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THE LOUISVILLE, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1921. 3 i i 1 1 i 'Tis An III Wind'-Tots 1 Crowds Fill Street As Woolworth Store Burns. DL S. LEANING TO SOVICTTRADE $19,000 LOSS IN Boy Burned In Row Over Bucket of Hot Paint Find Toys In Debris Children living near the down- distrlct are Brule-iul for the fii-r, tu, MARKET ST. FIR destroyed the stock in the F.

v. Democratic Club Sets Roster Goal Af2f00Q The Jackson Democratic Club proposes to increase its membership to 2,000 by the time the precinct elections in May, it was announced last. night at the Democratic Women's League. Fifty new members were admitted last night, making a total membership to date of nearly 1,000. Talks were made by Eucene R.

Att- ftratitina of Lenme's Request company 5 and 10- James Franklin Donnell, 10 years old, is suffering from a burned left leg today as a result of a quarrel yesterday afternoon near Sixteenth and Lytle Streets. Donnell and a number Of other boys were around a bonfire, over which was suspended a bucket F. W. Woolworth Store Dam for. Parley Likely; May Mean Recognition.

REDS ARRAIGN WILSON aged Following Fourth St Blaze; 9 Firemen Overcome Street uu-u south Fourth All day yesterday dirty-faced int0 the ''utish fiom the building, extracting J2yauand other dear to the heart of childhood. One lad, who gave the contradictory name of Mick Libmksy, discovered a box of di- ol paint. Uonnell is said to have engaged in a quarrel with another companion, who threw the bucket of boiling paint at him. It struck his left leg. He was taken to his home.

1000 Lytle Street. He is the son of John Donnell. ADJACENT BUILDINGS HIT kisson, Lawrence Mackay, Edward J. Parker, H. E.

Mechling, candidate for the nomination for Sheriff, and others. Presiding in the absence of L. C. Jackson, president, Jacob Haager announced that the Democratic Com-paign Committee, recently elected, would appear before the club at a future meeting. iiuu.icu cnocoiates them down his thioat with great relish when a woman approach him.

(fniitiiiuecl from First Page.) to the American Government with the propositi to adopt measures for the cessation of hloodBhed. Hoped For Change in Policy. Even when the American troops said. vvnen nremen reached the F. Woolworth Company's store at 224 West Market Street yesterday morn-ing they found the same kind of fire the same part of the building and producing the same nauseating smoke JJont.cat them," she They're dirty." Wed 22 Years, Mother of Eleven Sues for Divorce Special to The Courier-Journal.

Owensboro, March 23. After vv hat's the difference rfynt "They taste the all i Liiey eiicoumorprl at tVio Ipany's store at Fourth and Liberty LEXINGTON WARS ON RATS. Soecial to The Courier-Journal. Lexington, March 23. Fifty boy scouts this afternoon began their work of distributing poison which will be used in the week's campaign to .2 -I.

rag together with tne uuieis iim uuiijuieu hi attack on Soviet Rusia, the twenty-two years of married life dur- morning. lire-men were injured or overcome by smoke yesterday. Twenty-eight were overcome Saturday. The total damaire bv dm ing which time eleven children were borif to the union, Mrs. Alice Crab-tree instituted suit for divorce from her husband, Remus Crabtree.

in the Daviess Circuit Court today. She asks eliminate rats. All business houses were given a supply of the poison. E. F.

Worthing, City Food and alimony in the sum of $2,500 and pos Daisy Inspector, in charge of the and water to the Woolworth 'and yesterday was placed at 510,000. The loss sess nn nf fniir nf fivo of ttin nl.iMn estimated the number of ut wuiu.cn uaJlll'alKII, esiJI campaign, Government of the Russian Republic expressed the hope change of America's policy toward her and demonstrated this by its particularly considerate treatment of the Americans in Russia. But President Wilson who without cause and without any declaration of war had tacked the Russian Republic showed iarin" 'lis wnole administration a nothing more than a move caused by the exigencies of the situation, there was manifest here a disposition to give it greater credence. V. S.

Attitude On Gold Imports. Without formal announcement having made, the attitude of the Lnited States toward the importation of gold, supposedly of Russian origin wys indicated. "Vs tlK' way to this countiy a large quantity of gold --nipped from Stockholm and said to wno are now living. She alleges her I rats in Lexington at 150.000. placed at $40,000.

A lighted cigarette tossed in hin husband has refused to care properly The Board of Commerce is offering for her and the children. a cent for every rat tail. was responsible for the blaze yesterday, the opinion of Rudolph Camentz. Denutv Tnunoot Prevention Rates. It was midwav in the basement and had gained headway before tllp fironmr.

Ti rowing hostility toward the Russian Republic. was discovered by R. C. Yewell. man "Soviet Russia hopes that the nc iiiuiL marit ot the Swedish government.

It was explained -(hut the United btates would not concern itself as to the or-'gin of the and that the parties to whom it ha been consigned would leceive it at their own risk javmg the adjustment of anv ques' lion as to its ownership to the courts. 3 he position of the Government is that it cannot well impugn the status of metal which bears the stumn of American Republic will not persist in obdurately following this path and that the new American Government will clearly see the great advantage for the two republics of the establishment of business relations and will consider the interests of both peoples which imperatively demand that the mil existing between them should be removed. The Soviet Republic entire ager. "Whew!" Again." One of the fire lighters, who had tought the blaze Saturday, exclaimed on entering the smoke-filled basement yesterday: "Whew! Woolworth again." He was carried out a few minutes later, but was revived by the lung motor. The firemen overcome by smoke or gas and injured were: Capt.

Fred Stevens, Noo. 3 Engine Company, and Pipeman Frank McCrody, of the same company, overcome soon after they entered the basement: Cant rhnrio- any recognized Government. Tim position which the former administration held was one of discouragement to any such importation. It also became known tnrtsn, morning the vicinity of and reels when Uu.siiiess was suspended lor a time a fire broke out in the basement of (he F. ly absorbed in the work of internal reconstruction and of building up its economic life has not the intention of intervening in the internal affairs of V.

ooiwurtii Company's building, 224 West there has been some slight relaxation of the strict regulations governing issuance of vises and passports, although it was explained that even now and only in extreme cases would there be any modification. i company, Dadly cut on the right hand by an axe while breaking a skylight; Capt. William Ep-penheimer. No. 4 Ene-ine rnmMB.

similar to tiie blaze at the Woolworth Building, Fourtii and Liberty Streets, early Saturday morning The strep? Street. It w.is jv, umuiiu fiu tauj siiupjt-i naiciuiig lireo-icii. America, and the All-Russian Central Capt. John Kirley, Salvage Corps; John Mahoney, No. 1 Hook and Ladder Com mai statement Monday, declared, ex.

cept for some gold and platinum and RICH WOMEN IN pany; uapt. ienry Stiltz, Fire School-Walter Elston, No. 2 Engine Company, and Jacob Segar, No. 1 Hook and Ladder Company, all overcome by smoke. a lettle flax, Russia was without anv room in a dying condition and lived on'' a few minutes.

The Coroner said he found a glass containing poison in Mrs. Fletcher's considerable amount of commodities which would have a market in this Hinges On Recognition. In some official circles, the opinion was expressed that satisfactory trade relations with Russia cannot be resumed unless the Soviet Government is recognized by this country. Since all Russian trading is in the hands of the Soviet Government, it was explained, shipments of goods to this country would be liable to attachment by creditors of the Imnerial Russian country. DOUBLE SU Executive Committee makes herewith a categorical declaration to this effect.

Sees Harm to Both Nations. "'At the present time, after Soviet Russia has concluded treaties and established regular relations with numerous States, the absence of such relations with America, seems to Soviet Russia particularly abnormal and harmful to both peoples. The All- room, ne also declared that Mrs. Fletcher had been dead six or seven house before her body was discovered. According to members of the household, Mrs.

Fletcher retired to her rnnm TWO BANDITS HELD FULL OF JAZZ AND GINGER! Off to school with hounding buoyancy and vigor, tackling study and play with dash and daring, star performer in all athletic contests -that's the Shredded Wheat boy, the boy who eats Shredded Wheat for breakfast for lunch, for dinner, and in between meals. A diet of Shredded Wheat avoids many ailments that are common to youngsters. It is 100 per cent whole wheat Two Biscuits with hot milk make a warm, nourishing meal. UNDER $20,000 BAIL ueorge vv uarey, employe of the Central Furniture Company, was cut on the hand when he broke the glass of door on the second floor to be sure that no one was imprisoned. Estimated Loss Is $19,000.

The losses of those affected by the fire yesterday are the F. W. Wool-worth Company, Doerhoefer estate, owners of the building, Furniture Company, 226 West Market Street, water and smnVo i last evening and was not seen again until her mother found her body this morning. Government. Identified Bv Glasfort As Recognition of the Soviet Govern Mrs.

Fletcher1 has been in ill health Indianapolis Banker's Wife Ends Life; Then Mother Also Takes Poison. Indianapolis, March 23 (Asso ment by the United States alhnf of for sometime, her friends sav. Piiif Holding Up Cafe. ficials declared, would legalize so far as this country is concerned, the Russian title to any commodities former 000: M. F.

Greenstein. merchant vin. ciated Press). Circumstances sur 4" vesc juarKet street, smoke, $1,000, and Meyer Berman, merchant, 216-218 W. T.

Jones and Robert K. Brad rounding the deaths today of Mrs. has recently spent much time in New York consulting specialists. Mrs. Henley was 63.

years old and her daughter's age was 40 years. Mr. Fletcher, her husband, is prominent in banking circles here. He is the son of the late Stoughton Fletcher, who was nationally known as a banker and who founded the fortune Dury were held to the prrand jury west Market Street, smoke, $2,000. The Salvage Corns saved frnm ly owned by the Imperial Government and shipments would be free from seizure-by creditors of the old regime.

Such a case of attachment has been decided by the British courts, it was recalled, in the case of a shipment Russian Central Executive Committee addressed to you the formal proposal of opening trade relations betwen Russia and America and for that purpose the relations between the two republics have to be on the whole, regularized. All-Russian Central Executive Committee, therefore, proposes to send a special delegation to America Stoughton A. Fletcher and Mrs. Eva Henley, wife and mother-in-law, re in the Police Court yesterday under bond of each on four charges damage a large stock of sugar belonging to Rudolph Bauer Candy spectively, of Stoughton A. Fletcher, of highway robbery.

They are said Mr. Camentz said yesterdav that th ol iiimoer irom tussia, which was attached by creditors of the Imperial Government, who contended that the which his son inherited. Mr. Fletcher has owned a number of famous trotting and pacing horses. to have confessed to having partici pated in holding up George Glasfort, millionaire sportsman and banker, will be investigated at a formal inquest to be held probably Friday or Saturday, cargo was the property of the old at his soft drink stand, Hancock and Government unlawfully taken by the 'Mrs.

Stoughton A Fletcher had at Dr. Paul F. Rpbinson, Coroner of Marion County, announced tonight. tended race meetings in Louisville in shlch will negotiate on this matter the American Government in oris to solve the question of business relations and of resumption of trade between Russia and America. Jefferson Streets, Friday night, and customers who were in the place.

Patrolman George Skidmore. who was boviet. The court held, it was added, that attachment would lie and the creditors of the Russian Government were entitled to so much of the which horses of the M. H. Fletcher stables, said to be owned by her hus- Dr.

Robinson, in a statement today, investigation into the fire Saturday has not been completed. He is of the opinion, however, that it was caused by excessive voltage on the fuses. The fires at the tailoring establishment of Abe Cooper, 925 West Walnut Street, and the restaurant next door, early Tuesday morning, were not of incendiary origin, according to Mr. Camentz. He said the Are in the tailor shop was caused by the explosion of a bottle of gasoline and that the blaze extended its way through the wall to the restaurant.

shot through the chm when he inter said the women committed suicide by lumber as was necessary to satisfy rupted the bandits, is believed to have been the victim of a third robber who tneir debts. Attempt At Recognition. drinking poison. Mr. Fletcher left for Chicago last night, but returned here this morning.

has not been captured. Dand, were entered. Mr. Fletcher is president of the Fletcher-American National Bank, Indianapolis, which has a branch office in the Inter-Southern Building here. He has been associated in the creosot-ing industry with A.

T. Hert. Louis The prisoners, who did not take the stand, were identified by Glasfort and The body of Mrs. Fletcher was i Economic experts of the United States Government expressed the opinion that Russia was attempting to obtain recognition under the guise the following men who were robbed 'M. KALININ, of the All-Russian Execu tive Committee.

ZALUTSKY, 5 Confirmation of Lenine's declaration of his renunciation of many of the basic principles of Bolshevism, re- ceived by the State Department, has been given careful study by Govern- meat experts and while it was realized his apparent about-face may have boon found this morning by her mother, ac ville. the establishment: Raymond Dor-sey, 542 East Jefferson Street; J. W. Kitterman, 332 South Hancock Street. J5 ESCAPE FLAMES.

A cousin of Mr. Fletcher. Miss Lil of trade negotiations, as there was in reality little, that Russia now has to cording to Russell Stahl, butler. Stahl said he was summoned by Mrs. Henley, was bonding over her daughter's lian Fletcher, is visiting now at the home of E.

H. Matthews, Louisville and Frank Brill, 543 Fehr Avenue. oiler this country. Flee When Fire Sweeps Printinc Plant; Loss Sla.OOO. An overheated furnace Caused an Simon Fine, grocer at Flovd and panker, Pewee Valley.

She knew noth Secretary Herbert Hoover, in a for- body and ordered to bring a stimu- ing oi tne tragedy, she said Gray Streets, who had identified the men as the ones who held him mi hint Vhen he returned Mrs. Henley What WOO otaarl in m-ni-c- early morning Are in the stockrooms of the Hammer Printing Office Sup- had disappeared, Stahl said. According She said that Mrs. Fletcher, so far as to Dr. Robinson, Mrs.

Henley was she knew, hart nn relatives ir, t.o. and locked him in an ice box March 10, could not positively recognize the prisoners yesterday. found a. onui tune ia.Lei in ner own lsville. jjiy umpany, sii-ziii aouth Fifth Street, yesterday and twenty-five occupants of apartments above the plant escaped uninjured.

They were awakened by Harvey Brown, former fire captain, and many did hot have time to dress fully. The damage was estimated at $15,000. The Weather Poisoning Is Blamed On Lack of Ventilation Reports of maximum temperature and pre cipitation for the twenty-four hours endin? ONLY ONE MARTIN R0SENBERGER STORE IN EACH CITY Iuavc a innitl "3 at 8 p.m.: Stations. Temp.Pre.lStations. Temp.Pre.

Abilene R8 .72 Amarillo HAVE A LOOK 660 South Fourth 3 Deaths Here In Two Weeks Due to Improperly Regulated 1 Orleans. York 4K i 0...4.11. hi i I oou duuui ruuiuii 411! ana Biroaaway Platte. Stoves and Dearth of Fre sh Air, Expert Says; Na-. ture's Warning Signals Pointed Out.

Atlanta Boston Buffalo Cairo Charleston Chattanooga Chicago Cincinnati Mfarkersburg SIPhoenix 78 J5R 001 Pittsburgh ..00 .42 .02 Gas poisoning has killed three per Denver ",4 ble of carrying oxygen and may save life. Oxygen pumped into the lungs sons, Louisville in the last two Dodge .78 Duluth 13 un uiu. ine lacic or oxygen, how weeks. How may a similar occurrence be prevented in every family? ever, is responsible for the develop .70 .0 .02 ment ot poisons ana disease other fmaaSass 0ur Reserve Stock By Far Exceeds -Sgjwra Eastport El Paso Fort Smith Fort Worth Galveston Hatteras Havre Helena wise kept in check. This is why, they explained, that Miss Carolina rne answer to this question was issued last night by officers; of the surscnmiede and Miss Dorothy Smith, mmSSP mam.

KSwffra Louisville Gas Electric Company, .00 Ore 50 .00 Raleigh ..40 .24 .00 St. Louis "4 .00 .00 S. Lake City. .54 .00 .00 San Antonio. .01 .20 S.

Francisco. .04 .00 .01 ISanta Fe .00 .18 ...74 .00 Ste. Jtarie. .40 .00 Oil Mo .52 .00 .001 Vicksburg .02 .01 1 Washington ..52 .00 52 .00 ..52 .00 .001 Canadian Stations. .......50 .00 Current.

50 .00 .001 Winnipeg 40 .041 the city gas inspector and physicians. Huron .40 died of pneumonia rather than gas poisoning. If a case of gas poisoning Is found, It may be summed up in two words. BUY riOW! DON'T WAIT FOR THE YEARLY CRUSH BUY NOW! jacKsonviue Kansas City. .52 ltejrulatp.

Ventilate." All three deaths from gas poison- Knoxville Little Rock. me person suitenng should be rushed to a hospital as soon as possible, in order that transfusion of blood may be accomplished within a short time. nere were due to improperly reg Los Angeles. OS I A Bed and I A Pacini' I I ulated stoves, an official of the gas Memphis Modena 58 Minneapolis ..42 company said. He pointed out that carbon monoxide gas is produced by inis is tne only hope to save life.

River Telegrams flame which does not consume all IH Living Room 1 HOURLY TEMPERATURES. the gas. This condition may be rec (Official.) Louisville, March 23, 1021. 1 a.m.. Pittsburgh, March 23 (Associated uavis Island dam 7.1 feet, I oiuuuuaiy.

tiear. 41J11 a.m .52 40112 .55 301 1 p.m 50 .381 2 p.m .50 3(11 3 p.m on I 4 p.m 00 371 5 p.m 01 .401 (i p.m.-.-. 00 .441 7 p.m 5S 4SI 2 a.m..,., 3 a.m.. 4 a.m. 5 a.m..

0 a.m.. 7 a.m. 8 a.m.. 0 a.m.. 10 a.m Wheeling, March 23 Press).

River 10.G feet, Clear. ognized by the yellow flame which accompanies it. Dr. Harry A'. Limbach, City Gas Inspector, said a properly regulated flame should burn a clear blue, with a light rose tint at the top.

No space should he allowed between the flame and the burner. If such space exists, the flow should be reduced immediately, or serious consequences and even death may result. Carbon dioxide gas, which is very poisonous, is also produced by even Special to The Courier-Journal. METEOROLOGICAL DATA. (Official.) Louisville.

March 23. 1021. uincmnati. March 23. Stace Itrt-R i-ughofth, em per iggrW p.m.

river at p.m. was 21.5 feet, falling. 30. IX departures: uons lireene for Huntington, Kentucky for Louisville. Barometer 30.39 Temperature (dry bulb) 37 55 Temperature (wet bulb) 34 48 If Ross va I a 14 feet, mm 1 to The Courier-Journal.

Madison, March 23. River at 7 a.m.. 1 Pew point 30 53 41) 73 41 58 was 20.4 feet, falling. i aniiii mfffwm Relative humidity. 73 Wind velocity 1 State of weather.

Clear 10 the best regulated flame, according to Mr. Limbach, but it is present in such minute quantities that ordinary-ventilation will prevent its becoming dangerous to human life. The best way to prevent possible danger from stoves is to regulate them. But even this is not entirely sullicient, according to gas officials. The danger can ho completely elim Clear Cloudy TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION.

i bs II ffe ii a ir Bf i Sncca to The Couner-Jouinal. A MOtfe Ce ngS TV J7 A OATMEALS I I Lvansville. March 23. River Eg 6 (hmntltr Limited aJ UHIIWEHW 22.4 feet: falling. Cloudy and warmer.

1 4 if i Evansville to Bowling Green; Bay Kg fLJg JL ffb An. WJ i Al Green from Paducah. Business good. 5 -fi 1 iwBTi SHr" Hi 1 (Official.) Louisville, March 23, 10S1. i Maximum temperature 01 i Minimum temperature 35 Mean temperature 4S Normal temperature 48 Departure lor day Departure for month.

rl-282 Departure since March 1 Prevailing winds S'theast 30. IllllllPllllllllfc llllllllllllllll.lllllUllll!! IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIInldlhlHIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll I II RASP this opportunity for personal I I II progress Over a million Better inated only ly putting flue pipes on every stove. Hot water heaters are especially dangerous, they explained, because the carbon monoxide is produced much more quickly by the cold pipes. In rooms where a flue pipe is impossible, no stove should be burned unless a window or door is open. Natural gas itself is not poisonous.

Dr. Limbaoh said. It can kill only Mean barometer Mean relative Character of day Total precipitation Normal precipitation a 1iT 8 QUJI.iniiteaNOt I On any paper priced at 15c per roll or less wo require No Remnant halt. I fi 1 rnV with agiy I 80 Clear .00 .13 .13 i betters a day are dictated The Ediphone (Departure tor Departure for month Departure since March i vi 1 1 1- wdy, ana not an executive woma go Dacit i 111 tle slow, old shorthand method (cost- Louisville Nashville Railroad Company. The annual meeting of the stock- by crowding pure air away from the breather.

A person killed in this way suffers the same effect as a man 1 holders of the Louisville Nashville Railroad Company will he held at its 1 ing 43c a Ietter)- Progress is the reason. il Ask fnr an Vrlhn-r, tnrJav general office building, JSintn btreet choked to death by force. Workmen for the gas often work in atmosphere containing a large pet-cent of natural gas, without suffering more harmful effects than a slight and Broadway, in the city of Louis I lll Anv office management which looks at the ville, on YV ednesday, April 6, 1021, at 12 o'clock noon. The stock transfer books win close a fii! drowsiness. This is quickly dispelled hy a half hour in fresh air.

It has no injurious effects on the system. fiH many satisfied hrms their city using nn Wednesday. March 23, 1S21, at 3 I o'clock p.m., and reopen on Thursday, hi: II i Rrlinhrvnoc fhof t-nf pmnWp I Dr. H. B.

Scott of the iJeechhurst April 7, 11)21, at 10 ciock a.m. Sanitarium, and physicians at the City Hospital explained the effects of hJ. fa. LiUl-tvc, oeuieuiij'. Louisville, February 2S, 11)21.

1 SIXGLE RLL II Hons. SSSY' L7f I FREE SAMPLE BOOK MAILED FREE 87 DESIGNS A8B GOLORINSS G. I Fw (rx i "THE WALL PAPER KING" I Mi IGOyiNGTON, KY. LOUISVILLE HEADQUARTERS INDIANAPOLIS, IND. I I rTpl, 1 Fourth and Broadway 1 carbon monoxide on the blood, it renders the red, or oxygen-carrying corpuscles incapable of carrying oxygen to the tissues.

Lack of oxygen prevents combustion of the poisons in the system produced by life, and the person affected dies of self-poisoning. The only remedy, according to these physicians, is transfusion of blood from a healthy person. The red blood Q. R. S.

WORD ROLLS FOR MARCH Bring Back the Daisies. Drowsy Waters $1.25 Mazle SI. 2" Wandering Home $1.25 Wans Wans Blues $1.25 Story of Easter S1.50 WHITE FOR BULLETIN III Write now for the booklet, I I "Gett'ng III kpione The Ediphone 11 1 111 rove on your own work I i Dictating Machine Co. corpuscles of such a person are calla CT Ill IMMUBIWaOBOnAVBI cfincnirrHFoiniTH LWIXM. UelaWaTO 1 1 iB.

332 CoHrior-Jniirnal Office Building I fai II I A. K. Ilylton. Manager. GET RESULTS Feed LAY or BUST Feeds and BABY BUSTER CHICK SCR ATCU A.

SCHNEIDER'S SONS iGth and Market, 332 E. Jefferson Shawnee 1800-1891; City 6533; West 890. lirillUilnL Drtllfi 3 tak, I I HAVE A LOOK USSTSgFl GET OFF CARl I Fifth and Court Place mmee F(jartb Broa(Jway CINCIN NAT CHfO Fourth and Broadway (Between Jefferson and CTose at 5:30 P. M. 1722-24-20 TINE ST.

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