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Cstsrtd a SsctBil-Clati MatUr May 21. I9M. It
Oman P. 0. Unr Ael ! March I, , ilTt.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, . 1920.
OA
e
6gon to
Ask Loans
In America
New President Declares Inten
tion of Requesting Finjiri
''. cial Aid for Recoustru '
' tion Purposes.,"
Affairs N e a r Normal
. " ' , '
5 tlV ARTrilfR SEARS HFNNINR.
'Chicago Tribn-Oniftlia Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Sept, 7. If General
r i, - 4.. i j ...:.,
prsident, succeeds in maintaining
order in the revolutiou-torn republic
ana makes good ins expressed uesire
- of American co-operation, the next
. administration of the American gov
, tffnment, whether republican or dem
ocratic, vvlll 4c called Upon to disr
". lay; a high order of statesmanship
in' promoting the rehabitrtatioif of
Mexico., " ' . ..
"General Obrcgon Ifs been quoted
as siaiiuir mat wncii nc is, iiihukii-
rated president on December 1 next.
vlic will seek to obtain loans from
tieft purposes and other American
assistancMo revive and increase "pro
duction, of Mexico's natural wealth.
Mexican spokesmen here declare
i dint- nlTrlpntpii in Mexico are satis-
i tied witn the acts of President de la
I Huerta, 'and, his, administration is
' i-vfrywhere receiving popular sup-
port,' so that General Obregon will
find public affairs more nearly nor
mal when lie is inducted Into office
'than they have been in the past
eight or ten years, i - ' j
' Mines Again Running.
Mines that - were 'compelled to
close down in Mexico , during the
revolution are now opening ana in
few months, it is predicted, alt will
again be in operation. Other indus-
li IV-a qiOU l V Uliif mi;uihu.uj
and there js said to be only one rebel
4 operating In Mexico Zamora, in the
state of Jaliscohyhosc (capitulation
or capture Hit the h ear future is re
garded as certain, as he has 'only
a handful of .followers, while the
government has dispatched1 between
2,000 and 3,000 soldiers against him.
Mexicans. here are hopeful that the
, State department will extend recog
nition to tht Dc La Huerta government,-
asserting that there has been
no lapse of the constitutional regime.
ana mat no cnauge oi Kuvcriiuieui
i i -1 . i .i. .
MH5 laiten piate, inc tiTtuuisi.iin.cr-,
on the contrary, paralleling , those
when President 'M.cKinley .was as
sassinated. In America,, they assert,
the vice president became president;
in Mexico the constitution provided
mac we qon jress uuuiu uicci nu
etect a ' new. president the coirrsc-;
,' triat was actually followed. ' "h
v Damage Claims Large". , V j
- Amone tne outstanding quest4ona
between Mexiett and the United
Statesis that ofjdaims for damages
suffered by American nationals dur
inxr the years of 'rcvol'ufionary dis
turbances in Mexico.. Ihesc are re
ported to tun into the hundreds of
millions of dollars. It N is believed
that the settlement of these claims
will run tlirrinpli a neriod of vears.
: and that the initial steps toward-a
' liauidation of them will be an aerec-
two governments. After such an
agreement shall have been reached,
it i suggested, a 'joint comtnissiou
for investigating the claims: will be
created, ..which commission wilt re
port its fndings to both govern
ments, Thje State department is said
to have on fjle, many hundreds, of
claims, and the total amount of. dam-
ctCa llcu lui l rniuiiaiLU w lv-
tween ' $500,000,000 and $J.00.000,.
000. ' ' v -. '
There is reasoii to believe that if
rlie Obrcgttnjgovcrnment undertakes
(Continued , Tnicc Two, Column Tn.)
Prisoners Detected in
Attempt to Break Jail
Hastings, 'Xeb., Sept. 7. (Special
Telegram).- Following discovery of
an attempt to escape, three federal
prisoners, Charles Colton and Carl
Canton,, charged with auto stealing,
and shirping , stolen cars, '"and John
I'.ycrs, held' under Hie white slave
act, have been transferred from the
ij.j. ... ::t u-ii
ty jail at Grand Isl.ind. They were
found tearing away-thc plastering to
effect- an entrance into an office
rooni above1 from which escape at
night could have been' effected.
Paper Clothing Made in '
j, . A . j' Austria on Exhibition
i 'Washington, 5ePf- 7. Paper cloth
ing andjother articles made from
Daoer in '..Austrian factories were
placed on exhibition by the Depart
ment of Commerce. Later the exhibit
wilLbe offered to clothing and other
interested manufacturers for exam
ination. ; ' ' -
the, exhibit includes workmen s
suits, a table cover, collars and cuffs,
' a laundrv. haor and a Avail decoration.
Montreal Fifth Largest
City in Nprth America
the n?w issue of the city directory
give Uontreal a population of 801,
, 216, showing it the fifth largest city,
on the, North American continent."
The Washington census ' bureau i
t shows Detroit to be the iourth larg
est United States city, with 993,739
and Cleveland the next in size, with.
1 96,83d. ' ' .s VC
. . ' ' ' '
Texas Governor Refuses
To Discuss Extra Session
Fort Worth. Tex.. Scot 7. Gov
ernor W.'K Hobby declined to dis
enss rumors that a special srssion
gf the Texas legislature would be
called to deal with the Galveston
martial law situation. He said the
situation at Galveston appeared sat
isfctory and thatif he, decides to
. call the legislature "it. will be of
fiSjaJly, announced.' .
Two Girl Pxltoners
U se Jail Telephone
To Make Good Escape
Los Angeles, Spt. 7-.Doris Mc-
Caulley and Virginia Brooks,
young women prisoners serving
misdemeanor Sentences in toe city
jail here, climbed from the wom
en's ward to the jail roof through
a skylight, crossed the roof to a
window' opening into a police -fth-'
reau at headquarters, climbed into
the room,' summoned friends and
an automobile by using the police
telephone and quietly drove away.
V The police officer who handled
their outgoing call 'on -the depart
ment board said he thought the
-.feminine voice belonged, to a po-,
licewoman. a '
Mrs. J. M. Johnson
Wins Bee Prize
For B e s t Jingle
Today's Winner Picks James
E. Davidson to Be King
of Ak-Sar-Ben Fes-
v tival. ,
Mrs. J. M. Johnson. 123 North
Thirty-third street, won Tuesday's
prize in The Bee's Ak-Sar-Ben
Jingle contest. '
The prize a 'pair of ticke'ts to the
Ak-.S.ir-Ren rarnival shows firoes
each day to the author of the besW
jingle submitted. In. addition,
Mrs. Johnson and other jinglers
qualify for the grand prizes awarded
the, persons who guess; the name of
the king and queen of Ak-Sar-Ben.
Mrs. Johnson's jingle names , as
her guess for king. James E. David
son, v president of the Neblaska
Power company. Here it is:'
ThB queen of hearts 1 '
Hakeci some tarta
; In an electrlo till they nm done.
Tha king of hcarta '
Who ate those tnrw
Was James B. Davidson.
i There ate lots of possibilities for
king and even more for queen. Put
in your ( guess early. The rules
are: ;
K 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 jinles.
2. The guess must be embodied
in a jingle, either 3 "King's Jingle"
or a "Queen's Jingle. .It must
be written plainly and enclosed in
an envelop addressed to the Ak-Sar-Ben
Jingle Editor of, The Bee.
'3. Each jingle must be on a
separate sheet of paper, the
"King's Jingle" on oe andthe
.- "Queen's Jingle" on gnother. . "
4. The author" of the- best jin
gle each day will receive; two
tickets' to Con T. Kennedy's Ak-
Sar-Be'n carnival showsj -1 ; - J
5. The person who guesses
. correctly 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 worth of. merchandise in
any Omaha stow.
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 au
thor of the second best jingle a
separate $S prize.
7. The contest willclose Sep
tember 22. '
Congressmen Receive
Warm Welcdme at Tokio'
..
iTokio, Sept 7. The official wel
come of the city of Xokio to the
visiting American' congressional
party took place today, embodying
an enthusiastic demonstration in sup
port, of Japanese-American friend
ship. The features included a dis
play of fireworks on Ueno park lake
and ft display of juggling and leger
demain t in which Japanese' and
American flags figured artistically-,
as well as. geisha dances on an open
air stage. , -
The hosti- included Mayor Taiiri
of Tokio and the aldermen of the
city. And was' Attended by several
hundred prominent Tokio residents.
Eath guest was given a set of post
cards ' of famous scenes in Tokio,
bearing the signature of an aider
man. Air Mail Pilot Believed
Lost Is on Way Home
''Aviator Clarence. Lange, who left
the Omaha air . mail field Monday
to fly ta Cheyenne, Wyo., with arc
air mail plane and was feared to
have been the victim of an accident
when he had failed to arrive at
Cheyenne at a late .hour Monday
night, alighted at the Cheyenne field
at 9 a. m. yesterday. He had been
overtaken by darkness and landed
for the night, to resume his flight
yesterday.
Lange is now on his way back to
Pmaha by train.
Sonny Says U
' "Yes, mother, J'll go to
led right aivay if youtl read
me aMorX) first."
i i
School days are here.
, ' Little folk must go to bed
early. ; '
" And that is. just the time
tvhen "Sleepy-time" tales
come in the handiest.
'A nen series, ''The Tales
of Rusty Wren, began in
The Bee this neef. By
Arthur Scott Bailey none
better!
Every daymorning and
evening.
.'"
Bee Offers
$1,000 Air
i H '
Mail Prize
' . .
Sum Will Go to Three Pilots
Making Best Mileage at
( 80-Mile Clip or
Better. . ' '
I
Effort
ncrease
In connection with the inaugura
tion of transcontinental aeriaj mail
service today between New York
City and San Francisco is the an
nouncement of The Bee's Transcon
tinental Aerial Mail prize of $1,000.
in which the New York Evening
J?osr, Chicago , Tribune, tie Salt
Lake City Tribune and a San Fran
cisco paper are co-operating."
There will be three prizes $f $500,
$300 and $200 each, which" ivill be
awarded to the pilots making best
total mileage at not less than 80
miles per hour on rtieir respective
divisions between New York and
Sail Francisco, for the first six
months of this coast-to-coast serv
ice. '
This contest 'has aroused the in
terest of Otto Praeger, secondas
sistant postmaster general, who is
in charge of the aerial mail divi
sion. The Manufacturers' Aircraft
association and the Aero club of
America are also keenly interested
in this forthcoming competitive
aerial event. It will arouse an in
terest which will be more than nation-wide,
because other nations are
watching closely the advance being
made in;the Uniteu States in the
transportation of mail through the
air.
Prizes to Stimulate Effort.
The Bee is pleased to be able to
stimulate public interest in airplane
mail service and believes tnat tnese
prize offers will promote some not
able achievements by the pilots who
will begin today to span the con
tinent in the air mail service.
The Postoffice department and
the national organizations participat
hicr in this contest are arranging to
give international publicity and this
means that Omaha., beng 911 the
route, will have its sVare of the
publicity. ' '1 :
The United States' airplane mail
service has been in operation since
May IS, 1918. At the start, a single
route .between New York and Wash
ington was established with Curtiss
military planes. The expected dif
ficulties of winte? service were soon
overcome'. During the first year of
the service only 55 trips out of a
possible total of 1,263 were, aban
doned and the mail sent by train.
Of a total of 138,310 possible pile
age, 128,255 miles were flown, a per
formance of 92.75 per cent. , 8
- American Planes a Success. ;
The experiments of the first year
encouraged the government officials
to have faith in American-built air
craft. The American-built ; Liberty
and Wright-Hispano motors won
worldwide reputations'.by'their per
formance. There was, a surplus -of
$19,103 to the credit 06 the air mail
(Ontlnoed on Pa Two. Columa .One.)
Severe Earthquake Is;"
Felt In Italy and France
I -Till
iconic, Sept. 7. Very marked
earthquake shocks ,were ' reported
this morning from joints in Tus
cany. Casualties had resulted, the
reports stated, and the authorities
have sent aid. , .." , '
The points. from which the shocks
weie report were Castelnuovo di
Gatfagnana, Pievefosciano, Castig
lione di Garfagnatia, and Villa Col
lemandia, all in Tuscany. . " ,
'A shock lasting about five sec
onds was felt at 7:55 o'clock this
morning iu Milan and 'Genoa, ac
cording t6 dispatches from those
cities.
Nice, France, Sept. 7. A ) heavy
earthquake shock was felt along the
Italian coast at 6:30 o'clock this
morning. It was only slight along
the Rivera, but was felt in every
town on this part of the coast. Re
ports from Rome, received here last
right, stated a shock was felt in
Milan and Genoa yesterday after
noon. Oil Station Robbed
Twice in 3"" Weeks
Lincoln, Sept. 7. (Special). For
the second time within three .weeks,
robbers made a .haul at the main
filling stations of the Standard Oil
company , Eleventh and J streets,
securing between $2,000 and $2,500,
Monday night. The amount repre
sented the Monday's business of the
company's oil stations in Lincoln.
A lone bandit three weeks ago
held up the employes in charge of
the station and made away with
I150O. -- i
The money this timd was taken
from the big safe after the station
had been closed and everyone had
left. , No explosives wene used and
the police said the robbers either
knew the combination or opened
the safe liy touch.
) Big Improvement Shown
' In Freight Car Situation
Washington, Sept. 7. Decided im
provement in the car situation was
indicated by figures made public
by the car service commission, show
ing that 964,256 freight cars were
loaded during the week ending
Atfgust 21. This was the heaviest
car movement for the year, accord
ing to the commission.
Apologize for Boners'. '
Kansas , City, ' Mo.. Sept. 7. City
commissi6ners of Kansas City, Kan.,
voted to tender an apology to Gov
ernor H. J. Allen, cf Kansas for a
Labor day parade in which placards
were carried bearing the inscription,
"To hell with Allen's industrial
House Shortage and
-Mothers-In-Law Cause
Wrecked, Romances
' Chicago, Sept. - 7. Mrs. Julia
McGuire, arbitrator in the court
of domestic relations ainj for 15
yoors a student of Chicago's so
cial conditions, is authority for
j the statement that mothers-in-laws
aqd high rents are responsille for
rtore wrecked romances than ever
before in the history of the city.
The shortage of flats, she declares,
has driven scores of ncwlyweds
to live with either the man's or the
bride's mother.
"Discord breaks the harmony
of thejpnew happiness almost im
mediately,", said Mrs. McGuire.
"These couples aft .coming to
court daily in increasing numbers.
These, newlyweds own nothing,
neither has , anything to tie to,
and little differences are soon
magnified into consequential in
such v. an environment. The-mothers-in-daw
refuse to allow
them' to adjust their differences
once they come to court. They
place every obstacle in their way."
Special
Crew"
Is Blamed for
Denver Wreck
Twelfth Victim Interurban
Crash Dies in Hospital
Coroner Will Try to Fix
Responsibility.
' i
Denver, Colo,,' Sept. 7. ''Motor
man Lawrence Cripps and Conduc
tor H. yv. Scliulze, the-crew operat
ing the special northbound train,
are to blame for the head-on colli
sion between our interurban trains
yesterday," declared C. W. Rich
ards, general agent of the Denver
and Interurban railroad, in an offj
cial statement todav.
William Simmons, $0, of Boulder,'
Colo:, injured in the head-on col
lision of two interurban cars yester
day, died at the county hospital early
today, making- the total dead 12.
Doctors 6aiu the injuries of five oth
ers probably woul(Lbe fatal.
"Wc will attempt To establish the
cause of the wreck and name those
who, in our estimation, are respon
sible," declared Coroner E. J. Jones
in- summoning a coratier's jury for
an inquest to be held this afternoon.
s Excursion. Car Hit.
The accident occurred shortly
after a .special train carrying excur
sionists to Eldorado Sorings left
Glkbeville, a Denver suburb. The
regular train, behind : schedule,
crashed around a curve one-half mile
from Globe ville and into the special
train while motormen of both trains
slammed on their brakes in a vain
effort to halt .the speeding cafs. "
"If I had only gotten a tfme card
in the morning betore I stattedi out
the whole thing never would have
happened," said Conductor H. W.
Schulze of the special train. "But
they, did noit have any when I asked
for them and I trusted everything
to my motorman, 1-awrence Cripps,
because he had been there 'so Jong
and knew all the regular trains."
Blame Trainmaster.
"The conductor of the- special
train was , a freight conductor on
the Colorado & Southern, assigned
to extra duty on'the interurban," a
statement by C. W. Richards, gener
al agent of the Denver & Interur
ban railroad said: "In running past
Globeville the special exceeded its
rights." '
James Murphy, brakeman on the.
special Strain, declared the clearance
(Continued on Yagto Two, Column Three.)
Members of Hapsburg '
Family in Great Need
Geneva, Sept.' 7.--Eighty members
of the Hapsburg family are in great
financial distress,, Former Empress
Zita of Austria said to a visitor in
Prangins, where she and Forme?
Emperor Karl are living. Their in
comes have stopped and they have
suffered great oss through the rate
of exchange. ' i , ,
The exiles have been - forced to
seek enjoyment, in order to Jive,
several archduchesses becoming
governesses and others becoming
maids. The archdukes are entering
businesi as clerks. (
Confirm Assignment of it
National Guard Of ficers
Washington, Sept. ' 7. Orders
were issued by the War department
confirming the assignment of 12 na
tional guard and reserve corps of
ficers to duty with the general staff
as provided under the army reorgan
ization bill. The officers were select
ed from lists submitted by the gov
ernors of their respective states.
The New Constitution
,
(The Be continues: todpv Its explana
tions of the various amendments to the
state constitution, proposed by the state
constitutional convention i.j submitted
to a vote of the Deopte at a special elec
tion to be held September 21. This elec
tion is in many respects the most im
portant held in N'ebrnska In a generation.
An intelligent ballot can be cast only
after a clear understanding of the various
proposals submitted. There sre 41 pro
posals and each ta submitted for separate
vote.
PROPOSITION NO. 29. '
Amends Section 2 of Article X
Provides that no county shall be di
vided or enlarged without the ap
proval of a majority pf those voting
on the question in each state affect
ed. Provides that legislature, may ad
just boundaries vhich divide sections
or dp not meet properly. .
" 'PROPOSITION NO. 30.
Amends Section 1 of Article XI
Provides that every public utility,
corporation or common carrier or
ganization doing business in Ne
braska shall make such reports to
the State Railway commission as
the legislature or the commission
might require. The present con
stitution applies only to railroads
and only . to certain information, .
; -p
ICopjrUbt: J920: By Tea Chicago Tribune.) j ; ' ,
vA:Vr , v t ' - ' f-JUST BEHOLD) ' ,
Jl . ciHv '."!. Vv' TVlS ' , hfX
' , , Gov. Cr tpmakm of obligation. 7- '
(no MORt ) ' . '
Children Strike
At Staten Island
Russian Kiddies Cared For by
Red Cross, Escape From
Reservation.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Nevt York, Sept; 7. One hundred
of the 960 Russian children who are
being taken by the Arnerican Red
Cross from Siberia to .their homes
in and near Petrograd,went on strike
today at Fort Wadsworth',., Staten
Island, and, leaping over the wall of
the reservation, escaped to the four
corners "of the island. They were
all captured in the end, some of
them four miles from the reserva
tion. The children'had been uuruly for
the last three or four days, and re
ports had it that agentsof. the bol
sheviki haji reached their ears with
pleas not to return peaceably to
France, from which country they
were expected to be sent to their
homes in western, Russia.
No concerted rebellion had been
experienced until this morning,
when, at a signal from -one of the
Older children, 100 of them declared
they were going to strike. They
scaled the fences around the reserva
tion and startcdtO run in all direc
tions. "
Armed guards of the reservation
and Red Cross nurses, put out - in
pursuit and most. of them were
caught before they got very far.
But at least 25 of thetA got away.
Word was sent to Stapleton police
station and reserves were sent out
osthaste. The 25 were caught at
aint George and Stapleton, where
they were attempting to board ferry
boats for Manhattan. -On
the return to the fort in the
patrol wagons, the children became
almost Unmanageable. They spat in
the faces of the policemen and
nurses ' and declared they never
would go to France. They would
not explain . their actions,' and "were
silent on the rumor that agents of
the reds were responsible for their
rebellion. ' . - - V
The Russian children . arrived " in
this city a week' ago last Friday,
after a- trip through the .Panama
canal from San francisco. wnere
they had arrived
on jl Japanese
steamship.
Wide Variation in Bids
For 3J)00-Ton Steel Vessels'
Washington, Sept. 7. Three ot
fers received by the shipping board
in connection with the advp-tised
sale of six 3,000-ton steel steamers
of the government merchant fleet,
showed a wide variation among bid
ders. John F. Burke of Brighton,
Mass., offered $5,150 for the Beth
lehem and $4,200 for the Northern
King, while the' Intercoast Steam
ship company of Boston offered $30.
000 forthe; Bethlehem and $10,000
for the Northern Queen. No bids
were received for the Seneca, North
ern Light and Northern Wave.
Man Lommus suiciae w nen
Jaken for Shooting irirl
San Mateo, Cal., Sept. 7. Math
ilda I.pp. 11 vears old. was shot and
killed while on her way to school
near here tottay. When l nomas
Nelson, sought in connection with
the shooting, was surrounded, he
shot himself.
The, police said Nelson, after
shooting the child, approached, her
mother as she wns Vinarrlinnr a train
for San Francisco and informed her
of ris act. No motive has been
found. ---- -
Cartoons of the Day
Whoro poaeo U mora otstntiat than Victoria.
Another plmom whoro peaco io neoded.
American Escapes I
Mexican Captor
Kidnaped Man, Held for Ran
som by Zamora, Eludes Ban
dit Says Official Report.
i' "' . '.j i . ( '
Mexico City, Sept. 7. W.'A. Gar
diner, a citizen i of the United
States, who was captured by Pedro
Zamortf; the - Jalisco bandit, on
August 20 1 at Cuale, has escaped,
according to official advices. ,
- General . Enrique Estrada, com
manding government troops pursu
ing Zamora, reported last evening
to the War department that he had
been advised : by Major Hadia del
Puerto, commander at Autlan. that
an American had arrived at Autlan
and asked for an escort to bring
Gardiner from a ranch some dis
tance from town. ' ' ' t
An escort was sent out for Gardi
ner. General Estrada added that
British Consul Holme at Guadala
jara, had received a similar report
Nothing is known as t the where
abouts of Bertie C. Johnson, a Brit
ish subject, who was a fellow cap
tive of Gardiner.
General Estrada reported that the
Zamora band had been reduced
from about 500 to 20, and there were
Irright prospects for the annihilation
of the outlaws soon. v
General Estrada concluded his re
port with an announcement that
Colonel Rojas. with 35 members of
Zamora's band, ljave -surrendered at
Cihuatlan, state '6f Jalisco. - '
Two Women Killed in .-
AutoTrolley Crash
Iowa. City, la.. Sept. '-pCSpecial
Telegram. -- Mrs. W. J. Dclanev,
36, of. Cedar Rat)ids and Mrs. J. C.
McCabe 28, of Fairfax, jvere killed
10 miles north of , Iowa City when
the far in which they were riding
with five pthers was struck by a
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City interT
urban Car at,3 o'clock Monday after
noon. Mrs. F'. H. Cahill of Fairfax
was seriously hurt and two others'
vyere injured. v -
Find Two More Bodies of t
'' Fire Victims in Oregon
Klamath Falls, Ore., Sept. 7. The1
bodies "of two persons were found
today-in the1 ruins of the Heider
1ck apartment house, one of the nine
buildings destroyed in yesterday's
firt, Dringin.tr. the .list of known dead
to 16. Twelve bodies have been re
covered. It had been thought until
todav that' the ..fatalities' wvere con
fined to the Houston hotel.'
No Signs of Weakening
In Anthracite Walkout
Wilkesbarre. Pa.. Sept. 7. There
was no general movement of an
thracite mine workers back to work.
Reports from tjie entire hard coal
regions indicate that at least 100,000
men are still idle. The miners were
dissatisfied with the recent, wage
award, although union officials ac
cepted it. :
: !.
Farmer Kills Wife and
Self - Following Quarrel
Marshall. Mo., Scpf 7-A. B.
Smith, a well-known farmer, It miles
southwest of this-' city, quarreled
with his wife over domestic affairs
early this morning. Securing a shot
gun, he discharged both barrels, kill
ing her instantly. He then reloaded
the gun and shot himself, " , j
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Seek Murderer
Who Broke Jan
Black Hills Officers Maintain
Watch' ior Man Suspected
, Of Oil Field Shooting.
' Deadwood, , S. ' D., Sept. 7. Of
ficers throughout the Black Hills are
maintaining a wajch for Walter
Simai, who escaped from the New
castle, Wyo., jail, where he was held'
for the murder last 'June of Fred
Walker in the Osage oil fields. He
made his Wfape by sawing two iron
bars which extended across'thc win
dow of his cell.
It is generally believed that Sim in
had assistance from the outside. . It
was learned that a heavy car ' was
heard to leave Newcastle about the
time,-Simm is thought' to have cs
caped. It. is said he has a wife and
child in Denver.,
; Walker, his victim, was a travel
ing salesman for Swift & Co." Hs
died by inches, lingering five weeks
in the state-' hospital ' at Sheridaq.
having been shot by -Simm with a
rifle, the bullet having passed
through the lower part of the ab
domen. Walker left a widow and
three children, practically destitute.
In some quarters it "is believed
Simm may nave made his wav 16
some isolated point in the Black
Hills in order to hide until the
search for him becomes less persist
ent.' ','.
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President Enters Car ,
- Frqm Front Entrance
Washington, Sept. 7. President
Wilson. Vithout assistance and lean
ing lightly .on his cane walked
briskly through the front entrance
Jf the White House and stepped
into ,his automobile, while a crowd
in Pennsylvania avenue looked on
with, unusual interest. It was the
first time since his illness that the
president had started on .a motor
trip by that route, all trips hereto
fore having started from the rear
grounds. J.
After entering the cr with Mrs.
W ilson, the. president, wearing a
cap, waited "several minutes until
an attendant could bring his straw
hat. Meanwhile the crowd increased
and made a rush for the'gaje on -the
avepue as tha car approached. The
president lifted his hat .and smiled.
Alice Paul of Suffs , '
Unable to Vote November 2
Washington, Sept. ; 7. Although
everyj other woman in America wilj
probably vote in November. Alice
Paul, chairman of the. National
Woman's party,, who has done nolh-
ing for seven 3;ears but battle for the
ballot will not be able to vote, it
was stated today.
Through her long residence in
WashTton, where she has directed
the national campaign, Miss Taul
has lost her. residence in New Jersey.
Nobody can. vote in the District of
Columbia. - !
The Weather
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Campaign
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Representative of Cox Pre
sents "Leads" for Senate
Committee Wrathful
at Questions. '
Senator Reed . Protests
By The Associated Prens. N
Chicago, Sept. 7. Edmond H.
Moore, as personal representative of
Governor' Cox, 1day presented to
the senate committee, investigating
campaign expenditures, part of the
documents and information- upon
which the democratic . prcsidctial
candidate based his charges of a re
publican plan to raise a campaign
fund of $15,000.100. The testimony
was not finished, but its presenta
tion caused a stormy session.
' Senatorial traditions as-to cotir
tesy were strained to the breaking
point on several occasions as repub
lican and democratic members were -wrangling'
over the value of the evi
dence, and at one stage just before
adjournment, Mr. Moore started to
leave the stand, exclaiming that Sen
ator Spencer, republican of Missouri,
had intimated forgery by qucstion.
iiiSt the authenticity of a circular let
ter which he had offered as furnish
ing a "lead" to further informa
tion. , !
v "ISO man, even inougne ne De a
UniflW 'States senator, can make
such a charge as that against me,"'
said Mr. Moore.
Reed Takej Hand
Senator Spencer's disclaimer of ,
such a charge brought his demo- .
cratic colleague, Senator Reed, to his
feet with a protest against "bully
ragging." Hef said the entire inci
dent was "disgraceful" and an
nounced that he proposed to see that
the witness was treated like a' gen
tiemrin. The . exchange was the climax to
several similar occurrences, and not
even Chairman Kenyon's plaint that
he "could not keep peace 'in Mis
souri," served to settle the atmos
phere. " '
"I do't want peace. I am pre
paring for war," 'pronounced Sena-'
tor Reed.
Considerable of Mr. Moore's late -testimony
consisted of information
gleaned from telegrams received
from" democratic state chairmen in
western states. He told Senator Ken
yon he had sent for some of this
information and that other parts of
it had been volunteered..
. "Don't you expect to give us other
leads besides telegrams from dem
ocratic 'state chairmen?" asked Sen--
ator Kcnyon. . - " ...,
Intended as Leads.
- Mr. Moore said the messages were '
intended merely to suggest avenues
of inquiry, and he said , the "paid
employes of the republican national
committee" ought to be able to fur
nish the committee with the faci.
"The object is- to get those men
vContlnued on Pace Two, Column Six.)
Knox County Sheriff
Works on NewN Theory
In Explosion - Case
Norfolk, Neb., Sept f. (Special
Telegram.) Sheriff Charles Hart 6f
Knox county and Verdel officers,
who are trying to solve the mystery
which Caused? an explosion ini a
toilet on the" Henry Meiners farm
southwest of here Saturday night,
killing August H. Moran. today
began working on' a new theory as
to the cause of the man's death.
Sheriff Hart, although unable to
make public any statement, is' said
to have declared that another person
in-Verdel is under suspicion. The
riogs which were brought to the
scene yesterday morning were un
able to pick up any trail .from the
scene of the aJleged crime, but were
able to follow the scent of the'vic
tim's son,' who is a fprmer inmai
of a Minnesota hospital for the in
sane, not. far from Verdel.
. The dogs late yesterday evening
lost the trail about six, miles from
Verdel in the hills. ;
Sheriff Hart is continuing the
search for the son and declares that
every effort will be made t6 locate
him, and that in the meantime he wilt
follow up his new theory in Verdel.
Withdraws From Race
In Michigan Election ,
Flint, Mich., Sept. 8. Asserting
that he was not accustomed to "po- -litital
ways, queans and methods,"
and had neither the time nor moncv
to make a campaign, Lieut. Col.
Guy M. Wilson of Flint formally no
tified the secretary of state of his
withdrawal as- democratic nominee
for lieutenant governor of Michi
gan. In ' his letter Colonel Wilson
wrote: "The method -practiced in
Michigan in the last few years in
relation to money and promises
made for political patrjnage is suclt
that I cannot follow. I am not a
wcaltKy man and, therefore, it seems
the desire for political aspirations
is closed in Michigan to a man of
moderate means." v
Urge Standardization of
Bath Tubs to Rush Work
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 7 Stan
dardization of bath tubs as a mejps
of speeding up building was JflRjed
at .the convention of theArican .'
Society of (Sanitary Engineers, '
which opened here. " "
Tidal Wave Kills 200 '
Tolcio, Sept. 7. Two hundred met,
were drowned in a tidal wave which
swept over buildings and barracks -on
the Island of Saghalian, accord
ing, to reports recejyejj her, (
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