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Show TI EE TRAIN GERMANY HALTS PLUNGES umsDCR GER TRAIN THROUGH t IF 'PLUNGES BRIDGE r..,i iraoLD IfcOUBU wsicrrf PASSEN- CHICAGO-BURLINGTO- NEPHI, UTAH S, Along the Concrete OCCUPATION FIGHT THRDUGH TIMES-NEW- c dtt, i m i v j us i MUCH PROPERTY l Heavy Rains Flood Sheridan e Sheridan, Wyo.. Swollen by rains, the waters of Big Goose and Little Goose creeks left their banks early Friday morning and dashed over wide sections of SheriScores of residents in the dan. river bottom sections began packing their belongings preparatory to movThe water ing to places of safety. ts standing one to three feet i various sections of town. Coolidge Urges Coal Commission Suggestions of the Washington, federal coal commission for enactment of legislation to deal with t nation's fuel problem will be recommended to congress by President ter-riri- Property Loss Due to Storm Is at $1,500,000; Great Damage in Council Bluffs TROOPS SOUTHERN MEMBERS Governor Walton is Skirmish Col. Key lators Orders Them to Hold World Series October 10 New York, The world's series will commence in New York on October 10, It was announced Tuesday by The first Judge Landis' office here. game will be played on that date at the Yankee Stadium. If the New York Giants are successful in the National League pennant the Yankees and Giants will alternate la playing on their fields. The Yankees taking one, three and five; the Giants two, four and six. If Cincinnati beats out the Giants, the first two games will be played In New York and the next two Jn Cincinnati. g Vandals Ransack Embassy Madrid, Vandals broke into the American embassy Monday night, The object ransacking many desks. of the thieves is unknown, as none of the documents In the desk was taken and the silver was untouched. , Raids Overflow Chicago Jails ' Chicago. More than !100 persons packed the Jails of Chicago Monday as a result of extensive dry raids staged over the week-end- . Dry Coolidge. Interest Washington, The Interstate commerce commission Thursday directed the director general of railroads to U. S. Pays France pay the French government $12S,Sf0, with Interest from August 1010, of demurrage charges Imposed during the war on shipments of pfrplane lumber, which the commisnational race of navy seaplanes. Kn. sion held were unjustified. gland and France competed aganlst piAmerica. Lieutenant RiUenhouse Armed Band Loot Dlstellery loted the successful American plane. A band of about Philadelphia, His machine attained a speed of 177 some of them masked and men, forty second on America took miles hour. bound and parsed the guards place as well as first. Lieutenant Ir- armel, Philadelphia macl!ne. At the warehouse of the ving, piloting the second company at Eddlngton, Distilling Great Britain was third. near here Thursday and escaped with from seven to ten truckloads of Repeal Booze Law, Banker's Plea A search of the warehouse Atlantic City, N. J.. Repeal of the whisky. rthowed that at least eVlO.OOO worth advocatwas amendment prohibition Of liquor had been stolen. ed Thursday before the American Hankers' association convention by Quake Refugees Reach Frisco Wnldo Newcomer, president of the More than 300 San Francisco. cvtnsll The national bank division. crowded the relatives friends and tutlon of the United States whs never President Pierce Intended to be a code of criminal pier Monday as the arrived bringing 7." refugees of the law, but was meant to lay down tlje Most of the earthquake. Japanese respective right of the national and refugees were destitute but this wai state governments, he s.Vd. forgotten in the joy of thtfr reunion friends and relatives. with Russia Threatens War Is threatenfclmln. India. Locomotive Hits Auto Stage ing war against Persia and has muss, Nev.. Six persons were killReno In ndloln. Turkestan ed S0.K)0 tnwT Heht at a Southern ed and Ing the Persian border, said advice Paolfle rallrond Injured crossing east of here There Is from Teheran Wednesday. Russian Thursday when a westbound motor much anxiety In Persia. struck an antomoblle stage. Poctors troops have seized the Persian city and a wrecking crew were sent to of En Zell. the scene. RIa to Meet Madison, Wis.. President Coolidge Friday requested the governors to attend a conference of governors at West Baden. Ind.. October 17, to meet with him Jn Washington after the conclusion of their meeting. Miles C. Riley, secretary of the West linden conference wired Bascom Slemp, secretary to Mr. Coolidge, that the governor tvould be In WaVn?ton October twentieth. OF HOUSE OF BAVARIA FACES MARTIAL LAW BECOMES GESSLER DIRECTOR OF VIRTUALLY THE GERMAN REICH MINISTER REPRE-SENTATIVE- FAIL IN EFFORT TO ASSEMBLE IN CAPITAL. U. 8. Seaplane Wins Trophy Cowes, England. America Friday won the Schneider cup In the Inter- Coolidge and Coverno-- s I E Omaha, Neb., With several families homeless as the result of the worst storm in the history of the city. Red Cross workers, headed by Miss Holyce Brown, began relief work in Council Bluffs Saturday. All Red Cross war workers were drafted into the service. Soup kitchens were established in the inundated areas in charge of the Red Cross workers. School houses were thrown open and hundreds of cots placed in the classrooms for the sufferers. The death toll in eastern Nebras. ka and western Iowa was brought to twenty with the death in Council Bluffs of Goldie Collier, 12, injured in the tornado Saturday night, and the discovery of the body of Otto J. Dudek of York, Neb., who was drowned in a creek near that city. Workers still searched for five bodies not yet recovered at Louisville who were drowned. Property loss due to the storm 4s estimated at $1,500,000. The loss In Council Bluffs will approximate $1,00,000 Nearly every bridge over Indian creek, which flows through the heart of Council Bluffs, was washed out or so badly damaged that they were condemned as unsafe. Council Bluffs streets are covered with three feet of thick mud. All business houses on Broadway except a few were forced to close. Red Cross workers have not yet sent out a call for aid and it (s believed none will be necessary. residents of the All marooned lowlands can be taken care of by people living on higher ground, it was said. ' Train service and wire communications were getting back to normal Sunday. All trains are still running on slow orders through the inundated districts. Bel-glu- win-Din- I I RAINSTORM AND TORNADO HIT Provo The Utah county commis IOWA AND NEBRASKA; RED the-susion has voted to appropriate CROSS ACTIVE of $2000 for the purpose of im- Death List Uncertain; Burlington Chancellor Explains. New.. Move by Statement that Sometimes Train Drops Into Swollen Creek; the "Fortress Requires Passengers Trapped in to Many" Day Coaches Berlin, Germany has decided to end unconditionally her weaponless and moral fight against the occupation of her economic stronghold, the Ruhr, and immediate resumption of work has been ordered In all fields of activity affected by the policy of passive resistenee. Chancellor Stresemana, making this announcement Monday night after a long conference with representation of labor, industry and the civilian populations of the Ruhr and Rhlneland , said the government's present efforts would be directed toward obtaining the release of prisoners and the return of deportees. The conference at which the decision to capitulate was made was attended by 300 Germans representIt wsis ing all political parties. unanimously agreed that Germany could hope to gain nothing by continuing to oppose France and but there was some difference of opinion on the advisability of negotiating directly with France. 'In the course of battle," the chancellor said, "it sometimes becomes necessary to surrender or evacuate fortresses because it requires too much food and too much ammunition. News Notes From All Parts of UTAH CLAIMS sw RESUMPTION OF WORK IN RUHR ORDERED; RELEASE OF (PRISONERS ASKED Casper, Wyo., Many persons are believed to have lost their lives and more than a score of others suffered Injuries, some of them serious, when Chicago, Burlington & Quint, passenger train No. 30 plungeu tn rough a bridge fourteen miles east of Casper Thursday night into Coal Creek. The wreck occurred at an isolated pot neur Lockett, and it wus not until hours afterward that some of the details of the accident became known here. The train plunged into the Coal Creek, swollen to mnny time its normal depths because of cloudbursts and heavy rains and passengers were engulfed in the raging torrent that poured through the channel, with little or no chance of escape. A wrecking crew sent from Cas-pe- r found upon arriving at the scene of the tragedy that the work of attempting to rescue those caught in the crash was practically impossible during the night because of the darkness und flood conditions. With nothing of an absolutely definite nature upon which to base a truly conservative estimate, it was believed by railroad offiieialsr that between fifty-fiv- e and sixty-fiv- e passengers on the Burlington night train bound for Denver met their death in rushing waters when that train went through a bridge and was submerged by a flood which swept down Coal creek. Four lost theiir lives in the "Casper" Tullman, while the others who perished were drowned in the day coach, smoker and baggage and exThe express cnr was press cars. completely wrecked. Engineer Spang-le- r, Fireman Mallon and Conductor Frank Ouff of Casper, are reported to have lost their lives in the wreck. The engine and tender had gone over the bridge when the collapse came and the locomotive was pulled back into a raging torrent, dragging the engineer and fireman under water. The express and baggage car, together with the day coach, were car-rie- d into the flood with the forward portion of the "Casper" Tullman nosing into the stream and drowning four in the smoking compartment. Tullman remained The "Montana" on the track and no one In this coach AH cars was injured. except the two Pullmans were submerged In the flood waters. AO T Miners Drown When Trspoed Glaaeow, - Seventy lives are be. lleved to have been lot Tuesday when a deep pit st the James Nlm-mcompany's colliery nesr Falkirk whcti flooded flooded. The wnter the pit broke throuch the walls of an adjoining pit which had not been The a'tlve pit used for years. flooded so quickly that there was n to warn the miners. 'ipportn:J!y Tb y had no han e to get to the pit bead und only one man escaped. vn ? Visitor in New President Ebert's.. Proclamation Canreads Legiscels Temporarily Freedom or Press, Speech and of Forbidding Session Assembly The Oklahoma Oklahoma City, house of representatives failed Wednesday noon in their attempt to assemble in defiance of Governor J. C. When they (Iron Jack) Walton. tried to meet "under the constitution" as they said, they were dispersed by the military. Charles S. Brice Speaker Pro-teof McAlester county, at exactly 12 o'clock called the house of represen. tatlves to assemble in the rotunda of the capital on the fourth floor jast adjacent to the legislative chamber of the house of representatives for determining whether a quorum was present. Col. W, S. Key military commander of Oklahomo City Immediately Interrupted and requesting the legislators to maintain quiet read the military order, directing that the legislators be dispersed. He stated that It was his duty to disperse them and earnestly pleadthat they do ed with the members him the courtesy of dispersing quietly and In an orderly manner. "I have my orders from the adjutant general who has received his Instructions from the governor," sntd "I hope there will be Colonel Keys. no trouble, that you will do as I ask." He read a special military order signed by Adjutant General Baird II. Markham, which "forbids the gathering or assembly of any or all of these members of the legislature at thfe state house at noon Wednesday or at any other time or place within the state during the present period of unrest on the ground that such a gathering or meeting is an unlawful assembly in violation of the provisions of the constitution and laws and calculated to bring about a breach of the peace, provoke riot and institute a reign of anarchy and blood shed." "I want all of you to move on." commanded Colonel Key. sharply. The troops stood at attention. One of the guardsmen was back of a Browning machine gim. Immediately there was a shuffle of feet and the "lawless mi," as the governor has termed them, made for the lone that was running. At 12:0S o'clock, eight minutes after the legislators had attempted to meet, the lobby was rleared and shortly after they were out of the building. Governor Walton had insisted ever since he declared martial law on September IS.' that the legislators, a "ku klut klan whom he termed body"' would not meet for the; avow, ed purpose of Impeaching Mm. While the legislators were Clin? out of the building, some of them plainly indignant for they had come miles for lust this several gmtip of girls and sta'e employees stood around, plainly enjoying the legislators' dlscomforture. ele-vat- Near Typhoon Increases Discomfort Tokyo. A nesr typhoon Tuesday of night added to the discomfort refugees of the Japanese disaster It Is reported stricken districts. th American hosppal colony at was blown down. Man May b Suicide Oakland. Calif.. Attaehes of the Movi coroners office Wednesday were en. deavorlng to penetrate the mystery shrouding the death of William 11. P.ender, well known aviator dnr ne, the war. and film director, for Guy First thought to Pate Post, aetor. have died frirn heart trouble, an an-topsy revealed death was due to poisoning wl'h all Indications, r. Miller,! cording to Coroner Grant j pointing to suicide. 1 t. Berlin, Germany Is under a limit, ed state of seige Thursday under issued by President proclamation Ebert early Thursday morning. news followed The proclamation from Bavaria that Gustav Von Kahr had been named dictator and had declared limited martial law in that state. There was every indication the is prepared to deal government severely with any attempt at Bavarian, opposition to its action Wednesday In proclaiming the end of resistance in the Ruhr. Defense Minister Gessler, under President Ebert's proclamation, is given wide executive powers, becoming virtually dictator of the German reich. Constitutional guarantees are partly suspended. The proclamation cancels temporarily laws concerning the freedom of speech and the press and freedom of assembly. Existing laws against treason, demonstrations and activities dangerous to the nation are stiffened. The nation appeared facing danger of early civil war, as both Bavaria and the Reich mobilized their forces and prepared for action. Bavaria's action was wholly unexpected and the government leaders were at first at a loss to account for it. Altliough It Is not viewed as studied affront to the central government, the manner In which It was launched was construed as a piece of censorial criticism of the way in which the Berlin government has called off passive resistenee In the Ituhr. This view prevnlled despite assertions from Bavaria that her measures were wholly prompted by the suspicious activities of the guards of Adolph Hitler, the national socialist leader, and their allied organizations. Official opinion In Berlin Inclines to the belief that Vr. von Kahr will be fully able to cope with the situation In Bavaria and that the outbreak there is unlikely to extend beyond the Bavarian frontiers, despite the noisy agitation of the factions whose classed as "super-patriots,fighting strength Is asserted to be grossly overestimated. Freighter Capsizes in Harbor Tacoma, Wash. Three men and one woman were drowned and eight others narrowly escaped death when the motor freighter Rnbaiyatt. Captain George Ryan, Seattle, capsized in 100 fathoms of water in the har. The boat a 130-tohor here Saturday craft loaded with canned goods, household goods and gypsum, sank within thirty seconds after the first The survivors list was noticed. were rescued by a lifeboat from the freighter Fultnn. Survivors declare the craft's being n top-1eav- Guard Ordered Out Ralelch, N. C.. Two companies of national guardsmen were ordered to Spruce Tine late Saturday by Morrison as a result of race The militiamen disturbances there. were ordered to protect colored employes at state road construction camrs from citizens who have banished between 7" and 200 negroes from the community because of an attack on an aged white woman. Gov-ern- Japan Capital Again Shaken occurSeven earthquakes red shortly before B o'clock Sunday Telephone messages from morning. Osaka stated tbnt the tremors caused a small panic there, although no mention was made of any actual The shocks damage being done. were sharpest at Atima, Kyoto and Kobe. It is believed the dlRturban-ce- s originated In the Inland sea. Toklo, " Spanish Prisoner Gag Brings Arrests Light Shio Adrift off Virginia Barcelona. Spnin, Men who for The Cape Inokout light. Norfolk. what been have working many years was adrift Saturday, nceordin-ship has come to be known as the "Spa- ' radio to reports picked tip at the confidence game nish prisoners" naval nlr station have been arrested by the police. j Hampton Roads and the steam Moorehend City from have For many years these swindlers The reports said Edgemoor. ship been flooding the world with heartchelns had parted and the In of ships behalf of letters appeal rending who are repre- she was drifting out to sea. fictitious prisoners, sented as requesting financial assisBleachers Collapse During Game tance so that Uiey may pay their Ten persens were Enton. Pa. and obtain possession of valufin scores suffered In lured. seriously The able bidden treasure. police cnnflsented carefully kept flies of the minor wounds and mmy were bruls names and addresses of persons from ed and shocked whn the central sec whom money might tw obtained. TV" tlon of the west, stands at Msrcbflelde colle-recollapsed rturln-thauthorities said that this record was football V Iflfsvete "hlenliorg the most elaborate work of Its kind game Saturday afternoon. ever compiled. j Ends at Constant'nople Constantinople. The British the last of su'h establishments maintained by the allies closed Wednesday night and the Turk took over all malls. Preparations f.r the formal evaluation by the allies have been completed and the famous Turkish Iron division Is soon The exodus of to enter the city. and Russians Greeks, Armenians r.ntlnues and all outward touo4 ships are crowded. ctofflce post-offic- e, Victim S'e K'an Muskogee. Okla.. S. K. t.cs':v of El'sivorih. Kan. fi!-- d suit In United Saturday States district court tieragainst tbe Ku Klut Finn, sskln" fori ln''irle h snH 1.10.000 dnmnre hi. received wbwn bo was fnrred and feathered In T'dsri ronnty In .Tnfy of Prominent Individual last yar Including Richard Lloyd J"nns. wide Iv known n" wr-f- l r"r publisher, nnJ Cbsrles B. Peters. To Is I oil operator trere msde joint dfeiv'nnf s In t''" action. proving the Hobble Creek road. Price. Adolph Caravolla was seriously injured in an automobile accident when his car turned over on the pavement near Martin. Price. Mrs. George Walters who recently arrived in Price from Texas was severely injured at the Motor company's garage by being crushed between two automobiles. Granger. Two stacks of hay were burned and a barn owned by Bert Hunter were partially demolished by a fire of unknown origin. Ogden. Confiscation of still, 1G0 gallons of liquor, and 1350 gallons of mash was made by police officers following a search on a farm at Birch Creek. Moab. E. B. Spencer for the past two and a half years superintendent of the La Sal ntionn"l forest with headquarters In Moab, has resigned from the forest service. Moab. Under supervision of Chas. Stewart state road agent, the new floor on the steel bridge spanning the Colorado river three miles from Moab is being laid. Ogden. E. H. Barlow former bishop of Holbrook, Idaho, Is in a hospital here with a double fracture of the skuII received when the automobile In which he was riding struck a calf and ran over an embankment. Pleasant Grove. During- the peach season Torty-fiv- e carloads of peaches were shipped from Pleasant Grove, In addition to two carloads of plums. Salt Lake City, Women of the Salt Lake County farm bureau directed a portion of the official county exhibit at the Utah Sate Fair the first week in October, by action of the county commissioners setting aside $600 for that purpose. Thi Is said to be the first time that women of a western state have been recognized to this extent in such an event The exhibit Is staged in a model five room house on the second floor of the manufacturers building and & feature was dally demonstrations in home economics. Mrs. A. D. Taylor chairman of the committee In charge and Miss 'Ivy Lowery, agent for 4he extension division of the Agricultural College assisted In the demonstrar tlon work. Provo, A total of 226 poultrymen of Utah county attended the poultry demonstrations . held culling in twelve towns during the past week. Logan, Sheepherders returning from their camps in the right fork of Logan canyon tell of a huge bear, believed to be a guizzly, and her cub, which have been killing many A hunt is being sheep. made for the animal. Murray, Margaret Gaufin. the daughter of C. Fi. Gaufin, superintendent of Murray schools, was severely Injured wjien she was run down by an automobile. Ogden, Mrs. Otis A. White, 70 years of age, was found In an unconscious condition In her apartment by neighbors, who were nttracked to the room by the smell of escaping gas. Gus Midvale, Adolphson, was found dead in a beet field near his home. The man committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a shotgun. Park City, J. C. Richards, alias A. R. Morton, was arrested by Depu-t- y Sheriff Joffords on complaint of Harold Pyper for passing fraudulent checks. Trovo, Mark Anderson, age 4 received concussion of the brain, and possible a fractured skull, when he ran from, behind a wagon Into the path of a motor truck and was run over. TJtah-Carb- on i Smlthfield, At a recent meeting of the Smlthfield city council an ordinance was passed creating a fire The actloa lepartment In the city. taken to give property owners more protection from fires. Park City, Street Supervisor Sam Brown has men at work cle.inlng up the side streets, thus making a decided Improvement In the appearance of the city. Marysvale, Five alleged bootleg-cer- s wera taken to Salt Laka by Mayor II. P. Mytnn, United States leputy marshal. All wera arrested st Marysvalo. No Chance for a Bet. From all accounts of grade crossing encounters we have rend we have formed the unshakable com Ictlon that locomotive can alnnys ll'-- an automobile. We've Heard Maidservants Answer, A servant will not be corrected by words, for though he understands ha will not answer. Solomon. Beggars Can't 3e Choosers. Itetter a hard time burning soft coal inn no ral at all. 1 |