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OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.
The Omaha Daily Bee
BARBERS MUST CHANGE
THEIR HOT TOWELS.
. Eldorado, Kan., Aug. 17. You
cannot use the same hot towel on
three different customers in any El
dorado barber shop and get away
with it if the state barber inspector
catches you. L. A. East, state bar
ber inspector, dropped into town and
visited the barber shops here. Re
sult, three barbers were ordered ar
rested by local officials because the
barberi had used the same hot towel
on several customers without clean
ing it.
REMAINS OF INDIAN
VILLAGE DISCOVERED.
Keota, Col., Aug. 17. Vha4 re
mains of a once large Indian village
lias been found near this place in
the Pawnee Breaks district b" men
prospecting for talcum deposits.
Human bones have been found in
the li:m stone formations in this
district and more than two dozen
chimneys and ovens of rock have
been discovered and are in almost
a perfect state of preservation.
FIRE INSURANCE ON
SALOONS REFUSED.
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 17. TheT
wo'S ci adherents of John Larley
corn were multiplied because fire
insurance companies doing business
in Philadelphia refused to write fire
risks upon saloon property after
July 1, it was reported here in the
quarterly meeting of the Under
writers' Association of the middle
department.
HOLDS WAR RECORD
FOR DODGING DEATH.
London, Aug. 17.Lt. D. Ramsdale
British navy, hold's the world's
record for dodging sudden death
in submarines. He has served in
five different submarines, all of
which were sunk with all hands
within four days after he left them.
The last submarine he left was the
L-5S, sent down in the Baltic by a
bolshevik shell. Previously he was
rowing away from the E-49 when
she was torpedoed.
AT 95 HE DRIVES AUTO
AND HARVESTS HIS GRAIN.
Noblesville, Ind., Aug. 17. Clark
Millikan. who lives in the north
ern part of Hamilton county, came
to Noblesville the other day, pur
chased an automobile and drove it
home Nothing extraordinary, ex
cept that; he's probably the oldest
man in the country driving a motor
car. He is 95 years old and is in the
best of health. During wheat har
vest he cut with a sickle and bound
20 shecks of grain. Last spring he
hoed 16 acres of corn and set 700
sweet potato plants.
HUGGING GIRL COSTS
YOUTH A MOTOR LICENSE.
Newark, N. J., Aug. 17. Ralph
Holleman, of Number 25 Marcella
avenue. West Ornge, has lost his
motor license, after witnesses
swore that they had seen him driv
ing with one hand while he hugged
a girl with the other.
"We will have none of this one
handed driving in New Jersey,"
said Commissioner Dill.
It is charged while driving in this
fashon Holleman, on July 20 ran
into another car on Dover and Rock
awav highway.
"You can do only one thing at a
time," the commissioner admon
ished and revoked Holleman's
license.
DIAL SHOWS IF RINGER
OF DOORBELL RUNS AWAY.
London, Aug. 17. When anyone
rings the front door bell at the flat
of W. H. Wilson, a manufacturer of
electrical apparatus at Kingston
Hill, Surrey, the maid looks at an
electrical dial. She can then tell
whether it is a visitor or a small
boy playing a joke and running
away.
Behind the door is a small instru
ment extraordinary sensitive to
heat, so sensitive that the warmth
of a person's body standing four
ards away is enough to stir it into
electrical activity to record his
presence.
The working of this instrument
was explained at the British Scien
tific Products exhibition, Westmin
ster. The inventor hopes to be able
to light motor car lamps 'from the
heat of the engine, or drive machin
ery from the heat of the sun. ,
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MAN WHIRLED 50 TIMES
AROUND SHAFTING; SAVED.
London, Aug. 17 Paul Sidney, 35.
worker in a rope works, was caught
in the shafting and whirled round
rapidly. His father was standing on
a beam near the shafting, and as his
son's body whirled round he repeat
edly dashed it aside and prevented it
from striking the beam. The man s
body made at least 50 revolutions
before the shafting tould be stopped,
but when extricated he was none the
worse.
FREE GIRL ACCUSED OF
POISONING AGED MAN.
Johannesburg, Africa, Aug. 17.
A 'girl of 16, Cora Vanstaden. who
was accused of poisoning and shoot
ing a man of 71, named Wilson, on a
lonely farm in Cape Colony, has
been acquitted.
The girl was intrusted to Wilson
for him to educate her and provide
for her future. It was stated that
by threatening her with a revolver
he compelled her to do wrong.
English and Dutch women inter
ested in social reform all over the
union subscribed to the defense.
WEDDING PUT OFF 24
VEABS GIRL GETS $1,650.
London, Aug. 17. After 24 years"!
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Hunt's counel. Wright in 1907
Warwickshire, has been awarded
$1,650 damages for breach of prom
ise by William Wright. After
various postponements, said Miss
Hunt's counsel, Wright in 1907
wrote in Miss Hunt's notebook the
statement that he would marry her
in 1908. Eventually the wedding was
fixed for June this year, "but that
was found to be too rash, indiscreet.
- and premMtire," and Mr. Wright
suggested 1920.
RAILROAD
MEN ASK
MORE PAY
35 to 65 Per Cent Increase
Demanded for Firemen and
Hostlers on Lines in United
States and Canada.
MECHANICAL STOKERS
WANTED FOR ENGINES
300 General Chairmen of
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen
Draft Scale in Cleveland.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 17. (By
The Associated Press.) A 35 to 03
per cent increase in wages is de
manded for 117,000 firemen and
hostlers on railroads in the United
States and Canada in a wage scale
adopted before adjournment today
bv 300 general chairmen of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen in session here
since Tuesday.
Another demand to be presented
to the director general of railroads
is that all coal-burning locomotives
in road service weighing 200,000
pounds and over shall be equipped
v.ith mechanical stokers and that
two firemen shall be employed on
all such locomotives until they are
so equipped.
About half of the 80.000 engines in
the United States will come under
this proposal.
The more important sections of
the report follow:
Rates of pay for firemen and help
ers in passenger service, $6.50 per
day of 100 miles or less, except
when Mallet engines are used, when
$7.20 shall be paid.
Overtime in passenger service
will be computed on the present
basis, at a speed of 20 miles an
hcur.
In freight service on engines
weighing less than 200.TXX) pounds
firemen shall be paid $6.50" per day
of 100 miles or less, overtime to be
computed on present basis, at a
speed of 2li miles an hour.
Fifty Cents lOO'Miles.
Firemen and lielpers employed in
local or way freight service, mixed
trains, mine runs and other service
shall be paid a minimum of 50 cents
per 100 miles or less in addition to
the through freight rates.
Firemen employed on helper,
niisher transfer work, wreck, con
struction, snow plow, circus, miflS
and all other trains in unclassified
service shall be paid the through
freight rates according to class of
engine used.
Firemen employed on Mallet en
gines iu all service, except yard
service, shall be paid $7.20 per day
for 100 miles or less.
Firemen and helpers employed in
yard service shall be paid $6.50 per
day of eight hours or less, except
when Mallet engines are used, when
rate of $6.80 shall be paid.
A demand for time and one-half
for overtime in all classes of service
is made which will apply when men
are used on Sundays or holidays.
$6.80 For Inside Men.
Inside hostlers shall be paid $6.80
pel day and outside hostlers $7.20
pel day and hostlers' helpers $6.50
per day, eight hours or less to con
stitute a day's work. All time work
in excess of eight hours to be paid
at rate of time and one-half.
A demand is made that all coal
burning locomotives less than 200,
000 pounds in weight shall be equip
ped with mechanical coal passers, a
mechanical device operated by steam
to keep the coal within the reach ot
the firemen, and that all coal burn
ing locomotives shall be equipped
with power grate shakers and auto
matic fire door openers.
It is estimated that it will cost
$200,000,000 to equip the locomotives
in the United States with the differ-
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Ukrainian Leader
Attacks Bolsheviki
and Takes Zwerinka
Warsaw, Aug. 17. General Simon
Petlura, the Ukrainian anti-bolshevik
leader, after having withdrawn
his troops from the Polish front, has
attacked the bolsheviki and con
quered the important town of Zwerinka.'
FOUR KILLED AND ,
FIVE HURT WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO
Car Hurled 100 Feet; Acci
dent Occurred Near
Beatrice.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 17. (Special
Telegram.) Four children of Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Esch were killed, and
three other children and the parents
were severely injured Sunday after
noon when a passenger train on the
Burlington railroad struck their
automobile on a crossing' at Hoag,
seven ,miles northwest of Beatrice.
The dead are: Nora, age 12; Dan,
age, 5; Esther, age 2, and George,
age 1.
The injured, besides Mr. and Mrs.
Esch, are: William, age, 13; Min
nie, age 10, and Henry, age 6.
William Esch, the only one of the
survivors who was able to give an
account of the accident, said the
family had left their home 'near
Hoag and were on their way to visit
friends near Dewitt. They did not
see the train until their automobile
was squarely on the track. Esch
tried to back the car out of danger
but killed his engine. The train
had just passed the station and the
engineer said that a corn field pre
vented him from seeing the auto
mobile until it was too late to stop.
The family were placed on the
train and taken to Beatrice, three of
the children dying on the way.
Cars Collide.
York, Neb., Aug. 17. Two large
touring cars came together Sunday
afternoon about two miles northeast
of this city. F. Johnston of Omaha
was on his way home with his fam
ily from Estes Park, where he had
been on a vacation. Mrs. Dr.
Moore and family were going
south when the accident occurred.
Both cars were going about 25
miles an hour. None of the occu
pants was seriously injured. Both
cars are badly smashed up.
SUBWAY AND
ELEVATED IN
N. Y. TIED UP
CM HURT
PACT SAYS
HITCHCOCK
If Amendments Recommended,
Senate Will Reject Them, He
States, or Cure Mutilations
if Treaty is Damaged.
DECLARES COUNTRY
WANTS RATIFICATION
Paralyzed by Strike Called Sat
urday Night; No Vio
lence Occurs.
Iowa Wants to Purchase
War Food From Omaha
Sheldon, Iowa. Aug. 17. Con
gressman W. D. Boies of the
Eleventh Iowa district today wired
Postmaster General Burleson call
ing attention to the unfairness to
residents of the district in having
to purchase their government food
stuffs through Chicago instead of
through Omaha, thus causing them
to pay fourth zone parcel post
rates instead of the first zone rate.
Congressman P.oies urges the post
master general to take action in the
matter, ,
New York, Aug. 17. The vast
subway and elevated system of The
lnterborough Rapid Transit com
pany, operating in Manhattan, the
Bronx and parts of Brooklyn and
Queens, was completely paralyzed
today by a strike called last night
by P. J. Connolly, acting president
of the Brotherhood of lnterborough
Rapid Transit Company Employes.
The day passed without violence.
The tieup became absolute at 6 a
m., when the last of the trains sent
out before 4 o'clock completed their
rounds, were shunted into the barns
and abandoned.
Shut Off Power.
At that hour strikers in the lnter
borough power' houses shut off the
power, causing a temporary .stop
page of traffic on the surface lines
of the New York railways and the
Manhattan spurs of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company, vhich use
lnterborough power.
Three power houses resumed op
eration an hour later, however, per
mitting resumption of traffic on
these lilies, which were jammed
throughout the day, as were the
steam railroads, automobile trucks,
sightseeing buses and boat lines
which essayed to take care of the
crowds.
With every prospect of a contin
uation of the absolute tieup tomor
row city officials and the public
service commission were bending
every effort tonight toward provid
ing emergency transportation for
the nearly 2,500,000 persons who
will swarm the thoroughfares lead
ing into Manhattan.
Strike Is Orderly.
The strike was declared by the po
lice to be, so far, one of them ost
orderlv large strikes ever called in
New York.
No chances were taken by the po
lice to be, so far, one of the most
trolmen being stationed at all barns
power houses and stations to pre
vent any possible outbreak.
Investigations by District Attor
ney Swann of New York county and
District Attorney Martin of the
Bronx, will be resumed tomorrow
in an effort to obtain evidence in
substantiation of Mayor Hylan's
charge that the strike was, the re
sult of collision between officials
of the lnterborough and the broth
erhood, which is a company union,
in an effort to force an increase in
fares.
District Attorney Martin an
nounced tonight he had received
several reports that strikers had de
clared they did not care how long
the strike lasted as they were "gel
ting paid for striking."
Says Charming Girl Acted
"Capper" for Holdups
Hal Berger, 124 South Twenty
fourth street, reported to the police
Saturday night that a charming
young lady he met at Krug park en
ticed him into an alley near Six
teenth and Grace streets about mid
night Saturday so two men with
blackened faces could hold him up.
He lost $10 to the hold-ups. The
girl and the hold-ups went away
arm in arm
Wilson Will Be Asked to Dis
close Inside Developments of
Peace Negotiations at Tues
day's Conference.
Washington, Aug. 17. What
promises to be one of the crucial
weeks of the peace treaty fight in
the senate began today with the is
suance of a formal statement by
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the
administration senate leader, declar
ing conditions throughout the coun
trv demanded that the treaty be
brought out of the foreign relations
committee promptly and ratified.
For five weeks, Senator Hitchcock
said, the treaty had been "in cold
storage" in a committee controlled
by its enemies. Action on it should
be the first step, he asserted, in deal
ing with the high cost of living.
During the week the outstanding
ieature of which is to be the W hite
House conference Tuesday between
President Wilson and the commit
tee, Senator Hitchcock is expected
to make a senate speech urging that
he treaty be brought to A vote and
voicing opposition to any amend
ments. Resume Hearings Today.
Tomorrow tije commitee will re
sume its hearings, questioning
Thomas F. Millard, a writer on Far
Eastern subjects, -regarding the
treaty provision which gives Japn
control in Shantung province, China
Against this provision republican
senators declare opposition is in
creasing and they figure that interest
fully warrants withholding commit
tee action regarding it until the pos
sible facts have been uncovered.
Later in the week four other wit
nesses are to be heard.
So that committee consideration
may nctbe interrupted, leaders said
the senate might have only a brief
session tomorrow and then adjourn
until Wednesday, when Senator
Owen, democrat, Oklahoma, has
given notice he will speak on the
league of nations
Want Wilson's Knowledge.
Interest in Tuesday's White
House conference increases as the
time draws nearer. It is expected
Mr. Wilson will be asked to dis
close many of the inside develop
ments in the peace negotiations
which the members say they have
failed to get from the witiressse ex
amined. Mr. Hitchcock in his statement
said it was the hope of the adminis
tration forces to begin voting in
committee this week on proposed
amendments preparatory to having
the treaty reported to the senate in
a week or ten days.
"It is of little importance," the
senator continued, "what the com
mittee does as long as it does some
thing. If it recommends amend
ments, the senate will reject them.
If it mutilates the treaty, the sen
ate will cure the damage done. The
chied harm that the committee can
do is in causing delay."
Sale of Government
Food Wi Start at
Postoffice Today
Sale of surplus foodstuffs by mail
will begin at the postoffice this
morning.
Letter carriers have been in
structed by Postmaster Fanning to
"accept orders foroodstuffs if those
ordering are unable to place their
order at the postoffice in person.
Pice lists fiave been distributed to
the carriers and application for the
food can be made in the same man
ner as at the postoffice. The food
i3 paid for according to the price
on the lists and to this sum is
added the cost of postage. Orders
for all the food will probably be i
received by Wednesday. Delivery
of the food will begin the same
day. declared the postmaster.
Persons outside of Omaha who
wish to place their' order for army
food may do so with their local
postmaster. ,
Two Men Report Losing
Money to Pickpockets
George Crevetes. 1922 outh Eigh
teenth street,' told the police last
night that two men, one a fat man.
picked his pockets of $22 on a South
Omaha car. He says they succeeded
when they jostled him between
them. Joseph Bosloski. 2409 L
street, reported to the police he was
a victim of the same two men. los
ing $57 to them in the same way. on
another South Omaha street car.
How the Shant Got into Shantung
BIG RAK
l Reld ,n N.tioMl RwM""
"You see, we had to say to China, 'we shant be able to grant any
of your requests or. Japan will not come inV
EXPECT STATES
TO SMOKE OUT
HOARDED FOOD
Palmer's Instructions to Proceed
Vigorously in Enforcement of
Food Control Law Obeyed.
Washington, Aug. 17. The gov
ernment's fight to reduce the cost
of living is expected to result in
action in many states this week to
force hoarded food on the market
while congress is debating legisla
tion dealing with the question.
Reports to Attorney General
Palmer have indicated that instruc
tions to district attorneys to pro
ceed vigorously in the enforcement
of the food control law were being
obeyed literally. Instances of the
seizure of foodstuffs in St.' Louis,
Chicago, Kansas City, San Diego
and the south, officials here believe,
will be multiplied in the next few
days. Mr. Palmer, directing the
campaign from Washington, will go
to New York tomorrow to confer
with the' fair-price board for that
city.
Criminal Penalty.
Senate and house agriculture com
mittees probably will report this
week on amendment to the food
control law giving a criminal pen
alty which hitherto has been lack
ing and expanding the law to cover
clothing. Cold storage legislation
also may be acted on by the house
interstate commerce committee.
Consideration of requests by sev
eral departments for appropriations
tc carry on work in eduction of liv
ing costs will be inaugurated to
morrow by the house appropriations
committee. I he senate District of
Columbia subcommittee will con
tinue its hearing with a view to
framing "model" legislation fos.
regulation of prices.
License Packers.
Closely akin to the consideration
of the living cost question will be
the hearings to be started tomorrow
by the senate interstate commerce
committee on the Kenyon-Kendrick
bills to license meat packers. W.
B. Colver, member of the federal
trade commission, which has inves
tigated extensively the packing in
dustry, will be the first witness.
Leaders in the, industry are expect
ed to be heard next week.
Major's Son Killed
by Miniature Train
Denver, Colo., Aug. 17. Howard
Stark, 4-year-old son of Maj. E.
A. Stark, a medical officer at Fort
Logan. Colo., wa$ fatally hurt this
afternoon when struck by a minia
ture railroad train at Lakeside, an
amusement park in Denver. He died
in Mercy hospital shortly after the
accident. Major Stark was assigned
to service at Fort Logan three
months ago upon returning from
overseas. Officers at F-rt T.ogan
said his home was in Paris, Tex.
FAVORS EIGHT
HOUR DAY FOR
FARM LABORERS
Two Southern Governors on
Way to Western Confer
ence, Give Opinions on
High Prices
F.arly Sunday morning as the
Xorthwestern Overland Limited
train rolled westward over the fer
tile fields of Iowa corn land, the
govenor of North Carolina said to
the governor of South CaroJina
No! It was nothing about the
length of time between drinks, but
it was the next akin to drinking,
as the topic of conversation was
how the H. C. of L. could be low
ered. The two southern I gentlemen
were enroute to Salt Lake City to
attend a conference of all gover
nors of the United States to deter
mine upon a feasible plan to com
bat profiteering. When their train
reached Omaha the two governors
from the south, with their heads
close together and pencil and paper
in hand, were still engrossed in
outlining plans to present to the
conference.
The topic under Miscussion proved
so puzzling that Gov. T. W. Bickett
of North Carolina completely for
got his promise to the "first lady
of North Carolina" that he would
join her in a constitutional walk on
the platform of the Union station.
To Get Information.
Both men were reluctant in tell
ing of their ideas on how best to
lower living costs and stated that
the purpose of their visit to Salt
Lake City was to get information
and not to practice oratory.
As the Pullmans were being
switched preparatory to continuing
their way west over the Union Pa
cific, Gov. Robert A. Cooper of
Scuth Carolina espied a green field
of corn and exclaimed:
''There is the secret of lowering
living costs. Production must be
increased. There are too many idle
acres. While passing through this
section of the country where the
food supply of the nation is raised,
I saw thousands of acres that
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Preparing Evidence
Against Profiteers
Chicago, Aug. 17. Assistants of
the fedefal district attorney were
engaged today inpreparing evidence
against alleged profiteers and
hoarders, 13 of whom have been
listed for arrest. Only two war
rants have been issued thus fa' and
today counsel for . the two, J F.
Campbell and John E. Bunker, of
ficials of a sugar brokerage con
cern, said they would surrender to
morrow. I hey are charged under
the Lever act with profiteering."
RADICAL CHANGES
IN CHURCH DOGMA
OF EPISCOPALIANS
"Obey," for the Bride, Elimi
nated in Marriage; Faith
Healing Provision.
New York, Aug. 17.-Radical
changes in the sanctioned practices
of the Episcopal church are provid
ed for in a report made public here
tonight of the church's commission
on tne revision and enrichment of
the book of common prayer, to be
submitted to the general convention
of the church in October.
The report tmakes provision for
faith healing, annointing with holy
oils, requiem communions and pray
ers for the dead, reservation of the
sacrament and intinction the use of
a dipped wafer instead of the com
mon communion cup. There are a
score of radical proposals, and bit
ter controversy is looked for over
them on the convention floor.
Changes Recommended,
The recommendations for changes
in Episcopal church practices in
clude: Elimination from the marriage
ceremony of the word "obey" for
the bride, and "with all my worldly
goods 1 thee endow" for the groom.
A prayer for the dead.
Change Whitsunday to the Day of
Pentecost and all Sundays from then
until Advent to read as Sundays
after Pentecost. Abbreviation of the
Ten Commandments for the option
of the clergy (their language not al
tered), but certain- explanatory or
opposite statements eliminated.-'
The Lord's Supper.
Alter the order for administration
of the Lord's Supper in its designa
tion to read:
"The Divine Liturgy, being the
Order for The Lord's Supper, or
Holy Eucharist,' commonly called
The Holy Communion."
New prayers for the president of
the United States and the army and
navy.
Prayers "for social justice" and
"for every man in his work."
A special office for Independence
day. ,
Proposed new service for the ad
mission of deaconess.
Pershing Expects to Sail
for America September 1
Paris, Aug. 17. Before leaving
for Italy tonight, Gen. John J.
Pershing told correspondents that
he expected to sail for America
about September 1 and shortly after
his arrival would visit his old home
in Missouri and would also go to
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Canadian Wheat Board
Fixes $2.25 Minimum
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 17. The
Canadian wheat board has decided
to fix $2.25 at the minimum wheat
price for the 1919 crop, it was
learned from an unofficial source
here tonight
ASKED FOR
2 OFFICERS
Lieuts. Paul Davis and H. G.
Peterson Have Been Missing
Since August 10, Despite
Continued Search.
DEATH THREATENED
IF $15,000 NOT PAID
Bandits Give U. S. Authorities!
Until Today to Pay Sum;
Were Patrolling Big Bend
District Across Border.
Marfa, Tex., Aug. 17. Dawkini
Kilpatrick of Candelaria, Tex.,
sent a message to the Mexican
bandits late tonight urging them
to postpone the time limit fixed in
the demand for the payment of
$15,000 ransom for the release of
American aviators Davis and Peter
son until Wednesday because of
the delay in receiving their de
mand at the border, it was an
nounced here today.
A message from a former Villa
follower, now a member of - the
bandit band, was received at the
border late today threatening to
kill the American aviators if any
evidence ojf military movements to
search for the Americans were
seen on the American side of the
border. This message was ad
dressed to Dawkins Kilpatrick, it
was announced here.
Marfa, Tex., Aug. 17. Letters,
purporting to be from Lieuts. Paul
H. Davis and Harold G. Peterson, '
American army aviators, missing
since last Sunday, were received
here today at military headquarters.
The letters stated the aviators were.
Being- held by bandits for $15,001-"
ransom somewhere in Mexico and
were threatened with death unless
the ransom was paid, according to -'
the letters.
Report Made to General. .
The demand for the ransom wa
received here today and a repor
made at once to Major Genera!
Dickman, commander of the south-
cm department. An unconfirmed
report was also received here that
the aviators were being held at a
point close to the American border
and that Chico Cano. a famous ban
dit of the Big Bciid-Ojinaga district,
was the leader of the bandit ban I "
holding the aviators.
The whereabouts of the bandit
rendezvous from which the Amer
ican aviators were believed to have
sent their message is unknown here.
Because of the rugged, rough nature
of the country south of the border
the location of the bandits' camp
by airplane would be almost impos
sible as there are many box canyons
in which they could hide without be
ing detected from the air or by the
Mexican cavalry troops searching ,
for them.
Try to Send Messages.
Replies to -rhessages sent their
relatives by Lieut. Paul H. Davis
and Harold G. Peterson, American
aviators reported held for ransom in ,
Mexico, were received at Marfa;
Tex., late tonight. The messages
from the aviators were received at
the same time the demand for the
$15,000 ransom for the release of, the
aviators was brought to the border . '
today. An effort was being made to "
get the replies to the aviators in
the bandit rendezvous in Mexico.
The messages from the aviators"
were sent to their relatives at Strath
more and Berkeley, Ca!., and Hutch
inson, Minn., as soon as received at
Marfa. The text of their messages '
was not given out, but it was under- '
stood the aviators requested their
relatives to urge tne payment ot'lhe"'
ransom. The contents of the replies
was also withheld, but a courier who
is familiar with the district opposite
the Big Bend, was obtained and an
effort made to get the replies to the "
aviators tonight.
While no official announcement
was made here tonight, it was under
stood the ransom would be paid to
an agent of the bandits tomorrow
morning and it is believed the
courier carrying the telegrams ho the
aviators also was authorized to in "
form the bandit leader of this fact
Officers in Conference. "
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 17. Maj. -Gen.
Joseph T. Dickman, command"
er of the Southern department, ana" ;
staff officers were in conference late i
tonight over reports from Car 4 -aria,
Tex., that Lieutenants I. ?'?
ana reterson, army aviators, are '
ing held by Mexican bandits for 5 1
000 ransom, which, army authori
have been advised, must be
Monday to Dawkins Kiipatr
storekeeper at Candelaria.
penalty of death for the aviati
the money is not forthcoming.
General Dickman said report
ceived indicated that the two air
came lown at the little town of Di
lares which is on both sides of the
Rio Grande. He declined to stale
what steps had been taken to rescue
the men. or whether he iiad been in
communication with Col. George T."
Langhornc, commander of the Big
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