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DANCE TOGETHER ,
AS DIVORCE IMPENDS.
'New York, Nov. 8. Maurice and
Florence Walton, ' noted ' society
dancers, known jn private life as
Mr, and Mrs. Maurice Mouvet,
glided and pirouetted on the bali
room floor of the Hotel Biltmore
' Friday and hundreds commented on
their evident devotion to one an
other, v Yet just a few hours pre
viously the beautiful danseuse hid
, filed suit for divorce before Supreme
Court Justice Piatt , in White
Plains. .
News of the impending divorce
came as a shock to the numerous
. friends of the couple in the theatri
cal 'district and there was much
speculation as to the identity of the
. corespondent and hints .that spicy
testimony' might be expected. ' The
case, however, has been turned over
to a referee and none of the testi
mony may be made public. . s
PRACTICALLY CONCEDE
REPUBLICAN'S ELECTION.
Oklahoma City. Nov. 8. The elec
tion, of J. W. Harreld,' republican
nominee, who made his race on an
nnti-league of nations platform, over
deniocratic nominfe, Clause Weav
er seemed assured on the face of
complete unofficial returns from 236
. out of 265 precincts'in the Fifth con
gressional district. -,
EXCHANGE -DINNERS ,.,
VIA THE AIRPLANE.
. Paris Nov. 8. Exchanging din
ners by airplane between Pnris and
London is the latest fad of the "400 '
. in v both, capitals. Special thermos'
hampers containing distinctive
French foods with choice French
wines and liquors are shipped from
Paris bv "air express", to London,
I arriving at the home of the con
signee steaming hot in time for din
ner. . '
Simultaneously hampers filled
with English v specialties, such as
grouse, plum pudding and select ales
are shipped from London to Paris.
Anthony Drexel, who is staying a!
the Ritz, was one of the first to re
' eeive such a Lucullian consignment
fty air from London. The biggest
Paris hotels are arranging to receive
typical Christmas dinners cooked in
England for their; English guests,
to be shipped" at noon and eaten the
same evening here. !
THOUSANDS DYING OF
WAR WOUNDS IN FRANCE.
"Paris, Nov. 8. France's death
roll of war wounded is growing at
an appalling rate. At the various
military hospitals alone 28,000 sol
diers arid COO officers have died
since . the armistice from wounds
and he effects of poison gas - not
counting the thousands who have
died or are dying at private homes.
LADY ASTOR TO EXPOSE
PAPERS THAT RIDICULED.
London,. TCov. 8. "When V get to
the House of Commons I shall ex
pose every newspaper tht made a
stunt' put, of my campaign, says
Lady Astor.
, have a good case against the
papers that are making fun of me.
They arc trying to be humorous, but
it s a dead humor. 1 am oeaaiy se
rious;, there is nothing funny about
rr.v campaign." x -
' Th,e viscountess is receiving mes
sages from riends all over the
world wishing her luck. She got a
cablegram from Admiral Sims,( con
taining an enthusiastic "boost" for
her. Letters of similar tenor have
reached her from ; Arthur Balfour,
the former fereign minister; J. M.
Barrie. the playwright, and H. A.
Fisher, minister of education. The
latter wrote: ,
"It's too had you're being a vis
countess, but it will be glorious to
welcome you in Commons."
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NEW-BORN BABIES
DYING BY THE DOZEN,
v Vienna, Nov. 8. New-born babies
are dying by the dozen in the Va
rious maternity homes and hospitals
of Vienna, owing to the complete
absehee of fuel. Hundreds of men,
1 women and children are succumb-
tag in the streets to the sufferings
' of hunger. i v
There is growing unrest among
the poverty-stricken workers and
the Renner regime is threatened
with overthrow. These facts have
been noted by the allied reparation
commission, which is returning to
Paris to report them to the peace
conference. . '
SELL PORTERHOUSEFOR .
18 CENTS. AT A PROFIT.
Chicago. Nov. 8 To back up
charges that some of their employ
ers were profiteering, ' striking
butchers opened a large retail shop
and sold porterhouse steak at 18
Cents a pound, veal chops at 16
cents a pound and hamburger steak
at 10 cents a pound. Other meats
were sold at a correspondingly low
price and the union butchers de
clared that although the figures
were SO to 75 per cent below the
prices charged by a majonty of the
retail butchers, the strikers were
making a fair profit oa their sales.
The union butchers are demanding
and increase from $35 to $40 a week
" m their minimum weekly wage.
WILSON LEARNS TO -WRITE
WITH LEFT HAND.
Washington, iNov. 8. President
Wilson according to his private phy
sician, Dr. Grayson,. has learned to
write with his left hand and thus
had experienced no difficulty in han
dling the -emergency matters placed
before him. His ambidexterity has
served him in good stead in his ill
ness, the doctor declared. '.
- The president learned to write
with his left hand after frequent at
tacks of neuritis in his right hand
due to continuous writing. Dr. Gray
son declares. In the course of a
rear the president is called on n
sign around. 15.000 documents and
the thousands of demands for his
autograph make his job no light
tas.k. I the- war, the burden was
increase! by the thousands of army
and navy commissions which re-
" quire - the president's signature.
The ' excessive strain finally
brought on neuritis which compelled
him to rest his arm frequently. la
those intervals the president prac
ticed writing with his left hand until
he became proficient at it Now,
Dr. Grayson says, he can write his
jiame (-with either -hand with equal
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SENATE ADOPTS
RESERVATION TO
TREATY OF PEACE
Republican ' Leaders Sweep
Aside Suggested Modification
And Carry Entire Measure.
Washington, Nov. 8. A reserva
tion purposing to safeguard the na
tion's right to withdraw from mem-
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ORDER MINE
WORKERS TO
END STRIKE
federal District Court Judge
Off Walkout and
Operating at Once.
Resume
STRIKE IN VIOLATION OF ."
WARTIME FUEL CONTROL
While Not Illegal, Action of
Men, .Under the Circum
stances, Approaches Rebel
lion, Jurist Says.
Indianapolis, Nov. 8. Cancella
tion of the strike order, which, since
midnight of October 31, has kept
400,000 union bituminous miners out
of the coal pits of the country, was
ordered by Judge A. B. Anderson
in the federal district court here
today. i '
Violation of the wartime federal
food and fuel control act, as alleged
by the attorney general's depart
ment, was affirmed by the court,
who said that the strike was not
only illegal, but that under the cir
cumstances it approached rebellion.
Unless the union leaders choose
to defy the court and there was no
indication tonight of any such in
tention they can move only to
wards ending the big walkout. The
court's order was so worded that
failure to cancel the strike call or
anjraffirmative woVd or action tend
ing to "aid and abet" the continu
ance of the strike, would make them
violators of the injunction and in
contempt of court.
Must Act on Monday.
Tonight, therefore, the union lead
ers 'are under orders to meet here
Monday, draw up a cancellation of
the strike order, submit it for Judge
Anderson's approval by 10 a. m.,
Tuesday, and Jiava. notice of it on
the way to all local and district
unions by 6 p. m. that day. TeU
grams summoning district presi
dents of the union and members" of
the executive board and the central
competitive field scale committee to
meet here Monday were dispatched
a few hours after Judge Anderson's
sweeping mandate had been issued.
Union officials here would not
comment upon the court action.
"Not a word," said John L. Lewis,
acting president of the big organi
zation, and his colleagues were even
less communicative. A shake of the
head, sometimes accompanied by a
grim smile, was as far as they
wished to go towards indicating
what they though of the situation.
C. B. Ames, assistant attorney
general, who conducted the case for
the government, also smiled, but
more cheerfully than the union men
when asked for comment, and said:
"The decision speaks for itself.
Order 'Surprises Leaders.
Washington, " Nov. 8. Federal
Judge Anderson's order to the of
ficers of the miners' union to with
draw their strike order was received
by national labor leaders here ap
parently with surprise. They had
believed the strike could he with
drawn from the court and. settled
outside.
The court's ruling, however, was
accepted without comment, and in
the belief that the strikers would be
.it work not later than next Thurs
day. The statement by officers of
the United'Mine Workers that they
had no desire to fight the govern
ment was accepted generally as the
teeling and attitude of the men.!
Department of Justice officials
said they believed the officers of the
miners' organization who called the
strike would formally issue the can
cellation notice at their meeting in
Indianapolis Monday. Announce
ment by counsel for the miners that
Acting President Lewis unquestion
ably would abide by the court's or
der indicated, according to most la
bor leaders, that the men would re
turn to work when Lewis directed.
No Change in Situation.
Reports from the mining regions
showed no change in the general
situation although operators claimed
considerable improvement in some
states, particularly Alabama and
West Virginia.
' All government agencies charged
with the duty of protecting the
public and seeing that coA reached
points in need of it, went forward
with their plans without regard to
court developments.
The geological survey, in its
weekly summary of bituminous pro
duction, showed that Uf to the mo
ment they walked out the miners
worked faithfully and in the five
day period up to November
turned out the greatest onnage of
coal ever mined in a similar period
in this country. .
Won't Alter Stand.
Pittsburgh, Kas., Nov. 8. "Re
gardless of the injunctions, prisons
and judges in the United States. I
will not alter my stand, for I be
lieve we are right." declared Alex
ander Howat president of district
14, United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, when questioned as to what
hi attitude would be toward the
mandates issued in Indianapolis.'
President Howat said this had been.
expected and the court order "makes
no difference in the situation to
me."
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with every republican senator and
six democrats voting for it or paired
sr. its support.
Holding the whip hand by a safe
majority, - the republican leaders
swept aside every suggested modifi
cation and carried the reservation
through exactly as approved by the
foreign relations committee. Two
republican senators of the mild res
ervation group led a stubborn fight
to alter it, but, after they had failed,
voted for adoption.
The final count was 50 to 35, and
pairs announced for the absentees
showed the entire senate member
ship to be. divided, 55 to 41. Five
.emocrats Senators Reed, Mis
souri; Gore, Oklahoma; Smith,
Georgia; Walsh, Massachusetts, and
Chamberlain, Oregon voted in the
affirmative, while. Senator Shield,
democrat, Tennessee, was paired in
avor of the reservation.
The first of 14 reservations pro
posed by the committee to carry out
a program which its sponsors say
has been pledged a safe majority
throughout the reservation, provides:-.
"The United States so under
stands and construes article 1 that
in case of notice of withdrawal from
the league of nations, as provided in
said article, the United States shall
he the sole judge as to whether all
its international obligations and all
its obligations under the said cove
nant have been fulfilled, and notice
of withdrawal by the United States
may be given by a concurrent reso
lution of the congress of the United
States."
NO ANTI-STRIKE
PROVISIONS IN I
RAILROAD BILL
Committee Completes Measure
"winch Now Goes to House
For Consideration. '
i Washington, Nov. 8. (By The As
sociated Press.) Finally refusing to
include an anti-strike provision in
its program of permanent railroad
legislation, the house interstate
commerce , committee completed
Saturday night the bill which will be
presented for consideration in the
house beginning Tuesday. Passage
of the bill by the end of the next
week is planned, Republican Leader
Mondell informed the house. Night
sessions of the house will be held
next week, if necessary, to pass the
bill, he added.
Voluntary arbitration through
boards similar to those created dur
ing the war was agreed on bythe
committee as the basis of the labor
section. The only penalties pro
vided are assessment of dfmages
against a railroad for a lockout of
employes in violation, of a contract
or against a union authorizing r.
strike that would violate a contract.
Under the provisions the carrier
would be Habile to double the dam
ages suffered by an employe from
loss of employment and the union
would' be liable for the full damages
suffered by a carrier because of
breach of an employment contract
Habeas Corpus Writ
Sought by Woman
WitH Three, Dogs
Mildred Ashlyn, arrested October
30 at 2805 South Fifteenth street,
charged with grand larceny and re
ceiving stolen property, applied to
the district court yesterday for a
writ of habeas corpus.
She is the woman who attained
notoriety by her possession of three
bulldogs, said to be valued at $20,
000, and alleged to be the property
of Dr. William Grimes of Haw
thorne, N. J. '
Mrs. Ashly alleges that she was
arrested without a warrant issued
upon a complaint filed before a
magistrate, as required by law, and
that she 'has been denied bail.
Woman Representative Won't
Accept Per Diem Allowance
Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 8. Miss
Esto Broughton, representing Stan
islaus county in the assembly, re
turned to State Comptroller John S.
Chambers a warrent for $25, repre
senting her per. diem and mileage
for attendance at the recent special
tegislative session.'which ratified the
federal woman suffrage amendment.
Miss Broughton said she could not
accept pay or mileage for attending
this session.'
Will Pour Thousands of
Bottles of Beer Into Sewer
Sheriff Clark will dispose of sev
eral thousand bottles of beer by
pouring it down the sewer Monday
morning. Most of this was taken in
a raid on the home of Anton Lar
son, West Center street, in the
summer of 1917. It has been stored
in a vault, which was partly de
stroyed by the court hous lire. The
beer is spoiled,
CONTINUETO
DRIVE HARD
ON RADICALS
Raids Made in Brooklyn, Man
hattan and Bronx Saturday
Night Put More Than 500
More "Reds" Behind Bars.
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The Passing Show
LABOR ORGANIZERS IN
PENNSYLVANIA TAKEN
60 Alleged Radicals Arrested
In Bridgeport, Conn., by
Agents of Department ' of
Justice Aided by Local Police.
New York, Nov. I 8. Federal,
state and city agencies joined hands
tonight in 70 raids upon "red"
leaders in Manhattan, Brooklyn and
the Bronx and as a result.niore than
500 prisoners were brought to po
lice headquarters for examination.
The raids .were, directed by the
Lusk state committee appointed by
the state legislature to investigate
radicalism. Agents ol the Depart
ment of Justice, New York state
troopers, state plain clothes' men,
city detectives and all available city
policemen co-operated.
Search warrants were issued by
Chief City Magistrate McAdoo.
. The largest number of prisoners
was taken from a hall on East Fifth
street. It was said that 150 persons
were arrested there.
1 Thirty-eight places were raided in
Brooklyn where it was said that
more than 300 suspected radicals
were arrested.
Among those taken into custody
was "Big Jim" Larkin, Irish labor
leader, who was taken from his
home by state troopers. A few days
ago the British consul in this city
refused to vise passports Larkin
had for Great Britain.
Deputy Attorney General Berger
announced that he, bad ordered 100
of the .200 prisopjjio far ex
amined, to , be held on charges of
criminal anarchy and that the others
had been released.
Two Organizers Held.
Johnstowri, Pa., Nov. 8.--T. J.
Conboy, organizer of the steel
workers' union, and Frank . Hall,
organizer of the carmen, invited
several days ago to leave Johns
town by a committee of business
,men, departed tonight. City detec
tives tonight arrested Dominick Gi
lotte, organizer for the United Mine
Workers, and Frank Kurowiski,
American Federation of Labor or
ganizer, on charges of being "sus
picious persons." City and county
officials said the prisoners were be
ing held for federal authorities.
60 More Caught.
Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 8. Sixty
alleged radicals were arrested to
night in raids by agents of the De
partment of Justice, aided by local
police. Most of the prisoners were
taken in boarding houses on, the
east side, and were brought to city
court chambers to be examined,
v General Warfare.
Washington, Nov. 8. Inaugurat
ing a general warfare on, radical
aliens advocating forcible overthrow
of the government, agents of ,the De
partment of Justice, assisted by the
immigration bureau, rounded up
nearly 900 men and women in raids
last night and today in more than
a score of cities, including the na
tional capital itself.. ,
More than 200 of those arrested
will be held for deportation and it
was announced at the Department
of Justice that it was the intention
to request the Department of La
bor to deport all aliens found to be
engaged in radical activities.
Seize Bomb Material. -
In their raids in Newark and Tren
ton," N. J., the federal agents seized
materials for making bombs and
complete counterfeiting outfit, to
gether with considerable counterfeit
money. In practically every raid
the Officers found great quantities
of literature of the "red" nature.
The-Union of Russian Workers
first came into prominence during
the senate investigation of the steel
strike, Jacob jMargolis, counsel for
the strikers' contmittee, testifying
that he sougKt the aid of the Rus
sians in the strike.
Attorney General - Palmer de
scribed the Russian union as "even
more radical than the bolsheviki"
andy declared its purpose was to
amalgamate all of the (Russian
groups in the United States into one
organization. Mass action, includ
ing armed action in time of "great
national strife," i s , the principle of
the union, he said. . . ,
Mr. Palmer disclosed tonight also
that Adolph Schnabel, whom he de
scribed as "the brains of the union
of Russian workers," was taken into
custody 10 days ago. He is now at
Ellis. Island, awaiting deportation.
Peter Bianki, who succeeded Schna
bel as general secretary of the Rus
sian ui.ion, als" is being held for de
portation. ' . , i
With the announcement of the
nation-wide ! raids, Chairman John
son of the'house immigration com
mittee said his committee soon
would begin an investigation of th
alleged delays in the deportation of
aliens now in custody. The com
mittee, also will seek to determine
whether any additional legislation to
deal with radical aliens is necessary. ,
IMPASSE ?
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ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR TOURISTS IN
ITALY LACKING
Housing ; Problem So Acute
That in Rome Alone 4,000
Families Are Homeless. J
Rome, Nov. 2. (Bv Universal
Service Staff Correspondent) Italy
faces the problem of finding the 19,
000 tourists who, according to an
announcement emanating from the
United States embassy at Rome,
will visit the country during the
season of 1920. The prospect has
caused consternation in Italian of
ficial circles, for there are no ac
commodations for so tremendous an
influx of sightseers, particularly as
the American sightseeing contingent
will be only one of many from all
parts of the world. - .
Already jhe housing problem in
Italy is so acute that,in Rome alone
over 4,000 families - are homeless
The venerable coliseum has been
appropriated by hundreds of unfor
tunates, who have tufned it into a,
veritable tenement of the homeless.
Babies Wail, Guitars Strum.
1 At night the ghostly silence which
pervaded the historic pile, is broken
by the hum of scores of voices,
punctuated with the wailing of
babies, and the strumming of gui
tars and' mandolins. . Candles and
camp fires light up every alcoveTand
corridor, where, in pre-war days,
only the moonlight broke .the sha
dows. The musty odor of cen
turies has given place to the prosaic
perfume of frying fish. ,
Similar scenes are features at the'
colonade of St. Peters and -in the
Piazza Venezza, where the captured
cannon of the Austrians - cluster.
Each gun lias its nightly sleeper.
No apartments are to be h:t(d
throughout the length and breadth
of taly. Consequently the hotels
are crowded to capacity with fami
lies of means, who have leased suites
for periods of months or years.
Some Hotels Disappear.
A new form of graft has" found
birth owing to the overcrowded
conditions. Every real estate agent
in the land is coining hundreds of
dollars by the simple expedient of
charging a small fee for admitting
home hunters to the waiting list,
well knowing that the fee will never
be justified. N
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Newspaper Publishers to
Discuss Paper Shortage
New York, Nov. 8. A meeting of
the American Newspaper Publish
ers' association will be held next
Wednesday to take action in con
nection with thershortage in the
news print supply. The Pulp and
Paper Manufacturers' association
also will meet Wednesday and an at
tempt will be made to formulate a
constructive plan to better the situation.
PHYSICIANS SAY '
WILSON SHOWS
GENERAL MEND
Philadelphia Doctor flofds Con
sultation With Grayson Over
President's Condition.
Washington, Nov. 8. Dr. Francis
Dercum cf Philadelphia paid nis reg
ular weekly visit to President Wil
son Saturday and held a consulta
tion with Rear Admiral Grayson and
Stitt and Dr. Sterling Rufflh of this
city. '
After, the consultation Dr. Grayi
sonvSaidVthe visiting physicians were
satisfied with the president's condi
tion and noted a general impfbve
ment. ' -. "
Naval Seaplane N-9 .;
- Arrives in Omaha on
, . Gross Country, Trip
The: big naval seaplane, '. N-9,
swooped under the Douglas street
bridge, an? made a perfect landing
at its "base" on the ' Missouri river
at 1:45 p. m. yesterday, after a flight
of two hours and 45 minutes from
Kansas City. ' . .
The plane, which is a 180-horse-power
Hispano-Suiza, is -piloted .by
Lieut.. R. P. Applegate. U. S. N.,
who ys making a cross-country
flight with his mechanician, J. An
gar, who rate! mechanician fjrst
class in the navy, to stimulate in
terest in naval aviation- . ,
.Lieutenant Applegate made three
landings on his. trip from Kansas
City, and will remain with his plane
in Omaha for several days, boost
ing recruiting in the air service of
the navy.'- i
Today the lane will fly over
the city, dropping literature re
garding enlistments in naval avia
tion. - Free rides will, be given
every recruit who joins this branch'
of the service in Opajiay .,
Sugar Board Has No Control
Over the Pesent Crop
NewYork, Nov. 8.,-The sugar
equalization board issued a state
ment today explaining that it has no
control over the present beet crop
and is willing that it should be sold
snywhere in the United States. The
explanation is made -to correct what
is termed a prevalent impression
that the board has confined the sale
of beet sugar to certain pre.scribea
territory.
Special Committee
Finishes Estimate
Of Damage in Riots
- - - t t,
The special committee appointed
by the county commissioners last
.Wednesday to estimate the cost of
restoring county records destroyed
in the court house fire, reported that
the cost will- be .250,000 for the
records destroyed fn the register of
deeds' office $40,000 for those in
thje treasurer's office and $10,000
for those in the assessor's office.
Believe Eight Drowned
When Launch Overturns
Memphis; Nov. 8. Eight persons
were missing and were believed to
night to have drowned and two
others were seriously injured when
the launch "Dubalong" with a hunt
ing party from Harrisburg, XII. was
sVamped in the Mississippi river
about 25 miles north of here. ' J. H.
Pearson, a member of the party, who
reached here, reported the accident.
Those reported missing were S. O.
Davis, Clyde Davis and his son,
Samual Russell, B. W. Peck, Henry
Baker, Henry Nichols and Albert
Harris. All were members
Harris Hunting club of Har
and were enroute to Lake
idence.
NEGRO GUILTY
OF ASSAULTING.
BESSIE KROUPA
Jury -Returns Verdict ' After
Deliberating Three and & -Half
Hours. ,
, Ira Johnson, negro, was found
guilty of criminal assault by a jury
:n District Judge Redidc's court last
night after three and a half hours
oj deliberation. ' V
Johnson was charged wrfth tying
18-yar-oid Bessie Krouoa. a white
P girl, to a log in a ravine near River-
vjew park and assaulting her on
July 7. i '
His trial took four davs in Tudee
Redick's court. The arguments and!
charge or the judge took more than
half a day. The case wejit to the
jury,at 4:.0 yesterday afjerpoon and
the verdict was returned at 8 o'clock,
-, Penalty for this' crime is '.fixed by
the statutes at one to 20 years' 'im
prisonment. 1 Defended by Mayor's Firm.
Johnson's defense was conducted
f-by Attorney Frank Howell of Mayor
cuu. i c:
.'uiiiu s law mm..
Little Miss Kroupa fainted on the
witness stand ' during the cross-examination
by Attorney Frank How
ell.t She insisted that Johnson was
the man 'who attacked her. All- at
tempts of Johnsonts attorney to
shake1 the girl in her' conviction
failed! "That face I caii never for
get," she wept. .. .
She, told of starting to return to
work after her luncheon on July 7
cf noon. The neighborhood iu which
she lives is sparsely settled and in
front of one of the open Stretches of
vacant property Johnson . accosted
her, she said. . " . '
Miss Kroupa told of her desperate
fight with her assailant. " Her ac
count of the -negro's abuse was re
volting. The girl's mother created
a dramatic icene in the course of
the trial by bitterly denouncing the
attorneys for Johnson and again by
hurrying across the court room in
an effort to get at the accused negro.
Johnson Denies Guilt
Witnesses identified Johnson as
the negro they saw loitering in the
vicinity ot the scene ot the crime
shortly before the attack took place.
Johnson denied on the witness
s.and yesterday that he was even
.ear the scene of the criminal as
sault. He explained scratches on his
rheek and blood on the sleeve of his
shirt by declaring that he shaved
oil that 'day and cut his face 'and
wiped the blood off on his shirt
sleeve. The razor with which he
shaved he borrowed from "Mexican
Joe," a fellow worker at the Gib-J
son ice house he said.
PROfiiiSED
FREEDOM
BY POLICE
Captain Haze Offered Liberty
to Prisoners for False Testi
mony Before Grand Jury,
They Declare in Affidavits. 1
.
ROTTEN POLICE METHODS
LAID BARE BY YOUTHS
f the
ishurg,
Provi-
Court Doubtful as to
Validity of Dry Law
New York, Nov. 8. Doubt as to
the validity of the wartime prohi
bition law was expressed here today
bv Federal Judge Learned Hand.
He voiced his opinion during argu
ment Oil a motion to vacate an in
junction classifying the Eastern
hotel as a public nuisance under
the Volstead act.
f
Teachers Don't Want Union.
Milwaukee, Wis.. Nov. 8. The
Wisconsin Teachers' association at
the closing session of the annual
meeting went on record as against
unionizing.
Admit They Never Saw ' Bee, '
Man They Testified Against
Until After Case Had Been .
, Framed by Detectives.
Captain of Police Henry P. Haze
"frameefc-up" the malicious and false
testimony submitted to the grand
jury upon which J. Harry Moore.'
reporter for The Bee.as Judicted
Friday, on a charge pt conspiracy
to commit arson in connection with
the riot ofSeptember 28.
This statement was made" to a re
porter for The Bee in the county
jail yesterday by Ernest Morris
and Harold Thorp, confessed mem
bers of the mob, upon whose evi
de nee thi indictment against the re
porter was returned.
Both Morris and Thorp made af
fidavits to the effect that Haze pre
vailed upon them to perjure them
selves in order to convict Moore,
whose investigations as a newspaper
man have resulted in sensational and
startling revelations against the'
Qmaha police department, upon a
promise that they would not be re
quired to' serve their full sentences
in jail for rioting.
Promised Release.
They were told they would be re
leased from jail as soon as the re
porter had been tried and sent to the
penitentiary."" '" ' ' y
WIien the boys told Captain Haie
they never had; laid their eyes on
-The Bee reporter, the 'policeman re
plied hi would arrange it so they
could see the man. . ; ,
i Several days afterwards Captain .-
Haze approached the reporter or
the street and voiced the lie that'
some one wanted to speak to him
at the City hall in room No. 201.
Morris and Thorp were waiting
when Mcore arrived. The boys were
given an opportunity to see the re
porter. Moore then was told an
other untruth by -Captain Haze
when the policeman declared (the
man who wanted to speak to him j
had gone home.
Star Investigator.
Captain Haze' is Commissioner''
Ringer's right-hand man ."and spe
cial investigator. He fs the man
Commissioner Ringer assigned to
assist the grand jury in investigat
ing the riot. Captain Haze,, is the
same maV who was placed in charge
of 4he police squad at the court
house the . afternoon -of the riot.
Captain'Haze is the same man who
reported to Captain Heitfield at the
station that the mob had been dis
persed at 4:15 o'clock and that alt
danger was passed. On the strength
of this misrepresentation-50 police
men, who were being held in re
serve' at the Central station, were,
sent to their homes.
This blunder was attributed dF
rectl to Captain Haze's false and
inexcusable report. The 50 policev
men were sent home iii accordance
with Captain Hazes instructions at
thev very, hour when, under capable
and proper) leadership,- murder.- ar
son ajtd ,, riot would have been
avoided., r. ' ' , . ,
Captain Haze is .the same man
who was discharged under aiformer
administration for indecent and im
proper, conduct 'towards women.
Captain Haze is the man to whom
Commissioner Ringer looks for his
most particular and delicate detec
tive work.
Wanted to Get Reporter.
Morris ' and Thorp declare that
Haze and another detective, whose
najne is unknown to them, tried for
days to rrevail on them to swear to
falsehood in order that they might
get the reporter who had been
showing up the crooked work and
rotten conditions in the police de
partment. Whether or not Commissioner
Ringer and Chief Eberstein had a
hand in the fraineup on the reporter,
Morris and Thorpe were unable to
say. Haze is known to be very close
to and confidential with Commis
sioner Ringer and Chief Eberstein.
Both the commissioner and the
chief "are known , heretofore always
(ronllnurdnn ra Eight, Column On.)
A
Boy Taking Paper to Mother
Arrested by Busy Policeman
John Monlco, Forest Kidder,
Leon Thomas and Harold Davis,
Bee newhnv. iw rrttA i..
night by patrolman Bitters, former
ly a police sergeant, and changed
with disturbing the peace.
John Monico in describing his ar
rest said: ' . j i
"I was .throuzh sellinsr niv namrs
and was waiting for a car.. I had
a paper under my arm which I was
taking home to my mother. The of
ficer approached me and said, 'What
paper is that? v
"I told him it was a 'Bee, and he
said. 'What ate vou" doine with that?
' Come along with m ' "