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'V The Om"aha..Daily ; Bee 1 M ) y 1 50 NO. i i - 1 SUFFS AND ANTIS SURE OF VICTORY Both Factions Are Confident Of x Winning Battle Before Tennessee Legislature Ex pect Report Tuesday. FIFTY VOTES NECESSARY TO RATIFY AMENDMENT Connecticut Governor v Again Refuses to Call Special Session Says Violation of State Constitution. ' Nashville, Tcnr! 'Au,'. 15. Both sidesjn the suffrage fight before the Tennessee legislature were confident of success as they awaited renewal of the contest yesterday. Though the senate ratified Friday, the hard est test is to come in the house. Replying to a message from President Wilson, expressing hope that the house would ratify, Speaker S. Walker, telegraphed that the president wass "too great to ask it," and he did not believe the men of Tennessee would "surrender honest convictions for political expediency or harmony." ' Mr.. Walker, who is house leader of the opposition, told the president he spoke for himself alone. The house committee in charge of the Suffrage resolution Js to meet Monday night and a report is ex pected Tuesday. Several opposition leaders said today they were certain of a slight majority,-but suffrage advocates still stood by their poll of from S3 to 60. Fifty votes are necessary. Senator ' McKcllar declared the amendment would be ratified. Miss Sue White, Tennessee state chairman of the national woman's party, however, was not so optimis tic. "Our foes are not yet finally de feated," she said. Telegrams expressing delight at the victory in the senate continued to rach headquarters of suffrage or ganizations. ; Will Not .Call Session. Hartford, Conn-, Aug, 15. Gov, ernor M. M. Holcomb.'has notified Will H. Hays, chairman of the re publican national committee,, that he will not call a special Session of the Connecticut legislature to act on suf frage. : The letter said: "Your letter reached me two dys after I had Tead it in substance in the Hartford Times-, leading denJ cratic newspapersof Connecticut, and afteT it had appeared, in the New York papers. I assume, this prior publicity seemed desirable. "I received your letter of October 31, 1919, relating to a special session and answered it November 4, stating there would be no special session to act on the woman suffrage question I presume y6u overlooked or had forgotten my reply. "I have given at least four hear ings on applications to fall a spe cial session and have stated my rea sons for refusing. I have not changed my conclusions. You say 'a special legislative session is a small price -e pay for clearing the political atmosphere.' The financial cost is ftnimportant, but violating the provisions of our constitution; which I have sworn to support, is too great a price to pay, I shall not call a spe cial session." Fortune Amissed in Building U. P. Railway Makes New Millionaire Chlraco Trllun-pniaha Bee Leased Wire. New YorkAug. 15. By the will of Edward F. Zarles of Methuen, Mass.. filed for probate at Salem, Mass.. last 'week, a new niu t,jn(jrerjs Watch Bandits millionaire ii added to New York's L' already notable list. He is Arthur T. Walker, and is the beneficiary under the Zarles' will to an amount conservatively estimated at $50,000, 0CK i Outside oj bequests of hss than $5,000,000 to cousins, employes and the Zarles home. Pine Lodge, at Methuen, Mr. Walker inherits all that Zarles left. This means the fortune piled up in the building of the Union Pacific railroad oy Mark Honkins. pioneer in transcontinental railroading, whose widow Zares married, and whose millions he in herited from her hy will. The amount of this fortune at the time of Mrs. Hopkins-Zarle.'' death in July, 1891, was $30,000,000. ac cording to the' best estimate of 1 that day. , Colorado Senator Will Not Run on League Platform Denver, Co'o., Aug15. Petitions to placethe name of Senator Charles S. Thomas on the democratic pri mary for renomination for United States senator were filed with the secretary of state here yesterday. Senator Thomas, however, refused to file his jeeeptance before the time limit expired at midnight. "I am not in harmony with the party on the league of nations." Sen ator Thomas said. "I jould not hon estly and conscientiously become a candidate." 'fT Machines Set u Records In Tabulating Census Washington, Aug. 15. Electric tabulating machines in the census bureau are making new recoids, the bureau announced today. lmu gust 5 one' machine handled 20' cards and 39 readings, the caru being tabulated 29,603 per hour, or 493 per minute. Every redding showed the total fleajhs n certain districts by sex. age, cause and date of death. K1 ?twW Uf c " UMAHA. MUJNUAX. AUUUOi ID, liJV. W A a naBaaaak V n llMif am an aa M- laWS. ' WILSON'S SILENCE ON COX'S SPEECH CAUSES COMMENT Some Democrats Inclined to Regard Conduct as Slight To Nominee. Chirac Tribuae-Omaha Bee Leaae Wire. Washington, Aug. IS. President Wilson's continued silence on Gov ernor Cox's speech of acceptance in which the democratic nominee went the limit in accepting Mr. Wilson's league of nations ideas, is causing comment among democratic leaders here. It had been expected by admin istration leaders that President Wil son had in preparation several days ago a message of congratulations to Governor Cox-on his pronouncement of party issues making the league the leader of them all, but now a week has passed and nothing has come from the Whjte House on the sub ject. Secretary Tumulty, who has re turned to Washington after attend ing the Cox notification and looking party affairs" over in New York, had nothing to say when askeVi to day when the president was going to comment on Governor's Cox's ad dress to the voters. Some democrats are inclined to feel that thepresident should have spoken before this and that for him not to have done so, they regard as a slight to the new leader of the party. Others, however, feel confi dent that the president is preparing to come through at some psycho logical moment with a big boost for the Cox-Rooscvelt ticket. They think he may be waiting for his opportu nity when the republicans come out with a blast against the administra tion as the campaign warms up. i v- Girl Who Escaped From Iowa Reformatory Is Arrested in Omaha Dorothy Bowers, ,17 years old, Clinton, la., who with two other girls escaped from the girls' reformatory in Rockwell City, lav August 5, was taken in .custody by Detectives Gra ham and Rranks in a room at a local hotel Sunday afternoon. Richard Bowers, alias Grover Spronkle, who was in the room with the w w;v arrested and held for investigation. i According to authorities of the Rockwell institution, the three girls, kided by confederates and garbed in it ,j i.fi .1 uvciajis dim sitiy iiais, it ii uic gin school in full view of the guards. After boarding a freight train they came to Council Bluffs. - Railroad employees apparently be lieved the girls , were tramps, police say. Police expected to arrest the other girls Monday. Detectives were undertermined whether Spronkle had any hand in xiding the girls to escape. Officials from Rockwell City are expected in Omaha Monday morning. Man Accuses Negro v Of Robbing Him; Is Lodged in City Jail Sunday was rather a tough day for Edward Gardner, 513 North Twenty sixth street. I After being assaulted and robbed of $48 and a watch, Gardner, who pol'ce charge was intoxicated, was iilaced in jail until his story could be verified. Arcordii'e to Gardner, who was arrested at Twenty-sixth and Chi cago streets early Sunday morning, a negro held Irm up, and. atter beat msr him. fook his valuables. Gardner, according to police, said he was waiting for a street car when the robbery took place. He said the negro struck him with a sharp in stniment, rendering him partly un conscious. Gardner was found by pedestrians, who notified the police, and he was lodged in jail. His scalp wounds were dressed by the police surgeons. I " - - Rob Girl of Big Payroll Philodelphia, Aug. IS Held up by two armed bandits, Pauline Ruvin sky, 22-ycar-old bookkeeper, fought to retain' an envelope containing $1,300 c,f her employer s payroll money she had just drawn from bank. She was thrown to the street and the money wrested from her. Hundreds of pedestrians stood by. The bandits jumped into a stolen motor car and dashed away, closely nursued. Thev lost control and crashed into an elevated railway pillar, wrecking the machine They fled. The money was recovered. 'i Government May Dispose Of Hog Island Shipyard WashinsrtAn. Auk. 15. Plans to dispase of th governrrient-owned shioTards at Hog Island, I'hiladel phia, are receiving consideration, it was said it th shipping board.'but no decision is expected until the new board is named. It is suesreftei by ofhcials m touch with foreign questions which the country is facing that it might not he crood oolicv for the govern ment to sell a shipyard capable of a larfce output ot tonnage tor over seas carrying. Roomer Vanishes; Also Property of Other Roomers Saturday there were six roomers at. the C H Blose home at 116 North Twenty-fifth street. Sunday there were only five. The other roomer had vanished as had about $100 worth of articles beloneinsr to the other five roomers. Paper Boosts Price. . Toledflf O.. Aug. 15. The Times announced Saturday that next Mon day the price of the dailyedition will be 3 jfiiits instead of 2. 8 , . " Kids Fresh From Parle Swimming Hole Given Ride by the President Washington, Aug. 15. Three kids, just out of a swimming hole in Rock Creek park, were picked up by President Wilson, treated to a 45-minute motor ride and dropped out at their homes so proud the folks there could not hold them with a rope. The three were hiking atong the roadway when ' they saw the White House car and recognized the president. Off came their caps and as Mr. Wilson ordered the car stopped, they timidly ap proached and asked how he was getting 'along. , ' '"Hop in I" said the president, and they hopped. AH along the ride they kept tlieir eyes on the president ani Mrs. Wilson and answered more questions than they'asked. Coming down Connecticut ave nue, the youngest of the trio, a thin, frail lad, barely 8, spied a kid he knew and called to him by name. The youngster dropped a loat of bread and gasped. When the kids got out all three shook hands with the president and his wife. "So long bo!" one shouted to the secret service man. The president smiled broadly, lifted his hat and started home. NAMES OF DRAFT DESERTERS WILL DE MADE PUBLIC . , . . Offenders Who Have Thus Far Escaped Apprehension Willi Be Brought to Justice. - Although war activities for the United States ceased some time ago, those men who deliberately evaded military service and have, not been apprehended up to the present time are still to receive their punishment, according to word received from the War department information sec tion, During the neriod-xf active hos tilities the government" rounded up many of these deserters, but because other more pressing matters occu pied its time, special attention could not be eiven to the running down ot the comparatively small number of draft evaders. After the discontin uance of mobilization and induction under the selective service law on November 11, 191& consideration i of lift in duel waa laiviii U(, uj niv . department. f Instructions were issued to local draft boards to send to Washington the records of all draft registrants Who were reported during the war as draft deserters. Out. ot the 24,000,000 records of mcit' who had registered. 489.003 were accordingly sent to the War department. In vestigation showed that most of these were cases of wilful desertion. 173,000 Wilful Offenders. However, about ,j63,000 of these , . j men wnosc recortis were uirnea in by the draft boards had their cases disposed of during the war. This left approximately 325,000. names r he cared for. fne records of 151,000 of which showd that they coutd not properly be charged with desertion. The remaininp 173,000 registrants have been shown to be wjlful evad ers. , Out of the 24,000,000 men who registered" for the draft, only those in this last clarfs, 173,911, to be ex act, are chargable with wilful de sertion, or less than 1 per cent of the total registration, which is a considerable improvement Over the civil war draft record. In ordet to bring about the ap piehcnsion of these draft deserters a list of their names is to be pub lished bybe War department in the near future. Co-operation of state and local officials, patriotic societies and the Department of Justice is askr.d to bring, the evaders to jus tice. Exact copies of the list of names, grouped by states, or other convenient divisions, will be avail able for postmasters, police stations and other agencies. ' Can Avoid Arrest.. Th.e War department makes it clear that before the list of desert ers is published, any man charged with draft desertion who wishes to avoid humiliation or arrest may vol untrrily surrender at the nearest army post in order that his case may be invesig3ted and his status defi nitely deternr'ned. This voluntary sur-ender, however, will not relieve euilty -parties of the consequences 7f iheir misconduct. While there are two classes of evaders, it is only the draft deserters and not the draft delinquents', whom the war department is apprehending at the present time. Draft desert ers are men who registered and who were-' ordered by the draft authorities to report .for military duty at a specified time md place, but failed, to do so. Tfeev are sub ject to trial byV-ourt martial for their Draft' delinquents are r'en who were required by law to register, Vut failed to register, or who, al tiioufh they registered, failed to re port for physical examination or to return properly executed question naires. Draft delinquents have not been inducted into the military serv ice and consequently are not subject to trial by" court martial. It is the duty of the department of jvistice to ormg these offenders to punishment Dallas Homes Iceless As Result of Price Fight Dallas, Tex., Aug. 15. It is es timated that 90 per cent of Dallas homes were without ice as a result of refusal of local ice peddlers "to deliver ice at '65 cents a hundred pounds, the "fair price" set by R. E Taylor, United. States district at torney. , . REPUBLICAN CHIEFS MUCH ENCOURAGED Result of Primaries in 0h& and California Slw i , irena lowaro naram- G. 0. PLeadci s. - NOMINATION OF WILLIS L REGARDED AS VICTORY Hays Much Elated at Outcome J confident senator could Win Today on Anti-Wilson Platform Alone. By PHILIP KINSLEY Clilmgo Tribune-Omaha Bn Leaned Wire. Marion, O., Aug. 15. Results of the last week in the Ohio primary election and in the California regis tration, have cheered republican lead ers as to "the prospects of these two states. It must be said that they are elated. Ohio has always been re garded as the chief ibattle ground of the campaign. An anxious eye has been turned toward California due to its peculiar behavior in 1916. The registration in California" has been heavily republican, three to one as a rule, and 15 to 1 in some localities. This, taken in conjunction with the attitude of Senator Johnson who intends to take an extremely active part in the campaign for Hard ing, disposes of all doubt in the minds of the republicans as to Cal ifornia. They consider that safe. As to Ohio, the primary'election has resulted in a well balanced ticket from the republican standpoint, one that will help the national ticket in many ways. Former Governor Frank B. Willis, who won the nom ination for United States senator, has a strong rural following. This naturally would go to Harding but the Willis nomination strengthens it. Davis Strong In Cities. Former Mayor Harrv L. Davis of Cleveland, who won the guber natorial nomination, has drawn his strength from the cities, the sport ing element, the wets and the labor men. His nomination should haln Harding amontrNthese voters: where Uie is admittedly the weakest. lhe third factor is the small show ing made by W. A. Julian, the win ner of the democratic senatorial nomination. He won by such a small C)hlralifvtl;at h politicians are wondering what has happened to the Cox machine. The democratic vote -was much Ulighter than ' the- republican" "vote. giving njrtner cnuse tor confidence among the republicans as to theNo yember result. No personalities were' indulged in durinsr the camnaicn and the result has been to reduce fac tional trotibles to a minmtim. Ask Harry Daughtery, the astute prcconvention manager for Senator Harding, how he considers the Ohio situation. His eyes twinkle and he looks away, his facij wrinkling shrewdly. 1 Will Continue right. "Ohio." he says, "well, Ohio is all right.. I am not worrying. But we are not running our campaign that way. We will not quit the fight un til the last vote is counted." Asked if there are any "weak states in me union lor tne fiarqffle Coolidge ticket-the republican lead ers admit privately that New Jersey, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and possibly Minnesota and New York, might be so classed. They put Ohio in that group until this week, also California. 1 Will H. Hays is elated over the confidential reports he has received from all parts of the country. He is positive that if the election was held today that Harding would sweep, the country on the anti-Wilson sentiment. The Cox swing around the circle is awaited with in terest. It, is expected that the demo cratic candidate will gain strength unlii-September 1, at least, and that about the time he is all through. Harding will come forward with a big, constructive, steadying program that will carry him safely through the critical month. Senator Hardine will not be driven from his original plan of conduct ing his camoaign from Marion. In accordance with this plan, however, he will go out for several 'big speeches in variou centers. His first address of importance outside of Marion will be at Minneapolis dur ing state fair week when farmers from three states are expected to gather to hear him expound his views on the problems' of agricul ture. 1 ' I Southern Editor Sues Negro For Ruining Domestic Life Durham, N. C, Aug. 15. H. Ti. Varner, head of the North Carolina state prison board, and publisher of the Lexington (N. C.) Dispatch, brought suit against Baxter Mc- Crary, negro, raid to be possessed of considerable property, for $100,000 damages, charging in the complaint tha: McCreary had ruined his do mestic lif" At the same time Varner brought suit for absolute drvorce against Mrs. Varner. Both complaints were filed in the superior court at Lexington. Open Trading Allowable On Canadian Grain Market Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 15. Cana- aian government wnicn tor years has controlled sale of wheat and flour in Canada, at miduight last night re Iinquished it's hold and beginning Monday open trading in all grains and flour is permissable. As the grain exchange ' of Winnipeg has been unable to secure a quorum of members this week, no date has yet neen fixed tcr opening of the mar ket. It may not be until Thursday f I I -Cox Undertakes to Put 'It . Across rrt r?S7 M NATIONALISM SENATORS WO VOTED I ' pn&n MINERS DEMAND WAGE INCREASE v OF $2 PER DAY Men of Central Competitive Field Ask New Scale, Retro- afjtive to August 1. Cleveland, O., Aug. 15. Represen tatives of the miners ot the joint scale committee of miners and oper ators of the central competitive bitu minous coal held Uhio, Indiana. Il linois and western Pennsylvania at a conference last night, submitted to the operators a demand for a sup plemental contract calling for a wage increase of $2 per day to all day and monthly laborers and an increase of 10 cents per ton on both pick and machine mining, both retroactive to August 1. . . The miners' proposal also pro vided: N , . Xliif flirt nnA nf pvnlnClvPQ hp referred to the districts for settle-1 1 IIS, 1 1 IV V ' . 1 V V. V. . -1 ' - 1 , ment. , "That no fines be assessed under provisions of the penalty clause until it is first determined that a violation of contract, has occurred." Operators refused to comment on what action they would take. They will meet tomorrow to discuss the. matter and said they would probably have a reply ready by Monday. No estimate would be made by the operators of the probable increase in the cost of coal in case the de mand was granted. Ellis Searles of Indianapolis, edi tor of the United Mine Workers Journal. said there would be no Strike should the operators refuse the agc increase. s Woman Identifies Man in Restaurant as One Who Robbed Her Renaldo Baskis. Mexican, 1123 Dodge street, was arrested Sunday by Detectives Danbaum and Palmtag oii the complaint of Mrs. Alice Ojeda, 309 North Thirteenth street, who claims that Baskis is the man who held up herself and her husband last Friday night and robbed them of $39. The holdup occurred at Thirteenth street and Capitol avenue and Mrs. Ojeda told police shevwas positive that Baskis was the hoioup man. While walking along Capitol avenue near Eleventh street Sunday, Mrs. Ojeda noticed the Mexican eating in the Capitol cafe. She ran to police headquarters, a few blocks away, and asked Captain Vanous to have him arrested. Baskis is held for investigation. Destroyers Search for ' , Two Missing Seaplanes San Francisco;' Aug. 15. Two of the 11 navy seaplanes which early yesterday started on a flight from San Diego to San Francisco bay had failed to report here, late tonight. Four others, which lost their bear ings in a fogalighted on the sea about 20 miles north of the Golden Gate. Two destroyers were sent out to make a search for the missing craft. West Virginia Democrats Pick Presidential Electors Wheeling, W. V., Aug- IS. The democratic state judicial convention adjourned yesterday after passing a resolution empowering the execu tive committee to fill any vacancy that might occur on the state ticket. tight presidential electors were named and a candidate for judge of the supreme court nominated. a. Mill II rurl. lntlM 4ta IiM. 0ll Oattla 4lk 1m II war) pall ua. (CopyHleht, 1111. by the Ciifo Tribun. PROMOTERS OF COMPANY MAY FACE ARREST Officers of Firm Apparently Unbare jj Mismanage mentFarmer .. Investors'. May Lose Heavily. . Evidence brought out at t,he hear ing of ti.. application for a receiver for the Missouri Valley Cattle Loan company may lead to arrests of the promoters of the company, accord ing to Judge Wooilrough, presiding over the case. The judge .'ias or dered the company to be juiced in receiver's hands, and the "earing, which has been in progress for about two weeks, will be continued for further evidence. Judge Woodrotigh Said that a large sum of nioiiey, possibly reach ing the million mark, had apparently been misappropriated or lost by theJ management. KJ V. Mcurew, pro moter of the company, nephew of C. F. McGrew of Omaha, disap peared soon after being ejected from the organization, and his where abouts are still unknown. Approximately S2.000.COO worth of stock has been sold to farmers and stockmen in Nebraska, according to the judge. While, officers profess to believe that the- company possesses resources. Judge .Woodiough ex pressed the opinion that bankruptcy may be declared. ' Apparently the organization ' has never complied with the "blue sky laws" of the state, it being 'eorgnn ized from another company of a dif ferent name last year. Judge Wood rough said the oif'cials of the com pany were for the most pait igno rant of the transactions made by Mc Grew, and were not wholly respon sible for the mismanagement. ' The officers elected February 3 are: F. M. Currie, Broken Bow, president; George C. Junkin, Smith field, vice president; V. W. Gittings. Omaha, secretary; R. S. Johnson, Omaha, treasurer; L. D. Ohman, Pilger; P. E. McKillup, Co'umbus; W. H. Graver, Ewing, and D. E. Gano. Ellwobd, directors. It is quite likely, according to the judge, that further testimony will be brought out at the hearing which will cause federal authorities to take action in the matter. v- Bakeries Will Close for Picnic at Riverview Park The Omaha Master Bakers' club will hold 'ts annual picnic at River view park Thursday. All bakeries in the city will close at noon, and employes have been notified to be on hand for the outing at 2 p. m. Valuable prizes are offered for winners in all of ' the 22 athletic events scheduled for the afternoon. In addition to swimming, tennis an J other contests, teams from the Oma ha bakers and supply house sales men will stage a baseball game. A picnic dinner will be served at 7 p m.. followed by dancing in the evening. The Weatfier Forecast. Nebraska Fair and warmer Mon day. S . tn. ... So. m. . . . 1 ft. m . . I a. m.... a. m. . . . 10 a. m.... 11 a. m.... 12 nooa. ... 12 t p. m. . ...... . .SO 2 p. m . . 61 X p. m. , H7 4 p. m.. 115 p. m. . ....... . m . . 7H 7 p. m . . SS.8 p. m . . '.'.'.tut . .-7 " - MMn. K 116: Dll !. Itl Dillr Oily. W: Hil, I HlHI van- BEGIN PROBE OF ACTIVITIES OF CONFESSED SPY May Involve Officers in Case Of German Who Col ' lected Back Pay. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Beo Lcaaed Wtee, Chicago, Aug.. 15. District Attor ney Clyne yesterday began an inves tigation into the activities of Theo dore"- Schude, aha Private Le Grande, alias Lieutenant Arthur Kmcaid confessed German spy, "who obtained $1,600 on forged government papers at Port Sheridan that may involved government officers here. Officers' names appear in the pa pers held by Schude and on the docu ments with which he obtained back pay. These are being investigated on the possibility that others beside Schude might be implicated in their I ( frrrtrr I A telegram was received from Dis trict Attorney Silvein San Francisco disclosing full particulars of Schude's confession. Mr.' Clyne immediately swore out a warrant for Schude's ar rest on charges of obtaining money tinder false- pretenses, and tele graphed t San Francisco asking that removal proceeding be started im mediately.. Mr. Clyne confirmed charges that Schude, under the name of Lieuten ant Kincaid, .had obtained $1,500 in back pay by forging army papers and impersonating a commissioned officer. If Schude is found' to be an. Amer ican citizen he will be tried for trea son by an army court-martial. Should he be found a German he will be tried in the federal court as a spy. Since the government is technically at war with Germany the djath pen alty may be imposed in case of con viction on either charge. 1 Schude, according to information said to be in the hands of the in telligence bureau, is an American citizen. His reported confession that he served in the German army and acted as a spy for the kaiser will make him guilty of treason. War department records show that Schute stole Lieutenant Kincaid's papers and personality while both were in Germany. Later, as a lieu tenant, he went to Brest and then to the United States. There his brain was found in a disordered con dition and he was placed in an army hospital. Man Held for Kidnaping Baby Goes on Hunger Strike Philadelphia, Aug. IS. While de tectives and state police were search'' ing the tenderloin for Rose McDon nelle, the woman named by Augusto Pasquale, as one of the kidnappers of baby Blakely Couglin, attaches at the Montgomery county jail were en gaged in an equally vain effort to make Pasquale eat. Since his . final "confession"- yes terday Pasquale has refused to touch food and is sullen and defiant. Au thorities declare his latest attitude jtist another attempt to clog the in vestigation. 1 Man Drowned in Missouri When Auto Runs Off Ferry Mitchell, S. D., Aug. 15. August Biermann. 24, was drowned in the Missouri river when he drove his car off the river ferry south of Lake Andes. Biermann was traveling with his uncle to his home in Dakota City, Nebi Driving on the ferry, he became confused, put his foot on the gas instead of the brakes and the car leaped forward disappearing in 16 feet of water. The body has not been recovered. The uncle, Willie- -- cived. THBEE CENTS REDS LAUNCH BIG ATTACK ON WARSAW Bolshevik Forces Repulsed In First Drive. Aaainst Polish Capital Attempt to BreaK Line at Radzymin. .1 MANY PRISONERS TAKEN ' AT WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS Poles Push Enemy to Right Bank of Bug River and Take Cities of Dorohusk and Swieze-Rubieszew. Hy Til AxuiK'liitrd Yrn. ""'' Warsaw, Aug. IS Bolsheviki launched their first attack acainst Warsaw's defenses today, but were repulsed. Early today, after light artillery preparation, they attempted to break through the l'olish lines near Radzymin. The Poles not only V killed many who nearcd the barbed; , wire entanglements, but took pris oners. . East of Cholm. 40 miles east of Lublin, the Poles broke through the"' enemy lines at Ignatow and pursued the bolsheviki to the right bank ot the Bug, says an official statement . tonight. The Poles occupied Doron husk and Switze-Rubieszew. ., Begin Investigation Into - - Policies of Qen. Wrangsl .. Washington, Apg- IS. An formal inquiry into the cfnracter and policies of the anti-bolshjevik ; leader in southern Russia General W ran gel has been begun by gov-, ernment officials. ' No immediate anticipation of recognition by the United States i involved., officials sid, but should the inquiry develop' satisfactorily, it ii thought possible that the elements clustered about Wrangel may afford a road to tf)e creation of conditions in Russia permitting her rcaccept ance among nations. ' "' One report on the general's career has been received, written by a neu tral observer attached to his staff. " The general, but 39 years old, ac cording to the report, enlisted in the Russian army in 1901 ,as a private after haying been educated as a min ing engineer. Though his ancestorsj are said to have come from Germany his stock is of) Baltic province deri vation. Leaving the army in 1902. after , promotion to a lieutenancy. Wran' gl re-enlisted -on the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese" waf, and" was;" i twice promoted. In theEuropean ' war he distinguished himself on Au gust 19, 1914, by taking a German battery, for which he was decorated with the Cross of St. George. Aid to Czar. ." Promoted to the rank of colonel he was appointed an aide to the czar, and later became commander of the First Trans-Baikal Cossack regimenf., with which, in July, 1918, he captured a battalion and several machine, guns,. He was promoted to " a major general. - Following the first days of the; revolution, when the Russian offen sive in Galicia was preceded by a disorderly retreat, Wrangel is said to have "prevented a great military disaster." He continued with the army until disorders of the revolu tion had destroyed its discipline, i Genera! Wrangel then retired to the Crimea, f Arrested by the bol- (CnntlrVied on Vase Two, Column Two.) U. S. Expenditures Due For $900,000,000 Jump During September ' ; ..,;,... Washington, D. C, Aug. 15. Government expenditures vr'mg September probably will jump near :; ly .$900,000,000. it Was estimated by treasury officials, nearly fyo-thirds. of this sum representing payments to railroads. , i The roads will have computed amounts, due them under the govern- ment's guarantee against loss-for: the six months ending September I, by the .middle of the momh, it was; said. Tne Interstate Commerce" commission has estimated the total, guarantee to be paid will run be tween $500,000,000 and $600,000,000. , A heavv drain also is expected on the $300,000,000 revolving, funds by the transportation act , for nevr ,' equipment. With this outflow i.i September,' officials believe reduc tion of the public debt may be some-' what curtailed, although reduction's w ill continue, it was emphasized. Father Takes Steps to Gain :: Freedom for His Daughter Milwoukee Wis., Aug. 15. Dr. A. P. Lusk of Mosinee, Wis., father of Grace Lusk, Waukesha school teach-' er sentenced June 21, 1917, to i9 years' imprisonment for the murder of Mrs. David Roberts, as the sequel of a love triangle, took steps to ob tain a commutation of her sentence. In a letter to the Milwaukee Sei tine!, he stated that unle&sjiis daugh ter is given her liberty ?oon, she will not live long. He said that she was in ill health. Tradition Causes Death Of Red-Headed Chinaman . Chicago, Aug. 15. Tradition killed Moy Gun Hoo today. Mov was a red-headed Chinaman, and according to Chinese supersti tion, he was bound to come to no good end. Moy's life lived up to the neighbor's expectations, but of late, according to his friends, his hick has been worse. Today he tied a rope to a gas burner and around his neck and then lifted his feet off the flooc until he strangled. V A