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TH OMAH a Daily V Bee V VOL. 49 NO. 275. i ftfnt ti Moaaf-alaai auer May tt. IMC t1 . ( P. 0. aaaw aft tl Mink 4. 117. OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1920. 5 Mali (I yaaO.'lailto 4ta ItM. Dally a. M: Dally Oaly. It: . . attlea 4lh Zaae (I tu. Dally ae Seaaay. !: ballj Oaly. Ill; Sa4ay Oaly. U. TWH PRMTQ- Ol'TSIDK OMAHA AND CIU N- nrwni Trnc liLlULIUtO If CONTROL OF JUAREZ fHa' . .City Breaks With Carranza Administration, But Will Re main Neutral Until Stable Government Is Established. DESTROYERS RUSHED TO MEXICAN PORTS BY U. S. Navy Department Sends Ships r To Protect American Citizens V; in Tampico and Vera Cruz No Disturbance Rcoorted. Woman Is Appointed As Superintendent of . County Hospital Here NEBRASI MS El Paso, Tex., May 1 Juarez . has not joined the Sonora rebellion, , which has, however, severed rela tions with toe carranza government. 1 hat is the significance, of today s revolt. In a proclamation issued today, Gen. J. Gonzalo Escobar, command er at Juarez; announced this step, saying that ait attitude of neutrality would be maintained until, a stable government can be established in Mexico. Then Juarez will declare its allegiance to that government. Arrest Customs Officials. It was announced in Juarez this afternoon that some of the Mexican federal customs officials have been arrested by the revolutionists, now in control of the city. Money and papers in possession of those of ficials were seized, it was announced. Mayor J. Trinidad. Romero and Chief of Police Antonio Ruelas were declared to be virtually tinder arrest although they were being allowed the freedom of the city. Rebel Troops Move. . Two trainloads of rebel troops, reported this afternoon at M.onte zuma were scheduled to reach Juarez tonight. Juarez late today was quiet, except for a lone band playing and, a few score followers of the baijd shout ing "Viva Obregon." ' Saloons have been closed. "Al though the border was closed to traffic for a short, time, Americans Sarc again being permitted to cross to Juarez, although they are being advised not to do so. i Destroyers Under Way. Washington, May 3. American eestroyers have been -ordered to era Crtta; and Tampico to prote;t Americans there. The Navy department acted on the request of the State department, where it was explained today that the warships would take abroad Americans in those two ports in event rhat should become necessary. ' It was said that the vessels would not intervene in Mexican affairs and that their dispatch was a 'precau tionary measure. , Only the cruiser Sacramento is now on the' east coast of Mexico. She was last reported at Tampico. ' . - , No Disturbance Reported. No reports'of any disturbance itft either vera iruz or iampico nave ' been received by the State depart ment,' but revolutionary outbreaks ' have occurred near' both ports. Advices to the government today , ! (Crittlniied on rlt Two, Coumn On.) Des Moines Officer Fatally Wounds Two - Burglars in Fight i . .. i. ' Dos Moines, Ja- Ma 3,( Spe rl.) "Rube" Tracey is at the point ,V ol death at St. Martin hospital hec ': and R. D j Meade has a bullet wound in his left arm as a result of a gun battle with James McDonald, for ' ;ncr chief of detectives, early yes'cr- day morning. McDonald Was serving his first - night as patrolman after a 60 day suspension. He was wounded in hand. McDonald came upon the pair on Third street near Chestnut. , According to Chief of Detectives Brophy both men have confessed to robbing Metroplitan and.Solar Jewelry stores. Detectives claim they have evidence to prove that the men arc guilty of many other rob beries here. ' ; Dutch Steamship Lines Merge in Large Company The Hague, May 3. Eight Dutch . steamship companies have combined to form the United Dutch Naviga tion company," probably the largest combination since formation of the International Mercantile Marine, and have announced the principal effort of the combination will be tii rccted toward opening new lines to Australia, the Far East and Africa, and toward control of trade routes to North and South America. The new company is backed by a capital of 200,000,000 guilders. The combination includes the following companies: Holland-American line, Royal Dutch Meamsnip -company, Netherlands company Java-China-Jap'an line, Royal Packet line, Rotterdam-Lloyd line, Maas Navigation company and Vannievelt Gourdraan & Co. o"f Rotterdam- Mashers Incur Wrath of Police and Welfare Heads War has been declared on street " vampires, both male and female, by Omaha' authorities. Police Com missioner Ringer announces yester day that mashers and flirts of both sex would be DUt in the toils of ' T ., ......rvl,, .hair Iir1H-C downtown. .-' T. II. Weirichhj superintendent of the board of public welfare, and Dr. Jennie Callfas, president of the so ciety for the protection of girls, stated' that they are prepared to aid the police in ridding the city of pro fessional flirt. 7 y G SEEK RELIEF AT CAPITAL Mrst Cora Patten, who has been appointed superintendent -Sf the Douglas county hospital by the' county commissioners on motion of Commission- Nebl?. She is the widow of the late'Alvin Patten, who was superintendent of the, hospital. She is the first woman to be ap pointed to this position. SPIRITUALIST WHO REMAINS MISSING SUED FOR DIVORCE Wife of Df. Thomas Z. Mag arrell, Absent 10 Days, De- clafes He Was Cruel. Thomas Z. Magarrell, spiritualist Land owner of the Vitapathic sani- tarnnn, 1502 South Tenth street, was sued for divorce in district court yesterday by his wife, Esther M. Magarell. She alleges that he has been extremely cruel to her and has grossly neglected her. , Magarrell disappeared as com pletely and mysteriously as one of his own "spirits" 10 days ago. His sanitarium was deserted and his often-referred-to record of "22 years in Omaha" has been brokfti:-' Local spiritualists, amortg whom he was a bright particular light, say they don't know 'where he is. And apparently the spirits themselves don't know or won't tell. Magarrell is 65 years old and his wife is 35. They were married in Maryville, Mo., AP"1 16. 1919. "I don't know where he is, I'm sure," said Mrs. Magarrell today. "And you can sayithat I'm- not a spiritualist either," 'she added. Four Stills Full of Whisky Are Found In Raid On Residence Four stills and 1,200 gallons of peVch, raisin and prune mash were seized in a raid yesterday by police and federal officers on the home of Morris Alpine, 2412 Corby street. Alpine was not at home at the time of the raid and officers are now searching for him. Each of the stills, which were in the attic of the house, containhied 15 , gallons , of whisky. Detective George Summit and Federal Enforcement Agent Law rence, who- made the raid, declared that the illicit distilling plant was the largest that has been seized in Omaha. Alf of the stills were in eperation and bunches of labels for tlio nrnrliwts indicate, the officers said, that the plant was prepared tct turn out wholesale quantities ot tne prohibition brew. Say Women Employes Are More Efficient Than Men Chicago, May 3. Questionnaires sent out by the woman's department of the Illinois free employment bu reau show that women are greatly in demand as workers. Of 33 firms engaged in various lines of manu facture, office work and other zc- tivities, 22 said thev employed worn- en, ranging trom o in tne coai dusi' ness to 3,700 in the mail order busi ness. - - , With the exception of six firms, all agreed that women were superior to men. The employers said they were more faithful, conscientious and efficient.., Four firms said they could discern no difference in the wbrk, but that women were neater about the offices, and ot the M firms six said female help is less steady than male employes. Unskilled Mine Laborers In Butte Vote on Strike Relieve Car Y-ye-and Permit Grain Shipments From Farms and Elevators. FINANCIAL SITUATION JS ACUTE DUET0TIEUP Bankers Protest Alleged Co ercive Methods Used by Fed eral Reserve to Transact Business in State. Butte, Mont., May 3. The con ference between employers and the "Butte Working Men's Union" failed to reach an agreement and the union began a vote on enforcing the original demand for $6 a day by a strike. The scale is now $5 for eight hours and an advance of 50 cents a day was offered by the em ployers. The union comprised un skilled laborers only. - t Affirm Conviction of ; 1 Sugar Hoarder in Frisco San Francisco, Cal., May '3. The sentence of $5,000 fine and 'five months' imprisonment in the Los Angered county jail, imposed by the United States district court on Hu lett C. Merritt. wealthy Pasadena resident, for hoarding sugar in .vio lation of the food conservation act, was affirmed by the United States circuit cCVLTt c appeals. By E. C. SNYDER Washington Corrrapondent Omaha Bre. Wash'.ngtoif, May 3. (Special Telegram.) -Nebraska was much in evidence toda at two' very impor tant conferences, one having to do with the car shortage situation, the other to plan a program of action to secure relief from the alleged arbitrary methods of the federal re serve banks in an effort to coerce certain banks of the country to transact their business in accordance with the requirements of the federal reserve banks.- ' The conference on car shortage was called at the suggestion of J. H. Shorthill of Omaha, who, acting upon adviceof prominent members of the Omaha vChamber of Com merce, grain exchange and other public institutions, sent out a call for a meeting to be held at the New I Willard to get relief from a situation tnat nas all the elements ot financial stress, to the northwest section of the country in particular, because of inability of owners of grain to move their product to market. Brogan Explains Purpose. F. A.. Brogan, president of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, in explaining the reason for the con ference said: 'We are in Washington for the purpose of meeting a situation that' is unprecedented and to remedy a condition that is only partially understood in the east. "The terminal elevators in our section of the country, the local elevators, the farmers' cribs and other facilities for, storing grain and even the open fields contain sud- plies of last year's crop and tis vast quantity of grain now m storage and. unthreshed cannot . be moved because of the lack of motive power ana cars ana irfis great gram sup ply that our own people,, and for that matter, the people of the World, are hungry for, is withheld from them because of the car famine that exists in the northwest, v Drained of Equipment. "The railroaSs of our settion are partially drained of their equipment, a condition that has existed since the armistice and, for that matter, existed during the war. The rail roads of the east and southeast are the beneficiaries of this movement to the seacoast. And in these sec tions are to be found many of the cars belonging to our northwestern roads, where they are being used for storage purposes. In the south east section particularly they are standing idle on the tracks waiting for crops, yet to be raised to be load ed into them. "The same situation exists as to (Continued on Pace Two, Column Two.) Believe "Bluebeard" May Have Slain Pair of Wives at Tecumseh Los Angeles, May. 3. While Walter Andrew Watson, alleged con fessed bigamist and murderer, re covered slowly today from selfin flicted. wounds, the sheriff was in formed of additional mysterious deaths of women. An attempt is be ing 'made to connect Watson with the death of two women at Te cumseh, Neb., in 1910. - Lincoln, Neb., May 3. A woman and her daughter were slain in Tecumseh about 10 years ago, the county clerk there reported, after he had been informed that efforts were being made . to connect' Walter Andrew Watson, alleged murderer, held at Los Angeles, with the deah of the two women at Tecumseh. , New York Department Store Sets Out to Break the H. C. L. New York, May 3. One of New York's largest department stores in serted advertisements in today's 3d-j newspapers announcing that it would attempt to fjreak the bacb. bone of high prices" by offering its stock, valued at ?JU,UUU,UU0. at a re duction of 20 per cent. The only goods excluded will be about $50, 000 worth of merchandise purchased under price restrictions which can not be "honorably changed." .The only motive in making tliis general reduction, said the adver tisement, is "a conscientious sense of duty" htade necessary by the re ports of governmentT investigators that prices are still on the upward trend. . ' v More Passenger Trains Are Put On by Roads In Chicago Chicago. May 3 Additional pas senger train- service out of Chicago was announced today, including - a new 20-hour train to New York and a fast train to Buffalo to be put cn by the New York Central lines within the next few veeks. The Soo line, in connection with the Canadian Pacific, established thro.ugh sleeping car service be tweenvChicago and Vance-uver to day, ' FIRST DONORS TO MEMORIAL FUND GIVE HIGHEST SUM Three Gfts of $5 Start Bec'l Campaign for Memorial' Day in France. ' - - ' The Bee's fund for decorating the graves of American soldiers in France has started. In co-operation with the Chicago Tribune and several other papers, The Bee has arranged that every one of the 70,000 . American soldiers' graves in France will be. suitably decorated'on Memorial May. Contri butions by readers of the news papers wil make the task possible and it is no small task, for there are 106 American cemeteries in France. v The Paris staff of the affiliated newspapers will see that the graves are decorated. In-answer to an in quiry from The Bee as to whether or not relatives of American soldier dead could direct the special deco ration of a particular grave. Floyd Gibbons, head of the Paris staff,, wirelessed yesterday.: "It is impossible under present arrangements to assure special decoration of any particular grave. Can assure uniform decoration of all graves': i Following are the first contribu tions: ' ' The Omaha Bee ..$5 kelson B. Updike Omaha. . 5 'Victor Rose water, Omaha.... 5 The maximum limit is $5. "Con tributions 'should be sent to the "Memorial .Fund Editor, Omaha Bee, Onfaha Neb." , , , ,- r Recount in Jersey Abandoned by Heads Of Johnson Campaign New York, May 3. Supporters of H iram W. Johnson of California have abandoned their flans for. a re count of votes cast in the New Jer sey presidential primary- last Tues day, it was announced by A- C. Noy, assistant eastern campaign 'mana-i ger, after a conference of Johnson leaders lasting most of the day. "Senator Johnson, has agreed that there is no chance of going further in the matter of securing a recount in New Jersey," Mr. Joy said. "The vote there now is a closed incident insofar as the Johnson managers are concerned. "The senator had left the matter of procuring a recouiit entirely in the hands of his managers and it has been optional with tis to insti tute proceedings to secure the same. Lack of funds sufficient to cover the $50,000 asked to secure the state by Supreme Court Justice Gummere won't permit us to go further than we have. Wre have less than one third of that sum on hand now." Chinatown Leader N Held in New York v " On Narcotic Charge New York, May 3. The arrest in Cbinatown of a Chinese tailor for carrying: concealed weapons and possessing opium led to the dis closure that the police are maintain ing a close guard over the district during the three weeks' convention now in session here of the On Leong Tong Merchants' association. Six hundred delegates are in attendance: In former days when the Hip Sing and On Leong tongs were enemies, clashes were frequent and revolver battles at times held the center of the Chinatown stage dur ing the convention, of either body. Many former members of. the Hip Sing Torig are attending the present On Leong Tong congress, accord ing to the police. The last On Leong Tong con vention in New York wis six years ago. Bank Messenger Who Took $178,000 Killed To Secure Revenue New York, May 3. Evidence that Benjamin Binkowitz. bank messen ger who was stabbed to death at Milford, Conn., last August after he had disappeared with $178,000 worth of stolen securities, was killed by a hired assassin because he refused to turn over the securities for $3,000 was developed, it was learned today through information at secret hear ings held before United States Com missioner Alexander Gilchrist here last nVonth in connection with the bankruptcy case against Nicholas Artisteiu, a fugitive from justice. Arnstein, who is wanted by the police as the "master mind" in se curities thefts aggregating $l,000,00fy still is in hiding. Poles and Germans Clash At Ratibor Celebration Berlin, May 3. A violent collision occurred between .Poles and Ger mans at Ratibor, Silesia, yesterday cui .flie 'occasion of the Polish na tioual festival, according to a dis natcWpublished here. iMany people were injured on both sides, some se riously. . . Several thousand Poles carrying Polish nags and emblems paraded through the streets. The Germans demanded removal of Polish em blems of sovereignty, on the ground that such emblems were prohibited by the allied commission. ' Investigate Permanent Plan For Express Consolidation Washington, May 3. Investiga tion into the aDolication of the American Railway. Express company for continuance of the war-time con solidation of the Adams Express company, - American Express com pany,. Wells-Fargo & Co., and Southern Express company was or dcred today by the Interstate Com merce commission. Hearings were ordered at places and dates to be specified later by the commission. Let Us Not Forget CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT TURN TOWARD INDIANA Johnson, Wood and Harding Bring' Campaign to .Close With Speeches In Different Cities. .N 51 KILLED BY TORNADO Indianapolis, Ind., May 3.-rAVlth tfVee of the republican candidates for the presidential nomination speaking in Indiana today,, the cam paign for the preferential vote of the state was brought to a whirlwind finish, preparatory to the voting to morrow. Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali fornia, Senator .Warren G. Harding of Ohio and Major General Leonard Wood wound up their campaigns with a, number of speeches today, but Governor Frank 0. Lowden, the fourth republican candidate on the Indiana ballot, had no addresses scheduled. There are no candidates for the democratic nomination for president. 1 he polls will open at 6 i. m. and remain open until 6 p. m. Accord ing to a legal opinion, women will not be permitted to vote in the pri mary, but may be-granted that right at the November election. ' No Delegates Ch6sen, No delegates either to the demo cratic or republican national con vention from Indiana "will be se lected tomorrow, but delegates to the state conventions of the two parties will be elected and these in turn will name the delegates to the national conventions." These selec tions will be made on the eve of the state conventions to be held later this month. In only two of the 13 congres sional districts will, the present re nublican members of congress be opposed for renominationr There will be contests tor the democratic nominations in all but three dis tricts. With three republicans and 'four democrats contesting for the nomi nation for governor, interest with in the state has been at white heat and the candidates weje busy to the last minute with their campaigns. Warren T. McCray of ' Kentland, James W. Fesler, Indianapolis, and Edgar C. Tenor of Anderson are the republican aspirants and Dr. Carlton H. McCuUoch, Indianapolis; Mason Niblack, Vincennes; John Isenbarger, North Manchester, and J. ,K. Risk of Lafayette, seek the democratic nomination. Baltimore (Md.) Sun Predicts Victory for Wood in State Primary Baltimore, May 3. The Baltimore Sun, in its early edition, will say that with practically complete re turns from Baltimore and on die basis of returns already received fromihe counties, General Wood will have a majority of the dele gates to the republican state con vention, which will select delegates to the Chicago convention and he will also have a majority ot tne popular vote. Returns from 120 out of 382 elec tion precincts in Baltimore city, in Maryland's presidential preference primary, today gave Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood 2.414, Senator Hi ram Johnson, California, 1,300. There was no democratic con' test and the state's delegation will go to San -Francisco uninstructed. ' Poles Occupy ICiev Warsaw, May 3. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Polish force occu pied Kiev yesterday, according to extra editions of the newspapers here today. General Pilsudki, nre?- troops into the city,the newspapers $av- , IRISH AGITATOR SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PEN James J. Larkin, Convicted of Criminal Anarchy,' Is Given' Severe Sentence by New York Court. New York, May 3. Extraordi nary precautions were taken today when James J. Larkin, Irish agita tor, convicted last week of criminal anarchy, was sentenced to five to ten years in stSte prison with hard labor. Fifteen detectives commanded by Sergeant James J.' Gegan of the bomb squad aad several ; deputies, headed by Sheriff David H. Knott, guarded the court room, which was filled with Larkin sympathizers. One young woman was rebuked by thecourt when she rose and at tempted" to take Larkin's hand as he was led away. Called to the bar, the woman said: "I simply rose, thinking I would he permitted to show respect in that manner for the man for whom per haps I have more respect than any otherj. I thought I would be al lowed to rise as one does for the judge of the court." Several women shook hands with Larkin and the mother of former Assemblyman Gitlow, now serving sentence for criminal anarchy, em braced him. Woman Is Too 111 To Answer Charges Of Kidnaping Child Mrs. Julia Kammerer, aged moth er' of Charles B. Kammerer, who was to have appeared before Dis trict Judge Sears Monday to answer a charge of aiding her son in steal ing his 3-yearrld child and remov ing hef.from the state three Veeks ago, was too sick to be in court. At her home, 114 Frederick street, it vyas stated that she had suffered a nervous breakdown. 4 The. case has been postponed until she recovers. Meanwhile the child, so f;-r as local relatives know, is still in possession of her son, Charles, in Winnipeg, Canada. Tha child's mother, Mrs. Anna Kam merer, who is divorced from Charles, lives at 2201 Vinton street. Lastfhance of Neal And Katleman to Keep Out of Prison Fades The last chance of Maurice Katle man and "Red" Neal to keep out of the penitentiary disappeared Monday when District Judge Redick sus tained a motion of County Attorney Shotwell to strike out their "com plaint for a new trial," filed in dis trict court two weeks' ago after the supreme court had refused them a rehearing. . ; Sheriff Clark said he would take the two men to the penitentiary within a day or two. Both have been sentenced to ternis of one to seven Two-Cent Piece., Washington, May 3. Coinage of a Roosevelt two-cent piece is au thorized by a bill passed today by the senate. G. 0. P. ON TRIAL WITH U.S. WOMEN, SUFFS DECLARE Leaders Point out Delay in Ratifying Amendment. Has Cost Many Votes in Next Election. . Chlrar Trlbuae-Omaha. Bm Lasted Wire, Washington,-May 3. The repub lican party . is on trial with the women of the .country, according to leaden- of the ..National Woman's parfy, who point out that the delay in ratifying the national vvoman suf frage amendment already has cost women a substantial part so far as the next elections arc concerned, of the political equality for which they have fought. , "If the republican party really wants women to vote," comments an editorial in the forthcomine issue of The Suffragist, official organ of the women's party, "it will see that the amendment is ratified by Dela ware on May 5. It it-wishes to gain only the appearance of helping while in reajity it throws every conceivable obstacle in the Way of full political equality, it will allow the Delaware legislature to dally until a demo crane siaie snows signs ot compe tition. The Weather a. m. a. m. a. n. . h. in. a. m . a. m. a. m . noon. Hourly Temperatures. 4 ..44 . 4 .48 . .SO . S? . .AS , .St 1 p. m. St p. 1 p. I p. m....i. . ,N . .4 . M . .M . 4 . . S ..at ..SO allowed ratification fb be delayed more than a month in Delaware, women have lost i:i a number of states the chance to help nominate the candidate of their party for the presidency. Primaries have already Deen held in M states. "In only five did -women partici pate on equal terms with men. In hjorth Dakota they were allowed to vote only for presidential elector and in Illinois, although they voted, a ruling of the state attorney een eral excluded them from the official count. In five stated women took no part at all in the primaries. "Further delay may bring ratifica tion too late not only for the pri maries, but even for election regis tration, in ueorgia registration closes on May 1; in Rhode Island on June 10. The republican legislature of JJelaware reconvenes Mav 5. Lou isiana's democratic legislature meets in regular session May 10. One of these states may, by prompt action, bring .to the party which controls it the honor of ending the battle for tne political freedom of American women More Than 1,000 Vacant A-i II " nparunent nouses as Result of Rent Strik Chicago. May 3. More- than 1.000 vacant apartments were thrown qii the market over the week-end and real estate dealers" are in a quandary as a result. Hundreds of families whose rentals had been raised moved oiit May 1 without warning. Rents have advanced in many cases from 50 to 300 per cent, the agents pleading the law of supply and demand justified the increases. Real estate agents estimate that 10.000 families who had received no tice to move May 1 refused to do ro, defying the landlords because tltry could find no place to move. The unexpected vacating of more than 1,000 apartments has left, the landlords In doubt. Many' families doubled up, two to an apartment, and others moved to hotels rather t'nan pay increased rentals. California Primary Today. San Francisco, May 3. California voters will go to the polls Tuesday at the presidential primary election to register their choices for dele gates to the republican, democratic and prohibition party national conventions. IN OKLAHOMA Seven Persons Remain Unac counted For About 100 In jured Taken to "Muskogee By Special Train. NEIGHBORING CITIES JOIN IN RESCUE WORK Whole Families Crushed in Homes by Force of Gale Temporary Hospitals Are Erected to Care for Victims. Muskogee. Okla.. Mav 3. The death toll from the tornado at Peggs, Cherokee county, reached SI missage from Locust Grove. Seven persons are unaccounted for. .with about 100 injured. A special train bearing the in jured is on the way to Muskkogee. lhe cyclone virulently wiped out Peggs, about 9 o'clock last night. The Buildings Stand Forty-three bodies have been rc covered by rescue workers from Muskogee, . iehlequah and Locust Grove. More ate believed to be in the wreckage. Only three buildings, remained standing after'the storm had passed. Whole families were crushed to death when their homes were torn to pieces by the force of the gtfle. Nine members of the Levens family were killed, seven of the Littlefield family, eight persons by the name of Frank and five members of the Wilkerson familv are numbered among the dead. Temporary Hospitals 1 .temporary hospitals nave Wen organized amid the wreckage and scores of severely injured are being given first aid. Those who can stand the trip-to Tahlequah . are being taken there, where they will be placed in hospitals. Twenty bodies are reported to have been taken from one building alone. A special train carrying doctors and nurses and equipment left Mus kogee for Peggs this morning. All doctors and lAirses in Tahlequah also have gone.. Practically every store in Tahlequah, which is the county seat of Cherokee county, lias closed and " sevral hundred people have gone to Peggs to do rescue work. Roomer Forced Her Into Shameful Life, Girl Tells Police Telling a-pitiful slory of alleged illtreatment at the hands of Charles Paletaki, roomer at her father's home, S325 South Thirty-third street, Mary Bozis, 16 years old, was turned over to juvenile authorities, today by i detectives, who arrested her and ; Paletaki at the Flomer hotel. . The girl told police she had been , sent to SiouxTalls, S. D., by Paletaki i three weeks ago, and upon her re-' "While the republican party ha4!,U, l? , had bee" take" t0 a.U. IIUl.l uy U1V. OAIII iiiaii 1 Paletaki will probably face charges of violation of the Mann act, police i say. The girl's mother is dead. Heri rather is employed in the stock yards ' on the South Side. She was under! the custody of the juveuile court sevr.' cral months ago, but was released when her father pleaded that le needed her at home is his housekeeper. Judge Frees Man Who Deserted Family as - Wife Pleads In Court Mrs. Earl Binau pleaded" and wept before District Judge Sears to have her husband, Earl Binau', released from a six months sentence in tho Douglas county jarl where he was sent on, a charge of deserting his wife and children and failing to sup port them. ' Testimony was that he had done this several times. Judge Sears released the man. ' But if he goes-off and treats yoit the same way in the future, don't come into this court seeking to have him punished," said the judge. "We took the time and trouble to prose cute him. Now I'm releasing hiru but it's the last time. I wash my hands of him." , "I know he won't do it again." said the wife. "lie told me hs won't." Allow Carranza Officers No Pass Through America Washington, May 3. General Juan Jose Rios and Manual Gamboa and their staffs of about 30 officers, wlio have arrived at El Paso. fr-m the state of Sonora, have been'given permission by the American govern ment to pass through American ter ritory on their way to Mexico City. . The generals lost their Commands when Sonora revolted against Car ranza and the lexican government asked that they be allowed to go through the United States. They must pass through unarmed and as civilians. Railroad Labor Board To Move to Chicago Soon Washington, May 3.--The rail road labor board will move to Chi cago within two weeks. Chairman Barton said today, and will begin hearings there May 17f Presentation of the brotherhoods' arguments for general wage in. creases probably .will be conclude! this wccV v , j i . 'X
