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I The Omaha Daily.Bee VOL. 60 NO. 106. titer it tMutf-CltM Mirier May U. I MM. t Oewli r. o. Uedw A ! Mink t, IK. OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER , 19, 1920. By Mill (I ytir), lnld 4tft lent. Oilly 4 8dy, ! Oilly 0l. W: SMilMr. M 0Uld 4th Z.M (I H. Oilly td SuiHw. tl(: Oilly Only. $12: Sua Only, ii i. THREE CENTS Gay Lover On Way to Face Brides Bluff sj-ad Disorders Mark Tieup In Britain Nebraska Youth and Two Alleged Brides Bt)Jy Gang A mm Shooing ?Em In f Ue-t1 iT. fr- l Nil i,- Glen T. Aldrich, Thoroughly Sobered After Champagne Hevelry, Goes to Chicago To Greet Wives. Tells of His Escapades Glen T. Aldrich. former naval of ficer claimed as husband by three 1 women, was met bv his Barents. Mr. and Mrs. C, M. Aldrich of Nebraska City, Neb., when he passed through Omaha Sunday night on his way irom Portland, Urc, where he was arrested, to Chicago, where he will face two of his alleged wives. :. The senior Aldrich declared as he greeted his boy that he would rather see him in his present predicament than in the shoes of Tack Dempsey, world heavyweight champion pugil ist. "At least you're not a slacker," sua the tather. "xou served in the war like a man. Mr. Aldrich declared thjt hi.? son ad served four years iu the navy and left the service when the war broke out. He re-enlisted then as a yoeman and worked his way up to the grade of lieutenant. "A Drunken Tear." The mother's eyes filled with tear is she embraced her son. She was apparently too overcome with grief to speak. ; "v Aiancn ias "a dm "Why." I a while A know I h ' v 1- V Aiancn explained me wnoie artair drunken tear. he exclaimed, "I stopped at Minneapolis and didn't had been there until I found a Minneapolis hotel bill receipt in my pocket, "Where did I get the liquor? Why, all you have to do in Chicago is to go up and ask. for it. You can get it anywhere." . a Aldrich declared that he has no recollection of marrying - Lillian Dumbrow of Chicago, the first of his two alleged Chicago wives. He said that he had been engaged to Miss Esther Carlson' since January and admitted that he had married her in Great Falls, Mont. He mar ried Kathleen Elsmere, cabaret toe dancer of Seattle, in 1912, he said. But she divorced him in 1913, he de clared. Let the Law Handle Him. , Aldrich denied the charge that he hadposed as a lieutenant-commander of the navy in Chicago. He said that he had worn his uniform . but once since he left active service. The senior Aldrich sa;J that he would let the law take its course in regard' to hii-aon, ,c.w "There is one thing I want cleared v..- declared tne anegea Digamists fl lather. "I am not a wealt.iy packer, DUE 3 caiaricu man wum uis packing company at Nebraska City. ' Young Aldrich was in the custody of Detective Sergeant John Cartan of the Chicago police force. The de tective declared that Aldrich had not been at all dejected on his trip from Portland. t .' - . ' . , Young Aldrich said that he had communicated with those to whom he had given checks all along, that he had told them where he was going and vhat he expected to do. His Account Overdrawn. Aldrich is alleged by Chicago po lice to have overdrawn his account several thousand dollars. The alleged bigamist is a short thick-set man, about 30 years old. He has a strong face with piercing dark-brown eyes. Miss Carlson at her Chicago home displayed a pile of letters and tele (Contlnued on Tw Two, Column Five.' Motorist Plunges ! . , Car Through Glass tifieH motorist threw the gears of his newly purchased autor mobile into high while parked at Seventeenth and Farnam streets, at 2 yesterday afternoon crashing into the plate glass window of the Peter sen Bros, florist shop at 1714 Far nam street. He refused to disclose his name, even when taken to Cen- xal police station. J TU. UA intended tn 4hrnw the gears into reverse, he said, and had been unable to shift before he struck the window. Lives of sev eral pedestrians were endangered by the rush of the car across the side walk and by the falling glass. " The window display was demolished. The man volunteered at police headquarters to pay all damages and -was taken from headquarters to the Peters Trust Co., where he paid the damage done, in full. The license number of the car was 278,431, Iowa. U. S. and Japan Continue , Working on Alien Plan Washington. Oct 18. (By The Associated Press.) Conversations between State department officials ;uid the Japanese ambassador on the proposed anti-Japanese land law to be voted on in California November 2 are "continuing fully and satis4 factorily," it was announced today at the State department. It was explained, however, that the tact that the Japanese ambassador and Under Secretary Davis had been engaged in the international com munications conference had some what delayed the negotiations. Ro land S. Morris, American ambas sador to Japan, home on leave of absence, has taken over study of a number of questions involved. Skeleton of Prehistoric Animal Found in Nebraska Q.Mtiff. Neh Oct. 18 E. H. Barbour of the state university, yes terday unearthed the skeleton of1 a prehistoric animal, which he believes to be more than 200,000 years old. The skeleton was found in the fam ous fossil beds of Cook's ranch, near Scottsbluff. It will be preserved and sent to the University museum, if MOAuaceda - ' ' V H .. ' i ' ' '. " ' i ' : rj -f- ;lif v! i In" rv if A j & f Vr A M GuckTA! !L-JM -vW! ZmmWSt. J Palmer to Probe Liquor Charge At Demo Meet Attorney General . Demands That Frisco Mayor Produce Proof or Publicly Re -tract Statement. 'r-. - Washington, Oct. 18. Attorney General Palmer today directed the United States district attorney at San Francisco "to make a full and complete' investigation" of reports that 40 barrels of whisky and gin were withdrawn from bond at San Francisqo, for the entertainment of the delegates to the democratic na tional convention. At the same time Mr. Palmer, m a telegram to Acting Mayor McLc- ran of San Francisco, called upon that official either to produce the proof of or publicly retract a state ment attributed to him that' Mr. Palmer knew all about the whisky transaction at tho time. Sends Word to Mayor. Mr Palmer's message to the act ing mayor was predicated upon spe- . i . i r . c T7-.,:,. ciai uispaicucs uuiu o.xii i-iain-iaw nnnarinir in newsnaoers in Wash ington .'and 1 other, cities yesterday morning. These dispatches said facts as to the withdrawal ot fuc wiuscy had been disclosed by a grand jury investigation. . Mr. ralmers telegram 10 iviayor McLeran follows: " 1 "fw artsntlnn ha inst been called to a dispatch from San Francisco published in Sunday s papers ma 40 barrels of whisky and gin with- it-.um (rrm fni nn nrdpr of Dr. William C. Heffner, city health of- t'er,- ostensibly tor use in san Prani-kpn miinirinal hoscital. but actually for entertainment of dele gates to democratic national con vention, according to facts revealed by grand jury investigation. The dispatch further states as follows: Demands Retraction. v " 'Acting Mayor Ralph McLeran declared that Attorney General Pal mer, who was attending the conven tion as a delegate, knew all about the transaction.' - 1 T "If you have ., been " correctly quoted, I call Upon ; you either to produce the proof of your statement or publicly retract it. I know noth ing about any liquor being withr drawn in San Francisco for any purpose. If my name was used by any persons withdrawing liquor it was entirely without my knowledge or authority. If you have any facts or information upon which the statement was based . you should furnish them immediately to the United States attorney, whom I have directed to make full and complete investigation of this matter." Tildeh Woman Killed in Auto Crash, Near Bassett - Bassett, Neb., Oct. 18. (Special Telegram) Mrs. Imis Childs of Tilden was killed in an automobile accident near Bassett this morning. The woman.' together with her daughter and .son-in-law, Bryon Barkdoll, had been visiting relatives near Long Pine and are supposed to have been returning to their home in Tilden when the accident oc curred. A small child of the Bark doll s was also in the car. Mrs. Childs was the widow of Edward Childs, an old pioneer of Antelope county, having settled in the Saint Clair valley at an early date. She was 75 and leaves 10 children. Supreme Court Recess. Washington, Oct. 18. The su preme court will recess from Oc ipber 25 to November. 8. . .fa Glen T. Aldrich, Nebraska City youth, in the uniform of a lieuten ant commander, U. S. N., and two of his alleged wives. Thej woman wearing the hat and v:il is Mrs. Esther Carlton Aldrich.. The woman without a hat is Mrs. Lillian Dum brow Aldrich, 18-year-old society girl of Chicago, whom he married after a whirliwnd courtship paved with bad checks. ' . First Voters at front Porch of Senator Harding Marion Deluged by Visitors And Home of Presidential Nominee Roaring Hu man Whirlpool. Marion, O., Oct. 18. The, long succession of political pilgrimages to Senator ' Harding's front porch reached high tide today in a gather ing that deluged Marion and swirled about the vicinity of the Harding home in a roaring human whirlpool. So great was the crowd that its fringes packed the streets a block away and hundreds -were unable to get close enough to hear the nom-H-iU- speecbon thft-obligations; of the American , voter. V - Delegations from many states and representing many special groups "Were in the crowd, which paraded to the Harding residence, shouting and singing, and greeted the Candidate and his wife , with an uproar ot po litical enthusiasm. More than a score of bands marched with the paraders and serenaded the nominee fcr two hours after his address, while he and' Mrs. Harding shook hands with a stream ot visitors. The senator's speech, largely de voted to a discussion of the obliga tions of the American voter was ad dressed particularly to 'those who are to exercise the ballot this year for the first time. He pronounced use of the franchise a duty as well as a privilege and urged that the two party system be preserved as the most practical means of securing efficient government. New women voters he asked especially , not to segregate themselves in a party of their own. - 1 Two Regiments of Reds Decide to Surrender ' Sebastopol, Crimea, Oct 18. (By The Associated Press.) Following the defeat of soviet forces by Gener al Wrangel's army at Sinelnikovo. two soviet regiments stationed in the village of Ribaskoe held a meeting and decided to surrender, according to an official report. They took this action in view of the fact that they were without food, shoes and cloth ing. Bolshevik authorities are reported no longer to conceal the fact that their army is dissolving and that a winter campaign is impossible under present conditions. Twenty-five hundred civil prisbn ers were massacred upon orders from five different commissioners during the last days of the occupa tion of Berdiansk, on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, according to advices. It is said that to be arrested was tantamount to a death sentence, either by starvation, dis ease or the pistol. Prisons are re ported to have become madhouses. Upon leaving the bolsheviki car ried off all valuables, ,even taking dresses and bed coverings from women prisoners. . New Sons of Veterans Head Appoints National Staff , Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 18. P. A. Bar li'pntpnant covernor of Nebras ka, recently elected commander-in- chief of the. bons ot veterans, to- Arv nnnnnrr1 th annointmejlt of his national staff. His personaraide will he f. V. UorncK ot Lincoln. Other members of his staff are C. A Rrvcnn r( Tnwa Falls. Ia coun sellor; Dr. William B. Hartzog, East Lansing, Mich., chaplain; i. . v, Speclman, Washington, D. C, press correspondent, and Charles K. Darlinor nf Boston. Mass.. member of the military committee. . Alleged Bandit, Shot in Bayard Gun Battle, Dies Bayard, Neb., Oct. 18. Leon Mar tinez, alleged auto bandit, died to day from wounds sustained in a gun fight Saturday with John Lingreen, water commissioner, and Chief of Police Webb. Lingreen died yes terday. The police chief, also wound ed, is in, a lerious conditio - . j Theodore Welsh Beaten and Thrown Into Creek Be cause He Wouldn't Rob Mother. . Seek Young Criminals The victim of one of the most re volting instances of child crime in the history of the Council Bluffs juvenile court, Theodore Welsh, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Welsh, 1403 Tenth avenue, died- Sunday night in the Mercy hospital. Because he would not 'teal ears of popcorn from his home for a crowd of his schoolmates, Theodore was beaten almost into unconscious ness and thrown from the F.ighth avenue bridge into Indian creek. His leg and nose were fractured and he sustained internal injuries which re sulted in his death. Ernest Frieze, 8, and Clarence Frieze, 15, alleged leaders of the gang of boys who assaulted voung Welsh, were summoned yesterday to appear in juvenile court to face charges of "juvenile delinquency, al leging commission of a crane." They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Frieze, 719 South Thirteenth street. ; Refused to Steal. The Frieze boys were taken by their mother Sunday morning to visit relatives at Marysville, Mo. Po lice notified the fatheN Sunday night to bring them back to Council Bluffs and he sent a telegram to his wife at once. If convicted of the charges the two lads may be committed to the Iowa industrial school for boys at Eldora until they become of age. The alleged assault occured 10 days ago, although the case was not brought to the attention of authori ties until Friday night. The lads were returning home from the Eighth Avenue school when young Theo dore was asked to steal some pop corn trom his mother tor the gang. He refused. They Beat Him. Angered by his refusal to comply with the mandate of the youthful "gang," its members set upon him and administered a severe beating. Ernest Frieze, 8, is alleged to have incited the other boys to the act. When Theodore was almost un conscious Clarence Frieze, 15, broth er of Ernest, is said to have arrived upon the scene. v -. Clarence drives a grocery wagon. Instead of rescuing the young vic tim from the venegeful "gang," it is Charged 4hat"he-picked the help less lad and threw him from the bridge into the mud and slime of Indian creek, several feet below. The little victim had succeeded in dragging himself up the4ank of the creek, despite the pain of his frac tured leg, when he was found by a neighbor and carried to his home. The young gangsters had all disap peared. Endured Great Pain. Although under a physician's care, the boy's condition grew steadily worse, chiefly because of the shock to his nervous system and it was found necessary Friday night to re move him to the Mercy hospital. He was partially unccnscious and deliri ous until his death Sunday night, fre quently screaming with fear as he imagined his relentless companions still were attacking him. On ac count of the critical nature of his in ternal injuries his sufferings were severe. Bennie Welsh, 14, was taken to the hospital at the same time with his brother, suffering from tetanus. The dread disease developed after (Continued on Tag" Two, Column Three.) U. S. District Judge 1 a t c i rv A a. L. oanoorn uea Madison, Wis., Oct. 18. United States District Judge A. L. Sanborn, 70, died here. He was appointed to the district court in 1905 by Presi dent Roosevelt. Court Demands Indictment Of Leaders in Lynching Springfield, Ga., Oct. 18 The re sults of mob activity were pictured to the Effingham county grand jury today by Judge Lovett m instruc tions which virtually demanded that someone be indicted for the lynch ing several months ago of Phillip Gathers, a negro. Gathers was lynch ed in connection with the killing of Anza Jaudon, a girl. , "Officers of the law, representing the sovereignty of the state, flee from the mob," Judge Loveti told the grand, jury. "What a pit'able Fpec tacle. The state, created by the people, in flight pursued by its own creators. .Lawlessness reigns su preme; the securityof the law be comes a by-wdrd to be scoffed at; constitutional guarantees are by force made vain and empty things." Again Postpone Hearing In Case of Doug's Mary, San Francisco.'' Oct. 18. Prelimi nary argument in, the, case of the state of Nevada against Gladys M. Moore, known otherwise as Gladys M. Fairbanks or Mary Pickford, mo tion picture star, and her former husband, Owen Moore, also a mo tion picture star, to dissolve the di vorce obtained by Mrs. Fairbanks in Minden, Nev., has been postponed for a second time. Seek Missing Heiress. Chicago, Oct. 18. Police and de tectives today engaged in a hunt for Miss Margaret McDougall, High land Park artist and heiress, who disappeared from her home last Fri day, it was learned , today. When last seen by relatives she had packed up her easel and painting paraphernalia and said she was tro ng to "hunt subject materia Police Have No Clue to Murder ... Detectives Believe Slain Boy's . Body Carried to Spot Where Found. ' Philadelphia. Oct. 18. Police of this city had no clue today to clear away the mystery surrounding the death of Elmer C. Drewes, the Dart mouth college student, a resident of this city, who was found dead Sun day morning on the outskirts of Philadelphia with a bullet wound in the head. No weapon was - found near the body. The police said they intend to question Charles Schaloss of New York, heir to a $100,000 estate and friend of Drewes, in the hope that he might be able to give aid in trac ing Drewes' movements. Schaloss is said to have seen Drewes in At lantic City on Saturday. Robbery, the police say, was evi dently not the motive, if Drewes was murdered, as about $900 in cash, checks and Liberty bonds were in his clothes when the body was found. Schaloss, who was visited by Drewes in Atlantic City Satur day, has gone to his home ,in New York, it was said. Drewes was re ported to have said Schaloss owed him a small sum. William Belshaw, head of' the "murder squad" of the Philadelphia detective force, believes Drewes' body was carried to the lot where it was found after the collegian was slain elsewhere. This theory, he said, was borne out by the discovery today of tracks of a motor car. MacSwiney Reported To Have Slight Cold London, Oct. 18. Terence Mac Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, passed a very good night at Brixton prison, according to a bulletin issued early today by the Irish Self-Determina-tion league. It is said he slept well, but seems to have caught a slight cold. In a latei- bulletin the league says a doctor has t6ld MacSwiney that hiscondition is becoming more pre carious When he becomes uncon scious the doctor is sa'd to have de clared he would feel bound to do all he could to save the lord mayor's life, and would feed him as far as he could while he was unconscious. MacSwiney is quoted as saying that if any attempt was made to feed him under such conditions he would again commence his . hunger strike as soon as revived. Posses Seek Trusties Who Escaped From Sing Sing Ossining, N. Y., Oct. 18. Seven posses today were searching for George Stivers and Marcus Bassett, "trusties," who escaped last night from Sing-Sjng after felling three keepers and stealing an automobile from an Ossining resident. None of the keepers assaulted by the prisoners was seriously injured. Supreme Court Upholds - Terms of Line Runners Washington. Oct. 18. The su preme court today refused to review the cases of George Holmes and Frank Miller, convicted at El Paso, Tex., in 1919 and sentenced to five years for conspiring to export war munitions to Mexico without license. Three other men indicted at the same time pleaded guiltv and were sentenced to two years , Bankers Reply x To Statement on Interest Rate Controller of Currency il liams Sharply Criticised By Committee ' From . National Association. Chicago Trlbnne-Omahn Bee leased Wire. Washington, Oct. 18. Charges by Controller of the Currency John Skelton Williams that the excessive interest rate of New York banks has been a "potent influence in depres sing seriously the prices of all in vestments bonds and standard shares," formed an overshadowing topic of discussion among delegates assembling today for the annual convention of the annual bankers' as sociation. A statement of the public relations committee tonight included the following comment relative to Mr. Williams' latest attack: "The general expression among visiting bankers was in criticism of the attack made yesterday morning by John Skelton Williams, controller of the currency, the majority of them pointing out that Mr. Williams did not - give in his statement the amount of money loaned by the New York banks jn call at the high rate of interest mentioned. The various bankers estimated the amount so loaned at from 1 to 2 per tent. They are inclined to class money as a commodity, and pointed out that there had been less increase in the money rates than in any ether com modity. It was also stated that the greater amounrof money is being loaned at from 6 to per cent, while the prevailing low rate prior to the increase in other commodities was from 5 to 6 per cent." It is the expectation that the question of approval or disapproval of Mr. Williams' charges will come up at some time during the con sideration of resolutions by the con vention. British Mission Pays Tribute To the Pilgrim Fathers Plymouth, Mass., Oct.' 18. A British mission stood at Plymouth Rock today to honor he memory of the Pilgrim Fathers. . The mission, headed by Lord Rathcreedan, came in connection with the tercentenary of the Pil grims' landing. They were guests of the tercentenary commission at luncheon'. The visitors were to be guests of Harvard university at dinner tonight at Cambridge. "War Brides" Come to U. S. On Transport Pocahontas New York, Oct. 18. The army transport Pftcahontas arrived from Antwerp and St. Nazaire with bodies of 2,185 American soldiers killed iu France. Among the passengers were 53 "war brides" from Germany, Czecho-Slovakia, Belgium, France and England, 11 prisoners from the army of ' occupation in Germany, tour stowaways and a number of Olympic athletes. Printed Percale Price Cut 50 Per Cent to Trade New York, Oct. ,18. A flat 50 per cent reduction in the prices of printed percales to the cutting and jobbing trades was announced by selling agents of a well known line. The slash in printed percale price is to a basis of 15 cents for 4-4, 64-60 KWl and 17 cents for .4-4, 68-72s. American Bankers Will Aid Cubans Institutions, Agree to Purchase Bonds of Government to Be Ised for Financing Crop, ashington, Oct. 18. American tankers agreed at a conference here today with officials of the govern ment and sugar companies to afford relief from ' the present financial stringency in Cuba. Under an agreement the bankers will purchase bonds issued by the Cuban government, which will use the money in financing the sugar crop and in affording other relief. The terms of the agreement will be communicated to the Cuban gov ernment and it will be for that gov ernment to decide whether the plan will be acceptable. Meantime,' the State department will inform Cuba that the American government as such cannot offer any financial as sistance. Daughter of the Late Mayor Gaynor Given Decree of Divorce Los Angeles, Oct. 18. Mrs. Marion Isham, pretty daughter of ex-Mayor Gaynor of New York City and wife of Ralph Hayward Isham, known as the "Millionaire Report er," was granted a divorce today by Superior Court Judge Crail. Mrs. Isham's testimony was brief and related only to the alleged de sertion which her husband did not contest' He was said to be in Eng land. She said they were married January 29, 1914, when she was 16 years of age. They came from New York to Santa Barbara, where Ish am's father was living and separated October 6, 1915, according to her testimony. Mrs. Isham said she and her hus band quarreled over a trivial affair when she went down town shopping. When sbe returned to the house he had gone, she testified. Isham gained his title of "Million aire Reporter" when he left Yale some time before his marriage and went to work as a reporter on a New York daily. Woman Is Given $60,000 Alimony and a Divorce Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Lrawd Wire. La Porte, Ind., Oct. 18. Mrs. Edna Collison of Valparaiso was granted" a' divorce and $60,000 ali mony in her suit against Albert Col lison, a banker of Danville, III. The court also allowed $5,000 for attor ney fees, $3,000 for expenses and made provision for sending Thomas Collison, a son, to a military school in Georgia and the daughter, Louise Collison, to a university in Penn sylvania, at the expense of the de fendant. The defendant at once deeded to the plaintiff 625 acres of land in Porter county in lieu of the alimony settlement. The Weather Forecast Tuesday partly cloudy; not much change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures. t a. m (1 a. m t T a. m t . a. m 1 . a. m 64 10 a. m... 11 a m 1 P. 1 P. t p. p. 5 P. P. 1 P. I P. m 71 m 74 m 73 m ,... m ....44 m 4 m ,.47 la.. ,64 IX noon 71 ( Coal Mines Deserted as 2,000, 000 Miners Obey Strike Or der Sterling Falls on ,' Exchange, y Under Federal Control By The Anoclatcd Prera. London, Oct. 18. Disorders oc curred in Whitehall this afternoon in connection with the coal miners' strike during a demonstration by un employed men who had sent a dele gation to Premier Lloyd George ia Downing street. Several person! were injured in attempts to breal through a police cordon and othen were hurt when some stoneworl from a window on the Treasurj building fell. One effect of the coal strike upon financial London has beer the weakening of the pounc sterling, which has dropped tc $3.44 on buying orders to covel ' actual and prospective coal ship ments from the United States tc Europe. The effect has alreadj been seen on continental exchanges all of which moved against Grea Britain late last week and which were again slightly weaker today. Persistent reports of efforts to set tle the coal miners' strike partially relieved the spirit of anxious uncer tainty of the British nation today, For the moment these reports seert to have greater basis in hope than in actual information. r Labor Leader Confident 1 John Robert Clynes, former food controller, and one of the most mod erate of the labor leaders, has ex pressed conference in a settlement within a week, jf both sides could be brought together to discuss calmly the controversy. He advocates as a basis of agreement the granting to the miners of half their demands and the submission of the remainder to an impartial tribunal. V J. H. Thomas, general secretary ol the National Union of Railwaymen, also has made moderate statement! and both these men are relied upon to do their utmost to shorten the strike. . : ' Railroad Men Anxious. Newspapers contrast the attitude of Clynes and Thomas with that ol C. T. Cramp president of the Na tional Union Railwaymen, who has given significent warning to mem bers of that union of "the .serious situation which will be created if the miners are defeated", They also call attention to an utterance by another prominent laborjtg Edwin- Bevin. secretary of the Dock Workers union, who in a speech yesterday ac cused the government of having en gineered the strike and charged it with double dealing. , i The transport workers and the railwaymen were evidently marking time today in the matter of making the fateful decision whether they would lend their support to the strik ing coal workers. They appeared in clined not to take precipitate action, pending possible proposals from some source upon which the govern ment and the miners could negotiate. Country Awaits Action. The country awaited anxiously a report from the meeting held this) morning of the council of transport workers, which includes more than,' 20 unions, covering the dockers, the bus and tram workers, the com mercial road transport men and the coal trimmers at the ports. The council, however, after a privateN meeting adjourned until tomorrow without announcing its poicy. Two other meetings which might (Continued on Pass Two, Column Two ) Take Two Women and Four Men Following Prosser Man's Death' Hastings, Neb., Oct. 18. (Special Telegram). Six persons were ar rested by Sheriff Cole today follow ing investigation of the death of Julius Kroll of Prosser. Those held are Paul Thiede, Law rence Thiede, Carl Stromer, Bert Consbruck and two vnimtr wnmns said to be teachers, who gave their names as Grace Ro7ra and A lira Johnson. ' Sheriff Cole said that at least SOme of those held tinrirr arrct worn in a drinking party near Prosser. Court Lambrecht of Prosser was expected Sunday to die, but today was thought to have a chance for recovery. Durincr the investiVatinn tti etior- iff visited the farm of Chris Nelson in Hall county and seized what he says are parts of a still. Alleged moonshine linuor was seized t an. other place. ' County Attorney Suhr of Hall--countv was here todav In rnn(i with County Attorney Addie, rela tive to a possiDie prosecution. Up to this afternoon no charges had been filed against the six prisoners, who are held at the county jail. The two young women bear marks of refinement- httt are not Irnnmn Vir . The others are residents of Adams county. Charges Ruse to Corrupt Election in Minnesota St. Paul. Minn.. Oct 18. A oe- tition for a writ of mandamus was filed in district court here to compel the Minnesota secretary of state to show cause why the name of W W. Cox, industrial candidate for presi dent, should not be placed at the bottom of the presidential ballot, in stead of immediately after that of James M. Cox, the demo:ratic can didate. Howard Everett, democratic state ' chairman, charged the placing i VV. V. Cox's name third on the presi dential list is "an insidious and malicious ruse to corrupt the resi dential election in Minnesota,' , 1 I