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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL 51 NO. 282. Sanaa eta mum M. mm m 0. Ksaaj Art at Mm a, UV. OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1922. Si MM II twll Sat M Saaatl. M ,,. ItML IM M M4. fcwi M mm mm tl att Mm, a . IKi M- TWO CENTS Russians Plan to Quit Socialism I realized Kerognilioit of Pri v :le Property llighl Pro urcJ in Decrees by the Soviet Government. Want . Foreign Capital Moscow, May !2.-(By A. P.) Legalized recognition of private ptoivrty rigtits in money, industrial and agriculture product and other personal property, ami to a certain extent in real estate, it proposed in decrees which the soviet government prepared for presentation before the u!!icd-Kusian control executive com mittee for parage at its opening scs n 'ii today. The committee, which in effect is t!.e Russian parliament, is tiiut asked ! make U't enabling forcigti capi t; I to work hand in hand with soviet Ivussia and also to pass another de crre giving pcisants prolonged tcn ii.'e of land which they now hold, ' as well as tli; right to lease land under certain circunictauees. ' To Recognize Private Property. The decree recognizing private properly, as drafted by the rommiv i aria t of juMicc, provides that for eigners outside of Kussia shall be ' tfiven the rights of protection of ilicir property fcnly on condition that Russians are granted the same rights Moscow. May 12.-(ByA. P.) The soviet central executive committee officers have ordered a stay in the execution of the II persons, convicted of having op posed the requesitioning of church treasures and participa tion in disturbances. The stay is operative pending appeal to the supreme tribunal. Eight of the convicted are priests, two , are laymen and one is a woman. abroad, but foreigners within Russia also legally arrange for the right lo do business, would be granted the same rights as Russian citizens. . The right to own buildings is lim ited by the decree to suiull struc tures. The decree also would le galize the regular arrangement of ciimmetciat agreements, providing for the usual annulment of such ar ' TJingomcnts in case of frauds or other misrepresentations. ' ' - "A Step Backward." " ''Tlie decree purpose? to make pos sible the collaboration -.-pf soviet Kussia with the capitalists of Europe and America," says" Economic Life. "It is not a mere demonstration for the present Genoa conference, which is falling through, of for the near future. - It is a measure for continued upbuilding, making it ', possible to 'strengthen ourselves economically to consolidate our work and to give guarantees; to our friends in the (1'wp to Pace Two. Columa four.) ., Substitute Bonus Bill Introduced Would Give Veterans 50 Per Cent Cash Payments Re f erred to Finance Body. Washington,- May 12. A substi tute soldiers' bill, under widen- vet erans would receive SO per cent cash payments, was introduced today by Senator Bursum, republican. New Mexico, and referred to the senate hnance committee. - ., The balance due to ; veterans .would be covered by certificates of indebtedness payable September 30, 1927, and drawing interest at the rate of 3Yi per cenffrom next Oc tober 1. ' -- ' . " " Aside from the cash and certifi cates option, veterans would be per mitted to select vocational training, "aid. under .'the land purchase . plan veterans could - make; homesteads upon any public lands, paying $1.25 : per acre by means of the certificates ot i indebtedness. If the land cost less than the face value of the cer tificate the difference would be paid - in cash. . Veterans entitled to only $50 would be paid in full. Payment would be at the rate of $1 a day for domestic service and $1.25 for for eign service, with the maximums , $500 and $625, respectively, as in the house bill. - .'' - "' 11 " 1 " i ; ''""s.' - Hearing in Case Against Ex-Bank Head Postponed Plattsmouth, Neb., May 12. (Spe cial.) Hearing in the case of the " state . against Charles ' Parmele, charged with indirect borrowing while at the head of the new defunct Bank of Cass County, again has been postponed, this time to June 10, William Deles Dernier of JLlmwood, appointed by the county commis. sioners as special judge, was present to begin hearing of thee ase, but as his bond had not yet been approved ' by the commissioners, on agreement ot both parties the postponement was granted. , The state has presented a new com plaint against Mr. Parmele, embrac ing 17 counts, instead of the three . preferred m the former bill Kansas , Bachelor for Over 7 1 X ears low rroud f ather Kansas City. Mo., May 12. Peter Halbauer. 72, has been married less than a year,, but he is no young ; bridegroom to call married life a v failure. Just now he is receiving ; congratulations for beinir a proud daddy, the father of Peter, jr., born a few weeks ago, Mrs. Halbauer is . .35. the mother of four children by a v former marriage. . Halbauer was a bachelor or over 71 years. - , -." o . , " Says French Didn't Force Her to Depart tPygy Hopbine n Ban on Pictures Arouses Wrath of Peggy Joyce "I Think This Is Outrageous!" Exclaims Actress on Arrival in New York Will Sec Her Lawyer. New York, May 12. Customs officials late today seized a diamond and emerald plaque valued at $14,000 belonging to Peggy Hopkins Joyce, which, they asserted, the actress had not declared when she returned to day from Paris on the Mauretania. New York, May 12. Peggy Hop kins Joyce, returning today from France on the Mauretania. bubbled oyer with indignation when on the trip up the harbor from Quarantine she was shown a Washington dis patch stating that the Motion Picture Theater Owners' of America had banned any films in which. she might be featured, "in the interest of a clean screen." Miss Joyce's baggage was ordered detained 'and sent to the appraiser's store. Customs agents later subjected her to an' examination, but declined to comment. 1 .-" "This is Outrageous!" 'I haven't committed any crime." asserted the actress, whose name has been mentioned in .dispatches from Paris' in connection with thai recent suicide there of "Billy" Krrazuriz, attache of the Chilean embassy. The Errazum family has indignantly denied reports that the attache died because of unrequited love of the actress. ' ' "I think this is outrageous, she continued. "If it has come to pass that my name is associated with men who have been charged with crimes, the day of chivalry in America is gone. I have confidence in the fair play of my American .brothers and sisters, and that they will give me a square deal. Denying that, she had been hur ried out of F ranee because of the Chilean's suicide she said: "The French police never came to see me about the suicide. The French people mind -their own business, and that is more than I can say about some Americans abroad." The actress said she intended to take up the theater owners' ban with her lawyer here before proceeding to Norfolk, Va., for a month's rest. Passport Revision -A in China Is Asked Shanghai, May ,12. A request for the revision of the American' passport regulations has been made' to the state department through Consul General E. S. Cunningham by -the American Chamber of Commerce. . The present : American regulations provide that if a passport has expired and it is desired to renew it, applica tion must be accompanied by $10 gold. Approximately 90 days is necessary to forward the application to Washington and . obtain renewal of the passport In the meantime, if the aoDlicant desires to travel on business trips in the far feast, it be comes necessary for him;, to obtain an emergency passport from the lo cal consulate This also costs $10 . In its letter the chamber points out that local British residents may obtain passports from .their consul general for ... $ gold such pass ports being valid for two years and renewable for four further, periods of two years each upon payment of a fee equivalent to 50 cent gold. The chamber asks that' similar pro visions be made by the United States. innnnnnrirn ft rn" " a If you don't see what you want, ask for itPut a "Want" Ad in : -The Bee 17th and F&rnam ATIantic 1000 LaFolletteiljtt ... VV II II I " ? Big Merger Wisconsin Senator Demand Department of Justice Stop Proposed Consolidation of Steel Firms. Says Monopoly Planned Omaha Br t WIN. Washington, May li-Without opposition the senate today adopt ed the resolution of Senator La Fol lette, Wisconsin, calling upon the attorney general and the federal trade commission for information as to what action they intend to take with reference to the propocd mer ger of independent steel compir.ies. Adoption of the resolution was pre ceded by an address by Senator La Follette, in which he demanded thai the Department of Justice take step to prevent this merger. He denounc ed the United States Steel corora tion and assailed the decinion of the supreme court of the United Stittts in discussing the govemnent dis solution suit, a on of the "i.iost in defensible decision ever renJeied by any judicial trihu siii." Senator La Folnc, besides dwell ing on the plans u.r a coint:ntiot of six or seven . :ndepenJent steel companies, also r'-fcired to the pio posal of the eth Miem Steel com pany, announced yesterday, to pur chase the LackawaiUia company. Charges Monopoly Planned. Senator La Follette charged that the purpose ot the proposed merger is "the elimination of whatever com petition now e::i-i'.s in the steel in dustry and the ci-cliou of a situation where pric,s may be fixed upon a monopoly bn'.z sithout feat of de tection. ' . "The coiuintuit on of thu merger must be pr.v.':wcJ." said Seuafoi La Follette. "This ,'s iie agi of steel. Iron and steel today lie at the base of every human aciiivily. Without steel our farms cannot be cultivated, our railroads would rrue to operate, our industries would be prosinJed and our very homes could not be built. "The men who control this basic commodity control the nation. A little more than 20 years ago they secured complete control of one half the industry by the formation of a corporations great that it stag gered the nation. They could control the other half of the industry only by agreements at understandings with the so-called mdpefwjent companies. These agreement worked well dur ing the : periods of prosperity, but they were inconvenient, and like all these gentlemen's agreements, were likely to be broken when there was a scramble for business, v Formation Illegal. ; "Today they are proposing to bring the' other half of the industry under one consolidated control - so that in future, instead of operating through the medium of understand ing to which there were a dozen or more parties, they will be able to make firm and binding agreements between the two great corporations which ' will dominate the industry. Gary dinners will no longer be neces sary.' Instead, the heads of the two great corporations will be able to sit down at a lunch' table and. without fear of detection, fix the price of every pound of steel sold in the United States. "The formation of the United States Steel corporation was illegal and should have been prevented when it was first announced 20 years ago. This is not' merely my opinion. It is an' inseparable part from the opin ion which the supreme court of .the United States rendered in 1920, dis missing the suit against the United States Steel corporation,- one, of the most remarkable and, to my mind, indefensible decisions ever rendered by any judicial tribunal." Reserve Fund Draft Made for Failed Bank Lincoln, May 12. (Special.) J. E. Hart, secretary of trade and com merce, announced that an assessment of 10.8 per cent on bank guaranty reserves would be necessary to cover $240,000 missing from the failed Bank of Cass County, Plattsmouth. ; . After this draft is "-made. Hart stated, there would be $1,982,3 18, left in the guaranty fund. Three, separate . complaints ! em bracing 17 counts . have been filed against C. C. Parmele, former presi dent oi the bank. They charge that he borrowed funds of the institution directly or mdirictly, in violation of the law to the amount of $37,872. These reported borrowings occurred in 1919 au!920. v Two Portuguese Aviators Picked Up' by British Ship Libson, May' 12. (By A. P.) The Portuguese cruiser Republics sent word this afternoon that it had taken on board Captains Coutinho and Sacadura, the Portuguese avia tors who attempted to fly their new hydro-airplaine yesterday from Fer nan Noronha, off the Brazilian coast, to St Paul rocks and return. They were picked up by the British steam er Paris City after their machine fell, and later transferred to the Re public. - , Neither of the aviators was any the worse for his experience, the message stated. ; j Singer Cancels Tour Ponca City, Okl., May ; 12. Madame Ernestine Schumann Heinke will be unable to fill her en gagement to sing here tonight be cause of a severe cold, it was an nounced by the American Legion, sponsoring her appearance. The re mainder of her tour has been can celled on advice of het physician. " Kigt: V I I . Abcon, N. J. May 12.-Preident ll.rdini. after an ill-day trio by motor (tout Washington, arrived here late this afternoon sud went at once to the Sesview Golf club, where he played a round of golf with Senator Edge of New Jrey, his hot, and pthrr inrmbrrt of h party. The president, who rame to New Jerey lor a "lacstion" week-end, traveled loly through Maryland and Delaware without auy particular demonstration, tint a lie crord the line into N'ew Jerey, he found school children wailing to greet him in almost every town. At Klmar, several thousands were standing along the roads or grouped at a grandstand. The president stopped and fuade them a short speech. Witness Declares Beauvais Sold Stillman letters Former Policeman Testifies Missives Written by De fcitdant Purchased From Indian for $15,000. , I'oughkeepsie, K. Y.. May' 12. Testimony that two letters written by Mr. Anne U. Stillman to Fred Beauvais, Indian guide, had been purchased last week from Beauvais tor $15,000 by one of the lawyers representing James A. Stillman, di vorce suit plaintiff, was understood to have been given late today in the trial of his case. The testimony was attributed to Edmund Lee, former Xew York po liceman, now employed as a detective for Mr.' Stillman. The two letters were those which ended. "Lots of Canadian Love," and were signed "Kathitio," the Indian word meaning "Dear Flower." . Mrs. Stillman was asked yesterday to admit authorship of them. According to Lee's testimony he and Severidge Johnson, investigator for the plaintiff, went to Montreal with a New York newspaper man and after conducting negotiations with Beauvais, one of Mr. Stillman lawyers followed them to Canada and paid the" guide $15,000 for the two letters. Lee's testimony was an 11th hour surprise. Both sides tentatively closed their cases shortly after he left the stand. Mrs. Stillman. who was not in the hearing at the time, said "outrageous, preposterous," when informed of the report and added: . . c-' ' It's framing, by detectives." - ..- .- .".". i-i 4 . Couple Confesses Big Bond Theft Pair Arrested in Savannah, Ga., After $500,000 Worth of Certificates Stolen. Savannah, Ga., May 12. John Vardeman, alias J, W. Holiis and Bertha Fern Vardeman have made a "clean breast" of the robbery of the Chase National bank in New York City of $500,000 in securities, accord ing to detectives who have, been working here on the case. They added that the $30,000 worth of bonds still missing, probably would be recovered within a few hours. . The robbery of $500,000 worth of Liberty bonds from the Chase Na tional bank of New York has occu pied the attention of detectives since April 17. A country-wide search led opera tives to Savannah, where the Varde man family recently established. Henry Hirsch, a jeweler, arrested on suspicion of having aided in the disposition of the bonds, was re leased from jail in New York Fri day under $30,000 bail. . He declares his innocence on the ground that the woman with whom he negotiated was known as Mrs. LeBlanche, ,who had received the bonds from a wealthy New Yorker to aid in establishing a theatrical venture. , , , Declare Dividend Denver, May 1,2. The Continental Oil company declared a dividend of 1 $2 a share on the capital stock of the company, payable June 15. 1922, to I stockholders of record at the Close I of business, May 25, 1922. I frMrfMMMssjssasawj "Love and Learn" It's full of laughs, with here And there bits of near tragedy throwing dark shadows across the plot this romance of the college co-op dining hall. Lanky determination of Sophomore Joe, part time waiter in the co-op, is pitted against the avoir-. , dupois and automobile of "Fat" Franklin for the love of Lela of the soft blue eyes, with the wistful light in them. Which wins? Let Peter Clark Macfarlane tell you in his Blue Ribbon story in next Sunday's Bee. . It's one of the best fiction offer ings The Bee ever has published. ' v, . . ' "".' YouH want the unusually fine Mother's day cover of the Roto gravure Section for next Sunday and you'll want,-too, for the children the special page of jnimal pictures, showing their old friends, the bears, deer, buffaloes and others, ready for, the summer opening of the parks. The Bee's many Sunday features have made it the favorite Sunday newspaper in thousands of Omaha homes. ' . FOR ALL THE FAMILY The Sunday Bee !aVAMywwwMwww Candidates in Good to Join in Par Marchers Will Assemble at 3 in Front of house Nellie B. Donn Again in First Place. f STANDING OF THE Candidate:' Miss Nellie 8. Donn, Unim Pacific , ...... Miss Elizabeth Kaufmam.. livestock interests Miss Ella Fcnn, McCord-Brady Co.. ... Miss Kathrine O'Brien, Burlington.. ..... Miss Kathleen Rossiter, Orchard-Wiilhelm .. Miss Anna McNamara. M. E. Smith & Co.' Miss Elizabeth Pace. Council Bluffs. Miss Irene Rice, Alliance Timea.... Miss Gladys Hitchcock, York, Neb.. ...;.., Miss Myrtle Wood. Wabash. Neb , . . . Mrs. Agnes Hall, Missouri Valley, la., Miss Anna Funk, Salon de Beaute..', ........ Miss Grace Endres, Nebraska City. ........ With a total of 29,927 votes, Miss?) Nellie B. Dann, Union Pacific can didate, again topped the list today in the Omaha Bee Good Will con test. .'-'; - After holding first place for. 10 days, Miss Donn was displaced on Wednesday by Miss Elizabeth Kauf mann, representing the livestock in terests of ' South Omaha, "who has now moved back to second position, though she is within 169 votes of the, leader. ". All the candidates' in the Good Will election, with many of their friends and those backing their Can didacies, will ' take part in 'a joint parade this afternoon, beginning at 3, from in front of the courthouse. This parade, participated in by the various interests competfng in the contest, will show the spirit of Rood will prevailing among the candidates who are eager to win places in the national delegation to be taken, to France under the auspices . of ; the American Committee for Devastated France. '. - - In connection with the candidacy of Miss Donn, the Union Pacific wilf have 100 girls on the streets sell ing flowers for Mothers' day. The girls will be out early and flowers will' be on sale by 7:30 in the morn- The Union Pacific-dance, held last J (Torn to Past Two, Column Four.) FOR ALL THE FAMILY rviviwiiviwtnmnjmi Mother's Day t Will Election ade This Afternoon Court- CANDIDATE3. Total VBte .'... 227 29,758 .'. .14,457 ,,,.....10,703 ......... 8.729 ......... 8,211 ,.. 3,503 2,087 .... 1.823 ......... 1.540 ......... 1,350 ......... 888 277 Creamery Company v Wins in Rate Suit ;-- ' rr- - 'v.V Washington, May 12. (Special Telegram.) The' Interstate, ' Com merce commission today found, in the case of the Fairmount Creamery company against the director gen eral of. the railroads as agent of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail road, that rates on gas and fuel oil from midcontinent fields in Kansas and Oklahoma' and from Joplin and Kansas City, Mo.; to Crete, Has tings and Grand Island, Neb., and to Sioux City, la., arc unreasonable and reasonable rates are prescribed. ; The Fairmount Creamery com pany, with its main offices in Omaha, had complained that it was charged unreasonable rates on oil products to its plants in Crete and Grand Is land, from Omaha and South Oma ha to Crete and Grand Island, etc. The Hastings Gas company and the Grand Island Gas company .were complainants ? also. ' 1 The reduced rates are to be put into effect July 8. $100,000 Addition to West Point Home West Point, Net May' 12. (Spe cial.) Monsignor . Joseph Ruesing has begun work on the $100,000 ad dition to. the present Home for the Aged in this city. The home was. started 17 years ago with a large" frame dwelling. Several ,brkk. ad ditions have bee. mad? since and the buildings as they. now stand,' are valued at $100,000. In addition to the. Home for the Aged, an emer gency hospital is to be constructed and. wilt be taken cart of by the sis ters in charge of the home. The home, as it now stands, accommo dates about 100' persons. Applica tions are being received daily so that an addition was becoming a neces sity. After completion the home will house about 250 persons. Brotherhood of Railway t Clerks Elects Officers Dallas, Tex.,. May 12. Edward H. Fitzgerald of, Cincinnati, was re elected grand president of the Broth erhood of Railway Clerks, Freight and Express Handlers, and Station Employes, and Phil E. Zicgler, also of Cincinnati, re-elected editor and manager of The Railway Clerk, of ficial publication of the brotherhood, at the brotherhood convention to day. . Five' vice presidents were elected as follows: R. F. Dee, New Orleans: J. H. Sylvester, Spokane; George M. Har rison, St. Louis; Grover " Milam, Kansas City, and C. R. Briccland. IjPittsburgh, 0'Bryan Is Found Guilty of Stock Fraud by Jury Third Defendant. Brought to Trial by Attorney General in "BluSky' Cases ; ,V' v I Com&tea. r " ' Robert C. 'O'Bryan was found guilty of conspiring to sell stock in the Great Western Commercial Body company after it was insolvent, by a jury in District Judge Goss' court yesterday afternoon after 23 hours" deliberation. - ' The O'Bryan trial was the third on indictments returned by last fall's county ' grand jury called at the re quest of Attorney General Davis. In the first, W. V. Mathews pleaded Ifuilty and was sentenced to the state penitentiary. In the second, -the trial of T. H. Matters, the jury dis agreed although it stood 11 to one for conviction. . Clemency "because of extenuating conditions existing at the time the unlawful acts were committed" was urged in the O'Bryan verdict, which was delivered by Foreman Edward B. Ransom;'? O'Bryan has three days in which to file motion Tor a new trial. His attorneys said they would filea mo tion in arrest of judgment on the ground that O'Bryan was forced to testify against himself before the grand jury. ' 1 ' The maximum penalty on this charge is $10,000 fine or two years imprisonment, or both. :'. .' Seven others are to come to trial on the same indictment which re sulted irt O'Bryan's conviction. Pennsylvania Coal Mine Dynamited Pittsburgh, Pa.,' May 12. The Peterman mine, in Penn township, near here, was blown up early today by a heavy charge of. dynamite which threw stones almost a quarter of a mile. Sheriff Robert W. Wood side, with a big force of deputies, left Pittsburgh shortly after 9 a. m. for the mine, where, it was reported, a body of coal strike sympathizers had collected. Mr. Peterman;' owner of the mine, said shortly before dakbreak the men bad planted a heavy charge of dyna mite in the mouth of the drift, com pletely destroying it. ; No one was hurt by the explosion. Sheriff Woodside refused all infor mation concerning the explosion. . The Peterman mine ordinarily em ploys 25 men, but had been closed since the strike was called. ; To Check Strike Riot ' Haverstraw,'- N. Y., May 12. Twenty state troopers were ordered into Haverstraw today to guard the town against threatened oubreaks of 1.000 negroes, who were on srike in the 35 brick plants here. It is ex pected more troopers will arrive from Albany and Troy this afternoon. The Weather Forecast. Saturday fair; not much chan ge m temperature. Hourly Temperatures. S . m .4! 1 p. m . . . . S A. nt. 7 m. S . m. S m. m. Iff a. n . 11 a. m. . ..4 ...51 ...M .. .SB S p. ... ...11 ...It .,.: .ss ,.. ...it ,.. ... S p. m...... ,4 p. m...... S p. m S p. m p. m ..... S p. m ..... . Friday. v North Plitlto Rspld oty ,. Salt Lake ... Knta Ft ... tilouz City S.1 ft Hiehest IS tnfysnns Dvnrort ...... 7 D-nvpr ........ SS TfcxJc Cl'y Lndr ti Bomb Plant at Chicago Is Raided Gun, Ammunition anil Ex plosives Seized Following Confessions Revealing Operations of Gang. Authorities Threatened OnUR Ha Iuwi WW. Chicago, May 12. A bomb fac tory where all the explosives used by the gangster terrorist in recent outrages i believed to have been, manufactured, was raided this eve ning. Magazine pistols, ammunition, jim mies, fuses and detonating cap enough to fill a large suitcase, were seized, along with James Mahcr, notorious safe blower who ha served several sentences in state anc federal prison. The raid came after three confes sious, said to disclose in detail the operations of the bombing ring, wert in the hands of the police. The con fessions are said to involve the three "king pins" of gangster rule "Big Tim" Murphy, "Frcnchy" Madcr and "Con" Shea, three of the eight under. indictment for the murder of Lieutenant Lyons.. The confeiilona are of such startling nature that con viction of the men for murder is po lively assured, according to one authority closely connected with the drive against gangster rule. Find Woman in House. It is believed the confessions came from Isadore Braverman, a dominant figure in the "fixture hangers' un ion;" Bobert McCloud. posing an a clerk in the headquarters of the building trades council, but whose real job, the police assert,' was the slugging of workmen, and "Smash" Hanson, also a slugger. The tip that led to discovery of the bomb factory was supplied by an out-of-town business man, whose identity is withheld. In the factory the raiders found a Mexican woman, who i believed to have carried the explosives to Joe Moran and Lloyd Bopp when they dynamited their way out of jail two years ago. Assistant state attorneys assigned to the investigation of the bombing and murder cases were flooded with anonymous letters and telephone -calls, threatening their lives and that of Chief of Police Fitzmorris, and general destruction of Chicago by explosions "if one labor man remains in jail by sundown, Saturday " - Day's Developments. J Outstanding features of the prcs. cnt war on the labor camorra today included the following: Mayor Thompson hastened back from the cast to assist in the cam paign and announced he will back Chief of - Police ' Fitzmorris -to the limit. . . f . . . . " Judge David, who took "Big Tim" Murphy and "Frenchy" Mader from the custody of the police and turned . (Torn to Pa Two, Colump Fin.) Posse Eluded by ! Diamond Bandits . - Police, Sheriffs Deputies and . C. of C Men Lose Trail ( of Highwaymen. ; ' Two flavlfirlit rtiamnn1 hatiffits wUn made a $5,000 haul in Nebraska City i nursoay morning, : successfully eluded posses in their flight toward Omaha. ' Police, ! sheriff's ' deputies and Chamber of Commerce men patroled highways leading into, Omaha most of the day. . " They traced the bandits in their motor ear thrrtnirtv T mtici;il A.k. land, Gretna and then lost the trail. - At uretna tnc bandits represented themselves as members of the posse, filled their plunder car with gasoline and oil and continued On their flight. ' "A train blocked us at Elkhorn ' when the bandits-were almost within our grasp," said George Carey, leader of the Chamber, of Commerce posse. "We believe the bandits turned west when they found all highways into Omaha well guarded." -V - "The bandits now are hiding in " Omaha," was the positive statement of Capt. John Briggs of South Oma ha police station, who commanded the car of officers dispatched to Louisville. "If we had been sent direct lo Ashland instead of Louisville, we might have intercepted the pair." ' Sweden to Hold Plebiscite 1 ' on Prohibition Question : ' Stockholm, May 12. The govern ment announced that the consultative -plebiscite on prohibition will be held August 27. The riksdag recently . voted to submit the question to the people at large. , : Sweden, at present, is on a liquor'-, rationing basis, whereby every head of a family and all single adults,' male and female, are entitled to certai allowances of strong liquor. There s no restriction on the sale of light wines and beers. " The liquor, wine and beer trade is a government mon opoly and yields a large revenue to the date. - I .. I. I I I M II Ml J Knights of Columbus at West Point Plan Initiation West Point, Neb., May 12. (Spe cial.) Fifty men will be initiated in the Knight of Columbus here Sun day. Among the prominent knights expected here for the event are: Deputy William McNichollas of Lexington; District Deputy Whalen of Hastings; District Deputy J. H. . Heine of Fremont; P. H. O'Gara ot Hartington; J. H. Kuhl of Osmond. The attendance, including visitors, is expected to be from for to five hun dred. In the evening an elaborate banquet will be. served. -