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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1922-06-23

Mrs. H. R. Culp, who has been Wis
ling at the home of her mother Mrs.
Ole Nelson of this city, left for her
home in Minneapolis Monday.
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MURPHY IN LEAD
At 100 Miles, Veteran Holds
Without Being Passed.
Four Have Dropped Out of 500
Mile Go at Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Ind. May 3O.-With a
roar from perfectly tuned motors,
twenty-seven drivers. the pick of
three nations. shot away at 10 a. m.
today in the start of the 5OO-mile
automobile race at the Indianapolis
speedway for prizes totalling $S5,000.
There was a record breaking crowd
of 135, 600 spectators cheering from
the stands and infield when the start
ing bomb was fired. The racers were
paced the first lap by Barney Oldfield,
q retired star of the racing world.
Jimmy Murphy, driving a Special
eight cylinder car. gra abbed the lead
at the start, plotting his car around
the treacherous south turn at a speed
that brought the spectators to their
feet. Leon Duray, driving his first
De Palma, a favorite with the crowd.
was trailing in third place. Time for
the first lap around the PA mile
course was 19:34:64, an average of
95 miles an hour.
Murphy continued his terrific pace
and at the fifty-mile mark was fully
a half mile ahead of Leon Duray, who
was second. The time was 31:29:33,
an average of 95.27 miles an hour
Harry Hartz was third and Ralph
De Palma was fourth. Howard Will
cox of indianapolis was the first driver
forced out of the race, valve trouble
causing his withdrawal after he had
gone 177z miles.
nAuIpAN CluLS u the lGdu at IUG IVU
mile mark with Hartz in second place.
De Palma moved into third place
while Duray dropped into fourth. The
time was 1:03:14, an average of 9407
miles per hour. Murphy at this point
had won $4,000 in lap prizes. receiv-
ing $50 for each lap he led. Jules
Ellingboe was the second driver out of
the race.
He threw "a rear wheel while speed
ing around the north turn and his car
spun completely round three times,
crashing into protecting wall.
Neither Ellingboe nor his mechanician
was injured. Jules Goux, driving a
French car, was forced out by a
broken axle after he had covered
sixty miles.
The car driven by Wilbur DAlene
burst into flames as D'Alene started
his 1880 mile. After a heroic fight,
the driver and his mechanician sue
ceeded in extinguishing the blaze, and
the car was withdrawn, making the
fourth - drop out of the race.
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Graves ofLate War Heroes
Visited by American Legion
While America Pays Homage Here, Veterans Who Fell
in World War Are Not Forgotten by Those
Who Still Live.

Indianapolis, Ind, May 30.-While
the home-folks today are honoring the
soldier dead who rest in the soil of
their country, the American Legion
overseas is visiting and decorating
more than $4,000 graves of Americans
who fell and are buried on foreign
soil OF these graves, S1,400 are To-
Gated in five cemeteries in France,
ass are in England. 40 in Scotland,
40 in Ireland and one in Spain.
Several thousands of dollars have
been sent to the Legion's committee.
in Paris. of which Cabot Ward, an
AM merican attorney, is chairman. to be
expended on flowers and flags for the
decoration of A. E. F. graves. Local
committees in England, Scotland and
ireland and several in France will
visit the cemeteries and minister Der
sonally to each grave. To raise this
decoration fund, National Commander
MacNider Of the Legion asked each
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ROTARY PICNIC CALLED OFF,
Rain Prevents Carrying Out of Pro-
gram by Topeka Rotarians.

The usual Memorial day rains up
set the plans of the Topeka Rotary
club to entertain the members of the
Twelfth district clubs, from Illinois,
at a picnic dinner on the campus of
Washburn college, today.
The Illinois Rotarians, 221 strong,
will arrive in Topeka on Santa Fe
special train. at 12:40 o'clock this
afternoon. They were to have been
loaded into the waiting cars of To-
peka Rotarians and taken for a drive
about the city, winding up with the
picnic luncheon at Washburn college.
The plans were changed this morn
ing. however, and the Illinois group,
if the rain is not descending too heav-
lily. will be taken for drive over the
city, for an hour and a quarter. and
then box luncheons will be presented
to them as their train pulls out The
picnic is off.
A delegation which includes W. w.
Eden, T. L. Liilard and r. n McEn-
tire went to Lawrence today to well
come the Illinois Rotarians and re-
turn with them to Topeka.
This morning a telegram was re-
ceived from the Third district Ro-
tarians of northern New Jersey and
southern New York, thanking the To-
peka Rotary club for the entertain
ment offered here Monday.
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diction of all cases in which railroads
are alleged to be disobeying the
boards order.
If the board declines. a strike ballot
will go out at once to shop men all
over the country.
Chicago. May sO.=Run1bIings of
threatened strikes which marked the
reception of Sundays slash of $4s,-
600, 600 from the wages OF mainte-
nance of way employees OF the nations
railways by the labor board continued
today, while rumors of reductions in
the wages of other classes Of railroad
labor expanded into predictions that
the impending cuts will come before
the end of the week.
Reductions, said to be contemplated
by the board affecting the wages of
400. 200 shop crafts employees, COM
bfned with the Sunday slash. would
reduce the railroads payroll $780,
100000 or half the amount necessary
tosbring the payroll back to where it
was in May, 1920, when the board
raised wages of labor on the roads.
Train service employees, affected by
reductions last year when the roads
(Conriuued on Page Two.J
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Chicago, May 3o-The romance OF
Mathilde Mccormick still was en-
quilted in deep mystery todaysThe IL
year-old granddaughter of John d.
Rockefeller whose engag cement to
Max Oser, Swiss horseman startled
society several months ago, was in
New York, where it was said, she
might sail Immediately for Europe to
meet the riding master and prepare
for an early marriage.
At their home here, however, her
father, Harold F. Mccormick. million
aire head of the International Harves-
ter company declared reports of a
contemplated voyage were all a. mis-
take. Meanwhile another mystery
centered around the legal battle
started by Mathilde's mother. Mrs.
Edith Rockefeller Mccormick against
the petition to appoint her divorced
husband guardian of their daughter.
Mrs. McCormick's protest, 1t was
said was made in pursuance of her OBJ
jections to her daughters marriage to
the Swiss riding master. In that John
d. Rockefeller is said to support his
daughter.
New York, May 30.-Mfss Tnathilde
Mccormick will not sail today for her
contemplated marriage in Europe to
Max Oser, the mature Swiss riding
master. it was reported at the Hotel
Plaz, where Methilde and Julia Mar
gold, a relative of Max's, are staying.
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HONOR TO DEAD
War Department Takes Steps to
Keep Names Alive Forever.
The Defense Works of Nation
Named After Fallen Heroes.

Washington, May 30.-The war de-
partment following its policy of per-
petuating the names of the men who
died in the service of their country in
the names Of the country's defense
works. has announced in general or
ders the listing of number of such
memorials
Among these are:
The Puu1Ona Military Reservation.
Oahu. Hawaii is named Fort Weaver,
in honor of Maj. Gen. Erasmus NJ.
Weaver, United States army, died No
vember 13. 1920.
The military reservation on Little
Hog Island, Boston Harbor, Mass. is
named Fort Duvall. in honor of Maj
Gen. William P. Duvall, United States
army. died March 1. 1920.
The military reservation at Nahant
Mass. is named Fort Ruckman. in
honor of Brig. Gen. John w. Ruck-
man. United States army (major gen.
eral National army died Jun Z, 1921
On the Fort Duvall. Mass, military
reservation, Battery Frank S. Long, in
honor of First Lieut.. Frank S. Long.
infantry, killed in action in France,
October 5. 1918.
on the Fort Niche, N. Y, military
reservation, Battery John NJ. x Davis,
in honor of Brig. Gen. John NJ. X.
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Legionaire to contribute five cents
and the response has been generous
the ,orga anization's headquarters here
reports.
Many parents of American soldiers
killed and buried overseas have re-
quested decoration of the graves with
particular kinds of flowers or with in
dividua1 floral arrangements. Most of
them have requested the Legion to
supply them with photographs of the
graves so decorated, and the request
is being complied with For the
laFgen part, however, the overseas
graves viii be decorated alike, with
the highest officer and the newest pri-
vates soldier being honored by an
American flag and decorations con-
sisting of flowers native to the coun-
try in which the grave is located.
Reports to Legion headquarters
here also show that Mem morial Day
will be generally observed, both in the
north and south.
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GERMANY CONSENTS If
But Her Sovereignty Must Be Intact
No Me[idIinA Allowed.


Paris. May 30.-Germany has con-
sented to the creation of an allied con-
troll commission to supervise German
finances on condition that it does not
violate German sovereignty, does not
interrupt administration of govern
ment affairs and does not violate pri-
vate business secrets, it was revealed
this afternoon when the reparations
commission made public the text OF
the German reparations note.
Germany in her note, promised:
l. Vigorous efforts to reduce the
?. TO prevent the expectation of
capital.
8. To attempt to secure capital
which may have been sent out of the
country.
4 To submit legislative program
before June 80 enforcing the demands
of the reparations commission
AS regards reduction of the floating
debt. Germany says this is only posi-
BILE if an International loan is granted.
The German note contained long
tables of statistics which viii be made
public later
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Dealings With Federal League and
Pittsburgh Young Woman Probed.

White Plains. n. Y, May 30
Search for Ross" thought to be the
key to the solution of the Ward-Peters
killing mystery extended today into
Boston, where he was expected to ap1
pear and tell what he knew regarding
the shooting of Peters by Ward on the
Kensico reservoir road the morning
of May 16.
Another angle is that Pittsburgh po-
lice are investigating the conduct of
young Ward in that city in 1915 when
he was connected with the federal
baseball league.
1t was reported that Ward had been
involved with a young woman in
Pittsburgh and that he had paid
$1,000 TO settle a claim for $4,000
made by her A former district at
torney for Allegheny county who ham
died the case for Ward was later dis
barred
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EARL GORDON CAN'T APPEAL.
Student Charged With Staying Pal at
Oklahoma school in Jail

Saltwater. Okla. May 30.-Earl
Gordon. charged with staying his fel-
low vocational studept, Beckman Cobb,
on the campus of Oklahoma A. & NJ.
college, a few weeks ago, will not get
TO appeal his case for bail to the Grim
inal court of appeals, and will lie in
Jail here until June IS, the date of his
trial. It was learned thru his attorneys
here today
Gordon is charged with murder.
Cobb. it is alleged. quarrelled with
Gordon over an affair said TO have
been the outgrowth of acquaintance
with Mrs. Cobb.
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PUT BAN on TY COBB.
Holman and Clark Also JerI1ed by
Ban johnson. Before Game.

St Louis. May 3o.-ManageC Ty
Cobb. Outfielder Heilman and Second
Baseman Clark were indefinitely suS-
pended by Ban Johnson, American
league president, before the morning
game of the holiday doubleheader
here today with the St. Louis Browns
During an argument in the ninth
inning yesterday Cobb stepped ia
Umpire Wilson's toes and was BAN
ished. The cause of Clarks and
Heilnan'S suspension was not stated
in the message received here.
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81 900, 900, 900 Considered Too Much
by the International Bankers.

Paris. May 30.-While the German
reparations note, in the opinion of the
French press today has eased tension
in that direction, there are. indications
that hitch has occurred in the ne
gotiations of the international bank
ers over $1,000, 900, 600 loan for Ger
many.
According to the newspaper
L,Oeuvre. the international bankers
conference is without result SO far.
It is declared that the position of Sir
Robert Kindersley. of the Bank of
England is not eneoura gins and that
J. p. Morgan fails TO see the elements
of a. solid. clean-cut American busi-
ness DEAL
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according to Price, was Homer f.
Pitts, formerly of Atlanta, Ga, active
in forming klans in Kern and Imperial
counties a recent report of the Kern
county grand jury charged the KAN
was implicated. in night rider activi-
ties in the California oil fields which
included the beating of several per-
sons.
One man was killed in a raid made
by masked men on an alleged Illicit
liquor manufactory near Los Angeiss
recently and at the inquest on his body
it was testified that klansmen had
participated in the. raid.
Klansmen are said to be anxious as
to the whereabouts of W. s Coburn'
former grand goblin of the klans Pa :
cific domain" and now KING kleaste
for California He recently left At
Ianta for Los Angeles after conferring g
in the Georgia city with the imperial
officials of the organization as to the
situation in California
bakersfield. May sO.-The "flog-
ging" of Clyde Richey. taxicab com
panv owner. was discussed at com
rnitfee meeting of six klansmen. A Il
Abbott alleged klansman, teStile5i
this afternoon in the trial OF w M
Pickens. charged in a grand jury in
dic+ment with assaulting Richey-
Pickens was indicted together with
Harry ID. Reynolds, Elmer J. and VII
liam Collision in connection with the
Richey attack.
Richey was struck on the head with
a pistol and robbed. In a statement
at the beginning of the trial District
Attorney Dorsey said he would at
tempt to show that Harry D. Reynolds
as "exalted cyclops" of the khan. or
dered that Richey be tarred and
feathered. Reynolds was indicted re-
Gently by the grand jury which in
vestigated night rider activities near
here
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IRISH WAR is ON AGAIN
Heavy Fighting Marks Opening of
Long SmoIdering Hatred.
nv tho Associated I9rass1

London, May 30.-Heavy firing oc-
Cured on the Tyrone-Donegal border
at Strabane and Lifford. between mid
night and O'Clock this morning, says
a Central News dispatch from Stra-
bane- Sniping from the roofs of
houses was continuous and armored
cars and machine guns were in action.
The people of both towns were up
ali night long in a state of terror.
The casualties are not known but
are reported to be heavy.
Belfast, May 3o.-An area of ten
square miles in the region of Belleck
on the Fermanagh frontier has been
captured by republicans. Headquar-
ters Of the Ulster special constabJtary
in that district have been removed to
an island in Lougherne- Republicans
have commandeered the chief resi-
GenceS in the zone of occupation.
he avy artillery, just landed from Erit-
iSh ships, is being rush to the Ulster
bCa der.
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Q. S. GETS MEMoHFAL FLAG.
Entrance OF America In War Was sig.
naIized with This Emblem.

Washington. May 90.-The Ameri-
can flag which was displayed on the
Eiffel tower in Paris to mark the en-
trance of the United States into the
world war was presented to President
Harding today by jules Jusserand tho
French ambas ssa dor.
The presentation ceremonies were
held in the east room Of the White
House Among those present were
Mrs. Harding, Secretary Of War
Weeks. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Roosevelt. General Pershing and
Admiral Coontz.
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o'clock. 65l1o o'clock. --- sc
O'Clock. I'll o'clock. -.-. 66
10 o'clock. 6612 o'clock. ...- 66
Unpleasant weather for Memorial
dav was general over Kansas today
cloudy weather prevailed over the
entire state and was accompanied by
rain in many places. The roads were
muddy in all directions from Topeka
A drilling rain began falling in To-
Deka at s o'clock this morning. The
total amount received during the
night and morning was 81 of an inch.
NeteoroIogist Flora estimates that the
rain saved the residents of Kansas
one-half million dollars in gasoline
purchases today.
The rain will be over by Wednesday
morning and fair weather is sched-
uIed There will be sunshine at least
a part of the day. Cooler weather
will arrive in Topeka tonight and the
temperature will drop to thA so de-
gree mark. 1t Will not rise above rs
degrees Wednesday
Showers fell in practically every
nook and corner of Kansas during
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CAT RAISES RABBITS

SaIina. Kan. May 30.-For ma
ture taking. MIR and Mrs S. II.
Agnew declare they have a cat that
takes the prize. The feline has
added two baby rabbits to her litter
OF kittens and Is raising the mixed
family. apparently IN perfect
hatmOny. Mr.. Agnew gave ths
rabbits to the cat to eat. but her
maternal instinct preeailed. The
Agnews live on a farm eleven miles
east of Salina.
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Campaign for More Members in
California Is Halted.
Reports of Violence May Be a
Cause for the CessiOn.
At BAKERSFIELD on
FlOgging of Taxicab Man Was
Discussed, Says Member.
Alleged KIansman TeStifies the
Slugging Was Planned.

Los Angeles, May SO.-The cam
paign in California for members of
the Ku Klux Klan has been halted,
it was made known here today by w
G. Price, former king kIeagle of the
khan in this state. The annual khan
convention of California kleagles
closed here today Accounts and re-
ports of 10 attending kleagles were
checked the man who did not report
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ANTT-CHANG MUTINY SPREADS.
Rebellion Against War Lord OF Nam
cIIuria Takes on Huge Aspect.

Peking, May 30.-The Manchurian n
nutiny against Gen. Chang Tso Lin,
the Manchurian leader. IS spreading.
The garrison at Harbin has joined
the mutiny and declared in favor Of
Gen. WI Pei Flu, victor in the recent
Pefxing campaign, and Harbin is in
control Of the mutineers. who also
have seized all the Chinese eastern
railway from Harbin to the maritime
proYince of Siberia.
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PAPER OUT EARLY TODAY

The third. fourth and fifth editions
OF The State Journal are advanced
from two to four hours today that the
employees OF this newspaper may OBJ
serve Memorial day The first ana
second editions are issued on regular
time.
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CocheI Says Better Stock Soon.

FL Dorado, May sO.-stocknen have
organized a Butler County Shorthorn
Breeders association. W. A Coche1.
representative of the American Short
horn Breeders association. who was
present at the initial meeting, stated
that the national association is regis
tering more cattle than at any time
in its historq. Fremont Leidy was
elected president and D. f. Hull. sec
.retary-treasurer
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Rumblings of Action Against
Labor Board Cut Continue.
Slash Is Only Half of Hike
Granted in 1920, However.
ROADS ACCEPT The RATE CUT
Thirty-Seven Eastern Lines Are
Not to Fight Decision.
Official Word From Westerners
Is Awaited at Chicago.
CBy the Associated Press.)

Chicago, May 30.-A virtual ulti-
matum to the United States railroad
labor board was presented by the fed
Grated shop crafts, representing 400,-
600 railway employees. in a request to-
day for conference with the board
on Thursday when the federal body
will be asked to take immediate juris-
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WHAT WILL MATHILDE DO?

Another "Deep Mystery Sur
rounds Presence of Miss Nc
Cormick in. New York-Rumors
That She'll Sail Denied by Father
Mother Wants To Be Guardian
Now.
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SHOOTS 8 RATTLE-oNE TOE.
Man Awoke to Find Snake CoIIed on
Bed-He Shot

PorterviIle. Cal. May S0.-To
awake from q night of peaceful slum-
ber to find a rattlesnake sporting nine
rattles coiled at the foot OF his bed
apparently preparing to make a spring
at its victim was the narrowing eX
perience this morning of r. w.
Woods. Woods. fortunately. had y
revolver beneath his pillow and shot
the rattler-
Unfortunately. Woods's foot was in
the line of fire and the bullet that
ended the snakes life, clipped off his
big toe. He was brought to a local
hospital for treatment He brought
the rattles along to back up his story.
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COX DRAWS NUMBER 1900.
That's What His Case Is Counted In
Court-PrOsecution Begins.

Houston, Tex. May 3O.-The United
States government will introduce
when court opens tomorrow the first
OF forty-one witnesses in an effort to
prove Seymour E. J. Cox misused
Uncle Sans mails in his worldwide
oil stock operations
Selection of a jury and reading OF
the fifty-six page indictment con-
sumed the first day of the trial Cox
entered a formal plea of not guilty to
an Indictment charging in fourteen
counts. misuse of the mails in dispos-
ing of stock in three big companies
having a combined capital Of S41, ,000,-
O0O
The present case IS one of Cox's
many entrances into court. His case
on the criminal docket IN federal
court is number 1900.
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We are convinced that liberty is a
great thing for one Irishman-but it
won't do for two.-Life.
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SHOWERS GENERAL TODAY
Fair Weather Scheduled for Wednes-
day, Says MeteoroIogist FlOra.

IS TEMPERATURES:
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HITCH IN LOAN BoR GERMANY

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Program at Auditorium.

At the auditorium. the principal
speaker this afternoon will be Capt.
p. H Coney. past grand commander
of the Kansas department of the G.
A r.
The divisions are.
Division No Maj. W. P Mac
Lean. chief marshal and aides. Platoon
OF police. MarshalTs band. Kansas
tContinued on PAGE T~o-I
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THE WARD PLOT THICKENs.

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