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T HE 0 y Bee Bail 30, 1920. MAHA I ! . VOL. 50-NO. 116. "-Gilinsky Is Convicted Of Murder 4 A pc MU,ana Alan Must Fay Fen t for KilIinS Sheriff in bun ight After Bank Robbery. $80,000 Taken in Raid Jackson, Mick, Oct. 29. (Special Telegram.) Dave Gilinsky of Oma lia was found guilty of first degree murder by a jury for the killing of Under Sheriff Harrv WnriUn - Gilinsky was arrested July 29 at! iuacK isiana atter Under Sheriff Harry Worden had been instantly Kineu in a gun ngnt witn lour men who were found-in a room over a club house adjacent to the Mack Is land hotel dividing the spoils of a robbery two hours earlier, iu which upwards of $80,000 was taken from ihe Grass Lake bank, 12 miles from Jackson. , . . William Mclntyre, proprietor of , the hotel, stated that William E. Harris and Walter Wilson luj berti stopping at the hotel for several days and two days prior to the rob bery were joined by Gilinski, who , registered as Dave Rosenberg and by Dock Stowe, who was known as Tom Jones. John Fuller, Grass Lake, merchant whose store is tiiree 'doors from the bank, testified that 1)1 saw the car standipg in front of f e bank at the time of the robbery Aith apian waiting at the wheel and ,the engine running. He. identified Gilinski as the driver. ' Officer Blames Gilinsky. When the officers, Harry Worden nd Verl Kutt, reached the doer of v'. inc room over tne ciud nouse tney f ' were met by Harris who attempted to keep them out by saying that . there were girls in the room who were not dressed. When Kutt and Worden became persistent he threw the door back saying, "are you all v set?" and grabbed Kutt. The two locked in a struggle across the veranda, falling down the narrow stairway Shots rang out at the h door and Worderf fell with a bullet 1 through his heart. Kutt testified (J ' that as he tumbled down the stairs ' he distinctly caw Gilinski with a blue steel gun in his hand and cried out to him, "don't shoot, there has been blood enough shed already." " A witness who was near the dance hall a short distance from the club house testified that he saw Gilinsky .nmp out of the window foiiowea Dy Dock stowe, who fell and broke his 're and crawled off into the marsh iv Sheriff Tohn Smith, wiho was on viiicic lie yyta laiti auiuftui -yu- ri ' 'f T t . Cj. '.1. PY, , t ian, who had been called by Kutt, I V' 5aw Gilinsky coming up beside the H: -oatf with no hat and wet to the Sy. i-aw, iwavaist.' The officer stopped and I!' asked liim wher? he was going. Gi- line, stating .that he wanted to go ;o Jackson, that there was trouble atj 'he island, that ."the .snentts are hooting hell out of everything." Bullets Are Identical. , Smith ordered) him injo the car .nd he was taken back and identified i,v Kutt as the roan he saw on the rranda with a gun the moment After Worden fell. Occupants of another car found a revolver in the road a short distance from the point where Gilinskv yas caught and ;aimed by the prosecution to be his property. CarJt. W. H. Proctor of the Mas sachusetts state police, noted fire Acms expert, showed the jury en larged photogranhs of two bullets one taken from Worden's bodv and the other pushed through the barrel of the gun claimed to be Gilinsky's. Marks on the . two. bullets , wet e shown to be identical.') r Have You Eaten Your Pome Fruit? This Is National Apple Day Today is" national Apple day. Ij'veryone is supposed-to eat an :!le today in- honor. of the usher JL't in of apple week. . Throughout the United States the entire -week of October 30. to No- s 1 ... : ! 1 no i 1 tn rwt1 V'e Winesap, Jonathan, Grimes Gold-it-tT M.H. Rwsty Coats and confreres. At millions of tables in minions oi homes, Mr. Common People is par laking of that fruit this morning", which eminent physicians and sur- peons declare, is the boon of good health, " . -, ,. , "Kaf an ario e a dav. and live tor t-ver and a day," is the slogan of the lntornatlnnal Annie Shiooers asso ciation througli whos,e. efforts Na ional Apple week has been set aside. District Attorney Reads Marked Cards During Trial New York, Oct. 29. Assistant Dis trict Attorney McGrath amazed a court room crowd by accepting a challenge of counsel for Louis Krohnberg, indicted On a charge of cheating at poker, and reading a deck of marked cards from their The opposing lawyer and the judge both said they were unable to read the markings, but Mr. Mc Grath shuffled the deck and then 1 read the card backs one by one with out making a single mistake. KroHnberg was charged with us ing the marked cards to win a stud poker pot of $13,000. Fire at York Destroys j Large Grocery Stock " York, Neb., Oct. 29-(Special -r. , ' u:. in V.trWu crocerv 1 li ciegraui. , - -. 1 P.fore destroyed the stock valued at figure, at $2,000 dollar. lartially insurea. r" -r.-worth of goods stored for a new tore which was almost a complete loss. Gale's studio on thetop floor was damaged about $1,000 worth, covered by insuranc Iattra'4 m SMtntf.Clau Mlltw ummnt r. 0. UIM AM f Omaha Man Found Guilty of Murder By Michigan Jury Both Campaign ' Managers Claim Party's Success Hays and White Each Issue Statements Expressing Con fidence in Victory of Own Candidate. Washington, Oct. 29. Will II. Hays, chairman of the republican committee, today issued a state ment in which he said an official republican survey of the country indicated that Harding arkA Cool idge would receive ' "the largest popular majority ever cast" in a presidential election. , "We are now approaching the conclusion of this, campaign, said Mr. Hays, "on the part of the re publican party it has been pred icated upon the necessity of the revival of patriotism in this coun try. It has had for a main pur pose the re-establishment of an economic and efficient .administra tion of the country's government. Evaded Responsibility. "The democratic strategy in this campaign has desperately sought to escape just , and due responsi bility for democratic extrava gance, autocracy and failure to solve any of the domestic prob lems. The democratic manage- j hind a .pcace. smoke sc which H as counterfeit as the 1916 pledge, lhat Wilson would k . "" nr9r ' .. . .... "But America; 5s iiDoermost in the American conscience today and that means that the American voter is intent upon making Amer ica safe at home as well as abroad, and that the democratic party cannot avoid responsibility for eight years of maladministration. The electorate is determined that accumulated work in Washing ton .will not longer be denied at tention, that all the domestic tivoblems shall be mej and solved immediately, before which prob lems the democratic ' party has stood impotent and in confessed bankruptcy. Kept On High, Plane. - "The republicans have lucceeded in the earnest effort to keep their campaign on the very highest plane. In this course they will continue to the end, unaffected in any way by the depths to which the opposition is descending in the concluding days of the campaign. "I'have. complete 100 per cent faith in complete republican vic tory this fall, because I have 100 per cent confidence in American common sense and because I have 100 per cent evidence that this1 de pendable American intelligence will certainly express itself at the November polls. Mr. Hays added that the repub lican majority would exceed "the unprecedented Roosevelt electoral majority-of 1904." Forecast of Result ' J Made by George White New York, Oct. 29. George White, chairman of the democratic national committee, today made a forecast of election results. . "The general political situation at the close of the last week of the campaign of 1920 is full of signs which point unmistakably to democratic success," he said. "Gov ernor Cox and Mr. Eoosevelt will ,and( West Virginia, Kentucky, Misiouri and Oklahoma, in addi tion to the southern states. They : will car"ry Ohio and Indiana. ' On 'the Atlantic seaboard in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Is- land dne t0 an Hth-hour shift. the situation is improving- every minute and we feel certain that we will carry New Jersey, Connecti cut and New Hampshire. ! "In the west, reports from, Montana, Colorado, Arizona,v Idaho, New Mexico, Washington, Nevada. South Dakota and Utah are that they are certainly demo cratic, and we believe we will carry Nebraska, California and North Dakota. In Minnesota! Oregon and Wisconsin our proipects are hourly improving, - and a great swing toward us is on in Kansas. Illinois and even in Iowa. -"The republicans are demoral ' ized from the Canadian border to the gulf and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Their forces are in full retreat everywhere." 1 Freight Congestion Looms At Port of Tamnico, Mexico Galveston,' Tex.', Oct 29. Failnre of Mexican railways to supply surh cicut rolling stock at Tampico threatens to cause a serious freight congestion at that Mexican port, ac cording to advices reaching shipping circles here today. - Ocean freight was reported to be arriving at the rate of three tons' to one ton moved by rail. . 1 v 5js f V Kay It, IMS. i narcn I. II7S. ttWidow"6f Neal Bares Life Storj Ati Claimant na''t mS VJj. He Kept Their Marriage Se cret for Hidden Reason. . Admits She Is Bigamist ' (By FRANK L. MANGAN) (Staff Correspondent.) j Okmulgee, Okl Oct. 29. The most mtimate friends of John Neal. Omaha tobacco magnate who died two months ago leaving an estate valued at more than a million dol lars, never knew the real inside life story of the man who was a "friend of children and a lover of music." Mr. weal, during his lifetime never bared the secrets of his soul to the Mr. Neal, during his lifetime never most intimate of nra friends not even the woman he loved and mar ried. N.4 Mrs. Dan McCoy alias Mrs. George E. Farley and who claims to be the lawful wife of .he late millionaire, weakened by a prolonged illness was lying "propped up" in her bed when she made the above statement to a newspaper man. For two months Mrs. McCoy, claimant ot tne million dollar estate, has been conimea to ncr oea m aungy room- ing house in the railroad district, the victim ot a bad set of nerves." Talked Rather Freely. Today she was somewhat im proved and talked rather freely of ner love tor the late Umaha mag nate. On sbme points her memory apparently was a little hazy and oc casionally she would evade a ques tion by countering "my attorney will attend to that." She referred to Al bert Ritchie, Omaha attorney, repre senting the claims of the alleged widow, in a contest of the will which has been probated in Forsyth coun ty, Winston-Salem, N. C. "Then He Proposed." In October, 1906, Miss Bernice Harland, the present Mrs. Dan Mc Coy, was a student at Reed's College for Girls at Walhalla,' S. C. Dur ing a week-end visit at a summer boarding house near Walhalla, Bernice, a pretty, vivacious co-ed, was introduced to John Neal, who represented himself as a salesman for a tobacco company, Mrs. Mc Coy said. "There was music at the' boarding house and Mr. Neal and I eujoyed it. We talked for several hours. I liked him. For the next few days we were together nearly alof the time. "I did1 not return to school the following Monday. I was having too good a time and I felt that 'some thing was going to happen.' " . And then, according to Mrs. Mc Coy something did happen. Mr. Neal proposed. PrPsal "let with a speedy yes' and plans were made for a secret and hurried marriage. In a few days Mr. Neal told Bernice that he had made arrangements with Rev. Mr. Saunders, then a minister at Walhalla, for a sf cret marriage. "He Bribed the Minister." On October 18 the pretty college (Continued On Page Six, Column Five.) Woman, Only Witness In Alleged Pocket Picking, Disappears; Police are searching for a mys terious woman who last Wednesday informed W. P. O'Brien, real estate man living at 522 South Fortieth street, that two men had picked his pockets. If the woman is found, two men giving their names as Ike Faber, Hot Springs, Ark., and Robert Rose, Kansas City, Mo., will be taken to Council Bluffs to answer charges of larceny from the person. " Is she is not found the two men will be released tonight. The woman told O'Brien his pocket had been picked while on a street car in Council Bluffs. She then disappeared. Faber and Rose were arrested by police when the street car reached Omaha, suspected of being the men who had removed several dollars from O'Brien's pockets. Rose was discharged and Faber fined $50 for vagrancy in po lice court. Both were immediately rearrested and held as fugitives from justice, 1 . Unless the woman is found, how ever, they will be released, for O'Brien says he has no other wit ness to testify they picked his pocket. Man Sentenced in Italy For Killing New York Girl Bologna, Italy; Oct. 29. Alfredo Cocchi, on trial here for the murder of Ruth Cruger in New York in February, 1917, was found guilty today on four charges. , - The prosecution asked Cocchi s conviction for murder in ' the first degree, attempted criminal assault, falsifying passports, and false en rollment in the military service. f Cocchi was sentenced to 27 years imprisonment. Anthracite Operators Plan Price Reductions Philadelphia.' Oct. 29. Anthracite coal operators pledged themselves to co-operate with the Department of' Justice in attempting to reduce tlje "excessive prices of coal to the consumers." . The operators, most of whom rep resented independent interests, pre viously had been hr'conference with E. Lowry Humes, special assistant to the attorney gcneal. Kenuce Wflfrrs Chester, S. C, Oct. 29. Announce ment was made that a' 20 per cent reduction in wages would be made at the Baldwin Cotton Mills here, effective next Monday OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER m" aaMMMH aajaaaaaaaaaaMaaaaBaaBaajaaaaaaBaa $1 ,000,000 Harding ' Money at 10 to 1 Odds Heady in Wall Street New York, Oct. 29. A sensa tional development in election bet tiuy came yesterday when Milton G. Schwerin, president of the Wall Ja. Street Financial bureau, announced that he had been commissioned by 3 coterie of Wall street hrokers, uembers of the New York Stock - xchat ange( to wager $l,UUU,UUO on ia and Loolidae at odds of 10 tc 1. It could nor.be learned that any part of this money liad been placed. . Many supporters ol the demo cratic nominee have displayed a willingness to accept odds of 8 to 1, so that if the Schwerin wager of 10 to 1 is what Wall street calls a firm bid, there should be little difficulty in placing the $1,000,000. Harding Charges Demos Attempt to .Cover Mistakes jT?1.rmV,l,Vfln Nnminpp TWnlla iUPuca nominee recalls Promises Unfulfilled m Day Of Campaigning in. His Own State. Cincinnati, Oct. 29. A day of cam paigning through his own state was concluded by Senator Harding tonight- with an address in Cincin imti's Mil sir. hall Icain drawing at- ,cntipn -lo democratic issues and charging that the democratic party had sought to cover up mistakes at home by emphasizing "speculative propositions with reference to out foreign relations." Democratic slogans and promises of four and eight, years ago were brought back before the voters b Ihe republican nominee iu his enum meration of shortcoming laid at the door of the Wilson administration In 1912, he said, the democrats won with a promise to reduce .the cost of living, and in 1916 they used the slogan, "'he kept us out of war," al though the administration knew ab solutely that our entry was jnevita ble. ' Extravagance, waste, unprepared- ness for war and for peace, and bungling industrial policy were among the' "failures" which the can didate declared had. characterized eight years of democratic rule. All of these he promised to remedy un der an administration, dedicated first of all to "putting our own house in order!" 1 Welcomed by Thousands. The candidate's speech at Mush hall followed a series of local dem onstrations in which" thousands ac claimed him., Arriving her late in the afternoon from AkronV he was cheered through the streets to his hotel ad later be rode to the hall at the head of a parade in uhich many inarching clubs participated. A "gospel of understanding" that should insure domestic tranquility and honest politics was preached by Mr. Harding at Urbana, and when some one in the crowd passed up to him a broom made at an Urbana factory, he said he was pleased at the gift because it symbolized the "political housecleaning" to be ac complished on November 2. In his night speech, the senator gave major attention to domestic questions, but also restated his po sition on the league and asserted that only by giving the proper ex ample, to the world, could the nation fulfill its. mission and pay its debt to civilization. Unmasked Men Stage $60,000 'Gem Robbery In Heart of St. Paul St. Paul, Minn!, Oct. 29. Three unmasked men held up the Shapiro jewelry store in the downtown sec tion this morning and escaped with diamonds said to be worth $60,000. The robbers drove up to the store in an automobile, entered with drawn pistols, intimidating L. C. Deeny, an employe, took two dia .mond trays and drove away through the crowded traffic. . Omaha hi Pay Tribute To Dead War Heroes Old Glory will be lowered to half mast on November 14 at the fed eral building and other government buildings and military posts here in honor of the dead heroes of the World war, according to an execu tive order received by' Charles W. McCune, custodian of the federal builidng. The order issued by the president reads: . "I hereby direct that on Sunday, November 14, 1920. the flag of the United States be displayed at half mast at. all military posts, naval stations, on vessels and on buildings of the United States, as 'a token of the nation's participation in the memorial services, held for the he roic American soldiers, sailors and marines and others who gave their lives to their country in the World war.'.' Argument Over Politics Leads to Fight and Jail Arguments over politics ended in a fight between Vuju Chucick, 2810 Q street, and Joe Stepfanovich, Thirty-second and Q, at Thirtieth amd Q streets yesterday morning. Both were arrested. . The argument prose over the merits of the league, of nations. Po lice say Chucick, supporter of the league, got the worst of the fight. They will settle their argument be fore. Judge Fitzgerald today. Destroyer Reaches Port. Charleston, S. C. Oct.' 29. The destroyer Ishcrwood,. which was re ported in distress yesterday on the North Carolina coast arrived here to day. She ran short of water. Whistling Wilson Writes to Cox Expressing - Hope of Success President Declares in Letter That Cox Has Spoken Truly And Fearlessly of Issues ' ; Of Campaign. $ ' i ' an - Washington, Oct. 29. President Wilson today wrote Governor Cox expressing his confidence in the democratic presidential nominee. The president expressed the hope that under Governor Cox's' leader ship "we carry the policy of the na tional government forward along the path of liberal legislation and hu mane jeform, until the whole world again "sees an illustration of xtht wholesome strength of democracy and the happy fruit of what the founders of the republic purposed when they set this great govern ment up." ' Believes He is Elected. The president said he fiad followed Governor Cox's course throughout the campaign with "admiration" and expressed the belief that the gover nor would receive the ' emphatic in dorsement", of the voters of the country. , "You have spoken truly and fear lessly about the great issues at stake," the president said, and in concluding his letter he asked that he be permitted to sign himself. "Your gratified and loyal supporter." Text of Wilson's Letter. The letter of President Wilson to Governor Cox follows in full: "29th of October, 1920. "My Dear Governor Cox: "As the campaign approaches its climax I want to give myself the pleasure of writing to say with what admiration I have followed your course throughout the' campaign. You have spoken, tr(ily and fear lessly about the great issues at stake, and I believe that you will receive the emphatic indorsement of the voters of the country. As one of those voters, and as one of your fellow citizens, VI mt to express my entire confidence : in you and my confident hope that under your leadership we may carry the policy of the national government forward along the path of liberal legislation and humane reform, until heHvhole world again sees an illustration of the wholesome1 strength, of k democ racy and the happy fruit of what the founders of the republic purposed when they sft this great government up. - ' "Allow me to sign myself, "Your gratified and , loyal sup porter, ; - 11 Farmer-Lahor Candidate' Still in Race in Indiana Indianapolis, Oct. . 29. Frank J. Dillon has not withdrawn as farmer labor candidate for , United ' States senator from -Indiana, in favor of Thomas Taggert the democratic nominee, according to a statement issued by Charles , Rl Rogers, state chairman of- the farmer-labor party. Mr. Rogers said Mr.' Dillon had resigned from the state chairman ship. of the party "because of his inability to work in harmony ith the state committee." Rogers" explained that he had been named state chairman in place of Dillon. , 1 f , Police Seize Suitcase, ' Ten Quarts Found Inside Walking along the street nonchal antly carrying a heavy suitcase, F. B. Clark, 5119 South Thirteenth street, fell under the suspicious eye of several South Side detectives1 Thursday afternoon. Investigation disclosed 10 quarts cf real Canadian club whisky in the suitcase. The'i detectives smacked. tneir lips, but toolc Clark and tne liquor to headquarters. . Clark was fined $100 in South Side police court yesterday fpr illegal pos session of liquoi ' i . . . . . -. Br Mill tl y.r), nd4Ui loaa. O.lljr aal ti.ti: Oil Only. II: " H Aula 4tk lomt ( rut). pil Ml Sunday. Ill; Oall Oalj. 112: Saaaaii Oalr. II to -Keep Up Their Courage (Figures from the Literary Digest Poll.) tCbprri(ht? 199l BtkCMcMlWl MacSwiney's Body Reaches Ireland Business Suspended as Funer al Cortege Arrives at ' Queenstown. I Quenstown, Ireland, Oct. 29. (By The Associated Press.) The body of Terence MacSwiney, the late lord mayor of Cork, was landed here today from the. steamer Rath more. It was received by the ur ban council and thousands of the city's inhabitants. A draft of arme4 troops was present. Business was completely sus pended and strong indignation was expressed.. M,, the Brttish.gPYern-' ment's action in diverting the body instead of allowing it to proceed to Cork by way of Dublin. ' , Cork. Oct. 29. (By The' As sociated Press.) Because of resent ment over the action of the govern ment in changing the route . by which the body of the late Lord Mayor MacSwiney was brought to Irel.irfa the regular harbor pilots an nounced this morning . that they would not aid in bringing the steam er Rathmore, bearing the body from Holy Head into Cork. Similarly, he Sinn Fein tvoluntcers declared they would not take charge of the body until the arrival of members of the family late in the day. Man and Wife Sent to Pen for Murder; Man In Court Room Accused Wellsburg. W. a., Oct. 29. Atter they had changed their pleas of not guilty to guilty in court here yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Michael On- dick, charged with the murder of S."W. Galcheck, wealthy floral de signer of Pittsburgh, were sentenced to serve terms in the West Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville. Madame Ondick, alias "Madame Stanley," was sentenced to serve 18 years and her husband : was sen tenced to life imprisonment. , . When sentence, had been passed Mrs. Ondick, according to Sheriff J. R. Litten, told- him that Hobart Grimm, alias "Pittsburgh," Grimm, was present at the time Galcheck was killed and had taken part in the crime. Grimm, a spectator in court, was arrested and is being lield for investigation. "' Galcheck's body was ' recovered from the river at Yorkville last May with a pair of handcuffs hanging from one wrist. . . . . i Prince Paul Is Proclaimed As New King of Greece Athens, i Oct. 28. Prince Paul, younger , brother of the late King Alexander, was proclaimed king by the' Greek Parliament' this evening. Earlier in the "session Admiral P. Coundouriotis was elected regent. Prince- Paul was born in this, city, December 1, 1901, and is unmarried. Since his father, Jormer King Con stantine, left Greece,' Prince Paul has been with him in Switzerland. ., i i France to Give Views to -British on Hun Property Paris, Oct. 29. French diplomatic representatives in London have been instructed to 'lay before the 'British government the French point of view concerning. the decision of the Brit ish government to 'renounce the right of confiscation of German property in the United Kingdom, according, to newspapers here. , ( , : ! Benedict Girl Seriously ! , v Injured by Spreader York, Neb., Oct. 29. (Special.) Corrine, 3, daughter of Merle Car oehtcr. living'near Benedict, was run Jover by a manure spreader,, which she was running around unknown to her father. Physicians say th"e is but little hope of her recovery. g , wf , Carl Wanderer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison Chicago Jury Returns Verdict Of Guilty in Trial of Man Who Murdered Wife " And Unborn Babe. ; Chicago Trlbune-Omalut Ilea LajetlWire. ' Chicago, Oct. 29. Carl Wanderer is guilty of murdering his young wife and her unborn baby. : ' " For that crime he will ' be sen tenced to serve 25 years in prison. Such was the verdict returned be fore Judge Hugo Pam tonight by 12 jurymen, who . deliberated!, on the case for 23 hours. Wandered'- guilt or innocense of the death of the "ragged stranger," who helped stage the fake holdup in which Mrs. Wanderer was slain, was not passed upon by the jury. The death of the stranger is covered by another indictment. The juorors decided that the red haired butcher boy is sane. They decided that he committed what As sistant StateSs Attorney James C. O'Brien termed the "most atrocious crime in thfe, history of Cook coun ty," and then they decided that he should pay: by serving 25 years in the pen. - "I knew they couldn't crack me," said Wanderer, as he left the court room. "I owe everything to Ben Short. He told me not to 'worry and I knew I'd never swing." The verdict aroused the ire of Judge Pam. He criticized the jurymen.- "You bavej erred," the judge as serted. "You tell me now that you believe him insane, but that' yo:i were afraid an insanity verdict vJould not have kept him locked up. Why, men, I would have sent him away for such a long time that he would never kill again. . A' grieveous error you call him a wife murder-c-r. and say that he shall pay with 25 years imprisonment. A regretta ble errof and mind you, I don't want tovbe in the position of criticiz ing a jury." - - Assistant - State's Attorney O'Brien was dumbfounded by, the verdict. ' ' . "That wierd defense that denied everything and claimed but little, ca befuddled the brains of those jurors that they could not decide what was evidence and. what was not," said a court clerk who lias sat through numberless trials. "They were all mixed up, they didn't know what to do. So they compromised by find ing him guilty and. giving Mm: 25 years." Attorneys stated that " the Wan derer -case would go down ;n the law books in large -type.' It is said to represent the first marked suc cess of the "bewildering defense." North Platte Woman Killed When Auto Strikes Train North PlatteKNeb.. Oct. 29. (Spe-cial.)-Mrs. Harry Purcell wis kill ed ' at the Locust street railroad crossing here whe,nvthe car she was driving struck the rear end of train No. 19, The car was demolished and 100 empty milk bottles which she was taking home after deliver ing milk to the local business houses, were demolished.. She lived two miles north of town and is survived by a husband and seven children. Her mo;ier, , Mrs.- W. Newman, who wai riding with her, was slight ly injured. Mrs. Purcell died two hours after being taken to a hos pital. .' TheWeather Forecast: i Saturday partly cloudy and colder' Hourly temperatures 5 a. m St 1 p: m ;....St a, m. 7 a. m. 8 a. m. a. an. 10 a. m. It a. m. .SI .SI .as .SK .40 .44 2 p. m SI 3 p. tn .M 4 p. m , ... S.I ft . an M p. in. at ? p. m so p. an. ..........49 It THREE CENTS Recognition Of Mexico Certainty Statement of High Commis sioner to Washington Offen Basis for Agreement, Sec- v retary Colby Declares. No Terms Prescribed lty Tha Asaovlated rial. Washington, Oct. 29. Secretary ol State Colby intimated that recogni tion of the Mexican government was neaf. The secretary was commenting o a letter from Robert V. Pesqueira, Mexican high commissioner to Washington, declaring that the let4 ter "offers a basis upon which tha preliminaries to recognition can con fidently proceed." Mr. Colby declared there has been no attempt to prescribe rigid and definitive terms upon which recogni tion ' of the Mexican government would be expressly conditioned. Mr. Pesqueira's letter set forth tha position of his government at thi time, and declared that the United States "jnust see it is a new Mexico that faces the world in pridt and con fidence." Mr. Colby, in a formal statement, said he thought he was "warranted in saying that the Mexican question will soon cease to be a question at all, inasmuch as it is about to be answered, not only as it concerns the United Suites, but, indeed, the wholi world as well." - Statement by Colby.' t Secretary Colby's formal state ment follows: "The discusicns which have for some time been in progress with Mr. Pesqueira, representing the Mexican government, give promise of :i speedy and happy outcome. The let ter which he has addressed to me, and which I am today giving out for Publication, is a very significant, and, may add, a very gratifying and re assuring statement of the attitude and purpose of the new government of Mexico. Mr. Pesqueira came to Washington bearing the fullest pow ers to speak and act on behalf of his government and has exhibited throughout the course of the discus sions, a complete realization of Mex icos' international obligations just as his letter reflects clearly the firm resolve of his government to dis charge them. "I think I am warranted in saying that the Mexican question will soon cease to be a question at all, inas much as it is about to be answered, not only as it concerns the United states, but, indeed, the, whole worW as well. ' The Terms Prescribed, - i lie ntw goverament of Mext o lias given indication of stabtl sincerity and a creditable sensitive ness to its duties and their just per formance. While the full protection of valid American interests which is clearly enjoined upon us as a duty has at all times been a matter of primary concern to us, I may say that on' the part of this country, (Continued on Para Two, Column One.) . Sugar Profiteer Gets Two-Yeaf Eentence And Fine of $5,000 Bay City, Mich., Oct 29. Con victed in federal court here on charges of profiteering in sugar and dealing in it without a license, Lu ther Ellison of Jonesboro, Ark., was sentenced to two years' at Fort Leavenworth and fined $5,000. " The charges against Eflieon were brought under the Lever act. Harry Cohen of Bay City, associated with Ellison, was convicted on similar charges several weeks ago and fined $3,000. . - It was brought out at Ellison's trial that he had arranged with Co hen to purchase 100,000 pounds pf sugar here at 21 cents pound. Ellison, it was charged, resold to a local -wholesaler at 25 cents. The wholesaler, the testimony in dicated, discovered that some of the sugar had previously been sold by htm to retailers here. Palmer Warns Officials Against EleCtfon Fraudi Washington.1 Oct. 29. Attorney General Palmer in special instruc tions sent out today:advised all fed eral law enforcing authorities to giva careful attention to. violations of election laws and especially to vio lations of the corrupt practices act in the coming election. Mr. Palmer's letter called attention to the many provisions of this acl and asked the United States at torneys and federal agents to watch for charges of fraud and graft and to give all such accusations imme diate attention. He also informed the federal officials that no leniency must be shown violators of any o! the federal election laws. Find Stanton Man Guilty . . . Of Causing Auto Wreck Stanton, Neb., Oct. 29. (Special.) The jury in the case of Charles Brauner, who was charged with be ing responsible for injuries to Miss Pauline .Webber when , the car in which she was riding was run into by a car driven by Brauner; returned a verdict of guilty. The jury de liberated 44 hours and twice reported that it was unable to agree, but it was returned with instructions to re turn a verdict of guilty or not guilty. The defense will make application for new trial. Bull Fighters May Strike. Madrid, Oct. 28. The bull fight ers throughout Spain are considering concerted action with the object of obtaining higher pay, it was learned. They also desire new rules regard ing the manner in which bulls art admitted to the ring W 1 V 0 f