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V 9 Vr" 1 R IEF RIGHT, REEZY BITS OF NEWS WOMAN TO MEDIATE IN MESSENGERS' STRIKE. . , ' New York, March 22. It was de- cided today that Miss Francis Per kins, in charge of the mediation and arbitration branch of the New York industrial commission, should act as mediator at a hearing next Monday , on differences between the Western Union Telegraph company and 800 of their messengers, now on strike. The decision was reported after Miss Perkins sent a representative of the commission to call on tele graph officials with a delegation of union representatives as the first Step toward a settlement. The messengers are demanding higher pay and re-establishment of the zone system of message delivery. FAMOUS OPERA TENOR RECEIVES GREAT OVATION. r: New York,, March 22. Enrico Caruso received a great ovatio.i to night at the Metropolitan Orera house at a celebration of his 25th year on the operatic stage. Arrang ed on the stage were costly gifts -from the tenor's admirers. Promi nent New Yorkers, including Otto H V Kann, chairman of the board of di rectors of the Metropolitan Opera company, eulogized the singer a..d his art. BENEDICTION GIVEN BY POPE TO KNIGHTS. New York. March 22. Apostolic ' benediction from Pope Benedict XV : was contained in a cablegram re ceived today by the New York chap ter of the Knights of Columbus in response to a message of thanks for appointment of Archbishop Hayes "as head of the New York archdio cese. , , The cablegram, signed by Cardinal ' Gasparri, papal secretary of s'ate. added that the pope wished to ex press "admiration for the relief work which the knights are 'so ably con ducting." 'DE LUXE" HOSPITAL TRAIN TO CROSS COUNTRY. New York, March 22. A j "De Luxe" hospital train, scheduled to make the first transcontinental trip with wounded soldiers in the history of the. country, will leave here Mon day for Camp Kearney, Cal., with 13 men of the American expedition arylforce and a stall of doctors and orderlies. The American Red Cross, which will assist the army medical corps in its operation, announced to night that the train would reach its destination March 29. FLOUR IN CASSEL FORTY DOLLARS BARREL Berlin, March 22. The first lot of flour imported into Germany since the armistice will be placed on sale in Cassel this week. The price will be 95 pfennigs for a German pound, or approximately $40 a barrel at the normal rate of exchange. The flour will be distributed in pound lots for use in gravies . and - other culinary purposes, but not for making bread tons nit rtiPTna SENT HOME BY YANS r i i Washington, March 22. Since the American troops overseas have stopped righting they have taken to letter-writing and remembering friends, at home with souvenirs from the battlefields in France. This was indicated today by a Post" affice department announcement that the amount of mail from the American expeditionary forces had increased more than 20 per cent irice cessation of hostilities. The volume of souvenirs sent baclj to the United States by parcel post may be measured by' the ton, the department asserted, and they consist of all manner of odds and ends. Curios sent most by the sol diers ar shell cases, parts of rifles and revolvers, bayonets, uniform buttons and small fragments of de molished airplanes. Captufe.4, Ger man helmets, however, arethe most prized token. Nearly 500,000 of these have come 'through the mails since the war began. 5,000 RADICALS CHEER ANARCHISTIC SPEECHES. New' York, March 22. A sugges tion that members of the National Security league and United States "Sneakret" service agents be ducked in the "East river was cheered by nearly 5,000 radicals who attended r n nnpn air mass meetincr here to day to protest against imprisonment J -r T? - r ft.!,. .nxiolict lA4r 1 and other radicals convicted of vio lating the espionage act. The suggestion was made by Jo seph M. Coldwell of Providence, R. I., who explained that Russian revolutionists had ducked all mili tary police. Coldwell exhibited a dictagraph with which he said gov ernment agents had obtained evi dence with vwhich to convict him of violating thtf espionage law. He, explained his presence at the meet- . Inrr Kv S4vinff tie WH OUt On $25.- "OUO bail pending an appeal. Another salvo ot cneers grecica ' ColdwelFs announcement that Debs had declared he wanted ''first, last and all the time, to be known as t bolshevist." ' ' ; . , Scott Nearing. socialist and for mer college professor, who was ac quitted here recently on a charge of violating the espionage act, was giv en an ovation when he urged that all American workers twite in or - ganization "of an industrial rfom uionwealth." ' ' " Irwin St John Tucker proposed a nationwide strike on July 4 in a protest against imprisonment . of Debs and other radicals. MAJOR KNOX SUPPORTS. CHARGE AGAINST BAKER. Manchester, N. H., March 22. "Major Frank Knox, recently re turned to his position as editor of the Manchester Union after his re lease from army service, in a signed - Statement tonight, said that he was "prepared in general terms to, sup port the accusation brought against Secretary of War Baker by Major Dick B. Foster, that orders were ; issued to commanding officers of mobilization camps rn the United States which particularly forbade ef fective handling of fake conscien tious objectors who were inducted into the national army under . the draft law," x VOL. XLVIII NO. 41. CHANGES IN PLANS OF LEAGUE DISCUSSED Commission Begins Study of Safeguards for Monroe Doctrine and Japanese Racial Amendment. . Taris, March 22. The peace con ference commission on the league of nations at its meeting at Amer ican headquarters this afternoon un der the chairmanship of President Wilson completed consideration of eight articles of the league cove nant, the changes being formal. The important amendments con cerning the 'Monroe doctrine, the Japanese amendment for just racial treatment and the French amend ment, relative to the creation of a general staff were deferred for con sideration at the next meeting, to be held Monday at 8:30 p. m. The Japanese . amendment has been revised so as to be introduced into the preamble and recites the equality of nationals of the states belonging to the league. The neutrals have proposed 30 amendments, but they are largely formal, except a bwiss amendment concerning sovereignty. Ihe various plans proposed for safeguarding the Monroe doctrine, however, are the chief subjects of interest in American quarters. , Amendments Considered. Tlu official statement on ; the meeting of the committee on 'the league of nations says: "This was the first meeting of the commission since the draft of the covenant was presented to the plen ary session of the conference on February 14. . '.'A- .discussion took place on a ifu'mber of . amendments suggested by the members of the commission as a result of the recent exchange of views with the representatives of neutral states or of the constructive criticism to which the covenant has been generally submitted. "The committee will resume its examination . of the covenant on Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock." Economic Subjects Determined. Economic subjects to be intro duced into the preliminary peace treaty were definitely determined at a meeting of the economic com mission today. These take a wide range, the important subjects in cluding the disposition of German patents, trademarks and copyrights and ilien property, such as that held by the custodian of such property in the United States. Danube; Regulations Discussed. "The commission of the inter national regime of ports, waterways and. railways met this afternoon at the "ministry of public works," says the official statement issued this evening. ,r "The commission exam ined clauses to be inserted in the treaty of peace in regard to the re gime to be apnlied in the Danube. "The commission will continue the examination of these clauses at its next meeting on Monday, March 24, at 3 p. m." Two Separate Clues C Link Deaths of Nurse and Oakland Matron Oakland, Cal., March 22. Two separate clues, unearthed in the past two days, have linked the mysterious deaths of Miss Inez Elizabeth Reed, San Francisco and Fort Riley, Kans., army nurse, and Mrs. George D. Greenwood, Oak land society matron, according to a police announcement here today. Miss Reed's body was found in a ra vine near San Mateo, Cal., Saturday, March 8. following an illegal opera tion. Mrs. Greenwood was killed by a bomb at her home here last Tuesday' night. The clues are in the form of two lists of names, one in a pocket memorandum book, found in a box car at "Tracy, 'Cal., yesterday, bear ing the names of Miss Reed and George D. Greenwood, the slain matron's husband, and the other found iri" the . shack of two--men, taken into custody at midnight last night and bearing the same names. The box car list contained also the names of a number of other prom inent Oakland people. . Six U. S. Navy Officers Working Upon Plans for Transatlantic Flight Washington, March 22. Six of ficers of the navy and one of the marine corps have been assigned to the trans-Atlantic section of the of fice of the director of naval aviation for. dutv in connection with the preparation of plans for the flight across the 'Atlantic ocean which is to be undertaken soon, by. a big sea plane of the. N-C type. MAKE USE OF THE ;BEE'S Eater Oaaaa " oiSf Irtt1ari'MuSr s!it7t City Detective Who Shot - Unarmed Soldier Remains On Duty, Despite Charges Investigation of Shooting, Characterized by Witnesses as "Cowardly and Unwarranted," Demanded of County Attorney; Police Heads Say They Are Still "Working On Case." Soldier Who Was Shot by Omaha Detective and City's Police Chief Private Charles Coleman. Ulars-halL&cstein. Twox Battle vTanks From the Argonne Here for Victory Loan Two six-ton tanks from the Ar gonne forest battle in France will be shown in Omaha during the Victory loan campaign drive April 21. The tanks recently arrived in New York. Eyre Powell, in charge, of the war machinery, made arrangements for their care with the Chamber of Com merce Saturday. Prize Winners ' ! Is Love' First Three Prizes .Won By Men, Two Going to : Contestants Outside of Omaha. 'First Prize Five Dollars. Albert L. Anderton, Edgar, Neb. Second Prize Three Dollars. Louis C. Thpplecke, 618 North Fortieth street. ' "Third Prize Two Dollars. ' H. C. Peterson, Oakland, Neb. Next Twenty Best A Book Each. Ansil Briggs, Henderson, la. Myrtle Brown, Sutton, Neb. Peter B. Clausen, East Omaha. Miss Lulu Davis. Hastings, Neb. Miss Elsie B. Dietrlck, Norfolk, Neb. - E. F. Fowler, Chicago. J. E. Glover, 619 North Forty-fifth avenue. ... Glenn Haddock, Fairbury, Neb. A. P. Hansen, 3015 South Six teenth street. I S. Hartley, University Place, Neb. Miss J. Hopkins. Tilden, Neb. - ' R. Neely, 107 North Twenty-sixth street. Mrs. Grace Miller, 2963 Martha street. Margaret Pearl, 4711 U street, South Omaha. J. Sar.aker, jr., 1713 North Twenty fifth stteet. Thomas H. Swan. Alliance, Neb. Mrs. William Vogel,, West Point, Neb. . Alice West. 1715 Burt street. Mrs. Benjamin Wingore, Denni son, la. Mrs. H. Wiechclman, Hastings, Neb. . ' . I '5 - ' NEW QUESTION Omaha OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, . 1919. Formal charges of cowardly and unwarranted shooting and serious ly wounding Private Charles Cole man, the Camp Dodge soldier who was attacked Wednesday at Capi tol avenue and Twentieth street by Detective G. Knudson, were filed against the detective with A. V. Shotwell, county attorney, yester day by Herman Aye, counsel repre senting F. R. Flinn, uncle of the boy who is hovering between life and death at the Lord Lister hos pital. Eight affidavits of eye witnesses to. the shooting were submitted to the county attorney. All of them state that the officer's attack was unprovoked and unjustifiable. More Witnesses Found. Mr. Aye declared that a dozen additional affidavits would be ob tained condemning the detective for his criminal attack on. young Cole man. Whether or not Mr. Shotwell will ask for an ' indictment against Knudston depends on the result of the decision of the county attorney after reading the affidavits, declared Mr. Aye., In the event the soldier dies, a charge of murder will Je asked for." If Coleman should recover from his wound, a charge of shooting and wounding with intent to kill will be sought, it was said. Asked if Detective Knudlson would be suspended pending the in vestigation of the case, Dean Ringer, police commissioner, declared that no action would be taken until Mon day. "Chief Eberstein went out this af ternoon to investigate," he said. "The chief will make his report and the commissiqn will act later." Ringer Yet Undecided.1 Mr. Ringer asserted that he was unable to state whether the commis son would take any action looking to discharging the detective prior to the prosecution of criminal charges in the district court. ""This de pends on the report of the ch.ef of police," he said. . Attorney Aye declared that in the event the commission did not take some action of its accord, it was likely that Mr. Flinn, his client, would make such a demand of 'the city officials. , . "My one regret is that I didn't suffer this bullet wound in France as an offering of my services in battle," the soldier Coleman last night cried in his agony at the hospital. "It's tough to get into military service to fight in the trenches, and then to think that I was shot in action like this." Glad to Be Soldier. September 6, 1918 was as me morable a day for the young, soldier as his wedding day, Mr. Flinn, uncle of the vicVm, said. "I'm going to 'soldier' now," Coleman told his uncle at the station platform upon leaving for Camp Dodge. "And as' long as I'm going, I want to i?et into action. I'll go to France and make good; you'll be proud of me when I return." Special duties in the depot brigade at the Iowa camp kept the young (Continued on Fags Ten, Column One) in Bee's 'What Contest Flrat Price. QIv to love a definition He la foolish who would try. Could you tell your aoul'a position Or the distance to the sky? Love to eome brings Joy and laughter, Love to others brings a tear; LoVe will last through the hereafter. Love has died and love is here. Love's bubble, here one minute, Gone the next for evermore. But a heart, when love is in it. Sings as ne'er It sang before, Love's a servant or a master, A condition of the mind; Love can make our hearts beat faster, But It cannot be defined. Love's a fad or love's a fashion. Or a feeling for a friend; Love's the antidote of passion, The beginning of the end. Second Prize. Love is like a Ford engine. It has its clutches, reverses and breaks (brakes.) It is accelerated by gas, ignited by sparking which usually results in an explosion and finishes with an exhaust of the ptcketbook. It dies down when the .'park is re tarded. Sometimes the "cut-out" is used. Third Prize. In Omaha was born the notion "Love must fully be defined." This to do has set tn motion All Nebraska's bralna combined. By the rich, the wise, the lowly . Love can ne'er cornered be. Love Is not thing for barter, As chattels are or property. Love's the spring of clean ambition; It helps to reach thetilghest peak. He who though on humble mission To duty tencst nobly meek. Love was known to Thor and Belder; No new-born frills are seen In love. Love was known In old Valhalla, Will be known in heaven above. Love la not a fleeting passion: By swine shxmld not be undertrod. 1 Love is pnre. Is high. Is holy. Its fountain la the soul of God. AND ANSWER COLUMN SEE EDITORIAL PAGE. Sunday Bee IMJ OLD KING AK PLAYS NEW ROLE THIS FALL Great Mid-West Festival to Become as Famous in Its , Way as Mardi Gras. Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha is to be made a national instead of being merely a mid-west event, This is the announcement made by "Dad" Weaver, Ak-Sar-en - sec retary. The details of flie plans mentioned a few days ago are being worked out by a committee consisting of L. C. Nash, W. W. Head, vV. D. Hosford and J. W. Gamble. They will report early this week. "Ak-Sar-Ben is going to be as widely famous as the Mardi Gras of New Orleans," said "Dad" Weaver. "The plans now under way do r.ot, as has been stated, contemplate do ing away with anything that we have now, but they consist of adding to what we have. 1 Downtown Parades. "We will keep the Den and have the weekly initiations there, begin ning June 1. That is one of the most popular features. We will have the great parades down town. The car nival is the only thing. that will be done away with and that will merely be moved out to the new grounds which will be bought for the great agricultural, live stock and horti cultural exposition. "We are not ready to state just where this tract will be. The pur chase has not been completed. I will say that it consists of 139 acres and the whole project involves an outlay of $500,000 or more, in.-!ud-ing cost of the ground and buildings, race track, etc. "A concrete and steel grandstand to seat at least 20,000 people is part of the " project. Permanent build ings of many kinds will be erected. As soon as the land is acquired a landscape artist will be employed to lay it out. We are looking for ward 25 years and we wjll , build with that in view. This is to be a thing which will grow bigger as the years go by. Street Cars to Grounds. "Transportation is another thing. The Street Railway company would have to build an extension to the new grounds." Horse and automobile races, lig sham battles, Payne's fireworks and similar spectacles are among the things announced as likely to draw the crowds to the big "show." An extraordinary drive for mem bership is to be made this year and Weaver thinks the total may reach 3,000. Already 600 memberships have been taken out which is twice as many as had been issued last year at this time. Weaver hopes to have 2,500 memberships by June 1, when the initiation shows start in the Den. ( A dinner will be given at the Fon tenelle hotel Monday evening for the hustling committee. Claar Transfer Bams in Council Bluffs Burn Fire that started shortly after mid night this morning destroyed the Claar Transfer company's barns and office on Fourth street near Eleventh avenue, Council Bluffs, with all contents. Six or seven large trucks, some of them loaded, were burned. Tony Dachtler's warehouse, bot thing works and barn adjoining the transfer company's property, were also destroyed. Losses by the fire are estimated to total between $10,000 and $15,000. New Chummy Club Formed by Girls of the Y. W. H. A. A new "Chummy Club" of the Y. W. H. A. has organized under the name of the "Felicia Chummy Club." At a meeting-held Wednes day evening, officers elected were: Miss Esther Zalkovitch, president, and Miss Rebecca Bercovici, secretary-treasurer, j ' The work to be taken up by this club is domestic art and social-service work, as well as a little social entertainments for the benefit of the members. The next meeting of the Felicia will take place Wednesday evening, at 7:30 p. m., at the club rooms. Sleet Storm in the West Increasing in Severity Denver, March 22. With no sign of abating, the sleet and wind storm that has gripped Wyoming since Thursday continued to hamper all transcontinental wire service to night. Reports from Cheyenne late today were that the storm was in creasing in severity. The most serious trouble occurred Thursday night between Rawlins and Cheyenne, Wyo., where all wire com munication went down under the sleet storm. By Mall (I vur). Dally. 14.50: Sunday. Dally Sua.. H.S0: autalda Nth. aoitata Spring Has Come see Me y. j , . ( is COfttint donrtt) sf M. ( tSj , High Prices for Building; Material Hamper Erecting Many Much-Needed Homes Realtors and Leading Home Builders Unanimous That ftfo Homes Can Be Built As Long As Prices for Supplies Remain Prohibitive High; Firm Which Anticipated Building of 150 Homes, Cuts Contracts To But 50 Houses. , Hundreds of much-needed houses will not be built this spring on account of high prices of building material and labor. Proof that dwellings for which tenants are clamor ing will remain unbuilt, is offered in statements given out by leading realtors and home builders of the houses they plan ned to build but can't, on account of prohibitive prices. New families are moving into- Omaha every day and many re turned soldiers who gave up their homes upon entering the army are desirous of setting up housekeeping again, but cannot find any housing facilities. There are few residences for sale and hardly any to rent in the city," according to the current issue of the Chamber of Commerce bulletin. Would Build ISO Houses. "We would let contracts today for 100 additional houses to the SO we will build this spring, if prices come down," said C. W. Martin, the man who built up Minne Lusa ad dition and has acquired Florence Field for the same purpose. Martin is perhaps the largest home-builder in the city. "The demand for houses is great er than it has ever been in Omaha. Nothing but high- prices restricts an extensive building program for Omaha this spring." "I am not going to build one house this spring and we generally build 40 to 50," said J. H. Osborne of the Osborne Realty company. "Prices are absolutely prohibitive. The lumber and building material dealers want all the profits in sight." Hundreds Ready to Build. "Besides the crimp put into con struction plans of home builders, the high prices are preventing in dividual owners of lots from going ahead on building plans for their own homes," Mr. Osborne brought out. "I know at least 200 people would build their own homes this spring if prices came down." Benson and Carmichael, extensive builders in the west part of the city, are building only 30 nouses this spring and the contracts for these were let last year. "We have let no contracts this year. We are waiting to see what (Continued on Pace Ten, Column Three) Over Half Million of Expeditionary Force Brought Back Washington, March 22. The total number of the members of the American expeditionary forces returned to the United States has passed the half million mark. The war department announced today that actual figures on March 20 totaled 500,034, including 27, 940 officers, 2,146 nurses, 3,683 civilians and 448,241 men of the army, 13,550 navy personnel and 4,474 marines. On February 28 the total strength of the forces in France and those enroute home was placed at 1,074,000. Deaths re ported this month numbered 2,339, while the troops landing in this country and embarking from France from February 28 to March 20 numbered 204,009. FIVE CENTS. LUMBERMEN HOLD OUT SMALL HOPE OF SLASH Conferences Opened With View to Stabilizing Market and 'Giving Impetus to Construction Work. Washington, March 22. Repre sentatives jof the lumber industry and the industrial board of the de partment of commerce encountered many difficulties peculiar to the trade in beginning conference today with a view to effecting price re visions similar to those in steel prod utts. At the close of more than six hours of discussion, it was an nounced that in the absence of any organization competent to speak for a majority of the lumber producers in this country, no agreement had been reached and in view of the complexity of the situation, suffi cient data was not available , on which the board could base any action. Hope of an agreement " was held out, however, in the decision to have a committee of the lumber men re main in Washington for consulta tion with the board and to supply available figures of the production of costs of each section of the lum ber industry. Further meetings will be subject to the call of the board, which will occupy much of next week in conference with brick and cement interests. Difficulties Encountered. The committee -consists of John, H. Kirby of Houston, Tex., presi dant of the National Lumber Manu facturer's association; Dr. Wilson Compton, Chicago, secretary-manager of the same organization: R. M. Rickey, New Orleans, economist of the Southern Pine association; G. L. Hume, Norfolk, Va., North Carolina Pine association; George W. Ward, Jacksonville, Fla., Georgia-Florida Sawmill association, and M. W. Stark, Cincinnati, Ameri can Hardwood association. It was evident from comments after the meeting that the lumber men did not hold out any prospect of material reductions in the prices of their products. Mr. Kirby declared production costs had gone up out of proportion to the rise in price and that the increase had continued even since the armistice was signed. In response to the request of the '(Continued on race Ten. Column Two) 12. W: axtra THE WEATHER i Cloudy Sunday Monday un. tattled, rain in aast and south, not much change in temperature). Hour. llrir.Illour. JLtoar. f 5 a. m.. .85 1 p. m... At S p. m 54 S p. ni.,...'. , ,, 57 4 p. in...... ,, , ,58 8 p. m 54 p. ni.. ....... .S3 1 p. in SI p. m S a. m . 1 a. m.. S a. m.. n, m.. ... ....S3 .39 10 a. in 41 11 a. m 44 1 a. m. 4S nn OFFICERS ON LEAVE City and Army Officials Try to. Discover Frequent' Use Put to U. S. Trucks; Cross River Boo'ze Route. The first chapter in the alleged liquor traffic probe among army lieutenants and a ring of civilian -bootleggers growing out of the ar rest of an army sergeant and eight men in Council Bluffs together with the seizure of 1,673 pints of whisky from a government truck, has come out. i Government officials are investi- . gating a report of water-way trans portation of liquor across the Mis souri river at a point where the army sergeant and the three Italians were . arrested by Council Bluffs police. It is estimated that no less than 30 motorboat loads of liquor were brought into Nebraska by way of the river from the shack in which the bootlegging gang was caught. , Sergeant A. E. Drew, Fort Omaha chauffeur, and the three Italians who were caught "red-handed" on the army truck load of booze, leaving their rendezvous on the river bank, refuse to make any statement about -their methods of blockade running. Have Military Lockjaw. Sergeant Drew declined to say anything of his connection in the affair, merely stating that he "was following orders from Sergeant Heinne. in charge of the Fort Omaha garage." Army officials have restrained Sergeant Drew from talking to anyone in regard o the scandal. Friday's raid on the bootleggers' shack in the willows on the river bank promises to bring out some startling facts of booze-running among army officers in government cars that were unmolested by state agents and city police because of the supposed assistance the officers were giving in "running down boot leggers." Charge Furloughs Useful. , The system in operation by -users of the army cars, as told by an army driver whose name is with held, is linked with clever methods of furloughs taken in turn by army officers. Under the pretense that they were chasing booze cars, army officers transported and distributed liquor during their furloughs, it is charged, developments will prove. Kelly Enters Denial. Sergeant Drew gave Council Bluffs police full details of the alleged gang of whisky runners. He said he did not know the names of the four men who were also with the gang that was arrested and who escaped along the river bank. He declined to state whether they were ! army men cr not. ' Tom Kelly, alleged owner of the booze found on the army truck in Council Bluffs, was arrested yester day; He denies tht he told Ser geant Drew to "go to Council Bluffs to the shack to get a load of boxes." Kelly was formerly a depu ty sheriff. . Car Not Checked Out. Officials at Fort Omaha refuse to make any statement about the af fair, merely declaring that "a thor ough investigation is under way." It was learned that the army truck was not checked out from the fort nor missed. Sergeants Drew and Heinne will face court martial on a charge of running away with the truck, officials say. Seven times, when a Bee reporter requested an interview with Colonel Wuest Sat urday, he was answered with "Col onel Wuest is out." i Recalls Accident Police heads have taken up the whole affair with army officials, and the accidents of army cars which occurred in "running down boot-' leggers" are again being investi gated. The accident of January 31. when an army lieutenant was killed and three injured seven miles on the West Dodge road, is brbught into the limelight again. The state ment issued at the time by army ' officials in regard to the accident was that "the party was pursuing some bootteggers who had been selling their stuff to men at the fort." Another Speedy Run. Several other accidents of army cars operated by the military oolice which occurred in the city while . "running down bootleggers" are be ing investigated again. A speedy' run made by two army lieutenants south on Twenty-fourth street two months ago resulted in the injury of one of the occupants when the dimy car crasnea into a nouse near Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets. The car was making up lost time from the Athletic club where the occupants stopped before going to Frtf Crook. ', No Government Arrests As far as could be learned, no bootlegger has been arrested by army officers using government cars Continued on Tate Ten. Cplumu Ona) 1 MAYPROVE RUNNERS i Y A 4....