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BITS OF NEWS
WOMEN PLEAD GUILTY
SO THROWING RED PEPPER.
Youngstown, O., Jan. 27. Four
teen wives of steel strikers, charged
jwith throwing red pepper into the
eyes, of workmen and deputies No
vember 4, pleaded guilty in com
( mon picas court and were fined $50
and costs each. The cases of near
ly a score of women remain for
trial.
GEORGE J. GOULD, JR.
IS FATHER OF BOY.
New York, Jan. 27. A son was
oorn to Mr. and Mrs. George J.
Gould, jr., at their . home in this
ity, January 25, it is announced.
The announcement was made by
Mrs. George J. Gould, sr.
George J. Gould, jr, was mar--ried
July 5, 1917, to Miss Laura K.
Carter of Ardena, N. J., who had
won considerable local fame as a
dancer. '
Young Mr. Gould's parents re
fused at first to welcome him and
his bride. Later he secured a posi
tion, with his brother-in-law, A. J.
Drexel, jr., a bond broker, and an
nounced that he was going to learn
the business from the ground up.
smugglincTliquor
ashore at new york.
New York, Jan. 27.-T-A raid of
revenue officers on two small boats
moored to the bide of the Black
Star liner' Yarmouth uncovered 56
bottles of whiskey and brought to
light the operations of the "Red
Hook Junkers," a gang believed to
have been smuggling liquor ashore
from vessels anchored in the har
bor. The whisky was hidden under
piles of sails and working gear.
The Yarmouth, . which is owned
and' operated exclusively by negroes,
sailed for this port with a $2,000,000
cargo of whisky the day before the
prohibition amendment went into
effect, but was forced to put back
for repairs when two days out.
WARN DRUGGISTS AGAINST
WHISKY PROFITEERING.
Chicago,-vJan. 27. Major A. V.
Dalrymple, head of prohibition
forces in the central division, warned
druggists i against profiteering in
whisky sold for medicinal purposes.
"I have received numerous com
plaints, that druggists are charging
from $6 to $10 a pint for whisky in
filling : prescriptions," he said.
"These1 reports are being investi
gated, and if I find that the- charges
are true, steps may be taken to es
tablish dispensaries for distribution
of liquor at reasonable prices under
government supervision.".
MOTION PICTURES USED N N
TO ILLUSTRATE, SERMON.
New York, Jan. 27. For the first
time in any church in New York, it
was said, motion pictures were used
to illustrate a sermon in the Judson
Memorial church, . Washington
Suuare South, when the Rev. Leslie
Willis Sprague projected a film pic
ture entitled "Thief or Angel."
"I believe the. day is near at. hand
when , motion piftures , will play a
prominent part in church services,"
said the Rev. A. R. Petty, pastor of
' the church. " ' ,1
OUIJA BOARD MESSAGE '
. LURES YOUNG GIRLS AWAY.
.. Elk Rapids, Mich., Jan. 27. Lured
into the woods by a message from
an ouija board, Elsie- Gerald and
Florence Fuller, both 17,' were be
, lieved to be lost inthe snowdrifts.
'You will find "treasures near the
crow's nest," was the message the
' ouija board gave, according to
friends of the, two girls. The "crow's
. nest"' it 'was explained, is a seat in
i n tree used by the girls in summer. .
" Men and boys were scouring the
woods tonight for trace of the girls.
It is feared they were qvercome by
i exposure. - .
TEMPERAMENTS CLA8H,
SOHDUET IS NOT SUNG.
Chicago. Janf 27. The Mozart
ifluct Avas hot given, at theAuditor
' iuni . theater Yvonne Gall., the
. French prima donna, refused to sing
in Italian, and Titta Ruffo, songster
from simny Italy, could not be per
suaded to trill it in French.
"Why didn't you switch?" Ruffo
was asked. i
"I sweetch? II" exclaimed the
'"world's greatest sbaritone." "Ne
airc. I sing Italiano." . '
And Mme. Gall: 1
"What! I. change?" Her . black
eyes became blacker. "I change for
fo man." .-'..
, Thus ended Chicago's opera sea
son and in the same .manner it be
gan with a clash of temperatments.
MURDERED BY INJECTION
6F MORPHIA WHILE ASLEEP.
Berlin, Jan. 27. Baron vbn Kop
. pen, a brother of Countess Platen,
I lady-in-waiting to the' ex-empress,
has been found murdered by an in
jection of morphia while he was
asleep. The crime is said to have
been committed at the instigation of
the baroness by her 15-year-old
: daughter, who is weak-minded and
said to be addicted to the use of
- morphia.
It is said that the baroness, who
was a Miss Vickers, an American,
desired to return to the United
States, but that the baron had re
fused to permit this.
Following the discovery of the
baron's death, it was found that the
baroness had fled with the family
jewels and her . husband's check
book. -
OFFICERS' WIVES SELL
THEIR LINEN TO EXIST.
Washington, Jan. 27. After five
kails had Failed to produce a quorum
the senate adjourned Tuesday in the
midst of discussion of the. bill re
ported by the military affairs com-
v mittee providing for an appropria
tion of approximately $59,500,000
for increased pay for officers and
men of the army, navy, marine
corps, coast guard and public health
- services. Consideration of the meas
ly are will be resumed Wednesday.
. In , presenting the bill Senator
Wadsworth, republican, New York,
chairman of the military committee,
said that "the wives of army officers
were actually sellin their household
linen and other articles to ' obtain
s. .s
money, enougn io maice ootn ends
; meet and neither, commissioned nor
taon - commissioned officers can
( maintain' their families decently on
The
VOL. 49 NO. 192.
PEACE PACT
PARLEYS GET
NEW RESPITE
Compromise Negotiations,
Near Dissolution, Given 48
Hour Lease on Life Outlook
Viewed Pessimistically.
REPUBLICANS DENY
DEMOCRATIC CHANGE
Another Conference . Will Be
Held Thursday in. Endeavor
To Bring Treaty Fight to a
Successful Conclusion.
Washington, Jan. 27. Peace treaty
compromise negotiations, hovering
on the verge of dissolution, were
given today a new 48-hour lease on
life. But there was nothing in the
development which changed the pes
simistic view of the senate leaders as
to the final outcome.
The democrats, replying to the re
publican refusal to compromise- on
article 10 and the Monroe doctrine,
charged at a stormy session of the
bipartisan compromise conference
that republican leaders had suddenly
changed front after most of the con
ferees had consented to an article 10
compromise in definite form. To this
the republicans opposed a categorical
denial, declaring no one at all had
agreed to the proposed compromise
draft.
After two hours of wrangling, dur
ing which the democrats threatened
to transfer the whole subject to the
open 6enate, the conference agreed
to m.eet again Thursday in another
effort ta bring the negotiations to a
successful conclusion.
' Private Conferences Held.
During the day a pleafor imme
diate ratification, either with or with
out reservations, was presented to
Senators Wadsworth and Calder of
New York, by a delegation from
New York city, headed by William
Church Osborne, and representing
the League to Enforce Peace, the
League of Nations association, ; the
New York Federation of Churches,
farm organizations, the state cham
ber of commerce of New York and
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. Spokesmen for the delegation
expressed the belief that the time
was ripe for composition of differ
ences over the treaty.
Two Points at Issue.
The whole treaty negotiations, it
was said by senate leaders, were
hung up on article 10 and the Mon
roe doctrine, tentative agreement
having been "reached on all other
points of difference. Some of the re
publican reservations, it was de
clared, had been accepted wiftiout
change by the democrats, while nu
merous changes of wording had been
made in others and two of them had
been rewritten entirely.
Differences over the Monroe doc
trine reservation also were said to be
ot minor magnitude compared to the
big stumbling block presented by the
obligation of article 10 to help pre
serve the territorial integrity and po
litical independence of other mem
bers of the league of nations. The
republicans insist that no such obli
gation shpuld be assumed; the demo
crats are standing out for an obliga
tion conditional on the action of con
gress in each specific case. -
Makes Public His Reply. .
After today's , meeting Senator
Hitchcock made public the reply he
had given to the republican ultima
tum of yesterday, . refusing to com
promise on article 10 of the Monroe
doctrine. The reply declared the
majority of the conference previous
(Contlnn'd on Page Two, Column Two.)
Worst Sleet Storm In
New York Since 1902
Ties Up All Traffic
New York, Jan. .27. A film ; of
ice covered the city today, glazing
rails, streets and sidewalks, demoral
izing traffic on all electric. lines and
causing tens of thousands to be late
for work. Railway officials said it
was the worst storm of the. kind
since 1902. Scores of -people were
injured by falls on slippery side
walks. Long processions of pedes
trians, 'forced to walk because the
storm had tied up the transporta
tion systems, forsook the walks and
took to the streets.
Irregular service prevailed upon
all transportation lines and in many
instances was suspended for sev
eral hours. Steam railroads report
ed little difficulty in moving trains,
but long delays occurred on the high
powered electric lines.
Dry Goods Prices Going Up,
r. Mercantile Men Assert
Chicago, Jan. 27. Dry goods
prices are on the upgrade and will
continue so for some time according
ventjon of the United States Mer
cantile Stores.
"Labor engaged in the production
of textiles is getting 20 per cent
more wages and is producing less,"
said A. H Bowman of St Louis.
"At the same time there has been
a bigger) demand for dry goods
jthas t.he worJd jjas. -ve pee ;
FASCINATING! GRIPPING! ADELE GARRISON'S LOVE SERIAL, REVELATIONS OF A WIFE. '
Eitwri H MCM'-euu mttw May tt. ISM.
Otnihi P. 0. unit let f March S. H7fc
uu
Carranza's Tactics
Compel Fletcher to
Quit as Ambassador
Washington, Jan. 27. Henry P.
Fletcher has resigned Nas United
Mates ambassador to Mexico, to
take effect in the course of the next
few weeks.
Those who know the reason for
Mr. Fletcher's decision say that he
was convinced that a continuation
of the efforts he has made during
the four years in which he has held
this important post to bring, the
the Carranza government into ac
cord with the U. S. government on
the many irritating issues which
have arisen, involving the protection
of . American -lives and property
right, would be futil. . He termin
ated 18 years of service in the diplo
matic branch of the government.
Mr. Fletcher was appointed am
bassador to Mexico in February,
1916, but did not go to Mexico City
until the February of the following
year, having come to the United
Mates from Chile, wnere ne was tne
American ambassador, for a long
series of conferences.
WORLD COURT OF
JUSTICE PLAN TO
BE DECIDED UPON
Second League of Nations
Meeting Will Discuss One of
America's Pet Lchemes.
Washington Jan. 27. The second
meeting ot the council of the league
f nations, which in reality will be
the first actual business meeting, will
be held in London probably Feb
ruary 10, according to advices re
ceived here today. At this meeting
the council plans to enter upon con
sideration of one of the most im
portant subjects with which it has
been charged under the treaty of
peace, namely; the constitution of the
permanent court of international
justice, one of the features of the
peace program in which the United
States had taken the greatest inter
est, in fact having originated the
project as one of the best means of
preventing wars by resort to judicial
processes.
Elihu Root, former secretary of
state of the . United States, is known
to have been selected as the Amer
ican member of the commission, but
it is not certain that the council will
feel "free to offer him the actual ap
pointment in advance of America's
ratification of the treaty. '
Flu and Pneumonia
Deaths in Chicago
Reach New Record
Chicago, Jan. 27. Deaths from
influenza and pneumonia Tuesday
established a new high mark for the
disease this winter, but new cases re
ported to the health . department
showed a decrease from Monday's
total. . .
Deaths from influenza forthe last
24 hours numbered 96, an increase of
10, while . pneumonia .caused 91
deaths, an increase of 11: There were"
1.378 cases of influenza reported
Tuesday, a decrease of 238 from
Monday, and pneumonia cases to
taled 360,-a decrease of 107.
"The fatalities of the present epi
demic are mostly dut to "relapses
after an apparent recovery," Assist
ant Health Commissioner Koehlet
said. " -
Ex-Kaiser, In letter, Says7 s
He Won't Return to Germany
Mayence, Jan. ' 27. (Havas.)
German newspapers publish a let
ter from former Emperor William
to a personal friend, in which Count
Hohenzollern expresses his absolute
discouragement and says he does not
want to ever return to Gsrmany. He
says he believes his return would
cause a split between German fac
tions. ' i ,
Cold-Kills Poor."
Mexico ' City, Jan. ' 27. A :, cold
wave of unusual intensity is pre
vailing here. Forty deaths have
been caused among the poorer class
es in Mexico City by, the cold and
it is feared that the crops in the
northers states have -suffered, darn
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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY,
PROHIBITION
TEST LOST TO
LIQUOR MEN
California Wine Interests
Bested in First Skirmish in
Legal Fight Against 18th
Constitutional Amendment.
DENIED PETITION FOR
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
Judge Rules Amendment, in
Form and Substanfce, Within
Competency of Congress and
States to Propose and Ratify.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 27. Cal
ifornia wine interests lost the first
skirmish in their legal fight against
the eighteenth constitutional amend
ment when Judge Frank H. Rudkin
of the United States district court
denied a petition for a writ of ha
beas corpus in the case of J. J.
Dillon, a truck driver, arrested
while transporting liquor here after
January 16.
This was said to be the first test
of the national prohibition amend
ment in the. country.
"I am of the ooinion," said Judge
Jhtdkin, in ruling in the case, "that
the amendment in form and sub
stance was entirely within the com
petency of congress and the several
states to propose and ratify; and
that both the amendment and the
national prohibition act were in full
force and effect on the day in ques
tion." '
The attorney for the wine inter
ests contended that an amendment
to the constitution must change
some part of the constitution rather
than add a new article to it. He
further argued that the amendment
would not go into effect, if it were
valid, until January 29.
. Given Necessary Authority.
Judge Rudkin ruled against both
of these contentions, holding that ar
ticle five of the constitution-gave
congress and the states the neces
sary authority for adding the amend
ment. Ohio's referendum election to
overturn the amendment in that
state, which favored the anti-prohibitionists,
has no effect on the
amendment, Judge Rudkin held. The
constitution is not subject to local
referendum actions and. an amend
ment can be overturned only by the
employment of the same machinery
that made it operative, according to
the decision.
Prohibition r Jobs
Under Civil Service,
Says Chief Hanley
Washington, Jan. 27. (Special
Telegram.)J. 1H. Hanley, who wil
have charge of enforcing prohibition
in Nebraska, before leaving for Oma
ha Tuesday, said that he will have
about 15 persons to employ, includ
ing inspectors, field agents and
clerks, for the Omaha office, whic'i
will be located in the federal build
All matters of administration of
the Volstead Act will be handled
by his office, while all matters of
enforcement will be handled through
Mr. Larson's office in Denver, the
Omaha office co-operating. Mr.
Hanley will have charge of druggist
permits to sell liquor on prescrip
tion and will license physicians to
grant whisky prescriptions. '
The new prohibition officer stated
that he had already received in the
neighborhood of 200 applications
for positions, but the great majority
of the places will be under civil serv
ice. Deny Grey Expressed
Preference for Any
, Presidential Nominee
fNew York, Jan. 27. The British
consul in New York made public the
following cable message from the
British government:
"It is entirely untrue that Lord
Grey, while in America, ever took
any action in support of 'any candi
date of the presidency, or ever ex
pressed any preference for any one
candidate over any other."
Anti-Sedition Measures
Receive Further Setback
Washington, Jan.""27. Anti-sedition
measures were given a further
setback by refusal of the house rules
committee to give legislative prefer
ence for their consideration. No
further hearings will be held and
the judiciary committee is expected
to report a new measure incorpo
rating the features of the Davey bill,
which has been suggested as ample
by the Department of Justice. . ,
Adam McMullen of Beatrice
Files for Gubernatorial Race
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 27. (Special.)
Adam McMullen of Beatrice, re
publican, today fried with the secre
tary of state notice of his intention
to enter the gubernatorial race .at
.e gtajte primaries on, April ;
AILY
JANUARY 28, 1920.
PERSHING REVIEW
AT CAMP KEARNEY
PROVES TRIUMPH
General Alights From Auto to
Permit Young Girls to Make
Photos of Himself.
San Diego, Cal., Jan. 27. General
Pershing inspected army camps in
the vicinity of San Diego Tuesday
and at each camp greeted officers
who had served with nun in prance.
On his way to Camp Kearney.
General Pershing aiighted from his
automobile several times to permit
young girls to photograph him. The
review at the camp was like a tri
umphal march to victorious heroes
returning from battle.
After visiting Camp Kearney,
where he conferred ' with General
Kuhn, the general inspected Fort
Rosencrans, Rockwell field, North
Island and Camp, Kearn, a cavalry
camp near here. .
paim, Socialists
Are Disqualified by
"Mental Reservations"
Albany, N. Y., Jan.- 27. -Tactics
adopted today by the prosecution at
the trial of the five suspended social
ist assemblymen .charged with dis
loyalty served to substantiate the re
port that counsel for. the assembly
judiciary committee will seek to
prove the socialists unfit, to serve
because they took their oaths of of
fice with ' mental reservations."
Without comment and .simply by
introduction of evidence in logical
sequence, John L. Stanchfield, com
mittee counsel, drove into the record
the following: ' -
"That although the five assembly
men, by a clause in their party con
stitution, faced expulsion if . they
voted appropriations for military or
naval purposes, they nevertheless
had sworfl to uphold the constitution
of this state, which places, upon the
legislature the duty of providing
funds for maintenance of militia."
Condition of Mrs. Updike Is
Reported Somewhat Improved
Mrs. N. B. Updike was somewhat
improved , yesterday, following a
slight relapse which was observed
Monday morning. She is being at
tended in a hospital where she un
derwent an operation 12 days ago.
Noted Advertising; Man Dies.
, Chicago, Jan. 27.-William Wood
head of New York, 55 years old,
formerly president of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World,
dropped dead in the Unipn League
(club of heart diseasv-
1 Another Thing W. W. Kept Us Out of
Bee
By Mall (I yur). Dally. 16.00: Sunday. J2. SO:
Dally and Sue, 17.00: autilda Nab. aoitaiir axtra.
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LAST HOPE GONE
FOR MURDERERS
OF VOGT WOMAN
Federal Court of Appeals
Pronounces lson B. Cole's
Plea "Frivolous" and
Dismisses It.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 27 (Special)
The double execution of Vincent
Grammer and 5 Alson B. Cole for
the murder .of Mrs. Lulu G. Vogt
near Elba, Neb., on the night of
July 4, 1917, which has five times
been deferred, will occur at the
state penitentiary one week from
Friday, according to present indi
cations. This is based on a tek
gram received this afternoon by At
torney General- Clarence .Davis from
Mason Wheeler, assistant attorney
general, who is in St. Louis to op
pose the application of Cole for a
writ of habeas corpus.
The hearing on the appeal from
the federal district court at Lincoln
was held today by the circuit court
of 'appeals and the appeal was dis
missed, according to the telegram
from. Mr. Wheeler.
"Appeal dismissed ,as frivolous.
No federal bar to execution," was
the word contained in the telegram.
This action by the circuit court of
appeals, following- closely upon the
rejection of the United States su
preme court to entertain an appli
cation for a writ of habeas corpus,
closes the last legal avenue of es
cape for Cole, the self confessed
slayer of Mrs. Vogt and upon whose
(Continued on Vage Two, Column Three.)
150 MilliQn for Polish
Relief Will Be Sought
Washington, Jan. 27. Congress
will be asked by President Wilson to
authorize a loan of $150,000,000 to
Austria, Poland and other European
countries and Armenia for food re
lief, as rerruested by Secretary Glass.
At the White House today it was
said the president had "taken a deep
interest" in the proposed loan and
that within a few days he would
write a letter on the subject to the
leaders in congress. ; .
Live Stock Men Appeal for .
Meat Packing Legislation
',. Spokane, . Wash., Jan. 27. The
market committee of the American
National Livs, Stock association
which is holding its annual conven
tion here appealed to the convention
to demand passage. of the Kendrick
Kenyon bill, how pending in con
gress, providing for regulation of the
meat packing industry
TWO CENTS.
9
WILSON APPOINTS
NEW GUARDIAN OF
AMERICA'S HEALTH
Dr. Hugh 'S. dimming Will
Succeed Surgeon Gen
eral Blue.
Washington, Jan. 27. Dr. Hugh
S. Cuniming of Hampton, Va., was
nominated surgeon general of the
public health service by President
Wilson. He succeeds Dr. Rupert
Blue, who'se term expired on Jan
uary 15. .
Dr.' Blue will remain in the public
health service, " probably with the
rank of an assistant surgeon gen
eral, doing research work, which he
has underway, including the fight
on influenza.
Two Members of Jury
Which Failed to Agree
Face Contempt Charge
Hastings, Neb., Jan. 27. (Special
Telegram.) Contempt of court is
charged in complaints filed by Coun
ty Attorney Addie Tuesday against
William Otto and H. C. Wintermute,
jurors in the trial of Clifford K.
Martin, charged with illegal posses
sion of liquor, on which the jury
disagreed.
Otto is charged with saying, "to
hell with the instructions of the
court and the law. This whisky be
longed to Martin and he had a right
to keep it where he pleased."
Wintermute is charged with say
ing' immediately afterward, "Yes,
that is just what I say."
It is charged that Otto used the
same words several times and that
his sentiments were backed up by
Wintermute.
Charge Man Attempted to
Blow Up American Ship
New Orleans, Jan. 27. Charged
by federal officers with attempting
to blow up the American steam
ship Sundance and with threatening
its crew and officers. Alix Klem
enko, aged 22, of Philadelphia, was
arrested here.
Officers declared that Klemenko,
armed with explosives and a com
bination knife and pistol, was run
ning about the ship shouting de
nuciations against the government
and expressing his intentions of
sinking the vessel.
Steel Dividends Declared.
New York, Jan. 27. The United
States Steel corporation at its quar
terly meeting here declared regular
dividends of 1 per cent on com
mon and 1J4 per cent on preferred
Hock; " ,
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GETS WEEK'S
INSURANCE
PREMIUMS
Council Bluffs. Prudential Of-
f ice Cleaned Out $800 ana
$2,500 Diamond Ring Meek
ly Given' Masked Bandit.
LINES UP FORCE WHILE
MANAGER OPENS SAFE
Pursuers Calmly Threatened .
With Death Act Stuns Vis
iting Britisher Believe Car
Found and Culprit Known; ,
A boy bandit, not more than 20
years old, the lower part of his face
covered with a handkerchief, coolly
walked into the Council Bluffs of
fice of the Prudential Insurance
Co. at 6:15 last evening, held up nine
men with a gun, robbed the office
and all present, getting $800 in cash,
and a diamond ring worth $2,500. '
He chatted pleasantly with them
all the time, and with equal non-,
chalance left the office after com
manding them to remain standing in
the lineuf, with the assurance of
certain death if they attempted lo
follow him.
The robbery was timed to coin
cide with the report of the collect-,
ors, who had just finished turning -in
their money. Much of this was
still scattered on the table, behind -which
sat N. Bailac, local manager.
The bandit came in with noiseless;
tread, and his presence was not not-"
ed until he thrust out his revolver af -the
men. ' , . si
Believe Gun and Car Found- v
At 9:15 last night, the strenuous ef-.
forts of the exasperated police force,
began to produce startling develop-""
ments. a car being found in a-
Seventh street garage, back of the
postonice, which was identthea vy,
men who were standing in frontof
the building at the time of theroB
bery as the one in which the robber
and his supposed companion made.,
their getaway.
The car is a Chalmers, and , is ;
thought to be one" for which the po
lice have been searching for several
days, it being alleged tef have 'been
stolen from W. Lotz of Omaha. '
On searching the car a nickle-
plated revolver was found under the
cushion in the back seat, and em
oloves of the Prudential Co. are said
bv the police to have identified "it
6s the one the robber pointed at
them.
They stated that, they had good
opportunity to take close notice of
the gun, and were positive of it. .
. Want Man Named Murray.
As' a result of this alleged identic
fication of the car and the gun the
police are searching for an Omaha
chaufeur named Murray, from
whom they would like some explana
tion. ' ' . " ' '
Murray is said to have been seen
driving the Chalmers car Monday
morning. " . ' '
Employes at the garage said that
the car was brought to the place
about 15 minutes after the robbery.
, This, say the police, indicates
that the men, despairing of get
ting to Omaha in the car, which,
might have been recognized as it
crossed the bridge, drove direct
to the garage, and, leaving the car,
either made their way into Omaha
afoot, or remained in hiding J in
Council Bluffs. '
Omaha Police Called In.
With this development the Omaha
police were called in, and it was
stated that several detectives were,
immediately dispatched to Council
Bluffs, the detectives knowing the
man Murray.
Search of Omalia was also started
it was stated, in the hope qf lo
cating Murray.
In addition to having been seen
driving a Chalmers car, it is al
leged at the Prudential offices that!
Monday atternoon Murray called
at the offices and paid an assess
ment on an insurance policy.
Immediately after entering the
room, and lining up the nine men
of the office with their hands above
their heads, the robber placed a
hat on the collection ,table.
"Line up there and turn out all
(Continued on Paite Twe. Co1tnn Three.?'
Will Ask Congress to
Take Criminal Action
Against Nitro Grafters
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 27. Con
gress will be asked to take criminal
action against those responsible for
waste of materials and money in
connection with the construction ow
the government powder plant at
Nitro, W. Va., near here, declared
W. J. Graham, chairman of the con-!
gressional subcommittee, which has
closed its investigation of the ques
tion.
A conspiracy to defraud the go
ernment existed and' "somebody!
ougnt to ce indicted," said thei
chairman. - V
"While our boys were fighting an
the people were giving their moner j
to support them in it." he added,?
"twice as much money as was need
ed was being: wstet Nitrr t X
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