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Detectives HeafctaajandArm
' atrwig Whitewashed by
- 'Mayor and . Four
Commissioners
' tOatUtucd Wnm Pe Ona.)
of . the . laet that Mrs. Brown .was
tried before Judge .Holmes and ac
quitted j&n the charge, of maintain-.
iisr a disorderly house. At that
herring, the prosecution, aided m
every possible manner by the ma
' efc'aery of the police department,
offered 17 witnesses to obtain a
Vouvietion. fThe case eore Judge
Holmes was submitted fithout any
witnesses for the ;defense, and the
' talk-in. -occasion to administer a
icathinjr. rebuke to the police" de
partment for the' roufch and unlaw
ful tactics used in the case. The
cciwcil ftvaded this issue in ' its
'findings.
-The "hearing, which was held be
fore the council .on the MaRney j
cnarpes, as tniDeaeo as muen .as
' possible by Police Commissioner
,Rm)?erand duriag a dramatic raid-
riight session tthe mayor hit upon
the ide3 Of another postponement
. by demanding that Kelly be broupht"
",in by the police department. The
police rfailed to comply with the
mayor's request that Kelly be ap
prehended, although '.Kelly was on
the streets every, day. Chief Eber-
stein jwerred that His men were
"trying to 6nd Kelly and he so in
formed the police commissioner.
The finding of Kelly was made'aj
Dig issut in tuc lu:r jujcsui (mc
. hearing.- Finally, the' mayor -and
Mr. Ringed mentioned Kelly in
whispers.
. ? ' Ignore . Evidence.
i During the council hearing ;four
witnesses, Tom ,Brown, Dorothyi
Brown, 0fficerBeg and L. Gttr
ley, tested to 'having seen ,and
smelled evidence of intoxicants in
connection with the. actions of Arm
- strong nd Herdzina during the ,
"nightp0f the raid. Tom Brown tes-
the detective -persisted in. observing
lira. BrowJ. while she was dressing
hef-aejf in compliance with rders to
. go to the police station. Officer
Heggrdrove the detectives to their
hojnes after 'the raid and testified
ihe had occasion to observe their
actions. ,
,No reference., was. made in the
city ncil whitewash to the fact
that after Mrs. Brown had arrived ,
at the police station, Attorney
George Maguey offered to furnish
a bond : in any sum, which .was re-
fl'.1y Capb'n .Hettf vd .Noth
in$t -yw said rrwrittn of Mrs.
ivrwv's Atevousi breakdown and
her attendant? tin , bosnijai after
her treatment by the police. .
, EncJo Action ef yOScets. '
?jln afowA, tUawnnr and Irs four
. kfettyOTte n this instance endorse,
lie jasfctpns f Detectives Herdjtina
and Aemtrong. in thfi face oi .ovcr-
i-4i.init rviHHic ntfer at he
For the lack of a
I Refrigerator
in .Your Home
are your
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Grocery and Meats
Bills Going Higher
''.
Hot days make it impossible
for the housewife to conserve
.on eatables unless she .has the
use of a refrigerator.
, Th saving of food is ac
complished by using a
- Tkermo-CelLBliz-
jzardorGumey
Refrigerator : , .
. made as they are of the best
of - materials, on scientific
lines and in a manner thor
oughly : satisfactory, than
-priced moderately, they bo
come a .household necessity.
' Step into the .Greater Bowen 4
Store, examine them carefully
1 1 - ... M L.
.following jrice , , J
$tt30. $12.25, $14M J
JO.W, $lpjUt $IO.iv,
: $1950,mSQ. $39 J 5,
$5250 and $65.00.
Ice Chests
v If you are Hving in a small 4
apartment or have light j
i i in
nwacKcepuig rooma, yuu wiu
long-felt want and ypur ioods 4
wiS remain sweet and whole- 1
, some wneo .Kepi in one. -
t: $8.00, $J 3 JO and $15W 1
i Utk aod IVk Him. '
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hearing and the further fact that
Mrs-. Brown was discharged in a
court of competent jurisdiction.
They ignored the reports of idcTeo
tives who wa'ched the Brownflats
lor nearly a vcck prior toiah: taii
and reporter, that they oWrved
nothing wrong
They also ignored a signed states
ment by Roy Kelly, who stated that
on thernight.of the raid hewasrout
ridinz -with Herdzma awl Asm-
ffi$e 'iMts of Meetiiat Night
youug tvoman at ' the . flat iaitd ' was
allowed to make his. own getaway. '.
-IDaiighJsWibKSS
as Father JCilk'Wife
Sioux FaaU. S. D., June 2-T.( Spe
cial.) A 13-year-old "daughter of
Charles leo, a farmer living near
Ellis, -who stiot and kttfed his ife,
artd then killed himself vas an eye
witness of a. part of the double trag
edy. She was keeping with lM?s.
Leao, the secend wife of the farmer,
to whom she was married in April
of this year, when Leao entered the
room abcrt 4 o'clock in the morning.
After an exchange of words the
hushand left the room, appearing a
few minutes, later with a rifle in his
hands. He shot and killed his wife
as she was scrambling out.of&ed.
The girl escaped from the room
and alarmed the neighborhood. As
.neighbors were approiching the,
house they heard the shot which
ended Lcao's life.
Soon after their marriage domes
tic difficulties arose and it is said
they have quarreled frequently since.'
IJeeentfy the husband deeded his 80
acre farm to ber after it had'beeu.
mortgaged for the. purpose, it ii
iStated, of building an addition to
the house and replacing the ;Jamily
Ford with a iarge touring car. w
The mortgaging of his farm is
supposed : to have so preyed upon
the Jhind pf Leao ithat he became
temporarity. deranged.
Prospect Improves
for Ending Strike of
Telephone Operators
San Fr,ancisco, June, 24.r-Negoti-ations
to end the strike in' Calif Jr
nia and Nevada of telephone opera
tors and linemen entered on their
third day with a "fair prospect,"
according to strike executives, that
an agreement will bfi reached wi'h
in the next 24 hotirs for .submission
to referendum vote of the affected
locals. '
San .Francisco, Oakland and Sac
ramento have moved through their
various . city (governing .-bodies to
bring the strike to a speedy terrni'na
tion. i'.:' .-,'-. ';'.".'' 1
L. C. Grasser, a vice' president cf
the . International Brotherhood ot
Electrical Workers, said that the $6
wage ' agteed upon in conference
mighty be" submitted to. the uiiiors
for referendum .in the event the de
mands i the, .striking operators are
met in full and further concessions
regarding working conditions are
made -to ; the men. . . ;-'
Denver, June 24. -El,ectriciani.
employed by .the Mountain States
Telephone ar)4 Telegraph company
here, who have been tn strike shtcc
June 16, .returned to their positions
luesday.
Charge Republicans With
Trying to Disrupt :Reace
Conference at Versailles
Phoenix, Ai"iz June 24. Charg
ing the republican .party with de
liberately attempting to disrupt the
peace conference at Versailles, Ho
mer S. Cumming, chairman of the
democratic national committee told
a gathering of democrats frofh all
parts of Arizona that "President
Wilson has endeavored to realize
for humanity the deadest dream that
has come to the rnind of man since
the dawn of civilization."
The party of democratic national
committeemen was in conference
with leaders from different sections
of the state.
Mrs. George Bass, director of the
democratic national women's bureau,
presided at the organization sof an
Arizona women's branch. The day
closed with a public meeting, At
which Mr. Cummings was the prin
cipal speaicer.
J. Bruce Kremer, vice. chairman
of the national committee, and Mrs.
Bass left tfor Los Angeles. ' Mr.
Cmmmings and the temainder of the
party will follow. -.,r-! ,-
"Democratic Vacillation" V
v Denounced hyPoindexW
New York, June 24. Serfator
PcHndexter, republican of Washing
ton, told the fifteenth district Re
publican club ''.'the mission of .the
republican party m the immediate
future lis to save the republic from
the process qf national disintegra
tion in progress during the present
administration." "...
Denouncing ''democratic vacilla
tion and weakness in dealing with
Mexico;" Senator Pbindexter 1 said
the republican party ahould elect a
president who. would fulfill .the re
sponsibilities the nation had as
sumed irt Mexico and "reassert
American honor and ielf-respect, so
that pur citizens, lawfully in that
country, would not . be forced to
ransom their lives with moRey.
Cherries Set Hew'Eecori
'Fremont, Neb., June 24,(Spe
ciaL) The price of cherrie reached
$5 a bushel on the local market
Monday, setting a new top ior that
fruit at Fremont The crop is alight
ly below the average in quantity, but
the quality is excellent .
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1.7. MOM LOCAL
VOTE DN
GEfOfl! STRIKE
m Mcle Pubiic; Action
(Depends oritthe (Cen
tral Body. C "
-Seventeen locals met afrjthe LaboK
temple last night to decide whether
the move for a general sympathetic,
strike with the teamsters and tirack
drivers should be endorsed. The
results of these meetings were mot
made known .last flight, ibut officials
of the Central Labor union 'and
members of the executive commit
tee of the central body declared that
by far -the greater portion on the
locals, had decided to walk out if
the Central I union, at is (meeting
Wednesday night, thought such a
steo advisable.
The following are the locals
which me last -night:
Sign -writers, horseshoets, black
smiths, bricklayers, plumbers, elec
trical workers,, carpenters, sheet
metal workers, millmen. Machinists
No. 131, beverage workers, boiler
makers, iron -moulders, stage .-employes,
stationary engineers, stereo
typers and ; switchmen. .
' ay 'Be Settled.
It is believed that the teamsters'
will make their decision in 'the mat
ter known this morning. If the
proposition is voted upon' favorably,
a strong possibility .exists that ' the
strike, of the teamsters - and truck
drivers may be .settled -before the
central body meets to issue the ex
pected general strike order.
As the right to collective bar
gaining drte of the cardinal prin
ciples for which the union is now'
fighting, .some doubt is expressed
as to the final outcome of the de
liberations of the officials and men
of the teamsters' local.
As employers have repeatedly
stated their -willingness to meet
with their own men, it is said a
strong possibility exists that' the
strike may be settled.
Proposition is Submitted.
The proposition was submitted to
the committee of the teamsters fol
lowing a conference Monday be
tween Ward Burgess, Omaha mer
chant, and J. J. Kerrigan, president
of the Lerttral "Labor union. Mr.
Burgess proposed that the strikers
call upon their own employers and
discuss the matter before taking.ac-
tion in calling a strike. He proffered
his own services, as an : interested
party, to both factions involved in .
the present strike. A general meet
ing of all teamsters and -truck driv
ers was held Monday at the union
headquarters, 513 North Sixteenth
street. '
Employers claimed increased
strength yesterday. Officials of
the Sunderland Brothers Go. de
clared drivers were working yester
day morning. Other employers re
ported the situation normal and
business unhampered by the wolk
our. The .threat, of a general strike was
characterized as ""pure bluff" by the
employers. Union officials of the
city are too well informed to take
such action, they said.
Truce Declared in Strike
j&f Chicago City Employes
Chicago, June 24. Agreement of
the city council finance committee
to -hear representatives of the unions
called a truce in the strike of 3i800
employes of the -city who quit-work
earlier in the day. It had the effe.n
of calling off the threatened strike
of 400 electrical workers and post
poning action by nearly 2,000 other
union employes. ,
Street bureau men started 'to
strike Tuesday morning. Electrical
workers and workers of nearly a
dozen other .unions threatened sim
ilar action. -
Increased wages are asked by
nearly all classes of city employes,
but a thorn in their side was the ex
pectation that the finance commit
tee would cancel the annual vaca
tions of two weeks with pay.
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BYFERERALBILL
(Continued Trom Yage One.)
kany pesson not l legally permitted
under this "title 't4 possess liquors"
shall be regarded as evidence that
it is"kept ;for purposes of sale. This,
bownever, does not apply to home
stocks. " ,
"Define Intoxicating Liquor.
"The bill's definition of what !s
in toxica ring ! liquor arty beverage
or .prpduct .containing more than
one-half of cute per' cent alcohol
was retained. It was said that mem
bers of the 'committee discussed
this section at length, some con
tending that if one congress under
took 'to define intoxicating liquors
as one-half of one per cent another
congress could come along and
make it 4 per cent, or any -figure if
chose.
Representative Gard, appointed
last year with Chairman Vostead
and Representative Whaley of
South Carolina to draw up a bill
for enforcement of wartime prohi
bition, endeavored to have the com
mittee substitute his bill. Chairman
Volsteail ruled against a motion to
this effect and was sustained. It
was said the wartime measure- was
more liberal in its provisions, but
as the committee had refused to
separate wartime and constitutional
prohibition, it was unwilling, mem
bers explained, to make any distinc
tion in the matter of enforcement.
Government Fails to Fix
Fraud on Oil Land
Promoter on Coast
Los Angeles, June 24. The fed
eral government failed in a decis
ion -filed1 in the United States district
court iere to set aside mineral lo
cations on 160 acres of rich oil-bearing
land in Kern county filed by L. .
B. McMurtry for several individu
al oil operators and which the gov
ernment alleged were secured illeg
ally and by fraud by McMurtry.
Testimony in the case was taken
several weeks ago and showed that
McMurtry located 160 acres of oil,
land in Kern county in 1909. He
then secured I eight individuals and
companies who filed mineral claims
on the property.
The locaters then let a contract
to develop the land to J. M. Mc
Leod, who transferred it to his at
torney. The attorney retransferrsd.
it to McMurtry, and the latter, tnes
government alleged, sold certain
portions of it for large sums. The
government contended that McMur-
try thus secured the land and pro
ceeds from its sale by fraud.
The court held, however, that
McMhrtry was acting with no in
tent at that time of fraudulently?
.acquiring the'land or proceeds there
from for himself.
Telegraphers' Head
. t Goes io Washington
on Strike Business
Chicago, June 24. S. J. Konen
kanro, international president of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of
America, left for Washington to
night in connection with1 the strike
situation which will be placed before
Postmaster General Burleson by a
committee appointed last night by
i he American Federation" of Labor.
The committee includes John
Walker of the mine workers, and
W. . Bryan of the leather workers.
Konenkamp is going to Washing
tdn a! the suggest of Frank Morri
son secretary of the American Fed
eration of Labor. Konenkamp has
asked E. J. .Manion, president of
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers,
and J P. Noonan of the Electricaf
Workers to attend the conferences.
The aailroad telegraphers are re-'
lusing to handle commercial busi
fiss as a means of aiding the strik
ing commercial telegraphers.
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VILLISTAS LOST
MORALE AFTER
YANKS CHARGED
Forced jto ;Walk Barefooted
9ver White Sand of North- '
em Chihuahua. Accord
ing to Escaped Rebel.
Juarez, Mexico, June 24, How
American Jroops scattered the
Villa rebels, forced them to walk
barefooted over the white sands of
northern Chihuahua, and destroyed
their morale, was told to General
Francisco Gonzales at military head--quarters
here by "Villa's telegraph
operator, who escaped at Villa
Ahumada. This man is a military
prisoner here and his name is with-'
He said Villa's men were scat
tered over the country between
Samalyuyca and Villa Ahumada
After the pursuit of the rebels by
Col. James J.- Hornbrook's cavalry,
their horses were ridden down and
abandoned in the sand wastes, men
dropped from their saddles and died
nil tllA teark (mm ,imrle rr v.'
haustion, and wounded officers and
men suffered alike for lack of med
ical attention and surgical dressings.
Impressed By Villa.
The telegraph operator was im
pressed by Villa at Coyame, Chi
huahua, last September, he said, and
had been forced to accompany the
rebel leader throughout his opera
tions in the north. He was sta
tioned with Villa's staff during the
battle of Juarez and told General
Gonzales many details of the battle
which had been unknown here. He
said Nicolas Fernandez, one of
Villa's leading generals, was shot
in the right arm Sunday night and
went until Monday night without
medical attention. Ildefonso San
chez, another Villa general, was shot
in the foot.' Martin Lopez's command-of
500 was reduced to 200 by
the fighting in Juarez and the shrap
nel shells of the American artillery
near the race track, the man de
clared.
Short on Ammunition.
He said Villa headquarters at
Samalayuca, 30 miles south of
Juarez,' were reached at 4 o'clock
the Monday afternoon after the
crossing of the American expendi
tion and that Colonel Hornbrook's
men were at San Jose, a short dis
tance north, when the pursuit was
abandoned. He said he saw Gen.
Felipe Angeles supervising a band
of rebels tearing up the railroad
track at Samalayuca to hamper pur
suit by federals tr Americans. He
said Villa's own bodyguard then
had less than 12S rounds of ammuni
tion per man, while many of . the
troops had none.
The telegraph operator said he
left Villa Ahumada late Friday after
V4Ua's outposts reported the ap
proach 'of Gen. Pedro Quiroga's fed
eral cavalry, which engaged the
Villa, forces Saturday, driving them
from the town, killing 63 and
wounding 'many more, according to
Gen. Quiroga's official dispatch to
General Gonzales. The operator
left before the battle started.
Colonel Martinez, a Villa officer,
wounded during the Juarez battle
tennw. horsd rirlincr innnn.
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r558 17th'
iDenrer,
and hidden in 'a house In the Juarez
Valley, sent a courier to general
Gonzales late Monday night -saying
ha was dying and wished' r giw
important military information to
the general before he died. Cmeral
Gonzales hurried there in "hi auto
mobile, but the Villa officer died
before he could make a statement.
"Big Bertha" Repents;
WiB Dedicate life to
. Aid of - Scientists
Paris, June 24. "Big Bertha" has
repented her evil Jife and is about to
become of great use t scientists.
Her enormous propulsive power
is. to be employed in studying high
atmosphere; by means of a special
projectile. ' - .
Elevated at an angle of 41 de
grees from the horizontal, "Bis
Bertha" can send the projectile U
miles into the air. If pointed ver
tically she can send it 50 miles high.
or 10 times as high as the highest
mountain in the world. .
A prominent scientist, discussing
the great opportunity offered to the
scientific world, said they hoped to
gain some knowledge of what ether
is like at that great distance from
the earth and whether density ex
ists there, or will the projectile con
tinue its way toward the stars.
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FRIDAY IS SET
FOR SIGNING OF
PEACE TREATY
(Continud Tmwx raa One.) '
the states inheriting parts of the
Hapsburg defmaina for several
weeks, but the results have been
unsatisfactory to- tfie council ot four
and French experts are now trying
their hand. '
The problem ia decidedly compli
cated because, on the one hand, it
is planned to charge these states
with a share of the Austro-Hungar-ian
financial responsibilities, pro
portionate to the area and resource
of the Hapsburg territories acquired
by thent' under the guise of "con
tributions te the cost of war of lib
eration," while, on the other hand,
Rumania and Serbia are entitled to
offsets for reparations due them.
Copenhagen, June 2f There was
a remarkable spoataneous outbreak
of rejoicing when the news that
Germany had decided to sign the
peace treaty reached; Copenhagen.
The guns of the British and French
warships in the roadstead in salvos
announced the news.
The singing of the Marseillaise
and other patriotic songs was to be
heard everywhere. French and Brit
ish sailors marched to the national
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Huns Violate Terms'
Of Armistice as They '
Bum French Flags
Paris, 'Jun 24 Word of th
burning of certain French battle
flags by the Germans lias been, re
ceived here. Peace conference opin
ion is apparentfy unanimous that
this is a distinct violation of the
peace treaty, inasmuch as that doc
ument stipulated that the flags
should be returned to France by
Germany.
It is probable that a commission
will be appointed to consider taking
action in the matter.
Presumably the foregoing refers
to French battle flag taken by the
Germans in the war of 1870-71. Ar
ticle 245 of the peace treaty, in the
original draft, stipulated that within
six months after the treaty should
take effect,. Germany must restore
to France the trophies, works of art.
etc., carried from France by the
German authorities in the Franco
Prussian war. "particularly the
Frenca flags taken in the course of
the war of WQ-7l.n
Danish monument commemorating
the war of 1864 and decorated it
with ftowers.
The populace wildly cheered the
allies wBo had won Schleswig again
for Denmark. The Copenhagen
newspapers today print enthusiastic
editorial articles.
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