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The Omaha Daily Bee THREE CENTS VOL. 51 NO. 144. i starts M lassss-Ctaas MallM Mo M, IM. M Oask f. 0. liw Aat ) Man I. ICS. OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1921. r Mail (I saw). Ptfls u tsssss. It. ajlrkls M 41 Mil MM. Mail U.MI Is IMt asislt"j Uaiud aulas, bill) as MsafcM, D M, nn nn llYJU s KB m 3 f 1 2 Accused Of Killing By Pierce Mike Dainoto and "Finger" Stevens Both Named as Slayen of Omaha Druggist. Murder Charges Near Murder charge's will be filed against Mike Damato and "Finger" . Stevens today, charging them .with . the killing of Frank Fogg, druggist, "unless there are new developments in the next few hours," County At torney Shotwlel declared last nieht. Tl .1 I I 1 Hf.. Miotwell after lie had spent the en tire day questioning Frank Pierce, drug addict, who was brought here from Kansas City, Mo., by State Sheriff Gus Hycrs, Damato and Stevens, who are being held in the county jail, when interviewed last night, both qhied their guilt in con nection with the murder. . Stevens Claims Alibi. Stevens declared he could prove Tn absolute alibi. Damato said he did not know where he was on the light of the murder, because he was "on the dope'' at the time. Although Police Commissioner Henry Dunn asserted yesterday noon that he hoped to "get to the bottom of . Pierce's allegations against certain detectives on the Omaha police force," County Attor ney Shotwell said at the close of the conference last night that Pierce would make no statement about po lice officers at this time. "It was my deduction that Pierce plans later to make a statement about members of the police depart ment," said Mr. Shotwell. "He did deny having declared that two de tectives shot Fogg, however." . Wants to Go Straight. . 'Asked what motive he had in di vulging information in the Fogg murder, casf, Pierce, according to Mr. Shotwell, said: ; "I really wanted, to "get the thing off my chest. You may not believe it, but I want to "go. straight in the future. - I'm going back to Missouri to serve my term there and then I'm through. I'm going to live a clean life." , Pierce's story carried conviction that we could not close our eyes to," said Mr. Shotwell. "He repudiated several absurd statements he was quoted as making, and I am con vinced .he in no way participated in the murder of Fogg. Beyond doubt Pierce was in jail all the time be tween July 28 and August 12."' Mr, Shotwell refused to give de tails regarding Pierce's source of in formation. Desire to obtain "dope" was the motive of the murder, ac cording to Mr. Shotwell, who said i-onsiderable "dope" was obtained by Fogg's murderers. Woman Identifies Men. " Mrs. Grace M. Russell. 2823 Dewey avenue, identified , "Finger" Stevens and Mike Damato as men she had seen itl the vicinity of the Fogg drug store- at Twenty-eighth and Farnam streets. ... J "I can't remember "whether it (Turn to rage Two. Cotn Two.) Renewed Bloodshed in Erin Confronts Britain London. Dec. 1. (By The Asso ciated : Press.)The possibility of reucwed bloodshed in Ireland stares the British Isles in the face in con sequence of the virtual collapse of the peace negotiations which have proceeded uudcr a truce for the last five months. ' ' The Sinn Fein has stood firm on its demand for an all-Ireland parlia- enj .as the basis of settlement, at Iff 'same time'refusina to concede attegiance to the British crown. Ul ster has refused point blank to scrap its own parliament to enter an all-Ireland parliament "under pres ent tonditions." - ., The government heads are bend ing their entire efforts to seeking some unexplored avenue of negotia tions, but it is believed all possibili ties of settlement have , been ex hausted. Receivership for Germany . Plan Offered by France rris, Dec. 1. (By The Associated Fress.)--A receivership for Germany as a bankrupt with an autonomous ' Rhineland to be exploited by the al- lies for reparations purposes is like- i - , ly to be proposea oy r ranee as an K alternative to any moratorium on reparations that may be suggested by Great Britain, it was said in offi cial circles here today. Depth Bomb Inventor Passes Through Omaha Dr. S. N. Baruch, inventor of the depth bomb, which terrorized the German U boats during the war, passed through Omaha last night, bound for New York, where he will carry on experimental work for the Rockefeller Research bureau. . H. H. Baldrige met Dr. Baruch t the Union station. iney engaged in a short chat on personal matters. Lawyer GcU Fees Auburn, Neb., Dec, ' 1. (Special.) John S. McCarty, democratic poli tician and attorney of Lincoln, was awarded $J40 by a jury in district court here against John Lampe, jr, He foed ifrt $1,000 attorney. fees. Mystery Enters Into Reported Suicide of 'Lost Battalion' Chief New York, Dec. 1. Although the wireless reports of his having leaped overboard from the -UnitCu rrtnt company steamship loloa Havana-bound, early Sunday morn ing, have been accepted generally as proot ot the death ot Lieut. Col Ch arles W. Whittlesey, a new cle ment of mystery was introduced into ins strange case by the com manding officer of Fort Tildcn, Far Rockaway, L, I., Captain Bates. According to Captain Bates 'the telephone operator at Fort Tildcn, Private .Jheodore St. Pierre, re ceived a call at 8:10 o'clock Satur day night in the name of Col. Whit tlesey, who, if the reports of his having ended his life at sea are cor rect, must have sailed on the Toloa about noon that day. "This is Colonel Whittlesey speaking." said the voice (a man' at the other end of the wire). "I wish to arrange for a firing squad and bugler to officiate at the funera: of a soldier," Armed Bandits Blow Mine Safe; Get $60,000 Gold Month's Cleanup of Amalgam At Argonaut Plant Taken By Six Men Phone Wires Cut. Jackson, Cat., Dec. 1. Six men armed with sawed off shotguns, blew open the safe of the Argonaut mine, one of the richest in Califor nia, and escaped with more than $60,000 in gold amalgam in two au tomobiles driven by others who had acted as lookouts during the rob bery. Sheriff George W. Lucot, who was on the road about an hour aft erward with a posse, was searching in the direction of lone late today, following a report that the robbers had headed "out of the mother, lode into the San -Joaquin valley. J. he loot .was a month s cleanup for the mine, 'whose production has averaged nearly $100,000, a month for the last 35 years. Its weight was 455 pounds and the robbers appar ently were aware of the fact that the mine's plate had, just been scraped preparatory to melting down bullion today for shipment. 1 he amalgam was in the form of balls of ore mixed with quicksilver. The two null men on dutv, Kees Williams and James Podesta, were overpowered and bound with ropes. but Williams managed to back up fga;nst an emery wheel afterwards and rubbed the rope in two. He then released Podesta. but they found the bandits had cut the telephone wires at the mine and so were delayed in giving the alarm. Red bandana masks, strangely. reminiscent of a ,'49 camp celebra tion recently held at Jackson, were worn by the men, who, the mill men said, were well dressed, and appar ently familiar with the mine's op eration, y The mine is owned by the Argo naut Consolidated Mining company of which John T. Smith of New York is presidentAmong the other owners are , the Harmon estate of Chicago, M. D.. Adams of Milwau kee, Charles Loughridge of Denver, E. A. Stent of San Francisco and John Raggio of Stockton, Cal. It is 4,900 feet deep, one of the deepest in the state; . Missouri Pacific Manager . Here on Inspection Trip General Manager Murphy of the Missouri Pacific railroad with head quarters at St. Louis, is in Omaha on a tour of inspection of the Omaha Kansas City division. Qn his trip Mr. Murphy will inspect all of the company's lines. Effective yesterday, 80 men were laid off on this division. Reduction in the office and maintenance forces at every station has been ordered. In some instances the reduction ran as high as 30 per cent. The express company using the Missouri Pacific is also retrenching. . Senator Norris Talks to McCook Commercial Club McCook, Neb., Dec. 1. (Special.) The McCook . Commercial club was addressed at the noon luncheon by Senator G. W. Norris, who spoke for disarmament and open diplo macy. The club decided to back the proposal to provide a city skating pond. ' - . - Rector of Catholic Church At Burchard Dies in Lincoln Lincoln, Dec. 1. (Special.) Revt O. N. Turgeon, pastor of the Cath olic church at Burchard, who was ordained in Omaha in 1884. died here. He had held pastorates at Elsie. Campbell, Colon, Center and Burchard. Funeral services will be held at Falls City, Friday. Boy Crochets; Father Asks Probe of Sanity Shenandoah, la., Dec 1. (Spe cial.") Does crocheting by a youth of 18 and threatening to leave home constitute grounds to have him held by the police? D. W. Eckles thinks so and asked police to detain his son, John Eckles, until an examination could be made of his mental state. The boy lias teen attracting atten tion by sitting in a barber chair in his father's pool hall making fancy work, ' - - King Jury Is Taken to DeathFarm Inspects Scene of Slaying, at Lena Snyder Place "Tiger Woman" to Take y Stand. Denies Slaying Murray The jury trying Mrs. Eva King, alleged "bandit queen," for murder was taken to the bandit farm short ly after 1 yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Judge George W. Cullison of the Council Bluffs dis trict court, Court Reporter Jasper Ferguson, attorneys on both,sides, and newspaper men. Judge Lulu son, when ordering the trip, stated that it was for the purpose ot famil iarizing the jurymen with the prem ises to permit a clearer understand ing of the evidence, but emphati cally cautioned the members that it was not for the purpose of taking testimony and that 'they must nc ask questions or discuss features with each other. Everything about the place bear ing on the tragedy was carefully in spected, and as the visit came imme diately after W. R. C. Mynster, lo cal photographer, testifying as a wit ness for the state,' had identified ana explained eight photographs of the premises, six outside views and two interiors, the jurors were given the chance to learn the situation exact- ly. . - " . Mrs. King to Testify. Evidence tending to show that Robert Murray, Northwestern spe cial agent, was shot and killed by Thomas Kin?, and not by his wife, Eva King, charged with first degree murder, will be the defense of the prisoner, as announced by J. J. Hess, her attorney, in his opening state ment yesterday morning.' Murray was killed in a raid on the Lena Snyder farm near Council Bluffs October 14. It was announced for the first time that Mrs. Kintr: will take the witness stand in her own defense. The count attorney, in -his state ment yesterday morning, y said that - Ralph . Jones, member of the raiding -' squad, was - looking through a window of, the farm house as the other officers entered and saw Thomas King, who . was killed in the ensuing gun battle, in bed. According to- Jones, King irose. nartlv clad himself and atter leaving the room returned and handed something to his wife. , , On Left Side. The wife. Eva. feigned illness, ac cording , to the county attorney's statement, and called to Iir hus band. King immediately appeared at the door, and fired at Elmer Lane, deputy marshal, wounding him, it was stated. As Lane ran out the back door, followed by King, Mur ray is said to have entered the room where it is claimed he was alone with the defendant when the fatal shot was fired. - The two wounds in Murray's body were on the left side, accord ing to the county attorney, who said Mrs. Kings bed was on Murray s left side and she was the only on who could have fired the shots to take effect in such a manner. Hess, in his opening statement, declared that Mrs. King really was ill and that her husband was carry ing wet towels and ice to his wife. He asserted he would prove that all the guns had been taken from the prisoners and that two .38 specials had been given to Murray to. hold in addition to his" own weapon. Grand Champion of Stock Show Sells for $1.10 Pound Chicago, Dec. 1. Lulu Mayfield, grand champion of the International Live Stock show, was sold at $1.10 per pound. The heifer, a cross-bred shorthorn Angus, entered by the University of California, weighed IiJU pounds.' Last years cham pion sold at $1.75 a pound. , 1 he grand champion carload ot steers, entered by John Hubly of Mason Lity, 111., was also sold to day, bringing $40 per hundred weight. I he steers averaged 1,078 pounds. - Sioux City Man Secretary Of International Fair Body Chicago, Dec. 1. For the first time in 40 years the International Asso ciation of Fairs and Expositions to day decided .to forsake Chicago as an annual place of meeting, voting to hold the 1922 meeting in Toronto, Canada. ... ' Another precedent was established when John G." Kent, managing di rector of the Canadian national ex hibition, Toronto, was elected presi dent. Don, Moore, Sioux City, was chosen secretary-treasurer. Whittlesey Memorial Services Set for Sunday ' New York, Dec. 1. Memorial services for Lieut. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey, hero of the "Lost Bat talion," who leaped to death from a Havana-bound steamer Saturday night, will be held here next Sun day, it was announced last night. The association of the 77th division, of which Colonel Whittlesey was a member, is arranging the program, assisted by the American Red Cross and the Training Camps Association of America Girl Marries Forger Who Broke Parole in Order to Visit Her Fort Madison, la., - Dec. 1. Charles Griffith, alias, Harry Lemon, convicted of forgery, today married Miss Elizabeth Grctley alter being i . r I -.! t sentenced 10 live aaumonai years in prison for violating his parole be caune of his love for her. Miss Greeley, . a newspaper re porter, aided him in obtaining a pa role and the two fled to Canada where they hoped to evade the state law prohibiting the marriage of a paroled prisoner, tic was appre hended, but the ceremony was allowed after his trial for violation of the parole was concluded. U.S. Destroyer Trails New York Ship Contractor Department of Justice Asks Navy Department to Inter cept Charles W. Morse On Liner Paris. : . Washington, Dec. L The Depart ment of Justice was understood to day to have asked the Navy depart ment to send a destroyer to inter cept the French liner Paris to bring back Charles W. Morse of New York,, whose shipping contracts have been under investigation. He was reported to have left the country. ' It was understood that a naval destroyer would put to sea from a French port within a few hours to intercept the Paris, which left New' York last Friday. - Reports Confirmed. New York, Deer 1. Joseph Bour- goise, publicity director of the French line, today confirmed re ports that Charles W1. Morse, whose shipping contracts are said to be under investigation by federal ! au thorities, sailed for Havre, Prance, last Friday on the liner Paris. He said he was at the gangway of the steamer and personally examined the passports which had been issued to Mr. Morse. - ,y ' While neither Attorney; General Daugherty' or other justice depart ment officiate- would' disiStts ifre'-te- ported departure, it was learned that every agency of . the government would be used in effecting his re turn to this country. y Liner Radioed.' : The department's request for as sistance from the Navy department was understood to be on the theory that the legal questions involved in the return of Morse . would be threshed out when he was brought back. Immediately upon receipt of the report that Morse had left the country the department was under stood to have radioed the liner Paris to hold-Morse for return to Amer- t. '-.',.. At the State department it was said Morse's passports had been is sued in the name of "C. Morris." The- Navy department up to noon. according to its officials, had not re ceived the , - request to dispatch a destroyer. ' Mother of Four Children : Faces Charge of Murder Scottsbluff, Neb.. Dec. 1. (Spe cial Telegram.) Mrs. Paul Taenia, with her infant baby in her arms and three other small children sitting near, faced the charge of first degree murder in district court here Thurs day. She is accused of killing Fred Reisbcck July 17, on the Tacina farm near lMnatare, while her husband and Reisbeck were quarreling.- , All-State High School Foot Ball Selections Nine Nebraska high schools are represented in the selections of Ralph Wagner, sporting editor of The Bee for this year's all-state high school eleven. Outstand ing work of stellar qual ity has given two schools a pair of players each on the squad chosen by Wagner for first team positions. The Bee's selections also include complete second and third teams and an ."honor roll", of players whose work was believed to be deserving of special commenda tion, though not quite strong enough to place them on the all-state. These all-state selec tions and Walter Ecker sall's announcement of his 1921 all-western will be two of the big sport features of Next Sunday's Bee H Who Said a v. 4i: .. Boundary Line "Body Approves Protective Work Nebraska-Iowa Commission Visits East Omaha and Car ter Lake Districts To ... Hear Iowans. . Members of the 'Nebraska-Iowa commission, appointed by governors' of both states to settle upon, a boundary line, inspected the prelimi nary protective work done for the prevention of floods in the East Omaha and Carter lake districts yesterday afternoon and approved the work done and that which has been outlined for the future. ; Following a hearing in the morn ing at the Chamber of Commerce, when property owners and residents of the East Omaha and Carter lake districts testified,:, the commission was conducted over the protection work by Roy N. Towl, engineer Nof the project. , Retards Stop Invasion. Four retards have been placed in the river which have stopped the in vasion of the water and make the basis of new. land being formed by deposits of sand and silt. The com mission was shownover the line of the. proposed nine-mile protective dike and was impressed with the advantages - which will result. The protection work is being done in a manner that will not endanger land on the opposite side of the rivef. En gineer 1 owl saw. According to U. W. Crowley ot the Iowa commission the proposi tions facing residents and property owners of Lake Manawa, Carter lake and East Omaha are separate and must be handled individually to be settled in fairness to all concerned. ' Iowans to Be Heard. The next meeting will be held in the Chamber of Commerce at Coun cil Bluffs January. 4. At that time property owners on the Iowa side and those interested at Lake Man awa and Sarpy county will be given an opportunity to testify. ' According to t,. b. Aickerson, county attorney for ' Sarpy county, there are 2,000 acres of land on which there are no taxes being paid. He said yesterday afternoon that many persons took advantage of the uncertainties of the boundary to claim exemptions from various state duties. He said a portion of the land had becft settled by "squatters." Fifty Russian War Orphans ' Seeking Homes in America New York, Dec. 1. Fifty Russian war orphans arrived here today on the steamship Polonia, seeking homes in the United States. They will be distributed by the Jewish joint distribution committee among distant relatives and families willing to adopt them. Auburn Man Convicted Auburn, Neb , Dec 1. (Special.) Harry Falk, former Auburn busi ness man, was found guilty of adultery by a jury in district court. He is the head of a family. Mrs. Oscar Devorss, held on the same charge, will Cc triea tatey Watched Pot Six Persons Dead In Oregon Wreck Two Passenger Fliers Collide, Head-On, Near Celilo 22 Persons Injured. , '-,y . . '. ,. - Portland, Ore., Dec. 1. Six per sons were killed in a head-on col lision early today between the east bound Portland-Spokane Limited and westbound Oregon-Washington Limited trains of the Oregon-Washington railroad and Navigation com pany, two miles east of Celilo. Twenty-two persons were injured. Among the dead was A, H. Mc Bride, a marine, who was guarding the mail on one of the trains. The others who wet e killed included two trainmen and three Oregon passen gers. , . . , . , - Aid, Is Rushed. . The Portland-Spokane - 1 Limited No. 12, left Portland last night and the west bound Oregon-Washington limited No. 17 was due in Portland at 7:15 a. m. The injured were' rushed to , The Dalles, where first aid was rendered; and are enroute to Portland on a special train, which will be met by doctors and nurses, who left Port land early this morning. On account of the bridge at Eagle Creek being damaged by high water it was necessary to detour all Oregon-Washington Railroad and Nav igation trains over . the Spokane, Portland & Seattle line between Portland and Celilo. Just Transferred, ' Train No. 12 had just transferred to the Oregon-Washington main line at Celilo and was proceeding east when it met No. 17, which' was late, having been delayed by water trouble. The injured included R. , E. Fol soni, Minneapolis, leg ' sprained; Theodore S. Rubcdow, Minturn, Colo., slightly injured, and A. John son, porter of ' Chicago, neck sprained. The other injured reside in Oregon and - Washington. The special train with the injured will arrive here at 11 o'clock. Blackstone Hotel Plans Finance Deal December 15 Refinancing of the Blackstone hotel, permitting a settlement of ex isting obligations, is to be accom plished December 15," barring unex pected difficulties, according to the terms of a $550,000 mortgage recorded yesterday by Charles Schimmel, owner, in favor of the S. W. Straus cofnany of Chicago. Ninety per cent of the $265,000 sec ond mortgage bonds have been de posited for sale on the basis of 60 and 65 per cent of their par value. -Sale of these bonds on this basis is nec essary, according to the attorneys interested, to permit the completion of the refinancing plan. Should the refinancing plan be accomplished, holders of these bonds will be pa"d December 15, bringing over $200,000 to many out-state banks which are interested. Jefferson City Schools Closed; Smallpox Epidemic Jefferson City, Dec. 1. Local schools. were ordered closed today on account of appearance of about a 4core of smallpox cases, Never Boils? New State Seal Is Decided Upon By Commission Civil "War Veterans Win Fight To Retain Words ''Equality , Before the Law" on : , ; ;' New Design. ' Lincoln, Dec. 1. (Special Tele gram.) Fate of the old state seal of Nebraska was sealed today. Following a meeting of a commit tee appointed to receive and pass on a new "state seal, George Williams of Fairmont, chairman, announced that it had been officially decided to adopt another seal to supplant the one which had adorned state docu ments since territorial days. , y Retain Motto. , Opponents of the proposed change, chiefly G. A. R. men, carried one point, as Williams stated that the words "Equality before the Law," appearing on the old seal, would be pn the new. " y " The design of the new seal would not be disclosed ' tonight, Williams stating that a picture and a descrip tion of the committee's adoption would be given out in due time. Will Be Up-to-Date. The old seal Is clear out of date, say its assailants. It pictures a blacksmith, a steamboat and a rail road train of ancient design. They suggest that a new seal should show an airplane, a garage and an auto truck. "Why not put on a jazz orches tra and a couple of bootleggers, too?" is the ironic inquiry of oppon ents of the new seal plan. Pioneers of the state and many others de clare that the - seal should be left as it is, an eternal reminder of the humbleness from which a great state has been built. Kiwanis Club Elects Hastings, Neb., Dec. 1. (Special Telegram.) The Hastings Kiwanis club elected H. Lloyd Hansen and A. R. Thompson district trustees The club has formulated an espe cially active program for the coming vear. The Weather Forecast. Nebraska: Fair Friday becoming unsettled by night and .on Saturday; not much change in temperature. Iowa: Generally fair and some what colder Friday; Saturday un settled. Hourly Temperatures. " S m. m . m 7 a. n S a. m..... O a. m..... In a. m II a. m .'. . . . 13 nooa.,-. . . . ...4 ...5 ...4 ...4 ...50 ..'.SI I p. m.. t p. m. . S p. tn.. 4 p. m . . 5 p. m.. 6 p. m .-. 7 p. IB.. S p. m . . ..S ..51 . .hi ..45 ..1.1 .41 ...39 I ...56 I Highest Thursday. rhoynn Purblo ....! Davenport 51! Rapid Cltjr ......r.O rnver 64' Salt Lake St Dm Moines . . . . . StJ Snl a t'a i DoI City Sheridan 2 l.amltr .5!' Sioux -(y North Dalle 4th Valentin 54 MiipperV Bulletin. Protect shipments during the next 24 to 34 hours from temperatures as fo. low: North snd t, 19 degrees. Khip meaia tut and. south cm t mad safely. Walk out Effective On Monday Executive Committee of Anial gamated Meat Cuttcr Orders Strike in 15 Cities, Including Omaha. Affects 45000 Workers By Tha Aaaftrlatnl PreM, Chicago, Dec. J. A strike of all union packing house employes in all plants where wage reductions were put into effect Monday was ordered for December 5 by the executive committee of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. ' " The strike, which affects all union crafts employed in the packing in dustry, will involve about 45,000 workers in IS cities,' according to Cornelius Hayes, president of the butcher workmen's union. Dennis Lane, secretary of the butcher workmen's union, tonight issued a statement saying: "All attempts to negotiate a fair adjustment of wage rates by offering an agreement providing for arbitra tion between packers and the em ployes have failed. The joint exec utive committee representing alt in ternational unions affected do now advise, in accordance with the strike voie oi ine ranic ana me, tnat an packing house employes in all plants where wage reductions were ar bitrarily ordered into effect Novem ber 28, Or any date thereafter, cease all work at six o'clock Monday morning, December 5." . . ; Omaha Affected, y Cities where packing , house em ployes are organized are Chicago, Milwaukee, South St. Paul, , Sioux City, Omaha, Denver, Nebraska City, St. Joseph, Kansas City, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, East St. Louis, St. Louis, Albert Lea, and Austin, Minn.,' and Cedar Rapids, and Dubuque, la." -About 4U,U00 union workmen arc, employed by the "Big Five" packers and about 10,000 union workers em ployed in smaller packing plants, ac cording to President Hayes. About 20,000 of the union men were in Chi cago, he said. According to Mr. Hayes' figures, there are approxi-. mately - 45,000 organized workmen and about 15,000 unorganized em ployes. The packers have claimed that the majority of their workmen did not belong to any union and have never recognized thermions. Unions affiliated with the butcher workmen and which are also ordered to strike, include steam and operat ing engineers, stationary . firemen, railway carmen, coopers, carpenters, blacksmiths, electrical workers, steam fitters, sheet metal workers and ma chinists. There are about 8,000 men in the allied crafts, Mr. Hayes said. Climax of Long Fight. "It has been our experience in past strikes that the majority of the non union men walk out with the union ... (Turn to Paa Two. Column Oris.) ' Destroyer on Rocks; Four Escape to Shore San Francisco, Dec. 1. One of ficer and three seamen came ashora safely from the destroyer DeLong, which went ashore" early today on the rocks a mile and a half south of Halfmoon Bay, Cal. Early in the afternoon the engine room was flooded and the destroyer swung broadside against the shore and be- ejdii 10 poima oaaiy, according to reports from the scene. The oflicers and crew number about 100 men. The oil tanks also, began to empty into the engine room, it was reported. Several de stroyers and tugs stood by, but on account of the heavy a were un able to get a line to the DeLong. The four men started ashore in a small boat, which capsized in the surf, but they reached land ' by swimming. They were Ensign R.J. Townsend, Fireman G. M. Lecper, Torpedoman Shcrn.an and Seaman Kirsch. Beautiful Half-Breed Girl Testifies for Father Pierce. Neb.. Dec. 1. fSnerial Telegram.) Miss Hazel Bahr, beau- tittii nalt-breed daughter of Gustave Bahr, squawman, on trial for killtn? Percy Sleifel, white and married, testified in her father's helialf in district court. She told the jury that stciiei professed himself as a single man when he courted her. She de declared that while returning from the Santee Indian reservation Steifcl overpowered her. Bahr s Indian wife testified thsft the county attorney refused to aid them in prosecuting Steifel after learning of his conduct with their daughter. Lincoln Police Force UnaMe. to Find Bandit Lincoln. Dec. . 1. tSrwi-iall A Miss Grace Browne striippled n-tth -DO-'. ...... an armed negro highwayman who naa seized tier purse m the mam residential section of Lincoln at 7 Wednesday night, her escort, Frank lidwards. yelled loud and long for heln. according a t!i, stnrw told police. The negro, unable la secure the purse, finally fled and, as yet. hasn't been located, although the entire Lincoln police force of seven scoured the .cjtjr for, Jun