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The
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Dad of Blue
LawsPrimed
For Omaha
Dp. Wilbur Crafts Here to
Urge Recreation Commission
To Supervise Movies,
Dance Halls and Cabarets.
Says Skirts Too Short
Rev. Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts of Wash
ington, D. C, so-called father of the
blue laws, arrived in Omaha yester
day, all primed tc combat the "evil,
luces which are lowering the stan-'
tiard of our social lifc."
While he showed a willingness to
berate dance halls, automobile" joy
rides, cabarets and short skirts, Rev.
.Mr. Crafts will devote the next few
days here in uring the formation of
a "comprehensive recreation com
mission." lie specifics this commission
should be composed of about 15 per
sons. There should be representa
.ives of the Y. M. C. A., the Woman's
;lub, the Boy Scouts, one or two
paid workers and one person appoint
ed! by the mayor, he Sjs.
The duty of the commission would
le to supervise motion pictures,
(inner halls and cabarets and to ad
vertise, places -where the young can
get whclcsoir.c anuijemcnt.
No Place to Go.
"'Such a commission is imperative
ii -t-.c city," said R;-' ' Mr. Crafts.
Why, do you know ih: young peo
ple are going to the davil because
thty have no place else to go. The
lanes halls anii automobiles arc tak
ing the place of the old saloon.
"I will advocate a revival of homo
.... There should bf an. hour after
..ppcr when" t:ir family cm get to
ittthcr sing .cTs,0i.,s iT.c1 pati i i.
,-uigs and '-eaa a ivblc story lnter
es vi' to the children.
"We're raisi.i a gencratifn cf
spoiled children. io ninny of ihtii
(.. mc3 are nothing b.it boaniing
houses -places in which ti cat ani
sleep."
Rev. Mr. Crafts showed some ir
ritation when asked it unday laws
would n take away, rather than add
to the irapcr recrea"::.: i oi the young
tr i;i tu.ation. " a
No unday Lavn Pending
"Tn?rc are no Sii:a- laws pend
ing:," he teclared. "Thnt is a matter
for cacti state to dete. mine. The at
ti.ok .m me by mol'on' picture and
.;r.ii-proh'bitiou iorcos is merely an
attcnpf to creat? an 'ium cn all
uioraltaislatioii.
KevMr. Crafts smiled in amuse
ment at what he went oil 'to .term
power i to forbid everyone
...v- ljm.s..v. .w
iromj.
.everything but church on Sunday,
"painted by the press and motion
picture interests."
"The International Reform bu
reau, of which I am superintendent,
is backing but three bills and one
amendment in congress," he said.
"The. first bill is to strengthen the
Volstead act, by stopping efforts to
get legislation permitting medicinal
beer to be sold in some states.
Would Stope Drug Shipments.
' "The second bill is to stop the
shipping of morphine to China and
japan, except to supply the absolute
weds of the country. As it is,
much of the morphine exported is
smuggled back to this country. The
. third ;is an anti-gambling bill to
stop race track gambling and the
transportation of gamblng machines
from one state to anotehr.
, "Then there is the Jones amend
ment" Rev. Mr. Crafts paused. It was
an expressive pause, of the sort that
might -u ell dampen the arodur of a
vouthful lover. . - .
"Ah, that is a most important
amendment," he continued. It is an
amendment to stop elopments. It
will give congress more control
over amrriage and divorce." .
"Does it prohibit " lore .at first
sight?" inquired the interviewer.
"No, but it will prevent hasty mar
riages. ' - '.
"Do you believe m long engage
ments?'' the interviewer was on the
verge of asking, but Rev. Mr. Crafts
continued;
Little Romance in Elopement
"There is very little romance in
elopementa nowadays. Elopements
are a start on the trip to the divorce
courts. ( The amendment will pre
vent an actress from getting a rich
young man drunk and then marry
ing him." . V , .
"Do you know the interests which
labeled me father of -the blue laws
almost had the automobile interests
with 'em," he chuckled dryly. "They
had 'em thinking I would prohibit
automobile ridin gon Sunday.
"How about short skirts?" he was
asked. ' 4
"Well," he replied, weighing his
words over this important problem,
"I believe it is time American
women cut loose from the dictation
of Paris designers.
. "As for length of skirts why, I
don't 'think it is necessary for them
to be shorter than men's trousers.
Men's trousers don't hinder walking
and they come to the shoe tops, so
I don't see why "women's skirts
should be any shorter than trousers.
Two Good Reasons.
"Of course there are women who
desire to attract attention to their
lower extremities," sighed the eld
erlv reformer.
Rev. Mr. Crafts is touring 2d
states "informing, arousing and ex
pressing public sentiment," as he put
it. He declares that the western
states are enforcing the Volstead
laws better than in the east, but that
"out where the west begins" divorce
laws are freer, there is less observ
ance of Sunday and that no states
west of the river have the Bible in
the schools.
Asked concerning motion picture
censorship, he asserted producers
were eager to produce better pictures
and that he favored a national board
similar, to the interstate commerce
commission to supervise the produc
tion of films.
It would be impossible for the
Notecl Reformer Here
On Moral Campaign
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Youth Drowned
While Swimiiting.
Wijli Companion
Efforts of Lad to Save Pal
Futile; Police and Farmers
Dragging River for
Body.
Herbert
Mrs. Ina
Eighteenth
Townsend,
Townsend,
19, son of
4918 ;Soutn
street, South Side,
was
the
the
drowned
Missouri
while swimming in
river at a bend in
stream at the foot of L street yes
terday" afternoon about 2.
Young Townsend, v in company
with Milvcrn Thomas, 16, son oi
Earl Thomas, Eighteenth and N
streets, left the Townsend home
about 1 yesterday afternoon, arriv
ing at the river about 2.
"We took off our clothes," said
young Thomas, "and both dived
into the river at a bend about half
way between Z and Washington
streets. After, swimming around we
started for the shore and I heard
Herbert yell. I looked around and
saw him sink. I swam to Trim and
tried to help him to shore, but he
sank the third time and did not come
up again. I started for. the short
and went home and told my father,
who called police."
Detectives Joe Baughman .and
Marshall Glcason hurried to the
scene and, aided by scores of vol
unteers, dragged the river whero
II nwntfnnrt wac laat- corn Arrnrriin
to farmers living in the neighbor
hood, the river is about 16 feet deep
where the boy lost his lite. Thty
say an undercurrent likely has taken
the body several miles down stream.
The distracted mother said be
tween sobs that she had warned her
boy to stay away from the river.
Besides his mother, young Town
send is survived by two sisters,
Laurabelle, 15, and Mrs. Lillian
Vates, 323 North Eighteenth street.
The boy formerly was employed at
the plant of the Iten Biscuit com
pany, but recently had been working
with a grading crew on the South
Side.
At a late hour last night scores of
farmers and police in boats wcrs
searching for the body.
Damage to Fruit ;
Minimized hy U. S.
No General Shortage Has Re
sulted From Freezing, Is
Report. .
Washington, May 20. Damage to
fruit crops from freezing in some
sections of the country has not re
sulted in a general shortage, the De
partment of Agriculture said today.
Georgia peaches and California cher
ries are already showing upon the
markets, while the strawberry croo
was .said to be abundant in several
places. , , )
A good crop of apples and peaches
is expected in Colorado and an aver
age yield in New England and New
York. Utah will probably have
only a 30 per cent peach crop. Fair
crops of blackberries and raspberries
are looked for in Missouri.
The apple crop outlook in Iowa is
improving, the department , an
nounced, but in Michigan .only a
light yield, except of winter apples
and pears is expected. : In Arizona
the peach crop is almost a total
failure. ' t
Massachusetts Salons
Said to Have Played Stocks
Boston, Mass., May 20. The leg
islative committee which has bceu
inquiring into stock market opera
tions by members of the legislatures
of 1918 and 1919 while measures af
fecting the stock involved were
pending, reported today a finding
that such transactions occurred. , In
no case, however, the committee re
ported, did the vote of those con
cerned affect the fate of a legisla
te measure. The committee sub
mitted an order providing for the
transmission to District Attorney
Pelletier of Boston of a copy of the
testimony to use as he saw fit.
Harding to Quit Capital
Saturday for Ocean Ride
Washington,- May 20. President
Harding will leave Washington late
tomorrow on. the presidential vacht
Mayflower and will reach New Vork
Monday morning to speak at a ban
quet to be given by the management
of the; New York Commercial. He
also will review the 106th regiment
in Brooklyn and will deliver an ad
dress at the Academy of Sciences.
r . ;uu
He will leave New iork on theic-
Scientist Is
Praised By
President
Harding Presents Gift of Gram
Of Radium, Purchased by
American Women, To
Madame Curie.
ValuePlacedat$IOO,000
Washington. May 20. A gram ol
radium purchased by the contribu
tions of thousands oi American
women was presented by President
Harding to Madam Curie, the emi
nent Polish scientist, as a token of
the nation's appreciation of her ac
complishments and as an earnest ex
pression jof American interest in the
advancement of science and hu
man itarianism.
. At the same time the president
expressed , a fervent hope that the
scientific principle of radio activity
established by Mmc. Curie in the
research work which led to her dis
covery of radium might be found
dominate also the relations of man
kind in the present world crisis, .so
that the yearnings and aspirations of
the many may radiate a new spirit
of service to the souls of chosen
leaders.
Formal presentation of the gift tn
Mmc. Curie, who came to this coun
try expressly to receive it, was made
at the White House at a ceremony
attnded by high officials of the
povernment and by a committee ol
those responsible for raising the
purchase fund of $100,000. The
radium will be used to continue re
search work for prevention of dis
ease. Pays Tribute.
President Harding paid tribute to
the personal attainments of the dis
tinguished visitor, to the spirit of
womanhood typified by her and to
the national traditions which lie he
hind her native Poland and her
adopted country, the French republic.
"We greet you as foremost among
scientists in the age of science, as
leader among women in the genera-,
tion which sees woman come tardily
into" her own," said the president."Wre
greet you as an exemplar of liberty's
victories in the generation wherein
liberty has won her crown of glory.
In doing honor to you we testify
anew our pride in the ancient friend
ships which have bound us to both
the .country of your adoption and
that of your nativity. .,
"It has been your fortune,' Mme.
Curie, to accomplish an immortal
work for humanity. We bring to you
the meed of honor which is due to
pre-eminence in science, scholarship,
research and humanitarianism. But
with it all, we bring something more.
We lay at your feet the testimony of
that love which all the generations
of men have been wont to bestow
upon the noble woman, the unselfish
wife, the devoted mother.
Source of Inspiration.
"A number of years ago a reader
of one of your earlier works on radio-active
substances noted the ob
servation that there was much diver
gence of opinion as to whether the
energy of radio-active substances is
created within those substances them
selves or is gathered to them from
outside sources and then diffused
from them. The question suggested
an answer .which is doubtless hope
lessly unscientific.
"I have liked to believe in analogy
between the spiritual and the physical
world. I have been very sure that
that which I may call the radio-active
soul, or spirit, or intellect call
it what you choose must first gather
to itself from its surroundings, the
power that it afterwards radiates in
bdneficcnce'to those near it. I be
lieve it is the sum of many inspira
tions borne in on great souls, which
enables them to warm, to scintillate,
to radiate, to illumine and serve those
about them." . ,
20 Irish Police Are '
Ambushed at Galway
Galway, Ireland, May 20. (By The
Associated Press.) Sixty armed
men ambushed a district inspector
of constabulary and 20 policemen
under him at Westport this morning.
One contable was killed and one
wounded and four of the attacking
party were killed and six wounded.
The police attacked the ambushers'
entrenched position and carried it.
The men defending the position
were routed and fled across country,
pursued by the government forces.
Arms, ammunition and bombs were
captured. .
South Dakotans Find Way to
Beat Blue Laws on Base Ball
Deadwood, S. D.t May 20. A
novel business' organization was
formed here last night to provide
Sunday base ball games to fans of
the Black Hills in compliance with
the Sunday blue laws. In a recent
decision the supreme court said that
where ,an admission fee is charged
Sunday base ball in South Dakota
was illegal. At the meeting last
night it was decided to form a stock
company, the stockholders to be Sd
mitted free to all base ball games
played here. A legal opinion was
that this plan was in accordance with
the "blue laws," and at the same
time , the organization can , be
financed. '
California Delegation
Urged to O. K. Plans of Navy
Washington, May 20. Members
of the California congressional dele
gation were urged today in tele
grams from the Los Angeles city
council to approve Navy department
plans for the establishment and en
largement pf naval bases-on the Pa
cific coast. Curtailment of any part
of the department program, the mes
sage said, " would be disastrous and
an. irreparable blow to measures
planned, for the defense of the wua-
Alleged Box Car Thief
Held at Plattsmouth
Plattsmouth, Neb., May 20.
(Special.) What is believed to have
been systematic robbery of Burling
ton freight cars at Council Bluffs and
extending into eastern Nebraska, was
run down by Special Agent Mat
thews of the Burlington, who cap
tured a man giving his name as Ray
Walker and his residence as Council
Bluffs, while he was in the act of
throwing merchandise from a car as
the train slowed up along the grade
at the cast end of the Burlington
bridge over the Missouri river here.
Two other men, who were waiting
in an automobile to receive the
stolen goods, made their, escape.
Walker is being held in county jail
here, pending disposition of his case.
Rebel Leader of
Mexico Hopeful
General Manuel Pelaez Says
Country Firmly Resolved to
Adjust Its Differences
With America.
New York, May 20. General Man
uel Pelaez, one of the most active
rebel leaders in Mexico during Presi
dent Carranza's administration and a
close friend of President Obregon,
issued a statement here last night
declaring that Mexico was firmly
resolved to adjust its differences
with the United States without feel
ing or prejudice. The general is
now touring this country.
"President Obregon is determined
to face with firmness," he Said, "the
responsibilties which have been col
lectively incurred during the past
years of convulsive evolution when
many errors and injustices were
committed.
"I am sure that relations between
the United States and Mexico have
entered, upon a new era of cordiality
and co-operation."
General Telaez said he was sure
the oil problem in Mexico soon
would be solved.
"Mexico acted within its. rights in
declaring in the constitution of 1917
its direct domain over the sub soil,"
he asserted. "No law can have a
retroactive effect and the rights of
all property, legally acquired prior to
the formation of the constitution,
must bc respected, one and all."
Independence Not
Asked by Filipinos
General Wood Finds Ilagan
Natives Satisfied With
. U."S. Rule.
Ilagan, Isabella Province, P. I.,
May 20. (By The Associated Press.)
The people of Isabella province,
are satisfied with American rule and
not worrying about independence,
Governor Pascual Paguirigan of Isa
bella today told Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, member of President Hard
ing's mission to the Philippines to
investigate conditions in the islands.
The governor said that the people
are prosperous and contented and
satisfied to continue under American
rule until the United States is ready
to grant independence.
General Wood arrived yesterday
at the capital here of the heart of the
tobacco growing regions of the
Philippines, 168 miles northeast
Manila.
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Harding Praises Work
Of Military Training
Camps Association
Chicago, May 20. A letter from
General Pershing announcing his
wholehearted sympathy with the
Military Training' Gamps association
and its objects was read before the
convention of that body at the gen
eral session today.
."Following its traditionally patri
otic course, your association has aid
ed materially in bringing the pur
pose of these camps to the attention
of the country and I am confident
that the deliberations of your pres
ent convention will be important and
valuable," the letter read.
"I plan to visit as many of these
camps this summer as possible, to
meet the candidates. I believe the
purpose of these institutions is so
closely interwoven with .the question
of adequate national defense that
all Americans should render every
assistance and encouragement."
New Cuhan President Is
Congratulated by Gomez
Havana, May 20. Dr. Alfredo
Zayas, upon assumtng the office of
president of Cuba today was cheered
by a cablegram from General Jose
I Miguel Gomez, his opponent in the
bitterly contested election ot. last
November extending his felicitations
and promising his co-operation.
General Gomez is at present in
New York and his cablegram was
considered an indication that his
party, the liberals, would actively
participate in the future work of the
Cuban government. Negotiation of
a new commercial treaty with the
United States has been endorsed by
Dr. Zayas. As means of solving the
acute financial stringency, he ad
vocates an extension of the mora
torium. Coalitionists Win 221
Seats in Italy Electioix
Rome, May 20. Final reports of
the parliamentary elections in Italy
last Sunday show that the coalition
parties will hold 221 scats in the next
Chamber of Deputies. The other po
litical parties will be represented as
follows: Fascisti, (extreme national
ists) 28; Agrarians, .22; socialists,
125; Catholics, 106; communists, IS;
republicans. 9; Slavs, S; Germans, 4.
The election of Slav and German
deputies raises the question of the
1 language tS feezed in, the.chamber,
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tomtthing of a lowbrow
f
M. Carptntier arrival at a teaport tomawhara an it givin a reception illghtly axeaading that of Can.
tha Atlantic coatt and J off r a and King Albart.
Mr. Dampaey hat takan up tha ttady of ranch Tht Indication arm that tha battta of Janay City
to that ha can antwer back whan M. Caargat at hi him on July 2 will attratt mora attintion than tha hattlaa
. what part of Franco ha marvad in during tha
Milwaukee Police
Seek Ex-Omalia
.Pastor-Promoter
Warrant Issued for His Ar
rest on Charge of Obtain
ing Money Under False
Pretenses.
Milwaukee, May 20. The Mil
waukee police today asked police of
other cities to find R. E. Jenkinson,
who disappeared today when a war
rant was issued for his arrest on the
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses through promotion
of a dormitory scheme in various
cities and the coincident development
of the Shale Products company. Two
of Jenkinson's companions, James
W. Basicker, general sales manager
and William Stewart, assistant sales
manager, were arrested here.
The scheme according to the police
involved the building of at least one
men's dormitory in each city to house
100 men. Each of the men was to
pay $65 a month for room and board.
Forty-five dollars of each $65 was
to be profit and to be invested in the
Shale Products company dealing in
oils and oil products.
Raymond Schellhase of Keareny,
Neb., appeared here seeking JenkiiU
son, whom he said he first met in
Omaha last spring, where Jenkinson
was operating a similar institution
and also acting as a minister; The
Nebraska man traded his automobile
for a $1,000 gold bond in the com
pany, a $800 note and $200 in cash.
Jenkinson has paid $100 on the note,
he said.
Notorious Iowa Gangster
Is Captured in Missouri
Dcs Moines, la., May 20. Earl
Laveller, who was arrested today in
Savannah, Mo., is wanted by Des
Moines police for participation in the
Stuart (la) bank robbery, and a
number of local holdups. A price
of $10,000 has been set up on La
veller by Iowa authorities. He has
been a fugitive from justice for
three years.
Laveller w as a . pal of Dutch
Cross, notorious -gangster, who was
shot and killed by the late Chief of
Police Jesse Jackson, who also died
from the result of the gun battle.
Head of Iowa Federation.
Of Labor Scores Red Flag
Burlington, la., May 20. J. C.
Lewis, Des Moines, newly elected
E resident of the Iowa Federation of
abor, in his acceptance speech to
day declared emphatically 'against the
"one big union movement" and -banished
the waving. of the red flag in
the labor federation, holding that
there was "enough red in Old Glory
to suit him." '
"Any one who can't submit to the j
principles of the American tlag can
go back to his own country. There
is no place for him here."
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Eugenic Marriage Law
Effective in Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyo., May 20. The
law requiring every man who takes
out a marriage license in Wyoming
to first have a doctors' certificate
as to his physical condition, be
came ' effective in this state today.
The law was passed by the last
The Big Fight
tCopyrtftit: 1921: 8 The Cblcaro Trtbtma.fl
Mr. Dtmptty wet along A com
phrrn and 100
Bomb Explosion
Suspect Is Held
ForTrialMay26
Particular Charge Lodged
Against Him Is Conspiracy
To Destroy Assay Office
In New York.
Jersey City, N. J May 20.
Guiseppe Dc Filippo, charged . with
conspiracy to destroy the United
States assay office in New York in
connection with the Wall street ex
plosion last September, today was
held without bail for a hearing on
May 26, by United States Commis
sioner Charles E. Hendrickson.
De Filippo, who was identified
yesterday by five persons as the
driver of the wagon of explosives
believed to have caused the disaster,
was formally given into custody of
the federal authorities today, by
Recorder William Cain ' of Bayonne.
Asked by Commissioner Henrick
son if hevdesired to make a , state
ment, DeTilippo said:
"I know nothing of it. I never
heard of the explosion. I don't
know where Wall street is."
Minnesota Man Faces
Charge of Wife Murder
Crookstori, Minn., May 20. That
Karl Knutson tortured his wife, 22,
with daily beatings until she .died
of wounds, was charged by James
E. Montague, Polk county attorney.
Knutson is under arrest charged
with murder and was arraigned to
day. The hearing was postponed
until June 7.
Mrs. Knutson died Tuesday.
Knutson then said she had fallen
down stairs. .
An investigation, according to po
lice, showed the woman's body to
be covered with bruises. The police
also claim that. Knutson admitted
he beat his wife daily, following her
confession of relations with a local
business man prior to their mar
riage. The couple were, married last
March.
Hclsingfors Dispatch Says
Trotzky and Lenine Disagree
London, May 20. A Hclsingfors
dispatch to the Central News today
says that.sharp differences of opinion
regarding the composition of the
Russian soviet government developed
between Nikolai Lenine, balshcvik
premier, and Leon Trotzky, war
minister, at this week's meeting of
the soviet council.
According to Moscow reports, the
dispatch adds, Lenine advocated the
inclusion of other than the bolshe
vik "parties, but Trotzky severely
criticized the suggestion and request
ed adjournment of the debate.
Premier Meighan Wins in
His Fight for 1921 Budget
Ottawa, May 20. The government
of Premier Meighan was sustained
in its . budget proposal early today
in the House of Commons, when an
amendment expressing regret be
cause tariff revision was not included
in the program, was voted down.
The vote, 103 to 83, was reached
with an Interview coachtd im nebU
par emnt grammar.
I Briand Opposes
j Allied Meeting on
Silesian Tannic
French Premier Seeks to Post
pone Conference Until In
terallied Commission Has
Made Report.
Paris, May 2(1 Premier Briand
of France is opposed to a meeting
of the supreme allied council to dis
cuss the Silesian question until the
interallied commision in Silesia has
reached an agreement and submitted
a report.
Assurances that Germany would
avoid interference in the Silesian
plebiscite area and that shipments of
arms and ammunition across the
Silesian frontier would be stopped,
given to the Spanish ambassador at
Berlin by Joseph Wirth, the German
chancellor, yesterday served to de
crease the tension over the Silesian
situation here today.
Announcement is made by th
ministry . of liberated regions that
Germany will soon begin the de
livery of wooden houses to be erect
ed in the devastated zone of north
ern France. Germany will furnish
25,000 of these houses, which will be
somewhat similar to ' the portable
houses seen in American beach col
onies, but built more solidly and
constructed so that they will be
waterproof. . -
Scores Pay Tribute at Bier
Of Late Chief Justice White
Washington, May 20. Scores o.f
the friends of the jurists, numbering
many high officials, but represent
ing the humbler walks of life, called
today at the home of the late Chief
Justice White to pay their respects,
and messages of condolence con
tinued to come into the family from
all parts of the country and abroad.
The funeral of the late supreme
court head, which will be held from
the residence on Rhode Island ave
nue tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock will be marked by simplicity.
Government activities in the capital
will cease for the day. k
Chesapeake and Ohio Puts
Off Action on Dividends
New rork. May 20. The Chesa
peake and Ohio Railway company
today deferred action on the regular
semi-annual dividend ' of 2 j per
cent due at this time.
Slayer of Postal Clerk
Is Sentenced to 50 Years
Albilene, Tex., - May 20. Albert
Rowan was found guilty today and
sentenced to prison for 50 years for
the murder of G. W. Street, a postal
clerk, killed in a mail robbery here.
The Weather
Forecast
continued
Fair
and
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Sus
oect in
Mail Theft
Is Arrested
Alliance Police Hold Man for '
Investigation in Connec
tion With Union Pacific
Train Robbery.
Finger' Prints Sent Here
Alliance, Neb., May 20. (Special
Telegram.) Refusing to give hn
name or to answer any questions
put to him by the officers, an un
identified man, gray-haired and ap
parently 55 years old, is held in tha
county jail, pending an investigation
which the authorities believe will
connect him with the robbery of a
Union Pacific mail car between
Cheyenne and Green River, W'yc.,
Wednesday night, and also with the
attempted burglary of three Alhance
stores early this morning.
When arrested at 4 a. m. by .Night
Marshal Eugene Stillwell he had in
his possession abou $30 worth of
postage stamps contained in a Union
Pacific envelope and a ticket from
Sidney, Neb., to Cheyenne, Wyo.i
stamped May If. the date Ji the
robbery of the Union Pacific mail
car. Tight sacks of mail were stolen
from the mail car and about $100
worth of postage stamps. .The
prisoner refused to state whether or
not he had been in Cheyenne re
cently. ' His arrest followed a telephone
message to the police station that a
man was trying to force an entrance
to the rear of the Golden Rule store.
He was caught two, blocks away, a
he was coming out of an alley. In
vestigation showed that' a crowbar
had been used in an attempt to pry
open the rear doors of the Golden
Rule, also Harper's department store
and the Horace Bogue store. The
crowbar was found in the alley near
where the man was arrested. t -The
prisoner has maintained stolid
silence since his arrest and appeared
nervous when his finger prints were
being taken. The finger prints. have
been sent to the Omaha bureau of
identifications. Officers are in com
munication with federal and county
officials at Cheyenne.
Review of Cases w
Men Convicted in India Plot '
File Petition for Re-.
bearing. r':
Washington, May 20. A petition
for review of the cases of Gustav H.
Jacobscn, Albert ti. wehde, oeorfe
J. Boehm and Heramba Lai Gupta, i
convicted at Chicago, October, 1917, I
on charges of having prepared "a f
certain military enterprise" against i
.i .. , . tj:- . fl
tnc criiisn government in jnaia, waj i
filed today with the supreme court. I
The brief denied that the activities
of the first three, all of whom wera
said to have been German sympa
thizers, could have been charac
terized as a "military enterprise? al-:
have been to distribute large sums to
though Wchde's plans were said to
revolutionary societies in India. The
defendant Gupta was a native of
India.
"The final determination by this
court of the true limitation placed by
law upon the activities of, those de
siring to further the struggles of
other peoples or races, is of vital
importance today," the petition said.
James Connell, Omaha
Student at Yale, Is
Given Honor on Tap Day
New Haven, Conn., May 20. "TafI
day" was held at Yale today with thi
customary ceremonies. The thref
Yale senior societies selected IS met;
each from the junior class and th
Elihu club also picked 10 mcmbcrt
The chief honor that of being the
last man "tapped" for skull and bone
went to Ward Cheney of Sout
Manchester, Conn., a member of th
'varsity crew.
Among those "tapped" were:
Wolf's Head: James R. Connelt
Omaha, Neb.; Charles D. Prat
Honolulu; Joseph L. Parman, jrJ
Tacoma, Wash.; Justin C. SturmJ
Nehawka, Neb.; Ralph G. Boalt, St
Paul, Minn.
Exchange Rate on Day That
Germany Pays to,Gover
Paris, May 20. Of the lS0,000,66t
marks in gold representing Ger
many's first payment to the repara
tions commission. 140,000,000 in for.
eign currency, bills of exchange and
notes will be converted into dollars,
according to the Temps. The other
10,000,000 marks will be shipped di-:
rect from Berlin to Paris. I
Germany will be credited at the:
rate of exchange obtaining on the
day the transfer is made and not at
the rate prevailing May 13, as she
suggested
Defunct Auto Company Lost
Money Every Year It Run
East St. Lousi, 111., May 20. Rec
ords of the defunct Moore Motor
Vehicle company, of Danville, intro
duced in federal court here today,
show the company lost money each
year since its organization four years
ago, '
Editor Indicted. '
Deadwood, S. D., May 20. Wit
liam T. Harriman, editor and pub
lisher of a Hot Springs newspaper,
was indicted by the federal grand
jury here yesterday on a charge of
sending obscene literature through
the mails. He was released on
$1,000 bond, to appear at the next
lyrm of coort.V "
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