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OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,; 1920.
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THREE CENTS
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Bee
12 Killed in
Collision of
Tram Cal-s
Denver Holiday Excursionists
Meet Death When Special
Car on Interurban
Clashes With Coach.
More Than 70 Injured
Denver, Colo.. Sept 6. Twelve
persons were killed and 70 injured
in a ciash of interurban electric cars
in Globeville, a suburb of this city,
this afternoon.
Both cars are said tc have been
running 50 miles an hour v. hen tlicv
collided. The accident occurie1 near
Fifty-sixth -and Washington streets.
The injured are being brought to
hospitals here.
All city ambulances were called to
the Scene and the task of removing
the dead and injured began.
The cars collided on a curve and
were practically telescoped.
Six Identified Dead.
The names of the first dead as re
ported at the county hospital were:
ZARINO, William, Louisville,
Colo.
DOLBY. Frank. Louisville. Colo.
CAVETTE. S.. Louisvilltf, Celo.
GRENAMYER.G.W, conductor
on the in-bound car. -.
CRIPFS. Lawrence, conductor on
the outbound car.
CHAPMAN, Joseph, Boulder.
Colo. ;
The injuredinclude: , "
V Lieutenant i. Commamlrr Paul
Thiess, nayat recruiting officer, Den-1
ver, conumon serious. . ; .
X. A,.Gibsonv52, lawyer, Boulder,
condition serious-.
Dan Soldo, 44. Colorado Springs,
condition scrirjus.
Tellie Bottely, 19, "coal miner.
. Louisville. Colo. '' ,'',
George Walctch, condition serious.
Moore, eoiiditio:1 .serious.
William Hubberg,-li, Globeville.
condition seriotis .
W. A. Lloydi-65. Boulder, condi
tion serious, " ; " ' '"
Mrs J Luke VanCagden. 41; right
; leg broken. internaL injuries.
Albert Williams, 30. left leg
hrcken. internal .injuries, not ex?"
pected to live. " " '."
Claude Williams. 23, Lincoln, "Neb..
!iipbrokcn. (, , ;
Cars Are Telescoped.
une or tne .cars wes en route trorr.
Denver to Boulder. Colo., while tire
second was coming to Denver from
Boulder. ;. . .,
With an impact heard for blocks,
accompanied by the .- grinding; Q
, brakes and (he screaqis ot tne m-
' iurfA. tlir iHor.rAachfi sircahr! hrad-
ictt into the frour'Of the onthoundl
coach. I he cars were- so badly tele-
. scoped that their, front cuds were-a
"mass of wreckage.
. - Those in tie front part" of the
coaches were enmeshed in' the
; wreckage and great ditfknlty vas
encountered by re.scuefi in bringing
out the dead mi Injure.' - ' " '
Conducted Shotitd Warning.
G. W. Grenaim-cr. conductor of the
'incoming car, 1 53, which Avas
i.unnitij as a speoi.ilrealized sis his
car swept onto the curve that a
collision was'' coining. -: Shouting a
. warning to juirtp hi' sprang from the
' ear. tie strucK,a eiegrapn poie aim
'feil besido the. ioadbedc vvitli a
crushed kuR.' - :.J V;-. -; ' :,-' '.
- He was fSie olacsf c.iductor nn
the road in' point of service. His
f Avas in the hosnital in a. dying
(Cntinaed Vte Two. ohimn Seven.)
Wife Shot bv Her
HubandjVlay -Die
Jealousy Believed Cause for
Shooting of Jroman at
Pierce -No Arrest.
Norfolk. Neb., Sept. 6. (Special
-Telegram.) E. F. Purtzer of Pierce
shot and seriously wounded his wife
at their home here about 10 o'clock
Sunday morning. Jealoussy is al-
icern io nave oecn inc cause.
Uie bullet entered Airs, rurtzers
left shoulder and is believed to have
pierced the ' left lung. Attending
phjsicians do not believe sh will re
cover. No attempt has been made- to
place Purtzer under arrest and local
officials are eluctai:t to act until the
arrival of the sheriff, who is put
of the city at present.
Purf?tr is a tailor in Pierce ana
manager of the Pierce base ball team.
'The couple has three children. The
man :s the son of George P'irt.cr
v ho lives on a farm near Norfolk.
Mexican Tobacco and
Mill Men Resume Work
Mexico dfcy. Sept. 6. Striking
Mill men and tobacco workers in the
icderal district ot the state of Mex
ico have returned to work in con;
tormity with an agreement made
with the provisional president who
has promised his efforts to settle the
dispute.
Mexico City newspapers, however,
, quote strike leaders as saying tfcat
unless an agreement has. been
reached before September 10 a sren-
eral strike will be called September
s Japanese Protest About
U. S. Merchant Marine Act
. Br T Aanoclated Prtaa.
Honolulu, T. H., Sept 6. Eight
leading chambers of commerce of
japan nave anoote'l resolutions de
claring the American merchant ma
rine act is at direct variance with the
spirit of commercial treaties between
the United States and Japan, and
that it may catfse diplomatic com
plications, according to Tokio cabje
idvices to Nippu Jiji.
Lord Mayor of Cork
"Very Low Is Word
Ot Prison Chaplain
London Sept. 6. Terence Mac
bwiney, lord mayor of Cork, soon)
a restless night at Brixton prison.
where he is continuing a hunger
.strike begun on August 1J, in pro
test against his arrest by Britisl
authorities. Father Dominic, priv
ate chaplain to the mayor, visited
the prison this morning and on
leaving said that MacSwiney was
"very low."
At noon it was announced tha't.
MacSwiney showed signs of much
greater weakness, although he was
still conscious and his mind ; was
active. His face was more drawn
and he was. paler.
rment of
Relations With
ti t "" a '' J
MaVin.-.' AccnvorT
IIIUAILU lOSUlCU
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Election, of General Obregon
Regarded as Sure Protection
, For .. American Lives in
Neighbor States. t
Br Ti Aaaorlat-rd Trta.;
Washfngtou, Sept. 6. With the
election of Gen. Alvaro Obregon to
the presidency of Mexico yesterday,
officials here are looking forward to
a betterment "of relations between
Mexico and the United States. Gen
eral Obregon's public speeches and
statements regarding international
affairs have cet closely scrutinized
by officials of the State department
and it is knawn that these, his plat
formnd all that he stands for in
dicate that"" American lives and pro
perty will be accorded protection and
respect which is their due withouf
in anywa' intpairing the sovereignty
of Mexico or belittling her dignity.
Every, statement thus for made by
Obregon is favorable, for a fair deal
to foreign interests, wUich is all
that a.y of the governments whose
nationals are interested in Mexico
have ever asked for. It remains now
only for Obregon to put hito efJect
the-1 distinct commitments he 'has
made, according to the view of offi
cials here, which he can do wit-h full
resnect to Mexico's dignity and sov
ereignly. - ' , :,
Are Well Informed.
The state department has, kept it
self fully informed as to the Source
and motive, it' was authoritatively
stated today, of much ialk. charac
terized as, irresponsible to the effect
that American interests, particularly
oil interests, have been meddling in
Mexican politics, the charge being
made' that .American gold is" being
used , to -pacify fexico. It va
learned today that the (Jeoartinent
has no reason to believe., from de
tailed and extended reports, in spite
ftf fre"'irws;rapert camparg-n- iii ',cr
tain parts of, the country, that Amer
ican interests.- oil. min'iug or agri-
tcultural. . are doing anything but
complying with their obligations and
that so Icing as this continues, these
interests arc entitled to aaid will re
ceive the protection to which they
are entitled under the recognized
usasres of international law. v
The situaVfon was summarized to-
i day by high official of the state
denartment as 'follows:
I 1. The- 'Americen; companies are
legally and rightfully in Mexico at
the invitation, often the expressed
I request, of the Mexican govcrnmnt.
' - Will Protest Yanks.
2. That , so far ar- the department
knows; they are living up "to their
te.;al obligations; that despitt idle
uunors. there is no worthy evidence
of their departing from this ilnc Mf
conduct. . i t
.'. So long jft the department feels
l.tljat they are not. engaged in any
impioncr activities tne yare entitled
to and "will receive the protection
that is their due in international
practice.
It was noted that there is nothing
to indicate , that General Obregon
can or w ill Uake any exception, or
that the-Mexicasrgovcrnment would
object to this. No nation of the
world except soviet Russia with
which Mexico does not wish -to be
compared, ever takes exception to
another nation safeguarding the
rights of its (nationals in a foreign
land, an official of the department
said today, as long as these ntaoin
als set within the principles of in
tcnntMnal law.j Mexico herself had
occasion to know this when she ap
pealed to the Untie";! Stacts for pro
tection of Mexicans in this country
wh:i through error or overzeael
ousness of ibcal authorities, were
cai'ht in the draft net during the
earlvdays of the European war.
Seeks Persons in Decatur
Who Hoisted Red Banner
Decatur. 111., Sept. 6. Decatur po
lice and the local -miners' union are
seeking persons responsible, for the
hoisting of a big red flag over a
local coal mine early this morning.
Local officers are indignant at the
act, declaring it to be against the
j-"'"011-
The New Constitution
(The Be continua todav tt cxnlann
tlona of the various amendments to the
state constitution, proposed by the alar
conatitutlonhl convonlton i J submit'ec
to a vote of the neople et a spwinl elec
tion Io b held September 51. This elec
tion is In many respects the most Im
portant held In Nebraska tn a generation.
An intelligent ballot can be cast only
after a f lear understiindlng of the various
proposals submitted. There are, 41 pro
posals and each Is submitted for separata
vote.)
PROPOSITION NO. 27.
Amends Section 2 of Article IX.
Limits the tax exemption privi
leges of schools, religious cemeteries
and charitable organizations to prop
erty exclusively owned and used by
them for such purposes without
financial gain or profit. Provides an
exemption of $200 for each family
(cr household goods.
PROPOSITION NO. 28.
Amends Section S of Article IX.
Limits the total amount of taxes
which any county may levy to 50
cents per 5100 actual valuation. Pres
ent limit is 30 cents
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Wind Gave
Fall of Rock
Kill Three
Days May Be Required lo Dig
Out Bodies of Sightseers at ,
Niagara Falls Covered
. Bv Slide of Rock.
;j Noise, Drowned by Falls
BuTTalo,- X. Y.. Sept. 6.Three
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. t.l3Ull9 It 11 I. IVIIItTU I1U I U llljllllll
-' todav bv a fall of rnrk in liie Cavp
of the iWnds under Niagara Falls.
The "dead are: .
A. HARTMAX. Brooklyn. .
LOUISE HARTMAX. "his wife.
CLARA M. FAUST, Pittsburgh.
I he' injured are:
T. W'" Leo. Pittsburgh, and Frank
jE. i-ieahling,' Detroit. ,
The party ' was on ' one of the
bridges when a slide of shale rock
fell upon jhem. The bodies have
not been recovered and it may take
davs to dig them out. ' .
The roar of thcv falls in the-cavc
drowned the noise of the slide.
9 Burn To Death
In Big Hotel Fire
Identify Five Victims of Blaze.
Wfi ich Destroyed Two
' Blocks of Town. '.
Klamath Tails. Ore., Sept. 6.
Nine yiiarred bodies ' had been I re
covered at noon today jtom . the
ruii.s of a' ffre which destroyed the
Houston hotel and opera house and
l.rnll. two blocks hi dwellings and
business Houses. Five bodies have
been identified. -
Origin of the fire,, hich broke
out early, today, ' is 'tmdftermined
ilaiiy persons were burned or iu
juied in escaping from the burning
hotel. All the dead are1 believed to
be from Oregon points.
Mrs. Mary Campora." to whom a
hoby girl was born last Friday,
threw the Want from a third story
v iiu'.ovv into the. arms of spectators,
then jumped The -wifant was unin
jured.; but Mrs. Campora suffered
set if us hurts. - ,
Fireiuan said many bodies could
riotibe extricated for some time.
Sortie estimates placed the .number
of bodies still in the ruins at over a
score '
Explosion Kills v
Aged Man on Farm
Death 'Instantaneous - When
Dynaihite Slows Up'--In-
r-; sann Son Suspected. .
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Xorfolk. Xcb., Sept. . 6. Special
Telegram August j', ilorisn was
instaAtly killed about .11 o'clock
Saturday nigjit when a stick'of dy- .
r,amiie expwaea in a toilet on tne
Henry" Meiner farm. . southwest of
Vrdcl. He was over 70 years old
am! crme here last spring jropi Min
nesota. " ' (
' .A 'son of Mf.MoraiV wlio had
been in the Minnesota Hospital for
the Insane and who has been living
in Verdel recently, has been missing
since last night. The Knox county
sheriff arrived here this morning
with bloodhounds and started,on his
trail about 1 1 o'clock this morning.
1 he too of Mr. Moran's head was
blown off by the explosion.
Mulford Turns Over
In Race on Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs. Colo.. Sept. 6.
Albert M. Cline. driver of car Xo. 6,
completed the hill climbing test on
Pike's pVak ttiday iii 22:30:04, or the
lowest time so far reported. A num
ber of the cars have not yet finished
the climb.
Fred Junk, driver of car Xo. 1, losj
a tire in making the final curve, but
finished the race with reduced speed.
His time was 23:17.
Ralph Mulford, driverof car Xo. 5,
titleholder in the 1916 hill climbing
contest on Pi Re's Peak, was wrecked
at the 14-mile post by skidding off
the road. He was uninjured.
A blinding snow storm set in
shortly before the hour for starting
the Pike's Peak hill climbing contest.
A high wind was blowing and there
was a .marked drop in temperature.
French Ready to Repay
' Share of $500,000,000 Loan
Xew YorkTScpt. 6. French gov
ernment -arrangements for repay
ment of its half .of the .500,000,000
Anglo-French loan .due October IS
including public issue of $100,
000.000 of French government bonds
underwritten-bv an American syndi
cate and $15O00O,0OO: in cash and
rb;d arriving from France were
mace public here.'
Bjnll Player Suspended .
San Francisco. Cal.. Sept. 6.
First Baseman L. A. Blue of the
Portland Coast league team, was to
day suspended indefinitely by Presi
dent W. H." McCarthy of the league
as a result of a fist fight in which
Bhe engaged yesterday with Um
pire William 'J.. Byron, who called
Blue out at the plate in the ninth
inning.
Snoia in Custer Park.
Dtcatu,. 111., Sept. 6. The crew
of a Wabaslf train reported that the
traiu ran through' a suow and hail
storm between Essex and Custer
Park Sunday. The ground was cov
ered and corn was riddled.
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Proprietor Robs Oihn
Register While His -Cashier
1 s A sleep
, Chicago, Sept. 6. Antonio
Il-akos. restaurant "owner,, robbed
one of his v own rcstauranjs last,
night, when upon .'"passing-" it he
saw both the cashier and the chef
asleep. . ; .
Several lnnirs later the; two
ontpioye's informed a policeman ,
three armed incu ... had -.covered
thm and taken the cash 'register.
"I could -have carried .out ."the
ciiiliitcrs if they hadn't been jail
ed own," said Rakos. "TheyV
both tirtd."1. '
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vWranel Forces
Effect Landing in
Black Sea Port
Protected hy Battleship Atiti
Bolshevik Trd9ps Land'
Win Co-Operation De-
nied Last Year.
CQOstantinople, Sept. 6. General
Baron Wrangcl's forces have made
another landing at -Soucigum (prob
ably Sukhuni-Kalc), port at the
east end of the Black sea. according
j to advices received here. The landing
was. protected by the battleship Gcn-
' :r;it Atayipv -
The situation of General Wran
gcl's forces in the region of Novorosi
sisk is improving, say latest reports.
Gent-rat V range I is securing the co
opcratjpn of banks which resisted
the British, General Denikine's anti
bolshevik troops' and others a year
ago. Cossacks found loafing or fe-
I quisitipning are promptly hanged by
orden of tlie commander and tho
soldiers arc not pejmitted to occupy
towns or cities where tney arc
tempted to live at 4I1C expenses of
the population. These disciplinary
measures are creatng a good im
pression" and there is mucji patriot
ism, which was totally lacking dur
int; Denikine's regime.
sebastopol, Crimea, Sept S! The
Fourteenth bolshqvist army has been
driven across the Dnieper after suf
fering severe losses as a result of
Geit. Wrangel's successful counter
attacks. The 'bolshivest forces, conr
manded 'by Commissary Eideman.
were decimated and forced to tatc
cover- under their big guns across
the Dnieper. The holshavists are
iH.il.it, y a strong stand on the Tamart
peninsula, between the Black sea
and the Sea of Azov, where an ex
pedition landed by Gen. Vrangel
was driven outi The bolshevists
brought up a brigade of West Sibe
rians, a. Cossack division and other.,,
reinforcements taken front -.reserve
regiments or half-regiments f Mos
cow and centers near the Polish
! front. ..-''., ". ,
Eidema,n's forces consisted of ".,
000 infantry and 2.100 cavalrymen.
toeethcr with 'a rifle division and ;
10.000 troops which attacked from j
the Kahovaka bridgehead. The soviet the Lihtuanians -in, advancing into
troops, "endeavoring to corner Gen. ( the disputed-, region in northeastern'
Wi angel in the Crimea and the Tau-(,Poland, says an : !officia1"nn6tince--rida
region, are estimated at, 50.000 : met. ' -' . -'
infahtrv and 12.000 cavalry. Gen.
Wrai.gel has. 60.000 ..men iu his
fighting units. The bolsheviki are
better equipped, but Gen."-Wrangel's
men are better disciplined. The lat
ter 'arc divided, into two armies..
Idna Maii and-Jl ife Burned f
To Death in Gas "Explosion
Marshalltown, la., Sept. 6. JVL.
Johnson. 60. -a foreman in the Min
neapolis & St. Louis railroad shops,
and hi-; wife were burned to death
when Mrs. Johnson by, mistake
poured gasoline into t the kitchen
stove to hurry a fire. '
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H
hunch
avevoua
Put At in a jingle and
you may win one 'of
The' Bee's Ak-Sar-Ben
contest prizes. ' . V
I ' i some clays- ago Lithuania in-
Mrs. W. - C. McKnight, Colbert j formed Poland she desired to rb
apartments, Xo. 9, was the fjrst to main, a neutral, and asked that Pol
cnter The Bee's contest, for naming lis'h troops' should not cross the fron
the king and queen of AkSar-Ben. tier, which was guarded by the Lith
Mrs. McKnight - guesses thaf uania-n army. As regards the Su-
beorge Brandeis will win the civ- 1
eted honor as king. Her jingle fol
lows :
"Twinkle Tingle
Ak-Sar-Ben,
Who will name the king
And when,
Who's the man that
Cuts the ice? '.
I'll tell the world it's
George Brandeis." v'
The rules of the contest as an
nounced in yesterday's Bee follows:-
1. 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
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 Ak-Sar-Ben
Jingle Editor of The Bee.
3. Each jingle must be on p
separate sheet of paper, the
"King's Jingle" on one and the
"Queen's Jingle" on another. '
4. The author of the best jin
gle each day will receive two .
tickets to Con T. Kennedy's Ak-Sar-Ben
carnival shows.
5. The person who guesses
xorrectly the name of the king will
receive' any $10 -article in any
Omaha store; the person who
guesses correctly the name of the
queen will receive a second order
for $10 worthof merchandise in
7. nTStor more persons
make the same winning guesses, j
the author of the best jingle" will j
.L. - 1 1
icicivc (iic Min prize anu me au-
thor of the second best 'jingle a
. separate $5 prize. - " - -
7. The contest will close Sep
tember 22. .f ' ' ;
The contest is on' Cora on
with vour jingles
The Cox Terrier- and the, St.
Poles Protest
Recent Attacks
Bv Lithuanians
League
of Nation
Called
Upon to Aid Poland Which
Declares Bolsheviki Are
Co-operating in Battles.
S The Associated Press.
.'.Warsaw, Sept., S. Protest to the
icague of nations against attacks'by
Lkhuanian troops upon the, Poles
north of..Suvj-aiki.. has been made by
the Polish government. It is pointed
out that a state of war does not ex
ist oetween me two countries.
Russian bolsheviki are supporting
Bearing down from the north
the statement says. "Lithuanian
troops supported by bolsheviki, continue-to
attack .Polish detachments,
and arc moving in the direction of
Sewalki and Aueustow." J
In jkditical circles the action -of 1
the Lithuanians is taken to indicate
probably serious complications in
peace negotiation as it is virtually
impossible for Poland . to reach an
agreement with the Russian soviet
government .regarding the northeast
ern boundaries of this country with
out having an understanding in
Lithuania. "
ln diplomatic circles it is stated
that Lithuania generally favors
friendly relations with Poland.
Reference to bolshevik support of
the Lithuanians is the first official
announcement to this effect, al
though newspapers here published
reports on September 2, when the
Lithuanians launched their attack
against the Polish cavalry, that the
soiet forces were co-operating with
.them..'-'
walki district, Lithuania proposed a
temporary frontier extending
through Grabowo. Augustowo and
Slatyn. The Poles contend they
have not crossed this liner and main
tain that large numbers of bolsheviki
who took refuge in East Prussia
have been allowed to go into. Rus-
i sia by the way of Lithuania.
Mine Differences to Be
Settled by Commission
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 6. Ala
bama coal operators signified their
intention of accepting . Governor
Kilby's suggestion to submit the
questions at issue between the op
erators and miners to the commis
sion of three named by the governor
last night. The operators made the
proviso that they be not required to
deal with the United Mine Workers'
organization or its officers
Sdore Injured in Wreck
Of Trolley at Buffalo
Buffalo, X Y., Sept. 6. A score
of. persons were injured, hone fa
1ally, in the lower gorge of the Ni
agara river, when a trolley on the
Gorge route ran through an open
switch. The accident happened
within a few feet of the spot where a
disastrous wreck occurred three
years ago.
Cargo Distined for U. S.
: Averted by Fiumidni
Ivris, Sept. 6. The arrival at
Fbme of the steamer Cogne with a
1 1 . . ,Atim twin
is'tnvrai cargo vaiUTO ai iu.uvju.iajvj
i franc.', is reported" in a time dispatch.
I The cargo was originally destined
j for s America, , but Fiumian officials
succeeded' in inducing the captain,
while thV vessel wai coaling at Cat-
jama, to divert her to Fiume
(Copyright, I9J0, By The Chicago Tribune.)
Two Aviators Die
In Airplane Crash
Crowds Watching Finals in
National Tennis Tournament
Witnesses of Accident.
- Forest Hilldf X. Y., Sept. 6. Two
aviators were killed this afternoon
when a navy airplane in which they
were flying crashed to the ground a
short distante'from the Forest Hills
tennis courts and within view of the
croMrd watching the finals in the na
tional ' all-comers' title tournament.
Trc aviators had been . circling
Over the courts when their engine
suddenly stopped and . the plane
dropped, plunging info the earth
just across the railway tracks. from
the tennis courts.
The bodies were identified as
Lieut. J. M. Crier, U. S, X.. and
Sergt. Saxe of the army, both sta
tioned at Mitchell field, Xew York.
They left the field this afternoon to
take aerial photographs of the tennis
matches.
When the plane crashed hundreds
of terinis spectators rushetl from the
grandstands ' over to the crumpled
machine and police .had difficulty in
forcing their wav through the crowd.
Reds Confess Plan
To Wreck Train
Counterfeiting Plant, Stills,
- Dynamite and Acetylene
Plant Taken in Raid.
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Springfield. III.? Sept. 6. Grilling
by Chief of Police "Morn's and Au
gust Loula. a federal agent, resulted
in alleged confeiHions of Frank Ko
chinski. accused as one of two lead
ers in the plot to - wreck jhe "Dia
mond Spepial" of the Illinois Cen
tral railway, and two others of the
gang, who. the authorities say, "com
pose as murderous a gang as has
-er been arrested." ' ,
A self-confessed anarchist, Joe Di
czuius, alias Joe Dezenat. the police
say. is one of their leaders.
In Kochinski's home and homes
of other membersof the gang liter
ature preaching violence against so
ciety, a campaign equipment for
counterfeiting dollars, worms for il
licit 'stills, an acetylene plant and a
50-pound box of dynamite was taken
by police.
Information of the wreck plot wasJ
obtained by the federal Departments
of Justice several days ago. A score
of agents had been assigned to the
scene of the proposed wreck, at a
bridge over Sangamon river. There
the gang, the police Isay, were to
have located the 400-pound acety
lene plant.
t
Missouri Officer Held ,
On Bootlegging Charge
Yankton. S. D.. Sept. 6. Two
men giving their names as Charles
1 Combs, county recorder at Rock
port, Mo., and John Jones of Fair
fax, Mo were arrested by . police
here charged with having liquor in
theif possession. According- to the
officers, the men had 96 quarts of
hisky, which they claimed to have
purchased in Canada at $65 a case
andywhich they were taking to Mis
houn, where, they said, they could
cbtatin around $300 a case for it.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson
Dies A fter Long Illness
'"'Mrs. Elizabeth M. Wilson. 41 years
od, died yesterday at her home,
the Sherman apartments, Sixteenth
and Lake streets. Death came after
a lingering illness. Her husband and
a daughter survive.
Funeral services were held . at 4
yesterday at Cole-McKay's chapel,
2616 Farnam stref. The body will
be taken to Gladbrook, la., ..for bur-
Berriharding
' Hunian Fly"
Performs on
Plane Wins
! Daring CJiniher Pulls Stunts
j In Craft Flying but 400 v
! Feet Above City
Btyldings.
Xot withstanding the cold weather,
J::ck Williams, dare-devil climber
performed thrilling stunts on the
wings'of an airplane piloted by Bert
Wyant yesterday afterrto&u at an
altitude of "but -400 feet' over the
business section of the city.
Williams' first successful attempt
at airplane-wing climbing was five
years ago at Long Beach, Cat
he
says.
The .intense cold yesterday inter
fered with his plans of performing
stunts on a trancze suspended from
the plane. Williams' most "daring
stunts was his "elbow Swing," that
of performing on one end oftthe low
er Wing whil hanging 'by his el
bow 'f.-r. in an upwrijsht. 'lhe plane
tottered slightly during this stunt.
Pilot Wyant made a sheer nose
dive of several hundred feet ,vith
Williams-hanging fearlessly from the
upper wins of the plane. The "hu
man fly's wife watched the dive
from "a" window of the Hotel Fon
tcnellc. '
Moving pictures of Williams1 per
formance on the wings of the plane
were taken by E. R, Trabold. fa?c
cameraman, from another plane.
The "human fly" will climb the
Union Pacific building at noon Wed
nesday. Replace 42 Sheriffs
With Business Men
Williamson, W. Y.. Sept. 6. -Forty-two
depiity sheriffs, who have
been on duty in lingo county since
tli coal strike was called several
months ago. were dismissed today by
Judge James Damron. and 20 Will
iamson business and professional
men appointed in their places, judge
Damron also revoked the licenses of
more than "0 citizens who had been
permitted to carry firearms,
. Judge Damron's action was taken
before he opened the!teprcmber term
of the circuit court, at which 27 men
charged with murder in connection
with the Matteawan shooting. May
19, last, were to go on trial. The new
deputies were' immediately sworn
into office, and took up their sta-
lions- at inc i,uun nuusc. wnnc uit-
searched for wcaponsll persons en
tering the building. '
Anthracite Coal Miners
. Will Resume Work Today
: Ntrr tiffin Pli Sspnt
iheMVnnsvlvania Coal conlnanv's
ere
iru'nrs in the Pittston district, whore
j insurgent miners have been on strike
since early in July against the con-
trr.ct-miner system, all the anthra
cite mines in the Lackawanna and
Wyoming valleys arc expected to re
sume work tomorrow.
Nonunion Miner Killed
In Clash at Gin Town, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 6. Sam
Lynn, nonunion miner, was killed
and several others were injured in a
lash growiug out of the coal strike
at Gin Tovji, Jefferson county.
The dcatlflof Lynn is the second
fatality since labor troubles started
in the Alabama coal fields. '
The Weather
Forecast.
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Dempsey Is
Winner in
Easy Fight
; , "77, .''
Champ's Terrific Swing Lands
Knockout Blow in Third
Round Mikc Downed
s' Three Times. ,-
Many Women See Matcl
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Ringside, Benton Harbor, Mich..
ept. 6. Jack Dempsey, heavyweight
champion of the world demonstrated
today that he still retains the terri
fic punch that won him the title. He
knocked out Billy Miske of St. Taul.
a fighter as big and game as himself,
in the third round of their 10-round
match. Three hard smashes were Siif-
ficient to win him between $50,000
and $100,000, his 50 per cent shre of
the gate receipts. -' "
At the start of the fight, his first
in 14 months, .Dempsey peeled off the
same worn and patched red sweater
that he wore when he knocked out
Jess Willard. 'His face wore the
same fighting frown, he danced about
the ring with old-time lightness of
loot and finished up by taking the
fight in the third round just as ho
did at. Toledo. The third round went
1 minute and l.V seconds."
Miske went i down three times
the less than two and one-half rounds
of fip'hting. In the second he meas
ured his length on the floor for the
i count of five. In the fatal third.
! driven to his corner under a rain of
i left and rights to the - stomaclr and
chin, the challenger took the count
! of nine and had just regained his
i feet, when Dempsey. Carefully meas-
i uring his balance, finished the bo;:t
with a right-hand punch to the chin!
Many Women in Crowd.
The fight was watched by one of
the,mbst orderly ;rowds on record
at a championship match. Women
in bright- clothing were scattered
throughout the audience from tin
ringside to the back fence, where ,
they perched alongside the wicked
barbed wires and outshone some o;
the sign boards in attracting atten
tion. ,"
Delayed special trains held back
the fight, and in the confusion of the-.'
long wait, Miske, first into the ring,
slipped through the crowd scarcelv
being .noticed. A messenger from
the champion's.""Camp presently ar
rived to inquire- whether the chal
lenger was in the ring. This for
mality of the squared circle over, the
messenger lyked back to Dempsey'
catnp while Miske waited 10 min-.
utes for the champion, who drew an
ovation as he marched through the
crowd. Miske's fighting togs b orc
his initials elaborately embroidered
in silk on the left leg. Dempsej
had the regular, red, white aud blue
J costume. . ,
Miske Lands First Blow.
Miske was pale, his forehead
wrinkled and his lips pressed tight
as he sprang to meet Dempsey with
the opening gong. He landed the
first blow. Both challenger and
champion measured each other with
a cautious tattoo of lefts and right,
none of them seeming to punisfi
much. The crowd yelled at Dempsey
to speed it up and Miske grinned.
Dempsey crossed a 1ft to the jaw
and followed with, a right to the
stomach that fairly boomed with its
solid impact. Miske backed away
jliid covered up without 'showing
signs of distress. Dempsey finished
Ke sesion by fciuing with a left to
Mike's wind and following with a
rirht to thcvhead. .
, 'The second round opened fast,
with the champion trying hard to
rock Miske's head with his left.
Dempsey found his opponent's jaw
with a terrific left that snapped
Miske's head back and left him diz-
: zv r.iaj before he had recovered, the
j champlan stepped in and bored up
ward with a right blow that landed
just below the heart and sent Miske.
sprawling on his side, half sitting. .
Fighters Clinch.
Despite shouts from tils- handler
to take all the rest he could. Miske
struggled up at the count of five and
backed away covering his -stomach'
Dempsey rushed and Miske slipped
in for a clnieh but the champion
kept one arm free and landed three
short arm blows on the chin. Step
ping free, he, swung with his left
iu a feint and Miske recoiled before
the blow which never landed. j
Miske came up strong in the third
and. fighting desperately, with his
teeth gritted, he bored in with a
rapid exchange. landing a right to
the bod but his speed proved his
eventual undoing, for he failed to
cover his weakest -spot, the body".
Dempsey matched speed for speed
and the round was still young whert
his swift-traveling left found Miske's
stomach again and the chaUensref
went down. At the count of "three
Vhe was on his knees but plainly suf-
fer,"8 'ro"' punishment and he
took tne tun count ot nine betorc
C0"1IU,? VU-
i .-is .wiskc struggled i ro ins icet, .
r. ... i i i. r ii .
Mi-iicu uai-K. careiuay
measured his distance and borfd up-i
ward with a right-hand swing that
landed square on Miske's chin. The
challenger fell like a log, lving part
ly under the ropes and with Demp
sey standing over him, was counted
out in his own corner.
Says Dempsey the Best Man.
At the count of 10 the victor lift
ed the vanquished into the chair his -.
seconds shoved into the ring.
Miske, sitting in his corner being
revived after the knockout, made
this statement: '
"Dempsey is a better man than I
am. That fellow hits too hard. The
punch, that floored me in the .second
round all but caved in my ribs. I
never was hit so hard in my life.'
The blow took all of the steam out
of me and I had not recovered from
its effects when the round opened. I
think Dempsey is unbeatable. There
in't a heavyweight living that can'
stand tin under his punches. (
forght l he best battle I could, but'
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