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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
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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.
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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 "
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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