RIEF BRIGHT REE Z Y BITS OF NEWS PRINCE OF WALES j WINS IN DIVING CONTT. White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Nqv. 15. The prince of Wales spent the first of his three days of rest here by walking ten miles, spending an hour in a swimming pool, golf ing three hours and dancing for three more. At th conclusion of this program he seemed to have re covered considerably from the fa tigue of his strenuous four-day visit to Washington. ' The prince won his golfing match, played with Sir Godfrey Thomas, his private secretary, and again proved his title'as an athlete when he turned a sommersault from a platform 12 feet high into seven feet of water in, the swimming pool. The desire of the royal visitor for three days' rest incognito was only fulfilled partially, i The whole popu lation, of this little mountain resort was at the railroad station when the special train arrived, but the news of his intended visit had been kept carefully enough so that only a handful of strangers were present. At the Mamoth hotel where the prince was lodged in the same suite occupied by President Wilson , on his honeymoon' there were scarcely 100 guests, and through the day the prince was able to move about with the freedom of a private individual. HAZARDOUS FLIGHTS FOR SUSPECTED CRIMINALS. Oakland, Cal., Nov. IS. Suspecte-.i criminals in Alameda county will be taken on perilous flights in order to obtain confessions from them, said Frank Barnet, sheriff, in ex plaining the appointment of four men on an aerial patrol for the. county. HINDENBURG REFUSES APOLOGIES FOR WAR. Berlin, Nov. 16. "I'have. no apol ogies to offer," said Field Marshal von Hindenburg on th witness stand before the parliamentary com mittee investigating the war. "If I had to fight the war all over again with the same knowledge of the world situation, I would take the same measures." N The field marshal paid tribute to the military genius of his amanuen sis, Ludendorff, who was in the room. He insisted, however, that he, Hindenburg himself, was in the last analysis responsible for all deci sions taken. DRY HEADS PLANNING "VICTORY" CELEBRATION. St. Louis, Nov. 15. Plans for a nation-wide "victory" celebration when constitutional prohibition goes into effect next January were au thorized at the forty-fifth annual convention of the National Wo men's Christian Temperance Union. The celebration program will start Sunday, January 11, 1920, when special temperance services will be held in churches throughout the country. On the night ot January 15, there will be "watch night" serv ices in the churches at midnight, and the fateful day. Jan. 16, will be ush ered in with the ringing of church hells and the singing of songs of victory. .- - " - GIVEN CHOICE OF ONE OF TWO WIVES. . Chicago, Nov. 15. Max Spiegel, an insurance broker, was given his choice of two wives the one he left in New York 16 years ago, mother of two children, or the other, mother of three. That Spiegel had pros pered financially and also had ac quired another family was learned by his daughter, Ethel, a lace clerk, and her mother, a New York scrub woman, from a traveling salesman. Judge Fry gave Spiegel until Mon day to disentagle themarriage. coils or go to jail for non-support of his first wife and children. COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE SERVICE INAUGURATED. Havana, Nov. 15. Three hydro airplanes piloted by American avia tors and carrying seven passengers arrived here from Key West Satur day night. The flight occupied one hour and 20 minutes. These planes are the advance guard of a commer cial service. NEW DEATH BATTALION IS CREATED IN RUSSIA. Washington. Nov.' 15. A new "battalion of death" has been creat ed in Russia. The bolshevik minister of war, Leon Trotzky, has formed a battal ion of bolshevik soldiiTs in the rear of the red army for the express pur pose of shooting in their tracks any red solcjier who attempts to fall back, according to advices rsaching official quarters here.. i Which of the red armies this battalion has been placed behind was not made known in the official advices, but it is assumed that it is the red army operating against the anti-bolshevik forces of General Yudenitch in northwest Russia. There is very little enthusiasm in Moscow over the various recent for ward movements of the bolsheviki, according to the official advices. LADY ASTOR WAGERS SHE'LL WIN ELECTION. Dl.rmAiiili Mnv 1 5 -14 11 three candidates in the parliamentary campaign stated after the polls closed at 8 o'clock Saturday that they believed they had won but must wait until Nov. 2S, before the result is announced. Lady Astor believed she had won by a majority of 5.000. The labor ites claimed the election for their candidate, W. T. Gay by 4,000. ' The Liberals expressed the opinion that Isaac Foot would prove to be the dark horse winner. They based this on the fact that numerous conservatives did not vote for Lady Astor on account of her sex and American birth and also that a certain element of the labor ites switched because of Mr. Gay's espousal of the extremist policy. Lady Astor spent the day driving in an open carriage through all parts of the constituency. She was re ceived by applauding crowds with only two exceptions. One of these was at the Wharfside. where a group of 50 dock men "booed" the carriage, and a laborer smoking a pipe approached the unionist candi date at the same time pulling out some money. "I bet you a shilling you will be defeated," he said. Lady Astor stood up. and called immediately, "I'll take you." OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. The Omaha Sunday Bee VOL. XLIX NO. 22. ?. TtSPSTS W OMAHA, SUNDAY , MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1919. Br Mall (I yur). Daily. 15.00: Svadty. 12. W: Dally mi Sua., M.Ni wittlda Nek. aoitaa artra. FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHER: Fair and warmer Sunday; fair, moderate temperature Monday, probably Tuesday. Hourlj trmparatiirfa. 5 av m. , . a. m 7 . in.. II a. in.. a. m. 10 a. m. 11 . m. It noon.. M it M SI 3 J 46 P. S P. SS: p. m ...4 id ...M. ..ss ...SO ...4 7 p. m 47 The Passing Show ARRESTS IN COAL STRIKE ARE LIKELY Promised in Connection With Government Injunction Pro ceedings Against United Mine Workers of America. FEDERAL AGENTS BUSY COLLECTING EVIDENCE Indiana Public Service Com mission Issues Drastic Or ders for Curtailment of Fuel Consumption in State. Indianapolis. Nov. IS. Probabili ty of arrests in connection with the government's injunction proceed ings against the United Mine Work ers of America and the assurance of drastic orders by the Indiana Public Service commission for the curtailment of fuel consumption in the state, were the outstanding fea tures in the coal situation here today. In connection with the probable arrests it was learned that federal agents -are gathering evidence of reported violation of the injunction with a view to preferring charges of contempt of court against mem bers of the United Mine Workers of America. According to infor mation received by these agents, meetings have been held in dif ferent sections of the country at which the miners voted not to re turn to work even though the strike order had been rescinded by international officials of the union, Violation of Lever Act. This action, it was pointed out, con stitutes a violation of the Lever act. for. as interpreted by federal Judge A. B. Anderson, any two miners who agree not to return to work would be guilty of conspiracy to curtail production of , fuel. It al so was reported that some ot the leaders against whom the injunc tion was specifically directed had attended the meetings. . In addition' to this information it has been reported that petitions rave been circulated among the miners for signatures to a state ment agreeing not to obey the order rescinding the strike. This, it was stated, would constitute an ex press violation of the injunction, intended to prevent any action to encourage the strike. Can't Get Together. Washington. Nov. IS. Coal min ers and operators meeting today could not unite upon the proposal of Secretary Wilson to negotiate i nation-wide agreement, but did unite upon a plan to negotiate an agree ment covering the mines in the cen tral competitive field of western Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. Meanwhile the mine owners of the outlying fields went into a separate conference to determine' how far the central territory's scale agreement, if negotiated, would serve as a basis for agreements in their respective fields. One Stormy Session. The decision came after a stormy morning of the joint session of operators and miners representatives called by Secretary Wilson in which John L. Wilson, acting president of the mine workers, exchanged charges of bad faith with several spokesmen for the operators. F. W. Lukins. speaking for the operators, in outlying fields, presented the'r refusal to comply with Secretary Wilson's proposal for a national agreement on the ground that its negotiction would take time that could nut be granted in view o: trie need for '-al. President Lewis, having acci; :cd Mr. Wilson's plan, scored the operators for refusal. Sec retary Wilson then advanced an al ternative suggestion for a wage scale; negotiation- in the central fields, which finally was accepted. Conference Breaks Up. Representatives of miners in the outlying fields contended they were entitled to representation in any ne gotiations regarding the central field, since this would be used in evitably as a basis for their contracts and the operators at Secretary Wil son's request agreed to consider a possible course and the joint con ference broke up. At the wage scale committee con ference with the operators the mill ers' leaders presented again their de mands made originally at the Buf falo conference, .consisting of a 60 per cent increase in wages, a five day week and a six-hour day. The operators then decided to confer among themselves and the confer ence adjourned until Monday. Banker Higginson Dies. Boston, Nov. 15. Maj.. Henry L. Higginson, banker and founder of the Boston Svmohonv orchestra, died last night EX-SERVICE MEN . AND I. W. W. AGAIN CLASH IN BATTLE Meet Near Centralia and Reds Rout Posse, One Member of Which Reported Missing. Tacoma, Nov. 15. A posse of ex-service men and I. W.V. clashed tonight in Hannaford Valley about 12 miles northeast of Centralia, and the posse was routed, a telephone message to the Ledger from Cen tralia stated at 10:15 toiright. John Haney, Thurston county game warden, is missing and is be lieved to have been killed. A new posse is forming at Centralia and will return to the vallejt tonight. I. W. W. Confesses Plot. Centralia, Wash., Nov. 15. Indus trial Workers of the World planned the Centralia shooting three weeks before Armistice day, according to an alleged confession made by L. Roberts, confessed I. W. W., who surrendered himself to the officers following Tuesday's shooting in which bullets from the guns of the radicals killed four former Amer ican soldiers marching in the holi day parade. The confession said that the I. W. W. expected their hall would be attacked on Armistice day and that all radicals who took part in the shooting expected to be killed. Ac cording to Roberts' statement E. Wesley Everetts, the lynched 1. W. W., apparently directed the move ments of the radicals as he sent Roberts and two others to Seminary Hill, near the scene of the shooting with orders to "shoot when they shcot or when we heard shots." WAGE INCREASE IS DEMANDED BY STREET CAR MEN 4 . ; vv Will Ask Showing" of Profits - Made Under Seven !; Cent; Fare. A demand for a wage increase of 5 cents an hour will be made by the union trainmen of th? Omaha 6 Council Bluffs Street Railway company, according to Ben F. Short, president of the carmen's union. The threatened strike of carmen last summer was averted by an in creased wage, resulting from the railway commission's grant of a 7 cent fare. The union accepted the grant on the condition that the ques tion of a further increase to gain compliance with demands made at that time should be made within 90 clays. The union proposes to ask the company to make a showing as to its earnings since the 7-cent fare went into effect, according to Shbrt. "We do not care to discuss the is sue until the union presents its re qu6ts," said Gurdon Wattles, of the company directorate. MAYOR ADMITS HE HAS HAD ENOUGH OF PUBLIC LIFE Will Return to Law Practice When His First Term as Public Official Ends. Mayor Smith will return to his practice of law as soon as his pres ent and first term as a public of ficial of the city shall have been con cluded. He averred that there are no strings on this announcement and he added that he is through with poli tics insofar as public office is con cerned. Before the court house riot, the mayor had been cherishing a guber natorial boom and some of his friends had been lending aid and comfort to that ambition. A few months ago he sent to each of the city commissioners a confi dential letter in which he admitted that this city administration had been a failure and he urged a get together spirit to pull the adminis tration out of the slough of despond. The mayor intimated that if he should continue his ambition to be the democratic candidate for gov ernor, some might believe that he was capitalizing on his court house experience. Tfte mayor is just about midway in his present term of office and it has been one of the stormiest terms an Omaha mayor ever experienced. The mayor went into office with a group known as the "Allied Candi dates," including . Commissioners Ringer, Towl and Falconer. He rode in as an avowed "reform" candi date. Notorious Bandit Escapes. Rawlins. Wyo.. Nov. 15. W. W. Carlisle, nortorious train bandit, sentenced to life imprisonment in 1916 for robbery of tfiree Union Pa cific passenger trains, escaped from the state prison here, 'hidden in a box of shirts shipped from the pris on shirt factory Posses are. search ing for him CTOIKE EITO jj I -"y-gfeL m rlto)---tgf it,in rrrr inn! i r . LARGEST RUBY IN THE WORLD FOUND BY POOR OMAHAN Laborer Had Stone Worth $100,000 in His Posses sion for Years, Think ing It Worthless. John Mihok, laborer, 1943 South Twentieth street, was yesterday in formed by an expert lapidist that he possessed what is probably the largest flawless pigeon blood ruby in the world. The stone weighs 23.9 carats and is valued at more than $100,000. When Mihok left Austria-Hungary for America in 1903 he brought with him what he thought was a pretty piece of granite as a "good luck" stone. His father had found the stone on the boundary line be tween Europe and Asia, near Moson Taresa, state of Nagyar Orsag. Family Was Poor. Until a month ago he performed manual labor to support his large family. His home was a two- roomed shack; his wife took in washing to help make both ends meet, and his older children left school at an early age to help sup port the rest of the family. Dur ing these trying years Mihok car ried his "good luck" stone in his pocket, without apparent result. A month ago, however, he read a newspaper story telling of a man finding a precious jewel in the gravel of a river bank. He purchas ed a book on precious stones and with some difficulty and a great ex penditure of time read it from cover to cover. His good luck stone answered the description of an uncut ruby, he found. Someone told him that a real ruby would match the heart blood of a live pigeon. He spent several days' wages in the purchase of five squabs. The tests further convinced him that his stone was a genuine ruby. Omahans Examine Stone. At last he submitted the stone to Rev. William F. Rigge, Creighton university scientist, and Joseph P. Frenzer, jeweler. Both assured him (Continued on Pan Two, Column One.) Prepare to Adjourn . Session of Congress Washington, Now 15. Tentative plans for sine die adjournment of the present session of congress were made Saturday by senate and house republican leaders. By resolutions in the two bodies, it is proposed that the house shall be permitted to ad journ upon passage of the pending railroad bill expected next week and the senate upon the disposition of the peace treaty. Governor McKelvie Demands Thorough Investigation of Omaha Police Department Whitewash Will Be Guarded Against-Chief State Executive Wants Personal Representatives to Ex ' amine the Witnesses Captain Haze Not to Be Forgotten in Exhaustive Probe. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 15. (Special.) A thorough and exhaustive in vestigation of the failures and mis deeds of members of the Omaha po lice department during the court house riot of September 28, is to be launched immediately, provided the plans of Governor McKelvie are carried out as suggested in a com munication sent today by the state's chief executive to Mayor Smith and the Omaha city commissioners. Following wholesale charges re cently made against the heads and numerous members of the depart ment, including incompetency, cow ardice, neglect and the failure to exercise ordinary judgment, the gov ernor has asked the Omaha city of ficials to institute an investigation and permit his personal representa tive, Ralph P. Wilson to participate in the hearings. Spent Week In Omaha. Mr. Wilson was delegated sev eral weeks ago to undeitake this probe, and spent a week in Omaha. The investigator sent a preliminary report to Governoa McKelvie, sug gesting the undertaking be deferred until after the grand jury ad journed, With the announcement that the grand jury would finish its labors today or Monday, the goveyior again has taken up the matter with the Omaha city , officials, urging prompt and definite action. The letter to the mayor and com missioners requests that Mr. Wilson be permitted to take active part in the investigation, including among other things, the subpoenaing and examination of witnesses. Text of Governor's Letter. The governor's letter reads as fol lows: , "Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 14, 1919. To the Honorable Mayor and Commis sioners, City of Omaha: "Following the riot and lynching which occurred in your city on Sep tember 28, 1919, I appointed Mr. Ralph P. Wilson of Lincoln to con duct an investigation for the purpose of determining, if possible, whether those who were charged with ths enforcement of the law had been derelict in their duty, and thus sat isfy in my own mind whether the state should take further action in this matter. On October 21 Mr. Wilson submitted to me the follow ing report: '"Pursuant to your request, I have taken up the matten of an in vestigation of the conduct of the tlaw enforcement officers of Omaha and Douglas county during the re cent riot. After a preliminary in vestigation as to the best procedure to follow in such an investigation, I beg to submit herein the following report and recommendations for your approval: Recommended Delay. " '1. From the best information I' can obtain, any thorough public investigation requiring the attention of the officials and officers whose conduct is in question, 'might tend to interfere with the work of the present grand jury. I, therefore. recommend that any public hearing in the matter be delayed until the conclusion of the present grand jury. " '2. In any investigation which I might conduct, as your representa tive, I would, of course, be without power to subpoena witnesses or ad' minister oaths, and be compelled to rely entirely upon the unsworn tes timony of such -witnesses as might voluntarily, appear. I, therefore, recommend that such a proceeding be conducted only in the event that the city commission of Omaha, which has- the power to subpoena witnesses, and take testimony under oath, does not, upon the conclusion of the grand jury, conduct such an investigation and permit your rep resentative to take part therein. 3. The city commission of Omaha has postponed the deter mination of the question of conduct :ns such an investigation until the adjournment of the present grand juryand possibly until the return of Mayor Smith to- his duties, both of ...l,:u .... ...:.u: l .. wiiitu may UlLUr WUUIll liC ot) days " '4. Unless otherwise directed by you I shall continue to make such personal investigation as I can with out public hearings until the com pletion of the grand jury.' Requests Investigation. ' "In view of the above I urgently request that upon the adjournment of the present grand jury in Doug las county you at once conduct an investigation of the pqjice depart ment of Omaha during the riot, per mitting Mr. Wilson to participate by calling and examining witnesses, or that you permit Mr. Wilson space in the city hall in which to conduct an investigation, giving him complete access to records, files and corre spondence of the police department, and directing the members of said police department, to appear and testify at his request. "I feel that such an investigation (Continued on Page Two, Column Five.) WOMEN TELL OF VISIT OF JOHN W. TOWLE AND HIS PROMISE OF A PARDON Head of Grand Jury Investigating Charge Against Po lice Captain Haze Visits Mother and Aged Grand mother of Harold Thorp, Who Repudiated State ment Incriminating Bee Reporter, and Impresses on Them Importance of Boy and His Companion - Standing By Their Original Story, Women Declare. When- the grand jury in a brief special report made late Friday afternoon exonerated Police Captain Henry P. Haze on a charge of criminal conspiracy and subornation of perjury, in connection with the indictment recently re turned against J. Harfy Moore, or John H. Moore, as the indictment, reads, a Bee reporter, for alleged complicity in the not of beptember 28, some of the details not mentioned in this report, signed by John W. T owle, foreman, are : Visit to Boy s Grandmother. That John W. Towle, the foreman of the grand jury and the man who signed the special report exonerating Cap tain Haze, on the night tt November 7, the day following the indictment of Mr. Moore (and tire very day The Bee pub lished its first expose of the methods the police used in secur ing an indictment against The Bee reporter, who had made the enmity of the police department heads through his ex posure through The Bee of rottenness in the department) visited the home of Mrs. Edna Warner, mother of Harold Thorp, one of the two boys, who charged that Haze and another member of the police department promised 'them their freedom if they would identify Mr. Moore as one of the rioters.- , Gives Money to Grandmother. . - That during this night Visit' of Mr. Towle to the humble little home of Mrs. Warner he was accompanied by Mrs. Towle, and impressed upon Mrs. Sarah Chase, the aged and uivoim gioiiuiuuuici ui jruuiig J.I1U1JJ, Lite Ulipui LitllCt; VI UVlll Thorp and his companion, Ernest Morris, also accused of con spiring with the police against Mr. Mcore, standing by their original statement, which incriminated the reporter. Mr. Towle then inquired ag to their financial circumstances and before leaving took a sum of money from his pocket,' and handed it to Mrs. Towle, who in turn, gave it to Mrs. Chase, the amount being $40. . Mrs. Warner was not present on this occasion. , ' Gives More Money to Mother. , That the following morning Mrs. Towle returned to the Warner home, which consists of two rooms on the second floor of a frame house at 2904 Farnam street, and had a talk with both Mrs. Warner, the mother, and Mrs. Chafie, the grandmother, and again impressed the point Mr. Towle had made the previous night about the boys sticking to theii original story, and that if tlfey did, Mr. Towle would be abk to get them a pardon from Governor McKelvie, as he had promised, and, before leaving, Mrs. Towle gave'Mrs. Warnei an additional $40 with the statement that Mr. Towle was greatly interested in them and they would see they did not want for money as lbng as their son was in jail. Report of the Grand Jury Exonerating Captain Haze The reporr " made by ' the grand jury exonerating Captain Haze and signed by Mr. Towle merely read: TO THE HONORABLE. THE JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, IN AND FOR, DOUGLAS COUN TY, NEBRASKA. Attention of HIS HONOR. Judge W. A. Redick, Presiding. The grand jury, duly called and having taken oath as such, on the 8th day of October, 1919, and hav ing been specially charged among other duties, to investigate, ascer tain and take action with respect to the following charges: beg Jeave to submit herewith a SPE CIAL REPORT upon such your special instructions, which were ;is follows: That a certain indictment found b this body against John H. Moore was procured by perjured testimony, Whether the crime of perjury had been committed and if so to present the person or persons found guilty thereof. And if the crime of subornation of perjury has " been committed that we should present the offend er!!.' We had beTore us all persons whom we could find who had been mentioned in these charges, in any way, or whom the evidence indi cated might be connected with, these charges, in any way. We considered the question dur ing a part of five days and had before us 17 witnesses. County Attorney ' Shotwell in terrogated each witness and upon the conclusion of his examination .of each such person, afforded an opportunity for any member ot the grand jury to ask the witness questions. During the time wher such questions were being asked by any number of the grand jury Mr. Shotwell, the .county at torney was present.. Further the said county attorney advised Jthis body concerning the law applicable to these charges, but offered no suggestions what soever as to whether or not an in dictment should be presented against any person or persons. Therefore, in consideration of the charges submitted, . the evi dence and facts secured and in ac cordance with the law explained as aforesaid we find that. The charge, "that a certain in dictment found by this body against John H. Moore was pro cured by perjured testimony," is false. That the charge, "that there was subornation of perjury of fering immunity to witnesses upon whose evidence an indictment was returned against John H. Moore," 'is false. There was, no indictment found against Capt, H. P. Haze and that we entirely exonerate him from all such charges. ' Respectfully submitted. The Grand Jury. By JOHN E. TOWLE, Foreman Omaha, Neb., November 14, 1919. Two Women Tell of Towle's Visit and Interest in Rnv 15ut the visit of Mr. Towle and Mrs. Towle to the Warner home and their decided interest in Thorp and Morris, the boys who have repudi ated their statement against The Bee reporter in signed affidavits, ad mitting that they testified against Air. Moore at tne instance ot Cap uiii Haze and another police officer they did not know on the promise they would not have to serve their (Continued on Tft Eight Columa