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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 30 NO. 221. ftlttt Sraa-CIM autlir May 5. 1906. at Oman r. 0. Uadar At al Mirth J, IVI. OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1921. fv Mill (I rt. Iatla 4Ui loaa. DM tad Sunday, J9: Dally Oaly, 9: Slfi(, 4 Outilda 4t tout (I mr), Dally aad Sunday, Jl. Dally Oaly, SI 2 j Saaday Only, ii THREE CENTS Woman andj Man Caught j In Holdup Female Bandit Cornered After i Principals in Spectacular Downtown Store Robbery Bonus Bill Ti l ' 171 Firm Policy With Japaiii Advocated Opening the Sluices uuminre atel Colorado Democrat Declares I AT ! tn to 12 HrIi?I AT v n- Attempted Daring Daylight Holdup, Blames Craving ary. Humiliating, Outrage- otts and Illegal. For Drugs. Mate Has Police Record j Tier craving for narcotics led Mrs. I Jennie Van Houseri," 2303 Leaven- j worth street, to lieed the words of i Ivan B. Russell, burglar and pick- j pocket, and aid him in the daylight holdup of the National Fur and ! Tanning company, 1710 Douglas .street, shortly i'ftcr noon yesterday. She declared this when questioned st Central, police station this after noon, where she is now held pris oner. -y She and Resell were captured I after a thrilling chase through down- 1 town streets :i tew minutes alter staging thpir daring holduj). "Why did you do it?" she was aked. "Well, Russell told me it'd he a soft joh," she replied. "Yes, that's my only reason. 1 needed th: money and decided to try it." First Highway Robbery. It was her first highway robbery offense. "Didn't you' know Chief of De tectives Pszanowski had ordered Russell to leave town?" she was asked. 'Why did you do this when you knew he was subject to arrest?" "Well, Ivan's a good little fellow," she replied and then closed up like a clam. Russell's Bcrtillon record at Cen tral police station, if stretched oat in a single trip, would reach from Sixteenth and Farnam streets to Dundee, in the words of several of the detectives. He has been arrested on various charges in Omaha, Lincoln, Den ver, San Francisco, Fort Worth, Dallas, Memphis, St. Louis, Chica go, Minneapolis, Kansas City and other cities, according to the Bcr tillon records. Ordered From City. He was arraigned for vagrancy f.nly Monday and ordered to get out of the city by Judge Foster aud Chief of Detectives Fszanowski. Eight years ago, he was arrested as a pickpocket by Chief Fszan owski when he was a detective. He has since been arrested several'times by Danbautn and Palmtag, Trapp and Munch, and Haze and English. if rs. Van Housen's - home was raided several weeks ago by fed era! narcotic agents, She is alleged to be a drug addict - herself by the police. Her husband. James Van Housen. is now being sought by the federal authorities on narcotic charges, ac-! iroing to tne police. The holdup whicit the pair staged ' at noon m the heart of the busi ness section of the city was one of the most daring ever attempted in the city of Omaha. When taken to Central police sta tion the man was recognized as Russell, who was released from the county jail Sunday, where he was serving a sentence of 90 days for va grancy. His record in the Bcrtillon room includes every known crime, according to the police, from holdups and robberies to thefts and pick pocket work. Mrs Van Housen first gave the! name of Jennie Smith, 2303 Leaven worth street. Caught by a Pinkerton. man n il woman were cap- , tured by E. L. Avcril, a Pinkerton detective who vas asisted by G. F. Jones, secretary of the Billings Den tal Supply company. Averil saw the woman carrying the suitcase and his attention was at tracted by one of the fur coats w hich the woman had Attempted to con ceal under her own wrap. Then when he heard the shouts of Mrs. Mary Adamr, who sounded the alarm, be took up the" pursuit and caught the couple in the Seventeenth .street entrance oi the Table Supply company. Socialists Plan Move Tn Fnmnp UAh I Chicago. March 1. A campaign lor the release of Eugene V. Lffrbs and all other so-called political pns- oners, will be manned out by the na- i tional executive committee of the so-1 cialist party in Boston, March 5, it I was announced at headquarters here. Among other matters to come up for action arei A lobby in Wash ington, mass petition to congress, in terviews with members of congress and the new cabinet, delegations of working men's organizations to Washington, and general publicity until all so-called political prisoners are released. , The committee will also undertake a campaign against the open-shop movement. Weeks Will Assume Duties In War Department Saturday Washington, March 1. Former Senator Weeks of Massachusetts, new secretary of war, will relieve Secretary Baker at 10 1. m. Saturday, it was announced today. Mr. Baker will formally present his successor to the army officers on duty here and the civilian employes. v Mr. Baker will leave that night for Cleveland to resume the practice of law. Revolution in Petrograd London. March 1. Lloyd's agent al Reval, the capital of Esthonia, sent a cable message Monday which was received here today reading,' "It s reported, and we attach some credit to the report., that a revolution has broken out in Fctrograd and Mos- Upper left, Mrs. May Adams, clerk at National Fur and Tanning corn company, whose screams at the t'me I of robbery summoned aid and result- j ed in capture of the two bandits, Ivan I B. Russell, upper left, and Mrs. Jen- j nie Van Housen, lower left. ! 127 Indictments In Building Probe . it v 1.. .1., Corporations and Individuals Named Under Anti-Sherman Aet bv Federal Grand Jury. New York. 'March 1. Indictment? j were handed down today by the 1 special federal -.rand jury investigat ing an aucgia Dunning maicimi combine, against 75 corporations and 42 individuals comprising an alleged "cement trust." The indictments contained two counts charging violation of tha Sherman anti-trust law,' one alleg ing combination and restraint of trade and the other monopolies and altemnts to nionocolize. I Anions the coroorations named arc tne Alpha rortland Lenient com pany. tne .Atlas roruann wciniu company, the Lehigh Portland Ce ment company, the Atlas Cement Se curities company, the Giant Port land Cement company, and the Uni versal Portland Cement company. The indictments were returned as a result of evidence presented to the grand jury by Assistant United States Attorneys Williams Rand "and, B. A. Matthewj. It is the government's contention, Mr. Rand said, that the combination "has so effectually maintained uni formity of price, divided territories, limited output and regulated the 1 class and character of customers ! who might buy cement, and the pur PP.""' to which cement might be ap- plied, as in effect to exclude cement from the ordinary channels of trade and commerce. r"iVA fParn nathPr? 1 1VC LWUICIS Killed by Seaplane Pensacola, Fla., March 1. Five negro bathers were killed and several others injured when a naval scrplane sideslipped and took the water along the beach, its wing tip sweeping the sands where the bathers were gath ered. The aviator was not injured, but was placed under arrest pending investigation. The plane was in charge of Encign John Walter Alcorn. U. S. X.. who had resigned his commission in the navy and was to have been dis charged today. Witnesses said Alcorn was going through some stunts when the tail of his machine become entangle in a kite string. President Signs Three , Appropriation Bills Washington, March I. President Wilson today signed the $574,000,000 postoffiee oppropriation. bill, the $15,250,000 rivers and -harbors 'bill, and the first deficiency bill, carrying $276,000,000. Special Committee Named To Report on Landis Case Washington, March 1. Impeach ment charges against Federal Judge Landis were referred today by the house judiciary committee to a sub committee with instructions to re- t port tomurrov.. , Germany Offers To Pay 30 Billion For Reparations Lloyd George Tells Envoys That If That Was Their Re sponse There Was No Need of Continuing Meeting. London, March 1. -Germany through her. delegates to the confer ence with the allies here, today made reparation offers of approximately 30,000,OUO,000 gold marks, or about $7,500,000,000. It was understood outside the con ference that after! Dr. Simons the German foreign minister, had fin ished his statement on reparations to the conferees, Mr. Lloyd George, the British prime minister, replied in substance that unless the Germans had something more to offer than appeared in Dr. SimonY statement there was no need of continuing the conference. Lloyd George Spokesman. Mr. Lloyd George told the Ger man foreign minister: "If the written proposals arc of the same general character as. the explanation . of them, it isn'tworth .'wliite, ior ,us-te- read thev' have a complete lack of comprehen sion of the position of the allies and of your own position. We will dis cuss among ourselves our reply and give it to you tomorrow at 1 1 o'clock." When the Germans left the con ference they appeared to be greatly depressed. Premiers Lloyd George and Briand were smiling as they came from the conference chamber. Has No Plenary Power. London. March I. (By The A.-,-sociatcd Press.) Dr. Walter Sim ons, head of the German delegation to the reparations conference, which convened here this morning, has not been given plenary powers by the German government, it was learned a short time before the conference began. For that reason, it was said, he could not acc.cpt or reject pro posals ouUide his instructions. Suggestion by Premier Briand that "Germany's pockets be searched," found cordial' advocacy in several quarters here today. Premier Lloyd George said that the question of Germany's taxation of wine, beer and' tobacco would be one of the subjects discussed today. The Morning Post declared today. "We ought to sit on Germany's head until' France is again a first-class European power." The newspaper forecast t lie plan for a joint invasion of Germanv which Marshal Foch and Premier Lloyd George are supposed to have discussed over the week-end at Chequers Court. It was declared the plan doubtless contemplated the seizure of the Ruhr mining district in western Germany. Council's Reply Ready Paris, March 1. The reply of the council of the league of nations to the American note on the mandates question was delivered to the Ameri can embassy here at 1 :30 o'clock this afternoon. The only vlclitiite information as to the content ! of the note is that its tone is particularly friendly and tha! its general tenor is an invitation to the United Sti'es to continue the conversation. A representative of the council conferred with Ambassador Wallace this afternoon as to whether there would be any objection to having the note made public here. President Makes Report Of Peace Mission Fundj Washington, March 1. President Wilson transmitted to the house, a statement showing itemized expendi tures from the $150,000,000 war funds and especially amounts spent by the American peace mission at Paris. . The report, called for by resolu tion by the house, was." not made public. It 'was announced that it would be printed overnight and given out tomorrow. Senate Kills 100 Millions To Buy Farm Loan Bonds Washington, March 1. The sen ate struck from the legislative ap propriation bill today as unnecessary its amendment authorizing purchase by the treasury department of 100,000,000 of farm loan bonds. Chairman Warren of the commit tee said action of the supreme court yesterday in sustaining the federal farm loan act permitted the elimina tion of the proposal. Will Depreciate Bonds By The .Norlnted 'r. Washington, March 1. The sol dier bill was attacked today bv Seu- f ator Thomas, democrat, Colorado, I as "sorlid, mercenary, humiliating nntra(riiiis anil illrffnt " In a ininoritv ronort nresented to I the senate as a member of the fin ! ance committee, he said the opcra I tionJ of the bill would entail a cost j of $.?,500,000.0(JO, and result in de- preciation of Liberty bonds and 1 other securities and a great burden ! to the tax payers. "The country is in no condition to submit to the stupendous burden which .this, bill imposes," he declared. "It's outrageous. Justice should, of itself, defeat the bill. There may be such a thing in this country as a tavnavprc wtrit-i. T"ho ennnpr it comes the better. "This bill subordinates duty to the sordid and degrading influence I of pelf and profit, makes the atyny an agency for the extortion of money from the citize.i and places the re publican soldier upon a level with the mercenary soldier of fortune or i adventure." Patriotism Degraded. Senator Thomas praised 1 lie "splendid segment of the late Amer ican army which disdains to ask for bonuses or compensation." "Patriotism, devotion to free insti tutions and a decent regard for the obligation of free citizenship," he said, "are degraded and disgraced whenever the soldier citizen becomes a mercenary and cither expects or demands that his government should measure his service in terms of money. "If the American nation has been preserved from German aggression, only to loose ihc floodgates of its treasury upon its returning soldiers, it is a serious question whether it was worth while to safeguard the country from its enemies only to be plundered by its citizens." Declaring that most of the vet erans would take the cash bonus. Senator Thomas said the other op tions of the bill were "comparative ly unimportant." "Pork Bsrrel Scheme." The plan for reclaiming land for soldier hoirtesteads, he charged, would result in numerous land schemes and promotions." ''They will have ample political bfcckaMfae't.iie aid.' yl know of no orlf ' barrel scheme more alluring and fraught with more extravagance and reckless expenditure than this." The tax plan provides for "taking money from the pockets of one class of citizens to be transferred to an other," said the se aator adding that in striking out the tax provision, the senate finance committee "shrank-! trom the responsibility." Grand Jury Completes Probe of Mooney Case San Francisco, Feb. 28. Investi gation by the grand jury in the case of Thomas Mooney, serving a pris on sentence for participation in the preparedness day bomb explosion here in 1916, was completed last night, it was announced. Xo action was taken. John MacDonald. who came here from N'cw York, where he was re ported to have made an affidavit pur porting to show his testimony at the Mooney trial was false, is said to have refused to make a statement be fore the grand jury unless granted immunity in connection with his affidavit. Immunity, it is said, was refused. Washington Coal Miners' Wages to Be Cut 23 Per Cent Seattle. Wash., March 1. Wages of coal miners in all mines in the state 01 Washington, with the ex ception of two, will be reduced by an average of 23 per cent, effective March 15, and retail coal prices will be cut from 50 cents to $2.50 a ton, Washington coal operators an nounced today. Champ Clark Is Given Only 36 Hours to Live Champ Clark. Washington, if arch 1. Dr, Jesse Shoup. the attending physician, said at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon that he had every reason to hope that Rep resentative Champ Clark of Missouri, who is ill at a hotel here, would live through tonight aud perhaps through tomorrow. Mmmz iff 75 Called Before Jury Is Selected In Murder Trial Impaneling Record in Case Of Burnell Lawson, Wife Slayer, Equaled Only Once Previously Here. Alter ,tvp day's impaijeiug... t h jury to -try Buneli Lawsofl- cnMa charge of wife-murder was complet ed at 4:10 yesterday afternoon. Seventy-five jurors were called before 32 were chosen. Only once before was this record equalled in Doug las county. That was in the court house riot cases. Opening arguments in the trial will begin at 9 this morning. The jurv includes: Henry Krug, 1442 South Seven teenth street, Swift company em ploye, single. Leo' V. Ryan. 2891 California street, insurance man. single. Theodore K. Kudd, 2111 Redick avenue, pipe filter. Arthur D. Power, 2017 Browne street, street car motorman, mar ried. Joseph J. Gillespie, 1926 Spencer street, McGraw company salesman, single. Joseph J. Ilu.-nk. 6528 South Thirty-eighth street, car icing foreman, married. Frank Small, 1812 Paul street, fire man, married. i Frank Quinn, 4126 South Tw'cn-ty-fifth street, Armour employe, mar ried. ' Sumner Ehvell, 1541 William street, stationary engineer. Frank A. Forst, 3702 North Fifty third street, grocer, single. Henry Bruhn, Washington, Neb., farmer, widower. Liberty McLaughlin, 2425 Frank lin street, truck driver, married. Judge Troup vented his ire at the long delay in choosing a jury, after the 67th juror was excused because he stated his belief to be that any person who committed murder was insane at the lime. "That is a most erroneous and false idea," declared the judge, ad dressing prospective jurors. "Men who believe that"" would acquit every murderer in the country." Judge Troup administered the same rebuke to jurors during the morning session, when hairs were split on legal crsus medical in sanity. Pawnee City Boy Burned To Death in Train Wreck Pawnee Cit;. Neb., March 1. (Special.) Frank Bascom of Paw nee City was burned to death when a freight train burned at Oakland. Cal. When the debris was clearrd away and the body found it was too badly burned to be identified im mediately. Vern Bascom of Los Angeles, a broMur, finally establish ed identity. The boy's mother is in a hospital at Pawnee City. The brother, Vern Bascom. previously was connected with a bank here, and later at Lin coln, Neb., going from there to Cal ifornia with Frank. Another broth er, Lew. is in business here. Kansas Union Leaders Held to District Court Columbus, Kan., March 1. Alex ander Howat, president of the Kan sas Miners' union, and August Dor chy, vice president, were hound over to the next term of the district court here on charges of violating the crim inal section of the Kansas industrial court law. Bonds were fixed at $4,000 each. Attorney General K. J. Hopkins was hooted by some of the spectators while he wa delivering the argu nirnt for the state. King Nicholas of Montenegro Dies Father of Queen of Italy Passes Away at An tilles, France. Antibes, France, March. 1. King Nicholas of Montenegro died here today. The queen of luly, daughter of Nicholas, Jias begn advised of the death of hrr father and. she and King Emmanuel are expected here for the funeral. Nicholas I of Montenegro was born in 1841. He was proclaimed prince of Montenegro as successor to his uncle, Danielo I, in I860 and assumed the title of king under a resolution by the national skupshi na in 1910 on the 50th anniversary of his accession. During the war, Montenegro participated on the side of the allies. When the armistice was signed Serbians ordered selections for national assembly and when the assembly met in 1918, it declared it self in favor of the deposition of Nicholas and the reigning dynasty. Shortly afterward the assembly voted for the union of Montenegro with the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovens. Nicholas and his cabinet since having been in France and final decision as to the status of Montenegro lies with the peace conference. Suit Filed to Test Corporation Tax Law Washington, March 1. A test case said to involve abatement by the government of $18,000,000 in corpora tion income taxes should the com plaint be sustained, was argued be fore the court of claims. The case was that of C. W. Phellis, a stock holder of the E. I. Dupont De Nem ours company, to recover $5,657 al leged to ihave been wrongfully col lected in 1915 when the company was reorganized. The companv. a New Jersey cor poration with "assets of $29,000,000, was shown in that year to have created a Delaware corporation, cap italized at $120,000,000 to which it transferred its assets. Income tax officials held that six-sevenths of the stockholders' interest was converted into taxable income and sought to collect on that basis. The stock holders contended that no income was created. Supreme Court to Decide On Oregon State Liquor Law Washington, March . Status of the federal and state liquor revenue law sounder national prohibition will reach the supreme court for decision this week in the government's appeal in the Oregon case of Boze Vugino vich and his cousin. Boze Yugino vich. Indictments charging the two with illicit distilling were quashed by the lower courts which held that the statute under which the charges were brought had been repealed au tomatically on passage of the pro hibition amendment. Wood Confers With Harding At Marion May Get Position Marion, O., March 1. Returning to Marion for a short visit before entering the White House, President-elect Harding went into con ference today with Major General Leonard Wood, who is prominently under consideration for appointment as governor general of the Philip pine .islands. A formal announce ment on the subject may be made shortly. Tomorrow Mr. and Mrs. Hard ing will be given a formal farewell by the city and ihey will leave for Washington late .'n the afternoon. New York Central Crew Blamed for Indiana Wreck Statement by Michigan Cen tral Officials Says Engineer Had Opportunity to Stop Before Crash. Chicago, March. 1 William Long engineer of th-i Michigan Central train which was struck by the New York Central train at Porter. Ind Sunday night, with a loss of 37 lives, today was cx'onerated'by officials -of the Michigan Central toad, of all re sponsibility for the fatal accident, according to word telegraphed here from Nile?, Mich. v "We have arrived at the conclu sion," said a statement issued by Charles McFadden, attorney for the Michigan Central, "that the imme diate blame rests with th-c New York Central crew. They had op portunity to stop after the Michi gan Central train hit the diamond crossing. "When Long train came rum bling over the crossing, the Nc'w York Central train was 900 feet from the crossing and prompt application of the emergency brakes would have stopped it. "This point is obvious. The de rail switch was lot set as has been contended. Hie! it been, the train would have been thrown into the ditch. The locomotive would not have been thrown back onto the track once it had left." Last Bodies Identified. Porter, Ind., March 1. Identifica tion of four bodies today completed the list of dead from the collision here Sunday night between Michi gan Central and New York Central trains. The total was fixed at 37, of which two bodies are at Michi gan City and the balance at Ches terton morgue, a mile from this hamlet. The last bodies identified were those of Mrs. Theodora Haskins, Chicago, and Ms. Katherinc Arney, Chicago. Bandits Get $50,000 From Missouri Postmaster Jefferson City. Mo., March 1. A large amount in securities con signed to the state treasury, prob ably in excess of 850,000, may have been included in the loot obtained i by four bandits uho held up a post- office messenger lice early today and escaped with three pouches ot reg istered mail, according to state of ficials. Postoflice inspectors this afternoon announced that three pack ages of bonds were among the mail loot abtained by four bandits who heldupapostoffi.ee messenger at Jef ferson City earlv today. Greek Assembly Votes Against Sevres Treaty Athens, March 1. Greece cannot accept revision of the treaty of Sevres, which she considers rep resents the minimum compensation for her sacrifices in the war and ef forts to establish peace in the Near East. This was the substance of a reso lution adopted by the assembly to night which will he telegraphed the Greek delegation in London. The Weather Forecast. Wednesday, cloudy; continued mild temperature. Hourly Tf mifrntur. S . m 47 j 1 p. m. . K. m 18 I J p, m I)i " . m ID I 3 p. m ,J . m 4") 4 p. in lit . m I ft p. m M 10 . tii ,vi r, p, m J 11 M ! 1 P. m. til 1? mil 50 ! p. m j9 Friction Between Countries And imprudence of Halting Nay Program Discussed at Secret Session of Senate. Agreements Worthless By ARTHUR SEARS HENN1NG. (hlrngo Trlhiinr-Omahit I-rmcd Wire. Washington, March 1. A Sensa tional discussion of tiie. increasing friction between the L'nited States and Japan aud of the imprudence of halting American navy construc tion under the circumstances took place in the senate this afternoon in a secret session, lasting two and a half hour, the first legislative de liberations behind closed doors in many years. Japan's imperialistic design in the Pacific, menacing attitude in the California land controversy, breach ,' of faith in the Yap affair, and gen- I eral sharp practice and double deal-1' ing in relations with the United States, were cited by Senator Lodge, the republican leader, as reasoris for adopting a firm poMcy and back ing it with a strong navy. Senator Lodge and other strong navy senators expressed the doubt that an agreement with Japan to reduce naval armament would be worth that paper it was written on. Senator l'oindexter said Japan was rushing naval construction in secret, but that, even on a basis of the figures made public by Tokio, the Japanese navy will be nearly equal to the American navy in strength and in some respects superior, when , the present building program of both nations arc completed. Borah Still Unconvinced., The discussion of Japanese menace in secret session was a move made to convince Seuatoc irah '' and his supporters of the folly 01 fighting the provision for Pacific coast naval bases and other increas ed naval appropriations proposed tJy the senate committee and of "press ing for the inclusion for a disarma ment amendment. After the doors were reopened Senator Borah pro nounced himself unconvinced and determined to defeat the bill, ' - v " Thereupon Senator Poiudexter said he would hold the senate ses sion al! night in an effort to break down the Borah filibuster which otherwise would ditch the measure by noon of March 4. At the debate proceeding the se cret session, the Japanese proWem was discussed ' with frankres.- ' . -:j : . "There is danger on the trail to night and we should take all possible steps to meet it," said ' Senator Phelan of California, replying to an attack by Senator King of Utah 011 the proposal to create a new naval base at Alameda. Situation Critical. "The l'nited States is confronted at the present time in its foreign re lations, with a very critical situa tion." said Senator Poiudexter. "For j the first time in our history we have an opportunity, as a result of the war, to secure an adequate navy to protect and defend the interests of ; the United States. It is the only thing we get out of the war. "Contrast what the United States got out of "the war with what Japan got. apan got the island of Yap, or rather she tl'inks she got the island of Yap. She lays claim to an empire in the Pacific ocean extend ing over 4.000.000 square miles of land and water ;is her compensation for participation i.i the war. She is being sustained by the council of the league of nations. The United States obtained nothing. We have begun, however, to assert our rights and to say that we want th island of Yap internationalized Four of the nine Japanese ships of the first line, capital ships are bat tle cruisers of great speed, and en ormous radius of action with which no battleships coult compete as to speed and radius of action, or ability to deliver a surprise attack. Coolidge Pays Visit To Vice President Washington, March 1. Vice President-elect Cooiidge, who ar- t rived last night from Northampton, Mass.. visited the capitol, calling 011 Vice President Marshall and later chatting with newspaper men. Mr. Coolidge was with Mr, Marshall for about five minutes. Mr. Coolidge told the newspaper men that they were among the best friends of the country and the gov ernment as well as of public men. "I hope w e arc going to work to gether to rake the standard, if pos sible, of citizenship," he said. ' Mrs. Coolidge walked through the shopping district and made several purchases. Later she was the guest of Mrs. Marshall at a reception given by "the ladies of the senate. an organization of wives of senators. Motorist Given I to 1 4 Years In Prison for an Accident Chicago, March I. Sentence of from one to 14 year. in jail for as sault to commit murder with an automobile was passed on Raymond Fox, 24, in criminal court today. This was said by court attaches to he the first conviction on this charge in connection with automobile acci dents. The injured person was Miss Virginia Trudc, daughter of Judge D. P. Trudc of the circuit court. Montreal Butchers Strike Montreal, (Juc., March. I. Five hundred butcher, employes of the Davies Packing company Canadian Packing company and Montreal abattoirs, struck for wage increases and shorter hour, tving up the Mon treal cattle markets. i
