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"I "1 ( A RIEFv RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS .MURDERED TEN WHILE WOOING ONE, Berlin, Aug. 25. While Herman Schumann wooed and .won a sweet heart during the last few years, he murdered 10 persons, robbed scores of others, and saved enough from ' his career to marry. Now he is charged with being the champi&n murderer of Germany. BUYING JEWELRY IN LIEU OF BOOZE. 1 ChicgoK Aug. 25. Prohibition and high wages-paid during the war have combined to make the jewelry business more prosperous than ever before in its history, according to .. delegates attending the annual meeting of the American Retail Jewelers' association, in session here; "A large part of the money for nerly expended for liquor is now being used in buying jewelry," said Joseph Mazer of New York. "The public apparently hasplenty of money and il spending a large part of it for jewelry. The highest priced articles are m the greatest demand." COMMON-LAW HUSBAND CLAIMS WIFE'S ESTATE. , Syracuse," N. Y., Aug. 25. Wii ' liam J. MacKenzie of Denver has arrived her, to claim title to the .foO.000 estate of Mrs. Josephine B. Law, who died in April, 1919. Mac Kenzie bases his claim on the dec - laratien that he and Mrs. Law " lived as man and wife under a , common-law agreement for 25 years. MacKenzie has letters of admin istration from the surrogate's of fice in Denver, but the bulk of the property in this state and letters of administration have-already been is sued to George Newman of Pitts field, Mass., an old friend of Mrs. Law and her brother, James Bas tionelli, from wham she inherited the estate. . Newman has already paid the amounts bequeathed to some 25 , cousins and other relatives of the deceased, living in different parts of the country, having known noth ing of the existence of MacKenzie or his claim to the estate. OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. The 0 MAH a Daily Be VOL. 49 NO. 59. iter M MMyilM mitt May S, IMS. tl Oath P. 0. du act t . Hank S. ItTS. QMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1919. 81 Mtll (I mr). Daily. K , S2.M: ally - S9.M: uMill Nak. PMtttt axtra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: Generally fair Tuesday and Wed nesday; warmer jWednesday , in east and central portions Hourly teiitperaturen: . S a.-ni 4 1 p. m . a. m SI t p. m ...It 1 a. m. ....... 3 p. m... IS S . m. ....... .CI 4 K ni a. m ....HI S p. m. ........ 14 10 a. m.........l 6 p. m (.14 11 a. m. ...... ..411 p. M.........M II a. m St 1 p. m ...74 IS aooa ....S i AMERICAN the WILL OFFER CARUSO $100,000 FOR 10 NIGHTS. New York, Aug. 25. When great Caruso arrives here from Na ples this week one of the first to meet him will be a Mexican im presario flourishing a pledge by the City of Mexico to pay the tenor $10,000 a night for 10 appearances in that capital. It willbe the high est offer Caruso has yet received. It is doubtful if the tenor will accept the offer in view of the pres ent political troubles in the Mexican capital and the strained relations hUween- the United States and Mexico. 4 LATE ORGAN'S SISTER LEAVES U000.0OO ESTATE. London, Aug. 25. Mrs. Mary Lyman Burns, sister of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, who died in her London home recently, lett an estate valued at more than $3,000,000. Viscount Harcourt, former cabinet -ministef, Mrs. v'B Urns' son-in-law, gets $250.000., Her daughter gets ?50,000 and a valuable collection of laces, fans and china; her son re ceives Mrs. Burns' horses, carriages, motor cars and-furniture. Under the will of the late J. Pier pont Mrgan, Mrs. Burns appointed a fund of $3,000,000 for her tw chil dren., Guy's hospital in London re ceives $25,000, and there are many 1 minor bequests. "GIVE ME LONDON, PLEASE!" WILL COST ONLY $5. London, Aug25. "The next few years should see the establishment of a wireless telephone system en abling London to talk to any part of the world for ibree minutes at a maximum eost of one pound ($5)," the Evening News quotes Sir God frey Isaacs, manager of the Marconi Wireless company as saying, "pro vided the government's red tape does not strangle us. If it does, it might easily take 200 years before the wireless telephone can be used just like the cable. But if the gov ernment doesn't deter us, but gives us every opportunity to develop the sys tem, there is a possibility that we shall be able to talk to Australia within 200 days." NO CHANCE FOR , GEORGE IN ARMY. ? Joliet, III., Aug. 25. Maj Barratt O'Hara told the chiropratic physi cians of Illinois at their annual ban quet here Saturday night that if George Washington were living to day he couldn't get a commission as second lieutenant in the United States army and that neither An , drew Jackson nor Zachary Taylor could have made an officers training camp. "Six presidents of the United States never got through the grade . schools, let alone the high school," said Mr. O'Hara. "They were Wash ington, Jackson,v Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln and Johnson. Cleveland was not a high school graduate. Thy would have a hard time to get along today under our restrictive laws that close the doors of oppor ' tunity to men and women who ac quire their education through hard study at home." ' I DELEGATES IMPATIENT Endless Bickering in Supreme Council Having Serious Ef fectsRevive Questions U. S. Not Directly Interested In. AT DISADVANTAGE IN PRESENT ARRANGEMENT GIRL DISGUISED AS BOY TRAMP ARRESTED HERE BURGLARS TAKE LIFE SAVINGS OF SEXTON. , New York, Aug. 25. The life "savings of a man grown gray in the service of the church were stolen when burglars ransacked the little iron safe in the sexton's of fice at St. Agnes' chapel of Trinity parish, 121 West Ninety-first street, 1 and fled with ' $7,000 in Liberty bonds and cash. -' Thomas Brown, for the last 27 years sexton of the parish,, and for ; 15 years previous a sexton of Old Trinity church, sadly -reported the theft " "That was absolutely all I had," he said, "and I'm an old man now. ."When the police called they took a lot of finger prints, threw things around a bit, and caused more con fusion than the burglars left. Then they told me they hoped I would getthe money back. But there's CO cinc "lt- 1 auaxa. . V Hoover's Denunciation of Council's Hesitancy in Straightening Out Hungary Reflected by Others. Paris, Aug. 25. (By The Asso- ciated rress.; ine enaiess mcKer- Ulg 111 UIC SUpiClllC tuuncu 13 Hav ing a serious effect. The revival of many questions in which the United States is not directly inter ested is making the American dele gation impatient. The Americans are constantly called upon to act as arbiters in Balkan and other ques tions with the result that sections of the European press, especially the French press, are assailing the American position on questions in which the Americans acted wholly without self-consideration. Herbert Hoover's denunciation of the council's hesitancy in straight ening out the Hungarian tangle and protecting the fights of all the en tente nations in the matter of Hun garian reparations is reflected in the attitude of the entire American delegation. While some members of the supreme council appear to take the same position, the feeling is growing in American circles that several representatives of the great powers are not Inclined at the pres ent time to bring Roumania to account on the armistice terras. At Great Disadvantage. The American delegates feel at a great disadvantage in the present arrangement, the representatives of the other powers being near home arc able to confer directly with their governments, thus making the coun cil in general a clearing house for European disputes not directly re lated to peace. It is the belief that aftr the signature o the Austrian .treaty the conference will have along vaca tion, thus forcing the various for eign offices to handle matters here tofore loaded upon the conference. The simeme council this after noon discussed Roumania's attitude in the Hungarian situation, and sent Roumania another note,, saying that the council impatiently awaited reply to the note sent Saturday con cerning reparations. Discuss Austrian Response The council discussed the response to the Austrians, but did not com plete the text of the reply, and will consider it again tomorrow. 4 Some changes were being made in the treaty in compliance with the Austrians' request. Austria will be treated simply as an enemy country despite the fact that the government is new It will be required to bear reparations alone, but the pre-war debt and tHe war expenses will be apportioned among the new coun tries which have grown out of Aus trian territory, 10 BusinessMen of Seattle Arrested for Food Hoarding Seattle, Wash., Aug. 25. Ten Seattle commission men were ar rested here today charged with hoarding several hundred thousand pounds of potatoes in an attempt 4o increase prices. Four of the 10 were Japanese. v All were released under $500 bonds. The men were arrested in connection with the seizure here Thursday of approximately 600,000 pounds of potatoes by federal of ficers. The potatoes, it was said, had been held in storage so Jong many were unfit for human consumption. Some of the good potatoes of the seized lot were thrown on the local market, v Mother Killed, Babe . "Unharmed by Lightning Bradford, Pa., Aug. 24. Although her baby sat on her knee unharmed, Mrs. Henry Brawand, residing near here, was instantly killed by a bolt of lightning that struck the house. Another child playing a-few feet away was not hurt "" Atlantic City Chosen for, Next Rotary Meeting Chicago, Aug. 25. Atlantic City was selected by the board of direc tors of the International Association 6f Rotary clubs as the meeting place (or the 1920 convention. The direc tors, meeting here, named June 20-25 as the time for the sassioni. Lass Who Set Out to Visit Grandfather Caught iri 1 Railway Yards. Disguised as a boy tramp, Lovetta Goodrich, 15 years old, 1614 Locust street, fell into the hands of the police at 11 o'clock last night, in the railroad yard at Fourteenth and Webster streets after officers had searched for her three days. A dirty straw hat covered her pretty blonde - head and half her face. A supremely dirty shirt tucked into her overalls in places was open at the collar, disclosing the sojt" dainty neck that betrayed her to Special Officer Dunn when she was arrested. y Her overalls sagged disgracefully at her ankles. Her shoes fitted her unlike the rest of her raiment, for' they were the only part of her dis guise she had not found in an empty box car when she left home last Friday. "I am going to visit my grand father in O'Conner, Neb., or Oconto, I don't know which, I promised him 'way last winter I'd come up to his farm this summer And I do so want to keep my prom ise. Explains Her Appearance. "I'll have to go back to school pretty soon," she whimpered, "and 1 want to visit him before school time." Sergeant Frank Rose thought he saw a tear glisten behind the dirty hand that went up to her eyes. Lovetta explained her appearance in a few words. Then she retired to the Matron's room with a toss of her pretty head to a crowd of po licemen who stood gaping at her. She said: "About a week ago I tried to run away to grandfather, when my mother said I couldn't go. I got as far as Fort Crook and the police brought me back. I told them it wasn't any use but they brought me anyay. "Last Friday night I ran away again. 'I found these clothes in a box car in East Omaha and put them on. I wrapped up my other clothes and carried them with me untit the next day. I had such a pretty dress I wanted to keep it but my things goj. in the way so I spread them under the trestle on Sixteenth and -Locust street for a bed. . Suspender Causes Trouble. "I wanted to wait around Omaha for a while before starting so I could fool my folks and when they would give up watching the trains for me I'd start out to walk. "I stayed under the trestle every night. Tonight I started out to walk. I just got downtown when that policeman caught me." The story was interrupted for a minute until Lovetta repaired a broken suspender. "That thing broke about eight times today and I had to get a nail to fix it," she explained. Lovetta is in the sixth grade at Lothrop school. Unless her next break for the long-promised visit is successful she fears that school time will intercept and postpone the trip for a whole year. Los Angeles Strikers Fail to Obey Orders to Return to Work Los Angeles, Aug. 25. Orders re ceived from the chiefs of the "big four" railroad brotherhoods to their striking members here to return to work have not affected the strike of switchmen, yardmen, shopmen and trainmen, which has practically iso lated southern California for four days. Strike leaders declined to com ment officially on the orders which Warren S. Stone, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men, said had been issued, but indi viduals declared they would not re turn to work "until every Pacific Electric trainman had been taken; back." Not a train moved into or out of Los Angeles Monday, and strikers were said to be planning to further cripple the street railway service. The Santa Fe railway, whose yard men walked out Sunday, made ar rangements to halt all westbound overland trains at Barstow, Cal., and bring passengers into Los An geles on a train composed of day coaches. More than 25 cars of mail, including three cars of registered mail, have accumulated at the Southern Pacific station. Only 225,000 Men in Army ' "Oct. 1 at Present Rate Washington, Aug. 25. The pres ent rate of demobilization makes it certain the army will be reduced to 225,000 by September 30, the War department announced today. The estimated strength of the army Au gust 19, was461,390 officers -and men. Tanks Guard Huns. Paris, Aug. 25. Ten thousand American troops are held in France to guard 40,000 Germans taken pris oner by the Americans, who cannot be returned to' Germany until the peace treaty has been ratified by three powers. It is estimated that it is costing the Lfnited States roughly $1,000,000 monthly to care for these shsonera.. , ... , -3 MUST HOLD labor TEUTONS IN RESTRAINT Nothing But Force Likely to Keep Them - From Seeking World Domination, Thinks Senate Judiciary Committee. REPORT ON VALIDITY OF PROPOSED TREATY France Must Be Allowed Time to Recuperate and Recover Its Old-Time Vigor, Is Con sensus of Opinion. 'Washington, Aug. 25. While Ger many has been vanquished foi the tresent, "nothing but force :s likely to resf;n;n her from seeking world domination at the earliest opportun ity," -n the opinion of the senate judiciary subcommittee appointed to report on the validity of the prr pased treaty by which the United States would go to the aid of France in the event of an unprovoked at tack by Germany. in hol-iing that ratification of the special defensive treaty would be constitutional, the sub-committee .said it was for the fnte-est of the United States lhat France scnuM be allowed to nvuperate and recover its old-time vigor. Be Shield and Protection. "It will then," said -the report, "be a reat shield am protection to us against the German menace in the fjiure." The report was written by Sen ator Walsh, democrat, of Montana, in collaboration with Senators Nel son and Kellogg, both of jMinnesota, and Fall of New Bexico, republic ans, and Senator Overman of North Carolina, democrat, consti tuting the subcommittee. Covenant Temporary One, "It will be seen," the report said, "that the covenant only aims at protection against Germany and that it is of a temporary character to be merged in and substituted by the majority of the league of nations when that is established and put into operation. As the armis tice covers the ground between the end of the war and the ratification of the treaty of peace, so the treaty in question aims to cover the ground from the time of the adoption of the treaty until the league 'of na, tions, provided for in the treaty, can take its place. In other words, the treaty in question is of a tem porary character to be merged in the final treaty of peace. "Such a treaty is clearly war ranted by international law and usage and is therefore within the scope of the treaty making pcv.ers of the United States." The full corrfmittee deferred ac tion on the report until next Mon day. Senate Responsibility. Should the senate fail to ratify the peace treaty and the league of nations "die aborning," upon that body would rest the burden of blame for the next great war, Senator Nugent, democrat; Idaho, declared today in the senate. The league operating under the covenant as now written should prevent war entirely, he said, but (Continued on fate Two, Column Four.) Prince of Wales Busy on Visit to Toronto Toronto, Aug. 25. The prince of Wales will make a flying visit to Montreal on September 2, in addi tion to his official and longer stay in that city next October, it. is an nounced here. After a strenuous day spent in attending patriotic ceremonies and shaking hands with several thou sand persons, the prince attended a great public reception in his honor at the city hall. A near riot oc curred in front of the building when the policre tried to control thousands of persons, who sought to force an entrance after it was. announced that 10,000 would be admitted. The prince found time between a formalstate dinner and the recep tion to attend an exclusive social event at the Royal Canadian yacht club, following which he went for a short sail on Lake Ontario. In the afternoon he formally opened the Canadian National ex hibition before a gathering of more than 60,000 persons. There were numerous addresses and felicita tions, to all of which the prince re plied. Mayor Smith Administrator of Estate of W. C. Bullard Mayor Ed P. Smith was appointed yesterday by ' the Douglas county court to be administrator of the estate of the late Wv C. Bullard, Omaha business man, who died as the result of a fall down the stairs at his home last Thursday night. Mr. Bullard left no will. The estate is valued at $30,000. The heirs are "Billy" Bullard and his sister, Mrs. Josephine Elling- .WOOCL. w Brazil ' , ' s -- DEMANDS FOR MORE WAGES WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS NORMAL, PRESIDENT SAYS Uncle Sam-"V Not Do Business That Way!" Millions for Labor but not one cent for Socialism GIB L KILLED BY SPEEDING AUTO HITTING CYCLE f Driver of Auto Returns to Scene of Accident, But Escapes With Iden tity Unknown. Selma Swanson, 23 years old, 216 North Twenty-second street, a telephone operator for the Nebraska Telephone Co., was almost instantly killed at 9:50 o'clock last night when a Ford roadster, the driver of which is not known to the police, Crashed into the motor cycle on which she was riding at Turner boulevard and Dodge street. C. J. Boyles, 324 South Twenty sixth street, with whom Miss Swan son was riding, was slightly in jured.' . Boyles was driving south on the boulevard across Dodge street whe'n the roadster, traveling west ' on Dodge street at a speed estimated by witnesses at 35 miles an hour, swept the motorcycle from the road and tossed it onto the sidewalk 30 feet distant. Miss Swanson was hurled against the curbing on the opposite side of the street. Her head was crushed. Passing autoists took her to Nicho las Senn hospital, but she died on the way. The driver of the roadster stopped his car half a block farther west, and came back to the gjene of the acci dent As far as the police have been able to learn, no one secured the name of the driver or his license number. v s Boyles and Miss Swanson were jusT starting out for a drive. Miss Swanson's younger sister, Marie, was following them on another motorcycle, with Charlie Head, 2509 Farnam street, and saw the acci dent. , Marie Swanson is a cashier for J. L. Brandeis & Sons. ' Sheadvised her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Swan Swanson of Centuria Wis., of, the accident. ' At the order of County Attorney Shotwell the body was turned over to the Stack & Falconer under taking establishment. YANK CAVALRY BORDER PATROL RESTS AT "HOME" Troops in Own Quarters Fol lowingSix Days Spent in -Chasing , Kidnapers. Marfa, TexL Aug. 25. The Amer ican cavalry border patrol tonight rested in their home stations along the border between Presidio and Hesler's ranch after six days spent in Mexico in pursuit of the bandits who kidnaped and held for ransom two American aviatfrs , Possibility of a strike of more than 450 engineers and firemen be- With the reported killing of Jesws-j came imminent last night when C. Vesuvius Spits Fire. Naples, Aug. 25. Vesuvius is in eruption, two new craters on Mont jSomiua issuing forth, much lava, Renteria. leader of the bandits, and fourother bandits, capture of nine more by the Mexicans and arrest of six suspects by the Americans, Maj. J. P. Yancey said the fourth puni tive expedition into Mexico had ac complished its objective of clearing away the bandits from the section of Mexico just below the border from the Big Bend, Texas, district. Bandit's Death Confirmed Candeleria, Tex., Aug. 25. The death of Jesus Renteria js believed to be confirmed in the report made to Colonel Langhorne tonight by Capt. Leonard Matlack. Captain Matlack says he got the story from a woman in whose house Renteria and his fellow bandits counted the ransom money obtained from the Americans., i Renteria is said to have quarreled with the. bandits about the division of the money in the house of a wo man at San Antonio Viejo, opposite here. The bandits are said to have drawn guns and ridden off fighting. Lieuts. W. H. Cooper and Frank Estill are given credit for the death of Renteria, with machine gun bul lets from an airplane. Germany Declines to Invite y Allies to Police Silesia Paris, Aug. 25.-Germany has de clined to invite allied troops to po lice Silesia "before they have that right under the treaty, which stip ulates that' they are to safeguard the plebiscite there. The Silesian situation is unsatisfactory and tfte Germans are reported to be bring ing about a recrudescence of the recent reign of terror in that prov ince. ' - Belgjuni Takes Possession Of the District of Malmedy Paris. Aug. 25. (Havas.) Bel gian authorities today took official possession of "the district of Mal medv. which wa ceded to Belgium by .Germany under the peace treaty. ENGINEERS MAY HALT INDUSTRY BY STRIKE MOVE Firemen Vote Support After Lengthy Meeting Behind Closed Doors at , Labor Temple. L. Shamp, international secretary treasurer of the stationary firemen, announced that the men he repre- .ented had voted to support the en- ineers in wnatever action the latter may see fit to take. The announce ment followed a lengthy meeting of about loO firemen behind closed doors at the Labor temple. Instructions were issued to fire men to walk out Wednesday upon notification, either by officials of their union, or by the engineers. Mr. Shamp emphasized the fact that the action of ine firemen was purely sympathetic. No other course is left to the men, he stated. "Firemen 6ould not work with non-union engineers, and a walkout by the-latter will automatically throw the firemen out of work, said Mr.; Shamp. Ajt the meeting last night it was decided that a -demand for an in crease of from 52j to 65 and 75 centsan hour be submitted by the fjremen to theii-employers in order tojustify the threatened move. Engineers on "high pressure" plants are demanding 85 cents an hour with time and a half for over time. This is an increase of 2'j cents over the present scale. , Those on "low pressure" plants ask . 75 cents an hour. Mr. Shamp stated definintely that the water plant will be allowed to operate even if a strike is called. Manager Howell of the water works will pe served with an ultimatum giving him 15 days to arrange a settlement with the Union, Mr. Shamp said. r NegraJTouth Arrested on Charge of Grand Larceny Jess Houts, negro, 15 years old, 2411 Hamilton street, was arrested last night and charged with bur glary and grand larceny on the com plaint of Herbert Walton, negro, same address. Walton charged that Houts broke into his room and stole $42 in money and a small amount of silverware and clotruas. Wilson Announces New Ad ministration Policy in Dealing With Union Workers, Par ticularly Questions That In volve Railroad Men. ADJUSfS SHOPMEN'S PAY BY FOUR-CENT INCREASE ' Done to Arrange Their Scale to Basis of 10 Hours' Pay for Eight Hours' Work, Which Is Basis for Other Railway Employes. Washington, Aug. 25. (By The Associated Press) Postponement 9! the settlement of wage demands un til normal economic conditions are restored, was announced today by , President Wilson as the policy which the administration will pur- sue in dealing with such questions, particularly those affecting railroad workers. ... The president announced also that ,' it was neither wise nor feasible at this time, when the most important -question before, the country is a re-i -turn to a normal price level, to at tempt to increase freight rates to provide funds for higher wages. "We ought to postpone question; of this sort until we have the op portunity for certain calculation at . to tije relationv beween wages and the cost of living," the president de clared' in a statement to the public, explaining his decisions as to wages. , "It is the duty of every citizen tc insist upon a truce in such contests, until intelligent settlements can be ' made, and "made by peace and effec tive common counsel, I appeal tc , J my fellow citizens of every employ . ment to co-operate in insisting upor. and maintaining such a truce." Statement Issued - Mr. Wilson's statement was issued in connection with the decision of ; himself and Director General Hines on demands by railroad shopmen for a 25 per cent advance in wages, but the general policy pronounced cov-' ers also the wage demands of other ' hundreds of thousands of railroad workers, which are pending before the director general or about to be presented. It is to be expected that other unions trying to obtain more pay will be asked, as the shopmen, to play their part with other citizens in reducing the cost of living by. foregoing a temporary advantage, . which would add to Vansportation : costs. ' N The decision of the president and the director general was announced to-a committee of 100, representing ' the shopmen. 4 In reply to their de mands for a 25 per cent increase, the shopmen were asked toccept an adjustment of-rfeir pay to a basis of 10 hours' pay for eight hours' work, which they contended was given other employes and ri-Jii'ed them when the Adamson law be- came effective. This means an ad- vance of the basic pay from . 68 cents to 72 cents an hour whereas -an increase of 17 cents to 85 cents an hour was demanded. .- ; . In view of the delay of the rail road administration board on wages ', and working conditions in reporting on the demands of the shopmen, Di rector General Hines recommended that the new rate of pay be made retroactive from May 1, although the board's report was made July 16, the date of the report generally he- Ling taken as the retroactive date. ' Under the new scale of wages, machinists, tool makers, boiler makers, riveters, blacksmiths, sheet metal workers and electricians, all of whom now receive 68 cents an hour, will receive 72 cents. Help ers will receive 49 cents an hour in stead of the present wage of 45 cents. ' .-'' i Acting President Jewell of the ' railway employes department of the American Federation of Labor and " (Continued on Put Two, Columa Five) Two Yank Regents Now in United States i Ordered to Silesia Coblenz, Aug. 25. The Fifth anl Fiftieth United States infantry regi ments, which are now in the United ;! States, have been ordered to Silesia. They will come direct to Coblenz to , be equipped before proceeding across Germany, according to word -received at headquarters here to day. It is expected that the two regi ments will remain in the Coblenz re gion for at least a month before leaving for Silesia. The eauioment fto be given them will include field and hospital outfits and two months' rations. -r Robbers Get $8,000. St. Louis, Aug. 25. Three robbers this afternoon held up a store op erated by the Kroeger Grocery and Baking company here and 'took a hag containing $8,000 from a collec- i tor. of the. cgppaay, Jba mftMftV