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PRINZE OF WALES SENDS
GREETING TO AMERICANS .
Washington, Nov. 11. The prince
, of Wales concluded the first day of
his visit to the United States with a
message, of greeting tonight to the
American people, in which he paid a
warm tribute to the part played in
he world war by the army and navy
of the United States. The prince
delivered his message in person at
the National Press club. I
His official welcome was crowned
tonight with a banquet tendered by
Vice President Marshall, acting in
the place of President Wilson, and it
was at the close of this function that
the prince drove to the press club
and expressed thanks for his wel
come in a message addressed to the
nation.
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CHEYENNE COALLESS
AND IN GRIP OF COLD WAVE.
Denver, Nov. If. The Rocky
Mountain regions are in the, grip of
a cold wave, which descended sud
denly, causing a, drop of 32 degrees
in temperature in one hour, and
bringing below zero weather to
Wyoming and Montana.
J he official thermometer herej
t-Bistereu o degrees aDove zero at
6 o'clock. 1
Snow plows were sent ahead of
trains on railroads to the north of
Denver because of drifts from snow
falls.
-At least 200 families in Cheyenne
are without coal, and there is not a
pound of surplus coal in the city.
AGGIES TAKE DAY OFF Tp
CELEBRATE ARMISTICE
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. H. Denied
a holiday for the celebration of
armistice day, more than 500 stu
dents at the State Agricultural col
lege here voted to take the day off
and arranged their own celebration
program. In the heart of the city
buglers sounded "taps," while the
500 khaki-clad students, headed by
thft-school service flag bearing sev
eral hundred ,starsvparaded through
the streets carrying an immense cof
fin on which the word "Germany"
had been painted. Later the coffin
was buried with elaborate ceremony.
"CASEYS" TO RAISE FUND
FOR CARDINALL MERCIER.
New York, Nov. 11. In response
to an appeal by Cardinal Mercier of
Belgium, the Knights of Columbus.,
started a "campaign among the or
ganization's 600,000 members to
raise a voluntary gift fund, which
will-be turned over to the Belgian
primate to be used in the great task
of rebuilding Belgium's educational
system. 'The news that the
"Caseys" had enlisted in the fight
which Cardinal, Mercier plans to
carry on against bolshevism bv
means of educational methods, was
made known by James A. Flaherty,
supreme knight of the Knights of
iColumbus, to whom Cardinal Mer
cier appealed for financial aid.
DECLARE WAR AGAINST,
BEGGARS IN UNIFORM.
Washington Nov. . 11. TheYW-ar
department has announced that it
would co-operate fully in the cam
paign launched in New York to rid
the city of beggars and peddlers in
army uniforms. Similar assistance
will be rendered other cities afflicted
with the nuisance, the department
also announced.
Maj. Gen. William G. Haan, now
sin charge 'of the soldier employ
ment bureau of the War depart
ment, is determined to use every
means possible to uphold the sanc
tity of the army and navy uniforms
throughout the country. There are
practically no laws against such
misuse, save in isolated communi
ties, but Secretary Baker and Gen
eral Haan hope to achieve' their end
by calling on the general public io
cease patronizing such offenders.
EDITH CAVELL'S CELL
TO BE MADE MUSEUM.
Brussels, Nov. 11. (French Wile
less Service.) The cells 'occupied
by Edith Cavell and Gabrielle Petit
previous to their execution by the
Germans are to be transformed into
miniature museums. This Jias been
decided by the court of justice.
Clothes worn by the two women,
their books and other belongings
have been collected and placed in the
cells. Plates bearing appropriate in
scriptions will be attached to the
doors.
PRINCE MAY RETURN
AS GOVERNOR GENERAL.
Toronto, Nov. 11. The Globe to
day publishes a rumor that ths
prince of Wales is to return as
Canada's governor general.
AMERICAN IN GERMAN
ARMY LONGS FOR HOME.
Berlin, Nov. 11. Otto von Bue
low, native born American, 23 years
old and hailing from New York,
enjoys th distinction of being the,
only American today wearing the
"German uniform. .
Young Buelow fought' for the
kaiser for 18 months, part of the
time even against his own country
men. He is now helping to steady
the still shaky German republic as
the only American membe. of the
"reichswehr," better known as
"Noske's guard."
As an 18-year-old boy he was
arrested on the charge of complic
ity in the blowing up of Bethlehem
steel mill No. 4,, and a powder plan!
in Virginia. He was imprisoned on
a school ship, but after a daring
escape went to Christiania as a
sailor on a Norwegian ship.
Though not speaking a wfird of
German, he enlisted in the German
army at Stralsund, in 1915, fought
for 16 months on the Macedonian
front, later saw" service on other
theaters of operation to the end of
the war and was wounded once.
Unable to find work after the
army's collapse, he was. forced to en
list in Noske's guard, getting five
marks ($1.25) a day. Since, with his
enlistment in a foreign army, he
automatically lost his American
citizenship, it is argued Buelow
could not be charged with treason,
as Germany wa,s not then an enemy
of his native country,
Buelow bitterly regrets his enlist
ment and attributes his predicament
to the adventurous spirit of youth.
' He longs to return to America and
begin life anew. He has had no word
from h'"s parents since his escape.
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U.S-.TO HELP
NEGOTIATE
WAGE PACT
Coal Miners Accept Invitation
Of Secretary Wilson to Meet
And Arrange Basis of Set
tling Wage Problem.
WORKERS DISAGREE ON
ORDER TO RESUME WORK
Martial Law Declared in
North Dakota and Governor
Orders State Troops to
Seize Lignite Mines.
Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 11. Gov.
L. J. Frazier announced that he
had proclaimed martial law in
North Dakota and that the state
would take over the lignite coal
mines at once, following failure of
miners and operators to come to
an agreement last night as re
quested by the governor.
Governor Frazier ordered the
adjutant general to assume charge
of the situation at once.
Washington, .Nov. 11. Having
forced the miners to call off the
coal strike the government set out
today to help them negotiate a new
wage agreement.
On the heels of the announce
ment that Federal Judge Anderson
at Indianapolis had approved the
order promulgated by the United
Mine Workers of America rescind
ing the strike notice, Secretary Wil
son invited representatives of the
miners and operators from all the
fields involved in the walkout to
meet here Friday "for the purpose
of negotiating a basis of settle
ment." The miners accepted. When Mr.
Wilson went home, tonight he had
received no formal reply from the
operators, bmVwas unofficially, ad
vfseiTthaf'tTiey would "comply with
his request. The secretary waS as
sured by operators and miners that
they would endeavor faithfully to
frame a pay scale that would send
the 425,000 strikers back to work
faithfully and at ence.
Wilson Steps to Front.
The secretary of labor, again step
ping to the front as mediator, will
take up his work exactly as it was
laid aside two weeks ago, except
that no strike threat will hang over
theonference. Instead of there be
ing present in the conference repre
sentatives of miners and operators
only from the central competitive
fields, - embracing the states of In
diana, Illinois, Ohio and western
Pennsylvania, the conference will in
clude miners from all fields involved
in the strike, stretching overmore
than 20 states. Mr. Wilson's action
in broadening the scope of the wage
negotiations was a surprise to the
operators, but the larger plan of
representation was adopted because
of the desire ot men trom other
fields to have a voice in the delibera
tions. The final breaking up of the
s'.rike, with announcement by the
miners' officials that they would
heed the blunt command of the fed
eial court, brought a sigh of relief
from official Washington and ex
pressions of surprise from labor
leaders, who frankly had not ex
pected it.
Mail Order Rescinding -Strike
on Court Mandate
Indianapolis, Nov. 11. While the
representatives of the United Mine
Workers, who earlier in the day had
agreed to comply with the ..man
date of United States District judge
Anderson and late today mailed an
order rescinding the-strike, were
1iciiccinT tli. ftifitre nnlirv of the
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nrcani7atinn tplpoTams were re-1
ceived from Secretary of Labor
Wilson, and Thomas T. Brewster,
chairman of the operators' scale
committee, by John L. Lewis, acting
president of the miners, inviting the
miners' representatives into a con
ference. V ' I
Mr. Lewis on behalf of the min
ers, accepted the invitation of Sec
retary Wilson to meet the operators
of the country, in Washington-next
Friday morning at It o'clock and
replied to Mr. Brewster, who re
quested a meeting of the central
competitive scale committee with
the operators of the district in
Washington Monday, November 17
"to negotiate , a contract to be in
force upon the termination of the
contract now in effect," that the
miners already had accepted the
invitation of Mr. Wilson.
Although the strike has been
called off, the court action in the
strike case has not been completed
by any means. The miners' attor
neys are preparing their writ of
error with aiew to appealing the
case to the United States circuit
court of appeals and expect to file
their petition for this step within
the next two or three days.
Held by 'Court.
From the standpoint of the gov
ernment the miners themselves are
not absolved from further obedience
tc' the court's injunction through
withdfawal of the strike order and
unless the case is dismissed injunc-
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Bee and Editor Cited For
"Contempt For Publishing
Story of Police Frame-iip
Investigation of Charges 'Ordered by Judge Redick
Begun by Grand Jury Boys Reiterate State
ments Mace in Affidavits Showing Rottenness of
Police Department Methods in ' Attempting to
Connect Bee Reporter With Recent Rioting.
Following Judge W. A. Redick's
order late Monday afternoon that
the grand jury take up the investi
gation of the frame-up of the police
department against J. Harry Moore,
a Bee reporter,,who was indicted re
cently on a charge of conspiracy
with the riot of September 28, an in
formation was yesterday filed by
County Attorney Shotwell against
The Bee Publishing company, Vic
tor Rosewater and J. Harry Moore
ordering them to appear before
District Judge Redick Friday morn
ing to show reason why they should
not be punished for contempt of
court.
Told of "Frame-up."
The information of the court
quotes the article in The Sunday
Bee showing the contemptible
frameup of Police Captain Haze and
other members of the police depart
ment, including both the affidavits
of Earnest Morris and Harold
Thorp, in which both swor.e they
had been induced to swear falsely
before the grand jury against tyoore.
The information charges tint the
story as printed was "willful ""and
contemptuous matter," but does not
go into detail as to why such matter
is held to be "willful or contemptu
ous," except that it is designed to
"impede the usual course of jus
tice." v Quotes Headlines.
It quotes headlines in the paper
as follows:
"Boys Disclose the Frame-up
Promised, Freedom by Police." -
"Captain Haze Offered Liberty to
Prisoners for False Testimony Be
fore Grand Jury. They Declare Af
fidavits." "Rotten Police Methods Laid Bare
by Youths. Admit They Never Saw
Bee Man Before They Testified
Against Him After Case Framed by
Detectives."
. On the .same - day . and within a
few hours of the time the contempt
order was made, both Thorp and
Morris reiterated their statements
SNOW AND COLD'
COME WITH GALE
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FROM THE WEST
Omaha Swept by Blizzard
Following Mild Day Tem
perature Near Zero.
j Omaha experienced last night its
pf j
ursi severe siorm wis winter, ami
for a few hours it assumed the pro
portions of a genuine blizzard.
Yesjerday afternoon was mild and
pleasant, 'but darkness had scarcely
settled when, a strong wind arose
and at 7:30 snow began to fly. At 7
the thermometer registered 20 de
grees above zero, and in the suc
ceeding hour it dropped three
points. At 9 -it registered S de
grees above, and at 10, 13 degrees,
where it remained until after mid
night. ,
All evening snow fell. After 10 it
ceased. The wind continued blow
ing and small drifts streaked the
downtown streets. -
Railroad Service Improves.
The railroad service into Omaha
was better, however, than it had
been for two daysj- Union Pacific?
and Northwestern trains were but
from 15 minutes to two hours late.
The Rock Island train from Chi
cago ' and Des Moines, however,
Nvas five hours late.,
Telegraph reports at 'Union sta
tion early this morning indicated
that the. storm was centering about
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Republicans to Select
' City for Convention
Chicago, Nov. 11. Chairrhan Will
H. Hays issued a call for the re
publican national committee to meet
at 11 a. m. in Washington, D. C,
December 10 to fix the time and
place for the next republican na
tional convention. Apparently the
fight for the convention will be be
between Chicago and St. Louis.
Council Receives Answer
Of Roumania to Allied Note
Paris, Nov. 11. The supreme
council today received the reply of
the Roumanian government to the
allied note of October 20. It will
be- communicated to the various al
lied delegations.
Negro Who Killed Sheriff
Burned at Magnolia. Ark.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 11. Jor
dan Jameson, negro, who last Fri
day shot and killed Sheriff Greer
of Columbia county, near Magnolia,
wag taken from the officers at Mag
nolia early this morning and burruid
on the public square at Magnolia.
German Cardinal Dead. '
Cologne, Nov. 11. Cardinal Felix
von. Hartman. archbishop of Co
logne, is dead at his residence here.
contained in the affidavits published
in The Bee Sunday .that their testi
mony before the grand Jury against
The Bee reporter was the result
of a frame-up with members of the
police department
Other Papers Silent.
While these statements incrimi
nating the police were made In the
presence of witnesses to two news
paper reporters for the World
Herald and Daily News and re
ported by these, men back to their
respective offices, neither of these
papers yesterday afternoon carried
a line about the boys' statements.
The reporters for both the Herald
and the News interviewed Morris
and Thorp in the county jail. They
were told by the prisoners that the
account of the fraine-up in last Sun
day's Bee was absolutely accurate
and correct in every particular.
The News reporter was assigned
to interview the boys, so he told
Sheriff Mike Clark when he asked
for permission to talk to the pris
oners. News Knew Facts.
There is no doubt of Morris and
Thorp having told the News re
porter the facts in the case, ac
cording to the article printed in The
Bee, because the conversation be
tween the prisoners and the news
paper man was heard by 4eputy
sheriffs and attendants in the coun
ty jail.
When Francis Boyles, another re
porter for the Daily News, later in
terviewed Mr. Moore concerning the
proceedings he also declared he had
been told that the boys in jail re
iterated their story told by The Bee
last Sunday. , ,
Edward A. Jones, a reporter for
the World-Herald,N returned from
the county jail just before the grand
jury adjourned last night, a'ld de
clared the boys also told ''im that
Captain Haze had induceo tnem,
upon a promise of immunity to con-
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Helping a Lot
P-SOLDIERS
TARGET OF
RED RIFLES
Four Killed and Six Wounded
By Ambushed Gang While
Blaring Band Prevents
Sound of Shots Being Heard.
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
ORDERED TO RIOT SCENE
DIVORCE SOUGHT '
AS PREDICTED
BY BROADWAY
Pauline Frederick and Wil
lard Mack Disagree and
She Brings Suit.
Uy 1'nlrerial Service.
New York, Nov. 11. The Broad
way gossip of the last six months
that Pauline Frederick and Willard
Mack had not made a success ot
their marriage was verified today
when the stage and screen star
brought suit for absolute , divorce
from her actor-playwright husband.
Although Miss Frederick became
Mr. Mack's third wife about two
years ago, it was reported that they
had tired of each other at the time
"The Tiger Rose" was playing in
New York. A little later it was
rumored that difficulties between the
two had been adjusted and that
both were looking forward to a year
in California, where Miss Frederick
was to fill a motion picture con
tract. Charm Did Not Last.
Apparently the charm of a Cali
fornia bungalow did not last. Mr.
Mack wrote two stories for his
wife s pictures, played a small part
in one, and thqn Broadway heard
that Miss Frederick was occupying
the bungalow alone.
A little later Mack returned to
Broadway, and from that time
theatrical people- have been expect
ing the announcement that 'action
for a divorce had been begun.
Although Mr. Mack admits that
his three matrimonial ventures have
been failures, two of- his former
wives will appear this season in
plays of which he is co-author. His
friends quote him as saying tha'i,
while he can write plays to suit his
wives, this is more than he hasbeen
able to do in real life.
Marjorie Rambeau, who was Mr.
Mack's second wife, opened Sunday
at the Maxine. Elliot theater in the
"Unknown Woman," a melodrama
of which Mr. Mack is co-author,
Next month Miss Frederick is to
return to the legitimate stage in
"Lady Tony(," also a melodrama and
also written by Mr. Mack
Their Various Adventures.
MissFrederick married him soon
after his divorce from Miss Ram
beau. This was her second ven.ture.
Her first husband was Frank M.
Andrews, wealthy arfhitect, who de
signed the Hotel MoAlpin. He was
business associate of Charles P.
Taft, brother of the former pres
ident, and Miss Frederick was his
second wife. ,
Mr. Mack's iirst wife was Maude
Deone, who played in stock on the
Pacific coast and with Mr. Mack in
vaudeville playlettes he wrote. Mr.
Mack married Miss Rambeau in
Salt Lake just after she had com
pleted a number-of seasons in stock
in Los Angeles. Mis's Rambeau has
remarried. ' :
Miss Frederick was horn in Bos-
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ARMISTICE DAY
MARKED BY TWO
GREATEVENTS
Prince of Wales Arrives at
Washington and President
Wilson Sits Up for First''
Time in Weeks.
Washington, Nov. 11. Two events
of national importance not on the
arranged program the arrival of the
prince of Wales aS the guest of the
nation and President Wiisons leav
ing his bed for the first time since
illness forced him to abandon his
speaking tour last month marked
the celebration of Armistice day in
Washington. A-'general feeling of
relief in officiar circles over the de
rision of the soft coal miners to re
scind the strike order was another
high point in the day set apart for
commemorating the ending of hos
tilities in the war.
Rain fell almost continuously,
forcing many of the arranged events
oTcelebration to be held inside. The
rain, however, could not dampen the
ardor of, those participating in the
ceremonies connected' with the
planting of tvo memorial California
redwood trees in Lafayette squajje,
opposite the White House. '
At the anniversary hour. 11 a. m..
the rattle of musketry from the army
nring platoon formally announced
that the trees were in place, banked
by earth brought from many states
and with memory documents to be
sheltered for years to come beneath
their roots.v , '
Tonight a chorus of community
singers gathered on the steps of the-,
treasury across from the White
House to serenade Mr. Willsoln.
The president had planned some
days in advance to leave his sick
bed today as in some measure his
own commemoration of the signifi
cance of Armistice day, and reposing
in a wheel chair, was able to hear a
part of the program arranged by the
singers in his. honor.
Nothing Accomplished
On Treaty inong Debate
Washington, Nov.ll. The peace
treaty drifted into the doldrums
Tuesday, the senate talking for
seven hours and accomolishine
nothing .
fcach side is blaminsr the other for
the delay and hopes of winding up
the whole treatv ficht this week
are waning rapidly.
Four Killed When Log Boat
Rams Philadelphia Perry
Philadelphia. Nov. 11. Four men
were killed and four others injured.
when a Delaware river tug boat rani
med the side of -a crowded Philadel
phia and Readiirg Railway ferryboat
plying between 'Camden, N. J., and
this city. There was no panic, the
several hundred passengers being
taken otf the boat by other vessels.
TWO ABDUCTED
GIRLS FOUND IN
COUNCIL BLUFFS
Sister of One Trails Kidnapers
Across Country From
Philadelphia.
In the arrest in Council Bluffs last
night of Steve Marks, one-legged
gypsy, of 828 Avenue I, Council
Bluffs, Omaha. and Council Bluffs
police believe they have taken the
first decisive step in the solution of
the mysterious disappearance of a
12-year-old girl and a 14-year-old
girl from Philadelphia on March 1.
Marks is being he4d for investiga
tion. He admits he was ope of a
band of gypsies that kidnaped the
two girls but denies that he had
anything to do with the actual steal
ing of the children. Others of the
gypsy band will be arrested today,
the police. say. v
Rosie Mitchejl, 12, and Sonia
Evans. 14, the girls, were found
last night in Marks' home. Frank
Mitchell, father of Rosie, and Joe
Evans, brother of Sonia, arrived in
Omaha yesterday from Philadelphia
to bring the hunt for their girls to
an end. When Rosie met her
father and Sonia met her brother
in Council Bluffs police station last
night after more than eight months
roaming over the country among
strangers, hardened police officers
were deeply affected by the scene.
Traced by Sister.
The , story of Melia Mitchell's
heroic pursuit of the gypsy band
from Philadelphia 'half across the
continent and of her untiring ef
forts to locate her little sister and
rescue hfr is as interesting as any
filmdom has ever portrayed.
Frank Mitchell and Joe Evans,
appeared at Omaha Central police
station shortly before 9 last night
and told in broken English, how lit
tle Rosie Mitchell had been hired by
Steve Marks to do housework in
Philadelphia. After two weeks n
the employ of Marks, according to
Mitchell and Lvans, Marks came
west with the child and with him
also he took little Sonia Evans.
Melia Mitchell, 22 years old,
Rosie's older sister, started in pur
suit. All spring and summer she
searched. Two months ago she ar
rived in Omaha. She learned thit
her sister- was in or near Omaha
soon after her arrivel and set out
to learn the little one's-whereabouts.
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Melia found fophia Marks, a
sister of Marks, in a palmistry par
lor at 518 South Tenth street. She
took up her residence with Marks'
sister, and through her learned that
Marks and the two children were
in Council Bluffs.
Sends for Father.
Melia telegraphed at once to her
father in Philadelphia. ."Hurry to
OmahaJ' the message read. "I have
found Rosi. She is all right but I
need help to get her."
The father, and Joe Evans, ar
rived in Omaha yesterday. Last,
nieht they enlisted the aid of the'
Oniahn nolice. Canfain Dillon sent
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STOCK MARKET
TUMBLES UNDER
MONEY DEMAND
Call Loans 1 Reach Highest
' Figure Since the Panic
Of December 27,
1917.
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New York, Nov. 11. The tower
ing speculative structure in the stock
market reared by professional inter
ests in the last month on a founda
tion of "easy money" toppled over
Tuesday when call loans rose to 25
per cent. the year's highest figure,
and the maximum since December
27, 1907.
tosses of 5 to almost 40 points
were sustained by many leaders in
the recent rise, especially steels,
equipments, motors and oils. ..Num
erous other industrials, which ac
companied the Octobr boom, also
crumbled "' in today's convulsive
movent.
Almost Jhe only stocks to escape
the drastic liquidation were United
States steel, which lost only a frac
tion of a point, and the high grade
railway shares, where reactions were
equally normal.
The reaction, .which effaced the
many sensational gains of the Oc
tober rise, was -the more violent
and sweeping because it followed an
opening advance of 2 to 6 points,
based on he calling 'off of the coal
miners' strike.
. That development exerted ' only
temporary influence, prices falling
back within the first hour. Even be
fore call loans opened at 14 per cent,
the year's highest -initial rate, the
market began to sag.
The remittances to London. Paris
and Kome broke to discounts never
before recorded in this market.
Not until the final hour, however,
when call money rose to 20 and then
25 per cent, did the stock market
become actually demoralized." Large
blocks of speculative shares were of
"fered "at the market," or for any
price that could be had.
French Airman Covers More
Than Third of Long Journey
Paris, Nov. 11. (French Wireless
Service.) Etienne Poulet. French
airman, has already covered more
than 3.000 miles' on-third of .his
flight from Paris to Melbourne,
Australia.
Plot Is Discovered for the
Overthrow of the Sultan
Berlin, Nov. 11 Via London.-A
nlot to denose the sultan nf Tirtev
has been discovered, says a Con
stantinople dispatch dated Monday,
received here today.
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Sinn Fein Raided.
Dublin. W 1 1 Th
Parliament was raided tmlav K.. tt,
authorities and nine members of it
were arrested ,
One Red Taken From Jail and
Lynched by Armed Posse, '
Who Effect Coup by Shut
ting Off Street Lights.
By The Associated Press.
' Centralia, Wash., Nov. 11. Four
members of the American Legion
are dead, one other service man Is
in a critical condition and several
others were wounded when persons
said to be members of the I. W. W.
fired on an Armistice day parade
here this afternoon. Another man, -said
to have ,been one of those win
fired on the marchers is bilieved to
have been lynched, but confirmation
was lacking.
At least eight supposed I. W. W.
are in the local jail, guarded from a
mob of several hundred former com
rades of the men shot down today.
The firing started when the- pa
rade, . proceeding., down Centralia'?
main street, passed the corner,
where the I. W. W. hall is located.
Fire Into Ranks.
Arthur McElfresh was killed in
stantly. '
Warren Grimm, formerly a lieu
tenant, was leading a platoon in the
parade, and fell at the second burst
of fire, mortally- wounded.
George Stevens of Centralia at
tempted to disarm an alleged I. W. ,
W., and was wounded in the strug;
gle which ensued.
Dale Hubbard sustained his death .
wound in pursuing a supposed I.
W. W., who fired as he ran from the
group of men headed by Hubbard.
It was this man, according to re
ports, who was hanged by a mob to
night. "
Hubbard Died at 11 o'clock. -
Ben Casagranda was in the ranks
and a rifle bullet, struck him in the
body. "They got me this time," he
said, as he doubled up and fell in
the street. .
Removed From Jail.
Early tonight a meeting to discuss
the situation was held at a local club,
and soon afterward the city's eleo
tric lights failed. In flie darkness
one man was removed from the jaiL
The best available account said
the man was placed in,,an automo
bile, which was waiting in readiness,
flanked by six other cars filled with
men, and hurried into a wood near .
the town.,
This man, reports say later, was
hanged to a bridge. It generally
was believed tonight that the lynch
ing1 had taken place.
Rumors of additional violence
J here were current late tonight. More
than one citizen declared: tnere
will not be any I. W. W.'s left in
the jail by morning." - Governor
Hart has ordered one company of,(
the state guard, numbering about 75
men here from Tacoma.
Soldiers Wreck Hall.
Immdiately after the shooting,
a crowd of spectators and merchants
seized a man they believed to be the
ringleader of the I. W. W. They '
put a rope around his neck, threw
the rope over the cross arm of
telephone pole and started to haul
him up. He was in the air only a
brief period before the chief of police
prevailed upon the crowd to let him ,
down. Tonight the man was in jail
here, nearly dead.
With the daslf shown in going over
the top in Europe the service men
soon stripped the hall of all furniture .
and documents and arrested six men, T
These were thrown in jail and
guarded by former soldiers to pre
vent their escape and at the same
time to protect them from lynching
until guilt could be established.
Soldiers Guard Prisoners
A mob seeking vengeance on the
prisoners was fought back by the f
overseas men who stood guard at the -jail
to see that officials made no ef
fort to take the suspects away. :
A quantity of arm and ammunition
were seized when the mob ran
sacked the I. W. W. headquarters,
near which the shooting occurred, -trampled
down the building front
and threw into the street and
bumed all the organization's liter
ature and property which could be '
found. Posses scoured the timber
camps and searched feverishly
among the town's 8,000 inhabitants
for other radicalsT N
The whole city had turned out
to celebrate the anniversary of; the
suspension of hostilities and 4 large .
parade ,was formed, headed Iy the
city's boys who had helped bring
about the glad day a year ago.
Wearing the uniforms that shel-'
(Continued on Tnte Two. Column Three)
V
Four More Indictments
Returned by Grand Jury
Four more indictments were re-
turned by the grand jury last night
iNone ot tnem were made public be
cause the men indicted have no
been placed under arrest.
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