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Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09
FIRE THREATENED
TREASURY Bu|lDING
Blaze On Roof Caused Cou
Germ For ime-Loss
Will Be Small

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. s.
Blazing scaffoldinE and repair ma
terials accompanied by tho explosion
of n barrel OF kerosene on tho root
tho treasury building threatened the
structure for half an hour today un-
I'll the fire was brought under control.
A blue print laboratory and a small
contractors shack on tho roof were
destroyed. Treasury officials esti-
mated that the damage was slight but
no figure of tho loss by water and
fire was available. No valuable blue
prints were destroyed according to
James A. Wetmore. supervising archi-
tect of tho treasury and William Y.
Brady superintendent OF construction.
Six clerks in tho print room when
tho fire started saved all tho import
ant plans before they left.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

LONDON. England. Feb. S-tbS
The Associated Press)-lt is unlikely
that the French governrncnts ropues'
for a three months delay In tho open
ing OF the Genoa conference VIII hc
met hy Great Britain. II was stated IN
official circlos today. There are NO
objections to n delay, q vas said. but
so far as Great Britain is concerned
the solution of tho problems % nc con-
.idercd would not be benefited by
months of preliminary Investigation
Tho sconcr the conference conNcncs
tho sooner European Industrial recon
structiou will begin. according l" tue
vi,w cf these officials.
Decision Of the question VI delay
however ubS Siouply rests with the c2ht-
net
PARIS. Feb. S.-tRy The Associated
pteasI Premier roluunrc today rr-
affirmed frances determination q"
seek suarputcu, before going To- the
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09
FORMER U. S.ARMY TRANSPORT
BURNS and SINKS AT SEA

NEW YORK, Feb. s.-Leaving the
former proud transport Northern Pa
cific drifting ablazc to sink off Cape
May. n. j., rescue craft tonight were
making for New YORK and Hampton
Roads with survivors picked UP from
small boats.
Meanwhile shipping circles wcre
awaiting their arrival with concern. for
radio messages coming since early to-
day when tho fire broke out loft In
doubt tho fate OF four employees of tho
Sun Shipbuilding corporation of Ches-
ter. Pa, whittier the Northern Pacific
was bound from Hobokcn with skelc-
ton crew to be rcconditioncd for service
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09
RECORD EXPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. Sex
ports of agricultural products during
tho past ycar-thc largest total volume
In the history OF tho country-cScccd-
ed thosc OF 1920 by nearly four million
tons and were ALMOST twice as large as
the prc-war volume in 1919 according
to n statement issued tonight by tho
commerce department. In money value
however. the department said, the
country received only about two-thirds
as much for tho total Of exports IN 1921
MS for the previous year. altho Europe
paid twice as much as in 1913.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

creased production in western and CEN
tral Europe for tho area Is rapidly re-
covering its normal production, but be-
cause OF tho total failure OF Russia as
a food export country. Russia former
lly exported from s,oo000 to 10000. 900
tons of foods all of which has ceased
and thus the food base for western Eu-
rope is transferred TO the United states.
Tho economic degeneration of Russia
has gone to such depths that recov-
ory OF her agriculture to conse-
ducntial export basis II extremely un-
likely for a number OF years TO como"
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

During tho last year agricultural OK
ports totallcd moro than 10000, 900 tons
for which $1,000 100000 was received.
compared with 1s,50ooOO tons worth So
00o.o0o.oo0 in 1920, ana 1o.5oo,o00 tons
valued at $1,000, 900. 900 in 1913.
Grain was tho principal agricultural
commodity exported In 1921, the total
amounting to 100000 tons as COM
pared with 12.ooo,o00 tons in 1920 and
6.Ooo.00o In 1918.
Tho cause OF our enormous increase
in food exports since 1ai3," the depart
mont says, does not lie 50 much in de-
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

on tho west coast.
Early in the day these four men were
reported missing, then rescued, and
again missing. Tho latest message from
tho rescue fleet. received from the
transport stated that tho four ship
builders were not aboard her.
Details of how the fire started also
wcro lacking.
Among tho rescued was Captain Will
liam Lusti who commanded the trans
port during her dangerous trans-At-
she piled up on tho sands OF Fire Is
land in 1919 with 5000 douetboys home-
ward bound.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09
BOAT WITH BOOZE
CARGO IS SEIZED

PERTH AMBoY. N. J.. Feb. =.
Tho tug HarbinEer which has
been escorted along tho coast by
const guard cutters on her liquor
laden voyage from st. John. N. B.,
to tho Bahamas. was seized with
her cargo of 400 cases Of whisky
today by Samuel II. Cone, . proht-
bition enforcement agent.
Three members of her crew were
arrested on charge of attempting
to smugglc liquor ashore.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

Touch said after the shooting, that
he entered the place for the purpose Of
searching for liquor. When he entered
the front door Levecchi was at the
front of the store behind the bar. Upon
seeing Fouch, Levecchi started to the
rear Of the room. He was ordered to
halt but continued. with his back to
Fouch. The first shot said Foch was
fired to stop Levecchi, but since he did
not stop seven more shots were fired
before he crumpled to the floor be-
hind the counter.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09
CH4KGE GL.ISS TRUST

MEM YORK. Feb. S,-Indict-
mcnts charging nearly fifty corpora
,ions known as the glass trust" with
violation OF the sherman antitrust
law, were thrown ont today when
Federal Judge Knox sustained domur-
rcrs filed by counsel sor the accused
concerns
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. S.-fcdcral
prohibition authorities today arr In
vr-tignttnc the disappearance from
warehouse OF $500 gallons Of rcd
wine. valued ut S::.OOO. The wine
hnd been removed from barrels and .
rcd ,.oiorcd water substituted.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

WASHINGTON. 'feb. s.-Thc num-
bcr Of blind persons ~ the United
Sinics decreased from 5s.ss: In 1910
10 5.,8t. In 1890. according TO IL
CURES for the last census announced
tusiuy to advanced methods for treat.
nsnt or blindness and also 10 c,luca-
ton Of the public in prevention OF
blindncss. The af(iicuou was shown
to b. more common among negroes
and Indians tii,n other races.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

LOS ANGELES. Calf. Bcb.' g.
Lawrence Hnwscy. IL years old. cisok-
~d 10 death ON ~ coiinr button nt his
home here. il was learned today.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

LOS ANGELES. Calf. Feb. g.
Gold. said to run thousands Of dol
lnr, to the ton. was discovered by
employees Of an excavation company
making preparations for tiIr constrric-
ton of building at l'igucroa, and Jcf-
fcr>on streets here II is reported.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

CHICAGO, Feb. S-policc Captain
Joseph smith answered the telephone
today aud hcarI an excited voice,
All he could distinlush was tue word
..ro,,bin'' md thc a,,drs-. .iO5 KIM
bayk avenue. The address was his
own.
Revolver in hand, he hastcncti to
lcan.innrL M, pnrc TwoN
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

Special To The Chicftain:
LAMAR, Colo. Feb. S.-Mr~. Matt
Obcr - winning hcr ftxht- for lmc
which wns desIAiresl VI for awhile
ring To biossi lpoisOming caused from,
u shoe iacc scratching hcs f00a. FRI
day night sisc was near death. bat ts
improving nt tho presa'Wt time. Shc
l. confined To The local hospital here.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-09

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WEATHER

Thursday and Friday, unset
tied with snow west portion
and possibly In east portion
Thursday night or Friday.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11
PERSONAL.

Marilynn Miller of the stage became
the bride of Jack PickfOrd Of the screen
ut the residence Of the grOOm's sister,
Mary PickfOrd. and brOther-in-law,
Douglas Fairbanks, ut Beverly Hills,
suburb of Los Angeles, Cal
John H. Gull, Jr, Of Chino. Cal,
was nominated by President Harding
to be member of the Federal Farm
Loan Board.
+ John b. Woodward, newspaper ad-
vertising man of New York and Chi
cago, was sued for 100000 by Edith
l.. Ransom. secretary to George Creel,
when he was wartime director of the
Bureau of Public Information.
Col. William H. Hart, now in charge
of the quartermaster and docking
army bases at New York, was NOM
mated by President Harding to be
quartermaster general Of the regular
army, with the rank of major general
He succeeds Maj. Gen. Harry l.. Rog-
ers.
Directors Of the North American
Newspaper Alliance announced at
New York the election of Loring Pick
ering, publisher Of the San Francisco
Bulletin, as general manager.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11
ACCIDENTS.

Lyle Painter, 7-year-old son of
Joseph Painter, of Johnson Township,
was thrown from a horse he was rid
ing at Pana, Ill.,, and was kicked to
death.
Mrs. Ora Moore, of Wayne County,
was drowned in the Little Wabash
River, Fairfield. ILL.,, when an auto.
mobile which she was driving went
over 25-foot embankment. Her three
children, who were riding with her,
escaped injury.
Five persons were killed and one in.
jured when an automobile occupied by
the five attempted to avoid collision
with another machine and was crowded
In front of a speeding Detroit and Pom
tiac interurban car just north Of De-
troit, Mich.
Lieut.. Tracey Lyons, o. r. c., avn
alton section, Z. S. Army, and Angus
tus Altemeier, Jr., of Port Jervis, were
burned to death ut Port Jervis, n. Y,
when an airplane in which they were
riding crashed to earth. Breaking of a
propeller caused the plane TO take
fatal nose dive.
Nearly 1000 persons, mainly women
and children, were imperiled, fifty
were injured and two girls were flung
Into the North River, New York, when
the excursion steamer, Grand Republic,
sister ship Of the General Slocum,
crashed in to the Erie Railroad ferry
boat, Chautauqua, off the Chambers
street ferry.
Charles Straub. 81 years old, a fire.
man employed by the Moss Tie Com
pany at Valley Junction, south of f.
st. Louis, died at st. Mary's Hospital
as result of severe burns suffered
a few minutes before when water
tube in an engine In the boiler room
OF the company's plant exploded and
drenched him with scalding water.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11
LABOR.

That adjustment of the strikes of the
railroad shOpmen and the coal miners
will bring a better understanding be-
tween the employer and the employees"
was the opinion expressed at New York
by President Samuel GOmpers of the
American Federation of Labor
Strike ballots were taken on the
Northern Pacific and Missouri Pacific
railroads, il was announced officially
at Cincinnati. Ohio, at the headquar-
tiers of the Brotherhood of Railway
and Steamship Clerks, freight hand
lerS, station and express employees.
John kalman, IS, former Baltimore
and Ohio railroad shopman, was shot
and killed and PasquaIe Susi, 26,
striking b. & o. shopman, was wound
ed at Newark, Ohio, by Moses SlO-
cumb, 26. Il negro of ST. Louis, Mo-,
who claims to be a United States
deputy marshal.
Indications continued to multiply
that the federal government cOntem-
plates no immediate step in the shop
strike situation. A member of Presi-
dent Hardings cabinet declared, how
ever, that as an abstract proposition
"it might be imagined that the gov
eminent would apply to the courts
for receiverships of such railroads as
were unable to execute their mail.
carrying contracts.
Strikers who violate the injunction
orders of the federal court are guilty
of criminal contempt of court and will
be subject to prosecution by the Unit
ed States district attorney, according
to the ruling of Judge Andrew Miller
at st. Louis. in ordering the issuance
of writs of attachments against seven
teen former employees of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad Com
pany.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11
MANY DIE IN
TRAIN WRECK
MISSOURI PACIFIC FAST TRAIN
CRASHES INTO REAR OF To-
CAL TRAIN NEAR ST. LOUIS
IS KILLED 1875 INJURED
Many Boy Scouts Killed And Injured
But The Unhurt Among Them Do
Heroic Work In Rescue.

st. Louis, Mo-More than sc per
sons were killed and about 125 injur
| ed when fast train No. i Of the Mis-
| souri, Pacific, en- route from For
| Worth, Texas, crashed into the real
| Of local passenger train known as
No. 80 at Sulphur Springs, rs mile:
south Of here.
Train 81 was en- route from Hoxie
Ark, to st. Louis, and had stopped
at Sulphur Springs to take on water
-Four rear, coaches Of the local were
telescoped by the fast train ald went
crashing down into a raviae about
30 feet below the tracks, tangled
mass OF steel and wood from which
came the cries Of the injured and the
dying.
A troop Of Boy Scouts who were re-
turning from their summer camp at
Ironton, Mo, was on one of the coaches
and those who escaped did heroic res
cue work.
Only few witnesses saw the crash.
These witnesses declared Engineer
Glenn attempted to save his life by
jumping when he saw the accident was
unavoidable The fireman, Ed Tins
ley, however, remained at his post,
He was badly injured.
Horror and gloom lowered over the
little village of Sulphur Springs. Min
gled with the prayers of the dying,
spoken in outbursts of delirious fever,
came the comforting and consoling
words of the villagers.
Heartbreaking incidents were told
to an Associated Press correspondent
by those who reached the scene Of
the disaster.
Mumbling the Lords Prayer in her
delirium, one little girl was seen to
expire before she could end her plea
to God Not far from the dying girl
lay the father of the four Degonia
children, alongside him his four be-
loved ones.
Three relief trains were dispatched
to the scene of the disaster, one from
Poplar Bluff. another from DeSoto and
third from this city. Physicians
from all towns along the route were
picked up as the trains neared the
scene.
DR.. w W. Hull of Sulphur Springs
was the only physician available I'M
til medical assistance had been
brought.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11
GIRLS AND BOYS
CLUBS MEET
800 GATHER AT STATE UNIVERS.
ITY FOR WEEKS SHORT
COURSE
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
Governor Parker Makes Stirring Ad.
dress And Is Then Given A Great
Ovation.

Baton Rouge.-Just few years ago
everybody thought anybody could
! farm
There were schools for most every
calling on the face of the earth except
fal ming and had anyone suggested
that extra study and learning was ue-
cessary to plant, cultivate and harvest
the various crops he would have been
the subject of scorn and the person
who had mentioned schools for cook
ing, baking, canning, etc, would have
been in danger
II all could have seen that great
crowd of youngsters here to take the
short course in agriculture, canning,
etc, they would see that the world
do move"
Governor Parker in speaking to the
500 club boys and girls gathered here
from ali over the state said:
Il had rather talk to this kind of
an audience than any other kind"
He went into details describing the
plans of the operation of the Greater
Agricultural college, and explained
how it is possible for a boy of limited
means to work his way through col
lege.
Governor Parker was given a great
ovation. The honor song was sung
under the direction of Mrs. Bertha X.
Knox, as he entered Garig Hall.
w. E. Hopper, farmer Of Zachary,
also addressed the assemblage.
Nearly all of the 400 girls enrolled
in the GO to College Club" announc-
ed Miss Norma overly, state home
demonstration agent. This is one of
the few states having such a club, said
Miss overly.
instruction in the selection of poul-
try breeding stock and the planning
Of poultry houses was conducted by
Miss Elsmer Wilson, of the poultry
department of the state university,
and the care and feeding Of poultry
was told the club boys by Harley H.
Williams, head of poultry husbandry
Of the university.
Each girl and boy went back home
enlivened with greater ambitions to
make farm life happier and more pros
porous
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11
FOREIGN.

The most disastrous fire that has
swept the European bushes quarter
in Hong Kong, China. in many years,
broke out. Among the buildings badly
damaged is the Carleton Hotel on Ice
House Road, the only American hotel
in the city.
There has been an alarming decrease
In the birth rate Of Montenegro, due to
the loss during the war of so many of
the BLACK Mountains" fighting men.
The government is offering premiums
to mothers who bear male children,
says dispatch from Cettinje
Americas share in the Argonne
fighting was recalled when a memorial
to 100000 killed in the forests was
unveiled ut Haute Chevauche, France,
near the ruins Of Vauquoise. Premier
Poincare delivered the unwilling adj
dress.
The Italian Ministry of the Interior
announced at Rome that the general
strike which was proclaimed through
Out dbO pIVtCSL
against Fascist reprisals against Com
munists was declared ended.
Premier Lloyd George announced in
the House of Commons at London that
the government has decided to adopt q
of their ministry to
provide 800 airplanes for home de-
Tense at cost of $100OO,OOO.
Heavy ice was the cause of the
transfer of Capt Amundsen, Attic ex-
plorer, from his ship Maud to the
schooner Holmes. reported In meager
radio advices, according 10 further
radio message to Nome, Alaska.
Five thousand lives are believed to
have been lost In the typhoon which
devastated Swallow. $50 miles north
west of Hong Kong, China
Three thousand sacks of corn and
1900 sacks of rice will leave Maza-
tan for Riga on board French ship.
The shipment will represent Mexico's
III 10 - -.--~--t.l lA:...1le ) LIZ. eES.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

Frank X. Boyd, member of the nrIn
of Boyd & YearwOod, publishers OF
the Morning News and the lnde-
pendent in West Frankfort, ILL.,, died
there.
Mr.. Boyd was well known through
out the state in newspaper and poll
teal circles, and had wide acquaint-
ance among the state officials.
Section men working on the inter-
urban street-car line near saltwater,
Mimi, found $1,000 bonds under ties
on the track. One bond was on a
lumber company and the other issued
by a land company.
A shortage of $4,000 in its accounts
was reported by the Oakland Branch
of the Bank of Italy, Oakland, Cal,
TO the State Superintendent of Banks
and the Oakland police.
Glenn f. Plumb, counsel for the six
teen larger railroad organizations and
author of the celebrated Plumb Plan"
of railroad operation and ownership
died at Washington.
Rev. s. Cameron Morrison, widely
known Episcopal clergyman, died at
his home at Seattle, Wash, and the
Coroner is investigating to determine
whether he drank poison handed him
by mistake when he sought to pur-
chase cough medicine.
Peter Skiba was sentenced at Chica-
go to six months in church for beating
his wife. In order not TO leave Mrs.
Skiba and her seven children without
support if Skiba was sent to Jail,
Judge Morgan appointed her to see
that the church sentence was carried
out three times on Sundays, with mid
week prayer meetings added.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11
DOMESTIC.

The supreme International conven-
ton of the Knights of Columbus, in
session at Atlantic City, N. j., sent a
cable to Cardinal Gaspari, papal secre-
tary of state, pledging Pope Plus NJ
that they would continue to compile
tion the $1,000,O00 American welfare
work in Rome, which they undertook
ut the request of Pope Benedict XIV.
In order to save the lives of two
peasant women with babies in their
arms, Col Rafael O'Neil, an Ameri-
can, drove his airplane into a tree, de-
molishing 1t. O'Neil, who is head in
StructOr Of the federal aviation school
mt Mexico City, anG Antonio Rivera,
acting director of the school, who was
In the plane with O'Neil, were injured.
Investigation into the disappearance
Of 90 cases of Scotch whisky from a
lot of 100 cases, seized by the har-
Dor police from rum runner, Was de-
manded of Police Commissioner En-
right by United States District Attor-
ney William Hayward at New York.
The Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tut
tic Of ST. Louis. presiding bishop of
the Episcopal Church, who is spending
his annual vacation at Wequetonsing,
Mich, does not want the book Of COM
mon prayer changed. He is perfectly
satisfied with the prayer book, which
is $40 years old, as 1t is at present.
Inauguration of negotiations at
Washington looking to the refunding Of
sums due TO the United States by en-
tente nations has developed that an i'm
portant connection exists between such
refunding and the ability Of Germany
10 Geet her Indemnity o.hsations.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

bottles Of the Vegetable Compound and
used Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash
and l am entirely cured of my ailments.
You may publish this letter if you
wish. Mrs. MARY SHERMAN, Route 2,
Lake, Mich.
There is one fact women should con-
slider and that's this. Women suffer from
Irregularities and various forms of weak
ness. They try this and that doctor, az
we'll as different medicines. Finally they
take Lydia Q. Pinkham's Compound,
andM Mrs. Sherman's experience is simply
another case showing the merit of this
well-known medicine.
If your family physician fails to help
you and the same old troubles persist,
why ism t it reasonable to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound?
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11
Want Ford To Do 1t.

Washington.-A minority report
from the Agriculture Committee urg.
ing acceptance Of Henry Ford's offer
for the war-built government nitrate
plant and its water power projects
at Muscle Shoals, Ala, was submitted
to the Senate by Senator Ladd. Re-
publican of North Dakota, in behalf
Of himself and Republican and Demo-
cratic colleagues on the committee
who favor that course. The report
was presented without comment
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-08-11

Port Barre, LA special election
on issuance of bonds in the Durald
City Consolidated School District will
take place August IL. 1t is proposed
by the school board to issue $4,000
in bonds to be used to build a four
room, two-story annex and to pay off
an Indebtedness of $4,000 against the
district
Columbia. lathe police jury Of
Caldwell parish met here in extra
session, and one of the troublesome
problems which it has to contend
with is how to meet the demand for
relief under the mothers pension"
law.
New Orleans.-Pla-s virtually have
been completed for holding in New
Orleans a midsummer Shrine cere-
monial by Jerusalem Temple, .Ancinet
Arabic Order Mobiles Mystic Shrine,
on Saturday, August 10, it was an
nounced by Frank J. Herman, re-
corder. More than 100 candidates
have signified their intention of cross
ing the frey sands. Representatives
from temples at Montgomery, Mobile,
Birmingham, Jacksonville, Shreveport,
Memphis and Baton Rouge. number
ing more than 200, have notified Re-
corder Herman they will be present.
Gro wley, lathe Argentine ant is
going to have a hard time to escape
death when the city-wide campaign
patterned after the one in New Or
leans is put on in Crowley under the
direction Of the State Department Of
Agriculture. A systematic fight is be-
ing made against the pest in all of the
leading cities Of Southwest Louisi-
ana.
Natohitoches.-The State Normal
Glee Club held its annual banquet
recently. Rupert Cooke, manager of
the Glee Club, was POSTMASTER.
Shreveport, La.-Robert b. Cook,
district court reporter for Caddo par
ish, has completed his twenty-third
consecutive year in that position. I'm
der the new state law, which removes
districts court reporters from control
Of the clerks and makes them officers
Of the court Mr.. Cook requalified.
Chapel, 20 years old, |
was drowned in Bayou Macon near
here when he was seized by cramps
while in swimming recently. Two
friends went to his rescue but failed
to save him.
Lake Charles, lathe board of
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce at a meeting. endorsed the IL
mills tax to be voted on in the near
future. The tax is for a more ade-
quate water supply for the city and
Is endorsed by the Kiwanis Club.
Baton Rouge, lathe Ku Klux
Khan will become an issue in Louisi-
ana politics in the campaign for gov
ernor, state officers and according to
the prediction of visitors from the
country parishes here during the past
week