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One Killed,
Three Hurt,
in Collision
< ar Tarrying Vinilors to Hos
pita! Struck hy Second
Machine at Thirty
I'ighth and Dodge.
Driver Held by Police
" hile driving to Methodist hos
pital in Omaha to visit a sick mother,
one woman was killed, her husband,
bis father and his sister were in
jured, two of them dangerously,
when their automobile collided with
another machine at Thirty-eighth
and Hodge streets at 10:30 yesterday
morning.
Tlie dead:
Mrs. Muriel Kads, 38, Browns
ville. Neb.
The injured:
It. K. Kads, her liusbaml, left
arm bruised.
K. I,. Kads, 18. father of II. |„
^ Kads, farmer from Auburn, Neb.,
lareralions, sprained back, probable
internal injuries; serious.
(ilttdys Kads, 23, sisler of H. I..
Kails, school teacher at liavid City,
Ninlernal injuries; serious.
The Kads family was going to visit
Mrs. K. I,. Kads. !Sho was told of
(ho accident, hut not of the fatality.
K. K. Kads was not tolg his daugh
tet in-law liad been killed.
Driver Arrested.
The younger Kads was driving. The
Kurd touring car was traveling north
on Thirty-eighth street. It collided
with another Ford touring car at
Hodge street, driven by C'. W. Harrow,
carpenter, 2T-63 Sr. Marys avenue.
The Kads car had side curtains at
tached.
Harrow was driving from one job on
a California street house to another.
With him was his employer, H. J.
Joseph, 135 North Forty-third avenue.
Harrow was arrested on a charge
of reckless driving.
"I don't know just how it hap
pened," ho said, grief stricken.
"Neither car was going last. We were
coming down that steep grade on
Hodge street. Tho view wasn’t very
clear, hut I thought the road was
clear. 1 guess J was partly to blame,
though, for Ktuls had tho right of
way."
Machine Knocked Over.
" hen the automobiles collided the
Eads machine was knocked over
against tlie northeast curbing. The
l ight rear wheel was broken. None !
of the passengers was thrown out of J
the car. The Harrow car turned over, j
hut Harrow and Joseph escaped with 1
.only a bruise or two. Tlie Eads car !
"Hid not turn over.
Mrs. Eads must have been thrown
against the top of the machine, tn
the opinion of Patrol Chauffeur Fred
Peterson, who said lie believed her
neck was broken. Hr. Miller, who at- |
tended her at the hospital, reported
death was caused by a fracture of the
skull, but said she might have suf
fered a broken neck, too.
Mrs. Eads died on the way to the
hospital, from winch they were hut
m blocks distant.
W. R. Bonham of the Western Mo
tor company, who was passing tlie
scene, halted his light truck and with
the aid of Harrow and Joseph, and
Jack Lyons and George Itybin, em
ployes of tbe Omaha Gas company,
laid the injured in the truck and took
them to the hospital.
Husband Collapses.
The younger Mrs. Eads did not want
to make the trip from Auburn to
Omaha yesterday, it was later learned,
and asked to bo allowed to remain at
home with her baby, Geraldine, 2. But
she was persuaded to join the party
to visit her husband's mother.
When the younger Eads was told
bis wife had been killed, he collapsed
und became hysterical.
He moaned and screamed, crying,
"Oh, it's awful; Oh. it's awful!”
When the patrol chauffeur took in
to him the bonnet and gloves his wife
was wearing st the time of the crash
ho snatched them and clasping them
to his breast, sobbed, "My God, it's
terrible!”
The woman's shoes were torn front
her feet In the accident, detectives
The Eads family was driving front
Auburn to Omaha. Brownsville is just
a short way from Auburn.
The Intersection of Thirty-eighth
and Hodge streets, formed as a sort of
pocket because of steep grades from
all directions except the east, has been
the scene of many automobile acci
dents, some of which have resulted
in fatalities.
Mrs. MacSwiney, in Irish
Consulate, Defies Police
New York, Dec. 28.—Mrs. Muriel
MacSwiney. widow of the former lord
mayor of '~'ork and two other women
who said they were acting for the
Irish republic, today entered the Irish
consulate In Nassau street and defied
the attempts of Lieut. Gegan of the
police bomb squad and Lindsay Craw
ford, a free state representative, to
eject them.
Fight for legal possession of the
consulate was started yesterday by
republican adherents and free staters
following the retirement of Daniel J.
McGrath, consul general for the free
slate, who several weeks ago was
threatened with death in an anony
mous letter.
Rum Pirates Take $1,000,000
Cargo From Steamer at Sea
New York, Dec. 28.—A report re
ceived by custom officials today from
Nassau. Bahamas, of a $1,000,000
liquor rphbery on the high seas was
ken by customs officials as proof
of reports that pirates were raiding
i rum runners off the Atlantic coast.
I The report said the Vincent A. White,
, which cleared from Nassau for
IL Miquelon on October 21, with 10,500
W eases of liquor, had been hoarded off
D the New Y’ork coast and all the
■ liquor and money it carried taken.
! David City Man Named
District Court Judge
I.. N. Hastings.
Lincoln, Dec. 28.—(Special.)—L. S.
Hastings of David City was appointed
judge of the Fifth judicial district to
day by Governor MeKelvie. He will
succeed Judge K. K. Good of Wahoo,
who has been elected to the slate
supreme court and will vacate the
office January 1.
Voting on first, second and third
choices for the office was as follows:
L. S. Hastings: First choice, 44; to
tal vote, 72; score, 3.060.
II. C. Beebe: First choice, 19; total
vote, 48: score, 1,805.
.1. J. Thomas: First choice, 10; total
vote, 24: score, S30.
British Fleet
Ordered Baek
to Near East
Action Reflects Grave Crisis
at Lausanne—Meeting of
Capitulations Hotly in
Deadlock.
Malta. Ilfv. 28,-—tRy A. T'.)—As :i
result of unsatisfactory news from
Lausanne, it is understood that the
ships of the British Mediterranean
fleet which arrived hero on December
23 for a three weeks’ visit Ijave re
ceived orders to return to the near
cost.
Naval authorities were reticent to
day, but It was believed that Admiral
De Uobeek, commander-in-chief of the
Mediterranean fleet, was prepared to
leave this afternoon with all available
vessels.
The understanding was that the
dreadnoughts. Iron Duke, Marlbor
ough and Ajax, the light cruiser Con
cord and all the destroyers were to
sail eastward at 4 o’clock.
Child Supports Allies.
Lausanne, Dec. 28.—(By A. P.)—
Richard Washburn Child, chief Amer
ican spokesman, Joined with the heads
of the allied delegations at today's
meeting of the capitulations commis
sion of the near east conference In
declaring that snmo guarantees must
be given by Turkey to replace the. ca
pitulation or extra-territorial rights of
foreigners, which tlie Keinalists have
declared abolished.
If Turkey showed a spirit of col
laboration on this question, Ambassa
dor Child said, it would receive Just
and generous treatment. Otherwise it
must he considered to have repudiated
its engagements.
The meeting of the commission of
capitulations failed to make progress
at today's session. Some of the allied
delegations on leaving .the hall said
the conference had reached a dead
lock pending the arrival of the new
Turkish instructions from Angora.
Two Norfolk Fires
Cause $80,000 Damage
Norfolk. Nob.. Dec. 28.—Two fires
caused damage estimated at $80,000.
The Interior of the Beehive general
store was swept by flames, which
were discovered at 10 last night. The
loss to the stock is almost complete
and is estimated at from $30,000 to
$33,000, partly covered by insurance.
Shortly after this blaze was subdued
the firemen were called upon to fight
flames in the Midwest Manufacturing
company plant. The building and all
its contents, Including machinery and
manufactured material, were a total
loss, estimated at more than $45,004$.
The origin of the fires is unknown.
Morse Bluffs Man Killed
While Felling Trees
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Special.)
—Joseph Bauer, 50, of Morse Bluff,
died at his home from injuries sus
tained, when a tree which he was
felling crashed down on him. Ho suf
fered abroken hip and Internal in
juries.
Bauer and his son-in-law, Alfred
Dworak, were cutting down trees
along tlie Lincoln highway east of
North Bend when the accident hap
pened. A wife and five daughters
survive.
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President
Frowns on
Borah Plan
llartlin^ Sa}s Amendment to
Navv Bill W on1 Hiipcr
U
w ay to^-vnr ,ipe.
Predicted
.—(By A. I’.I—
Lhe Borah pro
posal for t world economic confer
ence reached a dramatic turning point
today when President Harding threw
the full force of the administration
against Senator Borah's plans as con
tained in an amendment to the naval
appropriations bill and. in a letter
read in the senate, virtually asked for
ils defeat.
Another day’s general debate fol
lowed, but action went over. Plans
wore made for a vote Friday but so
many senators desired to spook that.
I with forces favoring the Borah rider
I reported sparring for time in an ef.
fort at recruiting, delay over the New
I Year's holiday appeared possible.
Defeat of the amendment was pre
j dieted by administration leaders and
conceded upon the present status of
I the battle, by its champions.
Would Hinder Negotiations.
I lie presidents letter was address
ed to Senator Bodge of Massachusetts,
the republican leader, and said (he
Borah amendment would create "false
impressions" abroad as well as at
homo, to the embarrassment of what
the administration already was doing
toward aiding Europe. Evidently
drafted witli great care after consul
tation with Secretary Hughes, how
ever, the communication failed to give
any details of the negotiations it hint
ed were in progress.
Neither would White House or
State department officials divulge any
further information on the subject.
I They declared the affair was neces
sarily veiled in diplomacy and left it
| shrouded in doubt. Virtually the only
light thrown on (lie negotiations came
from Senator Hodge during the sen
ate discussion, when he said that can
cellation of the foreign debt was op
posed by the president and was not
included in the negotiations.
Asks Free Hand.
A suggestion from the president in
his letter that congress "freo the
hands" of the allied debt commission
“so that helpful negotiations may be
undertaken" developed special inter
est in the senate. Senator lodge said
he was authorized fn state that the
president meant that time for pay
ment of principal and interest of for
eign debts might he extended.
Senator Borah, however, in brief
comment on the president’s letter,
charged that the administration pro
posed, in effect, to cancel the foreign
debt by deferring payments "until the
seventh or eighth generation has pass
ed over the Jordan."
In discussions at the State depart
ment rumors of the administration's
activities continued of wide and varied
form. One was based on press re
ports from abroad, suppesting possi
bilities of a four-power European
peace pact as a means of settlement
of the reparations question, but this
also failed to elicit any comment in
official circles. The unofficial report
was that Germany desired the United
States to suggest such a course to
France, Great Britain, Belgium and
Germany to join in the peace agree
ment and possibly Italy.
Humor Attracts Attention.
While it was impossible to get any
i reaction in official quarters on this
] phase of the European peace pact
; suggestion known to have been eon
I sidcrcd lirst abroad more * Iran a year
ago, it attracted much unofficial at
tention. A possibility that it had
been evolved in Germany as a means
of meeting I*'rench demands as to
adequate security from attack was
suggested. Since the three power
agreement for defense of France
which would have insured American
and British support against any Ger
man aggression, failed when -rejected
In the United States, It occurred to
some observers that the United
States might be selected as the logi
cal agency for presenting a four
power European peace plan as an
alternative.
Another overflow crowd followed
today's senate debate, In which the
principal speeches were made by
Senators McNary, republican, Ore
gon; France, republican, Maryland;
Heflin, democrat, Alabama, and Cara
way, democrat, Arkansas, in support
of the Borah amendment, and by
Senator McCormick, republican, Il
linois, in opposition. Several lively
tilts occurred also between Senators
Borah, Bodge, Johnson, republican,
California; Heed, democrat. Missouri
and others.
Debate Continued.
Senator Borah sought to reply at
length to President Harding's letter,
but deferred an extensive reply until
Friday, when a half dozen senators
are to speak on the amendment.
Administration leaders hoped to
dispose of the Borah and all related
subjects Friday, but the speech mak
ing plans made a vote doubtful, al
though possible. It was arranged
that Senator Poindexter, republican.
Washington, in charge of tlie navcil
bill, should make a point of order
against the Borah amendment when
it is offered, but Senator Borah said
he would not formally submit it until
all discussion had ended.
Jeweler Kills Friend,
Manila, Dec. 28.—(By A. P.)—
Harry Bridge, captain of a China
coast vessel, was shot and killed here
yesterday by J. W. A. Redhouse, a
jeweler, who, after barricading him
self in a house and holding a squad
of tlie constabulary at bay all night,
ended his own life.
Tlie two men, who lived together
and had been companions for a num
her of years, quarreled over a Fill
pino woman. Both were British sub
jects
W oman Dies of Hunger,
Blind Sister Nearing End
in "House of Tuo Sisters"
New York. Dec. 28.—The tapping of
a finger upon the window pane In
the "house of the two sisters" In
the Brotvx. yesterday called into the
ramshackle house the first stranger to
enter the doors In 40 years. The
stranger, a police officer, found the
body of an aged woman, dead from
starvation, and a blind sister, calling
for help by tapping on the pane.
The blind woman, Amelia Christen
sen, S2. was weak from malnutrition.
Only a few potatoes and a small quan
tity of milk and $3,75 in little pack
ages were found in tho dark interior
of the house, l.osinde Christensen,
75, sister, was dead upon a bed in an
other room.
Residents of the neighborhood had
shunned the house, known all about,
as "tho house of the two sisters.”
For 40 years no one had been seen to
enter or leave it. A small lamp burn
ing in the evening, and once, last sum
mer, the strains of an organ, were the
only signs of occupancy.
Italian Premier
Will Not Attend
Paris Meeting
Mussolini Sees Kittle Hope for
Agreement Regarding Ger
many—France Ready
to Act Alone.
Koine. Dec. 28.—(By A. P.>—Premier
Mussolini informed his cabinet today
lliat he would not attend the confer
ence of allied premiers in Paris next
week.
The premier's decision produced a
profound impression. It was inter
preted as meaning that he had no con
fidence that (he gathering would
reach a satisfactory result.
Among the reasons given the coun
cil of ministers for not making (he
journey were that no settled policy
had been decided upon, and thut the
question of timber deliveries by Ger
many would create new difficulties
between Great Britain and France.
Too Much Work at Home.
The premier also told the ministers
that he had too much work to do at
home to go abroad, unless there was
some assurance of the conference
reaching results w hich would warrant
his absence from Italy.
Reviewing the internal situation,
Mussolini said it was improving. It
was the government's intention to put
an end. once for all time, to the con
flicts between the faseisti and com
munists. To that end the prefects
throughout.the country had been or
dered to keep their police forces mo
bilized every Saturday from midnight
to the following Sunday at midnight
in readiness to suppress outbreaks.
France Prepared to Act.
l’ai-is, Dec. 2S.—(By A. P.l—The
Frenclf government has practically
completed Its plan for the seizure of
certain German state forests as a re
sult of the formal actio* of Idle rep
arations commission last Tuesday in
declaring Germany in voluntary de
fault for failure to deliver the spe
cific amount of timber during the
present year.
Some of these government-owned
forests are in the occupied territory
of Germany and others in Bavaria.
It was authoritatively stated tonight
that, apart from any general settle
ment. that may he reached at next
week's conference hero of allied, pre
miers, Poincare has made up his mind
to take these forests in economic re
prisal for Germany's wilful default,
even though the other allies refuse to
participate in the operation.
The French premier will insist that
his plan of seizure he the first item
on the agenda of the rentiers, meet
ing. llo will ask the approval of the
allied powers, but if this is not forth
coming. he is prepared to act alone.
Germans Ask More Time.
Berlin, Dec. 28.—Germany's delay in
meeting the entente's demands for
timber was due mainly to the late
date on which the government re
ceived specific notification of the al
lies’ requirements, according to an
explanation issued by the German
war burdens commission. The com
mission asks an extension of time to
the first of April.
Tlie majority of the demands, the
commission declares, were received
only on March 31, and thq*e for
England on April 20. This resulted
in a delay in the contract deliveries
and compelled purchases in the open
market. Moreover, the sudden depre
ciation of the mark in June upset the
government's calculations.
Nevertheless, up to November 15,
the demands for Belgium and France
were completely fulfilled and promises
are made that England will receive
; a large delivery before the end of the
I present year. The chief technical dif
ficulty encountered was in-connection
! with the demand for telegraph poles,
owing to the unusual sizes required.
Argument Over Teacher
Ends in Death of Two
San Antonio. Tex.. Dec. 28.—Two
men were shot to death in the busi
ness section of Somerset. IS miles
south of San Antonio, as a result of
trouble said to have had its origin
in the discharge of a teacher in the
Somerset public schools. The dead
are:
Prof. W. A. Chapman, 48, superin
tendent of the Somerset schools.
J. Glinn Harwood, 22, oil field
worker.
A. D. Halliburton, proprietor of
a soft drink stand in Somerset, was
taken into custody.
Penn. Express Derailed.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 28.—The
commercial express, which left New
York at 10:05 a.# m. for the west, was
derailed at Princeton Junction, N. J..
at 11:09 o'clock, according to a repoit
received by the Pennsylvania rail
road here. A mail car, combination
car and coach were derailed. The
tender of the engine and the mail car
turned over. The company had no in
] formation that any one waa injured.
Time for a Fadeout of This Spirit in Filmdom
Julian Church
Visited by Four j
Robed Klansmen
Followers of Fiery Cross Give
Donation to Christian Home
at\'ouncil Bluffs—Vil
lage Is Amazed.
i -
Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Spe
cial.>—-The Ku Klux Klan will get you
if you don’t watch out is proving a
sufficient threat by mothers of the
little Nemahif county town of Julian
to make their children obey their
commands with the utmost prompt
ness.
The klan is no myth to the children
and other members of this community
of J8t souls. The sheeted followers
of the fiery cross have visited the
city in the stillness of the night and
departed.
Topic of Discussion.
Those who witnessed the nocturnal
visit are repeating their impressions
of the visit for those who failed to at
tend the Methodist church last Snu
day.
"Who were they?”
"Where did they go?”
"From whence did they come?"
These and similar requests are In
the mouths of ail. The curbstone
meetings of the men and the back
fence discussions of the women are all
on the same topic. The Ladles' Aid
soeiey and fraternal lodge meetings
had increased attendances and the
discussions were all on this one ab
sorbing topic.
Suspicions Everywhere.
Men who failed to attend church are
all under suspicion. Many leading
citizens report evidences of friend wife
having rummaged through closets in
an effort to unearth hidden parapher
nalia of the klan..
Four hooded and robed klansmen,
carrying a letter bearing the seal of
the Nebraska City chapter of the or
ganization, marched into the .Julian
church Sunday night. A hush fell
over the congregation. Rev. R. M.
Wetzel halted in his sermon. The
four men dressed in white wiith scar
let trimmings marched with dignity to
the altar. Not a word was spoken as
they presented their missive to the
pastor and immediately left.
Pedestrians on the street saw the
men enter and leave but considered
| it part of the Christmas exercises and
paid no atention to the event.
Aid Bluffs Home.
In the envelope was a $10 banknote
and the following letter:
"Rev. R. M. Wetzel,
".Julian, Neb.:
"The enclosed is to lie given to the
Christian Home at Council Bluffs,
la., by the two Julian churches. Com
ing from the Julian members of the
Nebraska City Knights of the Ku Klux
Kla n.
"May God's blessing go with this
donation.”
Butcher Kicks Women Who
“Kick” at Weight of Meat
Chicago, Dec. 28.—Within a week
James Horn, a butcher, has twice
been fined for kicking women cus
tomers who ‘'kicked” on the weight
of meat he had sold them. “All these
women think 1 am cheating them In
weight,” sail! Horn, who added that
he did not remember having kicked
Mrs. Augusta AA'healau, and bis had
memory cost him a line of $20 and
costs. Six days ago Horn was fined
$10 on complaint of Mrs. Agnes
Truth, who said that Horn had kick
ed her
Search for Body
of Frettv Suicide
j
Reveals No Clue
Police Still in Dark as to
Identity of Woman Who
Leaped to Death From
Bridge Rail.
A 12-hour hunt by an army of
searchers failed to extort from the
Missouri river yesterday the secret
guarding the identity of the pretty
young woman who leaped from the
Douglas street bridge shortly after 7
Wednesday night.
Powerful searchlights of the Ne
braska Power company were kept
trained on the river all night under
direction of Special Agent Harry
Lighthouse. Scores of men walked
the banks looking for the body.
Detectives yesterday pinned their
last hope on the ability of rivermen
who work the bottoms around the
Union Pacific bridge to recover the
body "some time.1'
A scrutiny of reports of missing
girls at Central police headquarters
failed to reveal any description to
tally with that of the suicide.
Frank Spiecker, employe of the
smelter, 2707 Caldwell street, said a
woman who pleaded to be taken in
as a boarder at his home three weeks
ago disappeared Wednesday morning.
She was very mysterious, he said,
and no one learned her name.
She received mail, though, accord
ing to Mrs. Minnie Spiecker, his
mother, addressed to Eth»l Schultz,
and after reading it hurried to burn
it in the kitchen stove.
She was described as 32, tall, slen
der, dark complexioned, black hat and
dark clothes.
Day’s Activities
in Washington
The anual postal supply bill, car
rying $384,614,191, was reported to
the house.
The senate adopted a resolution ex
pressing “pleasure and joy" over the
improvement in former President WiJ
son's health.
Senior federal circuit judges met to
consider steps to expedite litigation
pending in district and circuit courts
throughout the country.
President Harding wrote a letter to
Senator Lodge opposing the Borah
international conference plan and
saying that its adoption would embar
rass the administration in efforts "to
be helpful’’ already under way.
A delegation representing the Wood
row Wilson Foundation called on the
former president to felicitate him on
his 64th birthday and inform him that
the $1,600,000 fund to advance ideas
he advocated was assured of comple
tion.
The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States announced the recejpt
of a request from German business
men for an American commission to
adjudge Germany’s capacity to pay
reparations. The chamber deferred
decision pending the meeting of al
lied premiers next week.
Declares Stock Dividend
Chicago, Dec. 2S.— (Hy A. P.j—A
100 per cent stock dividend was de
dared today by the directors of tile
Standard Oil company of Indiana.
I
Probe Discloses
Astoria Fire of
Incendary Origin
Arrests Expected as Result of
Investigation of Blaze
Which Destroyed
Oregon Town.
Astoria, Ore., Pec. 28.—Investiga
tion by deputies from the state fire
marshal's office investigating the lire
which wiped out the business district
of Astoria December 8 has resulted in
finding the lire was of incendiary
origin, it was announced today. It
was said clues have been found which
will lead to arrests.
The information upon which the
lire marshal’s deputies have been
working has been in their hands since
the day after the fire, but owing to
the need for secrecy while clues were
being developed, the investigation was
carried on under cover, it was said.
Early on the morning of the lire,
E. N. Bussing, field superintendent
of the Astoria water department, was
awakened and when he was informed
of the seriousness of the conflagra
tion, went to his telephone to order
the cutting off of the water service
from all of the residence districts in
order to allow a concentration of the
water pressure in the tiro stricken
area. He found his telephone wires
had been cut, so his efforts to connect
with the water department were fu
tile.
Bussing thereupon discovered that
his house had been entered and the
telephone wires severed inside his
dwelling. He found an open window
through which entry had been made
and other clues which may lead to the
arrest of the man who cut the con
nections.
Bussing gave his information to the
state fire marshal’s office the next
day, and special investigators have
since been at work on the case. Sus
pects are under surveillance, but no
arrests have* been made.
Nebraska Newlyweds
Touring State in Air
Lincoln, Dec. 2S. — (Special.) — A
bride and groom dropped into Lincoln
from the skies today.
They are Mr. and Mrs. Noel Bul
lock of Broadwater, Neb. They were
married Christmas day at Broad
water and since that time have
toured Nebraska by airplane. Bul
lock is an aviator.
They (lew to Omaha late this after
noon and expect to fly from Omaha to
Topeka, Kan.
Lists His Liabilities
at $12,788; Assets $534
Charles M. Parker of South Sioux
City, formerly In business in Platts
mouth, filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in federal court yester
day, listing his liabilities at $11,788
and assets at $534.
The Weather
Forecast.
Friday fair and warmer.
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45 Persons
Implicated
in Murders
Signed Confessions Name
Over Two Score Men in
Louisiana kidnaping
Case.
Arrests Expected Soon
Bastrop, La., Dec. 2S.— (By A. 1’.)—
Forty five persons were implicated In
tho Morehouse Kidnaping and mur
ders last August of Watt Daniels and
Thomas Richards, according to two
confessions reported delivered hy the
Department of Justice men to slate
authorities at New Orleans.
The state's legal office at New Or
leans declined to comment on I ho
subject, slating they would neither
deny nor confirm It.
The confessions will not bo made
public. It is believed here, until the
opening hearings begin at Bastrop in
January.
It was stated that the signers of
the confessions have been granted
Immunity by ttie state and are being
secreted, along with other witnesses,
and will bo called upon to testify.
However, it is rumored hero as prob
able that tho arrests of somo or «U
of tho men named will occur before
the open hearings begin. „
Hoard Heady te Move.
One indication that the stato Is
preparing for some activity is seen
In tho order Issued to the National
guard company at Mcr Rouge to bo
prepared to move at short notice.
These troops were stationed hero to
prevent a posslvle outbreak among
the citizens of this community who
are in hostile camps and are also
assigned to assist the civil authorities
in making arrests.
The suspects are reported ns under
constant surveillance of secret serv
ice men and no difficulties were an
ticipated in locating these who are
designated for arrest.
At New Orleans, the governor of
the state, the attorney genera!, his
staff of legal assistants and tho four
Department of Justice men were
mapping out the future course in the
investigation into the death of two
men, believed to have been victims
of a robed and masked mob.
Flans Kept Secret.
What occurred at the morning ses
sion was not disclosed. At its con
clusion the governor announced he
would leave tor Baton Rouge and
would not attend the night session.
It was known that volumes of evi
dence were gone over.
Friends of te former mayor, l»r.
B. M. McKoin of Mer Rouge, were dis
appointed when they learned he had
been denied bail at Baltimore, where
he is under arrest on a charge of mur
der in connection with the case. His
friends had promised to put up any
amount of bond necessary. A fund is
being raised in this and adjoining
parishes to be used in defense of tho
physician.
Sheriff Carpenter said today lie ex
pected that McKoin »wouid join J.
T. Burnett in the parish jail here by
Tuesday. The Jail is being guarded
by state troops. Machine guns are
trained on il
McKoin Denied Freedom.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 28.—Attorney
R. M. Cameron, counsel for B. M.
McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge,
Ija., declared he would appeal to
Judge John C. Rose, of the federal
circuit court of appeals, for a writ
of habeas corpus should Governor
Albert Ritchie grant the request of
Governor Parker of Louisiana for the
return of Dr. McKoin. Dr. McKoin,
who is being held for the murder ot
Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, ■
following the Morehouse parish kid
napings of hist August, was denied
immediate release on a similar writ,
obtained in city court Wednesday,
Three judges heard arguments on the
writ.
Assistant State's Attorney G. L.
Cartman read a telegram in court
from Governor Parker addressed to
Gvernor Ritchie asking tho latter to
delay the hearing, pending the arrival
of extradition papers. Chief Justice
James P. Morater, in announcing the
decision, said:
"We find tliat the charge is of such
character that we believe tho pris
oner should be held until the author
ities of Louisiana have an opportunity
to present the proper papers. The
prisoner is remanded to the police
without prejudice.”
A deputy sheriff of Morehouse par
ish. who has with him an affidavit
and the extradition papers, is expected
to arrive here sometime Friday.
Kendall Will Not Remove
Alleged ‘Drunks’ at Hangiug
Des Moines, la.. Dec. 28.—Gover
nor Kendall lias announced that he
will refuse to bring removal proceed
ings against A. G. Rippey and C. W.
Rhoades, Pollt county attorney and
auditor, respectively, who were charg
ed by Judge Hubert Utterback with
being drunk at the hanging of Orrle
Cross on November 24.
Dublin Military Car Bombed.
Dublin, Dec. 28.—{By A. P.>—The
first bomb attack In Dublin for some
time took place in Aungier street to
day when a missile was thrown at a
military ear in which several officers
were riding. The bomb burst behind
the car and the officers, none of whom
were injured, tired at a man standing
on a nearby street corner, shooting
him through the mouth. The
wounded man ran into a Carmelite
church, where he was captured.
A woman was injured by the flying
bomb splinters.
Governor-Elect Inaccessible.
Lincoln, Dec. 28.—(Special.)—Gover
nor-elect Charles W. 1 fry an was not at
homo to job hunters today. It was
reported he was holding himself In
communicado in order to complete
Uis inaugural message,