The Omaha Daily Bee
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OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1921.
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VOL. 61 NO. 69.
Pikes Peak
Climb Won
By Rhiley
Nebrakan Ctpturei Peurose
Cup Jy Reaching Summit
In 19 Minute; Also
Takes Clam 3 Contest.
Oshkosh Driver Wins
Auto Endurance Test
Narrowly Escapes Death
Colorado Soring. Colo,, Sept. 3.
King Rhiley of Oshbosh, Neb., won
a leg on the Penrose troplw in the
annual Pikes Peak automobffe climb
ing contest, driving the 12 mile and
2,000 feet in 19 minute, 16 1-5 sec
. ondi. The record was established
by Ralph Mulford in 1916 with 18
minutes. 22 second.
The trophy was ottered to the car I
making the best time, irrespective of
size. Additional prizes were offered
for first and second place in each of
three classes, based on engine pistor
displacement.
10,000 View Race.
Eighteen cars started, five beiiis
forced out of .lie race by engine
trouble. A crowd estimated at 10
000 view the race from vantage
pointi along the course. i
Only 31 2-5 seconds separated
Kliilcy and Otto Loesche of Con
nersville, lnd., who took second
place. Rhiley narrowly escaped
death on the first turn when his car
struck- a soft spot in the road and
skidded to within six inches of s
deep gulch. Rhiley was the favor
ite when the race started. The win
ners in each class took a $500 and
$200 was offered for second place
Summaries of Results.
Summaries follow:
Class one. 183-inch displacement
Glenn Schultz of Colorado Springs
V. H. Bentrup, Harold Frantz.
Time: 21:54 3-5.
Class two. 184 to 300-inch dis.
placement: Otto Loesche, J. C. Wil
liamson. . Lynch Hess. Time
19:47 3-5. . '
Class three, 300 cubic inch dis
placement and up: King Rhiley,
Ralph Mulford, bteve lSemcsh.
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Square Deal Will
Solve Economic
Tangle Says Hays
Labor Must Receive Fair Rep
resentation in Nation's Coun
... cil, Postmaster General ,
- Tells Letter Carriers.
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' W . . VMJO. "
faculties and industrial probiema can
be and will be solved in only one
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way ana mat is uy nnu-ug.
justice and entorcmg it, rosimasicr
General Havs declared ton.'grit in a
Labor day address before the Na
tional Association of Letter Carriers'
: convention. : , ,
"Every problem is solvable," he
.asserted.; "It is .simply a matter of
a square deal." "
"Live and let live is not enough,'
he continued. "We must live and
help live in America. '.; The labor of
the country constitutes its strength
.nd its wealth. It is entitled to and
must receive fair representation in
all councils of the nation. The bet
ter that labor is conditioned, the
higher its reward, the wider its op
portunities and the greater its com
iorls and refinements, the better will
hi our civilization and sifer will be
(ixwr government, the more sacred our
iiOtltS. .-')
"For myself. I am convinced that
tv: true solution of . the questions
rising between labor and capital lies
iii r.n awakened public conscience, in
a thorough inculcation of the spirit
of fair dealing among men; then in
organisation and "in wise, humane
leadership and in the establishment
of boards of conciliation or arbitra
tion which arc free from the pollut
ing touch of selfish interest or politi
cal demagogues, to which the inter
ests concerned may freely and con
fidently appeal. -
"I believe, too, that we must de
velop a reasonable method furthonest
ana emcient lanor to navvjan oppor-
unity to acquire an interest in the
business to which it is' expected to
give its best efforts. Tending this
development, the equilibrium between
production and wages must be estab
lished and. maintained and there
must be justice for all exact justice
for labor, exact justice for capital
and exact justice for the public."
Wife of John Pollock Dies
. At Home of Family in London
London,' Sept 5. Lydia Yavors
ka, who was Princess Lydia Baria
tinsky, the wife of John Pollock, the
author, died Saturday at her home
here. Death was the outcome of
privations which she suffered during
the war and revolution in Russia,
where she narrowly escaped being
imprisoned.. She fled from Russia
just in advance of an order for her
arrest.
Homesteader Pleads Guilty
To Perjury on Final Proof
Sioux Falls, S. D.. Sept 5. (Spe
cial 'Telegram.) Clifford ' E. Knox
and C T. Mitchell, on their plea of
guilty to perjury while Knox was
making final proof on a homestead in
the Belle Fourche district; were given
terms of 11 and six months, re
spectively, in the Minnehaha county
jait by Judge Elliott of the United
State court.
Kinsler in Washington
Washington. Sep. 5. (Special.)
James C Kinsler, United States dis
trict attorney for Nebraska, arrived
in Washington today to confer with
Attorney General Daugherty on
matters of law enforcement and
Fairmont Youth
Killed in Auto
Made for Fair
Car Goes in Ditch While Rac
ing; Driver's Head Nearly
Severed Two Injured
At Beatrice.
Dorchester, Neb.. Sept. 5. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Will Jones, 18, of
Fairmont, was instantly killed when
a home-made automobile he was
driving to the state fair at Lincoln
hit a false grade and toppled into a
ditch. He was racing with another
car at the time of the accident His
head was nearly severed from his
fbody. Earl Williams, 2s, riding in
the car with Jones, was slightly in
jured. "
Tones himself had made tne ma
chine he was driving for the special
purpose of driving it to the fair.
Car imcnea. iwo nun.
Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 5. (Special.)
Art King, of Fairbury suffered a
dislocated shoulder and severe
bruises about the body, and his sis
ter. Miss Irene King, was badly cut
about the face when the automobile
in which they were riding went into
the ditch this morning 10 miles north
of Beatrice. ... : ' i
Other occupants of the car, trom
Fairbunr 'Were Yelma and - Edna
Rogers and Mary Mennen. They es
caped injury.
The party was enroute to the state
fair. Miss King was driving and
came up behind ' County Treasurer
Jenkins and family of Fairbury, rid
ing in a sedan.
, As she attempted to pass them, a
sudden turn to the right caused the
King machine to land in the ditch.
The car was badly smashed.
The injured were brought to Bea
trice for treatment. Nearly all of
the occupants of the two cars arc em
ployes in the court house at Fair
bury. , :
Dry Officials -Will1
. Probe Liquor Permits
Washington, Sept. 5. Investiga
tion of all outstanding liquor permits
is - to be begun shortly and - many
cancellations may follow, prohibition
enforcement officials said today. It
is the intention of dry authorities to
comb out all but bonafide users of
the certificates, officials said.
They asserted that at present the
prohibition enforcement bureau has
no accurate information as to how
many outstanding permits are for
geries or being used for illegal pur
poses. . ,,.
..o wholesale cancellation of liq
uor permitsisplaimedofficials said.
Frank Burns, Former Cudahy
' Man Here, Dies in England
Frank Burns, former superintend
ent of Cudahy's plant in this city
for several years, died last Tuesday
in England, according to a cable
gram received by" relatives in Oma
ha. - '".. "'-'- - , .' , ,
Mr. Burns had arrived at his old
home in England but, "a few days
before his death. " ; . . f
Bandit Trio
Escapefrom
Toledo Jail
Men Held in Connection With
$1,000,000 Postal Robbery
Overpower Turnkey and
Fight Way to Freedom.
Auto Aids in Delivery
Toledo, Sept 5. Joe Urbaytis,
alias Rogers, and Charles Schultz,
convicted of conspiracy in connection
with the 51,000,000 robber of the
Toledo postofhee last February and
awaiting trial on charges of robbery
i nthe same case, escaped roin the
county jail here at 1:30 today. They
overpowered a turnkey, disarmed
Mm and fought their way out of the
prison building.'
The turnkey had gone into the cell
Mock to release the prisoners into
the jail corridor for their daily exercise.
He opened the cells containing Ur
baytis, Kogers and bchultz first,
ihey had improvised a blackiac
from the stops of their hammocks,
with which they attacked the turn'
key, knocking In in senseless.
fhey took hsi keys r.nd weapon
;nd released themselves into the jail
yard, from which they climbed the
lence into the streets and tied.
It was learned shortly -:fter that
a large green automobile had circled
the jail several times before the
escape'.
Hollander to Head
Assembly of League
Geneva. Sent. 5. (By 'r
elated Press.)-!!. A VV
neck, mimtcr
Holland, wv
Regrets
(OwriWfct: 1WH Br Tt (aim Tutu
-nn fit that
a sessions at 11
the as'
tions at
body, wi
here todaV"
He was elected on the second bat
lot bv a vote of 21 to 15. the 15
votes being for Dr. Castoa da Cun-
ha of Bratil. Un the lirt ballot
Van Karncbeek obtained 19 votes,
da Cunha 1. and Giuseppe Motta,
president of Switzerland. 4.
Mellon to Urge
Repeal of 1921
Tax on Profits
Senate Committee Will Con
sider Reduction of Surtaxes
To Stop Investment in
Duty-Free Securities.
Employes Hold
Mine Head and
Family, Report
Striking Miners Near Harris
burg, 111., Said to Be Keep
. ing Prisoners in Hills ;
Workers Leave Camp.
WALKING ANN
didn't -do a thing she
aimed to, hut, as she
, expresses it at the close
of the story, she 4ure"
done a heap else." -
The Road
of Hate
Bf Ckarlet Saxby
f Blue
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A BLUE RIBBON Story !
Next Sunday's Bee
Harrisburg, 111., Sept. 5. Striking
miners at the Rosiclare mine of the
Hillside Fluor Spar company, 40
miles from ' Harrisburg, Saturday
night captured J. C. Swanson, mine
superintendent,, and his wile and
three children, according to word
received here today,' and are hold'
ing them prisoners back in the hills.
Last night the mine guards drove
all strikers and their families from
Rosiclare and they, too, are camp
ing in the hills. .
All wires leading : to Rosiclare
have been cut andreports reaching
here are niagerf-R. R.- Randolph,
Harrisburg business man who at
tempted -to drive to Rosiclare yester.
day with his family, returned to this
city today, having been turned back
by the miners in the hills outside the
tow
Four thousand union men, gath
ered here today for a Labor day cele
bration, are talking- of emulating the
West Virginia miners ami starting
an overland march to aid the Rosi
clare strikers.
Two hundred and fifteen employes
of the mine have been on strike since
last November and there have been
freauent clashes between guards em
ployed by the company and the
strikers. ' v
Capture Denied.
Elizabethtown,' 111., Sept 5. W.
G. Ferguson, superintendent of the
Rosiclare mine, denied today that
striking miners had captured J. C.
Swanson, thev mine superintendent,
and his family as reported at Harris
burg. ' :'
.Following a demonstration by 100
coal miners here Saturday, which
was dispersed by Sheriff Cox and a
force of deputies, all roads .into Eliz
abethtownand Rosiclare are being
guarded today to prevent the strikers
and sympathizers congregating.
; Women Told to Flee.
" Ferguson denied that the mine
guards had driven the strikers and
their families from the company
houses at Rosiclare. The wife of a
strike oraranizer. according to Fer
guson, vigited the miners' wives and
told them to flee from the town be
cause it was to be burned to the
ground by the mine guards. When
the exodus started. Ferguson claims,
the strike committee had photog
raphers ready and took flashlights of
the "refugees" for propaganda pur
poses. Sheriff Cox has increased his force
of deputies and is holding every
road leading into this city and Rosi
clare. The sheriff reported today
that all was quiet.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINQ.
Chiracs TrtbnM-Omaha Bh Lcawd WIN.
Washington, Sept 5. The atti
tude of the senate on the objections
raised to many features of the house
bill revising federal taxation will be
determined largely by the decisions
of the senate finance committee in
the course of a fortnight's considera
tion of the measure beginning to
morrow. The question of the need of raising
more revenue than is provided by the
house bill will be discussed by the
committee with Secretary Mellon on
Thursday. Mr. Mellon is expected
to urge the application of the repeal
of the excess profits tax to income
on the calendar year 1921 in lieu of
the house provision, under which the
repeal would bev effective heginning
with 1922 incomes.
Reduction of the higher surtaxes
with a view to removing the incen'
five of the rich to reduce their tax
bills bv investinsr in tax-frse securi'
ties also will come in for a good deal
of discussion.
Would Require Amendment
This is a difficult, problem. The
only way adequately to deal with it
is to make state and municipal bonds
taxable by the federal government.
To do this, it is held, would require
n amendment of the constitution
which it would be impossible" to
achieve if 13 or more states, were un
willing to surrender their present ad
vantage in marketing of securities
immune from federal taxation.
Some indication of the extent to
which the rich have avoided taxation
in this manner is afforded by the
income tax statistics. In 1918, when
taxes had been nearly doubled, the
number of taxpayers with incomes
of from $3,000 to. $5,000 increased 66
per cent over 1917, while the taxes
they taid in 191? increajed more
than 400 per cent over 1917. . On the
other. hand, there, were 20 per cent
fewer taxpaverg with incomes from
$50,000 to $100,000 in 1918 than in
1917 and the tax yield from this
source increased only 7s per cet
Proposed Auto Tax Doomed.
in view ot tne storm or opposi
tion which greeted proposal? to lfcvy
various new miscellaneous- taxes
when the matter was under discus
sion in the house, it is not likely
that such new taxes as federal
automobile tax, a tax on bank checks,
or an increase in first-class postage
rates will again be given further con
sideration.
As a means of niacins American
business men abroad on more of an
eouality., with their competitors of
other nations, the new tax bill will
for the first time- relieve them en
tirely of taxation at home on their
foreign income.
Provisions providing for -tax ex
emption of what are described as for
eign traders and foreign ttade cor
porations are contained in the tax
bill as passed by the house.' The na
tional foreign trade council has taken
an active interest in the matter and
its investigation of the subiect indi
cates citizens of nearly all the lead
incr nations of the world are cxemnt
from taxation on incomes derived in
others countries.
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btom timti prist mni good bargaint.
Three of Missing Pilots
Are Found Dead in Field
Charleston, W. Va., Sept 5. Three
of the five missing army airmen were
found dead on Twenty-Mile creek at
9:30 a. in. today, according to a re
port received at aviation headquar
ters here. Another was reported as
severely injured. There was no men
tion of the filth man, but the opinion
was expressed that he was in the
wreckage of the bomber that fell Sat
urday afternoon while traveling from
Charleston to. Langley field.
Greeks Capture Two Towns
.And Battalion of Turks
Athens. Sept 5. A Greek official
communication of September & re
ports the capture by the Greeks of
Aminsai and Mount Arbiz. toget.ner
with a battalion of Turks, includmg
its commander.
Flyer in Parachute Drop
Falls 600 Feet ot Death
North Adam'. Mass., Sept 5.
Eugene M. Stafford of Boston, bal
loonist fell 600 feet to his death at
a fair here today. H:s v:eb belt
broke as he changed parach'ites in an
attempted double parachute drop
Newsboy Calls to Companion
To Watch Him End Own Life
Sioux Falls. S. D.. Sent. 5. fSoe-
cial Telegram.) "Here. Shine.
look!"
With these words spoken to a
negro boy companion, Alonzo Gray,
14, newsboy, committed suicide bv
firing a bullet from a revolver into
his brain. He was under parole and
required to make payments on a
large pane - of glass he had . broken
and became tired of making these
payments from his earnings. His
dislike for school also played a part
in the tragedy.
Family of Seven Slain in
Home; Father Suspecetd
Ormsby. Minn.. Sept 5. A family
of seven the father, mother and five
children were found shot to doth
in their home here today, apparently
the victims of the father, Frank
Klocow, a business mac.
The bodies were discovered shortly
cfter 4 in the afternoon, but Coroner
Thompson of St. James -xpressed
the belief they met their dath yes
terday morning.
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Th Working Mun wko inumttod in kigh living ut
kigk pncM in (A atom tin
wilkmo ko had put hU jnonoy in a aft pUujo.
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California Mail
Bandit Escapes
From U. S. Prison
Roy. Gardner at Large Fol
lowing Jail Break in Which
One Prisoner Was Killed
And Another .Wounded. -
Tacoma. : Wash.. Sept 5. Roy
Gardner, , California mail bandit, es
caped from McNeil island federal
penitentiary late today during a jail
break in which- Everett Impyn, a
federal life prisoner, was shot and
killed.; Lawardus Bogart,, another
life prisoner, was shot and possibly
fatally wounded,
.first reports said that uardner
was wounded. Officers started the
chase for him immediately. Warden
Maloney and his deputies said they
were confident Gardner had not es
caped from the' island unless he had
confederates wait me.
J. he tail break came during a ball
game when more than 250 prisoners
were standing around ; the prison
yard watching the game. Gardner
was playing on the team. The three
prisoners are said to have, .made a
rush for the fence. Impyn was shot
and killed almost instantly by the
guards. Oardner got over the fence.
Bogart was recaptured and taken to
the prison hospital.
San Francisco. Sept. 5. The es
cape today of Roy Gardner, Cali
fornia mail bandit, from McNeil
Hayes-Center Man, 88,
Has Fir st Train Ride
Lincoln, Sept 5. (Special.) Silas
Hunt, 88, Hayes Center, Neb., rode
on a train for the first time Sunday
to attend the Nebraska state fair.
He also looked at his first airplane
in Lincoln.
Hunt was born at Heilman, lnd..
and when a youth went overland to
Wyoming with hjs parents. He
lived for 20 vears in a cabin in the
mountains 50 miles northwest of
Cheyenne. Then h became a cow
boy and finally took a homestead
'near Hayes Center,
island federal penitentiary was the
third he had made ' in the last 13
months. On two previous occasions
he escaped from officers while en-
route to prison to serve a long
sentence.
Gardner made his first break for
liberty in August, J920, from a train
at Portland. Ore. -He had been sen
tenced for 25 j'ear? for robbery of a
mail wagon at San Diego.
On June 11 of this' year the bandit
escaped from a deputy federal mar
shal and a federal guard on a train
near Castle Rock, Wash., while en
route "to McNeil Island prison to
serve a term of 25 years for robbing
the mail near Newcastle, Cal. He
had confessed to the robbery. He
was captured at Centralia.. Wash.,, on
June 16 and taken to McNeil Island
prison.
Prisoner Taken 111 on Train
To Boston; Sleuths Rest Here
Two inspectors of detectives from
Boston, en route from San Fiancis-
co to, Boston with a prisoner, M. S
Goodrich, held on a charge of swin
dling a Boston concern out of $12
000, will spend several days m
Omaha. .
Their prisoner was taken from an
overland train here Sunday, suf
fering from an attack of pneumonia,
and pla-ed in St Joseph hospital.
Chief of Police Dempsey today de
tailed a patrolman to guard the pris
oner so the inspectors might see
Omaha.
Boy Steals Ticket
To Take Best Girl
To Distant Dance
Nabbed by Sheriff and Sen
tenced to 10 Years for
"Lifting" Pasteboard
Valued at 70 Cents,
Fontanelle,,Ia., Sept. ' 5, (Special)
Don Means, 20, wanted to take his
best girl to a dance in Greenfield.
Though the railroad tare to ween
field is but 35 cents, young Means
couldn't make the raise. So he broke
into the station here and. stole a
round trio ticket. This has ,;ed to his
being sentenced to 10 years in the
penitentiary, the sentence Deing sus
pended during Means good behavior.
The sentence was imposed by
Judge Hays in district court after
Means had entered a plea ot guuty.
Imposition of sentence was accom
panied by a scathing lecture on good
behavior. -
The offense for which -Means was
sentenced was committed on April
14. The crime was traced to him
by reason of his taking a round trip
ticket These are seldom purchased
and none had been sold the day the
theft was discovered.
Means was arrested by . Sheriff
Sprague as the latter was accompany
ing" his young woman friend to the
dance.
Four Iowans Killed
When Train Hits Auto
Attendance at
Fair, Suffers
Slump Monday
Senator Phipps Better
Washington, Sept 5. The condi
tion of Senator Phipps of Colorado,
who was operated on for appendici
tis in a New York hospital last week,
was reported as more favorable to
day in advices received at his ottice
here. It was added that prospects
ior his recovery were improving. ,
Bloomington, III., Sept. 5. Two
men and two women were killed and
another woman seriously injured
when their automobile was struck
by a ..Chicago & Alton train at a
crossing at Ocoya. I he victims
composed a louring party believed to
be from Sioux City, la.
From letters they carried and in-
ormation received from' the Sioux
City authorities, the dead are be
lieved to be: Carl Johnson. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Leroy Crawford and
Miss Augusta Reed. The injured
woman is Mrs. Carl Johnson, ac
cording . to statements she made
after, she was taken to a hospital.
The car bore a Wisconsin license.
Word came late tonight from Wil
liam H. Reed of Sioux City that Miss
Reed is his sister and that the others
are Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and the.
latter s sister. . .
Turks', Resistance Holds
.' ' Against Greek Offensive
Constantinople. Sept. 5. The
Turkish nationalist right wing and
also the left are successfully holding
notwithstanding the strenuous ef
forts of the Greek forces to break
their resistance, and the fall of An
gora is not likely to occur as soon
as had been anticipated. The battle
has been raging with undiminished
violence, for more than 12 days.
Traffic Cops Placed on Down
town Corners Better
Babies Class Filled to .
Overflowing." ; -
Lincoln, Neb., Sept 5. (Special
Telegram.) After breaking last
year's attendance figures em the
opening day, the Nebraska state fair
suffered a slump in attendance today.
Sunday 15,344 people passed through
the gatesj In 1920 there were only
15,243. ,. - .
Today the attendance was 49,305,
while last year on Monday, 51,802
passed through' the turnstiles.
txhibrts were well attended dur
ing the day. The agricultural ex
hibit formed one of the chief draw
ing cards. Grandstand tickets for
the auto races were nearly sold out
at 11. ....
During the day, J. K. Darnels of
St. Paul was rounding out a life-
sized statue of Gen. John J. Pershing-
on his war horse.
Mrs. A. B. Gadd. superintendent
of the better babies'. department, an
nounced- that it was necessary to
turn dpwn 100 fathers and mothers
who wished to learn if their off
springs coincided with proper sci
entific measurements and , brain
tests.
Lincoln was in its glory, with traf
fic cops and other modern conveni
ences which bless the ' town each
year. AH the principal downtown
corners sported a man with . a po
liceman's helmet and a civilians' suit,
who did highest to keep visiting auts
owners from violating traffic rules.
300 Ku Klux Klan Members
Parade as Loafer Warning
Nacogdoches, . Tex., , Sept. . 5.
.three hundred masked men, headed
bv a man snsoendine a fierv cross
and banner of the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan, paraded the streets
of- Nacogdoches Saturday , night.
The paraders arrived ' herein in a
special train and departed after
posting : placards warning loafers to
get jobs or leave town, assuring all
law-abiding citizens, regardless of
race or creed, that they need have
no fear.
This Burglar Must Be Going
To Take "Time Exposures"
D. M. Sloan. 505 Happy Hollow
boulevard, reported to police yester
day that someone stole a watch and
camera from his apartment during
the night.
Lloyd Myers, 119 North Fif.
Man Held as
Sender of
DeathNotes
Messages Warned of Dire
Cousequences Unless At
lantic Man Discharged
Housekeeper.
Arson Attempt Foiled
Atlantic, la., Sept 5. (Special.)
Peter Byriel, estranged hubband of
the housekeeper in the William
Waters home, was arrested here to
day as the culmination of a series
of threatening notes received by
Waters and the finding of a lighted
caudle in his barn early this morn
ing by a farm hand.
Waters, who is an extensive land
owner and a breeder of Hereford
cattle, engaged Mrs. Byriel as Ins
housekeeper several weeks ago.
Immediately he was bombarded
with notes demanding that he turn
Mrs. Byriel and her children out oi
his house, accompanied by threats
of dire consequences.
' Shoots at Prowler.
Some of the notes were tacked to
the barn door. Others were left on
the porch. They appeared every
Monday morning.
One threatened to "blow you to'
hell." while another was accom
panied by a small wooden cross.
"This can be used on your grave."
the note suggested cheerfully. Still
another note was in a package con
taining a knife blade and several
bullets.
None of the notes was signed.
Following reeeiot of the first two
notes, Waters lay in wait one Sun
day night and shot at a man he
saw prowling about the barn. Th&
next note referred to the shooting.
Saucer Under Basket.
"I'll have to go a little slow," it
observed. "I don't want to get
shot"
This morning a farm hand, named
Erickson, found a lighted candle in
the hayloft of the Waters barn. It
was on a saucer, concealed beneath
a bushel basket, 'and had burned
down to about three inches.
Byriel was arrested while working
with a threshing crew north of
Casey. Ia brought to the county
jail at Atlantic and grilled. He as
serted he was on a farm near Casey
the nights the notes are alleged to
have been left at the Walters iarm.
Inquiry by the authorities seemingly
corroborates this.
The handwriting of the notes, ac
cording to officials, does not- re
semble Byriel's. . -
Nevertheless, he is being held .tor
investigation.,. -
Byriel was separated from his wife
shortly before she became Waters" '
housekeeper. ' '
Two Towns In Path
Of Minnesota Forest
Fires Are Abandoned
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St. Paul, Sept. 5. Two towns.
White Pine and Salona, have been
abandoned because of forest fires as
a precaution against loss of life and
it may become necessary to abandon
McGrath, Adjt.Gen. W. F. Rhinow
reported to his office in the capital
here. He declared his reports in
dicated the situation was growing
more serious.
McGrath, Minn., Sept 5. A 25
mile wind today added to the grav
ity of the situation, but forestry of
ficials continued mobilization ol
forces to combat the flames in the
confident hope that they, could b
controlled.
A light frost last night nipped
vegetation and increased the fire
'hazard. , . .
Refugees were iCared for last '
night at McGrath and other, towns
and farming communities nearby.
Spaniards Bombard
Position of Moors
Melilla, Sept. 5. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Moorish positions
near this city have been heavily
shelled by Spanish artillery men.
Two captured Spanish cannon -which
the Moors had mounted have
beeen rendered useless, according to
reports received here bv the disao--
pearance of their breach locks. The
gunners in charge of the cannon were
punished by death, while the captain ,
of the guard was imprisoned under
threat of execution unless the blocks
were restored.
Yesterday, was the Moslem new
year, and prior to that event
proclamations had been posted in
market places calling upon all faith
ful Mohammedans to gather at Na
dor for the celebration, when "great
events" would transpire.
Presidential Yacht Drops
Anchor in Hampton Roads
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 5. The presi
dential yacht, Mayflower, with Pres
ident and party dropped anchor in
Hampton Roads off Old Point at 4.
Washington, Sept 5. A brief
teenth street reoorted the theft of a ! wireless message received this after-
pair of boxing gloves from his room , noon from the Mayflower with
while he slept
Many Wounded in Street
Riot Saturday in Berlin
Berlin, .Sept 5. Several persons.
among them children, were wounded
by machine gun fare and hand gre
nades during street lghting Saturday
at Coburg between police ard agi
tators. The disturbances followed a
Ipro-repubVcan demonstration.
The Weather
Forecast
Nebraska and Iowa Fair Tuesday
and probably Wednesday; not much
change in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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President Harding and party aboard
said that it has passed Cape Henry
bound for Hampton Roads.: The
destroyer Bagley. which was es
corting the yacht proceeded for
Charleston. S. C
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Widow of Hero of Civil War
- Dies at Chattanooga Home
Chatanooga, Tenn., Sept 5 Mrs.
Alma i. Brooks, 56, widow of
Gen. W. T. H. Brooks, on of the
2J 1 commanding offiicers of the Army of
I the Polnmar -Anrinee fli .vtl war
J 2 II ! died at "the home of a niece here'
Sunday
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