THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1919.
BANK BANDITS ;
ELUDE MET SET
: BY THE POLICE
OayKfirtt Brings Wo Trace pi
r - Wen Who Staged Holdup ,
. . at Ralston Sat-
, urday.
' ' ' -'
(CtMHMd tnm Tr Omm.t '
fy well dressed rather stockily
built and wearing: a soft fedora hat.
r When I refused hun permission to
use the phone he didn't tarry but
.hurried out to the machine.
"I followed him. , . V .
I took a close took at the tar
and scanned the face of the other
occupant who was. about the same
age and build as my visitor, but
;'. wore , a derby hat
In New Ford.
"The auto was a brand new Ford
machine. It 'was parked a little
- south of my front door entrance
f against the curb and when I took
"' a look at the tail light I saw two
license tags. One had a string
attached that would allow its be-
ing jerked up in a hurjry should
f an occasion to do so arise.
,"Aa the young fellow who had
come into my offhse got into the car1
he picked up a bundle from off the
seat. It contained overalls without
" any wrapping. The two drove away
and though I thought their actions
. funny 1. did not deem it necessary
to call police. ,
. "I left' soon, went uptown, but
came back about 11:30. I wanted
to see everything; was alright be-
, S . ... I.J- i
lore going to uea. y
. Jumped on Train.
"I was going out,' of my place
' when I heard a passenger train c'om-
:..Jk. -1 . - -) - -II -! f
i i ni ailing uu, as one wiu, giant cu
n its direction. The funnel was
spitting sparks as the engine passed
under the bridge". I wondered if
any hables were going to 'make'
this train tonight, for I had watched
J many" of them do this at other times.
I walked out into. the. street to get
a. better view. The same two fel-
; lows who had been at, my i place
-' earlier in the evening, were crawl-
ftijf over the railing. One was stuff-"
nig a soft hat loto his pocket prepa
'.' tory to the jump to the top of th6
train1 passing beneath the bridge.
The other chap, the one with the
' derby, was just 'buttoning up Jhe
strap ; of ? his overalls " over one
'shoulder, which he doubtless, put -on
. behind my ; place, as Is have seen
others do before, and then the two
, disappeared. I ran to the edge of
the railing of the bridge and before
N the'train got out of sight I was able
; to . discern three) figures atop the
train. i ' ?' ''
. did not associate these fellows
with the Ralston bank robbery tm-
til I read an account .of the holdup
in the Sunday papers. Then I be
gan to wonder if these birds I aaw
v were the three wanted, t p
" "Charles Campbell, night watch
t man of the Central Coal and Coke
company, saw the ,two who drove
up be tore my place early in tne
v f"The ? Omaha Daily Bee called
Campbell, He corroborated Mc-
Kinney's- story. " ' .. . .
VV' State Agent Busy; " ! J.
Chief State Agent Cus Hyers is
searching Lancaster county for
clews thai will throw some light on
'the t bandits' escape, ij?'- -
At midnight Saturday Hyers and
sheriffs from five counties thought
, they had the trio cornered, on a farm
; near Greenwood. " .ir'.':,"
. The "cornered" farnt embraced
va tract four miles square In the
V dark with less -than one tljird of the
men who had started in pursuit of
the bandits still on duty, it-was im
.v, possible to systematically , search
"the four-mile tract. I
Rumors of the bandits'-appear-'
Mice along the road toJUnco,n have
i " turned the consensus of. opinion to-
-a war tne tneory ot county omcers.
These latter say the-hunted trio is
- 'in hiding in Lincoln.
Y The bandits have, been fully de
.' scribed to officials in every town
" i'Ud hamlet with instructions to
;?i communicate with Hyers or, Omaha
;:' police any information they might
n!?a ' " ; t' -Will
Continue Search.
. v Two of the rio were clad itruni-s-
mialis And one in a red sweater
s ? whwi last ' seen , near Greenwoodi
i Neb., late Saturday afternoon. hey
'v' donned, these clothes in the E. A,
K-jj l'lazier, Cornfield shortly after they
abandoned their wrecked taxicab, at
1 20 Saturday afternoon an hour and
"la 'halt after tfye robbery.. The clofh-
- tng . they wore while robbing the
' i hanW Was' found in the FrazWr corn
, field. --?,
,. ;' Gus Hyers is inclinetPto think, he
:iv. that the trio is still near
(jfeenwood. crowd , 6f officers
from Lincoln will be at Greenwood
at dawn," Hyers said at, midnight
last - pight. "and they will J have
orders to search every foot of that
ground.'') ...": -: .: 'y;; : "
.Chinese Wapt Amerjcari'
' M Become Jheir dvise
; v; Honolulu., epl. 21. According to
a' cable dispatch from Tokio', pub
' lished by. the NippuJiji, a Japanese
''daily newspaper here.ithe Chinese
government has asked Paul .. S.
-s Reinsch. recently resigned as Ameri-
can minister to China to become ad--i
viser to China on affairs concerning
' the league , of nations.. , It is not
, known-, whether he will accept, the
'-'dispatch said. "-
Union Steel Men Are
Attacked by Troops
(tootlnaed Cram Fg On.)
leaders said that a large number of
men had decided jnot to report to
night Sunday was a day of expectancy
in virtually all the iron and cteel
mill communities in the district
Active unionists were busy can
vassing men in their communities
to get an idea of the extent of the
walk-out and in the afternoon mass
meetings were held in many places,
in last efforts to persuade men . to
join the strike. - -!.
National leaders of labor unions
involved have long prepared for
the strike, in the event they could
not make a settlement. They say
they are prepared for a bitter battle
and would not have gone, into it if
they were not sure they could sus
tain the struggle. Confidence has
been expressed that money to fi
nance the strike will not be lack
ing. It was said a meeting of the
national unions will be held soon
to complete plans for the support
of the strike.
No Help from Wilson.
Labor leaders were asked today if
! they knew of any efforts being made
to bring about a suspension ot tne
strike. They said they did not Up
to the last minute there was a fajnt
ope held out that President Wilson
might find a way out, but nothing
has come from him to the union
leaders.
National headquarters of the steel
workers were deserted today. All
organizers were out in the fields
holding meetings. '
William Z. Foster., secretary-
treasurer of the national commit-'
tec spoke in halls at Rankin and
Braddock. He warned the men to
keep away from the mijls and act
orderly. !
At the headquarters of the Amal
gamated Associated Iron and Steel
Workers, the largest individual
union in the conflict N. F. Tighe,
the president, said much of his time
has been taken up in keeping men
at work in plants where the Amalga
mated association has men. Argu
ments were for them to remain at
work but not to perform duties for
men in other lines who were out on
strike.- . '.
Corporations Silent
No information came from the
corporation side of the contest to
day. Officials of subsidiaries and
independent concerns during the
past week declared they would
operate their plants if tney can, and
they have made all preparations to
yfo . so and orotect their loyal
workers . . and . property. Guards,
were on duty, at all the steel mills
in this district: City and borough
authorities throughout , Allegheny
county are also prepared for any
emergency. " Union leaders in their
circulars and otherwise, have cau
tioned their mens against violence.
There was no attempt made to
day to predict the number of men
who will obey the strike order.
"Noses will be counted tomorrow,"
said Secretary Foster and we will
know pretty well by Tuesday how
effectively we have tied up the steel
plants. National leaders ridicule
statement of the steel officials that
not more than IS per cent of the
workers are organized. The lead
ers also claim that 98 per cent of
Jhe steel workers in the union voted
for the, strike.
Protests Attacks.
Secretary Foster sent a telegram
to Governor Sproul late tonight pro
testing "unwarranted attacks" by
the state police on the strength of
the clashes between members of the
constabulary and iron and steel
workers and sympathizers at North
Clairton' and McKeesport. The tele
gram follows
Children, Grandchildren and One Great-Grandchild Attend
Golden Wedding Ceremony of Mr. andrs. Peter Nordih
! if ' jls ;
OPIUM SMUGGLING
IS REGULAR TRADE
OF JAP MERCHANTS
Dr. Macklirr Lays Bare Some
Facts on the' Far East
Situation.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nordin,
5115 -Emmet street, with their child
ren, grand-children, and great-grand-children,
who attended the
golden wedding ceremony of the old
couple . at the Danish Lutheran
church last Wednesday. ' Mr. and
Mrs: Nordin wjsre married in Copen
hagen, Denmark, SO years ago.
The six children came to Omaha
from Copenhagen, one at a time, and
finally' persuaded the parents to
follow them. They are now all
residents of Omaha.' '
Their names are, from left to
right Back row: Earnest Nordin,
jr., (grandson); Margaret Kraiberg,
(granddaughter); Mrs. Fred Brode
gaard (daughter); Otto Nordin
(son); Mrs. Karl Nordin (daughter-in-law);
Fred Brodegaard (son-in-law).
Middle row: Hugo, Nordin
(grandson); Mildred Nordin
(daughter-in-law); Mrs. Kriaberg
(daughter); Mrs. John Kyhl (daugh
ter); Mrs. Hugo Nordin (daughter-in-law).
.
Front row: Earnest Nordin
(son); Peter Nordin and Mrs. Nor
don, and Anne' Marie Brodegaard,
Virginia Nordin and Master Robert
Nordin (grandchildren). The baby
so proudly held by Ernest Nordin,
sr., is his grandson, and has the dis
tinction of being the first great
grandchild in the family.
come from plants in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, New Jersey, Marjdand, Mass
achusetts, Illinois, ; Indiana, Michj
"gan, Connecticut, Alabama, ; Cali
fornia, Washington, Missouri, Ken
tucky,' Kansas, - Wisconsin, Minne
sota 'est Virginia, Delaware, New
Yorkvnd Ontario, Canada. '
500,000 Employes Affected.
It . was estimated, however, that
the number of workers affected di
rectely or indirectly by the strike,
will aggregate half a million. The
average daily pay of the corpora
tion's employes, including the ad
ministrative and selling force, is
$6.23, according to a recent report to
the directors. This is an increase
of 116 per cent since 1914 when the
average was $2.88.s The average
annual 'pay in 1918 was $1,950.
Iron ore properties of the corpor
ation are mainly in the Lake Su
perior district, the southern region
of Alabama and Georgia. Coal and
coke properties are located in Penn
sylvania, Virginia, Colorado, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. Extensive coke, oil and
gas properties are also owned and
controlled in a number of states and
also at several Jake ports there are
extensive ore docks. .
Can't Tell How Mahv Steel
Workers Going on Strike
Busy Men
- cift't aforcl the petty annoy-.
knees caused bf uncomfoct-,5
able, unreliable gaiters. They ;
, : demand the ease, security and
; efependability given by the j
.D03t
; It contributes to pece. of
. aaiftd and personal efficiency.
kMH AM CW.. NUMM. SWaTM
"At North Clairton, Pa., today
while representatives of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor were hom
ing a meeting of steel workers at a
place especially designated for this
purpose by the borough officials, a
detachment . ot state constabulary
suddenly appeared on the scene and
began riding down and clubbing the
helpless and innocent bystanders in
murderous fashion. Many were seri
ously" injured and many others were
thrown into jail.
"Similar events transpired at Mc
Keesport at a meeting held on our
own (.property. We protest against
these outrages' and appeal to you to
restrain the state constabulary from
these unwarranted attacks."
, RemoTe Belongings.
Pueblo, Colo., Spet. 21. Hun
dreds of employes of the Minnequa
sjeel plaijj of the Colorado Fuel &
Igon Co. today removed their per
sonal belongings from the mill in
preparation for the strike scheduled
for 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.
. Even non-union employes- took
this precaution in the belief that a
shut-down of the plant is inevitable,
j The company officials tonight an
nounced the plant will be open as
usual tomorrow morning, announc
ing that work would be found for
all who desire employment under
the "open-shop plan."
' Union leaders predict a complete
tie-up. v ' ,
,j Plants to Operate.
East Liverpool,. O., Sept. 21.
Unless something unexpected hap
pens, steel plants here and in this
vicinity, enfploying about 5,200 men,
will operate as usual tomorrow. All
are open' shops and employes so far
as known are satisfied.
No Comment Comes From
v United States Steel Corp.
New York, Sept. 21. The usual
Sunday calm prevailed today at the
headquarters of the United States
Steel corporation here. There was
no indication of uneasiness over the
fact that a strike designed to force
suspension of operations in all the
company's 145 plants in 20 states
will go into effect today.
'Both Elbert H. Gary, chairman of
the board of directors, and James
A. Farrell, president of the corpor
ation, spent the xday at their- coun
try homes. Mr. Gary adhered to
his" policy of silence and issued no
statement of the company's plans
for combatting the strike. Each
subsidiary has been given permis
sion to meet the situation as its of
ficers see fit The only general or
der which has been made public
was , the letter from Mr. Gary to
the presidents of the various sub
sidiary companies directing them
not to yield on the principle of the
"open shop."
It is not probable any comment
will be made on the strike until the
corporation learns what percentage
of its 268,000 employes responds to
t-H tnL call Tfau vamarbi must
! Chicago. Sent 21. While union
meetings were in progress' today all
over the Chicago steel district, with
leaders making final appeals to the
men to obey tomorrow's strike call
and stay away from the steel mills,
John Fitzoatrick, national chair
man of the committee for organiz
ing eel workers, in a statement
said the men were going to strike
becaute E H. Gary, head of the
United States Steel corporation, had
refused to treat with the union
chiefs. He declared Mr. Gary, had
refused to listen to President WU
son. who advised a conference.
"The whole thing simmers down
to the Question, is E. H. Gary big
ger than the chief executive of this
country?" said Mr. fitzpatnck.
The national chairman said no one
tonight could tell how many men
would strike Monday. It has been
predicted from various sources that
between 50,000 , and 90.000 in the
Chicago district would strike. Steel
officials have made public no esti
mates other than to say that can
vasses in some plants have indicated
that nearly 85 per centof the men
had expressed themselves in favor of
remaining at work. ; !
Strike Already, On.
The strike - actually already was
on, some union officials said today,
declaring that thousands of men who
had quit work. Saturday and others
leaving the plants tot the end of vari
ous shifts' today , were out to stay
on strike., They asserted that when
the last night's shift quit at 6 a. m.
tomorrow there would not be enough
men report for work to operate the
plants. . ' .
Boston Labor Union Will
Not Call General Strike
Boston, Sept. 21. THeN Boston
Central Labor union at a meeting
here for the purpose of determining
its attitude toward the polite strike
in this city decided against calling a
general strike at this time.
American Marines '
Land Near Fiume,
According to Report
London,' Sept 21. An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Milan,
dated Friday, quotes the Corriere
Dellasera as sayingthat a party of
American marines has - landed at
Buccari, five miles east of Fiume.
Rome,, Friday, Sept 19. The
Gironale D Italia announces that
an American contingent has landed
at Buccari, in the Fiume region.
Loving Cup' Presented
Johnson by Chinese
Minneapolis, Minn,, Sept 21.
Shortly before leaving for the east,
Senator Johnson was presented with
a loving cup by ' represents tivesyof
more than one hundredMinneapolis
citizens of Chinese ancestry. With
the cup was a formal letter expres
sing appreciation not only for Sen
ator Johnson's fight for Chinese
rights to Shantung, but "for his j
able fight for a just cause in the
ichola world."
New Episcopal Bishop
of Nebraska Enthroned
s (Continued from Fag's One.)
eigth Psalm, "Walk about Zion, and
go round about her: tell the towers
thereof. Mark ye well her bul-
warks.
"The Psamlist wrote these words
in a time of rejoicing because God's
might had driven back the Assyrian
hosts and left 185,000 of their men,
dead, outside' the walls of Jeru
salem," said Bishop Shayler.
"Today, after 51 years of this
diocese's history, it behooves us to
'tell the towers thereof and to 'mark
well her bulwarks.'
"I have a suspicion that ous mis
sionary spirit may not be as strong
as it was in the days of Bishop
Clarkson. I suspect that many of
our children today are not being
brought up as you and I were
brought up. I wonder how many
boys under 21 years old I would
find if I counted them in this church
today. How often have your chil
dren heard you pray? How many of
you have the family altar at home?
How many of you still say grace
at your meals?
'"As your bishop, your spiritual
father, I can ask these questions
and can urge you with all earnest
ness to ask yourselves these ques
tions and can warn you that these
simple things cannot be neglected
without paying for that neglect
some time.
"In many cases fathers have over
looked their church duties and left
them to their wives. Is it any won
der that boys are apt to get the
idea that it is not quite a manly
thing to be religious and devout?
"Our religion is a life not a
philosophy. Its foundation stone is
Jesus Christ. I feel today that the
spirits of Bishop Clarkson, of
Bishop Worthington, of Bishop
Arthur Williams are present with us
here. We shall work as they
worked, not for personal glory nor
yet for the mere progress of the
Episcopal church, but for the glory
of Christ and the good of our fel
lowman. . . . - ,
"We do not seek ease. These are
times for work. Thinking men' and
women look to the tomorrow with
many question marks. The threat
ened strike of all the $teel workers,
the threatened sympathetic strike of
the coal miners are symptoms of a
current and almost universal dis
ease. But they are only symptoms of
a disease which is caused by lack of
touch of the world with the gospel
of Christ.
Will Meet Clergy.
'"I hope to start a definite pro
gram of work in this diocese and
have asked the clergy to meet me
this week for that purpose. If ev
ery church -in the diocese would
work on a single problem for one
month with the real co-operation
and prayers of all the. members,
what marvelous results we could
obtain I
"We need more enthusiasm and
less dignity in the church. I yield
to no man in loyalty to my country.
But enthusiasm for our church
should at least equal enthusiasm for
our country. The Kingdom of God
is more important than all the king
doms of the world. 7
"I know that we shall go forward,
shoulder to shoulder, "in this great
work in our diocese here in this in
land' empire. Work will enthuse and
prayer will inspire us." .
A reception will be tendered the
bishop and his family at the Black
stone next Thursday evening, to
which the public is invited.
The Weather.
For U hours ending 7 p. m., Septem
ber 21. 1919:
Temperature,
8 a. m dry bulb 6S
Wet bulb 61
Noon, dry bulb 57
Wet bulb 54
7 p. m., dry bulb &
Wet bulb 55
Highest, J8; lowest, 64, mean, 61; nor
mal, 64; total excess since January 1,
9.00.
Relative Humidity, Percentage.
S a. m., 85; noon, 81; 1 p. m., 53.
Precipitation, Inches and Hundredths.
Total, .14; total since January 1, 21.98;
deficiency, 3.S8.
Briej City News
. Have Root Print It Beacon Press
Electrlo Washers Burgess-Qranden Co.
County Roads Muddy Motorists
who ventured out Into the country
were forced to stick close to the
pavements because of the recent
rains. '
Allies to Ask Extradition
, of Kaiser in Two Weeks
Paris, Sept. 21. The Dutch min
ister in Paris has been advised, ac
cording to the Libre Belgique of
Brussels, that Holland within two
week;; will receive a demand for the
extradition of former Emperor Will
iam on behalf of the allies.
Kearney, Neb., Sept. 21. (Spe
cial.) Dr. -W. E. Macklin. for 33
years , a missionary to China and
tamous for his work in Nankin dur
ing the revolution of 1911, bitterly
opposed the Shantung provision of
the peace treaty in an interview here
and characterized it as a "big steal."
He laid great stress on the moral
question involved in Japanese dom
ination over China. Smuggling of
opium, he says, is one of the biggest
questions to be considered. He states
that the opium traffic was stopped in
China, only to have it re-established
by Japan.
Dr. Macklin charges that the Japa
nese and British governments are
now associated in the smuggling
of opium as a commercial enterprise
sing . the island ot Formosa as a
base. Everywhere in China, he
says, the Japanese have established
postofSces that carry the drug
throughout the country and Chinese
officials are powerless to either in
terfere or investigate.
Japanese Protection.
In southern China,' he says, mor
phine is sold by Chinese peddlers.
! t ach of whom carries a passport stat
ing that he is a native ot Formosa
:'.;d therefore entitled to Japanese
protection. He says in this manner
Is tons of morphine are smuggled
yearly into China.
"China is already in thralldom,"
said the missionery. "I have seen
Chinese banks robbed and the loot
carried directly to a Japanese bat
tleship. I have lived through revo
lutions in which the Japanese fur
nished arms and ammunition to both
sides just 'to keep the pot boiling.' "
Will Not Keep Promise.
Dr. Macklin thinks it absurd that
the Japanese will return the province
to China as she promises. "If she
does retarn'it it will be a husk with
out any 1 kernel," he predicted.
"Japan will have appropriated every
thing of value." .
He recently spent 10 days in
Washington at the request of Sena
tor Lodge explaining Chinese condi
tions to the senators, and urging
them not to vote for the peace pact
without reservations.
Dr. Macklin is in Kearney at
tending a missionary convention of
the Christian church during a short
furlough in this country from China.
He will return to the orient next
month. , ,
A new vacuum washer for small
garments also can be used for dry
cleaning with gasoline.
VANITY, BEAUX,
DRESS, DANCES:
Oil YOJT WOMEN
Physical Trainer of Feminine
Gender Flays Own Sex,
Which She Calls
Too Lazy.
,
ilCW J OIK, OCUl. 41. II "UlBtu
readers had attended the interna-,
tional Conference of Women Physi
cians at the Y. W. C. A. building
Saturday what would have been their
reply? "
For Miss Estelle 1 Berline made
even the women doctors in the audi
torium glance into tiny mirrors to
see whether the things Miss Berline
said were really true. . .
Miss Berline is a physical trainer.
She expressed indignation that
Amr,i'an wrttiin clmilM rte what.
she insisted they are sluggish,
slothful, too vain to be sensible, too
lazy to be healthy, too careless to
give a hang. 1
I ireo, out l ncy uancc.
"Our women do not walk," be'
moanea miss perune. --me ncn ones
won't, and the poor ones are too
tired with work. Dancing is the only
.v t . : - :
caci use. jt i a passive CAcniac.
"I have had success in getting
factory girls out on a hike. But
they won't hike in the city in hiking
clothes. They are afraid they look
ridiculous.
"Most women are afraid that, if
they become athletic, they will br
unpopular with men; and if they
wear exercising clothes they will
look mannish and lose the admira
tion of men.
, "How Do I Look."
"The trouble with professional
women is that most of their pleasure
comes from dancing and going to
the theaters with men. That makes
them vain about their appearance,'
and then they don't want to wear
athletic and easy clothes.
"Its up to the doctors to keep
to make sick people well."
Though the conference had am
ple opportunity to discuss the speak
er's charges, none of the women
doctors took issue with her views.
Dr. Agnes Burns Ferguson of
Pittsburgh advocated the teaching
to public school pupils of outdoor
games, such as golf, tennis, and vol
ley ball. She pointed out that a
survey of the health of athletes of
the University of Chicago, after a
number of years out of college,
showed that almost all of them had
reaped great physical benefit from
having engaged in outdoor sports
while at college.
Prisoners Cared For
in jails and penitentiaries. '
Their families cared for.
Released prisoners start
ed out in useful employ
- ment amid helpful as
sociations. "A man may be down,
but he's never" out."
THE SALVATION
ARMY
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- gives all.
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18th and Cuming
18th and Howard
12th and Jackson
29th and Harney
39th and Farnam
20th and Ames
45th and Grant
51st and Dodge
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