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r. in-.", Ai4vi . j tor ' V The 'Omaha DAidt ; Bee VOL. 50 NO. ISO. Eatir m Seetaa-ClaM Matter Mil , IN. il Oieaaa P. 0. Uaw M at Mirth S. IK. OMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1920. By Kill (I mtl, tail 4th . Oall aaa iuitaay. 19: 0ll Only, M: (veday. 14 Outle4tti Jl rw), DiUytadiun4u.nl: Dally Oily. 112: Svada Oal. M THREE CENTS t Sebastopol Evacuated By V rangel 4 Kj 1 All Available American War ships in Black Sea to' Assist Refugees in Leaving Crimea. Troops Cheer , Leader i i By Tb Aaaoclated I'rm. Constantinople. Nov. 15. Sebas fopol fell to the Russion soviet forces at 5 o'clock Sunday cevning, after the evacuation plans had been fully ear ned out. according; to word received here today. General .Wrangel, it is rtated, was the hist to. leave, going aboad the cruiser ,Korn:loff, cheered by his froops. Washington, Nov. IS. AH avail able American warships in the Black sea are to be used to assist refugees in leaving the Crimea in advance of the bolshevik armies. Authority for such use of the ships was given by the State and Navy department unon tne tireent recom- ndations of Rear Admiral Ale- n lv. rnmminirr or American war- It has not yet been determined where the refuges will be taken. At the .State department it was said that because of the epidemic of typus at Sebnstopol they might not be taken to Constantinople, but to one of tne iGreok islands in the Aegean sea. V - ' 5 Bolsheviki in City. j Paris, Nov. IS. Sebastopol has fallen, the Russian bolsheviki having occupied the, city last night, accord ing te unofficial information ; re ceived by the French foreign of- fice. ' The bolsheviki are reported to be .masters of thei whole Crimean pen-J . General Wrangel, members of his staff and-M. Martel, French high commissioner at Sebastopol, were taken on board the French warship Waldeck Rousseau and are expected td arrive in Constantinople late to night or tomorrow. . Refugees Seek Ships. Constantinople, Nov. IS. Thirteen thousand refugees have arrived here .from Sebastopol. but because of the 'lack of accommodations iii the city, tbey are still aboard ships moored in the Bosphorus. Several thousand more are due here, and ,it is under- stood 30,000 have been permitted to take passage from the Crimean city. It was found impossible to fkrovide s for the entire population of ). Two thousand wounded men have arrived aud have, been distributed among the French and Russian hospitals. The United States destroyer Fox arrived here today with a party of SO American Red Cross workers who have been engaged behind Gen- eral Wrangcl's lines. Hope is ex pressed that all the Red Cross per sonnel will have been removed fom danger by tonight. v Fragments of General Wrangel's r army have been embarked on Rus ' sian and French warships. British Are Neutral. London, i .Nov;"' IS. As Great Britain has never, recognized the Wrangvl government in touth Rus sia and now is proceeding with ne gotiations aiming at th opening of trade relations with soviet Russia, the British navy will continue to ob- iserve strict neutrality in the Black Vea, tit was stated today. . Reports from Constantinople that ihe Brit ish navy would assist in the block ade of Black sea ports were denied by the admiralty. . . , .. - British ships have not yet been called upon to transport refugees from the Crimea, and the admiralty said today it had not been decided whether they would assist in get ting the refugees away. Building Combine Is ? Blamed for Present ' Construction Prices Henver. ' Colo., Nov. 15. A. A. sm.r, . arcnucct, ioiq . inc unucu States senater committee on recon struction and production that he be lieved there? was a combination among firms dealing in building ma terials to maintain high prices for their, products. He said price lists furnished by various concerns were "just exactly alike." Commenting on Mr. Fisher's state ment, Senator Calder declared ''if there is a combination to keep up building prices in these difficult times, it is the duty of the department of justice or your local legal repre- sentatives to go after them. It can be stopped and. it must be stopped. Everywhere we have heard constant reference to sueh combinations." , Mr. Fisher rtld a paper- to the "committee in w hich he declared the best way to stimulate building would be some sort of stabilization of prices. ' Extend Time Banks May I Buy Commercial Paper AUaatttno-tnn "Mrtv IS F.vtniiAfi until June 30 of regulations permit ting national banks to purchase or discount six months commercial paper up to 10 per cent of their cap--l itauzation was anouncea dv comp troller oi the Currency Williams. The paper must be secured bv 1051 per cent ot the amount ot Liberty bonds tr certificates of indebted ness. ' Widow of Cork Mayor Will Testify in U. S. Hearing Washington," Nov. IS. Mrs. Ter ence Macbwiney, widow ot the late lrd mayor of Cork, cabled the com- V: -r inn .: : .t. T . w ) q'.tfstion that she had obtained' a .disport and would sail November I for the United States tj testify : the hearings to be held here by , ti commission. , spin Belgian Elected President Of League at First Me&mg Paul Hymans Defeats Two Opponents by Overwhelm t ing Vote-JAssembly Greeted by Ringing of All Church T3ells in City Socialist Pro . vokes Debate. Hr Tha Aaaorlnled lra'a. Geneva, Nov. ' 15. Paul Hymans of Belgium was elected permanent president of the league of nations at the opening session of the league's assembly here. He received 35 vote to four for President Motta of Sitzerland and one facftv for ex- Frtsident Ador of Switzerland and Leon Bourgeois of France. M.. Hymans had called the dele pates to order and introduced Pres ident Motta of Switzerland, who. in his address welcoming the delegates, expressed the hope that the United State9 would not delay much longer in taking its legitimate place in tne league." , Church Bells Ring. . The first session of the league assembly was greeted with the ring ii'g of all the bells in Geneva after several minutes silence on the part of all the piople of the canton. Pres ident Motta of Switzerland was fol lowed by M.- Hymans. . ; The socialist leader, . Hjalmar Branting, head of the Swedish- dele gation provoked the first debate by objecting to the election of Paul Hymans as president of the league by acclamation. M. HymanV him self decided the question, by holding that, since one member requested a secret vote he was 'entitled to it. A more animated and more sig- nificent, discussion grew out of the adoption of thetAgenda. Lord Rob ert Cecil," who hepresents South Af rica, held that the applications for memberships of Albania. Bulgaria and Austria which were receieved since the : Agenda was made up, should.be added to it. The assembly so decided after the French dele gates, Viviaia and Bourgeowe, had made it clear that the applications would be referred to a committee to be examined and a decision taken as to whether they would be received. ' Will "Establish Precedent. , This reservation, 'i is contended, will establish a precedent so that if German's application is received later, the French delegates will be able to raise the question of eligibil ity at tmce.' - , Determination to ' meet . intri cate problems m worlds affairs Wilson Told of Poor Riveting at, -' U.S. Naw Yard Witness Before Senate Com mittee Says HeWas "Fired For Reporting "Fierce" i Work to President. New. York, Nov. IS; Alleged de fective riveting on ships constructed tor the emergency fleet corporation was not only called to the attention of President, Wilson, but "evidence," in the form of a package of the rivets, was sent to him, a witness before the Walsh committee inquiring into ship ping board affairs testified The witness was Thomas H. Pur- tell, who described hinrself as an "ex pert riveter of the' old school. Jn 1918 he was engaged as a inspector of hulls at the plant of the Submarine Boat ' corporation Some of ' the riveting wOrlc in this yards he de scribed as "fierce." : He said his suf perior would not support him in his contentions of poor work,' therefore he sent President Wilson "some samples" in the (form of defective rivets. Frd for Report. He could not say if the president ever saw the "evidence" but he did know he,was "fired for sending itt" . "They -gave me only just about enough .time Jo get my clothes and get out pf the yard," he said. ' Later on he : said the president answered. his conplaints thr.ough his secretary. As a esult he was rein stated as an inspector and given his back pay. He was sent to the Standard Shp Building plant . ' , "It was evident," the witness testi fied, "that my record had preceded me for I found I .was in bad favor there." - He also testified that the riveting situation at the latter plant was also "something fierce." He complained to his superiors, he added, without satisfaction. He then threatened i to go direct to 'the r Fleet corporation headquarters at Phila delphia and was warned not to jlo it! Names" Faulty , Ships. , "I-went to Philadelphia and was again fired," he added. The wit ness supplemented his testimony, by exhibits of drawing, by him showing rivest under varied conditions and by samples of. rivets used in ship (Turn to Tate Two, Column Thrw.) BOYS AND GIRLS! There's a , rtew story , for youton the last pagcf this paper. ' "SANDY, THE . CHIPMUNK" It is another of Arthur Scott Bailey's "SleepyUme Tales." If you have read the others, yoi will read this; if not, start -with this'ofie and you'll never miss another. ; Aajifce yourefloo young to read it ten have Daddy or Mother read it to you , Every day in " fUE OMAHA BEE, and . to lay finnly tlifi founda tion stones" of the league of nations was evident, in the demeanor voJ delegates of 41 countries when they convened. Although differences of opinion have already arisen relative tqi the Danzig question, Jhe makeup ot he commission on mandates, the pro tection of racal and religious minor ities in Balkan states and the admis sion of Germany to the' league with some of its former allies, there was today an. evident disposition on the part of all the delegates to meet every situation with fairness and open mind and to endeavor to reach decisions which would be accepta ble. . Prominent Men Present. Men who have been long promi nent in the arena of world politics were present when Paul : Hymans, temporary president and former Belgian foreign "minister, appeared On the platfornuof the hall of ref ormation and called the meeting to order. A. J. calfour, head of thei British delegation, was not able to be present. Among prominent men present were Tomasso ! Tittoni of Italy, Leon Bourgeois and Reite Vi viani of France, Sir Robert Borden of Canada, Viscount Kikujiro Ishu and Baron Keishiro Matsui of Japan and Jose Quinoncs de Leon of spam, south Atrica was repre-, sented Dy Lord Kobert Lecii, tof mer British assistant secretary of state for foreign affairs. ( Most of the South, and Central A iierican republics have full delega-' tions here for the session. ' x I U. S. Not Represented. The United States wis ndt rep resented officially at today's meeting. but throughout the session there will be present ' American " "observers. Who will keep Washington informed ot. developments- At a meeting ot the council of the laaguc yesterday arrangmentswere made for the Unit ed States td bave a representative on the financial commission, as weM as the commissions on economics and mandates, shoiild she so desire. Hon duras and Ecuador are the only other American nation wnicn aid not send (Turn to Pf e 'Two, Column On.) Defeat Admitted By Venizelists in Greek , Election Returns Erom But 400 of 3,009 Districts Received; Vote of Soldiers at Front; I May Change Result. ; ,.-' By Tha Aflsoclated Preaa. ' " ' , Athens, Nov. IS. The govern ment, in in , ofiiciai announcement this afternoon, 'virtually admits the defeat of the Venizelists in the gen eral elections throughout, Greece yesterday, It says it will await the final results and then, 'in conform ity with constitutional principles, re sign before the convocation of par liament. . v If the premier,' was 'unsuccessful in obtaining a majority of 25 votes in the chamber of deputies, it is considered here, he will be unable to solve the dynastic problem. Early indications were that he could not definitely, according to returns, find 200 Venizelist deputies. Wrhen the "vote's of the soldiers froiri the Ath ens, Piraeus and the districts at the front have been counted,, however, the situation may change in favor pf the premier. 1 1 The opposition claims a sweeping victory even the personal defeat of Venizelos inVie, city of Piraeus. The election is a great surprise to the government which anounces it will resign if it 1 is defeated. .The Venezilistas are alarmed, but consid er, thajt nothing if certain as yet, be cause the results of only 400 out, of 3,000 districts are known.', 1 1 . The cabinet met and later issued the following communication: "It is evident that the. government was mistaken in its emplanations regard ing the elections, although definite results are" not yet known. ' It will await these results so as to turn over the power of the party designated by the papular suffrage in comformity witl flie constitution without await ing convocation of the chamber." Mills in New England ; " Reduce Working Schedules SpVingfield, Mass., Nov. 15. The Westinghouse Electric and Manu facturing company today -put into effect a cut from 54 to 48 hours a 'wee'k in its working schedule, af fecting 1.800 employes. At the same time the Moore Drop Forge com pany abolished its, eight-hour night shift, laying off between 700 and 750 men- i ' . : Biddeford, Me., Nov.' IS. The Pepperell . and York cotton mills, employing 6,000 persons, to day inaugurated a working schedule of three days a week, to continue until further notice. North Platte Boy Killed While'Playing With Gun North Platte, Neb.,- Nov. 15. (Special Telegram.) Kenneth Mc Farland, 21, son of L. D. .McFar land, died in a hospital here this morning after being accidentally shot while performing tricks with a .38 caliber revolver with, a compan ion yesterday afternoon. The bullet went through his stomach ajid bdged in his spine. I Supreme Court Recess. 'Washington. Nov. 13. The, su preme conrt announced a recess from November Zi to December 6, 1 Defense of o biisanitv Attorney for Mrs. Mike Tier ney, Who Killed Son-in-Law, Will Plead Unwri't- V ten Law in Trial. State Will Demand Death Temporary insanity will be the defense Ot Mrs. Mike Tierney, on trial m District Judge Troup's ccwrt for the murderiof Ray Dnnlap. 27, her son-in-law, on September 24.. This was clearly indicated yester day afternoon at the opening of the trial, in which the state will de mand the death penalty, by Eugene O'Sullivan, attorney for Mrs. Tier ney. . Are you prejudiced against a temporary insanity plea?"K O'Sulli van asked each juryman examined. EvA:ry mention of the death pen alty called forth audible sobs from Margaret Tierney, the oldest' daugh-! tcrj who sat in the rear of the court room with one of the younger ,ehil-1 dren on her lap. Ethel, the sister whose elopement with, Duhlap is gven as thepchief reason for the murder, sat with another vff. the younger children on her lap.1 lears welled- in her eyes, but she did not weep, audibly as her older sister did. Court Room Crowded. Both 2 of the older girls were neatly and well dressed, as were the two younger children, Clara, 12, and Gprge.i 10, respectively. The court room was crowded. A ma jority were women. ' Mrs. Tierney is the mother of njne children. Two are jead and two grown sons are in the county jail on robbery charges. Four of the children were in the court room yesterday.' Mrs. Tierney, neatly dressed, appeared calm and consulted frequently with O'Sullivan. f- That the state anticipates' O'Sulli van will inject the "unwritten law" into the trial, growing out of Mrs. Tierney's hatred of Dunlap because lie married Ethel, her 16-year-old daughter, against her wishes, was in dicated by questions "asked by As sistant County Attorney Coffey in his examination of jurymen. ' , Unwritten Law Mentioned. ' "Wouldi you heed the unwritten law in preference to the law laid down by the court?" was one ques tion asked by the state. , "Has any member of your family ever married against your wishes?" was another question. The state indicated plainly that the electric chair would be insisted upon- and questions! directed at each juryman brought out his opinion on the death penalty. . One man had 1 daughter who mar ried against his wishes. He was dismissed. Eight men examined were prejudiced against the death penalty and two declared tttly were fathers with daugters who would be pre judiced in favor of the unwritten law as against the law of the land when the question of an elopement with a man who would endanger the health of a daughter v&s concerned. (Torn to Page Two, Column Two.i Grand Jury to Pjobe Panic in Theater in Which Lives Lost New York, Nov.' 15. A .grand jury ' will , investigate yesterday's panic in an east side motion picture house in which six children were trampled to death and a dozen in jured. V This announcement was made-to day by District Attorney Swann, who asserted that he had learned certain - theaters employed "profes sional guardians to get around a city ordinance which prohibits chil dren . under age . attending ' per formances alone. Mr. Swann said he had learned these lunder "guar dians" bought tickets for children and escorted them to their seats, re porting again outside the theaters for further duty.' , . 1 C- 1 Max Schwartz and Barnett Wein berg, proprietors of the theater in which the panic occurred, after smoke sifting up from a furnace had led to a false alarm of fire, and Joseph Polani, the janitor, were ar raigned today in Tombs court. It was charged that they caused several deaths through culpable neg lect in having an exit door leading from the theater locked, and in fail ing to take proper precautions to safeguard their patrons. Church RoV Over Heat Is Settled by, Police Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 15. Po licefwere called' to restore order at the First Christian church here yes terday after ,the pastor, Rev. A. B. Book, had announced that because there Was Jio heat in the churcl building; communion would not be administered. A large part of the congregation was in police court to day either as witnesses or principals on charges of disturbing the peace, placed against them by the minis ter and several of his congregation. Decision to remove the com munion vessels was, said by the au thorities' to have brought to a head factional differences in the church. Eastern Railroads Cut Forces Working in Shops Albany, N. Y.l Nov. ilS. Four hundred shopmen employe by the New York Central railroad company at the West Albany repair shops and I 100 other workers will be laid off j tonight, officials of the company an nounced, because of a slump in busi ness. : . The Boston and Albany railroad posted a notice that 10 per cent of its working fojrc of 750 here would be made idle next Wednesday, l . ; A J T . Jl Jl If. mi TT7 1 I XLVtiuu imccucu, luuic j.iiaii ryuiuo 1 . ' ' ; 1 J , ' J Report of Wide Open Qambjing Stirs Alliance City Council Probes Alleged Failure of Police Captain To j Turn Over Money Collected jn Raid. Alliance, Neb., lov.' 15. (Special Telegram.) Reports -of gambling games alleged to have been running wide open here for a period of sev eral months, together with alleged irregularities of local police in deal ing with the supposed" offenders, have aroused a, storm of criticism from citizens, caused the threatened resignation of one member oi the city council and resulted in a probe into'the matter by the city authori ties today. . j '"'V .' " The occasion for the hearing was the alleged failure of Officer Nova, Taylor, night police captain, to turn' over to the city $105, bond money taken from seven alleged gamblers, until 12 days after he had received it. According to statements made at the hearing today, Taylor and an other officer jaided the Greek ab on the night of November 1, where thpv found severnl men around a table in the basement and dis covered evidence 'of gambling. Accepted Money. Officer Taylor is said to have ac cepted $15 a piece from the seven men as appearance bonds and in stead of turning tne money into no lice court. Dlaced it m a bank to Bis own account. V Twelve days later, following re ports of other gambling games, he turnefl the monev over to the city. It is alleged that he, himself, made out complaints against the men and filed them away in his 'desk without presenting them to the police magtrate. The alleged gamblers were never taken to tne police sta tion and never appeared tor yial. Officer Taylor also did not' inform the police judge of the results of the raid, it is said: ' ..... Many Complaints.' The hearing was the culmination of a series of complaints of. citizens that gambling games have been run ning in various parts of the city for months in open defiance of the law. It is generally known that' an old livery stable near the heart of town is used nightly as a rendevous by the gamblers, but no arrests have been made. Rattling of the bones and the click of noker chips inside the ham at all hours of the night, have been reported. It is reported- that large stakes are played for and that several "Hien with families have gone bankrupt in the games at the barn. . .' ' - Following the hearing today, Councilman F. W. Harris, cashier of the Alliance National banki stated that he would resign from the city council unless step were taken im mediately to clean up the town. ' Will Discuss Disposal of State G. O. P. Headquarters Lincoln, ,Neb., Nov. 15. (Spe cial.) The executive committee of the republican state committee lias been called to meet in the headquar ters of the republican state commit tee Friday afternoon, November 19, at 2, to go over the work of the late campaign and arrange for the closing of headquarters, or if funds Can be provided, to keeo them ooen perma- Acutlyt v . , . 1 AritfeniansFlee Toward Batum Ervian, Capital of Republic, Evacuated; Appeal Sent ' ! For Relief. ' New York, Novi15. Eriven, cap ital' of 'the, Armenian republic has been evacuated, cominunica'ions be tween the great railway junction of Alexandropol and Tiflis, capital of Gtprgia, have been cut, completely isolating Armenia from the outsidi world and. the road from Ardahan to Ardanautch is, jammed with with Amenxn .women and children flee ing down Xhe valley of the Tchorok river toward Batum, according to cable . dispatches received,' by the headquarters of the Near.' East' re lief. . 'v 1 At the same time, . reports Were rtcelved rhat Mustapha Kemal, at the head of the Turkish nationalist fotces, operating against Armenia, lias ordered the Georgian army to tweuate Batum on the Black sea a, id that the Georgian army has ben -mobilized to defend that port. TJie first message' reached the Near East relief through Edouard Neville, president, and Auguste de Morsier, secretary of the . Interna tional Philarmenian, conference now in session at" Geneva, in conjunction' with the assembly pf the league of nations. It reads: - . r "Ardasian-Ardanautcb road Jam med with ; Aremenian women and children from Karsand Alexandro pol. fleeing before the army of Mus tapha Kemal toward Batum. Ar- me nan . army has been forced to evacuate Erivan, ,.its' ammunition be inp exhausted. Georgia is mobil izing. Unfed and shoeless refugees arec rowcling into Tiflis for possible safety The Philarmenian league appeals ' to the International Red Cross the Near East relief and the lord mayor's committee" to 1 rush food, medecines and clothing to Ba tum." - Benson Defends ?Work Of Shipping Board Br Tha Aaswlnted PiVm. Charleston,. S. C... Nov. ,15. Re plying, to, critics of thes hippiag board and . emergency fleet corpora ratidn. Rear -Admiral William S. Penson, chairman of the board, de clared in an1 address" before the South Atlantic Ports association, that his "fellow countrymen" could depend upon it that no wrongdoer connected with the hoard "will es cape if his wr'ont is. i called to my attention." "' " "Not only have I -insisted upon the closest watch upon all matters,' fa'd Mr. Benson, "but I, have fol lowed the 'work' of the shipping toard in every port of. the world with the one thought yn mind that we are now reaching that crucial moment' which 'spells either the suc cess or failure of a permanent mer chant' mirine." "V 1 1 : - Woman Burned to Death In Furnace at Her Home Marshalltown. Ia.. Nov.. 15. Mrs. Georire A. eDButte. 58. wife of the president of the Melbourne Savings bank, was burned to death in', the furnace at her home Saturday, it was learned today. After missing her. Mr. JJcButte hegan a search and fqund hiVwife's hodv .wedged in the furnace door. She had been ill for some time and is believed to have comniittcd suicide x ' Two Accidentally Killed While On Hunting Trips South Side Man Stumbles and Receives Fatal ' Charge ; " Bluffs Lad Dies of , ' tT "J 1 wouna. George Ik ucheba, 26, 4111 South Thirty-eighth street, accidentally shot and killed himself Sunday noon while on his way from the home of hit- brother-in-law, 1 John Staw- nieck, 2972 South Thirty-sixth-street, to go hunting. The two men had; just left the home and were but a few blocks on their way1 when Kucheba, who was carrying his Shotgun under his right arm, stumbled, according -to Staw nicck, and the gun struck the pave mem ana was uiscnargeu. The i.hot entered the right arm pit. btawniecx catted police sur geons when Tie reached home with his brother-in-law, but our their ar rival Kucheba was dead. The county attoVney was notified. ' Daniel Kinney, jr., 1. 1244 Fair mount avenue, Council Bluffs was shot late yesterday afternoon while hunting with his brother-in-law, Leo Kynett, and a companion, Truman Hansen, ait the south" end of 'Madi son avenue. - . . The -trio was walking through the brush, single file, with Kinney in the, lead. Kynett carried his automatic pump gun by the balance. A shot fang out and Kinney fell. V The police were not notified. A private . ambulance was called and, the WQunded man rushed to Mercy hospital, where he died. ' It is believed a twig or branch caught the trigger guard, firing the shotgun. , - !' , .Starts Suit to Foreclose Summer, Resort Mortgages Columbus, Neb.j Nov. 15. (Spe cial.) Suit to foreclose mortgages on the buildings -md equipment at Shady Lake, a Columbus summer resort, has been started by Adam Smith in district court Ed, Brani gan, whOj conducted the resort the past three years isdefendant. The mortgages were given by Mr. Br'anigan to secure three notes upon which Mr. Smith alleges more than $1,400 is still due. Mr. Smith, owner of the ground and lake, asks that the buildingj and equipment be sold to satisfy the mortgages. The Weather - Forecast. fair with .Tuesday. rising tem perature. ! v Hourly Temperatures. C n. m.l M 1 p. ' 8 a. m 21 S p. m S3 3 p. 8 a. m. ,...21 4 p. 9 a. m. ....! S P. ..T ..IK m. tn. 10 a, m 74 p. m SK 11 a. m 24 7 p. in H l: noon ......... :6 I 1 p. m tJ- Tcatorday'i Ttmpcraturca. Hlh Low! ' High Low Bixmarclc ....!' 4 !.o Angelas .. M) 61 Ronton 4S SliMrmphli 43 Buffalo1 8Bi inlNcw York .... 4! Calgary J , HlVnrth Platte.. 4 c.heyenna .... S Philadelphia... ,. Chicago ...,i4 IjSt. I,oul IS Penrer ...... 3ft iftlRt. Paul Y KaiiRa City!, ait 'JlSloux OUv"'. !.' c-i -a.o ..1. 1 . Lander ...... JO 4; Xlilpiiem' Ilulletln. 'rrolect slilpnii-ndi during the 1 1 v t tn 31 hur from temperature as follow North, 15 deg-cen: t-ast and aouth, 20 de araea: waat. Xt decreaa Mail Theft Suspect Is Arrested Man, Tallying With Dcscrip- tion Given by Confessed "Dupe" in KobberyN- ' Taken in Omaha. Name Is Not Divulged ; Federal operatives connected with the postal department late yesterday afternoon arrested a man in Omali; suspected of being one of two mcr named, Wheeler and Williams, whe "double crossed" Merle Phillips, 20 sotr of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Phillips. 2121 Avenue FuCouncil, Bluffs, aftei ,dupmg him to assist them in the rob bery of $20,000 worrlT of registeret from a Burlington train in Council Bluffs Saturday, i' Postoffice Inspectors Coble anc Glenn, assisted by other federal of ficials, made the arrest upon person al description furnished by Thillips i Toe man was taken to the federa. building in tfce Bluffs for examina tion and the officials refused to di vulge his name or the location when the" arrest was made. All wer closeted in the building until a lat hour last night. Made Full Confession. . According to the postal inspectors, .young Phillips made a full confes- . sion of his part in the robbery and gave a detailed account of the crime to assist the operatives in: running down his two accomplices. He said that he met the men and planned the robbery in a pool hall near Four-' teenth and Douglas streets in Omaha . 3nd that they promised him a share in the loot in return for his help. Phillips has been employed for more than three years as a Burling ton railway mail assorter. It'was his duty to stack the pouches of tail in the cars' after they had been filled by the postal clerks at the Union-) Pacific transfer. He had known the men but a short time when they pro pcised the? robbery and he assisted tjiem in planning it. ' ' s Instructed Men. , j His confession states that he in structed theymen on how to obtain ' entrance to the registered mail car, ' told them which car to enter and .gave them other information which enabled them to stage the bold rob bery, v He boarded the train him- self and rode from the transfef to the city station of the Burlington with the engineer, whom he knew. In this manner, he acted as a guard, or lookout, for his confederates. According to the story told by Phillips,, his two accomplices did -Aot board the Urain at (the transfer, station, but drove their automobile, a Nash car bearing a Nebraska li cense, alongside the train t when it stopped on Eliwenth avenue, be tween Sixteen! , and Fourtenth streets, for th Illinois Central crossing and a dead switch. 4 Broke Into Car. ' One of the men broke out a win-, dow in the car, which was an ordi jary baggage x?r ".storage" car, -and not one of the official mail type, then unhooked the side door and opened it. One or both of the men then climbed into Ihe car, threw out 10 sacks of mail into their automo- (Turn to Page Ttve, Column Four.) Mysterious Deaths Of Stage Beauties ; Probed by Officer Chicago, Nov- 15. Two young and pretty actresses were dead to day while police fought solution of the mystery surrounding theirdeatL early yesterday in Grant park, with in a few hundred feet of the Michi gan boulevard skyscrapers, The girls died under circumstances in dicating murder. ' i ' . A mysterious telephone call noti fied jce ' yesterday morning that the bodies .were lying on the lake front. The call was traced to an insurance office, hut the identity of the man who telephoned has not been established. - The bodies were found, just the mysterious informant had said. Both girl's hair was matted with burrs. There are no- burrs of the kind in Grant park. The bodies were bruised and blood-stained. James Meeks and Robert Mc Carthy,' employes of a theatrical company playing here, identified the: bodies as Miss Marie Alma Ramey. a stock show player and vaudeville actress, and Miss Lillian Thompson, also an. actress. The girls were last ' seen in a grocery near the apart ment where the quartet lived. Meeks. and McCarthy and, two Italians, proprietor ai the grocery, who said they had given the girls two drinks of wine, were detained by the police for questioning. Monroe Man Will Serve. In Two Public Offices Columbus, Neb., Nov. 15. (Spe cial.) ltd V. Plann of Monroe has the distinction of being elected to two separate offices at the No vember election. He was a success ful candidate of both parties for jus tice of the peace in Oconee town ship and was elected police magis trate by the people of Monroe, .who wrote his name on their ballots. 1 The' county attorney said that he could find nothing in the law to pre vent Mr. Mann trom qualifying for and serving in both offices as there is no statute covering this particular case. s Accordingly, the county clerk issued Mr. Mann certificates of flection to both offices. . . Royal Wedditifi in' London. London. Nov. 15. The wedding of the Honorable Tiers Legh, young est son of Baron Newton, to Mrs. Alfred Shaughnessy, daughter-in-law of Lord Shaughnessy of Montreal, was celebrated . St ' Peter in Eton square .- . It' i i i i. 3 U I: v i i : V . :. . . .. , '",.. . ..,-." . ' .' . ,J