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TRY KELLY AGAIN NEXT NOVEMBER His Attorneys Renew Effort to Have Prisoner Released on Bail. R.m1 Oak. Ia., Oct. 1.—Little time will be lost in bringing Rev. Lyn George J. Kelly to trial for the second time for the murder of one of the Still lnger girls, one of the eight victims of the crime which occurred at Villisca in 1912. The case will be retried at the November term of the district court of Montgomery county. The jury which heard the evidence in the first trial of the case was dis charged by Judge Boies yesterday aft ernoon. The jury had deliberated over 40 hours and it appeared there was r.o chance of an agreement. Eleven of the jurors were for acquittal, while one held he believed Kelly committed the crime, though he was insane at the time. Today Kelly is back in the Harrison county jail at Logan and his attorneys are perfecting their plans for an appli cation to have the prisoner released on bail. Feeling against Attorney General Havner here is extremely bitter, espe cially since the trial of the case against him for oppression of a witness before the grand jury has been transferred to Harrison county. Iowan Is Among Those Caught With Haywood, One of the Chiefs Charged With Se ditious Conspiracy. Chicago, Oct. 1. — William D. Hay Wood and 35 other leaders of the L W. W. were arrested in Chicago in a raid by United States marshals on the local headquarters of the organization. The arrests were made as a result of indict ments returned by the federal grand Jury. Iowan Amonq Arrested. Besides Haywood the men arrested here included William Brazier, Spo kane, Wash.; Herbert R. Collie, San Francisco; Janies Fusse, Des Moines, la., and Karl Lewis, Huntington, W. Va. After he had been questioned by Hinton G. Clabaugh, of the department of justice, William D. Haywood, gen eral secretary and treasurer of the I. W. W., was held in default, bail being fixed at $25,000. Others who were apprehended and held in default of bail, placed at $10,000, were: Richard Brazier, of Chicago, Spo kane and elsewhere, member of the general executive board of the I. W. W. George Andreychine, of Chicago, Du luth and elsewhere, manager of the I. W. W. publicity bureau, Chicago. Ralph K. Chaplin, editor and man ager of “Solidarity." Vladimir Lossieff, Chicago. Bert Lorton, Chicago, manager re cruiting union. Charles Rothfisher, editor “A Der gumkas,” Chicago and Cleveland. Charles Plasm, Chicago and Detroit. Herbert Mahler, Seattle and Chi cago. After the first automobile loads had reached the federal building more per sons were taken into custody until ap proximately 150 had been brought in to be questioned. Sixteen were taken in a second descent on the l. W. W. head quarters. FIGHT IN EUROPE TO SAVE HOMES OF SONS Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 29.—Theo dore Roosevelt delivered his message of patriotism to the huge mass meet ings here under the auspices of Labor's Loyal legion and was loudly applaudfed when lie assailed pacifists and “other friends of the kaiser," denounced all classes of "conscientious objectors,” and pleaded for universal military obliga tion. “A remarkable feature of the propa ganda in this country,’’ he said, “is the sending to South American newspapers of disloyal utterances by men like Sen ator La Follette and A. C. Townley, president of the Non-Partisan league.” Urging speedy training of all military and naval forces, the colonel said Amer ican soldiers are being sent abroad now so that they won't be forced to fight at home., “If we don’t send men abroad now, our sons will have to fight behind their ruined homes in America,” he as serted. |. W. W. PAPER SUPPRESSED. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 28.—The Alarm, a paper published here by Carl Ahlteen, has been denied the use of the mails, local postoffico officials an nounced today. Ahlteen is being held in jail pending trial on charges of inter fering with enlistments. He was affil iated with the Industrial Workers of the World. DESERTER OFF~7oR TRIAL. Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 29.—In custody of a guard, Corp. Henry D. Hilbert, quartermaster department, self confessed deserter from the United States army, and who posed over the country as Sergeant Breckenridge, one of the survivors of the Princess Pat regiment of Canada, left tonight for Alcatraz island, San Francisco, to be tried for desertion. ----- OXMAN IS ACQUITTED. San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 29.—Frank C. Oxman, an Oregon cattleman, was acquitted of a charge of attempted subordination of perjury growing out of the eonviction of Thomas J. Mooney on a murder charge in connection with the preparedness parade bomb ex plosion here last year. The jury deliberated one hour and 15 minutes. VON TIRPITZ DECLARES U. S. WAR AID PHANTOM Copenhagen, Sept. 29.—In an inter view in the Neues Pester Journal of Budapest, Admiral von Tirpitz, former German minister of marine, character izes American military help In the war as a phantom. He asserts there Is no possibility of transporting a consider able American army to Europe. The admiral declared it is unwise "on ac count of political reasons" to prophesy tiie moment of England's collapse. f 44-4444444444444-1 44444+4 .1 !'♦ BRITISH CASUALTY LIST. * *■ Louden, Oct. 1 lh-rtMi <«•< n't; >« reported during the month c£ Sevtcm her total 104.divi led .u follows: Officers ! iHotl. ur tile i of wounds; 636; men. H',:(>2. Officers wounded or misting, 2,131; men, 83,509. The seterity of the fighting in whit h the British have I eon engaged during September is Indicated not only by the total casualties of more than 104,000. but by comparison with August figure?, whicli were 59.811. Casualties in some of the late August fighting in Flanders are naturally included in the Septem ber tola), but this may well bo offset by late September casualties not re ported in time to be covered in the figures announced today. The total compares favorably, how ever, with the figures for September. 1916, the third month of the battle of the Somme, when the casualties were 119,549. DEARTH OF FITS Russians Could Bring War's End Near, if Ready, Due to Scar city and Breaking Down of Transportation. Washington, 0. C., Oct. 1—Infor mation has reached here from high sources and has been given govern ment officials that sheds a pretty definite light on food and transporta tion conditions in Germany. This in formation is to the effect that, while the bread and potato supply is slightly improved the lack of fats is grave. Even suckling pigs are being killed to secure fat. Moreover, the German transportation system is breaking down. This interferes with the trans portation of food and is making it more and more difficult for Germany to send troops back and forth across the empire. The transportation system is said to be sufficiently strained so that If Russia would come back and strike vigorously on the eastern front, Ger many would be much embarrassed. Further information is that threats of neutrals to ship livestock into Ger many in order to retaliate for an em bargo by this country need not be taken with much seriousness. Even if this should be done. It would help out Germany only for a short time in th* matter of fata. AMERICAN SOLDIER WINS FRENCH HONOR Picks Up Bomb Dropped by Raider and Throws It Into River, Saving Lives. Paris, Oct. 1—The first American Boldier to win the war cross with the Palm is John McClain, of Dayton, Ohio, says the Paris Herald. On the night of September 18 a German airplane flew over the village In which he was and dropped several bombs. One fell within 16 feet of a building around which some 60 villagers had gathered. Notwithstanding the warning expos tulations of those near him, the news paper continues, Private McClatn dashed out into the road, and discover ing the bomb with the aid of a pocket electric lamp, picked it up and hurled It Into the river. The projectile exploded as it struck the water. No one was hurt. PETITION TO OUST SENATOR REFERRED Charges of Disloyalty Against LaFollette Received by Sen ate in His Absence. Washington, D. C., Oct. 1—A com munication from the governor of Min nesota and the state public safety commission, requesting the expulsion from the Senate of Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, was presented in the Sen ate today by Senator Kellogg, of Min nesota, and referred by Vice President Marshall to the Senate privileges and elections committee. Senator La Follette was not in the chamber when the communication was presented, and there was no discussion or other action. Four other communications demand ing the impeachment of Senator LaFol lette were received. Senator Kellogg explained that ho presented the resolution according to the usual practice and that there were no other significance in his action. NEW STRIKE IS CALLED THROUGHOUT ARGENTINE Buen03 Aires, Sept. 29.—A general revolutionary strike throughout Argen tine was declared today by the anar chistic workmen, the strike to include all unions belonging to their federa tions. The socialistic workmen's unions have refused to join in the movement. The only street cur lines in Buenos Aires that had not been affected by i/.e strike that had been In progr<ss in the city was given until 11 o'clock tonight to comply with the workers’ de mands. SWEDEN FEARS DRAFT MAY GET SUBJECTS HERE Stockholm. Oct. 1—The foreign of fice Is preparing to send a fleet of Swed ish vessels to the United States to take hack to Sweden natives of that coun try who do not want to serve in the United States army. The Swedish gov ernment has asked Washington for full est information as to the working of the conscript law. PEARSON'S MAGAZINE BANKRUPT New York, Sept. 29.—An Involuntary petition in bankruptcy against the pub lishers of Pearson's magazine was filed In the federal court here. Liabilities were given as J100.000 with assets un known. The court appointed P. B. ! Olney, jr„ aa receiver. ___AUTUMNAL ECHOES!_| KELLY JUROR IS _____m People of Montgomery County Show Their Indignation— Prisoner Would Stay in Red Oak Jail. Council Bluffs, la., Sept. 29.— Rev. Lyn G. Kelly, accused Vil lisca ax murderer, must be kept in the Montgomery county jail at Red Oak instead of being taken back to Logan, according to order of Judge Woodruff, secured here today by Attorney Mitchell for de fense. The next term of court at Red Oak is only two weeks off. Red Oak, la,, Sept. 29.—Institution of a legal battle in Council Bluffs to keep Rev. Lyn G. J, Kelly, axman sus pect, in Montgomery county and the scheduled Wilkerson indignation meet ing in Red Oak are the two big things of interest here today. Attorney W. E. Mitchell, Kelly’s head counsel, will appear before Dis trict Judge Woodruff in Council Bluffs today and ask that his former order, by virtue of which Kelly was sent to the Logan, la., jail, be rescinded and a new one issued which will permit Kelly to remain in the Red Oak jail until such time as the new trial begins. Judge Woodruff ordered Kelly taken to Harrison county immediately after his arrest last May. His attorneys, in asking for his re tention in Montgomery county, expect to set forth that he was subjected to a systematic campaign of mental tor ture in Logan which culminated in the so called Havner "third degTee” and the confession. Attorney T. J. Hysham left for Council Bluffs last night to confer with Attorney Mitchell. Juror Brown Unpopular. Juror Brown, who hung the ax mur der Jury, left for his home a few miles south of Red Oak immediately after Judge Boies had discharged the jury. Brown is one of the most unpopular men in Montgomery county, if street talk may be taken as a criterion. Fri day afternoon the town square was agog with excitement. Everywhere were groups of men discussing the trial and censuring the man who had pre vented an acquittal. There was considerable talk last night of a tar and feather party, but this failed to materialize. Kelly told his jailer, ‘‘I would rather be in my shoes tonight than in Brown’s." Brown was jeered and hooted at the Beardley opera house last night where the Red Cross was presenting a benefit film exhibition of “On Trial.” The picture relates events centering about a murder trial. Near the climax the jury in the picture is deadlocked, 11 to 1. One juror holds the other 11 for some time. At this point scores of people shouted “That’s Brown," the cry was taken up all over the theater and there were hisses, groans and cat calls. Plan Big Indignation Meeting. It is expected that one of the biggest crowds in the history of Montgomery county will attend the big indignation meeting this afternoon. Promoters would not say early today whether or not Wilkerson would speak. They evi dently feared Injunction proceedings. Kelly declared in his ceil last night that he feared he would be driven in sane if taken back to the Logan Jail. He related an incident which he said occured during his confinement there. “One day one of the jailors came into the ceil,” he said, “and loosened sev eral bricks in the wail. A short time afterwards u deputy sheriff came in and began to abuse me, accusing mo of attempting to break out of jail." KAISER RECOGNIZES VON LUXBURG’S MERITS London, Sept. 29.—A message from Berne announces that an official 41b patch from the kaiser was received by Dr. Von Kuehlmann, German foreign kseoretary, expressing his highest ap preciation of faithful services of Count Luxburg to the sovereign and the fatherland, adding that the kaiser in tends to give Count Luxburg another diplomatic appointment in recognition of his merits. SEC, LANSING'S LETTER CLEARS CONGRESSMEN Presentation of Letter Brings Fresh Outburst of Wrangle Over Loyalty. Washington, D. C, Oct. 1.—The German "slush” fund wrangle broke out again on the floor of the House today with the presentation of a letter by Chairman Pou, of the rules commit tee, from Secretary Lansing, declaring the state department had no evidence Indicating members of congress had any connection with Count von Bem Btorffs $50,000 fund. As soon as the letter had been read. Representative Norton, of North Da kota, and others demanded recogni tion. Careful management by House lead ers cut short the wrangle. Sudden adjournment found both Nor ton and Heflin on the floor with two undelivered speeches. Plans are to pre vent either man from speech making. TEUTON SPIES Reign of Disorder Brings Warn ing From Press to People to Beware of All Germans, Even Old Residents. Christiania, Sept. 12.—(correspon dence of the Associated Press.)—Ger man conspirators, spies and propagand ists formerly so active In the United States, seem to have transferred their attention to Norway. A series of suspicious fires in steam ships and manufactories Is blamed on the plotters. Others are charged with helping interned German sailors to es cape. Espionage Is freely engaged In and some Germans have been caught at It and sent to jail. Propagandists for many months have been trying to spread a thick layer of pro-Germanism over the country. The public and press become more enraged over these outrages every day, and In warning the people to beware of Germans, the newspapers declare that even Germans who have been here many years and are considered half Norwegians, are not to bo trusted, all being under the influence of Berlin. PRESIDENT NAMES NEW I. C. C. MEMBERS Virginian, Oregonian and Bos tonian Get Places, Filling Existing Vacancies. Washington, D. f'., Oct. 1.—The following were nominated today by President Wilson to the three vacancies on the Interstate Commerce commis sion: Robert W. Woolley, of Virginia, for the term ending December 31, 1920. Clyde B. Aitchinson, of Oregon, tor the term ending December 31, 1921. Oeorge W. Anderson, of Boston, Mass., for the term ending in 1922. HUGE WIRELESS STATION IN HAWAII OPENED Washington, Sept. 29.—The new na val wireless station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the most powerful in the world, was opened today with a new world’s record for long distance transmission. The Pearl Harbor station is one of a great high power chain that virtually will encircle the globe and keep Amer ican ships everywhere in constant com munication with the navy department at Washington. TEUTONS DENY BEL6JNN OFFER Michaeiis Calls Peace Offer Re* ports Untrue, and Messen ger Denies Taking Verbal Supplement to Rome. Copenhagen, Oct. 1.—Germany has not renounced Belgium and has not been in communication with any of her enemies, according to Berlin reports of a speech made before the reichstag main committee by Chancellor Michaeiis. The chancellor is quoted as follows: "I declare the statement that the im perial government had already com municated with this or that hostile government and that it had in advance renounced occupied territories, thus abandoning the most valuable advan tages in peace negotiations, is untrue. X declare the imperial government has free hands for eventual peace negotia tions. This also refers to Belgium.” DENIES PEACE NOTE STORY, Paris, Oct. 1.—The diplomatic courier who brought the Austrian re ply to the pope’s peace note to Rome, did not bring the supposed supplemen tary German communication concerning Belgium. “That communication,” adds a Havas dispatch from Rome, ‘‘can then be con sidered as nonexistent.” KERENSKYFdCES SEVEREST TEST Premier's Defense of Acts In terrupted When Soldier Calls Him Greatest Mis chief Maker. Fetrograd, Sept. 28.—(delayed.)— Premier Kerensky took the initiative today and faced boldly what may be the supreme test of the power of his government. At the very beginning of the democratic congress called by the Maximalists and the council of work men's and soldiers’ delegates to ques tion his power and perhaps to demand a new government the premier accept ed the challenge. He told the congress that his regime had saved Russia in its darkest hours. The government also indicated its policy of a firm continuation of the war when General Verkhovsky, minis ter of war, pledged the convention to a final victory over Germany if discipline in the army was restored. The general’s reference to the return of discipline and his announcement that the officers would be named by their superiors in stead of elected by the soldiers was applauded only mildly, but his address as a whole evoked more cheers than did the premier’s. MITCHEL WILL RUN AS FUSION CANDIDATE New York, Oet. 1.—A four cornered contest for mayor was assured today when it became virtually certain that Mayor John Furruy Mitchell would make a right for reelection, despite his defeat by William H. Bennett, a former state senator, for the republican nomi nation as shown by the recount of the primal y I,allots. Benders in the fusion movement, which was responsible for the mayor’s selection four years ago, began today to make arrangements for the cam paign for his reelection. Already peti tions containing the names of several thousand voters have been certified to and others are in circulation to place Mayor Mitchel’s name on the official ballot. JAPS VISIT WEST POINT. New York, Sept. 29.—Members of the imperial Japanese commission headed by Viscount Ishii, visited West Point today und levlewed the cadets. SECRECY VEIL HIDES CHANGES ON WEST FRONT Announcement That All Reports Will Be Held Up for the Time Being Puzzles Ameri can Observers. CONCEALS TROOP MOVE? Short Time Since Last Offensive Believed to Preclude Possi bility of New Blow Un less East,of Meuse. By Associated Press. Field Marshal Haig is extremely laconic in his dispatch today from the British front in France and Belgium. “Nothing to report except the usual artillery activity on both sides,” is the essence of it. The warnings yesterday from the newspaper correspondents at the front that nothing need be expected from them for the time being, read in thle connection tend to create an air of tenseness, with the possibility of big events impending. - Military observers not on the spot, however, seem at sea over the prob abilities. The interval since Wednes day’s big attack appears too short lot the launching of another extended movement in Flanders and there have been no patently visible signs of prep aration for a drive in any other sector. The possibility exists, too, that the vett which has been drawn over the activi ties along the fighting line is only in tended to cover up some new disposl- ? tion of the entente forces until the change Is completed. The comparative quiet that has pre vailed for the last few days on the French front is continuing. Only the artillery has been at all active, chief ly In the Verdun region. East of the Meuse In this section, however, the gunfire reached a violent pitch last night, Paris reports today. No reason for the withholding of the dispatches of newspaper correspond ents on the British front In France 1* known. The only occasion previously of Interrupting the news of the corre spondents was In October, 1915, whea it was announced from London that thousands of words of news from As sociated Press correspondents in Sofia and from the German lines on the west ern battle front were being withheld by the British censor. Two days later announcement was received of tha entry of Bulgaria into the war on th* side of the Teutonic allies, and a day still later came the news that Field Marshal Sir John French, who had re mained silent for five days, had made considerable gains in the Loos sector, driving a wedge Into the German line* from 500 to 1,000 yards in depth. BIG GUNS IN BATTLE. Paris, Sept, 29.—Violent artillery fighting occurred last night on the right bank of the Meuse in the Verdun sec* tor, says today’s official statement. SIXTEEN KILLED BY I SOUTHERN STORM Pensacola Cut Off From Out-fl side World, Toll of Wind m There Being Unknown. n Mobile, Ala., Oct. 1—Six werJ killed and five Injured by the hurriB cane sweeping across Crestiew, Klafl according to word received here todayB The storm struck the coast at thB mouth of the Mississippi and sweepiniB across a narrow portion of LoutsianaB missed New Orleans but hit Gulfportfl Biloxi and the Mississippi coast aecB tion, swept through Mobile at tiraefl with a velocity of 96 miles an hour amfl extended east to Pensacola, where comfl municatlon had not been restored earlB today. Houma, La., Oct. 1.—Capt. TjeoB dore Pallatln, of the fishing steamaB Warner, and crew of nine were drowneB when their boat was capsized by thB hurricane which swept this coast yei^| terday. The upturned boat was founB this morning. ffi BIG BRITISH SHIP DAMAGED. I A Gulf Port. Oct. 1.—A big Britisfl steamer which left this port SaturdaB morning is lying helpless 300 miles ofB shore, after being battered for manB^ hours by the tropical hurricane whic^J struck the east gulf coast ThursdajB according to a wireless message. §§? GUYNEMER BURIED I JUST BEHIND FRONT LINfl Canadian Army Headquarters iH France, Sept. 29.—A German alrmaj^B brought down wounded and takeHj prisoner last night, asserted ttiat CUM nemer, the famous French air fighttH whose fate has been uncertain siucB he disappeared beiiind the Teuton lineal was killed in battle with a German nt^B plane. Guy nemer was buried, tfcHj prisoner said, just behind the front lin^B The capture of this German airmtl^B who wore many decorations, came the climax to a series of dramatic a^B duels caused by a German effort tME stop effective Canadian gun fire. U^B darted out of a haze and fired at balloon. The balloon caught fire atV tho observer came slowlj to earth wii^B his parachute. A Canadian airplane o|^B server attacked the foe. He was piB out of action by the German almost t^B, or.ce. jE As the German turned in an easter^B direction, a British fighting plane c:eiB| up, and, wheeling above the GeimiiM opened fire. The German was siv^H through both wrists. SB \\ ith splendid pluck he controlled )iH| plane and came to earth without fq^H tlier Injury. The failure of lids crhj^E firman evidently dampened the a.rJ^E if the German fliers for the bailccj^w ■mve been unmolested today. :;u FURNACE GAS KILLS SIX. B Gary, Ind„ Sept. 29.— Six men inHi | death in the plant of the United StatjMI Steel corporation here today. One j^M the blast furnaces became e'oggjt^t Emory Padgett, a foreman, took eia^H men into the furnace to clean iL A x^B valve gave way and Padgett and f$H) if his workmen were asphyxiated. jSH