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KELLY AND-PART OF HIS "ARMY' ARRESTED IN SACRAMENTO . Sacramento, Cal., March 10. Act ing on the statement of Sheriff Ahorn that the peace officers could not con trol the situation, after they had torn down the tents of the "army of the I unemployed and demolished the army's camp, Dis't Att'y Wachorst formally requested Gov. Johnson to call out the troops. It is not known whether the governor will comply. At noon yesterday "General" Chas. Kelly, W. Thome, "Roughneck" Teasdale and 17 other leaders were arrested on warrants charging misde meanor and were lodged in jail. After arresting twenty men, the peace offi cers compelled Teasdale, Thorne and Kelly to walk to the police station and sent the others there in an auto mobile. As the leaders were being led away they displayed union cards and called on the crowds of spectators nearby to help them out, but the spectators cheered the arresting officers. The first trouble following the ar rest of the leaders came when a po liceman attempted to take an Amer ican flag from one of the members of the "army." The men surrounded the officer and clubs were used freely by the bluecoat and his. companions before he was rescued. The fire de partment was called out and it was announced that an attempt would be made to disperse the "army" by dous ing it. o o Bernard J. Mahohey, assistant state's attorney, charged with mark ing ballots, demands retrial. Oliver Stapleton, LaGrange, struck by elevator weight, while working on Columbua,Memorial building. William Kehoe shot aiding police in pistol battle with hold-up men. Clem Chester, 146 N. Hermitage av., and Idas. Brenner, 901 S. Hermitage, -arrested. o o , There are women in Norway who act as steamship captains. life made miserable for Mccormick clan A delegation of housemaids called on the County Board and made life momentarily miserable for those fol lowers of' A. A. McCormick who have refused to give raises to the poorly paid employes while giving fat in creases to the high-salaried county officials. With their appearance yesterday the old feud between McCormick and his bunch and the Democrats flamed up and for a few minutes it Avas a regular old-time County Board meet ing. . -i5$ Commissioner Frank Ragen made an open denunciation of Commis sioner Ellsworth M. Board and an nounced that he would at least take up the housemaids' fight at next Monday's meeting of the board. o o WOMAN WHO PREDICTED HER DEATH IS DEAD Grand Junction, Col., March 10. Mrs. Clara B. Carter died yesterday, two weeks to the hour after the date she has predicted her death. A post mortem examination will be made to determine cause although physicians attribute it to starvation, a condition the woman brought on herself. She spent her last hours making paper flowers to be used in decorating her coffin. She had her grave dug and cemented and picked out the gravestone to be placed at her grave. Less than two months ago, Mrs. Carter was successfully operated up on for appendicitis, but although her health improved, she became obsess ed with the idea that .she was going to die and could not be reasoned out of that belief. o o PERSON DEFENSE LEAGUE MEET A mass meeting will be held by the Carl Person Defense League Thursday evening at Ziete's Hall, 48th avenue and Superior street Frank Comerford, attorney for Per son; L. P. Straube, and State's Repre sentative C. M. Madsen will speak.