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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.
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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
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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
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" '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
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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
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