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Big FEET BETRAY
BOY DYE WIZARD
Detectives Simply Waited on
Corner Until Milwaukee
Fugitive Appeared.

Henry Clay Arbuttie. who at - years
Of age Is said to have discovered a new
process Of making dyes and to be paid
$4,000 a year by a Milwaukee concern
for his services as chemist, was arrested
here yesterday. He IL booked AZ a
fugitive from Justice. but the warrant
issued IN Milwaukee charges larceny
Of platinum. gold and chemicals valued
at $4,000.
Arbuttle maintains his arrest was q
mistake. that ne has a third interest
In the concern and brought the precious
metals and chemicals here to raise
money to work put his dyes invention.
lie was found easily. Acting upon the
theory that young men with suddenly
acquired money at some hour during
the day are certain TO pass Forty-second
street n Broadway and armed with
the knowledge that Arbuttie was s feet
and I inch tall and had big feet. de-
t~ectives eanply waited at that corner
until Arbuttle came along.
In the room he had been occupyins
In 222 Madison venue detectives found
a check, drawn against the account OF
the Charles $. Plat Company In the
Market and Fulton National Bank for
S1.4S4.4S. which Arbuttle said repre-
scented the proceeds of h sale Of NJ
teen ounces Of platinum to tho assa ying
concern at a price close to sos an ounce.
In the room also was found a col
lection Of platinum cups. such a. are
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ussd BY chemists, platinum wire ana
gold and platinum sheets, Of estimatsd
total value OF $4,000. There were ~
tween thirty and forty bottles Of cher,-
calls. One contained aconitine. viii,
ArbuttIe said was worth $50. and sno,h..
two ounces Of chloride Of gold, worth
he said, sS7.50 an ounce,
Afbuttle vas frank and tac,uirn Al,
ternately. He told the detective, bs
lived at 1sA Farwell avenue, Milwaukee,
and was employed by and a partner in
the Milwaukee Novelty Dye COMPANY
at Grand and Michigan venues Mi.
waukee. He had sold thirty-two ounce.
OF platinum In all. no said, and insisted
his arrest was n mistake.
William Ocsterreich, president OF ,hs
Novelty Dye Company and an AUTHORIZE
on the manufacturer Of dyes, described
the boy last night In Milwaukee as "A
wizard with chemicals"
liz was shown samples Of DYES Nv
Henry Vulceus OF Chicago a few month,
ago. he said. The samples were AS Nns
~ any he ever had seen. He asked NJ
Vulceus where the samples originated
and was told a boy had made them.
An interview was arranged. and NJ
Oesterreich says he told Arbutt,e tina,
II he could make moro Of the same dy.,
before his eyes he would give him si0.
900 a year salary and $4,000 bonn,
when he had superintended the manu-.
facture OF $4,000 pounds. besides one.
third Of the stock In a ma hs
would organize TO push the product. He
says the young chemist passed the tests
satisfactorily.
Arbuttle is said to he an orpha,
whose guardian is a Chicago priest.
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TWILL FREE
Englaaa, says Grey. IL stirred By
Latest "German Brutality"

1Ae O~S NHeS "
Latest "German Brutality"
LONDON, Nov. 24.--Viscount Grey, the
British Minister for Foreign Affairs, sent
to-day to N. Hymans. the Belgian Min
lister In London, a note referring to the
protest Of the Belgian Government,
against the measures Of forced labor
and deportation imposed by the German
The British note says:
Your Government will not expect
from their allies any elaborate expires.
they. in common with the whole world.
feel In the presence Of these practices
hitherto resorted to only In connection
with the slave trade. 1t will be enough
II l assure you that his MaJesty's Gov
me are ready to support the Bel
gian Government In every step they de-
sire to take for securing the cessation Of
these atrocities ad the punishment Of
the perpetrators.
His Majesty's Government, however.
has one assurance to give the Belgian
Government at his moment. namely.
that they will use their utmost power to
bring the war to a speedy and successful
conclusion and thus liberate Belgium.
onco for all, from the dangers which
continually menac her As long as the
enemy remains In occupation Of her
territory. This Is the cardinal aim of
| all the Allies and the people OF the Brit
ish empire have already been inspired
| by this latest proof of German brutality
TO renewed determination to make every
sacrifice for the attainment OF that end"
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HELD AS BLOCKADE RUNNER.
Dane Charged with shipping
Rubber as Baggage.

The a%rraignment of Kay V. Hawby, a
Dane. before Clarence =. Houghton,
United States Commissioner. yesterday
disclosed another partly successful at
tempt to run the British blockade by
shipping dental rubber to Denmark as
personal baggage rather than as cargo.
Roger Wood, Assistant United states
Attorney. believes the rubber In this
case. as In most OF the others. was for
transshipinent to Germany, where ex-
orbitant prices can be obtained for II.
In the complaint on which Hawby
was held he Is charged with c%onspiring
with his brother. Axei =. Hawby. and
his father, Victor Hawby, to defraud
the United States by shipping the rub
Der as baggage and failing to fle cargo
manifests. The elder Hawby In in
Copenhagen. Axel Hawby will probably
be arrested to-day, The defendant was
held In $4,000 bail.
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ITALIAN FRONT ACTIVE AGAIN
ARTILLERY Duels Reported on Tren.
tino and Csrso Sectors.

LONDON. Nov. 2t.-Better weather has
facilitated artillery operations along the
Austro-Italian front. the activity reach.
ing considerable intensity on the Asiagc
plateau. The oficial statement by the
Italian War ONCE. issued to-day. reads
~ follows:
In the Trentino region the artillery
activity increased under improved
weather conditions. 1t was particu-
larry intense on the Asiago plateau.
Our batteries dispersed enemy work.
ing parties and interfered with troop
movements and transport activities In
the ASA Valley.
On the Julian front artillery duels
occurred In the PLAYA and Goritz Sec
tors n on The Carso.
n Austrian statement says:
After an Improvement In tho ex-
tremely bad weather artillery Engage
ments were revived or several sec
tors. especially on the Carso plateau,
but did not attain great violence.
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FIVE DOCTORS WITH ARCHBoLD.
Ready 70 Meet Any EmergeucS
After Appendicitis Operation.

TARIYrowN, n. Y. Nov. cA-The con-
dit!on OF John II. Archbold. president OF
the standard oil Company or New Jer-
sey, who was operated upon for appendi-
citis last night at his home in South
Broadway. was said tonight to be as
favorable as could he expected, consid-
ering Mr.. Archbold's age. Mrs, Arch
bold is the only member OF the family
with him
II was learned on excellent authority
tonight hat Mr.. Archbold was stricken
Tuesday and that he was Ill twenty
four hours before his family physician.
pr. Richard II. COutant, was called. AS
his condition grew worse an operation
was decided upon. and last night five
surgeons and five nurses were at the
Archbold home. The operation was per-
formed by Or. Brewer OF New York.
Although the physicians are hopeful
Of Mr.. A~rchbold's recovery they are
remaining constantly at his bedside to
meet any emergency that may arise.
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DENY U.BoAT SANK BRITANNIA.
Germans suspect ship Was Used for
Transport Purp0ses.

BERLIN. Nov. 2+-The chief Of the
Naval Stan announces that the British
hospital ship Britannia was not sunk by
q German submarine.
LONDON, Nov. IA wireless despatch
received to-day from Berlin reads as
follows:
According to the reports so far Mt
hand the Britannia wac proceeding from
England to Salonica. For a journey In
this direction the large number of per-
sons on board was extraordinarily
striking and Justiies a strong suspicion
Of the misuse OF a hospital ship for
transport purposes. lnasmuch as the
ship bore tho distinguishing marks of a
hospital ship. in accordance with ECU
lations. there can naturally be no ques-
ton OF a German submarine In connec"
ton with the sinking"
ATHENS, Nov. 20 (delayed),-All the
nurses on the Brittanic were saved 30
far as Is known Those who were
drowned were stokers and engineers.
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TREPOFF, PREMIER,
VICTORY FOR DUMA
Sturmer's Resignation Out.
come Of Differences With
the Cabinet.

PrrRooRAp. via London. Nov. :A.-rhc
resignation OF Boris vladimirovitch
sturmer As Premier and Foreign MIN
lister. which became known to-day. with
the announcement OF the appointment OF
n. TrepofY. former Minister OF Railways.
A. Premier. had long been expected n
an inevitable outcome o, h struggle
between the present Cabinet and the
Duma. 1t caused no more than mild
surprise, and this was luz less to the
event Itself than the rapidly with which
the situation matured since the break
between the Duma and Government.
1t Is almost impossible to overestimate
not only the political but the national
significance OF the Duma victory. since
for the first time In history Russian
public opinion IL considered to v tri.
umphed over influences which were re.
garded As antagonistic to good govern
ment.
NJ. Trepors appointment to the pos
of Prime Minister 10 greeted with salts
faction by the newspapers, which. how
ever. express the opinion that this is only
the fiNt step taken toward carrying on
the programme which IL dictated by
present political necessities. According
TO the Rech, the resignation Of NJ. Stur'
mer IL Abe first occasion In the course Of
Russias constitutional history which
| clearly establishes between the Govern
ment and the majority the voice OF tn,
Duma.
THE Duma." says the Reeh. has &C
complished It's nrst object. but II doei
| not necessarily follow that the rest ol
tho programme will be executed. The
chanRee In the Cabinet desired by thu
majority in the Duma have not been full!
carried out only the chief figure hal
been put aside. Further changes mus
follow. the most important Of which II
the dismissal OF the Minister OF the In
terror and the appointment Of a proper
person as Foreign Minister"
Other newspapers In expressing tn
same views. although In modified form
say hat the conflict has not yet ended
and that considerable difference still
exists between what has been accom-
piished and what Is desired.
The ukasc suspending the Duma until
December 2 IL considered TO have bee,
due to the necessity Of the new Prim,
Minister forming a new programme an,
to the a~dvisabili,y of giving %opportunit.
for conferences between the Government
and Duma leaders In order that a full
understanding may be reached befor,
the next meeting OF tho Duma.
NJ. Trepor belongs to The Conservativ
group. He has held prominent cour
positions n assisted In conferences III
der imperial direction to conside
changes In the Duma n the lmperia
Council In 1915. In 1914 he was made
member Of the Imperial Council. Sine
1915 NJ. TrepoY has been Minister q
Ways n Communications. Recent
he was appointed Secretary of State
the Emperor.
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BELGIUM IN DESPAIR,
LOOKS TO AMERICA
Continued from First Page.

There have been f1oo tS500) hnes for
trivial offences. A market woman who
was hned eco (S200).
Amy one heard singing or whistling
Ia Brabanconne' or The Lion Of Flan-
ders' 10 arrested. II the culprit cannot
pay the hne he 10 put In prison. The
German police In Brussels have been
greatly increased since November 3.
Any one found In possession Of the Bel
gian coiors or exhibiting the portrait Of
the King or Queen Is fined. According
to their means money Ia dragged out Of
the people upon the slightest pretence.
There IL hardly q family Of which some
member q not been caught In a trap
and forced to pay"
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AMERICAN AVIATOR TO WED.
Paul Rockwell t. Take French
Woman for bride.

PARIS. Nov. 2&.--The engagement has
been announced Of Paul Rockwell to
Mile. Jeanne Leagues. Rockwell - a
brother OF kim Rockwell. the American
aviator with the French army who was
killed recently.
Paul Rockwell was among the hrst
volunteers to leave the United States
to fight for franz lie enlisted In
the Foreign Legion and was invalided
out OF the army after spending several
months in the trenches. During the
first year Of the war he had a fall
which smashed his shoulder blade.
Mile. Leagues was graduated from
the Sorbonne with high honors. Her
father IL prominent In Paris. He ID
deputy chairman Of the foreign rela-
tons committee Of the Chamber OF
Deputies. NJ. Leygues was one Of the
legatees under the will OF NJ. Chau.
chard. owner Of tho Louvre stores. re-
ceiving nearly $4,000, 600.
The wedding will be- held in December
and will DO very quiet.
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SAYS GERMANS BROKE PLEDGE.
England Gives Up Hope Rappahan-
nock's Crew Escaped.

LONDON. Nov, 2%.-The British steam
ship Rappahannock. long overdue from
Halifax, has been given up for lost. The
following Official statement was issued
here to-day:
THE Furness-W Witty liner Rappahan-
mock left Halifax for England on Octo-
Der II. Nothing has ben heard OF her
since. A Berlin oficial announcement
of November 8 stated that the ship had
been sunk. Unless n Of the officers
and crew. who numbered thirty-seven.
were taken on board q submarine or
transferred to another vessel-neither
OF which courses was followed ~ far
as ~known-there II 10 longer any hops
for their safety. II the crew wers
forced to take to their boats It 10 clear
that II must have occurred so far from
land or in such weather conditions
that there was no probability OF their
reaching shore.
Tho German pledge not to sink YES
sells without saving human lives ha
thus once more been d.Sregsrdsd, ar 1
another Of their submarines has been
guilty Of constructive murder On the
high ssas."
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ITALIANS PUSH ON
WEST OF M0NASTIR
Sarrail's Centre and Extreme
Left Wing Are Forging
Steadily Northward.
VERY HEAVY
Germans and Bulgars Making
Desperate Efforts to
Check Drive.

PARIS, Nov. 3l.-0en. sarrairs italian
troops on the left wing Of the hshtins
front in southwestern Serbia have pushed
ahead until they arc due west Of Mon
astir. They have reached Njipo,s. ive
miles from that city.
Gen. sarrail's French. Russian and
Serbian troops have made moro progress
north Of Monastir. The fighting IL fe-
roclous. the French War once reports.
and the Germans and Bulgars are nght-
ing with desperation 10 halt the allied
advance.
The French Report.
The occupation Of Budimirtsa, an
nouncsd to-day BY the French Wal OF
nee. wal announced by the Serbs on
Wednesday. The French statemer: reads
On the right bank Of the Cerna
Serbian forces occupied the village Of
Budimirtsa. Violent counter attacks
directed against this position by the
enemy resulted IN complete failure.
To the north and to the east Of Mon
astir the fighting 10 going on with
fsrocity. Troops Of the Allies have
made progress and have inflicted heavy
losses upon the German-Bulgartan
forces. which endeavored energstically
TO oppose their advance.
To the west Of Monastir italian
troops. continuing their forward
march. have advanced As far ~ Mill
pole and taken some prisoners.
The German Statement.
To.day's German statement follows:
Between Presba Lake and The Cerna
there was renewed heavy artillery hr-
ing. Local advances by the enemy
northwest OF Monastir and near Ma
kovo failed.
A delayed Bulgarian statement says
Between Lakes Ochrida and Presba
after q short engagement the enemy
retired southwark. An enemy attack
east Of Lake Prssba failed. Height
No. 1850. east Of P~aralovo. was un-
successfully attacked by the enemy.
who met with heavy losses. In the
vicinity Of Boudamitxa we occupied
enemy trenches.
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GIRL TO DRIVE AMBULANCE
Parents Of Miss Dorothy Treat Ar
mold Learn of Her Appointment.

ALBANY. Nov. 2A-Miss Dorothy
Treat Arnold. prominent young society
girl, will begin driving an ambulance
In France next Monday. according to
word received to-day by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Walworth
Arnold. Miss Arnold sailed In October
to begin hospital work for the wounded
In Paris. At the time she hoped to be
able to drive y motor car for the dis
tribution OF supplies. or II possible an
ambulance. but she was given to UNDER
stand It would be some time before she
could do 90. 4 cablegram received by
her parents states she will begin ambu-
lance driving Monday.
Miss Arnold IL 4 member Of one Of
Alhany's most prominent families. She
attended last summer he Women's
Preparedness Camp In Chevy Chase. and
she has been interested In the war. re-
lief work. and especially Frances part
IN. the struggle
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PLEADS FOR BELGIANS,
u. 8. Diplomat Asks for AmeliOra-
ton of Conditions.

BERLIN, via London. Nov. 24.-Secre-
tary Joseph C. Grew Of the United States
Embassy had an hours interview We'd
nesday with Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg regarding tho Belgian labor
problem. He laid before the Chancellor.
informally and unoficially. suggestions
for a certain amelioration OF the COM
pulsory employment OF Belgian workmen
as concessions to Belgian national feel
lngs n neutral public opinion. De.
tails OF the conversation are regarded
for the present as confidential.
The Spanish Ambassador, as tho Of
icial representative of Belgian interests,
had a conference with the Chancellor on
the same subject.
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HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK.
Braenar Castle. DearinG Wounded
Mined or ToPpedoed.

LONDON, Nov. 2A.-The British hos
pitai sAip Braemar Castle OF $3.50 tons
gross, bound from Salonica TO Malta
with wounded. has been mined or tor
pedoed in the .Egean Sea, It was OIL
cially announced to-day. All on board
except one man were eaved. a despatch
from Athens says the steamer was tor
pedoed.
The disaster occurred in the Mykoni
Channel. about 100 miles east of the
Pir@us. the announcement states.
Twelve of the crew OF the 5000 ton
British steamship Ernaston were landed
to-day. They reported that the steam
ship had been sunk. The captain and
the remainder OF the crew landed in an
other boat.
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vANDALS STIR COL. ROOSEVELT.
They Fell Tree On His Estate, He
Offers &25 Reward.

OYSTER BAY, n. v, Nov. 2t-Col,
Theodore Roosevelt Is on the trail Of
malefactors again. This time 1t is one
or more intrepid woodsmen who sawed
down a largo sassafras tree on the
Colonel's estate at Sycamore Hin,
The Colonel to-day offered s25 reward
for information leading TO the discovery
of the individuals who 'maliciously and
feloniously entered my land and with a
crosscut saw felled "A large and valuable
~ ssafras tree which by its fall partly
destroyed an even moro valuable beech
tree"
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POPULATION OVER 100, ooo,oo
Census Bureau Estimate for Com
ttueutal u. o, 10 lO2,e20,3O0,

WARRINGTON, Nov. 24.-Population OF
continental United States on January 1.
1917, will be l02, s28. 800. and with it's
outlying possessions 1lS.30s. 2S5. the
Census Bureau estimates. upon the In
crease AS shown by the Federal CEN
suses of 1900 n 1910.
Treasury Department statisticians.
using a different method Of calculation.
estimated the population OF continental
United States ~ 10s.oos.oo0 on Novem-
6or I.
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a1RIANY's NEW WAR EFFORT
AUXILIARY Service Dill Aims 10 En-.
list More Millions.

LONDON. Noy. 2+.-The German aux
Hilary service bill IL considered by Score
tary Of the Interior Won Loebell as sur
Dassing In Importance all previous war
Dsasurss. according to an Amsterdam
despatch to Reuters.
In opening the debate on the bill.
which provides for the services Of all
men from II to 90. he told the Main
Committee Of the Reichstag that beside
DE millions whom II would render
liable to service In the army Il would
aIsct 5000. 900 others to be called upon
eor other services in this war. which
- not only a war Of armies but a war
u political economy. a war Of nations"
The Minister declared that instead Of
he lack Of employment which prevailed
q tho beginning Of the war there was
bow . positive lack Of labor. especially
n the manufacture Of munitions and
var materials Of all kinds. He said
that the bill 10 intended to assure the
sustenahcs Of the laboring population
and that %compulsion would only be used
- . last resort n was not needed for
women. THE bill must prove to the
whole world" ne said. "Germany's de-
termination to Tight with all her forces
the uttermost."
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APPEALS TO u. s.
Another Protest by Belgium AGAINST
Deportations IL Made.

WAsHINGToN, Nov. 24.-Another pro-
test was submitted TO the State Depart
ment to-day by the Belgian Minister re-
garding the deportation Of Belglans to
work In German munitions factories.
In submitting this protest the Belgian
Government asks this Government to
urge Germany to consider the conse-
Quences OF what IL declared to be a VIC.
lation Of the laws of humanity.
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R GAIN IN CAUCASUS.
Lins IL Pushed Forward ON Front
Of Forty Miles.

LONDON, Nov. 2A.-A delayed official
Turkish announcement, received here
to-day. rays that on November 10 the
Turks pushed forward their right wing
In the Caucasus on a front OF nearly
twenty miles, and on the following day
advance was made In another direction
over about the same length of front.
On the Egyptian front. tho statement
says. tho Turks repealed forces which
on November l6, under protection OF
machine guns and artillery. attempted 10
N0proach Ebou PasA
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FRANCE HUNTS FOR MEN.


PARIS. Nov. 2A.-The Minister OF War
Has introduced \ bill In the Chamber Of
Deputies BY which all persons exempted
from military service or mustered out A.
must submit to Q further medical ex-
animation.
During the frst period Of the war the
main object in recruiting was not TO
evsrcrowd the depots. and consequently
only the strongest men were taken. The
Minister believes that Of several hundred
ehousand men thus exempted an APP
pfeciable number will be found on a less
osrfunctory medical examination to be
capable Of enrolment for non-combat-
nat service at least. Certain defects
hitherto considered inhihttive are not
4Acompatible with service In the artii-
leSy or even the fighting rank.
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steamer Helene Suuk.

LONDON, Nov. 2t.-Lloyd's announces,
that the steamer Helene. bound from
Amsterdam for New York. has been
lost, but that the crew was landed.
The steamer Helene mentioned Is sun.
posed to be the Dutch vessel OF thai,
name. She registered 1.79s tons Her
homo port was Perneuzcn. This teamer.
commanded by Capt. Wiser, sailed from
New York October 10 FOR Rotterdam.
where she arrived November ..
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DOCTORS" START ON JUNKET.
q. r.. Baker, e. NJ. Schwab and
George C.. BOIdt Ga to B~es'le'hem.

Doctors George +. Baker. Charles
NJ. Schwab and George c. Boldt. recently
given degrees by the Cornell ALUMNI,
departed yesterday over the Lehigh VAL
ley Railroad IN "Dr." Bakers private
car for a junket.
Or" Baker doctor OF Donations)
kidnapped DR. Boldt from the Waldorf
when he discovered the latter needed a
rest. They notified OR" Schwab they
would like 10 see his laboratory at
Bethlehem, Pa, whereupon the steel man
insisted that he be included In the party
as personal guide.
The special a Is expected back
Monday,
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SOCIALISTS LOSE IN GERMANY.
First Breach In Political Trace for
war Period.

BERLIN. via London, Nov. 2&-In an
election for a member of tho Reichstas
ut Oschatz, Saxony. the Socialist candi-
date was defeated by Dr. Wildgrube, the
candidate OF the Conservatives. The
election was noteworthy az being the
first breaci In the truce between the
political parties arranged for the period
Of the war.
The Socialists. who nearly won the
seat in 1912, warmly contested the pres
ent election. chiefly because Of the fact
that DR.. wildgrube 10 a pronounced Pan
German. 1t Is significant that Or. Wild
CRUDE Increased considerably the Con.
sentative majority OF 1919.
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suspect IL Not Jean Croues.

S~rALpING. Neb,, Nov. ?4.-The suspect
held here IL not Jean Crones, the al
legged %poisoner OF soup served at a
University Club Inner last winter In
Chicago, This was the decision tonight
OF u Chicago detective AND four news
paper men from hat city. who came
here after being notified that the pris-
oner resembled CroneA.