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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 51 NO. 114. iMn m MdNi mmm n. itat. at mm r. ft. UM Art at Mtn I, MTt, OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1921. ' Mali (I atari, !, t4 . M. .iim. mm Mi awtal Mt aMf ) Ml It MM tM M VMM lum Cmi tM Itaatta, THREE CENTS nn m cm X ( 7 3 Burglar Is Killed In Gun Fight Bluffs Officers Surprise Sex tet at Work Man Involved In Omaha Riot Is Slain. Driver of Car Arrested One man Was killed, two are be lieved to have been wounded but escaped, and one man was arrested in a gun battle between eight deputy khertffs and six burglars of the six tcenth avenue gang" in Council Bluffs at .1:30 a. m. yesterday. The dead man has been identified by Deputy Sheriff Wolcott as Jamc . Blankenship, 3617 Avenue A, who was indicted and tried for partici eating in the court house riot in Omaha the night of September 28, 1919. Iwo loaded revolvers were found on him after the battle. The man arrested is Joe Stanley. Surprised in Burglary. The battle took place when the deputies surprised the men trying tc break into the rear . door of the George Lucke store, 620 Sixteenth , avenue. Council Bluffs. Two men were at the shed, two men at the garage, and two men at the rear door of the store. As Blankenship tinkered with the lock on the door, his companion touched his sleeve, according to. the deputies ' who were in hiding, and warned him: "Ssshl." - Blankenship whirled, say the depu ties, jerking two revolvers, one in each hand, from his rip pockets. This action of the two-gun man . drew immediate fire from the shot guns of the deputies. Blankenship fell, mortally wound ed, with a full load of buckshot in his chest. The four others fled, fir ing their guns. Sheriff Groneweg said today he is sure two of thes? men were wounded. "In that close-up firing of the riot guns they must have been filled with buckshot," he said. "I think we'll get both of them." . v Stanley was nabbed while seated on a big truck, half a block from the scene of the robbery. He tried to get the truck started", but ; wasn't quick enough for the dtjrolfesy,tThe truck bore a Nebraska license. The - police were nowhere about, TheLueke store is niar the Rock Island railroad station, on the Manawa street car line. Under Surveillance. Sheriff Groneweg has been watch ing the movements of the "Sixteenth avenue gang") for weeks, he said yesterday. . t : Every movement of this gang has been known to the sheriff for the last five weeks. The members have been responsible for numerousrob berics, he, said. . - The Lueke store had received a large consignment of new dry goods, shoes and furniture , a few days ago,; a fact apparently known to the burglars. r . Three alleged members of the gang were arrested last Saturday tollowing a raid otfVa cottage near Lake Manawa. rH- r ; Audrey McQuillian, 18. 2873 Dor cas street, Omaha, testified against tlicm yesterday in Council Bluffs police court where they were bound (Turn to lo Twa, damn Sera.) Roosevelt's Birthday Celebrated in Gotham Xew York, Oct. 27. Civic, me morial and social organizations joined today in celebrating' the 63d anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's o birth in a scries ot ceremonies nere and at Oyster Bay, the home of the former president. ' The program at Oyster Bay, m- , eluded pilgrimages to Roosevelt's 1 grave by foreign government repre sentatives, delegations of Spanish and world war veterans, boy-scouts and school children of the village. The children also took part in ex . ercises at the Village school where Roosevelt had played the part of Santa Claus at many a Christmas celebration. ' In New York, the program began with a birthday pageant at. Carnegie hall, in which several hundred high school girls participated. - " ', The climax of the day will be reached at a dinner for boy scouts, at which Postmaster General Will Hays, Earl Beatty, admiral of the British fleet, and William Boyce Thompson, president of the Roose velt Memorial , association, will speak. . Prohibition Agents Plan t . "Dry" Campaign in Michigan Detroit. Oct. 27. J. R. Davis. federal prohibition officer for Mich . igan, announced he was making plans for a drive against the illicit liquor traffic in Michigan. : ' "We plan a general cleanup of conditions at the Canadian border," he said, announcing the federal au thorities would be aided in the effort by city and county authorities. The cleanup will be timed, he said, .to take place while the November federal grand jury is in session, which begins aext Tuesday. . ; "Miracle Man" in Jail St Louis, Oct 27. W. B. Thomp son of Los Angeles, -who styled himself as "the miracle man," is in jail here cm a charge of practicing medicine without a state license- State Park at One Aim of ri.-! - irr t iiiiruieii vi various Brandies ui uiauaiii - ,i ' a -if.-iii rn-ii -M vr l. a l.' 1 l IXuoV CLiviLies ieii oi Since Last Convention Sober Progress Is Urged. By MYRTLE MASON. Slaff t'otraapaadaat af Tte Omaha Ba. Seward, Neb., Oct. 27. Perfect Nebraska weather made Thursday a record day, in point of attendance. tor the state convention of the Ne braska Federation of Women's clubs meeting at Seward. Six hun dred women, 351 of them official delegates, were at the sessions. They represent 14,000 federated club women in the state. Balloting went on during the af ternoon at the Methodist church, Mrs. E. B. Penny of Fullerton being the only remaining candidate iot president, and Mrs. John Slaker of Hastings, for director to represent Nebraska in the national body, there is little excitement over elections. Mrs. Paul Ferryman of Ord, now corresponding secretary, who with drew from the race for the presiden cy of the state federation, was elected treasurer. Mrs. A. E. Sheldon of Lincoln, present director, also was nominated but withdrew her name over the is sue of combining the offices of pres ident and director. Mrs. Sheldon has been a consistent advocate of this principle since the state meeting at Fairbury in 1919. ' Chadron Woman Chairman. Mrs. W. P. Heath of Chadron is chairman of the elections committee. Mrs. Vincent Stahl, Seward, is vice chairman. , Tellers are: Mrs. Effie Boyer, Both Factions Predict Victory In Dakota Recall Party Lines Submerged in Fight Between Nonpartisan - League, and Independent - Voters' Association. FaVgo, ' DS Oct. 27North Da- kWa warntest political campaign in years closed tooay. m a eota drizzle, 'with prospects that heavy roads might decrease tne vote in tomorrow 4 recall election. From both the Nonpartisan league and independent factions came pre dictions of victory, the leaguers fore casting an overwhelming victory for Governor Lynn J. J? rawer ana two other league-affiliated officials, and the independents predicting ma jorities of from 10,000 to. 15,000 votes. -: .; Party lines have been submerged and the election,: brought on peti tions circulated by the Independent Voters' association, comprising all anti-nonpartisan league factions, is on the out and out issue of the league. - ' ; The three .Nonpartisan endorsed officials against whom the recall is aimed are Governor Lynn J. Frazier, William Lemke, attorney general and acknowledged leader of the league forces in the state, and J. N. Hagan, commissioner of labor and agriculture. ODDOsinir these otticiais, tne in dependents have placed these candi dates in the field: K. A. XMestos ot Minot. an attorney, for governor; Sveinbjorn Johnson of Grand Forks, an attorney, for attorney general, and Joseph A. Kitchen of Sentinel Butte, a farmer, for commissioner oi labor and agriculture. The political complexion of the re call ticket on old party lines is shown in that Mr. Nestos is chair man of the North Dakota republic an - committee and Mr. Johnson is chairman of the democratic state cen tral committee. Mr. Kitchen is the leader of the anti-league . forces in the league strongholds west of the Missouri river.,'... ' ( ; ': While the attempt to recall three state officials is considered the pri mary object of the election, a group of proposed laws also will be sub-, mittcd to the voters as initiated mea sures. One of these would do away entirely with party designations in the election of all state officials ex cept senators and representatives in congress. - Grand Custodian of Masons Spends Week at Table Rock Table Rock, Neb., Oct 27. (Spe cial.) Robert E. French, grand cus todian of the Masonic order, whose home, has been at Kearney for many years, has been in Table Rock for a few days past giving instructions and lectures on the tenets oi tne or der. Members of that order from nearby towns have also been in at tendance to receive instructions.. . New Manager at Table Rock N Is Named by Farmers Union Table Rock, Neb., Oct 27. (Spe cial.) Bert Bechtel, who lives near Pawnee City, and who lately super seded Andy , Peterson as manager of . the , Fanners' union at Table Rock, has been superseded by Oscar L. Wiar, who has been . assistant manager for the past seven or eight years, 'Inspect Callaway Schools Callaway, Neb- Oct.v 27. (Spe cial.) The state high school inspec tor has visited the Callaway schools and placed them in class A. Scouts' Rest Women's Clubs t- -t r w urn. Accumunsiieu ' Fawnee City; Mrs. O. M. Jones Omaha: Mrs. a. Ireeman, isner Mrs. 61. K. Byrnes, i.rete; Mrs. Jo sephine F.ngstrom, Holdrege; Mrs, George Stevenson, Broken Bow, Doorkeeper: Mrs. Leroy Davis, Lin coln. Inspectors: Mesdames C. L. Hempel, Omaha: J. Mellick, Fre mont. and John Pfeiffer, Nelson. Thursday morning was given over to reports of state chairmen of de partments. Mrs. Anna Morey of Hastings told of the work of the art committee during the past year. Mrs, L. A. Miliar of worth Bend, one of the leaders in the fight for movie censorship law, reported on civics, and Mrs. J. H. Corrick of Palisade, on conservation. Tells of State Park Law. Mrs. Corrick told what her com mittee did toward the passage b the last legislature of Senate File 18 creating a state park hoard. An ef fort now is being made to make state park at Scout's Rest, old home of William Cody, "Buffalo Bill," she said. Home-making study in the clubs, larger use of libraries for help in solving housekeeping problems, and group discussion of them, were ad vocated by Miss Alice Loomis of Lincoln, state chairman of home economics. Need Sober Progress. "Concentrate on a definite piece of work, advised Mrs. Louise Ormsby (Tarn to Fag. Two, Colama Two.) Auditor Opposes Trip to New York Of Capitol Board Marsh Declares He Will Seek Authority to Prevent State 1 Paying Expenses of Commission. LiiM:oIn, XJcfecjaia-yrhe Old row between constitutional ofn cers and the state administration broke out here again today when George Marsh, state auditor, called newspapermen in his office and an nounced that he was opposed to the proposed trip of the state capitol commission to New York to examine final plans of the architect for the new $5,000,000 Nebraska state house. - Marsh declared this was a junket ing" trip, which would do the state no particular good and declared the architect could come to Lincoln with the plans for examination much cheaper than the commission could go to New York. ., Made Trip of Own. Marsh declared he intended to consult counsel to ascertain whether he could legally turn down expense warrants for the proposed trip. -Marsh admitted his official skirts were not entirely clear of personal junketing expeditions. He was asked if he didn't go to Montana at the state's expense last summer to at tend the national convention of state auditors. "Yes," he replied. . " "How much did it cost the state?" "From $75 to $100." "Do you think the trip did the state any good?" "I don't know." , Junket Is Postponed. . The trip will be postponed from the original date because of the ill ness of Architect Goodhue. Ever 'since the governor initiated the code department and stripped the auditor and other constitutional offi cers of some of their former power, public statements by certain of the constitutional officers derogatory to the state administration have been a common occurrence, v Governor McKelvie declined to discuss the attack today, saying any statement would come from the cap itol commission as a whole. Street Car "Skip-Stop" System Here to Stay Lincoln, Oct 27. (Special.) The skip stop system on Omaha street cars will not be- discontinued.--. The state railway - commission to day denied the application- of Omaha petitioners made several months ago to discontinue the skip stop. The commission declares that the company would lose $50,000 a year if the old system of stopping cars at every corner were restored. Besides, the "skip stop" system is a good thing, says the commission, enumerating these . advantages which it has: Lessens expense, quickens journeys, makes riding more com fortable, saves current, saves wages. reduces accidents, reduces congestion; Rescuers Dig Desperately.-to , ; Save Two Entombed Miners , Britainnia Beach, B. C, Oct 27. Rescue gangs were- still at work last night in a frantic attempt to reach two- miners entombed by a rock slide at the 2,300 foot level of a mine here for six days. Officials hold to the belief that the men are alive.' Air has circulated m the shaft and the two carried emergency ra tions. . Priest Seen nor oi -...v'-t-' a- 11'. .11 " ...c v Murder 10 Curate Asked Mine Foreman Way to House, Then Went, Alone, Along Road Where He Was Shot Hounds Delayedby Storm Lead. S. D.. Oct 27. Blood hounds, put on the trail of the slayer of rather A. o. Belknap, whose body was found in Poorman's Gulch road yesterday morning, led a posse through a blinding snow storm di rectly to the home occupied by Tony Bartolino, an Italian, and a man named Nimon Kootzman. " Bartoh'no is the man reported to have discovered the body of the priest Lead, S. D., Oct. 27. A new angle to the murder of Father A. B. Belknap developed here today when Arthur Miller, assistant night fore man of the Homestake Mining com pany, told the police he had met the priest while the latter was on his way to answer the supposed sick call which sent Father Belknap to his death at the hands of an assassin yesterday morning. Miller is the only man known to have seen 'the priest after the latter left Bishop Lawler's residence. Miller told the police he had just got off his shift at the mine and vas walking to his home in Bender park, about a quarter of a mile from the scene of murder when he was passed . on Main street by a man walking very fast. Miller said ne followed along after the man and after v he, had gone two or three blocks the man waited for Miller and introduced ' himslef as Father Belknap. The priest was alone,' ac cording to Miller. Miller said the priest told him he was on his way to answer a sick call, lhe priest asked Miller, the latter told the po lice, where a certain family lived in Bendtr park, a suburb of Lead, tell ing Miller he thought their residence was near the oil tanks of the Stand ard Oil company, - near the city limits. j- ' - - "1 ';,.,Hrtrlistriictlosv- - 'Miller said tie accompanied the priest to a point near where Father Helknap wat going, gave mm in structions how to reach the home, and bade him goodnight. The spot where Miller left the priest, he said, was at the top of the hill leading down to a small settlement known as "Poor Man's Gulch." The priest s body was found near this place.'"- V . ' , ' ' "' . ) Miller told the ponce that alter leaving Father Belknap, he .went to his own home and retired.. He said he did not hear the shots which pre ceded the death of the priest. ' ' Questioned by Deputy Sheriff Warren Owen, Miller said he could not remember the name of the man whom Father Belknap had told him had come to the bishop s home and asked the priest to make the sick call. ' Attempt to Steal Auto. Miller said that' before he parted company with the priest, father Belknap told him someon had at tempted to steal his automobile dur ing the night. The priest said he had heard some one in his garage, according to Miller, and declared when he attempted to start the ma chine for the journey to the sick man's home the car would not work. The priest explained, Miller said, that he had therefore, been com pelled to make the journey on foot. After talking with t Miller, authon- iTmH to Pas Two, Column Fonr.) , Dividend Announced New York. Oct. 27. The Coca Cola company announced a dividend of $1 per share on common stock. This is the first dividend paid on that issue since July, 1920. ' Sunday Bee Circulation last Sunday was 1. - - The Attempt to Save Aero Congress ,:V Madeby CoG Executive Committee Reverses Action Taken Against Meet Last Tuesday $16,500 v Already Pledged. ' The executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce, at a special meeting held at noon yesterday, voted to co-operate in the effort to save the International Aero congress from financial disaster, reversing the committee's adverse action taken last Tuesday. The congress is scheduled to be held here, November 3 to 5. : The executive committee voted to appoint five men to co-operate with a committee of five appointed by the guarantors of the congress and with a committee of five from the Omaha Aero club to raise the. additional $3,500 needed, relying on statements made by Aero club officials that $16, 500 has. been raised of a total of $20, 000 required., Specification' was made by the ex-, ecutive committee of the Chamber and the guarantors' committee that these ' two committees are to have charge of disbursement of all funds in the future. ' . The executive committee was in formed that, included in the $16,500, said to have been rasied, is a pledge by each of. 105 members of the aero club to sell $30 worth of tickets, this' totaling $3,150. ' v v..- ;. The executive committee members yesterday pledged $1,500. Last Tuesday the Chamber ex ecutive committee met and decided that, in view of financial difficulties of the congress and the impending railroad strike, it should be called off. Horrible Example fOawrtftr: aVrfc OkUtf trQimt.J- Texas Member Of House Faints When Cecsured Reprimand Resolution Passed By Overwhelming Ballot After Mondell Resolution To Expel Defeated. ' Washington, Oct 27. The house of representatives today voted to cen sure and to direct the ; speaker to reprimand ' publicly Representative fi lan ton, . democrat -'Texas,' after resolution to expel Mr. Blanton had failed by the narrow margin of eight votes.' : : The vote on the resolution was 203 for expulsion and , 113 against arid one voting present. This lacked eight votes of the necessary two- thirds to expel the,-Texan. .Couldn't Condone Action. Representative Garrett, the demo cratic leader, declared he could not and would not excuse or condone the action of Mr. Blanton in causing offensive language to be published in the record, although he did not think it warranted expulsion. lhe offense, however," he added, "deserves the most severe rebuke and censure the house can impose." , There was surprise on the floor when - Representative Graham, re publican, Pennsylvania, spoke against expulsion. He declared there was not a man in the house who be lieved Blanton v put -objectionable words in the record' to be "blas phemous or obscene. He asserted the Texan "was fighting an evil with a seal that makes a bigot." Balance Swung. , . -The balance was swung about moment - later when Representative Hourke Lockran. democrat. New York, urged adoption; of the expul sion resolution. -.; When it was apparent the resolu tion of censure would -be adooted by a wide margin, Speaker Gillett an nounced that he would reprimand nianion oeiore ns colleagues im mediately after the completion of the vote.- Representative Blanton was then taken before the bar of the house by the ; sergeant-at-arms and : publicly censured and reprimanded by Speaker Gillett There were a few hisses from the republican side. Speaker Gillett censured Blanton. who walked from tbe floor and faint ed in the house lobby, falling upon his face.. - v . . . . ., . -, Order of Eastern Star ;- V ' . - Elects New '. Officers Sioux City, la., Oct. 27. Mrs. Edna Zerwekh of Perry and George H. Hamilton of Des Moines were elected worthy grand matron, and worthy grand patron, resoectivelv. at the 44th annual session of the grand chapter. of the Order of the Eastern afar today. Mrs. Grace Sprecher of Denison was chosen associate grand matron and John Hammill of Britt, lieuten ant governor of Iowa, -associate grand patron. - . - ' Presidio Commander Dies. ' San Francisco, Oct 27. Colonel Joseph T. Clarke, 59, post surgeon at the fresidio here for some years, died suddenly yesterday. He was A widow and two daughters survive, graduated from West Foinin 1885. YeggmenBlow y. Nebraska Safe: Farmers Overhear Plans Notify Sheriff Hyers Depu ties Hide in Wrong Town : Robbers Escape. i Lincoln, Oct 27. (Special.) Robbers, believed to be from Oma ha, blew the safe in the ' Farmers' State bank at Wabash, 25 miles east of Lincoln, in Cass county, and made their escape with about $2,000 early this morning. Efforts to report the robbery to State .Sheriff Hyers right after the safe was bldwn were held up two Lhcmrs because, it is believed, . the i .it , . , . i roDoers naa cut ine wires some distance outside of Wabash before they blew the safe. , . Fanners Eavesdrop. . " Four men are believed to have robbed the bank. Yesterday an automobile was seen parked in side road near Greenwood, a few miles north of. Wabash. As there had been much chicken stealing in that vicinity lately, two farmers, R. E, Climber and William Beckmeyer, decided to investigate the four men. Ihey crept through the weeds to within a few feet of th.e car where they listened. ; They heard the men talking about having been in jail in Omaha. Wrong Towns Watched. "Well, we'd better . start. We have them wires to cut and the 'box' to blow tonight," one of them re marked just before they drove away. about dusk. , . The 'two ' farmers immediately tailed , up Hyers .. in Lincoln. He dispatched deputies in - automobiles to Greenwood, Eagle, Prairie Home and Murdoch, where they watched the banks all night. .This morning camej the news that the ,"job" had been done. in vv abash. . -.L Kansas Mine Wrecked - .V By Dynamite Blasts " Pittsburg. Kan..' Oct' 27. The Gray Wolf mine, near Gross, Kan., was wrecked by two charges of dynamite shortly before midnight last night ; , : The Weather Forecast '. , Nebraska Fair- Friday and proba bly: Saturday: slightlv cooler Fri day in east and south central por tions; rising temperature Saturday in west portion. v v Iowa Generally fair Friday and probably Saturday; somewhat cooler Friday. . Hourly Temperatures. m si I P. ... . a p. .., t p. ;.p- .., p. ... p. ... a p. m... a, 7 S ft. m. 9 m. m. . ..SI .. .. ..M 1 K m. 11 a. m. IS Highest Thursday. Chtyenn . ...... 4'PoMo , Dmrcnport . ..MlRaptd Cltr ..tiRalt Lake ., Santa Fa .. ..T4ighertdan . . ..SOjSlnas Cltr . ..iVintUi . DitTr ... D Molf.M . Dodr City . lender . ... ...!n .... KerU Plttt . BODY HIED TO DRAW UP RESOLJONS Action Taken Following Serie Of Conferences Between Labor Board and Brother hood Officials at Chicago. ULTIMATUM DELIVERED BY U.S. WAGE COMMISSION Members Declare They Will Deal With Workers "With Ungloved Hands" Un less Peace Is Declared. Bf Tba A Mar laud rraat. Chicago, Oct 27. Chiefs of tha "Big Five" rail labor unions, which have called a strike for October 30, tonight appointed a committee to draw up a resolution calling off the proposed walkout and present it as quickly as possible at a meeting of the labor leaden who temporarily adjourned their session, begun this morning, pending action by the com mittee. Indications were that it would be some time before the reso lution could be drafted. ' The resolutions committee began work at 8:30 p. m. It had been in structed to "work carefully and bring back a resolution which will explain fully the unions' attitude in the matter." . Several union chiefs, among them W. G. Lee of the trainmen, said that they believed that the resolution would be passed without serious op position. , Ultimatum Delivered, . Chicago, Oct 27. A day of rail union meetings, sessions of the rail road labor, board and conferences between, representatives of the two groups tonight found the strike sit uation outwardly unchanged but with high - officials of . the -employes' ' orf ganizations declaring that the walk-' out might be called off by morn ing, and the board informing them that unless peace came by then,' it would "deal with the unions with ungloved hands" in its attempts ta Lprevent an October 30 walkout. ; lhe statement from the labor board was delivered to union com mittees which called on the board today to report progress of the joint conference of chieftains of the switchmen, trainmen, conductors, engineers and firemen, which was forced , to adjourn late today with out taking action because the lease on the meeting rooms had run out. The session was continued at a ho tel later, however. . , . , Expect to Call- Strike Off. Just before 'entering "the night meeting, W. G; Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railrdad Train men, gave the following statement to The Associated Press: . "There is' every reason to believe certain arrangements will be made tonight whereby the strike scheduled for October 30 will be called off. "I am not at liberty ,now , to say what these arrangements ' will be, but I will say certain conditions re sulted from today's meetings which have materially changed the situa tion and which" lead, me to believe that the meetings tonight will result in there being no strike." ' W. S. Stone, president pf the con ductors, said as he entered the night meeting: - - - ' ; v- -' "Something is going to break to-" night. I can't tell you : what, though." .. . ' - ; "' :' ' According to several members of the board, the labor committees which conferred witli it were told . that the board would defer until to morrow ' its deqision on the hear ing yesterday to which the carrier and the unions were cited to find out, if the transportation act bad been violated in the strike activities.' , Government Backs Board. ' . , Labor men were informed that unless the crisis were settled tomor row, the board would take its most . drastic action, thus far: and that it had received assurances from Wash ington ; that the full force of the government would . be behind it in -any action taken' or in preventing an interruption of transportation. Statements that peace phobably would result from tonight's confer ence of the union leaders also were made by severay Chieftains who . heretofore have been termed "ex tremists" by their cohorts and those who have always been among the first to advocate a strike. Indications that tonight's confer ence would be a long one were seen,' hawever, in the action of many rail labor, leaders in cancelling reserva tions they had made . on outgoing: trains. . Early in the day Ben W. Hooper. vice chairman of the board, attended meetings of the union heads and pre sented copies of the .board's recent resolutions not to consider wage re-' ouction petitions for any class of. workers until rules and working con ditions for-that group had been set tled. He also was reported .to-hava urged cancellation of th strike order' pending formal hearings on wages by-the board and to have outlined to the union possible plans for avert ing a walkout . He appeared be fore them in a personal capacity an (Tarm to at Tw, Catuui Oaa