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OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1920.
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THREE CENTS
Politicians
Amazed at
Harding and Coolidge Are Destined
To Sweep New York by Big Plurality
Senator Wadsworth 'Also Slated for Re-election by
Large Margin Over Lieutenant Governor Walker;
Contest for Governorship Less Certain.
Big Alleged
Sugar Fraud
Is Revealed
Coal Strike
Wliy Democratic Orators Talk About League
f Copyright! mo: Br Th Chicago Tribon l
Situation
Is Hopeful
BakerTour
The
Omah
f
Political Leaders Surprise'd at
. Democrat Risking Waste
ful Secretary of War to
Pinch Hit for Cox.
Tr:y?!s By Special Train
Washington, D. ... Oct. 22, (Spe
vial.; x-Qimcai vvasmngton is
amazed at the temerity of the demo
cratic managers in making Secretary
of War Baker the central figure of
the troupe of pro-league speakers
now making a special train tour of
the wet in an eleventh-hour attempt
io Doisrer tne waning democratic
campaign
Secretary Baker, of all men con
nected with the present administra
tion, it is pointed out, is the one un
der whose immediate, direction oc
curred the most, flagrant waste of
rivj.ic funds raised by Liberty loan3
" mxc9. ict nc is now
brought forth as the democratic
'toinch-hitter."
Republican leaders are wondering
whether the people of the west,
4ware of the discount at which Lib
erty bonds are selling and suffering
under the continued imposition of
war taxes, will forego the opportun
ity offered by Air. Baker's presence
to ask about the reasons for some
of his extraordinary expenditures.
Bought 580,000 Horses.
, Under Mr. Baker's administration
of the War department the govern
ment bought 580,000 hdtses during
the period of the war. Only 67,000
ot these were shipped overseas and
96,000 died most of them far from
the scene of hostilities.
' For these half million horses, the
government bought 945,000 saddles
almost two for every horse. It
bought, 2,850,000 halters, or five for
every horse. It bought 585,000
saddle bags, one apiece, and 1,637,
000 horse brushes, three apiece.
v The government purchased 2,033,-
uuu nose-Dags, so mat eacn' norse
could eat breakfast out of one, din
ner out of another, suooer out of
another and have one left for a mid
night lunch.
For ordnance officers the govern
ment bought 712,000 sets of spur
straps, about 36 sets for each officer.
There wefe purchased 195,000
branding irons, one for every three
horses. '
What happened as to horses and
horse equipment, under Mr. Baker's
direction, happened witn otner tnings
as well, ' 1 - y
' $7,159,000 Thrown Away.
The administration .established a
,m new artillery camp near coiumDus,
Ga., and as part of the site bought
fo $439,000 a plantation tor which
. the owner had paid $32,000. It
bought so much land for this; site
that a delegation of Georgia citizens
' went to Washington to protest that
there wasn't enough taxable land
left in the county to support the
county government. After the war
Secretary Baker told congress he
had stopped work on the camo.
When congress adjourned he
started it again. When congress
met again he said he - started it by
' (Continued on Faa Twa, Column Seven.)
Witnesses Called
In Gilinski Trial
Completion of Jury Defeated
by Objections by Omahan's
Attorney.
Jackson, Mich.. Oct. 22. (Speciat
Telegram.) Witnesses in the trial
of Dave Gilinski. Omahan charged
with the murder of Undersheriff
Harry Worden at Mack Island, July
29, after the robbery, of the Grass
Lake bank, have been instructed to
report in the circuit court here.
Completion of the jury the first
day of the trial yesterday was de
feated by efforts oi the defense to
draw disqualifying statements from
the prospective jurors. Attorney J.
J. Noon is appearing for the , ac
cused. I -
' Change of venue sought by the de
fense on the ground that an un
prejudiced jury could not be se
cured, was denied, and it is under
stood the full 30 peremptory chal
lenges allowed the defense under the
Michigan law will be exercised.
At the close of the first day of the
trial, the defense had used three of
these challenges and the prosecution
two. The examination of jurors
continued today.
Naval Investigation Into
Haiti Affairs to Be Public
Washington, Oct. -22. The naval
inquiry into the conduct of Amer
ican marines in Haiti will be public,
it was announced by Rear Aamiral
Henry T. Mayo, chairman of the
board appointed by Secretary
Daniels, to conduct the investigation.
Rear Admiral Mayo said the board
had begun examination of documents
in the Navy department. He added
that it was dosbtful whether any wit
nesses would pe examined before the
' board went t Haiti, where most of
its sessions ar expected to be neia.
RepublicanTreasmf
IssuesJAppeal for Funds
New York.lUct tt-Aii appeal
for contributi
in the rtnublican
national campa
by- James G.
n fund was sent out
Blaine, the party's
eastern treasure
In a circular
cast over the
etter mailed broad-
.stern states, Mr.
the difficulty of
;sful operation the
gelling iuiu suti.
plan of ' subscr
itions limited to
$1,000 had caus
cumulate faster
expenses to ac
in cash so that
the national com
littee has had to
borrow money.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Baa Lea ted wire.
New York, Oct. 22. Harding and
Coolidge are destined, according to
present indications, to sweep New
York state by an enormous plurality
300,000 or more would not be sur
prising.
oenaior vvaaswortn will be re
elected by a large plurality over
Lieutenant Governor Walker, the
democratic candidate, although he
will run far behind Harding.
rt11 t a ... .
mere is less certainty concerning
tne contest over the governorship,
but the chances are that Nathan L.
Miller, republican, though running
considerably behind Harding, will
defeat Governor A. Smith, the Tam
many democrat, who is expected to
run ahead of Cox.
Governor Cox is to be given a
great reception here tomorrow, but
he will be entertained by a demo
cratic management which has given
up all hope of delivering to him,
the 45 electoral votes of the empire
state. Likewise they are no long
er reckoning the; defeat of Senator
Wadsworth a .possibility. They do
think, however, that AI, Smith stands
a good chance of re-election, and
upon the task of saving that much
of their ticket, ' the Jeffersonian
chieftains, -headed by Boss Murphy
of Tammany Hall, are now con
centrating all known political strate
gems. Women For Harding.
Harding will come down to the
Bronz with a veritable avalanche of
republican votes now that the women
have the vote. Preliminary can
vasses indicate that a slightly larger
percentage of women than men will
support the republican ticket .
Harding could lose Greater New
York City by 200,000 or 300,000 and
still win the state handsomely, by
virtue of the upstate landslide. But
the indications are that he will come
close to carrying even this metro
politan democratic stronghold. This
is because the republicans are more
united than ever before, having suf
fered negligible defections n the
league of nations question, while the
democratic party is shot through
McKelvie Calls
Campaign Bluff
Of His Opponent
Absurditity of Morehead
Charges Is Explained by Re?
publican Candidate in 'y
Speech at Hastings.
Hastings, Neb., Oct. 22. (Special
Telegram.) John H. Morehead's
criticism of 'the civil administrative
code was denounced as "puerile in
the manifest absence of comprehen
sion of the state's administrative ma
chinery," in an address by Governor
cKelvie here.
The speech in Hastings closed a
busy day of campaigning for the
governor, who addressed crowds at
Minden and Kenesaw.
"I see by press reports that my op
ponent, Mr. Morehead. points out
how he is going to effect a consid
erable saving to the state, by doing
away with the civil administrative
code and the departments under it.'
the governor declared. "The activi
ties, thus included embrace the ad
ministration and nforcement of ail
the laws that do not fall under the
supervision of the eight constitution
al executive departments.
Plan is Impossible.
'"Before the code went into, effect
these laws were administered through
21 departments created by legisla
tive act. Under the code these 21
departments were consolidated into
six. Consequently the "propoSed
elimination of these departments is
an utter impossibility, could not be
done without largely extending the
rarrying on of the same work
through other departments and
would affect no saving whatever to
the state.
"On this point I shall make a
more complete statement to the
press shortly, but for the present, it
is sufficient to say that it is so im
practical and so puerile in the mani
fest absence of comprehension of
the state's administrative machinery
that it brands the one who advocates
t
(Continued on Faa-e Two, Column Five.)
Mexican Under Secretary
Of Foreign Affairs Quits
Mexico City, Oct. 22. Dr. Cut
berto Hidaljro. under-secretary of
foreign relations, relinquished that 1-
post yesterday, having resigned to
become a candidate for the office of
governor of the state of Hidalgo.
He made an extended statement
that it was Mexico's desire to pay
all debts, and that there was no dis
position to deprive foreigners of
their property rights. ,
His statement was ibased on as
rertions credited to United States
Senator Fall of New Mexico, which
Dr. Hidalgo thought contained un
just criticism of the new govern
ment Stevedores in Vera Cruz
Tie Up Traffic by Strike
Mexico City, Oct. 22. All traffic
in the port of Vera Cruz, has been
slopped by the strike of steyedores
and dock workers, and the contro
versy may result in a general na
tionwide strike, according to news
paper dispatches. It is said workers
in many lines are organizing, and
that the walkout of dock workers at
Vera Cruz would probably be ex
tended to Progrtso and Tampico, as
well as other gull ports. .
The situation is made more tense
by the evident deadlock over the
miners' strike in the state of
Coahuila.
with difn
the elec: - , a--
That HVtovJno Cox be
yond hops V5rrc'o'very was admitted
today at democratic headquarters.
The leaders admit that surface con
ditions do not bear out the expecta
tion that Cox will carry a third of
the western states which gave Wil
son victory by. a narrow margin in
I916, but they are relying for success
on the "great undercurrent of the
silent vote of the intellectuals," fa
voring the league of nations.
Foreigners Republican.
For every republican vote Hard
ing loses in New York he will gain
three oc four democratic votes on
the league of nations issue alone.
The Irish and other foreign ele
ments, which constitute the back
bone of Tammany Hall, are going
to plump for Harding in order to
register their disapproval of the Wil
son covenant, of the president's in
terference at the peace table with
the territorial and other aspirations
of their ancestral countries. Tam
many was instrumental in nominat
ing Cox, but has been unable to
make any campaign for ,him worth
the name since he espoused the pres
ident's stand orj the covenant.
Senator Wadsworth is having a
stormy time of it, largely becau.se
of the resentment on the part of
some of the women he incurred by
opposing equal suffrage. "Wads
worth's place is in ' the home," is
the slogan of those feminine antag
onists. The indications are, however, that
this opposition is not sufficient to
endanger Wadsworth's' re-elction.
The best known and most popular
candidate on the democratic ticket
is Governor Smith, who undoubted
ly will poll a large republican vote.
He is for light wine and beer, while
Judge Miller, the republican' can
didate, is advocating strict enforce
ment of the prohibition law.
Smhh probably wlil carry New
York City although even here Tam
many is encountering some difficulty
in holding the normally democratic
elements in line for the governor.
The railroad employes are dis
gruntled at the treatment by the
governor.
Harding Rests
Before Last Lap
of G.O.P. Campaign
?
Senator Spends Day on Mans
' field Golf Links Following
Refurrt From Trip Into
New York State.
Marion, O.,' Oct 22. Tht last of
his campaign swings outside Ohio
completed, Senator Harding took a
real holiday before starting work on
the series of speeches he will de
liver next week in principal cities of
his own state.
After his arrival here late in the
morning on the special train which
carried him on his excursion into
New York state, he looked in at his
office for only a short while, and
then left for a 40-mile motor ride to
Mansfield, and a game of golf.
It was the first time in several
weeks that he had taken so complete
a rest from the cares of the cam
paign. Although he appeared in per
fect health, the strain of his speaking
trips had left him tired and he said
he wanted to refresh himself with
some wholesome physical exercise
before taking up the home stretch of
the campaign.
Tomorrow the nominee will begin
preparations of his final campaign
utterances to be delivered on the last
four nights of next week to meetings
in 'Cleveland, Akron, Cincinnati and
Columbus. No more front porch
dates have been booked, and these
four addresses may be the only ones
he will deliver before election day.
It is considered entirely possible,
however, that when he leaves Wed
nesday he will run into numerous
rear platform gatherings locally ar
ranged, and will supplement his four
main speeches with many short talks
of a less formal nature.'
The present plan is to make the
Ohio circuit on a special train, not
returning to Marion until Sunday.
His managers consider that such a
trip probably will mean an extensive
rear platform program.
Office of Attorney for
New York Plumbers Raided
New York, Oct. ' 21. Agents of
the state attorney general's office
this afternoon raidprl thp nfflrp nf
John T. . Hettrick, attorney for
groups of master plumbers, stone
cutters and heat and ventilator con
tractors, and seized documents and
record which will be brought be
fore the joint legislative committee
investigating an alleged building
materials trust.
Earlier Hettrick had been de
clared in contempt by Senator Lock
wood, chairman of the legislative
committee, for refusing to produce
records of his clients' methods.
Matinee Races Planned for
Humane Society Convention
Plans of the women's auxiliary of
the Nebraska Humane . society for
the entertainment of the delegates
to the national convention in Oma
ha, October 25-28, include a dinner
Monday at Hotel Fontenelle, auto
mobile tour of the city Tuesday aft
ernoon, followed by matinee races at
Ak-Sar-Ben field, annual .meeting
and banquet in the evening at Hotel
Fontenelle, tour of the stock yards
Wednesday, and motion pictures at
the Auditorium in the afternoon.
Wednesday evening Mrs. George A.
Joslyn will give a reception- and
organ recital at her home
Omaha Attorney Prepares
Eight Suit's Totalling $750,
000 Against Importing
Companies.
Stuff Stored Six Years
An alleged gigantic fraud in dump
ing upon the American market 5,
120,000 pounds of spoiled and in
ferior Java refined sugar under rep
resentations that it was they best
granulated sugar, has been uncov
ered by William Ritchie, jr., Oma
ha attorney, who has just returned
from a six weeks! trip to San Fran
cisco and Chicago -in the interests
of 33 western sugar jobbers.
He is now preparing eight suits to
be filed against sugar importing
companies, all of them doing busi
ness in this territory. These suits
will be for $500,000 to $750,000 and
will be filed in San Francisco with
in two weeks. Mr. Ritchie said yes
terday. Agents Went through this ' and
other parts of the country last
spring when sugar was so scarce
that almost none could be bought,
and sold what purported to be the
finest Java refined sugar at prices
ranging from 21 to 24 cents a pound.
Paid in Advance.
It Avas stipulated that the sugar
had to be paid for by draft or let
ters of credit before it was shinned
Nrom San Francisco. When it ar
rived in Omaha and at the houses of
jobbers elsewhere it was found to be
of very inferior grade, Mr. Ritchie
said, some of it scarcely more than
molasses.
"It was so bad," he said, "that
none of it was put on the market. It
couldn't be sold. One lot was so
wretched that 500 pounds of it actu
ally leaked out of the sacks in the
form of molasses enroute from San
Francisco here. " J
"This sugar was bought by Japa
nese speculators in 1914 and was
stored in Hong Kong, China, ware
houses. There some of it 'reverted'
to . molasses. And when it was
shipped to America the dirt and
everything of those dirty warehouses
was scooped up together. It proved
on delivery to be a hopeless mess.
No Americans would think of us
ing it. ,
Importing Firms Settle.
"Though a polarization test of '98
or better' was stipulated in contracts,
some of the stuff received tested
only 77.
"The deals resulted in enormous
losses to the jobbers. , All the 6'Ugarf
had been paid 'for because "that was
the only way the jobbers could get
it Yet it couldn't be sold to the
sugar-hungry public."' ?
Mr. Ritchie represented one Oma
ha jobber, two in Lincoln and 30
others in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois,
Michigan and Indiana.
He made settlement with some of
the importing firms who, he said,
had, themselves, been cheated in the
importation, believing that the sugar
was all, right.
Counfcil of League
Meets in Belgium
Organization of International
Court of Justice and Dis
armament Discussed.
Brussels, Oct. 22. The organiza
tion of an international court of
justice and the subject of general
disarmament were the main topics
under discussion today by members
of the council of the league of na
tions, in session here. ,
The vierws of the members were
exchanged in strictly private con
sultations. Even the confidential
secretaries were excluded from the
sessions.
The project for the international
court has provoked criticism from
Scandinavian countries. Norway and
Denmark appear to have 'joined
hands in support of certain amend
ments to the court plan, as well as
of amendmentSi to the covenant of
the league, which they will present
at Geneva.
Charge Attempt to Extort
Money From Draft Evaders
Lincoln, -Neb., Oct. 22. On a
complaint filed by U. S. Commis
sioner Daniel J. Conway of Sioux
Falls, S. D., Julius M. Johnson was
arrested here today and bound over
to the federal court in bonds of
$1,000. According to ttie complaint
Johnson attempted to extort money
from M. M. Kier'and other persons
living at Viborg, S. D., in consider
ation of his withholding information
concerning alleged violation of the
national draft act The alleged of
fense was committed on or about the
tenth of thi3 month, according to the
complaint. Johnson was unable to
furnish security but expected to ab
tain bondsmen.
President Huerta to Visit
Cities in Western Texas
El Paso, Tex., Oct.
22.-rProvis-
ional President de la
Huerta of
Mexico will visit several west Texas
cities soon after General Obregon
is inaugurated, it was stated in a'
special dispatch received ' y the Her
ald from Mexico City. He will re
turn to his duties as governor of
Sonora, Mexico, by way of Juarez,
Mexico and, El Paso, It was stated. v
Inventor Dies.
Concord, N. H., Oct. 22. Adrian
H. Hoyt, physician, inventor and
H'anufacturer, died yesterday. He
perfected a device for measuring
electrical current and a timing de
vice for deep sea bombs, which was
used with success in hghting Ucr-
tnian submarines,
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Cox Reiterates
Former Demands
For Retraction
Democratic Candidate Again
Declares Elihu Root Misrep
resented His Stand Upon
League of Nations Issue.
Newark, N. J.. Oct. 22. Charges
that Elihu Root has misrepresented
his league of nations position were
reiterated by Governor Cox, in an
other 1 telegram sent to Mr. Root,
during the candidate's New Jersey
campaign.
Making a second vigorous demand
for a retraction by Mr. Root. theJ
governor said, reeardine
renly to the candidate's first tele
gram:
"You have entered upon a long
dissertation upon the subject of ar
ticle 10 in which again, by inference,
you are endeavoring either deliber
ately or through misunderstanding
and lack of information regarding
my speeches, to misrepresent my po
sition on thg league of nations."
Replies to Telegram.
In this message and in more than
half dozen speeches, Governor Cox
reiterated that he would accept "help
ful" reservations.
Governor Cox's telegram read:
"Honorable Elihu Root New
York City: I have your telegram of
October 21, in reply to mine of Oc
tober 20. in which I called attention
io your misstatement in your address,
m New York City when you said
'Mr: Cox declared that he will insist
upon the treaty just as Mr., Wilson
negotiated it'
"I respectfully asked of you, a re
traction of your untrue statement
You have apparently mistaken tha
purpose of my message, which was
to give you the opportunity to cor
rect a possible error or to admitj the
rleliberateness of intent of its presen
tation, Permit me, therefore to re
new in terms that cannot be misun
derstood, the request which can be
answered with an unequivocable
'yes' or 'no.' Did you, or did you
not, make the statement as quoted;
and do you not know now that it
justice to the American people, who
have honored you, you should pub
licly acknowledge it?
"In your reply to me you have en-
(Continued on Pare Two, Column Five.)
Argentina and U. S. Sign
Treaty for Travelers
Washington, Oct. 22. Secretary
of State Colby, acting for the United
States, and Ambassador Le Breton,
for Argentina, today -signed a treaty
between the two countries, accord
ing to each reciprocal privileges as
relates to commercial travelers.
The treaty as signed today atthe
State department is similar to the
commercial treaties that have been
negotiated with other Latin-American
countries, except that the fav
ored nation clause was eliminated
at Argentina's request and a clause
prohibiting liquor salesmen from the
two countries operating was in
serted also at Argentina's request.
American Mine Foreman
Dies of Gunshot Wound
Douglas, ' Ariz., Oct 22. Mose
Sevey, American citizen and fore
man of the Cananea Duluth mine of
the Cananea Consolidated Copper
company at Cananea, Sonora, died
of ; a gunshot wound inflicted by
Ramundo Navarro yesterday, ac
cording to a telephone message from
Naco. Navarro, a fexican, remains
at large.
Actions Lead to Arrest.
Queer actions of Lawrence Hor
ton, 45, Fifty-sixth . and Q streets,
Thursday night at Twenty-fourth
and M streets led to his arrest. He
said he went to a bath house at
Sixtieth and N streets, which is in
reality a cornfield.
Believe Man Took
Life to Avoid Law
Paxton Pharmacy Proprietor
Was Consignee of Barrel
Of Grain Alcohol.
Fear , of an impending , indict
ment on a prohibition violation is
said to have led to the suicide of
Carl T. Schmidt at his room. 2540
South Ninth street, Thursday night.
According to Prohibition Enforce
ment Officer James H. Hanley,
Schmidt; who was proprietor of the
Paxton hotel pharmacy, was con
signee of a 50-gallon barrel of grain
alcohol at a local freight depot last
week. This barrel, shipped from
Kansas City, Mo. was labeled
Perox;je.. hut its odor advertised
Mr. KOOtSfttiA trn rnnti-nta anA twin fHpral
the true contents and two federal
agents seized the contraband.
No indictments or complaints
have yet .been filed, according to Mr.
Hanley. However, he is now co
operating with the revenue agents at
Kansas City, and complaints against
the Kansas City firm which made
the shipment of the alcohol and the
Schmidt pharmacy are expected to
be filed this week.
The confiscated liquor is held as
evidence in the federal building
vault
Mr. Schmidt had been a resident
of Omaha for 20 years. His body
is being held at the Gentleman
mortuary pending word from his
brother, Max Schmidt of Seattle,
Wash.
"Cotton Belt" Route
Thriving Since Ertd
Of Government Rule
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Lcaaed Wire.
New York, Oct 22. Declaring
that his figures disclose a striking
illustration of the inefficiency of rail
roads under federal operation, J. M.
Herbert, president of the St. Louis
Southwestern Railway company,
known as the "Cotton Belt," has is
sued a report of what he shows to
be an unusually thriving condition of
the road in the six months it has
been back under private management
from March 1 to August 31, this
year.
The St. Louis Southwestern elect
ed "not to accept the terms of the
government guaranty at the time the
roads were turned back, but decided
to operate on its own resources. "If
the guaranty had been accepted,"
said Mr. Herbert, - "the sum of
$1,900,038.99 would have reverted
to the Interstate Commerce com
mission. This represents the net'
income in excess of the amount we
would have been permitted to retain
on the basis of one-half the annual
standard return or compensation.
The excess income over standard re
turn, disregarding credit due account
maintenance expenditures in excess
of estimated federal allowance was
?306,753.75." '
Employes Offer to Take
20 Per Cent Wage Decrease
Fall River, Mass., Oct. 22. The
Massasoit Manufacturing Co. an
nounced that its employes here have
offered to accept a reduction in
wages of approximately 20 per cent
in face of a threatened shutdown,
said to be due to high manufacturing
costs and the hesitancy of the pub
lic to buy at the present prices. The
company manufactures cleaning
waste, car box packing and coarse
cotton mop yarn.
Omaha Man Raps League.
Beaver Crossing, Neb., Oct. 22.
(Special Telegram.) Charles A.
Sunderlin, Omaha attorney, was the
principal speaker at a republican'
rally here last night, condemning the
league of nations as a violation of
the best traditions of America and
charging it is un-American, auto-
rratir nnrt iinmntit!itinn
MacSwiney Still1
Forced to Eat Is
Word From Prison
Lord Mayor Conscious at In
tervals But Is Unable to
Recognize Relatives Says
Official Announcement.
London, Oct. 22. The Exchange
Telegraph announces that it has been
informed that Lord Mayor Mac
Swiney it at the point of death.
London, Oct. 22. Terence' Mac
Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, was
delirious this morning, and the prison
authorities continuedto force fbod
in his mouth in spite of his protests,
according to a bulletin issued by the
Irish self-determination league.
The lord mayor becomes conscious
at intervals, the bulletin said, but is
unable to recognize relatives or his
surroundings. For a short time
last night his delirium again became
violent.
The Central-News says MacSwiney
was only partially conscious this
morning, having passed a very bad
night. It declares a doctor again
administered liquid food, and that
subsequently the lord mayor be
came violently ill and was thrown
into an exhausted condition.
The league's mid-afternoon bulle
tin stated that Mayor MacSwiney
had been in a more or less semi
conscious condition all morning.
"He recognized his sister, Mary,
but no one else," the bulletin added.
"The delirium continues at intervals
in a more extreme form. He now
is calm." :
Rabbis Must Notify
State Officers When
Applying for Wine
Washington, Oct. 22. Jewish rab
bis, applying for sacramental wines,
must notify state prohibition direc
tors that they are "actually entitled
to receive wines for sacramental
purposes, and that the quantity ap
plied for is not excessive," accord
ing to instructions issued by Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Wil
liams. Statements accompanying appli
cations from the president of the
Union of Orthodox Rabbis, New
York City; the president of the Rab
binical assembly of the Jewish Theo
logical seminary, Philadelphia; the
president of the Central Conference
of American Rabbis, , Detroit and
the president of the Assembly of
Orthodox Rabbis of America, New
York, will be accepted, the instruc
tions provide.
Pennsylvania Freshman
Is Charged With Murder
Philadelphia, Oct. '22. A war
rant charging him with the murder
of Elmer C. Drewes, Dartmouth
senior, was issued for William H.
Brines, a Universjty of Pennslyvania
freshman, by the district attorney's
office. Brines, according to the
police, is the owner of the yellow
motor car, stained with blood and
containing an automatic pistol and
two empty bottles, found abandoned
about a mile from where Drewes'
body was discovered last Sunday.
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Peace Negotiations Between
English Miners and Govern
ment Continue Unbroken;
Joint Meeting Today.
Rail Men May Not Quit
Br Tha Aaioelated Pre.
London. Oct. 22. The strike situa .
ation tonight was considered mort
hopeful by the fact that tne peac
conversations between the govern .
ment and the . miners' leaders ar
continuing unbroken. There werf
no new developments, however.
At a joint meeting tomorrow be
tween the coal men and miners, fron
which it is hoped that peace may i
spring, it is hoped the suggestion
may be made that the railway meti
postpone their strike, set for Sunday
night, should there be no agreement
between the government and minert
by Saturday. untl after the tra,d
unions conference, on Wednesday.
Anxiety Felt in London.
The greatest anxiety exists among;
Londoners, for if the rail strf be
comes effective Sunday nig'it tha
underground tube railways will ceas
working. Also the trams and busses
will suspend operations. The bu
and tram drivers, however, have ex
pressed themselves as reluctant to
join the movement There is diyu'
sion among the railroad men with
regard to the strike, a large section
of them opposing it J. H. Thomas, -general
secretary of the National . ,
Union of Railway men has author
ized the starement that he is against
the strike.
This has brought about the very
general opinion that there will not
in any case be a rail strike before' 7
Wednesday, but should it transpirej
the ministry of transport has an
emergency plan in readiness for
immediate operation of the railways
by volunteers and all machinery cre
ated for the purpose during last
year's strike will be utilized.
Seek International's Help.
Berlin, Oct 22. Leaders of strik
ing British miners have applied to
the Miners' Internationale for as
sistance, according to the Vorwaerts.
The newspaper adds that German
miners are watching the British
strike with intense interest, and have
sent a message to the British coal
diggers wishing them speedy suc
cess. ,
All the world, especially Russia,
is takig a keen interest in the con
flict says a manifesto to the miners
written by Mm. Losowsky and An
zelovitch, soviet Russian delegates
here, and printed in the Rote Fahne,
a radical organ, j
Packing Company;
Officers Guilty:
Defendants, Tried for Using
Mails to Defraud, Convicted
by Jury.
Chicago, Oct. 22. All six de
fendants in. the Consumers' Packing
company trial were found guilty last
night of using the mails in a con
spiracy to defraud. ' The jury in
Federal Judge Evan E. Evans court
was out 5 hours. There were 14
counts in the indictment, each count
carrying a penalty of from one to
five years' imprisonment All the
defendants were found guilty on all
the counts.
The indictment resulted from an'
investigation by Federal Judge
Lsndis in March, 1919, after an in- ;
voluntary petition in bankruptcy had
been filed in the United States 1
district court. Charges were made
that the company hal sold $800,000
of stock and that $500,000 of the
proceeds were used for. promotional :
purposes.
Eli Pfaelzer, president of the com
pany, and Louis Davis, a directori ,
pleaded guilty to the charges dur-f
ing the trials. . i
The defendants are: Edward J.
Ader, secretary of the company i
John M. Kanter, fiscal agent; Rabbi
A. J. Messing, E,dward H. Trost,
directors; Miss Goldie Skolnilc,
secretary to Ader, and Benjamin1
E. Turner, director.
Two Killed When Lorry Is -1
Ambushed by 100 Near CorK
Cork, Oct 22 An officer and a
private were killed and five other
soldiers wounded this morning when
two military lorries were ambushed
14 miles from Cork. The attackers
numbered 100.
The fight lasted half an hour. The
attacking force captured all the
equipment carried by both lorries.
he scene of the attack was a nar
row road between heavily wooded
hills. ; : ;
Former Chief Justice
Jailed for Contempt
Cenver, Qct 22. S. Harrison
White, former chief justice of the
Colorado supreme court, spent
last night in jail after sentence for;
contempt of court by Judge C. J.
Morley, of the district court. Sen
tence was pronounced following;
Judge White's refusal to obey a
court order to change the pleadings
in a divorce action.
"I will not obey an order that is
beyond the jurisdiction of this
court," Judge White told the court.
Requisition Granted.
Phoenix, Oct. 22. Governor
Campbell, granted a requisition fo
extradition to California, of Nathai
Robinson, who also was said to hv
usea me name ot John Myers,
stand trial in San Francisco on
charge ot murder in connection i
the death of Nelson S. Dunn
Kobinson was arrested at Nogal
n.
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