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nTVir rnrt A TTTT " 7 if DirlTA V ABLE UMAliA JUA1JLI JDJliJi VOL. GO NO. 118. (tens' u Im4-CUm Mitttr Mir 7. I 0, 0. 0r Act 1 Mtreh . THREE CENTS . at 17. OMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1920. M.il (I Kir), Imtdt 4th ton, Otll ind W: Oilli Only. W; 8uMr. M Out.ld 4th Im (I ntrt. Oatly tut Sunday. Ill: Dili) 0l. 112: Suidu Only. il UuyJ - IF mm TO Claims of Cox Gains Moonshine Latest Forecasts Assure Elec- , tion of Harding and ' Coolidge Ly Large Majority. v' Rain May Hamper Voting By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chlrairit Trlbune-Omuha Bee Ignited Wire. , .. Chicago, Nov. 1. Although gen eral rains today and more rain due tomorrow undoubtedly will result in a. ?somewhat smaller vote in rural ' districts, there is no reason to madi fy the forecast of a tremendous tri umph for Harding and Coolidge in the presidential election. Indications are not wanting of a landslide that will bury Cox and Roosevelt as deeply as the Parker J ticket in 1904. The total vote is likely to be 25, 000,000 or mbre, if the party organ izations get the greater percentage of the registration to the .pools. Four vears ago the total vote was about 18.000,000. This year from 5,000,000 to 10, 000,000 will vote for president for . the first time. Cox Gains "Moonshine." Vice Chairman John T. Adams of the republican national committee, asserted tonight that democratic claims of recent gains by Cox "are more moonshine." He predicted that Harding would have a total of 392 Votes in the electoral college, a " . majority of 253. The Cox managers continued, to claim victory by a small margin. - , There Is no doubt that a land slide would carry Harding close to the 392 votes predicted by Mr. Adams. Tabulation of reports from unprejudiced observers in all states gives the republican ticket a mini mum of 323 votes and several politi cal forecasters who were, assording to Cox, the benefit of every doubt. place the probable Harding total at ; JoO, or a majority of 171 for the re publican ticket. Harding States. Republican leaders are confident that Harding will carry the following states approximately by the indi cated pluralities: " V allfornl- . . . J0(l,00!llllnnts Son. 0(10 ColoriUo - .. Connecticut Delaware . Idaho ..... Mains . . . ,. Maryland 25.0OO;Indlan -. S5.000 H.OOOItowa ...'.....150,000 (.000 Kantian ..... .125.000 JO.000 Kentucky .... 10.000 GM0N'orth Dakota. 26.000 10.000 )hlo 150.000 Maaaach'aatts lon.OOOIOregon 40,000 ' Michigan 800,000 Pennsylvania .500,000 150,000Rhode Island. 150,000 '60,001'ISouth Dakota. 50,000 Minnesota Mlwonrt Montana zo.vuniuun 10,000 Nebraska ... 75.000 Navada 1,0110 t . Hamp.. , 15.000 Sw Jersey., 50,000 New Mexico. . 7,000 Vermont 20,000 Washington .. 75.000 West Virginia. SO, 000 Wisconsin ...150,000 Wyoming ...,,10,000 w 'York....J00,00') , Few States Doubtful. Stages in which the republicans may fail to realize these expectations are Colorado, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Utah and West Virginia. Latest reports trom .Tribune correspondents are that the republicans have a share the better chance in Colorado, Missouri, Maryland and West Virginia, while Cox has the apparent advantage in Kentucky, Montana and Nevada, with Utah an unknowon quantity. An old-fashioned landslide, of course, would be likely to carry nearly all these states 'into the re publican column. Republican hopes of carrying Kentucky are based on their ability to get out the full vote, including the newly enfranchised women in the mountain country, which is the re publican stronghold of the .state. If rain should make the roads and streams impassable, the mountain eers would be unable to reach the poll. in sufficient number to jar the normal democratic margin in this border commonwealth. Democrats Dissatisfied. Widespread democratic dissatis faction with the Wilson regime in m the south apparently is going to re- r i. !J- it 1 rr . sun hi tuusiaeraoie jenersonianrae fection and a corresponding increase in the proportion of the republican vote below Mason and Dixon's line. It is this development which ha.-, caused some republican leaders to . entertain strong hopes of carrying North Carolina and Tennessee, as all the border states for Harding and Cooliflge. v On the eve of the balloting, how ever, it is significant that the repub lican managers are no longer count- (Contlnued on Pace Two, Column Six.) Nobleman Has Written New Hymn of German Hate Berlin, Nov. 1. A German noble man has written a new hypm of hate, it is for Junker brains to treas ure up. It consists of one all embracing verse which is translated as follows: "There comes a day v A "Prussian may You cajole take A people like the Prussian folk and break Them in two. It's at the gate. The happy golden time of Prus sia's hate And vengeance, too." It contains the whole junker gos pel as announced at the recent jun ker congress in Hanover hate and vengeance. Tallest Man Dies. Texarkana, Ark., Nov. 1. T. W. Patterson. 73, native of Miller county, Arkansas, reputed locally to be the tallest man in the United States, died Sunday at his home in Bloomburg. He was 7 feet, 5 inches in height Presidential Candidates and Campaigns In Home State Putting Stress and Yorry Of Election Behind Him Senator Harding Awaits Verdict of People. Marion, O., Nov. 1. Putting the stress andworries of his campaign behind him, Senator Harding await ed calmly tonight the decision of his fellow country men on his candi dacy for the nation's hkhest office. He made no predictioiTof the out come but his quiet demeanor and smiling face carried every outward sign of satisfaction and nridence. "I can only say," he replied tn a request for his' opinion, "that we have made the best fight we know how to make and await the result with complacency." j Spends Evening at Home. Surrounded by his family and personal friends he spent election eve at home. It was an evening very different from most of those he has experienced since his nom ination. In many ways it was very like the evenings of bygone years, before he became the leader of a great political party. Throughout the day he let down from the strain of the campaign, de clined to concern himself with the routine of his headquarters and spent most of (his time chatting of everything but politics with frieiuls and neighbors. In the afternoon he ta:ked in jovial vein for an hour with the newspaper correspondent and he dint J quietly at home. Tomorrow he expects to vote early in the forenoon and then mo tor to a golf course 40 miles away to tramp over the links while the story of the ballots is telling itself throughout the nation. Me w.ll he back at home in time to hear the earliest returns. Virtually the only attention jiven to politics by the nominee during to day was in telephone conference with Will 11. Hays, republican nn tional chairman, and Harry M. Daugherty, who was his pre-conven-tion manager. Mr. Hays in New York and Mr. Daugherty in Colum bus gave hiin detailed reports of the outlook which he described as decidedly encouraging. Big States Favorable. . From Indiana, NewJersey, Illi ,ioii and New York, battlegrounds of - more than - ordinary interest throughout the campaign, the can- umaic Bdm ma iiuui uidiiun was es pecially gratifying. HeTadded 4hat he also had received some hearten ing reports of senatorial races, a feature of the election in which he has taken particular concern. Although he has spent most of the last month on the stump, Mr. Hard ing finishes the campaign in robust condition physically. He has neither lost nor gained weight appreciably and he presents a picture of health and vigor. His voice, though slightly crippled by speech-making and exposure, has almost regained its normal ring and tone. In. all, since his nomination in June, the senator has made 181 speeehes, long and short. By far the greatest number -of them were delivered from the rear platform of his train during his travels over 16 states. Thirty-three were delivered from the front porch, 16 at other places in Ohio. I . He has made 20 speeches in In diana, 20 in .Iowa, 16 in West Vir ginia, 11 in Missouri, 8 in Kentucky, 7 in Illinois, 6 in Oklahoma, 5 in Nw York, 5 in Tennesesee, 4 in Minnesota," 3 in Kansas, 3 in Penn-yj sylvania, 2 in Nebraska, 1 in Wis consin and 1 in Maryland. Mrs. Harding 111. Mrs. Harding, who has been at his side during every speech and has busied herself unceasingly about, his headquarters in Marion, has not been so fortunate as her husband in escaping the ill effects of travel and campaign excitement. During th; last' trip, which ended Saturday night in Columbus, she took a heavy cold and today she remained in bed until nearly noon. It was said her illness was not at all alarming and that a good rest and protection from the raw autumn weather soon would restore her to normal health. She said tonight that she expected to go to the polls tomorrow with Mr. Harding and cast her first vote for him for the presidency. ' After election day there will be a vacation for the serfator and his wife, but detailed plans for it have rot yet been announced. - Many in vitations have come to them from popular southern resorts and from points outside continental United States, and it is taken for granted that they will make a trip that will tak them away ironi Marion and give them at least two weeks of se clusion and recreation. The voting booth where the sena tor and Mrs. Harding will cast their ballots tomorrow is in a Ismail garage about a block from their home. The precinct has been nor mally democratic. This years.the potitical signs in that particular sec tion are not convincing however, tion are not convincing, however, for the precinct's registration showed greater number of women first voters than there are men.' Sugar Goes Lower. New York, Nov. 1. ArbuckL' Brothers announced a further reduc tion of half a cent a pound in the price of fine granulated sugar to the basis of 10.50 cents, making a new low record for the season. The decline was brought about by a further reduction in raw sugar. The motor is mounted Just aove and in front of the rear axle in a new type of light amomoiilo- Governor Cox Renews At tack on Opponent in Talk At Toledo and Predicts Victory for Himself. Toledo, O., Nov. 1. Governor Cox, in his last speech of the cam paign tonight summarized his ar guments for the league of nations which, he said, was the premier is sue to be decided tomorrow at the polls. He predicted victory for him self, not as the representative of a party, but as the leader of a cause. The governor also renewed his attack on Senator Harding on the league issue, declaring that the rer publican candidate was "wiggling and wjbbling" and the senator's election meant controversy and confusion, The governor and his party ar rived here by special train early in the evening from Dayton, and left on the return journey imme diately after hit speech. - Tomorrow he will rest at Dayton, going to the polls with Mrs. Cox to vote during the day and then at night will go to hts newspaper office to watch the returns. Speaks in Rain. On his way here from Dayton, the governor and his party stopped at Dethler, a railroad town of 2.000 inhabitaitts, where several hundred had gathered, awaiting m a drizzling rain the coming of the candidate. The governor reponded with a rear-plat- I form speech, a forerunner of his ar gument tonight. "I have always had faith in the good judgment and patriotism of the American people," the governor said, "and an analysis of the past tells us that in all of our history whenever a moral issue has been presented, it has been met with the approval of the American electorate. If there ever was a campaign based entirely upon a great moral issue, this is the campaign, because the i thing to be decided is whether the civilization of the world shall tie' itself together in a concentrated pur- I pose to prevent the tragedies of: war. "I hope we will have good news tomorrow night. When I say good tyws, I do not speak of a. demo cratic victory. I speak for a' victory for humanity, which will be a vic tory for humanity world-wide, hav ing a significance that touches every man, woman and child in the' civk Itzed powers of the eartk. Victory is Predicted. The governor had no special ad dress prepared for the meeting here, hut in it he reviewed and summar ized the various arguments he had made in his transcontinental tour of his long campaign. His visit here on election eve was in conformity with a politcal superstition of party followers here who say that the gov ernor's only defeat in an election was encountered when he failed to end his speech making in this city. Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Dan Masonery, daughter of the candidate, accom panied him on his trip here. Many messages were received to day by the candidate. None was made public, but it was said they predicted the governor's victory. Thet weatner torecast tpr the country was said by members of the governor's phrty-to be cheerful news, predict ing inclement weather in several sections where it was regarded that this would affect the republican vote mnrexseriously than that of the. demo crats, particularly in the mountain section of some border states. Scratching of Cat wakens Family and Saves 1 0 From Death Baltimore, Md. Nov. " 1. The desperate scratching and meowing of a cat probably saved 10 lives when fire broke out at 750 South Durham street early today. The cat was overlooked in the kitchen when the family retired. Last night about 8:30 o'clock Mrs. Francis Bietrroszka was awakened by the feline's per sistent efforts to have the do6r lead ing to the stairway and the yard opened. They listened for a while and concluding that kitty was in earnest she went down stairs to in vestigate. As she opened the kitchen door she was driven back by a burst of smoke and flames. Immediately above with a woodeii ceiling be tween, slept eight children, ranging in age from 20 years to 5, while her hsuband, Thomas Pietroszka, slept in the front room. Her cries of "fire" as she ran upstairs, awakened the family and Joseph, a sou, hurried to Lancaster and turned in an alarm. All were hustled out of bed and stood ready to leave the house if necessary. The blaze was coining from the chimney and a lounge, mantel piece and other articles of furniture were on fire. The firemen quickly extinguished the blaze. The ceiling, over which stood the beds of the children was charred. A special dinner will be proposed fcr the feline which saved the lives of the family. Eleven Negroes in Jail For Burning Cotton Gins Montgomery, AlaT Nov. 1 Elev en negroes are in jail here in con nection with the burning of cotton gins. Officials, however, expressed the belief the destruction had been directed by white men. Operations wre started in this couuty by the supposed night riders Saturday night and up to noon Mon day had resulted in the death of two negroes and the burning of four negro churches, two gin bouses, one store, eight dwelling houses, several tons of cotton seed and ten bales of cotton Harding to WinState By 40,000 Entire G. 0. P. State Ticket, Except Governor, Slated for Election by Pluralities From 20,000 Upwards. McKelvie Likely to in Information gathered by The Bee from correspondents over the state and from political leaders 'of both parties indicates the following prob- ble results of today's election in i iNeDrasxa Senator Harding, the republican .nominee, will win Nebraska's fa vor fr the presidency by a plur ality of 40:000 over Governor Cox, with a, possibility that the figure may run considerably above this conservative estimate. The entire republican state iticket, with the exception of gov ernor, will be elected by pluralities running from 20,000 upward. Governor McKelvie probably will be re-elected by a plurality that will run approximately 30,000 below that of Senator Harding. On the ' non-partisan ballot, John M. Matzen will be re-elected state school superintendent, with odds favoring George A. Day for supreme judge and with the chief justiceship much in doubt between Andrew Morrissey and Grant Martin. The six republican;congressmen apparently will be re-elected, al though the personal strength of Judge Dungan, democratic nomi nee ifi the Fifth district, is giving Congressman W. E. Andrews.'re publican, some concern. , In Douglas county, the entire republican ticket appears slated to win, with the possible exception of cne county commissionership and one seat on the legislative delega tion. - A hot fight, ritarked by a break ing of party lines, is on between A. D. Compton, democrat, and T. F. Stroud, republican, for the county commissionership, based on Compton's rpad record. Jerry Howard, democrat, is likerV to de- kicat some republican for a place as cne Ot li state representatives. 400,000 Vote Expected. Senator HardiiTg's majority of 40,000 or more is based on the ex pectation that the total v-ote in the state will run slightly over '400,000. In previous elections, when women did not vote, there have been from 275,000 to 400,000 ballots cast. A survey of the state throws doubt on the prospect that women will vote in anywhere near the same numbers as men. Assuming that a number of voters will remain ,away from the polls, due to dissatisfaction with nominees of bo'th parties, and allow ing fora woman's vote of 125,000 to ; lSU.UUU, the total stafe vote is esti mated at from 400,000 to 425,000. Of this total Senator Harding ap parently will poll at least 225.000. He will do this much if he polls only 11 out of every 20 voters, and wiil thereby gain a olurality over Cox of 40,000. As a matter of fact, re ports indicate that he will do better, despite an admitted recession to some extent during the last three weeks. The governorship is confessedly a puzzle, although the odds favor Mc Kelvie. Curiously enough, the final days of the campaign found a panicky condition in both McKelvie (Continued on Pwce Two. Column Two.) Placards Urging Workers Not to Vote Being Posted New York, Nov. 1 Large pla cards urging workers not to vote, but to strike and "boycott this elec tion" resulted in the arrest of three men found posting them in Harlem today. The posters were 'signed by the United Communist party, but the men arrested on charges of disor derly conduct denied being commun ists and said they were promised $20 a day for distributing the pla cards. "The whole election business is a fake to fool you," read the circulars, "overthrow the capitalist govern ment, establish the soviet govern ment," adding that the communists have no candidate in, this election "because of government persecu tion." .' ShipVCrew Battles Cops Searching for Liquor Boston, Nov. 1 Customs officers who made a raid on the White Star liner Cretic for contraband liquor were set upon by members of the crew and beaten back with crow bars and other weapons. Police boats and a detail of patrolmen re sponded on a riot call, and a re quest was made on the navy yards for a squad of marines. With the aid of a detail of sail ors armed with bayonetted rifles, the officials overpowered the' crew, some of whom attempted toi resist with knives, and found 400 bottles of cognac tinder the floor of the engine room, where 600 bottles w'ere removed yesterday. A . quan tity of drugs secreted in garlic also was found. r Bumper Walnut Crop. Colunibus. Nov. 1. A bumper crop of walnuts throughout Ohio isj indicated by reports reaching Stale Secretary of Agriculture Shaw. There is a fair crop of hickory nuts, the supply being heavy in some parts of the state and relatively light n others. mMK FOR THE (, If Wfrnmucm CONSTITUTION ' f - - III J UNITED STATES. -m f t FR mA y -Loc4 LEAGUE. OF, If, Congressional Figlits Receive -Much Attention New House of Representatives And Slightly Over One-Third Of Senate to Be Chosen Tuesday. Washington, Nov. 1. A new house of representatives and slight- I.. aU .1, J .1. - ly JUU1C UldU UllC-lllllU Ul UtC bClldlC j. will be chosen Tuesday. While the presidential campaign has eclipsed all others in interest, the congres sional fights, particularly the sena torial contests, have received much attention from the leaders of both I parties. Both Senator Harding and Gov ernor Cox have pleaded with the voters to elect a congress in which tb'eir respective parties would have a majority. The heads of the con gressional and senatorial campaign committees have been especially active stressing the importance of , the senatorial elections because the senate which meets next March 4, will be called upon to dispose of the question of peace with Germany. The present senate is comuosed of 48 republicans; four progressive u publican and 47 democrats, which on a strict party vote, has jtiven the republicans a majority of two. 'thirty-four senators wjll be elected Tuesday, the firms of 32 expiring next March i, and two being se lected to fill unexpired terms caused by the deaths of Senators Jiank htad, of Alabama, and Martin of Virginia. Thcso two places are cer hin to be filled by democrats Seven of the 32 senators whose terms expire next March are demo crats and 15 republicans.. The democrats, to obt;i n a majority must capture at least two senatorial stats from the republicans. Leaders, ot both parties are 'laimirg acces sions to their present strength. Fou' hundred and thirty-five members of the house of representatives are to bt elected Tuesday xThe number necessary for a majority is 218 The present membership of the house is 1.90 democrats; 232 republicans, two independent republicans; one inde pendent and one prohibition's with nine vacanciese. To obtain a ma jority the democrats must pn:n 51 seats, as eight of the ni:ie vacant seats normally are held by republi cans. Wealthy Manufacturer Is Fined for Smuggling New York, Nov. 1 Charged with smuggling a diamond ring and a pearl necklace valued at $10,500 into the United States, Victor Viviaudou pleaded guilty in the federal district court and was fined $5,000. The gems were confiscated by the gov ernment. . Woman Burns to Death. Pierre, S. D., Nov., 1. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. William Richards was burned to death when her home near Sansarc, 40 miles northwest ol here was destroyed by fire last night. Mr. Richards escaped from the house but was so badly bnrned that his recovery is considered doubtfu ; A? " I ' ' i It's Up to You The Water's' Fine A'telephone in The-Bee office rang last evening. 1 "I've always been a democrat," related the man at the other end of the line, "but I'm tired of all this foolishness and 1 1 want to vote a straight republican ticket. How can I do it?" For the benefit of other demo crats similarly inclined, The Bee suggests the fallowing simple" recipe. Put one cross on the ballot, in the circle to the left of the word "republican," which appears at the head of the list of cand:dates. Three Dead, and 30 Injured in Wred. Pacific Overland Train Takes Plunge From Bridge 178 Miles East of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Nov. 1. Three per sons .were killed and 30 injured when the Pacific Overland, east bound, on the Salt Lake ' route, plunged from a bridge one mile east of Manix, Cal.. 178 miles from hos Angeles, on the Salt Lake railroad last night, according to a corrected list given out at railroad offices here today. The dead: ' REV. FRANCIS M. MOODY. Chicago. JAMES F. KENEPP, train electri cian. Los Angeles. FRED REESE, Salt Lake City. The more seriousiy injured, brought to hospitals here, included: R. G. Atk;nson, Salt Lake City, news agent, uiternrl injuries.' W. J. Davies, Moberly, Mo., lac erations, internal injuries. . W. P. Baker, South Provo. Utah, back injured, hand crushed. Mrs. Francis M. Moody, Chicago, wife of the Rev. Mr. Moody, shock, lacerations. Jerry Conners, Salt Lake City, concussion of brain, lacerations of the face. Fred Hollen, Detroit, back sprain ed, contusions. Mrs. Fred Hollen, Detroit, contu sions and lacerations. T. F. Travers, Wilmington, Dele., back sprained, contusions.'' The others injured were attended at the scene of the wreck and con tinued their journey eastward or re turned to Los Angeles. The bodies of the killed were tak en to Yermo, 10 miles west of the scene of the wreck where arrange ments were made to send them to Barstow, the nearest division point. According to unofficial reports, the wreck was caused by a spread rail on the bridge. The engine, bag gage car, smoker, chair ear, tourist car and diner left the rails. The baggage car plunged 15 feet fiom the bridge to the bottom of a water course ' Kenepp in this car, was crushed to death beneath a pile of baggage. The Rev. Mr. Moody had just en tered the smoker when the crash came. He was found with a coathook attached to the side of the car pierc ing the back of.his head. Reese also was killed in the smoker, which turned half way over. Most of the injured were in the. smoker and chair car Ax Murder Case To Havq Airing in Council Bluffs W. B. McCaull Completes Change of Venue From Montgomery County on Perjury Indictment. L'pon numerous affidavits that he cannot secure a fair trial in Mont gomery county, W. B. McCaull yes ttrday completed his change of venue from Montgomery county to the district court at Council Bluffs. McCaull was one" of the witnesses for State Senator Frank F. Jones of Vilhsca in his $60,000 slander suit against Detective J. N. Wilkerson, former Burns detective operative, who attempted to fasten responsi bility for the murder of Joe Moore and the other victims of the atffiend who exterminated the family on the night of June 9, 1912, at Villisca. McCaull was indicted by the Montgomery county grand jury on December 29, 1919, for perjury in connection with his testimony be fore the grand jury when he swore he left Villisca about 7 o'clock on the morning' after the murder with Albert' Jones, son of the Senator Jones. The case transcripted "here yes terday contains a huge bundle of papers, including the indictment. The trial will bring up again many of the horrible features of the Vil lisca tragedy, which has never been solved. Dance While You Wait in New York Polling Place New York, Nov. 1. MSsic with your votes, or even a little fox trot ting if you have to wait, is the latest attraction. TJhe Thirty-fourth elec tion district of the Tenth assembly district is to do its polling in a music store. Miss Laura Skinner, district captain for the republican party, is making arrangements with the proprietor of the store for the soiree. "I Want a Lily," will be played while the ballots are. being marked, and "The Love Nest" as they are being dropped into the box. Aerial Mail Service to Cuha Inaugurated Today Key West, Fla., Nov. 1 Aeriai mail between United States and Cu ba was inaugurated today with the departure from Key West of two seaplanes for Havana. Each plane has a capacity of 1,000 pounds of mail, 12 passengers and 400 pounds of luggage. On the initial trip the planes carried a full list of passengers and a large amount of mail. The Weather Forecast. Tuesday fair with rising tcmpera- IUI v. Hourly Temperatures. R s. m . . 0 a. m. . 7 a. m. R a. m . . W . m. . in ft. m , . II ft. m. . U aoon . . .89 ST SS . 81 .31 .31 .SI 1 b. m . . S p. m. . S p. m. 4 p. m . . 5 p. m. . S p. m. . 1 P. ra.. .SI .SI Sit .i . .M .31 .it I S p. m.. FreightAnd Passenger TrainsMeet Burlington Limited Crashes Into Boxcar Hurled OnU Track by Collision at Stanton, la. Pullman Occupants Safe By J. T. ARMSTRONG. Staff Corrniponili-nt of The Hee. , Stanton, la.. Nov. 1. (Special Telegram.) Four men were killed when Burlington westbound pas senger train No. 1 crashed into a box car hurled onto the westbound track from an extra freight train by eastbound passenger No. ID at 4:30 a. m. today on a bridge 100 yards from the pasy:er station here. 1 The dead are: CHARLES CONKLIN, Creston, la., engineer on Burlington pas senger train No. 1. ' ELMER C. ANDERSON, Cres ton, la., fireman on Burlington pas senger train No. 1. CHARLES A. KINDALL, Lin coln, Neb., engineer on Burlington extra train No. 10. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, prob ably from Galesburg'; 111., riding the blinds on Burlington passenger train No. 1. v Narrowly Escape Death. . Two hundred passengers of the two trains were rudely aroused from their slumbers by the two crashes. Many of them escaped burning to death when they rushed from the smoking car and first day coach on No. 1, just as both coaches burst into flames. - J. E. Tracy. Lincoln. Neb., fireman on extra train No. 10, escaped death by leaping from his cab. Kindall's body was pinned beneath the overturned engine of the west bound locomotive. Four- coaches on No. 1 were burned. The locomotive was de molished. The locomotive of extra train No. 10 was able to proceed on its way to Chicago within four hours under its own steam. H. C. Mehlig. brakeman on No. 1, explained lthe wreck. He attrib ttted the cause of the double crash to a broken journal on the extra freight train. f Engineer Saw Danger. The" freight was pulling from the main track to a sidetrack to make way for No. 10 which had through orders from Denver to' Chicago. No. 10 was hitting it up at a lively rate. Fireman Tracy declared his engineer answered the block signal at the entrance to the yards. The freight had not cleared the switch. Kindall saw the imminence of a crash and criea to Tracv: "Jump, TracyT for your lffe." Tracv leaped through the left win dow of the cab. Kindall stuck to his post to apply the brakes, and as they screeched and his locomotive crashed into the rear car of the freight, he leaped through the right windbw of the cab. But No. 1, limited from Chicago to Omaha, " was thundering dowl the paralleled track at high speed. Struck by Locomotive. And Kindall leaped in front of the oncoming locomotive. He was killed instantly. The freight car, which was filled rfith grain, was hurled in front of No. 1, also. No. 1, locomotive, baggage, mail, (Continued on Pag-a-Three, Colnmn Three) Four Are Killed by Escaping Gas in Home New York, Nov. 1. John Harold, who lost a leg in the war, his wife. Anna, to whom he was married since his return from France, and B. F. Lambert and Edward Perkins, members of the crew of the battle ship Florida, were killed by gas this morning in the Harold home at 305 East Fifty-third street. The positions . of the victims' bodies indicated all had awakened and realized their peril and had tried to save themselves. The rigid fin gers of the sailors were pressed on disarranged rugs, over which they had apparently dragged themselves iron: their bed. in efforts to reach the windows in the rear of the par lor floor. Philadelphia Man Says Bergdoll Under Arrest New Yqrk, Nov. 1. A statement that he had caused the arrest neaf Coblenr, Germany, of Grover C Bergdoll, wealthy Philadelphia escaped draft evader, was made here by a passenger on the steamship Rotterdam, who said he was J. W. Hartman of Philadelphia. Ilartman told customs officials that he had once been employed near the Bergdoll home, and when, several weeks ago while he was in the Coblenz area his attention ,was callctt to a young man who had just bought a motor car. He recognized him as Ijergdoll. j Storm in South Dakota Severs Wire. Service Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 1. Tele phone and telegraph communication between many points in South Da kota ha been comptetcty severed by a storm yhich began Saturday k night. The first snow of the sea is falling, accompanied bv nAfthu-iift u-tri I h. reau here predir- morroT - -ftsiLvvn