Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1915, Page 1

The Sunday Bee is the only Omaha newspaper that gives its readers four big pages of colored comics. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE [ == | VOL. XLV-—-NO. 143, THURSDAY OMAHA, N Emms——— FARMERS' CONGRESS [INJURED GIRL ALL |HAUSER MAKES A | TURNS OUT ALL THE POLITICAL FARMERS| Ream Pushes Through a Constitu- tiona] Amendment Eliminating Lawyers, Politicians and Professiona] Men, UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS STAY Both Suffrage and Prohibition Get Black Eyes, but Latter May Oome Up Again. OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTED JUnless you are engaged in some form of agricultural activity you can no longer be a member of the Ne- braska Farmers' congress. The congress in deliberate body as- sembled at the Hotel Rome did sol- emnly, yet nolsily affirm, assert, re- solve and proclaim it. The new clause theéreupon became an amendment to | the constitution and thereby a few | lawyers and politicians were seen to ! vanish in epirtt through the ynwnln;‘ transom. 3 Long has a quiet craving for this | Dattle itched at the left ventricle of | the farmer’s heart. Oft has the sub- | ject been brought up in a casual way and been dropped as casually, Not so at Wednesday afternoon's ses- sion, It was 6 o'clock when the matter was brought up. It was 6:30 when the poison- ous gases of personality bombs had cleared from the ghastly trenches and the slaln lawyers, doctors, merchants, | politicians and absentee landlords were prepared for burial. Ream Starts the Thing. J. D. Ream, {nnocently or otherwise, | precipitated the clash when he asked fgr an amendment that would require very member to register his name, ad- | drees and occupation during the last two years, C. H. Gustafson of Mead seconded the motion, pointing out that the actions of the congress are quoted far and wide by public speakers and are used in argu- ment in legislative halls. Therefore, he wanted & record of who constituted the | delegates to a Farmers' congress whose acts were being quoted as acts of de-| liberative bodies of farmers. The eligibllity clause of the constitu- | tion was read. It provided that “any per- son in the state may become a member of the Nebraska Farmers' congress by the payment of $1.” R. M. Tyson of Toblas was sure that ‘was entirely too loose and_ that. it could not be a farmers' congress if lawyers, bankers, merchants and dentists could be admitted. > g < 95 F. ¥. Loomis of Edholm in the course of a diseussion of the question asserted that the farmers are asleep and need to | be awakened. | W, G. Whitmore introduced the resolu- | tion providing that “any person may be- come a member of the Farmers' congress | provided he fs engaged in some form of | agricultural activity.” ] | Light is Sought. Everyone wanted to know what consti- NIGHT UNDER AUTO ar of Mr- Young and Miss Evans of Hastings Hit by Train and Man is Killed. GIRL FINALLY FLAGS A mmi HASTINGS, Neb., Dec. 1.—(Spe- clal Telegram.)—Lying halt sub-! merged in a ditch beside the body of Bayless Young, Hastings automobile salesman, Miss Mabel Evans of Sew- ard, Neb., signalled a passing St. Joseph & Grand Island section crew at 8 a. m, and was rescued. Her leg | | was broken and she was unconscious |part of the night. Their car was | struck by a train at 10 o'clock last | night. A part of the car was found | on the engine pilot when the train | arrived here, but search for the au- | tomobile falled. Miss Evans was | | SLIP OF TONGUE AT HIS HEARING Maokes it Apparent to Spectators t» He Was the Man Who Kil} the Woodmen of i World Cashier, IS HELD WITHO\ Bound Over on First Degroq; Murder Charge and May Be Tried Within Two Weeks. HORTON MAY BE DEFENDER “You didn't see me—you didn't Ece the person have a gun’"—Hauser. This question, put to Miss Grace Slater by Arthur Hausei, arraigned N o & [ORNING, DECEMBER 1915—-TWELVE PAGES. =y On Traine, at Notel Wews Stands, eto., Se SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. VILLA THREATENS ATTACK UPON U, Fpaston Hears Mexican Outlaw ief Plans to Go Raiding Over the Border. VON MACKENSEN, the man who did the job in Serbia for the Kaiser, -, | ARRISON STRENGTHENED N\ NACO G BULLETIN. NOGALES. Ariz., Dee. 1.—General Urbalejo, Villa’s Yaqui Indian chief- tain, with his entire command of 1,400, surrendered today to Car- ranza army officers at Corbo, 209 miles south of here, according to a report which reached here late today. 7 WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Attribut- ing his recent situation to the failure of the United States government (u! support him, General Villa is plan- | ning raids on American territory | {manager of a department in Stein i police court for the murder of W. | Bros.’ department store. Engineer Reports On arriving at the Hastings station En- gineer Watson of last night's soutnoound train from Grand Island reported that he thought he had hit something at the first bridge north of the city. an ex- amination of the engine pilot revealed two broken bars and some broken glass on the locomotive. Employes of the rail- road rode to the first bridge and made a search without finding trace of the acci- dent, which had occurred at the second bridge & half a mile farther north. Miss Evans thinks she recovered con- sclousness at 1 o'clock a. m. Her cries for Mr. Young brought no response. She was walst deep In water and wreckage of the auto was strewn about her. Her left leg was broken above the knee and her back sprained. Discovers Escort's Body. She managed to pull herself out of the water and ice, and at daybreak discov- ered the body of her escort submerged besido her. At 7 o'clock a train went by without stopping, but at 7:% she attracted the attention of a section crew. Some of them helped her, while the others went to the eity to call medical aid. The fact that Young's face was under water and mud was cluetched in his hands prompted the belief that he might have drowned, but an autopsy ‘this eve- ning revealed a skull fracture and a clot near the base/of the brain and close by the fracture. There was no water in the lungs. Miss Evans is suffering from exposure in a B-degree temperature, but her recov- ery is expected. Large Posses Are . Hunting Slayer of - Golorado Banker LONGMONT, Colo.,, Dec. 1.—Deputy sheriffs, detectives and .pitizens, under the direction of Sheriff Buster, today continued efforts to apprehend the mur- derer of W. H. Dickens; a wealthy banker and merchant, who was killed last night in the library of his home by a bullet fired through a window. Apparently the authorities were without tangible clues as to the identity of the assassin or a H. Smith of Council Bluffs, was the {one startling slip made by the de- ifendant during his preliminary ex- !amination. He was bound over to ;lhe district court without bonds on 'a charge of “first degree murder iwhile attempting to rob.” Miss Grace Blater, 2017 Hownrd| street, in whose name the complaint was filed, was the only one to testify against the man. Sho related the| circumstances of the hold-up in | which her escort, W. H. Smith of the ]\\oodmen of the World, was shot idown by a bandit. During the hear- {ing both she and County Attorney Magney referred to the highwayman as Hauser. i | Says Hauser the Man. Hauser was brought into court by Cap- tain Maloney, and listened in an indif- ferent manner to the reading of the com- plaint. Miss Slater was accompanied by |her mother, ang stood alongside of | Hauser while in court. The latter pleaded not gullty and asked for a preliminary examination. “Is this the man who shot asked Magney. | “It 18" replled Miss Slater, emphatic- ally, and looked Hauser in the eye. He {smiled with a slight sneer, and shifted | his gaze. Following her recital of the incidents {of the holdup, Hauser asked Miss Slater several questions—If the man was masked, what kind of a mask he wore, and, |finally, made the slip that caused the |erowq which packed the court room to | stir audibly. He offered no testimony himself, and was without counsel, owing to lack of funds. | | | Smith?" Hauser is Gloomy. “I guess they all'want ni¥ 6 go 1o the chair—so the sooner it's over the better,” Hauser Is said to have remarked to Ma- loney as he was led from the court room. | Bestdes the big crowd of 1dly curlous, numerous county .and. city officials and | vietims of Hauser's depredations as rob- ber, were In court. He was taken to thé! | county jall in Sheriff McShane's car im- medlately after the hearing. County Attorney Magney will be ready to put Hauser on trial within two weeks, | along the border, according to infor- | Major | commanding the mation which has reached General Funston, American border guard. In ment today General Funston said he could not belleve General Villa contem plated any such hazardous undertaking, and added that he was transmitting the reports mercly to show what Villa was sald to be telling his followers. An additional machine gun platoon and four troops of cavalry have been sent to reinforce the American garrison at Naco, Ariz. General Funston said the other garrisons are strong enough for any pres- ent emergency. Assurances of ample protection for for- | elgn settlers in the Yaqul valley regions have been recelved from Carranza au- thorities by Admiral Winslow, who re- yorted his arrival today at Topolombampo | on his flagship San Diego. The Carranza commander has promised a mounted Im,; trol of 100 men at the entrance to the | valley and to hold a force of 8,000 addi tional troops within easy supporting dis tance, 8o far as knmown no Americans have Leen Injured in Indian raids. v Chiefs Shot. LOS AN Cal,; Dec, 1.—Two Villa Generals, Orestes Pereyra and E. Jiminez, with fifty other officers of their com- mand, captured after a battle on tialed and shot, according to a telegram received today from General Obregon, at Nogales, by Arturo Gonzales, Carranza ccmmerclal agent here, Villa's power now has been completely Lioken, Obregon stated in his message. At Carbo, north of Hermosillo, where leneral Manuel Diguez finally scaftered Iun matn body, Villa destroyed all o his artillery. part of his forcea defeated on the Fyerte river escaped westward, procecd- it e '_azhfiur'ui Jolning Gavernor Esteban Cuntu at Mexicali, cpposite Cu- lexico, Cal. | Obregon also stated that among the numerous prisoners who surrendered to General P, Elias Calles was Alejandro Ceresola, former commander of the Mexi- cur. navy under Huerta, Catransa Sends Troops Hast, remorting this to the War depart- | the | Frerte river, in Sonora, were court-mar- | MARSHAL VON MACKENSEN MANYRUMORS ABOUT KAISER'SLATESTTRIP i Emperor is Said to Be Trying to Get Austria to Cede Transylvania | . to Roumania. - {romt S {OFFER TO GIVE BACK SILESIA | PARIS, Dec. 1.—Diplomatié cibeied |at Rome believe, says the correspon- | jdent of the Journal, that the visit of | iEmperor Willlam to Vienna was| | nade to reconcllie, if possible, diver- | gent views of Germany and Austria FIFTEEN THOUSAND SERBIANS TAKEN Encrmous Number of Prisoners Cap- tured When Bulgars Enter Prisrend. INVADERS CROSS CERNA BERLIN (via London). Dec, 1.— Army headquarters announced today that with the capture of Prisrend, western Serbia, 15,000 Serbians were made prisoners. Regarding operations in the Bal- kans, today's official statement “Successful engagoments occurred at certain points with enemy rear guards. “At Prisrend Bulgarian troops took 15,000 Serbian prisoners, many mounted guna and other war materials. ‘Western theater: West of La Basse extensive mining operations by our troops caused considerable damage in English positions. “One Fnglish and one French aeroplans were shot down and the ocoupants made prisoners, Quiet stern theater: report.” A Bulgarian officle] report, dated No- vember 25, says: “Bulgarian troops have crossed the upper Cerna and have taken the bridges and roads which lead to Monastir, “On the mouthern Anglo-French front the sitvation Is unchanged. In order to avold mistakes, it 1s stated that the Anglo-French operations have been con- fined to the Cernava valley. Since the arrival of Bulgarian troops the Anglo- ¥rench forces not only have not advanced one step, but have been thrown back for a distance of several kilometers. “All attempts of the Anglo-French troops to advance northwest of Cerna have falled. “The left bank of the Cerna has been completely cleared of the enemy. The retreating French and Serbian troops de- stroyed all the bridges over the Cerna up to the mouth of the Vardar.” in Enat, There in nothing to Fremeh Officinl Report. PARIS, Dec. 1.—~The French officlal re- port on the progress of hostilities, given | | out by the war office this afternoon, says | that French artillery has been energet- lcally engaged along the River Somme. There also have been certain attacks on | German aeroplanes in which the French were successful. Otherwise there is noth- ing new to report. The text of the communication follows: “Nothing occurred last night worth re- cording, except energetic cannonading by our artillery in the sector of the Frise valley of the River Somme. “In the Artols district one of our aero- planes yesterday attacked two German machines behind the German lines. One of these machines was compelled to come to the ground. The other was pursued o8 far as Doul. - “During the day of November 2 & ¥rench aeroplane threw down six shells and serfously damaged barracks located éaf the rallrond station at Lens.” |Three Alleged Cattle Thieves BALKAN STATES DOMINATE WAR AND DIPLOMACY Roumania’s Attitude is Causing Great Uneasiness in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. GREECE PUZZLES THE ENTENTE Refusal to Take Army from Mace- donia and Turn Over Port of Saloniki Source of Worry. RUSS STRENGTHEN RIGA LINE BULLETIN. BERLIN, Dec, 1.—(Via London.) ~—Army headquarters announced to- |day that with the capturs of Prisrend, | western Serbia, 15,000 Serbians were made prisoners, LONDON, Dec.. 1.—The Balkan states continue to dominate both the n.ilitary and diplomatic situations in BEurope. Roumania's attitude ap- parently {s causing the Central pow- ers great uneasiness, while Greece's vefusal to limit its military effective- ness as requested by the entente is of equal concern to those powers. Roumania s said to be only await- iug the presence in the Balkans of preponderant entente military forces before dispatching an ultimatum to Austria. German military erities, according to dispatches reaching London, express con- siderable dissatistaction with conditions in the Balkans, predicting both military and diplomatio difficulties ahead despite the brilllant Serblan campaign of Fleld Marshal von Mackensen. Moreover, it is reported that Austria is opposed to the {7ea and possibllity of Bulgarian domina- tion of the Balkan states, and it is sug- weeted that a desire to forestall any fric- tior. in this connection was responsible for the German emperor's recent visit' to Vienna. Greece Standing Pat. Greeco steadfastly refuses to concede | entente demands for the unrestricted use | ot tho Greek port of Salonikl as a’ base, and furthermore declines to remove ita army from Macedonia, Except for the capture of Prisrend by the Bulgarians there has ben no marked change in the Serblan military situation, ‘e fate of Monastir, reported to have fullen before the Bulgars, remains ob- scure, notwithstanding definite reports that neutral consuls in the city had ar- ranged to turn it over to the attackers nfter withdrawal of the Serbians. But with the city whs still maintained, indicating that it had not been entirely evacuated. tively quiet. The Russlans are reported as being greatly strengthened along the Rigd* line and with a confidence that they can sh the German de- fenses whenever & forward move Is Are in Towa Jails| | NOGALES, Ariz, Dec. 1.—-Having se- |and obtain a pledge of territorial | ! deemed expédient, cured permission from Washington 1o |yaerifices from Hungary in the hope | tutes “africultnral actiyity." motive for the act. | he sald, following the preliminary hearing. Whitmore attempted to give his inter- pretation. by saying he would not ex- clude such men as Dr. George E. Condra, Chancellor Samuel Avery and Dean Bur- nett of the University of Nebraska, who engaged in work loooxing toward the development of agriculture in the state, nor yet would he exclude sugh men as Frank G. Odell and Thomas ¥. Sturgess of the agricultural press, “No, no, we need them,” was the cry. Kirkland of Atkinson after explaining that he was a Methodist preacher in his time, but has mow for many years been a farmer, started & tirade against the non-farmer and his activities in the con- vention. “I am ' he asserted, “that a majority of ‘the members of our resolu- tions committee are not farmers at all.” He went ahead and made a speech on this assumption. | Trained bloodhounds, brought here from | Denver and Colorado Sprinks, were un- {able early today to pick up the trall of {the slayer. A reward of $1,00 for the japprehension of the murderer has been |offered by the city council, the Dickens family and the Farmers' National bank, of which Mr. Dickens was president. A report that Mr, Dickens recently had { trouble with a tenant of one of his farms is belng investigated, in the hope it will | throw light upon the" case. | Mr. Dickens has been a resident of this jsection since 1859 and had accumulated & fortune in land, banking and mercantile | business. | New York Women Are Circulating Horton 7 Defend It Hauser does not secure an attorney prior to his arralgnment in district court, and it he informs District Judge ¥nglish | that he is unable to hire a lawyer, Rich- arc Horton, public defender, will be as- signed to' defend him. Heveral attorneys, however, have signi- fied their willingness to defend Hauser, without much regard to financlal remu- neration, on account of the prominence of the case. Story of Crime, The crime for wnich Hauser is to be tried is briefly as follows: On the night of Sunday, October 16, W. H, Smith, cashier of the Woodmen of the World, met by chance, Miss Grace Slater, an employe of his department, on a downtown thoroughfare, and offered to escort her to her home, at 422 North transport eastward over American terri- tory 5,000 Carransa troops, General Al- varo Obregon entrained today 2,000 men destined for Naco and Agua Prieta. They are to operate against Villa troops, who apparently have been broken into small bands in accordance with their chief's plan to resort to guerilla warfare and border ralds it deteated In battle by the Carranza forces. The remainder of Obregen's expedition- ary force, 3,000 men, will be sent east- ' ward as soon as sufficient equipment s avallable. troops have been detalled as an escort. General Obregon sald, that Jose Rod guez, the Villa commander reported ye: terday to be menacing Agua Prieta, was not strong enough successfully to attack the Mexican town opposite Douglas. Nevertheless he decided to strengthen the garrison there and also at Naco. rallroad United States | |of assuring the neutrality of Rou- mania. Alexander Marghlloman and P. P, Carp, leader of the Roumantan conservatives, are reported to have assured the duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, when he was in | Bucharest that the benevolent neutrality of Roumania could be counted upon by the Teutonlc allies if Germany could in- IDA GROVE, la., Dec, 1.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Bheriff Mcleod of lda county at midnight rounded up the third supposed member of a gang of cattie thieves that has been operating In lda and Cherokee counties the last two weeks. KFrea Cline of Holsteln is alleged leader and is in Jall, while his accomplices, { Henry Mehr, also of Holstein, are In jail part of Bukowina to Roumania. M, Carp , have made a confession, stating they is sald to have promised also to bring ' Worked under the direction ef Cline. The about changes in the Roumanian cabinet. | ang is charged with stealing five head Negotiations between Berlin and Vies | of cattle belonging to G. W. Smith and {Continued on Page T Column | selling them to Butcher J. C. Christen- | sen, Battle Creek, for $201, and a few woman Identlfies | days later of selling eleven head of Letters Written by | stolen cattle to a butcher at Cherokee for $500, The Mehr boys stated their business was to plck up cattle and drive them to market, while Cline followed be- Fred and | . | duce Austria to cedo Tramslvania and | 8t Cherokee. The Mehr boya aro sald to Vienna seports that the Itallans seem determined to capture Gorisia with the least possible loss of but progress ogalnst the defenses of the town is ex- ceedingly slow. ONE OF HOCH'S Wi DIES OF § CHICAGO, Dec, 1.—A willow of Johann Hoch, one of the thirty-two, died of star- | vation, superinduced by pneumonia, here today. She was Mrs. Mary Hock Wernke, aged 6 years, Hoch, Branded at his trial an arch-bigamist and murderer of many wives, whom he bigamously married, was hanged in this city a decade or more ago. ‘The woman who died today was an im- portant witness against him, but after Hoch's execution she remarried and re- (tired to obscurity. Her second husband |dled soveral years ago. President Coupland- is touchy on the | matter of the committee, for he selected |” and appointed it. So he held Kirkland hind in an auto ready to pick them up| and take flight If they were followed. John J, McNamara Thirty-fourth street. Near Thirty-first and Dodge streets, they were held up Defenfl Petitions to the floor when he would fain take his seat. “Glance over that list,”” said the presi- dent as he pushed the list of the resolu- tions committee under the nose of Kirk- (Continued on Page Four, Column Two.) The Weather Temperature at Omaba Yesterday. Hours. ba m ® wusnane=t=Sena wETw TPzrEEEE v NEIERERBERERNBBY! Comparaitve Loeal Reco 00 02 .24 dbd precipitation depart- normal: ure the day . icleney since March 1 Deflciendy for. the d ney for e da . Deficlency since rc"l | W Deficlency gince March 1., Deficiency for cor. period, Deficiency for eor. period Reports from § Fration and State of Weather, *. 182 Inch , 1914, 3.92 inche W14 6.83 Inche: er, “clear . North Platte, c cleaf blo, clear Rapid ‘City, clear ... Ealt Lake City, pt. clow Ban clear ay BEESBRELBIEESERIp] 2288E254282988: . = £= precipitation. i . Forecaster. Dex. | NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—One hundred wo- ! nen, alded by 5,000 Hoy Scouts, are can- vassing the city today for the collection of signatures to a petition addressed to Kew York represertatives and tors u ging them to support Presi ent ;mon’ plan for national preparedness. They hope to obtain 200,000 signatures, The | campaign is conducted by a committee of the special relief society, who have des- ignated this as “defense day.” Already 4,000 voters have applied to the roclety for blanks and signed them with- | out solicitation. Ten of the largest cor- 2 own employes. before its opening next Wednesday. thelr constituents in support of a better army and navy. “It is a test of strength to show them that the people who are crying out against preparedness are a tectle minority,” she declared. Roumania Solo—n§ Have (eneral Fight on Floor of House PARIS, Dec. 1.—"Partisans and adver- earies of the government came to blows at the opening session of the Roumanian Farliament,” telegraphs the Berne corre- #pondent of the Matin. “King Ferdinand had hardly begun to read his speech when ne was interrupted with cries of '‘Down with the government,’ from M. Mille, leader of the interventionists, and his cGherents. ““The supporters of the government re- klied with cheers for the king, whose soeech was punctuated throughout by shouts from the opposition. “No sooner had the king departed than a general fight began between the two factions.” ations in the city are canvassing lhelrl by & masked bandit, who shot Smith ld.'n. when the latter was slow In rais- ing his hands. He then walked Miss Slater about the nelghbodhood, for more than an hour, making Indecent proposals { to her, Finally he put her on a Cuming j treet car, at Fortieth street, and disap- peared. | The police later suspicioned Hauser, and |some weeks after the shooting of Smith |he was arrested in Indlanapolis, and | ficials of that city asserted he wad wanted for a string of outrages and rob- | beries, !he was wanted here for first degree The petitions will be sent to Washing- | murder, ‘the Wichita authorities’ de-|being endorced on the fon In time to reach members of congress | mands were satisfied with money and he | reciplents. | was brought to Omaha for trial. Here fair, | Arthur Hauser, confessed holdup man [and assallant of women, accused of the murder of W. H. Smith, Woodmen of the World cashier, placed in the county fall pending trial, declined to deny a report that, under a different name, last sum- mer he had beeen arrested and arraigned in police court on a vagrancy charge, “Were you not arrested in Omaba last summer?’ Hauser was asked. “You can't find it in the records,” he replied. . More than that Hauser refused to say concerning that incident. Police court officials say they have a recollection that such a man as Hauser passed through police court. Thelr belief never has been directly corroborated by Hauser, but his manner of answering the question is considered to give color to their statement. What disposition was made of the case is not known. - by Effie Hawkins. Another statement which threw new light on Hauser's history in Omaha w an assertion made by Effie Hawkins, o negro woman, that she had frequently seen Hauser, and that he had lived with {Continued on Page "Two, Column Twe.) Alleged Belgian ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 1.—Miss Grafters Are Under Arrest at Paris PARIS, Dee. 1.<Omer Boulanger, presi- dent of the Belgian committee, of Paris and Edmond De Vries Jules and Ar- mand Samuel, Brussels stock brokers, taken to Wichita, Kan., where the of-|have been arrested on the charge of ii-| legal traffic In Belglan bank notes. The Bank of France has agreed to cash Belglan bank notes in amount of not With the Omaha police confident that|more than 30 france once a fortnight for Belglan refugees, the amount and date passports of the The police charge that the men arrestad Mrs. Willlam Alexander, president of | he confessed to the robbery of the W. T.|bought at low rates large quantities of | the society, says the movement fs In-!Hause hous¢hold, and guests, and inti- | Belgian notes in Holland and Belgium, tended to show the representatives and | mated that he had done other jobs here.|and, getting in touch with numbers of renators that they have the backing of | He denies all knowledge of the Smith af- | needly Belglan refugees, induced them, in constderation of small commissions, exchange the notes at the Bank France, M. Boulanger was chauffeur of the late King Leopold of Belgium, in whose ser- vice he s sald to have amassed a for- tune of 500,000 francs. WHEN THE entente allias have concentrated 500,600 men in the Balkass Roumania will deliver ultimatum to Austria, according to a report in Bucharest. CLOSELY FOLLOWING th, it of comen ve- ™ mperor's visit rise to & wide range of spee tlon ms to the present state of af- fairs in Austria, CAPTURE OF 15,000 5. wigarians when mve glven by they took by Berlin statement “t Haley of Indianapolis, stenographer for Johmn J. McNamara, | identified, by the handwriting, all but two of & dozen letters submitted to her today, with concealed dates and signatures, in the murder trial of Matthew A. Schmidt. The prosecution secks to show that Schmidt was one of a number of con- spirators among whose acts was the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times bullding. Schmidt is accused of causing the death of one of the victims of that disaster. Miss Haley's testimony was toward the end of showing such conspiracy and the | defense offered her the letters to tept her | memory, Ehe made two mistakes, ' American Women Succeed in Evading Mayo Indian Band LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 1.—Word was recelved here today that Miss Mabel Burr, former student at the University |of Southern fornia, and four . other | American women, besides a number of ! children, were safe In a refugee camp at | Topolobampo, after eluding Mayo In- dlans, who ralded American ranches at Nos Mocis, Sinaloa, Mexico. The raid occurred November 17, and |for five days thereafter the women es- {corted by men relatives and friends, {were pursued as they fled to the coust | for safety. | Burr, received messages today which stated that the refugees hid from the | Indians in trrigation ditches and ravines, |'The raiders stripped the ranches of prac- | theally everything movable. IOWA DOCTOR CONVICTED UNDER HARRISON DRUG ACT DES MOIN as., Dec. 1.—Dr. Samuel | Miller, an East es Moines physician, | was found gulity by a jury in the fed- ersl court today, of violating the Har- rison ‘drug act. | IQ‘ ot former | Miss Burr's brother, Clifford | Chancellor Day Calls Ford Peace Plan Grotesque SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 1.—Chancellor |James R. Day of Syracuse university has | declinea Henry Ford's invitation to se- lect a student for the peace expedition. {In & letter to Mr. Ford's secretary, the chancellor stated that ‘“the plan fs grotesque and will accomplish nothing | but the ridicule of your country.” yBryan Leaves to Consult Henry Ford MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 1.—William J. Bryan will leave tonight for New York to ses the Ford peace mission sail for Europe on Saturday. | BISMARCK, N. D. Dee. L—Urged, he | sa1d, by German, French, Russian, Eng- | lish and Bcotch people residing in North Dakota to accept Henry Ford's invita- tion to accompany the peace expedition Governor Hanna announced he would prepare immedlately for the trip. CHICAGO, Dec. 1.~From her bed in the Presbyterian hospital Miss “Addams gave out a statement endorsing Henry Ford's peace plans and sayin join the peace party later in Europe if | she was able to make the trip. | Mistrial Ordered in Case of Tom Watson AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 1L—A mistrial was ordered in federal court here tonight in the case of Thomas E. Watson, the Thomson, Ga., editor and author, charged with having sent obscene mat- ter through the malls. The jury which had had the case before it since Tues- day afternoon, reported it could not | | ‘| THE WANT-AD.-WAY | Thy ha Bee always carries the best Real Eatate offerings of the day. 1f you wish to buy Real Estate of anv xind, e sure and read the For Haie Real Katate adg In The Bee. 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