The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1920, Page 1

/ ay J I ‘ See (i Ey , y | { Ls yi \ Y : ba 8 Le ( i ery \ ' THE‘WEATHER Generally Fair CK TRIBUNE [== THIRTY-NINTH YEAR (BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS ADVOCATE NEW. TRAFFIC LAWS FOR BISMARCK Magistrate Discusses: Speed Law, Crossing. Regulations and Parking Rules PRESENT PLAN OBSOLETE Officers May Require $25 Cash, Bail in Future as Results of Forfeitures Present city ordinances governing automobile. parking and traffic on tho streets of Bismarck are not adequate, in the opinion of many officials. The city speed limit of eight miles an hour is too slow for proper~han: dling of modern motor car traffic, according to opinions expressed’ by officers discussing traffic regulations with Police Magistrate E. H. Howell, after he had disposed of speeding cases in court last evening. Chief of Police Martineson was not | Present during. the discussion. One: man appeared before Police Magistrate Howel-this week to an- swer a speeding Violation. ‘He as- serted that he was not violating the ordinance, although he admitted he was going around 22 miles an hour. The practice of the police, it develop- ed, is to not interfere with cars if they are being driven with due care unless they jare exceeding 15 miles an hour, although according to law a car going 10 miles an hour is vi- Olating the ordinance just as much; as a car going 45 miles an hour. The ‘opinion ‘was expressed in the discussion that-the eight mile limit should be raised, and a new limit en-' forced to_the limit. ‘Parking Ordinance The city ordinances contain no regulations as regards to where a car may be parked in the city. Cars are now parked on’ the wrong side of the street, in the center of the street, and everywhere else, the of- ficers said.. No city ordinance states where a car can or cannot be parked. “People on foot should be prevent-| ed from crossing the ‘eorners every | which way,” police say, “Make them cross in the proper place and not cross inthe middle of the block.” | Other Changes Needed i ‘No city. rule covers the turning of cars in the middle of the block. Al larger cities prohtbit this and’ police claim the same should be done’ here. Chief of Police-Chris Martineson ‘said today, that any Bismarck* motor ists driving “cars with old license plates or fio license plates at all were due for a thip to the police court soon. hated ‘ i A car went through the city this week carrying a piece of tin, covered with, a few dabs of paint, intended to resemble a-South Dakota licens? tag. ‘Motorists’ are also warned agaiitt driving their cars with glaring head- lights,” the chief stated. Racing around the streets during the early morning hours seems to be the habit of a few people. In .as much as most of this travel is. plain joy ridingtthe police declare it shoul be stopped. The residents city are entitled to a chance to sleep, they say. ) The remedy ‘ The solution of the whole difficulty would be for the city commission to draft an entire new set of traffic or- dinances, modeled after those of some well regulated city and then put on a couple ‘traffic officers. for, about .2 month to\ get people accustomed to obeying the. new rules and generally educated to correct driving, is the opinion 6f Police Magistrate Howell, who hears ‘the cases dealing) with automobile traffic now. What the city commission will do ¢orends on what the people want. {fraffic on some of the Bismarck Sneew is uow rather heavy. At is no longer a yillage and some regulation of traffic is essential if accidents are to be prevented, officials assert. Many, Are Fined However, there. is/no laxity in en- forcing the present law. Getting beyond the speed limit on the city’s excellent asphalt streets is,a) mighty, easy thing to do. This summer many | prominent citizens have been before! the magistrate, ‘ R The police have been lenient in} regards bail for speeders, and have generally taken their word for ap- pearance in court at the proper time, but two or three men have taken ad- vantage of this and failed to appear. They will be rounded up later, the officers say, but, unless the citizens | of the city co-operate with the police| and appear for trial when asked to,! the police intend to call for $25 cash, bail. EXCHANGEBANK | STILL HANDING | ‘ QUT GOLD COIN Boston, Aug. 5.—The hundreds, of| investors who besieged the offices of ; Charles Ponzi, foreign exchange fin-| ancer, has dwindled to less: than a dozen when closing time marked tle} end of the largest day's \run sinc? he discéntinued receiving deposits. In the sever days’ run Ponzi claims that he ‘returned to depositors be tween $3,000,000 and: $4,000,000. Ponzi, smiling and seemingly con. fident of the outcome of the federal audit now being made of his books, declared that he had $7,500,000 in banks in this country, which) would more than cover his liabilities. | Attorney General Allen today se- lected Samuel Spring, an attorney, to conduct a state probe into Ponzi methods as soon as the federal audit is completed. _ Speculators did a brisk business, during the day buying notes at from ~10 to 20 per cent discount from those who tired of waiting in line. x é "| “Shadows form in our ghostly of the|’ DIAMOND MERCHANT'S SUDDEN DEATH CLOSES PAGES IN FAMOUS‘ ‘GHOST BOOK’ Sam Loftis Leaves Fortune Es- timated at ‘$2,000,000—Police Hold Girl Who Was With Him When He Died : we je STs Chicago, Aug. 5.—The sudden death of Samuel T, A. Loftis, millionaire diamond dealer, after a night of wine and taxis. has. closed the pages of a famous “Ghost Book,” which Loftis has kept up for 14 years. The_book was found in the dead man’s apartment. It’s pages are of glazed paper, which,-after being writ- ten on, were creased down the mid- die, causing the writing to blot in a freakish double smear. Loftis, friends say, gave credence to the significance of “ghost signa- tat ay This verse occupies the ‘front e of the “Ghost Book:” =| ye past; 7 Ho! Ho! young man, Ho! Ho! pl From forgotten graves they’ will rise at last; It is so, young man, it is so. You may, run, you may ‘addze, you may Twist, you may bend, The flying\phantoms win in the end; Ho! Ho! old man, Ho! Ho! Worth $2,000,000, Report Loftis is said to have been a ready money-maker. Just ‘how much of. a fortune he fad ‘has not been estab- lished. One report is to the effect that Mr. Loftis had recently been of- fered $2,000,000, for his interests and that he had boasted to a close friend that he had “cleaned up” $600,000 last. year and was “orl the way to clean up a million this year.” There are said to be two known relatives of the dead -diamond merchant—Joseph Loftis, of Omaha, and Clifford Loftis, of Bakersfield, Cal. iss May Woods, ing the completion of the investiga- ‘ !tion by the authorities into the case.! Miss ‘Woods, when she first admitted she was in the diamond merchant’s | apartment when he died, said that af- ter'a “friendly struggle” he toppled over on the floor dead. Shayne’s Story. Roy Shayne, son of the late John T. Shayne. furrier, who said he was the fiance of Miss Woods, was the chief wiiness at the opening session of the inquest. > ‘ ; He told of the girl’s hysterical tele- phone call summoning him to the (Continueu on rage Seven) GERMANS ASKED TO CONFERENCE TQ TALK CREDIT Considered Tantamount to Ac- ceptance as Member of League of Nations TO BOLSTER UP EXCHANGE Money of Former Empires Can Not be Restored’ to Pre-war Level is View San Sebastian, Spain. Aug. 5.—Rep- resentatives of each government par ticipating in the intgrnational finan- cial conference to be held in Brussels on Sept. 24 will be asked to present a balancaysheet showing the acyial finan cial situation of his nation, it was de- cided at today’s meeting of the coun ci of the league of nations. -All countries will be asked not tc issue any more paper money, so as to avoid a further weakening of foreign credit. 5 sttorts will be made to arrive at an equitable arrangement for exchange between Germany and Austria and other nations. The mghey of the for mer central empires ‘being regarded as past restoration to the pre-war level. ‘ The invitation to Germany to parti cipate in this conference is conceded to be tantamount that she will be ac cepted as a member of the league of nations. FLORIDA SCOUTS SET CART MARK London, Aug. 5.—A team of Amer- ican boy scouts from Miami, ¥la,, at the international ‘boy scout ‘“jambou ree” established What is believed te be a worlds record in the trek cart competition, . Eight of the American youths competing against a similar Welsh team, covered 500 years over obstacles with a two-wheeled trek cart loaded with eight sand bags ‘weighing 400 pounds, in two minutes 53. 3-5 seconds. The team had to unload their carts, get them over the Wall, reload them and run through a pool of water. The Welsh boys took more than four minutes to accomplish the task. LEGION FIELD DAY SUCCESSFUL Richardton, Aug. 5.—The James C. Gabe post, American Legion, of Richardton, is well pleased with the results of the field day celebration held Sunday. Thousands of people from nearby /towns were present. Horse gaces, bucking bronchoes and steers furnished entertainment, and J.'F. T. O'Connor, of Grand Forks, spoke on “Constitutional Govern- ment.” A ball game played between the Richardton and Glen Ullin teams resulted in a victory for the Richard- ton team. ' hotel cashier, | who'figured in the case, is held perid-| | | his’ divorced wife and | signatures from “Ghost Book.” Sr 7 pa ET REESE BLE RT CORY ANT) .COMMITS SUICIDE; KEEPS DEATH RECORD | New York, Aug. 5.—-Swallowing minute -doses.of cyanide of potas- sium about every half hour until he had taken a fatal dose was the manner in which. Captain Sherman P. Enos of : Brooklyaj chose, to. commit, suicide, it ‘brought out as the ‘result’ df“é: amination in Holles morgue, ‘Newark, N. J., of letters found in | his possession. Enos also jotted down just how the poison wads affecting him and noted’ his. thoughts. He is belicved to have ended his life as the result of a quarrel ,with his beautiful bride of a few weeks. 94,000 NAMES - ~ ONPETITIONS | FOR NEW LAWS Ni jumbet ifor Five Power- Curbing Bills The number of names on petitions to itlitiate five new laws by vote, of the people in ‘the fall is fari in ex- cess of the expectation of those who backed the movement, Employes in the otfice of the secretary of state counted and checked thg number. The legal number to get ‘the proposea measures on the ballot is 10,000. The number. of signers is: Law limiting Bank of North Dakota loans, to resident i farmers ....j...+%- Cececeeee 21,340 Permitting local: communities to retain their local funds in local banks Defining duties of superinten- dent. of public instruction.: 21,228 Amending the -newspaper law 21,126 Law.. providing semi-annual examination of industrial in- j Stitutions ©... fo. cee eee eyes 21,175 Petitions with two or three hun. dred names were received yesterday, which are not included in the totals. er | WEATHER REPORT | For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Thursday, August 5. Temperatiire at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Lowest last night ‘Precipitation Highest wind velocity Forecast For North Dakota: and Friday; cooler nort! tonight. 21,347, Fair tonight heast portion 4 Lowest Temperatures Fargo 58 Williston . 56 | Grand Fork: 54 St. Paul .. 66 Winnipeg . 58 Helena . 58 70 |, IN WASHINGTON +} sion. | hearing next Monday. \ sented ‘to the Interstate Commerce {;. Attention was called to the fact Signers Reach an ‘Unexpected | 5|army flyers. may make it impossibte | 0 for him. to continue with the expedi- GETS HEARING Shippers of Northwest to Make : Formal Car Complaint on Monday NORTHWEST MEN INVITED \ Attention is Called to Commis- , Sioners of Serious ma Situation The northwest’s demand for plen ty of railroad cays to handle the 1920 grain crop will bé presented to the Interstate Commerce commission on Monday, Aug. 9, in Washington, D. C. A telegram was received at’ the railroad commission’s offices here to- day from Frank Milhollan, of the commission, who went to Washing: ‘ton in company with commissioners from South Dakota and Minnesota to} make preliminary arrangements for! the , appearance of the northwest’s representatives before the commis: | Mr. Milhollan in his telegram,, ask: ed that publicity be given the telo- gram, so that the men selected at the aecent Fargo cortference to go, to Washington and any other shippers who are interested can be in Wash- ington for the conterence and the The delegation now in Washington consists of O. P. B. Jacobson of the ‘Minnesota [ailroad: commission; Con- gressman Walter H. Newton of Min-} neapolis; Railroad Commissioner J. J. Murphy of south Dakota; Railroad ‘commissioner Frank. Milhollan of North Dakota; Congressman George M. Young of \North Dakota and Rep- resentative Sydney Anderson of Min- | & nesota. . & Mr. Jacobson was elected chairman of the delegation. The Northwestern representatives conferred with J. E. Kendall of the’ car service commis- sion, and’Edgar BE. Clarke of the In- terstate Commerce. commission in the preliminary efforts. It was pre- commission that the car shortage ‘sit- uation in the northwest has not been solved by efforts previously made and it has become again very acute. It was pointed out that not all: of| last year’s wheat. crop has been mov- ed and that there‘are not sufficient cars to.move, thisfzar's crop, which is now coming on. The northwestern men asked for priority orders or for | any other ¢ffort by which empty freight cars should be moved into ths! northwest ‘so that this great crop can be moved. that the ‘situation seriously threatens the commercial stability of the ngrth- west and tends to increase the high cost of living through the union. Ask Priority Move 4 The interstate commerce commis- sion has ordered a hearing August 9 to, investigate the car shortage’ said | to be holding up the grain movement in the norehvest: State rallroad commissioners and shippers of Montana, Minnesota, North and South Dakota are plan- ning to_ask the commission for pre. ference and priority: orders for the movement of grain from the north- west, (Nothing, short of a priority order for the return of equipment to the) railroads in the northwest will save; that section’ of the country from| financial disaster, in the opinion of several members of the delegation from northwestern states which held conference with E, B. Clark, chair ! man of the interstate commerce con mission Tuesday, The hearing by’ the commission on August 9 is granted as a result of the conference. id To Repair Cars Repair of 150,000 damaged freight cars can begin almost immediately, now that the railroads are assured ot | additional revenue from the increased | rates, Director Parmelee of the bu-, reau of railroad economics an-, nounced here today. : “Getting these cars into service will go far toward feducing the na- tion-wide shortage,” said ‘Parmelee, “{t should make available more .cars for the transportation of coal, food; and other necessities. ‘Now that the interstate com- merce commission has handed down a rate decision the roads should be able to make a tar-reaching pro- gram for the repair and upkeep of equipment.” Bituminous coal prices will rise, from 50 to 60 cents a ton after) ‘August 20; when the new freigut! advances go into effect, officials ot the National Coal association -estl mated here toda; . i 7 ALASKA BOUND “PLANE STOPS: Prince George, B. C., Aug. 5.—Dam- ages to the airplane of Capt. St. Clair Street, commanding the New York to Nome fight of United States| tion, it was said. Captain Street while landing yesterday during \a storm overshpt he field and par- tially wrecked his machine . The three other planes are here with Car tain Strect. FEW NOW CALL. | PONZI’S NOTES ‘deputy sheriffs, and’ detectives left ’ BOY CHRISTENED i AWAY UP'IN AIR Rae New \ Orleans, Aug. 5.—Four- teen stories trom the street, on a slender girder, Ole Peterson, structural iron worker, held his ‘d-month-old son at noon today while the Rev. William Reese SELES ! performed a christening cer- emony. ‘Fifty members of Iron Workers’ Union No, 68 were godfathers, CAMPAIGNTO BE FEATURED Anti-Townley Organizers Plan “Lecture Course” in Politics PISCUSS THE FALL FIGHT i (spbeial to The Tribuney. ‘Fargo, N: D, Aug. 5.—An informal discussion of the political condition in ‘North Dakota was held at the meeting here yesterday of the Fargo group of anti-Townley workers. Plans for the fall election weré made. The plan contemplates an extensive coun- ty speaking campaign to be put on in the country school houses and other suitable meeting places in every county in the state. The campaign will, if the plan is approved at tha other group meet- ings, be what might be termed a lec- ture course on political economy. Speakers will be assigned specific topics to talk on, and the peaple tributary to every schoolhouse in the state will have opportunity to hear each one of the topics selected care- fully discussed by competent speak- rs. “It ig expected that local people will prepare themselves so es to do all the speaking required in the various schoolhouses in the county. If the plan as outlined is finally adopted and the campaign fund in contemplation, is raised every schoolhouse in the state will have from three to six, political meetings during the months of Oc- tober, and each one of them for the purpose of discussing a different political topic. The plan will be pub- lished in detail when the committee; completes its tour of the state at Jamestown next week. In the matter of handlingthe fall campaign the Fargo group adopted a@ motion recommending that ' the ih: dependent voters association, ‘which is a joint ofganization of anti-Town- ley Republicans and Democrats shall ‘be required to carry on the campaign for the Joint state ticket. CRANK REFUSES’. - INFORMATION ON KIDNAPED CHILD Philadelphia, Aug. 5.— The crank,” disclosed as August Pascol, of New Bretna, \N. J., refuses to disclose the whereabouts of Little Blakeley Coughlin unless he is granted immun- ity in the kidnapping. He is ,bartering now to exchange the child, stolen from his parents home in Norristown on June 2, for his freedom. He is said to have gone so far as to divulge that the chixt is hidden in Atlantic City. Important developments ig the case are expected today, following the disclosure early today of the kid- naped ‘as Pabcol. + 4 RAID MEETING OF WOBBLIES Spokane, Wash., Aug. 5,—Several automobiles loaded with policemen, here before noon for a point seven miles north east of here, where re- ports received by the police state that a number of members of the Indus- trial Workers of the World had gath- ered in convention. ) Represertatives of northwest and Facific coast locals are said to be at- fending the gathering. RAILWAY STRIKE - HEADS INDICTED Chicago, I, Aug. 5.—Indictments) against 41 leaders of the recent rail- road strike, which were refused yes- terday by the, court’ because the names of those indicted by the grand jury .had become public through 2 ‘leak” several hours before they were made public here today. Reporters of afternoon papers which published the list of those in- dicted are to be subpoened and will appear tomorrow. INSANITY CAUSED BY TEETH, REPORT | © Red Wing, Aug. 5.—-Moral degener- acy and even insanity are trateable in many cases to bad teeth, a con- ference of officials of state institu- tions under the board of control was told today. Extension of dentistry departments in the various state institutions was urged with a view to improving the physical and moral ‘health, of in- mates. ae * Boston, Aug. 5.—Hardly more than half a hundred of Charles Ponzi’s notes calling for. 50 percent interest in 90 days appeared at the reopening. Chicago. .. A ayer | i of his office at the Gecurities Ex Kanbas-Gity nk 10 change company. The run which be-! ORRIS W. ROBERTS, gan ten days ago there was nearing. Meteorologist: its end. Dean Alfred Owre of the college of dentistry, University ‘of Minnesota, was the principal speaker at the fore- noon session. He said researches haa |POLES CONTINUE shown bad teeth and attendant evils were responsible in many cases for moral degeneracy and some insan- ity. ALLIED WAR THREAT RUMORED — ~ AS RUSSIANS PRESS FORWARD IN DRIVE ON POLISH CAPITAL THEIR RETREAT (By the Associated Press.) Efforts by the armies of the Polish republic to stem the tide of the Rus- sian Bolsheviki invasion which threat- ens Warsaw seems to have been futile. . Brest Litvosk, the last bastian in the permanent. defenses east of the Polish capital, is in the hands of the Soviet army and Lomson, an import-} ant railroad injunction and strategic base .to the northwest and Kovel, northeast of Best Litvosk, have been given up by the Poles. West of Brest Litvosk the Poles still hold the great forts that have made the city one of the principal fortresses of eastern Europe, but Soviet troops have been flung across the Bug river further to the northwest and it would appear this move will compel a retire- ment of the Poles from their defenses. The Russians ate advancing in Echelon after the tactics adopted by General Mackensen, when he left the German army in the: great, Dunajeo campaign during the world war and the Poles are repeatedly being out- flanked and forced to leave positions they have held for days against frontal attacks. Commission Leaves \ The Polish armistice commission leaves Warsaw for Minsk today to meet representatives of the Moscow government for the purpose of arrang- ing an armistice and beginning peace negotiations. There. are many reports of allied action to stop the advance of the Bol- sheviki or to come to the aid of Po- land but as yet nothing authoritative has been reported relative to this phase of the seemingly desperate ‘sit- uation confronted by the infant’ Re- public. The steady march .of the Russian army on Warsaw has created a situ- ation which is causing grave anxiety in European capitols. Some expressions from high quar. ters even go to the extent of com- paring it with the situation existing on Aug. 4, 1915. Z The ‘Allies are making, representa: tions to the Soviet authorities in fa. vor of Poland. These are described in some quarters as being in the na- ‘ture of an ultimatum, but those in high authority refuse tg confirm. these rumors. ROOSEVELT 10 SPEAK IN CITY MONDAY, AUG. 16 Democratie, Candidate Will Maks Stop Here—Definite Word Received Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic candidate for Vice-President, will be in Bismarck'on Monday, August 16. Definite word was received of his impending visit today by F. O. Hell- strom, Democratic: county qhairman. Mr. Roosevelt’s itinerary, previously announced, included one stop in North Dakota, which it was saig@ would prob- ably be Bismatck. His ‘special car will reach the city at noon. It is probably that a speak- ing platform will be arranged. Mr. Hellstrom plans the appointment of a reception committee. U. S. LOCHINVARS PICK WIVES IN '. OLD COUNTRIES Washington, Aug. America, only nation in which men outnumber wom- én, now is supplying husbands for women of Kurope where there are not enough males to go around, re- ports to the immigration bureau ‘in; dicated today. Approximately 434,000 persons, mostly men, sailed from, the United States in the yeac ended with’ June, according to reports. . furthermore, single European wo- men and women widowed by the war are rushing to the United States to get husbands, reports indicate.* ” “In the United States thé situation is far different and long has been,” said Commissioner Caminetti, head of | immigration bureau. “Here men al-; ways have outnumbered women. In 1910 the census showed’ there were approximately 2,000,000 more | men than women. “The number of single mén out- numbered single women by mor? thar. 5,000,000, Now the discrepancy between the sexes is far more pro- nounced than in 1910.’ ’ TOURS PRUSSIA Berlin, Aug. r Gessler, min-| ister of defense, has gone to Kast Prussia on a tour of inspection. Recently reports from Berlin has indicated anxiety there over the prox- imity of ‘Bolsheviki’ troops to the Germar. border. igh oes | MEXICAN CHIEF _IS FIRED UPON San Diego, Cal. Aug. 5.—Capt. Copeda, commander of the Mexican federal armed yacht, Tecato, on pa- trol duty off lower California, with headquarters at Ensenda, was report- d yesterday to have been fired upon by a party of Cantu soldiers and re- ceived a volley in the back. Paris Report Asserts That Divi- sions are Being Mobilized.— Rumors Not Confirmed in London Although Aid of Some Sort Expected to be Given Poles.—Last Fortress Falls Before Warsaw. AMERICANS LEAVING CITY Paris, Aug. 5.—Great Britain has taken steps to mobilize two divisions for service in Poland, according to the Matin, which adds that plans for the transportation and revictualing of this force have been prepared. Ne- gotiations between France and Great Britain for the purpose of devising means for aiding Poland are being pushed actively other papers asserted and the bureau which has been liquidating has cancelled certain pre- vious engagements. London, Aug. 5.—Statements jprint- ed by newspapers here that Great Britain has threatened to declare war against Bolsheviki Russia if the Bol- sheviki advance into Poland is not halted have not been confirmed in au- thoritative circles.* While it is gen- erally agreed that the allies are tak- ing an emphatic stand on terms sent by Karl Curzon, British secretary of state for foreign affairs, to the Bolsheviki foreign ministers on July 20, in which he stated that if the Soviet government made war upon the Polish people the allies would assist the Poles nothing definite is known which would justify the assumption that such assistance would take the form of a declaration of war. In military quarters here it is be- lieved that the allies principal weapon against the Bolsheviki, if it is decid- ed to oppose them will be the block- ade and the Poles will, if possible, be given assistance in munitions and food. ; ADVANCES 6 MILES A DAY , Warsaw, Aug. 5.—Russian Soviet armies driving against the Polish tines defending Warsaw are maintain- Ing an average progress of six miles a day in the direction of this city. They are being held in the south, however, and in some places are be- ng pushed back from the distance 2ast of Lemberg, which is one of the rbjects ef the present campaign: Today's officials statement issued at general staff headquarters declared the Poles have retaken the town of Brody and have forced the Bolsheviki rack into Russia ia the region north- east of ,Brody. American aviators ighting with the Kosciuscko squadron ire battling against General Budenny’s zavalry and infantry along the Sereth river, where the Soviet forces have not made ,much headway. Poland strained every ounce of her ‘reserve dower yesterday’ to checkmate the Bolsheviki. Men in wHose hands rest | -he destiny of Poland assembled at various conferences throughout the day and took a leading role in all de- cisions with the Brit{sh, French and Italian misgions. Munitions recently unloaded at Dansig by the British were arriving during the day and tanks, rifles and artiHery from France were rushed to the front. AMERICANS LEAVE Warsaw, Aug. 5.—Most Americans excepting welfare workers and others having ‘business in Warsaw will have departed from this city by tomorrow night, ‘it was announced by authori- ties. More than 200 left for, Dansig tonight and «the American legation has arranged for 300 seat reservations on trains leaving tomorrow. A majority of the French civilian population has left Warsaw, there be- ing about 1,000 in the French colony ‘ prior to the Bolsheviki offensive. The American, British and|French lega- tions will probably withdraw when the Polish government is to move, but the course to be pursued by the Amer- ican legation will depend on instruc- tions recelved from Washington. REPORT SOVIET SUBMISSION London, |Aug. 5.—Leo_Kameness, president of the Moscow Soviet, is re- ported to have sent a message to his government asking that Russia accept immediately the original British pro- posal for an armistice with Poland. ARMIES ADVANCE London, Aug. 5—Closer approach of the Soviet army to Warsaw is re- ported in Wednesday’s Russian offi- cial statement. The occupation of Lomza and points on the Warsaw- Bialystok railroad within 60 miles of Warsaw is reported. MISSION HEADS TO LEAVE Warsaw, Aug. 5.—The Polish gov- ernment has asked the members of the Franco-British mission to return respectively to Paris and London, lay the situation in Poland before their governments and give their opinion as regards suitable aid. It was semi- officially announced here today that the head of the British mission to | Potand and the French mission head would leave Warsaw before the end of the present week. COX CLOSING STATE DUTIES Dayton, 0., Aug. 5.—With his presidential nomination ceremonies ‘only two days distant Governor Cox was hard pressed today by prelim- inary details and closing up Ohio’s executive and personal affairs. Many Democratic leaders, includ- ing George White, chairman of the national committee, and ‘Sen. Har- rison, of Mississippi, head of the speakers’ bureau, were reported en route here for the notification confer- ences,