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t The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 51 NO. 87. ItUnt M CUt Mft Kit O, IMS. tt OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBF" 27, 1921. al II iwr o.lb . 17 M. 0.11, fit. Ml THREE CENTS i. r a. vm iw m mtnm a, IwXu. U.Ml I aMtlt M U1M UU UMM M "Jobless"! Conference! Is Openedj Harding Characterizes Indus trial Depression as War In heritance Oppotes Relief From V. S. Treasury. Committee Is Appointed Washington, Sept. 26. The na tional unemployment conference completed its first session today with the adoption of its organization com mittce'i report, forming nine sub committees and calling for reports from'them by Wednesday, October I 5. The organization committee of the ronference completed early in the afternoon recommendations for the conference program and suggestions for the formation of subcommittees to handle detailed work were pre pared. Theconfercnce- was formally opened by President Harding. Addressing the half hundred indus trial, economic and labor leaders comprising the conference, the presi dent described the present industrial depression as "a war inheritance" throughout the world, "for which as applied to the United States," he add , ed, "he would have little enthusiasm for any proposed relief which seeks cither palliation or -.tome from the lublic treasury. Benefits World Wide. Belief was expressed by the prcsi dent that the results of the confer ence would be felt beyond the bor ders of the United States and that the delegates in their deliberations would be performing a service to the world." The president declared that the open, sure and onward way "to rid . the nation of the war's aftermath of depression involved liquidation, reor ganization, readjustment, . re-establishment, taking account of things done and sober contemplation of things to be done." Any other way, lie added, was only hugging a delur sion. The delegates were told by Mr, Harding that they had not been in vited into the conference "to sohe the long controverted problems of oar social system" and that Secretary Hoover, whom he had designated as chairman of the conference, .would lay before them the program of discussions.- -. ,. - Is War Inheritance. . "The industrial depression which we are feeling is a war inheritance throughout the world. We saw 'hu manity stressed in that . production which is impelled by nations desper ate in self preservation.- . From such a test- there is inevitable reactions. With the world involved there is no escape for any of the world from the valeys of de pression. Though we suffered less than many of these with whom w were associated, and less than any Transformation ' dr.. ivHX? "iv$9- It l-7!l ! - " rulP'Mi it Pig: I ? S k I 5i rt$:u& A.-. n . In all his career "Fatty" Arbuckle has never been able to portray the expression of deep gloom more realistically than he does here. This is a photographic conception of Arbuckle behind the bars of the cell in San Francisco. . s -.-..... ... Osetopaths of State Denied Liquor Permits Haynes Rules Application Is Not Consistent ' With V Teachings ' Of f , v of those against 'whom we con tended, it was inevitable that we ex perience the fever's aftermairi and come to know depression before we could become normal again. ' "Liquidation, re-organiiatjon, re adjustment, re-establishment, taking account '' of things done and sober contemplation of things to be done, the finding cf firm ground and the rpen, sure ana onwaro way aa tlicsc are a part of the inevitable, and he who thinks they might have been voided by this plan or that, or this -policy' or that, or this internaional relationship or that, only hugs the delusion, when reason is needed for safe counsel, v . ; Unemployment Always. "Vcu have been summoned to rounscl all America,, to apply your l.nowledge and your experience in relieving a condition which concerns all America," the president further told ,the '. conference. "Specifically vou are to deal with unemployment, 16 suggest a way to. repairing the arterial circulation which is -the. very liteblood of the reoubhe. X "There is always unemploiTtient , Under most favorable conditions X s.m tolg, there arc a million and a half in the United1 States who are not at work. But there is excessive unemployment today and -we arc concerned, not alone about its dimin- - under the involved condition, lest it grow worse, with hardships bf the winter season soon to be met. The problem of unemployment is the most difficult with which we are confronted. ," ' -. - "There are no problems affecting our national life and the welfare of the American people which we can not and will not solve, v If we fail today we will try again tomor row. Don't Solve Social System. . "It is fair to say that you are not Rsked to solve the Ior.st controverted problems of our social . system. We have builded the America of today and the fundamentals of economic, industrial and political " life which made us what we are and the temple requires no remaking now. ' We are incontestably sound. We are con stitutionally strong. We are merely depressed after the fever and we want to know the way to "speediest and de pendable convalescense. . V hen w know the way everybody in America capital and labor, employer and employes, captains of industry and .the privates in the trenches will g;o over the top in the advance drive of . peace, r rankly, it is difficult to know whether we have reached that bed rock to which reaction runs before the upward coarse begins, but here are representatives of -tie forces which make for all we are or ever be reliable. "I would have little enthusiasm for any proposed relief which seeks palliation or tonic from the public treasury. The excess of stimulation from that source is to be reckoned a cause of trouble rather than a source (Tu t ran Two, Cabuu Blav) . " By E. C. SNYDEP. -WaMMnttan Cortcipapilcnt Omh Bee. Washington, - Sept. 23. (Special Telegram.) Osteopaths and chiro practors, of Nebraska have ,been im portuning the members bf congress from the state ' to1 bring pressure to bear , on Prohibition . Commissioner Haynes - to -change - the ' regulations and permit the representatives of these medical schools to write pre League Will Not Make Blockade Plans Until Used Assembly Committee Decides Individual Cases Must Ap ply Rather Than Set of General Rules. j Genevan Sept. 26. (By The As sociated Press.) Details of applying the economic blockade -against any member violating the covenant of the league of nations cannot be de cided before hand, the , blockade committee of the assembly reported this morning. . It proposed that the council of the league suggest a plan. The committee held that interrup tion of diplomatic relations should scriptions for ; liquor.- V Mr, Haynes be begun with the withdrawal tf has flatly refused to" modify the reg ulations in a single degree. . j. Representative Tefferis,. who prob ably has more osteopaths and chiro practors in his district than in any three other districts ..of ; the state, took up the request of the osteo paths with the officers of tfcs prohi bition director's 'bffice.' .Director Haynes in a letter to the congress man refusing "to make, the f change suggested says: "As understood by. this bureau the osteopathic and chiropractic schools of ' medicine discourage or condemn the "administration ' of drugs :,and chemicals . for : therapeutic purposes and depend upon manipulation of the "anatomical . structures for " cura tive purposes. . .Under the ethics of these schools, therefore, it would ap pear that drugs and chemicals can not consistently be. administered for therapeutic ' purposes. 1 ; "The mere fact that a physician of' the osteopatlu'c school is licensed to practice his profession does not necessarily carry wfth'it'the right to prescribe . or. . administer drugs for their therapeutic effect. . It appears strange therefore,; that physicians of these schools should be insistent upon prescribing intoxicating liquors, when practically, all other forms ol drugs are repudiated, particularly as whisky is no longer listed , in the United' States pharmacopoeia.'' - - The osteopaths' and chiropractors of the state urged that alcohol -was beneficial in cases of Snake bite, an tidote for carbolic acid poisoning and was extensively used sis an' antiseptic for bad sores, - contused wounds and for baths. They asked that the reg ulations of the prohibition bureau., be made to harmonize with the laws of Nebraska, covering' the practice of osteopathy, and its associate school. Disorder Marks Meeting " Of United Mine Workers Indianapolis, Sept. 26. Efforts of rupporters of Alexander Howat, president of the Kansas miners, to force a vote in the convention of the United Mine Workers of America cn President John Lewis', recom mendation that Howat be required to order strikers back to work, were blocked today ;by Vice , President Murray, who, as presiding officer, declared he would not permit the convention to be stampeded into making its decision. Disorder among the delegates marked the morning session. - 1 . : -; , , - Chicago Cabaret Puts in After Theater Dinner Menu Chicago, Sept. 26. One of Chi cago's best known cabarets in the days before prohibition,' today an nounced a dinner -. service - for after theater parties. A cafeteria service was also announced for other hours. Boiled lobster prices were quoted on the theater dinner menu at 50 and 60 cents. heads of diplomatic missions. In the proposed resolution it was provided tnat certain states, in case or spe cial danger to them, might be re leased from blockade obligations. ' Before the blockade committee res olutions are voted on it is said that an effort will be made -to obtain a vote abrogating the rule requiring unanimity, as it is believed an anan imous decision on ' committee rec ommendations is impossible.- In addition to resolutions inter preting the covenant of the league the committee proposed an amend ment of Article XVI.' of the covenant, which provides - for united action against a state violating that agree ment. - ; - " The amendment follows: "The council of the league will give an opinion whether a breach of the covenant has; taken place. When the council gives such opinion the votes of states charged with having committed. a breach or the covenant and of states bringing the charge. whether, they"; are members of the.! council under Article IV or have been specially summoned, shall not be reckoned in determining whether or not there-has been a unanimous de cision. x " Majority of Railway : Kl v Trainmeri Favor Strike " Chicago, Sept. .26. A. majority of the"186,000 members of the Brother hood of Railway -Trainmen have voted to strike rather than accept the recent wage cut ordered by" the United States railroad labor- board, (.general chairmen of the brotherhopd indicated today a they began an ot ficial canvass of the ballots. .Fifty seven general chairmen, who arrived during the day. privately repoi ted to Vice President' James. Murdock that; their men were m tavor or a strike unless, their, demands .were " met, "Our past experience-has been," Mr. Murdock commented, "that S)8 per cent of the men wJl always vote for a strike."' - -. BlacknK.I-If 'Let Us Keep These and Drown the Others" Defense Of! Senator Smoot. Arbuckjfc' Columbus Barber Convicted -' Of Bigamy Is Paroled Columbus. Neb., Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Charles Ballard, Grand Island barber," convicted .of bigamy in, the district court was paroled to his' at torney, August Wagner. His parole was made conditional upon his con tributing to the support of his three children., Mr. - Wagner secured the court's permission forhis,. ward to go to South Dakota, where he will go to work, and be near his children. Insurance Head Dies . Petesoky. Mich., Sept. 26. J. R. Clark of CinciBnati,-president of the Union Central Life Insurance com pany died last meht followm - a I stroke ot paraivsis. Attorney for Prisoner Accuses Semnacher and Mrs. Del niont of Plot to Extort Money From "Fatty." - Grand JurTWill Probe San Francisco, Sept. 26. An as sertion in court tody by Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle's chief counsel, Frank Domingitcz, that he believed blackmail had been contemplated against the film comedian and that this motive figured in the defend ant's arrest on a murder charge, was ordered put before the grand jury tonight by District Attorney Mathcw A. Brady. Brady issued subpoenas (or Dom inguez and his associate counsel, Charles II. Brennan of San Fran cisco and Milton M. Cohen of Los Angeles, to appear at tonight's grand jury session and repeat their chai ges. The action was taken. Brady said, on the request of Alfred Semnacher, who was accused by Dotninguez to day of having conspired with Mrs. Bambina Dclinont, the complaining witness against Arbuckle, 'to take torn parts of the clothing of Miss Virginia Kappc to Los Angeles to extort money from the defendant, who is charged with the murder of Miss Rappe. Refuses to Allow Questions. Domingucz made, his assertion after long questioning of Semnacher regarding his previous testimony in the case. Domingucz declared that previous conduct of Mrs. Delmont in Los Angeles, where he said she made claims against a man named Earl Lynn, lent color to his accusa tion. Police Judge Lazarus, before whom the hearing is beind held, re fused, however, to allow Domingucz to question Semnacher along this line, saying it had no part in the present proceedings. Semnacher s testimony took no most of the afternoon session. In the morning Dr. Arthur Beardslee. house physician at the Hotel St. Francis, who treated Miss Rappe after, the revel' in Arbuckle's suite, out of which the murder , charge grew, tes tified he discovered . evidence of a ruptured internal .organ after the party and that he advised her re moval to a hospital. - Sticks to Diagnosis. The defense was unable to make liint admit that she' couM hav; been suffering from anything else. ; Keprying to a hypothetical ques tion, he said an . injury such as that described by the prosecution prob ably would have been caused by an external force,' such as a fall or blow, although contortions incident to violent vomiting might have pro duced that ettect, Evidences of alcoholism were overshadowed by Miss Rappe's suf fering trom the rupture. Dr. Beards lee said. He testified that Mrs. Del mont, who attended the injured girl, snowed no signs ot beine under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Asked about Mrsi-Delmont s con dition at the party, Semnacher testi fied that she was dressed in vellow pajamas and appeared "lit up" or about half drunk" when he first en tered the Arbuckle suite. He denied hearing any screams from the room where Miss Rappe afterward was found in distress. May Have Misunderstood. The defense drew from Semnacher the admission that he might have misunderstood Arbuckle's exact language regarding the ice incident, he said Arbuckle had described to him and others, but later told the prosecution that he did not mistake Arbuckle's meaning. - . ' Dommgues questioned him closely bout his stay at the Palace hotel the-night before the party at the St. Francis. Mrs. Delmont and Miss Rappe also stayed at that hotel. Sem nacher testified that the door be tween his room and that occupied by the two women was unlocked most of the time. but that he entered their apartment only when the trio met in the morning to go to break fast. '-'-. . ,. . The ' hearing will be; resumed in police court tomorrow morning. Among witnesses yet to be heard are Mrs. Delmont and Zeh Prevost and Alice Blake, two show girls who al tendei Arbuckle's party. Cannot Find Farm for Which He Paid $4,000 Nick" Malin to vick, '3429 V, street, caused the arrest of Tony Borta, same address, yesterday. "Malinto- vick said Borta took him to an al leged land agent at the Paxton hotel a week ago. later he got together $4,000 which he paid for a farm sup posed to be near bcottsbluft. Alalm tovick declared he could not find the farm. - He had Borta arrested in an effort to locate, the alleged land agent. - Girl Riding With Speeder X Is Shot gy Policeman " Sioux Falls, S. D.. Sept 26. (Special Telegram.) MissMartha Skadsen, 22, of Dell Rapids, is in a . Sioux Falls hospital with little chance of recovery as the result of being shot through-' the lung by Po liceman Cook. The driver of the car in which the Rirl was riding is alleged to have been speeding in the. northern sec tion of the city, and also was run nine without a tail light and did not obey the signal of the officer to stop. Policeman Cook tired at the rear tire. The bullet was deflected and struck the girl in the back, penetrat-j itig the lung. Policeman Cook has "j not been arrested. Prominent Men Plan to Attend a Waterway Meet ' " . .. i n m Former Governor Harding of Iowa Will Be Present Nebraska Leaders Say v They Will Attend. - Lincoln, Neb. Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Unusual interest is being shown in the conference called by Governor McKelvie, to meet at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce at 11 Wednesday morning: for a consid eration of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterways project. Charles P. Craig, executive sec retary of the Great Lakes-St. Law rence association, is to report upon the present status of the project and upon a tour of 16 western states which he isMust comoletinu. Forme: Governor Harding of Iowa and Governor lAlcn of Kansas, will at tend. , Project Excites Interest. The project has excited interest among agricultural associations par ticularly because ot the promise it gives of increased, prices for : farm products, due to lower transporta tion costs to European and eastern markets. Transportation and export authorities have estimated the saving t from 8 to 12 cents a bushel on wheat alone. Governor McKelvie. invited repre sentatives of various organizations to the Lincoln conference and will welcome others who may be inter ested. Hearty response to the invitations sent out inviting influential Ne braskans td attend the meeting has been received by Governor S. R. Mc Kelvie. Nebraskans To Attend. Among . prominent Nebraskans who have acknowledged Governor McKelvie's invitation and will attend the meeting are: ' W. E. Pierson, S. P. Johnson, Os ceola; J. W. Shorthill,' Omaha; Frank Myers, Omaha; E. A. Bur nett, Lincoln; W. R. Dutton, Nemaha; C. L. Aller, Crete; Rufus M. Geer, Grand Island; H. G. Gould, Lincoln; C. M. Aldrich, ; Nebraska City; C. E. Jones, Beatrice; Rollin H. George, Lincoln; J. C. Harpham, Lincoln: F. C. Crooker, Fillcy; F. Montmorency, John Ii McCague, E. b. Westbrook. M. L. Corey, J. A. Kuhn R. C. Howe, C. E. Childe Thomas Coleman, Guy C Kiddco, H. M. Goulding, W. F. Thichoff, John Campbell Omaha; J. C. Sea crest C. B. Towlc, O. II. Zumwinkle, Lincoln; Harvey A. Morrison, Col lege View; J. E. Palm, Lincoln; E. R. Purcell, Broken Bow; Represent atives of Nebraska Crop Growers association, Lincoln ; Dan Morris, Kearney; R. F. Howard, Lincoln; Charles Y. Thompson, West Point; C. E. Barron, College View; A. R. Kinney, Grand Island; E. R. Daniel soji and board of v managers' Ne braska State board of agriculture; George S. Austin, ' Orleans; K. L. Murray, Lincoln; Frank Hammond, Fremont; representatives Holt County Improvement association; J. H. Sweet," Nebraska City; E. J. Miller, Wymcre; Frank O. Edge combe, Geneva; F. L. Carroll, Schuy ler; C M. Hubner, Nebraska City; T. F. Green, Valley; J. S. Mullen, Ashland; Gene Husc, Norfolk; Clark Perkins, Beatrice; Thomas E. Adams, Beatrice: George" BriggsJ Clay Center; O. O. Buc'i Harvard;. Children Killed As Trolley Breaks Four Electrocuted When Pole Falls From Street Car at Kingston, Mass. ; ; v Kingston, Mass., Sept. 26.i-Four school children were killed today when a trolley pole came off a car which was carrying- them to. their homes, broke the feed wire and caused their electrocution when they jumped out of the , car. The car was set on fire, but other children escaped serious injury. ; , Nine other children were held in the car, which was a one-man Jrolley of the Plymouth & Boston Street Railway company,' by the motor man. He caught a fifth youngster as he tried to leap out. All the children lived in Kingston and were on their' Way home from school. The accident occurred late in the afternoon as the car approached a bridge. The trolley pole slipped off the wire and broke the feed line carrying thousands of volts. One end of the wire fell on the roof of the car setting it afire. The other end fell to the bridge, charging the rails. The children screamed and rushed for the door. The motorman tried to hold them back, but four jumped out. They came in contact with the rails and were electrocuted. The clothes were burned from their bodies. - Telephone Strikers . Call on Commission But Get no Reduction Live Stock Loans Urgent Need, Says War Board Head Lincoln, . Sept. .-26. (Special. ) Striking patrons of the Monroe Tele phone company -will stand pat. bo will the company. So will the state railway commis sion. : Eight of the." "strikers" called on the commission today . to inform that body they didn't intend to give in to the telephone company. The commission " informed the "strikers" it belieyed the increase in rates, which caused the strike, was justified- and the . Commission didn't intend to give in either. The "strikers" went- back home. British Educator Dies London, Sept," -26. Prof. Henry Jackson, one of the best known edu cators in the British Isles, died to day at Bournsmouth.' He was well known as a writer on ancient Greece. The Weather ami ' Forecast. Xebratka Fair Tuesday Wednesday; cooler on Wednesday and in west portion Tuesday. Iowa Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday; warmer in east and south portions Tuesday; cooler Wednesday. . ', . ' Hourly Temperatures. S a. m ..Ml l p. m T4 Ml S p. m. ....77 a. 1 a. m.... u s a. m.. 7 a. m.. ........ .6S 4 p. m a. a SSj S p. m. a. m ! p. m. : ..&! s .7tf 1 p. IV, s p. ai.. Highest Sunday. ChTeTin ... Darenporf "... IetiTer ...... Dcs Molntt.. Lander ' ...... North Piatt. Put bio ...lOJRapia City. ...72:811 Lake . ...M'Santa F .. ...74'Sh.ridan ... ...HO.SIoox City.. . .141 Va'.tDUD .. ...IS, 14 ; , 7 S SO Funds Available,, to ... Relievo Pressure on Industry, He Says Predicts Easier Money Rates. " One of the most important linan' cial problems confronting this Coun try is. that of rehabilitating the live stock industry, which is in urgent need of emergency financing, ac cording to Eugene Meyer, jr., man aging director of the War Finance corporation. Mr. Meyer arrived here yesterday and left at 3 p. m. for Des Moines, beinsr on a tour of the 16 zones of the corporation, advising and directing-the state committees in the various zones in the machin ery of loans and at the same time studying agricultural and live stock conditions. ' The personnel of the? Nebraska committee of the War Finance cor poration is Fred W. Thomas, Oma ha, chairman; C. H. Randall, Ran dolph;. Carl Weil, Lincoln;' E. P. Morsman and A. W. Pratt, Omaha, who accompanied Mr. Meyer on an inspection trip of the stock yards yesterday and later conferred with him at Hotel Fontenellc. Think of Future. , " "Our object,"' said Mr. Meyer, "is to help the live stock industry and to get the industry to think of the future rather than to worry over the past.' We have the money and the funds arc available ' to stop the pressure in this industry, a pressure which is causing immature market ing, forced liquidation and depiction of herds. The administration at Washington is anxious to help the live stock industry. I am optimistic over the live stock situation and I have reason for my optimism. My optimism extends to the general agri cultural situation as well. Conditions are improving. Money will be more available ana at easier rates. Mr. Meyer started in the morning at 8 o'clock and was busy up to the very minute ot leaving tor Des Moines. He . met live stock men, bankers . and representatives ot co operative and other organizations of producers. Loans are not to be made direct by the finance corpora tion to producers, Mr. Meyer ex plained. The local committee passes on applications for loans which arc made through domestic banks. Un der the amended -war finance cor poration act, farmers will be able t6 borrow from 60 to 70 per cent of the value of harvested . crops or (trow ing live stock. No loans are to be made on planted or growing crops. The finance corporation has author ity to loan $1,000,000,000. ' Have Money, Too. "And we have the money," said Mr. Meyer. Mr. Meyer asserted that Nebraska has a splendid committee and he ex pects hearty co-operation in this state with the corporation. He ex plained that $15,000,000 will be loaned in' Minnesota and the Dakotas to move the wheat, loans on fruit in California and on tobacco in the south. He pointed out the ad vantages of loans being made through country banks and irus re lieving the city banks. Loans will be made through the local banks and will be made to ma ture in one year, subject to renew- (Tan to r(t Twa, Celuaia XaoJ CashTo Aid Stockmen Is Assured Hanks Will Form Corporation To Advance $1,000,000 For Cattle Raining In dutry of Nebraska. Interest Rate 8 Per Cent Kcbraka is to gtt prompt sid from the War Finance corporation, (tankers live stork raisers and grain men who met with Hugeiie Meyer, jr., managing director of the federal agency, in Omaha yesterday, found reassurance in In conservative optimism. The first remit of his vii.it prom ise to be relief for the cattle grow ing country of northwest Nebraska. Representatives of 58 banks in group 6 met with F. W. Thoma. local chairman of the war finance branch, yesterday afternoon and voted to form a corporation or association which will bring $1,000,000 or more into the and hills section for tin benefit of the cattle men. This or ganization, which will include banks with a total capital and surplus oi more than $2,000,000, is counted on to bring the much ' needed loam quicker and to offer better security to the war finance board. Tin' money may commence to flow back within 10 days. Cash In Nick of Time. "Unless northwest Nebraska gett aid within 60 days," said a banket from Cherry county, "everything will shut down. Farmers there ar selling oft their breeding stock iit order to get ready money and pa off some of their obligations. Y country would be stripped and ths live stock market glutted if this wci to continue. Government loans havs come in the nick of time." J. M. Flanagan cf Stewat. was active in the formation of the live stock loan corporation. With him on the committee which is to draw up articles of incorporation to be presented to the bankers of his dis trict in Omaha tomorrow are: O. J. Schweiger cf Chadron, E. C. Colo of Cody. N. J. Uck of Woodlake and C. A. Minnick of Crawford. C. H. Cornell of Valentine is chair man of the general meeting and William Parker of Woodlake, sec-, retarv. "The farmers of the hay belt have been 30 years building up well bred herds, which threatened to be de stroyed in the processof deflation," said Mr. Flanagan. WhaT, as. an want to do is to keep these broad backed cows on the range that they may produce beef for the nation and wealth for their owners. It is not a matter of stocking up the range, but of holding on to - what is already there. A great deal of immature stock is being sent to market, "and unless this is stopped prices might go clean down cut of sight." Will Stabilize Business; Country banks in Wyoming and Utah already have formed similar live stock loan corporations. The Salt Lake company, with a capital of $500,000, expects to rediscount paper with the war finance corpora tion to the value of $5,000,000., Thd Nebraska corporation probably will have a capital of $200,000. At a dinner in the Fontenelle hotel presided over by O. T. East man, president of the Bankers' club,. Mr. Meyer made it plain that the- object of loans from the War Fi- (Iarn to Fare Two, Column Two.) Roy Gardner, Mail Bandit, Writes to v Friend in Frisco San Francisco. Sept. 26. Roy G,. Gardner, the California mail car bandit, who escaped from the McNeil: island, Washington, federal prison on September 5, has written an account of his escape to George L. North, as sistant managing editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, in which he ad-, mits having been shot twice by the prison guards. The wounds, he said, are in the fleshy portion of his right leg, four inches below the hip, and in the left below the knee. Enclosed in his communication to Mr. North was a letter addressed to President Harding, which appealed for a pardon and an opportunity "lf prove to the world that a criminal can reform and be an asset to society and a good husband and father." For, two days, Gardner said, he hid in the loft of the prison barn and nursed his wounds. He said he crept back to the barn about midnight on the day of his break from prison. - i Gardner wrote that he had escaped i to the mainland and since has been in bed recovering from his wounds, I Columbus Church Will . Stage Drive for $30,000 Columbus, Neb., Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Members of the Federated -church at a largely-attended meeting voted to put on a campaign to raise' the necessary funds to insure, com pletion of their beautiful new church , and to finish it free from debt. Al- ready $55,000 has been expended, and to complete the work in the style desired, it is estimated will require $30,000. Of this amount C. C. Shel don volunteered to give $15,000 if an equal amount is pledged by others. Mother of Draft Dodger Sues to Recover Property Philadelphia Sent. 26. Mrs. Emma C Bcrgdoll, mother of the convicted army draft dodgers. Grover C and Erwin Bergdoll, filed suit in federal court today to have ' Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, re turn to her certain property seized by him some months ago as belong ing to Grover. She contends her . son has no interest in any o(it H. Smith, York. f - . '