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V THE JEE: -OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1920. 5 BoillbCart" Omaha Man Becomes Is Described lOiCompany Treasurer By Witnesses Two Men Clainl to Have Seen Death Wagon in New York SWdy Before Explosion Describe Three Men. New York, Sept. 21. Statements by two men, one of whom claims to have seen the "death wagon" which carted the explosive standing near the assay office at 10:30 a. m. Thurs day, one and one-half hours before the explosion in Wall street oc cupied, and the other who claims to have seen three men running away from the scene just before the blast, furnished the most important devel opments Monday in the investiga tion of the disaster. Other developments include: Announcement by the district at torney's office that Edwin P. Fisch er, lawyer and former employe of the French high commission, who sent postcard warnings of the disas ter from Toronto, Uai virtually elim inated himself from any diiject knowledge or complicity in the case after eight hours' questioning. New Warning Issued. Receipt of a warning by William H. Edwards, collector of internal revenue, thdt an attempt would be made to destroy the customs house 1 at 2 p. m. tomorrow. This was re garded by the police as a hoax. Identification of the hitherto un identified body, "previously believed as probably that of the driver of the explosive laden wagon, as that of Elmer W. Kehrer, a chauffeur, and lack of any evidence connecting him with the frime. Release' of Alexander Braivosky, a Russian journalist, who was arrest ed on a technical charge of being an undesirable alien .niter lie admit ted having been seenin the vicinity . of Broad and Wall streets shortly liter the explosion. Search by federal agents for a re ported cache of explosives on PJkfnib Beach Island, a government reser vation off Sheepshead bay, where a quantity of trinitrotoluol was found in an abandoned, vessel several months ago. Horse Was Examined. Joseph Mead, an agent for the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, is the man who claims to have seen the ''death wagon." He saidhe had been sent to Man hattan from a Brooklyn court to serve a summons and that while walking up Broad street. noticed an old red delivery wagon in front, of the assay office around the corner. The horse appeared broken down, he said, and he made an examination of it, finding a bad sore under the collar. He looked at his watch and noticed it was 10:30, he told the police, and waited beside the wagon until 11:30 with the intention of serving a summons on the driver when he was forced to leave in order to serve his Brooklyn sum mons. He did not-examine closely, the contents of the wagon, but de scribed' it as "an ordinary dilapi dated express wagon." He told the police the collar worn by the horse was of the "K" type and this is the kind of collar found in the street after the explosion.-He also noticed that all the ornamental knobs and other markings had been Stripped from the harness and in this, too, his description tallies with that of the material found. He also stated that the horse had been but recently clipped and that the wagon bore no name but had some numerals on the side. Sees Three Men. Police attach considerable im portance to Mead's statement. Information that three suspicious looking men were seen running from the scene was furnished by Samuel B. Wellington, president of the West Indies Trading company. He de clared he left a lawyer's office in Wall street a few minutes before noon Thursday and as he did, he . heard voices calling: "Hurry." "Beat it." "Get out of this." y " ' He looked across the street and saw two middle aged men. who looked like "East Side peddlers," beckoning and calling to a third man, who was on the other side of the street nearer the assay office and across the street from the Morgan bank. The third man, believed to be about 60 years old and describtd. as greasy looking, was then peer ing into, the ramshackle wagon at the curb.' . In response to the call of the others, the third man, Mr. Welling ton said, started to run after them toward William street. He took' them for bond thieves, he a'dded. and expected to see them chased by a policeman. When he reached the corner of Nassau street, he was knocked unconscious by the explo sion. Contradicts Testimony. Testimony tending ' to contradict that of Meade was later furnished by Oscar Sayrt, Y. M. C. A. secre tary, who said an automobile truck drewvep in front of the assay office to carry ashes at 11:45 a. m. Thurs day and that no other vehicles were parked near there at the time. This was confirmed by the men who took away the ashes. Dective Sergeant James Gegan, who accompanied federal agents to Plum Island, declared he had found a case of smokeless powder weigh ing 300 pounds today -in the hulk of an old boat at Plum Island. One of the "freak" happenings of the explosion became known today when a Wall street brokerage firm reported that a package containing 00,000 worth of securities was 5lown from the hands of its mes- senger, who was near the scene, through the third story window of another firm. The securities were Frederick M. Carpenter, 32, a bank tlerk, suffering from shattered nerves Is a result of his experience in the txplosion jumped to his death today from the roof of the National City , bank. ,' Bomb Suspects Are Held ' Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 21. An tonio Juan Gascon and Pedro Timinei Carrillo have been arrested on suspicion that they were respon sible for the explosion of a bomb in the Pompeya theater last week, which caused the deaths of several perjons. ockton Heath. Stockton Heath of Omaha has Leon made treasurer of the Nicholas Oil company and a member of the board of directors. Priest Quells Incipient Riot By Calming Mob Angry Crowd That Rushes Cathedral to Get Negroes Driven Out as "Minister Calls Act Sacrilege. A. Chicago, 1 Sept. 21. One small prcst with a smile and the -i word "iaitctuary"xon his lips did Miiore than squads' of police last night in preventing the threatened lynching of three negroes who took refuge in his church. He is Father Thomas Burke, pas tor of St. Gabriels church, in the stock yards neighborhood. , When Father Burke reached the church a mob estimated to number nearly 5,000 was packed about the doors and hundreds more had al ready entered in the search for the negroes, rorcing nis way m, mc priest shouted: Orders Not to Leave. "What is this sacrilege? Who are! '.he rowdies that storm the house of. God?" ' ' Someone explained "That makes no difference," , the priest cried. "This place is a sanc tur.ry. I order every person in this building to leave immediately and quietly." The crowd broke and filed out. The last man had left when a police riot squad arrived. Taking the po lice inside. Father Burke called to tffe hidden negroes to come out. There was a stir, and one of the men stepped out from a confession al. 'A pile of cassockidn a robins room yielded a second, and the thiru appeared from behind the altar rail. .-i . 1 1 '. - Une knelt ana Kissea me yuesia baud, as police spirited them .out a side entrance. Talks to Mob. , With the negroes safely away, Father Burke, smilingly, went out to address the mob. "Go home. Be peaceable and hap- py. ihere s too mucn trouDie m me world right now. Don't start more," was his advice. . The mob left. . The first battalion of police re serves, including 1,000 patrolmen, two platoons of mounted police, a machine gun company, seven rifle squads and the motorcycle force pa trolled the riot zone Ahis morning. Order prevailed. y The disturbance last night was the result of an altercation in which a white man was killed by three ne groes, and several others, botJi ne groes and whites, were injuredjyThe white man was said to have abused the negroes, one of .whom drew a knife and slashed him fatally. Urge Exclusion of Expelled Socialists In New York Assembly i mil Albany, N. Y., Sept. 21. Col. Ransom Gillette, republican member of the assembly from Columbia county, introduced a resolution in the assembly -in extraordinary session, asking that the1 five socialists re-elected last Thursday to fill the vacancies caused by their expulsion last April be excluded from the session. The resolution was referred to the judiciary committee. The reference to the judiciary committee was made on motioh of .Majority Leader Adler. ! Louis Waldman, one of the so cialists, representing the Eighth New York district, raised a point of Order on the reception of the resolu tion. Assemblyman Cuvillier raised the issue that Waldman was not a member. Speaker Sweet ruled that if Wald man had taken. the oath of office he was a member. The speaker was sustained by the house on an appeal from the ruling. Waldman's point of order was that the resolution offered by Colonel Gillette ,was not a priviledged reso lution and that h was not in order. Speaker Sweet ruled the point not well taken. Directorships Promised Stock Buyers by Salesmen Des Moines, Sept. 21. Promises of directorships by salesmen in or der to sell $10,000 blocks of stock in the Associated Packing company formed the gist, of the testimony given by Frank Glassman of Grav ity, la., and Austin McFall of Cen terville, la., in the hearing of the case before Judge McCall this aft ernoon. ,. Bomb Explosion Victim Sues City of New York White Plains, N. Y., Sept 21. J. Milton Smith, as counsel for James O'Brien of Mt. Vernon, has filed a suit for $50,000 against the city of New York for injuries re ceived in the Wall street bomb ex War Veterans. Back Harding In League Fistfit Thunderous Slioutsof "No" Answer Questions Put to G. A. R. Members by Re , publican Nominee. By PHILLIP KINSLEY. Chicago Tribune Om&hft Bee Leased Wirt. Marion, O., Sept. 21. Senator Harding asked members of the G. A. R. assembled , here Monday, if they would have the republic they fought to preserve enter into a new world compact, the league of na tions, filled with at least a dozen known ambiguities." "A stupendous fraud," was one oi the terms applied to the league of nations by Senator Harding. The senator also said as to revis ing article 10, he "would rather 'break the heart of the world' than destroy the soul of ihe United States of America." - Don't Want League. The veterans, most of whom live in northern Ohio, stopped here on their way to Indianapolis for their annual encampment. They forgot their age anfi gave thunderous shouts of "no" and "never" in reply to questions about the United States entering the league as. President Wil son proposes. The people of the south were rep resented in that negative also, for the senator was' addressing simul taneously, delegations of republicans from Kentucky and Tennessee. - For the second -time since his nom ination, Senator Harding referred to day to the question of free passage for American ships through the Panama canal. In his address of acceptance he promised to bring this about. In his extemporaneous speech to day the candidate emphasized that is sue and the fact that President Wilson insisted then that congress defer to England because, Senator HaNing said, of an "obsolete treaty to illustrate his contention that f we subscribe to article 10 of the covenant we may be drawn into war through an insistence tha treaty ob ligations are of greater .light than constitution rights." McKinley Flag Pole. Senator Harding pointed to the weater-wom flag pole that stands in his front yard and told the veterans that it once stood in the dooryard of William McKinley, whom he called "cne of the humblest, most sympa thetic and beloved Americans of all time." . , Senator Harding said he liked to think' of McKinley as the one who started the great work of healing the wounds of the war between the states. Concluding, he said . to the vet erans: "I make you the pledge of the son of a veteran that everything in my power shall be done to hold intact the inheritance you gave to us." Wenatchee Valley to l Have New Railroad Wenatchee, - Wash., Sept. 21.--Articles of incorporation have been filed for the Wenatchee Southern Railway company, ' organized" to build a railroad from Wenatchee south along the Columbia river to Pasco, Wash., connecting four main east and west railroads. The roads are , the Great North ern, Northern Pacific Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul and the Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. Prelimihary surveys have been made and preliminary financing has been taken care of, it was an nounced. Permanent survey work is to be commenced at once. The incorporators of the Wenat chee Southern include 50 of the most prominent bankers, business men and, fruit growers in the Wenatchee valley. Millerand to Urge Change In French Constitution Paris, Sept. 21. Revision of the French constitution which will give greater stability to the government and enlarge the electoral college, which chooses the president of the republic, will be attempted by Pre mier Millerand when he takes office as president, according to news papers here. -He would tfave the electoral college include not only members of the two houses . of Parliament, but delegates from local elected bodies and from great cor porations. Mail Clerks Appointed. Washington. D. C. Sept: 21. (Special Telegram.) The following railway mail clerks have been appointed. Iowa: Lloyd O. Campbell. Council Bluffs; J. A. Moon tooth, Des Moines; Miss Anne M. John ston, Council Bluffs; A. Q. Fry, Des Moines: Mrs. Bessie M. Smith. Council Bluffs; C. Ay DeLoing. Des Moines; R. L. Davis, Dea Moines;" Leory Junhelmer, Washington; E. C. Hoelzen, Burlington D. R. Harrington. Holsteln; J. L. Lamb. Cedar Rapids; C. K. Burke, Council Bluffs: J. F. Barloon. Fort Atkinson; F. J. Wlnklns, Sioux City; E. A. Fulton, Burlington: P. E.Bluaon. Sioux Clt-v; Ralph McElroy, OUumwa; Miss 8mma J. C. Edson, Battlecreek; N. I. Lowry, Sioux City: M. O. Bachman. Council Bluffs; H- E. Geddes, Bart. V PREMIUM SODA CRACKERS, the convenient sized crackers with the salty tang. Fine for sandwiches.v NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY f M-..r I i ' 611111 "Speed? Motto of 1$- Year-Old Girl Held On Bigamy Charge Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee) Leased Wire. 'Chicago, Sept. 21. There was a time when sweet 16 was a symbol of the feminine innocence that lay between the last doll and the first kiss period. Howevcrythis is a dim and well-nigh forgotten age. Speed is the present day watchword. Flossie at 16, appeared . today before Judge Prindiville in the Englewood court on a charge of bigamy. At-15 Flossie had loved and been married to Peter Sam pucci. As a husband he had short comings, so she fared forth in Viest of romance and got into a wordy argument with George Long, a street car conductor, over . a transfer. Flossie won -the argu nfent, but lost her heart to the handsome conductor, so she was inarried to George and vent to ve with im at h& aunt's home. But life jurged Flossie to new adventures and she skipped to Chicago Heights, where she en countered her first husband, wJ had acquired a lovely big automo bile. The judge decided that if she wished to go back to Sampucci all bets were off and he would dismiss the case. Flossie said it was O. K. with ,her. Blind Man Seeks His Kidnaped Girl Father Declares He Will Ex haust Every Means to Find His Little Daughter. Sidney Rutledge, 607 North Six teenth street, blind father of pretty Medora Rutledge, 9 years old, who was kidnaped Monday as shc was returning from school said he would make every effort to locate his daughter. Rutledge declared, according to police, that he is positive that his wife who is now Mrs. Charles Beacon, living in Wagner, South Dakota, has the child. - Rutledge said that his wife made three attempts to get the girl in courts. They have been divorced for two years. - Tfie little girl with her playmate, Nellie McCullough, was going home from Monmouth park school when 4 T-. .J man ana woman m a rora car TOrove up to the curb at Thirty-third and Ames avenue. The McCullough girl told police that the woman jumped from the car and grabbed Medora, put her( in the car and sped away. Rutledge is a novelty salesman and makes all towns, in Nebraska and Iowa. Chief of Detectives. An derson said he would give all pos sible aid to Rutledge. She has been boarding at the home of Mrs. C. E. Ahlquist, 3308 Grand avenue. Doctor Who Choked Wife To Death Sent to Asylum "Muskegon, Mich., Sept. 21. Dr. Otis Sedgewick of Whitehall, lich., charged with the muder of his wife and 3-year-old daughter, was com mitted to the state hospital at Traverse City today for observation as to his sanity. This action was taken upon advices of a number of physicians who pronounced the ac cused man jn a state of mental col lapse. Pending the outcome of treatment, county officers announced, the charge would remain against Dr. Sedgewick. . White Is Matched to Meet Jackson Next Tuesday Chicago, Sept. 21. Announcement was made here today that Charlie White, Chicago lightweight, had been signed to meet Willie Jackson in a 15-round match to a decision at Mad ison Square Garden, New York, next Tuesjlay night. They are to make 135 pounds. v Excessive Profit Tax Is Condemned Harding In Interview Declares It and "No Hour Day" Is Menace to Employes. Chicago, Sept. 21. "The excess profits tax, if it tends to bring on un employment and the 'no hour day? is a menace to the employes of America," says Senatbr'Harding, re publican candidate for president, in a copyrighted interview printed this mornkig in a special commercial edi tion of The Chicago Herald and Ex aminer. "If we are. to guarantee the work ers and producers of America against the 'no hour day' we must go for ward with a clear business policy.; "American business is not big bus iness. , "It is the bread-and-butter con cern of every man, woman and child of America As every house wife knows, staples like coal and sugar have been tinkered upward and not downward. "Taxation must be readjusted, as sooi as we can P'ck UP he task, so that we shall not continue a penalty upon initiative and production. "In this program of action every industrial worker is a shareholder. "Our tariff needs readjustment, not only for the betjter balanced pro tection of our industries, but to save our agricultural production where foreign competition under govern- ment subsidy or under cheap labor thi-eatens its safety." Two Controversies, Settled by League . Paris, Sept. 21. The ninth session of the council of-the league of nations adjourned after having smoothed difficulties' between four nations in controversies whicjj had threatened to result in. war. In the Polish Lithuanian crises the council got the two countries to agree to an immedi ate suspension of hostilities, pending settlement of their disputes. NThe Aland Islands question like wise is' considered in a fair way for settlement. A Finnish reservation was explained as 'having been made largely for technical reasons. Big Parcentage of War Stamps Held hy Investors Washington, Sept. 21. Approxi mately 75 per cent of all war sav ings stamps sold by the treasury since- the outbreak of the war are still retained by investors, according to figures made public" last night. The statement shows that total sales were $1,168,200,000. Redemp tion to the middle of September have aggregated slighly more than $360,000,000. Winners of Two " Bouts Here To Meet Champions Benny Leonard Promises the Y Winner of Liffhtweisht AnVERTISKJIEXT. Sulph urxiears Rough, Red Skin Face, Neck and Arms Easily Made Smooth, Says Specialist. Any breaking out of the skin, even fiery, itching eczema, can be quickly overcome by applying a little Men-tho-Sulphur, declares a noted skin specialist. Because of its germ de stroying properties, this sulphur pre paration begins at once to sodthe ir ritated skin and heal eruptions such as rash, pimples and ring worms. - It seldom fails to remove the tor ment and disfigurement, and you do not have to wait for relief from embarrassment. 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The Uruguayan; team continues to lead in the tourna ment, which will decWe the South American championship. - When Lew Edwards, lightweight champion of Australia, and Frankk Brown, the Philadelphia lightweight. meet in City Auditorium next Sat- j urday nigt .in a 10-round bout, j they'll have something more to figlr j for . than the immediate financial! side' of the scrap. Billy Gibson, manager of Benny Leonard, world's champion lightweight, last week ! promised the athletic committee 'of the Omaha Athletic club, promoter-, of Saturday's mill, that the world's title holder would meet the winner of the Edwards-Brown go this win . te any place in the country. ! The same may be said for the win-' ner of the Schmalzer-Grayjack ban tamweight fight on the same pro gram, inasmuch as World's Cham pion Pete Herman, through his manager, ammy Goldman, has of fered the winner a chance at the crown, agreeing that Herman make 118 at 3 o'clock the day of the con test. Saturday's boxing show is to be a special attraction for Ak-Sar-Bcn visitors. The Athletic club has received contracts from the six boxers in ac cordance with the Wisconsin state laws, under-which code the program will be conducted. Each boxer has posted a forfeit for both appearance and weight. The Athletic club has requested the reception committee and the officials of the evening to anpear in full dress for the occasion. Club members to date have taken more than 2,000 seats for their non member friends and Ak-Sar-Ben visitors. Desdunes' band has been secured to play in front of the Auditorium before the first preliminary and in the Auditorium during the program. Guy Cramer has been selected to do the announcing. He wilj be pro vided with a voice amplifier. Fall Dress and Taxedo Satts UST ARRIVED the new 1920 styles in evening clothes. N These suits Have the style this store is noted for. Finest of fabrics, all silk lined. 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