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BREWER HELD
vFGRRAH
Francisco Villa in Battle With
Federal Troops After Ar-
, rival in Sabinas, Presum
ably 4 for Surrender,
OUTBID! OMAHA AND COIT.
cy. BLurm. rivs cxnts.
Sunflower State Fairly
Staggering Under Crop;
Shortage of Cars' Serious
Wheat Harvest, Now Practically Over, Shows Next
, To Largest Production in History Governor
1 Allen Besieged by Countless Calls Transporta
tion Far Behind Movement in Formerl Years.
TO START ON WARPATH
IF TERMS ARE REFUSED
j Refugees Fleeing From City,
I Fearing Trouble as Result of
' Bandit Chief's Presencer
Force Numbers Nearly 500.
Eagle Pass.ex., July 26. Arrival
if Francisca Villa, bandit chieftain,
at Sabinas this morning was mime
ciiately followed by a sharp encoun
.... ter with government forces number
ing about 25, according to informa
tion reaching Eagle Pass late today.
. It is said Villa's force totals between
300 and 500. ' - - -
A report reaching Eagle Pass to
night says Villa has taken Carl
Haeglin, an American, president
the Sabinas brewery and is holding
him for ransom, .
Villa, who, advices say, came to
Sahinas to negotiate by telegraph
. with the De La Huerta government
on terms of surrender, will start on
another warpath if his terms are not
accepted, it Is -reported "here. Refu
gees are coming to Piedra? Niegras
from the Sabinas district, fearing
trouble as a result of Valla's pres
j encc, it is understood. ' "
ViRISHSITUATTON
VERY ALARMING,
PLUNKETT ;5AYS
Moderate Nationalist . Leader
Declares Conditions Are '
- Worst in 40 Years.
By Arthur m. evans.
Chicago Trlbuna-Omah Bee Leased Wire,
Topeka,' Kan., July 26. Kansas is
tairly . staggering under the weight
of its crops. More than $1,000,000,
000 in round numbers will be the
measure of it? farm products this
year, but the breakdown of the rail
roads has halted the movement of
the crops to market. The farmers,
by harder work, have . overcome
the shbrtage of labor, which appears
to have been overestimated; tne
wheat harvest, a whopping crop
that has been exceeded only once
in the history of the state 1914
is almost finished ;vKansas i ready
to help fill the world's bread basket,
but now it cannot get the freight
cars.
. From one end of the state to the
other arises one call for cars, and
Gov. Henry Allen every day or two
tries to prod up the Interstate
Commerce commission. Where in
former years granger roads would
have thousands of grain-tight cars
on sidings ready for the clean-up,
this' year sees them so far behind
that the wheat movement today is
only a third of what it was a year
ago. The Santa Fe. for inetnnrp
last week had 15,638 box cars less
than it had a year ago. The cars
that went into the pool under gov
ernment control of the roads have
not returned from foreign lines.
Cars in Bad Condition!
All the wheat-shipping roads are
suffering from strayed equipment
and diminished facilities, not only
that, but a large percentage of the
cars which are on the granger rails
are delapidated and leaky. For exam
ple, when the government ordered
t : . . .
cars to be sent to the relief of the
grain states, the Santa Fe was given
an allotment of 5,420. Up to July
20 the road had received only 966
cars irom tnat source, and of these
enly or 8 per cent, were grain
tifht.
As one travels through the vil
Iages, two or three cars are on sid
ings which usually would have 12
to 20 and they are generally patched
up with paper and boards iVs al
most like carrying gram in a sieve.
The wheat growers are as hard
put tor transportation as industry
in general.
It demonstrates stronger than
ever that carrier facilities are the
real -measure of the nation's busi
uess. Governor Allen wired Wash
ington yesterday that at the pits
... ' ' ' . i .
em raic u win taice two yearsto
move the 1920 crop. The roads
are so short of cars that wheat
loaded on a car is worth 12 or
14 cents a bushel more than the
same quality of grain in an ele
vatpr a rod away.
Hold Last Year's Crop.
weeks ago, there were still some
15,000,000 bushels of last vear's
crop left on the farms and in the.
country elevators, all due to the
railroad situation.
Threshing is going on. Some of
the farmers have bought metal gran
aries, iron tanks into which the grain
is poured right on the field and left
there in Storage. But the demand
for these granaries has been such-
that jhe supply has been exhausted.
Some are stacking their wheat with a
(Continued on Pace Two, Column Fire.)
London, July 26. Sir - Hora.e
Plunkett, founder of the Irish do
minion league: and leader of the
moderate Irish nationalist opinion,
told a New Castle audience Sunday
that the situation in Ireland is more
Alarming than. "within his knowledge
if 40 years." " . ' . .
A similar view is reflected by the
newspapers 'England and Ireland,
It found, eresic; hCtlie: speeches
" Thursday Ohc "House of. Com
nions. even Sir Edward Carson de
claring he had' never, known any
thing like the state of anarchy pre
vailing, aud that "in three-quarters
of, Ireland, the British government
lias been entirely beaten." Sir Hauin
ar Greenwood, chief secretary for
Irtlatul, warned the entntry tp brace
itjslf against a bitter period in Irish
history.
The rioting; in Belfast subsided
today but there are plenty of signs
..that the lull 'is only temporary.
Both from Premier Lloyd
George's statement to tlic labor del
egation Thursday and from Sir
Hamars speech it is considered ao-
p:vent that the government regards
that a parting of, 'the ways has been
reached. One road leads toward
negotiation with the Sinn Fien on
e basis of a dominion form of
government, while the other apoa-
BOSTON WIZARD
Of FINANCE IS
BEING AUDITED
Variance in Exchange Said to
Be Reaping Immense Profit
For Financiers and
'-$ 1A- Backers - .
rrn'Ty le::ds toward the bitter oe.
i (id which Sir Hamar foresees, with
!.!. if', soldiers and stricter laws for
r - ,i.$iou, foremost among them
e for the trial of criminals by the
Mummer courts and he giving up of
Ktit-nipts to induce jurymen to an
.vcr to a summons. ' N
Two More Tremors In
Los Angeles Rock City;
Damage Said Slight
Los Angeles. CaL, July 26. A
- sharp, earthquake shock woke Los
Angeles at 4:12 this fciorning. A few
chimneys were knocked down, dishes
broken and windows rattled.
A second and much lighter shock
'was felt in Los Angeles at 8:59 a. m.
Full Corn Crop Assured
Kansas. by Heavy Rain
Topeka, Kan., July 26. An all-'
night rainfall ranging from an inch
to three and a quarter inches' fell
3er-4he northern two-thirds oj the
state last night, practically assuring
i full corn crop in the heaviest corn
producing poition of the state. Ac
cording to S. D. Flora, official me
teorogoist, this is the first ytar on
-ecord in which the state will yield
iumper wheat and corn crops the
same year. .
Tonopah, Nev., Has Increase
Of But 244 In Last Decade
Washington, July 26. Tonopah.
Nev., 4,14, increase 244, Or 6.3 per
cent. - - '
Jacksonville, Tex., 3,723, increase
343. or 29.5 per cent.
y ' '.Pawhuska, Okl., 6,414, increase
5,638. or 131.1 per cent.
; Grass-Valley, Cal., 4.006, decrease
514. or 11.3 per cent.
Grants Pass-, Ore., 3,151,'decrease
?28. or 18.7 per cent. - ,
Marshfield. Ore., . 4,034, increase
1,054, or 35.4 per eeiit. , ,
Archbishop Mannix .;:
Barred From England
London, July 26 Archbishop
Daniel J. , Mannix of .Melbourne,
Australia, will not be allowed.: to
land in . England because of his re
rent utterances, Premier " Lloyd
George announced in tfce h oust of
cosion, juty ,40.--a bar was
placed today on the rush of pedtnle
to Irive their monev to Chart
Ponzi, head of the: Securities Ex
change company, on his promise to
repay vith 50,per cent profit in 45
day. ;. i ':.
After' a conference with District
Attorney Pelletier. Ponzi. rwhnse
Business is described as exchaneinir
international reply coupons from
one country, to another, was ordered
to accept no; further acceptances un
til an .auditor selected by the dis-
t attorney has examined his
counts which are said to total mil
lions. . : v- - .
The district attorney said the ac
tion was taken m no sense a final
closing down of the business." -
For several, weeks crowds have
flocked to .Ponzi s offices and given
their savings in exchange for notes
of the company for the principal plus
50 per cent payable in 90 days. In
variably, Ponzi is said, to have paid
on tne notes in 4S days and there
nas been no complaint that any per
son nas tailed, to receive money
wnen due. '
Ponzi described his exchange sys
tern as being based on the use .of
the international reply coupon au
thorized under the international pos
tal agreement as the medium for tafc
ing advantage of the difference in
..,... I
With the deposits. Ponzi ex
plained, he converts American dol
lars into Italian lire or other for
eign, money. Then,, through agent9
abroady international reply coupons
are purchased, redeemable at the
normal and not the prevailing rate
of exchange. The coupons are then
transmitted fro mone European
corner yto another, gathering profits
tnrough sjicceeding differences in
rates of exchange, with assured nor-
i nial payment for redemption, until
.tth transaction is completed and the
proceeds reconverted into American
dollars. . This usuflly takes 45 days,
according to Ponzi. who says his
profits have reached 400 per cent in
some transactions.
Ponzi, in a statement, said he cpn
ferences with the officials were at
his suggestion and were due to his
desire to prove his .operations were
legitimate and his business solvent.
He set' his . indebtedness ."in at
$3,000,000 at the masjt," and said he
had several million dollars more
than enough to cover it jon deposit
Self -Confessed Wife. ,:
Murderer Hung by Mob
"Fayettesville, , Va.. July 26.
William Bennett, jr.. of Fayetteville,
son of Judge William R. Bennett.
vas taken from jail by a mob of 100
here and lynched, after havinc be
gun a life sentence for the murder
cf his wife, to which charge he had
pleaded guilty; . -
His wife was "well known' as a
wrijer and editor. 4 .
eCommons today.
ALLIED MISSION
RAISES HOPES OF
POLES INWARSAW
Will Confer. With Polish Gov
ernment. On Military Situa
:,; tion French Ambassador
to-UrSln Charge. . j
Warsaw, July 26. (Bv The As
sociated , Press.)-Nineteen mem
bers of the special ' British and
French missions sent here to look
into Poland's military situation and
to confer with the eovernment au
thorities arrived in Warsaw early
today, and the remainder of the day
was taken up in official - calls and
conferences.
The miyv'ons which are headed by
Jean Jules Jusserand. French am
bassador to .the United States, who
is in Europe on leave of absence,
ana Lord JJ Abernon, British am
bassador to Germany, were met by
representatives ot the Polish gov
ernment. "Vast crowds who h:id
oeen reading the newspaper ac
counts ot the allied negotiations in
Hbland's behalf. assembled and
showed they entertained great hopes
on the outcome o,f the deliberations
of the missions. -
The British and French delegates
were received officially by M.
Skulski, minister -of the interiorvin
the new cabinet at the governor's
palatfe, where the heads of the mis
sion met Premier Witos. One of
the first questions placed before the
mission 'was that of the disposition
of war materials for Poland which
have just arrived at the port of Dan
zig and which the working men are
refusing to load in order to prevent
roiand getting them. 1 he dock
laborers and soviet emissaries in
Danzig are distributing anti-Polish
propaganda.
'oles and iolsheviki
Arrange for Conference
WAITER W
UP mwm.
OF MURDER
Dale Mann Surrenders to Po
lice to Clear Name of Sus
picion in Connection With
Mystery Case.
ENDS LONG SEARCH BY
DETECTIVES OF OMAHA
5V
Year! The Marion Man Accepts
(Copyright. 1910, by The Chicago Trlbuna)
Detention of Restaurant Em
ploye' Leaves Police, to De
velop Theory4 That Slain Girl
, Was Alice Massette.
Lester Dale Mann, a waiter, llS
South Twenty-fourth street, wanted
:n connection with the murder case
ofthe "mystery girl," gave himself
up to police at 10:43 Sundav.
1 want to tlear mv name nf ttn"
anair, ne toia uetective lrapp.
Police had been searching for
Mann since last November whm an
identification was made that the
murdered girl was Alice Massette,
reported to have been a former
sweetheart, of Mann. " ,. .
To make matters worse, when theJ Denies Charees.
harvest started in Kansas a few h Mann told nnHr. h. h
- - wv-aa
MISS Massette for two vears Pn,
lice have rfbt learned the whi-
abouts of Miss Mssette- since her
disappearance after Mann had been
married in Kansas City to another
girl.
Mrs. Harrv Wvmore. nrnnr;lrii
vi a restaurant at 1U5 South F .
teenth street, who was mentioned as
having seen Alice Massette in Oma-
na last February, declared thcr
was confusion of Miss , Massette's
name, with a Lena Hansen. whow
so was identified as the "mystery
gill."
Detective Trapp declares Malm is
he fir6t orincinal in th "mo...
girl case-to be arrested.-.
, Theory is Discredited.
Other detectives HirrrUf tJ-'.
theory of the case They are con
vinced the "mystery girl" remains
unidentified, 'and that she -was mur
dered by one of a gang of criminals
in - a roadhouse on East Locust
street. -
With the arresi-of Dale Mann it
remains for police to clear up the
theory that the murdered girl was
Alice Massette.
Referring to the
,t. x- .'
jviassetie was seen n
Omaha last February, Mrs. Wymote,
a former- employer; of the girt: de-
w.w; . 1m
2 "BABES IN
WEIL" STILL
PUZZLE COPS
H. S. Kent, Doctor, Lawyer,
Philosopher and Friend ot
ireighton College Professor,
Remains Firm in Denial.
MISS LOUISE B0EKE SAYS
SHE IS NOT THE MOTHER
Neighbors Point Finger of
Guift at Woman Involved
By Police Theory Nursesi
Name Infants the "Wells."
CALL OFF YACHT
RACE WHEN WIND
STARTS TO BLOW
Second "No-Race" Announce
ment After Six Hours Wal
lowing in Breezeless Sea
Sandy Hook, fJ. J., July M -The
London." Jul v 26. The peace con
ference hetween the Russians and
Poles, will begin at Baranovitchi, 85
miles southwest of Minsk, on Tilly
30, and the armistice will start (he
same aay, ihe Associated Press
learned todav. "
The, Lloyd George boundary line
will hold in the north, and the ac
tual military in- the south on July
.hi win pe observed.
but Lena Hansen who turned up p , . u atdr?vLe ,Df,,fe"'J
after the 'mystery-girl' was ident solute and her Br.tkh challenger,
fied as she." ' Shamrock IV, back td shefter Sat
To Detective Trapp, Mann said- j rlredJPday. nd the fifth
"I've heard my name co"nected deciding rSfe for 'the-America's
with this affair.so many times I want Ct waSu cVled ,?ff ailer. the 9"'
to clear myself of it." v tenders had wallowed along four
s Sccf fs at Identification. b?eezeless sea 3 V,rtUa"y
Identification of the "mystery The third attempt to run the race
it j - November 17, will be made tomorrow, wind and
and found in a ravine north of Flor- weather permitting. The course will
encc as aescrinea oy the onpartiI be the same thatthe vessels tried
oi iouncu tfiutts last baturdaywas to cover today IF miles to wind
further shattered . when GeWe ward and 15 miles to leeward.'
bcheschyj at whose- roadhouse in , Although their favorite failed to
Last Omaha, the Nonpareil said the win today, Resolute's' supporters
murder was committed, recalled that took comfort in the fact that she
ins piace was closed frorn October was leading by about two miles
3 to December 13 by district court when the match was declared off.
injunction.' - Measured in actual nroerps this
"-The Nonpareil story tells of 'hush meant about an hour's sailing, for
lyiicjr uiiiK spcut ai my place, 1 iut iaiu nau consuniea a iruie
saia jwr. scnescny. "We didn t even more lnan our ana a ha hours tn
have our place open at that time. Wp covering nine miles.
were gathering" our corn crop then, Btn yachts had covered more ac-
because district court enjoined the
rordhouse from doing business,"
Man Wounds His Wife;
ons
Talk of S
And Then He
xir ir
weirare
Her
tual distance thar. nine mile, for
after , the start Captain Adams II
of Resolute and Captain Burton of
Shamrock IV got . into a luffing
match that took them far off the
course. When thev finallv came
about after an hour and 20 minutes
ot sailing, that had earned them
only a short distance toward the
mark, Resolute had picked up the
56 seconds lead Shamrock IV took
. ' 7 oo seconds ii
Vancouver, a. C. Tulv Zfi Hm at th start and ennn, ni.c.j v,
, . , J ' ' ' . " . H.'U V U ,J vi lilv
he shot his wife tn Stanley park on challenger. 1
last Monday evening, and as she But the breath of wind that had
lay dying on the ground, had dis- sriven the committee sufficient hnn
cussed with her the future for two to start the race had droooed out
sons, aged 4 and 5 years, and how by this time and the sloops fairly
it had been mutnallv ?cr.A thit -ua n:i i,. .,i, ...... i
e should finally end her life, which off. , . -
he did with three more bullets, was Today's was the second start of
Greeks Take Lule-Bergas :
; Athens, July 26. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The Greek Rodosto
forces, according to Saturday's offi
cial : statement on th situation in
Thrace, advanced and after dispers
ing the enemy easily occupied Lule
Bergas,"35 miles southeast of Adri
anople and Cherepolis. "Much ma
terial and undetermined number of
prisoners were taken.jnd the ene
my's losses were heavy," the state
ment says. - , ,
ommissioners Comment :
On Jump in City Gas Rate
City commissioners gave varied
opinions on the increase in gas
rates under municipal ownership
vesterday.
Commissioner Ure: "You know
I voted against the purchase of the
gas plant. I told you so."
Uommissioner Zimman: ."I'm
sorry the gas rate went up."
Commissioner towl: The. eas
rate is all right. It may come down.
Commissioner Ringer: The raise
is probably less than would have
been: required if the company had
continued under private ownership."
Commissioner Butler: "R. B.
Howell had to put it up so he could
bring it down later and acquire an
other halo."
Mayor Smith: "I have nothing ta
say." ; . " - "
Trunk Murder Victim
: ' ; " Unknown in Starkville
Jackson. Miss., July 26. Inquiry
at Starkville, Miss., has failed to es
tablish the identity , of Katherine
Jnkson. said by Detroit police to be
tne victim in the trunk murder mys-
iy. -'-,.. -
Jhe amazing story told to an aston-
isned desK sergeant at city police
headquarters yesterday bv William
George Robbins, taged 30, of this
city.' -
The murdered wife was a niecei of
Father Yorke of San Francisco.
v Robbins had walked into the sta
tion voluntarily. He described a
quarrel, the shot in a rage, the dis
cussion, and the ending of a life
then he told of hiding the body and
of his later visits to the spot, where
he placed a wreath of flowers on the
remains.
Finally, he said, he had planned
Trtiicide, but his nerve had failed him
and he had; decided upon surrender
ing. '. ' .. ; -
the series to be called off because
neither boat was able to finish jvithin
six hours. The other "no race"
start was July 17 and ended Reso
lute five miles ahead of the challen
ger.
The signal calling the race off was
sounded at 5:03 v. in., with Resolute
six miles from the turn and Shan
rock two miles away off shore. Sum
maries: ...
Shamrock: Owner. Sir Thomas
Lipton: start. 12:30:29. Resolute: R.
W. Emmdns II: start. 12:31:25. ;
Race called off 5:03 p. m.. after
sauing ninemiles. .
Waiter Who Is Held
In Connection With
"Mystery Girl" Murde
IfOAiE - - - .
Two Cabinet Members
t
T0. TOUr YellOWStOne I delegates will not sign the peace
Turkish Pact Will Not Be
Signed Today; Envoys Late
London, July 26. The Turkish
. Helena. Mont., July 26.-Two cab- ability to reach Paris in time. A
in.ct members, Secretary Daniels and rather apologetic note from the
secretary Payne,, accompanied by Constantinople government to the
United States Senator Thomas J. British : foreign , office today said
Walsh, left here today to tour Yel- that traffic interruptions, which
lowstone park. The secretaries Are probably were the result of military
pn their way from Alaska to Wash- operations, precluded the delegates
mgton. Gov. S. V. Stewart of Mon- arriving within the time limit given
tana and Mrsy Daniels are expected Turkey, which expires tomorrow. 1
to join them for the park trip. ' : -
.... 7TZ ' Reds Accept British' Plan
BneN!lnlI1;' For Conference Wtih Powers
Of Withdrawing Home Rule London. July 26.-Premier Lloyd
London, July 26. The British gov- George, in the House of Commons
ernment has no intention of with- toflav. confirmed rcoorts that the
drawing the bill for home rule for Russian soviet government had sent I
Ireland, Premier Lloyd George the British, government a note ac- i
stated in the House of Commons to- cepting Great Britain's proposal for i
oay. J t would press the measure a peace Conference in . London be
forward with all possible speed .tweeii the soviet and the,powers en
nhen the house reassembled after gaged in liostile.action against the
the holiday recess, he added." soviet or Kiirmnrtinorl mrn artinn
. 1 . 4 m 1 r - a - . , w ...
Jtidge Alschuler Dims
Jack Johnson's Hopes
; For Early Freedom
Chicago. Tulv 26. Tack Tnh
hope for early freedom under bond,
was dimmed tonieht. after efforts to
obtain his release had failed.
Indications are that the former
world's heavyweight champion who
fled to Europe six years ago, after
uemg unea $io,uuu ana sentenced to
Leavenworth penitentiary for a vear
and a day for violation of the Mann
act, may remain in jail at Joliet for a
month. -
Federal' Tudire .Samuel AlsrhtiUr
refused to hear an application for
bail because Judge Carpenter, who
sentenced Johnson, .is in' the citv.
Johnson's attorneys went tn Tnrlcp
r t.
vaipcuiqi s iiuiac, wnere ine judge
is recovering irom an operation, but
were unable to get a hearing. The
judge told them he might not be
back to his office for a month or
more.
arranza's Army Officers
Can Enter New Mexican Army
Mexico Citv. Tulv 26. All officer
of the army as constituted under the
regime of President Carranza will
I be accepted by the government of
! D- ' : , Tl " I t T .
j. luvisiunai rresiaeni ue jua riuerta
tor its army betause of their tech
nical knowledge, according to a war
department announcement last night.
Only those officers involved in the
Madero assassination . will . be re
jected. . " '
Bank Bandits Get Away
With $11,000 in Loot
Central Falls, R. I., July 26. Th
Credit Union Francais hank was
held up today by five- robbers; who
fled in an automobile with $11,000.
Milk Bottle Famine Looms
Denver, Colo., July 26. Denver is
threatened by a milk bottle famine.
Brown Cannon, manager of a large
dairy, said recently new bottles were
haijd to get because glass factories
are selling their product to automo
bile plants for wjndshie1ds.v An or
der tor five carloads of bottles,
placed early' in the year, is still un
filled. Cannon declared. . N
The Weather
. - . Forecast. .
Fair and warmer - Tuesday. '. "
s - si n a. it
m. . .1 sill a. M ...... ii
1 m 4lt noon 74
. m 5 1 p. m. . 1S
SUPREME COURT
DISMISSES SUIT
IN SKINNER CASE
Sweeping Victory Won by
Brothers and Board of Di
,j rectors of Packing
' Lincoln. 'K-eb' July 26.-f Special
Telegram.) The case against the
Skinner Packing company was dis
missed by the. supreme court this
afternoon without regard to the stip
ulation entered' into between the
packing company and the attorney
general,: The court also denied the
suit brought by the "Committee of
Nine" as interveners, both cases be
ing dismissed without prejudice.
As the case now stands the Skin
ners with their board of directors are
i ncontrol of the plant, but the stipulation.-although
not taken into con-sideration-by
the court, will govern
in the settling up. of matters. This
stipulation allows Paul Skinner to
remain as president of the company
wun ur. vjiimore ss vir nreirinf
u. c. Konertson as secretary-treas
urer and W. H. Ferguson as a mem
ber ot the board of nin Hirrtnre
The other five will be elected by a
man rererennum tram mmn Hu
oyi and the committee of nine,
wnicn is now in orocress.
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.os Angeles Will Add
27 Square Miles to Its
Present Land Expanse
Los Aneeles. CaL Tulv 26T ne
Angeles, already one of the larirest
cities in area, has taken steps to an-i
nex another addition, Baldwin
Hills, a tract of ranch land Contain
ing about a square miles, south
west of the citv. ' . ,
Owners-of, the tract desire an.
nexation. the annexation anH mn,
soiidation commission of Tne
Angeles has annoimced. n tu,
may be supplied with city water for
irrigation. t ,
Los Angeles at nrespnt tiae ,n
area of 36572 square miles. The
!,aLaddltlon was a tract of about
O.UUU acres adlOimnir. AnnanHal
north of the city.
Kanch owners near, Chatsworth
rarK, in the western end of San
rernando Valley, have petitioned
'he citv counril nel-infr iU .1,;-
rands, comprising about four square
nines. De joinea to the citv. so thv
ooiaii wairr.
Delegates Reach Paris for
Jewish Relief Meeting
Pans. July 26.
grapnic Agency.) Ninety delegates
representing 60 organizations irom
different Parts of the irlnh ha v al
ready reached here on their way to
attend 'the Jewish world .relief con
ference which has been called by
the committee of Tewish dele crafinna
in Paris. The conference will open
at the Kurhaus Carlsbad, on August
1. .11 win deliberate on ways and
means of reconstructing war and
pogrom ruined east Eurooean
ewry. ' v
onscientious Objectors
On Ten-Day Hunger Strike
Salt Lake Citv. Utah. Tulv
Ben J. Salman, serving a five-year
sentence for desertion. at Fnrt
Douglas, near here, has been on a
unger striketor more than 10 days,
tlman. whose sentence follnwH r.
fusal to serve in the army under the
selective service act, on the ground
! Police say Miss Louise Boeie, ,
3014 California street, is the mother. '"
of the two babies found Saturday
night in an abandoned well iu'st
north of the White House market.
Thirty-third and California strets,
and that H. S. Kent, a boarder at
the Bceke home, now wider a'rrest. i
the father of the children and that
he nlaced them in the-well.
Miss' Boeke insists she has not
given birth to any children and herV
mother says she is crrtain , he f, '
daughter was not in such a condi-4
tion. The children .according to
lice, were born some time Friday's
Miss Bpeke admits she was ill Fri '
day, but Saturday and Sundav h
was not even confined to bed. Mon
day she stood at a window ant
watched a photographer take a pic
ture.
Kent Remains Firm. ; : '
Kent says he doesn't knovv any
thing about the cae. He refuse
to make any statement other thait
that if Miss Boeke gave birth t ,
any cildren he was not the father
At the hospital there seems to
be some, difference of opinion as to
whether the babies are twins. It
is said the 'girl who was the second
one found, is larger and stronger
and apparently a day older than Urn
boy. i v -
Also, nurses say, the children bea
evidence of having had expert 'med
teal attention at the time of birt.it
and their condition indicates tkty, '
were born of mothers .who previous
1y had given birth to children. Last
.night Dr. R. Falton said that after
a careful examination he was un
able to say whether the babes were
twins. . c , ,
On the other liand. police and
several neighbors say they are posi
tive Miss Boeke is the mother of
the children and that she "gave birthi
to them last Friday. ,
Neighbor Tells Story. '
Mrs. Lola McCaffrey, 3045 Cain
fornia street, is quoted by' polica
f.s saying that at noon Friday Misa.
Hoeke ealled to her and thanked !
her for a book she. lad borrowed
and that at 12:30 she knew a baby .
was being born at the Boeke home..
Also, police claim. Mrs. McCaffrey
said she , had seen , Kent slip out
of the darkened Boeke home Frw -day
night with two baskets similar
to the one . in which the second
baby was found in the well.
Mrs. C. B. Lungate. 3047 California
street, who is a next door neighbor,- '
of Mrs. McCaffrey, corroborates th
statements entirely. "I absolutely
know that Miss Boeke gave birth to!
the children," she said. "I was oij '
my back porcls at the time and Mrs.
McCaffrey and I boh knew that
baby had been born." j
Mrs. Tungate further expJaineqT
that the girl's mother could not be-
lieve her daughter to have donel . . ',
wrong, and was easily led by "Doc
Kent to believe that the girl had
some other illness. -. - .: '
"There are none of the neighbor
who doubt that the children are Miss
Boeke's," said Mrs. Lungate. "W
all believe it to be absolutely thd'
case." -. j. :
Mrs. Lungate also saw Mr. Ke .:
(Continued on Pk Two. Column 0e.) J
Negro Gets Penitentiary j
Term for Assault On Womart .: i
Although Chief Deputy County
Attorney Coffee told District Judg
Troup that he "knew nothing" about '"
the case," he insisted today that WiU.
liam Thomas, colored, plead guilty V '
to assault with intent to wound in
stead of merely to assault and bat '
tery. Thongs was sentenced W'l
from one to live years in the peni,
tentiary. y Sy
the colored man aid not have ad
attorney. He stated that Janet Se. 1 v
cret, at whose home. 2722 BnrHrtM '
street, he . roomed, cut him on ihe -arm,
before he cut her. He said he 1
actjd in "self-defense. Mrs. Secret v
was not present.. , :
I m a hard working man. jedge
nd I Aoa'f believe in cutting no .
body," said Thomas
Leader of Chinese Military x
Faction Tries to Kill Self, .
London. Tulv 26. den. Tiian Th;- ; ?
Jui, Jeader of the. Chinese militarj"
faction vhich recent dispatches in
dicated had been worsted in th
struggle" with the Chi-Li party, has '
made an attempt ,to commit suicide
by shooting, according to dispatch; ' '
from Shanghai to the Central News
filed July 24. . " , . . . Z .
The attempt was frustrated, sayjl 1
the message, and Tuan i HmA
closely watched. . .. v
Secure Pledges to Insure V :
Passage of Suffrage Act ;
Nashville. Tenn.. Tulv 26 fr. .
Carrie Chapman Catt. oresident e.t .
Mhe American National Womait '
Suffrage association, announced - 1
here that sufficient nledne ha A . 1
been obtained by suffrage -leaders
to insure ratification of the federal
suffrage amendment by the special
or conscientious tcrunles anini . .1,- t. t.-.i.r
to the nost Jine. ! ir. ,..U.t, r:. . ru..r i. -
.Ul lor observation and treatment announced he will call IoAusus ',
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