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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-13
Leather Hand Bags
81 and $1.5O

Pressed with figures which look
like hand carving or else with alli-
gator pattern. Mostly swagger
shapec
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
HOPES FOR U. S. PEACE
Harding Trusts Nation viii Never
Enter Another War.
Annapolis Graduates Told They viii
Never Be Called On to Fight
Aggressive Conflict.

Annapolis, Md.-A hope that the ma
tion would never be called upon to fire
a gun in war again was expressed by
President Harding here in presenting
diplomas to the graduating class at the
naval academy.
The President added a promise that
while he was President the young men
being graduated never would have to
go to war except in a cause that
squared with American conscience.
Defense is Noble.
"A good deal is said nowadays" said
Mr.. Harding, about preparing for de-
tense. | know nothing nobier in this
world than the defense of ones own
country. That is an inherent thing in
man, planted in the human breast by
God Almighty. There wouldn't be any
civilization today II men we're not will
ing to give their all for its preserva-
ton.
"But the preservation of the estab-
lished order is one thing, and 1t is
highly essential. while ~crusading for a
new order is quite another thing.
Sometimes most nobly inspired, some
times most lily advised.
II want to say to you, young men.
I hope you'll never be called upon to
draw a sword nor fire a gun except IL
the expression of the customary amity
and respect, and, / promise you that
while | am President you'll never be
called to fire a gun except you can do
1t with the American conscience, with
which you can answer to God.
II do not want to be misunderstood.
I want an America, unafraid, but !
want you to help make a republic of
conscience, a republic of sympathy and
a republic OF high ideals"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
SENATE PASSES NAVY BILL
increases in Appropriation Bring Total
to Nearly Half Billion.

Washington-The naval a~ppropria.
ton bill with increases that brought
the total hear the half billion mark
passed In the Senate.
The bill carried nearly s100,00 900
more than when 1t passed the House
and it totals more than 5000 o 900
more than navy appropriations for the
present year. The final vote was "a
to IL.
Along with the 500, 900, 900 increases
the Senate sent back to the House the
Borah disarmament amendment, which
requests the President to call a con-
ference of Great Britain and Japan to
discuss reductions of naval armament.
The Senate adopted this amendment
ty a unanimous vote after Senator
Poindexter OF Washington, who had
charge of the bill, indicated hat he had
word from the White House the Presi.
dent was not disposed to object to such
a request.
Economy and disarmament were
talked throughout the nearly five
weeks Of debate. Republican leaders
indicated they wanted to ease up on
spending SO much money for naval ar
maments, but insisted that the world
situation would not permit Of it.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
Four Drowned and Two Missing
in DeIuge In Colorado
and Wyoming.
PUEBLO UNDER WATER
City ImperiIed When oo"npour SEM
a Wall of Water Several Feet High
Down Dry Creek Train Ser
vice Crippled.

Denver-Four persons dead, Two
missing: property damage amounting
to several millions; Pueblo Inundated
and cut off from telephone communlca-
ton: Marshall Lake dam threatening
to break and wipe out the town u
Marshall; several towns in the uorth-
eastern part Of the state flooded and
without lights and power-this was the
situation Friday night as the result O
c~loudbursts in Eastern and Central
Colorado and Wyoming.
Pueblo is under water in the most
disastrous food in the city's history
according to a special dispatch to the
Rocky Mountain News. The damage,
according to the dispatch, will reach
1900, 900.
Train service to the north from Den
yer was crippled:
The dead.
Edna Gray, II, and Margery Gray, 3,
drowned while escaping from their
home near Pueblo with their parents.
Mrs. Carl Davis and child, drowned
in Pawnee creek, northwest of Ster-
ling.
Missing:
Two children of Mrs. Davis, believed
drowned.
Flee Before Wall of Water.
The death of the Gray children at
Pueblo occurred when a cloudburst
SEN a wall of water several feet high
down Dry creek. Scores of persons
escaped from their homes, parts Of
dwellings were washed away and con-
siderable damage done to crops.
The death of Mrs. Davis ard child in
Pawnee creek was the result Of the
breaking of the spillway dam on the
North Sterling reservoir. A ditch rider
carried a warning to many Russian
families on the beet farms and all
escaped with the exception of Mrs.
Davis and her children.
The fate of her children is unknown.
A portion of the Union Pacific railroad
tracks was washed out.
A bridge on the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway between Pueblo and
Canon City was washed out and trains
were detoured. The automobile road
to Canon City from Pueblo was rem.
dered impossible.
Several hundred feet of roadbed on
the Colorado & Southern railway were
washed out by a cloudburst which CEN
tered east Of Douglas, Wyo. A bridge
on the Yellowstone highway also was
swept away.
Railroads were forced to stop or to
hold many trains on account of the
water.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
RAIL WAGE BILL CUT
U. S. Labor Board Directs IL
Per Cent Decrease.
New Pay Scale Goes In Effect July I
On 1914 Lines-Members of 81
Unions Affected.

Chicago-Four hundred million dol
lars a year will be slashed from the
nations railway wage bill when an or
der to be handed down by the United
States railroad labor board takes full
effect. The decree is effective July l
on l04 lines. Granting the petitions
of the companies, the board will direct
an average cut of II per cent which,
eventually, will apply to all the rail
road employees of the country. Mem
bers of 81 unions are affected imme-
diately.
The cuts range from five to Is cents
an hour, or from 5000 a month for
apprentice boys to $26.52 for the bet
ter paid skilled labor, figuring on an
eight-hour day basis.
The decision granted reductions
varying from s to Is per cent, and in
the case of section laborers, complete
ly wiped out the increase granted that
class OF employees by the $500, 900 900
wage award of July 20, 1920. Section
men who have been receiving $3.70 for
IN e%ight-hour day were cut to $500,
the same figure in effect under federal
control. The reduction was approx
mately Is per cent
Switchmen and shop crafts were
given a 8 per cent reduction while the
train service men were cut approx
mately z per cent. Car repairers were
cut about 10 per cent.
While the decrease is specifically ap-
piled for the present only to the 104
roads whose cases have been heard by
the board, the decision says it may
later be applied to any other road ask
ing a hearing in accordance with the
provisions of the Esch-Cummins trans
p~ortation act.
The railroad labor board recently re-
classified the various employers in con-
nection with railway corporation, and
this, 1t was pointed out, may have
ONE effect on labor costs.
The board also, a few weeks ago,
ordered abrogation of the national
working agreements, to become effec-
tive July /. At the hearing on the pc
tltion for abrogation of these agree
ments, railroad witnesses estimated
savings in labor cost as high as $780,
000, 600 annually. This would be in ad-
dition to the saving possible through
the current wage reduction decision.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
WISCONSIN DRY LAW VETOED
Governor Blaine Flags Anti-Saloon
Leagues Activity.

Madison, Wis.-The Matheson prohi-
bition enforcement bill was vetoed by
Governor Blaine On the ground that 1t
is indefinite and uncertain" and in
conflict with the federal volstead act.
In his message to the assembly, he at
tackled the Anti-Saloon league lobby
which drew up the measure, as .'perni-
cious'' and asked that the new en-
forcement bill be passed which has no
evidence of its handiwork.
The governor declares in his present
message to the assembly that the prin-
ciples underlying the Mulberger act.
the existing prohibition enforcement
law. should not be disturbed, because
of the fact that they have been APP
proved by the people at the polls. in
some respects the Matheson bill is an
improvement upon the Mulberger act"
he says, but It's defects far outweigh
any Improvement"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
Tanks Sent in to Charge 5000
Teutons in Southeastern
SiIeSia Sector.
COUP WELL PLANNED
Communication Between French Head
quarters and Barracks Cut, Sen
tries Driven Back, and Gar
rison Surrounded.

O~opeln-French soldiers forming
the garrison OF Beuthen, a city In
southeastern Silesia near the old Po-
lish frontier, have been attacked by
forces organized by the German inhabi-
tants of the town. Reports state the
Germans in the fighting numbered
1000. The French used tanks In
charging the Germans and are said to
have gained the upper hand. There
have been many German casualties, 1t
is reported, but the French have not
suffered losses.
Attack Well Planned.
The attack by the Germans on the
French is said to have been well
planned. Telegraph and telephone
wires between the French headquar-
ters and the barracks were cut, sentries
were driven back and the headquarters
detachment was surrounded.
Tanks were rushed to the scene, and
the Germans, who were armed with
pistols, attempted to capture the ma
chimes, but were repulsed and driven
into adjacent buildings, from the win
dows Of which a hot fire was opened.
The tanks charged on the buildings,
firing volleys through the doors and
windows.
Situation Said to Be Grave.
The situation at Beuthen is reported
by neutral refugees reaching here TO
be grave. The German population of
the city is declared to be desperate.
Food supplies are running short and
there has been much looting during re-
cent nights.
All wire communication between
Beuthen and Kattowitz, further south,
has been interrupted since Monday.
Refugees arriving here say the
French at Kattowitz have killed a num-
Der OF Poles who attempted to loot two
motor lorries loaded with food, and 1t
is declared there were some French
casualties"
Germans and Poles have been en-
gagged In a battle near Gross-Strehlitz,
just east OF the Oder river and south
OF oppeln.
The Germans have attacked the
Poles and have forced the insurgents
to withdraw from strong positions.
German dead and wounded have
been removed from the scene of this
fight, which took place at Posnowitz,
about FIVE miles west OF Gross-Streh-
litz, and were taken to Krappttz, a
town on the west bank OF the Oder.
When farm wagons, loaded with Ger
man dead entered Krappitz the popu-
lace was so excited that Baron Won
Pless, commander OF German volun-
teer organizations there, had difficulty
in controlling the temper OF his Of
ficers.
Women began volunteering for ser.
vice at the front. A number of women,
wearing mems clothing, are driving
wagons and automobiles, some Of them
carrying army reyolvers in their belts.
The Germans are sending every man
possessing any sort Of weapon to the
rosnowitz front.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
PLANS MOVEMENT OF COAL
Hoover and Railroads Work on Plans
20 Relieve Congestion,

Hoover and Railroads Work on Plans
20 Relieve Congestion,
Neutrality-suspicious. for a voluntary
agreement between the railroads to
establish seasonal rates on coal to re-
lieve congestion and consequent high
prices during the winter months are
being worked out by Secretary Hoover
with the carriers.
According to the S~ecretary's views,
changes in the freight rate structure
to effect a more even coal movement
throughout the year could be ordered
by the Interstate Commerce commits
sion without a general disturbance of
rate levels on agreement between the
railroads.
The administration is understood to
have advanced the argument that since
the government itself is a heavy pur-
chaser of coal, the effect of the move
ment of its fuel at seasonal rates would
stimulate the summer traffic.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
BRITAIN MAY SEEK GROVER
london Government Taking Interest
In Reradoli Stacker Case.

washingtol-Interest In the case Of
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, escaped
draft evader, has been manifested by
the British government, War depart
ment officials said. aud II Is possible
that the government will assist the
United States in its efforts to obtain
his return. from Germany.
Officials would not say how Great
Britain might assist in the matter. but
Bergdoll Is known to have reached
Germany on a Canadian passport and
It has been suggested that Great Bril-
tain might ask for the extrad.tion Of
the Stacker on the ground Of violation
Of Canadian passport laws.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
TURKS MASSACRE CHRISTIANS
American Destroyer Arrived to Protect
u. s. Citizens

American Destroyer Arrived to Protect
Y. S. Citizens.
London-The Athens correspondent
OF the Exchange Telegraph says, I'M
der date Of Thursday, that It is re-
ported from Constantinople new fright
full massacres Of Christians have oc-
Cured at Samsun and Trebizond, on
the Black sea coast of Armenia. The
streets are strewn with the bodies Of
Greeks, he adds.
Many shops in the two cities have
been ~ransacked, according to the re-
ports reaching Athens. An American
destroyer has arrived at Samsun to
protect the Americans there, 1t is
added.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
BRITAIN FAvoRS DISARMING
viii Welcome Suggestion From U. s.
Looking Toward World Peace.

London--It was stated In official
circles that Great Britain had not re-
ceived the informal feelers' reported
from Washington with reference to an
international agreement for the reduc-
ton Of ornaments.
The British government. however, IT
was said, would heartily sympathize
with any movement for the f~urthering
Of world peace and would welcome sug-
gestions from the United States to that
end.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
British Weavers on Strike.

Manchester, England - Practically
SOC. 900 operatives in the spinning and
weaving sections of the cotton mills
ceased work Saturday. owing to the
fact that 1t has been impossible to
reach an agreement with the Cotton
Spnners and Manufacturers associa.
ton over a proposed reduction of 30
per cen in wages.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
Hope for 81 LIQUOR Fades.

Madison. wis,-Hopes OF prescrip-
ton fans for 81 liquor permits as pro-
posed in the Messing bill passed by the
assembly were dashed On the rocks in
the senate, when the upper house. by
a vote OF 10 to 8. sent the measure to
indefinite postponement.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
Jap Submarines In Collision.

Tokio-Six Japanese submarines
have collided during naval maneuvers
OF the coast OF Kiushiu, and one of
them has been seriously damaged. As
a result the proposed long distance
cruise of these crafts has been post.
poned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09

Old Revenue Laws Null, Court Holds.
Washington--Passage Of the prohibit
tion amendment served to annul vari-
u internal revenue laws covering
the liquor traffic, the supreme court
held. Congress did not intend to pre-
serve the old penalties, the court said.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09

Chicago-Mrs. Pearl Wilde Of Madi-
soE. wis, and Miss Betty Polesheek OF
Milwaukee attempted to commit sui
eide by swallowing poison. The wo-
men told the police they had entered
into q suicide pact when the men
treated them coldly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
Wilson Treaty Ship Fire DAMAGED.

1850" way S""P '"c SaHtd8cos
Hoboken, N. IA small fire of u n
determined origin slightly damaged the
steamship George Washington, which
twice carried former President Wilson
to France and back. The teamer is
in drydock here undergoing repairs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
Lasker to Head shipplno board.

Washington-A.c d. Lasker OF Chi
cago will be. the new chairman OF the
United States Shipping board. Presi-
Dent Harding told Senator Medill Nc
cormick OF Hlincis that Mr.. Lasker had
accepted the pos.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09

Seattle-Scott G. Bone, of New York.
former Washington and Seattle news-
paper editor, has been appointed gov
ernor OF Alaska. to succeed Thomas c.
Riggs. Jr., 4 was announced by Sec
rotary Of Interior A. b Gall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09

Tokyo-A Korean tramway conduc-
tor became insane and killed his wife
and seven Japanese women and chill
dren with a sword. He wounded nine
others seriously.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
Jury In Boy Murder Trial plsaoree.

Knox, Ind.-The jury trying the
case OF Cecil Burkett. IL years old.
charged with the murder OF Benny
Siavin, z years old, was discharged by
Judge P~ennicost in circuit court when
it failed to reach an agreement.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
HUNGARIAN OFFICERS TRIED
II Fc-mer Army Commanders Accused
Of Treason In Aiding Charles.

II Fo1ncr NrHhy O~onfhndHueFs
OF Treason In Aiding Charles.
vienna-Eleven former army Of
fcerG. including Major General Joseph
Hummel. were placed IN trial before a
special court here on the charge OF
having committed treason in connec-
tion with the recert attempt Of former
Emperor Charles to regain the throne
OF Hungary.
The charge is based on the allega-
ton that the men organized legionary
troops Cor the purpose OF restoring the
Hapsburg dynasty in Austria and
placed themselves In the service OF
Hungary in pursuance Of that plan.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09

Byng Named Governor Of Canada.
London-The appointment OF Lord
Byng OF vimy as encouragement Of
Canada, In succession to the Duke of
Devonshire, was announced officially.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
U. S. re PROBE RACE RIOT
Attorney General Orders inquiry Of
Tulsa Massacre.

Tulsa Massacre.
Washington--A general inquiry INTO
the race riots at Tulsa, Okla, hes been
ordered by Attorney General Daugher-
ty, it was announced at the Depart
ment OF Justice.
The purpose Of the investigation, Of
icials said, is to determine whether
the disorders we're in violation Of Fed
eral laws. Preliminary reports, II was
added. show that the situation is pure.
ly local.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09

BI1gest DIFI0IbIc 70 Cross Ocean.
Csrdington Airship Station. England.
It was announced here that the worlds
biggist rigid dirigible. the R-3S, which
has been rerhristened the Era, win
ny to America In september.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
HUNDREDS MADE HOMELESS
Illinois cIoudburst mandates Territory
Near Peoria.

Peoria, m.-Several hundred persons
were made homeless, thousands of dol
lars damage was done and hundreds Of
acres Of land were inundated by a flood
caused by a cloudburst at Washington,
ILL.,, which swelled Farm creek to a
roaring torrent and threatened to de-
stroy the suburbs OF Urbandale and
Farmdale. No lives are believed lost.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09

Bomb Explosion Injuries IL or Is.
Washington-Reports received at the
War department said ~ or Is men
had been injured. perhaps fatally, in
the explosion OF a bomb at the Aber.
deem, Md, proving grounds.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-09
Germans and Poles Clash In Annaberu

Germans and Poles Clash In Annaberu.
Annaberg, Silesia-Fifty Poles and
is Germans were killed. and a total OF
about us were wounded. when Polish
insurgents attempted to take Anna
berg, after a brief Smelling by small
field pieces.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-07-07
THE SECOND
WARMEST June
RECORDED IN
PAST Century

July weather is running from 10 i
II degrees above normal with no re
lief in sight for at least five days, we
the statement of Eric Miller, metero.-
ogist Of the U. S. weather burea :,
Madison.
Report on June weather, just tabr-
lated, shows that the month was Il Z
second warmest in a century, surpase
ed for continued heat only by the Jun ;
Of 1878, when the mercury ranged st
an average of 72.5, four-tenths Of 4
degree above the past June when it
averaged 72.1 degrees.
The average maximum temper
lures for June 1921 exceeded all ave :
ages for the past century. 81 degre 5
was the average maximum temper
ture, which was two degrees above tie
previous high average for June, 49, ;
The new mark is At degrees aboy e
normal.
Old Sol turned on the heat valve
full blast Wednesday with the rest T
that Wisconsin Rapids experience
the warmest July 6, in the past { )
years. The mercury kept climbing al Il
day and hit the high mark of 95 about
4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. TIE
lowest temperature reported by G. 7
Nixon, local weather observer, was Il
which exceeded the highest mark r.
corded on July 6, 1920, by 7 degrees.
Citizens of this city who compla. Il
of the heat should glance at the
weather chart and see high marks Of
106 recorded at Yuma and Phoenix
Arizona. The coolest place was Vel
lowstone National Park with the low
Temperature of AZ degrees.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-07-07
SUMNER
ENROLMENT
RECORDS ARE
BROKEN

The largest summer session student
body ever enrolled at the University of
Wisconsin registered for classes at
the opening of the session last week.
More than 1890 students enrolled dur
ing the first three days and late regis
trations may carry the total to 1850.
Early registrations showed an in
crease of 700 over last year when the
enrolment was $500. A larger mum
Der of the regular university students
have remained this year for the SEES
sion than ever before.
The growth of enrolment in the
Wisconsin summer session is shown by
the figures in recent catalogs: 52S
summer students enrolled in 1905; l.
12S students in 1909; 1925 students in
1915; 3,213 students in 1919; and over
4,300 in 1921.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-07-07
HIGHWAY
BONDS SOLD
WEDNESDAY

Seven hundred thousand dollars
worth of Wood County bonds were
sold Wednesday to seven successful
bidders, among which are three local
banks, the Wood County National,
the First National, and the Citi-
zens National. The other institutions
participating in the underwriting of
the big issue are the First Wisconsin
company, Milwaukee; the Second
War Securities company, Milwaukee;
the William r. Compton company,
Chicago, and the Halsey-Stuart COM
,pany, Chicago. The placing of the
bonds with SO strong syndicate will
assure their best possible distribu-
ton.
Net Purchaser 5.S5 Per Cent.
The price paid by the syndicate
for the 100000 issue was S643,015.
The bonds carry a five per cent in
terest rate, but the purchase of them
! below par will net the purchaser
900 per cent, the authorization OF
the issue by the county board carry
ing with it the stipulation that it
should net the buyer no more than
six per cent The bonds are of
varying maturities, the first hundred
thousand coming due in 1927, and
similar amounts maturing in 1885,
1882, 1888, 1885, 1886, and 1889.
For Road Construction.
The sale of the bonds disposes of
almost half of the $1,500,000 high
way construction bond issue author
lied by the county board at its April
1920, session, for the purpose of
building concrete roads, and assures
Wood county of continued progress in
in the work of road construction.