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': -'..;'v-:kv'.'- Daily JdEE- Sr9aaV JVOL. CO NO. J13. Democrats Lose. Hope Of Victory Election of Covrrnor Cox on Next Tuesday Would Be Huge Surprise to Lead en, Hennings Says. Concentrate on Senate Uy ARTHUR SEARS HENNINQ. Mm TrMm llnnff Mm Lmm4 Wirt, New York, Oct. 36,If Governor Con should be circled next Tuesday, tere would be few persons more urpH' than hi own campaign managers at democratic national brad'ruartrrt hrre. 1 After fMttfting the lituation with ir-e topmost trader of J he Cox cam I sign today, 1 dm of the opinion that they have give a up hope of electing the democratic caniiiaU.. and are concentrating their tost week drive on the effort to elect a democratic tcfiyte. There was a roundup e-f demo- iitie Chairman (cone White and lirutr,ants this morning at which ik partv prospects were assayed. Keport from various parts oi inc. country that "There i a r,oticeablr trend to Cos" were examined. Wil bur M.rth. the treasurer, reported ti;,l additional contributions in he lirit mail and a gold wsttch from Uduar Carlton Stinger of Clear Lake. X.rn, who said he wished lie had tome money to give. White IcMca Statement. Aier the conference Mr. White Aft. td a statement asserting that I larding high command is Wnc-atrtkMi," and tbat "by the end i4 the wirk, the panic will be con; plete." N ninth for the surface develop f.eria of the day. Beneath the aur iiee, there it a different apect of tbc situation. When 1 'say that the v- . Kox campa-gmtr tnenisrivrs wouu he surmised by the election of the J Ohio governor, 1 sprak advisedly. I . tiot male the reasons in detail, for tat woald be a Vtrayal'of conft ere. . . t f t There ta no breath ot confidence , " h ting, however, that Mr. White aow retirt hvor the newly enlran- thiMd womeiL and the influence wielded by ninntcra of the gospel and (otlegc raeaidenta, to save Cox trm defeat. If e thinks lie perceives ami u,t Lot already as the result of the appeal ol Mrs. Carrie Chap man Cat,of the 17.000 preachers the deHWwratlc committee says are workmg fee the league of nations, d of President Kmertu Eliot of Harvard and other college profes fcors. -w ' Crtaha Avay fnm Wilaon, iVbat repttblkan headquarters ronTe Co a eleventh none wnhbbaa; on the league, the demo cratic leaders believe win tziu votes for the ticket. The democratic candi Utd aow hmt that he would accept ib L1gt reservations if again ir4 by the enate. This is a break away from Wdson, which is web emed by those democrats who be lte Cos wolud have done better tt4 thrown the president over ikri tt btu'm with. " It it admitted by the democratic (toft tVit to win at all. Cox iftttt f.ri t t ftat ot uson m tarry wif UKms and tha far wes. All fcrtpe of carrying Nrw York. New ltU4 anf New Jersey is gone. I Sere m mot enaSdence ol carry ing ladMna tbas Ohio lor Cox. In t far aen. democratic boors have tBf ;M bass excrp in Montana.) I t.V htm nn totoraao, mat adrfs bow wacll ssrpfise there mmS4 H at dnwocratk headquarters 4 tot bi4 carry enough states Chi westward1 to wnv F rtedmg a democratic senate v kwl'lmr t? ffpublkans t a bare majurty ifc democrats eooM block :' lUrdm pee pvogrami and rftete s evrry evidence that the !tacrsti irpa2n s now eew- txttfl v tbni effnvt The democrats are t-.tilm fcafd save Senators it at Mwyfeiatl, Beckham Ja IVeiHiiKby. Nassent in ldjho Ifcn ifri u ivi(j. fVan in CS f.rt n st 5rtii'i m Artaona, and f aV'tat br m New Hampshire. Pm4gt toetict. Vaton m Nat,. ft) MtiiMW:, and tranKBtge ftolabk Winner. lfjNw awdl alraadegee, is my opitt trt w!t win. white Waton Srrn e nf StKiff art in danger. The setabheamki, bwever,, arobabfy wilt Cu se seats ti Califofaiit, Cek ! andl oti laStot., while they " exf?a chances Kenimky, ftUtow arxt Aridit. Tha republic m eon alterably kta bop of tfVMg Stt! a MaryUn and ifHiiri it Nevatav I t kaow tht ttta demo- ttfira enirtaM no iht a Ht f rospect ol defeal tia 5er Cammmn in Iowa, and " not euantmg even aa the nn hikaai split lit &w!ta pu tm')V aver, fa democrats ttat wbi't t-earoot or i.Hit.i wtJC be etected ft iUrd Hif tati carry Intjiana by a ;am (ry argc plurafary, Watson at wm; -tftrwi ka n likely to by a um. lawaef 511 1 Kt Ottt ol Amy Draft toto), Oct. it tSpeaiatV-Tbe iarw i tt in in h rtoa Htner, toey al sahna conn y. aca dura! slk aprofeanoaal t xit bU tt supremo I Mt 4n4or Kts bior I f. i. itowry l Cri I ItJautt t 1W 4s.i w n.a 'ra aaj .ti. aet time utUacaco j) arv a g eerkaint vvniif a mtt aa the k ) turg4 te tHit t :i-ui autua, au4 H4 ,,4 .3t ai.iB, baa wr. aoi a aa4 . l,i.''Vii J-. 4mi did 4 a k4 i,ti aV m a IWUab aa) I ! ',n4 " SMrf-CI.it " I Osaka P. 0. At t Legless Herb -Wedded to" Tcrrance Black. fluffs Veteran Marries Girl ife Met During War Correspondence After Their Romance Culminates in Ceremony in Missouri Last Week. "Blackie" is mameC" f VBlackie" is the legless hero of the Council Bluffs coilpany of the 168th infantry. . v His full name i Tcrrance Black, 24, and his home was Keosauqua, ia., until nt returned from overseas when he adopted Council Bluffs for nis Home because many of the bud dies with whom he served in the army lived there. -Blackie" married Hilda Sturgess, 26, pretty English nurse, in Chilli- cotne. Mo., last 1-riday, it was learned yesterday, when they arrived in taVBluffs to establish their home at 1002 Avenue B. rf Taken 111 With FeveV. ' "BlackJe's' romance is a war ro mance, but its different from the general run of war romances. He enlisted in the Keokuk com. pany of the Iowa National guard at me ouioreaK ot Me war, and was transferred to L company. 168th in tantry, while encamped at Pes Moines. While sailing the briny blue deep with hia. regiment on the English troop anip, Celtic, in 1917, iJlackie was taken ill with scarlet fever. The troops landed at Liverpool and Blackie was taken to an English nosritai at Winchester. v Here he met Hrlda.' "' 5 Hil.Ia nursed him- back to health, and Uan Cupid got .in his deadly worie. Goes to Fight Foe. But Blackie s first duty was to right the Hun, so he sailed across the channel and rejoined his regi inent All through those terrible months of hard service seen by the 168th iu f ranee Ulackie wrote to Hilda and she wrote to htm. t Then on that fateful night of July 14, when the Chateau Thierry drive was opened. Blackie was sent on out post duty jomewhere on the Cham pagne front 1 , ; Loses Both Lags. , . There was a deafening roar and when Blackie revived he was in a field hospital, where he was told he wonfd .lose both bis legs. After the operation Blackie smiled. And he's been smiling, ever since. , He landed back in the old U.'S. A. ni ijevtember, J919, returned to Council Bluffs and was sent to Fort Sheridan lor treatment Meanwhile be and Hilda had been writing. ' . . Came to Canada. Then, in November last, year, Hilda rame to Canada for service in one ot the big reconstruction hos pital.. And tat February she came down to r ort Sheridan to visit Blackie. It was. tnetr tirst meeting -smeet I?!, when sh had nursed hira through two months of scarlet fever. Last week Blackie went down to ChtiiKothc to visit relatives. - Hilda went down to Chillicothe, toov from Canada. -And they were married. Winner f C. O. P. Priao Will Vote for Cot. Cox Washington, Oct 26. Carl Smith Josfya, Havard nndergraduata who won t4o,0w priaa ottered by tae rc nbticaa national committee for tha Best suggested republican platform, will vole for Governor 'Cox, demor eratic candidate! for president, ac cording to a statement issued by the democratic national committee today. v Ta committee made pablie a tele grt .a from the student in which he declared that the covenant of the teagnn of nations "is the one great bop tot tha future peace of V wrlf and added: "Governe Cex ia wholeheartedly foe it. Senator Hardimy ia atterty against it. Party loyalty U too mean a virtu la be upheld at tha sacrifice ei a vital principle.1 New Bee Feature Tieia TaW Tot Can PoJ, mppeviog aa JoiS feutvr y TaW MMrmig umi sijsj ac r tnwt inaitaf sf gfHttUm tat A smatetta a jVmm. - TaW Iritis ar fuliy jLuMhi avaii Lsgranw4 aa ty may sW ftwfam! aas Mir . MM. it . Int S. 1171. of ' W?,r Isn : English - Nurse ,p:.::nn Tt Hilda Sturges. - Harding Promises Protection for IL iS. Industries Republican Nominee Lau.nch-1 eg Attack at Tariff Policies of Democratic Administration 'Starts Last Trip Today. 7 : Marion, O., Oct. '26. "On the eve cf his departure for his final speak ing trip, : four-day 'circuit of ' Ohio cities, Senator 1 Harding ajrain di rected the attention of the public tcr two of the issues that have been in the forefront 'of hw campaign, the protective tariff and the league , oi nations.-" '..,"?' '"jf .'V MA prompt return' to a policy of protecting American products, -was promised by the republican, nominee in. a telegram e sent to . Paul A. Ewert of Joplin, ikfo., and made pub lic as a jart of his attack on the democratic tariff program 'in which he declared Xhat "dhsaster" had.een brought to rninhtg and industrial in terests through failure to properly protect American products and now American agriculture was sharing a similar fate. . His comment on the league was i the course of an informal discus sion of a recent interview with Leon Bourgeois, president- of the league council. 4he latter s views, he saic, furnished further evidence that the only safetway for the JJnited States was "to remain utside until we may nmte uoon a Dian tor an association of nations that rhallmean the same to everybody. ' ' , The senator's final. camoaiitn trio will be made by easy stages, and un less present plans are changed, will include but four speeches. Leaving here after-noon tomorrow he will speak at night at Cleveland and on the three remaining nights of the week wul address meetings in Akron, Cincinnati, aud Columbus. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights will be spent at hotels, and he will return to Marion after thV Saturday night speech in the state capuai. v During the afternoon a Glee club . trom iroy, U., marched to the front porch and serenaded the nominee atd Mrs. HartSntr with Dohtical songs. The senator made a short speech, thajsking pern forNthe visit and for their support in the cam pais. ' 4 lie siaicmcni oi al. oourgeoi was coniainea in an as sociaiea Press dispatch from Brussels. In it he declared that article 10 was "not in fact, anything more .than the moral foundation of trte covenant, Formal Demand Made By American Lefflon - For Post's Dismissal Washington, Oct., 26. Formal i qttest for the dismissal from office of Louis F. Post, assistant secretary ef labor, was submitted to Presi dent Wilson today by a committee me American Legion. ... Representatives of the Lesion in tha Pacific coast states demanded last May an investigation of Mr. Post's official conduct with reference the deportation of aliens. An announcement br the tearion committee today said a special com mittee'a report reviewed the entire natter ot deportations and stated that the Labor department canceled trom' January 1 to lone 15. 1920. 2.11$ deportation warrants, ordered deportation in 530 cases and deferred oO cases. - , . , "Its main contention asainst Mr. Post." said the announcement, "ia that 44 or the aliens ordered de ported were actually deported, but that at that point Mr. Post took charge of the matter and the deporq Ex-Census Supervisor Is . Charged With Emeazling San . Francisco. Oct 26. Two hours after Francis Mannbt, for mer census supervisor for San ranciaco; ohn Foppfaao, jr.; Rob ert L. Jcf tress and Pauj ' Vanned had been freed front a federal com plaint charginjg-conspiracy to violate thq national prohibition) law, the lat tc three swore to warrants for Man nix'a arrest on charges at embezzle ment growing out of the alleged liquor transactions. Ctol Asia U.S. to $tn& . Financial Agent at Once Washington, Oct. 26L The Cuban government today asked the State department to esigna& financial expert to go to Cub to assist in workinsy out a solution of the Cuban situation. Th request was referred to tha group Of bankers who have agreed to assist CaSa financial ry and ttey are. expected to name the- ex y..n 4" ::J 9 OMAHA,. yrEDNEffDAY, Wh Post Gets Wife Beater tv-rrfre delegate to ilumaneM Convention Telli of Puritan : Puniahinenr Yet if?, warn ' Use in Bit State. Texas-Bids for Meeting 1 ' Mrs. George A. Joslyn. Omaha, was elected one of the vice presi dents of the American Humane association yesterday. ' j Dr. William O. Stillmas of Al bany, N. was elected . presi dent; Nathaniel J. Walker Al bany, N. Y., jecretary, and jH. P. Schoenberner, -Brooklyn, N. Y treasurer. Albion E. Lang, Windsor, Vtj Mrs. Richard- Hardy, , Chat- gnooga, Taort, and Rev. A. W. yan, Dututh, Tenn., were elected new members of the board fof directors.- , .t-;v a .. .' . i' Delaware ' has fewer, wife-beaters! than any other state in the union. . , ihe public whipping ppstys re- sponsible for this t? of af fairs, At least. 1 so declares Halleck S. Ray. spectaP agent for the Delaware Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. y , Mr. Ray spoke before the meeting of the American Humane associa tion in, Hotel Fontenelle yesterday, v The subject of Mr. Ray s address was "What Is the Fate of the Child Placed in Our State by Out-of-Statc Agencies?" 1 ' v ' ' Jiowever, the most interest was in his discussion of the Delaware whipr ping post started when delegate shouted: ; '. "How about your .whipping post?" "- Like Rock of Gibraltar. . "It apparently .is like the Rock of Gibraltar, in Delaware o stay.", he f'.Time after time attempts hve been made to abolish it, but always the vlegislature voted down" an abol ishment bill. 'f ' "I'll say this much for the whip! ping post. It reduces the wife beat ers to a 'minimum. They move out of Uhe state when , they ! feel thefr wives need a licking. ' ' j . "Every Saturday the sheriff or one of is deputies does the whipping in each county. From 10 to 20 lashes is given to a wife beater. The same punithment also, "is cneted out to thieves in . Delawate,"- ? , t Mr. Ray in 'his paper discussed tfif problein of "Farming.Out Boys" to' farmers. ' "t.. . 1 '. ' 1 , ; ' i K Not Enough Homes. 4 Joseph W. Adams of Fort Worth, Tex., declared there were, too many boarding houses and not i -enough homes in America, and pointed to statistics showing where) there were several million marriage! in the last year in America and only 80,000" homes erected. - "Then, too.' he said, "irl the pres ent day American home the' wrong person is in charge. X n cniiareu hns the Barents. . "We nltst go back to the family kltar and enrich the environment of the children. Environment is every thing. , '' , '': ji ' The truth of the Bible saying, "The Sins of the Father,Shali Be Visited on the Son," was dwelt up on bf the Rev. A. W. Ryan, preslr dent of the Minneapolis Society for Prebention of cruelty; ; ;f -Texai Delegation "Lobbying." - "The . Preservation of the Home" was the subject of atv interesting ex temporaneous address by J. E. Fitzr gerald of, the Woodmen ot the World, Omaha. The Fort Worth (TexAdelegation is working day and night to get the 1921 meetine. Mrs. T. H. Wilhelm, a member of the Fort Worth delega tion, wan formerly Miss Mamie Rugs; of Omaha, and when a girl went to the old Capitol . Avenue school. Her husband is J. E. Wil helm, general freight agent for the Rock Island. . H. K. Horton. general manager of the .American Society' for Pre vention of Crueltv to Animals with headquarters at New York, arrived in Omaha today. The children's welfare was dispensed with i today. Beginning Wednesday papers and discussion wilt be on animal welfare. Constantine Deeply VH Cineved at Death ot bon "A,. LuceTn. Switzerland, Oct. 26. Former King Constantine of Greece burst into tears upon learning of the death of his second son. King Alex ander of Greece, news of which was teceived last night, although ft was ithheld from tile deocscd monarch until this morning. - ! The former king has not seen his son in several years. Frince Paul was non-committal when asked recently by a newspaper Correspondent whether he would ac cept the Greek throne in the event of kite death of bis brother then still liv ing. - , "I will leave the matter in the hand of my father. he replied. . It i understood the marriage of Prince George, eldest son of former King Constantine. to Princess Eliza beth of Ronmania. has been indefi nitely postponed! Two Americans Killed la Tampico Oil Field Washington, Oct 26. Two Amer ican citizens have been killed in the Tampico oil fields, dispatches today to the State department said. The Americans are Arthur L Mosley and Gustave E. Salier (or Sailer). Tha report, said the men were killed -yesterday afternoon at Vege de Otates nar Tampico. No details were given. . t A passport was issued to Moley of Matagordos Tex., on last October 7. but there ia no record of a rasa fvott havicg been issued to Salier. OCTOBER 27, 1920. , victory, uMcA . (S. 0. P. Stands On Foundation Of Constitution Campaign Issues Reduced to t One Big'QuestipnJLlidge; 0- 'Iv Declajrefii in j: Final 'Pre i ; Election Statement. , .'!,' .By. Tha AHocUted Ptcm.1 Washington. Oct. 26. The repub lican party "walks the high road of American, government for Ameri cans" and i'the American people walk with that party," Governor, Coolidge declared, in a final state ment, made public here tonight. The republican vice presidential candidate said tha issues of the cam paign "in the minds Of most Ameri cans has beenxreduced to one the question of whether our government .Unit j.m sUmII ma k. fn et it tlft tnal government, a irovemment of law and not of'men. . V "The republican party," the can didate asserted, "stands on tne foundation of our American consti tution. It will not depart from it The democratic party, under the ell of dominating personality, has stepped down from that foundation, ana points -10 a mirage in which there is no sustenance and no' life. , "The shores of history are strewn with the wreckage of republics which fell before the ambitions of selfish despots, or which disintegrated be neath the blight ot an tinwise per sonal exaltation." ; -: ' Sutement of Coolidge. Governor Coolidge's statement fol lows: ' - ; , , ; "The issues of this 'campaign are sc simple and they are so well under stood that there can be no doubt of tne verdict which the voters will give on November 2 These issues may be condensed, and, in the minds of most Americans, have beencon densed into one. That is, the?ques tion. whether our Government shall or shall not be a constitutional gov ernment, a government of laws and not of men. ." Every other consideration comes back to this) For, unless we hold fast to these principles, which are the heart and soul of our republic, it will matter little what else we do. It will avail ua not af all to pursue a great ouroose inour" relations with other nations if at home we have, failed to (Ctlna ra t Coin Ow.) Former Reno Newspaper Man Dies in California RencNev.. Oct 26 Robert L. Fulton, father of the irrigation movement in Nevada, one of the founders of the Reno Gazette, for many years land agent of the South ern Pacific company in Nevada and leader in the republican party in the state, died last night at Uakiano. Cat., aged 73. He was a pioneer railroad telegrapher, starting with the Erie road in he early sixties and was 1 with the Union Pacific while it was being built across the plains. Pope Prays When Told t Of Death of Lord Mayor " Rome! Oct 26. News of the death of Terence MacSwiney was received at the Vatican fronuthe Associated Press today, the news being com municated to Monsuznor Cerretil papal nnder-secretary of state, who; was deeply impressed by tne tidings. When Pone Benedict wa in formed of the death of the lord mayor, he showed deep regret, and then knelt, remaining a long time in silcut nxajej. ImIm 4 ZtM. Dl 0M 41k 2mm (I Mtr) 0X1 Chairman Takes JR&p at Morehead v' -- Candidate's Record Little Fits Him to Criticise' "Ambitious Politicians" Intimated. M Lincoln. Oct. 26, (Speciaf.) There are1 other "ambitious noli ticians" besides the ones whom, if elected, J. H. Morehead, democratic candidate for governor, -would put out of business, according to C A. Mc Cloud, chairman of the republi can state committee, who said in a statement today: 1 "Those who know how many times Mr. Morehead has been a can didate for public office were greatly amused over his recent statement that, his election would take the state government out of the hands of "ambitious politicians." ."For the last 10 years, Mr. More head -has regularly been a candidate tor, same public office, either in the primaries or in the general election or both. In 1910 he was a candidal tcr election to the state" senate :hi I 1912, he ran for the governorship; nVJ tAli 1 . . , 1 1 . 1 iit, ne was once more a canaiaai? fcr the governorship; in 1916, he was a candidate for the vice presidential nomination: in 1918. he ran for th United States senate; now he is seek ing, the governorship for the. third time. , I 1 f " "I do not criticise Mr. Morehead for having been a candidate even" so often; I do feel that he, of all men, is leastjustified in referring to others as r ambitiouspoliticians. RioW Break Out in Belfast and Dublin Belfast, Oct. 26. Further rioting occurred in this city last .light targe c.owds burned elngics ot ler ence MacSwiney, the late lord mayor of Cork, in a street in the btanhope section of the city, and a nearby party, mistaking the effigies for those ' of Premier Lloyd George, started exchanges with men burning the figures. . . A tight was- soon going on, and the. police,' being powerless to quell thj disorder. trooos were . sum moned. Several shots were fired by the soldiers and order was soon restored.' i , ' ' . Dublin, Oct, '26. Three men were shot and killed by masked men who were alleged to be . wearing khaki uniforms here today. The shooting took place in the Thurles district one , of the victims being the regis trar of the local arbitration court Michael Ryan, another one of the slain, was hot while lying in bed, where he had been suffering from pneumonia a week. Loup City Mar Fined for - Making whisky on Farm Louo City. Neb, Oct 26 (Special) Troubles do not come singly to Peter Kammski of thi place. A few weeks ago he was arrested and held in the district court on a charce of Bassin? a bad check. Sat urday he plead guilty to a charge of having manufactured whiskey on his farm south of town and was fined $100 and costs.-- It is said that a dwearded stilt led to his arrest, on the latter charge. v Box Butte County Visited . By First Snow of Season Alliance. Neb. Oct 26. (Special Telegram.) The first snow ri the f eaaon in Box, BntW county fell hew this' afternoon' following a sudden drop m trmoeranir from S5 h A.' degrees. . large f lakes Jell rarwdlv for more than an hour, melting a aaa a tbeyJtlW ; N . js 4UII II aarl. And Then it nappened - y J lei us xtate jmMfcft"AHLJ?i u4 M, ! Silly 0lr. Hi . U SMt !; nut) eniy. in; uaiu vi. Store Robbed of 810,000 in Bold 1 Bandits Lock 28 Persons and ; Police Chief in Base- ment, Loot Safe . and , Speed Away. ; Chicago Oct 26. In rollicking, wild west fashion, four "knights of the gat" swooped down upon North Chicago today, shot . up : Andrew Pucin'a general merchandise estab lishment, locked 18 person and the chief ot police in the basement, rob bed thd safe of $10,000 and sped away. .S : , , It was a neat and workmanlike job. indicating that the robbers hailed from Chicago. The work was com pleted in IS minutes. It was done in daylight, in a densely populated dis crict, yet none of the hundreds pass ing the sjfere- suspected what was going on within. . - Pucin demurred on ooeninz his safe, but one of the robbers tapped him on the head and then gave him his 'choice of opening it up or being a' corpse, so Pucin opened the stron? box, which yielded an even $10,000 in bills. r - From the chief of police the rob bers took a baton.Tevolver, keys and a pair of handcuffs. Then Pucin, the chief and the other occupants of the store were chased into the basement and the doon was locked. .Mrs. Pucin. who escaped, notified police stations in all directions and rifle squadrons immediately began to patrol all roads, hut no trace has been found of thejobbers, who were driving a big gray touring car, pre sumably stolen for the occasion. In addition to the $10,000 from the safe, the robbers gathered a big harvest cf watches, rmrs and cash .from the customers in ,the store. It was pay day at the American Steel and Wire plant nearby and Mr. Pucin : had drawn $20,000. He had cashed checks for the steel employes for half this sum when the robbery took place. Substitute Stock Yards Sale Plan Announced Washington, Oct 26. Swift & Co. and Armour & Co. filed today in the District of Columbia supreme court a now plan for disposing of their interest in stock yards, termi nal railroads and market newspa papers. It was understood that Wilson & Co. would adhere to tbts plan, but Morris & Co. and the Cud ahy company were not a party to it Under the new plan F. H. Trince & Co, Boston bankers, will organ ize the Union stock yards. Inc, on der the laws of the state of Maine, to acquire part or all of the shares of the stock yard and market news paper companies, from which the two big packers must separate them selves under the consent decree re cently led in the court by agreement with the Department of Jasuce. The Weather Forecast. Wednesday: Fair aad clder. Hourly temperature: I . w , I I as v f . t '.!.. 1 t t. n. 3 I t i I . an. , l I n, ..ii ... ...... I VK V .........SI t . ..,.,.... I B. S II W. . It f K. U .... ). Dayl it Holdup THREE CENTS Op era tors Plan to Gut Coal Prices Dealers Agree to CorOperate With Attorney General Pal mer in Effort to Reduce Fuel Rates. Resolutions A d o"p t e d Cleveland. O.. Oct. 26. At aen- eral open meeting of approximately 1,000 bituminous " coal operators from all parts of the country held here today following a meeting oi members of the Natidnal Coal as sociation, it was the iudsment of the operators, both association members and Others, that the son coal op erators throughout the country will co-operate fully and heartily with Attorney General i'almer in an et fort to reduce coal prices. The eeneral meetine followed a meeting of members of the National Coal association, at which Col. D. B. I Wentz of Philadelphia, president of inc assuciauun, icu a. from Attorney General Palmer, re questing operators to take action looking toward reduction in soft coal prices. ' . , - A motion was adopted that it was the sense of the meeting that the coal operators of the country would co-operate fully and heartily with the attorney general in an effort to re duce Soft coal prices along the lines of the attorney general's sugges tions, but that it could be best ac complished by the- respective . dls' tricts. ' .' . . '' Anothersmotion was adopted thai the pending resolution be .referred to a committee , of nine members, selected by the chair, and 'that the committee report back to the ge eral meeting later in the dav. The general meeting adjourned late today, after adopting a resolu tion pledging their support to At torney General Palmer in eliminat ing unreasonably high prices and unwise practices, where such exist, and to immediately, establish a com mittee in, each bituminous coal dis trict to co-operate fully with the De partment of Justjpe and federal dis trict attorneys to bring about this action. ' - : 1 ' . ' j-:' ' ' , Omaha Balloon Pilot of Army Bag in Interna r tional RacttWirer to WifiV ":y Details of AdVentare. , U. S. No. 1,' Fort Omaha arm? balloon in the international race ai Birmingham, Ala., suffered a stormy trip and was landed ' Sunday when the crew, descending from their last snow storm, found the wind carry ing them south, according to a tele gram from Lieut. Richard E. Thomp son, pilot, to his wife yesterday. ; The landing was effected to keep the balloon from losing any of the distance already attained in the race. , the lieutenant Wired. The Omaha balloon landed 12 miles south of Charlotte, Mich., oi 632 miles north of Birmingham, al 9:4S Sunday night: - , , New York, Oct 26. Officials J the Aero Club of -America todav conceded that the Gordon 'Bennett international trophy for free bal loons had been won by the Belgian entry, "Belgica piloted by two Belgian army officers, Lieutenants De Muyter and La Brousse. They covered about 1,100 miles between Bisrningham and North Hero island, on Lake Champlain. UncleBeats Nephew in ( Damage Suit, Winning - Judgment for $5,600 W. J. Connelly and his nephew, Herbert Connell. met in legal con flict m district court yesterdav. "W. J." brought suit for $5,000 damages against the Omaha - and Council Bluffs Street Railway com-, peny for Herbert Ross. "Herbr ap peared to fight the suit for the trac tion company. During the hearing the uncle and nephew parried and thrust with a humor which almost cansed the au gust Jndge Red.'ck to smile. But victory perched on the battle scarred shoulder of W. J." Herbert took his defeat bravely, however. "Uncle beat me this time." be ad mitted. "These young chaps must win once in a while." Herbs a rattling good young ster' said "W. J., "but he't got to go some-to beat his uncle." U. S. Steel Corporation Announces Dividends New York. Oct 26. The United States Steel corporation at its quar- terjy meeting here, declared regular dividends of 1 per cent on ita common and 111 per cent on its preferred stock. Total earnings for the Quarter ended September 30. 19 JO, were an nounced as $4S,051.5-W: net income $JL7J9Ji7. and srtrplu $ 1709939. These furure compare with total earnings of $4J. 15 5.705. net income of $31.68SyJ04 and surplus of $U. for the previous quarter. Four Cubans Held.on $23,000 Theft Charge ' New York. Oct 26. Four Cubans arrested Ust eit;ht ;? connection with the theft of $J5.000 worth of jewetrr in Santiago, Cuga. were cammkted to the TMuba p)on today without baS, pesxbng armal of extradition papers. .Their eorwrnftmewt waa re uecsted by the renubt ol Cub. The Pr:i?ac a )oh Lastoa. Loot tncA. AbekM do Orteta and Jwt In Stormy Trip
