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VICTORY FOR
. Senator Poindexter Predicts
Gains in Next1 Congress-
- Says No Chance to Defeat
Jones of Washington.
DEMOCRATS BATTLING
FOR LIVES IN WEST
Strong Probability of G. 0. P.
Senate Being Elected in Blue
Grass State Other States
May Fldp This Fall
tblraro Trlbun-Oiiiahi B I.rafJ Wire.
Washington, Sept. 4. Triumph
for the republican party in retain
ing; Control of the United States
senatr in the next congress w,as pre
dicted today by Senator Miles Poin
dexter. chairman 'of the republican
senatorial committee, who returned
to Washington from a trip through
-the northwest extending to the Pa
cific coast.
Senator Poindexter said he was
convinced that the republicans not
only would retain the senate seat
they now have, but that they woulcf
gain some from the democrats. rHc
particularly, denounced the claim of
the democrats that they would elect
a successor to Senator Jones of
Washington. Mr. Poindexter' 1 col
league. The Washington senator
also declared the republicans had .a
food chance to elect 'senators in
daho, Colorado, Arizona, Califor
nia. Nevada and Oregon. x
Democrats who are having the bat
tle of their lives to hold their seats
in these states are Nugent of Idaho.
Mark Smith of Arizona; Pnelan of
California; Henderson of Nevada
and Chamberlain of Oregon. In Col
orado. Senator Thomas, democrat,
refused to rufi for re-election be
cause lie is out of sympathy with his
party cn the league issue.
Predicts New Gains.
"I have made a very careful est
aminatioii of conditions in all statesj
where the senatorial election ii at alf
uncertain," said Senator Poindexter,
"and upon this I feel satisfied, that
the republicans will, retain all of the
slate they now hold, and will gain
several states now held by ..demo
crats.. ...
i "I understand it has been said by
some democratic leaders, that Wash
ington 'will elect a democratic sen
ator and thatAVashington and the
Pacific coast and Rocky mountain
slates are for the league of nations.
This opinion evidently comes from
those ho do not live in that section
and are not familiar with conditions.
NV tme in the sate of, Washington,
who is well-informed, lias any doubt
that it will go republican both for
the presidential and senatorial tick
ets. We will gain a seat in Idaho
and in Colorado, and have excelk t
prospects of gaining seats in Ari
zona, California and also in Nevada
and Oregon. We expect also to
gain a seat in Kentucky, and there
are several other states, not neces
sarjKto mention, where we have a
very good chance of gaining seats,
but in Kentucky the strong proba
bility is that the republican for the
senate will be elected. ,
No Doubt About Outcome.
"The people realize that the elec
tion of a senator in any one state
mav dcterminepossibly the control
of the senate and they are so indig
nant at the conduct pf the present
administration, whose policies Gov
ernor Cox has pledped himself to
follow, that there will be no doubt
about the return of a republican
senate.
"The fact that the democratic
candidate for president boast in his
speech of acceptance of the en6r-
mous amount of money expended by
the democratic administration has,
particularly attracted the attention
of the people of the west. "
"They remember that during the
war. when questions were asked in
Cnntiaard on Pat Tiro. Column Sctcb.)
Wife of Optical Co.
Manager Arrested on, ...
Shoplifting Charge
' , '
-- Mrs. Louis Knettle. 29o0 Martin
street, wife of the general manager
of the Riggs Optical company, was
arrested on a charge of shoplifting
at the Brandeis stores late Saturday
afternoon. " . - .
According to Mr. Singer of the
Brandeis stores. Mrs. Knetfle had a
550 hat in her pos'session when he
discovered the alleged theft. The
v.oman was taken to. the police sta
tion, where she is said to have of
fered her wedding ring as bond for
her release. This was refused by po
lice. - ' ' "
"V Later money was brought to the
v station for her and she was released
on a $25 bond. Her hearing has been
' set for Tuesday.
"Auto Accident Fajal to
Man and Three Children
IMerre, S. D., Sept 4. (Special.)
.,.K report comes here that James
" Harvey of Milesville and three chil
dren were killed in an auto accident
.near Philip last night. Mrs. Harvey,
the only other member of the family.
was so seriously injured that her re
covery is doubtful.
' Daughters of Oklahoma Man
insured Against Kidnaping
Muskogee, Okl.. Sept. 4. What is
"7 taid to be the first kidnapingjpolicy
ever issued by anAmerican insur
ance company was delivered to B.
Frank Vood, president of an oil
,-rompany here. The 'policy is for
$15,000 and insures his three daugh
ters from kidnaping. ;
The Bee Ak-Sar-Ren Jingle Prize
To Be Awarded to the Person Who Names the New
King or Queen of Ak-Sar-Ben In a Jingle Sub
' . mitted Within Next Eighteen Days Prizes
Every Day.
Who will be King Ak-Sar-Ben
XXV?
And what is more important
who will be queen? v
. King and queen will be crowned
ft the royal ball at the Den, Sep
tember 24. .
Until that time the identity of
both is presumed to he a care
fully guarded secret.
. But everybody has a "hunch"
as to who the fortunate on Will
fit. Nearly everybody thinks he
has an "insjde tip."
Just to give everybody a chance
t make good on the "tip." The
Bee will offer a prize to the one
who makers -the lucky guess yes,
to more than opt. There will be
a prize for the-mje who names the
king and Another for the one "who
names the queen., with, some more
thrown, in for good measure.
But, here's the rub, just guess
ing won't do. The guess must be
incorporated in . a merry little
jingle. And the author of the best ,
jingle each day will receive still
another prize. '
, ,The rules are simple. Here they
are: ,
I! No governor of Ak-Sar-Ben
or any member of his family is
eligible to compete, nor any em
ploye of The Bee or his relative.
Anyone else may contribute one
or more jingles.
2. The guess must be embodied
MOTHER BURIES
WRONG MAN; IS
FOUMALIVE
Woman Pays for G'fave and
Services, Only to Find She
Had Identified Wrong
Cepyrijht,
1020. by International Xcwt
SerTlce.
New York, Sept. 4. Mrs. Sarah
Levine, of 169 Monroe street, grief-
stricken after burying a man she had
identified as her son, was notified
that her son Jacob, 28 years old. was
alive in Bcllevue hospital. t She hur
ried there and found her son waiting
for her to take him home.
An unidentified man fell uncon
scious at Broome and Ridge streets
and was taken to Gouverneur hos
pital suffering from morphine poi
soning. About the same time Jacob
Levine, the son fell unconscious in
front of the Municipal building and
was taken to Bellevue suffering from
intestinal trouble. He recovered con
sciousness and asked the Bcllevue
authorities tq notify liis mother.
A patrolfhan-'went to the Levine
home, but the family was away. He
instructed tenants in the house to in
form Mrs. Levine that, her son.was in
Bellevue hospital buf a tenaut told
her that her son was in Gouyerncur
Mrs. Levine accompanied by her
four daughters and a son, went to
Gouverncur hospital, where" the man
who was taken ill at Ridge and
Broome streets, was dying. She 'iden
tified him as Jacob. A few hours after
she was notified that the man had
died and she engaged an undertaker
at No. 203 East Broadway and paid
$100 for a plot in the Montefiore
cemetery, L. I, After a brief service
in Jhe Bellevue morgue, next door to
where the son lay. ill, the body was
interred and the Levine family-held
a memorial service in their home.
The social service bureau : at
Bellevue hospital, which communi
cates with relatives and friends of
those sick at that institution, was
surprised that none of the Levine
family had appeared at the hospital,
and a patrolman was again sent,to
the house.
He found the famil mourning the
loss of the son. He told Mrs. Le
vine her- son was alive in Bellevue
hospital and was waiting to be
taken home. The mother could
hardly believe it. She ran to the
street and was driven in a taxicab
to Bellevue hospital. When she saw
her son she nearly fainted. Jacob
was taken home.
Hold Memorial Services for
Late Judge James R. Hanna
Grand Island Neb., Sept. 4. (Spe
cial. Attorneys from counties in
the Eleventh district attended a me
morial service in the district court
room here in tribute to the late Judge
James R. Hanna. Resolutions pre
pared by the resolutions committee
of the district were read by O. A.
Abbottl sr., Guy Laverty of' Bur
well and James H. Woblley of Grand
Island delivered the main addresses.
The New (Constitution
V (The Bee continues todav lt explani
tlona of the various amendments to the
state constitution, proposed by the atat
constitutional conruntton at J submlts
to a vote of the t,etple at a ruci-ihI elec
tion to oe neio aepiemnqr n. mm eirc
tion la in many reapects the moat im- t
portant held in Nebraska In a fenerations i
An Intelligent ballot can be cast only
sfter a clear unrteratnndlni of th. various
I proposals aubmitted. There are 41 pro- t
!-otB.T i
, PROPOSITION NO. 23.
Amends Section 11 of Article VIII.
Makes more certain the prohibition
against the use of public funds to
support sectarian or denominational
schools. Provides that no religious
test or qualification shall be re
quired of teachers or students in
schools supported in - whole or in
part by taxation.
PROPOSITION NO-24.
Amends Section 12 of Article VIII.
Increase from 16 tOv 18 years of
.age at which incorrigible boys and
irls may be sent to the state reform
schools instead of Uhe state peniten
tiary X .-
in a jingle, either a "King's Jingle"
or a "Queen's Jingle." It must
be written plainly and enclosed in
an envelope addressed to the Aky
Sar-Ben Jingle Editor of The Bee.
3. Each jingle must be on a sep
arate sheet of paper, the "King's
Jingle" on one and the "Queen's
Jingle" on another. . j ,
4. The author of the best jingle
each day will receive two, tickets
to Con T. Kennedy's Ak-Sar-Ben
carnival shows. 1
5. The person who guesses cor
rectly the name of the king will
receive any $10 article in any Oma
ha store; ; the person 'who guesses
correctly the name of the queen will
receive a second order for $10 worth
of merchandise in any Omaha store.
6. In case two or more persons
make the same winning guesses,
the author of the best) jingle will
.receive the first prize and the airth-.
or of the second bejt jingle 'a sep
arate $5 prise.
7. The contest will close Sept-'
tember 22.
Here is a sample jingle:
The Queen of Hearts
She made some tarts.
And filled them up with jam. .
The King of Hearts
Who ate these tarts
Was Everett Buckingham.
The contest is onl Come on
with, your' jingles!
DIAMOND STUD :
IS STOLEN FROM
MAJORWILGOX
Theft Believed to Have 0c
: cured' During Jam While
Boarding Street
Car.
A "diamond stud valued at $700
was stolen from the shirt of Maor
R. S. Wilcox, 1102 Park avenue, re
tired business man, while he was
boarding a street car at Sixteenth
and Farnam streets about 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
Major Wilcox was on his way to
the Union Station with his son, R. S.
Wilcox, who. left for Denver last
nighfc . .'"'
A large crowd gathered on the
street to board the-car, according
to Major Wilcox." who told detec
tives that he suspects two young
men who were standing near him.
One of them was jostling him
around while another, supposed to
be an accomplice, was standing it
his side.
Detectives believe that the dip
thief used clippers to extract the
stud fronj the shirt Because they say
it is easily accomplished and takes
but a fraction of a moment for the
operation. - , i
Major Wrilcox, who is now retried,
was for JO years manager ot the
Browning-King store. He is one
of the founders of Ak-Sar-Ben and
is a member of several leading clubs.
Detectives were given an excellent
dtscription of the two alleged thieves
They believe the men are connected
with a gang of pickpockets who rlaTe
been successful!' ppefating in Oma
ha for several dVs.
Condition of Lord
Mayor of Cork Growing
. More Critical Hourly
" - . s .
By The Associated Pfess.
Loudon. Sept. 4. The condition
of Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork
was tonight described as critical.
He was in the last stage of weak
ness and -unable to talk to relatives,
buc was conscious and his will power
Lstill strong. His wife left him at 7
uviya una evening, &yyA cuujr
deeply anxious. 1
Mrs. MacSwiney and the lord
.mayor's sister, Mary, called at 1he
American, French. Spanish. Italian
and Belgian embassies to ask thenvl
to make urgent representations to
their governments. 'The' Belgian
secretary alone was found and
premised he would report Mayor
MacSwiney's case to the ambassador
on his return.
Mrs. Terence MacSwinev has sent
a cablegram to President Wilson in j
behalf of her husband,
Mrs. MacSwiney asks Mr. Wilson
to "use your influence with the Eng
lish government to prevent the per
petration of an outrage on civiliza
tion." "She 'says her husband is
dying.
Polish P6ace Envoys
Will Go to Riga September 9
Warsaw, Sept. 4. (By The Asso-kficd
ciated fress.) Accordine to Dres-
'cnt plans, which, however, still are
incomplete, the .Polish peace dele
gates hope to start about September
n r - r . ,
9 for Riga to. resume their negotia-
tions with the Russians. That part
r fVi Pnlisli rloWatiV.n l,;.-h hiA
01 tn.e rOllSll delegation W llK.n ad
remained at Minsk planned to leave
roaay ior Warsaw, it is learned, and
is expected .to arrive here Sunday
. It is" understood the delegation
which will go to Riga is virtually the
same as that which met the soviet
representatives at Minsk. There
may, however, be a few. changes in
the personnel.
Two Gunmen Secure $40,000
Irv Bold Daylight Robbery
NeW York, Sept 4. Forty thou
sand dollars including a $10,000
bill and mqre than $20,000 in jewelry
was stolen in a 10-minule daylight
robbery by two gunmen, who beat
Philip S. Smith, wealthy merchant,
into insensibility in nis office just off
roadway today.
WIFE OF DEAD
MILS OF
SLAYING flli1
Held In Company With Man,
She Recites Story Before In
quest of Death Struggle
With Husband.
HUSBAND SHOT, BEATEN
AND STABBED TO DEATH
Confessed Murderer Displays
Amazing Nonchalance On
StandRefuses to Answer
Interrogations.
Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 4. A
series of dramatic incidents .today
marked the inquiry into the death
of George B. Nott, whose cut and
battered body was jammed into a
trunk -and tound half sunken in a l
quicksand swamp 10 miles north of
here Monday night. Not the least of
the stirring situations was the' one
which occurreed when Coroner Phe
lan held before the eyes of Mrs.
Ethel Hutchinson Nott, then upon
the stand, a long, keen bladed carv
ing knife, alleged to have been one
which helped to finish ojl her dead
husband.
"Do you recognize this knife?"
demanded the coroner. She covtred
hef eyes with flier hands, crying
"yes. yes!" Two policemen carried
herefrom the stand.
Murder Charge Filed. '
' Previously it had been announced
by Assistant Prosecutor Earl Gar
lick that the charge of breach of
peace, preferred against Mrs. Nott
together with Elwood B. Wade,
youthful milkman and self-confessed
r.amirer of Mrs. Nott, as well as
John B. Johnson, employe of Wade's
father, was changed to that of mur
der in the first degree. At the close
of the session the cases were con
tinued without bonds until next Mon
day. "
A second thrill went through the
spectators when Wade, brought into
the cdurt room, broke-from the of
ficers and threw himself upon Mrs.
NotV, embracing and kissing her.
Superintendent of Police Patrick J.
Flanagan, ordered a ( detective to
separate' the couple. '. '
' Wade Not Impressed.
Wade then took the stand and, dis
playing . amazing nonchalancfl, re
fused to testily. He listened with a
sardonic grin to testimony of the
dead man's 12-year-old daughter,
which tended to lift responsibility
for the slaying from her mother's
shoulders and place it upon his own.
According to the girl's Story, her fa
ther met his death after a desperate
struggle with Wade, and her moth
er s auly part in the crime was fur
nishing aid in removing blood stains.
However, stenographic statements
alleged to have been a report of con
fessions of Wade and Johnson were'!
rrad, turnishing the moWey crowd
with plenty of horror. The state
ment told that Mrs. Nott kicked a
lead pipe downstairs "so that Mr.
Wade -could use it again to keep,
Aott from yelling. ;
Recites Murder Story.
"He was a tough one to finish,"
the alleged confession went on. "I
thought he bad nine lives. I laid
him low with the pipe, shot him on
the stairway and finished him off at
the foot of the-stairs. Mrs. Nott
(Contlnntd. on. Pave Tjwo, Colomn Six.)
Police Probe Death
Of Chief Engineer
Who Took Cyanide
X'ewark, N. J., Sept. 4. Suicide,
murder, or accident? Police,, aided
by chemical experts, are trying to
discover which of these three ex
plain the death of Franklin B. Wil
liams," chief engineer of Whitehead
& Hoag Co.. who was found dead of
cyanide poisoning in his home Tues
day night.. - '
Cyanide kills instantly, yet no
where near the body nor in the en
ure w iiiiams nousenoid could a i
cyanide container be found.
jhc j
cyanide leaves' Utvmistakable trace on
the bottle, that liolds. it... Chemists
tesiineo mat the cyanide tound in
the dead man's bodv was-not in tab
let form but in Solution..
Physicians assert that the suicide
theory is untenable-.- Had Williams
taken the poison himself he would
not- have Had the strength to leave
the bed and hide the bottle. In
vestigation into the personal history
of the dead iiian discloses ' thaf he
...,T...
was nappy... . tie. hafl xecetmv mar-
the.. woman he
had loved as a
young man and was-prepared to-retire
from business . to a farm near
here.-
Ex-Army Man to Head
. Colorado Constabulary
Denver. ! Colo.,! Sept. 4. Colonel
Patrick J. Hamrock, former com
mander of 157th infantry, U. S. A.,
was selected today by Gov. Oliver
H. Shoup to organize and; train the
revived Colorado state constabulary.
The Weather
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STATE FAIR ID
OPEN GATES TO
PUBLIC TODAY
Attendance Record Will Be
Broken, Secretary Predicts
-Exhibits Now
In Place.
Lincoln, Sept. 4. (Special.) The
doors of the 1920 Nebraska State
fair will swing open tomorrow for
what Secretary E. R. Danielson
Claims will be. the staters most, suc
cessful exposition. ' i
With a promise of fair' weather in
every section of Nebraska for the
coming week.ecretary uameison
said that attendance records would
be broken. The 1919 fair attend
ance, which set' a new record, was
200,000. Mr. Danielson is hopeful
that it wili reach 500,000 this year. A
larare proportion of the fair visitors
are coming by automobile this year
the secretary said, although a num
ber of special trains are being run.
The work of placing exhibits and
completing final arrangements at
the grounds occupied attention to
day and it is believed that practically
all of the exhibits will be in place by
Sunday. The agricultural display
is especially noteworthy this , year,
owing to the splendid crop condi
tions, whicH, prevailed in.all sections
of the state. V
Practically every foot of space has
been reserved in the exposition build
ings. The machinery displays, auto
mobiles and live stock exhibits are
larger than ever before. The domes
tic department is very complete.
The only program Sunday is two
concerts by the Innes band, but au
tomobile racing will be on the boards
Monday.
Felix Diaz Starts
New Revolution In
Mexico, Says Report
x Mexico City, Sept. 4. Revolution
ary activity by followers of Felix
Diaz, nephew -of former President
Porfirio Diaz; has been begun in the
vicinity of Misantla, state of ' Vera
Cruz, according to press dispatches
received from Jalapa last night.
Reoorts state that Diaz refuses
to recognize the "Agua, Prieta. plan,"
repudiates the present; government,
and declares he will fight to restore
the constitution of 1857."
Travelers arriving from.Tcziutla.
state of Puebla, and Jalatingcr, state
of Vera Cruz., tell of renewed rebel
operations near those towns, but are
uncertain whether , these operations
are being conducted by followers of
Diaz or those who support Lien, can
dido Aguilar. former governor of
the state of Vera Cruz and son-in-
law of the late President Carranza.J
New York-to-Nome Aviators
Reach Dawson on Return Trip
Dawson. V. T., Sept. 4. The navy
airplane expedition returning from
Alaska to Mincola, N. V, arrived
here this afternoon. Both men "tnd
machines are in. excellent condition.
The planes are using the same Lib
erty motors with which they 'left
Mineola. , ' , '
The flyers were' to 'be initiated
into the Yukon Order of Pioneers
tonight and 'afterwards entertained
at a "ball. Captain St. Clair Street
said the expedition would leave to
morrow for White Horse if weather
conditions were favorable.
U. S. Cruiser Recalled.
Washington, Sept. 4. The United
States cruiser Pittsburgh, recently
sent from French waters to Danzig
because of disorders ft that port,
has been recalled to her station.
State department officials said that
restoration of order at Danzig had
niide presence of the warship un
necsary. '
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loneer namsman,
Dies in Hay Loft of -Barn
in Alliance
Alliance, Neb., Sept. 4. (Special
Telegram.) Judge H. M. Bullock,
attorney, pioneer resident of Box
Butte county and Indian fighter in
the early days of the Black Hills re
gion in South Dakota, was found
dead in the hay loft at Gray's feed
barn hre Friday nigty. . He had
Keen dead, apparently, several hours.
Heart failure is ascribed as the
cause of death. He was 70 years
old. . ' ,
He came from Fremont, Neb., to
the western part of the- state in the
early 70s, thence to Cheyenne Wyo.,
where he engaged in the overlaid
freighting business before the days
of the railroads. For 10 years he
and a' partner made frequent vtrips
into the then unexplored Black Hills
region with mule teams. He was
one of the first white men to estab
lish a camp in the"Black Hills. He
engaged in numerous fights with
the Indians, who more than oncoT
attacked nis camp and small band ot
followers.
He was among the first to explore
the Black Hills gold mine region and
was well acquainted with "Calamity
Jane," notorious queen of the gold
mining camp, and "Wild. Bill," a
noted western character of 40 year
ago. Years ago he came to Sher
idati county, where he became
county judge, and later to Alliance,
where he served as police judge. He
also practiced law here for years.
He had been in failing health re
cently and had been in the habit of
going to the hay loft in the feed
barn to rest. He was one of the best
known characters in Vestern Ne
braska. Responsibility for
Treaty Terminations
On Other Countries
Washington, Sept. 4. Responsi
bility for termination of the com
mercial treaties' between the United
State and more than ' a' score of
foreign nations in conformity with.,
requirements ot the shipping act
probably will be placed squarely up
on the other-parties to -'the treaties
by the State department.
in other words. It will 'be left to
the other government to say whether
it is content to accept the terms of
the ( act and acknowledge-the right
of congress to discriminate against
its shipping without entirely cancell
ing existing treaties..- Officials regard
these treaties as contracts arid do
not claim the right to cancel a sin
gle provision without the consent
of the other parties.
The State department, is was .said
today, soon will make public an
nouncement of- its policy.
Economic Conditions in
; . India Worst in History
"Ncw ' York, Sept. 4. Economic
conditions in xIndia are now the
worst ill the past 45 veafs," according
to a survey by the Baptist Foreign
Missionary society.!
The ;report describes a tate of
unrest, "with political and social dis
orders such as India has not known
for centuries, if ever." v
"Our mission - stations. ' besieged
day and night by throngs Of hungry
people crying for food, were able
to offer but slight aid. the appeal
was so great. Men and women
through sheer -weakness, staggered
about like drunken people. Suffering
was intensified by lack of drinking
water, while an epidemic of cholera
took great toll of human life."
Sign Soviet Treaty.
Parish Sept. 4. The t-etvian con
stituent assembly on Thursday rat
ified the tready with soviet Russia,
it was declared by the foreign min
istry today.- The signing of this
treaty was announced in August
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It Is Expected Premier Miller
and Will Me Elected Presi
dent of France But
May Not Accept.
Paris, Serjt. 4. The resignation
of President Deschancl of France
will be officially announced soon, is
the information in the highest diplo
matic quarters. v
It is confidently expected thaj
Premier Millerand will be elected
to the office, although jt is stated in
"government -quarters that the
premier will iof accept the office
unless the con-stitution is re
vised giving the' president the same
powers as those of the president of
the united Mates. - . i
Observers, comment oh the nnusial
fact that the famous law firm ofv
foincare & Millerand is apparently
monopolizing the principal office of
the republic. Despite the optimistic
reports that have been made, it h
understood that Madame Deschanel
f-is extremely concerned over her
husbands poor health and urged
him repeatedly to give up his office.
ane nnaiiy . succeeded m obtaining
a Jetter of resignation from him and
for 1 the tiinc being is kept secret
owing to the fear of bringing, on a
political crisis at an inopportune mg-
ment.
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Denies Johnson Takes
- Suto Ride. While in Jail
Elgin, Til., Sept 4. Jack Johnson
is -receiving no liberty at the Kane
county jail at Geneva, Sheriff Claude
Pool declared this morning in a de
nial of charges made by a Chicago
newspaper that the former heavy
weight champion pugilist was having
too much freedom. ' -
"The reports whieii declared
Johnson was out automobile riding
are false," said Pool. 'He is not al
lowed outside of the jail. He boxes
a little in his cellr but he puts on no
prize fights for galleries of specta
tors." 7
, More Good Things
, Than Ever Before In
THE SUNDAY BEE
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A Page., of "Movie" Smiles Page
, 2, Rotogravure section.
Omaha School Teachers in Alaska.
1 Page 9, Part 2.
Nebraska's Great State Fair Page
. 2-6, Part 4.
Omaha Visiting Nurses Page 6,
Part 4.
Sporting NewPages 1, 2 and 3,
Part 3.
Around the . Mile Track , Again
Page 1, Part 4. 'v.
Amusements Pages 7-12, Part 4.
Women's News and Features Part
-.2.
Boys and Girls' Page--Page S,
Part 2.
Editorial Page 8, Part 2.
Homebuilders' News Page 9, Part
Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller
Page 1Q, Part 2. v
hLetters from a Homemade Man
rage ii, rrt i.
Jimrny Montague in Prose Page
12, Part 4.
Fuo About Omaha Folk Pageho,
'part 2. - r
NEXT SUNDAY A HALF-PAGE
CARTOON BY CHARLES
DANA GIBSON, AMERICA'S
FOREMOST ARTIST.
OUTLAWS IN
WAR AGAINST
RAILROADS
Turning Loose of Freight
Train in St. Paul Yards at
Chicago, Incident in Cam
paign of Sabotage.
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STRUGGLE THREATENS
TO CRIPPLE TRAFFIC
U. S. District Attorney and
City Officials Turn Deaf
Ears to Carriers' Appeal to
Give Them Helpv
Chicago Tribune-Omaha, Bra Liawd Wlra.
Chicago, Sept. 4. According to
railway executives, the turning loose
of a freight train in the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul yards at Chi
cago Thursday night was only an
incident in the campaign of sabotage
which the "outlaw" Chicago Yard
men's association and the United
Engineers' association are directing
against the railroads.
Here is a summary of the railroad
executive s charges:
Engines are beine turned loose al
most nightly; men who have taken
the places of the strikers are being
slupged: children of members ot tne'
"outlaw" organization who have
gone back to work are being' hoy-
cotted by thejir schoolmates; wives
of the men who have taken strik
ers' placfs are being terrorized, and
rooming liouse .keepers in districts
adjacent to the" terminals have been
warned that they must not permit f
any "strikebreakers" to room in j
their houses under penalty ot bomb-
n g; United States District Attorney
Clvne has been asked for help under
the Lever act, but has given none:
the citv authorities have been asked
for aid, but have given none
Cite Many Instances.
The railroad executives cite the
following instances ni support of
their charges:
Hundreds of men have been way
laid and slugged.
: Chicago Junction railway, Monday
night, yard engine ran two miles,
narrowly missing passenger train col
lision. . ,
Rock Island freight engine, Wed
nesday night, collision with passen
ger averted only because switch en
gine crew headed ti off, boarded and
stopped it. - .
Chicago. Milwaukee and St.' Paul
vard engine "stolen" ran milc-an"
half,, stopped when scam pressure
gave out. '
The railroad executives tonight
announced in what amounted to a
joint statement, though individuals
refused use of their names, that the
situation' threatened the transporta
tion of frlel and food. They added
lire actions of the "outlaws," are not
broken up, so many men 'would be
scared away from the railroad termi
nals that the Chicago switching dis
trict would be helpless in handling
the traffic.
Alleged Slugger Discharged.
They declared that a municipal
court judge had discharged an "out
law" striker, who was positively
identified by W. D. Clark, as a
switch gang foreman, as the man
who slugged him and that this had
discouraged the swearing out of
warrants.A
That thex "outlaw" strikers intend
to wage a guerrilla warfare against
the railroads, was indicated bv a
canvass of the leaders of the radical
element. "
Tom Clarev. William Seigel. Fred
C Herle, Villiam Reedy, William
Robinson, Bert Cassidy, "Red"
Feeney, Edward Flynn and a number
of others make no bones about sav
ing that "the roads will be glad to
take, the old men back with their
seniority standing before this
over."
is
Cfeim Filed Against
Mexican Government
Approved by Justice
Toronto. Ont., Sept. 4 An order
rendered by Justice Middlcton ap
proves the action of R. Homer
Smith, receiver for the Mexican
Northwestern Railwav, Ltd., in fil
ing a claim for $5,000,000 gold
against the Mexican government for
alleged damages suffered by the
road during revolutionary disturb
ances. The claim was filed with the
commission appointed by a decree
of the Mexican government in 1917.
Smith was appointed receiver for the
road in 1914, in an action by certain
uonanoiocrs to enforce a mortgage.
The receiver, after communicating
with Ottawa and the British em
bassy at Washington, accepted the
advice of Louis Riba. company's at
torney in El Paso, Tex., and filed
the claim, t x
Celebration of "Fiume Day"
On September 12 Is Assured
New York, Sept. 4.-rCcIcbration
of "Fiume day" Sunday, September
U, anniversary so D'Annunzio's oc
cupation of .Fiunie, isassured in New
York, Philadelphia, San Francisc'o,
Chicago. Boston, St. Louis, New Or
leans. New Haven, Conn.; Newark
ajrd West Hoboken, N. J., and Denver,-
Pueblo and Trinidad, Colo..
Whitney Warren, newjy appointed
representative in the United States
of D'Annunzio and he national
council of Fiume. announced.
Persian Reds Menace Armenia
Tan's, Sept. 3. Ten thousand bol
shevik troops are marching from
Persia on Georgia, according, to a
Tiflis dispatch to the East Express
Telegraph agency, under, date of
September 1. The Persian bolshe
v.iki are also menacing Armenia.
Russian soviet commissaries are in
command.
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