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UNDER WATER 18
MINUTES AND LIVES.
Philadelphia, Oct. 1. After being
. under water in the Delaware for 18
. minute Frank Burke was. rescued
. and resuscitated by the crew of the
- patrol boat.
Burke, an employe of the Cramp
shipyards, fell into the water from a
hull on which he was working and
disappeared beneath the surface,
after struggling for a few minutes.
Fellow workmen made several at
tempts to rescue him, but were un
. successful until the arrival of the pa
trol boat. Burke was located with
Sffypling hooks and rushed to the
emergency hospital at the shipyard.
Here the pulmotor was applied. Phy
. sicians say Burke may recover.
ASSAULTED COLONEL ,
. ISSUES CHALLENGE.
Novates, Arii., Oct. 1. Col. Nef'ti
Gonzales, inspector general of the
Mexican army, who was badly beat
en recently by Fornado Ramirez, a
bank clerk of Nogales, Ariz., for an
alleged insult to Ramirez's sister,
- has sent a challenge to Ramirez to
fight a pistol duel.
Ramirez replied stating that if
Gonazles would cross the border to
the American side, he would meet
liim r.i a fist fight. Col. Gonzales
is still in the municipal hospital at
Nogales, Sonora, recovering from
the effects of the beating adminis
tered by Ramirez.
INDUSTRIAL RUIN
MENACES ENGLAND.
London, Oct. 1. Great Britain
faces industrial rujn as a direct re
sult of the railway strike. An im
mense number of factories, steel
mills, mines and collieries are shut
ting down because they are unable
to obtain raw materials and coal to
keep the plants going.
Reports from all parts of the
British isles shows a rapid shut
down of factories and mills,, es
pecially in the cotton centers, the
Welsh coal fields and the Sheffield
steel factories where production de
pends mainly upon transport facili
ties. COYOTES LEARN TO
LIKE WATERMELONS.
Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 1. Coyotes
roaming the hills adjacent to Or
chard park, a fertile agricultural sec
tion eight miles east of Pueblo,
learned to like watermelons, 100
acres of which "were growing there.
And the neighborhood dogs learned
from their wild cousins that inside
the green rinds there was palatable
provender even for carnivorous ani
mals. '
. What was digging out great holes
in the melons and extracting there
v from all the best of the red meat
puzzled the melon growers. Night
watchman made the discovery, and
then the question was, What can be
done? Poison was suggested, but
obiected to bv County Agent Davis,
and so "firing squads", to act before i
sunrise, were formed.
The coyotes, and the dogs as well,
clawed the rinds until Ahty - got a
purchase with their teeth. Then they
gnawed large holes in the melons
and ate all the best of the inside.
ENGLISH WALNUT ?
PRICES ADVANCED.
r Los Angeles, Oct. 1. Prices
slightly higher than those of last
year were adopted by the California
Walnut Growers'' association for
this vear's rrnn of English walnuts.
Th follnwinsr oneninsr orices wer
j announced ny me assuciauun ai jis
J meeting here:
Budded walnuts, 34 cents a pound;
No. 1, iVi cents;vNo. 2, 26 cents.
The crop was estimated at be
tween 46.000,000 and 50,000,000
pounds this year. It is valued at
$13,000,000 to $15.000,0000., There
are approximately 75,000 acres plant
ed to walnuts in California.
STRIKERS PREVENT
HOLDING MEETING.
I Steubenville, O., Oct. 1. Five
4 hundred steel strikers marched on
I Mingo Junction, three miles south
4 of here, invaded a hall and prevent
l - ed a meeting of Mingo Junction
steel workers of the Carnegie com
' pany plant there who had decided to
take a vote on the question of re
turning to work.
"YOU GET RIGHT OUT,"
' GIRL TELLS BURGLAR.
Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 1. "You
get right out of here this minute,"
sternlv spoke Miss Ethel Bowman,
1304 East Belknap street, to a mid
night burglar. And he obeyed, tak
ing with him $4.75 in cash, two
watches and other lesser valuables.
The burglar, who had a nasniignt,
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intended xo lane n uuwiimua
finger rings and earrings, she thinks.
1 he rays of the light fell upon the
jewelry, but she was awake and had
been watching him for five minutes
or more. Then she ordered him
, PARSON INVITES
IRATE MAN OUTSIDE.
. ' New York. Oct. 1. (By Universal
Service.) The chief development in
connection with the tangled marital
' affairs of former Vice Chancellor J.
1 Merritt Lane of New Jersey was the
announcement by Rev. Clarence Hill
Frank that he stands ready to bring
the affair before the grand jury in
Stamford. The clergyman who offi
ciated at the marriage of "Josh
. Lane to Mrs. Grace Hercht in Stam
ford, April 4. made this statement
after a stormy interview with the
former vice chancellor in the chan
cery chambers in Newark in which
Lane denounced the clergyman as
"an infernal liar" and the latter in
vited Lane to come "outside."
Dr. Frank declared he had con
vinced himself beyond doubt that
Lane was the man he married to Mrs.
i-i n n MmTftrn n m sain i r l n
tends to consult attorneys in Con
.necticut with a view of remedying
, the defects in the state marriage
- ' code. He also intends to bring Lane
to court if possible on the charge of
bigamy or on that of subordnation
if perjury in taking out the mar-
:iage license which was sworn to by
Mrs. Hercht-Lane.
In Hartford suffrage leaders who
have been urging Gov. Holcomb to
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ture to consider the suffrage meas
ure are using the Lane case as an
v argument in favor of a session.
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ARKANSAS
RACE RIOTS
Two Helena White Men and
Seven Negroes Killed at
Elaine, Following Clashes
Between Posse and Blacks.
SEVERAL ARE WOUNDED,
ACCORDING TO REPORTS
Situation Critical and Grow
ing More So; Troops From
Camp Pike on Way to Town
to Quell Disturbances.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 1. Late
tonight 500 soldiers departed for
Elaine from Carrip Pike.
Helena, Ark., Oct. 1. Two white
men, Clinton Lee and J. A. Tappan,
of Helena, and seven negroes are
known to be dead at Elaine, near
here, as a result of race clashes to
day between a posse searching for
the persons who last night from
ambush fired upon and killed. W. D.
Adkins, railroad special agent, ac
cording to reports reaching here to
night. A third white man, Ira Proc
tor, and a number of negroes are
known to have been wounded.
The situation at Elaine is critical
and growing more so, according to a
message received here tonight from
Joseph Meyers, who is heading the
posse. Meyers is quoted as saying
he expected another . clash at any
moment and requested that addi
tional reinforcements be sent. Five
hundred soldiers from Camp Pike,
Ark., are due to reach Elaine at
midnight.
Posse Fired Upon.
Advices here said the trouble had
its beginning when the posse was
fired Tipbn by a crowd of men, said
to have been negroes, at Elaine. The
fire was returned, it was said, and in
a few minutes firing became general
in the streets.
Late today a telephone message
was received from Elaine stating
that the posse had taken 175 prison
ers and was bringing them to He
ena. The authorities of Helena, evi
dently fearing the trouble at Elaine
would spread to this city, ordered
all motion picture houses and stores
to close at 6 o'clock tonight. Hel
ena has a population of 10,000, a
large proportion of which are ne
groes. Business Man Dies.
Tappan, who was a prominent
business man here, succumbed at a
local hospital to the wounds he re
ceived in this morning's fighting in
the streets of Elaine. Proctor, who
also was brought here, is not ex
pected to live, according to physi
cians. The body of Lee, who died
from his. wounds at Elaine, also was
brought to his home here.
More than a hundred negroes and
a white man who is alleged to have
had in his possession a quantity of
questionable literature had been ar
rested by posses operating in Elaine
and vicinity when he left, according
to former Sheriff Amos Jarman, who
arrived here late today. A number
of the prisoners have been brought
to Helena and others, according to
Jarman, are on the way under heavy
guard.
Women and children of Elaine
and vicinity are being brought to
Helena ort a special train for safety,
it was reported here. The local
situation is tense, but no trouble has
broken out here. Armed men are
patrolling the streets.
Lee is said to have been shot ac
cidentally, while Tappan and Proc
tor were" wounded during the fight
ing. Charles Pratt, deputy sheriff,
who was with Adkins when the lat
ter was killed last night, was wound
ed in the knee. Lee, Tappan and
Proctor are members of the local
post of the American legion, and
were deputized by Sheriff Kitchens
with a number of. other civilians
when he received word that the
(Continued on Page five. Column One.)
Senate Votes Today
On Amendments , to
German Peace Treaty
Washington, Oct. 1. The first
vote on amendments to the German
peace treaty will be taken in the
senate Thursday afternoon.
Formal agreement was reached by
republican and democratic leaders to
call up at 2 o'clock the 36 amend
ments proposed by Senator Fall, re
publican of New' Mexico, adoption
of which would eliminate the United
States from representation on
numerous foreign commissions
created by the treaty. The agree
ment provides for discussion under
the five-minute rule, and a vote be
fore adjournment.
Derqpcratic leaders declared that
all of the amendments would be
beaten. Some republicans admitted
privately that this claim was correct,
but emphasized that the vote would
not be an accurate test of the lineup
of the forces on- the question of
ratifying the treaty, with its league
of nations covenant. ,
MAJOR JAKA HOME
FOR VISIT AFTER
DUTY IN GERMANY
Brings Back Crown Prince's
Tobacco Pouch as
Souvenir.
Major Wallace J. Jaka, who 'spent
yesterday in Omaha at the home of
his family. 1403 North Thirty-third
street, is on his way to Chicago,
111., where he will report for duty
with the Central department, Quar
termaster corps.
Major Jaka served on the per
sonal staff of Gen. Geo. H. Harries
in Berlin, where for six months he
was in charge of supplies for all
troops in the Army of Occupation,
in Siberia and Szecho-Slavia. In
addition to this he was paymaster
and, last but not least, had charge
of all arrangements for the enter
tainment of the troops when not
on duty.
Collection of Souvenirs.
The major is a jovial sort of a
character, and one does not need
a great deal of imagination to be
lieve that the men under his juris
diction did not 'suffer for lack of
proper diversion. He has many pho
tographs of excursions, ball teams,
bands and other attractions which
he offered them.
Major Jaka has one of the most
complete and unique collections of
souvenirs ever brought to the
United States. Three of his trunks
are filled with German guns, decora
tions, sabers and many other articles
which are different than the general
run of souvenirs. The collection has
been on display in New York and
Washington since the major re
turned abovft seven weeks ago. One
of the items of especial interest is
a tobacco pouch said to have been
carried by the crown prince. It
bears the imperial coat of arms, the
name of the prince, his military rank
and organization, and the date, 1915,
when it was presented to him by the
emperor.
Commended by Harries.-
A letter to Major Jaka, signed by
General Harries, expresses ap
preciation of his efforts and success
ful combating of all the many prob
lems which presented themselves.
It states that any expression of grat
itude would be entirely inadequate
ir. face of the excellent services ren
dered. '
Major Jaka will be Yetained in
the service indefinitely. He wmII
serve in Chicago, where his family
will join him, for some time.
MANY PERIODICALS
SUSPEND, DUE TO
PRINTERS' STRIKE
Some of the Best Known Maga
zines in U. S. Included
in List.
New York, Oct. 1. Ten thousand
members of local printing trades
unions employed in 250 local plants,
which publish virtually all the trade
journals and magazines issued here
and a large percentage of the books,
were forced out of work by a simul
taneous "lockout" and "strike." This
action follows the refusal of the em
ployers to grant a 44-hour week and
a weekly increase of $14 in all wage
scales.
The most important development
was the strike of 450 compositors in
support of the striking printers and
in defiance of the International
Typographical Union, which, with
the other- international bodies, has
denounced the strike and "outlawed"
the striking pressmen.
The "lockout" of printers was or
dered by the printers' league section
of the Association of Employing
Printers, which is supported by the
International Printing Pressmen
and Assistants' Union of North
America, affiliated with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. Four local
pressmen's and feeder's unions are
involved.
John Adams Thayer, executive
secretary of the Periodical Publish
ers' association, anounced the list of
periodicals of national circulation
which have suspended publication to
join in the lockout. They include
Collier's, Christian Herald, Metro
politan, Current Opinion, Good
Housekeeping, Harper's Bazar,
Hearst's, House and Garden, Inde--pendent,
McCall's, McClure's, Cos
mopolitan, Outlook. People's Home
Journal, Pictorial. Review, Theater,
Today's Housewife, Vanity Fair,
Vogue, Woman's World, Delineator,
Everybody's, Home Sector and De
signer, as well as many publications
issued by the Frank A. Munsey com
pany. Lack of Sleep Halts
President's Progress "
Towards Recovery
Washington, Oct. 1. Nr impor
tant change in the condition of
President Wilson was noted in
Wednesday's White House bulletin,
though it was said his progress to
ward recovery was not so apparent
as it had been Tuesday.
Throughout the day the president
felt the effects of another restless
night. During the morning, however,
he was able to get some sleep and
the remainder of the day he devoted
to complete rest. Despite the damp
atmosphere Dr. Grayson again pre
scribed an afternoon automobile ride
and the patient seemed benefited
by it ,
500W6E
INDICTED
FOR RIOTS
County Attorney Says He Will
Hasten Trials of Men Arrest
ed, Charged With Participa-
T tion in Sunday Lynching.
NAMES ARE DRAWN FOR
SPECIAL GRAND JURY
Four Alleged Leaders of Van
dals That Started Mob Ac
tion Still Unmolested by Po
lice in Roundup.
A large mass of information
against men alleged to have par
ticipated in the riots of Sunday
night yesterday was placed in the
hands of County Attorney Shot
well, the police, city officials and
military authorities.
Deputy County Attorney Coffey
said yesterday that 500 men and boys
may be indicted for participation in
the riots of last Sunday night.
No time has been set for ar
ranging those already under arrest.
They are all being held without bail
and may be so held until the grand
jury meets next Wednesday.
Names Are Drawn,
The judges of the district court
have drawn the 23 names of grand
jurymen from which the 16 who will
serve will be taken.
"I shall proceed with thesCprose
cutions with all possible speed,"
said Mr. Shot well. "The men now
being arrested will be put through
the ordinary legal process of ar
raignment in police court, including
the taking of their pleas and the
binding over of them, to the dis-:
trict court if the evidence in the
respective cases is sufficient.
"Then they will either give bond
or be held in the county jail.
Work On "Informations."
"Procedure will be by means of
'informations' : up to the time the
grand jury meets, a week from to
day. After that the grand jury will
return indictments directly on evi
dence offered in each case.
"The most flagrant cases will be
pushed to trial as rapidly as possi
ble. Trial will be delayed, how
ever; because of the burning of the
court house which caused a post
ponement of the October term of
court for four weeks.
"There are also at present from
ISO to 175 felony cases awaiting
trial and from 30 to 40 of these are
held in jail and can demand trial
before the riot cases.
"The unprecedented number of
criminal cases have all accumulated
this summer. Last June there were
only four or five felony cases on
the docket.
Various Riot Charges.
"The charges to be filed against
the rioters will be arson, assault
with intent to do great bodily in
jury and murder, the latter for the
persons who actually did the lynch
ing." The criminal court room on the
fourth floor will be used for the
trials of the riot cases. This is now
occupied as a temporary office for
the county treasurer. But the treas
urer's office is being put in tem
porary condition for occupancy and
will be removed from the court
(Continued on Page Five, Column Four)
Serious Attempt at
Mediating Strike in
Britain Is Launched
London, Oct. 1. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) For the first time
since the railway strike began, there
has been a serious attempt at media
tion, undertaken by the powerful
Transport Workers' federation. This
organization, before committing its
36 unions to a sympathetic strike,
decided to see if it was not possible
to bridge the narrow margin sepa
rating the government and the na
tional union of railway men, namely,
whether the terms already granted
the locomotive men would also be
granted to other grades of railway
men.
i At the conclusion of the confer
ence an official statment was issued
to the effect that the government
would only resume negotiations pro
vided the railway men first resumed
work. The premier, however, con
sented to receive the executive of
th National Union of Railway Men
and. accordingly, the deputation of
transport workers, with representa
tives of the railway men, proceeded
to Downing street aga'-fo acertain
on what basis negotiations might
be reopened.
No definite conclusion was
reached, but it was arranged that
another conference with the premier
should be held at 10 o'clock Thurs
day mCrning.
The crux of the whole problem
seems to be the fixed idea among
labor that the government is com
mitted to the policy of smashing the
unions.
WOMAN ATTACKED
AT HOME BY NEGRO,
REPORT TO POLICE
Soldiers Conduct Search for
Assailant in "Black
Belt."
According to reports at police
headquarters Mrs. W. G. Wisner,
30 years old, was criminally assault
ed by an unidentified negro at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon in a
shed in the rear of her home at
2922 Burdette street, on the border
of the "block belt" in North Dmaha.
She was found in an unconscious
condition by her 10-year-old son. A
cloth had been thrown over her
head and her mouth gagged, her son
said. Military authorities at the
Central police station were called
and placed a patrol of soldiers
searching the neighborhood to cap
ture the woman's assailant.
Negroes Aid Search.
The military authorities immedi
ately assumed charge of the case.
Persistent rumors that a negro sus
pect had been arrested were denied
late last night at General Wood's
headquarters.
The officers in charge declared
they were still at work on the case
and would announce it immediately
when an arrest was made.
Among the soldiers scouring the
city for the assailant of Mrs. Wis
ner are 25 colored members of the
American Legion, returned soldiers
who were detailed on the case with
other army men and city detectives.
According to Dr. J. A. Johnson,
police surgeon who was called, the
woman was criminally assaulted.
Her clothing was torn and hef
breast scratched. .
Hands Were Black.
"All T saw were his hands." the
woman hysterically told authorities
later. "They were black. They
were black," she cried.
Mrs. Wisner had been washing
stnrm sacripe in the shed when of a
cnrlrlpn hpr assailant entered and
threw a cloth over her, head from
behind.
"I'll kill your children if you
scream," the woman said her assail
ant uttered.
In her efforts to ward the. man
from her Mrs. Wisner, had her
Mntha tnrn arid hnrlv hrniserl. After
ar jvunnlistiitjir hi ftnrno the man
ran from the shed toward Lake
street.
THREE CONFESS .
TO MURDER OF
CHICAGO DOCTOR
Law Suits and 111 Feeling Back
of Killing, According to
Statements Given Out.
CARNIVAL
GROUNDS
REOPENED
I Board of Governors Meet With
General Wood and Obtain
Permission to Continue
Amusements on Highway.
Chicago. Oct. 1. Three men,
tenants of property owned by Dr.
A. Reginald ' Karreman, fulfilling
an oath to kill, murdered the physi
cian, whose body was found last
night in his burning home, accord
ing to police today. James Klioris,
36 years old; Chris Parris and
George Pappas were charged with
the. murder and subsequent firing of
the doctor's home in order to cover
their crime. They were placed for
mally under arrests after Klioris
younger brother, Louis, had made
a statement implicating them, the
police said.
The Klioris brothers are proprie
tors of three stores, one of which
was owned by Dr. Karreman. Two
law suits and the ill feeling that fol
lowed resulted in the murder, the
police say.
Bits of charred rope with which
Dr. Karreman was strangled were
identified as parts of a coil for sale
at one of the Klioris stores.
In an alleged confession James
Klioris asserted the physician
struck him first. "Dr. Karreman
then was knocked - unconscious by
Parris and Pappas, the purported
confession continued. ,
None of the men would admit
placing the rope about Dr. Karre
man's neck, according to the police,
each excusing the other.
'Parris and Pappas also confessed
participation in the murder, officers
Stated.
John Prystalski, assistant state's
attorney, said that "in view of the
fact that the men evidently pre
meditated the murder and procured
the rope for that purpose, the state
undoubtedly will ask for the death
penalty." .
City Jail Insanitary,
Says Colonel Morris;
Prisoners Removed
Acting on military orders, the
police last night removed ap
proximately 65 prisoners from
the city jail to the county jail in
order to provide the prisoners
"with better bedding and better
sanitary conditions.
Colonel Morris, in charge at
Central police station, informed
Health Commissioner Edwards
that living conditions at the city
jail were highly insanitary, and
that many of the prisoners had
no cots at all, while none had
blankets.
"The general has ordered the
prisoners to be removed to bet
ter quarters." Colonel Morris
told Compiissioner Edwards,"
"saying the city would have to
take care of it"
ELECTRIC PARADE MAY
BE HELD AT LATER DATE
Out-of-Town Visitors View
With Unconcealed Interest
Havoc Wrought by Mob in
Lynching Negro Sunday.
ATTENDANCE FIGURES.
1919. 1918.
Wednesday 6,316 5,884
Thursday 9,715 7,567
Friday 9,534 8,016
Saturday 16,058 20,501
Monday 2,340 3,654
Tuesday 1,208 8,787
Wednesday 10,490 15,840
A conference yesterday aternoon
between members of the board of
governors of the Knights of 'Ak-Sar-Ben
with Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, in military headquarters at
the city hall, resulted in an author
ization to reopen the Ak-Sar-Ben
carnival which was closed Monday
afternoon, on account of the Sun
day night riot. ,
The general stated that he be
lieved that attendance at the car
nival would be a good thing for
those so inclined, under the cir
cumstances: Several details of
soldiers will be at the carnival
grounds as a precautionaty meas
ure. No Floral Parade.
Many attended the carnival shows
last night and enjoyed themselves
in revelry, as if nothing had hap
pened to mar the Ak-Sar-Ben fall
festival. Many out-of-town visi
tors w?re noted on the grounds. The
shows did a good business.
The automobile floral parade,
which had been scheduled for to
day, will not be held. The electrical
parade, which had been set for last
night, was postponed.
Plan Electric Pageant.
"We feel, however, that if the city
quiets down, as it seems to be do
ing,"'said E. Buckingham, president
of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, "that
the big parade will be held. The
weather here is so ideal in October,
that the parade will be just as good
two weeks hence."
The Ak-Sar-Ben grand ball will
be held Friday night, as scheduled
Visitors View Wreck.
Many out-of-town visitors ap
peared on thex streets yesterday,
some having come in anticipation of
enjoying the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities,
and others came to view Omaha in
its present military setting. ,
They wandered around the court
house square, viewing with uncon
cealed interest the effects of the
mob which vented its fury Sunday
night. The pole at Eighteenth and
Harney streets, where the negro
was lynched, continues to be an ob
ject of general curiosity.
No Change Noted in
Steel Strike Situation
In Pittsburgh Region
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 1. Nothing
developed in the steel strike in the
Pittsburgh district Wednesday ma
terially changing the situation.
Strike leaders and their organizers
showed the usual activity in their
campaign to further cripple the big
plants in operation in this territory.
Steel company officials had little in
formation to impart except the daily
claim that more men are constantly
applying for work each day.
The Carnegie company maintains
that its big works at Homestead,
Duquesne, Braddock and Clairton
continue to increase their produc
tion. Reports that men are return
ing to work in increasingly larger
numbers also came from points out
side of Pittsburgh and vicinity.
"Satisfactory progress" was the
word given out at national strike
headquarters regarding the situation
from the standpoint of the organized
steel workers.
Bolshevik Lines Broken
By Troops of Finnish Army
Copenhagen, Oct. 1. The break
ing of the bolshevik lines at Bulata
by the troops of the Finnish Gen
eral Balakovitch is reported by the
Novo Rossiya, says a dispatch from
Helsingfors, received here. Whole
divisions of the bolsneviki are de
clared to have surrendered.
Balloon Race Starts.
St. Louis, Oct. 1. Despite un
favorable weather predictions, the
national balloon race started here
tioiight. the first contestant going
uA at 6 o'clock. The leading craft
wfcs manned by Capt. Elmer G.
Mrschct:tz and Lieut. Charles S.
PcAvell, aide, of St. Louis.
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OPEN SHOP SOLE
ISSUE AT STAKE
GARY DECLARES
Chairman of U. S. Steel Cor
poration Tells Senate Com
mittee He Won't Yield.
Washington, Oct. 1. Declaring
that the question of the open shop
the right of a man to work ir
respective of whether he was a
member of a labor union was the
sole issue in the nation-wide steel
strike, Judge Elbert H. Gary, chair
man of the board of the United
States Steel corporation, told the
senate investigating committee that
his corporation would never yield.
Even now, he said, the strike is
failing.
"There was no reason for this
strike," said Judge Gary. "The men
did not want it. It was forced on
them from the outside by the or
ganizers of labor unions. The open
shop is the question here the right
to bring about fullest production
with only the interests of the em
ploye, the employer and the pub
lic in sight."
Labor leaders, he told the com
mittee, were seeking to unionize all
industry in the country. Should
their efforts be successful, he as
serted, industrial decay would fol
low. "It means the condition I fear
England is in today," he added,
"though I have hopes it will come
out of it."
Judge Gary will be examined
again Thursday. He gave way for
an hour to several employes of the
corporation's mills, who told the
committee they knew of no reason
for the strike. All agreed that the
men who voluntarily responded to
the strike call were mostly foreign
ers and one of them, John J. Mar
tin, a Youngstown machinist, at
tacked the leaders of the national
steel workers' committee.
"I think John Fitzpatrick (chair
man of the workers' committee)
with Wm. Z. Foster (secretary of
the committee) as an able assistant,
head a band of buccaneers who will
overthrow this government if they
are not stopped," said Martin, who
explained that he himself formerly
was a union man. They were en
gaged, he said, in "scuttling the
American Federation of Labor." -
WALTER H. HEAD
MADE PRESIDENT
OF BANK SECTION
Financial Heads Honor Omaha
Man at Convention in
St. Louis.
UVL
WHITE SOX
DEFEATED
If 10 Oil
Walter Ruether, Pitcher for
Reds, New Idol, Bom of
World's Series by His Great
Hurling and 1,000 Batting.
POUND EDDIE CIC0TTE
TILL FORCED TO RETIRE
. St. Louis, Oct., 1. Walter W.
Head, of Omaha, Neb., was elected
president of the National Bank sec
tion of the American Bankers' as
sociation. Waring that if Germany continues
its "nefarious operations in Russia
in 10 years it would become as pow
erful as before the war, David R.
Francis, American ambassador to
Russia, speaking before the conven
tion of the' American Bankers' asso
ciation here, asserted that the real
solution of industrial unrest in Rus
sia and the United States lay in the
peace treaty and urged immediate
ratification of the league of nations.
The ambassador charged that the
Brest-Litovsk treaty was arranged
by Lenine with Germany and that
Lenine and Trotzky were German
agents.
Labor troubles all over the world
emanated from ' Russia,3Ir. Francis
stid, and he emphasized that it was
impossible to establish peace in Eu
rope while" the bolshevists reigned in
Russia.
Oklah oma Crowd
Eggs Senator Reed
From Platform
Ardmore, Okl., Oct. 1. United
States Senator J. A. Reed was
egged from the stage at Convention
hall here as he was being intro
duced by the mayor in preparation
for his speech against the treaty and
the league of nations.
The crowd, more than 6,000
strong, went wild as Reed came on
the stage and all light wires to the
building, were out. Pandemonium
broke loose and cries of derision
howled him down while the audience
surged upon the stage. Reed at
tempted to hold the floor for a few
minutes, but was forced to make his
exit without beginning his speech.
After several minutes of the dem
onstration a number of women
climbed upon the stage and quieted
the crowd.
Reed could not be seen at his ho
tel here, but it was announced that
he would make no attempt to de
liver his address.
"Buffalo" Jones, Friend
of Roosevelt, Is Dead
Topeka, Kan., Oct. 1. Charles
Jesse I'ones, known throughout
America as "Buffalo" Jones, fa
mous cowboy and big game hunter
and friend of the late 1 former
President Theodore Roosevelt, is
dead here as a result of jungle
fever, contracted during his last
trip to Africa, in 1914. "Buffalo"
Jones became famous when he or
ganized a band of cowboys in 1911
for an expedition to Africa to rope
big game. .,. .. I
Five Runs Recorded Against'
Him in Fourth Inning, Be
fore Manager Gleason Takes
Him Out of the Box.
Cincinnati, Oct. 1. Cincinnati to
day won the opening game of the
world's series from the Chicago
Americans by a score of 9 to 1.
Every series develops a new idol
to the fans and Walter Ruether.
who pitched the Reds to victory
was the unanimous choice toninht.
He not only held the White Sox
to six scattered hits and really de
served a shut out, but rolled up a
batting average of 1.000 for himself.
If there was anything in the game
that was better than his hurling it
was his work with the stick. Two
of his three hits were mighty
triples. He drove in two runs,
scored one himself and was the in
stigator of the mad romping of Red
legs around the bases in the fateful
fourth. The Sox were in the fight
up to that time, but when he pro
pelled the ball into "No Man's
Land" in left , center and romped
around to third, while two scored
ahead of him, the heart seemed to
go out of the American leaguers.
Sad Day for Cicotte.
It was a sad day for Eddie Ci
cotte. leading pitcher of the junior
league. Never before was so de
cisive a beating administered to the
Michigan wonder. He was simply
pounded out of the box. Five runs
were recorded against him in the
fourth before Manager Gleason gave
him the sign to retire. His team
mates gathered round him and
natterl him enroitraofinclv nn the
back but he walked from the dia--
mond with his head hanging.
Roy Wilkinson succeeded him on
the moundy while the last inning
was pitched by Grover Loudermilk,
but it made little difference to the
National league champions. They
kept the air fairly clogged with fug
itive hits, while the Sox fielders ran
their legs off after terrific flies.
After the game Garry Herrmann,
owner of the Reds, who came pant
ing up the runway of the grand
stand, stopped long enough to" re
mark to friends:
Garry Herrmann Pleased.
"Those dopesters that were figur
ing Cincinnati second didn't figure
on our batting pitchers. We have
got two more like Ruether; they
have all been batting around .300 all
season."
The day was clear and hot and
30,511 -enthusiasts witnessed the con
test. Cincinnati has always been
known as a thorough-going base
ball town, supporting the home team
in good Season and bad, but nerves
are on edge today with the impor
tance of the struggle in store. This
was made evident by the abrupt
termination of the waves of cheer
ing until the inundation of runs in
the fourth relaxed the tension and
the cheering became wild and pro
longed. t
Cincinnati made the first scote in.
the first, but as Chicago immediate
ly afterward tied the score, it was
still regarded as anybody's game.
Reds Win First Run.
Cicotte . started the trouble for
himself by pegging Rath between
the shoulders, and he looked a lit-"
tie worried as the Red second base
man, a rprmer iox castoff, enjoyed
his unearned increment on first hai - v
The visiting twirler put one in the
groove for Daubert, who singled
cleanly, sending Rath to third. The
latter scored on Groh's sacrifice fly
tn left, crivincr rh Rrta Um
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Red errors largely accounted frtr '
the lone Sox tally counted in the ,
opening half of the second. Jackson ' J
grounded to Groh, who threw wild "
to first and the runner reached sec-
ond. Felsch advanced him with a
sacrifice and Ganrlil A
back of second and Jackson trotted
home with the tying run. Tbre- ,
after Chicago threatened onljSvice, '
m the fifth and in thevifxth, but .
Ruether rose to thecasion and
the danger passed. 4 ,
The fourth inning opened with a
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30,511 Base Ball Fans See
Cincinnati Win the Opener
Cincinnati. Ort 1. The
commission announcer! tSat th n.
tal attendance at today's game was
ju.jii. ine roiai amount of revey
was $98.77& The
share was given as 877.80." '
the-remainder to" be divicWj a, $S8
900.20. Of this the sha?e
was given as $53,34o.U; and the'
share of the two- clubs and the
leagues at $35,560.08.
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