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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
MILLIONS in LOOT BURNED
Loss In Iowa Mail Robbery Placed at
$4,000, 900 by Pcstoffice
Inspector.

Omaha, Neb.-Bonds and securities
burned by the bandits who robbed
Burlington train No. 8 in Council
Bluffs recently totaled more than 5
million dollars, according to an an
nounmement here by Postal Inspector
Glenn.
At the same time he announced that
the loss would fall heavily on two
national insurance companies. which
insured the. bonds.
This is the first intimation since the
robbery of the amount involved. This
figure places the robbery as the great
est ever staged in the history of the
American postoffice department.
Formal charges have been filed in
federal court against the five men and
one woman in custody. The charges
are:
Merl Phillips, Orville Phillips and
Fred E. Poffenberger- Breaking, en-
tering and robbing United States mail
train of registered mail
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Daily and Hugh
Reed-Hiding stolen government prop.
erty and aiding in the secretion of the
stolen securities. Preliminary hear
ing will probably be held in one week.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
CHESTER is IN KANSAS CITY
Accused Murderer of Miss Barton Ar
riVes from Broken Bow, Neb.,
Under Heavy Guard.

Kansas City.-Bound hand and foot
and under a guard Of twelve men,
Dennie Chester was brought to Kan
sas City under Leavy guard and lies
in straightjacket strapped to a cot
in cell at police headquarters. await
ing possible Identification by Howard
r. Winter as the man who fired the
shot which killed Miss Florence Bar
ton, October 2.
Chester was arrested in Great Falls,
Mont, ten days ago for investigation
in connection with the murder. He
jumped through double plate glass
Pullman car window as the train bear
ing him back to Kansas City was pull
ing out of Broken Bow, Neb., a week
ago.
Chester was recaptured by Dr. Mar
tin Hanson. veterinarian, and E. NJ.
Hammond. deputy sheriff, Broken
Bow.
Chester twice attempted to end his
life in jail at Broken Bow. An at
tempt to hang himself failed when
Mrs. V. C. Talbot, wife of the sheriff
discovered him dangling by strips OF
blanket tied together and fastened
to a beam above the cell A few
hours after he was revived, Chester
again attempted to end his life by div
ing head first from the cot in the cell
to the cement floor
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
GERMAN ROYALTY ACCUSED
Ex-chanceIlor Mueller Says Eminent
Persons Struggled Property Worth
Millions Out OF the Country.

Berlin.-One hundred eminent per-
sons, among them Crown Princess &C.
ellie, Prince Eitel Frederick, Prince
August Wilhelm, the late Prince Joa-
chin, Count Radolin and Princess
Wanda Radziwill, have smuggled to
Holland money aggregating 4 million
marks, asserted Hermann Mueller,
German ex-chancellor, in the reich
stag.
The ex-chancellor interpellated the
government relative to the activities
of the firm of Cruiser & Phillipson,
bankers, which is declared to have
carried on an extensive business IN
smuggling property out Of Germany.
1t was asserted that the head Of the
banking firm had been enrolled in the
German army and was on good terms
with the nobility, and that the con-
Germ had been known publicly as a
special firm for the carrying on OF
contraband in goods and capital"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
CAPTURED ON COUNTRY ROAD
Donnie Chester, Who Made Daring
Escape From Train at Broken
Bow, in Jail Again.

Broken Bow, Neb.-Leaving hastt-
" scrubbed death note on the cot in
his cell, Dennie Chester, alleged slay-
er of Miss Florence Barton, Kansas
City society girl, who was captured
twenty-five miles south OF here, at
tempted suicide by strangulatiOn in
the jail here.
When found by the wife of V. c.
Talbot, sheriff of Custer county,
Chester was unconscious. DR.. George
Pennington and DIR. Theodore Koefoot
were summoned to the jail and re-
vived Chester shortly before 8 o'clock.
The physicians believe he will recover
Chester tore his cot blankets into
strips, fastened them together and
knotted one end around the bars over
head. The other end. he tied around
his neck twice. He then allowed him
self to fall backward and stTangled.
Mrs. Talbot, passing through the
cell corridor, heard peculiar noise
and investigated. She found Chester
unconscious Mrs. Talbot summoned
her husband and her brother, Horace
Kennedy, from the jail office and they
loosened the moose. Chester slumped
to the floor and was carried to an
other cell and placed on a cot.
Sheriff Talbot found Chester's
death note later in the cell. He would
not make its contents public but as-
serted that Chester made no mention
Of the Barton murder. The note mere
~ contained instruction as to the body
and Chester's personal effects.
Chester was captured at 10 o'clock
in the morning on country road near
Oconto, Neb., TWENTY-FIVE miles south
of Broken Bow, by Ernest Hammond
a deputy sheriff, and DR.. Martin
Hanson, a veterinarian. Hammond and
Hanson were riding in motor car
when they caught up with a man
walking in the roadway toward
Oconto.
The man made an attempt to con-
ceal himself in underbrush near the
road, but finally continued walking
southwark until overtaken by the
motor ca.
Hammond and Hanson leveIed re-
volvers at the man and he surren-
dered without fight He admitted
his identity and was taken immediate
ly to the county Jail at Broken Bow.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
LEAGUE CHANGES
TO WAIT AWHILE
ORGANIZATION Committee Votes
Down Proposed Revision
For the Present.
WANT TO HEAR FROM U. S.
RaIfour Believes II Too Early to Draw
Conclusions Regarding Covenant
AS II Now Stands.

Ceneva.-There will be no amend
ments to the covenant of the League
of Nations at this session of the as
sembIy if the decision Of committee
No. THAT of general organization
which has been considering amend
ments. is approved in full session
Arthur ]. BalfouT, chairman OF the
committee suggested in committee
meeting that it was too early TO draw
conclusions as to the working OF the
league or to form an idea as to how
the covenant may be improved He
proposed that the committee recon-
mend the appointment Of special
committee to consider the proposed
amendments and report to the next
meeting of the assembly.
Want U. s. In Before Changes
The Scandinavian delegates on the
committees insisted on the considera-
ton Immediately OF amendments they
proposed, but they were outvoted- The
South American delegates accepted
Mr.. BaIfour's suggestion all the more
readily because they are Of the opln-
ion that any amendment Of the cove
nant should await propositions that
are expected from the United States
after President-eIect Harding's consul
tations on the subject. They declared
it would be entirely out Of order to
revise the covenant in the absence Of
one of the most important nations OF
the world
A Letter of Thanks to Root.
The committee on the international
court decided to send a letter Of
thanks and congratulations to Elihu
Root and other delegates Of the Hague
conference. This is as far as they
have got in their work
Antonio Huneus, head of the Chilean
delegation and chairman of the COM
mittee on admission of new members,
told the Associated Press recently
that his committee already was hard
at work and hoped to make an early
report.
News of the application of Monte
negro for membership in the league Of
nations leaked out the other day. No
information whatever was given on
the subject by the secretarit Of the
league This eleventh hour application
necessarily will come up on the floor
of the assembly before being referred
to committee.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
BEAUTY MARSHALED FOR czAR
Russian Monarch Selected Bride From
the Prettiest Maidens Of Land
Over Which He Ruled.

In Russia, in the Sixteenth century
the choice OF a bride for the car was
made from all the pretty girls OF the
country. Ivan, who ruled 15S0-15S4.
beng ready for a wife, ordered ali the
beautiful girls In the country TO come
TO Moscow. Preliminary contests were
held in each province. and canoiOaIes
selected In the majority Of cases the
contestants were delighted with the
chance to go to Moscow, and still more
delighted with hope Of becoming
ruler of Russia. An immense hall was
built and, on the day Of the choosing,
1,500 Of the most beautiful girls in
Russia were ready to contest for VANS
favor.
Accompanied by an aged courtier.
the car strolled through the hall, all
the girls smiling shyIy or openly at his
highness as he passed them After &
process OF elimination was gone
through with, Anastasia, daughter ~
an ancient but poor family, was
chosen, and was made empress Of 60
100000 people forthwith
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
MILLERs MADE BIG PROFITS
Flour Manufacturers Have Averaged
24.4 Per Cent for Past Five
Years, Commission Says.

Washington.-Profits of wheat flour
millers in the Northwest for the last
five years have averaged 24.4 per cent
on their average investment, accord
ing to the report The average annual
earnings for the 5-year period for the
southwestern millers was 23.5 per
cent, but those of the eastern group
amounted to only 1873 per cent.
The profit OF thirty-seven companies
covered by the report was over twice
as large in the last two years as in
the first three. In 1867 there was
returned on the investment 1874 per
cent. more than three times as large
as 1884. The eastern group earn
,ings in 1856 were only 6.5 per cent,
but Jun led to 30S per cent in 1917
1913.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
REFUGEES NEAR
DIRE CALAMITY
Famine and Disease Working
Havoc Among Russiaa Ex-
lies on Allied Vessels.
SICK AND INSANE GO ASHORE
Men, Women and Children HuddIed
Together on Many Ships With
out Food and Water.

Constantinople.-Th condition Of
the refugees abroad the ninety OF
more ships strung along the Bosphor
US is appalling and terrible catas-
trophe is feared unless the promptest
measures are taken to land the thou
sands who are writhing in misery and
pain. The correspondent visited sew.
eral Of these floating hospitals and
mad-houses' recently and returned to
shore with forebodings of impending
calamity.
None OF the refugees has as yet been
taken ashore, excepting the sick and
diseased and the insane, the latter, of
whom have been extremely, numerous.
AS the correspondent rode across
the Bosphorus an unpleasant smell
from the ships was apparent notwith-
standing a strong, cold sea breeze. An
American relief officer accompanied
him.
AS soon as the pair boarded the
ships the clothing of both was vir-
tually torn off by half maddened refu-
gees who begged to be taken to land
on the open hills which border the
Bosphorus.
All Herded Together.
Men, women and children, regard
less of age or sex, are herded together
promiscuously on the ships day and
night in a state of appalling filth.
Many women of distinguished demean-
or, despite their bedraggled appear
ance, offered to barter their valuables,
jewels and furs for crust of bread
or glass of water. In soma cases the
refugees have been without water for
eleven days.
The correspondent heard that there
mad been numerous suicides Of despec-
etc refugees going insane during the
night hours. They spoke of ghastly-
te mptation and the sobbing cal of the
sea at night when they were dying
with thirst Many of the refugees
were rc-trained from jumping over
board, but many succeeded.
The American navy is assisting in
transporting sick women to hospitals
end the Near East relief also has been
prominent in the work.
Scenes Beggar Description.
War hardened relief nurses were
moved to tears by maddened mothers
offering their children to vi TORS and
the scenes of separation have beg
garded description.
The death rate has been abnormal
as the result of biting cold and the
lack of food. The American Red Cross
is offering $4,000 rations daily and sew
eral Americans are offering donations
and subscriptions.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
TELEeRAPHIC BREVITIEs

President-elect Warren G. Harding,
Gov. James N. Cox of Ohio, and
James NJ. Cox of Ohio, and James
Wright Brown, editor OF the Editor
and Publisher, were elected to nation
al honorary membership in the Sigma
Delta Chi, mems journalistic fratern-
ity, on the second day Of the sixth
national convention at Norman, Ok.
-Lassie L. Browning pleaded guilty
at Lawton, Ok, of attempting to rob
the Indiahoma state bank and was
sentenced to five years at hard labor
in the penitentiary at Granite by
Judge John L. Coffman.
The assembly OF the League of Ma
tons decided without a dissenting
vote recently to appeal to the powers
in the hope OF finding a government
willing to undertake mediation be-
tween the Turkish Nationalist and
the Armenians.
Senators Reed OF Missouri, Pom
creme OF Ohio and Shields = Tennes-
see, all Democrats, are among those
invited by President-eIect Harding to
confer with him on the league Of ma
tions issue and other matters after
his return from Panama.
The responsibility of the League
Of Nations and the responsibilities Of
its individual members under article
10 OF the covenant is one question the
committee on admittanee of new mem
bers is considering in connection with
the applications of fourteen states, not
including Germany.
-Theodosia, East Crimea, has been
shelled by a French warship, follow
ing the firing by the BOlsheviki on
French destroyers earring refugees.
Two sailors on the French destroyers
Tsre wounded.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
ALEkGUE ARMY TO ARMENIA
Unanimous Vote at Geneva Meeting
to Summon Council to Take
Immediate Action.

Geneva.-The League of Nations has
summon'd the league council to take
immedi = steps 20 aid Armenia
Voting unanimously for the first
time, the assembly adopted the resolu-
ton presented by Rene Viviani of
France to summon the council with
the committee to which the Armenian
was referred, to determine the scope
of the leagues action.
NJ. Viviani proposed that the as
sembly authorize the league council
to reach an understanding imme-
diately with all the great powers,
governing the strength of the armed
force to be contributed by each CT
them for the purpose of saving Ar
menia."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
FEWER ALIENS ARE LEAVING
Emigration From United States to
Europe Has Steadily Declined
During the Recent Months.

New York.-Aliens who were in
this country and profited from the
high wages OF the war period are not
so keen on going back to their home
lands to get the advantage of the
exchange rate as they were immedi-
ately after the armistice. They are
learning that things are different in
Europe now and that comfort is not
purchasabIe even with the sums of
money they can acquire by changing
their American money into the depre-
ciated script Of their home countries.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
CLEAR UP BIG MAIL ROBBERY

Council tufts, Ia.-Pictures of sud.
den riches, lives of ease and comfort
and motor cars, word painted by old
er men to boy habitues of pool halls,
led to the z-million-dollar mail rob-
berry in the railroad yards here the
other night. Such is the belief OF the
authorities following the clearing up
of the case
Seven more arrests, including the
brains" Of the plot, the recovery of
large amount OF money, all in SO
bills, and the recovery of q motor
car, brought the details of the rob
berry to light in quick succession.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
ANOTHER BLOODY
BATTLE IN DUBLIN
Fourteen Police. Army and lie.
gal Officers Slain by the
Sim FeIners.
TURN MACHINE GUNS ON CROWD
Ten Spectators at Football Game
Killed When "5Iack and Tan"
Opened Fire at Park.

Dublin.-A whirlwind Of revenge
and murder swept through Dublin
with unprecedented fury leaving a
more than hundred wounded on both
sides.
Sim Fem terrorism reached a eli
max when fourteen officers of the
crown were slain in their homes in
the early morning in simultaneous
raids conducted by bands of Irish Re-
Iublicans.
BLACK and tan" retaliation played
its part in the day of horror when a
crowd OF six thousand men and women
watching a football game at Croke
park were swept by storm of ma
chine gun bullets in which ten persons
were killed and sixty or seventy
wounded.
Attack at Park Defended.
A spirited defense of the Croke park
incident was Issued by the Irish office
Immediately following reports in Lon
don that hell had broken loose" in
Dublin It was claimed that the crown
forces surrounded the football park
gunner had made the park a rendez-
vous. using the game as a cloak to
their purpose" Three thousand spec
tators re searched for weapons and
many were disarmed. Reports from
Dublin, however. say that the black
and tan . descended upon the park
with machine guns and armored cars
and fired unfortunately into the
mass OF spectators, wounding scores,
and creating a panic in which other
men and women were killed or in
jured.
Was An Organized Plan.
The killing of the founteen police,
army and legal officers, and the
wounding of six others was carried
out in manner that leaves lao doubt
as to the thoroughly organized plan
of assassination that had been form
ulated by Sim Fein. It took place
with dramatic suddenness, the Repub-
licans sweeping into the houses where
there enemies were, for the most part,
still in their beds. Upon accomplish
ing the Staying the raiders withdrew.
None OF the murderers has been cap
tured
Officers and ex-officers of the ''black
and tans,'' a British police organiza-
ton consisting largely of former serv-
ice me-. appeared to be the main OBJ
jective Of the latest outbreak
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Japan ano d. s in p.c+

Los Angeles.-Japanese newspapers
announced the completion OF a new
treaty between Japan and the United
States and stated it was acceptable
to Japan, according to a cable from
Toxic received here by the japanese
Daily News
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02

Mary MaeSwIney Also Coming to U. s.
London.-Mrs. Terence MscSwiney,
widow Of the late mayor Of Cork, will
be accompanied to the United States
by Mary MacSwiney, who has obtain
ed a passport They will leave for
Cork Immediately and will embark at
Queenstown, November "a
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Confirmation.

The Professor collector, did you
say? Did you tell him was out7
The Factotum-Yes, sir, but he
wouldn't believe me.
The Professor-Humph Then sup
pose I'll have to go and tell him my
self-Michigan Gargoyle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Retort Courteous

He was very modest, and to hii
great horror was called upon to sal
grace at his first dinner at the old
fashioned country house.
He quavered and said:
For what we're about to receive
er-thanks awfully." - Tit-Bits.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
10 AK check on ImmIaration.

Washington. = The executive coun-
Gil of the American Federation of La
Der, after spending more than a week
discussing the individual situation,
has determined to use all its influ-
ence to have congress enact Iegisla-
ton restricting immigration.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Allies Cara for Refun.es

Constantinople.-Fo ships carry
ing Russian refugees from Sebastopol
have left here for Cattaro, Jugo Slav-
ia. where they will be cared for under
an agreement between the allied au-
thorities.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Rar. Eoreion ,1II p;nelin.

The City of Mexico.-An three Pc
titions asking for concessions to build
an oil pipeline across the 1. hmus Of
Tehauntepec, filed here recently, have
been rejected by the Mexican gov
eminent, Jacinto B. TreVino, secretary
Of the department OF commerce and
labor, announced recently
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02

Geneva, SwitzerIand.-Germ re-
Gently notified the League of Nations
that she no longer considers herself
bound by the clause under which she
surrendered her colonies.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Rob U. S. Woman at Leaaue Meet.

Geneva.-Miss Ruth Sweetzer, rep
resentative of the American suffragist
organization. has notified the police
that while attending a League of Ma
tons meeting she was robbed of furs
valued at $3.50.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02

British Would Bar American Tires.
Washington. = Sharp protests have
been entered in the British house of
commons against the continued i'm
portation of large quantities of Amer
lean manufactured motor car tires.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Peace Prize to Wilson.

Stockholm. = Preside Woodrow
Wilson will be awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize for 1920, according to the
Swedish newspapers. The announce
ment Of the prize comittee however,
viii not be made before the end Of
November.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Raekhand cempIIment.

Proud Parent-What do you think
Of the baby? They say he looks IKE
me-
Truthful Friend-That is a tough
inheritance for the poor child to face
the future.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Jake /. Harmon Is Wounded.

Ardmore, Ok.-Jake Hamon, Repub-
iican national committeeman from Ok
lahoma, was wounded here when a
shotgun, which he was cleaning. ex-
ploded The shot took effect In Ha-
mons side. The wound is not seri-
Gus, according to hospital attaches.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
What They Mean.

Some folks complain that the best
they get out of life is the worst of
it, when what they really mean is that
they think the worst life ought to give
them is the best Of it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
In italian Clash, seven Dead.

Bologna, Italy.-Seven persons were
flict between Socialists and ani-Liber-
ais at the first meeting Of the new
municipal council here.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
inouirv NisInterure4sd.

HeDoes your mother object TO
kissing7
She-Now, just because allow you
to kiss me, you needn't think you can
kiss the whole famiiy.-Boston Tran
script
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Fire sMent an IIIinoia Town

Bloomington. nl.-Fire at Ellsworth,
H., recently burned the principal
buildings Of the town, including the
postoffice, with a loss estiamted ct
100000.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Houston Lad Killed nv r.,.e,.

Houston, Tex--Peter BONN, 1I-year-
old boy, was killed here when his BIZ
cycle ran against wall in the North
Main Street tunnel and he was thrown
beneath the wheels Of a truck.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02

A Cotton oil Plant Closes at Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn--Lack OF demand
for cotton oil and meal is given by
officers of the buckeye Cotton Oil
Company as the cause for the closing
down Of it; plant here. About five
hundred men are thrown out Of work
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Soothes and Heals.

No need suffering any more with
catarrh. Leading druggists guarantee
that If q Hyomei outfit does not re-
lieve you, they will pay for & them
selves.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02

Bright Headlight Fatal to Motorists.
Chicago binding headlight from
smother motor caused the deaths Of
two men who crashed their car into
telephone pole the other night near
Evanston.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
Boosts Wall Street Outrage Rewards.

New York.-An additional reward
Of $4,000 for information leading to
the identity Of the perpetrators OF
the Wall street bomb outrage Septem-
Der Is, last, was offered by William
]. Burns, bringing the total of rewards
to SIC, 500.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-02
4 Paper Mill Reduces Operations.

Canton, N. C.-Beginntng at once,
the pulp and extract department of
the Champion Fiber Company, said TO
be the largest paper mill in the South,
will reduce operations to four days a
week, it was announced at the plant.