The Omaha Morning Bee
VOL. 52-NO. 53.
Control of
Coal Prices
Is Planned
Measure to Prevent Profiteer
Ing Would Itr Left to
Statea Under Sthenic
Outlined ly Hoover.
To Protect Householders
Omaha fU. Ua4 Hir.
Washington, Aug. 17.- t'oal prof
Herring in the wake of the strike
which occurred within the stales
Mould be left to the control of Hate
uthorilict, according to plans of the
f'deral government, announced by
secretary u commerce Hoover,
The coal price fixing legislation
hlch rongrets will he asked to enact
will extend only to furl moving in
interstate commerce, Mr, Hoover
aiscrled. The bett advices of the
admmiitration, he declared, are that
the federal government might con
trol the price of coal delivered to the
alatc line, but that the rettrictinns on
speculation, dealings on matgius and
the operation! of wholesalers and re
tailrra muni be accomplished by the
Mate themselves.
Left to Congress.
The devicei to be adooted to fix
coal prices until production reaches
poin where control will no longer be
necessary, he itated, Mould be left
Mith congress, but with some ma
chine created for federal control, the
May Mould be made clear for the
states to handle their own problem
within their boundaries.
With production resumed in large
proportions in the union fields, Mr,
Hoover declared, it was probable
that the voluntary price agreement
now in effect would be foregone.
'I here would then be, he laid, be
tween 75 and HO district to hold
in line that would be practically Im
possible in view of the difficulties
experienced with the small number
of fields now under fair-price max
imums.
Remarkable Showing.
Nevertheless, Mr. Hoover asserted,
the fan price agreements, so far have
resulted in a remarkable' showing,
as 75 per cent of the coal now mov
ing was moving at fair price of from
$.'.20 a ton to $2.75 a ton at the
iniiica. The other 25 per cent, he
added, was causing the trouble and
charges of profiteerii..;, while the
operators sticking to the fair prices
were denying themselves between $8
and $10 a ton in order to continue
their co-operation with the federal
government during the emergency.
Only temporary legislation would
be needed, he averted, to control
prices and provide for the require
ments of the northwest section and
to enable the distribution of an
thracite until production reached a
point where open competition would
care for needs of the country.
"With the resumption of mining,"
Mr. Hoover said, "the price situation
will be quickly over. While there
will be some control of distribution
and prices necessarily temporarily,
the matter will quickly adjust itself."
Protect Householders,
It should be possible, he declared,
to protect the householders using an
thracite, if mining is resumed at an
early date, by providing for priority
in supplying home consumers of hard
coal ahead of industries using an
thracite. It. as a result of the Cleveland
agreement, miners in the union fields
go hack to work within the next few
days, Mr. Hoover stated, there should
be no serious difficulty during the
coming winter, although there might
be some minor inconveniences.
According to Federal Fuel Distrib
uter Spencer, the country would re
quire a weekly production of approxi
mately 10,000,000 tons of coal, about
four-fifths bituminous and one-fifth
anthracite, to provide for its needs
during the winter and enable some
fuel to be stocked.
Failure of Conference
Hits Berlin Monev Market
oprrll.t, 12."
Berlin, Aug. 17. Complete disor
ganiaation or the Berlin money mar
ket followed the news of the London
conference breakdown. Intense ex
citement reigned on the bourse as
the mark, which was 800 to $1 Tues
day night, crashed steadily to 1,040
a 25 per cent drop in one day and a
100 per cent depreciation on the past
month.
Cabinet sessions were held
througthout the day while the fi
nance ministry hastily raised a $2,
MIU.OOO payment toward the $10,000..
(MHt clearance payment due this
morning, in order to ward off further
French sanctions.
The latest crash was simultaneous
with a series of strikes throughout
the country, the harvest being par
ticularly affected by a walkout of
farm workeis throughout Kastel,
Waldeck and MrcUeithrrg, while
In greatest snwty is felt over the
egriiiiltur.il strike by romiiiunUti
at threati'tiutf violence,
VI i man Hard l.tttk
When "Sufi" Mirmr Fall
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Latest Bluffs Fad
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Hal Fouler. 24.14 Avenue I), ha
inaugurated a new fad among Conn
cd Jf luff flappers by manufacturing
lor Miss Helen Mann, 1610 i cm It
avenue, a figure ring which bears
perfect reproduction of her profile,
The face was engraved on silver
by Foster from the above photo
graph and friends say the likeness is
instantly recognizable.
The young artist manufactured the
ring itself from hard, polished rub
ber and inserted the silver plate
bearing Miss Mann's profile after
ward. The engraving is so neatly
done that it resembles the figure of
the woman s head on a dime, Foster
says that, with practice, it is easy to
obtain a likeness from a photograph,
particularly when it is of profile type,
He is besieged by other girls who
nave seen the ring and want one of
their own profiles, but he says be has
not considered making a commercial
proposition ol his novel idea.
Millionaire Who
Once Lived Here
Sued for Divorce
Wife of Wealthy Roofing
Manufacturer Unahle to
Stand His ''Overhear
ing Attitude,"
Chicago, Aug. 17. Francis J,
Lewis, multimillionaire roofing man-
facturer and contractor, formerly
of Omaha, was sued hct today by
his wife, Alberta, for separate main
tenance. ... .
Mr. Lewis, who is widely known
a social worker and philanthro
pist, alleges their home was disrupt
ed bv her husband's "transcendent
airs ana imperious, uvcnis
titude." . . . . ,
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Piiintr f ihe mi' marked trie coi'
tan nf a romance tliat began J
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years ago and la.-tcd through a pe-
accumulated a fortune of $5,000,000
rirtrf in tvnirn 1.CW15 13 Btim iy '
to $8,000,000. " t ...
Tii T have si children, one
nf uhnm is Terome Lewis, reported
to be connected with an uraana in
surance company.
Tti T.wUp came to Omaha about
1887 from Chicago and remained 10
ears, after which they Uvea at on-
ferent times at Davenport, ia arm
Rock Island, 111,, eventually return
ing in fhiraarO.
Even in that early day Lewis was
understood to be wealthy and was
the owner of extensive realty hold
ings in South Omaha.
Ousted U. S. Agent Given Post
hy Chicago Investigator
17.-A, Joseph A.
Tatro, special agent for the internal
revenue department, ousted from the
government Service on me ground
that he made unwarranted and un
true charges involving United States
Senator William B. McKinlev and
his secretary, Chester Willoughby, in
the fraudulent removal of whisky
from Chicago warehouses, has been
retained as an aid bv Ilinton G.
Clabugh, special investigator of fed
eral officers here.
fr, Tatro in letters to Davis
Nolan, department chief, made pub
lic following his dismissal, denied he
made the charges against the Illi
nois senator and his secretary, but
declared that he will continue in
vestigations in which he has been en
gaged and that he might make some
sensational disclosures involving
"some of the persons I am charged
with having named."
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Will Autumn Find You
in Your New Home?
The autumn moving season will soon b upon us. Many families
who have been vacationing or who wer eontent to live in rented,
places during th summer will begin to look tor new and different
homes fur th fall and winter.
f Many of these people will want to buy homes ef their own
perhapa jjou are one of these pruepvetive rmuhatt-ra.
J One ef the fimt and most important step t acquiring a home
w an m, thoughtful study f The Omaha live Hml t'.stste
ads tn the "Want" Ad s.tiun lo.fhy or any day.
Today, at una) the fdlnwinf ?! eiUt dralr have lstJ
their 'ffrrs tn the Ral fiatatc" rtduams drscribiHj hma ft
various deeriptit) and at ditftreM jrwr homes within the
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' By PAUlTCREER.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 17. Nebraska,
one of America's most productive
agricultural areas, was, without a de
partment of agriculture tintil I'A'K It
was only after the adoption of the
civil administrative code that the
needs of this chief industry of the
state were recognized.
Todjy, under the code, the sccre
tary of agriculture is one of the most
important ollicers of the state gov
eminent, beading one of the six de
partments established by that law,
1 lie platform upon which the demo
cratic party stands calls for the abol
ishment of these departments and
return to the previous system of gov
eminent by commissions.
Today the governor appoints
man to take charge of each of these
six departments. Yesterday, befor
the inauguration of the code system
the governor himself acted as th
head of 17 commissions, appointing
deputy commissioner to perform
the actual work of each one. ioinor
row is, destined to se? one of two
things, the further economical devel
opment of the simplified code or a
return to the more primitive system
and the wiping out of the code.
Bureau Might Perish,
in tne latter case the governor
would again act as chief of the state
veterinary and livestock sanitary
hoard, the food, drugs, oil and dair
commission and the game and fis
commission. In this event the bu
reau of markets and marketing, one
of increasing importance to the farm
ers, and which never existed in the
old days, would remain unprovided
tor.
One can not visit the state capitol
without being impressed with the
magnitude of -the responsibilities of
the Department of Agriculture. Its
most interesting spot is the testing
laboratory. Here in one corner are
two state employes testing farm seeds
for percentage of germination and
purity. For the protection of the
farmers and of the food supply, each
bag of seeds for field crops sold in
the state must bear a tag describing
its variety and quality, lhe per
ccntage of weed seeds and other mix'
tures must be stated, as well as the
percentage of seeds - that contain
enough of the germ of life to grow.
Even Soda Pop Tested.
The walls are lined with test tubes
and other chemical apparatus. The
men at work with them are engaged
in testing the purity of stock feed,
gasoline, kerosene, vinegar, soda pop
and all sorts of food products. There
are bo'xes of pepper, spices and break
fast foods, bottles of drugs and liquor
and an infinite variety of articles
which are suspected of menacing hu
man health. The Department of Ag-
(Turo to Tase Two, Column Four.)
Wilson Abandons Plan
to Buy Packing Plant
Sioux City, la., Aug. 17. The de
funct Midland Packing plant of
Sioux City will not be reopened by
Wilson & Co., Chicago packers.
The firm has forfeited its $65,000
option on the plant, which was taken
out in Marcbr-4921. It expired Tues
day without any word from the Chi
cago packers.
Announcement made by attorneys
for the receiver states that in all
$66,000 was paid for the option to
buy or lease the plant on or before
August 15, 122, which sum Wilson
& Co. forfeits to the receiver by
failure to take, the property. E. E.
Wagner, acting for the receiver, de-
ares that financial and trade con-
ditions are responsible for the aban-
onment of the option.
Iearst Not Candidate for
N. Y. Governor, He Declares
New York, Aug. 17. William
Randolph Hearst, in a statement pub-
shed today in the New ork t-ven-
ing Journal, declared he was not a
candidate for governor, but would
take any other place on the demo
cratic ticket if Mayor Hylan were
nominated for governor.
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OMAHA. FRIDAY,
Americans Attempt
to Aid Irish Peace
Dublin. Aug, 17.-01 A, 1
Several Americana wo arrived here
recently from the I'nited States are
holding counsel with Michael Collin.
had of the proviruinal government
and others, endeavoring lo empha
size the necessity of restoring peace
In Ireland as soon as possible. It
is reported efforts may be nude to
bring Mr. Collins and I'.amon De
ater together on the hsie of a
political accommodation whereby De
Valera would be authorise)) to
organise a republic party in parlia
ment and strive by constitutional
means, if such he pmnble, to bring
about a republic eventually.
some representative irninuen t-
press the opinion that there now
will come a real military engage
ment to settle tne civil war issue
once and for alt with no tetnporit.
ing mea'iires." One of them said
today: "Now look out for the real
scrap."
Convicts Kidnap x
Warden of Prison
and Make Escape
Dfjiuty of South Dakota IVni
tcntiary Severely Wounded
hy Four Inmatt'H-r Flee
in Stolen Auto.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 17. (By
A, I'.) After severely slabbing Dep
uty Warden Arthur Muchow, four
prisoners escaped from the South
Dakota penitentiary here late today,
taking Warden George W. Jamison
with them. - The prisoners fled in a
motor car, parked by a tourist just
outside the prison walls.
Several posses of state, comity and
city officers, aided by members of
the local post of the American Le
gion, immediately started in pursuit.
Early tonight the prisoners had not
been overtaken and apparently War
den Jamison had not been released,
as no word had been received from
him by local authorities.
The only trace of the fleeing men
was contained in a report from Ellis,
where they stopped and stole an
other car, presumably in hopes of
avoiding detection.
Regarded as Desperate.
The four men. whose names are
Henry Coffee, Joe Foreman, Joe
Teel and J. B. King, were serving
sentences for grand larceny and were
regarded as the most desperate in
mates of the institution.
It appeared to officials that the
escape had been planned in advance
i he four men started a commotion
in the tailor shop at the prison, this
atternoon, and IJeputy Aluchow,
hearing the noise, hurried to ascer
tain what was the trouble. When he
reached the shop, the convicts at
tacked him with knives which they
had obtained from some unknown
source, Deputy Muchow resisted
and was badly cut v,, being stabbed
twice in the abdomen and once in
the breast, as well as sustaining sev
eral minor slashes. A report from
the' hospital was to the effect that
his wounds, though severe, would
not prove fatal.
Overpower Warden.
Warden Jamison was in his office
at the prison at the time of the at
tack, and also hearing trie noise in
the shop, hastened down. The men
nvcrnowcred him and at the .point
of their knives forced him to lead
the way through the prison gates to
the outside after they had thrown
Deputy Muchow and a guard into a
cell.
Reaching the garden just outside
the prison they leaped into the car
and sped north. A guard on the wall,
noticing them, fired, but feared to
aim directly at the occupants because
of the warden's presence in the car.
Authorities here believe that the es
caped convicts will keep the warden
with them until they have traveled a
safe distance from Sioux Falls so
that, in case of being closed in on,
they could use him as a means of
protection from gunfire. The only
weapons the prisoners had when they
left here were the knives.
Much excitement followed the
near riot at the penitentiary. 'Other
prisoners scurried back and forth,
and many left their usual positions,
but apparently none other than the
four attempted to escape.
casants Bewail Capture .
of "Just-Dealing" Bandit
Milan, Aug. 17. There is a sor
rowing among the peasants ot
Catania, for Turi Raplsarda, a clas
sical Sicilian bandit, has been cap
tured. Tun fought a lone duel with cara-
iniers at the are of 19 and has been
fugitive ever since, but he has e-
tahliibed a law of his own and has
wreaked vengeance upon the unjust.
Turi has defended the peasants
gainst robbers, be has pacified fami
lies in feud, has forced men to marry
Hoinen whom they have abandoned
and has recovered stolen property for
its rightful owners,
Turi was captured at a peanant
dance. Thousands of peasants have
petitioned the king for his rclcar.
:
I Officii Flan One-Stop
i rrum-ontinrntal Flight
( Dayton, O. Aug, 17. Lieutenants
jOaklev, (I. Kelly and Frneit Hach
(pun of MclVok field, lUvton, soon
will attempt a oitt-stop continental
airplane H nht from New Vol It t
'.m lt4iui.o, it Nirff t, with
tn announcement that hraU o the
if tervue h4e mvn periuitMnM io
th avutort lo nuk hhIi a tl M.
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AUGUST 18, 1922.
The
Heat Records for
Year Broken as
Mercury Hits 99
Follows Eight Days of Swel'
tering Temperature No
Predictions of Rain or
'' Cooler Weather.
After sweltering eight consecutive
days in temperature above normal,
Omaha saw the mercury rise -to a
new record yesterday afternoon at
3 when 99 degrees above was rigis-
tered on the weather bureau ther
mometer. No predictions that the
heat wave was to be broken soon
were made last night. This section
of Nebraska has been without rain
tor a period of 12 days.
That the day was to ba record-
breaking one was felt yesterday
morning when the thermometer regis
tered two degrees warmer than Wed
nesday, being 75 at 6 and 77 at 7.
Record for Month.
At 2 in the afternoon the mercury
reached 97 and continued to climb
until it reached 90 at 3. Wednesday's
high mark, 92 degrees, was the record
tonne montn until yesicraay.
From 3 on- the temperature fell
slowly to 90 at 8. The mean temper
ature for the day was 87. Seventy
five degrees is the normal tempera
ture. Until yesterday the heat record for
the year was held by June 26. when
the temperature was 98.
General Rise.
Records throughout this and sur
rounding states showed a general rise
in temperature yesterday. At North
Platte and Sioux vity the tempera
ture was 98. Des Moines registered
94, Valentine, Neb., 80, Sheridan,
Wyo.. 80.
Rain was reported at Cheyenne,
Valentine and aiotix City last night.
No prospects are in view for im
mediate, rain in Omaha, according to
the weather bureau. The last rain
which fell here was a mere shower
of .03 of an inch, early in the morn
ing of August 6. Precipitation is
two inches below normal for the last
month.
Construction of Channel
Is Recommended to House
Washington, Aug. 17. Construc
tion of a channel JO feet deep and
400 feet wide at Ahsecon inlet, At
lantic City, N. J., at cost of $240.
(100, with an annual maintenance cost
of $50,000 was recommended to the
house by the chief engineers in a
report submitted by the secretary of
war. The report suggested that the
improvement would he undertaken
with "the understanding that the in
terests of the beach in front of 4he
city are superior to those of the in
let" and should be abandoned if it
b found to have a deleterious effect
n th beach. 1 he improvement, it
staled, might hate th eiiect
of esUUInhmg a steamboat line to
New Voik rilv.
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Vacationists Return
District President
of Lutheran Synod
Rev. C. F. Brommer, Hampton,
Neb.t president Nebraska-Wyoming
aisirici oi ine Missouri Jmneran
synod, which is meeting at the Castle
hotel.
Farming Sections of State
Feel Effects of Drouth
Lincoln, Aug. 17. Unfavorable
weather during the past week in the
central and southern counties of the
state has deteriorated corn, according
to the summary ot Nebraska crop
conditions issued today by G. A.
Loveland, meteorologist, in charge of
the weather service here.
Mr. Loveland states that rain is
badly needed in most sections of the
state. The soil is dry for plowing,
although the work is still progress
ing to some extent. Corn has done
well in northeastern counties. Pas
tures generally are very dry.
The temperature of the past weele
averages three degrees above normal.
The week was excellent for haying
and threshing.
riot to Smuggle Chinese
Into America Frustrated
Seattle, Aug. 17. Fifty-three
Chinese were arrested by immigra
tion official in a raid on the ship
ping board steamer 1'resident Jack
son, which arrived Monday from the
orient. Immigration Commissioner
Weedm declared that the arrests
frustrated the most extensive plot
ever uncovered here to smuggle
orientals into th United States,
Scrutiny of th .'resident Jackson
legan Monday when Lee I'oo. r
reslrd by an inspector who noticed
him on the dock, was found to have
a stun ticket good only from
Hongkong lo Yokohama. Apparent.!
ly all the I hinee arreiird, u the
t'niiiiiiinKiiivr, boarded the ship at
Honiikorirf and Ui4 U net (Ml al
Yokohama mhers their tratnpoiU.
tioiv ran ut,
(rrntait Mitsie Hall .Mut
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Strike of Big 4
Union Men in
West Called Off
Brotherhood Workers Return
to Jobs at Las Vega, Reopen
ing U. P. Trannconti-
Dental Traffic.
Las Vegas, Aug. 17. The Union
Pacific system planned to start
transconuneniai movement ot pas
sengers and freight early today fol
lowing the conclusion of peace here
late last night by N. A. Williams,
general superintendent of the' Los
Angeles-Salt Lake division of that
line with officers of the big four.
The tieup had been in effect four
days. ,
San Francisco,' Aug. 17. (By A.
P.) The transportation situation
arising from walkouts of operating
oroinernootl men on tar western
railroads was easier today. All those
who had been out on the Western
iacilic, which links San Francisco
with Salt Lake City, returned to
work late yesterday, and some hours
later it was announced that the em
bargo which that road had imposed
on perishable freight some days ago
nan oeen nitea. lhe Union I'acific s
Salt Lake City-Los Angeles line was
cleared last nifiht bv return of
brotherhood men at Las Vegas to
worK. un tne Santa e, now as
previously the most severely ham.
perea ot tne ailccted lines, passenger
irains were moving as last as etnerg.
ency crews of officials and other
casual help could move them be
tween Gallup. N. M.. and San
Bernardino, Cal.. and the eo fiffelinn
of westbound trains at Albuquerque
and Las Vegas, N. M., was clearing.
Few Leave Los Angeles.
Many eastbound trains on this road
continue to be annulled, but a few
are leaving the Los Angeles termi
nal. "Big Four" brotherhond mn t
Frescott, Arii., whose walkout had
tied up their Ashfork-Phoenix line
and some others in the Prescott area,
whose refusal to work had tied up
thejr Parker-Wickenburg route, re
turned to work late yesterday on or
ders from their national offieert.
Karly today there had been no break
in the rank of the strikers at other
points. -'
Two Hundred and Sixteen
Indicted for Mine Battle
Wellsburg. W. Va . Au 17Tun
hundred aiMevn men were indict,!
r the Prooks coutitv Btaml inrv
for allesed participation in the ban!
at th I'hfiiin mine, C'lftonvil!, on
th mornn at of July 17. Seventy
right are charged miih first degree
murder and th ii with rontpiracy.
All but about JO of lb indicted men
are in custody.
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TWO CENTS
Rail Strike
Conferenbc
Adjourns
Fxrcutivea and IlrotlirrlKxid
Chief UnaUe. to Rearh
Conrlurioui Regarding
Shopiuen't Walkout.
Resume Meeting Today
New York, Aug. l7.-(T?y A. P.)
Hailway executives and brother,
hood chiefs today wrr.tled with the
problem if fettling the shopmen's
Ink and then adjourn until lomor.
tow, without scoring a (all. Tomor
row, while President Harding is ex
pected to appear before congress
wilh a message on the rail situation,
the conferences will reassemble in an
effort to com to grips on the slip
pery quertion of seuiiVity,
Today was a Uy of conference,
among brotherhood chiefs this
morning, between brotherhood
thiefs and executives this afternoon
and between brotherhood chiefs and
(honcrofls officials this evening.
The first gathering, over which
Warren S. Stone, head of the P.roth
crhood of Locomotive F.ugiiicer
presided, i tailed for the osten
sible purpose of framing a concrete
program to be submitted to the ex
ecutives. The brotherhood men who .
made it plain that their position was
solely of mediators, weqt into the
afternoon parley without breathinr
word of the proposals for a strike
icttlrmenf which they were believed
to have drawn up.
Shopmen Stand Firm.
Put if the train service me nwere
sib nt, representatives of the sinking
shfpcralts gathered to await the re
sult of the conference, made it plain
that they did not believe any pro
posal would be made by the running
trades which would include a sacriliie
of their seniority rights. While rep-
tesentatives of the strikers would not
permit themselves to be quoted, they
indicated they would stand as fine
as, ever on the proposition that, they
must be taken wilh their seniority
ranking unimpaired.
A committee representing the ex
ecutives headed by T. Dewitt (,'uyler,
chairman of their organization,
lunched together and then went to
the conference chamber, where thev
awaited the arrival of the mediators.
At 2 o'clock the conference was on.
Two hints of what had transpired
escaped,
Study Former Rulings,
First, the executives seni for flics
containing decisions of tlii railroad
labor board In which that body, in
rulings bearing on other strikes, had
directed that strikers should forfeit
seniority rights. This was taken to
indicate that the question of seniority
which had figured so prominently in
the two efforts by President Hard
ing to end the strike, hid bobbed up
again.
The second hint was obtained from
Julius K. Kruttschnitt, chairman of
the board of the Southern Pacific,
who, leaving the conference' shortly
before it adjourned, indicated that
little progress had been made.
Couple Whose Dogs
Killed Man Accused
Sacraifento, Cal., Aug. 17. Mrs.
Mable Ross Belari, said to be a di
rect descendant of Betsy Ross, and
her husband, Lewis Belardi, were
held responsible by a coroner's jury
last night for the death of Ibro Biso,
a rancher of Antelope, near here, who
was set upon by a pack of 18 dogs
owned by the Belardis.
According to the most recent story
told by Mrs. Belardi to the police,
she was engaged in a quarrel with
Biso outside the shack on her ranch,
when he attempted to strike her witla
a club. She remonstrated, and one of
the dogs rushed at Biso and the re
mainder of the pack followed, tear
ing his clothes to shreds. The dogs
continued their attack until called
off by her, Mrs. Belardi said. '
She carried the injured man to the
house, she told the police. He was
beyond aid and died before she could,
summon medical attention,' To save
the dogs from any penalty, she did
not mention the part taken by them
in the attack, hut said the victim
came to her place injured in search
of medical aid. Later she admitted
this statement was a fabrication nd
the dogs were shot by the authorities.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
indicates the evidence produced
strengthened the police theory that
Mrs. Belardi attacked Pio wilh a
club before the dogs attacked him.
lline Held Responihle ,
for Heath of Tucmeer
San Francisco. Aim. 17 Th u.
prnie court today held Walker ll.
Mines, director of railroad during
the war. soletv itponsilde in the
ease of Mrs. tieitrude p.. 1 awrence
of t o Anrle, whose Innband,
(rorii V. lawn-nee, wat ViMed hy
a train at I I ("eniro, Miil J, IIY.
and who was awarded dniuaM in
the nun ol i.HUHH
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