~ retralncd from any hint that the
commodity would be removed from the
free list az any specified date or that
the government had evolved any soIu-
ton 20 mcct the demands OF American
cotton growers and neutral consumers
tie stated explicitly however. that a. cot
ton were made contraband England
would consider the act legal and inter
national JUSTIFIED
Hts statement. being the FIRST inbehaIf
or the government outside parliament
relative TO cotton. and coming az "a
time when the public o. clamoring for
drastic action 90 shut off tho SUNNY
from Germany is taken Boo some quar-
tiers % presage this step Ia the near
future.
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GERMANS FALL
INTO RUSS TRAP

LONDON. Aug. II. 2:3O a. m.-sev.
eral German army groups in the Rus.
sia war theatre have fallen into the
trap of Grand Duke Nicholas and are
IN the gravest danger. according to the
Daily Telegraph's Petrograd CORES.
pendent.
Al the moment" says the CORES
pondent One OF the most interesting
points on the Russian front il betwec1
the Dvina and Ntemen rivers. whore
the Russians by the capture Of the
village OF Toviny have cut through
the German line. thus separating the
German armies operating around
Poniewesch and Vilkomir The latter
army is In a dangerous state and exc
cutting a frantic retreat in an effort 10
eNtricate itself and either re-connect
with the Poniewesch group or ioin
hands with the troops operating
around kovno
The German army operating In the
vicinity Of Poniewesch also is in
dangerous position, with its right
TANK exposed 10 a Russian attack.
which could only have the most SER.
Gus results"
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WILSON TAKES OFF
COAT AND WADES IN

WASHINGTON. Aug 12-President
Wilson faced "a pile Of papers more
than a foot hiEh awaiting his siena-
ture when he went 70 the executive
office today for the first time since
MS return from Cornish. II was op-
pressively hot and the President
worked in shirt sleeves. Pardons re-
storing former convicts TO citizenship
commissions 81 federal appointpos
findings OF several navy courts and
many other matters accumulated dur
ing Mr Wilson's absence and not sui.
hciently important TO be- sent 20 him
we're among the documents signed.
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GOLD STREAM
(continued from Firrt Par..N

100000 francs a day in gold. The d.
rector lives in the bank and he says
that so thoroughly convinced are the
people OF their patriotism they do not
hesitate TO come at any hour of the
day 10 deposit their money.
The other night at IL he heard
ringing Of the bell. and Il was three
employees OF the Metro. each with a
humble 20 franc piece in his hand ask
ing If he might exchange IL at that
hour.
The other day in the Metro there
was funny little old man who looked
and talked as II he had never been OF
the farm before in his life He had
just come from the country to see his
son. who was wounded. in that hos.
pital-you know the name-one of the
most famous in Paris.
He didn't even know where IL was
and he hunted wildly through the
pockets OF his blue working blouse
for the slip OF paper which should give
the name He had expected any one
could tell him where the most fam
Gus hospital was. lie took out his
little worn pOcketbook and one saw
the CLEAN Of gold
In the hospital far from the Ban
cue de France?" he asked. As long as
was coming 7 brought along all the
gold had with me"
You see such odd sights I'm the Metro
these days. All the men back from
the front wear wild combinations OF
colors and costumes often the service
coat. faded and d-ty. with the bright
red trousers Of peace time. fastened
into brown riding boots and crowning
al a left over pale blue cap such az
they wore In the winter.
These are an things which had beer
left behind Ht the depot. end which tho
men are only Too glad 90 put ON f1r their
i'ave @, ans'nCc. just asatna" they are
buf Tie oldest combination SGT seen
was Franciscan frIIr who yOfrrfsarad
i9r the war and who appeared On the
cap decorated with three afrfrea af tre
came time wearing riH rough brown raHe
ned around the waist with the knotted
30 was evidently wearing nis baft and
attached sword underneath The r1I.e f.r
'l ,liId -fs i1e .W"rd way out against
down d. manipulated 20 carefully
one likes f1 eer rho frvoIHrfurr move.
men' ~ every person in tram or ir tlr
rersou starts 90 rise auI fHs "rf1rf.ua
mufIl1fed one. e. they rIf him hero.
can gave h.. choice of dozen sest.
men as they pass them IU fhr afrrsf.
Ine poor empty sleeve ur DANGLING
tT,g ,l.- ,, lsg rg,g,veys, erode vh'rn IF
These laaf few days OBJ. fr.f Ir..r.T.v
wounded men have been COMMIT. d." fr.HI
Germany ff IHa taken 600 .HI. H~. flr
.trhnrr. prisoner. IU"IrHl.fHfrf f1r
.0rN.0n. unrrOm hIfHrf prisoner. ...H f.
ao-.nr. rHrsra I'-rwH...f. cd. TI.r
greeted .H .rHuU. off friend. .UH I. fn.
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NO NEW SUITS
AGAINST C0ALERS

WASHINGTON. Aug. - go Aftor
neg General Gregory indicated today
that no new federal suits against an
thracite railroads we're likely TO fol
low yesterdays decision OF the inter.
state commerce commission orderins
sweeping reductions in freight rates
and holding the carrier guilty OF un-
lawful and discriminatory practices
favorinR their allied coal companies
The decision will be carefully ex.
nmined at the department Of justice
but Mr.. Gregory thinks all the acts
cited probably are covered In suits
already Instituted by the government
against the roads Involved.
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INTERNATIONAL
GOLFER KILLED

ORANGE. y. J. Aug. 13-Thomas
Anderson. aged 80. a widely known
golfer. was killed near Montclair to-
night by being crushed under his au-
tomobile which went over an embank-
ment. Anderson was learning to OPP
crate the machine. Two demonstra-
tors were injured Anderson was the
professional golfer at MOntclair Golf
club and former open champion OF
pennsylvania. He was born in Glas-
gov. Scotland. and was a brother Of
the latd William Anderson, former
national golf champion Of the United
States
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BUCHAREST TREATY
FATAL TO BALKANS

SOFIA. Bulgaria. Aug. a. via London.
d' Bulgaria boz an editorial ou fhs aru..
Ntratrt or the treaty Of uurnrr....
aug t.i Do. ltl8I which the paper .fU.
h1t tu all the balkan stateH. decIaI.a
inai until that stumbling block is r.-
moved from tnr path of the nalkau rau-
iIl or security ln The perusula"
The paper. speaking OF the eondif ions
Tor Joining the entente allies holds mat
n HaiFHu entente ta tupossitlu uuIf.r
f'Ie treaty. which if asserts Vfuinfer fna
racial rights Of tns interested nation.
o. HuuunIIrr
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WILL RIGHT THE
EASTLAND TO-DAY

CHICAGO. Aug. 13-When the work
or raising the steamer Eastland was
stopped by darkness tonight. United
states District Attorney Charles =.
Clyne announced that she had been
raised 70 per cent OF the distance
necessary 10 right her
Al dawn tomorrow a corps Of en-
Eineers will begin the examination of
the Eastland's interior They will
subsequently be summoned before the
federal grand jury TO report their
findings
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GERMANY REGULATES
THE USE OF COTTON.

HlNIiN Aug Tg. VIA London Tho
Lf'rNian government has rr.rnHIrHfrT
Two rrEuIHfIunH intended o. #H.HE bod.
'fHnrUtnu uf cotton Tho nraf raru-
HfinU Unite Gro uurE Ir cotton mil.
u.tf.rE wiIIa ana frfHhIIahn.nfa raIrr
cotton. unuI fIN hemp ruI ufr OBJ Hrr
Dos" each wUrN The other orders deal.
trF under penalty nf concentration fa
cd pose NJ stock. Hf cotton refuse with.
lu fHrfrIrNf fH mHurfI" furfra who
d.rr
on account nf che shortage of hemp
ahH fiaN thr stores u1 LONGER fie parcels
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FATHER KILLED IN
RACE; WON BY SONS

SPIRIT LAKE. Iowa. Aug. t3-R r..
Donaldson. of Milford. Iowa. owner 81
racine car which won places at tn.
dianapolia and Omaha was killed in.
sianily I'm an automobile race here
this afternoon. Mechanician Wilcox
probably was injured fatally
Hia two sons won fret and second
places in the race after the death Of
their father. not knowing he had been
killed