The Omaha Daily-Bee
VOL.. 51 NO. 163.
Debs Given
Freed ombv
President
Socialist Leader ond 23 Other
Wartime Prisoners Granted
Commutations of
Sentences.
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"Lifers" Pardoned
n Tlx Amm'IiH I'rnMi.
"Washington, Dec. 23.- ICiikhc V.
D'K former socialist candidate for
I resilient,. serving' a sentence of 10
years at Atlanta penitentiary or vie
Kiting the espionage act, and 23 otli
it persons , convicted on various
charge? of hindering the govern
nient during the war with Germany,
received udav from President Hard
ing commutations of sentences to
become effective Christmas clay.
At the same -time, five former
American ' soldier serving life sen
tences, pronounced by a military
court for-the murder of a British
officer while serving with the Amer
ican army on" the Klinie, received
full pardon. effective Christmas
day. '' ' : 1 .
Cases Studied Separately. .
The,' action' was taken after' the
"Department of Justice bad studied
separately the cases of l'7 persons
serving sentences, for violating war
time laws and after. At lorncy. .Gen
eral Daughorty had discussed the
suuar.na at jciigiii wtin i resiarut
Ilardiiig, v hrr whs said to he desir
ous, if possible of granting some
panions jor nrismias.
v x lie commutations, it was ex
plained, do" not operate to "restore
citizenship lost by the felony con-
vituuiis oui . uic . paruons qo. sev
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eral ot the civilian offenders will be
deported to the European countries
of their nativity.: two are under ob
servation at hospitals for 'nsane and
others are now out on naroles which
were granted by President Wilson.
List of Men Freed.
Announcement' of the action tak
en was jnade personally by Pres
ident Harding late today. The. list
follows:. . . , i . ,
' The five soldiers given full par
dons are: Carl J. Eryan, James A.
O'Del). -Roy Youngblood. George
Van Glider aud J. It, Richardson,
all, serving life- terms to which they
were sentenced Kvhile with - the
American .army pti the Rhine for
the alleged killing iof 'Gcoree Lance
field, a former British officer.
Among those'- -'whose 1 sentences
were commuted Avere. Charles Ash
leigh, a former newspaper man and
a writer of poetry, who was con
victed at Chicago for ; conspiracy
under the. espionage act and given
a 10-year' sennce. - His sentence
was commuted upon his agreiment
to accept ' deportation to England,
the country' of his nativity.
Other prisoners released includ
ed Orville Anderson, .convicted at.
Dcadwood,' D.. October S. 1918,
tinder the espionage law and sen
tenced to four years; Giovanna Bal
dazzi, sentenced to 10 years after
espionage act conviction at Chica
go; David f Tv, Blodgett, convicted
at Des Moines and serving 20 years
on charges of opposing the select
ive service; act, who is now. in , St'
Elizabeths hospital for the insane
for observation. , t
Other Commutations. '
Others given commutation were J.
T,- Cumbic, convicted at Oklahoma
City and sentenced to six years for
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Slayer of 2 Auto Men
.In Chicago Must Die
Chicago, Dec 2X Harvey Church,
charged with , the murder of - two
automobile" sah-smen, was . found
guilty this morning and sentenced to
death, -r , Church killed the men, Carl
AsmuS . and" Bernard Daugherty,
when: they delivered a car Which he
had arranged to .buy.
The jpoy v'jiijh received the case
last night, reached a verdict on the
first ballot, being unanimous for the
death penalty.
Church, wso is 21, was arrested at
Adams, Wis-T hi former home, a
few days after the double murder.
The body of Ausmus was dug up
under the floor of the garage at the
Church home heef after Daugherty's
body, with hands handcuffed and
feet bound with ropes, was found in
Desplaines river. ., .
1 Church, according to police, made
three detailed ; confessions . telling
how he had arranged to buy a $5,000
automobile ico. jthe salesmen and
then killed theirf with a base ball bat
in the basen-ert of his home when
they delivered the machine.
The defense rested entirely on an in
sanity pla. "
First M. E. Church Memhers
To Hear Preacher at Akron
Members of the First Methodist
church will go to1 Akron, O.. to hear
Rev. Dr. J. V7-G Fast, with a view
to inviting bint to the pastorate o
the church, which will be vacant
when Rev.--Titus Lowe . leaves tq
take up his new duties in the east
Rev. Dr. Herbert E. Keck, pastor
of the Grace Methodist church,
Champaign, 111, recently-declinel an
invitation to the pastorate.
Dr. Stastny Back From
Trip Through Bohemia
Dr. Olga Stastny, Omaha physi
cian, who has-just returned from
Prague. Bohemia, reports that the
house shortage in this country is a
joke, compared to the lack of housing
facilities in , war . torn Czccho
Slovakia. '
Dr. Stastny states that warriage in
tVat country. is practically impossible
because of the noosing and economic
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Socialist Leader to Be
Keleased horn Prison
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U. S. Dry Agents
Kill Bootlegger
In Gun Battle
Trio of Hoollog Uaiul Cap
turedOutlaws Plot Rescue
All Wirfcoiitiui Dry Agents
Rushed to Scene.
Milwaukee. Wis., Dec. 23. Every
federal prohibition officer in Wis
consin last night was rus'hing to An
tigo, prepared to resist efforts to
release two moonshiners, arrested
yesterday after a battle in which
one of their con.rades was shot and
killed.
The battle raized about a shack in
the deep woods near Antigo. The
attack, of the federal men was hand
icapped by the heavy snow. ' It is re
ported .that, several of the moon
shiners were wounded. Reports re
ceived. here say more than 1,900
shots were fired. -
The dry enforcement people have
heard that nToonshininK on a large
scale has been going on in tha north
woods since -winter set in. Several
reports they received . indicated that
the moonshiners had been joined by
men from Kentuckv- and Tennessee.
Ten days atro two- federal 'officers
named 'Annoo and X.uce. started ou
the hunt. They -were aided by Dep
uty Sheriff Harry. Morse of Lang
lade county and Deoutv Wheeler.
Twenty Outlaws.
Yesterday the officers neared a ca
bin in the woods when the were fired
on by outlaws for the' moonshiners.
The' officers after getting reinforce
ments carred the fight forward.
They finally captured the cabin after
killing Julius Wur'ser 'of ' Elton.
The captured his brother Joseph
and Luther Tettington.
The other outlaws aid to num
ber 20 escaped. .Some of them are
supposed to be -wounded 1 -
The prisoners were taken to the
jail at Antigo. Last night it was
reported he others of the gang were
planning a rescue and all the federal
officer's were summoned to guard
the place. - j "
Denied by Sheriff. "
' Antigo, Wis., Dec. 23. Sheriff
Buchen today denied that the men
arrested yesterday were members Of
a whisky ring and that they had con
federate moonshiners who were plan
ning an armed raid on the county
jail to release prisoners. . There has
been no additional guard at the jail,
he said. "
Julius -Wurser, a Kentuckian', who
was killed m a gun battle at a forest
cabin near Elton, and ' his 'brother,
Joe, who was arrested :n the raid.
have been in court here before on -a
charge of making moonshine. The
other prisoner is .Luther Pennington.
Auto Bandits Rob Illinois . .
Bank of $10,000 to $12,000
East St. Louis. 111., .Dec- 23.-The
State Bank of Dupo at Dupo, six
miles south of here, was robbed of
between $10,000 and $12,000 by five
bandits this afternoon. ' George C.
Lindeman, president,1, several em
ployes, including one woman, and
several customers were compelled to
lie on the floor while the robbers
scooped up the money. The ban
dits escaped in an automobile.
Des Moines Marine Wins
Race With Death to Mother
Des Moines, la.. Dec. 23. (Spe
cial , Telegram.) George Bonnett,
United States marine, who escaped
uninjured when the aeroplane which
was bringing him to Des Moines
crashed yesterday at Omaha, won his
race with death.
Bonnett reached the bedside of his
mother, who is slowly dying of tu
mor on the brain, after having trav
eled nearly 9,000 miles from Guam
to the hospital at Des Moines.
Admiral John K. Barton Dies.
Philadelphia, Dec. 23. Read Ad
miral John : Kennedy Barton, 69.
U. S. N.' retired. former engineer in
chief of the United States navy, died
at the Philadelphia navy yard hos
pital today. '
Dealers Find Liquor
In Christmas Trees
New York, Dec. 23. Christmas
tree dealers were surprised today to
find bottles of liquor nestling in the
branches of firs shipped from a point
near the Canadian border.
This discovery, the retailers said,
may explain why wholesalers showed
reluctance to distribute the trees
when they arrived last . night and
doled them out only after loud clamor
jby the dealers, ;
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Of Interpretation of Four
rower Agreement Is
"UniuijKirtant.
Praises Work of Meeting
U Til A.MMlBlnl t'r.
Washington, Dec. 23. President
Harding, in a formal statement to
day, dcclarrd that the differences of
interpretation which have arisen
over the four-power Pacific treaty
are. to his mind, "nniinpor'aut."
Declaring that an unjustified ef
fort had been made to maRiiify his
difference of view with the American
delegates regarding the treaty, the
president asserted that he was "more
than satisfied" with the work of the
delegates and that they had his full
confidence.
He also asserted that an unjustified
charire had been inadi- that the
American delegation is "withholding
information" and that ho could not
permit such a charge to be unchal
lenged. Reverting to another feature of the
fight that is being made against the
treaty in the senate, Mr. Harding as
serted that the pact contemplated no
"alliance or entanglement." It is in
full accord, he said, with cherished
American traditions.
The president asked that "unim
portant' controversies as to interpre
tation should not be permitted to ob
scure the major' purpose of the
treaty, which he said was to pre
serve peace and to provide for a
means of consultation when peace is
threatened.
Text of Statement.
The president's statement, which
was delivered orally and then for
mally given out, follows:
"The president will offer no com
ment on the disputes which attempt
to magnify the differing construc
tions on the four-power treaty. To
hiin these are unimportant. The big
things aimed at are understanding
for peace and an agreement to meet
and discuss the preservation of peace
whenever it is threatened.
"No alliance or entanglement ' is
thought of, none will be negotiated.
It wo.uld be better to rejoice over
things - accomplished than to dw.il
ou differing views which can be of
no great consequence. . -
"The president is unwilling that the
luijusiified charge that the United
States delegates are withholding in
formation shall go unchallenged.-lie
had full confidence, else he had not
chosen them, and he has full confi
dence now and is more than grati
fied over 'their-efforts, because they
are working out the greatest con
tribution to peace and good will
which has ever marked the Christmas
time in all the Christian era.
-"It is -one thing to talk about' the
ideals of peace, but the bigger thing
is to seek the actuality. This . the
conference is doing, in harmony with
an overwhelming .American senti
ment, and the world sentiment, too,
and in full accord with cherished
American traditions." ': :
Progress Toward Peace.
Replying to the question: "Do you
feel that the world has made great
nrogress in the direction of peace
and good will?" President Harding
said:
"I think I made some such reply
to a .similiar question at the last in
terview. I do think so. I believe
it with all my heart. I do not say
that with thought of arrogating to
the United States of America any
greater part of the contribution than
that which has been made by other
nations of like importance and like
civilization But it seems to me that
in 1921, as we have coine ip know
more fully the aftermath of 'the war,
as .we have come to appraise the
unspeakable cost of it all, there is
a new conviction in the hearts of
men that that, sort of appeal the
appeals to arms to settle interna
tional questions is a futile thing and
that we are unworthy of our posi
tion and unworthy of the blessings
which fall to a righteous civilization
if we do not .find some means for a
righteous adjustment without appeal
to slaughter and waste and all the
distresses that attend. I think that
conviction has rooted itself through
cut the world and there must come
some helpful, progressive expression
of it. I think that expression is
being given at this conference. I
have no thought to preach on this
subject today but make your own
applications, please. '
All Settlements Alike.
"When men, sit about the council
table and look each other in the face
and look upon the problems delib
erately, without passion, they find
the way to come to an agreement.
And after all, there has never been a
conflict in the world that has not
been settled in the end in that way.
You have a war; you destroy thou
sands or millions of men and meas
ureless treasure and then you gath
er about a table and 'settle it.
. "'I have a feeling that mankind has
become wise enough to sit down be
fore the war and try to settle it.
' "And that is the object of the four
party treaty. That is why I say the
small lack of agreement in con
struing it is not significant. Why,
if there was a menace to peace in
Japan, what objection could there be
for the United States to sit down
with tier tnena in tne unent ana
with the other great powers and dis
cuss how the matter could be ad
justed? s
"If some one had done that when
Austria was threatening Serbia, there
would have been no European war.
The whole purpose of this confer
ence is to provide some means where
just, thoughtful, righteous peoples,
who are not seeking to seize some
thing which does not belong to them,
can live peaceably toqethft and elim
inate causes of conflict-"
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OMAHA, SATURDAY,
British Warships Rushed
To Quell Riot in Cairo
Malu. Dec, 23,-(t5y A. I'.J-Two
Uritish warships lave received orders
to proceed to I'K)pt immediately
Other units of the Untish .M editor
ranean fleet are under orders to
leave at the shortest notice.
Cairo. Egypt, Dec. 23. (By A. F.)
Said Zagloul Pasha, one of the
Kgyptian nationalist leaders, who re'
fu.sed yesterday to obey an order is
sued by the military authorities that
he and his chief followers case all
political activity and leave Cairo,
was escorted to the railway station
here today uv British troop.
His removal was accompanied by
disturbances. i
Slain Bandit's Pal
Confesses Pair
Held Up Train
Tells Chicago I'oliec Two Men
Participated in Utah Rob
hery and Broke Up
Loeh Card Party.
Chicago. Dec. 23. Clyde Tim-
mons. whose companion, Earl Tim
inons, was shot and killed last night
after they had kidnaped and robbed
Mrs. lames T. Callahan, her daugh
ter and brother, confessed to the po
lice today that he and his partner
had participated in several holdups,
including a Utah train robbery last
August and the sudden interruption
of a card party at the home of Jacob
Loeb ot Chicago last June.
Girl Arrested.
Following the confession police
took into custody Miss Mary Rob
erts. 23. who is said to have been an
intimate acquaintance of the dead
robber.
The tra'n robbery, Tiinmons said,
was on an Oregon Short line tram
on August 31. when the two col
lected $450 from passengers.
Last hriday the'pair held up J. f.
Walsh in Chicago, according to Tim
mons' confession, robbing him of his
automobile and a $5 watch. The
automobile was later recovered.
. Staged Holdup.
Timmons told the Hyde Park po
lice that his home was in Hammond,
Ind. He said that his companion
alone had staged the Loeb card party
holdup, when several- wealthy men
were robbed. A $300 diamond ring,
taken from one of the victims, was
found in his pocket last night, the
police say.
J he .captured :roirer was also
known as Claude Thomas and his
dead . companion was sometimes
known as Carl Gilbert. - :
Victims ' of the - Chesterfieldian
bandit who robbed several - passen
gers on the Baltimore & Ohio flyer
Tuesday night today called at the
police station for the purpose of
identifying Clyde.
Clyde and Earl Timmons had kid
naped Mrs. Callahan, wife of the
former - manager of the Chicago
American league base ball team, her
daughter. Margaret, 17, and George
Hardin, her brother, just after they
had entered a taxicab in front of
their home on the south side. '
Policeman' William McNaughton,
leaning from the running board of a
pursuing car, commandeered by Mr.
Callahan, killed Earl Timmons and
forced Clyde 'o surrender after a
wild zigzag drive, which ended
when the Callahan car was wrecked
by the robbers. The . occupants
were unhurt.
Hylan Faces Jail Term
For Contempt of Court
New York, Dec. 23. Mayor Hy
lan and other members of the board
of estimate of this, city face a jail
sentence for contempt of court un
less they provide in the citybudget,
not later ' than December 25, some
$3,000,000 for pension funds, which
is made mandatory by the state con
stitution. The appelate division of
the supreme court yesterday upheld
the writ of mandamus issued by Su
preme Court Justice Mullan directing
the restitution of the neglected items.
Rum-Crazed Man Shoots
Friend With Shotgun
- Watertown, S. D., Dec. 23. Crazed
from the effects of liquor, and
possessed of the idea that his condi
tion was due to an "influence" his
victim -held over him, G. D'. Harvey
shot Oscar R. Nordgren through the
left breast as the latter slept on a
couch in Harvey's home here early
this morning. .. He used a shot gun,
holding the muzzle close to ,Nord
gren's heart. . Nordgren and F. A.
Redman, neighbors, were staying
with Harvey, who for the past few
days has been too ill from drinking
liquor to be left alone.
Snow in the
Pass
By GEORGIA WOOD SANBORN
f Blue
Ribbon
WkttofT
You will enjoy this BjU6 Ribbon short story of Christmas,,
appearing as one of the magazine features of next Sunday's
Bee. It is a tale of a Christinas misadventure, involving a ,
pleasing bit of Yuletide romance in a plot that is thoroughly
out of the ordinary. "
The Bee offers next Sunday in the Rotogravure Section a
Christmas page unsurpassed in beautiful presentation of the
religious inspiration and significance of the great Christian
holiday. A second feature of this Rotogravure Section for
next Sunday is an attractive page of photographs of beau
tiful doorways of Omaha homes.
THE
Sunday Bee
For
All the
Family
DECEMBER 21, 1921.
The Way It Seems to Mr. Titewad ;
Ex-Soldiers Get
Good Food From
State Hospital
Probe by State Board Shows
Conditions at Tuberculosis
., Institutiou ArcSalisfacr :
tory; Matron Suggested.
Lincoln, Dec. 23. (Special.) Thv
management of the state tubercular
hospital at Kearney is absolved from
any blame in connection with recent
ly published criticisms relative to the
treatment of ex-soldiers, quartered
there by the state board of control, f
L. G Oberlies, who conducted a I
hearing at Kearney, gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"The recent investigation at the
hospital for tuberculous at Kearney
was clarifying and satisfactory to all
parties concerned. '
Good Food Purchased.
"The evidence brought out clearly
that good food' is purchased for the
patients.-' Its preparation is ordin
arily satisfactory and palatable. At
times there live been mixtures ot
food which have not been appetizing
to certain patients, although the vari
ous elements might be very nutri
tious.
"The board feek that a dietition
and matron should be employed,
whose duties' it would be to prepare
menus. -varying the food served, se,
to its nutritious qualities and palat-
abilitv. study calories aiid food values
and furthermore to have control of
the kitchen employes, waitresses,
etc., so that the service would be of
the verv best.
"Dr. Sidwell was exonerated of
any blame and it was clearly brought
out that his treatment of ex-soldiers
is courteous and kind. The prema
ture newsoaoer reports were re
gretted by all organizations con
cerned m the hearing.
Discussion Satisfactory.
"Before testifying, each patient
was assured that his free and frank
testimony would not, in any sensi,
prejudice his treatment or good care.
All. parties concerned in the hearing
feel that it had a satisfactory termin
ation, that yood will result from the
frank and free, and informal discussion.
VlcJhtt
For .
;All the
' Family .
Kill It intl 011
laaau M.M I ln
Second Sadler
Jury Disagrees
Alleged Confidence Man May
Not . Be Tried Again,
" Prosecutor Announces.
After 26 hours' deliberation, a jury
in District JudgsTroup's court try-,
insr Raloh Sadler, charged with con
spiracy to swindle, was discharged at
4:30 yesterday afternoon, after it had
failed to reach a verdict.
This was Sadler's second trial, a
jury, impaneled a mouth ago failing
to reach an agreement after 34 hours.
Sadler was arrested last Septem
ber, after J. W. Kostoryz, formerly
a resident of Atkinson, Neb., told
police that Sadler fleeced him out of
$9,500 on a "fake" copper stock
swindle two years ago.
The jury yesterday stood nine to
three for acquittal, the first jury sis
and six.
O'Sullivan and Ritchie, attorneys
for Sadler, stated that Sadler pre
sented an "ironclad" alibi that he was
in Kansas City at the time Kostoryz
was supposed to have been swindle:!.
Deputy County Attorney Henry
Beal said Sadler would probably not
be tried again.' ,
May Postpone Second
Trial or , Arbuckle
San Francisco,, Dec. 23. District ,
Attorney Matthew A- Brady an-;
nouueed today that the police court
hearing of the perjury charge against
Mrs. Minnie Neighbors of Los
Angeles growing out of the first Ros-
coe C. Arbuckle trial might necessi
tate postponing the opening of the
second trial of Arbuckle on a charge
of manslaughter from January 9, al
though he was ready to proceed on
that date if necessary. . "
The first information on a post
ponement was in a statement by
Police Judge Lyle T. Jacks that
Brady had told him he would not be
ready to pfoceed'January 9. Brady
explained - that he had told Judge
Jacks he was ready to proceed if
necessary, but that a postponement
might be advisable.
- Gavin ; McNab-, chief counsel for
Arbuckle, said he did not wish any
delay.
Unknown Italian Soldier
To Be Honored January 13
Rome,' Dec. ' 23. January 18 has
been set for conferring' the American
congressional 'medal on the Italian
unknown soldier. . According to the
plans, the American ambassador,
Richard Washbutn" Child, will pre
side, assisted by the personnel of the
embassy. , ' r '
Mat. Gen. Henry I. Allen, com
mander of the American occupation
forces, will come from Coblenz to
make the presentation, accompanied
by a detachment of American in
fantry. Representatives of the
American navy also will be present.
Gen. Pershing Sends
Greetings to Army
New York, Dec. 23. General
Pershing has sent out through army
publications this Christmas greet
ing to the American forces:
"Whether in peace or war, it is
the privilege and the duty of the
soldier to uphold the glorious tradi
tions -of the past. During these
times of uncertainty and difficulty,
whether in or out of the army, the
soldier must confidently and cour
ageously do his part to hasten an
era of understanding and peace. Our
army stands for peace on earth, good
will to men.'
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Governor Seeks
Suggestions on
Special Session
Four Subjects ,Are Suggested
By McKelvie in Letter to
-" .Members of State -
Legislature.
Lincoln, Dec. 23. (Special.)
Governor S. R. McKelvie today
gave out copies of a letter which he
sent to members of the legislature,
requesting them to present their
views on business to be transacted
at the special session of the legisla
ture, for which he will shortly is
sue a call.
In his letter the governor out
lines four problems which he be
lieves should be considered at the
special session. He savs that addi
tional questions may be considered
but it is importai-.c that too many
problems be not considered. '
Suggests Four Problems.
The four things which the gov
ernor has in 'mind to include in his
call are the gasoline tax, reduction
of appropriations through cuts in
salaries of state officials and em
ployes, amendments to the guaranty
law and a reappropnation of the
fi:-'s for the new caoitol.
The governor say that he had
planned to ctll the special session
soout February 1, but would be will
ing to nave it come January 18 or
25. . ' .
The letter follows:
Raise Road Funds.
"I have decided to call' a special
session of the legislature, and I am
seeking your opinion regarding the
subjects that should be included in
the call.- The primary , purpose of
this session will be to raise, the
money for road construction through
a tax on gasoline, instead of on real
property (principally farm land), as
is done at the present time. The
decline in the prices of agricultural
products makes the burden of taxa
tion on farm lands doubly hard to
bear and any relief that we can
bring in this quarter will be of gen
uine service to the state.
"Second: Through the. ' operation
of the budget during' the first six
months of this biennium. we shall
be able to antxipate certain consid
erable savings that can be made dur
ing the balance of the biennium in
the salary, maintenance and construc
tion appropriations of the last regu
lar session. " . r - -
"Third: There has been a good
deal of agitation for amendments to
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TWO CENTS
Posse Gives
Pursuit
Of Bandits
Pisgah Hank Rohheri Now
Conceded lty Police to
Have Made Clean
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Loot Nearly. $5,000
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r.andiM, win yesterday nmrniiiR
held up and robbed the bank ut Pis
gah, la.. o( nearly $5,000 in rash and
liberty bonds have made a clean get.
away, police conceded last night.
Posses which have been scouring
the county all day. dispersed lt
pight and returned to their home,
satisfied that further search would he
useless.
The big touring tar in which the
bandits sped after the robbery was
t'ound abandoned on the low river
road at a point on the Missouri
J known as "The Narrows.
Wore No Masks.
The robbery was staged in day
light. Shortly before 10:30 yesterday
morning big touring ear with five
men in it parked in front of the ri
gah bank. The driver remained at
the wheel, the four others sauntered
into- the bank.' They were not
masked. At a signal from one, evi
dently their leader, all drew pNtoK
covered the cashier. J. C. Barker, hi
assistant, I). I.. Smith, and three cus
tomers, driving them at revolver
point to the rear room. Then they
searched the safe and swept currency
from the teller's shelf into a bag
formed by tying the legs of a pair of
overalls. They ran from the bank
r.nd sped s6uth.
Bluffs Police Give Chase.
Alarm was sent to the Council
Bluffs police a few minutes after the
robbery. The sheriff's ofice was no
tified and officers from the polici
station and court house were scut in
two automobiles north along the two
main roads leading out of Council
Bluffs.
Police Judge Frank Capell, Police
men Walter Brown, and Ed Barrett
and Chauffeur Anderson were in the
machine sent out from police head
quarters. All were armed with high
powered rifles. .They followed the
bottom road along the river bank tc,
Crescent, near where they encoun
tered the bandit car and gave chase.
The policemen ' were in a flivver
and the baiidits easily outdistanced
them in their high-powered touring
car. Walter Brown 6bot twice at the
fugitives, both bullet penetrating the
rear seat. It is believed that one 01
them may have struck one of the
robbers. '
Police believe that the robbers
either crossed the Missouri river into
Nebraska at a point near where they
abandoned their automobile, or that
they walked south across the hilh
and are in hidipg in the vicinity of
Mynstcr Springs, just : north of
Council Bluffs.
L "Two Are Identified.
1 Two of the five men in the gang
are thought to have been members
of the same gang which engaged
police and railroad agents in a gun
battle at the Lfena Schneider bandit
farm on October J 4, when Detective
Robert Murray "was killed and
Deputy Marshal Elmer Lane was
wounded. '.-
These men are Tom Haley, who
was disarmed by Federal Agent
Sumner Knox in the upstairs room
at the Schneider farm during that
raid and who later escaped from the
place during the battle, and the
Mexican or Italian, name unknown.
who was found asleep in the auto
mobile when officers arrived at th-j
Schneider place. It is believed the
latter man drove the bandit car yes
terday. ': ' . ,
Used Stolen Car.
Three members of the cans:, one
of them identified by S.-P. Wilson ,
from a photograph as Haley, and
another answering a description of
the Italian driver, held no Wilson
Thursday night as he arrived at his
home. 220 Fuller avenue, and took?
hii car. This was the machine used
yesterday in the bank robbery. They
altered the license number from 441 '
077 to 11,077.
Depositions Form Only
Evidence in Burch Trial
Los Angeles. Dec 23.-rThe trial
of Arthur C. Burch, charged with the
murder ot J. Belton Jeniiedv. was
adjourned until next Tuesday after
a session lasting less than two hours
today. Depositions relating to the
mental condition of Burch formed
the only evidence presented today.
uetense attorneys, said their case
was pract:caily completed with the
exception of a "few scattering wit
nesses," and alienists who will state
their opinion concerning Burch's
sanity or lack of it.' Mrs. Madalynne
Obcnchain, co-defendant of Burch,
has been subpoenaed by the
defense, but has not made known
whetbher she will consent to testify.
Attorneys also stated they had wit
nesses whose testimony would tend
to establish as alibi for Burclj.
Postal Robber Sentenced
To 67 Years in U. S. Prison
Toledo, O., Dec. 23. George Rog
er, alias George Lewis, convicted of
conspiracy in connection with the
$J,000,0iH) Toledo postal robbery last
February, todpy pleaded guilty to the
charge of robbery in connection with
the case and was sentenced to serve
67 years in the federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kan., by Federal Judge
Killits.
Great Northern Cuts Force
St Paul. Dec. 23. Notices of dis
missal, which, it -was said, would af
fect more than 1.000 of the 1,500 em
ployes in the ge icraj office here of
the Great Northern raitwav. were
postea yesterday.