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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
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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
