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ENJOYS HIS FUNERAL;
HOW READY TO DIE.
Hillsboro, Pa., Jarf. 19. James H
Housen, 75 years of age, is all ready
to die now. In fact, he has already
buried himself. Believing funerals
should be enjoyed while living, he
has had his . staged here recently.
Many friends attended. They sang
"Nearer, My- God, tap Thee" and a
number of other funeral songs after
a minister delivered Houser's burial
services. Houser has prepared his
own obituary. The ceremony was
held at a church and at the Houser
, home.
HEN SAVES NECK BY
DOING TRIPLE WORK.
Los Angeles, Jan. 19. Walter
; Brooks purchased a hen ai a Venice
' butcher, shop, intending to kill her
for Sunday dinner. He brought the
hen home Friday night and put her
in the bark yard.
Saturday when Brooks went to
catch the hen he found three eggs
in one. of the nests. There had
been no other chickens in the yard
for a year.
Three eggs in one day was suffi
cient to save the hen's life. She
was not on the Brooks table, Sunday.
INTRObUCED AT 9 A. M.
ASKS DIVORCE AT 3:40 P. M.
, . Los Angeles, Tan. 19. Setting
forth a schedule of hours and dates
which, he states, should prove the
case for his wife, Asa M. Rogers, a
salesman, has hied a remarkable
answer in the superior court of
"San Francisco declaring his willing
ness lhat she be granted an annul
ment of their marriage.
The courtship, marriage and sep
aration all occurred July 26 last, ac
cording to Rogers. This is the
' schedule of that day 'as it appears
in his- answer:
'9 A. M. Introduction.
10 A. M. Completely in love.
11:30 A. M. Proposes.
.11:31 A. MI Accepted.
- 12:15 P. M.--Arrive in Los An--
geles from Long Beach to get U
, cense. '
1 P. M. Get license. '
2:15 P. M. Marriage ceremony.
3;30 P. M. Arrive at bride's
" home in. Long Bcachi
3:34 P. M. Informed by bride
that her parents object to marriage.
3:35 P. M. Bride announces she
can never live with him.
1;4Q.P.M. Bridegroom on train
leaving Long Beach.
Mrs. Rogers formerly was Miss
Leah M. Mehsey of Long Beach.
WILL COST MORE . '
TO GO TO BED.
Chicago, Jan. 19. Bedding prices
will follow the general upward
trend of prices, according to dele
gates attending the convention of
the National Association of Bed
ding Manufacturers.
L. W. Gilman of Chicago said
that the best mattresses have ad
vanced comparatively less -than the
cheaper .ones. He said the finest
horse hair from South America had
advanced in price but 15per cent,
while ordinary cotton, which makes
- up the second grade, had gone up
100 per cent. - , . ; "
A federal law regulating the
, manufacture of bedding and calling
for uniform weights and measures
was" recommended by. delegates.
ANTI-PROHIBITIONISTS
TO USE DRY TACTICS.
Milwaukee, xWis., Jan. 19. The
method used by the prohibitionists
tq establish prohibition will be used
by the anti-prohibitionists to re
voke it, according to Claude R.
Diegle, grand secretary of the Or
der of Camels, the national organ
ization formed to fight prohibition.
-Mr. Diegle said political action
would be. employed by the order.
In every case, he said, the -order
would oppose a prohibitionist rath
er than favor anyone anti-prohibitionist.
"The first important action will
fee at the national conventions of
the republican and democratic par
ties this summer," said Mr. Diegle.
WON'T RAISE "OLD GLORY" .
TO HONOR PROHIBITION. '
Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 19. Mayor
A. C McHenry's stand in refusing
to display the American flag over
the city hall in honor of the na
tional prohibition amendment has
brought him several letters and tel
, egrams of congratulation from those
who do not take kindly 'to a bone
, dry nation. A telegram from Mil
waukee said:
"Congratulations on the stand
you have taken with the representa
tives of the W. C T. U. Too bad
- we have not more public officials
like you. Come to Milwaukee- and
we will elect you mayor of our
city. More power to you."
NEW YORK POLICE, .
HAS AERIAL FORCE.
New York, Jan. 19. The- New
York police department now has
100 men in its air service corps
and more than 200 others have
volunteered their service free. Col.
Jefferson De Mont Thompson, spe
cial deputy police commissioner in
charge of aviation, told Governor
Smith's commission on aviation. .
He explained that the air police
force was equipped with planes,
hangars, landing places and "other
things that we have not spoken
about."' .
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CHARGES OF
SIMS TO BE
SCRUTINIZED
Senate Subcommittee Will
Thoroughly Probe Statement
That Navy Department Failed
To Co-Operate in War.
MAY ALSO INQUIRE INTO X
CHARGES OF IMMORALITY
Providence Editor Says "Many
Seamen Have Been Used for
Vile Practices" With Knowl
edge of Daniels.
WashingtoflJan. 19. Charges of
Rear Admiral Sims, that the Navy
department failed to co-operate fullv
with the allies during the war, will
be investigated by the senate sub-
i committee, before which they were
made.
"CThis was decided today by the full
naval committee, which also author
ized appointment of another sub
committee to determine if there
should be an inquiry into charges
by J. R. Rathon, editor of the Provi
dence' (R. I.) Journal, that with the
knowledge of Secretary Daniels,
"many seamen have been used ror
most vile and nameless practices to
entrap innocent men."
Secretary Daniels announced Adj
miral.Sims would be called on to
make good his charges either before
the senate or a naval board.
Simultaneously, Chairman Butler,
of the house naval' committee an
nounced that Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood would be called to explain
statements "attributed to , him that
American naval vessels were "float
ing death traps."
Wood Makes Explanation.
General Wood explained-at Port
land, Me,, today that what he said
was thaf naval ships manned by un
trained crews would be death traps
in battle.,.,, ... .
Inquiry into Admiral Sims' charges
will not be started by the senate sub
committee until its present investi
gation of naval decorations is com
pleted,, 'vhich probably will be in 10
days. That investigation was con
tinued today with Admiral Sims con
cluding his testimony. Rear Admiral
Mayo, commander of the Atlantic
fleet during the war, will be called
tomorrow.,
The naval committee met today in
executive session. Senator Pittman,
democrat Nevada, sought to have
the entire committee conduct the in
quiry into Admiral Sims' allegations,
but Senator Lodge, republican, Mas
sachusetts, objected on the ground
that the committee .was too busy.
Senator Pittman theto sought to
have a special subcommittee ap
pointed, but failed.
The committee took up telegrams
(Continued on Pace Two, Column Seven.)
ALL LIQUOR SIGNS
MUST DISAPPEAR. ,
New York, Jan. 19. All signs ad"
Vertising intoxicating beverages
must disappear from public view, ao
cording to an edict issued by James
"Shevlin, supervising federal prohibi
tion agent, . for New York City.
Rhode Island, and Connecticut. All
whisky, gin, wine and beer -.signs
must be either pulled down, hidden
from the public view or be painted
out, he said. '
COMPARES RADICAL
TO A RATTLESNAKE.
Chicago,. Jan. 19. Federal Judge
Carpenter has taken exception to a
statement made in a recent address
by Judge Orrin Carter of the Illi
nois supreme court that radicals
should not be deported, but edu
cated to appreciate the true values
of American ideals and institutions.
"You may as well try to teach a
" rattlesnake to sleep in a cradle with
a babv as to trv to educate au an
archist or radical." said Judge Car-1
Killed Three Mexicans
In NigHt Fight, Farmer ;
Tells Senate Committee
American Physician Also Describes Continuous Out
rages Against American's Across the Border and
Declares Never Has a Culprit Been Punished
Dr. Hunter Asserts He Knows No Mexican, Car
ranza Included; Whose Oath He Would Accept.
San-Antonio, Jan. 19. After des
cribing one outrage after another,
which l:e claimed o have witnessed,
Dr. John Hunter, an American phy
sician of Nogales, told the senate
subcommittee investigating the Mex
ican situation today he nevef had
known of a Mexican being punished
for killing an American in Meyico.
"There has been no safety tor
American life or property in Mexico
since 1010," he said. "I have k"own
a lot ol Mexicans in that time, and
I do not know one and I know
Carranza "whose oath I would ac
cept." Dr. Hunter was at Guadalajara
when the Americans occupied Vera
Cruz. His account of the flight of
the Americans from there was ac
cepted, as additional evidence of the
higher regard held by Mexicans for
British and German representatives.
It was the British consul who af
forded protection to the Americans
at Guadalajara and a German clerk
at another town who effected the
release of Americans held by Mexi
can soldiers bv declaring himself
a Germs n consular officer.
Shot Three Mexicans.
J. D. Ward, now a farmer in lex
as, gave the first instance in the
committee's record of an American
scoring on the Mexicans. Ward
shot three and got back into the
United . States without 1eing cap
tured. He was living on a fruit farm
with his wife in 1915, he testiiied.
One night he was visited by sol
diers led by one identified as a non
commissioned officer in Carranzas
army. They had been there be
fore and tried to extort money. That
night, Ward said, he gave the lead
er some, but not enough to satisfy
him and his men tried to force their
way through the door.
"I had told mv wife to get under'
the bed," he testified. "I had made
up my mind I would have to fight.
As the leader came in I fired and
he fell. The others began firing and
continued their efforts to enter. I
had estimated' there were not more
than eight or ten in the background
when the controversy had begun.
Pretty soon another came in sight
and I lcr him have it, too, and a
moment later I managed to make
out the outlines of another man ani
I got him."
The attacking party withdrew and
the remainder of the night was spent
by Mr. and Mrs. Ward in hiding un
der - the barn. It. developed next
day, he said, that the Mexicans on
their way to his house had raided
that of an American negro, brutally
attacking the man s wite.
who was a member of the Blalock
colony, testified he had been he'd
1? days and ordered shot by Co!.
Lopez De Lara, who insisted he was
a Yaqui Indian and a spy of Villa.
Jacks is from Pine Bluff, Ark. His
testimony was corroborative of
others wh have told of outrages
and depredations. His escape was
au indirect result of his enforced
practice of medicine.
RUSS HOPE TO
FINANCE TRADE
WITHOUT GOLD
Think Raw Materials Should
Prove Good in Exchange
For U. S. Products.
London, Jan. 19. The joint com
mittee here of the Russian co-operative
societies will leave for Paris
for a conference with the allied
council's representatives to work
out details to put into operation
the reopening of trade with Rus
sia through the societies.
The committee's chairman, M.
Morozoff, is general manager of the
L'nion of Siberian Co-operative
Unions.
Asked if sufficient gold is avail
able in Russia to finance a resump
tion df trading on any considerable
scale, he said: v
"We have, no gold, but we liave
what is better, raw materials."
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SENATOR REED
SEES DEFEAT OF
PEACE TREATY
Lodge Says Certain Great
Principles Involved Can't
Be Compromised..
New York, Jan. 19. Defeat of
the peace treaty, with or without
reservations', was predicted by Sen
ator Jaflles A. .Reed at a dinner
given in honor of himself and Sena
tor Hiram Johnson by New York
business men. 'Senator Johnson de
clared that the Lodge reservations,
while not wholly protecting the
United States, gave a measure of
protection and that' they were the
"irreducible minimum" on' which no
compromise could be made.
Senator Reed declared formal
peace could be secured by passage
of the Knox resolution which called
for ratification of the peace treaty
with the elimination on the league
covenant.
Protection Conceded.
. "The irreducible minimum of pro
tection to our country, said ben
ator Johnson, "must . sharply and
absolutely jnark the line. The neces
sity of this protection is conceded;
that it is the least that should Be
done is admitted.
"Compromise of the protection
thus essential leaves oup country and
its institutions menaced and im
perilled. Compromise with an ir
reducible ' minimum is abject sur
render. The senate,' nof only for
maintenance of its own dignity and
its high purpose, but because of its
lofty patriotism, can permit no sub
stantial modification or alteration
of the measure of protection it has
demanded and won."
Lodge Sends Telegram.
Senator Henry Cabot Loclge, in
a telegram, declared there were "cer
tain principles" involved in the sen
ate reservations to the peace-treaty
on which no compromise is possible.
Reservations as finally -agreed up
on, he said, were drafted by "those
who desired to have he treaty rati
fied," and "many senators who voted
for them made large concessions in
doing so."
"The president," he said, "has
ever altered his position."
A telegram from Senator Knox
was also read in which he declared
if he voted to advise ratification of
the treaty he would 'feel he naf
compromised his Americanism, and
consciously refused to follow the
clearest convictions he had ever' en
tertained, upon a public question.
NO VERDICT
REACHED IN
DAVIS' CASE
Jury Discharged After 47
Hours-Foreman Smiles as
He Reports They Might Stay
Out a Year Without Agreeing.
MAY BE THIRD TRIAL,
SHOTWELL ANNOUNCES
Nurse Breaks .Strike of
Blood Donors In New York
Vote Was Eight to Four From
First to Last Jurymen Re
fuse to State for Which Side
Majority Was Cast.
After almost a full two days and
r.ights, 47 hours, locked in the jury
room, the 12 men who heard the evi
dence in the second tjal of George
Davis in District Judge Redick's
court was discharged at 4:45 yester
day afternoon without reaching a
verdict. Davis was tried on charges
of assault to murder and assault to
do great bodily injury to Mayor
Smith the night of the court house
not.
A Cherokee Indian, Odia ijacks. V The jurymen took 11 ballots and
not a single vote was cnanged.
""We stood, 8 to 4, on the first
ballot Saturday evening right after
we went out. and we stood, 8 to 47on
the last ballot taken Monday after
noon," said Foreman Mills. The
jurors agreed among themselves not
to vmake public whether the eight
votes were for conviction or ac-.
quittal.
Asked No Instructions.
The jury asked for no additional
instructions or" any clearing up of
evidence during all the time it was
out. At 2 yesterday afternoon Judge
Redick called the 12 men in and
questioned them. .
"Is there any possibility of reach
ing a verdict?" he asked. "Does
any juror think you might - still
agree?"
"I am sure we cannot," said Fore
man Mills.
"We could stay in that room the
rest of the year and not change a
single ballet, with this bunch," said
Juror Charles Traver.
Judge Redick pointed out the im
portance of reaching a verdict if it
could be done conscientiously and
sent the 12 men back to the jury
room. No word came until he
called them in again at 4:30 o'clock.
(Tlie Foreman Grins.
"Gentlemen of the jury,' have you
rgreed upbn a verdict?" asked the
judge.
"Not yet," said the foreman with a
grin.
Other jurors said the case was
hopeless. The judge then dis
charged them.
Judge Redick ordered Davis re
manded for another trial, but re
leased him on the $14,000 bond un
der which he has been since shortly
after he was arrested. - . .
The jury went out at 5:45 Satur
day afternoon after spending the en
tire week hearing evidence.
Such a fight in a criminal case
has not been seen in Douglas county
in years. The cost has already
mounted into thousands of dollars.
The state's expense in the two
trials was estimated yesterday as fol
lows by an official: Service of jury,
13 days at $36 a day)N)$468; meals for
jury wni le they deliberated, $60; wit
nesses, 30 in attendance an average
(Continued on I'age Tiro, Column Fire.)
Three Thugs Knock
Pawnbroker Senseless;
Take Cash and Guns
Three thugs, unmasked, entered
thcoawnbroker shop of Abe Frab
er, 60 years old, 1115 Douglas street,
at 7:45 last night, knocked him
senseless and stole $25 in cash an. -J
eleven revolvers,
Fraber was taken to the Wise Memorial-hospital
where it was found
he had lost several teeth, but his
head was intact
He gave a description of the men
and the police are looking for them.
Fraber's place of business is half
a block from Central police station.
Alleged Betrayer of
Edith Cavell Again
Given Court-Martial
Sari's, Jan. 19. Georges Gaston
Quien, convicted and condemned to
death in September, last, on charges
of having had treasonable dealings
with the Germans and having be
trayed to them Edith Cavell, the
English nurse, appeared before a
court-martial Monday for trial for
the second time.
- The court of appeals set aside
Quien's conviction last October and
a new trial was ordered. The ground
taken by counsel for Quien in ap
pealing against the verdict was that
the vote of the court-martial was
four to three, whereas it should have
been five to- two to be effective.
New York in Throes
Of Terrific Blizzard
N'ew York, Jan. 19. Railroads in
central 3nd northern New York are
battling with one of the worst Iiz
zards in years, which has raged in
termittently since Friday." Traffic
has been virtually , suspended on the
Adriondack, St.. Lawrence and On
tario divisions of the New York Cen
tral because of mountainous Jtifts.
Reports are filtering into head
quarters here of passenger trains in
the no'thern part of the state snow
bound for 24. hours' or longer far
from stations. Andventureous trips
for food have been made to nearby
faTmhouses by members of train
crews. (
Snow is falling heavily over a hrge
portion of ' the state and there is
much suffering in country districts.
Temperatures ranged lioiu zero, to
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The Strangest Walkout In
History , Broken" by
. Plucky " Girl.
New York, Jan. 19. (Special Tel
egram.) Miss Lillian Olga Jed
licka, student nurse at the Flower
hospital, gave her blood for a pa
tient "after the professional blood
donors went on strike here, de
manding $55 a pint for their blood,
instead of the old price of $25.
After the transfusion operation,
Miss Jedlicka was at work again,
and the strong, husky men wio
make a protession ot selling their
bloo.d promised not to strike any
more.
Thus ended one of the strangest
strikes in history.
(Editor's Note: This picture
showing Miss Jedlicka at the op
erating table is another of the tele
photographs, or telegraphed pic
tures, exclusive rights to the publi
cation of which are held in Omaha
by The Bee.)
SUPREME COURT
T0.PASS AGAIN ON
PROHIBITION LAW
Permission Given Rhode' Island
To Test Validity of
Amendment.
Washington, Jan. 19. The supreme
court today decided to .pass on the
validity of both the federal prohibi
tion amendment, which became op
erative Saturday, and the act of con
gress prescribing its enforcement. '
The court's decision will be ren
dered on proceedings .to.be insti
tuted by Rhode Island, which was
given permission today, to bring an
original suit. Solicitor General
King, for the government, an
nounced he immediately "would pre
pare and file a motion asking -for
dismissal of the Rhode Island case
on the ground that the court lacked
jurisdiction. " .
The permission was granted by
Chief Justice White without, com
ment or without fixing any time for
hearing arguments in the case.'
Motion to-'. bring the suit was
filed by Attorney General Rice of
Rhode Island in response to a reso
lution adoptedNfcy the state legisla
ture authorizing him to take steps
to test" the validity of -npt only the
amendment, but also of the enforce
ment act. .
In briefs filed in -support of the
mgtion, Rhode Island authorities
questioned the validity of the ratifi
cation of the amendment and al
leged that the amendment was an
interference with the state police
powers and a violation of the fifth
constitutional amendment. They
also alleged that the amendment
wa,s "usurpatory, unconstitutional
and void." 9
Rhode Island was one'of'the
states that refused to ratify the
amendment. . "
LIQUOR SEIZED -AT
LEWIS HOME
ORDERED BACK
State Dismisses Case Taken
To District Court, on
Appeal.
Whisky Aboard Disabled '
Steamer Not Imperilled
New York, Jan. 19. The cargo of
bad liquor said to be worth $2,000,
000, which is aboard the disabled
steamer Yarmouth, being towed in-
to th? yirginia Capes by a.coast
guard butter, is not imperilled from
the prohibition laws by the forced
return eff the ship, revenue agents
here said. - -
The Yarmouth sailed' January ' 17,'
for Havana, but her cargo was on
board and cleared before, the law
became effective.
.Several thousand cfollars worth of
liquor, confiscated by state agents
August 13 at the residence of
Charles Lewis, former - saloon pro
prietor, 1930 South ' Thirtieth ave
nue, and held as evidence pending
trial .of.au appeal case in district
court, was returned to him last Fri
day by order. of Judge Estell'e.
At the request of State Prosecutor
George W Pratt the. case against
Lewis was dismissed in district
court and the judge signed the order
instructing Sheriff Mike Clark to
returp the lijjuOr to the defendant.
In Central police court. Lewis had
Been found guilty of illegal .posses
sion intoxicating liquor and fined
$100 ,y. Judge " Foster. This de
cision was appealed.
Robert , Samardick, who is now
employed by the Omaha police de-
rpartmentt but who was a state agent
at the timrhe raided the Lewis res
idence and confiscated , the booze,
was- not consulted or even notified
of the disposition of the case, he
says.
"The. reticence on'the part of the
state to prosecute this case surprises
(Continued en Page Two, Column Six.)
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Rivers and Harbor Bill Will
Appropriafe $12,400,000
- Washington, Jan. 19. Writh much
"pork" eliminated, the annual rivers
and harbors appropriation bill carry
ing fuMds for the next fiscal year was
reported to the house by the ways
and means committee. The - bill
would appropriate 6nly $12,400,000.
a slashing- down o $30,500,000 from
the total submitted and a consider
able cut from the amounts usually
earned. . ' ' ..
' Of the total carried $7,000,000
would be." used for improvement
wcrk, $5,000,000 for maintenance and
$400,000 for 'survey purposes. .
Supreme Court Refuses
To Reopen Murder Cas3
-Washington. Jan. 19. Unless
granted executive clemency, Robert
F. Stroud, a convict in the federaf
penitentiary at Leavenworth, will be
compelled to forfeit his- life for the
murder of a guard as a result of the
refusal of the supreme court to re
open his case. The court sustained
4 his conviction November 24.
UVIJ
BOLSHEVIKI
OPEN ARMS
TO RADICALS
Aliens Transported From .
U. S., Including Goldman and
Berkman, Enter Soviet Rus-
sia Amid Acclamations. .
OFFICER WAVES CAN
OF PORK 'AND BEANS
''Greatest . Moment of My
Life," Says Miss Goldman,
"But I Love American People .
And Expect to Return."
Terijoki, Finnish-Russian Border, .
Jan. 19. ("By The Associated
Press.) Undesjrabe aliens, headed
bv Alexander Berkman and Emma :
Goldman, deported from the United
States, entered soviet Russia at 2 ,
p. m. today. They received an en- ,
thusiastic welcome. '"
The deportees, laden with bag1
gage, trudged through ,deep snow, !
laughing and singing revolutionary. -songs.
Cheers were raised by the
Russians wafting on the jOther. side
of the frozen Systerbak river, which
separates the Pftmish and bolshevik
lines. r . "
Vociferous Greeting.
Willing hands helped them to
scramble up the steep banks, and
amid ruins of the war-wrecked town
of Bielo-Ostroy, the Jbolsheviki gave
the exiles a vociferous greeting that
stirred up a frenzy of enthusiasm
and -delight, among the newcomers.
They dropped their luggage, whipped .
off their -caps as a military band
played the Dolshevik anthem and, ':
cheering wildlv, opened their boxes .' -of
food and cigaret brought from
the . Buford, distributing them lav- '
ishly. ; . .
.An amusing sight was a bolshevik
officer waving a can - of American, ?
pork and beans as he gave orders to g
the soldiers. ""A mounted brigadier
commanded (the troops, which, in
cluded boys who appeared" to be .,
scarcely more than 12 years of age."
Emma- Goldman and Alexander
Berkman were last to cross the
river. . ,
Intends to Return to U. S. ' '
"This is the areatest moment of -'
my life," exclaimed Miss Goldman ,
to The Associated Press. "After 35.,
years of absenpe I am returning to
Russia with a feeling of awe. -I am
glad to leave America, but VI .love '
the American people and expect to
return some day." , ' :
She said she would continue to
write for American publications.-
Telegtam Incomprehensible.
-Whether all of the party will re
main safe in soviet Russia, is a ques
tion to be determine by the bol?
sheviki. ' . ..
Hardly had the last of them passed
over .the border than a belated tele- 1
gram reached the Finnish military
officials in charge of the transfer,
announcing that the soviet govern
ment had decided to permit only ,
three deportees to enter. Their ;
names have not been made public,
but those favored are believed to be ' "
Emma Goldman, Alexander Berk
man and Eeter Biansky. The tele
gram is incomprehensible in view of
the' fact that a delegation, including
the wife of Maxim Gorky, cajne out
to receive the exiles and elaborate
preparations had been made to wel-. .,
come them.'
Boy Run Over by
Automobile May Die
From His 'Injuries
Jofrn O'Connell, 11 years old, son
of Mrs. Margaret O'Connell, 3217
R street, was struck by an auto
mobile driven by W. if. Osborn,
3337 Polk street, an employe of the
Cudahy Packing company, while
crossing Q street at Thirty-third
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The machine struck young O'Con
nell in the back, knocking him to
the ground. The two right wheels
passed over his body, causing in
ternal injuries, ft fracture of the
skull and a concussion of the brain.
The boy was taken to St. Joseph
hospital where he became uncon
scious and little hope is held out, for
his recovery. Witnesses to the ac
cident say the boy passed in front
of the machine and ' that Osborn .,
was not to blame. He accompanied
the boy to the hospital. -
i
Seattle Agents Arrest 700 "
. On Deportation Warrants
. Stattle, iJan. 19. Department of
Justice agents and Seattle police
made more than 700 arrests on de
portation warrants in a raid which ."
officers said was intended to "break
the backbone of radical activities in
the northwest."
Officers said they expected at least
200 suspects would later face de-'
poWation hearings. W
Local Department of fustic
BKrnts said tonight's r.iid was a part
of a new nation-wide campaign
against extremists, -