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™“ The- Omaha Corning L»ee much change in temperature. ^ ^ ^ ceil rage yen bring into It.-Hugn ^ Walpole. * CITY EDITION YOL. 54 NO. 187. f * == T#0 CENTS18 -— ^ --- —- -H “/WILL NOT QUIT” ~NITO MUSSOLINI _•- 9 C* tr A t Nil —*MI——11 i I —————— -1 Dictator of Italy Will Die. First IVmiier Declares ‘’Everytiling t^uiot"" and Country Hard at Work: No Strikes Now. Mo Guards in Evidence Vole: There was printed in The Omaha Sunday Bee a cable dis patch written by C. F. Brrtelli, giv ing the viewpoint, of tho Italian situation from the side of Musso lini's enemies. The special cable dispatch printed today is an Inter view with Mussolini himself in which he gives his views in hi» usual forceful fashion. By liARI. H. VON WIEGAND, t nlvcrsal Service Staff Correspondent. SpreliU ( sille Dispatch. (Copyright, 1 9 23. > Rome, Jan. .18.—"Everything Is quiet." With these three words Ben ito Mussolini, dictator-premier of Italy, this evening summarized to me what lie declared to be the situation in Italy. "There are no strikes. There are no demonstrations.” he said. “Italy Is working. The world is stupid If it believes every report about Italy. I cannot think it does.” Every sentence was forceful as It was expressed, and punctuated with characteristic gestures. "How long have you been in Italy? Have you seen any riots? Any of l ikes? Any demonstrations? No! Well, there have not been any. "The/ Italian people are working. Is ii known that the shipping, bank ing ;iud trading at Genoa is now ex ceeding that of Marseilles?” fgg “Never Resign.” Staccato, machinegun liks came hts qiiesiti ms. "Never!” Mussolini’s eyes blazed. His square jaws came together with tho fink of a steel trap. Ills lips thinned over hia teeth. Jtls face took on the aspect of a fighting bulldog with a death grip. "Never,” he snapped again wt\en 1 i Cl narked that there are rumors abroad that in view of the opposition to his program, he is contemplating resigning. I -uggested that dictator* seldom resign. They either die at their posts or accomplish the task set them. Mussolini nodded hts head rapidly, as he said: “Under no circumstance* do I quit until my work is done, or—" and he made a. signtfteant pass across his throat, evidently signifying that he wilt remain-until his throat is cut. Works A* lie Talks. Few foreign journalists have talk ed with or Interviewed more states men than hat been my lot during my long career. Mussolini !j one of the most remarkable characters I have met. As a type he stands alone In Europe today. Mv talk with him was dramatic. With dagger, bomb and bullet supposedly lying In wait for him there was very little visible sign of police protective measures around the dictator premier. There was not a policeman or a soldier on the two broad flights of stabs. There was not a uniformed lackey In the waiting rooms. A feeble old man ushered me Into (Turn to I'nge Four. Column One.) ^ We Have With Us * Today Ogden Mill*, « apitalisl, New V ork rityv iigilen Mills, well known capitalist, a. upped In Omaha en route on the T'nion Pacific railroad for t'alifornla. Hr. Mills la a director for the South , Pacific railroad and for many other corporations. Including the At lantlo Coast Steamship company, New Yn*k Central railroad, and Ni agara Falls Power company. Ite belongs to numerous clubs for Tarlous sports, such as golf, turf anil field, tennis, both In New Y ork and In San Francisco. Ills sou, Ogden f.Kingston Mills, Is a congressman and lawyer. ('. IV. Houseman, Itoston, Mass., piano Kxport. Mr. Houseman always loved music. In Ills youth he traveled much, often with no specific, destination, but keep ing his ears constantly atoned to the music of life. In 18*9 hs was In Kansas City. At the same boarding b. iiise with him was Sam Oakford. Onkford r*lny®d Hi® banjo n,nd In an art r.n lb® Orpheum Hrmiit. Houa®man play®*! tb® pl«no and ** *n i'.incprl p. Ycslerdni Houseman slopped over tn Omaha to see Ids "Id friend Sam. Houseman Is ari Important factor in the organisation "I llnllol 6. Davis, bin no manufacturers. He stile- him «,,.|f an ambassador extraordinary fm the Angelos piano. All Omaha knows Sam Oakford n* head of Ihe Oak ford Muelc Co. — Chinese Student Has Shortest Name in World Baltimore, Jail. IS.—The shortest name In all the world is in the pos session of .1 student in the Johns Hopkins medio;*! school, it was dis covered here today. His name is Mr. I. Philologisth declare that it must bo the shortest name in existence n.* it is composed of but one letter and the letter which displaces less ink than any other in the alphabet. i s home is in Hangehow, China. Ha is 24 years old. Though he spells his name I, he pronounces it as though it were spelled E. Mystery Wraps Senate Delay on 2 Appointments Names of Marian J. Stone and Charles B. Warren Still Before Judiciary Committee. B> WII.I.IAM K. HUTCHINSON. International New* >enlr^ Stuff <'<irre*|HHident. Washington, Jan. 17.—Something akin to a first class mystery sur rounded the senate’s attitude tonight toward two of the appointments made by President t'ooiidge In the present shake-up of his official family— those of Harlan F. Stone to the su preme court and of Hilaries B. War ren to he attorney general. The mystery rested in the failure of the senate judiciary committee to take definite action on either ap pointment, although nothing ap proaching an open fight has been waged against eiiher man. The com mittee today postponed for the third time final action on Stone's appoint ment, while a special subcommittee was uanted to Investigate Warren's "legai flti.eMM’ Stone's name has now been before the senate for two weeks, and War ren's half that time. To add to the uncertainty. Senator Horah. republican, of Idaho, declared he intended making a thorough In vestigation Into the legal records of both appointees. In this move he was joined by Senator Walsh, democrat, of Mon tana, the oil scandal prosecutor. Both Borah and Walsh are mem bers of the subcommittee consider ing Warren's appointment. Despite the delay, administration leaders expressed assurance that both nominations would be con firmed. WORK APPEALS TO OIL GROUP AGAIN Washington, Jan. 18.— Secretary Work, as chairman of the new fed eral oil conservation board, today called upon a second group of oil men for specific Information concern ing what, was described as foreign trade and development In the petro leum Industry. The communication, the second In a week addressed to oil leaders, asks information to enable the board to un derstand definitely the views and pos sible Allans of ttie industry as they re late particularly to foreign connec tions regarding production and de velopment, 'Hie secretary said the board con templated several additional Inquiries dealing with other angles such as pro duction, distribution, utilization and other matters, and letters concerning these subjects will he mailed In the near future to members of the oil Industry. It was announced by the board lhat many letters have been re ceived commending Its efforts toward stabilization of the petroleum Indus try. LEGION RECEIVES ENDOWMENT FUNDS Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 1*.— First contributions by legion po*r* to the Ameircan Begjon endowment fund were received from Kiigene I’osf, of Fugene. Ore., and C.\ II. Jlerry Post of Tnmaqua, Pa., It was announced at National headquarters hero today. The contribution from the Oregon | post, was 875 and T.imnqun, 817.III. Announcement was also made of ac ceptance* to membership on the hon orary committee for the endowment (fund ns follows: fieri. James A. Thomas, Dublin, C»n., commander in chief of the United Confederate vet erans: William fireen, Washington, president of the. American Federation of Labor; Booth T&rklngton, Indian apolis, author; John Drew, New York, actor; Janie* Chandler, Imperial po tentate of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Charles Dans Gibson, New York artist and John B Quinn, Is** \ tuples, former national commander of the legion. Co-man Itlu.-I 1‘wrnar** \\ orkrl> l««-l B* 11 < >ii i* I )h \ Berlin. Jun. I'* V - M* flr*t official action the new onhlnct of Dr. Pan* I.uther has decreed the e*i ablipbuient of an eight hour t).r for bluet furnace workers. 'Che decree becomes effec tive April i. 2 Chinese Annies Meet in Hot Fight Troupe of Former Governor of kiaiigt-u Rouled 1 »y Men of Marshal Lui; l . S. \\ art-hips Sail. Japanese Pay Expenses H) Unhmnl Shanghai, Jan. IS.—Fighting broke out today between ttie forces of Mar shal I.ui-Yung-Siang and Marshal i hi Hsi Yuan at the town of Chin Kiang, -45 miles northeast of Nan king. laiiest advices tonight state that i Chi's troops are retiring .upon Soo Show. American warships are proceeding to Chin Kiang and Tanking to pro tect all foreigners. Five thousand interned Chinese soldiers have been repatriated at Tsing-Tati and are under armed police guard. Further contingents are leav ing shortly, all expenses being de frayed hy the Japanese chamber of commerce. , Hy l*nivf»r*al ^errire. Peking. .Tan. 18.—Angered by the defiance of t’hi Hsieh-Yuan, former military clilefatn of the deposed Chihli partv . in holding Shanghai in spite of orders of the Anju I’eking government that lie immediately evacuate the great port. Marshal Chang TsoTJn. war lord of Man churia, tonight demanded from Muk den that the Peking authorities take prompt steps lo punish Chi for liis insubordination. By Pres.. Shanghai, Jan. 18.—The British steamer Talma left for Tslanto to day with 4.000 Chines* troops, the fiist contingent of 10,000 who were Interned in the foreign settlements here when driven front their posts as- the result of an anti Peking at tack launched hy General Chi llsi Yuan, a supporter of the ousted re gtme. 1 The Russian steamer Astraichran is removing an additional 4,000, and the Japanese vesStl Ruutnel Maru the rem lining 2.000. All will be started fpr Ts’anto by Tuesday. The troops had been garrisoned in the Chinese territory adjacent to Shanghai. SITE SELECTED FOR MEMORIAL New York. .Tan. 1*.— Tho erection of a memorial in W'ashlngfton, the establishment of a park In Ovate Bay. N. Y., and "the development arid application of Ttoosevi It jmlltle* and Ideals" are the chief objectives to ward which progress was made last year by the Koosevelt Memorial a« soclation, according to a report of Hermann Hagedurn. director of the organization, made public today. The association has selected a. site for the monument south of the White House, not far from the 1 Jncoln memorial and the Washington mono ment, and a bill, which has already passed tho mwuite, is now before the house to authorize the heading of a competition for designs. Thirteen apres of land along the shortfront of Oyster Bay have been acquired by the association, and an additional tract of 21 acres Is In process of condemnation, the report states. The association has collected s li brary of motion pictures relating to the late president, has Issued numei ■ nun publications, collected hooks, car toons and other Items for the library and museum of lloov celt house, and has mutually awarded gold medals for distinguished public servli". TAFT’S DAUGHTER BECOMES MOTHER | New ITnven, Bonn., Jan. 1k.—A |daughter WAS born to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Manning of tills city today. Mrs. Manning was formerly Helen Taft, daughter of Chief Justice William H. Tuft, and before, her mar riage was dean of Bryn Mawr col lege. (ioolitlgps lake < .rn »*■*' mi ^ ib IiI (It *-r Sunday l*> I ttivrr«nl H«*rt Irr. Wafthinfrton, Jan. 18 - 1’renldent and Mrs. I'oolldge look Advantage of comparatively clear weather tndty to make their fust cruise down the Po tomac in several weeks, shoard the yacht Mayflower. They attended ntoi nlng services at the First Congregational rhlirch, he lug greeted nn they passed to their autmrmbile by a salute from 2.'h tiny Scouts nf New York. Mr. and M's i'oolldge motored dl I reef from the church lo the navy vnnl. ivheie they I ms riled the May flow e i He* retail Hlrmp nnd a few peisonat friends also made the cruise. The pi. ildentlal paitv was expected to spend tnnorht on the tlvr^ leturn Ing to Washington earl ytomorrow Lmot nlng r~- ■' Women Smokers Boost Price of Fags Washington, Jun. 18.—The in crease in the humber of women smokers is listed by T. L. Hughefl, chief of the tobacco section of the conuijerce department, as one o£ the likely explanations of the tre mendous rise ill recent years In cigaret consumption in the United •States. In the course of his regular .sta tistical study of the consumption, Hughes has found that the use of cigarets in the United States, which was 15 billion in 1913, has gained four fold in 10 years, amounting: to 63 billion in 1923. There have been great gains in other countries of the world, but Japan, where the rate of increase came closest to matching that of the United States, has advanced from 1913 consump tion of 7 billion cigarets to only 33 billion In 1923. Mine Strike ot‘ 60JI00 Threatens in Pennsylvania J M iiier* in District No, 1 Ap prove Tentative Plans for Walkout Next Wednesday. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 17.—Tenta tive plans for a general Btlik* among the 60.000 mine worker* of District No. H United Min* Worker* of America, next Wednesday afternoon unless a special convention Is granted by the district officers were approved here tonight a dramatic session of the general mine grievance commit tee. Action of the tinited bodies fol lowed fiery appeal* by representa tives of the 12.000 employes of the Pennsylvania Coal company ousted by the union for their unauthorized strike. The Pittston hien demanded that the other bodies take a definite stand In view of the fact that their appeal* to district and International union executives had failed to accom plish the desired results. Rinaldo Uappellinl, district presi dent of the United Mine workers of America on learning of the proposed strike of the 60.000 miners Issued a statement urging them to Ignore all order* of the general grievance com mittees. Tie warned local unions that in the event of a strike they would lose their charters and their member ship in the United Mine Workers of America. President Uappellln! attributed the strike proposal to th* "whims of a few disgruntled leaders who are try lug to instigate trouble for selfish ends.'* In hi* statement he announced plans to call another general meeting of nil Pittston strikers In an effort to get them to take a direct vot# to re j turn to work. DE MARTINO NEW ITALIAN ENVOY Washington, Jim. 1* James d» Martino will succeed Prlnre Cfietani as Italian ambassador to Washington when the latter retires early In Feb ruary. It is understood th* Italian foreign office already has been assured of the acceptability of de Martino to the 1'tilted States and that his official nomination will be Issued without de lay. ]>« Martino, at present ambassador to Toklo. has held many of the high est posts In the Italian diplomatic service, which be entered in 19*9. After nerving in various capacities in Beilin, Constantinople. Cairo and Berne he was appointed in 1913 eec rotary general at the ministry «*f foreign affairs, the highest position in the service next, to the minister. Me served In that post from B<Lt to 1920, hiving a conspicuous put In the shaping of Ttalian pnllcv fiom the days preceding the world war through the Versailles pence confer ence period. He was appointed am haisador to Berlin In 192*». to Lon don In 1921. .md finally to Toklo In 1923. \h\ill Rmririli of Oc<*hii KihIoixmI l>\ Soii«t\ Washington, .1 in is Kmlm■s»,nient of the .\;>vy department* prog rain for ocean researches In the €;uIf of Mexico is expressed In a i»•'•dm ion adopted by the Amerlcnn Assr»cl.™lou for the Advaiv i merit »»f s lenc«-. which was made public tonight by the Navy department. Many branch* w of science, it was stated, will benefit from the study. World Radio Recoril Sri. Ill \«MH'lnlnl I'ri-** Rr'll Blllllpl'i'li • ,! . What Is l*rlic\'d to be » world re« .•id for long diet.hr • .mu item t oll*' l erMvIl'g on a .0 mrt»'r uhm • m *i Ii WHS e*la blishod ben I*m|h> " lion amateurs with h homemade *••) • opi**d nmalcur* fmm 111* • t * of Behtisy I vs nla , Kansas. W «sbiMgtci Oregon and California. Irotzky Is Put Out of War Council) I ■ ! Los- ol Place ill Political Bu reau and Soviet Committee Is Also Tlireat . cued. “Ready for Any 1 ask” IIt Antorifttnl l*mt. Moscow, Jan. IS.—Reon Trotszky will not be permitted to remain on the soviet war council, and is warn ed that a continuance of disobedi ence will culminate in ids being ex pelled from the lmiltical bureau and the soviet executive committee. These facts became known today in a semi-official communication Is sued here. Warning Issued. The communication said that at a plenary meeting of the executive com mittee and control commission of the communist party, held on F’fiday, it was decided, almost unanimously: First, to finite Trotszky t»> submit effectively to party- discipline; sec ond, that his retention on the war council must lie regarded as impos sible; and, third, that the question of the further employment of Trotszky on tlie executive committee be post poned until tiie next party congress, with a warning that Ids continued disobedience would entail his removal from the political bureau and the executive committee. According to the communication Trotzky wrote to the committee re gretting ids inability, owing to his ill ness, to attend Its session, and de claring that he had kept silence in order to spare the communist party. He vigorously denied he favored re vising Ivonlnism or that lie belittled the role of i.enin. , Trotzky added that he himself re garded “Trotskyism” as ended polit ically and said he lied not foreseen that his book on the revolution would be made use of on the political plat form. Regarding the accusations against him of lack of discipline. Trotzky wrote; He Is Submissive. “T reply emphatically that T am ready' for any task. In any post or outside any post and under any con trol imposed by my party. It is use lews to emphasize that after recent discussions, our cause necessitates that I should be relieved of my post of president of the revolutionary war council." The resolution adopted by the com mission dectaies that Trotgy's anti Renlnlst views regarding the pea ints constituted a special danger to the communist^ party, as his attitude had undermined the confidence of the peasants In the Soviet policy. Fur ther, the resolution observes ttiat Trotzky « letter, while giving an un dertsklng to perform any task ns signed to him, falls to admit his er rors and maintains his anti bolshevik attitude, tints making his submission a pure formality. POUND STERLING GETS BACK TO PAR Washington, Jan. 18.—The British I pound sterling will he back at par in (be postal service, for the first time since the war, on January 2? when, in accordance with orders of Postmaster General New, the rate of conversion for postal money orders • payable In Great Britain shall he on*1 pound sterling for $4.87. The order also' applies to mone> payable in northern IrelAnd, the Irish Free State, the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand and the Fnlon of South Africa. FOUR DROWNED AS ROWBOAT UPSETS, Cotter. Ark., Jan, 18—Four persons \V'T« drowned when an overloaded l ow boat was upset In White lUvor. a mils below Oakland, Saturday, it was learned lo re today, Three others In the boat were rescued. The dead are Kush HheW and his brother. Tun Shew; Miss Tessle Bill Inga and G. W. Hawkins. Al\a John son, n number of the party, rescued James Hhew and Miss Georgia I h arden. None of the bodies of the foill* who were drowned has been recovered. Kurlli Trrmnrs Krconlnl. New York, Jan. 18 -Severe earth tremors were roo>rded nt the Ford ham unherslly semlsie station early this morning. The first tremor was recorded at »:A5 and the main wave at 7 17, eastern standard time. Her. John S. OVonnor, director of the »ta Hon, estimated that the disturbances wen at a distance of .V,'»00 mites and pfcol .ihh In the \idnlty of Japan \ • w Orleans ! ,u , Jan l 8 I,nth j' quake hoc! •» were recorded early to I day h> the I.o>ola tilth er*.!t \ -elsmo j i graph |a*tim? tan hmit>, according t» ll Father \l*cll. in « barge «'f the Instru It ment The critter of the dlsturham* I WAS Indicated i'.OftO t«* oilier « ■ JUUitiul of Now urlMn*. j1 t California s “Perfect Girl” Nominee California nominate* Florence Tamara, dancer, for the title of “Amer ica'* tno*t perfect jjirl.” ___ Mrs. Willebrandt May Not Be Named J Stroup Opposition Develops to Her \ppointinent to Po sition of*Federal judge. ■ ■ ~ ■— Washington. Jan. 1*.—rDevelopment of strong opposition lias mads im probable tire appointment of Mrs. Mabel W (l- ■ r Willebrandt, assistant attorney genera! as the first woman j to wit on a federal lencli. Decision alm^t had been reached] by president Coolitlfte and Attorney General Stone a week ago to nomin ate Mrs. Willebrandt to the vacant judgeship in the northern district of California, but t igorous protest against snub action by Senator Short* ridge and several other memljers of congress from California has brought a revision of plans. One of ibe argu ments the protectants ha\e use.} I that Mrs. llillebrandt, as a resident of 1/.1S Angeles, should n«>t be select ed to preside over a judb ini district embracing ihe northern section of the state. Numerous women s org mi/atmns and in dividual winner, however arc supporting Mrs. Wllebrandt, and if flcials emphasised today that th«. p-'v-j sihility of her appointment ha? not 1 *een entirely eliminated. Senator Shortn.It* is urging the se lection of W. 1j St Sure, of San Fran cisco, now a memlter <f the circuit court "f appeals in California, f**r thw district judge-slip. jfThe prcstlent and Attorney OcneraT Stone plan to give considerable study to this vfh amicy during the week with si view to reaching a decision before Stone leaves the department of justice for the supreme court. FEDERATION BANK STILL GROWING New York, Jan. IS. The Federa tion bank of New York, the labor institution which grew in 1?* months from original resources of $.’»on,ooo to $y.r,tm,ooi» on In cetnlier 31. last, is liow *oivnbiiuv it.- -dug it*, cap tal another $5G0,G0u or *l,000.f*0«>. Deter .1 Urady, president, in mak ing this announcement, tonight said the matter would he decided at an early meeting of the stockholders President Urady announce<l that ihe Itank had yielded profits of ffD.tH'O during 1924. • ~ ' " 1.800 (ioiuprlc in (>«►*•( <>iinlr\ H;h i I*hI i <■, .I.'ii). 1 y X. ii lv 1 mi,i j,tli. I*len 1'nil-i|H)!i»il to.l«\ In the Bjs mil* < rus* i-onnti > run In the llol* do HmilofcMir. oi(r*n|*rJ |.\ I,'Auto. The prmlni-e* suppUe,! the men who fin l*heil first *n,i «<‘,oii,l. They were Hliqueiise of Arms, who flnieheil first In 30 minute* nn<1 ;« neooml*. leudlrtii hy n few ynr<I« lileuue* of Marseille*. \\ noil < liuppiT 11 itrI. “no Ini |t|»|i«tdi to Tli# Omnlii* |ti*e. Ilea trice. N’» b Jan. 1 s John! Wb"<e sustain* 1 n frnctltiv of the; ■ nil w dli ^*stlng John Wolken in* iwtitim. wood to it * nil v when t tree, b ?! upon him The tart that W ie*e ! I.mdcd in i ... t ,,( ditch which had! I»c«n i washed o\tf to the rain, pi oh j A M 3 «;• ! ' • l(' i« . j i % Nivsrlng at hif home ntar Fillty, i % Farmer Overcome bv Fumes of Gas y Accidentally Open? Jet in Turning Out Electric Eight. \V. «' Finley. 64. farmer living' rear ("Inrinda, lx.. Slav !n a critical condition at the Swedish Mission his rdial. ti » viciime f gas fumes which escatied from an xc -idemally opened Jet. Finley arrived in Omaha Saturday to visit his brother, R. A. Finley. 2603 Fowler avenue. Laat night, when he retired, In snapping off the eleotri-- l'eht he also half opened * u is jet which Is a part of the light nig fixture. Fortunately, he slept with his window- opened wide and v as -til! adve. although unconscious, when found : y his brother Sunday morning. In. I’.iul H lulls, 2324 Fowler are i nur. was e.-iiled and ordered Finley taken to ;i«e hospital a; once. Al though It- regained consciousness a short time later, attending physicians declare his 1otnlltion critical because , of Ills age. i I'es, libln, the accident Sunday fternoon Rule) said that lie re ■tiemhered turning something, but I be light was not extinguished, so , he tiied mother lever and. when the ’ light went out. thought nothing . more of the incident. SCHOOL DRILLS l TO BE RADIOCAST Manhattan. Kan., Jan. IS.—The j physical education department of the!, Kansas State Agricultural college be- , ginning February 1, will radiocast , dally caJtslhenio exercises for the :< OoO country schools In the stste of ; Kansas, according to M. F. • Ahearn. . head of the K. s. a. v'. department , nf athletics. c TIu* propa^i* will t* radiaeaftt nlonir with other opening rirrclsfv,t for country •*< hook-. > morning’ ■ :»t Mr. from station KSAl\ th* col j] Two t.f tlio air railiocasting station!^ hci c. A ii.#w1*io an i«jgn in under w*r to *qutn nil country nchooln with radio. t FIVE CHILDREN BURNED IN HOMEi Klk River. Minn . Jan. 16.—Five children were burned to death when ihetr farm home eight miles from here was destroyed bj fire this t morning ) The children ranfred In ages from ( 1 I ! to ‘ years. T Mr siul Mr*. Frank Redact., the l parents, escaped with severe burns ; j Redach Is ,x farmer. __ J 1 The Weather ^ bn* f P re . Jseusr. k .1 ' I « u t * • ' * A St It » 1T». *’ > ■ * uov a ,? (Fugitive Is Captured After Fight Train Robber Fires Shot at Police in M untie. I ml., but Is Knocked Down and Handcuffed. Postal Man Trailed Him lt> Vnitersal vnitf. Muneie, Inti., Jan. 18.—Gerald Cliai • man has Ijeen captured. The train rubber—the premier ban dit—fugitive from Atlanta federal penitentiary, was overpowered by two police officers after postoffice Inspec tors had located him in a hotel. Chapman resisted arrest—fired on* shot point blank at the officers. It missed. Then he was knocked down. He was taken to police headquarters and then to Indianapolis, where he will be held for an intensive quiz by postoffice inspectors, who want lnfoi - mat ion about a duzzen recent rob beries—a train robbery on Long Island two weeks ago in particular. He denied this robbery. Chapman floated into Muneie Sat urday night and registered at the Braun hotel. He was under surveil lance of Postoffice Inspector Kelly. who had been trailing him for sey - eral days. All night the hotel was guarded by Inspectors and police. “Glad Nobody Killed.-’ When Chapman left the hotel at 11 this morning the police and lnspee tors followed In an automobile. They followed him to a residence—a man believed to be his frlenr and possibly implicated in some of his crimes. There was a ‘short fight at the house. Chapman came out with his gun. He fired one shot and was felled by' Patrolman Beckett of the Muncie force. When Chapman regained his feet he was handcuffed. He did not deny his identity. "I'm glad nobody was killed." commented. Inspector Kelly questioned Char man at police headquarter* here for ■ever*! houre before deckling to ta • the prisoner to Indianapolis, where other Inspectors will Join In Interro gating the bandit. Chapman neo . denied his identity, but be steadfast ly denied crimes that have been charged to him. He waa good nature.) most of the time. When asked about a particular robbery he replied: Carried Nitroglycerine. ■ I'm sorry that y' asn t one of mire ! for there was good money In it. - That his life of bandit has been c lean partially successful was die closed when Chapman w as searched The authorities recovered SS.OhO in | co\ernment bonds. ■JS.OOO in cash and several pieces of valuable jewelr Two flasks of nitroglycerine were found in Chapman's grip with otbc | articles that might be of use to a burglar. Chapman announced the explosive* "hen he told Chief if Police R‘i dolph: ' ileti. ■ le . lj- > c eft,! wi't t | for there s two bottIf s of ‘soup* in it Chapman has a. record of having twice escaped from the Atlanta fe - eral prison. SUGAR COMPANY PLANS DIVIDEND New York. Jan. 1 *—The America:. Sugar Refining company, after ha\ ling paid no common dividends einvt 1?*1, is now $31,000,000 to the gooo and in a po&tion to resume pa> n*#nta. Karl P. Bahat. president, tohi (the stockholder? tonight irr a review of the last 10 years. In noting I to* favorable outlook for icfiners. Cab#* said; “The company is in a financial and operating position to resume a «>•' mod dividend whenever condition.* warrant.’* Common dividends were omitted, he explained, to provide for a vita' rehabi Ration and o'1’ struct ion y. gram now about completed, and t«> cany customers for nearly ff&.Oftv v00 under their commitments affc iiba cud la pee of sugar price# in lltf LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS TO MEET TVavilnirton, .tan. 3$.—The siv annual convention of the Nations * • .ensue of W oman Voter* will N> ho: ■ i Richmond, Va., Aptil l« to If. T « . all wna issued today by the length • director*. Orders lncrmsf, N*CrUl 1.. T*.r On.,h, IW Ha rtl nit toil. Neb dan. .' Voo: ,i. big to Information goer by Norma . 11. Smith of the Hartington poatof f.ce money order department the money order business here during the last year Increase.! over $70yhvp emu Pared with that of the previous year In 13fS money* orders to the amou r of $3“tV3P0 *ere Issued, w-rie n V-.'. ibey amounted to $440.4tP. Kami Sale >uci .. r., . ■ r \>b„ J rrtne. ming «e,r \ l, gtt , = h. h| Public wile t-.« place |,| ,i,vk of t*T4m breugbt v'u0 and « v ®old •*'r 5?3-' and * : p* •*! \ I»tv gh{ blgh pHo** T’ a - '.n | *>lr •*!.’ '» V\ # * ' i ciuisin ca Ud Uruk