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I ' " t Omaha Sunday Bee 1HE Eattrta gwoita-Clftra Matter May M. IM. it Oaaha f. 0. Uaear Aet at Muck J. I7t. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21. 1920. ; ott TEN CENTS B BY GIRL t VOL. L NO. 23. ROBBERY- v ' PLOT REWEME . ' : i J i J U LI i-f Details of Mail Theft Given Out Federal Officers Tell Story Involving Poverty, Greed Gambling Chances, Love, Hate and Cupidity. . f m nun . '': Record Train . Robberv , .Plans, for the biggest train rob i bcry ever staged in the world were conceived originally by Orville Phil t Hps, 17, and Fred Poffenbarger, 19, '' according to theirst connecteQ and ' detailed story of the crime which has been made public by postal in spectors. The story involves sordid poverty. .Krced. cupidity. Katnblinsr chances. -' ,l 1. 1 : l i .1 j. uuuuic trussing, iQve, naie ana, in fact, (he entire gamut of human emo- ' Vions and circumstances. , Orville, a deserter from the army facing arrest and imprisonment upon discovery of his identity, was des perate. He' told his pal. Fred, that he could obtain information from his brother, Meirle, 20, which would enable them to stage the robbery. The thtee of thein met frequently during the six weeks preceding the robbery to lay their plans. They al- to rehearsed the stories they would tell if any of them were captured. And upon their subsequent arrests they all told stories identical in detail. , Car Driver Unknown. Poffenbarger was authorized by his accomplices to select a fourth man to drive the automobile for themi He obtained a friend whom neither Meirle nor Orville knew Later developments indicate that he entered' into collusion with this friend to "double-cross" the Philips brothers. On the appointed night, Saturday, November 13, the Phillips boys and Poffenbarger njet at the Union Pa cific transfer depot, while the fourth .accomplice, waited at Fifteenth street and Eleventh avenue with the car. Meirle mounted the engine and his two companions boarded , the train on 'the step at the side of the car they planned to robv t -Heme was to act, as iookoui wnue .""Tahc young bandits broke into the i ; r car ana tnrew out, me toot, ronen- '1 V. L V . -1 . 1 - . t J ' unlocked, and opened it after the train ttarted. Then he and Orville climbed in, threw out the pouches, ''V and jumped after them. ; They were " obliged to complete the entire job " while the train covered six blocks between the transfer station and the crossing at Fifteenth street. . Robbery Carefully Planned." ..n They. had planned and rehearsed sq carefully, however, that the sacks ; were dumped on the designated spot and hauled out of sight before the train started, with the exception of one pouch1 of the 10 tosSred to, the ground. This was noticed by a, i mail clerk on the last car in the1 train and led to the discovery of the robbery. 1 - r' The Phillips boys and Poffenbar ger then began to 'place the sacks in the waiting automobile. When - rive . had been loaded by them, the driver threw his machine into gear and sped away, leaving his accom plices behind with four sacks. This - act was, according to private ar rangement between Poffenbargef and the' driver. ' , . All of the boys took a gambling chance that tne daring roDDery wouia ' net them material reward. The chosen car was filled with registered man sacks, containing packages of varying value. They could not dis tinguish ,the bank, registries from ., others. Gambte on Contests. TCor could Poffenbarger and the driver tell in advance whether the five sacks they stole from their ac v.:Dmplices contained stuff of more "y V lvalue than that in the pouches left - behind when the automobile ran away. As it happened, the $50,000 currency shipment from San Fran cisco was in one of the sacks carried ci'.:. r.rfMV.-H. hmjI ,1. k.Mhure took their four', sacks to the borne - cf the former, 2439 Sixth avenue, ta ' solit the loot. They cut open the sacks, but found little of value. Most of the stuff was bonds, which were rendered non-negotiable by being stamped on their faces. iFive dia mond brooches were found, but the . stones were small. . " So the Phillips brothers really Tvere double-crossed and obtaineJ practically nothing as their share for participation in the robbery. , They , !u not know tne driver ot tne auto mobile and were led by Poffenbarg cr to believe that he had been dou- , I. '"-crossed, too jnis was noi xnc case, nuwcvci, aince the' driver saw him later that ' eight, or sometime the next day, and delivered to him about $25,000 in currency as his half of the loot in the five mail bags stolen by them irrm their accomplices. This he . look to the home of T..A. Daly, ' ' 2753 Seventh avenue, for conceal- ment. uaiy, nts wite ana n a. - ' Reed helped him ' to hide the cur rency in various places. - - First Arrests Sunday, First arrests in the robbery case were made Sunday afternoon when postal inspectors took Meirle and Earl Phillips into custody. Meirle's suspicious action in riding from the . transfer station with the engineer caused this move. His confession exonerated his brother. Earl, but later implicated Fred Poffenbarger, the next man to be held in the case. The stories tpld by these two boys (Tun to Fat Tw. Columa Oat.) Omaha Lass SacrifSto:ve On Altar of Dn 5 Country Romance of Pretty 20-Year-Cijs' Clerk and Aviator Sweetheart Shattered by Suspicions of His Part in Daring Robbery of Bvirling- ton Mail Train. ' A victim of a shattered romance that began with the glamor of an army lieutenant's uniform and ended with the lucrative robbery of 10 reg istered mail pouches in Council Bluffs, Miss Ella Peterson, 20, and pretty, lies abed at her home, 1706 South Tenth street, weeping silently. For Keith L. Collins, 23, former lieutenant in the air service of the army and ardent wooer of Miss Peterson, is wanted by federal au thorities ta fill up the missing link in the chain of evidence about the mail robbery.- The thought of her Lochinvar in volved in the robbery has prostrated her. That she did her duty in giving federal authorities information im plicating her lover in the robbery is the girl's pathetic consolation. Parents Are Proud. The thought of appearing in court against her lover in case he is ap- , . , . . prenpnaea witn tne missing cur rency has placed her in hysteria. "Mother, what else could-I do but turn turn over to the officers?" the girl cried while her mother caressed her. "Yes, we're proud of Ella," Mr. Mail Robberv Suspects May Be Box Car Thieves . ' $1,700 in Goods Detectives Say Was Stolen From Box Cars Is Recovered by , ! Federal Officers. Federal officers late yesterday aft ernoon recovered $1,200 in alleged mittens, shoes and a victrola from mittons, shoes and a Victrola from the home of Fred Poffenbarger, one of the alleged principals in the $3,- 500,00Q,Cpjincil Bluffs mail robbery. From the Poffehbargef bomeTf ficers went to the home of T. A. Daly, another man under arrest for complicity inf robberies, and recov ered approximately $500 in blankets and gloves found hidden in an old box in the alley. At the time of Daly's arrest of ficers found a quantity of mittens, blankets and cheese. - This, with the loot recovered yesterday, was identi fied by railroad detectives as prop erty stolen from boxcars in Council Bluffs railroad yards in the last two or three months. ; The blankets found in the Daly home and in the Poffenbarger home were stolen from the same boxcar, officers stated, and this further sub stantiated 'the theory that the gang which planned and executed the greatest train robbery in the history of the country has worked together on smaller jobs for a considerable length of time. Fred Poffenbarger, sr., the father, maintained that he didn't know the goods found in different rooms in his home had been stolen. "My boy told me e bought them, and the Victrola which he brought home has been there a long time," Poffenbarger said. 1 While officers loaded the loot in an automobile and carried it to the federal building, they admitted that they were after money and not loot from petty boxcar robberies. ' "We're after thousands of dollars still missing and this little stuff doesn't make, much , impression on us," an officer said. Check of Recovered Mail Train Loot to Be Made in Bluffs Today Federal officers , announced last night that all the money recovered at various times since the big mail robbery in Council Bluffs Saturday night would be counted some time today... , It was planned to check up on the amount recovered last night, but the fact that some of the officers who found the money were not in Council Bluffs at the time forced the delay. ' "It is necessary for the men who recovered the money to be present when it is counted so they may iden tify it as the money found by them," a federal officer explained last night. "The officers who recovered it will be in Council "Bluffs tomorrow and then we will know the exact amount of the stolen loot which has been recovered." Broken Bow Men Convicted Of Assault on Young Girl Broken Bow, Neb., Nov. 20. (Spe cial.) Russell O. Bunnel and Frank Talbott, charged with a statutory offense against Viola Talbott, 12, were found guilty after a trial here and each were sentenced to six years at hard labor in the state peniten tiary., - - t Wife of Norfolk Banker Dies Suddenly on Auto Trip Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 20. (Special.) Mrs. E. M. Huntington, prominent Norfolk woman, dropped dead at Dodge City. Kan., today while en route to California in an automobile with her husband, a prominent Nor folk banker?' Peterson stated. "But we want to forget it all. She merely did her dutv in notifying federal authorities. It is up to them to take -further action in the matter." A plan of federal authorities, to nab Collins- during the wedding cere monyat his sweetheart's home on Thursday night was frustrated by the intended grooms sudden disap pearance. 1 Balloon School Graduate. Miss Peterson met Collins while he was stationed at the Fort Omaha balloon school during the war. Their friendship grew into love. Though the couple had intentions of marrying, no specific date had been set until last Tuesday four days following the robbery when Collins 'phoned 1 Miss Peterson at the Union Pacific building, where she is employed, that he wanted to see her. She made an appointment with him for the following day. They met in the Union Pacific buildinsr. It was then that Collins showed Miss Peterson several rolls of currency. " "Let's get married tomorrow night," he urged her, Miss Peterson told federal authorities. "You can quit work and we'll take a trip .(Tors to Pare Two, Column Two.) . Sordid Poverty Marks Homes of Alleged Bandits Men and Boys Held for Larg est Train Robbery in History- Deprived of Education In Schools. Abject property is found in the homes of every man implicated in the big $3,500,000 Council Bluffs mail robbery. , ; And in, these homes where the big gest robbery in the history of the country was planned, those who did the planning had little or no educa tion with the possible ' exceptiort of Keith Collins, aviator and army offi cer, now being sought by federal officers, , . v ' . s; - Collins, from all reports, was suave, good looking and had a good education. His alleged confederates, however, from reports by their par ents and neighbors, acquired just what education the law forced upon them and then turned their backs forever from everything in the edu cation line. ' The mother of Keith Collins is a pitiful object. An accident years ago caused the loss of an eye. Recent illness has forced Sier to clip her hair and yesterday as she walked to the door of her home, 1437 Seventh avenue, there was a noticeable limp in her gait. x t Confident in Son. "I am not worried a bit about him," she said, "I know he is in nocent and he is a good boy, too. He was my only means of support. "Of course, I don't know why he has disappeared but he told me Wednesday morning when he left that he was going to be married that afternoon. "Yes, he had a good education. I don't know how much. He hadn't worked much of late on account of his feet. He fell in an airplane and hurt his arches. Jt made a cripple out of him." The kitchen of the Collins home was bare. The wall paper was partly torn from the walls and pieces of overalls and old comforts filled. broken window panes. The mother of Merle and Orville Phillips was found at a washtub yesterday afternoon in a kitchen filled with neighbors and children. In addition to Merle and Orville. she has six other children and ; Merle is the oldest of them all. ' ' Defiantly Defends Sons. "I ain't saying a thing," she shouted defiantly. Later, she grudgingly admitted she was the mother ot eight children, that poverty always had stacd them in the face and the boys were forced to leave school at an early age be cause of the always pressing finan cial situation in the home. . "Of course they ain't guilty " she said, as she vigorously rubbed the dirt from an army shirt. ' Fred Poffenbarger always has been a bully since his knee pants days when he .threw rocjes at the girls and. put chewing gum in their hair, according ' to . neighboring women, who said they went to school with him. . The Poffenbarger home at 24o9 Sixth avenue is perhaps tidier than that of any 'other of the principals in the big robbery. But it is any thing but a mansion. "Blessed" With Children. That home, like the Phillips home, has been "blessed" with children. The total number of Poffenbarger children is six and the youngest is 2. The mother is frail and yester day walked around the house with her hand over her heart, drawing deep breaths. She refused to talk. "Fred is the oldest," Fred Pof fenbarger, sr., the father, said. "He has been in a little trouble, but this is the worst. W hardly know what to think of this. He was a pretty good boy around home. We couldn't send him to school very much." The Poffenbarger home is the only home of any of those complicated which has a telephone; Associates Of Chester Are Sought Efforts Made to Locate Higti Powered Auto, Whose Occu pants Held Up Man Near ' Scene of Arrest. Attempts Suicide Again Grand Island,' Neb., Nov. 20. (Special Telegram.) Hall county officials are busily engaged today in an effort to locate a high-powered, well-provisioned and heavily armed. motor car that Thursday night held up a man named Haney and ordered him to pilot them to a point 12 miles south of Broken Bow. The authorities believe that this car was outfitted by a Kansas City woman, known to be friendly to Dennis Chester .alleged Kansas City mur- derer,w who was captured near Oconto early Friday morning. iiarly Friday morning the same car is reported to hive inquired of a farmhouse near Broken Bow for gasoline and when asked if they were looking, for Chester, the driv er is reported to nave sam iney were. The farmer then informed them that he had been captured and the car and its occupants then drove off toward the south and has not been seen since. Officials also are probing the mys terious appearance of an airplane in the vicinity of Grand Island Thurs day night. It has been definitely established, authorities state; that this plane is not the one from Kan sas City that joined in- the search for the alleged murderer. Tries Twice to End Life.' Broken Bow, Neb., Nov. 20.- fSoecial Telegram.) Failing in an attempt to kill himself by hanging in a cell in the Broken Bow jail last night, Dennis Chester, alleged Kan sas City murderer, made a secona unsucessful attempt at self-destruc tion early this morning. His second failure at suicide oc curred when he dived from the bunk in his ceil to the cement floor. He was knocked unconscious ' by the dive and his head was. badly lacer ated, according to his guard. He did not regain consciousness until several hour 'after the attempted suicide.Y. . i: .,' ' Guarded In Cell. 'fc; Following his first attempt to kill himself, which occurred early- last night when he tore a blanket in his dell into strips and then tied them to the roof of the cell and around his neek. a special guard was placed at his cell to prevent further at tempts. Chester chatted with the guard for several minutes following his revival after the attempted .sui cide and ihen busily engaged himselt in writing a letter, which was found in his cell following the second at tempt at puicide. ' Finishing his letter, Chester climbed upon the bunk in his cell jnd, with a cry, ','This is how I make mv high dive, to his guard he leaped headfirst tti the cement floor. The cell door was immediately un locked and the prisoner was .e- moved and a physician called. The force of the impact caused him to ' (Tarn to Vat Two. Column Two.) Mother Faints as Young Son Is Taken Away by Policemen ' Earl Glasslnan, 18, 2303 Bristol street, -was arrested yesterday by Detectives Franci and Heller, and taken to Council Bluffs to answer charges cf robbing drug stores there. While al Central police station, in Omaha, his mother, and father, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. - Glassman, visited him. When young Glassman con sented to be taken to Council Bluffs without extradition proceedings, both parents broke down and sobbedT As he was being taken away, ms mother rushed forward) crying, "Can't I go with you, Earl?" She then fainted. v .' "I will do what I can to get you out, son," exclaimed the father. "God be with you." There were tears in Earl's eyes as he was led away. $5,000,000 Paid for D. and R. G. Rpad Denver, Colo., 1 Nov. 20. Rep resentatives of the Western Pacific railroad bought the properties of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad at foreclosure sale here today. The sale price was $5,000,000 cash. The purchasers also agreed to as sume $141,175,000 obligations of the Rio Grande. WflERE TO FIND The Big Features of THE SUNDAY BEE ' Where Omaha Boys and Girls Learn Printing and Other Trades Part 4, Page 1. Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller Part 4, Page 8. Jimmy Montague in Prose Part 4, Page 8. Letters of a Home-Made Father Part 4, Page 8. "Dick" Stewart in Caricature Part 3, Page 5. Sports--Part 3, Pages 1 and 2. Women's News and Features Part 2. . Amusements Part 4, Pages 5, 6. 7. : ! Where Do We Go From Here? r y . ; '- v, . ,; . .,' :. -I A toon WHAT " ; V ' ' V 107 Prisoners to Face l S. Court On Wet Charges i ' : 69 Indicted by Grand Jury, 38 Others Arrested; Pleas Will Be Heard Monday. Pleas of 107 alleged violators of the prohibitory law will be heard in federal court Monday. Sixty-nine have been indicted by grand jury on a charge of manufac turing liquor. Thirty-eight have been arrested on information relative to sale or possession of liquor for which indictments are not necessary. Federal Prohibition Director Han ley stated today that, the United States district attorney's office would join him in demanding jail sentences rather than fines for those wlio enter a plea of guilty Monday. "Fines are merely a license for carrying on the liquor business, the same as they used to pay in the day of high license," Hanley said today. "But jail sentences place them in the same category as criminals break ing other laws and will do much more to stop this business than fines." It was expected by federal authori ties that a great many of those ar raigned in-court Monday .will plead not guilty. U. S. Soon Will Seize Breweries ' Making Old-Fashioned Beer Washington,. Nov. 20. All brew eries manufacturing beer containing more than one-half of 1 per cent alcohol will be seized by the federal government, it. was indicated today at the bureau of internal revenue. Officials of the bureau said an analysis of beer frotn a number of breweries, was now being taken, and that where the product was found to exceed the legal limit in alcoholic content the governtnent would act to enforce the law. " '. ' Wilson Now Able to Walk About,. Without Aid of Cane Washington, Nov. 20. President Wilson is now able to walk about the White House without even the aid of a cane, it was stated today at the White House. He uses his wheel chair only for the purpose of an occasional relaxation, it was said. White House officers declared that the president's health had so far im proved as to make it possible for him to address congress in person when it convenes' next month, Dut that Mr. Wilson had as yet made no definite plans to do so. Dry Agent Dies of Wound , Received in Liquor Raid ' Oklahoma City. Okl.. Nov. 20.( Kirby Frans, a prohibition enforce ment agent, died here early today from a gun shot wound received while he was raiding an alleged moonshine still at the home ol George Wells at Perry last night. A posse of tofficials has left for Perry, .1 , I WENT AND I r '"c. , Warm Shoes Make Youngsters Happy Each Dollar to BeeV Shoe Fund Helps Some Little Tot. A ' happy group 1 of ; poorly-clad waifs chattered happily afthe head quarters of The Bee's free shoe fund yesterday morning.. . , Some red little, toes peeped out from tattered shoes. - But "the chil dren were happy because there was enough money in the" fund to buy them the plain but strong and warm shoes which mean comfort to them through the winter. Contributions from many people are coming in. Every dollar Wings some longing little child nearer to "that" pair of shoes for which he ;or she' is hoping. If you canjielp, just bring or send your contribution to The Bee office. Pravlonatr reported . .$155.00 B. I Terry, Alexandria, Neb...... 1.00 Mr. and Mri. ). H. Adams 6.00 "Hetty" . ' S.oo "la His Name," Cotesfleld, Neb 10.00 Jonrnh and Richard StiU, Hastlncs, Neb. J.00 F. A .50 Caiih '. S.50 IKn. Isabella H. French. ......... . 5.00 Mr. A. T. Klopp.....'. 5.00 Eva Crawford, Central City, Neb.. 5.00 Total .. S 19S.00 Members of Boston Police Force Held On Larceny Charges '.Boston, Nov. .20. Eleven mem bers tand former members of the Boston police force were held on charges, of larceny, breaking and en tering and conspiracy to steal as a result of a grand, jury investigation. Three of the 10 men against whom indictments were returned already were in jail serving sentences for thefts. - The others were arres ted today. An order suspending from duty these still, connected with the department was issued, by Police Commissioner Curtis immediately upon their arrest. , Charges upon which the men were indicted have to do with the theft of large quantities of liquor and candy and in one case of a diamond ring valued at $1,000. ' Kidnaper of Coughlin Baby Given Life Term Norristown, Pa., ' Nov. 20. Au gust Pascalt alias Patquale, "the crank," in the Coughlin kidnaping .case, was sentenced to life imprison ment today by Judge Swartz. Pas cal had pleaded guilty to second de gree murder and kidnaping for ex tortion. He stole Blakely Coughlin, the 13-month-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Coughlin, from their home near Norristown on June 2 last and smothered the infant under his coat. He was sentenced on the kidnaping charge and sentence was suspended on the second degree mur der charge. Broken Bow Man Freed on Charge of Assaulting Woman Broken Bow, Neb., Nov. 20. (Spe cial.) George Gross in district court wis- found trot guilty of assaulting Mrs. Susie Wallin, who resides south of Wcissort. The trial occupied two days, The jury was out seven hours. Nine Persons Die lorning Fire in Nw York Every Member of Two Fami : lies Witlr One . Exception Perish When Five-Story House Is Destroyed. ' 1 j . New York. ,-Noy. 20.-t-Nine per sons, constituting every member but one of two entire familiesHoist their lives here early today in r a fire which destroyed a five-tory, apart ment house at 307 West Ont Hun dred and Forty-sixth street. Four teen other families escaped or were rescued by nremen. . Originating, fire authorities say, in a baby carriage on the first floor of the brick structure, : the hre swept upward through ? open1 stairways, cutting off -escape through the halls Nearly 100 men, women and children, . clad in night clothes, swarmed to the fire escapes.-, some making their Way to the ground, while others huddled terror-stricken on platforms in mid-air until carried to safety. . , . All ' the dead were found on the top floor after the flames had been controlled. They were:. . Raphael Cebbia, his ' wife. Anna, and their, four childreft, Carmela, Frank, Lena and Jenny, who ragged in years from 7 down to lyi; Mrs. Ada Frank, Mrs. Bertha Reynolds-, her sister, and' Ruth Reynolds, a girl of 16. ' ' Charles ' Frank, overcome by smoke, fainted over a window sill and was dragged to safety and re vived by a man who reached out from an adjoining building and drew him across the narrow open space. Other residents of the 'doomed building . escaped over adjoining roofs. The cause of the fire was not learned. . Mother and Babe Run Down by Automobile . ,i , Mrs. Frank Berry, with? her year old baby, Marion, in her arms, was knocked to the pavement last night when struck by on automobile driven by Louis Adosta, 822 Bancroft street. " - ' ' The accident occurred at Twenty fourth street and St. Marys avenue, as Mrs. Berry was about to board a street car Neither she nor her baby, were injured. - r , Adosta was arrested and charged with reckless driving, The Weather Forecast Sunday probably rain and colder. - Honrly Toneperaturea. - ft. m. a., m. a. m. a. m. a. m a. m. ft. m. noon 4 il ., 46 46 47 60 66 1 p. m. ,.51 i p. m. ...,,.,.( t p. m. ..,., ..67 4 p. m. ( p. m. ...... ..,6t P. m it 7 P. m. SI .ill Teatardajr'a Temperataree. . HI IVwl HI Tw 10 42!Loe Ant-el(...4 64 44 8!kw Orlean..6( 4 60 SOINew York 6 4i 4S 46lf)t. Iule. 70 60 70 4:iNait rranciaoo.61 60 4 l8leux City 0 II City.. 70 62iValentln v.. ...41 14 Boiton Buffalo Calgary Chlraito Denver Duluth Kansaa lnHianyiyj Six Stills Seized in Operation Quantity of Liquor and Mash Taken from Twt Homes, Breaks All Records in Omaha. . :'. Three Men Are Arrested Seizure of the largest number of stills and largest quantity of liquor at one time in Omaha since na-j tional prohibition went into effec was made late Saturday afternoon when a squad of police officers, led by Detective George Summitt, raided two homes, The first raid was made upon tne home of W. H. Tartn. 2309 North Twenty-seventh avenue, where po lice confiscated five tills in opera tion, 2,000 galjons of mash and 20 gallons of whisky. Tanrf was ar-. rested and charged with illegal pos- session and manufacture of liquor. David M. Furgeson, same address, also was arrested, charged with il legal possession, when six small bottles of whisky were found in his pockets . Alleged to Be Salesman. . Police say they believe the small bottles . contained 'safnplcs i of the liquor which Tann was making and that Furgeson has been acting as a salesman for him. Reports reach ing police headquarters' indicate that Furgeson is known to be selling . liquor in many parts' of the state, officers say. . According to police, Tann has been, making an average of 200 gal lons of whisky a day. The raid on his home was made after an anony mous tip had been sent to the Cen tral police station. " -, One of the stills seized was of 45-gallon capacity, a second of 35 gallons and the other three of IS gallons each. Second Raid Made. After the raid on Tann's home, the officers went to the home of J. C. Sellick, 2616 North Thirteenth street, seizing one still in operation, 500 gallons of mash and 50 gallons of whisky. Sellick was arrested on a charge of illegal possession and manufacture of liquor. - ' , Stills taken in yesterday's raida bring the total confiscated by De tective Summitt last week up to 12, He has also seized 150 gallons of . liquor and several thousand gallons of mash. Police Commissioner Ringer com riien'ded Detective Summitt for his work, making the statement that his department is doing everything in its power to run illegal liquor manu facturers and bootleggers out of business. - ;.,,,... New York Bartenders, : Primed for Sleuths, Wait in Vain for Raid .New York, Nov. 20. Thousands of bartenders in the city of New York leaned on their elbows today on bars which glistened only with drops of ginger ale, where yesterday. -there was whisky, and gazed pas sively at the swinging doors swing, expecting their places to be raided. But they waited in vain. And ,. many thought with sorrow of the business they might have done at from 50 cents to $1 a glass if they had only known. For late, last night word went out to the faithful few that there was to be a general descent of police and men from the offices of the district attorneys of the five counties in an effort to do what the federal agents have found impossible make New York dry. While the city's bartenders wer :' Hazing wistfully at the stftet think-" tng ot DL-tter days, Le Roy W. Ross, United States district attorney, for Brooklyn, was making known just how utterly the effort to enforce prohibition here has failed.. J here are VoOO saloons openely selling liquor in defiance of the law in Brooklyn alone. Ross has an nounced. , ----- , Reissuing of Booze Permits ' Protested by Dry Leaders Washington, Nov. 20. Prohibition leaders today protested to the gov ernment enforcement officers again&i the reissuing of permits to whole sale liquor dealers to handle intoxw eating liquors. The claim was mad by Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel for1 the Anti-Saloon league, who headed! the delegation, that issuance of th permits to liquor dealers, not manu facturers or wholesale druggists, was! not authorized by the Volstead act. ' The permits, hundreds of which are outstanding, expire automatical jy uecember 1. , Winner Man Found Guilty Of Assaultinc Young Girl . Winner S. D., Nov. 20. (Special Telegram.) Lloyd Boyd, who was charged with criminally assaulting Edna Ferris, a young girl, near Car ter last summer, was found guilty by a jury here after 12 hours' delib eration. The case was tried in cir. cuit court here before Judge Will iams Williamson. v Greece Ratifies Labor Conventions of League London,' Nov. 20. Greece is tho first nation . formally to notify the league of nations of ratification of the labor conventions adopted by -the Washington labor conference, t