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RIEF ERIG HT REE ZY BITS OF NEWS y I 7 VETERAN, 75 YEARS OLD. CLAIMS DANCING HONORS. Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 16.M. J. Bonner of Fort Wofth, 76 years old, has issued a formal challenge to any veteran to compete with hira in a buck and wing dancing contest GIRL SWIMS RIVER TO RESCUE EMPLOYER'S COW. London, Nov. 16. A plucky act by a land girl on a Straffordshire farm where all the men were on strike, has been reported -Jo the board of agriculture. A cow was stranded on a small piece of land in the middle of a wide and swift river. The animal refusing to cross to either bank, the girl took off her overalls, boots and stockings, swam across the river and toped and drove the tcow before her to safety. VELVET COAT FOR PARIS MEN LOW IN NECK. Paris, Nov. 16. Why should fash ions be confined to women? An elegant Frenchman has conceived the idea of an entirely new kind of masculine clothing. The coat which he lias designed, and which he hopes to popularize, is very much like a woman's coat, extremely long, and fastened at the waist by a belt with a silver bucklel I . . " I 1 . . . " T-. iiic material is veivci or satin, i nc neck is open, so that the wearer can show an expanse of chest. ihis is what he calls an aes thetic" costume. STUDENTS WANT JAZZ TO HELP DIGEST FOOD. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 20. Har vard Ktiidpnts want music with their meals and threaten to take up a col-' lection to hire a jazz band it the col lege authorities do not provide ' digestive harmonies. FORMER $20,000 A YEAR JOCKEY BEGS FOR DRUG. Chicago, Nov. 16. "Jackie" Finn, once a $20,00O-a-year jockey - for - Harry Payne Whitney and making - hundreds of thousands betting on the races he won, begs in vain for the "dope" to which he has become , a slave. Instead of the pride of the track he is now broken and old at 42, one lung gone, his nerves shattered, his heart hanging on by a shred. And now he makes a few dollars a week in a shoe shining shop. Finn applied to Health Commis sioner , Robertson and Chief Dr. Samuel A. Braun of the narcotic di vision of the internal revenue de partment for drugs. They had said they' would dole out drugs to incur ables. But they ruled Finn not in curable and sent him away. N FINDS PICTURES OF TWO WOMEN IN DRESS SUIT, , San Francisco, Cal., Nctv. 16. When you feel lonesome, blue, of need some one to cheer you up, see Dr. Love the Wise Doctor." This prescription, together with the picture of a pretty young Wo man, was found pinned to the inside of her husband's dress suit by Mr, Elizabeth L. Anderson. ,.- - instead of following directions, the wife consulted a'ft-fcttWney.-And" if an aftermath to the discovery, Kenneth P. Anderson, marine engi neer for the W. R. Grace company, is the defendant in an amended di vorce complaint. It was while she was carefully folding her husband's dress suit in January, 1918, that she came across the reference to "Dr. Love" in a newspaper clipping pinned to the lining of the coat and the photo graphs of two strange women, the wife declares. The hardest blow of all, Mrs. An derson charges, was when her hus band came home and proudly exhib ited two embroidered handkerchiefs and a muffler which he said he re ceived fom a "woman frjend." Ac cording to the complaint, Anderson, not content with showing the gifts,, said: "I think a great deal of that wo man." WIFE MAILS SOLDIER PROOF FOR DIVORCE. ( London, Nov. 16. The law courts opened with more than 2,000 divorce cases on the docket, 1,700 uncon tested. The- majority .were filed by soldiers. Here's a sample trial: Capt. George Sandham, R. G. A., testified he married Lelia Violet at the Lewisham Register office on Feb ruary 20, 1916. They lived together q-u'te happilA"for a few odd dates," owing to the movements of the bat tery to which he belonged. . " She wrote on November 24 last: "Dear Sandy: For some time now I have been thinking,-seriously over our conversations. f Mr. Eaton wants me for his wife. If I give you sufficient grounds, will you divorce me?" Captain Sandham said he wrote telling her not to- be , foolish. On November 28 she replied: "Dear Sandy: Our marriage was a big mistake, as I do not love you dough to live with you as your wife. I have now met a man I da love, and on October 26, 27, 28 and Z) I stayed at the Strand Palace hotel." Proof being presented that the wife had done as she., claimed, di vorce was granted, , INSTALL PERFECT WIRELESS ON PLANES. 'Xtw York, Nov. 16. Wireless equipment, which will overcome all difficulties imposed on mail air ''pTanes by fog and other unfavorable weather conditions, is being installed on new planes and at landing fields in College Park, Md. and Belle fonte. Pa., according to a statement issued by Otta Praeger, assistant postmaster general. A field marking radio device en ables a pilot to steer for the center of his landing field, though it may be obscured by fog, clouds, rain or SilOV.'. Oilier devices are a non-magnetic compass that will overcome the un reliability of the ordinary compass and a self-clearing spark plug for the Liberty motor. t . . . A decrease of two days in the time for transmission of mail from New York to San Francisco was predicted by Mr. Praeger if con gress should permit plans of the air service to be carried out- Multi motored planes could carry a, ton of mail from New York to Omaha, whence other planes could carry 1.500 pounds each over the Rockies, he sai "THE VELVET HAMMER" TAPS ".THE FADS AND FOIBLES OF OUR OWN WELL-KNOWNS. The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 49 NO. 130. ENrt4 l MMl-ilm iiltN May 21, IN, tt Oa&ka P. 0. anr act tt Mink . H7. OMAHA, MONDAt, .NOVEMBER 17, 919 By Mill (I iw, Dally. SS.M: Mfty. t?.M: Dally mi Sua., M M; ttlda Nth. awtaa antra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER Fair Monday, Tuesday and probably Wednesday; moderate temperature. Hourly leniperaturva, 6 a. m S a. m SM 7 a. m 8 a. m a. m a. m 10 a. bi.'. II a, IS Boon m. ...ST ... ...44 ...SO 1 p. m. .S3 t . m. ..54 a p. m.. 4T 4 p. m .M V, p. m . , , SI p. m ...as 7 p. m M nn ul D JV U. S. AGENT AT PUEBLA IS ARRESTED William 0. Jenkins Charged by . Mexican Officials With Having Connived With Ban dit Leader to Abduct Him. PEONS SWEAR YANKEE , SEEN WITH CORDOVA Former Advices Received in Washington From Mexico Said American Had Been Cleared of Suspicion. Mexico City, Nov. 16. (By The Associated Press) William O. Jenkins, United States consular agent at Puebla, was placed under arrest Saturday and held under sur veillance in his home following charges br officials at Puebla that Jenkins was not abducted by Fred erico Cordova, the bandit leader, but was in connivance' with him, according to information received here last night. The arrest of Jenkins came after 12 peons had sworn' to statements before a judge in Puebla, declaring that Jenkins had been seen in com pany with Cordova, who accom plished his recent abduction from Puebla, under no restraint and in apparent understanding with his alleged captors. Was Cleared of Suspicion. Advices received in Washington from Mexico City, November 7, stated that Consular Agent Jenkins had been cleared of all suspicion of complicity in his kidnaping by Mex ican bandjts on . October 17. The judge investigating the abduction, the dispatches added,- took occasion to praise Jenkins as a friend of the Mexican people and a respected member" of the community in which he had lived for a number of years. . ieHki nlwal.h$W $j 50,004 ran-. ?om'and1fhe,Umter States demand ing his- release, sent what was said to have been the strongest note ever despatched in a dispute between the two republics. Jenkins was released on October 26 after his personal at torney, Senor Mestre, had paid the ransom to the bandit leader. s Effect Own Reimbursement An official statement issned in Washington on the abduction of Jenkins said that he would have to effect his own reimbursement of the money paid to the Mexicans who kidnaped him, unless ' he could prove tijat the Mexican government was negligent in affording him pro tection. His, standing as an official of the United States government had no bearing on the matter it was stated. 0 f Wrote of Accusation. Hanford, Cal., Nov. 16. John W. Jenkins, father of William O. Jen kins, "made public portions of a let ter received from his son at Puebla, under date of November 6, in which the consular agent said he was be ing accused falsely of -connivance with his kidnapers. No Official Word. Washington, Nov. 16. No Word had reached the State department through official sources concerning the reported arrest of Consular. Agent Jenkins at Puebla on charges of having connived with the bandit who abducted him. Officials said a report probably would reach here early tomorrow The charges against Jenkins were characterized as "absurd" in view of the Recent investigation by a judge who declared that the agent was not mixed up in any plot. The off-hand opinion was that it was "a measure of retaliation" following late dis closures connecting some Mexican authorities with radical propaganda and in which the name of the Mexi can consul general in New York was mentioned. Police Search Fails to Disclose. farmer's Roll Wrhen C. F. Dowles, formerly of Columbus, Neb., was arrested yes terday afternoon and charged with drunkenness, the police .officer who searched him at central police sta tion found only 66 cents on Dowles' person. Dowles was put away in the "cooler." Last night be clamored to get out on bond. Turnkey Charlie Plotts hauled him out into the desk serg eant's office and jokingly told him he would have to put $300 cash bond for his freedom. Ordinarily bond for a drunk is $25. i . . . Dowles reached down into his sock and pulled out a roll of $425 cash. Desk Sergeant Ferris made him put up $400 of the roll for bond to prevent him spending it during the night. Dowles thanked Ferris fo what he called a great service. Alleged I. W. W. Compelled to Take Oath of Allegiance Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 16. In a round up of two railroad construc tion camps near here conducted by county officers and ex-service men. four workmen were arrested under the criminal syndicalism law. They had I. W. W. cards in their posses sion, it was charged. The posse lined up the unarrested workmen and required them to take the oath of allegiance to the United States. Towle Admits Money Given to Mother of Harold Thprp, Lad Who Charged 'Frameup,' -f Claims His Wife Disbursed the Sums and That This Case Was "Only One of a Number of Grand Jury Cases That His Wife Has Helped" Also Says She Called at Warner Home Again Sunday Morning to Learn If Family -Was Being Provided For. John W. Towle foreman of the grand jury investigating the burning accept fuil responsibility for her ac- of the court house and the lynching of a negro, last night admitted that he visited the home of Harold ThorpHn company with his wife when she gave the family of the youth $40. In ipeaking of the inci dent he said: "She (Mrs. Towle) states that she wishes to accept if ull responsibility for her action." He denies that Mrs. Towle urged the boys "stick to their story," but admits that she advised against the plan of the family to endeavor to have the boy pardoned by means of a petition which was being circu lated by a prominent Omaha at torney. In reply to the article in The Sun day Bee describing the-visit of him self and Mrs. Towle to the home of the boy Mr. Towle dictated the fol lowing statement: "About three weeks agtf I sug gested to Mrs. Towle that at some future time she should call on the mother of Harold Thorp, as I un derstood that the family was in destitute circumstances. About one day after J. Harry Moore was in dicted for conspiracy to commit arson, which was on Friday evening, November 7, I suggested that she could make that tall with perfect propriety, as all legal matters with which Thorp was concerned, were out of the way. My daughter poke up and said; 'Papa, mother is not feeling well, and she ought not to go there: alone. I can not go with her tomorrow, so why not go over there with her yourself tonight?' Fotmd Them Destitute. "We visited the Warner family on November 7 and found themjn des titute circumstances, witli"four chil dren at the point of starvation. .No money had come into the family, ac cording t6 statements'rhade to' os", since about October 7, when Harold Thorp was arrested and put in jail. Mrs. Towle did what any red blooded person would have done, and she states that she wishes to that Mrs. Towle returned 'the fol lowing morning and gave Mrs. War ner $40 more and she promised to help Mrs. Warner in every way pos sible. including obtaining work for her, as long as her son was in jail. Mrs. Warner is a very delicate wom an and two of her children were ill. One thousand would not put this family in comfortable circumstances. Helps Others. "This is only one of a number of grand jury cases that Mrs. Towle has helped. I reported tbe incident to Judge Redick on the next morn ing and toldJiim exactly what was done; also rworted the matter to the grand jurjd and Mr. Casey, the county agent, was called before the grand jury and was instructed to render assistance to this family. "If you take into consideration the fact that this visit was made about three weeks after Harold Thorp was indicted and sentenced, and two days after J.'Harry Moore, the Bee reporter, was indicted for conspiracy to commit arson, you will readily see that these matters should have been considered closed and that there could have been no possible objection or criticism of Mrs. Towle in assisting this family. "I suggestedto Mrs. Towle that she not go until these matters were out of the way,- although . I had known for three weeks of the fam ily's desperate circumstances. It never occurred to me that J. Harry Moore could have intimidated these witnesses to have repudiated their original story, and this fact was not known to me until the following Sunday morning. - Called Again Sunday. "Irrespective oi anything that the Bee might do or say to make its readers believe, I should not have wished this matter Handled lit" any different way. Mrs. Towle called to see this family again this morn ing and she noticed that the baby Continued on Pake Twa, Column Two.) TREATMENT OF MISS IN US. SCORED 'I ' Soviet Government "Ambassa dor" to Washington Offers to Pay Passage Home of All Undesirables. ASSERTS SOCIALISTS " ANXIOtfS TO LEAVE REPORT MEMBER OF POSSE, SHOT , BY LVOV., DEAD Wobblies Repel All Attempts of Former Soldiers to Reach Body in Cabin. Centralia, Wash., Nov. 16. A pdsse of loggers, ajid former sol diers have left hre for Hannaford Valley, 18-miles northeast of Cen tralia, to renew the search for a number of Industrial Workers of the World who are" believed to have participated in the shooting of mem bers of the American legion during the ArmisticeDay parade last Tues day. ' . " ' Little was made public today re garding a reported clash yesterday between two posses and alleged I. W. W. near the cabin". Reports said one posse member believed to be John Haney, a rancner of Tenino, Wash., aged 49, fell during tbe shooting. Today it was stated Haney was dead and his body lying near a cabin with the radicals inside repelling all attempts of the former soldiers to reach it. Bert Bland, believed by the au thorities here to be the man who shot and killed Warren G. Grimm, commander of the local American Legion post, on Armistice day, and a man named Hansen, also sus pected of complicity in the shooting, are reported to be among the rad icals hidden in the Hannaford valley. - J Named in Confession. Hansen was named in an alleged confession of L. Roberts, an I. W. W., as being among the group of radicals that fired on the Centralia paraders. , Ben L. Moore, assistant United States district attorney, and Walter P. Christensen, assistant attorney general, spent the day at Chehalis questioning alleged I. W. W. held for murder iii connection with the Centralia outrage in an effort to con nect that tragedy with propaganda carried on from Seattle. The posse of 40 men today Continued on race Two, Columav Two.) Reception for D'Annunzio On His Return From Fiume Washington, Nov. 16. Advices to the State department said that D'Annunzio, after declaring his oc cupation of Zara, on the Dalmation coast, returned to -Fiume Saturday and was accorded a great demonstra tion. He is said to have declared his purpose to occupy other terri tory, including part of Istria, which, he claimed, should form an inde pendent state to relieve Italy of re sponsibility to the allies. After taking possession of Zara. D'Annunzio left there an officer of his staff, with shock troops and cara biners. , . MINERS' OFFICERS TO REMAIN UNTIL AGREEMENT MADE - Negotiations on New Wage Scale in Soft Coal Industry i Will Continue Today. 'Washington, Nov. 16. Negotia tion of a new wage scale,in the soft coal industry stood in much the same situation tonight as ' when miners and operators met at Buffalo in September to frame a contract to replace the Washington wage agree ment. This time, however, there was no threat of a strike, and' both sides were ready to resume their confer enc tomorrow in the hope of reach ing a quick settlement. Some of the operators protested that union miners had failed to re turn to work 'as ordered by Federal Judge Anderson at Indianapolis, and in the face of withdrawal of the strike order by officers of the United Mine Workers of'America. It was intimated that, this would be brought up at the joint conference. John L. Lewis, actitg president of the miners' organization, still hold ing the miners' demands just, took issue, today with the statement hi Secretary Wilson that a wageIn crease of 60 per cent would make them a favored class of workers. 1 The demands submitted to the op erators yesterday reaffirmed the six hour day, but omitted reference to "ftom bank to bank," Lewis ex olained. The miners now are asking a maximum of six hours' working time in the mines. The time re- (Contlnucd on Page Two, Column One.) Brotherhood Heads Discuss HineV New Wage Proposal Today Cleveland, O., Nov. 16. The chief executives of the four great rail road brotherhoods, William Stone of the engineers, W. G. Lee of the (ffainmen, Timothy Shea of the fire men and L. E. Shepard of the con ductors, will meet Monday morning to consider the proposition of Di rector General Hines grafting the four train service employes in the slow freight service time and a half for overtime, amounting to approxi mately $3,000,000 a month. W. G. Lee, president of the train men, said the brotherhoods will try to have their answer to the proposi tion ready in a week, so that if it is accepted it can go itjto effect on De cember 1. - Monday's conference will consider tht advisability of calling the gen efal chairmen -of the four brother hoods, into a joint conference as so-n as possible, probably here or at Chicago, to get the sentiment of the members'of the brotherhoods on the proposition. ' Lives Become Unbearable Here, Owing to Unwarrant ed and Cruel Treatment Ac corded Them," Heays. New York. Nov. 16. Ludwic C A. K. Martens, self-styled "ambas sador of the Russian soviet govern ment to the United States," has of fered to provide transportation from the United States to Russia for all Russian citizens who desire to leave America, or whose presence in the United- States is underisable to the federal government. This offer was made in a letter written hjf Martens to Secretary or State Lansing. In his letter Martens protested against the "unwarranted and cruel treatment"' to which many Russian Lgitizens ' in the United States are I Gl, hiar-taA "Kv tliA fori officers, as well as by mobsacting without authority:" He proposes that the soviet government be per mitted to return the citizens to soviet Russia and declares that he has received thousands of applica tions from such citizens," who are anxious to return to their homes. Arrested for Contempt. ' Martens was arrested for con tempt Saturday and released " on $l,(i00 bail after he had Vefused to appear and bring certain documents before the Ltisk legislative commit tee investigating radical activities in New York. He basel his refusal on the ground that 11 communications passing between- himself" and his government were privileged. When brought before the committee in cus tody of deputy sheriffs Saturday aft ernoon Martens promised to appear before the committee Monday and to bring his papers with him. , ' Calling attention to press reports that it is proposed to deport certain Russians to' parts of Russia' under control of, the enemies of the soviet government," Martens in his letter to Secretary Lansing protests that such deportation would mean certain death for the persons deported and would constitute "a flagrant breach of all principles of international i - Many Recently Arrested. "Within the past few days' he adds, ."great numbers of Russian citizens in New York and elsewhere have been arrested and have suffered the most brutal physical violence at the hands of public officials. In the city of New York alone over 1,000 persons were recently arrested, among them many citizens of soviet Russia, and although these arrests were made in a manner which caused much suffering and physical iiuury to these citizens, and although prop erty belonging to them was wantonly destroyed in these raids, it developed that few of them could be held for further investigation and criminal prosecution. 1 "A number of affidavits bearing evidence to the fact that the lives and liberties of Russian citizens have been threatened without rea sonable grounds will be submitted to the State .department within a few days." Ill Exclusive National Pplicy Will Hold Back Germany Maximilian Harden Says Neither C&n Europe Understand That Its Wounds Can- not Be Healed If Germany Is to Go Down Further and -Further to Decay Most Noted Writer in Germany Tells Omaha Daily Bee' Readers in First of a Series of Articles Dealing With Europe. .aw. Five Com Pickers Chased as Bandits In Thurston County ,A chaste ffot five men believed to be the bankrobbers who escaped from Lemars, la., jail were sur rounded last night at Rosalie, Neb., and nroved to be corn pickers look ing tor a job.' Police from Omaha and Norfolk were enroute" to Rosa lie, when the Sioux City police and a sheriff's posse from Thurston coun ty discovered the mistake. The police from Sioux City were hurried to the scene in a special train, arriving shortly before 11 o'clock. Omaha police were halted at Blair and ordered to return. Omaha, and Council Bluffs police are following a clue picked up by F. C. Gilmore of Council Bluffs, deputy state food and dairy commis sioner of Iowa. Returning home Saturday night, Mr. Gilmore told police that a man resembling Henry Smith got on the train at Dow City, la., and rode to Council Bluffs. The local police, think it probable that Smith returned to Omaha, as he and James O'Keefe, another member of the gang, formerly lived on the South Side. Tow Schooner to Port. . Boston, Nov. 16. The schooner FatlfMinri from San Francisco for Copenhagen by way of Balboa, wnicn it ictt aoout scpternDer o, was towed into port with five feet of watpr in Vr VinM hv ihr United State's "coast guard cutter Acushnet. Ltie scnr.oner was blown tar ott its course '; a scries of storm, and was leaking badly when taken into tow 27 miles east of Boston light. By MAXIMILIAN HARDEN. (Tha ftrt of rtmarkabl Mrle of artl lra by the moot noted editor in tierninny.) Written Kxprennly for I'nlvemal Service. Copyright 11(19 by Universal Service. Berlin, Nov. 16. Germany does not yet understand that it cannot, unaided, find its way back from cha os to cosmos while following the path of an exclusive nationil policy, the policy from which, since the days of Louis Napoleon, the world's salVation has been expected. Europe cannot yet understand that its wounds cannot be healed if Germany is to go down further and further to decay. . The two -continents whose aims and actions the fateN)f the white race depends cannot yet un derstand that an earthquake has loosened the hold of one chief root of their life, namely, the right of property, and that a deluge has en gulfed ancient and venerable ideals, and that the primacy Of these conti nents, and of the white race, will be lost unless they are able to find a firm and solid soil in which their Voung and living elements may take root again and, with the clear per ception of an ideal in 'harmony with the genius of otber times, look for ward to a new heaven. Tb.is, it appears to me, is the prob lem. And certainly this is felt and comprehended in all countries by in dividuals and perhaps by many. But, unfortunately, it is not yet understood bythe powers which, in the parliament and government, di rect the policy of tliese countries and continents. Germany Was Deceived. Germany allowed herself to be Je ceived (to be honest we must say willingly deceived herself) as to the fact that it has not been by nature endowed with those primary forces which could enable her to rise to the rank of world power. Considerable .deposits., of- coal.t- potash,, nitrogen from the air and from coal" as a sub stitute for Chilian saltpeter these things did not suffice. The industry and capacity of her population, the fruitful alliance be tween science and industry, which was especially demonstrated in the production of dyestuffs and other phemicals, allowed Germany to for get that she owed her astonishing prosperity not alone to he"r unr doubted efficiency and capacity, but at the same time to the good will of the othec world powers. Nearly one-third of the entire population of Germany can be fed only, provided that from imported raw materials, exportable goods are manufactured and the proceeds therefrom exchanged for food. Germany can count on fewer horsepower years than England, far fewer than America, and if we closely inspect the modern cities of Germany, their buildings, emporiums and stores of luxuries, we shall note thatjnear!y all the good material employed is obtained from abroad and mostly from overseas. s Drew Hatred of World. Justly, 'thcugh often excessively, proud of her intellectual, cultural, technical and industrial perform ances, Germany felt it is an injustice that she was tfut off from the most abundant sources of raw materials. Germany drew ' upon herself the anger and hatred ohe world prin cipally because she appealed to -attempt to secure world dominion by the sword (which nowadays means' heavy artillery, torpedoes, poison gas, hand grenades, air bombs and flame thr-ewers). that is to say, by force and without regard to the rights of" other nations to gain that command of the sources of raw ma terials which nature and history had denied her. The countries-whose toleration had made possible the rjse .in industry; (Continued on Page Two, Column Five.) WOMAN BEST AT 40, ARTIST SAYS; SPINSTERS AGLOW "Only Ignoramuses Enjoy So ciety of Young Girls," Is His Verdict. London, 'Nov. 16. There is a flurry among the spinsters. An English artist has .come to the con clusion that a girl of 40 should be man's ideal v He sweeps away all the time-honored rubbish about spinsters at the age of 40 ebing mostly interested in cats and canaries Here is what he has to say about the new old girl: "The ideal age for a woman from the viewpoint of the man who studies the sex as an artist is 40 years. "The woman of 40 is at the per fection of her beauty and has at tained a settled mentality which she did not possess as a girl in her teens, or as a young woman in her twenties and thirties. "At 40 she is an ideal comoan- lion, pleasantly matured, tolerant and understanding.. Only the igno ramuses in life find joy in the so ciety of young girls or undeveloped women." x During the war and since many women of the so-called "sweet-and- 40" age got married, a cbnsiderable number of them widows. This has led to frequent lamentations by younger women that, with the huge number of young unmarried beauties about, it is unpatriotic for Cupid to show such favoritism for widows and spinsters. T 1 'Oil leacners m ocnoois Admit MembershipY In Communist Party New York. Nov. 16. Discovery khas been made that six teachers in the public schools here are mem bers of the Communist party of America, it was announced by State Deputy Attorney General Barger. A check up of membership cards seized in recent raids established the identities of the teachers, whose names have not been disclosed. The teachers, when questioned by the Lusk legislative committee, ad mitted, it was said, that they were "perfectly familiar with the princi ples and doctrines of communism," but denied having taught its doc trines 'to their pupils. William L. Ettinger, superinten dent of schools, announced that he will. ask for immediate dismissal of the six teachers, who are women. Labor Council Organ Scores Dastardly Crime of I. W. W. Portland. Ore., Nov. 16. In an editorial discussing the Centralia Armistice day shooting the Labor Press, organ of the Portland Central Labor council, says: "The dastardly crime was carried out in true I. W. W. style from ambush." RUM, TOBACCO IN NEXT WORLD, DOYLE ASSERTS ' Beauty, Green Fields, Flowers, Spirit Animals and Love as Here, Author Says. London, Nov. 16. There njay be both alcohol and tobacco in the "next world," according to belief ex pressed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famous writer, who has embraced spiritualism. Sir Arthur has written the following upon his views for the International News Service: "What we have in both body and mind we carry ovr to the 'other world' with us. There is no phys ical side to love and there is ne childbirth, although there is a close union between those married per sons who really love each other. Only those who have sympathy shall foregather. Like Rest Cure. 'The sullen husband and the flighty wife will no longer be there tD plague the innocentspouse who is he victim of the mate's disturb ing ways. It is ali sweet and peace ful. It is a long rest cure after the merve strain of life. "Happy circles, life in pleasant homesteads, beautiful gardens, love ly flowers, green woods and d&o mestic' pets all of these are' de scribed in messages from pioneer tiavelers who have at last got back news to those who still loiter- in the dingy old home. V All Women Fair. "It is described as a place of joy and laughter and games and sports and peopled by those who are with out deformities or bodily weak nesses. Let no woman mourn her lost beauty. Let-no man sorrow for his lost strength. All is wait ing on the other side. "Every earthly thing has its equivalent. Scoffers have guffawedj over alcohol and tobacco, but if alfj things are reproduced it would be a flaw if these were not reproduced also." t Irish at Mass Meeting Hiss the Name of Admiral Sims 'New York. Nov. 16. The name of Admiral Sims was repeatedly hissed by an overflow audience at the Lexington ' opera house at an Irish mass meeting called to protest against the "military autocracy" of the English government in Ireland and against "any division of Irish soil in Ovo parts." Men paraded in front of the theater with placards reading: "Kings and their prince offsprings get our g6at away with them." Justice Cornelius J. Collins charged Admiral Sims with political motives in -mentioning in recent magazine articles friction between the Irish and American sailors dur ing tiie war. Repeatedly' referring to Sims as "Sir Admiral.", he de clared. "It is another evidence- of tpw far some people will go iii their love for England. 16ARRESTED If RAID 01! I. IV. WJ ALL Discussion on "Evolution and Revolution" Interrupted by Police, Acting on Orders of Governor McKelvie. SOLDIERS ASSIST IN , ROUNDING UP "REDS" Large Amount of Literature and Books of Organization Confiscated No Bonds Al lowed Men Arrested. '.y Military and police authorities swooped down on the I. W. W headquarters at 104 North Thir teenth street "at 3 o'clock Sunday j afternoon and raided the place dur ing the course of a discussion on "Evolution and Revolution." Sixteen professed members of the organization were taken to the Cen tral" police station between two squads of police. They were held for investigation. One man, holding an I. W. W. membership card, Albert Terzey of Quincy, 111., stoodlat attention be- .. fore Maj. H. C. White of Fort Oma ha when the officers broke into the meeting hall. Terzey Said he served one year in France with the 148th regiment o the 37th division. "But I'm a member of the I. W. W.," he professed. Ordered by Govempr. s Theraid jas made wider orders of. Governor McKelvie through County Attorney Shotwell. Follow ing a conference with Chief of De tectives Dunn and the police cap-, tains, Chief of Police Eberstein di rected three squads of police to the I. W. AV. headquarters; One squad under Sergeant Thest rup guarded the rear of the hall. Another squad of police made the front of the place, while a down de- teCtives under Chief of Detectives Dunn entered the hall. ' ' Fifteen "wobblies" were seated, listening to a speech on "Evolution and Revolution" by E. Lerman, chairman of , the meeting. E. T. Webb, secretary and treasurer, had $150 in cash and a check for $187 on , : him When searched at the police sta tion. All of the men arrested are being held without bonds. Three Attempt Escape. , , Three inmates 6f the hall at tempted to break out a rear window, but were shoved back at the point .. of guns. All the men iiV the hall were lined up against the walPwhile. policemen stood guard at doors leading into a nearby soft drink par- lor and into the alleyway in the rear. The men were searched1 for weapons, ' then ordered to file out of the hall between two lines of police. . - Major White and Lieut. W. C. Burns of Fort Omaha assisted the police ar.dSJetectives in the raid. A large amount of "red" literature was gathered as evidence. ; Pictures of Dead. Pictures of former I. W. W. leaders, who have met death, in other cities during battles with po lice, were found hanging on the y walls of the local hall. An inscrip-? , tion in plaster paris under the pic-,, ture of Frank H. Little, formep ! member of the I. W. W., who was : killed in Butte, Mont., on August 1, 1917read: "In memory of Frank H. Little, murdered in Butte, Mont, August 1, 1917. We Never Forget." Copies of "Our Big Union Month ly," the official organ of the I. W. W. organization, were taken by the police in the raid besides thousands of pamphlets on various principles ', of the organization. Pictures and newspaper clippings were torn off the walls; desks were ransacked by the police and mem- bership booklets were gathered and " taken by the police. Crowd Watches Raid. v A large crowd gathered on the outside while the police made the raid. Nearly 1.000 persons stood in the street watching the march of the "wobblies" to iail. ' Those arrested gave their names ' . and addresses as: E. Lerman, Aetna hotel; John Walzel, secretary and treasurer of the local organization. 320 North Fifteenth street; A. Mc Mnllen, Forty-sixth and Ames ave nue; T. M. Dodson, Hotel Flomar; Gus Aubrey, 420 North Twenty second street; E. T. Vebb,Omahsy . John Johnson', Erie, Pa.; J. Robiso St. Louis, Mo.; Rdy Pearson, Clai . inJa. Ia.; C. L. Johnson, Davenport hotel; John Emery,; Fifteenth and Chicago streets; Joe Jordan, Seven teenth and Davenport streets;- P. . Antone, seventeen ana uavenport i streets: Axtel Alstead. Aetna hotel: , John P. Harrington, 1400 North, Six-1, tecnth street: MikcOuinn. Aetna' ll hotel, and Albert Terzey, Quincy, I II SA i c n nine i nc local organiza- -f tion of the I. W. W. was raided was in May, 1917, when several squads of police arrested "wobblies" in their hall, which was formerly ou the" ; third boor of 1302 Douglas street. - 32 Killed in "Holdup. ' El Paso, Nov. 16. Twenty-seven ' ' Mexican soldiers and five civilian ' -passehgers were killed during tin holdupof a train enroute to MeCI City from Guadalajar rectulife ... 1 ' V.'- - V-, : .