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1 1 4 f 0 RIEF ERIG HT REEZY BITS OF NEWS ROYAL ZEftRA. GIFT TO ROOSEVELT, DIES IN ZOO. Washington, Jan. 2. Jerry, a rebra of rpyal lineage, died in the national zoo here of old age. The late King Menilik of Abyssinia sent Jerry to President Roosvelt as a tok en of the frienship between the two countries. The skin Xvill be pre served in the national museum. MARSHAL FOCH TELLS OF HIS BATTLB- VISIONS. , Paris, Jan. 2. (By Universal . Service.) Marshal Foch believes fly; victory in the world war was due to divine inspiration, according to Id's own statement printed in Echo vDe Paris. "I df not call it a miracle," say Foch, "but in a supreme momeH clear vision is some-times Riven to n man. compelling him to take certain measures of enormous importance. "In the formidable war I believe I had such vision in the battles of the Manie, on the Yser and on March 26, 1918. The victorious decision came from the supreme divine will "' ROCKEFELLERGIVES BAPTISTS $2,000,000. New York, Tan. 2. A gift o! $2,000,000 from John IX Rockefeller was included in a sum of $8,000,000 which the national committee of Northern Baptist Laymen announce.! had -been raised in their Victor campaign, which closed December 31. Mr. Rockefeller contributed ?1 ,00(7,000 to the American Bapt'rt Home Mission society and $1,000, 000 to the Foreign Mission society FIRST U. S. FOLK LORE OPERA SUNG IN CHICAGO. Chicago, Jan. 2. American opera based on folk lore and sung in Eng lish was presented for the first time here when the Chicago Opera Co. produced Reginald De Koven's "Rip "Van Winkle." The libretto isby Percy Mackaye. The presentation marked the frui tion of plans of Cliofonte Campanini for opera that would he understood by the American public, but the maestro did not live to see his dream come true. Mr. Mackaye has treated the fa miliar legand of the Catskills with poetic license, and has eliminated the famous dog, love for which was the feature of. Joseph Jefferson's drama. Love interest is furnished through the introduction of a new character, Peterkee, whom Rip eventually mar ries. A magic flask belonging to Hendrick Hudson, the contents of which re-store Rip and Peterkee to vouth, is another new phase. The title role was sung hy Georges Baklarioff, with Miss Elevyn Her bert as Peterkee. Hector Dufranne, as Hendrick Hudson, was another notable figure in the cast. SOUTH DAKOTA EGG HELD 15 MONTHS IN STORAGE. Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 2. It too! three years and nine months for an egg to get from the producer to the consumer, according: to the date found on one presented to Dr. C, F Lynch, citv health officer, .by tho purchaser of the eggs from a local grocery store. The date on the egtf was April 22, 916. DEAF MUTE HELD FOR MURDER OF SIX. Greeley., Colo., Jan. 2. Alex Mil ler, deaf mute, now in custody in the Denver county jail, today was held responsible for the murder of Adam Shank, his wife and four chil dren on December 21, by the cor oner's jury. CHICAGO POLICE NO MATCH FOR BANDITS. , Chicago, Jan. 2. Shortly after 2. bandits robbed a jewelry store of $5,000,. their automobile turned over. A policeman and a passing motor ist started with them to a hospital". On the wav the robbers shot and probably fatally wounded the policy 'man. threw out the motorist and escaped with his car and the $5,0W. '"STILL STALKERS" BAG BROOKLYN BOOTLEGGERS. ' New York, Jan. 2. Eleven reve nue agents from the "moonshine country" of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia ordered from stalking mountain stills to plunge into the prohibition enforcement campaign in Brooklyn, went into ac tion Friday by arresting -two of the proprietors, a bartender and a wait er of one of the biggest and most popular of that borough's cafes. . The southern agents were brought here to replace eight inspectors transferred elsewhere after the d s covery that Brooklv-i was the source from v.hich came much of the pois oned "whisky" which spread death through Connecticut ' ' "Re-till" frauds are becoming com mon here, it was learned. Whisky bottles which had been "tapped" and re-fillcd with other liquids have been exhibited to the police. With- - out drawing the corks, the liquor had been drawn off through a hoi.; drilled in the bottom of the bottle. Re-lilling through the same lnlc was " follow;. by , lu;ri' r.g it and selling the contents u der ' the whisky ; Uhel. Virtually everything from rr.1,1 pa to varnish has been dis posed! of in this manner, the police sav. PROMINENT WAR WORKER IS KILLED FROM AMBUSH. . Konawa, Okl., Jan. 2. Thomas Ragland, prominent in Seminole county war work, was found dead - near "here, his body bearing three shotgun wounds.' Officers think he was shot from ambush by persons connected with the draft registers' 'uprising" here in 1917. ' In one of Ragland's coat pockets 'was found an unsigned typewritten note which reads: "You helped to get a lot of us -vllows into the army to get killed '?vid now we are going to get you." tv John Goodrich and John Craven, both of this city, who were mem bers of the county council of de fense and draft boards during the war reteived similar notes. n Ragland was returning home from lis farm south of Konawa, when the shots were fired from behind, killing him instantly. Officers here are be ing aided in the search for the slay- er oy tne snenrts oi aeminoie ana neighboring comities. Bloodhounds put on the trail this afternoon failed to follow it. NEBRASKA WOMEN'S CLUB ACTIVITIES ARE ADEQUATELY COVERED ONLY IN THE BEE. The' Omaha -Daily Bee VOL. 49-NO.. 171. Cwt u weoitf-cliM autor May 2. 1906. af Onihl P. O. natfar Mt el Marc 3. l7J. OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1920. By Mill (t mt). Dally. J.W: Sumliy. U.St: Oilly and Sm.. Kit; outtld. Nib. utai axtra. THE WEATHER: t Fair Saturday and Sunday, warmer in east portion Sat urday. Hourly tiiiHmliirrt r JV MAN SUSPECTED FACES BANK STAFF Police Allege Five Persons ''Positively" Identify Harry J. Porche as One of Gang Which Robbed Benson Bank, doorstoopenat inrninp nri 3 FOR RECEPTION ULlf IUL U IM TOGENPERSHiNGlnnil rjflTr OmaKa Ha't F.r.f "Wwirhimlv I fill" llfl I ! Today to Greet A. E. F. Commander. AUTHORITY WITNESSES FAIL TO SUSTAIN THIS CLAIM Two Women Say Porche May Be Man, But Doubt It Not Memberof Kirk Gang Chief Dunn Sends 100 Telegrams. Harry J. Porche, 27 years old, 2ll Sherman avenue, who was ar rested yesterday in connection with the robbery of the'Farmers' and Merchants bank at Benson Wednes day, has been identified by five per sons, according to the police, as one of the bandits who participated in perhaps the most sensational holdup in the history of Nebraska. Porche was apprehended at home with Richard Cowen, his roommate, by City Detectives Dolan and Hagerman. The police do not be lieve Cowen was one of tire gang. Porche was charged with robbery. Cowen is held for investigation. Miss Irene Rose and Mrs. Nita Helming, clerks in the bank, who the police declared "positively"' identified Porche as one of the ban dits, yesterday afternoon told a re porter for The Bee that they were not sure he was one of the men who robbed the bank of $1 15.000. locked five employes and six customers in the vault, and made their escape in an automobile. "Women Net Positive. "I told the detettives we were not positive Porche was the right man," declared Mrs. Helming. Miss RoSe asserted she also told the officers she could not identify him as one of "the bandits. "I most certainly would not be willing to take the witness stand and swear the prisoner the policemen faced me with is one 6f the three men who held up our bank Wednesday," continued Mrs. Helm in?. "There is a possibility he was one of them," said Miss Rose. "How ever, there is a grave doubt in my mind." C. D. Lonergan, 4S01 Military ave nue, the police declare, is one of the witnesses who positively asserted Porche is one of the bandits. Mr. Lonergan, with Helen Tillgren, 10 years old. Storm Lake, la., and Bert Morten, 6108 Military avenue, went to the police station, and according to city detectives, positively identi fied Porche as one of the bandits. Helen Tillgren said she saw the robbers through the bank window as they thrust a revolver into Mor ten's face and commanded him to throw up his hands. Morten and his wife work in the restaurant conduct ed by Mrs. Mary Williamson at,6108 Military avenue. Helen Tillgren is Williamson's granddaughter. Dr. R. H. Cass, whose office is over the hank, and who was in the bank when the robbery was com mitted, said the detectives called him in to look at Porche. "I do- not think he was one of the men." declared the doctor. "Ac cording to my recollection, with one exception the men were short of stature. A tall man stood in the doorway near the front of the room, devoting his attention to the em ployes and customers, while two others went through the vault. Porche does not resembleiany of the three men I saw." Three More in Doubt. John Bleick. also a bank custo mer, who was in the room when the bandits entered, declared he was unable to identify Porche as one of the robbers. Neither could H. E. Hutton, cash ier; William Hinz, assistant cash ier, or Will Lang, clerk, identify Porche as one of the bandits. Not one of the bank employes was able to identify the prisoner as one of the robbers, according to their state ments. Despite the fact that city detec tives. . suoDorted by the Pinkerton agencV here, are satisfied with the identification of Porche, Detective Chief Dunn yesterday sent out more than 100 telegrams to the police de partments of other cities' ordering the arrest o five more men. in cluding Thomas McKay and John Apple-by: who were, accused of the Malashok jewelry store robbery. Mc Kay and Appleby also were believed to have been connected with the Hayden Brothers robbery. Both Appleby and McKay are close friends of. Beryl C. Kirk, whose sensational release from the penitentiary recently is being in vestigated now by the attorney gen eral, and a commission representing the State Bar association under the directions of the supreme court. Kirk was released on a "furlough" signed by Acting Governor Bushee during the absence from the state of Governor McKelvie and Lieut. Governor Barrows. Peterson and Devoe, "a law firm of Lincoln, ob tained Kirk's release. The police do not claim Porche ever was a member of the Kirk gang. Ti e doors of the Municipal Audi torium will be thrown open at 3 this afternoon to permit as many people as possible to be present when Gen eral Pershing enters shortly after 3:30, it was announced yesterday. General Pershit.g has expressed i desire to meet as many Otnahaus during' his stay here today as possible, according to. J. David Lar son; commissioner of the Chambei of Commerce, for there will be n: public reception held during his re turn visit January 8. The general will arrive at the Bur lington station from Lincoln at 3:.H where he will be met by a reception committee and escorted directly io the Auditorium. He will speak aid then shake hands with as many peo ple as possible, according to plans. The .reception today will give Omahans their first opportunity of greeting the general since his re tur'n from overseas. He did not rise when he passed through Omaha to Lincoln a week ago, although a re ception committee was at the sta tion to greet him. The subject of the general's speech is not known, but it is swi that he will discuss international af fairs, and possibly touch on national political questions. He will leave for Chicago at 6:30. Mayor's Proclamation. The mayor issued the following proclamation: "To the Citizens of Omaha: A public reception will be tendered to Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the A. E. F., at the City Auditorium in Omaha on Saturday afternoon, January 3. from 4 to 6 o'clock p. m. An invitation is hereby extended to all citizens to attend this reception and meet the commanding general of the United States army. A spe cial invitation is, extended to the fathers and mothers of the boys who went into military service during the world war, to come and meet the officer who was at the head of all American troops that crossed the ocan from the United States. Let Omaha do herself proud in honoring this distinguished general. ED. P. SMITH, Mayor." Attends Dance in Lincoln. Lincoln, Jan. 2. A dinner-dance tendered General Pershing by the Fifty-Fifty club, a social organi zation of Lincoln, at the banquet room -of a local hotel, was the con cluding function in honor of the general during his stay in Lincoln. One hundred guests were present, a majority of them being personal friends of General Pershing. James F. Pershing of New York, a brother of the general, was one of the guests. General Pershnig will leave to morrow shortly after noon for the east, making a three-hour stop at Omaha and then proceeding to Chi cago, preparatory to begin an ex tended tour of the country for in spection of military posts. "Frisco Pete" Back and Issues Challenge to Omaha Police Force Henry Wegsworth, better known as "Frisco Pete," is said to be back in Omaha and to have issued a chal lenge to any Omaha officer to at tempt to arrest him. According to reports he is armed with two large army pistols and is making it geii-j erally known that he is "waiting""! for the first officer that attempts to arrest him. A carload of officers armed with shotguns and several rounds of am munition, who left the station last night itr search of "Frisco" failed to locate him in the neighborhood -of places he was said to have visited. "Frisco Pete" escaped from the custody of Deputy Sheriff Roy Johnson by jumping from a window in a moving train just outside of Plattsmouth, Neb., Wednesday night, December 24. Johnson was bringing Wegsworth to Omaha from Tulsa. Okl.. to answer the charge of "highjacking" the Charles Storz home, 1901 Wirt street, while the family Mas attending a funeral last summer. "Rough Handling" of Army Prisoners Is Admitted by Detzer New York, Jan. 2. Army pris oners who resisted arrest and acted boisterously were roughly handled but never struck, Capt. Karl W. Detzer, court-martialed for alleged brutal treatment to prisoners at Le Man?, France, where he commanded a military police company, testified in explaining his difficulties in main taining army discipline. Detzer explained that he did not use "parlor methods" in examining prisoners, but often shouted at them, pointed a menacing finger at them and pounded the table to force them to talk. "Combination Sales" Illegal. Philadelphia, Jan. 2. Sale N of sugar or other food staples only with other merchandise in "com bination sales" was declared illegal by United States District Attorney Kane. Prosecutions will be begun, the district attorney said, on evi dence submitted of any combination sale. Congress Conferees Consider ing Esch-Cummins Bills Agree To Give Interstate Commerce Commission Supreme Power. LITTLE CHANGE MADE IN EXISTING LEGISLATION ALIENIST SAYS NEW HAS BRAIN OF 12-YEAR-OLD Slayer Insane When He Shot His Fiancee, Testifies Dr. Ross Moore. PEACE PACT DEADLOCK WEAKENING hi ft h. m ii I n- : n i w. m... r ' a t n. . . l - r ill , 1 m k A n. I 1 . m II I 7 p. m JJ J I ..I " mil . m M I . TWO I'ENTS. ,V"" t I ,) ' - RAIDS MADE j HENRY IS ELECTED HEAD OF DOUGLAS POST OF LEGION AM D A 11 1 P A I V UH KHUIUHLO Federal Body Will Supervise All State Rates That Dis criminate Against Interstate Commerce or Interests. Washington, Jan. 2. An agree ment to give the Interstate Com merce commission supreme authority in fixing railroad rates with power to suspend and annul rate orders ' f state commissions was reached bv the senate and house conferees in considering the sch-Cummin's rail road reorganization bills. The Interstate Commerce, com mission under the agreement would be authorized to substitute its find ings and rate- orders for those cf state commissiors when the latter give an unfair advantage to, or dis criminate against interstate com merce. Confer Rate Making Power. The conferees' agreement provide. for little change in the existing laws, but more delnitely establishes the supreme rate making power cf the federal commission and is de signed to remove doubt, -aised 'i: several cases before the supreme co'irt, as to the authority of the com lri'sr.icn over local or intrastate rate's which conflict with interstate tariffs. The power of the state railway com missions, however, would not be hampered or encroached upon by the federal commission in the making of intrastate rates if such do net prejudice or discriminate against m teiests outside the state or interfere with interstate commerce. Senate Provisions Adopted. The conference agreement, Chair man Cummins announced, provides for adoption of the senate bill's pro visions. The house plan of authorizing tne federal commission to suspend state raes if such placed an "undue bur den" upon irterstate commerce was believed by some cf the conferees to involve conferring upon the,con -mission power to supervise a'fi state rales. Ranchers Fight Duel In Old Time Fashion; Victor Shoots Self Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) One man is dead and one se riously wounded as the result of a range feud in the Wibaux district, near where the states of South Da koto and Montana join. Charles Kenyon, aged 60, an old time stockman of the region, in an old-fashioned gun duel shot and se riously wounded Luther Wells, and some hours later ended his own life by shooting himself. They chanced to meet at the ranch of a neighbor named Wilson Grant. Without a word, both men drew their guns and began firing. Each fired four or five times, un til finally Wells was hit and fell. Kenyon told his wife he would not-give himself up, but would make a stand in the hills. Kissing her goodbye he departed. However, he went only as far as the barn, where he ended his life by firing a bullet through his head. Shooting of Major In Army Is Baffling New Orleans Police ?iew Orkj:m;, Jan. 2. Major HaroJd S. Hetrick, United States army, in charge of the engineers of the Mississippi river district from New Orleans to Vicksburg was shot and dangerously wounded at his home late last night.- The police say they are not sure whether an unidentified man or Mrs. Hetrick fired the shot. Mrs. Hetrick, according to the police said a strange man in civilian clothing rang the bell, forced hi:; way into the house and in a sciftie with the major, who resented the intrusion, fired at him. She told the police, they said, that she (ired a pistol at the stranger during t!:c scuffle. Black Sea Route Offered As Bait to Italy by Soviet London, Jan. 2. M. Tohitchcrin, bolskevik foreeign minister, has pro posed to Italy a resumption of rela tions between that country and so viet Russia, pointing out that the "imminent capture of the Black sea coast by the soviet will ,npcn the Black sea route to ItalyJ" says a Moscow wireless messagl received Uerc. Los Angeles. Jan. 2. The trial of Harry New on a charge of mur dering his fiancee,' Freda Lesser, j passed from the realm of human in terest to that of science today, when the defense called Dr. Ross Moore, alienist, who testified that in his I opinion. New was insane at the time of the shooting. Dr. Moore expressed his opinion in answer to a hypothetical question of approximately 10,000 words. In ! reading it defense counsel was fre quently- interrupted by objections from the prosecution. This question recited the life his tory of New, as disclosed by the testimony introduced at the trial. It set out that New had been weak and sickly nearly all his life and had brooded over the "unfortunate cir cumstances of his birth." Peculiar Acts Cited. Numerous alleged peculiar acts of New were stated in the question, in cluding his taking of a "dry bath," the term applied to the action as cribed to him of arising at 1 in the morning when a guest in a friend's home and seating himself in a bath tub in which there was no water, while clad in his underclothing and socks. Another act described was his al leged catching of crabs with the ex pressed intention of "taking them home and taming them." Much stress was laid on acts indicating a delusion he was followed by" en emies, who told his employers he was an alleged illegitimate child and prejudiced them against him. The question further related to the courtship of Miss Lesser by New, her condition of expectant motherhood, his taking her on an automobile ride to Topango can yon, near here, where she was shot, and his driving -with"" the body to Central police station here, where he ' surrendered and confessed the crime. Considers New Insane. The witness said he considered New was insane for an "appreci able" Jength. of time, before he shot Miss Lesser and for an "appre ciable" period afterwards. But all efforts by the district attorney to obtain an estimate from him as to what this "appreciable" period amounted to in minutes or hours were without result. As to New's general condition, Dr. Moore said he thought the. ac cused was a moron. He further described him as a "psychopathic personality of paranoiac type on which engrafted a beginning deteri oration." New, he stated, did not have a brain exceeding that of the average 12-year-old child. Dr. Moore said New ought to be confined. He said if the accused ! were "turned foose on the public" j he would be likely to have another i. "explosion" such as that which re ', suited in Miss Lesser's death, i The witness was the first to tes tify of five alienists subpoened by the defense. The length of his testimony made possible that the case would not be completed be fore the last of next week, counsel for both sides said. Both Sides Maneuvering to Force Opposition to Make First Move for ' Compro mise on Treaty. ARTICLE TEN CRU) OF DISCUSSION IN SENATE I Cosgrove in Jail For Five Minutes in Diamond Ring Affair Jimmie Cosgrove. recently paroled from the Iowa state prison, and who was under a court order to re main outside the states of Iowa and Nebraska for a number of months, fell into the clutches of Omaha po lice again yesterday afternoon( being held in jail for five minutes in con nection with the alleged disappear ance of two diamond rings belong ing to Mrs. Anna Sebastian, Thirty second and Q streets. Mike ,Boylan, tire repair man, signed bonds of $1,000 for Cos grove's release. Cosgrove says the rings were given to him anej that he pawned them. The disappearance of the rings occurred more than a year ago. "It's just another jam I'm' in," he said when detectives placed him under arrest. Escaped Enemy Alien Now Is in Jail in Denver Denver, Colo.. Jan. 2. Carl Jen sen, enemy alien and alleged I. WAV. agitator, who made a sensational escape from the federal internment camp at bort Douglas, Utah, on Christmas eve, 1918, by Snipping the ' highly-charged electrical wires j which surrounded the camp, was ar- j rested in Silverton, Colo., a month i ago and brought to the Denver I county jail shortly afterwards, ac- i cording to an announcement made ; today by Department of Justice of-! ficiais. He now is in jail here. ! North Dakota Industrial j Program Law Found Valid Bismarck, Jan. 2. The North Da kota state supreme court held valid and constitutional the state laws providing for a state industrial pro gram. The decision validities bond issues for the inauguration . and maintenance of state owned indus tries and enterprises within the cope of the program. . I scope, i Democrats Appear Determined To Force Modification's to Reservations Adopted by Re publican Majority. Washington, Jan. 2. Efforts to break the peace treaty deadlock in the senate were renewed as senators of both parties began returning from their holiday trips preparatory to the reconvening Monday of congress. The only surface developments to indicate the trend of the negotia tions were a number of conferences in which both Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the republican lead er, and Senator Hitchcock, of Ne braska, acting leader of the debate, were prorftincnt figures, though they did not see one another. All of the conferees declined to go into de tails, but they gave an impression of hopefulness that the day's work had advanced the situation towards gn agreement. t Both Sides Maneuvering. Who should make the first open move for a compromise, however, continued to be a warmly debated question, each side- apparently ma neuvering while the negotiations went on under the surface to force the other side to be the first to. break from its former position. Sen ator Lodge still maintained that any compromise move should come from the democrats and Senator Hitch cockv insisted " that the initiative should be taken by the republicans. Meantime both sides were active ly at work on proposals they hoped to use once the wheels of comprom ise formally were set in motion and were feeling out sentiment on op posite sides of the party fence in preparation for the break which would bring the whole situation to' a head. Discussion Centers on'Article 10. Article 10 continued the crux of all the discussions, neither side hav ing found much favor for its round about proposals on the subject. Next in promince was the question of voting power in the league of na tions, with the democrats apparent ly determined to make some modi fications in the reservation adopted at the last session by the republican majority. There were a few other points of difference, but the general impression seemed to be that an agreement on article 10 would al most end the whole controversy. Nebraska Farmers To Join in Fight on Alleged Sugar Trust Washington, Jan. 2. Country wide organization of sugar beet farmers to fight the so-called sugii trust is the object of a joint con vention, of farmers' organizations called to meet in Denver January 2': The call issued by the interuioun tain Farmers' association, the Farm ers' Union of Nebraska, the Ancient Order of Gleaners, the Farmers" Union of Colorado, the Mountain States Beet Growers' association, the state granges of Washington and Colorado and more than 12 co-operating farmers' organizations, de clares the country is producing les1:. than one-fourth the sugar consumed in it and asserts "the national sugar bowl is in the clutches of a few powerful corporations, which are so organized and united as to form a most menacing trust." "The trust in stress of war." the call says, "sought and obtained spe cial privileges at the expense of the beV-t growers, whereby it gained enormous profits and has sought to prevent the growth of the beet sup;ar industry in this country." The object of the convention, the call states, is to expand and preserve, the sugar beet industry, reduce th.; shortage and restore normal prices. None but farmers will be accepted as delegates in the convention. ' Frisco Bricklayers Are Granted $10 Wage Scale San Francisco, Jan. 2. Wages of $10 a day for journeymen brick layers in San Francisco have been approved by the employers, accord ing to an announcement by the bricklayers' union here. The wage agreement was negotiated by E. P. Marsh." special representative of the United States Department of Labor. J Ssy 1 L:tTf!..: ., , YtI Major E. C. Henry. ! I IN 40 CITIES Biggest Haul of Foreign Agi tators in History of U. S. Conducted by Agents of the Department of Justice. , . DEPORTATION OF ALL AGITATORS IS PLANNED Move as Carried Out Ar ranged Several Days Ago With Instructions to Catch Aliens "With the Goods On." Fifteen Hundred Ex-Service Men Attend Meeting in Auditorium. With 1,500 ex-service men in at tendance at the Auditorium last night. Douglas county post of the American Legion, elected officers for the year. The ..following" were chosen: Commander. E. C. Henry. Vice commander arm, Ted Metcalf; navy, Larry Nygaard, marines, Ly man Wheeler. .; Chaplain, Dean Tancock. Many plans were considered dur ing the meeting, among them that of having branch organizations of 15 men or more and divided according to the number of wards in the city. Constitution Adopted. It was decided , after much de bate to adopt the', constitution as written, allowing the Douglas coun ty post to be divided into separate branches, not specifying as to ward or number. Seventy-five names were submit ted from which thirty were voted on for members of the executive com mittee. During the counting of the votes an explanation on the changes in the war risk insurance was given by T. J. McGuire and a short re port of the national convention held 1 at Minneapolis last week was made1 by C. F. McLaughlin. As the meeting was about to close, a member of the legion in the back of the hall moved that the Doug las county post send a request to Washington that Victor Berger be made to serve his term in prison. Moves Expulsion of Lipp. Maurice H. Lipp. in a short speech, said that the legion did not have the right o send any such re quest 'Washington,' and asked that the tnotion be stricken from the records. Hirb Striker moved that Mr. Lipp's name be stricken' from the American Legion roll. Objections were raised and it was moved by Jack Baldwin that an investigation of the case be made before anything was done toward excluding Mr. Lipp. A vote was taken and it was de cided to leave the matter to a board to be picked by the vice command ers. Salary Increase for M. E. Ministers Given In Many Conferences New York. Jan. 2. Rev. J. W. Van Clcve, Chicago, chairman of the finance commission of the Methodist Episcopal church, said 'that the movement to provide clergymen with higher salaries al ready had borne fruit. Eight con ferences have agreed to pay a cash minimum of $1,500 a year, he said. They are: Des Moines. Detroit, Illinois, Nebraska, Northeast Ohio, Northwest Iowa, Rock River and Upper Iowa The conferences of Central Ill inois. Dakota. North Dakota and Northwest Nebraska, will pay $1,400 and Southern Illinois, $1VX). Issue Call for Nonpartisan League Precinct Meetings i Fargo, . N. D.. Jan. 2. National l Nonpartisan league members in North -Dakota will hold-their pre jcinct meetings Friday. January 30, under a call issued here by the league. Precinct committeemen and delegatcsxto county conventions will be elected. In other states where the league is organized the precinct meetings will be held lanuarv 23. Washington;, Jan. 2. The great est roundup of radicals in the na tion's history was conducted , to night by the government acting , through Department of Justice agents in 39 cities, stretching from coast to coast. At midnight reports indicated that more than 4,000 members of the communist, and communist labor parties, against whom the raids were directed, were in custody, and Department of, Justice officials ex pressed the opinion that 4ayli?Jit' would see twice that number be hind the bars. , Nation-Wide Roundup. Not alone was the roundup the largest yet conducted by the gov ernment in its efforts to rid the country of radicalism, but in the view of officials,- it was the -most thoroughly carried out. Department of Justice agents had been- in-" slructcd several days ago and at 9 RESULTS OF CLEANUP TO RID. U. S. OF RADICALS. , Chicago, Jan. 2. Reports from 40 cities at midnight showed that 4,045 radicals had bee arrested as follows: New York, 800; Chicago, 450; Jersey City, 410; Newark, 380; Detroit, 400; Philadelphia, 200; Rockford. 111., 183; Nashua, 150; Buffalo, 136; Boston, 100: Kansas City, 100: Milwaukee, 98; Tren ton, 75; Manchester, N, IL. 65; Springfield, Mass., 55: Worcester. Mass., 50; Lynn, 48; Paterson. 40; Cleveland, 35; Lowell, 30;' Oakland.- 25; Baltimore. 24; Haverhill, 21; Pittsburgh, 21 ; Portland, Ore., 20; Louisville, 20; Holyoke. 20; Des Moines. 16; Youngstown, 0 16; Bridgeport, Conn., 15; St. Paul, 10; Lawrence, 8; Toledo, 8; Waterbury, 7; Den ver, 9; St. Louis, 26; Minneapolis, 4; East St. Louis, 6: Los Angeles, 1; Grand Rapids, 25. tonight the move on the radical headquarters, -whether in Portland. Me., or in Portland, Ore. Department of Justice agents were directed to catch the radicals with the goods on." and that these evidenced in reports, particularlr from New York, where the offiice . of communist newspapers were raided sand from New England, where considerable literature pre pared for dissemination by the two parties was seized. Deportation Proposed. t The object of ;h raids. Assistant .Utof.iev General Garvin said was obtain for submission to the Depart ment of Labor cases for deoortati-v of 'a very large .lumber of our mo!t e.anserous anarchists and radical acw ator ' Au-enU nf th. 1 l e avded. went out prepared io cattli :un-uis wirn tne goods on."-. . The general charge of attempting vtui.ijyw uic government bv ".vv. ouu wuience was placed against the persons arrested during (Continued on Par- Thrw. Olurea On.) No Raid on Radicals In Omaha Last Night, Say Federal Of ficers , The nationwide roundup oi rad, ? I u to M.J' . ft . . . - ....j ..icu iu anect umaha last t dicoraing to local pol'ce an. rtiiumrmes. posirjv I "Wiuo to the fart 'hat . ii re 's here had been collected in f j 1 no police department Lower Railroad Loss. Washington, Jan. 2. The govern ment deficit from railroad operation during November will be approxi mately $64,500,000. a low record for the year, according to figures made public by the bureau of railway economics. Another Atternpt Is Made To Rescue Lighthouse Men North Sydney, N. S.. Jan.. 2. Th Canadian government steamc: Monlcalm started early today on an other attempt to reach Bell? Isle with supplies for the light K-ep-T there, who are facing starvation. The Montcalm will try to get to Belie We by gointf around the east coast of Newfoundland. i.. ... ' . rr "nto ii'rti ni. Krtcri.il ,itrTrc 1,-. K - jie.ved here. United States Marshal "-""IU mat nc nao received n-, word from Wellington. Flvnn lri, Kusscll LDcrstein of the internal revenue service held a conferenre with l0cal police heads immediately lollo.vmg annouiKnuent of the raias beiiiir made thromHinut jand held thrmse.ves in readiness to nviun any instructions. . .la!.'kc A- Pctcrso- assistant LiTited States district attorney, at g. :!!; hour last night said that he hai neard nothing of a raid on ".m Jicals'" lcre and inquired concerning t'c ra.os throughout the United States . Sheriff Clark could not be located last night and the jailer at the coun. ty jail stated that up to midnight ro 'reus had been brought there to. custody. , . - Authorities at both Fofts Onn!:i and Crook rtaU-d that no feder.-i prisoners had been brought to- thf www. - . - .-j. -I