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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 253. Cnttn4 SkmCImi Malttr Mu !. IMS. Onafti P. 0. Uf Act Mareh S. 1171. OMAHA, FRIDAY, AFR1L 8, 1921. r Mall (I yar). Inilrit 4th km. Dally unit Sunday, $: Pally Only. IS: Suaa'av, 14 Oulild 4th Zon (I yur). Dally and Sund. Ilk; Dally Only, 112; Sunday Only. II THREE CENTS 'Ontlnnlr Tn!00YearsYoungIsHc UUUOOK 111 Civil War Vet Asserts Coal Strike fs Brighter Eleventh-Hour Intervention By British Premier Brings Renewed Hope of Early Settlement. Hinges on Pumping Issue , By Th AMOctattd Trtu. London, April 7. Another day of1, tense alternating between hope and tear ended with one of the premier's Hlh-hour interventions, bringing! renewed prospects that the grave in dustrial crisis will be averted, lie announced in the .house of commons tonight, willingness of the govern ment to participate in a conference to discuss pumping before other matters were considered. Informal conferences continued this evening, moderates like Mr. As ouith. Lord Robert Cecil, Arthur Henderson and John" Robert Clynes i - ... . i, - ... secKing iu iiiuuvc me iniMcis iu it- lent on pumping and it was suppos- rd that the whole question was turning on this slender hope. Premier Lloyd George, after an absence, returned to the house un expectedly at 11 o'clock and informed-the members that the government bad agreed to a course which it be lieved practically certain the miners will accept. Henderson is on What steps had led 1. change of front were ' Arthur Henderson, win Henderson Nonplused. ed up to this not revealed. i ho rose to re ply to the premier, was nonplused. He had, he said, to express regret that the premier had not given no tice of such an important statement. As he had earlier explained, the miners federation would have pre ferred to "open the conference with out conditions, but he had not had an opportunity to consult the federa tion since afternoon, therefore he could not assume responsibility. Organizations composing the ' triple alliance held no further meet ings tonight. The board of trade issued an official report of today's negotiations. The report concludes with a repudiation of the accusa tion that the government is engaged in a general attack on wages. Charge Unfounded. "Such a' chirge is as monstrous as it is unfounded. The govern ment and community alike are de sirous thai the, best wages should be paid in every industry, that such industry can afford." . The council of the independent la--srCrpartv railed on .its members to tt.'ipport the miners by every means in their power declaring the crisis was due to "an attempt by organ ized capital to establish the right of unlimited plunder and degrade the standard of living, which must be resisted." Suspect Arrested At Ord for Shooting Of Grand Island Man Grand Island, ' April 7. Spe cial Telegram.) Marvin Jarvis i was arrested at Ord and is being held as a suspect in the shooting of Special Agent A. K. Eaton" of the Union Pacific here. His inquiries as to the condition of the wounded officer before word of the shooting had been received in Ord aroused Suspicion. A description was re ceived over' the telephone ami be is said to resemble the man who fired the shots. The arrest of a second suspect is expected soon." Mr. Eaton was struck by two bullets and will be in the hospital for some time, bit: it is not-believed his injuries are fatal. Beatrice, Neb., April 7. (Special Teicsrram.') Archie Nick Eaton. who was. shot and " seriously , . -J I 1 . - 1 T . , wnuiiucu ov iramus in viraua i:;iaua 1 St". J 1 . , . T . , and formerly served on the police force heir. . Central City Man Hangs Self in Neighbor's Barn'; Central City, Neb.. April 7. (Spe cial.) The body of Lawrence Tvler, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Tyler, residing southwest of Central Citv, was found hanging from the rafters of a barn on the Lee Clayton farm near here. The young man had be;u in Central City the, evening before and spent the time with his sweet heart. She claims he left her in the best of spirits ami referred several '.irr.es to their approaching marriage in May. The car he had driven home was found a short distance from the house, where it had run offj ine cuivert ami upset. .o mar : culvert and upset. No marks were found on his body that would In any way indicate that be was i.i the car when it turned over. Indicted Official Denies He Accepted $12,000 Bribe Los Angeles, Calif., April 7 Wal ter Lips, formerly Los Angeles fire chief and later lor several years a Los Angeles county deputy sheriff, denied today that he had confessed havingsolicited and accepted a bribe of 512,000 from Joe Fuxay, alleged swindler now in jail in Texas, as the district attorney, and the lat ter's chief deputy, stated yesterday . he had done. Lips and W. J. Anderson, another deputy sheriff were indicted several weeks ago for alleged extortion and bribery. Author Dies rasadena, ' Caln April 7. Dr. Garret Newkirk, 74. author and magazine writer, died at his home here today. Dr. Newkirk wrote a number of books, on Abraham Lincoln, ' - , - I Newton Kinnison. I Newton Kinnison, inmate of the old soldiers home at Miltord, will celebrate his 100th birthday the 25th day of this month. He is now visit ing his son, Arthur Kinnison, 1120 South Thirteenth street. "I'm the youngest one in this fam ily, he announced proudly .and m AcaA ,e .,1,4 cas;tv Dass for half j i,;s acf tie came to visit his new great grandchild, bom to a daughter of the. Arthur Kinnisons. Kinnison served in the union army. His spn, Arthur, though 44 at the time .tried to enlist in the recent war, and a grandson was kept out of service by lacking a few months of the required military age. The old "vet" made the trip from Miltord alone and will return there after his visit here. Grain Pooling Plan Defeated At Farmers'Meet Roll of Committee of 17 Shows 12 Members Against Com pulsory Marketing Scheme Fight Bitter. Chicago, April 7. A poll of the committee of 17 on the pooling proposition, taken this afternoon, showed 12 for optional pooling, four for compulsory pooling and one, a government employe, not voting, . according to Chairman Gustafson. . . While the committee Which drew up the proiiojjed-systcni, mjcalled the conference stood by its guns for pooling at option of the farmer, dele gates from various sections told the convention that compulsory pooling was the only, thing that would make the system a success. Other dele gates supporting the committee's plan insisted compulsion led to sure failure. Kansas Leads Fight.- Tli attack- nn nntinnnl nnfilinc va I , e - reopened by L. P. Bailey, chairman of the Kansas organisation Of the wheat growers of America, which stands for 300 per cent pooling, but is willing to . compromise on 33 1-3 per cent. Trof. II. C. Filley of the University of Nebraska, said that if pooling was good farmers would take advantage of the optional privi lege offered. The committee of 17 made its first answer through William Hirth, mem ber from Columbia. Mo. "Compulsory pooling would mean absolute defeat of this proposition before it got started," he said. "Ad vocates of compulsory pooling urge it to get a better price for their grain. That is what we are all after. Have Had Pool. "But lately we have had the great est pool in the history of ihc United States. Expecting higher prices, the farmer has so thoroughly withheld his wheat that it only trickled into market. It was shut off as never be foreand yet he has -not been able to get a decent price lor his wheat. , "Merc pooling doesn't necessarily control price, when other factors are -more powerful. "Any erotio of men can throw $50.- (000,000 to $100,000,000 on the ex changes and without' a counterbal ance can drive the market where they want it. "We haven't any right to say that thousands of farmers shall blindfold themselves to sign up for so much of their crop before this marketing ntachine has had a chance to prove itself. In my judgment if you adopt compulsory pooling, you are -about to hazard the success of the whole plan." Investigation of Wreck -Of Limited Train Starts Somerset, Ky., April 7 An inves- Ug?uon. - 1 ,e ?re,ck" J.tne 0 i f-a'ra 11 miea' 01 lnc, Vueen icstcru ruuic, wrccKea yesterday near New River, Tenn., 'with the loss of four lives aiid 30 injured, to- 4 day was being pushed by officials' of the bouthem railroad. ' J hat the greatest damage was caused. by rock ledges near the track pipping open the day poaches was the opinion of survivors her today. ' The train, bound from Jackson ville, Fla., for Chicago was on a curve when spreading rails or buck ing track derailed three coaches and three Pullman coaches. "King of Opium Smugglers" Is Under Arrest in New York Ogdensburg, N. Y April 7. Harry Stone of Chicago, known to federal authorities as the . "kine of opium smugglers," was arrested "by customs inspectors today on a train bound from Montreal to Massens. Morphine1, cocaine and opium valued at between $25,000 and .$50,000, I which it is charged were in his pos j session, were seized. Stone also is known to federal i officers as A. i . warn, onraa Johnson and Hall Webster. "RnrA'in TTrtv DU1 Ccl U 1 Ul Disable d Men L Recommendations for Care of Ex-Service. Men Made in Report of Special Inves tigating Commission. Co-Operatiori Necessary By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chiracs Trlbune-Ouih Be leaned Wire. Washington, April 7 President Harding will take immediate steps ; to end the confusion, inefficiency and inadequacy involved in the present system of care and relief of disabled soldiers and sailors, which have made the discharge of this war ob ligation little short of a national scandal. In accord with the recommenda tions of the Dawes commission, sub mitted to him today, the president will urge congress to consolidate all of the agencies for soldier care and relief inrb an independent vet erans' service administration under a director general directly under the jurisdiction of the executive. Pending such legislation, the' president will consolidate these agencies so far as is possible under existing law. . Mr. Harding indi cated that he would make his rec ommendations in this particular a j major feature of his message to con- I gress next Tuesday and would press ! tor immediate passage ot the neces sary legislation. Organization Needed. To work out a plan of adequate care and relief the president ap jointcd the commission headed by Gen. Charles Gates Dawes. In con cluding its report to the executive the commission says: . "It cannot be too strongly empha sized that the present deplorable iailure on the part of the govern ment to properly care for the dis-H ablcd veteran is due, m large part, to an imperfect organization of governmental effort. There is no one in control of the whole situa tion. Independent agencies by mu tual agreement now endeavor to co-ordinate their action, but in such efforts the joint action is too often modified by minor considerations md there is always lacking that complete co-operation which is in cident to a powerful superimposed authority. No emergency of war it self was greater than is the emer gency which confronts the nation in its duty to care for those disabled tn ts service and now neglected The. commission unanimously, and -.I. .1.. ; . with the concurrence" ot , ben. Charles -E. Sawyer, the president's personal representative, made the following recommendations of ac tion:: "1. That there be created the vet erans service administration and that there be transferred to it the bureau of war risk insurance, the rehabilita tion division of the federal board for vocational education and such part of the public health service as necessary in dealing with the beneficiaries of the bureau of war risk insurance and the rehabilitation division of the fed-j eral board of vocational education, Uirector ueneral in t-harge. ; "That there shall be at the head of this administration a director general, who shall be responsible to the president for all the activities now authorized by law in the three agencies transferred; that he shall (Turn tn Pnne Thief, Column Tiro.) Ex-E mperor Charles Occupying "Refuge" Of King Constantine Lucerne Switzerland, April -7. 1 Former Emperor Charles, domiciled here after his unsuccessful trip to Hungary in an" effort to reclaim the throne,' is occupying with former Empress Zita the same hotel suite ii-. which King Constantine and Queen Sophie of Greece lived while in exile. It is known as "the king's aid queen's refuge." The Swiss government permitted the ex-ruler to return only on condi tion that he take part in no intrigues or propaganda - measures. He is prohibited from giving interviews or from leaving the canton of Lucerne, within which, a villa will be chosen for the family, j Charles desires to remain in Swit zerland, as does the ex-empress. Council of Ambassadors to Meet in New York in May Washington, April 7. Thirty na tions will be represented at the con- ' I ference of ambassadors to be held in 1 jNew York May 6 to 1$, .inclusive, ! the Department of Commerce an-r ! I nounced today. The conference has ! teen arranged by the National As-! j sociation . of Manufacturers in an ! I effort to enlist active co-oneratinn i ! of the nation's producers in stabil izing reciprocal world trade and will be the first of its kind in this country. " , . " ' Both the State and Commerce de partments, as . well as the v Pan- American union, are strongly sup-'a porting the idea and each will be repressnted by special exhibits and trade advisers, the announcement said. .',, Canvass Shows Woman is Elected Red Cloud Mayor Red Cloud, Neb., April 7. (Spe cial.) The official Canvass of the poll books used at the city election shows that Miss Mary Peterson was elected mayor of Red Cloud by seven votes. It had previously been sup posed that her opponent, A. McCall, had received three majority. The canvass disclosed ait ? error of ,. 10 votes. Miss . Peterson is part owner of the ice plant and is also engaged in the automobile business. - Ur.- ela Return of BergdoD ; Diplornatic Question SlDepa,,ment ' .ton, April 7. Extrad' om Germany of Grover nd Bcrgdoll, draft evader, is diplomatic question and is in the hands of the State department, Sec retary Weeks said in a letter to Senator Capper of Kansas, made public tonight. The secretary r.dded, however, that the War de partment would "use every effort to have Bcrgdoll returned to the cus tody of the United States military authorities." State 'department officers refused ot discuss reports that Canada had been asked to extradite Bergdoll for violation of Canadian passport reg ulations when he departed from there for Germany. Secretary Weeks said such action would not surprise him. The war secretary in his letter disclosed that as soon as it was ascertained Bergdoll was. in Ger many, Brigadier General Allen, commanding American forces on the Rhine, requested the authorities of the Baden government, where Bcrgdoll had sought refuge, to re turn him to the United States. "The Baden government," . the laUer continued, "refused the re quest on the ground Bergdoll was not in the class of military offend ers whose extradition was provided for by the armistice." Railway Unions Agree to Scheme Urged by Harding Organizations Representing 500,000 Men Submit to Plan for Settling Dispute Over Agreements. Chicago, April 7. Five railroad labor unions with 500,000 members tonight agreed to President Hard ing's labor plan for ending indus trial disputes between the roads and their workers, proposing that the president call a conference of rep resentatives of both sides, at which .new rules governing working con ditions would be made to take the place of. the national agreements now in dispute before the railroad labor board. - The proposal was contained in a statement by representatives of the five mechanical unions and was sent to the president by B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employes' department of the American Feder ation of Labor. It proposed that all wage dis unites be. held, in abeyance,, pending J 'tlu - f. u-ij:. the conference, holding that va"ges could be quickly adjusted when the question of-rules had been settled. The telegram was sent in re sponse to a request from President Harding at the conference with Mr. Jewell, that labor submit its plan for ending he railroad industrial troubles. It included 12 points which were termed "labor's self-evident and inalienable rights," which it said would have to be settled at the proposed conference and. speci tied that the nafinnai acrrrmnf should not be discounted in any way pending the outcome of the'pro- posed .conference. It was suggested that the confer ence be held under the jurisdiction of the railroad labor board, which would have full authority over it. Included in the 12. points were the basic eight-hour day, the right of collective bargaining, the right of each craft to decide what organi zation should represent it . in any conferences with employers and ad justment of "proper pay" for over time. The dispute between the New York Central ,and its unskilled workers over permanent reduc t'on in wages will be heard on April 18 in connection with similar dis putes which have been filed by other railroads. Railroad Employes Refuse to Submit Wage Case to Labor Board San Francisco, Aprjl 7. The representatives of the Southern Pa cific railway, declined to join with the company today in an appeal to the railroad labor" board that it ad just existing wage differences, th company announced. They indicated, however, that they would take no action until the board had decided on such, differences. The total num ber of unskilled workers in the com pany's system approximates 10,000. Spring Fever in Lexington 'Canned" From High School Four Youngsters Take Auto and Journey Forth to See World and Get ' Married. Grand Island, Neb., April 7. (Special.) Sheriff McCutchan con siderably reduced the temperature in "spring fever" elopement of two Lexington couples when hj held them jn the "cooler" for the night. Dons Tyler. 16; - Fern' Cummings, J8; Arthur Shields, 18; and. Earl j Stone, 19; were expelled from the Lexington htigli school. iney gathered their possessions and set out to see the world and get a pair of marriage licenses en route. They went to Kearney and from there journeyed eastward in the Tyler family car. Sheriff McCutchan was notified and found the car here with the two girls waiting for the boys, who had gone to buy a lunch. When .'they .came back the sheriff promptly "pinclicd" the crowd. The couples had literally to be torn from ach others arms. All wept.. The girls were, sure that they could not live through the night. Pseudo "Duke" Frustrated In Jail Break Makes Hacksaw Out of Steel From Soldier's Legging, Cutting Teeth With Safely Razor Blade. Fremont,' Neb., April 7. (Special Telegram.) Craig Chesterfield," al Jcztd duke-amf son of Lord -Chester field, held in the Dodge county jail on the charge of forgery, was frus trated in his second attempt at a jail break. If he had been success ful in this instance, a wholesale jail delivery might have been possible. The officials discovered that the "Duke" had improvised a saw from the steel of a soldier's legging. By cutting teeth into it with a safity razor blade he formed it into hack saw with an old tobacco can. Chesterfield succeeded in filing one end of a three-auartcr inch chilled steel bar and was half way through the remaining end when the officials noticed steel filings on a lower ledge of the bars. It had taken the alleged forger over , a month to" cut the steel obstruction in his path to freedom. If he had suc ceeded in his attempt to cut away the bars, it would have been easy to get to the roof of the jail and with bed clothes drop himself to the ground below. ' The rest of the prisoners were aware of his attempts and at times assisted him, according to the deputy sheriff. Some time ago, when placed in solitary confinement. Chesterfield tried to pry a window from its place and was caught just before he planned to escape. He was placed in another cell today and all instru ments of exit were taken from him. In explaining the reason for his at tempt to make a getaway, the "Duke" said, "Well. I had nothing to lose. The countv attornev prom ised me thev best part of, 20 years anyway." Mexican Government Denies It Has Recogized Reds Mexico City, April 7 Relations have not been established between Mexico and the sovivet government of Russia and the administration has not named a Mexican minister at Moscow, it was declared at the for eign office last night. This state ment was made in denial of a pur ported official announcement to that effect published by El Universale yesterday. They hadn't meant to stop long in Grand Island. , They were going on iurther east and planned to get mar riage licenses. One of the girls had $2, another $1.60. The first boy had 95 cents and the other $4.40. But the high cost of living had no meaning to them. They said that would buy marriage licenses for two couples and pay for enough gas to get them to a place where they might find work and live happily ever after. The sheriff's age rendered him im mune to spring fever attacks. He told authorities here to issue no li censes. Then with the two couples in jail he notified the parents of the four. The Tyler girl s father took her back home. A brother-in-law of the Cummings girl came aft-.-r her. The two boys are- still being held pending any action the fathers of the girls may wish to take and also any action which the boys' lathers decide upon. " t Serving Notice Allies Expected To Grant Demands Of United States Opinion Expressed That Prin ciple Stated by Secretary . Hughes on Mandates Will Be Accepted. - By Tlie Associated I'm. Washington, April 7. Adminis tratiott fofiicwUt.r fitnuy be stated with authority, confidently expect the allies to accept the principle stated by Secretary Hughes iit his notes of Monday, that the United States has surrendered none of its rights in the overseas possessions of Germany and that it cannot be bound by decisions affecting those possessions made by the league of nations without its assent. There is reason to believe that the . correspondence begun in No vember will not be closed with the teceipt of the replies from Japan, GrBrLinrFran the expectations of American of- j ficials are realized, details regard ing American rights will have to be worked out in negotiation. In the event, however, that the four pow ers do not find an agreement with the- American view, there would arise a situation, action on which officials refused to forecast. Shantung Not an Issue. The Shantung settlement, which Jas been sharply criticised, is not at issue in the controversy. It is learned that the phrase "overseas possessions" was used advisedly and it is pointed out that Shantung was not a German possession. Kiao Chow. also a part of that province, was held by Germany through a concession from China". The view ot the Harding admin istration on the, SJiantung settle ment has not been stated, but this settlement was- vigorously opposed j e new administration leader, in th .l.:u ,!,. I sailles was under consideration. The latest, notes are known to form a third chapter, at least, in the diplomatic exchanges with the allied governments on mandates in gen eral and the Island of Yap in par ticular. Ine -American -viewpoint was first stated by Secretary Colby in' his notes of November 9, and was supplemented in a note to the league of nations council. Notes Kept Secret. The notes "of November 9 were never made public nor has it been disclosed whether the allied govern- tHOfltr '..nl.'.J ' P 1. . . .. 'cijutu. inc note sent to tnc council was referred by it to those governments, the council explaining rms Was a proper course smm dealt with the Japanese mandate to ! lap, which, it was claimed, was voted by the supreme council May 7, 1919, while the peace treaty was being framed. Japan, however, has replied to at east one American protest, ft u-at received March 2, and in it japan insisted on its right to a mandate ever lap bv reason of tin awarA of the supreme council. There aim have' been reports that Tanan mad the further point that its forces had captured this and other Pacific isl ands from the Germans. ' Immediate replies to, Mr. Hughes' communications are, not expected." Three Irishmen Killed as Reprisals for Shooting Belfast, April 7. Charles Slcvin, John Devinc and Daniel Dohcrty. residents of Dromore, county Ty rone, were removed from their homes last night by armed men, and their bodies were found outside the village this morning. It is believes thrv were victims of reprisals for at tacks made upon crown forces Tues day night, National Probe Into Building Trusts Planned Alleged Illegal Practices in Material Trades Industry to Be Scrutinized by De partment of Justice. Ky The Aswctatfd Fresi. Washington, April 7 Investiga tion ofcJlle;ral practices iit the build ing matcrail trades is to be under taken at once in all parts of the country where necessary, Attorney Geieral Daugherty announced to day. . Reports from some sections of the country are hat the building ma terial situation is "intolerable," Mr. Daugherty said, and the Department of Justice desires to contribute in any way it can to improvement, A general warning to business that the Department of Justice will countenance no iolations of the law mounded f Arne encraJ ""V ' ' . IS .mpnauc warning, The country,' Mr. Daugherty said, "should take notice of a new day and a new way," and that those who had been guilty of illegal prac tices should not "close their eyes." His statement, he added, was a "modest, but emphatic warning,"' to those for whom it was intended and could be regarded as an opportunity for any of those who should mend their ways to do so. The attorney general said the De partment of Justice did not intend to harass business in any way, but that it did intend to enforce the law. He pointed out that while the profiteering sections , of the Lever act had been declared unconstitu tional, the department still could proceed under the Sherman anti trust iaw. Conditions Intolerable. Mr. Daugherty was discussing' Mr. Daughert Snrrit-.rallv the situation in the build- ine materials industry, which he de clared reports to the department showed to nc "intolerable." He saici the Department of Justice would ask for more aid from tlie outside than it had received heretofore and that lawyers representing firms should regard themselves as agents of the Department of Justice in up holding the law. , . The attorney general announced that it was the purpose of investigat ing conditions in the building ma terial trades wherever an inquiry was warranted. Indictments al ready have been returned in New york and Chicago, he said, and com plaints have come from Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Cleveland and other cities. Mail Blown to Fragments By Nitroglycerine Blast j i' j-' rv t - Weed, 3a. driver ot a mtro-glycerme truck tor he Osage Torpedo com-1 pany of Pawhuska, Ok!., was in- u : ni i a-:i ? w stantly killed last night when 100 quarts of nitroglycerine exploded about five miles west of here. Weed was alone at the time. With the exception of a fragment of a boot, picked up 200 yards from the scene, no trace of the body has been found. The Weather Forecast. Friday partly jeloudy; not much change in temperature. Hourly irmprrainrrt. 5 II. in. a. m. 3.V I p. ra p. ra ....M' t p. ni M ... SI' S p. m. 4 M 4 p. m (W . . . . S p. n SO . . . 4, . ni ..VO . .. 4.1 1 p. ni o . . . .43, a p. ni .49 n. in. a. in ni. 1 1 a. m. It noon MilppfM' HullMin. T'roipct i.lilpineiil during tlin nrt tK to 3(i hour. li-om iemrrturf! foliowa: I North, :I0 1cm; wil, J. drrri. Sliin- mtnti tin tutl outh can c nindt ifel-. Mail Theft Loot Totals $750,000 Most of Money in Registered Sack Was Consigned to Ranks of Indianapolis $190,000 in Currency. Five Bandits in Gang Chicago, 111., April 7. Indica tions today were that the loot ob tained in the mail robbery at the Dearborn Street railway station would aggregate an amount between 500,000 and $750,000. The evidence that the loss would be large was obtained when the po lice recovered a mail pouch that had been ripped open, rifled and thrown aside. It contained money wrappeis which showed there had been one package of $100,000 in $1,000 bills, .mother of $40,000 in $100 bills and ' a third of $50,000. The pouch also had contained five sacks each holding live smaller bags containing currency and consigned to various federal reserve bank members. Most of the money was consigned to Indianapolis banks. Shortly after noon yesterday five men parked an autoinoblc in a va cant lot across Federal stn-rt from the Polk street station loading plat form," pulled off their coats and started playing base ball. Suddenly End Game At 4:40 o'clock they suddenly, threw down gloves, bat, and ball, and drawing revolvers, made a dash for the loading platform. A mail truck, carrying a consignment of registered mail, had just backed ur to the platform, which was crowded with baggage smashers and freight handlers. . "Throw up your hands," the men shouted. Four of them waved re volvers menacingly at the crew of men while the fifth shouted to Clerk D. J. Colbert: "Toss out the registered mail sack." Clerk Colbert, who had left the federal building wjth the mail was to accompany it until it reached its destination in Indianapolis, lie threw out the sack. Sack Was Bulky. It was bulky, and too big a load tor the ordinary man. The robber, described as a giant weighing over . 200 pounds, grabbed the sack with one hand and carried it to the car across the street. . Two other bags containing -ordi-r.ary mail were taken. As the robbers started to depart the big one darted around tlie auto.- mobile after placing. a sack 'in. t,' One o the other men, the only one who frore a coat shot at the giant before he recognized him. It is not known whether the big man was hit-' ' The mail was to leave on the Hoosier Limited, the fast Monon special train which pulled out of the station at 5,:30 p. m. railroad time Anti-Cigarete Bill Is Killed by House By Overwhelming Vote i Lincoln, April 7. fSnecial.'tT!, lower house killed the anti-cigaret bill this afternoon by a vote of 59, to 28. . Failure to enforce past antj-cigarct laws, sentiment of former soldiers against the bill, economic loss to Ne braska and gain to Iowa, which the day before legalized the sale of cig arets, and the fear that' continuous passage of "blue laws" would arou-e a contempt of all laws, were argu ments used against the bill. Charges that women were smok ing cigarets on the 'streets of Lin coln, that youths were smoking them and tliat cigarets undermined health were made by members supportiii tbe bill. ... Those opposed to the bill declared youths and women could and did smoke cigarets when anli-cicart Z "U":."Y.," OI ,nc co J-c c- pation voted against the-bill. 'John O. Yeiser, jr.. was absent. A major ity of the members of the Lancaster delegation also vote'd to kill the bill. Packers Seek $3,350,000 ' On War Orders for Meats . Washington, April 7. Arguments were made in the United States court of claims today in four test actions, known as "the ' packers' cases," to recover from the govern mcnt approximately $3,,350.O0O lor' damages sustained, it is said, by re fusal of the War department to ac cept 63,000,000 pounds of beef and bacon ordered by the United States food administration in December, 191P. ' . The actions have been bronchi I in. Armr,,, .C. I 's ' C.-.'f. 0. i Miller and Hart and Morris & Co. and the decision is expected to af- feet a number ol u Me(, b k , J ?5.000.0tH). , s : number ot other suits con kers involving moil Ex-Crown Prince of Bavaria Weds Princess Antoinette Berlin. April 7. Former Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and Princess Antoinette of Luxem bourg were married todav at Ho henburg castle, the Luxembourg!! chateau near Toelz in upper Ba varia, in the presence of the mem bers of the Saxon and other roval families. Woman Scores for Stale In Ogden Murder Trial Ogden. Utah. April 7. "(Jo .ihead and kill him; in America they nevt i do anything when girls hnot men." Miss Jessie Ti-rmaiu testified th.it this statement was made tv Mrs. John Scardino. who, with her In.--band, is on trial hero on a charge ! murdering Mike Termain. their daughter's unwelcome suitor, f
