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DES MOINES STJXDAY REGISTER OVER 105.000 PATD CTHCUL ATION. OCT. 16: 1021. American Legion to Push Bonus Demand at Convention This Monti 6 ness men's association. Members of the sssociation and business men REPORT ON SWEET 13 Dedicate New Library at Luther College Today In the Hyde Park district vouch for MEXICO IS COLD ON DISARM PARLEY MARTIAL LAW LOOMS IN MEXICO TROUBLE his assertions.

"If Bates said Virginia Rappe's i YET BUREAU BILL aaugnter is in Chicago, it la true and he knows where she ran be "Most of Vfrrtnia Rappe'a friends on the south side, and she OLcegon Says Recognition Remains Status Puebla Business Men Appeal to Obregon for Aid. Political Question to Come Up for Discussion. sive action against the state go ernment. If report are true conditio! are said to be such that a proclam tion of martial law may be pected before night. Another appeal for relief dispatched by Puebla business to President Obregon yesterda but the president is not known have directed any measures loo ing to that end.

Federal officia here. Including President Obregoi apparently regard the affair wit its accompanying paralysis, i more drastic than the facts wa rant. Undersecretary of the Ii terior Lugo, who is acting seen tary In the absence of Secretai Calles, today declared the peopl of Puebla were making 'moui talus out ot mole bills." On the other hand, travelei from Puebla assert the situation i almost anarchical, and that the lice frequently are called on had many of them, knew about her daugjiter," Mr. Bates Bald. "She would be about 8 or 9 years old now.

6he was born just a short time before Virginia went west to go into the movies. The last I heard of the girl she waa living with her foster parents on (Br Th Aaaorlatod Prams.) Mexico City, Oct. 15. A des perate situation, which already has cost two lives from violence. Is re (By Tho Aa.or jatM Trvas Mexico City, Oct.

15. President Obregon, in a conference with American correspondents today, niadeXTour Important declarations, substantially as follows: That Mexico will have no official representatives at the Washington ported today at Puebla, where demonstrations against the staie conference. government's allegedly excessive tax law continue. A majority of That the Question of tho rftrnirn t. tlon of Mexico bv the I'nlted SiMteu the stores bare closed, bread and the northwest side.

Father Disappeared. "If circumstances warrant, search will be made for the child and also for Virginia's husband, about whom even her most Intimate Chicago friends knew little," Mr. Bates said. "The father disappeared before the child's birth. Who he was and when they were married remains a mystery.

Virginia waa then following In the footsteps of her beautiful mother, making her living by posing. She was unable to work and care for 1 1 1 9 milk supplies are said to be ex hausted and fond Is scarce. i CBy Tb. Auoclibd Pr. Indianapolis, Oct.

15. Na-i lional headquarters of the Amerl-' can Legion announced today that it la exported that th legion will, la its third annual convention at Kansas City beginning Oct. 31, affirm its stand for adjusted compensation for veterans. Headquarters predicts that the conven-' Hon will lay plans for a "fight to the finish" on that issue before congress and that It will take step to relieve distress among 900,000 i former service men who are re-ported to be unemployed. More than 1.000 voting delegates will be present, representing posts of the legion.

Prepare-I tlons have been made to care for 100,000 out of town visitors In i Kansas City during the convention. A survey of legion sentiment ij i fit ii Til Ktst i remains in status quo. That the Mexican federal government will support the Puebla state authorities, even with troops If iecessary. to maintain order which has been threatened as a result of protests against tax laws Street cars are not running, ac use clubs and pistols, utne towns in Puebla state are beeorr ing infected with the spirit of volt, they declared, and nuprerou raids on markets and grocer atnres are recorded. cording to reports, which add that Incensed leaders are exporting shouting throngs io tske aggres 1 II mere.

That negotiations relative to the payment ot Mexico's foreign debt are a preliminary stage. The president discussed for more than an hour a variety of subjects pertaining largely to internal affairs. He asserted the Puebla situation possessed no elements of danger other than the ordlnara sd- ,11... 1 r.f THE KOIIEN' LIBRARY. "iiuRiy peupn wno a nuii-i mg uisc-omioris aue to a com- uicitiai paraiyais mere.

tnrougnout tne country ae expressed in Instructions to delegates i and in actions by Ktate and county conventions of the legion reveals, nys the announcement, the following additional Issues on which It Is likely the national legion assembly will declare tnelf. It Is held certain at headouar- Pecorah, Oct IB. (Special) The Koren library, the first of a group of buildings contemplated for the Luther college campus In the near future, was dedicated Friday. The dedicatory address was made by the itev. Dr.

O. E. Brandt of the Luther Tbeolonlral the baby at the same time and It was placed In the hands of friends. There was gossip and rumors, but Virginia resumed her rounds of the studios, her face still wreathed la the smile that never faded. Soon afterwards she left for California.

"I don't know Just where Virginia Rappe's daughter Is at present," said Mr. Bates. "But I am confident she Is still in Chicago and that I can locate her in a short time If necessary and prove her Identity beyond a doubt. I know that paid for the child's care up to a few years ago, and I assume that she continued to pay until the time of her death." According to Los Angeles dispatches Virginia Rappe's estate consisted of personal property, including valuable Jewelry, an $800 bank account and some etocks and bonds whose value has not been determined. "If the estate Is of any value, I Intend to see that her daughter receives the benefit of it," Mr.

Bates declared. west of the Mississippi river and was one of the founders of the church body of which be was later president and which now numbers over 250,000 members In the middle west. Ilr. Koren was for many years pastor of the Washington Prairie church west of Decorah and preached there on the text Luke 2, 1-14 on fifty-two successive Christmas days during his pastorate. He CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE seminary In tit.

Anthony 1'ark. 61. Paul. Minn. Iir.

Hrandt wis gradu ters that Immediate action will be taken for temporary If not permanent relief of the Jobless veteran. A national committee of the organization has been making a study Unusual Values Diamond Solitaires ated from Luther college In at the age of 17 years and Is probably the youngest graduate ot the college. Addresses were also made -Diamond Solitaire; greeitcold; engTavedJ prong -40714 $37.50 by Gov. J. A.

O. Preus of M'nneso ta, son of the lata President ('. MISS RAPPE'S EAELY TRAGEDY AND CHILD REVEALED, IS CLAIM Virginia Rappe and of ber mother, Mabel Rappe, famed In her day as Chicago's most beautiful model. Seek Kst-ate. for Child.

This friend of fha I'rens of Luther college and a graduate of the college In the class vi reiier measures rollowing a countrywide survey. Act on Veteran's Itureau. It Is affirmed by some member of the legion that passage of the Kweet. bill, creating the veterans' bureau, has not fully overcome all the difficulties which have pre-; was largely responsible for the location of Luther college In Decorah. Ills first parsonage, a 12 by 15 log cabin in which three families lived one whole winter, is now a part of the Luther college museum and stands a scant 200 feet from the new building which bears his name.

The new building Is a modern adaptation of the Georgian style of architecture, the exterior being of brick with trim of Bedford limestone. The entire building Is con- 1 YA jM A-B061 Diamond Solitaire; Bezel setj octagon $40 Pen basket mounting, 18 -karat white gold; engraved shanks. A 4241 Diamond Solitaire; Bezel set hexagon $75 ODen wrlc basket4 18-karat white gold. An Inspection Will Convince Establlakad 1S71 cuiru iima men men irom obtain Ing all their rights, and this ques POLICEMAN'S BADGE HALTS HEART STAB of 190.1, and by Prof. J.

C. M. Hansen, associate director of the University of Chicago libraries and an alumnus from the class of 1882. The new building Is Darned In honor of the late Dr. U.

V. Koren, former president of the Norwegian Lutheran synod of America. Dr. Koren was the first Norwegian minister to hold divine services uon win be considered. In each of the fourteen regional districts formerly a business man on the south side, has written to the district attorney at Los Ani a vrrnrans nu res ii a repre- 1" 1,1 lemon nas neen as- (Tho Refftster-Npw Tork World Sarvioa.) (Copyright.) New York.

Oct. 15. The life of structcd of reinforced concrete and other fireproof building materials. "inriaiB in Los Angeles and San Francisco to determine the amount of the estate left by the S. Joseph Sons Policeman Louis of the Chinatown station was probably saved ty his police badge when he Jewelers Des Molnea American Chamber Head in Paris Dashes Cold Water on Arms Parley jn" bureau In adjusting Wljts between posts and These representatives will able to present to the convention reports showing Just what 1 or la not doing, rurtber plans for obtaining passage of the federal adjusted cof1 Pensatlon bill are to be considered.

I-eflon representatives ay that almost every state jentlon since the recommitment of Special attention to mall orders iar wirn tne view of entering claim on behalf of the child. at Present a traveling salesman, but for many ears proprietor of a south side ad- fnV Kncy and tor severa ferma was attacked today with a butcher's cleaver by a Chinaman. After he had been knocked down by a blow with the knife, which the badge over his heart stopped. Black more THE REV. DR.

TJ. V. KOREN, FORMER PRESIDENT OK THE NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN SYNOD OF AMERICA AND FOR FIFTY-TWO YEARS PASTOR AT WSH1NOTO PAIR1E, FOR WHOM THE BUILDING IS A VAX committee by the railroad executive. A mass of information and de- tailed charges were presented by the witness, who denied the railroads had Buffered heavy losses from government rontrol and said drew his revolver and shot his as- tarv of a leading south side 'sallant Fought After Christ, The siire has passed resolutions of firmest support for its policy Hague and the League, He Argues. i imnuing ins diii.

rne organlza tlonli national legislative commit- Join Chapman's iee win present a report on the uDject with recommendations for lunner procedure. The convention, It Is expected will consider the Question nf limi. arm ehslr back turned to the table and eyes fixed on his own particular Pownlng street." "Then you deem that nothing will come out of this conference?" Mr. Harry was asked. "They will look each other In the eye.

expectantly, as Mr. Orose-latide declared the other day In the Figaro. Hut did not President Wilson and Clemenceau look each other In the eye for months? What came of it? We know only too well. When Prland and Hughes are eye to eye, how will the world be at peace? Statesmen's eyes wander like those of lovers do." "But we hope vlslonarylsm will be missing this time," Mr. Barry was Informed.

Hatred la Pacific. "What can one hope for?" he replied. "Washington Is making my tation of armaments to view of the their revenues during the war were the largest in history. Railroads In recent years, he stated, had made large expenditures for permanent Improvements, paying for them out of operating revenues and charged them as expenses of operation. Pershing Iieavee for London.

Paris, Oct. 16. General Pershing will leave tomorrow to partici fa importance of the International conference In Washington opening ou Armistice day. At Its first and second national conventions, the msion oHoiarea in course as a Cfhs Rtftltor-PnbMa LMser Rorvlc.) (Copynhl Paris, Oct. 16.

From the first announcement, the French press generally has taken a hopeful view of the Washington conference. The Oaltils today prints the tnost disparaging statement that has yet appeared, in the form of an interview with Walter Barry, president of the American Chamber of Commerce In Paris. The American's first words, when asked what he thought about the Washington conference. Were: "I do not think about It at all." Dut the interviewer was persist pate In the ceremony of presenting the congressional medal of honor I to Great Britain's unknown war record. He will be accompanied by only one aide and an He will return from England Tues- day.

compatriots understand that the ii etmim netween Jingoism and blind pacifism, and Its military policy that of preparedness. Ilpnfe Over Politic. Questions have arisen among the membership concerning the definition of the legion's policy of absolute neutrality In politics, the states and posts being at variance in their interpretations of the ruling. The Wyoming department bis proposed an amendment to the constitution tO allow "nrntacllnn nf Clu mwmm me 1wb security of Europe, and from that the security of the world, depends upon he security of Fiance, ent. Ton do not believe In the tinssl- and that, the 'security of France de bllity of general disarmament?" he CONTINUED.

FROM PAGE ONE asked, and received thla reply: Is a Molortst. canoiaacy ot any person seeking public office when his election pends upon the security of the Khtne. But let us not forget that If fha I'nlted States Is attending to pacifism It Is attending above all to the Pacific. "What complicated and disturbing problems will come up there! First of all Is the race question, which poisons all the rest the would, in the Judgment of the legion, promote the purposes for vhlch the legion was organized as defined In the preamble to lta con- CRAIG WARNS HE MAY ENTER IRISH PARLEY "After Jesus Christ, son of Ood. the great pacifist centuries of bloody religious war.

After The Hague tribunal the most awful carnage In history. After the league of nations disaccord among the allies. After the disarmament conference the dismantling of the mnuuon. open door in China, Khantung, Siberia, the Saghalin islund. Tap.

me legion Is pledged to "law and order" and "neutrality In dis- the Sinn Fein representatives in Is All It Costs to Join Chapman's Grafonola Club One Dollar Down, and a Dollar a week until Christmas. Balance on weekly payments to suit. umween capuai and labor, London, has expressed his approval; the treaty. I give it up. The delegates, too, will give it up.

If not, look out tor a wasp's nest." it Is pointed out. Means of dis ciplining single posts or ndlvld or their course thus far. Poth at the Irish office and Sinn, Fein headquarters here it was said Hals which violate these rules are Asked about the allied debts to Swiss navy. "You are a pessimist," Mr. was told.

"I am neither a pessimist nor an optimist. I am a melorlst. Dut this abundance of congresses, con ferencoa with banquets, fireworks, speeches, frantic applause all that leaves me cold. Skyrockets which Drougnt up in the convention ne legion's recommendations at us ursi iwo conventions that "th 8ntlemen' agreement the L'nlted States, Mr. Barry re-piled: "The I'nlted States will not come near to that question, and fur several reasons.

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The Hritish government has protested to members of the dall eareann against an alleged forced levy of subscriptions in Ireland for the provision of equipment for the Irish republican army. Wealthy unionists have complained to the rovero. aulekly fall blackened sticks. When elegates meet around the greea baize conference table, each on conveniently installs himself In an legion in California, Texas, Arizona. Waahlngton.

Colorado and rebraska haj supported the enact- ment that In several districts local CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE commandnnts of the republican army have served the people with demands between them. It Is a fact not entirely without Interest that these two bodies have never officially met tofjether, "For a long time the president baa been giving much attention to the problem of the railroads in its broadest relations. He has been persistently assured on one side for subscriptions varying from 10 IU PUBLIC GROUP OF The Machine you Select Will Be Delivered Christmas Eve Just In time to give the Family a big surprise Christmas morning. And remember this whatever machine you select, whatever style whatever finish whatever price, you can be assured that you are getting the "BOTTOM PRICE." There will positively be no further reductions. Every price ia GUARANTEED by Chapman's and by the Factory.

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i i ii 1 Prohibiting land holding by the Japanese. Wash-, Jngton leglonalrles went on record as favoring the return of all Japanese In this country to their native land. lBlon wl" "tand for civil service preference for world war veterans not only In appointments but In promotions la expected to he up for decision Almost every legion state' ron-Tention has passed resolutions demanding the return of the slarker Hergdoll, and this point, with a review to the publication of slacker and draft deserter lists, will come discussion. It is believed likely that the movement for the release of Eugene V. Debs also will mat nustness could not make a general and lasting Improvement until railroad rates should come down and on the other side, he has been told that it was Impossible for rates to come down- unless the wage charge sHould he lowered.

He. therefore, determined to eet the most prompt and effective re BY ED Ii. KEEJf. London Oct. 16.

(United Press) With the next session ofi the Irish peace conference scheduled for Monday afternoon, success sults might be securen by simply calling in the public group, whiirh is concerned equany wun tne interests of labor, of management, ful continuation ot the negotiations of shippers, and of the general commulty. together the two public bodies which have to deal with wages and rates, and give them every possible encouragement to take a strong lead in the effort at an The president ess been Im pressed that, a somewhat anoma Out of Town People 5 mr cinb by Mail. Sond in your Dollar today. Make election anj time between now and Christmas. Remember, We Pay the lYcight in Iowa on purchases of 10 or more.

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nines ana underwater craft, disintegration of the naval reserve, etc. "'fairs committee will offer a report, chiefly on the possibilities of legion encouragement of the national guard and organized reserve. All told, national beadquarters announces, a dozen national committees will present important reports to the convention and several of them will make far reaching recommendations NOW emphasized the gravity of a genera impressed with the desirability of ottln these two hleh potential railroad strike. He said It woulu 3ri ifM bodies together and reaching some- be a "national the tffifh 125 S15I.) country would suffer as it had thing like a definite understanding SENTENCE 20-YEAR-OLD RUSSIAN GIRL TO BE COMMUTED Formerl KIIMt ft2Zt of 7S Formerly eMIvttlff Matins never suffered before. Senator Cummins said he did not know that congress could do anything at this juncture.

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