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OMAHA,. THURSDAY; NOVEMBER 25, ' 1920.
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bus-beets
rralffiied
Not Guilty PJ eag Entered by!
5 Attorneys oi : ..Behalf of
Seci' Menaiul Women
.Under Arrest.
otalof Bofids$130T000
Not guilty was the plea cincred
y Attorney J. J. Hcts.'represeiitjng
ic seven men and n wfimaii lifld
'V federal Wuihoritles ii coiincctjon1
villi lh? .robbury of the Burlingtoti
iiail lram in Council Bluffs Novcm
cr 3 at the formal arraignment o
he octet in'i the -lUuffs vesterdav
jfore I'uitcd States Commissioner.!
v . A.-JJycrs. ;
'All eight of tUc-vprisoncrf waived
preliminary heariua and , tvtr or -
Wit d held, under heavy bond jto;theJ
ederal grand, jury.
.Mrle and Orvillc Phillips and
Fred E. .PofTeohargefr arc charged
ith roWi(3thc United States maiis.
llr. and T. A. Daly; HugfS
A. Beed. Clyde R. Poffenbarger aid
Trecl' A.. Poffenbarger are charged
with concealing money they ' knew
was Stoldll from the. Unitrd States
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The ibends fixed !by the United
States cohimisiner Tollow.i
Fred E. Poffaibafjrer. $35,000. '
1 OrtiH Phillips, $.5.Q00. " . .
MerJe Phillips. $20,W0.
' .Mr. and Mrs Daly Reed an'd the
thcr-tvoXpQffenbar7crs.;. $10,000
lw bonds rotal $1,50,000. No' ef
irt wa 4iiadc to secure, bond.tne.
Commfssioner'i.Bvers-- stated these
- bonds might pe rediiAd; if all'th:
tolen monev should .be,:., recovered,
intimating jfie, heavy ionut named
were to forestall any posuMe effort
to use portions of the stok-u money
fo. secure 'the release of the prison
ers. : r, , :
caiica ureatest KODDery,
United- States " District , Attorney
K. G. ifoourpounc;d the robbery
"the 1 largest attack - against the
United States mail iu the hjstory of
I he country",'' but ma 'Jo no estimate
"or the loot stolen. , .; . 'J
Deputy, United .States Mabhal
i: h'red Shoemaker and Internal Reve?
mie Agent. Summer Knos were tht
only witni-sseji vho!;tcstified irt Jie
1 half of the government at, the as
ra:gnmenti .'tt ':, .-jt i.v. ,
Considerable ttm' was consumed
- (luring the nrraignmAt by Shoc-
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Thirty-f wo .Persons, Includ
f ing Six Policemen. Indicted
, " Under Volstead 'Act. ;
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Chicago, Nov. 24.-r-Th.(.ldng ex--jeeted
federal drive- to make Chi
cago dry opened with United, States,
state and city authorities 'co-eper-;iting
for "the first time "since prohi
bition became law. .; - .
Thirty-one jpcrsons, including six
policemen, 22 saloonkeepers, a-.tail-road
official and two officers- f a
:. Louisville distifleryr were named in
1 indictments charging', violation of
the Volstead act returned . before
Judge Kenesaw M. Lahdis by a fed
eral grand jury. , , r
" Simultaneously Judge Landis is
sued tihjunctigins closwg eight sa
loons and cafes, some ,o,thnt oper
ated by the saloonkeepers Mnd'eted.
Attorney General bdivard J. Lrun-
iiieti to thcudge
for injunctions xlosinii 7,2 m6ti sa-
loons as public1 nuisances and th4
defendants were ordered. to appearf
heiore Judge La,nd later m, the
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a hose indicted by tl)C grand 'jury
are all involved iu the? alleged Sale
pf 1,000 cases , of whisky shipped
here from the Grand; Dad distillery
at Louisville on a forged govern
ment permit. - "Mike De Pike" Heit
ler, proprietor of a not rious, re
soft, who heads the. .list, is iunder
cst on f omplaint of salopnkeep
Tit who claim that, i after selling
: ht whisky :t them tor f i200,000,
Heitlr conspired with, Chicago po
licemen to steal ,it back. ' s "
nirgeon General of Nai y: ,
To Go on Retired List Friday
- Washiiwton: iCov. '24 Rear Ad-
v rtiral V. .. Braisted, surgeon-gen-.
al of the navy sjnee 1914, will, go
.1 . tne rettrea usi rriuay, occrc-
' t-ry Daniels announced,to be ac
, cded by Rear Admiral Edward
' . . Stitt. :- . . " ' -'- -
Dr. Stht is . considered.; Mr.fcDanv
ts said, an yjthority 1 on -tropical
. , scases and frit of the ablest rcem-.
" rs of the navy msdical coTps." He
,now head of the naval medical
'100I here and was called into "ton
'tation -early in the 5 illness of
rsident Wilson. " '-" '"
Admiral Braisted, the secretary
' "d, had ."gained distinction - for
. mself and the navy by his" able
. J efficient Service in peace and in
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' ague Sends to Wilson
v Message About' Armenia
New York, Nov. 24. The assem
' y of the league of nations, tneet-
: g m Geneva, has sent a .communi-
;tion regarding American co-oper-
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nt Wilson, according to , a cablp
lessage received at the Near. East
! . The message from W'alter
i . 'Smith of Philadlpl5a, on ' of ' the
Xmerican delesate to "the,- Inter-
:: iaiional Phil-Armefltan coerence.
vvhich also has' beea a; session n
'he Swiss city. He satd the com
munication -to the president was
decided upon at yesterday's uieetihg
i f th vssemblt ;-... r,
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Alleged. Bandit Leader ,
Hel4 oh $35,000 Bond
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1 . Fred K Poffenbarger,
" Fred' E. Poffenbarger is uspccted
of being the leader or the .bandit
gang that held up Burlington train
November ,13. it was intimated at the,
Arraignment of tin;, prisoners before
United. 'State's ConVmfXsioner Byers
yeileriiJty, .when bonds for his re
lease ttMj, fixed at $35,000. This is
the highest bond fixed if or. any of
the eight prisoners. 1N -f
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G.O.P.Leeriav
l Iri Next Session
Representative JMondeil Con
fined to Bed After Fall; In-'"
juredXeg May Have to
" "Be .Rebroken.
By; E. C. SNYDER.
. Wntlilnston Correnpondent Ooialm Be.
.Washington, Nov. 24. (Special
Telegram.) Fears - that- 1 House
Leader Mondcll will not be able to
take, d'-arge of the' republican pro
raiuvwhen 'congress meets on :De-
kcemben 6 Were expressed by some
01 , me 'prominent repuoucan mem
bers today.' j - . ,:.: ;
Mr, Mondcll.- Who has . been about
on crutches suffering from a broken
leg, fell down the steps of-his house,
2110 O street Northwest, last night,
and is back in bed under a specialist's-
care. His crutch broke as be
was descending the steps' and he fell
heavih',:; Hftyy serious -are the in
juries has not been determined, I
. This has been a hard year for Mr,
Mondell. His strenuous w6rk in
"congress forced htm to go to his
home to recuperate before the cam
paign. There he fell from 'a hay
mow, suffering two fractured ribs.
Then he had a belated attack of "in
fluenza," followed by laryngitis, and
was unable tr speak for two or three
weeks just at ..the time that he ,was
expecting ;to take an active Jart
in the campaign. ' , V
While on an inspection trip at
Shoshone, dam, on October 19, he
stepped-6it a boulder, which, rolled
over, and Mr. Mondell's leg was
broken., The frrgeon who attended
him said that the small bone of the
leg was broken and the pait he suf
fered was due to torn ligaments.-
Mr, Mondell returned to Wash
ington last, Friday and had the cast
removed . from his leg,, though,-still
using crntches and unable to- put
any weight on thej.fractured - limb.
Saturday in "his '(office at the capuol
the leg omfncn;ed'to pain intensely
and hecalled in a bone specialist.
An X-ray picture, was taken and dis
closed that the large bone of the leg
had suffered a ' compotnd piral
fiatute and the bone was knitting
together, on an angle, so thatut .will
probably have to be. ixbrok
Mondell suffered intense
en. - Mr.
Mondell ' suffered intense pain aM
night, and .the. specialist was called
r.gain today. - s . -
Attempt to Obtain: ; J
A Release of Alleged
v Bandits Is Withdrawn
Attempts to "get "John J. Bolimer
and ' Consuelo Bohmer ,"out .of ; jail
yesterday on Writs of habeas corpus
were dropped' when" complaints were'
isued, ag.u'nst them by .the author-jties.-
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They are two, of seven persons ar
rested Monday night on suspicion
of being a gang of bank and post
office" robbers. They Were held, for
investigation. ?,. ;i ; - c.
. Wrhen a'; writ of ' habeas corpus
was-frksucd yesterday mominj? for
the'' two ' Bohniets, District Judge
Troup set 3 o'clock for hearing the
argument . and. evidence. Chief 'oi
Police Eberstein filed an answer.
At 3 o'clock the attorney for the
Bohmers, Harry t Icjiarty. ; notttieo
the court that he would dismiss tke
I.IUU3 wipua avuuii......
Jhe Jhree women -wfcre reles
by Deteiive Chief Van,' Duesen
$l.OO0?boads each. 1 -,
released
on
Mvs. Dcssie Ryan,- wife of one of
the men, is reported to be m ta
critical" condition. - She had two op
erations before "comitisr to Omaha.
she told police, v She nas Been rc-;4
moved to a hospital... "
r Butter Lower in Chicago.
-Chifltg'o, Nov. 24. Butt,er dropped
from 1 to 3 cents a pound on the lo
cial market as a result, trade lead
ers said, of an oversupply, includ
ing large Argentina-stocks.: Cream
ery extras were qaotedat --"S3 l-2c,
a drop "of 3 cents. ; "'
Thanksgiving Paper i
The Evening Bee will . publish
the regular Home Edition ' as
usual Thanksfiving Day, but be
cause of the holiday 'the . early
noon and final night street edi
tions will bt Suspended. v
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Rielinquisli Wltip
Maii Kills
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W.ri
With m
Pender Frn1ier Crushes Heads
Of Wife :i and Tllree Ghil-
dren After Slaying Goose
. For Thanksgiving.
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Hangs Self From ; Rafter
Peder. Neb., Nov. 24.-(SpeCial.)
After killing a goose for Thanks
giving dinner, George II. Dinklage,
32, a farmer jiving eight miles west
of this city, in Wayne county, ud
jtbe a.e to Kill his wife and three
children. A fourth child," a baby 1
year old, is in a hospital her1 "suf
fering from, a ' blow from the axe.
Kii ntivcin'niiQ tiave 1-innec ' frr it
its
recovery. ' y
Dinklage at the nodti liour spent
Considerable f time consulting his
books and , according to . his hired
girl. Miss Ionjes, appeared de
pressed over the low prices of farm I
proau(M3 una continually reierrea to
the fact 'that he would lose consid
erable money this year. 1 "
" Wife's Head Caved In.'
He went to the home of a neigh
bor where he purchased a sroose
Twhich was taken to a henhouse foij
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aiiUKULC, ma wuc aiiu cuiiurcu ac
companied him 'when,, he" went to
kill the goose forvThanksgiving din
ner. " ; -: '
After killing the goose he appar
ently turned on his wife as her dead
body with "head caved i n.from blows
from the ax was found in the build
ing.' Ella, 3, his daughter, was'also
found dead beside her mother..- '
Glenn, 4, apparently r-n iom, the
scene. His1 body was foun'd., the
granary, where he had beeii hung
from a rafter with a rope tied around.
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ins iicck ana nis neaa cavea m. ne
was alive when found, but died in a
hospital here before regaining con
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Kills Baby in Bed.
Dinklage then went to the house.
where his daughter, Edna, 2, and the
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uauy- were in oe, carta was KUiea
by. a bio y from the axe and the
baby seriously. hurt. '-,
He then went fo the granaryj
here he mounted a rafter, tied a
.rope around his neck, cut his throat
with a rasor and jumped oft. He
was dead when found. II ' .
Miss Tonjcs was upstairs in' the
house writing, and , discovered the
crime when she came down - stairs
and found little Edna dead in bed
and her baby sister hurt. - She ran
out to the chicken hrtuse crying for
help and found Mrs. Pinklage. o
She then ran cut flo t, field, where
two of Mrs. Dinklage's brothers"
were working and notified them of
the crime and fcU in a faint. She:
has been prostrated since that time.
Janitors' Demand :;
For 50 Per Cent Raise
v In Wages Refused
CrJcago, Nov. 24. Janitors, many,
of whom, are not citizens of the
United States and can barely speak
its language, are demanding an in
crease in , wages, averaging 50 , per
cent. It 'has been shown that some
of them, are makiiif:;$5,000 . a year
and ride to and from their work in
costly automobiles. , .
A committee of the, real' estate
board today refused the demand and
put the ease up to the Chicago Ten
'ants' association, which has a mem
bership' of 20,000. Without excep
tion, .the tenants are against any
further increases to the janitors and
today said they woujd shovel their
own coal and clean their own apart
ments rather 'than submit to any
further gouging. If the demands of
the janitors are- granted the addi
tional expense would -be ' passed
along to the tenants. It was shown
that in several flat buildings, the
janitors are. making $600 a month,
aside from the numerous bribe the
tenants are forced to pay him to
get any work done. The proposed
advance would bring the straight
salaries of these janitors unto4j!l,000
a month. ' .v. ' . v . . :' "yj
Nebraska City Man Fined
' After Arrest in Hotel
Nebraska City,. . Nettf ov. 24.
(Special.) ern.' Pugh . pleaded
guilty here to immoral conduct and
was fined ,$00. . Pugh and a Miss
Alexander , were arrested at a local
hotel where they, had registered as
husbandand wife. Word was--i re
ceived that they had been married
later at Aubarn. There was no pros
ecution of the girl..'. -
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South Side Stock Market
' ' Closed for Thanksgiving
' Announcement is made j that' the
barber shops of the South Side will
be closed all day Thursday and in
accordance with the , usual custom,
the liye stockuniarket will be closed
also. Thanksgiving day. All stock
received will be yarded and' cared
for, but the scales will be closed and
no business wil ,lbc transacted. . i
Contest Thayer County . ,
1 v. Commissioner Election
Hebron, Neb., Nov. 24. (Special.)
A. L. Scott, who wasv defeated in
the race for county commis'sionit for
the Second district, has filed a pe
tition contesting the election, alleg
'nof (M-rr.r in thr count, of the hal-
lots. W. A. Birkholz was declared
lected, according; t the count- a,t
election :imc, oy 10 votes... '., - ;-
Thanksgiving in Geneva.
Geneva." Neb.. Nov. 24. (Special.
Union Thanksgiving services will
be held at the Christian rchurcH
here. The sermon, will be preached
by Rev. JameS .A. McKeemau,' of
the Congregational church. The
final foot .ball game of the season
will be olaved ierc in the afternoon
by Geneva and Chester High school
team
Sheyboygan Citizens
Overt Council bj
g War Relic
v'- ; , ,NoV.V 24.
,?- v...,-i1ip musir of "There'll
' K.iiot Time in the Old" Town
citizens drew the captured German
siege gun from th tool house
where it was consigned by the ma
jority vote of.tka.ntntf socialist al
dermen of the xommon council and
placed it in' the municipal park here
last nignt. , -
i The socialist" afdermer! 4 were
i forced to watch thj procession as it
! passed the city hall, where they were
in session, while the minority alder
men who had voted against the ban
ishment of the relic sent up heer
after cheer. . , .
Headed by former service men
carrying a casket labelled "the nine
votes,", the-un," drawn by a rope
pulled by more than J.000 persons,
followed the baitd. I ' r
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Farmers Vote
Against Plan to
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Declare Strike
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Curtailment, of Production Is
Opposed by-Nehraska Dele- ;
gation to. union conven
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tion in Kansas 'City. J .
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The Nebraska delegation ' to the
National Farmers' r Union conven
tion in Kansas City' last week voted
unanimously against , the proposed
farmers' strike, according .to C. .'H.
Gustafson, president of the Nebra
ka Farmers union' and head of the
delegation, '.'. i V.,f : ' '
"We want the public- of h state
to know," said Mr. Gustafson, "that
the Nebraska farmers are against
any curtailment" of production.
''This mwupe" calling for a cur
tailment of production in an at
attempt to control ' prices, passed
the national Convention, it is tfue.
but the Nebraska delegation voted
solidly against it, .
"We want-the 'general public set
right as to the attitude taken by thj
iarmer3 ot tneir fwn state. J
The delegation was composed; of
C. J. Osborne : of i Sidney. Ben L.
Peters of Albipn. H. G. Keeney of
Cowles, A. K,- Frost of Plainview,
John Have.costl of Hoopef, and O.'E.
Wood of Bethany, besides Mr. Gus
tafson. . . . !.
Mr. Gustafson was recently made
chairman of the . national marketing
committee of the-N4tionaV Farmers'
union at a meeting hi Chicago.,, He
is. actively identified . with every,
farmers' organization in the state
with one exception. ''.'. :' , fA ;
ThanksjdvinV Gift
Warms tiny- Feet
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Autumnal 1 Offering Xo Bee
Shoe Fund Aids' Shivering
Litth; Children.
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Your thoughtfujness ' and a little
part of your plenty will lessen the
misery of the little, children' of
Omaha's very poor. " -
This is THANKSGIVING time.
Show thanks for thjc ' bounties
which you enjoy by giving a little
of your abundance; '
Little ' children in fatherless,
poverty-stricken homes, with over
burdened mothers, suttermg untcna
hardships, are waiting for the gnt
which you may tnake to thigjfund,
which will mean warm' shoes for
their feet through the winter.
Will you give a' thought to these
little, shivering, helpless 4ots?
If so just send or bring a contri
bution to The Bee office,'' It will
soon be converted into shoes for
needy, worthy little feet. ; "
Previously reported ...S224.0J
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Blanche Hood,, wmioo. rco
A t.over of ' Cliiltlren. St. Ful,
Nob v
A Worl;lnr Girl
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Three-iii-One
15.00
l.OO
2.00
A Friend i..
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Total.
Tilden Farmer Gets ,
t Price for Hogs
Leo Rutjen of Tilden, Neb., ' had
the distinction Tuesday of receiving
the highest priqepaid anywhere, in
i
the United states tnat aay tor . a
loadof hogs at the Omaha market.
Mr. Rutjen received $10.50 a hun
dred pounds ttr his hogs, which was
25 cents" higher than the, top price at
Chicago, 30 cent higher than at
Kansas. City. 40 cents highef than
at St. Joseph , and 25 ' cents higher
than at Sioux City. ' '
Hogs went down to aS low at 9.25
a hundred Wednesday, with;the top
price, $9.80.1 yVbdut 10,000 "hogs were
mkrketed at the local iyards,' w-hich
with receipts for Monday and Tues
day, totaled 33,372 head as against
20C238 the same period Jast -Week
and 31,337 for tfie same period last
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Geneva Pilgrim Pageant
Witnessed by. Large Crowd
Geneva, Neb.;" Nov. 24. (Special.)
The crowd which turncd out to the
program celebrating th tercen
tionary . of the landing of the Pil
r,ims at Plymouth could not all
gain admission to the Auditorium
and many failed to , witness h
pageant ore hear the address by
Charles H. Sloan, -.The pageant was
entitled, "The Pilgrams" and was
presented by 100 pupils of the public
sen
Wthhil Chicken Thief
r Mu6t' Serve 30 Days in Jail
Nebraska City, Neb., Nov.. 24.
(Special.) Herman Rausch. , youth
ful chicken thief, appeared before
I Judge Begley in the district court
IVL j 1 J.J . . ,- . L t.
ana pieaaea guuiy 10 stealing cnicn-
ens the property 01 t". U Miller
arid was sentenced to 30 days in the
jfounty jail, : ' y ' .
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News Item America to aid Kiddies
announced .by Hoover. Will
Criminal Case
Is Completed in
Negro. Convicted of Robbery
Charge in District Court in
vpne Hour and 28 Minutes ; 1
Escaped Daringiot.
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A record of one hour and 28 min
utes "for "impaneling a iury, titking
evidence of 15 . witnesses, making
arguments, giving charges to the
jpry and getting a -verdict was made
in JJistnct .Judge X roup s jcourt yes
terday: afternoon at, the trtal ot Joe
Green, slias Willie Johnson, negro.
charged with robbery of William
Bates, 16 South Ninth street, the
night of September 19, 1919.
v Green was arrested soon after the
robbery. and was one of the prison
ers' who escaped from the county jail
the night of the riot and fire, Sep
tember 28, 1919. He was re-arrested
here t month ago. When re-arrested
he denied his identity, declar
ing he was a' different person. When
his finger prints were 'ta(ken they
3hoWed unequivocally that he is the
same map
Deputy County ' Attorney -Kubat
prosecuted the : case. "-! Bailiff Joe
Marrow jwhose experiegd! goes back
17 years, declares it is the shortest
criminal trial , on . record iu the dis
trict court, i Green will be sentenced
to-'three to 15 years :fn, the penitcn-1
tiary.:" cyy ' .-.
Farm Hand; Is. Hejd
i, By Policeas Suspect '
In Robbery of Ban
r(.. $
Sioux City , la., Nov. 24.rA mart
f whose name and address were'given
as- Fred, G. Holton of Porterville,
Cat, employd 'on the farm of Roy
Holman, near Oto, la., was arrested
last .ru'ght- in 'connection, with the
robbery, of "-the. Oto State bank
Monday, j Holman was. arrested, as
an f'tomplice; Leo Mak, -'cashier
of the bank, who was hound and
gagged, said he identified the men.'
The robbers got $1.200.' r ,
Pacific Natal Planes to rr . -
Fly to Panama and Back
i Washington-, Nov. 24. The. aerial
force'of the Pacific , fleet will leave
San ' Diego, Cal.," three days after
Christma$;'fbr a -flight tolhe Panama
canal and return, .covering approxi
mately , $,500 mrles,-' the Navy de
partment announced. 'The air squad
ron will spend New Year's day at
Banderas;bay ;bn! the -west' coast of
Mexico in- the state of Jalisco 1.250
miles. from San Diego, u Front that
point 00 rest win he taKen until jne
planes reach Balboa, where they are
.due. January 12. No, announeeinent'
was . made ,as to the number ot
planes to make the. trip. 1 i T
MUitary Funeral Will Be m
t' GivenIrisli Policemen
London, Nov. 24. Full . military
honors will be paid ' on Friday to
officers who were slain yi Dublin
Sunday morning, it was.anaounced
last night. The funeral will be pub
lic and, the bodies, will 'le drawn
through the streets- on ' gun car-riages:,.:-
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Dublin , Paper Raided. .
Dublin, Wo. 24. Troops ' raided
the offices of the Freeman's Journal
early this morning ' and searched
Vainly'for m,en wanted in connection
with recent disorders. , It was de
clared at the ner?p-iper office that
none ofUhesc men were ever cm-
ployed there, - '-v. ' t
of Europe. Plans of Eight Relief Organizations to feed starving children
cost $23,000,00.
War Objectors
Given Freedom
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All Men Released on Merits of
V Cases, Secretary' of War
I. . Baker Announces.
Washington. ,ftov; 24. All army
cbuscientous objectors imprisoned
mirjng the ; war have (now been "re
leased from '.custody, Secretary of
War Baker announced tonight. A
total of 33.: the statement said, have
been discharged by recent: orders.
including .a. J. Salmons,-who started
a "hunger strike", while confined in
,, gOA'trnmeht hospital here a month
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The cases of the 33 coittrcientous
objectors who", r,em,ained m custody
sohie 'weeks ago have now been
finally reviewed by the secretary
of war; Mr. Baker's statement said,
"on .the recommendation of the ad
jutant general's office 'and the' re
mainder W ; sentences remitted and
the men discharged, n. fc;
"Each case jias been considered
on its merits and the: principle 011
which they have . bees considered
is to remit so much of the sentence
as exceeds the-normal peace time
penalty for thei'offenses charged.
"Thfei major part of these men
have been in confinement for mor,
than, two years. These last dis
charged,' were, men who had refused
to; do any sort of work while in
ponfinement. . . I '
' "Benjamin J. Salmons, whose case
has attracted some attention, , was
the last case disposed, ot by reason
bf,,thc fact that legal proceedings
instituted in tha' civil courts have
delayed consideration of his case."
Knox to Introduce. :'r
. V V 'His Peace Proposal
Washington." VNovw - -24. Senator
Knox-' of Pennsylvania said : today i
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iuai . ne piannea -to renuroauce at
the approaching session of .con
gress, his resolution to -, declare a
state Of .peace, with. Germa::y; . This
pian,t,he. tornter etretary of state
said, would be followed acspite the
veto, pfs , siniilar"".' resolution -Jby
Presirent. Wilson.' r '-'. '. - . 1 ,
Senator Knox : indicated that hefof detectives of the eastern Canadian
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JuSioii before Jhe ,special session of
congress next spryig'jjafter Presi-dcnt-plect
Harding is. inailgurated.
Dry Chief piadJof Chicago
'V-,t',. . .
' Move ttf Lnd i.lcuor Crimes
Ayashington,."Nbv. . 24. Prohibi-j
tion Commissioner' John F. Kramer,
in .av, public . statement yesterday:
charging Tick of co-ibperation By the,
Chicagb pplice department hereto
fofe ii ' prohibition,; enforcement,
welcomed in the rirhe raids now ic
ing conducted by . Charles Fitzmor
ris, the hew. chief of police, an indi
cation that Jbe department . would
now assume a part of the burden of
ridding Chic go of its "illegal liquor
NoV Trace1 of Poison Found .
In Stomach of Utah Nurse
Salt'JLake City; 'Nov. 24. State
Chemist Herman Harms"; reported to
the county attorney that he could
find ne trace of pdison in the stomach
of Frahces Korous, nurse, who was
found dead in Liberty park lake here'
on November 6... after having teen:
missing since October. 17.
pomb Kills Twp. '
", Cork, Nov. "24.-r-Two .jit-rsons in
jured by -the explosion t a. bom),
in Patrick street last evening died
later at, a' hospital aud two otlieTs
are'Teoorted to be ima crircal con
dition. Sixteen person were iu-'1
Rail Officer
Seek Cache of
BoxCarThievi
Secret Service Men Following
Clues Unearthed in .Bluffs
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t Mail Robbery Probe ; Alco-1
hoi and Sugar Songhi-
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Members" oi'-the secret service. de
partments of ' seVefal railroads, as:
,'gisted'by federal sletiths, are com
bining efforts to locate a huge cache
"in 'or near Council Bluffs,' where or
ganized .gangs, of boxcar. , thieves
are believed to have secreted their
loot They are - working on clues
utreiirthed dulng the recent Burlfng-
ton ntail robbery investigation. s
Squads of special agents searched
mdre than' a score of suspected
homes in the city Tuesday and yes
terday; but.failed to locate any loot.
This lead;them to believe that the
gang' members '.have a-: concealed
common cache for their stuff. Twett-
t-se ven sacks of sugar' and 10 half
barrels of alcohol are some of the
things' the agents hope to recover. .
.The sugar was stolen from a Bur
lington train "between Pacific June
tion and Council Bluffs.' The freight
train was' a lone one and was being
guarded hyJ'a- special; agent,' H, L.
Johnson. .While he , was; watching
several merchandise cai1, however,
the thieves threw the suitar to the
ground from acar ,nar the end of
the train, it was picK-ed 1 up later
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.Thieves have concentrated their at
tentibn upon -alcohol shipments,with
the result that a stock of at least
10 half barrels is known to be hid
den in Council Bluffs. The stuff vas
cbnsigned to hospitals or wholesale
drug houses, but is now being dis
pensed lor beverage uses.- ,,y
Man Returned to Toronto
To Face. Trial for Murder
Porthmd.iOre:. Nov. 23. John
Doughty, fornfer private secretary to
Ambrose J.SmaU, 'missing million-
ajre, theater owner of Toronto, Can
a"ae, left here today for Toronto in
custody of Ausjin P. Mitchell, chief
rjfv. -1itrlipll said-ttiv wviM trtn
cjty. Mitchell said- they ,would stop
in Chicago between trams to obtain
$100,000 in CanSdian Victory bonds
which Doughty isaid he had - de
posited there .after stealing them
from his employer. Doughty was
'arrested at uregon uty, near nere,
fHoaday after nearly a year's worW
.vide search for him. - . , f
arrested at Oregon City, near here
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Famer-Labor Party Chiefs
. , n ui .vjuiiiu iu vuitagu
.'.ChicagoNov. 24.rThe national
committee of the .farmer-labor party
frill", meet in , Chicago, December
10 and "11 to consider plans for; the
future, Frank Espei1, national' secre
tary, announced. Mr. Esper said .he
would present his resignation at that
time.,-'" ' -V - " ,' ' '
' Parley P. Christensen of Salt Iike
City, farmer-labor, partv candidate
for president, will fttend,"'.
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Irish RovV Is
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Former Premier Asqnith Ex-
presses Abhorrence for Riots
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London! . Nov. 24.- The eagerly- .
awaited, debate, in the House of
Commons 011 the Irish questibn was
inaugurated Ithis-' afternoon wh(gi
Former Premier ,'Asquith, leader of . '
the. opposition, moved " (lis ' resolu- .'
tion. expressing abhotreiice of the"
retfiu . Dubbn , assassinations, con
demnation of. reprisals, and urging
the. taking of-imaiediate, steps to.- .
bring about. Irish pacification, t -
The motion was, a composite reso-
lution,., combining . the " .independent ,
liberal and labor motions, and spou- '
sored.by M Asquith. Donaldfac '
Lean and Arthur. Henderson? ,
Thf former premier 'declared there ,
was only one .way of escape, and '
that the first step lay vUh the go-" 4
eminent.' "This, he said, was to dis
continue the reprisals. He belieVd, ;
he said, that an overwhelming ma-,'
jority 9f the . Irish people and oK '
the crown' forces had no sympathy
with reprisals',. , t r
. CondetrtM Sunday ' Riofa, (
, It was difficult, said Mr. Asquitfi, 't
to.peak with restraint f Sunday's ,
assassinations in Dublin. ' !
;"Xhey wire, ctuel, eol-blooded
murder.'ihe continued, "and can only
have been the . work of," men who ,
have (lost all sense of humanity and
honor., The-very gravity- of silch
crimes as ttheser-I am. afraid it's 'a -mistake
to ;say they arei decreasing
r-makesit all" the more necessary
that, the executive shall be able to
encounter thentwith a clear front
and clean .hands."
' vSir Hamar 'iGreeqwood,. the' chief '-'
secretary --for inland, was loudlV
clieered on risinr to. invi vr
Asquith. " ', ..- '
The vast majority of the people of
Ireland are not in dvnr nf m,rj.,
he said; "They want peace, and thev
are getting peace because the forces
of the it -crown are breaking the
terror. - .V 3h ,k .
" Sir Ha'mar. declared l!i vast ml.
iority of. the Irish? people were on'
vesi 01 term wnn me soldiers
ap'd police. vl, . . h ..,..,,.
v- - Bulletin, Distributed. . ' '
K ''The '; murder : gang in Ireland.",
he continued, "issues a document '
known as' the Irish Republican Bui-
letin, and that, murder "gang .sends T
the. bulletin- to' persons - in- England
hd to vnewspapers. in--England.
?mw of, .them " publish it. -VVhatw
atha2es me'is that the Londoo, liberal, .
. (Tun . fM Tw. Colamr One.)
WaSsjOfSered
Bp S. Held Up
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Inter-Allied Military Commis- .
8ion Prevents Shipment I
From Germany. "
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By KARL H. VON WIECAND
(iBlveraal ScrrTc SUff Con-wa-adeat.)
Berlin.. .Nov. , 2l.-iWith domimi-'
tton in airMseryice evidenily the gol
ci ior memspives DV.lvnglana ati
France the inter-atllcd
Urol- commission in; "Germany hi
uicYciuca ine.snipment ot 11 ot the '
former junker all. netal airplaijes:
which were ordered by America. -
' These .airplanes, according to to
day s newspapers." hac' been lyinc. ,
ln.the hatftor. at Hamburg for some
time ready, for loading .for shipment
to the United' States notwithstanding V
the provision of the Versailles treaty.
regarding the bdilding. of commer
cial aircraft. . , ' A.f -aa, ;
"The treaty forbids :ue building of
commercial aircraft for a period of
six months after the ratification of1 '
the treaty which rjcriod-'Ted
July 10. ,'J- -T-- ,
". The government's protest' against
the alleged arbitrary action of the
commission has thus far had -no ef-"
feet in having the airships released. v
The action of the commission fol- v
lows close upon a demand made by
England and .France for, two new
passenger-carrying! Zeppelins,- the
Bpdusee'.atid the- Nordsterhi neither
of : which war rebuilt from:warcraft
orh,ad ever been in war" service. -
The Berliner Zeitung Am Mittas
says it js -understood that the allies' '
plan vto divide 11 junker machines
ordered by " America Rmong then
selves. The; general impression in
aircraftoustruction circles is that .
England;, and , France' propose' ; to
throttle -all .aircraft constriction iS
Germany by. .this, actiott and also
Seek to discourage) Americ Ifrom
placing orders iti Germany: .
California Democratic
i Leader Held on Indictment
;Los Angeles, Kox-?' 24 F. Rav
Groves. Los. Angeles, secretary ,'r'f
the democratic state central commit-; T
tee, and his two. brothers! Ralph -Groves,
former prohibition enforce
ment director here, and fc: C Groves,
were arrested oiv indictments re
turned by a federal grand jury, Al-'
though the indictments, were not .
made public, it was said by officer A
thatv they charged conspiracy -t 6 V
violate the Volstead prohibition tn-
forcement act. .., - :
Probe of Kansas City r
; CoakPricel OpVnetl
itansas City, 'Mo., Nov. 24.. ,
Icdml grand jury.invistigation of
coal prices in Kansas City was, or
dered by Judge Van Valkenburglk .
The court's order to proceed v?ith
the investigation (begun' several
months ago by agents of the Depart- ,
nient of Justice, came after Judg Vjm '
yaUtenbursJ? upheld the const'it:-
liiinnlilv.- m til, 1 i --'- :i-t . ,,.. ,r
X which the probe i being -iyndircreU.
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