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ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1920
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RID
SIXSTQRES
Medicine Bitter and
Wine Seized in Round
Up Here
Cafe, no ft ilrlnk ntnnd nnd grocery
proprietor wore taken lefnre the
1'itlti (I Ktnte rommiMltinpr thin
moinlng and approximately 100 hol
lies of medicine hitters, apple rider,
rm lent medicines nnd wine were sein
ed nH a result of n raid made thin
morning on downtown business house
ly federal prohibition officer.
'I he raid In the first to he made
since til cntahllshment of the pro
hibition ofilro here hut in only the
fliHt step looking to a general clean
np of violator of tha national pro
hibition art In Alhuiieitue, accord
ii -c o nlflren.
'Ihe rnid this morning was mndf
1.V dipt. H. E. I'erkin. hind of the
prohibition force, J. Hhaw and
J. li. Hnnna of the Internal revenue
department. Information against the
seven propiletmn who were caught in
th raid were filed before the federal
4-ourt thla afternoon by Tailed Klutea
Uuvtrict Attorney Hum merit Hurkhart.
Those, who were caught In the gen
eral round up lire pete IHnelll, of the
Itlen eofe; J'ete Xltn of the Alamo
Gl orery; A Bert nr. proprietor of the
Bellevue rnfe and hotel; Ixueniso Nirl
of lh A!huiUeriue rnfe; I'ete lnm
en'call of the White 1 1 (nine rafe and
A. nnmlnld and t Pomlulct of the
Montesumn Grocery.
Charge 1 llitl
The men are charged with a viola
tion of the prohibition art li that they
are aald to have hud and Hold the
llMUlda containing alcohol above tho
.ptopoitlon allowed hy law. They are
nlsn said to have violated the Interim!
revenue act for not having the hot
llea containing the liquid ulnmped
woo tw iiiifirmi rrvrmn- imnipn.
When' patent medlclnea are aold for
mt-dlrlnal purpoaea they are auppoaed
In lie labeled with lite revenue
a'ampa.. There la nn Inw nl lowing
the pate of patent medicine for bev
O'sps, V'rtyr case and 11 bottle nf patent
medlf-in ware aetced from the Mon
eimn Orn'-erv alone. Two enncs of
h Mttera vee nmnttr the aupply
tnken at Ih Rico cafe. Twenty-ntne
hot t let of wlno hittera and patent
r'Mlci-ie were taken from th Albu-ri-qua
oafo and 21 iKittlo of Laah
I libera from the White Houae.
The captured treasure wna to-ked
In. th vault In the federal building,
nnd will be Introduced an evidence
when tho time for hearing" arrlvea.
lUlda In C1m1a
Prohibition Officer Shaw who took
part In the raid todnv has J lint placed
In the fedcrnl vault, Ihpior seised
from arrest he made In Clovt hint
Katiirday. T. . Mitchell, a riilh-ond
riixman ruhnlng nut of 4'lovia wan ar
retted on tlie rhurR- of having a
ouart of rnrn whlnki-y In hia poaeeii
elon nnd W. P. Hlggl""- former all
rtar football tackle with a (leorgln
rnlveralty wna nrrentid on the charge
of having two pint or old t'rnw
whin key.
The two waived henring before th
rnmmlfl,ioner Chailea Hurllch In Ho
vta and were held for the district
eourt on bonda which they furniahed.
Mf'eheU'a bond wuh 2R and Higgina'
ienn.
NIGHT NEWS
SUMMARY
OJDCAOO Hogp on the hoof have
rned to what Is practically their
191 3 pre-war prices, judging from
I iKiirrs obtained Thursdny from one
, of the "big five" pnekern.
WAHHlNfVHN Be'iatnr lfardtng
Thui-sday declined President Wilson's
ofier to place the presidential yacht
Mpviriwpr at his dtsmiwil Hnturday
on his arrive! at Norfolk to carry the
'pl't rldent-elcct to WaahlnKton.
ItrrcVOH AHIKH Withdrawal of
Argentina from the Icngiie of mitluiia
la understootl Thursday nlirlit to be a
strong probability. It la In lieved the
baalH of this country's withdrawal will
be Inability of the Argentine delega
tion to obtain the assembly' approval
of It proposals at Oeneva.
WAFHrNWTON (Election of $5.
407.680,31 In taxes and efforta to
eentrol- the liquor traffic under the
prohibition act formed the principal
vrnrk of th Internal ri'venue bureau
during Ihe laat fiscal year. Tommis
sinner Williams said in his annual
-report, made public Thursdny.
Weather
AT THK ItNIVWtNlTY OF NEW
ftlKXlCO. AMtUgi K
rt f 4 Vean Baalag a. ml
Illghtat tuinper
aiuie, 61; lowest
temperature, US;
dally range tem
po r a t u r e, 2t;
mean dally tern
perature, 4fi;
relative humidity
p. m. X rela
tive humidity
,' m. ti6; preelpl
t a 1 1 o n, none;
maximum veloc
ity of wind, miles
ner hour. SB: ore-
Vtilllng liireclioii, va. lable: cliuiac
tar of V c iy, partly cloudy; sun
i i.iea 7:0fr; acta 4:r8.
eUle We4(er.
New Moxi'-o: Oopeiallv fair to
night and Buturday; cooler tonight.
State Department (
Explains How Wilson
Will Act a Mediator
V TMt AMMIATte PIM
WAKIIINOTON, Jee. I. Stole de
partment official aald today that a
mlaconatructlon had been placed up
on their Matcment yesterday am, to
whether Trealdent Wilson would out
ofriclully or personally In naming a
mediator to act lor him In an effort
to nettle the trouble: betwtcn the
Armenians and Turk tub nationnlliUii.
They aald tho preatdent woula art
petaonnlly and not officially In ap
pointing a, mediator, but exilalned
that It would he difficult of con rue. to
differentiate between Wood row Wil
son personalty and as president of
the l otted Htates.
Hhould the negotiations not bo
concluded before Prmtdwit Wilson
retires next March 4. the mediator
appointed by him would continue to
act us his representative.
COLLINS GETS 15
-YEARS FOR PART
Pleads Guilty to Stealing
Pouches at Council
Bluffs
e tmi aseeeiftTse miii
lKH .MOINKH, Iowa, Dec. 3. Keith
Collins, one nf the alleged tnall ban
dits, who roblwd a registered mall
car at t'oundl 1 fluffs pleaded guilty
In the district court today.
Collins pleaded to an Indictment nn
six counts returned thy the federal
grnnd Jury here. Judge Martin J.
Wade aeritenced him to fifteen yearn
In prlnon.
The Indictment chnrgefl Collin
with stealing five mall pouches and
with opening mull pourhca and tak
ing therefrom money nnd bonds.
Collin wan calm throughout the
hearing, and Immediately being
sentenced wrote a, letter to his
mother.
When the cane wa railed, the
court waa told tout Collin took about
FtO,;iOu cash and more than a million
doilara in bonds from the poatal
pouches and retained about $26,000
cash aa hla share, of the bonds and
securities about $500,000 waa burned.
It waa claimed hy Collins, and the
other $ r 00.000 thrown Into the Miss
ouri river at Council Hluffs. Most of
the cash retained by Cnlllna was said
to httVO been 1-e.cnvcrtd,
LOST; All EXPRESS
rairei
$14,500 of Securities Re
covered in Pawn Shops
in St. Louis
ST. I.om.4, Dee. S.-Toral offlclnl
of the American Hallway Kxpreaa
company today announced that $36,
4 (o in Liberty bonds diaappeured Oct.
11 last.
The pollen announced I14.R00 of
the bonds have been recovered In
oawn shops. Itennetl Umith who wan
employed nt the express office as
money clerk disappeared simultan
eously with tho bonds, the polit e said.
The bonds. It waa explained, were
taken from shipment passing
through St. iljotiln from Washington to
south wi stern points.
Smith, It waa added, has been trac
ed to Knnsna City, Kaa.
U. S. UHDECIDED WHETHER TO
HAVE DELEGATE OH LEAGUE
connission on ammiehts
r tmi aiaociTo races
WABIIINTt)N. Her. 1. The Invl
tattuq of the league of nations that
the 1'ntted Btnte name a delegate to
act in a consultative capacity with
the league commission on armament
was received today at the state de
partment. Officials there naid the
government had not yet como to a
decision on the question of repre
sentation on tho commission.
The text of the invitation from the
leng'ie follows:
Tho council of the league of na
tions acting nn a unanimoua recom
mendation of the permanent military,
naval and air commission of the
league, passed a Its meeting in
Ueneva on Nov. StR, Invites the gov
ernment of the ITnlled Btatea to name
representative to sit on the com
mission In a consultative cn purity
during the study by the commission
of the question of the reduction of
armaments, a study which tho council
han requested tho commission to un
dertake forthwith.
iHvlaJoiu Not Hlmllng.
Tho permanent advisory commis
sion waa constituted by the council of
the league at Its meeting In Home laat
May and held It first, session' at Ban
Bebastian In August. The commission
la at present composed of the military,
naval and aerial officer of stales
represented In the council of the
league, lta decisions are purely ad
visory and not In any sense binding
hut thi-y represent the common
technical Judgment of the expert of
many countries.
"It would, of course, be perfectly
understood that the presence of the
representative of the I'nitod Btatee
would In no way commit the Amer
ican government to whatever opinion
may he finally pftt forward In the re
port of the commission. 'Nor indeed
mil that repurtiself be more than
REPUBLICANS
HOLD BIB BALLY
AT LAS VEGAS
Mechem, Bursum and
Pankey Among the
Speakers
eteiai TO TNI NflALS
KAST TaAH VKtlAH. N. M., Ier. 5.
Ope hundred Illuminated automobiles.
carrying more than five hundred vis
iting republicans from nil parts of
the tnte, paraded the streets of 1a
Vegim nt night, aa the prelude to nn
enihuslnntlc rclchrnllnn of the recent
republican victory In New Mexico.
Hundreds of fas Vegna people lined j
tho streeta over which the parade
pnssed, and the proreson waa stop
ped by the rheerlug crowds as It
passed through the old Town plawt. j
Tho. musln of two banda and the
shrieking sirens of the Jin Vegas fire I
department added to the gaiety of
the occasion.
Merlirm Speak
The celebration proper wan held at
H;30 In Ihe Ihincan opera house which
waa packed to capacity. (Jovernor elect
M. C. Mechem, Acting Onvernor.lt. F.
Pankey, Holm o. Hursum. republican
national committeeman, Blato Chair
man Oeorgo. it. Cnilg ono Plstrlrt
Uudgu Uavld J. Leahy were among
thn speaker. Hcveral musical num
bers 'were given.
Clovernor-elect eehem mado nn
earnest appeal for support for his
administration In the work of getting
the Mtnto nn a leal buttiueas basis. He
said the condition of the nmrketa for
llveHtock nnd olher product of Ihe
state would Justly forro a reduction
In taxable values, anil make It that
much harder to run the state and nt
ho aanm tlmo reduce the tax bur
dens. Hut he said tho tax burdens
should nnd would be reduced.
Ho declared for the fulfillment of
every pledira ma 'o to the people In
the republican platform.
To Fulfill Platform.
Mr. Hursnm atruck a popular chord
when ho declared thn platform made
nnd written at Albuqueniun to be a
solemn nnd landing contract with
the people of New Mcxlro which
would be made good to the letter.
Ho said he wished to express his
thanks to the people of New Mcxlro
fur the triumph of thn principles and
teachings of Washington and Jeffer
son and the repudiation of interna
tionalism. He disctinaed-tho buslnesa situation
and advocated a sensible buslneH
reconst "iction for both labor and tho
manufacturer
The celebration was arrangi d by
Secundlno lt'omero, republican county
chairman of Han Mlguet county and
Mayor K. ). HI nod of lUia Vegas ur
ranged the parade.
One of the bitterest contests of the
fit ate campaign waa made In &n Mig
uel county In which republican voters
led by Oovernor larrnxolo, joined the
deniocrnts In opposing republican
county und slate tickets. The result
wa a sweeping victory for the repub
licans, ltrpuhllcan county chairman
and lender from almost every county
In the state were here for the celebra
tion. There waa no disposition among the
visitor to discuss party organisation
matter the tlmo being given over to
oid fashioned jollification. The
speeches wero principally congratula
tory, III Crowd fiw Inauguration
Prom remarks heard among the
visitors here, ull of them and hun
dred more fro.n the various coun
ties propone to be In Banta Fo for
the Inauguration of . iovernor Me
chem. It la probable thai the enter
tainment rapacity of Bantu Fe will
1m) taxed by the Inauguration crowd.
ImsM for the consideration hy the
mcmlM'rM of the league of the meas
ures of reductions In armament
which united action mny enable them
to achieve.
. Want V. 8. IlnrcwcntcL
"Nevertheless Just as In the rase
of the financial eunferenco at Brus
sels, the presence of nn American
represtntatlve whose function was
only that of giving and receiving In
formation, wa an Important factor
In the success of the work of the
conference, so that It cannot la
doubted that the general considera
tion of the aubject of the reduction of
armamtnt will ho greatly facilitated
If tho government of the t'nlted
States can nco Its way to be repre
sented In ft similar manner at the
meeting of the permanent advisory
commission.
The problem In ono to which public
opinion In all countries attache Ihe
highest Importance.
"It Is unnecessary to point out that
the reduction of armament ia es
sential for the well being of the
world and unlesa some measures of
relief can be found by International
co-operation for tho excessive tax
ation duo to armaments tho general
economic situation must becomo In
creasingly worse.
"The council In extending thin In
vitation cannot but 'hope that the
government of the Vnlted Btates.
particularly In view of the attitude of
America towards the question of the
competition In armament, will not
refuse to associate Itself with the
governments of the members of the
league In beginning the preliminary
work necessary for ultimate success
and to lend to th present effort an
assistance which can In no way en
proarh upon Its own perfect liherty
of action."
Plum Pudding May
Be Seized If You
Put Spirits in It
WASHINGTON. nee. t. The,
flavoring of home matte Christmas
plum pudlng mince meat and
bra ml led cherrlea nnd pea eh p with
Alcoholic Hplrlta is In violation of
Ihe prohibition enforcement law
nnd such foods an- llnbie to selxure.
It wan stated t-Hliy at the bureau
of Internal revenio.
REVOLVER USED III
Sheriff Ordered to Pro
duce Pistol and Bullet
Pierced Clothing
Altn.Moui:, oklii.. lec. 3. Tho
small cnllbre revolver with which It
In charged Clam rmlth fatally shot
Jake L. Hamnn, t publican national
committeeman frotu Oklahoma, fn a
iiiarre in a hotel room here on the
night of November Jl, and tho hullet
plcrced clothing wi-rn by tho million
aire oil man and polltlciun at the
time, were orden d brought before
Hussrll 11. ' Hrown. county attorney,
todny for examination.
An order wa twoicd for the sheriff
,tn produce them immediately, but lie
roo 11 not be found today.
Tho chuae renin Ined in a statu of
mystery today and tho principal ef
forts were directed toward an organ
ised search throughout tho southwest
and oxtomllnd Into Mcxlro for Clara
Hmlth. Hamnn, before his death, re
mained silent concerning Mis Hmlth,
whu wan known aa hla secretary, and
the clrcumatano surrounding the
Mhootlng. A young woman answering
Tier description according to a iHtllas
chauffeur, uvoand to him whllo driv
ing to Cisco, Te:is, that she hud shot
a man In Ardmore and that she never
would disclose Him cause or tho shoot
ing. Report that Mian Hmlth left a train
at Kweutwetnr, Texas, after boarding
It apparently Ith tho intention of
going in til 1'iimj could not be veri
fied today. The owner of a cafe In
tho town who claims to know the
young woman uiacrtcd she had not
been neen In the city. Hweetwater of-
fleers expresaeil the opinion that she
may have pasKed through the town
in an automobile.
It Ma reported that a brother of
Mis Smith was being held by the po
lice at Hwectrt ater. These reports
Kald he waa arrested whllo trying to
reach his Biter with an automobile.
State of War on
Between Italy and
Regency of 4Quarnero9
Trieste. Dee. S. A ntnto of war bo
tween the kingdom of Jtuly and the
regency of qiiiirnoro" nt Flume be
gan at midnight, but up to a few
minutes before that time there waa
no visible evidence that actual hnstlll-
tie Impended.
TILL
I ; f
ARTICLE TEN
BE CUT
E
League Auembly Con
sidering Such Action,
It Is Said
CENKVA, Iec. S. PrcHcntntlnn
and adoption of a resolution eliminat
ing article ten from tho covenant of
the league of nation before tho end
of the present session of iho assembly
would occasion no surprise here, it
waa declared In notne quartern when
fthn naembly began Its meeting thin
morning,
Thn general committee of tho
lenguo assembly met this morning for
tho purj.ose nf formulating plans to
speed up the work of the assembly
with a, view to lta completion on Xec.
10 or 11, Blr Krio Drummond the
genera) secretary of the league. In
formed tho committee he believed It
would be almost Impossible to com
plete tho linrinlnhed business before
Lce. IB or 20, but tho commltteo do
clded It would attempt to end the
present session by December 11.
To thin end the commltteo de
termined to urgo all tho commissions
to get their report in shnpo for sub
mission nn quickly a possible.
A definite plan fur use of tho eco
nomic) blockade against member of
the lettguo breaking the covenant was
unanimously adopted by iho sub
committee on blockade. Tho mem
bera of the co mini union expressed the
belief that the plan would give the
leiinne a very effective weapon against
ollYndlng members and do much to
prevent ncriou international dispute
from developing Into actual wars.
The member declared themselves
confident that the scheme would be
ratified by the full commission, and
later hy tho assembly of the league.
Detail of the plan will he published
in a few day It wui announced. A
public nesHion of the armament com
mission will consider the plan.
Alleged Slayer Given
'Laughing Gas;' Denies
Killing Miss Barlow
KAMBAB C1TV, Dec. S Dennle
Chester, charged with Killing Mis
Florence Hurton talked today for the
first time since ho was returned from
Ni'hriiHka, but only after ho wa given
"laughing gas" combined with ether.
On coming out of the Influence of the
aneathetic, the censed man cried:
"h. Hod. let me talk. I never dune
It. I never killed anybody."
Chester Is being held In n cell at
the city hospital. He has been In a
suite resembling coma until today.
The ether experiment Will lie tried
attain tomorrow, hospital atturltcs
MUld.
Dividends on Chino
Copper and Nevada
Consolidated Passed
NFW YO.KK, Dec. 3 Dividend
on Chlno i'opper and Nevada Con
solidated Copper were panned today
ut thn quarterly directors meeting.
Three months ago dividend of Chlno
ami Nevada, Consolidated were at the
rate of :t; cent and 15 cents, re-
SpC'tlVely.
IteKiilar dividend on Vlah Copper
anil Itay oiuwdidated Copper wero
declared today.
NUT
FROM
SECRETARY OF TREASURY TESTIFIES
HE SEES tf Q FEASIBLE WAY TO
FURNISH RELIEF TO FARHERS
t tm MoeiTie
WASH'MITON, Dec. 8. Trensury
officials have given more thought to
tho situation the fur hit fnce aa a
result of tho falling prices of their
produrtn than they have to any other
question, but they have arrived at
no solution of the problem, Secretary
Houston today declared before the
Joint senate and house agriculture
committee,
Tho treasury secretary declared
that he knew of no feasible mean
the treasury could adopt to furnish
relief that might not bring about
worse condition than now obtain.
Mr. HouUon aald he had "grave
doubts" that a revival of the war
flnanco corporation would help.
Keen Ixmer lrtues.
The treasury chief said the fall In
the price of product generally had
been very midden and that while the
retailer still were endeavoring to got
the coet nf the good they bought at
high price he thought they would
be unable to maintain present prices
for any length of time.
Harding Mora Optimistic.
Co-operutlon between producer,
banker and the public 1 neccKsary
in the present situation which the
farmer face a a result of falling
prices, Governor Harding of th fed
eral reserve board, aald. He com
pared tho situation to that ohtnlulng
when crop failed and wald he was
quite nure that the merchant and the
banka would stand by the farmer If
the latter showed a disposition to "do
the right thing."
Iowa Congressman
Drafts Two Measures
To Relieve Farmers
e tmi AseoeiATiB eie
WABHINtrmN, Dep. t. Two
mcnfliirea looking to the relief of
farmer have been drafted by Kttpre
nentatlvn Dickinson, republican, of
Iowa, who announced today that they
would be off tired immediately after
con grew convene on Monday.
one In a bill Imposing a tax of 10
per cent on the total value of all
contract for the sale of grain when
delivery In not made within to day
and the other la a resolution author
ising the appointment of a pclal
committee to investigate grain, llve-atiM-k
and cotton prlc and to rec
ommend legifliatlon designed to rem
edy present conditions.
Mr. Dickinson declared that levy
ing of a tax on future contracts
would check speculative trading on
the grain exchangee and would
stuhllliu price.
IMPLANT U. S. FUG
IN H EARTS OF THE
Hoover Says It Will
Mean More Than If
Flying Over Citadel
st th AneeiATse estas
ItOBTOX, ec. 3. "I would rather
have tho American flag Implanted In
tho heart nf tne children or Kurope
than flying over any citadel of vic
tory.' said Herbert Hoover today to
a gathering of business men and wo
men. The occasion marked the for
mal opening In New Knglyand of the
atlou-wl.'e cnmpiilgn for 'l .1.000. -HHi.
w hie M it In cult mated will be re
quired to keep alive until the next
harvest three and one half million
youthful war sufferera In eastern and
central Kurope.
"These are children of friend and
enemy, of Jew nnd tlentlle. of Catholic
unit I'rotentant" said Mr. Hoover. 'The
war collapsed among both allle and
enemy In the face of the greatest
famine In 200 year. The foe's aup
ply for all that 2l'0.0oo,000 people
east of the old western front wan
largely exhausted by poor crops and
deNtruetlon.
"There la In thin children' prob
lem a great moral Issue, Wo are to
day feeding enemy an woll aa friend.
We are today replacing halo In the
mlndn cf this next generation.
"These ehldren are the obligation
of evory ma it and woman who has a
penny more than hln own children
and hla neghbor children .require."
HEIST THE CHECKS
ARE J31SJWISSED
Justice Frees Couple at
Conclusion of Prelim
inary Hearing
PHOENIX, Aria., Deo. S. Charge
of murder against Victor Check and
his wife, Belle Check, nt connection
with the death of Check' father
Thomnn J. Check, hero Kov. IS, laet,
were d I missed today hy Justice of the
Peace Chaa, Di'Balen Wneeler at the
conclusion of the preliminary exam
ination of Mr. and Mrs. Check.
(On tinned on page two.)
Governor Harding told the com
mittee he was more apprehensive.
year ago over coudiions than ho wan
today.
"A year ago wo wero living In a
fool's paradise, ' he said. "Pri.H and
conditions were lunt a abnormally
high In one extreme as they are now
In Home respect a low lit the other
extrcme."
Governor Harding asserted that
there had been no denial of credits
to agricultural Intercut and that the
farmers were concerned now about
their ability to sell their products and
pay for credits extended to them for
the planting of their crop.
OitiwMica Holding of lrodiH)ta,
Mr. Harding reiterated his sug
gestion that tho farmer sell part of
their product for which there 1 a
market, even If at a lower price than
they would like to receive and use the
proceeds to reduco their Indebted
n ena. Th in would ease th o whole
situation, he naid.
Tim federal reserve board chair
man said he expected to see a tablll
sation In business after the holidays
with either an advance In prices of
those article which have fallen sud
denly or a drop In the price of
article which have remained high.
In disposing of Its surplus cotton,
grain and manufactured good the
country must look to tho foreign
maikem, Governor Harding naid, add
ing that so mo way of opening trade
with central Kurope wouid help the
situation.
i'K.MKNT I'KICHH IHOP
CHlrAOO. ri. I. . Vrlra reduc
tion. trm f :0 la fs f. o. b. mill to
J o to IJ ?!t 1. o. b. mill. wn d
noum'fd tiMlwy hy thre. cm.iit com
pnnlp. h.vtng mill. In Illinois MU-hl-lan,
TennriuM). .ltd olh.r .uum.
L RQDOEnS
IKE MOTHER
LflRGE HAUL
Three Bandits in Minne
sota Get $25,000 to .
$75,000
my tns AMctTc ma
MTNNRAPOIIfl, Dec. J Hegls.
tered met) unofficially valued at front
$25,000 to TR.00 wan stolen today
by three bandlta who held un ths
clerks In a mall ear of the Mnhrldge
Minneapolis train on tha Chicago,
Milwaukee and Ht. Paul road be.
tween Hopkins nnd Minneapolis. The
bandlta escaped.
Poatal authorities, cooperating Willi
the police of Mlnneapolin and Bt. Paul,
In ft search for the bandit, announced
that a federal reward of 11.000 had
boon offered for the arrest of each
of the men. The postal officials
would not make an estimate of tha
value of the 100 plecea of mall stolen.
It wan learned thin afternoon thnt
In the car ahead of the mall car 1600.
000 III cash war being transported
under guard of two men who had
no knowledge of the mall robbery.
OHIO 1VXXK HH.I)
ll BY FIVF. MK
OOL.U3HBU8 Ohio, Dec. I, Five
armed automobile bandits, tn a bold
daylight robbery, necured $5,000 fn
cash, $3,000 In liberty .bond and
about Ufl.OOO In mm -negotiable.
not. at the First National bank of
Grove City. 13 mllea aouthweat of here
thla morning, and escaped after lock
ing occupant of the bank In a room.
Colunihua police went In pursuit of
the robbers.
BANK ROMIED f-XR
SHUOND TIMK Iff MONTH
KANSAS CITY, Dec. . Four au
tomobile bandits today paid a second
visit to the Twin City Mate -bank re
cently established at Forty-Third and
Htate Una here and escaped with $H00.
The same. Institution waa ruhiied on
November of $3,876.
INDIANA BAVK HFnj
I Pi U.tHHt IH TAKFV
RIDQRVILLB, Ind.. Dec, 9. Sic
men held up the Kldgevllle Htate
bank shortly before noon today, seised
approximately fn.OOQ In cash and es
caped In an automobile.
GOV. ALLEN RAPS '
Charges 'Pernicious At
tempt' to Shelve Choice
For Militia Chief
. sr tmc MeoeiATte sasse
HARRIHBURQ, pa., Dec.' I.
Without making; their expected an
nouncement of the state capital
selected for next year's meeting, the
conference of governors concluded Its
third and last "session before noon to
day and entrained for Philadelphia,
where tha executive, were to be tha
city's guents for the remainder of
the day. i
Governor Allen of Kansas, took
occasion before the adjournment to
warn hln colleagues of a "pernicious
attempt" being mnde by "persons
connected with the war department
at Washington" to have set aside the
cholco of the majority of governors
for tho post of chief of the militia
bureau created uTi-'.er the army re
organisation act. He said that mors
than half had signified their prefer
ence for Brigadier General Charles I,
Martin of Kansas, but that circular
were being sent out from Washington,
asking the governor to name a sec
ond choice.
Gilford Plnchot, Pennsylvania, for
estry commissioner, told the gov
ernors of the need for the conserva
tion of timber.
Within a few years he said, ths
nation would he dependent upon tha
toresta of the Pacific coast states and
in the meantime he suggested the ad-
vlsahlllty of deciding whether, when
that times cornea the federal govern
ment should control the production
nf lumber, or whether th' function
should be left, as at pre went, within
the Jurisdiction ot Jtte legttdnturea of
Washington. Oregon and -California.
Governor Allen was elt-d an ex
ecutive committee niembvr, succeed
ing Gov, Bamberger, I'tnh. " Mile C.
Hiley, Madison, Win., was re-elected
secretary.
The meeting place will, be selected
by the executive committee.
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