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FASCINATING! GRIPPING! ADELE GARRISON'S LOVE SERIAL, REVELATIONS OF A WIFE.
PRINCE OF WALES HAS
ANOTHER FIANCEE.
London, Nov. 26. The periodical
rumors about the prince of Wales'
engagement are again cropping up.
The latest fiancee whom the gos
sips have selected for him is the
Princess Marie of Roumania, second
daughter of the king and queen of
noil mania, i lie princess is at a
hmshtng school at Ascott, England,
and is a very constant visitor to the
royal palace at -Windsor.
UNION PACIFIC GIVES
UP SEARCH FOR BANDIT.
Cheyenne Wyo., Nov. 26. Charg
ing that a brother of a peace officer
of Wyoming aided the bandit Will
iam Carlisle to escape, William M.
Teflers, general manager of the
Union Pacific, announced that the
road's special agents had been with
drawn from the search for the out
law. " '
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AMERICANS IN PARIS -
CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING.
Paris, Nov. 26. Three hundred
Americans celebrated Thanksgiving
by dining together at the Hotel
uai a Ursay, some of their dis
tinguished' French friends inim'nff
them. Alexandre Millerand. eov-
crnor of Alsace, had accepted an in
vitation to represent the French
( government, but was detained in
Strasbourg. Louis Barthou. former
premier, who spoke in his stead, ex
pressed warmly France's apprecia
tion of America's intimate friend
' ship.. Troopers of the Republican
guard, in dress uniform and with
drawn sabers, were stationed be
hind the guest tabies. Dr. Ernest
H. Lines, president of the American
Club of Paris, presided.
AGAIN HE DENIES
HE'S DEAD IN FRANCE.
Stockton, CaL, Nov. 26. The fam
ily of James Tulan has again been
notified by the War department that
he died in France and for the third
time Tulan has written the depart
ment that there is no truth in the
report. vTuIan came home some
weeks ago, it has became known.
HIP; HIP, HURRAH!
ATTABOY, TOM HOLFORD.
Fremont, 'Neb., Nov. 26. (Spe
cial.) The Rooseveltian doctrine on
race suicide was favorably received
, by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Holford, re
siding near Malmo, who welcomed
their second twins within two years.
Their first children Were triplets.
. YOUTHFUL CARLISLE
ARRESTED IN DENVER.
Denver, Nov. 26. A youthful
"Bill" Carlisle of 13 summers was
, arrested by the police last night aft
er robbing a lodger in a rooming
i house of $1.50 at the point of a re
volver and attempting to rob a pe
destrian on the street. "I am Bill
Carlisle of Wyoming," he told po
lice . Captain F. W. Lee and then
admitted his name was Paul Rand.
He refused to say where he lived or
whether his parents are Jiving. He
. was sent to the detention home.
WOMAN SHOOTS HER
DIVORCED HUSBAND.
7 San Francisco, . Nov. ' 26. Mrs.
Agnes M. Hunter of Los Angeles
shot and seriously wounded W. P.
Hunter, a wealthy Texas and Sioux
City, la., oil broker, who she said
was her divorced husband. Jslie
said he had refused to listen to her
appeals to put their son in a mili
tary school.
APPLE JUICE BECOMES
NATIONAL BEVERAGE.-
New York, Nov. 26. Prohibition
has bred a national thirst for cider,
'- so irresistible that apple juice
promises to become the great Amer
ican drink, according to Dr. Eugene
H. Porter, state commissioner of
food and markets.
But, says Dr. Porter, the supply is
small. The present crop f cider
apples is about one-third" that of
former years "and the big dealers
x are scrambling to get enough to sup
ply their customers."
"Much has been written and said
of hard cider," he sayl, "but in most
cases it has been soft cider wearing
a wolf's toelt. Hard cider with a
natural 'kick' is difficult to make,
and more dimcult to keep.
. He adds that "seeking consola
, tion in yeast-treated cider is unwise
as its effects on the drinker are far
from salutary."
MERCURY AT ZERO;
"EXPECTS" COLD SNAP.
, Beatrice,, Nov 26. (Special Tele
gram.) A touch of winter weather
prevailed here Wednesday and snow
lias been falling a greater part of
thes afternoon. The temperature
dropped to about zero and prospects
are for a cold snap. The coal situa
tion here is. not the best, one dealer
reporting that he is entirely out of
fuel. V ;
WIDOWER TO MARRY
HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Jersey" City, N. J., Nov. ' 26.
"These mother-in-law jokes are
pretty poor stuff. I have never been
able to see why a man shouldn't be
able to get along with his mother
. in-law. Anyway, I'm going to marry
. mine." : ' '
" That's the way Wilbur B. Broer,
t a Brooklyn rug manufacturer, dis
1 posed of the time-honorea' wheeze
after obtaining a license to marry
Mrs. Kate Schorling, mother of his
first wife, who died six. years ago.
Mrs. Schorling has been a widow
since 1907 and Broer has lived-in
her -home' since the death of his
wife. - ' '
"I see no reason why the public
.should be Interested in our affairs,"
he said, when asked when the mar
riage would take place. "If we feel
like it, the press will be notified; but
I'm tired of that slapstick stuff about
mothers-in-law.'V
NATIONALIST PARTY CLUB
STONED AT JOHANNESBURG.
London, Nov. 26. The Nationalist
Party club at Johannesburg, South
Africa, was wrecked last Friday in
retaliation of the act of some Na-
' lionalists stoning a house veranda
' on which were a number of women
and children, according to advices
from Johannesburg today. The at-
tack on the club precipitated hat
the police feared would develop into
an uncontrollable racial riot The
efforts of the police to restore order,
however, were reinforced by a
timely downpour of - rain, which
. caused the crowd-to disperse
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WAGE RATE
OF GARFIELD
IS REJECTED
Offer of 14 Per Cent In
crease Openly Declared "In
suiting" and Miner President
Says It Won't Be Accepted.
operatorHelieve
' men's 'stand final
Fuel Administrator Stipulates
'That There Shall Be No In
crease in v the Price of Coal
P aid by the American Public.
Washington. Nov. 26. A govern
ment plan for settling the soft coal
I strike, which embodied a 14 per cent
wage increase for miners anH the
stipulation that there should be no
increase in the price paid by the
public, was laid before miners and
operators tonight by Fuel Adminis
trator Garfield.
John L. Lewis, acting president of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, announced that the miners
would not accept.
After a three-hour conference at
which representatives of the miners
openly declared the new scale was
"insulting" and sharply questioned
Dr. Garfield, he subscale committee
composed of miners and operators
met to consider the settlement plan
and quickly adjourned.- Another
meeting'wilt be held tomorrow.
Operators Will Negotiate.
The miners' refusal to accept,
while not announced to Dr. Garfield,
was taken by the operator? to be
definite. Thomas T. Brewster, chair
man of the operators' association,
declared, the Garfield 14 per cent
statement formally eliminated Secre
tary Wilson's proposal for a 30 per
cent increase.
"The operators are ready to nego
tiate a new wage agreement," Brew
ster said, "despite P.. Garfield's
statement that the government will
not permit an advance in the price
of coal." -
While the subscale committee will
give consideration to the proposi
tion, the full committee representing
both sides, will remain here to re
ceive any plan of settlement that
might be agreed upbn.
William Green, secretary of the
United Mine Workers, declared to
morrow would see the end pi all ne
gotiations, as "the operators are op
posed to granting any increase and
the miners cannot proceed on the
figures given by Dr. Garfield." Many
of the miners said they agreed with
Alexander Howat, president of the
Kansas miners, who announced that
it we are unable to receive a wage
here that will guarantee us a decent
living 365 days in the year we will
go home and tight tor a while.
Accepts Wilson's Estimate. ,
In Explaining his statement at the
joint conference Dr. Garfield said
that in computing the wage advance
he had accepted Secretary Wilson's
estimate of 79 per cent increase in
the cost of living since 1913, which
was the highest estimate made by
anybody.
Dr. Garfield declared that miners
today were receiving higher wages
without the 14 per cent increase than
any other class of workers in the
country. i
At the opening of the meeting Dr.
Garfield read his statement care
fully while both sides gave him the
closest attention. He declared that
it was not a proposal, but a state
ment of fact. '
Lewis, jumping to his feet at the
conclusion of the fuel administra
tor's statement, wanted to know
what hadvbecome of the proposal by
Secretary Wilson.
"The miners came to Washing
ton"," Lewis said, "at the request, of
Secretary Wilson, who is author
ized under the law to arbitrate dis
putes. We understood that he repre
sented the cabinet and indirectly the
president himself. Acting in his of
ficial capacity Secretary Wilson, of
fered the miners an advance oi
31 6-10 per cent
"Does the government intend to
(Continued en Tt Two. Column Two.)
Brotherhoods Take ' '
No Action Looking
To Railroad Strike
Cleveland, O., Nov. 26. No action
looking toward a railroad strike by
the four railroad brotherhoods was
taken, Wednesday by the 500 gen
eral chairmen meeting here to act
on Director General of Railroads
Hines' offer of time and i one-half
for slow freight service and no vote
was taketuon the proposition, al
though a motion?to vote on it was
adopted. The conference adjourned
in the afternoon" and will meet again
Thursday morning. . ,
Discussion of the proposition and
the request of the firemen and the
trainmen. for a general wage.increase
occupied the afternoon session;
NEW ORLEANS IS
"HnTINJHERUP;"
' LIQUOR ON SALE
Federal Judge Declares War
time Prohibition Unconstitu
tional, Then Bars Open.
New Orleans, Nov. 26. Whisky,
beer and wines were sold openly
over the counter in New Orleans
Wednesday nightN after Federal
Judge Foster had declared wartime
prohibition unconstitutional.
Less than an hour after Judge
Foster had. enjoined federal author
ities from interfering with the sale
of bonded whiskies in compliance
with the petition of the Herman
Leiser Liquor company, barrooms
were serving liquor in steadily varied
assortments. Mixed drinks were un
obtainable during the day because of
the rush for "straight liquor."
Later, however, it will 'be possible
to obtain practically all of the widely
known drinks for many years pe
culiar to New Orleans. French res
taurants served claret with dinners.
- Judge Foster, in granting the in
junction, ruled that the war came to
an official end when congress ad
journed recently without rejecting
thepeace treaty with Germany. He
maintained that . when President,
Wilson vetoed the Volstea'U war
time prohibition enforcement bill
October 28 the 'president declared
the army and navy forces demobi
lized. Judge Foster- formerly held that
2.75 per cent beer was non-intoxicating.
Above the enthusiasm of liquor
dealers, however, loomed the warn
ing of , the United States district at-,
torr.ey and the internal revenue col
lector that a strict 'record was be
ing kept of liquor selling and that
should the supreme court of 'the
United States declare the wartime
prohibition act constitutional, prose
cutions, would be instituted.
Cannot Profiteer.
District Attorney Mootiey, upon
learning of Teports that saloon keep
ers had agreed to make a fiat charge
of 50 .cents per drink for whisky,
announced that should they combine
to charge high prices for drinks
they would be prosecuted for profi-'
teering.
- Whisky sold in most places at
25 cents a drink, about half the size
formerly sold. Higher grade whis
kies served in old- sttle glasses sold
from. 35-to 50 cents. ..Bottled whisr
SAY ARREST
IS EXPECTED
FOR MURDER
Police Told of Deserted
Woman Whom Man Threat
ened to Kill When She
Begged to Be Taken Back.
IS NOW, RECOGNIZED AS
MISS ALICE MASSETTE
Two Omaha Young Women
Say Body Is That of Colfax,
la., Woman Will Be Placed
In Receiving Vault Today.
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Before the Douglas countv coro
ner's jury in the case of the woman
found dead '.in a Washington county
ravine, Dr. Samuel McCleneghan,
county physician, testified yesterday
that she had eaten a meal of chicken
and vegetables less than an hour be
fore she was killed.
This is regarded as valuable evi
dence, as it is thought now that
some one may remember the woman
having eaten such a dinner at spme
restaurant or farm house.
May Be Miss Massette.
The last identification was made
shortly after noon yesterday by the
Misses Florence Rathke, 2918 North
Twenty-seventh street, and Ethel
Fletcher. 9171-2 South Thirteenth
street, who said the bodv was that
of Alice Massette of Colfax. Ia.
Both the young women profess
to having been chums of Miss Mas
sette. who they say has been miss
ing for several days. They - told
Detectives Trohv and Bolar . who
have been working on the case, de
scriptions of the hat. coat and shoes
which the murdered woman wore,
but which were mfssing. when; the
body was found. . " ;
Police, Seek Relatives. ; v "
Relatives of Miss Massette v afe
be'-'T sonrrht, by the-authorities. , r
The-.youHsLwoincn .were. takeu.o
ky, bonded, was to be-had at an j tentlrman s undertaking parlors to
verage of $0 a quart. Wines wtTe (View mc oouy ana-positively laenn
irccurablc at an average of about fied the features, scars and general
build ot the body as that of theif
ehnm. nnlirp rav.
Sell Training: Station.
New York; Nov. 26. The Pelham
Bay naval training station was sold
for $158,000 to a North Carolina
wrecking company
procurable at an average
25 cents ovtr former prices
At all of the downtown saloons
crowds remained until closing time.
Stocks sufficient to last until Jan
uary 16, should the supreme court
rule that wartime prohibition .' was
unconstitutional, were reported by
wholesalers. Practically none of the
liquor in warehouses, here was ex
ported. Brewers had .'not yet'- decided
whether' their, stocks of beercon-
taining a higher percentage of alco
hol than one-half of one per cent
could be increased by -resumption
of the manufacture of foVmer con
tent. '
PERSHING IS DUE '
TO VISIT OMAHA
AFTER CHRISTMAS
Itinerary of Yank Commander's
Tour of Cantonments and
Posts Made Public.
Washington, Nov. 26. The itiner
ary of General Pershing's inspection
tour of cantonments and posts, is
sued here, shows the trip will cover
completely the- manufacturing and
training machinery erected during
the months of war in support of the
American expeditionary forces.
More than 100 camps, aviation fields
and ammunition plants will be visited
in order that General Pershing may
be able to recommend to Secretary
Baker a. comprehensive plan for
maintaining adequate facilities to
back up military establishments.
Leaving Washington on the nighf
of December 3, General Pershing
and his' official suit will visit Camp
Lee, Va., as the inital stop and
then move through the southeastern
department, arriving at its head
quarters, Charleston, S. C, on De-
cemDer . .Plants and stations in
the central department are next in
line.
The holidays will be Spent by
Genera'l Pershing with his, son arid
his sisters at Lincoln, Neb., a new
start being made west about Jan
uary 5.
Officers of Pershing's staff esti
(Continned on P(te Tiro, Column Stvtn.)
Ratification Delay Will Not
Keep U. S. Envoys In Paris
Paris, Nov. 26. Any delay which
may eventually be found necessary
in the exchange of ratifications re
quired to put the German peace,
treaty, into effect will not change the
plans of the American, peace delega
tion, it was learned itoday. Under
Secretary tof State Polk and other
delegates will leave Paris on he
evening of December 5.
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Tacoma, Wash.,' Nov. 26. County
Prosecutor W. D. Askren reported
to Henry M.. White, United States
immigration commissioner at Seat
tle, demanding the immediate de
portation of 40 of the 66 alleged I.
W. W. in jail here charged with
violations of the state syndicalism
law.. , ... . .
Further information gained bv the
detectives concerning the murder
was .learned yesterday afternoon in
that the alleged murderer of the
woman disappeared immediately
upon reading in the Friday after
noon papers of the finding of the
body. .i
Expect to Make Arrest.
Police expect to make an arrest
in the fse soon, The ""mur
derer of the woman is claimed to
be a man with whom she had been
living as his common-law wife, but
whom he had deserted, saTk police.
The motive for the murder, was
to get the woman out of the way,
after she keot begging the man to
take her back, claim the authorities.
The chums of the Massette wom
an told detectives they had heard
several -times that this .man was go
ing to kill their chum if she didn't
leave him alone. She told them of
threats at various times -which he
made to her, they sa3'.
Wright Identification a Mistake.
D. Ray Wright, Burlington rail
road telegraph operater at Cody,
Neb., held positive belief Tuesday
night that the body of the murdered
girl was that of his wife until he met
her face to face at ' 1( yesterday
morning in her home o'n the out
skirts of Council Bluffs through the
efforts of Reid Zimmerman.
At least 10 other partial identifica
tions of the body were also dis
proved by investigations conducted
by newspaper men and police.
Jhe last possible clue to the solu
tion of the mystery, according to
Chief oi Detectives Dunn, would be
in-the ljnding of the hat, coat and
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deration Is Refused. -
Woman Who Stole
Furs at Omaha Stores
Released on Parole
Mrs. Bertha Kingsley yesterday
pleaded guilty to a charge of grand
larceny and was paroled to the adult
probation officer by District Judge
Redick.
Mrs. Kingsley, who is the daugh
ter of a college professor in Provi
dence, R. I., was arrested October
27 for the theft of a number of valu
able furs from G. N. Aulabatigh's,
Brandeis, Hayden Bros.' and other
stores: The furs, with the price
tags still on them, were found in
her home.
She and her- daughter and son
were driving across the continent in
an automobile. Mrs. Kingsley has
been in jail since her arrest. Her
daughter, who was also implicated in
the thefts, Is in the hands of the
juvenile authorities.-
LETTERS SHOW
HOWE LEANED
TOWARD REDS
Too Sympathetic in Cases
Where Deportation Ordered, '
Investigators Learn.
Viscount Astor Cannot
i V.
Give Up Father's Title
London, Nov. 26. A bill intro
duced in the House of Commons un
der which Viscount Astor would
have been able to- give up his title,
inherited from his father, the late
Viscount (William Waldorf) Astor,
was defeated by a vote of 169 to 56.
New York, Nov. 26. Letters
Showing a sympathetic attitude bn
the part of Frederic O. . Howe,
formerly commissioner of immigra
tion at Ellis Island, toward radi
cals who had been ordered deported
were read today at an inquiry by
the house immigration committee.
They were produced after testimony
by Byron H. Uhl. now acting com
missioner at the. island, that condi
tions under Howe's regime tended
to make the island a "forum of
bolshevism, a bawdy house and a
gambling house."
The correspondence, taken by the
cpmmittee from files at the island,
included letters written by Howe
to George Andreytchine, a radical
whose deportation order was can
celed; Elizabeth G. Flynn and Louis
F. Post, assistant secretary of labor:
one received by him from Emma
Goldman and' one from Dante Bar
ton, vice chairman of the commit
tee on industrial relations to Miss
Helen Marot in care of "The
Masses," a radical New York pub
lication. Allowed to Go to Spain
Miss Goldman urged Howe not to
send "to sure death", in France
Joseph Goldberg, a white slaver and
a friend of defendants in Los An
geles dynamiting cases. Official
records read by the committee
showed Goldberg had been allowed
to go to Spaii at his own expense
after being ordered deported.
Andreytchine, an I. W. W. rioter,
wrote Howe upon cancellatipn of
an order of deportation:
"I have no words to thank you
for your appreciation and support.
Yours .as ever for the emancipation
of mankind."
Howe wrote to Louis F. Post, as
sistant secretary of labor, in re
gard to the Andreytchine case:
"The young man is a clean, whole
some, nice young fellow and Mrs.
J. S. Cram has telephoned me sev
eral times about him."
While the committee was conduct
ing its inquiry into the former ad
ministration a hunger strike and a
"silence" strike by more than three
score radicals at the island con
tinued. .
iners Vote to Return .
To Work After Troops
Arrest 52 of Them
Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. 26. Carney
vine coal miners have voted to re
turn to work Friday morning. after
federal troops had arrested 52 of
their number and ordered union of
ficials to call a meeting to vote on,-!
ending thestnke.
Acting under the proclamation of
P.rig. Gen. D. A..Poore at Fort D.
A. Russell, issued November 1,
placing the state under military con
trol, troopers of the Fifteenth cav
alry descended upon Carneyville
under the command of Maj. War
ren Dean.
With drawn bayonets the troops
surrounded a pool hall where many
miners had congregated. "The min-
ers were ordered not to leave. The
soldiers made a house to house
canvass ordering every male to re
port at the pool hall. From a list
of 72 names and examination of
.1 r i ' f . i . ...
inc men, 3i oi xne names were se
lected and ordered sent' to Fort
Mackensie.
Major Dean then called a meeting
of the miners' union, at which of
ficials of the union presided. Major
Dean explained to them that Jheir
strike, begun Monday, was in viola
tion of the Indianapolis injunction
and asked the men to vote on ending
the strike. The vote was unanimous
to end the strike Friday morning.'
1 1
Australian Chaplain Held
For Traitorous 'Speeches
London, Nov. 26. Father O'Don-
nell, the Australian chaplain, who
was arrested on August 18, charged
with the use of traitorous and dis
loyal language,- pleaded not guilty
when arraigned before a court-martial
here today.
Premier Hughes of Australia, reV
eently appealed by cable to Lord
Milner, secretary of state for the
colonies, asking for Father O'Don
nell's release and saying that the
clergyman, who was a chaplain with
Australian troops during the war,
'"had proved himself a patriot."
Want Union With Swiss..
, Paris, Nov. 26. Union with
Switzerland was the main topic dis
cussed at the opening session of the
Vorarlberg Landtag Tuesday, ac
cording to a report from Bregenz,
the capital. The governor stated
that 90 ner Vent of the nontilaflnn
had pronounced in favor of a union
and said that lists of signatures in
circulation in Switzerland for the
same object were"growing larger.
ANGELES FACES "
FIRING SQUAD IN
TRANQUIL MIEN
Mexican Revolutionary Exe
cuted, Following Court
Martial. . 1
fc.1 Paso, Tex., .Nov.' 26. Gen.
Felipe Angeles. Mexican revolution
ary leader and enemy of the Car
ranza government, declared a Datri
ot by his followers and friends, was
executed as a traitor to the Mexi
can government by a firing squad
at Chihuahua City, Mexico, at 6:35
a. m., today. However; he had never
recognized the present government
as nghttully representing Mexico.
The specific charge against Angel
es was rebellion. He was found
guilty by tour Larranza generals sit
ting as a court-martial at Chiruahua
City at 10:45 o clock last night after a
session that had lasted almost con-
tinitally, night and day, for approx'
imately .19 hours. . ' .
General Angeles was executed in
the prison barracks. He himself
chose the north wall to stand against
to be killed and arranged details of
his execution with Carranza officers
and men detailed to the task.
Fire One Volley.
Opposite the revolutionary stood
five soldiers with rifles ready. They
fired one volley into the breast of
Angeles.
Angeles fell forward. He then
was lying on the floor of the bar
racks. The left side of his face was
on the floor.
. An officer stepped up to the al
ready dead man and delivered the
"coup de grace," This was a shot
from the pistol of the Carftnza of
(Contlnued on Pace Two, Column Thrra.)
Democratic Chairman
Harshly Arraigns Congress
Washington, Nov.. 26. Homer S.
Cummings, chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, in a
statement arraigned congress for
its failure' , to enact St the extra
ordinary, session the reconstruction
program outlined by republican
leaders. ' . ' . ,
Mr. Cummings said the house had
"frittered" its time away in "futile
investigations of war activities and
OUTSIDE JURISDICTION V
OF LAW NOTE ASSERTS
.
Executive Department at
Mexico City Says Amerl
can's, Imprisonment Neither
Unjustified Nor Arbitrary. . I
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Mexico City, Nov. 26. Declaring
there is "no legal foundation, not
principle of international law" npoif
which the United States bases iti
demand for the immediate release
of William O. Jenkins, United Statef
consular agent at Puebla, the Mew
ican government, through Hilaritf
Medina, under-secretary of foreign
relations, tonight stated it was inti
possible to accede. .
It is asserted that the executive
department .cannot, under Mexican
law. intervene at this moment in ari
affair which is strictly in .the: hand!
of state courts. It is declared the jnw
prisonrnent of Mr. Jenkins wat
neither unjustified nor arbitrary and
that Mr.. Jenkins is preventing hia
own freedom by refusing to giv
bail,' for which reason, it is "said, "h
cannot be considered a Victim of nto
lestation." . - ; '
Text of Reply. t
El Paso, Nov. 23. The text of th
reply of the Mexican government
to the note of the United ' State!
asking the immediate release of Will
jam O. Jenkins, American consular
agent pt Puebla, Mexico, was re
ceived tonight by Andres G. Garcia,
consul ueneraf at El Paso.
The partial text of "the riote fol
lows: ... ' " -. v-v
Mexico City. Nov. 26." 1919V
Mr. George L. Summerlin, acting
charge of affairs .for the United
States of America. . t' I
Sir: You will no doubt realize
that the fact that no legal founda
tion, principle or precedent of inter
national right, or even of reason, i
invoked in the demand for the imme
diate liberation of Mr. Jenkins, who
as you know, is at present under the
jurisdiction of a judge of the city of
Puebla. 7 . : i
The Mexican government cannot
see what the foundation for such
demand might be.1 It believes that if
can be only the power of the coum
try that makes it. " v
Imperfect Understanding. v . -1
The terms of a note which I anf
answering are attributed to my gov
eminent to an imperfect understand!
ing of our penal laws. The imprison
ment is neither unjust -or arbitrary!
as your note states, since Mr. Jen
kins himself has signed contradict
story statements regarding the kid
naping of which lie was a victim
The judge hag had ample foundation
to suppose that he was guilty of thi?
crime of falsifying judicial declara,
tions and this has caused his impris
onment . . . . "
Nevertheless this imprisonment
does not of itself signify that Mfc
Jenkins is guilty, because such a facf
can only be established by a dehtw
iti ve judgment.
Passenger in Tourist
Car Shot by Another
Without Provocation
E. L. Marquis, 630 South Thirtyi
first avenue, Omaha, was seriously
"vuuucu i iu last nigni, wnen an
Italian shot him twice while he was"
seated in a chair of Union Pacifio
train No. 6, in Fremont, Neb, yards.
The " police know of no - reasog
for the Italian's attack. . i
Four shots were fired. Marquis;
was "minding his own business," ac
cording to other passengers, when
the Italian entered the car with two
tumpamons. - jno words were ex
cnangeo. I he Italian opened fire
without warning. He and his two
chums were arrested and are held
in jail at., Fremont. Marquis was
taken to a Fremont hospital.
Ask Relief for Germans
Be Made Through Quakers
New York. Nov. 2fiA,-,:.;-
of German blood who wish to con
tribute to charitable and relief or
ganizations in Germany were 'asked
in a statement by Herbert Hoover
to make their contributions solely
through the Quakers. Mr Hoover
said he considered that appeals fof
aid for distressed German tur un
desirable in this country and that to
prevent such campaigns having a po
htical import he had asked the
Quakers to take charge of this sec
tion of European relief work.
Cashier Arrested. .
Cheyenne. Wvo.. Nov' 26. B- T.
Keys, cashier of the First National
that the record in the senate was Lbank of Worland. Wvo.. wn sr.
even more discreditable, as it had rested after discovery that the fundi
occupied six months in "sterile" de- of the bank were short 6,000. QU
bate without being able to say "yes" fleers reoorted Kevs h.id made
or no to the peace treaty. 1 complete confession, i,