RIEF
ERIG HT
REEZY
BITS OF NEWS
DEATHBED MARRIAGE
PROVES MIRACULOUS.
New York, Nov. 17. What was
regarded as a deathbed marriage
on Friday, when William R. Thorn,
87. a wealthy manufacturer, sorely
stricken with double pneumonia, and
his first cousin. Miss Susan Thorn
Knapp, 50, were wed, today was
hailed as the beginning of a happy
married life, likely to last for some
years.
For the aged bridegroom, whose
doctors thought there was no hope
after Friday's consultation, today
. saw such marked improvement that
the physicians predicted complete
recovery.
PRINCE RETURNS TO HIS
MORGANATIC WIFE.
Bucharest. Nov. 17. (By Asso
ciated Press.) King Ferdinand ami
Queen Marie have been much dis
tuibed by the fact that Crown
Prince Charles has rejoined Miss
Zyris Lambrino, whom he married
niorganatically in 1918, and from
whom he was forced by his parents
to obtain a separation soon after
ward. Besides renouncing his rights to
lite throne, he has accepted a subor
dinate position in the rainy.
"He has had all that a mother and
father could, give to a son," said
Ct ecn Marie sadly, "and if ' he
chooses to go this way we can't help
it. We have pleaded and reasoned
with him until entreaty is no longer
possible, iotitli and love, I sup
pose, will have their way in spite of
kings and queens." '
DIVORCED WOMAN
ADMITS TO MURDER.
Mineola, N. Y Nov. 17. Mrs.
Maria Warren, divorced wife of an
actor and formerly a resident of
Indianapolis, confessed that she
killed , Mrs. Clara Branch at Lyn
brook last Friday, District Attor
ney Weeks annouueed. Mrs. Branch
apparently was beaten to death with
a hammer.
The district attorney said Mrs.
Warren's confession was "com
plete." When arraigned on a charge of
murder in the first degree, Mrs.
Warren cried, "I am guilty" after
the charge was read to her. She was
informed that no plea of guilty could
be accepted in her case.
' "I'll plead not guilty, if you say
.so," she said, "but I am guilty and
want to have it over with, as soon as
possible."
H. C. OF GRAND OPERA
PROVES NO DETERRENT.
New York, Nov. 17. New York's
musical and social seasons had brill
iant inaugurals with the opening of
the Metropolitan Opera and the
horse show twin events that for
years have marked the advent of the
winter's activities of the "four hun
dred" and the followers of art. The
Metropolitan offering was Puccini's
Tosca with Geraldine Farrar in the
title role. "Carus.o, fresh from tri
umphs scored in opera staged in a
Mexico City bull ring, shared with
Miss Farrar in the honors and ap
"plause.1 High cost of living also played a
role. With the orchestra chairs
raised in price to $7, a golden stream
was poured into the box office cof
fers by one of the largest throngs
that ever filled the Metropolitan.
Subscriptions for the opera season
have reached a record breaking to
tal of $1,000,000.
STUDENT ATHEISTS
WON'T BE REINSTATED. ,
Chicago. Nov. 17. Alfred Struve
and Jacob Sacks students at the
Crane Technical high school, who
were suspended when they refused
, to stand and face the east on Armi
. stice day, will not be reinstated.
The boys, accompanied by their
parents and an attorney, appeared
before Principal Bartholf, James E.
Armstrong, assistant superintendent
of schools, and a representative of
the Department of Justice and were
questioned.
- Jacob Sacks said that he and hU
schoolmate were atheists and.'that it
was against their religious belief to
pay homage to the country's soldier
dead.
PRINCE OF WALES
DANCES TILL LAST.
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.,
Nov. 17. After three days spent in
golfing and tramping over the pine,
clad mountains of West Virginia,
the prince of Wales left this quiet
little winter resort Monday night
. for New York. There he faces a
strenuous program of public recep
tions and entertainments lasting to
the moment he sails for England
next Saturday.
The prince spent practically the
whole of the last day of his vaca
tion on the golf links. In the even
ing he was entertained at a 4ea
dance given by Mrs. H. S. Rogers.
A famous jazz band had been
brought from New York tor the oc
casion and the prince danced until
the list moment before train time.
NEW ORLEANS PAPERS 4
INCREASE RATES.
. New Orleans, La., Nov. 17. Ev
ery New Orleans newspaper has
raised subscription rates and prices
of copies sold on the streets. The
Ootae anrt Ttim afternoon naoers.
which sold for two cents on the
streets will cost 3 cents a copy and
subscribers by the week will have to
pay 20 cents instead of IS cents per
weefc The Times-Picayune, now
selling for five cents on the streets,
will raise its subscription price front
IS to 20 cents per week. The pa
pers announced that the raise is due
to shortage of paper and increased
cost of production. Advertising
rates have been advanced 25 per
cent.
"LONE THIEF" REFORMS;
TURNS TO WRITING. .
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 17. Tor
, dan Lawrence Mott, third grandson
of the late millionaire founder of
the Mott Iron works of New York,
whose sensational elopement in
May, 1912, with beautiful Mrs.
Frances Hewitt Bowne, a young so
tiety matron of Flushing, created a
ttir that became world-wide, has
jeen located, with Mrs. Bowne. at
Avalon, Catalina island, according
to reports received here. Seen on
Catalina island, which lies about 30
miles out of Los Angeles harbsr.
- Mott was said to have announced
that he had "reformed and was de
voting himself to writinp .
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JUDGES DENY
INJUNCTION
SUITOFWETS
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Liquor Interests Given An
other Setback When Chicago
Jurist Holds Wartime Prohi
bition Act Is Constitutional.
VOLSTEAD ENFORCEMENT
MEASURE UPHELD, TOO
"Country Still in a State of
War Regardless of Persh
ing's Statement That Army
Demobilization Complete."
Chicago, Nov. 17. The liquor in
terests were given another setback
today when Judge George A. Car
penter handed down a decision in
the United States district court,
which held that the wartime prohi
bition act and the Volstead enforce
ment act were constitutional. Judge
Carpenter announced .that Judge
Louis FitzheHry of Peoria, 111., had
concurred in the decision.
In making his ruling Judge Car
penter denied "the suit for injunc
tion brought by Attorney Levy
Mayer, representing Hannah &
Hogg, wholesale liquor dealers, to
restrain United States District At
torneys Charles F. Clyne and Julius
F. Smietanka, collector of internal
revenue, from enforcing the dry act
and the enforcement law.
Lender the. fifth amendment to the
constitution, which provides that
legislation restricting personal lib
erties of individuals may be passed if
the community as a whole is bene
fited, Judge Carpenter held that
congress was empowered to pass the
two acts involved in the case.
He held the acts constitutional
because "demobilization of indus
tries mobilized by the war was not
yet complete and that the country
was still in a state of war, regard
less of General Pershing's statement
that army demobilization! was com
plete, and despite the president's
veto of the Volstead act, indicating
that the war was over."
Judge Fitzhenry is expected to
hand down his decision -fh Peoria
tomorrow.
Quotes Kansas Law. .
Referring to the national prohibi
tion act, Judge Carpenter said:
"If the state of Kansas under its
police power had the right to pro
hibit the manufacture and sale 'of
ardent spirits, so had each one of
the other 47 states in the union. If
all of the states had the right, grant
ing that the federal government un
der the constitution while prosecut
ing the war was entitled to exercise
police power necessary and proper
for the efficient carrying on of the
war, there is no reason why the cen
tral government could not provide
against the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors in all of the
states and that without compensa
tion to the owners and dealers."
The judge further said: ,.
Power of Congress.
"Congress had the power before
the eighteenth amendment was
passed to make police regulations in
the aid of war. That amendment
certainly did not destroy that right.
If that amendment had been passed
in January, 1917, with the one year
of grace for the liquor interests to
readjust themselves and their busi
nesses could any one in reason con
tend that congress had not the pow
er in April, 1917, to prohibit the
manufacture, sale, or even use, of
ardent spirits.
"I cannot agree with the decision
of Judge Brown in Rhode Island,
that the eighteenth amendment ne
cessitates the declaring of the war
and national prohibition acts uncon
stitutional. "What congress has don- is in the
(Continued on Pagre Two. Column FIto.)
Alleged I. W. W. Refuse
Services of Lawyer,
But Ask Jury Trials
Centralia, Wash., Nov. 17. of
ficials investigating the killing here
last Tuesday of four members of the
Anierican legion by alleged Industri
al Workers of the World, have con
ferred with the attorney general at
the state capital, regarding prosecu
tion of the alleged slayers.
The posse searching for the slayer
of John Haney, member of a posse
that left here Saturday, has not, re
turned to Centralia.
It was reported Haney was killed
neat a cabin supposed to have been
occupied by Industrial Workers who
fled from Centralia after the shoot
ing. Coroner David Livingston and
two deputy sheriffs left for the Han
naford Valley to investigate Haney's
reported death. -
Activities against I. W. W.
were continued in different parts
of Washington and Oregon. In
Tacoma, parties were sent to
nearby logging camps, where it
was reported I. W. W. were arm
ing. Sixty-six alleged I. W. W. were
arraigned in Tacoma for violation of
state criminal syndicalam law. The
men pleaded not guilty and refused
the services of a lawyer, but asked
for jury trials.
PATIENCE WORTH
FAILS IN KEEPING
AN APPOINTMENT
Earthly Medium of. Spiritual
Writer Breakfasting When
Scientist Calls.
New York, Nov. 17. "Patience
Worth" failed to keep an appoint
ment with Dr. James W. Hyslop,
head of the Society for Physical
Research for another wireless con
versation between New York and
the spirit world. - When the famous
psychologist called at the Hotel
Neflierland at the hour named by
Mrs. John H. Curran, earthly, agent
of Patience Worth he was informed
that Mrs. Curran was at breakfast.
He did not wait, having concluded
that she did not wish to see him.
"I'm done with Hyslop. He has
denied calling me a fake and there
is nothing more to be said," Mrs.
Curran said later in the day. "1 am
amused at scientists. The psychol
ogists who have had sittings with
me are strangely silent about 'Pa
tience Worth.' Anyway 1 don't
care what scientists say about me.
You can't ridicule literature and
that's what Patience is giving
through me."
Mrs. Curran and her husband are
to remain here for another week,
but no further sittings are to be
given. In the ten days on which
these sessions were held. Patience
delivered some 30,000 words
through the medium of Mrs. Cur
ran, discussing an amazingly wide
range of topics and displaying sur
prising information on the subjects
discussed.
NAME RECEIVERS
FOR LARGE COAL
MINES IN KANSAS
Ouster Proceedings Asked
Against Ohio Companies for
Failure to Operate.
Chicago, Nov. 17. A new phase
entered the coal strike situation
Monday, when proceedings were
started in Ohio and Kansas in an
effort to resume operation of the
mints in those states.
The , large mining properties in
Crawford and Cherokee counties,
Kansas, passtfft into the control of
the state when the state supreme
court issued orders and named re
ceivers. , The action followed the
filing of quo warranto proceedings
by Attorney General Richard J.
Hopkins to bring about the receiver
ship. i
The Ohio supreme court was
asked by George H. Phelps, Find
lay lawyer, to direct Attorney Gen
eral Price of that state to begin
ouster proceedings against Ohio
coal mining companies organized
under the laws of the state for fail
ure to operate and to have receivers
appointed for the mines.
Another angle to the situation de
veloped in North Dakota, where
Governor Frazer . had seized the
mines. Adjt. Gen. Anus Fraser and
Capt. L. B. Baird of the North Da
kota home guards were ordered by
District Judge W. L. Nuesale to ap
pear before him November 19, and
show cause why the court should
not issue a permanent injunction
restraining the home guards from
"taking, holding and retaining pos
session" of private coal mines at
Willon.
Governor Frazier, who is in Chi
cago, said that if a decision hand
td down favored the operators he
would appeal to the supreme court
of the state.
While reports indicated that there
were evidences of progress in the
wage scale negotiations between
miners and operators in Washing
ton, the coal shortage situation was
growing serious in various parts of
the country. .
Joint Conference of
Brotherhood Chiefs
Called for Monday
Cleveland, Nov. 17. A telegraph
call for a joint conference of the 500
general chairmen of the four great
railroad brotherhoods to consider
Director General Hines' offer of slow
freight service overtime, was issued
after an all day conference of the
brotherhood chiefs. "
The meeting, which will be held
next Monday in Cleveland, is to ob
tain an expression from the member
ship of the prposed scheme of over
time payment. -They probably will
also consider demands for general
wage increases, which have already
been made by two of the brother
hoods, according to W. G. Lee, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, who said, however, such
is not the purpose of the conference.
U. S. Victorious in Fight
To Gain Large Oil Field
Washington, Nov. 17. The gov
ernment, by an opinion today in the
supreme court, won its fight to have
cancelled patents for 6,000 acres of
California oil land valued at $10,
000,000, alleged to have been ob
tained through fraud by the South
ern Pacific Railway company. In
disposing of the case the supreme
court reverse4 federal court decrees
dismissing proceedings instituted
by the government to have the land,
which is located within naval oil
reserve No. 1. returned to the government.
ESCK BILL IS
PASSED BY
THE HOUSE
i
Provides for Private Owner
ship and Operation of Rail
Carriers Under Broad Super
vision of Federal Authorities.
REAFFIRMS STAND
ON LABOR SECTION
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Put in Control of All
Capital Issues of the Roads
After Bitter Controversy.
Washington. Nov. 17. The Esch
railroad bill, providing for private
ownership and operation of rail car
riers, unaer broad federal super
vision, was passed Monday night by
the house, 203 to 159. The measure
goes to the senate, but it will not be
taken up there until the regular
session in December.
A majority of the democratic
members opposed the bill, after their
iailure to eliminate the provision for
government guarantee of revenues
of the carriers for the first six
months of renewed private opera
tion. Representative Sims, Tennessee,
ranking democratic member of the
house interstate commerce com
mittee, that framed the measure, led
the tight on the guaranty, declaring
it a "subsidy." A motion to eliminate
it was defeated. 200 to 165, on sub
stantially a political division.
Reaffirms Labor Section.
The house reaffirmed, 253 to 113,
its stand on the labor section pro
viding only for the voluntary con
ciliation of labor disputes. Repre
sentative Kitchin, North Carolina,
former democratic leader, attacked
the labor section. as leaving the set
tlement of disputes largely with the
railway unions. He declared "the
brotherhoods could nullify the pro
visions 10 days after passage of the
bill by refusing to appoint represen
tatives" to the boards created to
settle controversies.
Preceding the final ".show-down"
by "separate rolls, the house spent
the day in considering numerous ex
tensions of the powers of the inter
state commerce commission.' Its
last act was to place the commis
sion in control of all capital .issues
of the roads, after members had de
clared that if similar provisions had
been in the law some years ago none
of the "disgraceful financial disas
ters" would have befallen several
big systems.
Eliminate Kate , Kule.
The proposed new rule for rate
making was eliminated after a bitter
fight. Efforts to prevent the inter
state commerce commission from
being given authority to control
intrastate rates, imposing an "undue
burden" -on interstate "commerce
were defeated. By this action the
house enacted into law the famous
"Shreveport case," after which, in
trastate rates in the southwest gen
erally were increased to remove a
discrimination found to have exist
ed against Shreveport in favor of
Dallas.
Grand Jury Foreman Towle's "Conf ession"
Money Was Paid Thorp's Grandmother is
Made Part of Record in Bee's Contempt Case
Truth and Justification of the Story in The Bee Are Pleaded by the Defense Many
Objections are Promptly Overruled by Judge Redick County Attorney Fails
in Effort to Fasten Responsibility on Reporter Moore "Fishing Excursion
for Evidence" Ends Only in Disclosure That The Bee "Doesn't, Suppress
News," Says Attorney. 4
After an afternoon spent in what
Attorney V. J. Conuell character
ized as a "fishing excursion after evi
dence" County Attorney Shotwell
ended the first day's hearing of the
contempt case against The Bee. Edi
tor Rosewater and Reporter J. Harry
Moore, without being able to dis
close the writer of the particular ar;
tide named in the information.
The Ree was represented by At
torney W. J. Connell, and the law
firm of Rosewater, Cotner ?nd Peas
inger, and the prosecution Coun
ty Attorney Shotwell. Ju .toe Red
ick explained that the "information"
of contempt had been field by Attor
ney Shotwell by order and at the
direction of the courts. The case
grew out of publication in The Bee
of a story revealing the activities of
the police and Police Captain Haze
in securing the indictment of Re-
, porter Moore on testimony that two
I witnesses later said had been gained
1 from them by Captain Haze by
promises ot immunity for them
selves. It was publication of their affidav
its that Captain Haze had urged
their perjured testimony that the
information says constitutes an at
tempt lo obstruct "justice."
Call Newspaper Men.
The court room was well filled
with spectators at both the morning
and evening sessions.
The major portion of the staff of
reporters, copy readers and editors
of the paper were on the witness
stand, the more important testimony
being given by Managing Editor
Taylor Kennedy, from whom it was
brought out that he had sole author
ity over the news department of the
paper. Editor Rosewater having en
trusted that department to him and
holding-him solely, responsible, y
The chief attempt of the prosecu
tion "Was fo show some connectiQ.aJ
ot Keporter Moore witn the writing
and publication of the various
stories, relating to police activity,
that appeared following the article
of November 9, but this was not
successful as the testimony revealed
that more than one man Jiad written
and handled the stories and that
in some cases the story had been
pieced together from the writings
of two -or three men, it being im
possible for the men at the desk
to recall who had written particular
parts of stories or the whole' of
them, in the vast amount of copy
turned into the copy reading desk.
Foreman Towle in Case.
The most important feature of the
examination was the bringing into
the record of reference to what At
torney Connell, called the "confes
sion" of Foreman Towle that money
had been given to the grandmother
of the convicted boy, Thorp, in his,
Towle's presence at the grand
mother's home.
Judge Redick ruled out the "con
fession" as Mr. Cornell referred to it,
when the lawyer attempted to get
a printed copy of it into the record.
However, he secured the admis
sion in the record, that the "con
fession" of the payment of the
money had been printed in a regular
copy of The Bee, verbatim as writ
ten by Mr. Towle, and that it also
had been published in the World
Herald, verbatim as written.
Oir the introduction of the paper
containing the article objection was
raised by County Attorney Shotwell,
and the judge sustained it, for the
time, Attorney., Connell noting an
exception, and proffering the "con
fession" as printed as Exhibit No. i.
Business Manager Feil, secretary
treasurer of The Bee Publishing
company, was the' first witness
called and identified various new3
paper? a? being copies. of regular
edition of The Bee, testifying also
tp the facts' concerning the corpora
tion, ownership and general direc
tion of the paper.
Attorney Connell objected to this
as a "waste of time," pointing out
to the county attorney that the
answers of the defendants "ad
mitted" the publication of the ar
ticle complained df.
Judge Redick read the answers
again, and said:
"I believe the point is well taken,
Mr. Shotwell," he said, "and the ob
jection will be sustained."
"Stop, Look, Listen," Editorial.
Attorney Skotwell then sought to
fix the responsibilify for the "Stop,
Look, Listen" editorial, in The Bee,
of a date subsequent to the pub
lication of the story named in the
information, and Judge Redick al
lowed examination on that point on
the ground that continued publica
tion of the police stories, or editor
ial reference thereto, might tend to
show the sympathy with which the
editorial department received the
police "crusade" as conducted in the
news columns.
A lengthy examination into the
workings of the "news editorial''
room of The Bee was conducted
with Managing Editor Kennedy on
the stand, the principal ''point
brought out being that as manag
ing editor he had the authority, to
suppress stories, "but generally
didn't do it."
"I was placed in charge of the
news department. of The Bee," said
Mr. Kennerly, "and given authority
to conduct it." j
"What instructions do you receive
from Mr. Rosewater?" he was
asked.
"None at all," - replied the wit
ness, -"except to 'get out a news
paper," ; , '
i!Ycai"Juye authority - to- keep- a
Continued on Pace Tm, Column Two.)
Jefferis Aids Amending
The Railroad Measure
By E. C. SNYDER.
Waflhington Correspondent Omaha Bee.
Washington, Nov. 17. (Special
Telegram.) Representative Jefferis
in rtisciissino- certain features of the
Esch railroad bill before the hous
strongly supported an amendment
offered by Representative Barkley of
Kentucky striking out certain direc
tions to the Interstate Commerce
commission in reaching its conclu
sions as to the reasonability of
sales, etc. These directions, four in
number, namely: That the commis
sion shall take into consideration
the interest of the public, the ship
pers the reasonable cost of main
tenance and operation, including
wages of labor, depreciation and
taxes, and fair return upon the
value of the property, Mr. Jefferis
contended were mandatory upon the
commission to consider these four
essential things in arriving at what
is a just and reasonable rate.
"Why should those be made man
datory and the hundred and one
other things that enter into the sub
ject of transportation be left en
tirely to the discretion of the com
mission as to what right they
should have?" the Omaha represen
tative asked. "In other words it
seems to me that you are limiting
the power of the railway commission
and compelling them to consider
something above and beyond all
others and possibly to the exclusion
of the others that should contend in
fixing a reasonable and fair rate.
For my part I cannot see why it is
discretionary for the commission to
consider others and it seems to me
that the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Kentucky, Mr.
Barkley, should be adopted in this
house, or else other matters should
be made equally meritorious for the
commission to consider in arriving
at a just and reasonable rate."
The Earkley amendment striking
out all the mandatory features of
the section was adopted by a sub
stantial majority.
BRITISH PREMIER
CHARGES BULLITT
BETRAYED WORD
t
Lloyd George Dwells Upon
Complexity of Rus
sian Question in.
House of Commons.
London, Nov. 17. Premier Lloyd
George, speaking in the House of
Commons today during the course
of the debate on Russia, dwelt upon
the complexity of the Russian prob
lem. "In whichever direction we go,"
he said, "we are marching into a
lop."
The premier was asked by the
senate committee of foreign rela
tions regarding WilliaVn E. Bullit.
recently attached to the American
peace commission, and replied: .
"I never heard of Bullitt until he
returned from Russia. I never knew
of his existence until one day Presi
dent Wilson said to me, "There is
a young fellow returned from Rus
sia who might be able to give you
interesting views about Russia.' But
he added that I was not to attach
too much importance to him.
Merely Saw Bullitt.
"I saw him, and that was all I
have to say about him.
"Regarding the statements I des
cribed as a tissue of lies, I read them
in . Paris in-the Daily Mail. They
were that I gave written statements
on Russia and that I was prepared
to send Lord Robert Cecil to Rus
sia. Both untrue. A third state
ment was that I would have sent
Lansdowne to Russia had I not been
afraid of the Daily Mail. I leave
that to the house."
After declaring that Bullitt had
"betrayed the confidence" of Mr.
Lloyd George's secretary, Sir Philip
Kerr, and stating that his secretary
saw hundreds of people for him, in-
(Contlnued on Pae Two, Column Five.)
Negro Identified as
Assailant of Woman
James Campbell, negro, of St.
Louis, was arrested" last night by
South Side police and positively
identified as the man who criminally
assaulted Mrs. Ella Gizard, 35 years
old, on her farm home half a mile
south of the Douglas county line
yesterday, after he had stunned her
husband with a blow over-the head.
Campbell was taken to central star
tion for safe keeping.
Wheeler Begins Service
As Inspector of Police
Police Sergeant Lyman G. Wheel
er was temporarily appointed inspec
tor of police last week and began his
duties yesterday morning. Wheeler
has been on the police force for more
than 12 years. When war .broke out
he enlisted in the marines. and served
in France
DEATH PENALTY
FACES REDS IN
COMING LAWS
I I . C. .1 III
Legislation to otrengtnen nands
Of Federal Government on
Congress Calendar.1-
Washington, Nov. 17. Legisla
tion designed to strengthen the
hands of the federal government
in dealing with radicalism will be
left to the next regular session ot"
congress. Its enactment is expected
to be one of the matters which
President Wilson will touch upon in
his message.
The administration's proposals for
legislation already have been out
lined by Attorney General Palmer.
They were supplemented by a bill
introducedjn the senate by Senator
Poindexter'; republican, Washington,
and in the house by Representative
Summers of the same state. Senator
Poindexter failed, however, to turn
the senate aside from consideration
of the peace treaty.
The senator's'measure forbids, un
der heavy penalty, either written or
spoken agitation for overthro'w of
the government by violence and
carrits its penalties even to the own
ers of building, or grounds where
radical meetings might be permitted
to gather. 1
Any person causing the death of
another while violating the provi
sions of the bill would upon convic
tion be punished by death.
The measure was referred to the
judiciary committee with no pros
pects that it or other pending legis
lation of similar character would be
taken up beore adjournment of the
special session. The department of
justice bill has pot yet been intro
duced. Curiosity Lures Eight
To Death When Tanks
Hurled Into Crowd
Hays City, Kan., Nov. 17. Curi
osity, prompted by a desire to be
near a spectacular blaze of four oil
tanks, lured 8 persons to their
deaths and resulted in the serious
injury of 26 persons, 3 of whom-,
may die, and the less serious injury
of scores of others.
A crowd of several hundred per
sons gathered about the fire when
three of the huge tanks exploded.
One tank, containing a flaming mass
of oil. was hurled directly Into a
group of 37 persons and burning oil
was scattered in all directions, in
flicting severe burns on scores of
spectators. The persons who lost
their lives were directly in the path
of the tank.
Brotherhoods Confer Again.
Washington, Nov. 17. Represen
t?tives of the four railroad brother
hoods conferred again with members
of the railroad administration's ex
ecutive staff. Except to go over
some minor points in their demands
with Director General Hines' ad
visers, no action was taken. ,
TRAIL BANDITS
AND CAPTURE 5
JAIL BREAKERS
Alleged Bank Robbers Who
Escaped After Killing Sher
iff's Son at Lemars
Taken Without Fight
The five jailbreakers, held for
bank robbery in the county jail at
Le Mars, la., who made their escape
Friday night after inflicting fatal
wounds on William Maxwell, son of
Sheriff Maxwell, and also shooting
the sheriff and beating his wife into
unconsciousness, were captured
shortly after noon yesterday between
LeMars and Sioux City, la., accord
ing to word received in Council
Bluffs yesterday afternoon from
Sheriff Groneweg, who has '.been
engaged in the manhunt since early
Saturday morning.
His anouncement carried the
meager facts that the men had been
captured by a sheriff's posse near a
farm house, without the firing of a
shot or without any injury, either to
the jailbreakers or the posse. The
men are being taken to Sioux City
for safe keeping, according to the
word from Sheriff Groileweg.
William Maxwell, son of the
sheriff, who was shot in the head
by the men while they were making
their escape from the Plymouth
county jail at LeMars. died Sunday.
Sheriff Maxwell, who also was shot
by the men, is still in a serious con
dition but will recover.
The robbery of a deaf and dumb
couple near Le Mars led to the cap
ture of the men. Hearing of the
robbery, bloodhounds engaged in
the pursuit were placed upon the
trail of the robbers.
The men captured are Lee Ben
nington, Harry Smith, W. Cu'.lon,
James O'Keefe and William Con
vey. The first four were in the Le
Mars jail following their capture by
Sioux City police after they had
robbed the bank at Westfield, la.,
when they shot the sheriff and es
caped. American Legion Men
Escort Speaker Against
Outside Town
League
Ortonville, Minn., Nov. 17. Ern
est Lundeen, former representative
in congress from the fifth district,
who was scheduled to speak at a
local theater against the league of
nations, was taken from the stage by
members of the local post of the
American .Legion and escorted out
of town.
Belgian Cabinet Resigns,
RrilSKfls NrtV 17 Ttl RalnNn
cabinet has tendered its resignation.
King Amert asked the members ot
the ministry to continue in office
until the results of Sunday's elec
tions are definitely known.
CONDITIONS
TO PACT NOT
ACCEPTABLE
B ,, ,
Wilson Tells Hitchcock Adop
tion of Republican Senate
Leader's Reservations Will
Pigeonhole Entire Document.
UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE
TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Striking Out Reservation 15
Will Not Affect President's...
Decision Democratic Leaden
Tells the Correspondents.
Washington, ' Nov. 17. On tin
eve of a final vote on the peace
treaty,. President Wilson gave th
senate to understand today that un
less it modified the reservations al
re?dy adopted he would take th
treaty back to the White House and
lock it up in his desk.
The first effect of the warning
was to stiffen the lines on both
sides of the senate fight. Then com
promise proposals of many kindi
were thrown out by the democrat!
in a final effort to break into thf
majority program. They found th
treaty's republican friends, all ol
whom had voted for the reservation! ,
disposed to listen but to promise
nothing, and tonight the life of tin
treaty seemed to hang upon'a slend
er thread.
Decision by Wednesday.
A decision one way or the othet
is planned for Wednesday, and und
er the cloture rule the leaders say)
it cannot be delayed beyond Thurs-,
dav or Friday. Tomorrow the sen
ate will remain in session until it
ha1' cleared away all proposed reso- ,
lutions leaving nothing to do but
act upon the ratification resolution .
Jtselt. rour reservations, . two ot
them proposed by the. foreign re
lations committee, were voted dowtt
today and none adopted, v -
The president's determination was
niade known at a White House con
feree with Democratic Leader.
Hitchcock, who declared afterward
th;it Mr. Wilson never would have
an opportunity to pocket the treatjf
because his supporters in' the senaW
would vote down any ratification
resolution that contained unaccepta
ble reservation. The senate leadef ;
te'terated his belief that once sucH
a resolution is defeated, there will be
a compromise that will keep the
treaty alive.
Hope Given Setback.
Hope of such a development had .
a setback Jater in the day however,
when a number of the mild reser
vation republicans agreed to vote
with the Republican Leader Lodge
against consideration of any altertt-'
atf resolution of ratification after
the first one has been rejected. Vice
President Marshall has indicated he
will rule an alterate proposal in order
and the democrats have counted on
to sustain that ruling. How many of.;
the republicans willj be bound by '
today's contrary decision, remained
rfa in tnnicrht . -''-E '
Today's efforts at a compromise
were conducted in a roundabout
way, Senator Hitchcock declaring he
would reserve his direct offer until ' -after
the mild resejvationists had
been released from their pledges to
the majority by defeat of the major-
tty resolution ot ratmcauon.
Would Not Negotiate.
He had intended to bring all the
treaty's friends on both sides of the
chamber into conference today, but
h; found the republicans unwilling
to negotiate until they had complet
ed the program to which they had
agreed.
It was the preamble to the resert
vation group, requiring that the sen
ate qualifications' be accepted by,
three of the other great powers,
u:u ,u. f ...... A .
which luc iHcaiucui luuuu at uvw
(Contlnnfd on Page Two. Colnm One.)'
Peace Conference
Much Interested in '
Senate Pact Action
Paris, Nov. 17. The news of th
adoption by the United States sen
ate of 10 reservations to the Ger
man peace treaty was received with
great interest in peace conference
circles. The point apparently be
ing most discussed by the delegates
in general is as to whether the sen
ate will ultimately insist upon the
reservations being formally ap
proved by, the other governments,
as now specified in the preamble. Ia
French circles the indications ar
that the French government is not i
prepared to give its formal approval,
There likewise is much specula
tio.. as to how far the American res
ervations might possibly affect the
reservations some of the minor t
powers, such as China, Roumania
and Jugo-Slavia, desire to make.
China has never signed the Ger-
man peace treaty. The Chinese
delegates offered to sign it subject
to a reservation on the question of
Shantung, but were not permitted to
do so. Roumania and Jugb-Slavia
did not sign the Austrian peace
treaty, taking exception to the
clause regarding the protection ftf
racial minorities, t