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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 267. tutor u Mit'-ClsN Matter Mu 31. IMS, st Oath P. 0. Usssr Act Mank (, 1171. OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1921. By Mill (I yr). Inild 4th Its. Dally snd uniu. 9: Dslly Only. M: Sunday. 4 Outilda 4th Zona (I yaarj. Dally and Suaday. tit; Dally Only, $tZ; Sunday Only. 19 THREE CENTS Girl Says She Is Wife Of Bandit Mau Who Plunged From Win dow When Cornered, Be lie ed Member of Toledo Holdup Gang. Four Suspected Pals Held With the arrest of a woman who claims to be the wife of Frank Sew ard, bandit, who shot himself after he plunged from a room on the fourth ! floor of the Wellington Inn early yesterday, after beinJ : traoocd bvde-' tertive. nnlirr mv t ev fiav. in ma. ! tody flow two men and two women, J who make up a "gang" which rivals that of the Bohnier-Stcwart "bank robber" gang, captured in Omaha last fall after it had made plans to rob banks in and near Omaha. The woman, 19, and pretty, gave the name of Irene Seward, Chilli cothe, O. She was arrested by De tectives Danbaum, Palmtag, Heller and Francl after they received a call from Patrolman Peterson, who acts as gilard in Seward's room, that a woman caller talked with Seward and asked for his money and other ef fects. Girl Maintains Innocence. In the office of Chief of eDtectivcs Van Deusen the girl .stoutly main tained her innocence after an hour's grilling by detectives. "You can tell the wide-wide world that the "dicks" haven't a thing on me," the girl told newspaper men. "I don't care what you write about me, for my folks sake, don't let the town of Chillioothe hear of this. The town is a better advertising medium than a newspaper." The girl said she was married to Seward in ' Pittsburgh, Pa., tour months ago. She admitted that her life since traveling with Seward h;is been "off , color." She said she came" from. El Paso and Juarez, where they "played the ponies." Refuses to Confess. Seward, although ' battling be tween life and death, refuses to con fess to detectives that he was one of five bandits who killed two police officers after the holdup of a bank messenger which netted $9,000 in Toledo, O., last fall. "Don't pester me, leave me alone," Seward told Detectives Danbaum and Palmtag yesterday. "If I die, I'll 'be the one they will put in a wooden box. You 'dicks' ought to be satisfied that you are on your feet." Seward sustained ' fractures of both legs. The detectives told Seward they, were satisfied, that thry knew what they were up against and were pre ' pared for a gun battle. Prepared for Battle. The detectives went to Seward's room ' and knocked on his door. Seward peaked through the tran som and saw the officers. Instead of surrendering or giving battle, he plunged from the window. Seri ously injured, he fired two bullets into his breast. Doctors hold little hopes for his recovery. Detectives Danbaum, Palmtag, Hel ler and Francl have been working op the case for a week. They say they ' have information that Seward and Harry Savage, who was arrested at the Millard hotel, were planning to rob several banks. Several boxes of cartridges and four .45 revolvers . were found in Seward's room, . The detectives received informa tion yesterday from Toledo police to hold all four prisoners until they ar rive. . - Police say that Seward is wanted in six different towns for numerous holdups and robberies. Mrs. Sew ard, Savage and Bobby James, who was arrested with Savage, are all held for investigation. New York "Dry" Squad Routs Federal Agents; Bryan Well Pleased Yew York. ADril 24. The first clash of authority today between the police and federal agents since the state's new prohibtion law went into effect resulted in victory for the local bluecoats but not until re inforcements were called. When two policemen took a 10-ton truck to confiscate 638 cases of liquors which they said was illegally siorea in a innimun mimuusi, they found a number of federal en forcement scents on euard. The federal agents were threatened with arrest if they interfered. Finally they stood aside while the local authorities loaded the truck ' and drove to police headquarters. Duriinir the dav William T. Bf"yari called at police headquarters for half an hour to tell Commissioner En right he was "jolly well delighted" w ith the police crusade to dry up the city, and that he was with the commissioner "to the drying up of the last drop of the state and nation's liquor. , Boy Winner of Spelling Match First Tme in State Fairbury, Neb., April 24. (.Spe cial.) Lila Shane won out in the Jefferson county written spelling contest and Peter Friesen in the oral contest. Twenty-six contestants competed. R. W. Eatpn, author of the Eaton text book, conducted the contest. These matches are general in Nebraska and the winning of Peter Friesen marks the first victory won by a boy in the state.' Railway Official Dies. Chicago, April 24. John W. Mul ligan, real estate and tax agent of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railway, died today after a long ill ness. He had complete control of the real estate and tax department efthe Rock Island and 'was widejy Harding May Take Harid in Panama Canal Toll Fight Proposed Legislation to Exempt American Ships Des tined to Stir Up Hot Ruction in Congress Borah Bill Scheduled to Come Up for Consideration This Week. By ARTHUR SEARS MENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington, April 24. Proposed legislation exempting American ships from the payment of Panama canal tolls is destined to stir up a big ruc tion in congress in which President Harding is expected to take a hand at an early date. The senate committee on inter oceanic canals of which Senator l!orah is chairman, is scheduled to begin consideration this week, of the ,'eg" consweration tms wee, ot tne Bora.h . b" . cZPU??u TAmer'ca ??stw.e hP?.?.nd of the Jnes an,4 1 "U CXKr . . D1U? exempting bills exempting all (Vniririi'iM i American ships from canal charges. The republican national platform last year, for the first time, declared for toll exemption for all American ships, but Senator Borah, who en dorses the platform declaration, thinks that, in view of the opposition, it will be easier to put through a bill applying to coastwise ships only. Free tolls were endorsed in the dem ocratic platform of 1912, but repudi ated in 1914 by President Wilson. U. S. Ships Exempted. Senators Borah, Knox and most other advocates of toll exemption hold that such legislation would not be in contravention of the Hay Pauucefotc treaty with Great Britain under which the United States built the canal, contending that the pro vision for equal passage terms to the ships of all nations applies only to the ships of a.11 nations, other than the United States. President Harding favors toll ex emption, but has indicated that it should be achieved through a new understanding with Great Britain. Whether lie will halt the proposed legislation, pending negotiations with England' or endeavor to adjust after ward, any differences arising with Great Britain or other nations from tUe exemption remains to be seen. Last vear the canal earned $10, 295,362 "in tolls, of which $4,724,494 Prisoner Held In New York Bomb Plot Identified Man Held at Scranton Recog nized as Person Seen Talk ing to Driver of Wall ' Street Death Wagon. By Tha Associated Press. Scranton, Pa.. April 24. Positive identification of Tito Ligi, arrested here last Tuesday on suspicion of complicity in the Wall street explo sion last September, was made by Thomas J. Smith of Brooklyn, employed in the legal department of an insurance company- having offices in the financial district of New York. SmUh picked out Ligi from a line of six prisoners, as the man he had seen arguing with the driver of the death wagon shortly before the ex plosion. He later told newspaper men that a few moments after the blast, he saw Ligi rushing along Cedar street near Nassau street and Broadway, urging two companions to hurry out of the neighborhood.' Smith, who formerly was a lieu tenant in the New York police de partment, assigned to . investigating incendiary fires, said he was walking in Wall street a few minutes before the explosion. At about 11:55 a. m.he said he was approaching the banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co., when he saw a dilapidated wagon with red and black striped wheels in front of the Upitcd States assay office. Inside the wagon, partly covered with news papers, were two barrels and two boxes about two or three feet square. Attracted by Argument. "I thought it was a junk wagon," he said., "My attention was first called to it when 1 noticed two men standing near .the horse's head, argu ing. I crossed the street, expecting to see a fight. t One of the men was about five feet ' six inches tall, rough ly dressed, and of stocky build." Turning to Raymond Clark, fore man on a construction job in the vicinity of the explosion, Smith asked if that description fitted the man that Clark had seen shortly after the blast. Clark, who also went to Scranton to see if he could recog nize Liei. but who failed to do so, admitted that the general descrip tion fitted the man who a tew mo ments after the explosion rushed up to him and shouted: "My God, my horse has been killed." Suicide Leaves Evidence. New York, April 23. Two sharp developments marked the search for the perpetrators of the Wall street bomb explosion last September. In Scranton, Pa., Tito Ligi was positively identified as a man seen talking to the driver of the death waeon shortly before the tragedy, by TTiomas J. Smith of Brooklyn,, employed in the legal department oi an insurance company in aiannattan, ' T 1 'J . . 1. . ...... f n .1 .. ine oiner inciucni iuu iuam j' usual police activity was the suicide of Adolph La Sar, 57,' in his turn ished room in Brooklyn. In an in coherent diary mentioning half a dozen names of men iu New York and Chicago, was written: ' "They furnished the wagon load of T. N. T. with which I blew up Wall street Close examination of the man's effects and inquiry into his habits while in the Brooklyn house, con vinced the police the suicide ""was mentally deranged and none of the evidence associated him with the crime. Three wills, leaving his clothing and a few personal effects to per sons who could not he located, were among the papers. In another note to his landlady he said "hejuu lcav- were paid by 1,281 American ships, $3,357,357 by 867 British ships, $583, 643 by 122 Japanese ships and $411, 422 by 111 Norwegian ships. Surplus Predicted. The maintenance cost, including $900,000 for betterments, was $7,448, 272, leaving a surplus of $2,847,090. Since the canal was opened the up keep cost has been $36,000,000 and the aggregate tolls $34,000,000, but it is estimated that after July 1 next there will be a surplus of $5,000,000 a year at present toll rates with American ships paying tolls. The opposition to toll exemption is based on a variety of contentions. It is asserted that it would be a viola tion of the treaty and that evert if a new understanding with Great Bri tain is reached the exemption would be a subsidy . to American tonnage using the canal, as well as a discrim ination in favor of the seaboard pro ducing and shipping interests against competing interests in the middle west, which must depend .on rat transportation. A Chicago manufac turer, for example, could not lay down his rail transported product in California so cheaply as his New York competitor shipping via canal, toll free. It is contended that a new understanding with Great Britain can be reached only by making conces sions valuable to England and which will be tantamount to yielding in matters of vital consequence to the whole nation in order to procure a privilege of benefit to a fraction of American shipping and to seaboard interests. American and Canadian ships now pass through the Canadian canal on equal terms and by some it is feared that the proposed Panama discrim ination in favor of the American ships would lead to retaliation by Canada, both in regard to the present canals and the contemplated St. Lawrence waterway Weeks Discusses Army Problems With Pershing Duties in Connection With Building Up Emergency War Machine Taken Up At Conference. Washington, April 24. Organiza tion of the new war staff of the army was Miscussed at a conference between Secretary Weeks and Gen eral Pershing. The conference was the first since the announcement this week that General Pershing was tq be assigned to the important duty of building up a general head quarters designed to take over in time of war the direction of the nation's military forces in the field. In addition -to discussing the pro posed war staff, the war secretary and General Pershing were under stood to have taken up problems relating to the future administra tion and training of the national guard and organized reserves. Gen eral Pershing is known to favor standardization of training for these reserves and the promotion of the utmost harmony possible between them and the regular establishment. General Pershing's new task, it m understood, will involve the creation of a staff machine complete in all details, capable of taking over the field' command in time of war. It will not interfere, however, in any way in time of jieace with the pres ent duties and responsibilities of the War department-general staff, r . !. j .:.t .u- -.1...:..:.. wmcn is cnargeu wun iuc duiuuua- tratton of the entire military estab lishment under the secretary of war. Secretary Weeks is expected to Jfhnounce further details regarding General Pershing's new assignment next week. '" $5,000 Will Be Raised in Scottshluff for Scouts Scottsbluff, Neb., April 24. (Spe cial Telegram.) With the choice of Edmund Simmons as chairman, the movement to place, the Boy Scout work in Scottsbluff in the first class ification took definite; form this week. The Rotary club has4 pledged $2,000 for the first year of scout work and has invited other organizations to help in raising a fund of $5,000 to se cure a paid executive to take charge or the work. Truck Line Operating - From Sidney to Denver Sidney.-Neb., April 24. (Special.) The Western Transportation com pany, recently formed at Sidney, has established a track line. between that point and Denver, the principal ob ject being the quick transportation of fruits, vegetables and other perish able commodities. The trucks travel dav and night and it is claimed the service vriH be quicker and cheaper. than by rail. "; Gophers Ruining Small Nursery Near Kimball Kimball, Neb., April 24. (Spe cial.) Three years ago, G. A. Van Aelstyn started a small nursery. This spring pocket gophers have complete ly ruined large numbers of his best trees. Elm black locust and other hard-wood trees two to three inches thinck have been 'cut off at the root as smoothly as could be done with a knife. New Superintendent Chappell, Neb., April 24. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Ben F. Robinson has been placed in charge of the high school to fill the unexpired term of SuperinaicBtFiapls U Sfflitlu Boy Drowns In Lake As Boat Sinks Lad Attcmtping to Swim to Shore Pulled Down by Heavy Clothes Companions Reach Safety. Police Search for Body While boating with three com panions, Emery Calhoun, 19, Sixty second and Pacific street, was drowned in Seymour lake, Ralston, at 1:30 Sunday afternoon. Young Calhoun, with Willis Bar ker, 16, 1824 South Sixtieth street; Howard Robinson, 15, Sixty-eighth street and Woolworth avenue: John Elmborg, 16, Sixtieth and Center streets, and Miles Hans. 20. Sixty seventh street and Woolworth ave nue, went to Seymour lake about 1 o'clock. Shortly after, Calhoun, Robinson, Elmborg and Hans got into a small boat, the property of the Lakoma club, which was tied to the wharf, leaving young Barker on the shore, there not being room for all in the boat. When the boat was about 100 feet from the shore it began to fill with water and all but Elmborg jumped and started to swim for the shore. Calhoun, who is said to have been a good swimmer, was burdened with heavy clothes and sank. Didn't Know of Leak. "We didn't think there was any thing the matter with the boat," said young Elmborg. "and Calhoun said, 'Let us take a boat ride across the lake.' I got in the bow of the boat and Robinson, Calhoun and Hans followed, with Calhoun working the oars. When we .got out about 100 feet from the shore we noticed the boat filling with water and Calhoun said, 'Let us jump before the boat sucks us under.' Calhoun, Robin son andHans jumped. I thought the boat would float with the other three out of it, but the boat started to sinking and I jumped. "We all started for shore and when we got there found Calhoun, was still in the water and struggling. Robin son climbed on the bank and looking out over the lake saw Calhoun go down. He jumped back into the water and got out where Calhoun was and had a tussle with him and both of them went down with Cal houn hanging onto Robinson. Miles Hans saw Robinson was giving out and jumped in to help him and they both got back to shore nearly ex hausted. When we looked for Cal houn he was not in sight. I ran up to the'elub house and'teiephoned for police officers at South Side station." Search for Bfdy. Captain John E. Briggs, with Ser geant Philip Wentz and Officers Earl Risk and George Stephens, of the South Side police station responded to the call for help and assisted in searching for the body. Emery Calhoun lived with his parents, Mr., and Mrs. A. H. Cal houn. Mrs. Calhoun is said to be an invalid' and Emery is the only child. The -mother was not told of the drowning for fear of dangerous con sequences. Mrs. G. J. Jackson, Sixty third and Woolworth avenue, is young Calhoun's aunt. . The coroner-was notified and G. H. Brewer, South Side undertaker, was ordered to take charge of the body. Police,, the undertaker's as sistants and a timber of residents of .Ralston searched for the body all the afternoon. At dusk when the efforts to find the body had brought no results, dy namite was used. Twenty sticks of the explosive failed to bring the body to the surface. The searching party planned to continue the hunt until midnight. v Republicans Complete Plans for Restoring Peace by Resolution Washington, April 24. Plans of republican congressional leaders for effecting peace by congressional resolution were completed at an in formal conference. The-Knox resolution to that end probably will be reported to the senate Monday by the foreign rela tions committee as revised, in tech nical, by Senator Knox of Pennsyl vania. Debate in the senate will be gin Tuesday or Wednesday and will, it is believed, be comparatively short. As a matter of general party- policy most of the senate democrats are expected 'to oppose the Knox resolution, but republican leaders ex pect a number of democratic votes. A peace resolution similar to the Knox measure is to be introduced Monday by Chairman Porter of the foreign affairs committee. Republi can leaders were Said to have agreed that the senate resolution would be awaited before any action should be taken in the house. The Knox and Porter resolutions wil! be considered concurrently in the house. Omahans Eat Fried Dogs Towsers.and Fidos From Colorado Prairie Make Big Hit at Banquet Guests Say as Good as Chicken. Seibert, Colo., April 24. (Special.) A prairie dog banquet, served in the' finest style, with such trimmings as mashed potatoes, rich "dog" gravy and shrimp salad, and pronounced by more than 20 guests as being at least as good as fried chicken, was the unique social event staged in Seibert in honor of some Omaha and Denver mining and land men. The feast was conceived and car ried out by Ben Harrison, one of the leading grocers, and Melvin Gardner re-jot the Richardson Drug company of "To Peace in vf4 WE'RE FRIENDS jSf - ' Men Seek Resort; Find Four Roses' With Revolvers Party From Bluffs Held Up By Quartet and Robbed Near Roadhouse in East Omaha. H. C. Adams, R. F. D. No. 5; Roy Bell, 1325 Avenue A; Jess Rogers and John Watt, both Northwestern switchmen, drove to East Omaha late Saturday night from Council Bluffs in search of the famous "Four Roses" resort, which has received much publicity in newspapers of late. They met four "roses," but enter tained considerable doubt as to whether they were the original four. The quartet held them up with big revolvers and relieved Adams of $11 in eash. His companions had no money with them and suffered no loss. , Adams, a farmer, reported the mat ter to police. He admitted that when they left the Bluffs in his .automo bile about midnight they intended to find the "Four Roses" roadhouse and determine whether it .was in operation or not. Last Wednesday flight the place was open, according to reports, but Thursday it was dark and quiet. It was found that Bluffs police had threatened to obtain a permanent in junction against the building if it continued to operate. Friday night, however, parties were holding forth in full blast again, according to news paper reports. The curiosity of the Bluffs men was aroused and they determined to investigate the resort themselves. Be fore they reached it, they were stopped by the gang of highwaymen and robbed. Their plans to visit the roadhouse were abandoned at this juncture and they returned to the Bluffs to report the episode. Of ficers in Reserve Corps Are Classified Washington, April 24 The 66,000 officers in the reserve corps are be ing classified so that men fitted for each definite assignment can be lo cated and called into active duty in event of national emergency. The War department announced that it expected a complete record of every officer in . the organized . reserves would be in the hands of nine corps commanders not later than June 15. Although stating that the prelim inary classification was not expected to be anywhere near perfect, the War department said "one of the great advantages of organizing the reserve forces in time of peace is that the mistakes of clossification and assign ment can be tested and corrected, whereas the compilation of these most important records and assign ments are practically impossible to obtain in time of emergency." who were the guests of honor were D. B. Humphrey of Denver, presi dent of the Paymaster and White Cloud Mining company; John Cox, Denver; Bert Humphrey, Ouray, Colo.; Charles Zorn, Brush, Colo., and Robert Tate and Mr. Nelson of the Ttate Land company, Omaha. The 20 or more other diners were all Seibert people who have seen the Fidos and the Towsers of the plains all their lives, but who never before realized what a palatable "fry" they could & wljeji prffESL1. .SSSfei and J the Family - (Copyright: 1991 : By T&s Cbiaaro Tribunal Thief Will Attempt To Solve Gem Robbery To Repay Kindness Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, April 24. To pay back a kindness, a Pittsburgh diamond thief is coming to Chicago to recover the $260,000 worth of diamonds stolen Friday morning from Leroy Present in the offices" of Julius J. Reingold. This thief owes Present a favor, it' is said, and has some knowledge of the robbery and the robbers. He wired Present that' he was on his way to this city. Thl police re gard his advent as "of 'the highest importance." . Reingold and his brother, Leo, are being held, as thet,police are con vinced the robbery was a frameup. They believe two members of the "Valley gang" have the gems. A clew that led to Decatur, 111., fell down. .Two men entered De catur in a much-traveled automri bile Friday night and attempted to sell some diamonds to a pawn broker. Later" it was learned the "diamonds" were paste, ; Soap-Box Orators Laud Candidates 5,000 and Dahlmanite Speak ers Vie With Each Other In Harangues. Soap-box oratory, at Fifteenth and Douglas streets Saturday was fea tured by the absence of eggs. Harland M. Mossman, exponent of the tenets of the Committee of 5,000, vied with Bert Muth, who spoke for the Dahlman ticket.' They held first and second base, respectively. Third base was empty. The Sal vation Army band held home plate. Audiences of Speakers Mosiman and Muth overlapped in listening to the .harangue of the politicians. While Mr. Mossman elaborated ex tensively on the record of Police Commissioner J. Dean Ringer, Speaker Muth loosened a red ribbon from the neck of his sweater, and harped viciously , on the rule of the present administration. ; ' - The crowd cheered and haw hawed at the speakers alternately. "The court house riot was the work of milk-fed politicians," shout ed Muth. (Loud cheers). "The court house riot was the work of the old gang," followed Speaker Mossman. (Loud cheers). War Department to Dispose Of Man Deported by Mexico ; San Antonio, April 24. Disposition of Linn A. E. Gale, American radical deported from Mexico, and who was taken yesterday 'to Fort Mcintosh, Tex., where he is being held on a charge, of evading the selective serv ice act, will be made by the War de partment, according to an announce ment late today at headquarters of the Eighth army corps here. Gale, whofhas declared that if im prisoned he would go on a hunger strike, failed to live up to his threat at Fort Mcintosh, according to re ports received here. He ate heartily when a plate of red beans was placed before him and called for more. Man Holds Burglar in His Home Until Police Arrive Aroused from slumber by a bur glar in his home early Sunday morning, H. E. Williams, 1102 South Tenth street, grappled with the intruder and after a severe strug gle downed him. Pinning the bur glar to the floor, Williams sat astride him while he telephoned police to come ahd get the captive. At the police station the prowler gave him name a John Meritt, $25,000,000" Germany's Reply To United States' Note is Delayed i Action Regarded as Distinat Victory to People's Party, Opposed to Foreign Minister Simons. By GEORGE SELDES. Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright, 1821. Berlin, April 24. Just as it was on the point of being transmitted to Washington, the German reply to the American note was recalled last night for consideration by leaders of the various political parties. i This withdrawal is seen here as a most significant victory for . the people's 'prty, led by Hugo Stinnes and other great industrialists, which has been active recently in attack ing the cabinet of Foreign Minister Simons. The note is known to contain counter proposals to the allies re garding reparations which are bit terly contested by the people's party, whose leaders object to a re ported increase of the cash offer to $15,000,000,000 and also to allotment of a percentage of Germany's indus trial production to. the entente. The, proposals, after the note had been recalled, were discussed until midnight last night by the cabinet and party leaders. Early today the discussion was resumed, but at noon Secretary Hugh Wilson of the American mission declared that he had not been informed when the note would be dispatched. At last night's conference of the party leaders it agreed that if the entente should be found willing to resume negotiations, Foreign Min ister Simons and Chancellor Fehren bach should resign, permitting new leaders whom the coalition firmly supports, to carry" out the confer ences. It is expected that the note to America will be subjected to a hot attack by the people's party in the reichstag tomorrow. President of Fairbury Bank Disposes of Stock Fairbury, Neb., 'April 24. (Spe cial.) E. R. Bee, president of the Farmers' and Merchants National bank of Lairburg, has sold his inter est in the institution which he or ganized in1913. The stock was taken oyer by F. A. Houston of Fairbury, Newell Brothers of Alevandn'a and the other stockholders of the bank. Mr. Bee's extensive ranch, lumber and hardware interests in southern Kansas prompted his action. The new president has not been selected. A. R. Nnchols, the present cashier, will be retained. Police Confiscato-Hootch ' And Arrest Man in Raid Tvp wooden casks and several glass jugs of moonshine whisky were confiscated- by police early Sunday morning, when they raided a house at 2010 North Twenty-seventh street. A man giving his name as John Brown was arrested at the house and charged with illegal pos session of liquor. The Weathei Forecast. ' Nebraska: Rain or snow and cold er Monday. Tuesday partly cloudy; warmer in west portion; strong nortnwest winds diminishing. Iowa: Rain and much solder Mon day; Tuesday unsettled with colder in cast jiuriiou; strung smiling wind Hourly Temperature. A a. in ..R7 p. m . . t V. Ill . S p. in , A p. in . 5 p. m , p. m II a. m HO 7 a. m ft S a. m 71 9 a. m .......... '. 10 . in. J 11 a. i -27- . . . . . . M 7 P nLMu. 1 Yoiith Dead Sister Hurt In Accident Victims Hurled 60 Feci When Motorcycle Collides With Car Boy's Head Strikes Tree. Girl's Skull is Fractured Theodore Anderson, 21, is dead and his sister, Ruth Anderson, IS, Fif tieth and Grant streets, is in a critical condition at the Methodist hospital following injuries received when a motorcycle they were riding collided with an automobile at Forty-second street and Lafayette avenue at 1:30 yesterday afternoon. The Andersons, who were on their way home after attending church services, were driving north and An derson began hugging the curbing to avoid colliding with a machine driven by Mrs. Charles V. Grucnig, 6514 Florence boulevard, who had just left the St. Andrews church with her mother, Mrs. J. Morris. Fender Hits Cycle. When Mrs. Gruenig turned into Lafayette avenue,- the fender of her machine struck Anderson's motor cycle. The motorcycle crashed into a sewer opening aim the occupants were hurled more than 60 feet. Anderson's head struck a tree and his sister struck an electric light pole. Mrs. Gruenig immediately stopped her car and with her mother got out " to aid the injured. Before the arrival of the pulicc the , injured were taken to the Methodist hospital by W. M. Lansing. 1213 North Forty-second, who was driving near the scene, and John Cich,' city fireman, who lives at 1213 North Forty-second street, a half block away. Dies Almost Instantly. Anderson died before a doctor could administer aid. lie suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. Miss Anderson is unconscious with a fractured skull and possible in ternal injuries. It was for almost two hours before the injured were identified. Several letters found in Anderson's pocket, addressed to the Rev. Mr. Nelson, pastor of the Swedish Free church, led to the identification. The An dersons were meinbeis of this church. Detectives Franks and Graham lo cated Rev. Mr. Nelson, who notified Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Anderson, -the ' parents, of the tragedy. The mother is prostrated over the accident. Both Mrs. Gruenig and her mother, Mrs. Morris, are also in a nervous 4it.: condition. They were unable to he . interviewed and because of their con dition would not make a statement of the accident. Police as Vet have made no arrests. Warned of Speeding. "T .,,1,1 Tl.,,!. in n( tU. I machine." said Mr. Anderson, "be- 1 cause of his speeding. I suppose it was speed that caused his death." he sobbed as witnesses showed him a diagram of the accident. "I was standing near the corner playing when the motorcycle acci dent happened," said little "Buster" Holtz, 9. 1304 North Forty-second street. "The man and woman went' sailing in the air. Oh, it was terrible," the youth said, as he told of the tragedy of brother and sister. Other witnesses who were nef tjie accident and who helped the injured were Mrs. P. A. Gavin, Forty-second . street and Lafayette avenue, and M. Franks, 4102 Lafayette avenue. Raiders Attack Irish' Barracks; One Killed Dublin, April 24. (By the As sociated Press.) The police and mil itary barracks in Kilrush, county i Clare, were attacked by a large party of armed men and a fight ensued which lasted three hours, in which one police sergeant was kilted and two soldiers wounded. The attack ers withdrew without capturing either barracks. Two hundred -raiders held up a train between' Glaslough and Moa aghan, made prisoners of the train men and set fire to the train. The fireman was forced to' set the tram, in motion and jump. The train, with no one on it ran half an hour before stopping. A large quantity - of flour meal, groceries and niachin- . ery on the train was destroyed and " the mail bags stolen. Amendment to Esch-Cummins Bill Urged by Fruit Men Chicago, April 24. Amendment of the Esch-Cummins railroad act so that priority would be given ship ments of food and reduction of freight rates was urged in resolu- tions adopted at a meeting of the in ternational apple shippers and na tional league of commission mer chants. v The resolutions said that this would result in release of enormoiu quantities of foodstuffs now held in storage and in lower prices to con sumers, i Negro Accused of Holdup, Captured by Patrolman While John Allen, negro, was in the alleged act of holding up Sam Strno, 1307 South Twelfth street, at -Thirteenth and Jackson streets Sat urday. Strno let out a yell which at tracted Patrolman Urbanic, who was just around the corner at the time. As the officer appeared, Allen started to run, but a shot by Urbanic caused him to stop. He was charged with highway robbery. Large Trial Docket. I.odgepole. Neb.. April 24.--i.Spe- cial.) District court in Cheyenne county will convene at S;dney" with the longest ducket in its hi.slorv. Among the proceedings are 18 di vorce cajes and 22 mortgage fou- i