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Relief In
Cable Case
Probable
Treaty Now Being Fofmulat
rd Wipes Out Threatened
Monopolies of Firms in
Great Britain.
Wireless Future at Stake
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
I bices, j Tribtine-Onmlm Bee leaned Wire.
Washington, Dec. 3. While the
big powers appear hopelessly dead
locked on the disposition of the
German cables and Japan is maneuv
ering to euchre the United States
out of important telegraph facilities
and commercial rights in the Paci
fic, there is now every prospect that
the international communications
conference in session here will
evolve, in any event, a cable and
- radio convention of vast benefit to
the American people.
Conditions practically threatening
Ilia development of extensive wire
less communication in the United
States and fostering British cable
monopolies at the expense of Amer
ican rivals will be wiped out' if
America accepts the treaty now be
ing formulated as a substitute for
the existing cable and radio interna
tional agreements.
Under the terms of the proposed
agreement American telegraph and
cable companies would be required"
1. To soute a message as direct
ed by the sender, known as "Via"
traffic.
, 2. To make but one sending
charge on the same message sent to
two or more addresses at destina
tion. 3. To include t,he sending time in
the message without charge.
Terms Fight Agreement.
Unlike all-European telegraph and
cable companies, the Amcricarl con
cerns refuse to do any of these
things things and the Western
Union and the Commercial Cable
companies are leading a stubborn
fight to thwart the adoption of the
proposed international agreement.
This is how the refusal to accept
via traffic puts a crimp in the wire-tj
, . . A 1 ' T
less concerns: i nicago Dusiness
',. wishes to send a mesagc by wire
less to London. She message must
be carried by land wire to the Amer
ican wirelcs st-ition on the Atlantic
coast, and from the wirfless receiv
, -tng station on the English coast to
Londan by land wire. The British
telegraph . compamy v. il lcarry the
message over the English land wire
London but the American Telegraph
company will, not receive the mes
sage if it is routed by wireless..
The American Telegraph company
;.o owns a cable and it says to
the sender that if it receives the mes
sage it. must bo-by cable. There is
no way for the business man to
send his message by wireless, unless
he addresses it tof th radio com
pany. Then the telegraph company
will deliver it to the radio company
and charge for that service only.
But the sadio company does not
know the distant sender and will
vot sid the message unless it is
prepaid, while the telegraph com
pany refuses to accept from the send-
or the turn over to the wireless con
cern the charge for the radio trans
mission. Little Radio Business.
The result that practically all for
eign messages are sent by cable and
the radio companies are getting
precious-little business.
The Marconi company s tried to
bpek this, combination for years,
finally gave up and jumped at the
chance to sell out to the General
Electric company, which is seeking
to swine a vast radio undertaking.
The General Electric has completed
.an enormous plant equipped with un
heard of innovations for the rapid
transmission of overseas messages
but, cut off from senders by the tele
graph companies, it is without busi
r-tt uess.
f The refusal to accept messages
routed by the sender also has served
to restrict American competition
with' British monopolies in notable
instances. The only American cable
system reaching South America di
rectly is the All-America company.
But unless the American business
man can file his message at the All-
America office in New York it can
not be routed over that system. The
Western Union will send by way -of
London over o British cable and the
Postal by way of the Azores over a
British cabt
Two Inmates Escape From
Custodial Farm at York
York, Neb., Dec. 3. (Special.)
Two more girls escaped from the
state custodial farm here. Accord
ing to the inmates of thennstitution
the girls were aided in their escape
by two youths of this city, whose
identity is unknown. The girls had
escaped before and while in the
county jail awaiting transportation
to the farm, which is about amile
from town,x they made a date with
two young men for the same even
ing. After dark the girls left the
farm, where they were taken in the
afternoon, and are said to have met
the young men who assisted them to
get out of the county.
Costa Rica Is Admitted
To Membership in League
Geneva, Dec. 3. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The leift;e of nations
, committee on tht admission of new
states today recommended unani
mously the admission ot Costa Rica
into the league as a sovereign state.
The United States and 12 other
countries have recognized the dcLsaid Governor Cox in his letter of
jure government ot Costa Rica, it
was pointed out.
Heir to Quarter -of
Million Will Continue
To Wash Windows
Maiden. Mass., Dec. 3. William
R. Hanson was telling fellow em
ployes at a drug store what he would
dt) with the $1,000,000 that Charles
Garland of Buzzard's Bay has re
fused when a postman gave him a
letter that told him he was heir to
about $250,000. He will accept the
money, he said, unlike Garland, but
he will stay at the work of was.hing
windows and sweeping floors so that
he will have something to o.
Between times he intends to smoke
good cigars and have an automobile
to take him out in the country for
week ends. The estate, according to
Hanson, was that of James Moore,
an uncle, who died several years
ago, leaving the property in trust
for the use of his wife with instruc
tions that at her death it should be
divided among seven relatives, one
of whom was Hanson.
Grand Jury Gets
Evidence in New
York Trust Probe
Two Officials of Dealers' As
sociation Indicted for Con
tempt of Court Investi
gate City Contracts.
New York, Dec. 3. Abruptly
halting its inquiry into the activities
of the Builders' Supply bureau and
the Association of Dealers in Build
ing, Materials, the joint legislative
committee investigating the "Build
ing Trust" turned its evidence over
to the extraordinary housing grand
jury which- returned , indictments
charging two officials of the bureau
with contempt.
The indictments directed against
John A. Philbrick, former chairman
of the bureau and Joseph Penny,
secretary, resulted from the re
peated refusals of the defendants to
answer questions "on the witness
stand pertaining to the bureau's af
fairs. They were given their liberty
on $1,000 bail each. .
While the legislative committee
was in session the board of estimate
was conducting its .own inquiry into
the $62,000,000 worth ol city con
tracts. The committee quickly decided to
discontinue its inquiry into the af
fairs of the building materials or
ganizations, following testimony1 by
its accountant and typewriter experts
that the minutes produced by the
two associations before the committees-
had been tampered with.
The committee then launched into
an inquiry into the brick industry.
the Contractors' Protective associa
tion and the alleged "towing mon
opoly" on the Hudson river.
several bnc manufacturers were
heard, including W. K. Hammond,
of this city and David Fowler' of
Haverstraw, N... Y. Both declared
the brick makers were not guilty of
collusion in price fixing. Mr. Ham
mond admitted that the entire out
put of brick makers supplying the
New York market was handled by
three agents, but denied Jthey had
anything to do with price fixing.
Fowler startled the' committee
when he testified that the Cornell
Towing Co.' has a monopoly on Hud
son river towing and has raised its
rates more than 500 per cent during
the last few years. These "exces
sive towing charges,"' he said, were
a great burdeji on the brick business.
$36,400 in Liberty ,
Bonds Stolen From
Express Company
i
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 3. Local of
ficials of the American Railway Ex
press company today announced that
$36,400 in Liberty bonds disappeared
October 11, last.
The police announced $14,500 of
the bonds have been recovered in
pawn shops.
Bennett Smith was employed at
the express office as .money clerk,
and he disappeared simultaneously
with the bonds, the police say.
-The bonds, it was explained, were
taken from . shipments passing
through St. Louis from Washington
to southwestern 'points.
Smith', it was added, has been
traced to Kansas City, Kan.
Sixty Reported Killed
In Chinese Revolution
Shanghai, China, Dec. 3. A mes
sage received from Hankow reports
that 60 persons have been killed in
the mutiny of Chinese troops at
1-Chang, a treaty port in Hu Pch
province.
Gunboats are due to reach I:Chaiig
today. The situation in the city
is said to be quieter, but looting is
continuing. Chinese' troops have
been dispatched to the scene of the
mutiny.
Mail Pilot Breaks Chicago
To New York Aerial Record
Chicago, Dec. 3. All records for
flying between Chicago and New
York were broken today by the air
mail serviceT'said an announcement
by the Postoffice department. J. T.
Christensen, piloting a single motored-
DcHaviland plane, made the
distance of 742 miles in 5 hours and
31 minutes, actual flying time.
Cox Accepts Membership
In National Democratic Club
New York, Dec. 3. Governor Cox
of Ohio accepted a life membership
in the National Democratic club.
"I feel highly complimented to be
made a life member of the club,"
acceptance. "It has had a oseful
career,
Ultimatum
Delivered
To Greece
Supreme Council Announces
Withdrawal of Support If
Constantine Is Returned
In. Plebiscite.
Allied Premiers to Meet
.
By The Associated Press.
London, Dec. 3. The allied su
preme council today publicly an
nounced it would withdraw financial
support from Greece should former
King CorisUwtine be returned in the
plebiscite of Sunday, and consider
territorial reprisals should he be en
throned. The council also decided the al
lied premiers should meet a fort
night hence to discuss conditions
as they exist after the Greeks reg
ister their choice in the plebiscite.
Briefly summarized, the position
of the allies is that they want to
warn the Greeks vigorously that
their government must conform, to
a sreat extent, to the wishes of the
allies, and that if the adtnouitions
in yesterday's , note and today'
statement relative- to "Withdrawal of
financial support -are ineffective the
allies are prepared to take even
sterner measures, which, were dis
cussed today. ' ') '
May Modify Treaty.'
As the Sevres treaty has not'been
ratified it is within the power of the
illies to modify it, and they
are keeping this fact to the fore,
at least, as regards Smyrna. It is
known that some of those at the
conference expressed the belief that
Smjlrna would be "safer from the
allied standpoint, in Turkish hands
than in the hands of the Greeks un
der Constantine. The wish was ex
pressed, however, not to go so far
as to threaten the Greeks, before
the plebiscite, with, retaking part of
the territory alloteu them under the
Sevres treaty.
While the premiers are in accord
that the sternest measures should
be taken if Constantine is returned,
they have not agreed on what steps
to take if the Greeks choose Prince
George for their king. In any event
thev consider another conference
soon will be necessary to dqcide def
initely- wnat snail De done u con
stantine wins, - of what steps shall
be taken if-the Greeks tote other
wise. Note la Surprise.
Athens, Dec. 3. The note sent W
the British, French and Italian gov
ernments to Greece Thursday con
cerning the possible return of for
mer King Constantine to power and
the relations between them and
Greece in such' an event, caused con
sternation here. It came as a- sur
prise to the Greek cabinet.
State of War Between
Italy and Fiume Is
Started at Midnight
Trieste. Dec. 3. (By The As
sociated Press.) A state of war be
tween the kingdom of Italy and the
"regency of Quarnero" at Fiume
began at midnight, but up to a few
minutes before that time there was
no visible evidence that actual hos
tilities impended. The blockade of
Fiume was continuing, and the only
indications of trouble were the
fierce pronouncements of Capt. Gab
riele D'Annunzio against General
Cavilglia and the regular Italian
troops which were surrounding the
city.
Communication between -Fiume
and the Islands of Arde and Veglia
was cut by an Italian patrol in the
Gulf of Quarnero.
Police Seek Woman After
Finding Body of Infant
Detroit, Dec. 3. Police here are
searching for a woniin they believe
may be able to throw some light
upon the finding early today of the
body of. a young baby wrapped in
brown paper and tucked beneath a
berth in a sleeping rar of a train
from New York. The child ap
parently was several weeks old.
County Physician Albert French,
who conducted an, autopsy, said the
baby had been strangled, and, he
believed, had been . dead about a
week. v
Son Accused of Killing '
Father Freed by Justice
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 3. Charges
of murder against Victor Check and
bis wife, Belle Check, in connection
with the death of Check's father,
Thomas J. Check of Topcka, Kan.,
here November 13, were dismissed
today by Justice of the Peace
Charles De Sales Wheeler at the
conclusion of the preliminary ex
amination of Mr. and Mrs. Check.
Posses Scour Country for
1 Boy Missing Three Days
Peoria, 111., Dec. 3. Fearing foul
play, a searching party of several
hundred was still scouring tUe vi
cinity of Buhnell, III., near here
today trying to find Johnnue Jen
nings, 13, who has been miss
ing since Wednesday afternoon. He
is the son of a wealthy farmer.
Not Enough Funds for Check;
Man Given Year in Pen
Lewis S. Yates was sentenced to
the penitentiary for one year by Dis
trict Judge Troup of" a charge of
cashing a check at the Brandcis
stores, October 11, ;c- meet which
he had no ufficient funds in the
.bank.
Federal Agents and
Bandits Cause Bad
Day for Saloonist
llloaf o Tribune-Omaha lire 1 eased Wire.
Chicago, Dec. 3. Peter Lobuso
vowski, a saloonkeeper, had a bad
day. The cash register showed but
$3 and federal, state and municipal
sleuths were snooping around at all
times, seeking evidence to put the
booze business on the bum.
Entered two men who looked
thirsty. Lobusgivowski greeted them
with smiles and desired to know
their pleasure. Both drew revolv
ers and ordered the proprietor out
from behind the bar while they
frisked him, finding nothing.
"Where's all the dough?" they de
manded. Tne saloonkeeper pointed sorrow
fully at the cash register and they
took the $3.
"Well, set out some beer," they
demanded, and "ILobusovowski has
tened to comply.
The robbers took a snort of the
stulT and spat it out.
"No wonder you have only $3 in
the till," said one
Article X May Be
Eliminated From
League Covenant
Ruling of Association That it
Does Not Guarantee Terri
torial Integrity Believed
To Have Killed it.
By The Associated Press.
Buenos Aires, Dec. 3. Withdraw
al of Argentine from the league of
Unions is understood to be a strong
probability. It is learned the gov
ernment is hourly expecting a cable
gram from Honorio Pueyrredon, for
eign minister and Argentina's repre
sentative at the assembly of the
league, reporting his decision on the
question. It is believed the basis of
Jhis country's withdrawal would be
the inability of the Argentine delega
tion to obtain the assembly's approv
al of its proposals at Geneva.
Geneva, Dec. 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Presentation and
adoption of a resolution eliminating
Article X from the .covenant of the
league of nations before the end of
tin present session ofthe assembly
would occasion t.o surprise heri, tt
was declared in some quarters when
the" assembly began its meeting this
morning.
Assertions were rsade that yester
days decisijs on the admission of
!.ew states, whidi held, in effect, ihat
the article does not guarantee the
ti-rri'-orial i'uegrity of any member
of the league, represented trie view
of a majority of the delegates at the
present meeting. This interpreta
tion and the postponement of con
sideration of certain changes in the
covenant were the principal topics
of conversation here today.
These change?, which were pro
posed by Scandinavian countries,
were said in no wise to prevent con
sideration at this session of any
other amendments. .V W. Rowell,
a Canadian delegate, brought this
out clearly by questioning A. J. Bal
four of Great Britain.
The committee to whih was re
ferred'the question of how to choose
the four elective members of the
council of the league had not re
ported. The question is whether
these members shall be elected for
four years or two, and it is still be
ing debated whether ifeeir terms of
office should begin from the first en
try of the council into operation, or
from the present meeting of the as
sembly. If the latter idea prevails,
the four representatives must be
elected here.
The chince of Brazil returning to
its place on the council is considered
excellent, but Greece, it is thought,
will lose 'ts place.
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Wilson Receives Note
From League Officials
Washington, Dec. 3. President
Wilson had before him today the re
ply of the league of nations council
to his acceptance of the role of me
diator between the Armenians and
the Turkish nationalists. The text
of the council's reply reached the
White House last night.
While White House officials had
no information as to the procedure
to be adopted by the president, the
presumption was that he would await
communications from the Spanish
and Brazilian governments, who also
offered their services as mediators.
The council, in its reply to the presi
dent, stated that it had requested
Spain and Brazil to communicate
with Mr. Wilson.
Election Indictments
Returned by Grand Jury
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 3. The fed
eral grand jury here Teturned many
indictments in connection witli4 the
last primary election in the Thirty
first congressional district. Among
the men indicted are Charles An
derson, member of the city council;
Magistrate P. J. Sullivan, repub
lican candidate for the congres
sional nomination; Edward F.
Kenua and Bernard McKenna.
Among the others named by the
grand jury were all the election of
ficers in five districts.
Inion Pacific Treasurer, ,.
Frederic Crosby, Is Dead
New Y'ork, Dec. j. Frederic you
Schoonhoven Crosby, treasurer of
the ' Union Pacific railway system
for the last 22 years, died last nighf
at his home here after a brief ill
ness. He. was born at Troy, N. Y.,
March 15, 1860. He leaves a wife
and two children.
The
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School Children
Add $315 to Bee
Free $hoe Fund
Hundreds of Kiddies Make
Thanksgiving Donation That
little Waifs May Have
Warm Footwear.
Hello, growit folks! r Look what
your children did Thanksgiving day I
They gave $315 to The Bee's Free
Shoe fund, o put shoes on the feet
of the poorest Omaha waifs.
Bess C. Bedell, chairman of the
teachers' committee that manages
the distribution of the shoes, brought
the money to The Bee office.
Not a Cent Asked.'
Not a cent was asked from the
children. This $315 was just a sort
of "by-proddct" of the regular
Thanksgiving day offering of
Omaha's 30,000 school children.
Those that didn't bring a potato or
apple or glass of jelly for the poor
brought a penny or a nickel or a
dime. And it certainly "added up.
Nine good people of Ellsworth,
Neb., sent in $9. And there were
numerous other contributions which
boost the fund almost to the $800
mark, though it has been open less
than a month.
More Is Needed.
Plenty of room yet, though. The
list of poor little ones waiting for
"tbeir" shoes constantly grows. Send
or Dring a contribution to The Bee
office ifyou can.
Previously reported ; $457.85
Thanksgiving Offering of
Omaha Public School
Children 315.00
P. E. Law. Ellsworth, Neb.. 1.00
William F. $'eebohm, Ells
worth, Neb 1.00
J. L. Young, Ellsworth, Neb. 1.00
S. E. Stewart, Ellsworth, Neb. 1.00
W. Wightman, Ellsworth,
Neb .- 1.00
J. B. Kennedy, Ellsworth,
Neb .. 1.00
H. U. Lancaster, Ellsworth,
Neb. 1.00
L. E. Dunn; Ellsworth, Neb. 1.00
Charles L. Murphy,. Ells-
worth. Neb. - 1.00
Henry. G. Pike v 5.00
dx :.. 1 100
A Friend 5.00
H. E. McConnon 5.00
A Friend of the Needy,
Monroe, Neb 2.00
Total $799.85
York Man Found Guilty (
Of Manufacturing Liquor
York, Neb.. Dec. 3. (Special Tel
egram.) Detrick olte, living near
Waco, was arraigned before Judge
Hopkins cm the charge of manufac
turing and selling liquor. 0ie-half
pint of whisjey was found in his
home and nine gallons of white
mule . He was found guilty on two
counts and fined $100 on each count
and $20.85 costs. R. N. Felton of
Lincoln and Sheriff Miller and Dep
utp Sheriff Peterson were instru
mental in making the capture.
Bandits Make Rich Haul
In Daylight Bank'Robbery
Columbus, O., Dec. 3. Five auto
bandits in a bold daylight robbery,
secured $5,000 in cash, $3,000 in Lib
erty "bonds and about $169,000 in
non-negotiable notes at the First
National bank of Grove City, 12
miles southwest of here, this morn
ing, and escaped after locking oc
cupants of the bank in a room. Co
lumbus police went in pursuit of the
jobbers.
-f&L J hiiA t wiu, Discoverer
l ARMENIA ! ?
Armenian Mandate
fl tcgatnti tmking m mtandmtm ovt Armmim
jut supposing oil waa ficocrW in
Countess Is Tried
By Court Martial
Charge of Conspiracy Lodged
"Against Her for Organizing
y Irish Boy Scouts.
Dublin, Dec. 3. At the" royal bar
tacks today the Countess Georgiana
Markievicz, member of Parliament
for the St Patrick's division of Dub
lin City, whq was arsested two
months ago, was tried by court
martial on a chage of conspiring
between January, 1918, and Septem
ber, 1920, to organize a "fianna
eireann," otherwise "-known as Sinn
Fein boy scouts.
This organization has been
charged with conspiracy to murder
military police, with unlawful drill
ing, the carrying of arms, furnish
ing recruits to the Irish volunteers
and generally promoting dissatisfac
tion. The countess looked extremely ill
today. The military- escort con
fiscated the photographic plates tak
en by the newspaper photographers.
The newspaper men were searched
when they entered the barracks.
The countess today refused to
recognize the court and the session
was occupied with the examination
of witnesses ' for the prosecution.
The proceedings were enlivened by
the countess acting as interpreter
for counsel, who frequently stumbled
over the pronunciation of Irish
names in the translation of docu
ments. Convicted Murderer
: Of Former Omaha
-Man Kills Self in Cell
Burlington, la., Dec. 3. Louis
Marcum, who yesterday was found
guilty by a jury in the district court
of murder in the first degree and his
penalty fixed at life imprisonment,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a safety razor blade in
the county jail last night.
Marcum came to Burlington with
a string of race horses -to the Tri
State fair last August. Without ap
parent provocation, while drunk, he
shot and killed Peter Moran, another
horseman, whose home was in Oma
ha, in a stable at the fair grounds.
Marcum's mother lives in St. Louis.
"Whisky" Billed to China
Proves to Be Colored Water
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 3. In
vestigation of customs authorities of
a shipment of "whisky" billed at ap
proximately $34,000 from this city to
Shanghai revealed the barrels were
filled with colored water. The ship
mcut was being loaded on ft Jap
anese liner when the government of
ficials halted it and examined each
of the 27 barrels in the lot. !
Arrests are expected.
Vaccination Compulsory in ' I
Dubuque by Council Order,
Dubuque la., Dec 2. An ordi
nance making vaccination compul
sory in all schools and colleges of
the city was passed by the city coun
cil today. Many cases' of smallpox
are prevalent in the city.
Fly Campaign 'Opens
New York, Dec. 3. One pair of
flies effectively swatted now will
avert the possible plague of 324,000,
000 potential descendants next au
tumn, it is asserted on posters cir
culated today by the Merchants'
Association of New York City,
which launched a winter fly swat-
ting campaign.
Armani a I
25,000 Taken
From Train by7
-Masked Bandits
Milwaukee Passenger Boarded
By Two Men at Minneapolis;
100 Pieces of Registered
Matter Stolen.
Minneapolis, Dec. 3. Registered
mail unofficially valued at from $25,
000 to $75,000 was stolen today by
three bandits who field up the clerks
in a mail car of the Mobridge-Min-neapolis
train on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul railroad between
Hopkins and Minneapolis. The ban
dits escaped.
The bandits are believed to have
borded the train 'at Hopkins, a
short distance out of Minneapolis.
When almost within the city limits
they entered the mail car, bound the
crew and jumped from the moving
train with the loot. ,
The three clerks in the car, E. A.
Anke, Minneapolis, and F. C. Tous
ley and A. E. Ostman, St. Paul,
said they did not know the bandits
were aboard the train until the com
mand to deliver the registered mail
was heard. The three were forced
to submit to being bound and were
lying, hog tied, on ihe floor of the
car when the train stopped at. the
stationf
The police believe the bandits
escaped in an automobile after they
iuniped from the train.
Chtoter Breaks Silence
F or First Time in Month
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 3. Dennis
Chester, charged with killing Miss
Florence Barton, talked today for
the first time since he was returned
from Nebraska, but only after given
"laughing gas" combined with ether.
On coming out of the influence of
the anaesthetic, the accused man
cried:
"Oh, God. let me talk. I never
done it. I never killed anybody." '
Chester" is being held in a-ccll at
the city hosnital. He has been in a
state resembling; coma until today.
The ether experiment will be tried
again tomorrow, hospital attaches
said.
Bolsheviki Smash Lines
Of General Balakovitch
Warsaw, Dec. 3. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The bolshevists have
smashed all the detachments of Gen
eral Bulak Balakovitch and the rem
nants 'are fleeing toward Poland,
some crossing the frontier near
David Grodek, north of the Pinsk
marshes, whefe they were disarmed,
according to reports received here.
The Weather
Forecast.
Fair and colder Saturday.
Hdurly Temperature.
S m. m ST ill a. m. . . .
m. m 85 11 . m. . ..
7 ft. m XMt noon. ...
Sa.ni 33! 1 p. m. . . .
0 a. m 331 t d. m . . . .
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relative hnmldltr, S3. At noon: Wind Te
locity, 15 mile an hour.
Yeoterday'a Trmperatnm.
High Low High Low
Rl"tnrck ... 30
"ioftton 4.4
Buffalo 42
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S2!New York .
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hlcaao 4 42.SI. Loula 4 52
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Otn Moines ,, 54 42lan Franclnco. 0 4H
El Tasa .....70 4SHatt!e 60 4S
Kansas City.. 68 d6!3Iouk City .... 42 30
Shippers' Bulletin.
Protect shipments durltis; the nt J to
SS hours from temperatures as follows:
North. 15 degrees; west, 20 ili'reea. Ship
ments cait na south eta k wad Mftfy.
Mail Thief
To Testify
On His Pals
Driver of Robbers' Car Pleads
Guilty and Gets Light Sen
tence on Condition He '
Turn on Comrades.
Appears Broken in Spirit .
Des Moines, la., Dec. 3. (Spe
cial.) Keith Collins, driver of the
automobile in the $3,5;JO,000 Burling
ton mail train robbery, pleaded
guilty before Federal Judge Martin
J. Wade today and was sentenced to
15 years in the federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kan.
Collins pleaded guilty to six in
dictments of robbing five govern
ment mail pouches. He will not be
sent to prison at once. He will be
held here or in Council Bluffs until
after the trial of the eight other;
suspects in the robbrry.
All semblance of the spirit of
braggadocio with which Collin
sported himself when he was
brought here from Council Bluffs
two days ago with Merle' and Or
ville Phillips and Fred PofTenbarger,
was gone from the youthful robber
as he stood before Judge Wade and
heard his penalty.
Sentence Cut In Half.
Collins' sentence was cut to half
the maximum of 30 years when the
yowfig driver of the loot car agreed
to testify; against the other prisoners
held for trial.
Collins appeared more like a
penitent child who had rne wrong
than a bold train robber, as he lis
tened intently to the lecture admin
istered to him by Judge Wade, prior
to the pronouncement of sentence.
The judge declared he was in
clined to be lenient with Collins be
cause Postoffice Inspector W. M.
Coble of Omaha had said the youth
had made a clean breast of the affair
soon after his capture on his uncle's
farm near Westville, Kan.
Penalty, Must Be Heavy. ,
"Your punishment must be
heavy," said the judge, "because of
the example to the many boys of
good family who have read of your
sensational story in the papers and
have the tale firmly brandecT in their
brains. .
"The full power of the law is sup
posed to .administer justice, not
vengeance. Sometimes justice is
severe. Your punishment must be
a lesson to young men.
"Crtme cannot go unpunished. The
public must not be compelled to lie
awake' nights to worry over such
crimes as yours.
"If you had not ploaded guilty, J
(Torn to Tage Two, Column Two.)
Drastic Regulation
Of Narcotic Traffic
Provided in Measure
Washington, Dec. 3. A bill for
more drastic regulation of the traffic
in narcotics was" made public by
Senator Jones of Washington, who
is to introduce it at the request of
the international reform bureau. Un
der the terms of the measure, all
exports from this country of nar
cotics would be prohibited and all
imports into the United States
would be under the supervision of
the public health service, - which
wdijld determine what amounts
wete necessary for needs of the
meoical profssion.
Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts of the inter
national reform bureau, said the bill
was designed particularly to stop
exports of narcotics, principally
from Philadelphia and New York
to Japan. Dr. Crafts said 50 tons
of narcotics had been sold in Japan
by American and British exporters
during he last four years and that
Japan was doing a large trade in
selling narcotics, particularly in
China.
Man Held for Embezzlemeut ;
Married m Salt Lake JaU
Salt Lake City. Dec. 3. Edward
Wheeler, 30, held temporarily as a
prisoner here for California authori
ties, who have preferred a charge of
embezzlement against iiim, was mar
ried yeste.rday to Chelnitia Rowley,
24, a local hotel elevator operator.
The marriage was solemnized in the
county clerk's office. Following
the ceremony. Wheeler was led back
to his cell.
George Taylor, special agent of
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad,
who participated in making the ar
rest, was the best man.
Ship Bearing Widow of Lord
Mayor of Cork to Dork Today
New York, Dec. 3. The "liner,
Celtic, bearing to America Mrs.
Muriel MacSwiney, widow of the
mayor of Cork, who died on hunger
strike in an English prison, arrived
at quarantine shotly before S o'clock
today.
The ship arrived too late to ba
passed tonight and will not dock
until tomorrow morning. . It was
announced that no arrangements
had been made to bring Mrs. Mac
Swiney to Manhattan this evening
by tug for the reception planned
for her by Sinn Fein sympathizers.
DeValera 111.
St. Paul, Dec. 3. F.amonn De Va
lera, "president of the Irish repub
lic" is too ill to receive visitors at
the lcKal hotel where he is stopping,
physicians attending him said, lie
had intended to leave for New York
yesterday to meet Mrs. Terence
MacSwiuey jupqu Jicr arrival tht