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Thief Who
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Broke Jail
Is Nabbed
John Holoubck, Who Escaped
'From York Jail, Is Arrested
. in Kansas for Tres-
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Longecl for Excitement
Following three successful es
capes from state and federal officers,
and almost a fourth today, John, Ho
loubck, 31; wanted jrt York, Neb., for
burglary, will be returned to that
city from Fort Leavenworth, Kan.f
' today. , , ,
Holoubck, whose brother, Joe, is
now awaiting trial 'in Omaha dis
"Jt court on charges of receiving
niiui concealing, property John' is al
leged to have stolen, was arrested in
Fort Leavenworth yesterday.
He was caueht trespassing on a
railroad right-of-way and was about
to W released when he; volunteered
the confession of h:s career of crime.
T.'jat ended it and he was held for
York officials. '
Humdrum quietude of the domes
tic i hearthstone and the deadly
monotony of the life of a baker in
York caused him to seek adventure
and excitement in a; career of crime,
tic torn L.cavenwonn omcers.
Wanted Excitement.
"Take the excitement out of the
job of being a burglar and there 5s
absolutely nothing, to it," he said.
"I stole several thousand dollars'
worth of silks and other goods, but
I never sold a dime's worth of
- them. . i ,
"A'J of it was fouud in various
hiding places I had provided." 1
' His brother, Joe. when arrested
in Omaha, led officers to several
rooming houses wh';re boxes of the
loot had been "cached." " Burglary
charges against him at York were
discharged when John refused to im
plicate him. 5 .
John and his wife were both ar
rested in Omaha two weeks ago on
information from York that they had
looted stores, in nearby towns, but
thty were released because the in
formation against them was meagre.
, Escaped York Jail.
John was later arrested; escaped
the York jail; was captured in J-in-colur.
returned to York where he
was tried and sentenced to-the state
penitentiary; escaped again; and
turned up in Leavenworth yesterday.
..There, he escaped from the offi
cer once, but when arrested.- sec
ond time, it was discovered he was
wanted in York.
'. Continuing his tale of, hiding his
Toot, John told the Leavenworth l
tficwiy '-.&-, -a .-tyw--v.T('ix-(tw,-4
VI ; suppose eventually If would
have disposed of the whole works to
. sdme 'fence' ior a mere song. -
"But Tdidu't care for the money.
Fortune Dissipated.' U
s "I wa i worth, I supposes about
$10,000 before I decided to take a
flyer i in crime, but most of it has
been dissipated since in? trying to
- keep out.of the penitentiary.
'"Now I'm. reajy to take my medi
cine and get bade to my family as
quickly as possible, i
"I shave the prettiest wife in the
state of Nebraska and expect to have
the hnest btmyt -
Holoubek will probably pass
through Omaha today on his way
to York from Leavenworth.
: Implied Threat of
Railroad Tieup Rouses
' '.. Ire of Lloy George
London, 'Feb!- ; 10. Mr. ; Lloyd
George, the prime minister, today
informed the Locomotive Engineers'
and Firemen's union that its implied
threat to bring on a general strike
in Great Britain over the shooting
f railwaymen at Mallow, Ireland,
last month,, would not influence the
government in considering the un
ion's demand fcr an investigation.
Mr. Lloyd George, in replying to
day, announced, to. Secretary Brom
: ley of the union that it was the gov
ernment's intention of sending the
Leeds resolution to Ireland for in
formative purposes. v
The premier added, however, that
he wished it stated at once that no
threat of a national strike could be
"permitted to influence the action o
the government on a matter of the
' administration of the law." j
"The government." he continued,
"will consider the question purely-on
its merit, without reference to these
improper threats."
Whitman Probes Alleged
Suppression of Evidence
4 Xew York, Feb. 10. Police rec
ords, said to relate to the alleged
suppression by police of, evidence in
murder ases last year were ordered
befpre the grand jury ' by former
Governor Charles S.- Whitman,' who
is investigating alleged corruption in
municipal affairs. ,
Intentional suppression of evidence
in some; cases and gross negligence
in others, was -said to have been
found by'the investigators. , In this
connection they, said only one "tbn-
viction for; first degree murder was
obtained last yeann 1M cases sub-
Senate Kills" Free Seed, ,
I . , Fund in Agricultural Bill
II . - i Washington. Feb: 10. With ait
fh ; amendment authorizing the treasury,)
'li . io duv , $iyu,wu,wu in larra man
I. bank bonds, the annual agricultur
Z '"'J al appropriation bilF. -was favorably
'i reported today by the senate agri
cultural committees 1 lie i total ot
V appropriations $33,000,000, is the
1 . approximate amount carried in thff
bill as it passed the house. The sen
ate committee, however, struck out
the appropriation of $360,000 carried
by the house for the distribution of
. fret seeds, by members of congress.
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Al Jennings Fails to
Impress Hold Up With
His Name, Loses 'RoW
"tyew York, Feb. 10. Al Jennings,
reformed train robber and bandit.
admitted vesterdav he had been vie
timized here by an "inconsiderate,
discourteous" member of his for
saken profession. '
Returning to ' his hotel from
Brooklyn, Jennings was accosted by
a shabby individual and found him'
self at the unfamiliar end of a "six
gun." He obeyed with celerity the
usual hands up command, then
sought immunity by divulging his
identity. , I s -.
"Oh, come on now," he pleaded in
a friendly manner, "I'm Al Jen-
"Never mind the guff,", returned
the other, lifting a jewel and a roll
of bills from Jennings pocket, I m
".'resident Wilson.
"There now, - I'm leaving you
dime beat it."
Brady Attacks
' Censorship of
Movies in State
Declares Masterpieces of
Shakespeare and Dickens
Would , Be Barred
, .' From Screen.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 10. (Special
Telegram.) Motion picture censor
ship is a first step , against free
speech 'and freedom of the press,
William A. Brady of New York,
president of the national associa
tion of the motion picture industry,
told the joint house and senate com
mittee tonight. i
Censorship proposed in bills be
fore the state legislature would bar
many of Shakespeare's plays from
being produced, because the sex ap
peal is in them, and would cut
Charles Dickin's most popular books
from reproduction on the screen be
cause the criminal and lower type
of humanity, and murder are de
picted in them, Brady declared.
"In fact," declared Brady, "to be
consistent withhe ideas in the bills
we would be forced to paint pajamas
on nude women in out greatest mas
terpieces.' '
Brady said that parents and laws
should wqrk together to keep chil
dren of immature years from certain
pictures, the Same as he 'kept cer
tain French novels and other books
in his home from, his children. -
"But don't let three persons in
your state be tlje moulders of pub
lic opinion through one of the great
est opinion-moulding machines' of
the present day." Bradv iniDlored.
"Let us-work out our pwn prob
lems and you'll see in a short time
that public " opinion clamoring now
against certain . oictures will . xviot.
c eir , vaui ore., jwwtttcuau-.trom. the
U. S. Marines Held for
Wrecking Plant of
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v Managua Newspaper
Washington, ' Feb. 10. Twenty
one American marines attached to
the legation guard at Managua, Ni
caragua, ihave been arrested by
American military v authorities as a
result of the wrecking of the plant
of the newspaper La Tribuna at
Managua ' yesterday. Secretary Dan
iel's announced today. Capt. J.. L.
Underhill,'- commanding .the'! guard,
reported tp the Navy department
that ,the men attacked the newspa
per establishment as a result of the
publication of what they considered
"abusive, and. libelous", articles .re
garding the marines. " i !-
Mr; Daniels . has Ordered Rear
Admiral H, F. Bryan, .commanding
the American special seryice squad
ron in Central American-waters,' to
nroeeed to . Manacua and " take
charge ,of the situation. Hei said rf'
court of inquiry and cotirtsmartial
undoubtedly would follow.
Unemployed Strike v
For Union Wage Scale
Great Falls', Mont., Feb.1 10. Men
put to work by the city today at $5
a day to afford relief to local un
employment, . were called out on
strike by the federal labor union,
demanding the. men be paid $5.50,
the union scale. ' . s' '
Japan Has Not Completed - .
Probe Into Murder by Sentry
Tokio, Feb. 10. The Official inves
tigation of the recent killing by a
Japanese sentry , at Vladivostok of
Lieut. W. H. Langdon of the Am'er
icin cruiser-Albany has not been
concluded, General . Tanaka. -; minis
ter of war, yesterday made this state
ment in reply to questions in the
Diet as. to what the result of the
court-martial was and what effect it
would have on the relations ietween
the United 'States and Japan becom
ing strained as a result of the shoot
ing. :' ': ,.: ... '
Funeral Held (dr the Last
San Gabriele Mission Indian
Los Angeles. 'CaL, Feb. 10. Fu
neral services were to be held late-today
at San Gabriele mission, near
here," for Santo Juncio,5 said to be
one of 'the last, if , not the last, -of
the Mission Indians, who died yes
terday, at San Gabriele, aged 106. s
Yellow Streak O. K. in
.Gold Mine, But Out
f Of, Place in Noodles
Washington,. Feb. lOlA yellow
streak is well enough in a gold mine,
but it has no place in the make-up
of 'humans or noodles. r: I noodles
it denotes 1 use of a. dye in place o'f
eggs, the Department of Agriculture
holds, in an announcement today.
and federal food inspectors have been Upanies. the principal purchasers. The
instructed to shut the gate of inter-I reduction carried prices to the low
state commerce to such product' . 'est level since December 31, 1917,
Rail
Contracts
Will Stand
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Labor Board Denies Request
' of Executives for Imme
diate Abrogation of
- Agreements.
Demands Unwarranted
By The Awociated Frm.
Chicago, Feb. 10. The federal
railroad labor board today denied the
request of the American Association
of Railway Executives for immediate
abrogation of the national wage
agreements with the brotherhoods
and establishment of a new basic
rate for unskilled labor predicated on
local conditions.
The decision came before B. M.
Jewell, president of the railway em
ployes' department of the American
Federation of Labor, had started his
reply to the statement made.for the
railway executives last week by W.
W. Atterbury. of the Pennsylvania
railroad. It ws totally unexpected,
but Mr. Jewell made his statement
nevertheless.
Claims No jurisdiction.
The board held that it had no ju-
risdiction over questions involving
expense of operation and suggested
that neither the roads nor the unions
interrupt the pending hearing . on
standard rules and working condi
tions with "further unwarranted de
mands." .
Mr. Jewell's statement charged
that the request for immediate abro
gation of the national working agree
ments were part of a conspiracy to
disrupt unionism. '
-Scores W. W. Atterbury.
"General Atterbury abused the
courtesy of the board in granting
him an opportunity to speak under
its sanction by threatening them
with a lockout, if the ultimatum
which he laid down is not immedi
ately accepted." v
I he present hearing separated, fcy
agreement, rules and working eon-
ditions from wages,. 1 he decision
on wages was rendered last July,
Judge Barton said, and the rules
hearing convened on January 10.
"If any qf these rules and working
conditions are unjust and unreason
able,", said the decision, "they con
stitute an unwarranted burden upon
the railroads and upon the public.
It is, therefore, the duty of this board
to use the utmost practical expedi
tion, consistent .with the necessary
ime for hearing and consideration,
in determining whether anv of the-
rules and working1 conditions now in
effect are unreasonable. The board
is endeavoring tor perform its obli
gation nd rvfft" be tarter able- to u ex
ceed !n doing so H it. "is not further
interrupted by the introduction of :
unwarranted . demands : hy . cither
party." i "' 'I - ' '
Increased Funds for ,
"Dry V Enforcement j
' Work Are Authorized
Washington, Feb. 10. Increased
funds for prohibition enforcement
urged; by the Rational Anti-Saloon
league were authorized by the senate
appropriations committee, in report
ing the annual legislative; executive
and judicial appropriation bill. The
house provision 'was increased from
$400,000 to $7,500,000 andt is under
stood advances in some salaries was
an object of the increase. ., ,
A committee rider was the amend
ment, also carried m the agricultural
appropriation bill, authorizing the
treasury to purchase $100,000,000 of
farm land bank securities.
An henr of $150,000 to provide a
fireproof receptacle for the Declara
tion of Independence and other val
uable State department archives also
was vote;
i Secretary Daniels Orders
New Probe of Balloon Flight
Washington, Feb. 10. Dissatisfied
with , the feport of the court of 'in
quiry in the case of the three naval
aviators. Lieutenants Kloor, Hinton'
and Farrell, whose balloon was
driven by a storm into the frozen
wilds of Canada, Secretary Daniels
today remanded the whole affair to
the tribunal of which Rear Admiral
Kline is chairman. ... K i
- Secretary Daniels wants the 'board
to go deeply into the )'authority".for
the flight. It is intimated that the I
government is seeking to discover
what were the actual orders and
agreements -and understandings) ii
any,, as to a possible flight into
Canada.
Urges Congress to Resent
I Cutting German.War Debt
'Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 10. (Special.)
"Representative Hoffmeister, demo
cratic member of the lower tfiouse
ru- 4 - , , ffArAr1
a-resolution memorializing congress f
to vote against any 'bill to reduce
the German, war debt. The resolu
tion, under the rules, must ,be held
up- one day before a vote on adop
tion'is taken, v .; i - x , : '
Ask Lower Freight Rale
I ' To Skve Montana Potatoes
; Helena, Mont, I Feb. 10. Esti
mating 2,100,000 pounds of potatoes
onfarms in western Montana are
going to waste for want of a mar
ket, the Montana railroad commis-,
sion telegraphed officials ' of- rail-'
roads asking for immediate answers
to an appeal to cut the present
freight rate from an average of 76
cents per 100 pounds to. 46 cents)
Oil Companies Cut Price lf
Casper," Wyb.J Feb. IQ.Postcr
prkes for all grades of crude Vn'l
produced in Wyoming were reduced
25- cents a barrel by the Ohio Oil
aurf . the .' Midwrst Rpfininiy r'rm.
se of German
able Lines Proposed
Washington, Feb. 10. Purchase
by the United States of all German
cables and her South. African and
Pacific colonies was proposedvin a
resolution introduced' by Senator
France, republican Maryland. It
was referred without discussion to
the foreign relations .committee.
The resolution suggested $5,000.
000,000 as the consideration to be
credited against .the indemnity im
posed upon Germany.
Senator France also proposed an
international conference to fix Ger
many's indemnity at $15,000,000,000.
Halt Hearing to
Prevent Fight
Over Siman Law
Seward School Teacher of
German Descent Tells Com
mittee the Almighty Can
Understand English,
Lincoln, Feb. 10. (Special Tele-gram.)vr-Hearings
on S. F.1 160, to
repeal the Siman law were' summari
ly suspended by the senate commit
tee on education after Representative
Henry Behrens of Cuming county
had insisted on taking to task R. D.
Moritz, city superintendent of the
Seward schools for what he took to
be a reflection on the Germans and
their parochial schools.
"I want to . answer . that man,"
Behrens started to say. Chairman
Sturm of the committee made a mo
tion ' to interrupt.
, "He cast a reflection on the Ger
mans. J man who is so familiar with
schools as he seems to be, ought to
know, better. ' ' . , ; s-
"You're out of order," shouted
Chairman Sturm. ''This isn't a per
sonal matter we're threshing out.
The meeting is adjourned."
Ka More Hearings. ;
Chairman Sturm said later that no
more hearings would be held, ' be
causeVthese headings were only in
flaming the people and the committee
had pretty definitely in mind wkat it
intended to do. v It is understood that
the committee is prepared to
strengthen the Siman law instead of
weakening it, as the Norval bill is
said to, do.
To accomplish i this, it is under
stood that the committee may amend
the Norval'bill orf introduce a sub
stitute bill in its place. Senator Nor
val, after the meeting, told Chairman
Sturrrithat he had amendments to
offer for his bill, i '
The hearing was cuthort after
a number of speakers, mostly those!
who sought to preserve the right to
give religious education in German, j
had, spoketi.
-: Speaks of Experience. ,
Superintendent Moritz. bo drew
the fire of - Representative Behrens,
said from his experience as a state
school inspector and county and city
superintendent of ' schools that his
own Americanism did not coincide
with that he found, taught in paro
chial schools. , i
, Mr. Moritz' said he . was not only
born ' in Germany, but he ; learned
German from his parents and learned
to worship in the German language.
He said he attended the public
schools and was convinced that the
Almighty could t understand English
in religious services. ; , .
P. .Matuschka of Lincoln, an 6f
ficer of the. German parochial sool
system of Nebraska, said tVif it was
misrepresentation to claim, that those
of German descent were trying to
install secular education, in German.
Het said German j was taught only
jn a religous way, enough to enable
the children to worship with their
elders who did not understand Eng
lish.. ' . i ' -
, j German Must Die.
"German must' die and will die,"
he said, "The teaching of German
is only to bridge the religious gap."
. The necessity from a religious view
point of German, being taught re
ligiously was only urged by Cv F.
Brommer, pastor' of a German church
north of Hampton, and ex-Senator
Tom Lahners of Thayer county.
'The last speaker before Represen
tative Behrens attempted to talk was
John G. Maherwho declared that
"language does not make patriotism."
and that some of the leaders of the
revolutionary and the civil war were
Germans. He also called attention
to the patriotism of the foreign
elements of the American popula
tion in the late war.: He pointed out
that there was no American lan
guage, that the national language was
English, the danguage of , our one
itime enemy. American histories were
now being' expurgated and .certain
facts minimized so as not to offend
the English people, he said.
Chairman Sturm interrupted in
some heat to declare that a common
lantruaze was the greatest harmon-
j izer of a people and would have to
De so recognizee v -. - -
Baron Kondo,, Head of Japan
Mail Steamer Firm, Dies
Tokio, Feb. 10. Baron Kempei
Kondo. president of the 'PPO Yu-
sm Kaisha. a TaDanese mail Steam.
ship company, died here today. ' He
was decorated with the Second Or
der of the Rising Sun in recognition
of hij service in the transportation
of Japanese troops in tjie war with
Russia. He was at one time a mem
ber of Parliament. Baron Kondo also
accompanied the Japanese peace del
egation to Paris in 1918 as an unoffi
cial member. , ' ' - '
Philadelphia Archbishop
. Will Succeed LateCardinal
Rome, Feb. 10. Appointment of
the Most Rev.: Dennis J. Dougherty,-
archbishop of Philadelphia, as
cardinal in succession ; to the late
Cardinal Farley of .New York City
is almost certain, it is" said in Vatican-circles.
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V Recover Bandit Car u
O'Neill, JSTeb.. Feb. 10. (Special.)
The automobile stolen here Satur
day night and used by the Orchard
bank robbers was recovered at
jsunion, o. u.
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House Body Asks
Right to Probe
Berffdoll Case
Military. Committee Requests
'Authors tri to Investigate
How : Draft Dodger ' . Es-
; caped From America. ;
Washington, Feb. 19. After ; de
veloping some high' spots in the case
of Grover C. Bergdoll, the house
military committee decided to ask
congress for authority to find out
how. the rich . draft dodger escaped
from a military guard and went to
Germany, the country he had refused
to- fight. ; t , - ; ;, : '
The committee so voted after hear-,
ing District Attorney C. D. Mc
Avery of Philadelphia, who de
clared there was no evidence to
justify the charge that anybody con
nected with the War departmeSit had
been corrupted with Bergdoll money.
The name of D. C. Gibboncy, coun
sel , for I Bergdoll, w as brought into
the proceedings and -Mr. McAvery
was positive in asserting' the belief
uiDDoney was drowned m- Mexico
despite an anonymous report-that
he was alive. ' '
Recent statements cabled from
Germany by Bergdoll prompted the
committee to renewed effort, in view
of his charge that he had obtained
from the Treasury department and
concealed in the woods $105,000 in
gold to he used in effecting his re
leasehrough bribery of government
officials. ; "' .
. The committee will seek to ascer
tain what influence enabled Bergdoll
to obtain .so much gold from the
treasury when the supply was being
onserved. The more " important
thread to be followed, members said,
was the ability of the prisoner's law
yers to obtain his release, under
guard to go into the hills of Mary
land to dig up his gold.
Mr. McAvery testified there was
no doubt that Bergdoll got the gold
from the treasury. In , expressing
belief that no high officials of the
War department had been corrupted,
he said he was equally positive that
the draft dodger had not escaped
through political influence.
Reward of $5,000 Offered
For Conviction of Slayer
Lincoln, Feb. 10. (SpcciaH)
County Attorney Charles E. Matson
announced today that W. T. Bar
stow has offered a reward of $5,000
for the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons who murdered his
son, Adrian, at .. his home January
22. This brings the total of the
price on the murderer's head to
$5,300. the county offering $100 and
the state. $200. . . .
Two Trainmen Are Killed
In Missouri Pacific, Wreck
. Hot Springs, Ark., Feb. 10. T wo
enginemcn were killed and 10 pas
sengers are reported injured, some
seriously, when Missouri Pacific pas
senger train. No. 17 from St. Louis
was wrecked this morning six miles
east of Hot Springs. i
Banlf! Reopens
Bismarck., N. D.. Feb, 10. The
Nortonville State bank, which sus
pended several weeks ago, reopened
yesterday. The State bank of Cogs
well has been reorganized and will
reopen' soon, with capital increase
from $26,000 to $40,000 State-Bank
examiner i.oitmi saia
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Consider the Backing
26 Negroes and
1 White Dead in
Southern Storm
Fifty Homes Reported Demol
ished by Tornado - Which -;
T;. Sweeps Small Georgia -.
Lumbering' Town.
Oconce.l Ga., Feb. 10. One white
boy and 25 negroes were killed wheftj
a tornado struck here this afternoon,
seriously damaging the plan pi the
Cleveland-Oconee Lumber company
and other property. Between 30 and
40 other negroes were injured.
After striking here, ; the tornado
continued toward, Augusta- accord
ing to reports and was?-$aid to have
descended again between' Macon and
Camak. . " , , .
The negroes were all employes of
the lumber 'company. , '.
W'hile the wind's, fury centered
about tlp plant of the Cleveland
Oconee company, the main building,
recently completed,, was practically
undamaged. Qne of the old build
ings was wrecked and SO homes of
negroes were . demolished. About
2,000,000 feet of lumber were leveled.
The lumber plant was valued at
approximately $400,000.
Minnesota Governor
Asks Investigation
Of Air Mail Accident
St. Paul, Feb. 10. Immediate in
vestigation of the mail airplane ac
cident at La Crosse yesterday., which
tesulted in three deaths, is asked by
Governor Preus of Minnesota, in a
telegram dispatched to, the postmas
ter general. !
Discontinuance of the Chicago
Twin Cities" air mail service rather
"than, sacrifice further lives" by its
operation with "obsolete equipment"
is preferable, the governor sail. .,"
"The death of four flyers and the
serious injury to another within six
days, in addition to numerous forced
landings due tq motor trouble,
prompts me to urge an immediate
investigation ' of the equipment in
I use and the lhanagcnicnt of the air
riiiail station at St. Paul, said the
ielegrani. ''
Negro Who 'Killed Woman
Taken After Six-Hour Fight
Philadelphia, Feb. 10. A six-hour
battle between a negro who had shot
and "killed a woman in the house
where he was living and nearly 100
policemen and - firemen resulted in
the capture of the man, , mortally
wounded, and the injuring of four
policemen. Pistols, axes, high pres
sure fire hose, sulphur candles and
other , chemicals were used against
the negro, whol had barricaded him
self in the house. - i
The siege began after the negro,
who was known as William Drescn,
"Alabama Joe" and other names, had
shot Grace. Robinson, a negress, and
thrown her body out of the house.
Texas Railroad Cuts Wages i
Houston; Tex., Feb. 10. Thb St.
Louis-& San, Fiancisco railroad to
day announced a reduction in the
wages of maintenance of way em
ployes at this poiilt from 42 cents in
hour to25 cents. Local officers of
the' Maintenance of Way brother
hood declare the cut is in violation
of the national agreement
Armed Bandits
Rob Des Moines
Bank and Escape
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Fainting of Woman Unnerves
Gunmen, Who Fleey Lear
ing Thousands of Dollars
.Untouched in Vault.
Des Monies, Feb. 10. (Special
Telegram.) Armed bandits robbed
the First National .bank of V alley
Junction, a suburb of Des Moines,
today, making their escape with over
$1,000 in enrrancy. .
Mary Kolling. assistant cashier,
proved an unwitting heroine,, saving
thousands of dollars ' in the 1 bank
yaults when she fainted, apparently
unnerving the, gunmen.
While Assistant Cashier B. W.
Taylor and two b6okkeepers were
preparing the cash for the days busi
ness, wo men, each armed with re
volvers, entered the front door 'and
rushincr at them commanded "hands
up." The men and Miss Kollingr
obeyed and the bandits began hastily
to stuff their pockets with currency
lying about. Then they commanded
Taylor' to open the vault. He in
sisted that he could not do it and one
bandit leveled bis gun at him and
approached threateningly.. ,
Miss Kolling at that moment
fainted and fell to the floor. This
seemed to unnerve the bandit and
his gun began to shake in his hand.
."Take care of her, for goodness sake
take care of her, he said. "Put her
on a fhair and do something for
her." ,i The other ,bandit commanded
Taylor to carry, the unconscious girl
i. . s u T..i a
mill luc vault..-. xdtvi sim u ivs
plead that if they weie locked in
the vault they probably would , all
die. -
This completed the unnerving of
the first bandit and he turned around
and rushed from the bank, his part
ner following. They leaped into a
motor car and escaped. Miss Kol
ling was taken home, where it w-as
reported her condition was serious,
the shock havfng affected her whole
nervous system. , '
Two New York Policemen
Hejd on Murder Charge
New York,-Feb. 10. An indict
ment charging two members of the
police dtpartment with murder in the
first degree was returned by the Jan
uary grand jury after former Gover
nor Whitman, conducting the in
quiry into alleged city corruption,
turned his attention to reputed sup
pression by the police of evidence in
a murder case last year. , v '
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League Council , to Hold
Next Meeting in Paris
Geneva, Feb. 10. It is understood
that the meeting of the league of
nations council to begin February
21, will be held in Paris and not here,
as had been announced.
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State Code
Secretaries
Approved
Senate and House in Joint
Session Overwhelmingly
Confirm Appointments
' Of Governor.
Stiff, Fight on Stuhr
Lincoln. Feb. 10. (Special.) The
senate and house at a joint session
today voted to confirm the reap
pointment of the six code secretaries.
Vote against confirmation was (neg
ligible on five of the secretaries,
running from 15 to 4 against con
firmation, i
Senator Dennis Cronin of Holt,
charman of the joint legislative com-.
mittee. which has been probing
charges .against the secretaries for
three weeks, endeavored in a minor
ity report to block confirmation of
the appointment of Leo Stuhr, sec
retary of the department of agri
culture. The Cronin fight was futile, how
ever. I he vote on connrmaiion was
88 to 41. ! ;
.Inefficiency Is Charged.
Representative George Williams of
Fillmore joined forces with Sen
ator Cronin in fighting the' Stuhr ap
oointment. Williams in a spirited
address accused Stuhr of being "in
efficient, arbitrary, lacking in actual
knowledge of farminar and tailing to
possess the primary ideas of diplom
acy." "Gentlemen," declared Williams,
"I am a friend and admirer of Gov
ernor McKelvie ' and I am fighting
this appointment because I believe
his judgment, is bad in the Stuhr
appointment and as a friend I will
do him more good in gettiug you to
block his confirmation than in aiding
in confirming his reappointment."
Cronin voiced much tse mte senti
ments expressed by Williams, declar
ing that the investigation revealed
that Stuhr failed utterly in "getting
along" with his department heads
and when not "butting in" kept him
self isolated from his helpers.
Democrat Aids Stuhr.
Much of the Williams and Cronm
criticism was dkounted when Rep
resentative 'Theodore Osterman 1 of
Merrick, a member of the investigat
ing committee and leader of the
democratic minority, took the floor,
in defense of the Stuhr confirmation.
He said: , '
. "I hope 'I am too big to take a
partisan view of such a proposition ,
and, no matter what party policy 1
may. be, my convictions arc hat
Stuhr has made a success of his
work.' The great trouble in the de
partment,. & L see-rv iti du&Ju
the fact- that lie insists on 100 fee.
cent work all the time from all de-
partments. In other words, when
those working in one department'
complete their work, he sees to it
that they help in cleaning up the
work of other departments. Furthermore,-
I know Mr. Stuhr is con-;
versant with farm subjects and cap- ,
able of handling farm problems'."
utners ODjecteu to xtunr s rn-,
iirmation on tne ground that Ne
braska's only excuse for existence
is her agricultural resources and the
man at the head of this department
(Jam to Pg6 Two. Column flevtn.)
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Bill Sets Maximum
Of54WorkingH ours
For Women in Iowa
Des Moines, Feb. 10. A bill vto
establish a maximum of 54 working
hours a week for women in indus-. '
tries in Iowa appeared in . both
branches of the. state legislature to-j
day. : . I
Women employed in canning fac-
tories and in executive'positions are
exempted. Penalties on employer
for violation of the bill would be $25
to $100 fine, or 30 days in jail. "
, The Knickerbocker bill,. 1 which .
would have increased marriage
license fees from $1 to $5, was de
feated in the house.
A new bill introduced by Repre
sentative Ontejes fc-ould compel rail-'
roads to build spurttacks up to three '
miles in length upon petition of aiy
elevator, warehouse or factory. .
Receipt Is Void if Check .
- Is Not Backed by Funds
s Lincolu, Feb. 10. (Special) If a
man gives a worthless check in pay
ment of his taxes and receives a bona
fide receipt for it, has he paid his
taxes? The , attorney general had,
this question propounded to' him by
a county treasurer m western Ne- '
braska. v i . . , '
The attorney general rules that the
man is not liable to prosecution for ,
passing the check, but taxes may be
collected by Issuing a distress w aiV
rant. ,
War Is Peclared Against
Bogus Revenue Stamps
Washington, Feb. 10. War has
beeti declared against liquor stamp
counterfeiters,- Chief Moran of the
federal secret service announced, in
connection with reports of a raid in
Boston in which . 10,000 bogm
stamps were seized and two" men
arrested. The government is deter
mined to break up the business, he
said, because of the danger to the
public in supposedly lawfully bond
ed liquors offeree? for sale undef
fraudulent stamps.
Funeral Arrangements
Made for Iowa Merchant
Clintori, la., . Feb. 10. Funeral '
services for the late George M. Cur-'
tis, who died last night, will be held
at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Mr.
Curtis, former ''congressman, wav
one of the founders of Curtis Bros.
& Co.. with branches in Chicago,
Omaha, Lincoln,'. Neb., and
othrr cities. Hk was horn in Nw
York state, April 8, 18H
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