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i in RIEF BRIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS SPURNS HUSBAND AFTER INHERITING $1,000,000. White Plains, N. Y., Jan. 3.- nenty Lewis Slade, who was given . J r e . a uccrec 01 separation irom nis. wealthy wife, Olivia H. Slade of Momamonerk, bv Supreme Court Justice William P. Piatt, declared Ins wife ordered him to leave hei when her father left her $1,000,000 ir. August, 1918. He took the hint that he was not wanted, he told the court, after it ' had been many times re peated. Slade' charged his wife witu abandonment. , "HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, PRICES TOO BIG." Chicago, Jan. 3. -The Woman's Tair Price commission for Illinois will liave an official slogan to im press conservation on the 70,000 club women who are assisting in the campaign against the high cost of living. The slogan.' Mrs. Maude A, Turley, secretary of the commit tee announced today reads: "To market, to markcV 1 To buy a fat pig. Home again, home again, Prices too big." Motion pictures are to be used to spread the slogan. PEERESS FORCED TO HUNT WILD BEASTS. London, Jan. 3. (By Universal Service.) How Lord Carbery, the big game hunter and airman, took his beautiful bride to Africa after their1 honeymoon and made her gal lop miles on horseback despite her delicate health; how she was made' to hunt dangerous beasts by herself; how she had to live ina grass hut like a savage, and how ne beat her with a sjambok were some of the revelations of the married life of the peeress' jisst disclosed in the Dublin courts. Lady Carbery was granted a decree nisi of divorce. Lady Carbery said her husband used to boast of his women ac quaintances in Cairo and Zanzibar. THE BEE PUBLISHES THE. COMPLETE WOMAN'S CLUB NEJVS DEPARTMENT IN NEBRASKA. The ; Omaha Sunday Bee VOL. XLIX NO. 29. Ultn at McM-elM nittw May 28. 1 90S. it Omh p. o. andtr et ! March 3. 1879. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1920. gijg, IrW'SSaSiS: " FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHER: Fair Sunday; ' Monday snow and warmer. Hourly tviuprratur: S a. m ...IS t H . m... .S t 7 a. m i S It a. in 4 a. m S4 5 1 a. m H It a. m 1 It noon.... 3U ni , ..' ni ,.. sa m 11 m .M m 31 m V) 1 ft OLD-FASHIONED GIRL AGAIN TO RETURN. Chicago, Jan. 3. The day of the seven - dollar-aLweek- servant girl who would cook, sweep, mind the baby, wash dishes, ' run the laundry and do odd jobs of calcimining in her spare time is. coming again, ac cording to Miss Elizabeth Moyin han of the Travelers' Aid society. Every boat from Europe is bring ing hundreds of Scandinavian, Irish, English and Italian girls eager to do ousework. Miss Moyinhan says. The Travelers' Aid society is assist ing scores en route from New York. "I expect that in three or four months," one employment agency said, ''we will have almost the old conditions back girls willing to work for. $7 or $8 a week, instead ot 'highty-tighty' dusters willing to assist in housework for $15 a week. LEGLESS WARRIORS LEARNING TO JAZZ. idorT, ' Tan.. 3. (By Universal Service.) A new devotee of danc ing is invading London ball rooms and night clubs, lie is the warrior Who has returned from the fray - minus a leg or even two and who, fitted up with the latest in artificial limbs with movable ankles, is going out after terpsichorcan honors in earnest. - - ' Sir Arthur Stanley, president of the Red Cross in London, is re ' seoiisible for the introduction of the new jazz artist and is personally supervising the dancing -lessons 01 25 flying officers who are pioneers in the project. "Balance is taught in dancing," de clared Sir Arthur. "It will increase their usefulness in other spheres, add to their happiness and will, no doubt, lead to the perfection of arti ficial limbs." FREE WILLARD ,OF . PROFITEERING CHARGE. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 3. Jess Willard, former hearvyweight cham pion, has been' cleared of the charge s of profiteering in coid wood. ' It had been chargeA that Willard had violated provision&W the Lever, act in chargingan excessive price for cord wood cut from, his farm near Topeka, Kan,. Witnesses for the government testified that Willard had at first set a price of $5 a cord "in tut stump" for the wood, but when told that was too high had directed the Topeka city commissioners to "go ahead and take the wood any way." Witnesses quoted Willard as telling them if needy persons were found ' who could -not pay for the wood to " deliver it anyhow. As a result it . was brought out at the hearing, nine -t of the 71 cords sold from the Wil lard farm were giveu away. . "We not only gave away nine cords, but we haven't ' paid any of the bills yet." testified J. E. Wilson, a member of the Topeka fair- price commission. "Willard hasn't re 's ceived any pay and we don't knew Vyet how much he will get." Commissioner Clavlin discharged Villard before the defense offered aijy testimony. Willard. himself did ii6t;take the stand. r NEVER SAW GIRLS BREAK ANY WINDOWS. - Bedford Hills, N. Y, Jan. 3. .- MiSs Jessie McCandiss, matron of one of thel cottages for girls at the ' state reformatory or women here, testified that she had seen two girls handcuffed with their hands behind their backs as a disciplinary measure for breaking windows. She gave her evidence before John S. Kennedy, vice president of the state prison commission, who- is investigating . chargesof cruelty a. the institution. She added that she never had seeiv girls "strung up" on cell doors with 'their feet off the floor, but. said she had been told by Thomas Quinn, a guard a( the reformatory, that' he had seen girls hung in this position - from iron gratings. He told her, she declared, that the, reformatory had been "a one woman institution" long enough- and that he would use his influence to have a new superin tendent appointed. Dr. Mary Conant, resident phy sician atv the reformatory, when asked if she would approve hand cuffing and cold water treatment if .he girl had a weak heart, replied: .,VAny girl, that breaks windows and . swears the way girls tip tlere do, hasn't gora weak heart" MM1I1 r JV IT JV "r JV 1 PERSHING WELCOMED TO OMAHA Nebraska's Own War Hero Guest of 5,000 People at Re ception v jn Auditorium Makes Brief Speech. WOMEN'S VOTES PLEDGED HIM FOR THE PRESIDENCY General Defends Actions of Soldiers in France and Praises Activities of Middle West During Conflict. Gen. John J. Pershing, Nebraska's own, spent three hours in Omaha yesterday afternoon on his way t Chicago. During his stay he made a 10-minufe speech at the Audi torium, shook hands with nearly 5.000 people and was promised the support, of Nebraska women for the presidency by Mrs. Drapei Smith, leading Omaha suffrage worker. The train carrying the general'., private car arrived at the Burling ton station at 3:30 p. m. As the gen eral descended from his car a lusty che'er went up from" a crowd which packed the station and lined the via duct gbove. A reception committee, made up of members of the city council and board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, was on hand, and with the aid of several police officers, es corted the general through the crowd to the waiting automobile oi Senator loseph H. Millard. Cheered on Streets. IT. H. Baldrige, chairman of th'c reception committee, rode by the general's side as he was driven from the station up Farnam street to Eighteenth street, down Harney street to Fifteenth street and to the Auditorium. Although there was no unusual crowd on the streets, hearty applause from pedestrians caused the general to rise frequently and salute: As General Pershing stepped out on the Auditorium stage the Fort Crook band struck up "The Star Spangled Banner" and the great crowd rose with a .cheer lasting fully two minutes. W. G. Ure explained that in the absence of Mayor Smith, II. H. Baldrige had been asked to present the general. Mr. Baldrige, in a short introductory speech, expressed the pride which Omaha took in enter taining the general, reviewed the general's record during the crisis r .he world war and compared the general's humble beginning as a Mis souri store clerk to that of Washing ton and other great military geniuses of this country. Military in Speech. As General Pershing stepped forward to speak there was a sud den hush of expectancy. He stood before his audience, a straight, mil itary figure of tatiued face, gray of hair and close cropped mustache, looking straight into the faces of his audience for nearly a minute before speaking. Then, in his .precise military manner, in a voice which softened at times, he told Omaha "of the heroism -of its own men, men who had filled the breech in the allied lines and stopped the onrushing enemy. "It was the spirit of the people of Nebraska and the middle west," he began, "that was our greatest source of encouragement during the great war in Europe. We always felt that the people of Nebraska were behind us, heart and soul. Praises Nebraska Troops. "The way in which the people undertook te carry on their part in the war most of all. through J r-the great farming districts. of the west, made Victory for this coun try anH the allies inevitable. The men that -you sent- to represent you in thewar attained, with" com paratively short training, the dis tinction of being equal, more than equal, to the best troops in Europe." A shout of applause marked ,this last sentence. ' "I remember very clearly the val or of the 89th division, a division made up of Nebraska men of Omaha." More applause. "The division distinguished itself at the Argopne, had distinguished themselves .before that battle and continued to distinguish themselves afterwards." The general, here took an opportunity to discredit many reports "of disorderly conduct of American soldiers in France. Proud of Soldiers. "The people of Nebraskaxshould be proud of the reputation of their soldiers. American soldiers, in Europe," he said. "There 'was in the hearts and mind f those boys an earnest desire to get at the en emy and drive hiin back where he belonged. These mfn have returned with new experiences, which came to them through their association with all classes. "Their victory was not altogether military. They have left behind im pressions of the young American manhood, which have caused the al lies to express surprise and praise. They helped widows and orphans m (Continue! n Fate Four, Column One.) SPOKANECOURT ' OUTLAWS I. W.W. ' BY INJUNCTION Teaching or Advocating Prin ciples of Organization For - bidden by Order. Spokane, Wash., Jan. '3. .Under provisions of a permanent injunction issued by Superior Judge R: M. Webster here it will become con tempt of court to 'advocate or to teach the principles of the I. W. W., to be affiliated wHth it or to post in any place anything which will ad vertise the organization. The order was issued at the con clusion of the court's arraignment of John Grady, alleged secretary of the 1. W. W. defense fund, and three other alleged I. W. W. now serving sentences i nthe county jail The order affects not only the de fendants named, but all others who may hereafter become known in connection with the I. W W. 21 I. W. W. Released. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 3. Twenty cne alleged I. W. W. were released and charges against them under the state syndicalism law were dis missed -here in the superior court. Fifty remain in jail to be tried on the state charge. . ABBOTT TO REPUDIATE KIRK LETTER Former Deputy County Attor ney WiJI Present on Resump tion of Hearing Copy of Let ter He Says He Did Dictate. WILL KIRK APPEAR AT - HEARING IS QUESTION , (!) , ' The Passing Show of 1920 1 , i i 8 AC fx A QAM HE BE ova PRESIDENT ? WILSON REFUSES TO USE CONTROL ON SUGAR PRICE Won t Exercise Powers Con ferred by Congress Relative To Cuban Crop. Washington, Jan. 3. President Wilson has decided not to '"xercise powers conferred in the 'McNary sugar control bill authorizing pur chase and distribution of the Cuban sugar crop, according to a statement issued at the White Hose. The statement said the president had decided on the basis of facts presented for his consideration and the recommendation of the sugar equalization board that this powcf should not be exercised. In a long statement announcing the president's decision, the declara tion is made that apparently the available sugar supply is sufficient for Ajnerkan needs "even on the present unnecessarily large basis of consumption," and notice is given that the power of price control through the licensing system, au thorized by the bill, will De invoke-1 if necessary in co-operation with the Department of Justice.. Figures 'attached show that the estimated 1919 consumption in the United States was slightly more than 4.500.0!iO tons of which normally only 1,000,000 tons was domestic production. As the Cuban crop is unusually large at 4800,000 tons, of which the allies, however, because of limiting purchasing power, will take p.bout 1,250,000 tons, and as the es timated Louisiana, western beet, Ha waiian and Porto Rican production will reach 2,000,000 tons, the state ment foresees sufficient supply fof American need. . t The American per capita con sumption of sugar,' the statement. said, had risen from 35 pounds io 1866 to an average of 85 pounds dur ing the 1914-1916 period and to S'2 pounds for 1919. , Doctors Testify New Not Right Mentally; ' Murder Insane Act Los Angeles, Jan. 3. Two moreJ alienists testified for the ctense in the triaj of Harry New. alleged mur derer of his fiance, Freda Lesser, giving- opinions that New was in sane when he shot the young woman near here last July. They were Dr. E. B. Hoag and Dr. E. O. Sawyer. Dr. Hoaj referred to New as a "constitutional inferior" and also de scribed' him as a "psychopathic per sonality," a ''man with paranoiac symptoms" and a "feeble-minded person with the brain of a child of 12 years or less. U n,d e r - cross-examination by Thomas Lee Woolwine, district at torney, the witness siid that assum ing that the theory of the prosecu tion to' be correct New killing of Miss Lesser was not necessarily the act ot an insane man.' vvooiwinej stated the theory to be that New had killed the girl deliberately because -she would hot agree to the perform ance of a criminal operation on her after he had urged her to that course, following his refusal to marry her.' , Banquet Arranged to Urge , . Mayor Smith for Governor A numbers of Omaha democrats held a meeting at the- Paxton hotel last night and made arrangements for. a banquet to be held at 6:30 p. tn., January 17, to urge the can didacy of Mayor Ed P. Smith for governor. Committees were ap pointed to complete details. Grey May Return as . Ambassador to U. S. New York, Jan. 3. Possibility of his return to Washington as British ambassador to the United States was indicated in a statement made here today by Viscount Grey of Fallodon prior to his departure foi London oh what he described as a "leavf absence ' X JM I!! TO it r -k . 1. 1 !'r- l Further Questions Raised In clude Disposition of Fund Alleged to Have Been Raised Others in Limelight. When the state bar commission resumes the investigation at Lin coin Tuesday of the release from the penitentiary a month ago of Beryl C Kirk, notorious bandit murderei, under the direction of the attorney general, and pursuant to the instruc tions of the supreme court, interest! is expected to center on the now fa mous letter of Ray J. Abbott, former chief de'puty attomev for Douglas county- to Governor f cKelvie. A shroud of mystery has envel oped the Abbott letter since the day following Kirk's release. Senator Bushee, who was acting governor when he signed the unusual fur lough for Kirk's release, heralded to the world that his action was justi fied and published the Abbott letter, which, he declared, would exonerate him more than anything else from charges of wrongdoing. Will Repudiate Letter. However, the letter published by Senator Bushee over the signature of Mr. Abbott urging the release of Kirk now is declared by the former assistant county attorney for Doug las county not to be authentic. Mr. Abbott will-take the witness stand in Lincoln next week, he de clared last night, and will repudiate the communication alleged to have been written by him. ince testify ing previously before the hearing Mr. Abbott declared ' be had re freshed his memory, and he has written to the attorney general ask ing for permission to be hoard; again. He expects to be called to the stand Wednesday. Mr. Abbott admits that he did write a letter to the governor last summer at the instance of Attorne) Harry Fleharty and Mrs.-Beryl Kirk He declared he dictated the letter ;n Mr. Flc'iarty's office, but emphati cally denies the letter which has been made a record in the case is the pne lie scigned. "I dicta'cd a letter with the defi nite understanding that it was to have been placed before the board of pardons in the regular manner," declared Mr. Abbott. Letter Has Disappeared. The Abbott letter never reached the board of pardons, nor did it eve." i each the governor's office, although it was addressed to the state's chie1 executive. This was developed by testimony already offered before the commission. Neither member of the Lincoln law firm of Peterson & De voc, who obtained Kirk's release, have been able to recall how the letter came into their possession. Mr. Abbott declared he left it in Mr. Fleharty's office. Neither Senatoi Peterson nor Mr. Devoe could recall on the witness stand whether it was forwarded to them by mail or whether Mrs- Kirk or Mr. Fleharty brought it to their office. At any rate it has been shown that the communication wtfs not sent Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Adam McMullen First Republican to Enter Race for Governor ' . ! Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 3. (Special.) Adam McMullen of this city an nounces that he will be a candidate for governor in the republican pri maries: Mr. McMullen represented Gage county in the legislature dur ing the sessions of 1905 and 1907, and was elected to the senate in 1917. He has always- taken an active part in politics and is the first can didate to enter the race for gov ernor. , . ., - - ' Lincoln. "Neb., Jan. 3. --.Special Telegram.) Immediately following the announcement of Adam McMul len of Beatrice that he would be a candidate for the republican nom ination for(governor, friends of For mer Mayor Don Love of this city announced that he would also be a candidate. Mr. Love is now-in Wash ington and his friends say he will make a formal statement of his candidacy immediately upon his re turn. - SEEING THE OLD YEAR OCTT TAT . HIP-POCKET .STUFF IS THE HOUND-UP tilt; : SFFVG VS RD Mfy PUT STEAMERS IN READINESS TO TAKE REDS AWAY 700 Prisoners Already Taken in Dragnet in Greater New " York Removed to Ellis Island. British Industrial Interests Seeking Large Loan in U. S. New York, Jan. 3. The1 British treasury has notified J. P. Morgan & Co., its financial agents here, that it is not seeking a large loan in this country, it" was authoritatively stated here today. Sir George Paish who arrived here Wednesday to seek'a large loan- for British. indus trial interests, isvnot connected with the British treasury, it .was said. New York, Jan. 3. Armed with more than 300 warrants, federal agents and police detectives con tinued their search tonight for rad icals accused of plotting to over throw the government, who escaped the government's dragnet which netted 700 prisoners in the last 24 hours in greater New York. Throughout the day, under heavy escorts of coast guards, police and government agents, the radicals captured in this city together with hundreds brought from northern New Jersey sections, were trans ported to Ellis island. As a result the immigration station is swamped with its record jam of alien an archists held for deportation pro ceedings. Urge Goverrfment's Overthrow. Bombs,' rifles, pistols, - bayonets, knives and ammunition seized in raids on radical centers in Newark and Elizabeth, N. J., lent a sinster air to the reported activities of radicals captured by government agents there and in other northern New Jersey sections. Tons of seized propaganda literature, whic.li is al leged to have urged the overthrow of the government by violence,, were being systematically sorted and studied by federal agents here to-, night. ' Will Continue Work. If Martens, who has constantly defied attempts of investigators to obtain information concerning his activities for Trotsky and Lenine, is shown to be connected with the communists' activity in America, he will be reported to the congressional committee investigating radicalism for deportation, Chief Flynn an nounced. Determination of the communists t6 continue their work for the over throw of the government was voiced by Harry Winitsky, secretary of the (Continued on Tane Two, Column One.) First. League of Nations Call May' Conie From Wilson Washington, Jan. 3. Study of the subject hasconvinced officials here that President Wilson may issue the call for the first .meeting of the council of the league of nations without- committiug the United States government to participate in the league. In accordance with that view necessary preliminary steps have been taken, it is understood, to permit President Wilson to com ply with the ' requirement of the treaty that he issue the formal call. The call will be made immediately upon publication in the official French organ of., the "Process Ver bal" proclaiming the' completion of the ratifications of the peace treaty which -is expected within a week. Though not officially stated, it is be lieved that .the call by President Wilson will be issued through the secretariat of the league in Lpndon ot Pari - SAD PICTURE OF EX-KAISER DRAWN BY CORRESPONDENT Struck in His Vital Strength , And Eternally Torn by Mental Torments. Berlin, Jan. 3. The Hague corre spondent of the Tageblatt gives a rather unusual picture of the former German emperor in an article on the personal appearance of the former ruler and his future prospects. "The kaiser himself the kaiser grown much older has been struck in his vital strength," says the cor respondent. "The trembling in the right arm and leg, which earlier was only just noticeable has so increased that it-is apparent at a glance and dominates hi's entire appearance. i The kaiser has become very corpu lent, though he eats little. Having talked with countless phy sicians who have visited the former emperor, the correspondent pre cedes his picture with a sharp criti cism of some of these leading per sonalities, "who afterwards tell tact less stories, and stories based on misunderstanding which circulate about the V-orld." Attitude Still Soldierly. He adds: "The kaiser's attitude is still sol dierly, ljut he appears to have grown shorter. Jt is noticeable how slowly he speaks in contradiction to his old habit. Hes livens up only when re membrances of the old days come to him. This often occurs in the middle of a conversation. "Only pity can be felt for the kaiser on such occasions. No one. who has seen him at Amerongen and is capable of responsible impres sion believes that this man, who spiritually torn and shows it in his body, will ever play an active roV: in any form whatsoever. . By the grinding experiences of war, the blow of breakdown and, J" worry about his future, which constantly torments him, the deeper impulses of his will are dulled." In the opinion of the correspond ent the former emperor has pur chased Doom house as proof that he has givqn up all thoughts of re turning to Germauy Police Called to Referee Fight Among City Firemen Police were called last night to referee a fight among city firemen in No. 6 engine house, Twenty fourth and Cuming streets. "Pete" McDermott, 604 North Twdnty-thinl Itrcet, was arrested by one of the referees and . charged . with . being drunk and disorderly According to Policeman Peters, Fire Captain George Cusick was beating McDermott over the head with a club when the police arrived. Cusick and McDermott, it was al leged, had come on duty drunk and, answering a fire call at Eighteenth and Cass streets, had started an ar gument at-the engine house, a. -----. Expect 100,000 Immigrants. New York, Jan. 3. With hun dreds of aliens being shipped from all parts of the country to . Ellis Is. nut for deportation as dangfous radicals, it wa rep rted that 100, 000 immigrants are expected on in coming vessels ihis, month. Nearly 50.000 arrived last mcnth and nearly K.S00 have been landed in 'the last 48 hours, , t , 85 INJURED IN WRECK ON GREAT WESTERN ROAD Coaches Rol Down Embank ment Near Wyeth, Mo. ' One Victim Dies, Others . In Serious Condition. St. Joseph. Mo.. Jan. 3. One ma;', was killed and 85 injured when Chi cago, Great Western passenger train No. 3 was wrecked early today near Wyeth, Mo.. 2$ miles north of here E. J. McGrath, a section foreman of the railroad from Aitken,- Minn., who died this afternoon in a hos pital, was the only fatality. Others are in a serious condition and it is expected that Mrs. Ruth Jackson, uegress, 1206 .Cherry street, Dcs Moines, la., will not live. Wreck Caused by Broken Rail. The wreck was caused by a broker, rail, railroad officials said. The train runs from Minneapolis to Kansas City and was due to arrive in St. Joseph at 5:02 this morning. The derailment occurred near a- trestle crossing the 102 river The locomo tive, the baggage car and a day coach passed the broken rail in safety and crossed the trestle. The remainder of the cars left the rails. The day coaches rolled down the embankment and the sleeping cars piled up along the right of way in the rear. A day coach crowded with passengers turned completely over. .. . List of Injured. Among the injured brought to hospitals in St. Joseph 'were: Dr. E. L. Hoag, East Las Vegas, N. M., left leg contused, shoulders bruised. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and nine children, Hall Summitt, Kan., all cul and bruised about the hodics; mother and babv in serious condition. : J. V. Frost. Cedar Falls, Ia hack wrenched. H. L. Spry, Waterloo, la., oack hurt. O. C. Boyer, Cedar Falls. Ia., badly cut about the head and shoul ders and chest crushed. Charles Duffy, Glasgow, Mont. left' hip ami right shoulder contused. Mrs. Acidic Wallace, West Union, la., eye injured, wrist broken and head hurt. Mrs. M. A. SpauMing. . West Union, fa., head hurt. Mrs. E. S. Morse, Nashua, la., col lar bone broken, critical. . E. S. Morse, Nashua, la., hip and arms injured. ' .. Ak Engleking, Waterloo, la., back wrenched. ' Mrs. Albert Harmes. Brockton, Mont., left side and right arm lacer ated. H. F.- Hensey, Boone, la., head and hips cut and bruised. A. Shud, Clemons, la., hody bruised. Mollie Elledgc, Marshalltown, la., cuts about the head. . M. O. Musser, West Union, la., back and head hurt.. A. M. Wallace, West Uniou, la., head and arms cut and bruised. T. R. Stam, West Union. Ia., leg broken and back sprained. , Ben Herdlichka, Humboldt, la., right leg broken and head hurt. James Herdlichka, Humboldt, Ia., back injured and internal injuries. KIRK GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED Finn Brothers in St. Paul Jail Charged With Assisting in Looting Farmers and Mer chants' Bank of $115,000. , $20,000 BOND URGED BY OMAHA POLICE CHIEF Man Arrested in Omaha, Claims Perfect Alibi, But Is Held Under Big Bond Rend ing Hearing. . ' r hoi itlil c-. George Finn, alias Thomas Mc Kay, and his brotlfer, Mike Finn, alias George Brown, were arrested last night -in St. Paul, Minn., and', held for the Omaha police on a war rant charging the two brothers with robbing the Farmers' and Mcr-, 1 charjts' bank of Benson December! i '..j.gs.sr-ir.'" ja 7f 31r according to the announcement, cf Detective Lloyd O. Tcland last V night. George Finn, alias McKay, was . wounded in a gun battle bctwocn , . city detectives and the Kirk gang, after the robbery of the Malashock jewelry store here two years, ago. Lr.tcr McKay was acquitted of the charge of murdering - Detective Frank Rooney during 4he gun battle, " while other members of the gang were convicted. ( x i ' Caught in St Paul. Telegrams were dispatched ve ti rday by Chief of Detectives John T. Dunn to all the larger cities in the country asking the arrest of the,,. Finn brothers. At 8:47 last night To- land recsi-ifd message from --St. I "ul saying the two alleged bandits bad been apprehended. . , Warrants were sworn out yester day by Chief Dunu against fdif bandits who held up the Benson bank at 10:30 a, m. December 31 and made off with $115,000 in cash i and negotiable securities. . s Chief of Police Eberstein last right ordered St. Paul authorities to hold flic Finn brothers under '$20. 000 bond each. Two detectives will leave for St Paul at once to bring back the prisoners. The detective department annouueed last nirJ't that they "had a good line" on t:K other two bandits. - The police say three employes ol ' the plundered bank have said pos-' itiyely.on looking at pictures of "the ( Ffiin brothers that they are two of the four bandits. . - . Hold Harry Porche. Despite refutations in the alleged identity of Harry Porche. 2117 Sherman avenue," as a member of the bandit gang, police are still holding him at Central police sta- . tion under bonds ot $1U,UU(J on a charge of robbery. Porche claims a perfect alibi ' ir, the declarations of Jim Cudahy, clerk at the Montrose cigar store. Sixteenth and Locust streets: L. Herbert, mechanic, and Sam Mad sen, floorman at the Strehlow garage, 2107 Sherman avenue. Cudahy says that Torche was in the cigar store at 10:30 Wednes day morning, the day of the. roJ bery. Herbert and Madsen say that Porche drove his car into the Strehlow garage shortly before 11 that same morning. ,. Torche was arraigned in Central police court yesterday for a hearing. His case was set over until Tues day and bonds were set at $10,000... J Say Nebraska Girl xS. Captured Member of' Famous Botha Family Storm Lake, Ia., Jan. 3. -(Special.) Word has been received here of the marriage of Miss Dorothea Johnson, formerly of this city, a daughter of Bishop and Mrs. E. S. Johnson, to Calvin Graham Botha, the marriage having taken place in the Metropolitan church at Cape Town, Africa, in November. It is said that -Mr. Botha is a member of the celebrated family of that name, which has had so much to do with the history of South Africa. Four Farmers Escape Death When Train Strikes Auto . Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 3. Four men, farmers residing near Rock Rapids, Ia., miraculously escaped .!..,. 1, ... i !i: - -. . r"- nnui an iuniuis v.en.rai pas- sengcr train, traveling at a high rate of speed, struck the automobile a . a. bouc iiu.isiug one mne east c Rock Rapids. Thev were hrr.n,V,l - . rrii- 1 . , .. V i'j oiuua raus nospuai on tne , . Snow Js Promised Nebraska First Part of Coming Washington. Jan. 3. We: preoicupns ior tne week beguj Monday are: Upper Mississippi rower Missouri valley sGer iair ana normal temperarur snow is probable the first thf week . .... !