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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1917 TWELVE PAGES.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF IOWA
CHARGED WITH INTIMIDATING
WITNESS IN THE KELLY CASE
State Official Brought Into Court and Gives Bond Pro--ceedings
Overshadowing Trial of Minister for Ax
Murders Which Was Just Under Way; Denies
Charge as Maliciously Brought Out.
By EDWARD BLACK.
' (Staff Correspondent of The Bee.)
Red Oak, la., Sept. 4. -(Special Telegram.) Attorney
; General Havner of the state of Iowa has been indicted by a
grand jury. The trouble grows out of the famous Villisca ax
murders.
The grand jury reported to Judge Boies, and returned an
indictment against Havner for willfully oppressing a witness
named Alice Willard.
Five years ago -6n the night of theQ
Villisca ax murders, Ed Shepherd,
Maurice Shepherd, Gertrude Lott and
.Alice Willard, all of Villisca, over
heard a conversation which implicated
others than Kelly in the crime.
GIVES $1,000 BOND.
' Havner immediately put up $1,000
cash bond.
Court convened at 2 o'clock to con
tinue the Kelly trial and the state
named the four men who witnessed
and took down the Kelly confession.
Under the Iowa laws it is necessary
for the state to inform the defense
of the witnesses in advance of the
trial. As the required time will not
elapse until Wednesday, court ad
journed until that time.
. Overshadows Kelly Trial.
The indictment of Attorney Gen
eral H. N. Havner today' overshad
owed in importance the Kelly trial,
which was adjourned shortly after
the afternoon session of court was
caMed. 1 '
The attorney general was' in the
court room at the time and took the
matter with his usual stoicism. He
is charged with willfully oppressing
a witness, Alice Willard, at the time
of the grand jury investigation of
Kelly last spring. -
1 Gives Peniato Bee. . V
'-Havner dictated th-fo?lewi state
ment for The Beei- "I deny that there
is any truth in or foundation for the
charge. I have simply tried to do my
duty as an officer in bringing the man
to justice who killed Toe Moore and
his family and the Stillinger girls, and
I believe that I have done that thing
and that we have , the man.
"This indictment was returned by a
grand jury that has been in existence
here alt' summer, and if I had done
any wrong the men who are back of
this proposition have known it all
along.
"I could have been indicted long
ago. I was indicted just on the eve
of the Kelly trial, and I believe that
it was done for the purpose of intimi
dating me in this prosecution and for
the purpose of discrediting the prose
cution of Kelly, and also to intimidate
me in connection with the. prosecu
tions of Wilkerson which have already
been commenced and which are 'in
contemplation.
Woman Was Impeached. '
"This woman, Alice Willard, whom
I am charged with oppressing, is the
witness concerning whom Wilkerson
refused to answer a question before
the grand jury, because he said that if
he did answer it, it would impeach
Alice Willard, and when the court
compelled him to answer the question,
it did impeach her-
"She is'Wilkerson's star witness and
upon . whose (testimony his ( whole
theory rests. The prosecution of
Kelly will go on just the same."
Sutton Interviews Woman.
Attorney Sutton interviewed Alice
Willard at Villisca this afternoon.
"She will he a witness for. the de
fense," said Sutton, who added:
ffnt1nnfl Pmr Two, rolnmn Tnnr.)
The' Weather
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
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Wi k K 7 a.m....
V9 b A I a. m
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Comparative Loral Record.
1517. 1910. IMS. 1914.
ft 4 S5' 86 81
,7S 61 66
79 84 73 68
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"(IfVhMt yesterday
lim-est yesterday
Mean temperature
Precipitation
Temperature and precipitation departure!
from the normal:
Normal temperature 78
Excess for the day g
Total deficiency since March 1...., ...206
Normal precipitation t .0 tnch
Deficiency for the day .09 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1. .. .19.78 inches
Deficiency since March 1. . . . ,. 2.46 lnchea
Deficiency for cor period 1916.. 1.82 inches
Deficiency for oor. period,, 191 J.. . .06 inch
Report From Stations at 7 P. M.
Station' and State I Temp. High- Rain-
of -Weather. 7 p.m. est.
Cheyenne, rain 74 62
DavenporVPrt Cloudy. 70 74
Denver, cloudy 84 88
1 Moines, fiart cloudy 68 72
Doee City, "Clear 80 ' 88
ander, cloudya.. ...... 72 78,
North Piatt, clear.... 88 92
!,1mh. clear........... 79 84
Pueblo, clear 84 .92
' Rapttl City, cloudy 8i 88
Rett Lake City, pt. el'dy 8 88
8ris T'e rrt cloudy. 78. j 80
,$heren,' clJufly. 80 84
Bioux oij, part cloudy 80 82
altntine, pn; cloudy.. 86 92
fall.
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OMAHA FEDERAL
RESERVE BANK
FORMALLY OPEN
Nebraska Only State Now in
Omaha District, as Denver
is Fighting for Wyorrv-
ing Business.
With a capital stock of $1,500,000
constituting the reserve deposited by
the national banks in the district, the
Omaha branch of the Federal Reserve
bank of the Tenth district, opened
formally for business yesterday in
the Farnam building, formerly the
old First National bank building at
Thirteenth and Farnam streets.
Manager O. T. Eastman was on the
job by a little; after 7 o'clock 'in ,the
morning, getting details arranged for
the opening a few hours later. Great
boquets'of flowers with cards at
tached bearing the good wishes of the
big institutions of the city began to
arrive early. Among the handsome
vases of flowers which arrived early
were, those from Charles T. Kountze,
Omaha Ad club, Stock Yards Na
tional bank, Byrne-Hammer com
pany, and the officers of the United
States National bank.
Money Arrives by Mail.
The ready money for the conduct
of the bank's business arrived from
the head bank at Kansas City by reg
istered mail, while the ledger ac
counts arrived on loose leaf ledger
pages.
Thus far, only Nebraska is actually
included in the district served by the
branch bank at Omaha. Wyoming
was included in the original division
of territory, but a fight is beine waeed
wherein the Denver branch seeks to
have Wyoming assigned to its bank.
In the meantime, with the status of
Wyoming undetermined, the Wyom
ing banks are still reporting to the
main bank at Kansas City. ,
J. L. Miller, jr., of Kansas City, the
governor of the Tenth District Fed
eral Reserve bank, was present for the
opening, as were also Directors Burn-
ham Of Norfolk and Byrne of Omaha,
the two Nebraska directors of the
Tenth district bank.
Directors of New Bank.
The directors of the Omaha, branch
are Luther DrakeY Omaha; O. T.
Eastman, Omaha; P. L. Hall, Lin
coln; J. C. McNish, Omaha; R. O.
Ma'rnell, Nebraska City.
O. T. Eastman, formerly of the
First National bank of Omaha is
manager, and E. D. McAllister is
cashier.. The work started out in the
morning with an office force of about
sixteen men and women? The morn
ing mail brought a heavy correspon
dence, and -the bank started with a
17 Sprinrjfield Rioters -Held;
More Warrants Issued
Springfield, 111., Sept. 4. Seventeen
men are under arrest todav and more
warrants are to be issued ' growing
out or rioting last nignt Dy street car
strike sympathizers, in which six cars
were demolished.
The few soldiers of the Ninth and
Tenth infantry regiments placed about
the city were helpless to cope with
the disturbers until reinforced by
troops from the state arsenal and
Camp Lincoln. Later. 1,000 rioters
were charged by the soldiers with
fixed bayonets and dispersed. The
city is quiet today.
Tomorrow!
' V
MINISTER CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF EIGHT PERSONS
WITH fiX PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Story of Bloodiest Crime in History of Iowa to Be Told
on Stand ; Attorney General Havner Takes Charge
' of Prosecution; Horror Stricken Citizens
Make Long Fight for Justice.
WELSH. Meteorologist
British Casualties for
Last Week Reach 15,614
London, Sept.' 4. British casualties
reported in the last week are 15,614.
They are divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers,
364; men, 3,880.
Wounded or missing: Officers, 846;
men, 10,524. - . .
Hold Russ Grand Duke for
Counter Revolutionary Plot
Petrograd,, Sept. 4. Grand Duke
Michael Alexandrovitch, brother, of
the former emperor, an'd his wife
have been placed under arrest in con-
j ncction with the counter revolutionary
J plot recently unearthed.
By EDWARD BLACK.
. - i (Staff Correspondent for The Bee.)
Red Oak, la., Sept. 14. (Special Telegram.)- Red Oak
has been interested, if not excited on the first day of the trial of
Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly, charged with the Villisca ax murders. The
appearance of the little minister and his wisp of a wife in the
court room was of itself an attraction of importance. Then, to
make it a real red letter day, the attorney general of the state,
H. N. Havner, was indicted by a grand jury 'sitting in the same
court building where Kelly was on trial. :
Court was adjourned shortly afterQThe prisoner maintained complete
composure while Uerk isrodby read
a list of 110 regular and special jurors.
Kelly moved his head from side to
side - occasionally, as if to become
familiar with the personnel of the
principals of the trial.; Jiis wife gave
assuring glances now and then, al
though her face is the picture of sad
ness, reflecting the weight of woes
which Jias been on her mind for
months. She, is dressed in extremely
plain garments and she and her hus
band are conspicuous on- account of
their smallness. . ',
Shakes Hands wtih Kellys.
During a recess,, when attorneys for
the prosecution were in conference,
John Montgomery of Villisca shook
hands with, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly and
gave them a smile of confidence.
Montgomery is father of Mrs. Joe
Moore, one of the ax murder vic
tims and whose home was the scene
of the murder tragedy. He is one
of the relatives of the Moore family
who has publicly expressed his con
fidence in the innocence of Kelly. He
appeared at the mass meeting at the
Boyd theater in Omaha and made
such expressions as that he believed
Kelly is the scapegoat.
The specific charge on which Kelly
is being tried is the murder of Lena
Stillinger, elder of the two Stillin
ger sisters, who were visiting at the
Moore home at the time of tragedy.
Joseph Stillinger, father, will be
here tomorrow. He contends Kelly
is innocent. ' '
the noon session and was called to re
convene at 9 o'clock, Wednesday
morning.
TO BACK UP CONFESSION.-
The state offered the names of four
additional witnesses .. in connection
with the Kelly confession at Logan.
The defense objected to the witnesses
on the grounds that four days had not
elapsed since the defense had been
notified. This legal technicality was
overcome by the adjournment, v
I The four witnesses at issue are: J.
J. Ferguson, Lyman J. Irvin, Paul
Roadif er and Fannie R. Lingman,
court reporter, clerk of court, county
attorney and stenographer, respec
tively, who will testify as to the
legitimacy of Kelly's confession.
Reception for Accused.
Upon adjournment of cpurt Kelly
and his wife were greeted by a long
line of Montgomery county people
who filed by in a reception line.
Deputy Sheriff Smith allows Kelly
unusual freedom, considering the se
riousness of the charge. The prisoner
is not handcuffed and walks to and
from the jail without restraint.
"I do not want to lay down any
harsh rules for this trial," announced
Judge Boise. "I realize that the
crowds will increase. . During a trial
of this kind I believe it will be only
fair to the defense, the state and the
court for each 'person to deputize
himself of herself to maintain order."
' Judge Boise Presides. .
District court was opened by
Sheriff Dunn with Judge W. D. Boise,
of Sheldon, on the bench, when the
Kelly case was called for trial.
Deputy Sheriff Smith entered with
Rev. Lyn G.J. Kelly and Mrs. Kelly,
who occupy seats at the end of a long
table arranged for the opposing law
K Spectators in the crowded court
room eyed the prisoner and his wife
with considerable interest, and there
was much craining of necks to get a
glimpse at the diminutive man, who is
charged' with the murder of eight per
sons at Villisca five years, ago. - f
Standing at the .table with; the
Kelly's are Attorney General H. M.
Havner, F.; F. Favills of Storm Lake,
special counsel for the state;, ''J. J.
Hess of Council Bluffs.'also for the
prosecution, , and Oscar Wenstrand,
Montgomery count, attorney,
, Kelly Watches Jury.
W. E. Mitchell of Council Bluffs,
fourth attorney for the defense, an
nounced they were ready for trial.
Kelly is Confident.
Kelly appears to be bearing up
and carries' an air of confidence.
Attorney General Havner and F.
F. Faville arrived this morning. "I
wish to deny that any unfair advan-
Contlnard on Psje Two, Column Tiro.)
Uncle Sam Only Buffer on
the Chicago Wheat Market
Chicago, Sept. 4. There was just
one buyer in the ' Chicago wheat
market today, and he didn't even
visit the board of trade. He was
Uncle Sam and he had an office
in the Otis building, two blocks
from the board.
There was one basic price $2.20
fixed by President Wilson. The
methods pursued were very simple.
The man who received ' the wheat
had it placed in an elevator, obtained
a receipt from the elevator, took
his receipt to the Otis building and
got his money.
NETHAWAY JURY
ASKS NEGRO BE
HELD FOR TRIAL
Husband Asks to Be Permitted
to Explain Away Some of
the Testimony Given
Early In Hearing.
,
A coroner's jury, after deliberating
forty minutes yesterday, returned
a stereotyped verdict of "death by a
hunting knife in the hands of an on
known person" after a three days' in
quest and investigation into the
brutal slaying of Mrs, C. L. Netha
way, wife of a Florence real estate
man, a week ago Sunday afternoon.
The verdict, however, contained a
recommendation that Charles Smith,
negro suspect, now in county jail, be
held for further investigation by the
county attorney. , .'
Mrs. Nethaway was the victim of
one of the most revolting murders in
the history of Nebraska. She was
hacked to death near the Northwest
ern railroad track in"1 South Cut be
tween 3 o'clock and S o'clock on the
afternoon of August 24. She was on
her way to keep an appointment with
her husband at Briggs crossing up
the railroad track.
Slain by Degenerate. .
Since the woman was hot assaulted
nor was she fobbed, police and Sher
iff Clark's forces have, IcQme to the
conclusion she was slain by a de
generate with another motive. .
Smith, still protesting his innocence
of any wrongdoing, though admitting
he was in the neighborhood of the
crime on the day it was committed,
was not called at the inquest for fear
of mob violence. -
Threats Against Smith.
The court room in the court house
where the inquest was held was
packed to the doors by curious hun
dred. Threats were murmured
against the negro at the conclusion
of the final session of the investiga
tion, when many heretofore rumors
were connected up,jn.the form of
damaging evidence against the black.
Smith persists that he has a perfect
alibi s- to his 'movements after he
arrived hi. Omaha on the Friday be
fore the ntfir bufrthe'ehain'of cir
cumstantiai evidence againsC him , is
strong, and h will probably be tried
in criminal court this fall on a charge
of ffrst degree 'murder. '
Nethaway Makes a Scene.
Shortly after Deputy County Attor
ney Piatti, representing County At
torney Magney, ex-officio -coroner,
had instructed the jury to retire and
deliberate .Claude Nethaway, Florence
real estate man, husband of the mur
dered woman, leaped to his feet and
objected to the case .going to ' the
coronet's body without calling addi
tional witnesses. .
"But this is only a coroner's in
quest," protested Mr. Piatti. "I think
we fiave sufficient evidence. The ner
gro admits having been in all these
places yojir witnesses will testify
they've seen him."
"There can't be too much evidence
when a woman is murdered in broad
daylight," shouted Nethaway. i
At Nethaway's request he was al
lowed to take the witness stand again
and make a statement to the jury. .
Denies Cursing Wife. !
In a flow of language in which he
piled up his words and gesticulated ex
citedly Nethaway said he wanted to
rebut the testimony of one Edwards,
farmer living near Florence, who told
the jury Saturday that he had heard
the Florence real estate man curse
his wife.; . . '
"I never cursed my wife in my
life," breathed Nethaway. "We were
always' happy."
He also took exception to the tes-
X
(Continued on Far Five, Column One.)
Irish Hoodlums Attack
American Sailors in Cork
London, Sept. 4. Attacks on
American sailors on Sunday night are
reported in a dispatch from Cork to
the Chronicle. It is said that gangs
of young men paraded the streets and
set upon the Americans, who were ac
companied by their sweethearts.
One instance cited is that of two
Americans who were attacked on the
chief street of Cork, a yOUng woman
with them being insulted and having
her hat torn off . The correspondent
reports that the sailors did nothing
improper or contrary to good taste
to invite the attack and as far as could
be learned did not retaliate. They es
caped on a tram car.
English Unions Oppose
Socialist Peace. Meet
Blackpool, England, Sept. 4. The
trades union congress today placed it
self on record as opposed to partici
pation in the international socialist
congress at Stockholm abandoning
the idea of sending British "delegates.
By a vote of 2,894,000 to 91,000 the
congress adopted the recommenda
tion of the parliamentary committee
that, although an international con
ference is desirable in principle, it
would be useless in practice until an
agreement as to war aims is reached
among the workers of the allied na
tions. American Red Cross '
Leaves Rome for Front
Turin. Italy, Sept 4. The Ameri
can Ked Cross commission lett Kome
today for the front and passed
through this city this afternoon. It
was received here by military and
civil officers.
FALLING BOMBS
BRING DEATH TO
ENGLISH SAILORS
Six German Airplanes Swoop Down Upon Port of
Chatham, Killing 107 Naval Ratings and One Civil
ian; Ninety-two Are Injured; Raiders Ap
parently Escape Pursuing Machines. '
DRAFTED MEN OF
INITIAL QUOTA
REPORT TODAY
Five Per Cent of National Army
Appears to Receive Instruc
tions; May Entrain To-v.
. morrow.
London, Sept. 4. -German airplanes again raided the Brit
ish coast last night. For the first time the death toll taken by
the raiders was from England's fighting men and not defense
less civilians. V ' "
The official report of the war office gives the dead as 107
navaTratings, sailors stationed at Chatham, which was the prin
cipal point attacked, and one civilian. Eighty-six sailors and
six civilians were wounded. ". :,if'"'
RAID NEAR LONDON.
In last night's air; raid 108 persons
Tcre -killed . and ' ninty-two wounded
at Chatham, it is announced officially.
The victims were naval ratings. Six
airplanes took part in the raid. ,
Chatham is on. the east bank oi
the Medway, thirty miles southeast of
London. It is the seat e-f immense
military and naval establishments, in
cluding a vast, dock -yard, an arsenal
and extensive barracks.
The term naval ratings applies to
the grade of men on board ship, usu
ally those before the mast.
In addition to the naval casualties,
one civilian was killed and six were
injured.
SIX ENEMY . MACHINES.
The announcement follows:
"Lord French (commander of the
British home forces) reports that last
night's air raid was carried out by
about six enemy airplanes, which pro
ceeded up the south bank of the
Thames estuary to Chatham. Bombs
were dropped in the Isle of Thanet
and . in the Mieerness-Uiatham area
between 10:40 p. ni. and 11:30 p. m.
"There were no ' army casualties.
Civilian casualties reported at present
re: Killed, one; . Injured, six; The
material damage was slight, Our
machines went up and anti-atrcraft
guns came into action, but without re
sult..'.,v".;i I.:- '.' '.;v";. ' V' '. :"
i "The Secretary of the admiralty re
ports that in the course of the air raid
fast. night -the: following casualties
were caused to naval ratings: Killed,
107; wounded, eighty-six."
Kaiser Lauds Prince Leopold
For Capture of Baltic Port
Berlih Sept. 4. (Via. ; London.)-
Emperor William has sent the follow
ing telegram . to , the empress: 1
"Field Marshal Prince, Leopold of
Bavaria reports the capture .of Riga
by our troops, which is a new mile
stone of German strength and unerr
ing will to victory. May God help us
further." r - -:..;-
The emperor has telegraphed Prince
Leopold as follows: , ,
"On the occasion of the capture of
Riga, I express to you and the Eighth
army my and the fatherland's, con
gratulation? and thanks. Farseeing
leadership and steel-hard will to vic
tory guaranteed this fine success. On
ward with God." ,' :. " '
U. S. Denies Protest Against '
' .. Jap. Occupation in China
Washington, Sept. 4v The , State
department today characterized as
"without foundation in every detail"
a report published in German news
papers . and circulated by German
agents, ' that the United States had
protested to ' Russia against occupa
tion of Chinese territory and coastal
provinces lying north of Vladivostok
by the Japanese and that the Japan
ese withdrew as a result.
Tht report also stated that the
Japanese ambassador a Petrograd
expressed his disapproval to the Rus
sian government . in regard -tfr ''far
reaching political and j commercial
privileges granted to America in Si
beria and on the Island of. Sakhalin."
Constitutional Convention .'
( ; Is Moved to Belfast
Dublin Sebt. 4. The assembly of
the. constitutional convention for Ire
land today at Belfast, to which city
the deliberations have been trans
ferred for a time, excited great in
terest throughout Ireland. Very favor
able conclusions for the success of
the convention were drawn from it.
The sitting . was, in the., municipal
chamber and the lord mayor,, who-is
a member of the convention, enter
tained' the delegates at luncheon .at
tne city nan. -
Fifteen Hurt in Train '
. ( . Wreck Near San Antonio
San .'.ntonio, Tex., Sept. 4. Three
persons were seriously injured and a
dozen others hurt when the Sunset
Limited, westbound, on the Southern
Pacific lines, was derailed about thirty
miles west of San Antonio today.
The cause of the accident has not
been determined. ' . ;
twenty-Four Norwegian
Ships Lost During August
LondonX Sept. 4. According te
Norwegian advices, twenty-four Nor
wegian merchant ships with an ag
gregate tonnage of -more than 41,000
were lost in August. Twenty-three
seamen .. were - killed and five are
missing: ' ; -
Washington, Sept. 4.The van
guard of the national army was be
ing honored throughout the country
today with demonstrations to cele
brate the eve of departure of the first
drafted men to the cantonments.
... Typifying the spirit of the nation,
sending forth its son to battle for
democracy, the capital gave itself over
to a great public demonstration, ' in
whiph President Wilson, congress and
all the heads pf the government were
leaders. 1- v': '
.. The 'place of honor in a f roclssfori
between Peace monument, at th foot
6f the capitoJ, to the White House
was reserved for the 1,400 drafted men
comprising the District of .Columbia's
first contribution to the national army.
( .Led by President
Led by President , Wilson and "es
corted by senators and N representa
tives, sailors, soldiers and marines,
men of the officers' training camp at
Fort Myer and thousands , 'of their
fellow citizens, the national army men
marched between lines of cheering
thousands bidding them Godspeed on
the r first' steps of their' journey, to
France. '
Exemplifying the united nation, the
civil war veterans of the senate had
a place of honor. Senators Warren
and Nelson of the union army and
Senators Bankhead and Martin of
the confederate afmy marched to
gether, but there was only one flag
fluttering above them there wa only
one flag fluttering everywhere oyer
the winding, tramping column of
thousands it was the Stars and
Stripes.' ' ,
Offices Are Closed.
All government offices, closed for
the occasion, poured out their thou
sands to join the procession. Busi
ness houses were closed for the time;
the entire capital , turned aside from
its daily tasks to do honor to the
drafted men, as many other cities
were doing at the same moment.
i- At- the White House reviewing
stand a large party of foreign diplo
mats and other officials assembled
to wait for the president's coming
at the head of the procession and to
join him in reviewing it.
Drafted men of the S per cent quota
going to the national army canton
ments were reporting today to local
boards in all districts to receive in-
(Continued on Pftge Five, Columa Three.)
Sinking of British Ship 1 ;
Due to Disregard of Orders
London, Sept. 4. Advices received
here from Capetown, South Africa,
say that a court of inquiry held re
cently to investigate the sinking of
the British steamer City of Athens,
in which four American missionaries
and a large number of other persons
lost their lives, found that the dis
aster was due to the vessel striking
a mine as a result of the captain dis
obeying steering orders. '
"The court considers," says the find
ing, "that the vessel was lost as the
result of navigating contrary to the
admiralty's advices, the captain steer
ing a course, taking his ship over
a danger area instead of as directed
bv the admiralty. It is recommended
that the captain's certificate be sus
pended tor six.montns.
American Seamen in
Prussian Prison Camp
Washington, Sept 4. Captain Al
bert Oliver of the American tank
steamer Campana and four of the
five members of the naval gun crew
who were taken prisoner when their
ship was captured and sunk August
6 by a German submarine are m a
prison camp tt Brandenburg, Prus
sia, the American Red Cross was
advised today by cable from Geneva.
The message made no mention of
Seaman William Albert Miller, the
other prisoner, and an inquiry hat
been cabled to Geneva to learn his
fate.