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WEATHER: Rain or Snow Sixteen "ges Today LAST EDITION
GET $200,0
: ; . :
ES TAK
AVY TOLL
00 IN GOLD FROM U. S.W AT DENVER
.
PZARDS AND STORMS OVER GREAT
A
BIGGEST BANDIT
AID III YEARS
MDENVER.GOLD.
t hree Hold-Up Truck At Gov-1
crnment Mint, Get $200,000,
And Escape j
kHOT GUARD ON DUAY
lutier Armed Guards Fired On l'arty
Hut So Fiir As Known No One,
Hurt; Entire Police Force Ot
Denver Ensages In The Hunt
For The Bandit (Jang
Denver, Colo., Dee. 18
Three bandits today shot and
probably fatally wounded Wil
liam Havener, a federal re
serve bank guard, and escaped
Willi aliout $200,000 In gold
which was briiiR loaded on to a
federal reserve truck lu front of
tile Denver mint.
The funds were being trans-Vem-d
from the mint to the lo
cal reserve hank.
The robbers seized the cold
and sprang into an automobile.
As tlieir ear sped away armed
government guards inside the
nihil building fired from the
windows nt the robbers. The
entire Denver police force
quickly was railed Into action
tu an eBort to apprehend the
robbers.
The robbery occurred at 10:10
o'clock Just at the time when
the government employes hatl
begun to load tho gold lu the
federal truck.
u i.u.. i lu. loiullii'r was In
prog-rexs an automobile ilrove
up in Iront of the niuu uuiiu-
Ini:. Thrue, masked robbers
Jiiiii)ed from it. Before the
government employes a " "
what hud happened the bandits
ox ncd lire with rllles.
Havener fell at the first fu-i-illiule.
The govcriuiient em
ployes returned the fire, but
the robbcirs acted oulckiy.
iiii. tu i tin motor truck,
grubbed tlie bags of gold and
rMiied. While the robbery
was going on, according to wit-
iH-sstn, u second auioinoouc,
loaded with masked men, armed
with shot guns aud rilles, stood
mi ivit inim the liandit car.
apparently ready to give aid If
needed.
Micrlffa In ni'ilt'liv llltlCS
wi re iiuickly liotlUed by the po
lic In an effort to apprehend
the robbers.
At 11:30 a. in.. It. C Grant,
dlivctor of the mint, announced
i lint the bandits - had - rscanetl
with the entire consignment of
8MO.0OO for the Den. or federal
rcMTve batik. Director Grant
Mill the money was lu llfty
sacks, containing 84.0011 each.
Ii was In denominations of $."
nil In currency..
The hold-up otrurred In West
Colfax avenue, directly In front
of tin. main entrance ot the
mint.
POWNINFREESTATE
n Its Place Tri-Color of Ireland
Now Floats; Spirit Of Fra
ternity Prevailed
Iiuhlin, DpC. 18 The Union Jack
: ' ihe authority which It has sym-
iwd for so many years, today
'l Its disappearance from lre
,"!. being replaced by the tri-color
i hn Irish Free State.
The departure of tho king's gar
" n and the Installation of the
'-line troops was accomplished
'h a remarkable display of fra
' rnlty ttn(j good will. Sunday
"u-vils, cheering enthusiastically,
"'lied the British military march
' the docks with flags flying. Itich
l Mulcahy, minister of defense
the Free State government, sa
;;ed the British colors as they came
',,vn the last time.
UNION JACK HAULED!
Bitter Cold in the
Central States; One
Below at Chicago
Chicago, Bo 18 Tempera
tures lower than previously re
ported this winter In the north
west, upper lake region, great
neutral valleys, mlililio west and
gulf states awl the ltocky Moun
tain Region wore recorded lust
nlftlit and today as another cold
wave spread over the grenter
portion of tlie. Vnltcd States west
of the Apimluchlan Mountains.
The mercury In Chicago went
below zero for the first time this
season. It was ono la-low here
early today. The weather bu
reau reported the cold wave ha
a general southeasterly trend
across the middle states.
Havre, Montana, last night waa
gripped by 32 below. Other towns
In the northwest registered read
ings from 10 u 28 degrees below
zero.
Allhb tho snow in tho middle
stales partly cleared today Indi
cations were seen by forecasters
of formation of another storm
ecnuir beyond tho ltckies to
morrow udvanclng eastward.
Temperatures In North Amer
ica, last night's weather report
showed. ranged from 34 degrees
below at Medicine Hat, Manitoba,
to 74 degrees ahovo In Miami,
Ha.
50 BELOW IN ONTARIO.
Washington, Dec. 18 Temper
alure of 50 degrees below at
White Hover, Out., was reported
today to the weather bureau
which Issued a colli wave warn
ing for Now York, Pennsylvania
and New England states. Efforts
will be felt. It said, thruout the
eastern gulf states aud upper
Ohio Valley.
FROM AIR
However 1,'ress In London Does
Not Believe It Will Be By
Loan To Germany
SOMETHING IN THE WIND
But What It Is Not Yet Been Re
vealed : Im reiLsIng Interest of
America In European Situation
Basis For Foundation: Daily
News Hays Course Changed
London, Dec. 18 Those news
papers, to which the Rritlsli public
looks Cor solid and conservative
guidance, completely reject the Idea
that an American loan to Germany
iH probable or under present condi
tions, possible. These journals base
their skepticism upon long reports
from their correspondent In the
United States, who appear to have
probed important sources- of infor
mation over the week-end.
The possibilities of American In
tervention in Europe's trouble still
engrosses attention here. Two of the
morning papers reiterate, with more
or less striking embellishment, last
week's stories concerning an im
pending loan. The consensus of opin
ion, however, is "that there is some
thig in tho wind" and that there Is
a distinct possibility that America
lu some way that lias not been di
vulged will take a hand in helping
to solve the difficulties which hither
to have baffled European statesmen.
The Times, while deprecating ex
aggerated optimism, says that the
rumors of American intervention
doubtless have a substratum of fact.
The Morning Post also welcomes
-I hf.!itbviusly -iuiiixasing interest
of tho United States" and thinks
"America is beginning to realize
more clearly that sooner or later her
own industrial prosperity must be
nffected by the political and economic
conditions in Europe.
The Daily News altho it does not
regard American intervention for the
present n. more than a possibility,
s.-ivs. "It Is hichly probable that such
Intervention will change the whole
course of events in Europe."
DANISH STEATfERIS
REPORTED AGROUND
Copenhagen. Dee. IS (By The
Associated Press) The ' Danish
Steamship Lithuania, which left
New York December 6, for Danzig
and Libau with a rnnro of passen
gers, is reported aground on Bern
hold Island in the Haiti- sea.
foreign"conslls are
ordered to leave
Vladivostok, Pec. IS The soviet
government of Vladivostok, which
recently took over the city and sur
rounding territory, known as the
i.. nrereft the Consuls
of France and ten other countries to
close their consulates ana erY
Primoria within a week.
EUHOPEEXPEGTS
AID SOME KIND
WITNESSES III
HERRIN TRIAL
IlijlDED 1 SS7.3D0.ODDi
Many Threats Have Been Made
Against State Witnesses, Ac-
cording To Prosecutor
TRIAL IS RESUMED TODAY
Defense Will Try To Establish Alibi,
Scores of Witnesses Being Exam
ined Sunday By Dcfenso Iaw
ycrs; One Witness Reports
-Attempt Made to Kill Hhn
Marion, Ills., Dec. 18 With the
opening of the second week of the
trial of five defendants, charged
with murder In connection with the
llerrin riots, the state today pre
pared to present evidence regarding
the slaying of C. K. McDowell,
foreman of the strip mine, around
which the riots centered.
George Nelson, a farmer, resid
ing in the vicinity of the strip
mine, attorneys for the state an
nounced, would be the flrst witness
called to describe the killing. Scores
of witnesses for the defense were
questioned yesterday by the miners
attorneys, who have asserted they
will seek to Impeach tho testimony
offered tho state by proving alibis
for the defendants, whom state wit
nesses have Identified during the
riot.
Witnesses have been guarded by
federal authorities since their ar
rivals here.
"There have been reports of many
intimidation of witnesses," C. D.
Middlekauf, assistant prosecuting
attorney, announced. "One man
said he had been warned. Another
reported he has a brother who
looks like him and a few nights ago
when this brother went to the barn
a shot was heard and a bullet passed
close to his head.
"Witnesses have expressed fear
that they will bo Injured In person
or business If they testified, but this
fear seems to have originated in
their own mental condition rather
than in any threats that were made
to them,"
Marlon, 111., Dec. 18 "Shot down
and left to die on a lonely roadside,"
Dan O'liourke returned today to ac
cuse his assailants, five men, charged
with murder in connection with the
Herrln riot "O'liourke, who still
bears the scars of the tight, returned
from the shadow of the grave to tes
tify," It was announced by the pros
ecution this morning.
O'liourke was one of the six men
who other witnesses testified were
shot flown t the Herrin cemetery
after he had been marched thru the
town by a singing Herring mob.
- One witness told of seeing the six
dead and others desperately wound
ed on the road throo of them still
breathing and bound together by a
rope about, their necks. Another
told of trying to bring a drink of
water to two of the sufferers and
being ordered away with a curse by
one of the defendants.
The witnesses called last week by
the State told of taking 30 or 40
non-union workers from the "strip
mine" by a group of several persons,
many of whom carried guns, and of
later finding 14 dead and wounded
men In a woods about two miles away,
four others In a clump of trees
nearby; six near the cemetery, after
they had been marched thru Herrin
and out another road a distance of
several miles.
The name of a woman, Mrs. Otis
Clark, wife of one of the defendants,
waa brought Into the trial of flvo men
In connection with the Herrin riots
today by two witnesses for the state.
Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson, who
lived on a farm near the strip mine,
testified that he had seen Otis Clark,
whom he had known for thirty years,
but Mrs. Nelson said she could not
Identify any of the men In the crowd.
R. O. Greer, former mayor of Her
rin, testified he had seen Otis Clark
with the crowd near tho mine, wav
ing a gun about his head and shout
ing, "U believe in taking every one
out and stopping the breed.".
The two Nelsons also testified that
they had recognized C. K. McDowell,
the mine superintendent, among thu
prisoners and saw him led down the
road by two men, heard the shots,
after which McDowell's bullet
pierced body had been found by Mr.
Nelson. .
They described the mine chief as
limping along on a wooden leg. and
Mr. -Nelson said Clark was one of the
two men who led him away.
Mr. Greer said that he had seen
an armed crowd around the strip
mine, near which he lived, late in the
afternoon on the date the three union
miners were lfTlled and the day be.
fore the killing of twenty non-union
miners. He said there waa shoot
ing around 7 o'clock that night when
he visited the mine.
"Did you see Peter Hlller, one of
the defendants?"
"Yes, I saw Hlller that evening.
I did not see him with a gun."
Greer testified that he had re-vislt-ed
the mine next morning and had
seen 48 prisoners taken out by twen
ty or thirty armed men.
On cross examination Greer said
he had seen scores of automobiles
about the mine and that here were
many foreign license tags. He said
he recognized license tags from Illi
nois, Kentucky, Missouri and In
diana. '
AGRICULTURAL
BILL OUT: CALLS
This Is $21,000,000 More Than
The Appropriation Of
Last Year
$32,000,000 FOR ROADS
Tills Is 122,000,000 More Than In
1922; Among Appropriations Is
Money To Fight Hog Cholera,
Mollis, Beetles, Potato Warts,
Study of Birds Etc.
Washington, Dec. 18 An appro
priation of $32,800,000 for construc
tion ot forest roads and trails and
post roads as authorized under the
federal highway act is recommended
in the agricultural supply bill, for
the next fiscal year.
Tho total 887,000,000, or $21,000.
000 more than last year. Tho In
crease Is duo to the more liberal
road provision, which last year was
$10,000,000,
The bill carries $411,600 for the
eradication of the pink boll worm In
the cotton Industry.
The budget bureau left out the
annual Item of $36,000 for free seed
distribution- by senators and repre
sentatives and it was not placed In
the bill by the appropriations com
mittee. Some of tho other Items of
the measure are:
For frost warning service $12,000;
eradicating hog cholora, $1,600,000;
emergencies in fighting forest In
sects, $250,000; preventing spread
of moths, $531,000; preventing
spread of European rorn borers,
$500,000; checking the spread of the
Mexican bean beetle, $25,00v; study
ing food habits of birds and animals,
$602,240; market inspection of per
ishable foods. $275,000, and exterm
ination of potato warts, $50,000.
The committee also recommended
expenditure of $450,000 for acqui
sition of additional lands at head
waters of navigable streams, and
$48,600 for experiments and dem
onstrations in live stock production
In cane sugar and cotton districts.
For eradication ot the southern
cattle tick tho committee recom
mended $00,000 and for meat, in
spection $860,000.
Tho fund for the forit service
was fixed at $8,850,000, which was
more than was carried in the Inst
bill by $500,000.
The committee reported there
were several dangerous infestations
of timber-destroying insects in na
tional forest regions.
16 mailTlanes are
searching for aviator
Salt Lake City. Utah, Dec. 18
Sixteen air mall planes took part
today in tho search for Pilot Henry
I'.oonstraw, who left Woodward
Field here Friday morning for Bock
Springs. Wyo., and who is believed
to have been lost In a snowstorm bo
tween this city and Koek Springs.
Air mall service between Ilock
Springs and Cheyenne was discon
tinued and every plane was search
ing for the missing pilot.
CHINESE" TOTeARN
IN FORD'S FACTORIES
Detroit, Dec. . 18 The advance
guard of several hundred young
Chinese many of them fresh from
Chinese univornlties havo arrived
here today to enter the FoiM Motor
company plants for training pre
paratory to taking positions in the
Ford factory at Canton, China.
SHOOTING AFFAIR
E
Two In Hospital," Two" In Jail
And Man Who Started The
Trouble la Dodging
Charlotte. Dec. 18 W. F. Polk, 60.
and Claude Kato, 28, both of North
Charlotte, were in the hospital to
day with wounds as the result of a
shooting affray late yesterday at the
home of J. D. Long, near Mecklen
burg Mill, and Clarence Long, 30,
and his brother-in-law, 8am Keenan,
29, were both held at police station.
Clarence Long suffered a bullet
hole thru the calf of his leg, while
the two men who were sent to the
hospital were more seriously Injured.
Polk had had a bullet wound In the
head and another In the back and
Cato was shot In the thigh. Police
are looking for Jim Knotts In con
nection with the affair. Knotts was
one of the principal figures In a
shooting affray here years ago and
had recently been paroled after serv
ing seven years.
Deputy Sheriff Mosely, who inves
tigated yesterday's shooting, said
there were conflicting stories as to
just who started It, but that . Mrs.
Sam Keenan said Jim Knotts started
the trouble. There had been bad
feeling among the men for some
time It was said.
NEAR CHARLOTT
TtV ;1I M .nu- v w
L -LfiAtli, -
WASPH OF THE KKAS "liAID TO 1 1 EST" IX NAM DIEGO NAVAI, CEMETEIIY
Sixty-nine units of tho luc.ltlii destroynr fleet have been consigned to tho liavnl "'graveyard" at Hun Dlogo,
Cal., and more are slated for a similar fate. This is In accordance with the naval disarmament treaty. Klghty.
four ships will ba consigned to tho "graveyard," whiln only thirty-seven will remain In active service with Ihe
Pacific grand fleet. Practically every naval base In tho United States now has Its quota of "dead" lighting
craft slowly rotting away.
FIFTH WFFK (IFiCAPACiTY audience heard
I II I II VILLI. Ul CATDCn rAWTATA VCCTCDI.AV
NEAR AST MEET
OPENED TODAY
Three of Its Biggest Problems
Yet Unsolved, But Optimism
Holds Sway
PROGRESS BEEN MADE
Mosal Oil Beglon, Deportation Of
Grevk Patriarch And Turkish Cap
- Itnlat'ons Am Vet To Be Worked
Out And TIwmi Will Give Con
ference Much Anxiety
Lausanne, Dec. 18 ( Ily Associated
Presi Foreign Minister Tchit
cheiin, of llusoia, proposed today to
thu Near Fust lonfercnco commis
sion studying the status of the Turk
ish straits, a plan providing for an
International bourd of control on
which would bo represented Ger
many, the United Slates, France,
England, Ituly and all the states
bordering on the Black sea.
Lausanne, Dec. 18 Tho Near
East conference entered Its llfth
week toduy with three of its big
gest problems unsolved, but with
the sub-commissions to which they
have been entrusted making every
effort to reach a settlement.
Difficulties over control of the
Mosul oil region, the question of de
porting tho Greek patriarc.li and tho
status of the Turkish capitulations,
has caused the conference many an
anxious moment and thilr linal set
tlement still la hanging lire.
On the other side of their ledger
tho delegations believe they virtu
ally havo disposed of the perplexing
question ot the Dardanelles and thai
they have overcome many of the
obstacles in the way of a solution of
the minorities question.
The conference has- taken a fresh
supply of optimism from the re
ports that America Is to loan her
assistance to the rehabilitation of
Europe. ,
HOUSE COMMITTEE NOT
YET DECIDED ON COURSE
Washington, Dec. 18 Tho House
Judiciary Committee appointed a
sub-committee today to investigate
what action, If any, Bhouid be tak
en In connection with thu refusal of
Representative Keller, ltepubiican,
of Minnesota, to testify before the
committee regarding his impeach
ment charges against Attorney
General Daugherty.
The committee acted after receiv
ing a report from a sub-committee,
which inquired Into nomination and
asked tor fuvorablu action. Chair
man Campbell mid ho would call the
motion up at tho first opportunity.
Senators Wilson and Norrls, Ne
braska. Republicans, have Indicated
they will light conllrmation.
While the oommitlee -announcement
sold the vote on reporting the
nomination favorably was unani
mous, it later developed that four
members of the committer Sena
tors Borah, Norrls, Shields and
Beed, of Missouri were not pres
ent when the vote wag taken.
DESTROYERS IN NAVAL GRAVEYARD
"Hcthlehem" Presented At Auditorium Sunday Afternoon Hy
Thursday Morning Music Club; Liberal Collection Was
Taken for The Sentinel's Salvation Army Christ
mas Dinner Fund for Poor of City.
The presentation of tho cnnlata
"Bethlehem," by Paul 1111ms, (is staged
yesterday afternoon by the Thursday
Morning Music Club, under thu di
rection of William Hreaiii, was one
of the most successful musical events
that has ever been rendered here.
An audience that packed thu Audi,
toriiim from the orchestra pit to til"
very last row In the gallery, gave its
most careful attention to every mush:
phrase, and was carried rapturously
thru the lml eniitiita, heing held In
their seals until the very lust note
as sounded.
Without a doubt the chorus of
"Silent Night ' wilh liui p, chimes and
bells?, was ono selection llial In
Itself whs emmgh to inike the whole
afternoon a great succnus. .. Tim ren
dition of ItilM woiiileiliil number can
hardly be equaled anywhere. Jta ef
fect upon the nudli-ncn was mani
fested by the denihllKs stillness that
tilled the large liouso until thu lual
soft, sweet note had died away.
Tho chorus was especially good, as
were (ill of tiie soloists, and till)
orclu'strn.
Miss Nanna Johnson, with her
Ivrlc soprano voice., delighted thu
nujUcnei! In several selections. Ml
JejiHie l.upo, with her full rich con
tralto voice, ulso held them spell
bound. The duel, "The iluiliant
Star," siinif by Messrs. Jasper Dean
and William Breach, more than
pleusod. K. It. Clnpp delighted tho
audlenco with his part In "Silent
.Night" and "List! the Cherublo
Host," and tho harp, which la ever
a source of Joy to niiislo lovers, de
lighted the audience. This was played
by Miss Huth Pfohl. Tho Instru
mental trio, consisting nf Mrs. Fred
.1. Andrews, violin; S. Olgiio, 'cellist,
and Paul Lupo,- pianist, contributed
largely to the success of till) enter
tainment. - .v..:.'.,..,,..,..
The. program was .opunetl with a
nravcr liv itev. It. U. Orlbbln, lianlor
lof St. Paul's Episcopal church, and
from time to time n.'i tlie program
proceeded, he read passimes from the
scripture, emphasizing thu theme of
Hie numbers on the program. In lite
role of reader, Mr. Grlbblu was ex
ceedingly good, being neard In all
parts nt the house, and reading Willi
a clearness that nil could underatund.
The music program opened jvith
an Instrumental trio selection vand
closed with tho chorus "Klnfr Out.
Wild IJeils." The stage Setting was
most appropriate, and nothing was
lift undune that could In any way
contribute toward making tho affair
a more complete success.
During an Interlude in the per
formance, Mr. Oribbln announced
that an offering would be taken for
the benetlt of the Salvation Army
Christmas Fund. Tlia Boy Scouts,
under the direction of H. A.
Matthews, passed their hats thru the
crowd, and received a most generous
contribution.
Much of the credit for the success
ful performance should go to Di
rector William Dreach, for it was
thru his excellent work that the can
tata, was so admirably staged and
executed, but the individual artists
deserve much credit.
Beside the chorus, the soloists, and
the instrumental trio, there were two
others who had iiiueli to do with the
success of the program, they tiro Mrs.
It. S. Ualloway, who was nt ilia piano
much of thu time, and Htuvn Mor
tiHi'ttn, who played tho chimes.
Thu crowd left the theater yester
day afternoon furling Inspired by the
program, iind with hearts full of
Chi UIiiiiih cheer, Many In the great
nuilieiieie- pressed - Ihe hope that
they would have tlm privilege of at
tending ug.-ilii next year Junt Biich nn
Inspiring euiniuuulty tin latum iiiii
slcalu. I'nder Sentinel Auspices
The oecuslou Holiday was given
under the ausplcen of Tho Sentinel
and the offering, amounting tu
$201.20, goes to this paper's Salvia
lion Army Christmas Fund,
JURY MUST PASS ON
WOMAN'S INNOCENCE
Mount Holly, N. J.. Doc.. 18Jufl
tlce Kallsch today denied a motion
of counsel of Mis. Doiia llruiiuii tu
IimitiIk the charges HKiilnst her In
connection with the killing of "llon
est" John T, liriinen, carnival own
er. Justleu Kullai'h said that altho
the testimony In this case was very
meaner as far as Mrs. lirunun was
concerned, the ipieetlon must be
settled by the Jury.
TlWillED
DEATH
E AKRON
Four Others Seriously Burned;
Were Spending Week-End In
- Cottage Near Lake
Akron, O , Dec. 18 Three promi
nent Masslllon men, one of them a
city oiniial, were burned to death
and four others were seriously in
jured early yesterday when flames
destroyed a cottage In which they
were asleep at Little Wadsworth, on
the Portage Lake Hiservolr, south
of here.
The dead are: Harold Wald, 37,
rlty engineer, of Mneslllon: Erank
Wagner, LI), of Masslllon; Leroy
Hodgson, 28, of Maimlllon.
(Jeorge W. Williams, well known
lawyer of Masslllon, Is the most se
riously burned of the four survivors.
Two other attorneys, Walter Holt,
28, and Elston Wfer, 38 both of
M.-issillon, are suffering burns and
other injuries.
The fire Is believed to have been
caused by a defective flue. The light
structure of tlie cottage soon be
came a blazing furnace, walls cut
ring off i scape of the men who were
asleep on the second floor. Holt, who
was on the second floor, escaped by
climbing out of tho window and
tried unarvallingly to rescue the men
who met death. The men had been
spending the week-end in the cottage.
MANY LIS ARE
LOSTINATTEMPI
KEEP LAKESDPEN
Men Who Co Down to The Scu
In Ships" Are Fighting Bat
tle With King Winter
27 ARE ADDED LAST NIGHT
Navigation On Ijiko KiiHrlor nocn
Kept Opm Vr Beyond I'siinl Tlinn
In Effort To llrltig Down Valua
ble Cargoes! Kertv Weather .
On Tim Uke, At This Time.
Chicago, Boo, l8 -(Hy The Asso
ciated Pris) lluttllng foot by foot
thru towering seas and (reusing
piny tho men who do down to tlm
sea In ships are fighting an epochal
battle across ley waves of Lake Su
perior to keep navigation open far
beyond Its usual lime and bring
down the lakes tlie hud cargo of tho
year.
Already the fliiht has claimed It
toll of ninny lives and before the last
nip tins neen seeouiuen inror ooen
given up tor lost that toll may be
greater.
Nearly a down died a few days
ago when a Canadian steamer was
dashed to pieces within a stone's
throw of eafety at the mouth of the
Portage Lake ship canal.
I .ut night 37 more were added to
the probahlo death roll when sur
vivors of the tug Uvllano. wrecked
last Wednesday on I.lzjtsrd Island,
reached Hault Hi". Marl after almost
Incredible hardships.
Navigation nn the tipper lakes
usuuly closes December I, This year
II wnn decided to keep the waterways
open until Doconilier lf because tho
coal and mil strikes had cut down
the coal shipped to the northwest
and delayed ths eastern movement
of grain.
As a result nine , big freighters
loaded with grain $28,uO!),OuO
worth of ships and cargo are light
ing their way down Luke Superior
toward that graveyard of gallant
vessels and will put In at lluffalo for
winter storage.
At Kaglu Harbor. Clrnnd Murals,
WhiteiiKli point, Detour, Alpena,
MiU'klnnc Island and Munlatoqul na
val operator are keeping a tireless
vigil guiding tliu freighters thru tho
night with radio compass nlgiiulK and
waiting for the cull for help which
iiui v come
The story 'of the fight of the lug'
Re! la urn, oiviuid by the Superior
l'apur Company, of Ha.ii It Hie. Muiie,
wern told yesterday when the seven
survivors reached the Soo, The big
tug with a crew of fourteen and
twenty-two passengers was riaehedi"
pieces on III" rocks of lonely l.izsai'd
Island, 71. miles north of Point Aim
Pius, the western entrance tu the St.
Mary's river and 12 miles from liui
ret,., ..nlnln nn.l II II tm.b
on., boat and Mr, and Mia. John
llui ten. cooks, and seven others took
the other.
The raptnln's boat has not been
accounted for. but the other, after
drifting several hours In the storm,
llmilly was blown ashore on the On
tario mainland, 81 miles north of
Dululh.
Mrs. Marten was so exhausted that
the pa'ty was forced to rost 18 hour
at an Indian hut before starting the
20. mile, tram ft Inland to ths railroad.
When the railroad was reached
Mr. and Mrs. Marten were suffering
so much from the cold that they
were left st a station for medical
treatment, while the other seven sur
vivor went on to Sault Ste. Marie.
Mich. They hold out little hope for
the captain and his companions. If
the party succeeds In reaching I.Ir.-
zard Island they might find huts
there, but while game Is plentiful
they had no weapons.
1'!.- ,.r- lha iirr.,!'-ls nf Mil,
Reliance is one of the most dosolalo
apota on tho upper lake. The only
Inhabitants are woodsmen, trappeid
and Indians.
The Lizzard Islands are off the
main steamer route and are seldom
visited except by woodsmen and fish--ermen
or In the summer by an occa
sional Island boat. If tho boat carry
ing the captain und his companions
failed to reach the Island, and yet
survived the gale, may be blown In
land miles from human habitation,
It woo said. If such was the case.'
It was Improbable the 27 men could
weather the Intense cold and will not
survive long.
No Trace of Missing Men.
Bault Ste. .Marie, Mleh lkc. 18
The Tug tlrty, searching for the 27
persons missing fclnco the Tug Re
liance crashed on tho rocks off Lls
ard Island last Wednesday reached
the scene of the wreck this morning
and found two overturned and bat
tered life boats but no sign of tho
mles.ng persons.
23 Itepnrtcd Saved.
Sault St. Marie, Ont., Dec. 18
Twcnty-thro of the 27 persons who
have been missing sinca ths tug Re
liance struck on the rocks ore Lis
ard Island last Wednesday, have
been saved, according to . reports
from the tug Orey, which reached
the wreck today, .