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THE STATESMAN
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AUSTIN, TEXAS, SATURDAY. AUGUST 14,1920.
VOL. 49.—No. 84.
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DRAWN ABOUT WARSAW
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n
re
ll.
day). The Russians have brought up
ymin.
Special to the Statesman.
twenty-one miles from Warsaw, this
(Continued on Tags Three.)
w the terrain is
REGARDING SIBERIA
High Cost of Living Partly to
Necessity of the child helping the
Z
brought to the attention of him office
trade.
TEXAN DIES IN MEXICO.
(Continued on Page Three)
HOME
EDITION
Mikado's Government May Be
Made Public Next Week.
for the rurai
eastern ( otr
han been made
re a compromise
। features of the
there is indication
hate
lete
dv.)
and
/ous,
lop-
r al-
MORE CHILDREN AT
WORK NOW THAN FOR
up to
ed by
otaled
luring
• year
1
I
p-
id
hate
ctor
GERMANY SECURING HOU)
ON MEXICAN COMMERCE
upon these places were repulsed by
the Poles.
with their fire,
northeastern front along the
hate
one
ab-,
the
ous,
it ion
BRITISH CONDITIONS
FOR RCOGNITION OF
SOVIET ANNOUNCED
By Associated Press.
BOSTON, Aug. 14.—Bank Commis-
missioner Joseph C. Allen today took
PRINCIPAL IN LOVE
TRIANCLE DYING IN JAIL
GAILEY CONDEMNS
OPPOSITION TACTICS
Soviet Cavalry Pierce This Im-
portant Line at Ellovo, Near
East Prussian Frontier.
ld
-is
nil
ies
of
an
it
at
HEALTHY BALANCE
IN STATE TREASURY
AS FISCAL YEAR ENDS
na-
text
ment
AUTUMN SIGN;
CRICKET HORDES
INVADE AUSTIN
By Arsoclated Prese.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 A—Cominer -
cini, private ana press radio messages
to France will be accepted, beginning
Sunday, hr the Naval Communications
Ratificationists Greatly Encour-
aged by Action of Tennessee
Senate; House Doubtful.
Except in Immediate Vicinity of
Moscow Bolshevism Appears
to Be Losing Its Grip.
“FINANCIERS” IN JAIL
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—Four thousand
Treasurer Baker Does Not Believe
There Is Any Danger of a
Deficiency Arising.
SOVIET'S POWER
WANES; RUSSIAN
PEASANTS ANGRY
OR
,900
J
-i
Arouses Indignation of the
Senator's Audience.
SOVIET PATROLS CROSS
ROLAND’S DANZIG CORRIDOR
campaign.
Northeast of Wan
ULSTER UNIONISTS
NEVER MORE UNITED
violations was probably due to the
fact that there was 10 per cent more
jobs in the state than workers.
A. L. Urick, Iowa state labor commis-
______ ________ Observers say,
however, that the enemy has not yet
Blame for Present State
of Affairs.
Department.
The note was described as a lengthy
one and it was understood that it went
thoroughly into the whole question of
the Japanese policy In Siberia. The
document, together with the original
American note, may be made public
next week.
o far
nses;
: 18,-
d and
i con-
tmnt
vehi-
of $350,000 Literally Stripped
of Its Cash.
pulsory school attendance, he says, has
been a factor.
conditions as the basis for peace pour
parlers between Russia and Great Br1-
tain.. ____
BR-TOM GRABBING AIRSALY
Neither Branch of the Aassembly
Expected to Take Any Action
Before Tuesday.
militarism are issued.
In the remote eastern seetions of
Siberia the bolsheviki admit failure to
establish their system and are seeking
to create a buffer state known as "the
By Associated Press.
WARSAW, August 14.—(1 a. m.)—
The Russians attacking Warsaw have
worked well toward the rear of that
!L
id
s-
Invaders Reported to Have Gained
Important Position in Rear of
Polish Capital.
Interference.
Shortage of Broad.
L
I -
By Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 14—En-
couraged by the action of the Tennes-
see Senate in adopting a resolution
- providing for ratification of the Fed-
the
ality,
and
sant
mes
and
god-
were
ros-
In Omsk, center of the Siberian grain
districts, there is at present a shortage
of bread, which apparently is not due
to scarcity of grain. Reports indicate
it is the result of a boycott conducted
against the government by the Pea,
---- —e not satisfied
By Associated Press.
WHEELING. W. Va., Aug. 14.—Gov-
ernor Cox today opened fire on the
Republican oppostion, charging its
leadership with “attempted trickery
of the American people in opposing
the League of Nations and with a cam-
aign a “smoke screen" to secure parti-
engagement here.
one-half-hour speech at 1
Thursday evening he made an auto.
By Associated Press.
•-a -J ----- .01 WASHINGTON, Aug 14.—Japan's
deposited in -hlreply to the American note protesting
'against Japanese occupation of the
northern part of the island of Sag-
halien was received today at the State
political party. It is purely a matter
of concluding a duty to civilization and
doing it as quickly as prudent consid-
eration of our country’s Intereats sug-
gests.
"Leadership in a great moral ques-
tion has been given to the Democracy.
(Continued on Page Three J
M rehitcherin, the bolshevik foreign
minister, adds the dispatch, has ad.
vised Leo Kameneff at Iondon that ।
the Moscow government considers these t
confidence in Sir Edward- Carson as
leader of the Irish unionist party was
never greater, is the substance of a
statement made today by R. Dawson,-
Bates, secretary of the Ulster unionist practice,
council. The statement was made in
reference to reports from Dublin on a
'significant split" in the ranks of Sir
Edward Caraon*s followers.
Ponzi and Three Associates in Get-
Rich-Quick Scheme Breakfast
Behind Bars.
with the returns they receive in ex-
change for products. The situation
consequently has resulted in a short-
age of clothing and other manulac-
troa products rrnd textile machinery
ntion. In the far
There are evidences in that sectlon of
private rights to property, free trade
. .____ ec. exninitntinn of the
Ice was selling for more than 65 cents
per hundred from wagons of all the
big plants in Fort Worth today, despite
the order of United States District
Attorney Taylor that this figure was
the maximum that could be charged.
Taylor himself went to Wichita
Falls today, but left orders with De-
partment of Justice officials to file
complaints against all dealers who did
not reduce the price. Plants were get-
ting 70 cents per hundred.
WARSAW, Aug. 13.—The roar of
artillery on the battle front could be
plainly heard in Warsaw today (Fri-
credit of general revenue, according to' -
State Treasurer John W. Baker He | tmn"
are able to book heavy orders.
san spoils.
That "a powerful combination of
interests is now attempting to buy
government control," also asserted by
: the Democratic presidential trickery
.i.. .1. MMillione ana millions
CARLOLINIANS WAITING
When the new fihcal year begins on
September 1 there wiu be approx 1-
mately $14,000,000 in th* State depost,
tortes and in the male treasury, of
which amount $0,000,000 will be to th*
TO LEAVE WARSAW FOR PARLEYS
WITH SOVIET REPRESENTATIVES
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JAPAN REPLIES TU
AMERICAN PROTEST
Service. The charge for commercial
and private messages, the Navy De-
partment announced today, will be the
"ame as prevailing cable rates, while vvee -sv ---- ----.t ,
th. Charge on press messages will be chndiabor 1s «iven as the cause of warier in north porton.
ten cents a word Gecre
morning', new .paper, reported.
PARIS, Aug. 14.—Ruaalan bolshevik I
generala ar« carrying out an extreordit fl
narily daring maneuver on the frhts
nrth and east or Warsaw, according
to Prof. Vidou, an eminent military I
writer, who has telegraphed from War-
rhw to the Journa relative to the
In three months.”
Ponzi Breakfasts in Jail.
This morning Ponzi ate his break-
fast in the Middlesex county jail in
East cambridge, a prisoner o. the
United States government in default
By Associated Press.
IONDON, Aug. 13.—That the Ulster
uninists of all classes were never
more united than now and that their
added, however, that of this |9.000.000
there will have to be set aside $ 4,000.-
000 for the public free schools for the
next fiscal year, as authorized by an
act of the last special session of the
! city's defenses and are attacking
' Plonsk, within a dozen miles of the
| Vistula northwest of the Polish capital
I according to Friday night's official
' Polish communique, issued early today.
The statement says the enemy is
advancing toward the Novo Georcvsk
Zeegreje sector, north of Wartaw, and
that masses of bolsheviki are atthek-
Ing Naslelsk, (22 miles northwest of
। By Associated Press.
WARSAW, Aug 13.—Poland's pence
{delegation, consisting of • sixteen mem-
, bers, with military aides, clerks and
stenographers, one of whom is a Wo-
1 man, prepared late tonight to leave for
i the battle front to meet representa-
tives of the Russian soviet govern-
! ment. Up until a late hour tonight
• there had been no response from Mos-
' cow to a wireless dispatch naming the
newspaper correspondents who were to
accompany the Polish delegation. An-
nouncement was made at 8 o’clock that
correspondents would not be permitted
to go to the front unless word allowing
them to travel came from the bol-
sheviki.
Four of the delegates will be military
officers, six will be foreign office rep-
resentatives, counsellors and advisers,
and six will lx* diet leaders.
Two representatives of the American
relief organization, Herschel Walker of
Philadelphia and Maurice Pate, have
ture in overriding the will of the peo-
ple by ratifying suffrage after the peo-
ple had rejected it by over 25,000 ma-
jority. •
When the man persisted, Mr. Bailey ,
answered with vigorous voice: "Tea,
I am against it.". The crowd < heered '
for several seconds and the man con-
tinued to talk, but his words were in-
audible because of cries of "Skin him.
both the Senate and House having
recessed until Monday. Suffrage ad-
received permission from Moscow .to
accompany the Polish commission to
Minsk, where they will confer with
bolshevik authorities regarding the
treating of 300,000 children formerly
cared for by the Americans, but now
within the bolshevik lines.
Members of the mission hers tonight
asked by the foreign office to assemble
at 3 o'clock Saturday morning, and
road, the Russians were
NAVAL RADIO LINES
OPENED TO PUBLIC
prisoners, an understanding concern- i Bialystok
In* reparations for damages to prop-----•---
erty of private citizens and acceptance
by Great Britain of the Russian con-
dition. concerning resumption of com-
mercial relation* between the , two
countries.
Joe” and "Throw him out."
There was no further interruption |
and Mr. Bailey did not make any ref-
erence tn the man thereafter except to
say that he would not skin him because
of the ladles present.
Friday morning Mr. Bailey spoke to
a throng which fined the fair grounds 7
grand stand to overfloowinK with sev- |
oral hundred men standing on the race
track behind the speaker and to his
side, and with many women seated in
cars in the rear of the crowd.
His speech was different in that he
did not discuss the.graduatedland.tx more children are working in Chicago
plank proposed by Mr. Nff, nor aid he ' ..
make any reference to the labor prop- today than a year ago according to
ositions. Clyde A. Brown, acting director of the
He did devote some time tn those city vocational guidance bureau. The
whom he said'are injectinzpersonai- increase in chila labor is said to be
ities into the campaign instead or dIS- _____
cusing"iwnt general In the Middle West but ex-
in vigorous language he denounced ceptions arc noted in Missouri, Kansas
those who are following him around and North Dakota.
and making charges against him and ‘T. C. Jennings, Texas State labor
those who distribute the anti-Bailey commissioner, reports an increase of
I circulars which are now appearing at about ten per cent in Texas child labor
nearly every place he speaks and dis- over last year. Postponement, of com-
tributed at about the time he speaks
Thirty-sixth Legislature,
This will leave about $5,000,000 to ,
take care of current expenses during 1
the remainder of the calendar year and
until tax collections commence to come |
in from tax collectors, so there is no .
possible chance of a deficit, declared •
the Treasurer. , A 4.
The Comptroller is to install a new ,
system of keeping accounts with the
various State institutions, with the
beginning of the new fiscal year. The •
system will be along the same lines as
that used by many of the banks, which
will make it possible to tll at * glance I
the balance on bund IQ the credit of ,
any of the institutions or departments.
By Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, TexaA, Aug. 14.—
By Assoclated Pre«».
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14 — The trade
- American coal dealers with Italy
_____. — 1 activity Of Brit-
ish middlemen who buy in the Ameri-
By Assoctated Pro**.
| nERLIN, Au* 1».— Russian partnis
, have fust forced their way into the
I (own of icliovo, situated In th* Polish
corridor through East rrussia. accord-
ing to reports received by the Lokal
Anselger Entry of th* town was mod*
by the bolsheviki after a slight enenKe:
ment ana small soviet detachments are
said to be to the west of the place.
Nant of Warsaw the bolsheviki are
| reported to have crossed the line run:
ning between Wyszkow and Kalunnz
about 30 mile* from the l*oli*h capital
ESTABLISHED 1871
Second Oldest Paper
in the State
child labor In thome state* an almost
negllgible. St. Louis reporte. « decrene.
Children now employed in that city are
stated to number 6,900, whien in 760
less than were aS work there a year
to dtspntches received here.
Four thousand prisoners, four armor-
ed trains. 350 machine guns and thirt:
। nine pieces of cannon were captured by
General Wrangel in the fight. General
1 Wrangel's fleet has bombardea Ot-
shakov. on the north side of the en-
trance to the Dnieper estuary, for the
purpone of opening a passage up the
river for light Kunboata.
These steps are raid to have been
taken with Moscow’s approval, and M
Krasnotchekott, the new governments
foreign minfster, is reported in Moscow
for the purpos of obtaining documents
giving bolshevik recognition to the re-
public’s Independence in commerce and
By Anmociated Press
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 1a. —
Forces commanded by General Baron
Wrangel, the anti-bolshevik leader in
Southern Rtunaia, have defeated the
thirteenth bolshevik army, according
public.
I Although advocncy of the League of
, Nations, which the governor declared
was the "greatest movement of right,
! eousness in the history of the world.”
I was the main theme of the Democratic
been candidate’s address, he also attacked
‘ ond again the Republican "senatorial oli-
garchy.” The Democrats, he added,
present a cause of “constructive, pro.
gressive, economic service in peace
and promise .definitely a saving of two
billion dollars annually in government
-R
I
ICE DEALERS DEFY
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 — Geran
goods shipped into Mazatlan. Mexten
stood second in value only to shipments
from the United States durins.Maz:
Consul Chapman today reported to lb*
Department of Commerce. _
or a total of $310,286 worth of vari-
ous commodities imported at Maztian
during the month, the United States
sent $143,083 worth and Germany
$64,041. - -
his agents has been
namerringttothe. possibietransferso !
large sums by Ponzi to his wife, Mr.
far eastern republic." Siberta proper
from Irkutsk to the Urois, where eight
1 months ago bolshevism was welcomed
MANY YEARS PAST zummramam
terment. Proceeding further westward,
--9--- the traveler finds European Russia like
- - a great mobilised army, in starvation
circumstances and cursing the redn,
yet executing their orders passively:
vpondent ‘observed that soviet
support diminished with increasing
distance from the capital at Moseow,
where the supreme flats for ironclad
particularly difficult, being convered
by the Narew and Vistula rivers, the
fortress of Modlin being an especially
formidable obstacle, he said. The oviet
I forces are trying to moveTurther west-
l ward, probably towards Plock so as to
take Warsaw in the rear, but in so do-
I Ing they are lengthening their whole
i front from the Vistula to the Prussian
I frontier.
I Prof. Vidou declares that this move-
ment exposes the bolshevik line to 2
1 counter offensive, which might easily
pierce it, even if not delivered in great
force.
WRANGEL’S SOUTH RUSSIANS
AGAIN DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKI
tural products. . ,
The government leaders urge Tatn,
fulness and sacrifice on the part of
the people until they can end civil war
and foreign aggression by military vic-
tories. They assert that any failure
which may have attended their efforts
to thoroughly establish the soviet pro-
gram has been due to bac kwardnesm on
the part of the Russians or to foreign
By Associated Preaa. - ,
PARIS, Aug 13. Conditions which day). The Russians have broug
Great Britain have stipulated as a Da81 artillery in the region of Rads;
for recognition of the Russian soviet just south of the Rug. t
government are given in a Moscow dls- Doweves, suus, U. g--
patch received here. CesBation o1h08" in position guns heavy enough to reach
tilities is said to be the first condition; this city — ------
while the others ure repatriations of I On the
REBUKES WILSON.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug.
14.—“I do not believe that the
men of Tennessee will surrender
honest convictions for political
expediency or harmony,” Speaker
Walker of the Tennessee House
of Representatives declared in a
telegram to President Wilson..He
was replying to a message from
the president last night urging
the Tennessee House to concur
in the action of the state Serrte
in ratifying the suffrage amend-
ment.
expenses.
Resposibility With Democracy.
”A grave responsibility rents with
the Democratic party" said Governor
Cox. •'Through its policies and con-
duct it must render good faith in be-
half of the nations. of the soldiers of
the war, and to our allies who helped
to achieve victory. It is not a parti-
ANOTHER BOSTON REPUBLICAN TRICKERY SUFFRAGE FIGHT REDS TIGHTEN CORDON
BANK INVOLVED WARMLY ASSAILED BY TAKES ON HEAT
NTW-sTATE 'POLISH PEACE DELEGATION READY
WL. HER |
FORECAST |
In a recent 4000-mile trip across the
entire country from Vladivostok to the
border, the Associated Press
this year than previously, from which
he deduces an increase in juvenile
workers. Connally said the increase in
Piecsnidbe tnken away from her,and
it will be. 11 aces not belong to ber.
"wonzi withheld from his, wife othe
news of his surrender by his hond::
men He telephoned to ber before
coin* to jail that he was remaining in
Boston ddrm* the night to go over his
bboks with an auditor.
- Mrs. Ponxi reasserted her faith in
her husbend. . ,. . 1 ...
"He is honest, she said, and I win
■tnv bv him to the end."
The second of the two petitions that
have been filed to have Ponxi adudzed
bankrupt was pending in the Federa
-court tday. The three latest.pet u,tai
1 era holders of Ponzl’s notes for a total
■ of "s2828. asked that two partners of
Ponz, John H ib-ndero of Medford and
Guglielmo Bertolotti of Parma, Italy,
also be adjudged bankrupt. .
A petition for a receiver to admin1s,
terAPonrs affairs also has been filed
1215sTATHEAA“
AaKTE-
Peasants Refusing to Plant.
The apportionment of food aa well as
the relative proximity to the military
headquarters, apparenty is a vital
factor in maintaining soviet support
Everywhere through Siberin one hears
stories that the peasants are refusing
Ito plant their fields or raise stock
because of repeated requisitions.
Throughout the central part of thia
eastern region, where the military op-
pression has been largely eliminated,
efforts are being made to establish
card systems for the exchange of man-
ufactured goods in return for agricui"
IN SPEECH AT SPUR
111 UI —lVEI "■ -l-House, where, they admitted, they ex-
’ pected to face more determined
---------- opposition.
Neither house was in session today;
Fast Trxns—Tonight and Saturady
ago. "The state factory major’s of- partly cloudy'; warmer in north por.
X nS1 ahtgderreopt,caeeanera on "owesndg-partly etondy.wnrmet
oven the ■ T- -".2Panhandiee Sunday partly eloudy.
By Associated Presm. . ,
HOUSTON, Texan, Aug. 14ud
H. T. MeCabe, former judge of Evaide
county and a lawyer for ten vearant
Bosenberg, died August 1» at Han
Luis Potomi, Mexico, according to word
received here. A wife and a daughUr
residing her* and a son la Tempige
survive.
Insistent Suffrage Heckler
ers.
The arrest of Brightwell and his, coal a
assitants came as part of th* extenziof Americn S0 the
slvc investigation by the authorities of I’ threaten .
Ponzi's affairs and of other companies
offering high rates of interest on In-
vestments. The Old Colony Foreign
Exchange Company was organized
July 1® under a deed of trust, with
of-rhrec0oorhocners of the Old Colony
Eorecen secmrzan'khanes
Copany. had their morning meal in
the Charles street Jail, prisoner o'
the commonwealth in default of.350.000
bonds each. samueizornesaidtpohe
an employe of the Old Colon!, .
eign Exchange Company, was at head
quarters awaiting AhearinKonna
charge of larceny of $500 from person:
unknown. He also had spent the night
in.sdlehree officers of the company
who were held are Charles M. Briehi:
well president and treasurer of ‘he,
concern. Raymond Meyers, officeman;!
X sn<t Fred Meyers, sales agent.
The Movers are brothers. Then men
The. held on technical charges of
larceny of $500 from personsgonknaun:
pon representation of Albert l ur
Witz assistant attorney Keneralsthat
^T^^SSroI
Nature of Lengthy Note From
Fonzi claimed assets of about $ .
000.000.
Going After Concealed Funds.
In this connection Mr. Pride saidi.,
“I Im inclined to beleve that a great
deal “P money colleced by.Ponzi and I
In* to know hew Mr. Bailey stood onwa s..u -- ..— — ----
-- ™ -umm
discussing the action of the Legisla- to comment on the probable tenor of r-------•
san affair. The campaign this year
ft not a contest for the triumph of a
IN PONZI CRASH DEMOCRA TIC NOMINEE
—•— , - 4 -----—
vocates and opponents, however, were _L g -1.
busy attempting to secure eleventh-
hour pledges of support from members By Associated Press. « .
of the House who remained in Nash-1 TERIJOKI, Finland, Russian Fron-
Vthevkrothe wi*rendnyene Mondaytier, Aug i.—Developmentofthe
afternoon at 1 o’clock. House leaders soviet government in Russia has been
SPUR, Texas, Aug. 14.—Mr. Bailey’s considered a vote on suffrake Monday sueh that today the vast Russian ter-
x^bymrrn wit ""
a strong voice who persisted in want- J Monday night to consider it, and it the attitude ot th* people toward bol-
■ --------‘ “ said today that no effort would be shevinm.
It is probable they will start soon
afterward toward Siedice. This side
of Sledice, the delegation, which will
show white flag*, will meet soviet
representatives, who will escort the
Poles, probably, to Minsk. All the
delegate* will take with them blankets
and food eupplies, as those who have
been within the bolshevik lines say
there is a scarcity of provisions there.
Arrangements have been made for i
newspaper correspondents to start
Saturday ami overtake the delegation
It th* moviet government approves th*
names of the men selected here.
sinner, recently reported that approxi-
mately 1.05® more permits had been
1 issued in the past year to children.be-
tween the ages of 14 and 1« than In the
year previous,
Kansas and North Dakota report
RUSSIANS NOW
WITHIN DUZEN
MILES OF CITY
Warsaw) and Plonsk (1« miles west of
Ceseation of Hostilities th* Firu Nnrwikaa ahout 2"
Thing Moscow Government nouncen that the preliminary attacks
Must Do.
□ •
by creditors.
Bank Examiners Busy.
Examination of the boksy,o chief1
Hanover Trust Company. Ponz chi
depositary and In which he was a
AtOkhoider and director.,wascocomn.
iied. today by members of „BanKn wmo
missioner Allen's staff, Mr Allen, wno
H.”d the Hanover Trust Company
Mat Wednesday. In a statement into nd-
ed to reassure depositors in that In
*titution and in other trust companies,
saldicting has developed so far to
lead me to beleve that the depositor.
wi "Ge one dollar. The Hanover
Trust Company. Is th® only trust com:;
Tny in New England that is Involved
In Ponzi’s failure.” __ .
The financial district was concerned
yesterday when a small run wasmade
on several trust companies, due. it was
said, to reports that other financial
“citations would be involved, 1n
Ponzi's affairs There wan no indi-
cation today of a continuance of such
withdrawals. - „ ... ...
The attorney general s office has
been engaged in a study of the legal
statutes to determine whether action
may be taken to compel all persons
who had cashed their notes on Ponzi,
matured and unmatured, to turn the
money back Into a common fund for
equal distribution among all note bold-
Private Institution With Deposits Cox Charges Hardingites With:
Fighting Behind “Smoke
One sign of autumn days has
hit Austin already.
This is the person of the low-
ly cricket.
'Thousands of these "pesky
critters" are swarming in the
gutters on Congress Avenue, al-
most two months earlier than
they did last year. Not yet in
the great multitudes as of the
fall of 1919, however.
Old-timers expressed the view
Saturday morning that this city
is going to have an early winter
as a result of this premature in-
vasion by the cricket hordes. One
of them “opined’’ that it meant
a frost before the end of Sep-
tember. How near right his
guess is remains to be seen. An-
other old-timer stated that the
invasion was merely due to the
rainy weather of the past week
which had forced the crickets
from the fields where they were
I threatened with drowning.
charge of the affairs of the Polish
Industrial Association conducting a, uraUca-IC p.........— ------ -
private bank at 37 Cross street in this | charging that "millions and millions"
city. Henry H. Chmielinski, president I were being raised in campaign con-
of the Hanover Trust.Companysotheltributions.
chief depositary of Charles 1 onz , The governor loosed his attack in
which was closed last Wednesday, an address here at the West Virginia
the- commissioner. Is president of the Democmtie convention. It was his
Alen salathat cirst pnowedtconiht
thevopnraxuberassoalatranacnere wan by.anoiher address made to the genera!
virtually no cash left. He said its
affairs were hopelessly interwoven
with those of the Hanover Trust Com-
pany. The capital of the association
is 313,775 and it had deposits of about.
$350,000. - . . 1
The financial ship that has been
piloted by Charles Ponxi was high and
drv on the rocks today and Federal
and State officials made determinedel-
forts to salvage the cargo of .millions i
of dollars entrusted to Ponzi by thou-
sands of investors in his "fifty per cent
By Associated Prows.
MILWAUKEE, Win, Aug 14—Owing
to the condition of the health of Grace
Lusk, th* Waukesha school tedcher
who was hentenced on June $1, 1617,
to nineteen yeAr*' Impttwonment At
Waupun for the murder of Mr*. David
Robert* a* the aoquel of a love tri-
angle, her father, Dr. A. P. Lusk of
Mosinee, began etep today seeking to
obtain a commuation of her sentence:
In a latter to the Milwaukee Sentinel
he stated that uhless his daughter is
given her liberty soon she will not live
long. He said she was suffering from
the two wounds inflicted on herself
and that an acute attack of neuritis,
experienced during her attendance at
the Stat* university. Wss spreading to
her entire system in her confinement
in prison and that she is becoming
; practically helpless.
or near the conclusion.
The hardest trip of the campaign Ur ..... wrp.e -U
wax made by Mr. Bailey to keep his family meet the high coat of living,
• • “ After his two-and- the pulling power of higher wages and
Plainview , scarcity of adult labor together with
nursuay eve.- ------n ei*n । the discovery by employers that women
mobile ride of 105 miles in the dark and children often could take the place
and not arriving until 2:30 this morn- of men were cited by Mr. Brown
Ing The ride was often through mud among reasons for a similar increase
and water and over the roughest in chiid labor in other parts of the
bumps, midway between Plainview and United States.
Floydada his car got stuck in a mud- Minnesota officials report that child
hole which was surrounded by a lake labor is nearly doubled in that state. — -—-- 0-. ___
of water The place would have been The greatest increase, they say, is, ants beause..thnie,
impassable in 'he black lands. These among children of the “white collar”
Westerners got out in the water and class whose parents have been forced
with ropes soon extricated the car. . by rising prices to permit their chil-
At Floydada a 9 o’clock supper was dren, to work. About 3,000 under 14
enjoyed. Yielding to importunities. Mr iyears of age are now at work in Min-
Bailey made a brief talk there to a j nesotn.
crowd in front of a moving picture Wisconsin statistics on child labor
{show. He merely urged good citizen- for the year are not yet tabulated but
ship, the voting of the Democratic officials say enough returns are In to
ticket and adherence to the principles indichte a c-.m.....
of our fathers. His only reference to previous years,
the campaign was to say' he did not
want the office of Governor, that he
was running to be of service to the
people to end the rule of the politicians Connall
and restore the government to the (
people. If he was defeated, he declared
I be would be better off bark in his law
Screen” in Attempt to Fool
American People ; Alleges At-
tempt to Buy Government Con-
trol.
can markets for Italian accounts ac-
cording to an official report received
here today from Rome. British brok-
ers. the report dated, grant mre lib-
eral credit and chlefy far this reason
bolshevik hystem, ----- .
1100 a month.
state Labor Comminsioner Claure E. pnaysw EEKn o ,h_
1y of Okinhoma mys more Vlo- and Invitation* for <• xp!oitaton orithe
Intions of chia labor law* have teen natural resources bX.’orekn.capitat
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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