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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1916. I BLACKMAIL BAND MABBEDAT CHICAGO Tive Men and Three Women Who Get $1,000,000 from Rich Persons Arrested. " RACE GAMBLING SIDE LINE f Chicago, Sept 18. Confession has :i been made by two members of the al j teged syndicate of blackmailers, eight I of whom are under arresst here, that iv operations of the swindlers have net "i ted more than $1,000,000 within the t last year, federal officials announced 5 today. The confessions, it was declared, disclosed that the alleged band num ! bers at least sixty a third of whom are said to be women young, pretty 4 and crafty. A dispute over the di- vision of spoils, it was said, led to the f confessions. Arrest of a score or : more members of the syndicate are .4 expected within a week. The men who confessed are "Dick" " Barrett and Edward J. Thompson, ac- cording to Hinton G. Clabaugh, head :-. of the Chicago bureau or the federal ... Department of Justice. Both are at :" liberty, be said. They will become witnesses for the government, how- ever, when the eight members of the :: alleged syndicate arrested in a raid on a fashionable apartment hotel Sat . urday night are brought to trial. Fear that they would receive long prison sentences caused Thompson and Barrett to confess, Clabaugh ' said. He declined, however, to say . when they gave him the information that led to the raid. List of Persons Arrested,' Bail aggregating $100,000 has been fixed for the eight members of the ",; alleged band now under arrest. They - are to be given a hearing tomorrow. .. Those under arrest and the bail they will be required to give are: Edwar. Donahue, allea "Doo" Donnho., . 116.000. Mrs. Helen Dvere, alia Mr. Gloria w. Brown. lit, 000. Henry Ruaeoll, altai H. J. Hnmll, III.O00. Mra. Edward Donahue, 9M60.. Jamea Carlatiau. allae Jiau BotrU, ll.fto. Oeorf. Blind, all Joieptl Purl, 11,000. Vre. franc Allen, alia Mr, rruw Chapman, ift.oov. ; The ooerationi of the band are de ; clared to have extended from coast to coast Men and women alike have i 3 been victims. Persons of wealth were 3 the objects in every case. Five weal 's thy and socially prominent members : ' U:.n a a. Amr-iarA trt i have been blackmailed out of $20,000. f Their names are withheld. t - rc Gambling Also Used. , ", Operations of the syndicate, which ; now aooears to have been ot interna- I , tional proportions, were not confined to the blackmail ot weauny men ana women, according to information de- f 1 veloped today. Among the effects in k the office of "Doc" Edward Donahue, I one of .the men caught in the Saturday night raid, was stationery of the "United Turf exchange" w thi"head S quarters in New York and offices all 1 over the world. There were also cipner coaes lor aecipneruig message frCCCIVEQ D Wire, (Glllllg Wll a to bet on, how much to bet, what I races and positions to pUy. I Fake newspaper clippings detailed a the wondwlul cleanups maoe uy a ; young eastern plunger in pool rooms, t aDoarentlv had been used to lure vie- ft ifl t - i r i - xiinn. unc letter iuuiiu in isuuaiiuc room at the fashionable south side asartment house was from the "Horseman's association" of 1468 Market street, Louisville, Ky., signed bv T. C. Saulsberrv. secrctarv. and ad dressed to A. T. karger. The secre tary said he was sorry to hear of Mr, Karger't notoriety lately and hoped he wouldn't have another occurrence like that again. It seemed that "Mr. Kareer'i Die tttre had appeared in a newspaper in connection with bookmaking activities at the races. Turf Exchange Is Exclusive, According to Department of Justice officials here today, the "United Turf exchange must nave been an exclu sive affair. a The rules stated that members using the club rooms in the evenings must appear In lull dress. Evidently the "Horseman's associa' tlon" was known in Louisville as I grain brokerage bouse. Code books showed how wagers on horse races could ba olaced. and there was ap parently no limit If the bettor want ed to piace 5u,uuu on a norse ne would order fifty boxes of red. white aad blue matches, the color depend ing on the position to bet on the Iiwiec vie, u, el, aipm, uiuc, ue., white, show. Condition of track was described as follows: Dry, oats; mud dy, corn; medium, rye. If all these elaborate systems were not enough to beguile the victim the fake news : paper clipping was flashed. The headlines of this article state that "young eastern plunger cleaned up $80,000 from Seattle, Wash., pool rooms. Identity of man not known to local samblina; fraternity." The , story then went on that all efforts to get information from him had been Fruitless. He had never lost a bet. 'Here it was, according to the De partment of Justice officials here to day, that Donahue broke into the game. He would claim to be the mys terious stranger from the east. . Harm Act Blackftail. According to the federal officials today, here are some of the thiugs done by the syndicate: " "The fleeced a multimillionaire of New York out of $40,000 by threaten- , ing him with arrest for alleged viola tions of the Mann act, two of the ' members of the syndicate impersonat ing secret service agents for that pur- pose. "They frightened a wealthy Phila delphia woman who had been too friendly with a stranger in a cafe into giving them $35,000. They took $10, 000 from each of five Chicagoans, two of whom are women. They brought about their own arrest, it is alleged, by taking $3,500 from Mrs. Regina Clipper ot Philadelphia and afterward kidnaping her. It was said today that the organiza tion had worked as a whole since the first of the year and it is believed 1 to have cleaned un in that time $1,- 000,000. The government officials say that for one known victim of the syndicate there are probably twenty r unknown. Mora Arrests Probable. The eieht members of the syndi- cate ao called were still in custody to day, awaiting their preliminary hear ing before the United States commis War Summary THE NEW THRimT BY tlM FTHfh nouth of the Rlvor Homme la northern Franco, where the Important railway town of f haulnee la their objective, hae rrtmlted In the complete encircling of the tillage of Ilenlecourt. the Perl war office announce today. Denleeourt formed the center of the wedge the French nre driving Into the Germnu llnee north of Chaulne, Ita ,re elntanee holding up their advance between Bernjr and Vnlmaidovlllera, complete oc cupation of which vlUagea by the French waa announced Inat nlgbt. FI RTHKB PROGRESS haa ben made b tharrench In thle region and heavy eonn tcr ntuteke by the Oermana on the net French poaillona both north and eouth o the Homme have been repulned, accordln, to today'a report, which announce til Germane ntalaed enormona Ioamm,, tw. battalion being nearly wiped out, Th, French nave taken 1,200 prisoner and tel. machine gone. THE BRITISH ARE KEEPING ap thai forward puah north of the Homme, aeorlng their advance, however, at leolated point, apparently In Deration to etrnlghten their line and neenre their hold on cap tured ground. London todny report an appreciable advance en the left bank, where the British Una bna been driven further toward Le Hare, along the Po-aleree-Bapaume road north af Martlnpuleh and eaat of t'oureebjtte. OX THE MACEDONIAN FRONT an entente attack la the HIruma valley nortlwaat af Nalonlkl waa repulsed by the Bulgnrlana, the Hofla war efflee announce, a counter nttack forcing the entente troop back to the went bank of the river. FlKI.O MAJMHAL VON MACKENHEN'R force are continuing to progrea In their rampnlgn In the Roumanian pro vine af Dobrudja, hofla report. Home Indication of atrongar realatano by th Roumanian and RuNlana, however, u furnished by the official statement, which report coun ter attack. head of the organization would be ar rested during today. The band, including' five men and three women, was arrested shortly be- lore midnight Saturday in a raid by Department of Justice officials on a fashionable South Side apartment hotel. The women, according to the au thorities, are young and beautiful The men are well groomed and of a type calculated to impress society women J hose arrested gave the names of Henry Russell, Edward Donahue, Helen Evers, Mrs. Frances Allen, Mrs. Edward Donahue, James Chris tian, Frank Crocker and George Bland. Geoige Irwin, alleged director of the group, is still at large. Authorities retused to reveal the names of the victims. Some, it was said, are men prominent In political life, who were vi:tliiiized while at the republican convention here last June. During th- raid, which had been carefully planned for many weeks, an elaborate opium outfit was found in one of the apartments raided. federal authorities said tnat one of the gang, Henry Russell, had posed as a brother of Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago and had used this alias In a Dlot The raid was made only after the apartment building had been literally sown witn dictagraphs, these were connected with an adjoining building, where the detectives hid. Newsie Takes All ,' Jdy Out of Life for Man with Big Heart fen tinned From Page One.) anyway. 1 sent tnem to my aaugnter last summer tjiic iivvvi (ui and 1 ain't got money to buy the stuff to make any. more. It took me a month to make them, mister'. Before, the perplexed auctioneer had time to answer, a large-framed, heavy-iowled man beside her boomed out: two dollars! That settled the bidding, and when the baby hoods and other articles had been returned to the soiled ahoe box and handed to the successful bidder he quickly passed the package to the person beside him, with a mumbled sHere's your things, old lady." With many a "tnanx'e, thank'e" she continued on her way up Capitol ave nue, hugging the box and muttering to herself. Her benefactor smiled to himself as one who had done a good day'e work. "Anyone know the old party?" he queried, "Sure, I know her," vouchsafed a newsie. , . "It's old lady Flannigan. She lives down on the river front; got more money in her sock than you, I bet. Owns a lot of houses, they aay. And say, mister, she ain't got no daughter and never had one. "What am I bid on this baby coat?" the auctioneer was saving. But the good-hearted man had de camped, departed and retreated. Lieutenant Asquith Killed in Battle London, Sept. 18. Lieutenant Ray mond Asouith. son of Premier AS' quith, was killed in action on Septem ber 13, it was announced today. Raymond Asquith, who was In his thirty-eighth year, was a graduate of Oxford and prominent as a member of the bar, to which he was admitted in 1904. He acted as Junior counsel for Great Britain in the North Allan' tic fisheries arbitration at The Hague 1907. He was mane a second lieu tenant in a county of i.ondon regi ment in 1914, and lieutenant ot the Grenadier guards in 1915. Ravmond Astiuith was the eldest son of the premier. Two brothers, Lieutenant Arthur Asquith ot tne royal naval reaerve, and Lieutenant Herbert Aiquun were wotinaea m action at the Dardanelles in June, 1915. ' four Persons Killed in Grade Crossing Accident Erie, Pa.. Sept. 18. Four persons were Kiuea at norm aprmgnciu, eighteen miles west of here today, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a New York Central tram. The dead are: Mrs. Percy Seager, Mrs. K. Shipmin Miss Shipman and the negro chauf feur, all of Pittsburgh. Fort J SALES AND SERVICE STATION KOLMES-ADKIHS CO, tS" Chassis, $325.00 . Touring Car, $360.00 Runabout, $345.00 Sedan, $645.00 Coupelet, $505.00 - Town Car, $595.00 F. O. B. DETROIT KELVINIA SUNK MTHODTWARMG American Aboard British Horse Ship Says It Was Torpedoed at Two in the Morning. SURVIVORS AT NEW YORK New York, Sept. 18. A torpedo auk the British ship Kelvinia, carry ng twenty-eight Americans, accord ng to G. W. Dillard of Richmond, Va., one of the Americans, who ar--ived here today on the Cunard liner Tuscania. Dispatches from England left in doubt the question whether the Kel vinia, bound from Newport News, Va., to Glascow, was torpedoed or sunk by a mine on September 2. Agents for the Department of State met the Tuscania upon its ar rival here and took the depositions of the Americans. According to Dillard, the Kelvinia was torpedoed at 2 o'clock in the morning without any warning having been given. The vessel listed imme diately and as there were not enough boats for both the crew and the Americans, who were engaged as hos tlers for the cargo of horse, many of the Americans puton life belts and jumped overboard. They were rescued by a trawler after floating about for fourteen hours. Dillard said that at the time the Kelvinia met with the mishap he saw nearby a small light which later seemed to disappear under the waves. This, he declared, confirmed his belief that there had been a submarine attack. FRlCBClCLf TEUTON TROOPS INJMECOURT (Centlaaed From Pag One.) brought down his- fifth enemy ma chine. This aeropfane fell near Denie- ...... . Th isme rlav Flitrht Lieu- tenant Huerteaux brought down his seventh uerman aeroplane. "French air squadrons have con AttftmA varirtn hnmhardments. Twelve shells have been thrown down on the railroad station at ftantmois ana tnir-ty-three missiles thrown down at Vil- i - f" -- I and T4rrftv frcira an altitude of 800 yards, caused serious damage. , Briton Report Gains. London, Sept 18. In small opera tions on the Somme front last night the British gained further ground, the war office announced today. "The general situation continues un changed," the announcement says. South 'of the Ancre we improved our nmitinn nnrth of Martinouich. East of Courcellte a minor attack made last night upon elements ot enemy uua entirelv aiirreasful. Our line has been advanced appreciably at mis point. 'trt rtf Mrtiinnet farm the enemv e'titered one of. our trenches under cover of severe shewing, but was :ounter-attacked and driven out with OSS. . "CaIi sf ThJenvnt we have taken a further portion of the enemy tretch system, the enemy naavuy sneuen various parts ot our line at intervals during the night" Mexican Bandits Take $62,000 in Gold from Train Laredo. Tex.. Sent 18. Bandits held up a passenger train September 12 near TamasoDO. rifled the express car of $62,000 in gold, robbed the pas sengers ana men pusnea me mm down the mountainside into a aeep canyon, according to an apparently reliah e renort reaching nere toaay. The namrrnrr.ru were Dermitted to de train, thus preventing loss oi me, inc report said. On the tollowing day, according; to the reoort. a constitutionalist troop train aent out to apprehend the ban dits waa blown up at the same spot the holduo occurred, resulting in the death of forty soldiers. Germans Abandon Two Towns. ' Berlin, Sept. 18. (Via London.) Abandonment by the Germans of the villigea of Bernv and Deniecourt, to- ? tether with positions between Bar eux and Vermandovillers, soutli of the River Somme, is reported in to day's official statement. North of the river, the statement says, the fighting developed favorably to the Germans. WORK OF THE LIFE AGENT What Is the work of the life Insur ance agent, and what does it mean directly as to homes and broadly as to society? Hi direct work Is good, There can be no question of this. Indirectly hi work is far reaching, It h because of the premiums paid by tha rjolicyholder whom he obtains that the life insurance eomnanies ex ist; it is by reason of his tireless en deavor that the companies prosper and grow laree. Through these com panies it may be said that he erects buildings, constructs bridges, helps towns and municipalities in construc tive work and puts railroads in places where there were but endless dead stretches of mere landscape. The life insurance agent is an imnortant fac. tor in the development oi many en- inrpnses. The Midwest Life af Lincoln, Nebraaaa N. Z. SNELU Prealdent Guaranteed Cost Life Insurance, STRIKE LEADERS TALK WITH MAYOR Proposed Sympathetic Strike at New York Awaits Outcome of Further Conferences. MITCHEL MAY END IT New York, Sept. 18. There will be no sympathetic strike of labor unions to aid the striking street rail way employes until Thursday, at least, and one may be averted alto gether if renewed efforts of Mayor Mitchel to settle the present street car strike in the meantime are suc cessful. This was announced today after a conference between the mayor and five labor leaders, representing the street railway employes., the Longshoremen s union, the station ary Engineers and Firemen's union and the State Federation of Labor, the latter appearing for a number ot labor organizations whose trades con nect with the operation of the trac tion system. The leaders told the mayor that the various organizations they represent ed were determined to strike unless the municipal authorities took some action to compel the traction heads to observe their recent agreements with the railway employes and that they had come to him as the last re sort. Mayor Will Try Again. The mavor oromised to make another effort to adjust the differ ences and said he hoped to give the men an answer by Thursday. The labor leaders promised that mean time no general strike would be call ed. The mayor announced that he would ask Public Service Commis sioner Strauss to join him in his final effort to effect a settlement. The longshoremen have conferred upon Mr. u xonnor tne aumoniy to call a strike, if, in his judgment, it is deemed advisable. Mr. O'Connor said no decision would be reached before Thursday. No date had been set for the strike ot the- J.uuu memDers oi the Tidewater Boatmen's union, who have voted to go out. Leaders oi these unions denied that the proposed strikes are merely sympathetic and say they are intended to benefit their own members. WilliamB. Fitzgerald, organizer for the street railway men, says the strike has cost the transit companies $1,032. nnn and that it is costing the oublic $600,000 a day, bringing the total up to $7,200,000. More Attacks on Car. Rcnratrd attacks from roof tops were made on passing elevated trains during the early hours today. Stones and bottles crashed through car win, dows and several passengers were in' jured. In the Bronx a policeman was hurt while dispersing a crowd of strike sympathizer wno were tnrowing bricks. Normal service on subway and elevated lines was being maintained today, according to police reports. Persistence Is the Cardinal Virtue in Advertising., 1 REMINGTON TYPEWRITER CO. " LSfeHOPl!j jj 201 S. Nineteentu direct, Omaha, Neb. yr, GRAIN TO OMAHA IS INCREASING FAST More Business in First Nine Months This Year Than for All of 1915. MOKE GRAIN IS IN STORAGE Omaha Grain exchange has done more business in the first nine months of the present year than it did in the whole twelve months of 1915. Secre tary Manchester announces that re ceipts to September 16 this year were 42,180 cars. The receipts for all of 1915 were'only 41,912 cars. Up to September 16. 1915, the Grain exchange had received but 25, 520 cars, just 16,540 less than the re ceipts to date ip the current year. For a Monday Omaha grain re ceipts were comparatively light, there being 127 cars of wheat, 25 of corn and 75 of oats on the market. Prices were more steady than last week, with an upward tendency on every thing except oats. Wheat Up a Cent Wheat sold a cent up for the best and a cent down for the poorer grades, the prices ranging from $1.40 i to $1.48 per bushel. Corn was un-' changed to a cent higher, selling ati 79'A to SVA cents, and oats at 42 to 43H cents, a quarter of a cent off. ' .With the exception ot corn storage receipts continue to show an increase, being nearly 3,000,000 bushels more than on the corresponding date of one year ago. . , Grain in Storage. The figures showing the quantity of grain stored in Omaha elevators now and one year ago follow. Thia is in bushels: Now. Wheat 1,132,000 Corn 77,000 O.l. 1,07,000 Rye 94,000 Barley 41,000 Tear Ago. . C.000 106,000 170.000 1,000 16,000 Total 1,111,000 314.000 The total increase amounts to 2, 797,000 bushels. Major General Albert L Mills is Dead Washington, Sept. 18. Major Gen eral Albert L. Mills, chief of the di vision of militia affairs, died at his home today after fifteen hours' illness from pneumonia. , Hartmann Wardrobe Trunks Conceded by all trunk authorities to be the flneit wardrobe trunke built Wi carry a line excelled by none In Omaha, ranginr in prieet $20.00, $2230, $29.50, $32.00 and up, They have all the patented features. We like a mall repair job. Freling & Steinle - JS03 Farnaa 3 treat. 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