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Show THE RULE OF WHIP IS Notes News From All Parts of UTAH BLAST STIRRING SOUTH MOROCCANS WITH EQUIPPED MODERN ARMS OFFER BATTLE SANGUINARY GAS EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY BOTH BLACK AND WHITE IS CLAIMED CAUSE CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNEASY OVER INCREASING OUTBREAKS IN UNITED STATES Germa Riots Kill Six, Dozen Others Dangerously Wounded In Fighting at Datteln Westphalia Known Excitement Runs High In Georgia City as Result of Another Whipping Incident: Governor Hints of Martial Law. Madrid. Spain lias lost 140 men in one of the most sanguinary battles of the Moroccan war at Tlfermla, according to private messages received here from Morocco. The firing is contin. Uing along the entire battle front. To the right and left of the battle line the Spaniards are holding their ground against the attacks of the Moors, who are equipped with the latest modern arms, but the center of the Spanish front is losing ground. The commanding general, who arrived at the buttle line, according to the Spanish undersecretary of war, aid it is doubtful whether the Spanish troops will be able to hold the ground, as the conditions under which they are fighting are extremely bad. Kemmerer, their Wyo. Fighting way through the partially dismantled portions of Frontier mine No. 1 of the Kemmerer Coal company, one mile from here, scene of an explosion shortly after 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, rescue workers had brought out alive thirty-seve- n of the 138 miners entombed by the blast. It is feared that 100 men, still unaccounted for, have perished. It is the concensus of opinion among the rescue workers at the mine that the tragedy was the result of a gas explosion followed by both white and black damp. Some of the rescued miners claim to have seen a tongue of flame shoot from the extreme low levels when the blast occurred, while others were of contrary opinion. There was no official announcement made to the cause of the disaster. esThe down town undertaking tablishment and the I. O. O. F. hall to which the bodies of the dead nun. ers were brought from the scene of the disaster were crowded Wednesday with relatives and friends seeking to establish the identity of their loved ones. As yet there is no nuthentic list of either dead, rtissing or rescued, due to the great confusion which preAuthorivailed since the explosion. ties said they had not been able to make a completely accurate check on the employees wis.) were working in the mine when the blast came. A first aid station was established at the mouth of the mine, and as the survivors came out they were given emergency treatment. A corps of six doctors, twelve nurses and Bed Cross workers remained at the portal throughout the day. In the mine, the crew of car No. 2 of the United States bureau of mines assisted res. cuers and directed in first aid to the victims who had been overcome by gas and smoke. The rescuers passed through the workings as hurriedly as possible, searching only for the living. The dead were found scattered throughout the main slope, but their bodies were not touched until 9 o'clock Wednesday night, when the task of bringing them to the surface began, after hopes were abandoned of finding any more men alive. Indications were that those who had survived had taken shelter In rooms off the passageways through which the smoke and gas from the explosion swept, and either had lain on the floor or bratticed off areas which were kept free from gas. Scores apparently had thrown down their tools and rushed from the rooms only to be met by almost instant death as the wave of gas enveloped them. The bodies of rarly all the victims were blackened as if by dense smoke. As rapidly as they were brought to the surface they were taken to the morgue, where they were Identified and preparations made for burial. OF MINE HEAVILY TO MOORS ' NEPHI, UTAH S, Big Events in the lives of Little Men KEHHERER SCENE SPANIARDS LOSE TIMES-NEW- Berlin. At least six persons were killed and more than a dozen dangerously wounded Saturday in conflicts between communists and police in the Ruhr. At Datteln, Westphalia, where severe rioting occurred Friday, there was renewed fighting when police charged a communist meeting in the center of the city, which was called as a protest against the arrest of the leaders of Friday's communist outbreak. Many Idle At Harvest Fails Chicago. Unemployment, almost forgotten in the recent wave of prosperity over the Middle West is again Increasing. Chcago's West Madison atreet labor market for the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi valley ections is teeming with thousands of men in search of work. Employment agencies report "jobs are practically Black rust in the unavailable." wheat fields of Minnesota and the Dakotas is said to be one of the chief reasons for farm laborers returning to the cities. Many farmers, too, are refusing to pay high wages and hundreds of "hands" have abandoned their pilgrimage from Canada in the wake of the wheat harvest. Okla-'horii'a'- to Sues Henry Ford Herman Bernstein, author and editor of Jewish publications Saturday filed a $200,000 libel suit against Henry Ford and the Pear-bor- n Publishing company. The suit la based upon an article, "A Glimpse International Politics," of Jewish which appeared in the Dearborn Independent in August, 1921 ,and upon a news dispatch from Detroit the following January, in which Ford was quoted as saying he got the material for the article from Bernstein during the voyage of Fords "peace ship," the Oscar II. Editor New York Buying Campaign Boost Wheat Omaha, Neb. John I.. Kennedy, chairman of an Omaha committee of business men, organized some time ago to conduct a "buy wheat and flour" movement, designed to boost the price of wheat for the farmer. Issued a statement Saturday declaring that the buying campaign was laving a noticeable effect in Nebraska, a9 wheat, since July 20, had advanced In price 8 cents per bushel. In the state. He added that there had been an increase of less than half this amount for December at Chicago. Death Toll Reaches Ninety. Five; Rescuers 'Penetrating Walls Of Debris Thrown Down By of Heavy Explosion Lightning Causes Huge Fire Houston, Texas. Two tanks of the Humble Oil and Refining company at the tank farm at Webster " miles south of here were afire Friday and the Kepubllc Production company's gusher on the Dolbear tract in the miles east of here. Is Hull field burning. They were struck by light ning Thursday. The loss to the tank and to farm Is estimated at the gusher $S,000. 2-- Brief Denounces Miners' Union Washington. Attorneys for the bituminous oieratorg special committee Saturday submitted to the United States coal commission a valum-lnou- s brief condemning the United Mine Workers of America, the checkoff system and the closed ship. The to visit the commission was lnvt-nonunion coal fields of West Virgin-l- a and satisfy itself that conditions there were not as bad as private Investigators had painted them. " Chinese Captives are Irish Priests Hankow, China. A message from St. Xavler's college Indicates that the two priests kidnapped by bandits at Tsaoshlli are Irish, not Italians as first reported. Their names are given as Michael McHugh and Daniel Ward, both belonging to the Irish Catholic mission. They wers missed after the outbreak. Bitter Rioting In German Town Berlin. one man was killed and Thurs twelve communists arrested day as a result of bitter rioting In Arnstadt when monarchists attempt, ed to prevent printing of a commun ist newspaer. Other minor disor ders were reported from many dla trlcts, but on th whole the Intor. seemed ro he national slttmtlon clearing as Chancellor Stresemann's new government began in earnest Its work of pacifying the republic and against building up its defenses France. High Voltags Line Kills Two Park City, Utah. James Ilealey, em. 42, 5.1, and John Wolscmarger ployed ljr the Hamilton-Hprasu- e Construction company of Denver, were electrocuted irt a point one mll- north of this place about 4 O'clock Saturday afternoon when the torch they were using to dry out a Sixteen-foo- t drill hole come In contact with an electric cable carrying Both men were killed 4 4.0M volts. nutrl.'ht their bodies terribly burned current. hv the Loan Mads for Texas Cotton New York. A New York banking srndlcste headed by the Seaboard National bank, and Goldman, Sache A Co. Wednesday completed arrangements for Bureau Cotton association for tlm mimosa of assisting In the orderly marketing of the cotton crop in that state. While the amount of the loan was not disclosed. It is tin derstood that It will total at least and may be substantially more, depending upon the size of the crop. high-pow- er GmZENS ATT HOODED MAKES BAND ONE MAN NEAR DEATH AS RE. SULT OF GENERAL MELEE IN ran high Macon, Ga., Excitement Monday when Macon awoke to find another man had been kidnapped by the flogging gangs which for two weeks have been striking terror to the heart of this entire community. The latest victim had not been located early Tuesday. The latest flogging, with a negro as victim, led to the arrest of three white men, brothers, who are being held in jail without bond. OIL TANK BLAST The men gave their names as S. K., C. P. and J. C. Hudson. This district has witnessed two UP CITY lynchings in the past ten days. Adjutant General Charles H. Cox, spent Monday in Macon investigating the situation but refusing to make an announcement until he confers with LARGE UNDERGROUND VAULT Governor Walker at Atlanta. He hintEXPLODES AS RESULT OF COMBUSTION ed, however, that martial law will not be declared at present. Flogging after flogging had been Fears Felt for Safety of Nearby reported recently. Frequently recurring outbreaks of Homes; Loss Will Run Into the nation mob violence throughout Many Thousands of have caused officials of the Coolidge Dollars idmlnistration to consider enactment if legislation making these offenses a ?rime against the federal government. San Pedro, Cal. A large underof four states W7ith governors ground oil tank owned by the General alarmed by mob uprisings and martial Petroleum company exploded here in one locality. Presilaw Friday morning at 9:25 oclock. The dent proclaimed was reported deeply Coolidge comblast was caused by spontaneous concerned by the apparent increased bustion and shook the entire city. The for law and order. llsregard one barrels million Approximately and other government ofiresident of oil is burning. ficials were said to be considering the Fears for the safety of three ldvisability of enacting an anti-mo- b of near a andnumber tanks The probill in the next congress. by homes are felt as the tank shows posed legislation would apply not only signs of boiling over and running to lynch mobs but to all organizations down the hillside. The tank is loof masked men who take the law "into cated at Twenty-eight- h and Gaffey their own hands." STREETS Illuminated Crosses Carried on Cars In Procession to Meeting 'Place; Crowd Heckles Members O. One man near Stubenville, death and fifty are injured as a result of a spectacular battle in the streets of Stuebenvllle Wednesday night. Between 3O00 citizens and 100 members of the Ku Klux klan were Involved. The fighting is said to have been an outgrowth of Tuesday's city primary election, in which four Jilan candidates were successful. The mob of citizens attacked the klansmen as they were coming out of a meeting hall shortly before midnight. Darwin L. Gibson, said to have been watching the melee, was shot and is not expected to live. The klansmen caused a stir when they drove into town from Wler-to- n, W. Va. They were in a caravan of twenty-filautomobiles ond carried The procession luminated crosses. went direct to the klan meeting-place- . ive A crowd soon outside gathered the the hall find began hecking The klansmen as they came out. clash followed. Several member of the mob were said to have had fire arms, but they were armed largely with stones and clubs. Raise Fund for Flood Sufferers Salt Bake City liaising of a re lief fund of at least $75,000 to im of mediately relieve the suffering those left destitute by the flood in Its million-dolla- r rampage got under way Wednesday afternoon, when the special committee appointed by Governor Mabey and headed by W. W Armtsrong met in the governor's of fice and effected organization. Frank B. Cook, a member of the committee and president of the Utah State Bankers' association, will send out members of that a letter urging body to contribute liberally. streets. Early reports declare the loss will reach several hundred thousand dollars and mby be larger if other tanks are ignlted. The burning tank Is directly beneath Fort McArhur. The military post, however, in" not in danger. , All of ths fighting apparatus in the harbor district was summoned to the scene..' Tetrole-jOfficialsj of the General company could not be reached in an effort to determine the exact amount of oil in the tank. The estimate of a million barrels was made by Battalion Chief Jack B.aly. The tank is one of the largest oil tanks in the district and is used to store crude oils awaiting shipment coastwide or offshore on the General Petrolerrm's fleet of tankers. Coal Commission to Fight Strike New York. The federal coal com mission Thursday afternoon launched its efforts to avert an anthracite Having call of the miners and operators, deadlocked on the commission wage negotiations, met first with the workers, planning later to go into a separate session wlh the employers. strike on September ed 1. together representatives Officials Forbid Klan Meeting Kim Klan Steubenville, O., Ku meetings were under ban here Monday. Any attempt to hold the countv -onclave scheduled for next Thursday stopped by the aunight will be thorities according to Blane Harter, chief of police. The order, Harter said, is to prevent possible recurrence is Antiklan sentiment of rioting. 3trong here and resulted in street 'ighting last week following the pri- tiary election. m Lost Ship Puts into Harbor Manila, The British steamer Ming 5ang, which was reported sunk in the longkong harbor during the typhoon arrived here safely Monday norning after a tumultuous voyage, ler officers reported that the vessel pen to sink in Hongkong probably Loon-.as the British steamship 'anir. The Loons Sung Is a ship of inch the s:ime type as the Ming Sang nd might have leen mistaken for her. Saturday, Auto Plunge Fatal to Girl Ogden, Utah. One girl was killed and a girl and a boy are believed to have been fatally injured when a cai in which they were riding at 1 :3C o'clock Friday morning turned ovei at a short turn west of the Uinta miles southeast frotr school, five here. In addition, four others wert The party met at a leca: injured : dance hall and decided to go for au automobile ride. They rode to Uinta and the accident happened shortly after they had started the return fot home, Orville Nordqulst was at the wheel as It turned the curve. It 1? assumed that he turned the car toe sharply with the result that it toppled over and rolled over an embankment about 100 feet to the floor of the canyon. Miss Opal Farnlund, who was killed, was a daughter of Mrs Sarah Farnlund Walker of 2L"S Lincoln avenue. She was a musician and a member of the Ogden Ladles' band. t Negroes Route White Man Coldsbnrg. N. C, A negro moh was ormed eighteen miles west of here, 'unday night "to get" Bobert Hood, bite farmer, who was acquitted by a kroner's jury here Thursday of the i'ling of John Grantham, negro. The filing was held to be justifiable omicide. Hood was Informed of the nt"ntions of the moh and left the ountry. "overnor Bryan Flihts Coal Dealers Lincoln, Neb., State competition in Lincoln "or the municipal coal-yar- d nd for private coal firms nnd dealers broughotit Nebraska Is threatened by Governor Brynn, who announced Mon. 'ay that he bus almost completed for supolylnjr coal to Itles, villages and local public con. nlttcs to be s dd below the prevail-n- g prices. Ten Drown When Launch Sinks St. Paul. Minn.. Only one body bad Sren recovered fo'.lowlni the drowning f ten persons who were in an outing In the Mississippi river near The South St. Paul Sunday night. launch, filled with men, women and -hlldrnn. sink without warning. There were no survivors. France's Reply to British Complete Paris. France's reply to the British reparations note has been com. pleted. It was learned from the for-Ic- n office Friday. It will be sent to Brussels and It probably will reach London Monday or Tuesday. Cloudburst Wrecks Canyon Homes Denver, Colo. Inundation of the lowlands along the Platte river nt Duisberg Fined for Explosion The Belgian authori Littleton. Valverde and Jerome Park, Dusseldorf. ties it was announced Thursday. a suburb adjoining Denver on the have Imposed n fine of three billion south, Thursday night, following n marks on the city of Dulsburg as a cloudburst in Platte canyon, forced the bomh explosion on a hundreds of residents to flee from penalty train near that city late In June. Ten their homes, interrupted telephone Belgian soldiers were killed and two communication, washed out the apscore others injured. proach to at least one bridge and for a time caused a flood panic in the river bottom lands. The waters sub. Appropriate for Ktmmerre Relief how. New York. Officials of the United sided shortly after midnight, Mine Workers of America gathered ever, and aside from debris littered flooded for wage negotiations with anthracite banks and in some instances roads, and Impassable basements Thursday, appropriated operators the distress of there were little evidences of the high $10,000 to relieve members In the mine explosion at 'waters early Friday. No loss of life vas reported. Kemmerer, Wyo. fr Residents Named In Charges resiGa. Thlrty.five Savannah, dents of Savannah, including leaders Ufa. and professional in business were under arrest Thursday In the roundup of tin alleged gigantic ring of prohibition law violators. Thirty others, indicated by a federal grand In Jury, were sought by officials connection with the liquor deals. Members of the alleged ring were iicrused of conspiracy to Import and thousands of gallons of distribute liquor. Robber of Bank Teller Captured Dnever, Colo. A bandit held up G. S. Simons, teller of the Union State bank In the banking quarters Friday, forced Simons to gather up nil the currency In sight and ran from th building with $".0(1. As the bandit sped through crowds In the business district he soon found he was being overtaken. The robber sprang onto an express truck. He was overpow. brisk fight err d and captured after with officers. Korean Storm Takes Toll Toklo. Advices received her Mon. day from Semi said that ft 1.1 person are dead 'and more than a thousand missing at a result of the, recent tidal waves and storm in the four The provinces of Korea. damage to houses and other property The storm was also was great. heaviest along the Ynlu river on the ! ; I r. The first west coast "f Korea. port of the storm received here on August 1". said tidal naves submerged 2.",000 ho;ises. f ! Provo. An expenditure of $44,000 for rebuilding and rerouting all tele phone lines on the east side of Provo has been authorized by officials of the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph company.' Provo. Work on the new Alpine connects which scenic highway, American Fork and Provo, via their canyons, is well under way, and by early next week the round trip can be made without difficulty. Ogden. That the motorman of a street car had started the car with such violence and force as to throw him against a seat back, thereby Injuring him internally, is alleged In the suit for $28,400 damages filed In the district court by E. C. F. Hart-ma- n Ogden. done to About damage was $1009 shaft the freight elevator, and motor in a warehouse of the Ogden Furniture & Carpet company when lightning struck the cupola of the shafthouse. Logan. First Vice President A. Robert Larsen of Sandy was elected to head the Utah State Fireman's association at the annual convention here. Moab. The highway was severely damaged by the worst flood in Grand county for several years, last week. The bridge spanning what is known as Seven-Mi- le Wash, is wrecked Salt Lake City. Dealers in Salt Lake have announced a drop of 2 cents in the price of gasoline, making it 24 cents a gallon retail. Standardville. W. R. Abbot, 38, deputy sheriff of Standardville, was accidentally shot when a gun which he was carrying exploded, the bullet passing through the groin. American Fork. By an order of Sheriff J. B. Boyd all candy whsels, punchboards and other games of chance will be discontinued in Utah county pleasure resorts. Ogden Ogden Rotary club members have planned to raise $2500 for the relief of the homeless at Willard and Farmington. Provo. A large number of the students of Professor S. W. Willaims, well known local music teacher, will appear in weekly recitals in the of the Provo high. Spanish Fork Joseph F. Skinner, Ed. Money and Elisha Warner, members of the Spanish Fork Rotary club, h.we voluntarily six constructed tables for the tourist camping grounds. Delta Louis Workman, 13 years of age, lost parts of both thumbs and parts of two fingrs when a dynamite stick exploded in his hands. Price The Modern Woodmen of Ameica have organized a lodge in Price under the direction of S. T. Query of Ogden, state deputy for the order. Logan. The Utah Agricultural college completed the fiscal year ending June 30, 302.1, with a small balance in its general fund and with every merchandising department showing a profit. Clearfield Thomas Mulr of Clearfield was severely cut on the head and arms when his automobile ran into a telephone pole. Ogden. Alwiut two million dollars worth of city improvements will be snow completed In Ogden "before flies" according to reports from ths city administration. Logan The home of the "baby Elk lodge of Utah," outdid herself here in welcoming the delegates to the state Elks' convention, which opened at the Elks' home. Salt Lake City. A charge of drivmade ing a car while Intoxicated against Gene Sullivan of Park City, was dismissed by City Judge N. II. Tanner because of Insufficient eviMoab-Thompso- dence. i P.Ingham Seven contracting firms f .1 iit.mtll.J me ir"ponea jiav. nr II'l'in uii ,1.. ed highway between Artwell station1 and Dalton on the Salt Bingham highway to the county com mlssloners. Salt Lake City Mrs. Addle Miller, of Amerlcun Fork, was struck and rendered unconscious by a street car. She whs tnken to the hospital, wiiere she received treatment. Provo.W. D. Stewart was fined $11 by City Judge J. B. Tucker on a charge of having Illegally taken Irrigation water. Stewart pleaded guilty. M Heber City. Palmer Witt, was electrocuted when th end of a telephone wire which he was stringing n wlrsi slipped over onto n Wl't died instantly. Ogden. Plans for the piping of water from the Ogden I'.ench canal, with a view to using It for the lawns of the city parks and other purposes, was ordered by the city commission. Park City Three large stills, all in operation were found and confiscated In the vicinity of Park City by federal prohibition agents. high-tensio- |
