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TEN CENTS
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Indications Now Point to Greatest
Crisis Over
A Poor - Hunter
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Victoiy in History for Republicans
$40,000 In
In British
Carefully bhecked Reports From' Eyery State in
Union Give Senator Harding Minimurki of 328 and
Governor Cox Maximum of 203 Electoral Hes.
Sunday Bee
MacSwiney
Crime Wave
1 AAuto and Clothing Robber
Coal Strike
Miners Accept Invitation to
-a
r
ies in Ascendency 150
V Reported in Omaha
Last Week.
Many "Dips'' 'Arrested
A crime wave which swept Omaha
during the last seven days, ending
last nighty will total a loss in loot
amounting to more than $40,000, ac
cording to official reports on. file
at Central police headquarters.
-' During the seven days more than
ISO complaints have been made. This
number includes house burglaries,
hotdups, stolen cars and other thefts.
The theft of automobiles takes the
lead, in Omaha's week of crime in
which 22 cars vwere departed stolen.
Out of this number, 14 have been re-
vovered while eight, valued at $20,
UvO. have not birn located.
Acting Chief HDctectives A. C.
nnacrson, aitnougn making every
cuori to tnrow a bolt into the
manipulations of thieves who have
4 been working without being mo
lested, has beeu unsuccessful, reports
show. ' ' j, , - .
The worst enemies of the detec
, tive department are the tire and
clothes thieves who steal from autos
parked along the streets. Personal
N orders are given to every sleuth to
f apprehend these criminals. ,
y Only a small portion of the loot,
V not exceeding $1,000 worth, accord
ing to reports, has been recovered.
'During the week, detectives have
only arrested nine men suspected
, cf the thefts. About a dozen other
men, arrested for investigation, have
been charged , with vagrancy and
given sentences in the county jail. "
. One branch of the detective bu
reau which has been successful ac
cording .td official reports is the
''pickpocket , detectives." V Fre J
Palmtag and Ben Danbaum.. assigned
to; apprehend pickpockets,' have cap
lured them as fast as they come to
Omaha, v '
Ure Denounces
Campaign Trick
Republican County Chairman
" Condemns Effort to Raise
Religious Issue. x "
Wide and persistent circulation of
an anonymous circular, attempting to
raise aJ religious issqe, in the presi
dential campaign, has led W. G.
Ure, republican county chairman, to
issue a . statement denouncing such
political tactics.
Efforts have been made to have it
appear that the circular was being
distributed in behalf of the republi
can party, Mr. Ure said.
"An anonymous article sometimes
typewritten and sometimes clipped
from newspapers, apparently copned
from 'The National Catholic Regis
ter,' is being surreptitiously passed
from hand to hand in this campaign
and purporting to be circulated in
the interest of the republican party.
"In the first place thert is no such
publication. The article is a cam
; paign canard, sailing uader false col
ors and is evidently gotten out by
enemies of the-republican party and
for the purpose of damaging repub
, lican candidates.
"In the name of the republican
party, I wish to denounce such tac
tics. The republican party stands
for religious liberty and does not
stoop to such methods in any cam
paign." ! ?"V ' ' - "
awwaHUMaHaaiHiHaMail
Slayer of Preacher
Says He Mistook Him
For Burglar; Is Held
Chicago Oct 23. The Rev. Fred
erick G. Ruff, pastor of the Me
morial Methodist church and own
er of an apartment building, was
shot and killed Wis morning by
Fred VV. Sextro, one of his tenants.
Sextro, the manager of a coal
company, told police he mistook the
minister for a burglar. He was ar
rested, however, while police in
vestigate reports of troublo between
the tenants and the preacher. ,
The Rev. Mx. Ruff was summoned
before the council committee investi
gating rent profiteering several
weeks ago on complaint of his ten
ants. Recently the. tenants have
posted signs in their windows bear
ing the words, "Unfair landlord."
Clearing House Report
Shows Rig Deficit for Week
New York, Oct 23. The actual
condition of clearing house banks
and. trust companies for the week
shows a deficit in reserves of $23,
977,180 due to a decrease from last
week of $50,233,200, below legal re
quirements. Wisconsin Publication
Bought by Socialists
Sheboygan, Wis., Oct. 23. The
purchase of the Sheboygan Tele
gram, a daily newspaper, by the so
cialist party, was announced here by
A. V. Kuether, a member of the
committee .appointed by the social
ists to negotiate the -purchase.
Urge Waterway System.
Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 23. Ex-
tension of the waterways system
through connecting the Great Lakes
.: with the Atlantic ocean was urged
by the National Implement and Ve
hicle association, which closed its
annual convention here, ; . :
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha) Bea Leased Wlra,
New York, Oct. 23. A landslide
for Harding and Coolidge is the
prospect of the outcome of the na
tional election one week from next
Tuesday. The indications on the
eve of the election are that Gover
nor Cox will be one of the most
decisively defeated candidates for
the presidency in history.
Carefully checked and conserva
tively judged, reports from every
state in the union give Harding a
minimum of 328 and Cox a maxi
mum of 203 electoral votes, a ma
jority of 12S for Harding.
The popular vote for the republi
can ticket also appears likely to be
enormous, the prospect being that
Harding will receive not only a
plurality, but a majority of all the
votes cast.
Here is the distribution "of the
votes in the electoral college, based
on the reports of the political situ
ation in the several states.
' N For Harding.
California, 13; New Mexico, 3.
Connecticut, 7: New York, 45.
Delaware, 3; North Dakota, 5.
Idaho, 4; Ohio, 24.
Illinois, 29; Oregon, 5.
Indiana, 15; Penasylvania, 38.
Iowa, 13; Rhode island, 5.
Kansas, 10; South Dakota, 5.
Maine, 6; "Vermont, 4.
Massachusetts, 18; Washington, 7.
Michigan, 15; Wisconsin, 13.
Minnesota, 12; Wyoming, 3.
Nebraska, 8; New Hampshire, 4.
New Jersey, 14.
-Total. 238.
Lansing May Give
'inside Story
.W.J
! Of Peace Meeting
Reports That Former Secre
tary of State War Publish
Rook Causes Sensation in
Official Washington. :".''
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee 'Leased Wire.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 23. Of
ficial Washington is interested in re
ports that former Secretary of State
Robert Lansinir may reveal an "in
side story" of the events of the peace
conference in a book of his personal
experiences. " The book, it is under
stood, will be based on a diary kept
by him at Paris. "
Mr. Lansing, who Is bow practic
ing law in Washington, admits that
he intends to publish a book, but
says it is not yet ready tor publica
tion and that he is not working on it
just at the, present time. He," re
luctant to discuss its exact nature
or whether it will disclose any se
crets of the peace table. ,
There has been, as yet, no book
written bv one of the members of
thev American peace commission and
Mr. Lansings story Is looked tor
ward to with more than ordinary in
terest. The fact that Mr. Lansing
took issue with the president in his
testimony before the senate .commit
tee on foreign relations and his feel-?
ing toward the peace treaty as m
dicated in the testimony of William
Bullitt, makes it possible that the
former secretary of state's book may
cause a sensation. ' -
Foreign Diplomats
Are Allowed to Bring
Liquor Into Country
Washington, Oct. 23. The cus
toms service receded from its posi
tion with respect to the importa
tion of liquor by the diplomatic rep
resentatives of foreign countries.
Officials of the service said that
not only could the diplomats them
selves bring liquor into the country,
but that liquor consigned to them
on shipment would have to be ad
mitted. Such consignments to diplo
mats already in the country, how
ever, can be removed from the port
only by a diplomat or a member of
his household, it was held.
Conflict in the laws renders the
customs service powerless to carry
out the provisions cf the prohibition
enforcement act as far as foreign rep
resentatives are concerned, officials
said. The enforcement act prohi
bits the importation of liquor, it was
Eointed out,-but another law prohi
its the holding of tie person or be
longings, of a representative oi a
foreign country. .
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of '
The Sunday Bee
The "Stage Door Johnny" in Oma
ha Part 4, "Page 1.
Two Lone Reminders of the Old
Days When the "Cabbiet" Flour
ished Part 1, Page 8.
When a Nebraska River Ran Away
From a Bridge Part 1, Page 6.
Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller
Part 1, Page 6. y , .
A Great Big Heart that Shelters
Friendless Girls, The Salvation
Arrrfy Rescue Home Part 2, Page
Sportt-Part 2, Paget 1 and 2.
Letters from' a Home-made Man to
Hia Son Part 3, Page 7.
How Omaha Merchants 'Keep Tab
on You Part 3, Page S.
Women's News and Gossip Part 2.
Art Notes Part 2, Page 7.
Gibson Cartoon Part 4, Page 8.
Talks with "T. R." Part 4, Page 8.
For Boys and Girls Part 4, Page 3.
Editorial Part 4, Page 4. J
Amusements Part 4, Pages 5-6-7,
Alabama, 12t uroYim, 9.
Arkansas.J&N see, 12.
Florida, VJ.f, 20.
GeorpC, ,N$ lrginia, 12.
Lou4fy; Mississippi, 10.
North Molina, 12.
Total, 126. V
. Doubtful.
Arizona, 3; Nevada, 3 Colorado,
6; Oklahoma, 10; Kentucky 13; Utah.
4; Maryland, 8; West Virginia, 8;
Missouri, 18; Montana, 4; total, 77.
West For Harding.
'Jf Cox should carry all the states
listed as doubtful he would have
a total of 203, which is 63 short of
a majority of the electoral college.
As a matter of fact, he is not like
ly to carry all the doubtful states
Harding's chances are reported bet
ter than ever in Maryland, Missouri.
Utah and West Virginia and good
in Colorado and Montana.
The division of strength between
the two parties is such that ordinar
ily a democratic candidate, to bt
successful, must carry either New
York, or a large block of western
states. President Wilson demon
strated this in 1916 when he lost
New York,' ahd his own state. New
Jersey, but earned all the northern
states of the far west save Oregon
and South Dakota.
This year, however, the Cox man
agers have no hope of carrying
either New York, or more than three
or four of the, far westen states
landed by Wilson. That measures
the prospective democratic disaster.
Two Narrowly
Miss Death Wlien
Airplane Falls
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Pilot and Passenger Appar
ently Oply Slightly Hurt as
Ship Crashes Near Ak
- Sar-Ben Field.
An Omaha airplane pilot nd his
passenger narrowly escaped serious
injuries at 4 o'clock Saturday after
noon when the plane in which they
were riding fell to the ground near
th Ak-Sar-B en field. '
The pilot gave his name as W. R.
Jones. Minton Prall, 6008 Lafayette
awue, waMhe passenger.
. The flyers were only - scratched
and bruised, according to Mrs. A, H.
Ashmusen. They walked from the
scene of the accident to the street
car, she said.
According , to the pilot, a pulley
wire jammed. At 1,500 feet above
ground the ship went into a tail
spin.. The aviator came out of the
mishap successfully, only to have the
jammed pulley wire cause the ma
chine to go into a second spin.
Once again the pilot straightened
out his machine, thig time at al! alti
tude of 200 feet: ?
The jammed pulley ' wire, how
ever, continued to make the tnachine
unmanageable and the; 'ship darted
toward the earth in a nose dive,
The plane was badly damaged, but
not beyond repair, according to Mrs.
Ashmusen.
Minton Prall, the passenger, is a
boy of 15. He was taken to a doc
tor's office Saturday afternoon for
an x-ray examination.
Take 410 Gallons of
"Dago Red" in Raid
Salvator Beriseco and Ed Ben
zenuto, Greeks, both living at 1514
North Twentieth street, were ar
rested and 410 gallons of "Dago
Red" confiscated by police in a raid
on. the house late yesterday .after
noon. ', Police say they found equip
ment used in the manufacture of the
liquor in the home.
A sample of "Dago Red" has been
sent to Minneapolis, Minn., for an
alysis of its contents. The arrested
men are charged with illegal posses
sion of liquor.
The value of the 410 gallons esti
mated at $2,000. .
Lithuania in Panic Over
' Troop Movement in Vilna
Br -the Asaoaiated Preaa.
Kovno, Lithuania, Oct. 21. Lith
uania is in a state of panic over the
movements of troops commanded by
Gen. ZeJlgouski in Vilna. Every
hour there are rumors that these
'independent" forces are moving'to
Vvard Kovno and that they intend to
lake Memal.
This over-crowded little provincial
city affords inadequate accommoda
tions of the Lithuania government,
which hastily fled from Vilna.
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Union Pacific Official
Is in Omaha on Business
Roe Emery, in charge of transpor
tation into the. Rocky Mountain
parks for the Ujuon Pacific is visit
ing railroad officials in Omaha rela
tive to announcement of the opening
of the Fall River road, making the
national parks accessible to Denver
and Salt Lake automobile tourists.
Last Vessel From Alaska .
Before Winter Freezeup Sails
3 Nome, Alaska. Oct 22. The
steamer Victoria, last vessel to leave
LNome before the freeze-up, sailed
today for Seattle with $u passen-
?;ers, 375 of whom are leaving Alaska
or the winter.
Earthquake in Spain.
Granada, Spain, Oct 23. An
earthquake shock lasting 10 minutes
was felt Wednesday throughout the
province. ; Damage was done in some
villages but whether there were anv
casualties, is not known..
Discuss Wage Demands With
Government Rail Men .
- Postpone Action.
Unions Hold Joint Meet
Br Th Aaaoclated Preaa.
' London, Oct 23. The industrial
crisis was temporarily bridged late
this afternoon when the striking coal
miners accepted an invitation to
meet the government for renewed
discussion of the miners demands,
and the railroad men at the request
of the miners, postponed their sym
pathetic ' strike movement . under
which the railway employes would
have ceased work at midnight Sun
dav.
This sensational close of a day
of the most intense anxiety came as
the result of informal discussions
during the morning participated in
by representatives of the govern
ment, the coal mine owners, and the
miners' leaders and a subsequent
joint meeting of the national union
of rauwaymen s and miners . ex
ecutive bodies.
New Proposal.
It was generally understood that
the government had drafted new
proposals for adjustment of the
miners' demand which are more ac
ceptable to the mine workers. In
any event, the miners decided to ac
cept the invitation to re-open the
discussions.
The miners representatives will
meet the government tomorrow
morning. . ' , ,
Informal conversations between
the government and individual lead
ers of the striking British coal min
ers were resumed this morning.
These discussions followed a con
ference with Premier Lloyd George
and several other members of, the
government in which the secretary
of the miners' organization was one
of the participants.
Representatives of the mine own
ers also conferred with the govern
ment. The view expressed in government
circles this afternoon was that the
strike situation was by no means
without hope of a favorable solution.
During the discussion between the
government and the miners informal
proposals were expected to be nade
which might contain a: nucleus for
an ultimate settlement v s
J. H. Thomas, general secretarv
of the National Union of Railway
men, announced to the press that he
was striving for the immediate con
vocattoti of a conference between op
posing torces.
Will Meet Premier.
The Evening Standard sava the
miners' executive committee is to be
asked to neet the. premier and his
experts at the premier's official resi
dence in Downing street although
the time for such a meeting has not
been fixed. It asserts also that the
skeleton of a formula slightly more
favorable to the miners has been
sketched and that this has unoffi
cially, been approved by orominent
miners' leaders, although this does
not necessarily mean that the min
ers as a whole would accept it
The feeling of optimisim is consid
ered as responsible for the decision
of the House of Commons to defer
until Monday consideration of a
measure giving the government wide
powers to meet any grave situation
that might develop.
Three Policemen of,
Chicago Are Held in
Bootleggpng Ring
Chicago, Oct. 23. Confidential po
lice files concerning the alleged
"whisky ring's" illicit traffic . today
were in the hands of the United
States district attorney.
Additional developments - -today
were orders issued by Chief of Po
lice Garrity for the arrest of three
policemen and a former policeman
on a charge of soliciting a bribe
from a saloon keeper; arrest of two
deputy internal revenue collectors
and two other men charged with
taking "hush" money from a saloon
keeper on whose premises they
found liquor. Another policeman
surrendered and was held to the fed
eral grand jury. He was raid, to
have been driving a truck loaded
with whisky.
Nine policemen previously were
held to the federal grand jury in
connection with the whisky scandal.
The police files were refused yes
terday until an assistant district at
torney gave Chief Garrity until 10
a., m. today to deliver them. Po
licemen took" them to the federal
building.
Surveyor Dies as Car '
Turns Over on Road
Idaho Falls, Idaho, Oct. 23. Wil
liam Brambrick of Boise, member of
a surveying crew, was instantly
killed Friday night when his auto
mobile went over an embankment
near Rigby, 18 miles from here.
Brambrick. with Ed O'Neil, were
driving without lights, when they
went off a bridge. Brambrick's
neck was broken. O'Neil was not
injured. ' ,
Texas Poll Tax Law Held
Unconstitutional by Court
Houston, Tex., Oct 23. District
Judge J. D. Harvey declared- un
constitutional today the poll tax law
parsed at the last called session of
the legislature. a He holds that wo
men may vote in a general election
November 2, or any other election
this year Without payment of a poll
tax.
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Metcalfe With Brandeis.
George Brandeis has announced
that Richard L. Metcalfe has become
publicity, director for the Brandeis
stores. . ; .!... .....: ,'
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$51,000,000 Spent
By Red Gross in
Last Fiscal Year
Huge Sum Used in Winding
Up Relief Activities in War
'"' Stricken Countries of "
Europe. - v
Chicaajo Tribune-Omaha Be Leaaed Wira.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 23. The
annual report of the American Red
Cross shows how it expended $51,
000,000 during the last4'scal year,
in finishing up such relief activities
in Europe that could consistently be
discontinued and in carrying on
those activities which still are de
manded. From the signing of the armistice
to January 1, last, there was a gen
eral consolidation of Red Cross op
erating departments, after which all
operations were consolidated under
th: direct supervision of the commis
sioner to Europe. By June 30, op
erations had been confined to Po
land, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania,
west Russia, and the Baltic states;
Vienna and Budapest, Constanti
nople, and south Russia.
In closing its relief work in France
and Belgium, the most extensive of
all tis overseas activities, the Ameri
can Red Cross furnished supplies to
3,865 villages and directly benefitted
J,030,000 persons by gifts, or sale at
TT I J- r
nominal prices. xiunurcus ui w-
operative stores established by the
Red Cross are still being operated
by the French and Belgian authori
ties. ,
Man Who Escaped
Lynching by Mob Is
Freed of the Charge
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Welland, Ont, Oct. 23.David
McNeal, who several months ago ob
tained his release from a mob bent
upon lynching by a speech demand
ing "fair play," was acquitted last
night of a charge of murdering
4-year-old Margaret Boucock at
Thorold, Ont, July 13. .
Shortly after being arrested in
connection with the murder McNeal,
whose reaLname is said to be Wells,
was taken from the Thorold town
hall, which was burned by the mob.
He protested his innocence, was
given permission to talk and was re
leased. McNeal is to be extradited. Phila
delphia, Pa., authorities, it is said,
have issued warrants for his arrest
on' charges of robbery. ,
Mine Superintendent Shot
By Unidentified Person
Williamson. W. Va.. Oct. 23.
John Gates, superintendent of the
Gates mine of the Crystal Block
Mining Co., was shot and killed by
unidentified persons while walking
in a road near Gates, rederal
troops in the strike zone sent pa
trols through the woods and blood
hounds were put on the trail of the
slayers.
Forest Fires Raging v "
In Lower Adirondacks
Glouversville. N. Y..5 Oct. 23.
Forest fires are raging between
Northville and Wells, in the lower
Adirondacks, on both sides of the
Sacandaga river, on a 14-mile front
and four miles in depth. The flames,
fanned by a high wind, were a half
mile from the village of Wells at an
early hour this morning.
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Jury Is Selected
To Decide Fate
Of Omaha Gunman
Professional Pride Displayed
By Dave Gilinski When
Crowds Fill Court Room
. During His Trial. '
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Jacnson, Mich., Oct. 23. (Special
Telegram.) "I always play to
crowded houses," Dave Gilinski of
Omaha, on trial here for the mur
der of Under Sheriff Harry Worden,
remarked to court officers here aft
er looking over the large crowd
that has throngd the court room
ever since his trial started.' He
-maintains an attitude of professional
prieje at the notoriety he has
achieved and seems pleased., at the
large crowds as he sits at the coun
sel table with his attorney.1
A jury was sworn in late this
afternoon after three days of exami
nation and the exercise of peremp
tory challenges by the defense.
The jury Monday will inspect the
looted bank at Grass Lake and
travel over the route to Mack Island
alleged to have been taken by Gil
inski and his three companions. The
club house where the battle in which
Sheriff Worden was killed will also
be viewed by the jurors.
It was announced that Wilson and
Harris, the two men tried and con
victed on both the robbery and mur
der charges, ' will be brought into
court and their testimony; tanen be
fore "they are taken to Marquette
prison where they were sentenced
to life imprisonment on both of the
charges.
Their testimony will be used in
the trials of Bacom and Comfort,
who were not charged with com
plicity in the murder, but are alleged
to have played an outside part in
the robbery. y
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Pitched Battle Is Fought
Near Kilbeggan and Moate
' Dublin, Oct 23. A pitched battle
was fought last night between Kil
beggan and Moate, County West
meath, when a military lorry was
ambushed. One auxiliary police
man was killed and others wounded.
A military party sent to the aid ot
the police was attacked outside of
Moate and a running fire was main
tained throughout the "town, im
which, it is reported, a woman was
killed.
The combined military and police
parties returned to Athlone, shooting
as they proceeded through the town
and causing a panic.
Thousands Jam Registration
Office In Last Pay Rush
All registration records were shat
tered when men and women
thronged the office of the election
commissioner in the court house on,
the final day to register for the No
vember election. Election Com
missioner Moorhead estimated the
total registration for Friday ' at
3,500. Hundreds still were in line
when the closing hour, 9 p. m., ar
rived, but the office was kept open
until all had registered.
Surplus. Dressings Sold.
Washington, Oct. 23. Sale of sur
plus and absorbent cotton to Thom
son, & Kelly Co. of Boston for
more than $1,000,000, was announced
by the War department.! The stock
was estimated by the department
to be a year's supply for all sur
geons and hospitals of the country.
Huston's Toe
Beats Locals
In Last Period
Lanky Visitor Boots Ball Be
tween Goal, Posts From 20
Yard Line '-Both Teams
Play Mediocre Foot Ball.
Dewey Hut-ton, Kansas Aggie
drop-kicker, booted his team to a
3 to 0 victory over Creighton uni
versity on the latter's field yesterday
afternoon in one of the hardest
fought gridiron contests over staged
on the local field.
The lanky Aggie kicked the ball
from the 20-yard lnie in the last
period of play for his team's lone
three tallies and enough points to
win the struggle. During the early
part of the final quarter, Condon
booted the pigtkin to the visitors on
their own 36-yard line. A series of
line plunges and off-tackle plays
netted the Aggies a first down and
on the next play, a flip, Hinds to
Sebring, placed the oval on Creigh
ton's 10-yard mark. ,
The Catholics i massed and the
Kansans tried to smash through the
Creighton team, but without success.
Two end runs lost eight yards for the
visitors, and with the ball on the
local's 25-yard line, to the right side
of the goal posts, Quarterback Hinds
of the invaders called for a, drop
kick. Huston pulled out of the first
line of defense and dropped back
and successfully booted the ball be
tween the standards.
The lineup and summary:
Creighton 0. Position. Kansas Agrlea t.
Emery R. B Serblng
Rader R.T Btauffnp
Dowart ..R.G Huston
Berry O..... Hahn
Little L.O.... Marshall
Van Aekeren L.T.,1.. Oats
Bentlage ........ .T-..E.V,'. Randle
Harmon QB Hinds
Manley R.H Tandlll
Condon jF.B Shears
Long L.H Crowell
Summary: Goals from field: Huston.
Substitutes: Frani for Marshall, Evans for
Yarndlll, Axline for-Hinds, Drlscoll for
Manley, Reichle for Bentlage. Officials!
Referee. Orover. Washington: umpire, E,
J. Qulgley, St Marys; bead linesman,
Kline, Illinois. , 1
Several Shops Burned hy
Mobs at Bando, Ireland
Cork, . Oct. 23. Several shops
were burned and the windows of the
principal business concerns were
smashed last evening at .Bando, in
the vicinity, of this city, near the
scene of yesterday's ambush of mili
tary lorries, in which an officer and
private were killed and five soldiers
were wounded,, one of whom died
later. It is reported 4hc "illage of
Innishannon also was considerably
damaged.
New York Man Is Killed hy
Fall From Hotel Balcony
, Colorado Springs, Oct. -23. Na
than Cohen of New York was killed
when he fell from a balcony of a
restaurant at Manitou, near.' here,
into a shallow creek below. Heart
disease caused his fall. Bert Stan
ley, a Boy Scout, attempting to
break Cohen's fall, was knocked into
the stream and rescued by firemen.
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Near Death
Is Report
Grave Reports in Circulation
At Noon Regarding Condi-
tion of Lord Mayor on
72dFastDay.
Scurvy Slightly Better
Ttf The Aiaorlated fresa.
London,' Oct 23. Grave reports
were in circulation at noon today re
garding the condition of Terence
MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, on
the 72d day of his hunger strike in
Brixton prison. , A statement issued
by the Exchange Telegraph Co., at .
thar-hour declared the lord mayor's
last moments were at hand.
The bulletin of the Irish Self-De-termination
league on the lord may- ,
or's condition, however, stated the y
league has been informed that he
was in about the same state as re
cently. He was unconscious, its in
formation said. , '
Embargo on Phone.
"However," added the statement,
"the home office has placed an em
bargo on the use of the telephone
for communicating news to the out
side, and has forbidden the lord
mayor's sisters, Mary and Annie, to
visit him."
The home office explained the de
nial of admission to the lord mavor's
sisters as being due only to the be
lief that their visits interfered with
the careful nursing which the pris
oner's extremely delicate condition
required.
t "Lord Mayor MacSwiney's condi
tion continues critical," said the
home office announcement "The
scurvy has been slightly remedied."
The Self-Determination league's
bulletin this afternoon, after noting
that this was the 726. dav of the
lord mayor's hunger strike, added:
Relatives Can't Visit Him.
"It has been impossible to issue
any previous bulletins to the press
because of the embargo placed by
the home office on the relatives of
the lord mayor. This strictly pro
hibits the Misses Mary and Annie
MacSwiney entering the prison ana
prohibits any relatives from pursuing
the custom of using the prison tele
phone to communicate reports on
the mayor."
A special messenger sent to the
prison brought news, regarding the ,
lord mayor to the leagues.
In its report of the sinking condi
tion of Mayor MacSwiney at noon
the Exchange Telegraph company
said that Mrs. MacSwiney was with
the mayor at that hour, and. that
Father Dominic, his private chaplain,
also visited hitn. i " " - '""
The league announced that Mrs.
MacSwiney, while permitted to see
her husband, was permitted to re
main only short periods. A new
angle of the 'case developed tdday
in that the lord mayor now is re
taining the food administered by
the doctor, indicating that it is being
assimilated. ' This, it is believed, may
prolong MacSwiney's life for some
time. ' . :
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Slain Gunman
: Omaha Crook
Slain Bandit Member Meehan
Gang and Involved in Mur
der Mystery Here.
- Albert Joyce, notorious gunman,
who was shot and killed last Thurs
day following the daylight robbery
of a bank in a suburb of Cleveland,
O., last Thursday, was a member of
the Eddie Meehan bandit gang sus
pected by private detectives and Ne
braska state authorities of a series
of crimes about Omaha last fall that
began with the murder of the "mys-
tery girl." . '
Meehaa, leader of the gang, and
two of his confederates, Leo Ososki
and Albert Loach, are now in jail
at Oshkosh, Wis., on charge of rob
bing a bank in that city on Septem
ber 26, and wounding the cashier,
in a gunfight which followed.
Joyce is thought to have been the
bandit who escaped arrest following
the Oshkosh bank robbery.
Bank Reserves at Lowest i
Point of Any Week in Yeas
New York, Oct 23. Reserves of
the clearing house banks this week
show a decrease of $50,233,200, caus
ing a deficit under legal requirements
of $23,977,180, the largest reported
this year and said to reflect the
weeks heavy transfer oi funds in
connection with federal payments
and syndicate operations.
Other striking features of the bank
statement includes an actual decrease
of $90,843,000 in loans and discounts,
a decrease of almost $65,500,000 in
reserves of members in the federal,
reserve bank and a decrease of $112,
935,000 in net demand depqsits.
Denver Man Given 30 Days
' For Breaking Traffic Laws
Denver, Oct 23. Julius Kraul of
Lakewood, a suburb of Denver, in
police court received the first jail
sentence ever imposed on a person
convicted of violating Denver's
traffic regulations. Kraul, accord
ing to Traffic Officer Ernest Col
lins, disregarded the policeman's'
signal, crossed the street at a high
rate of speed and struck a street car
track repairman, seriously injuring
him. Kraul was sentenced to 30
days in jail. - ,-
U. S. Will Prohe House
Shortage in New York City
Washington, Oct ' 23. Assistance
of the Department of Justice in the
investigation of housing conditions
in New York was promised today
by Attorney General Palmer in a
letter to Samuel Untermyer, counsel
of the joint legislative committee on
housing.
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