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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1920 TWO MORE ARRESTED IL Additional Caches Found . Totaling $8000. FOUR SACKS ARE MISSING Nation-Wide Search Is Begun for Kenneth Collins, Who Is Thought to Have Obtained Part of Loot. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Nov. 21.. Two new arrests, reported early to day, and the recovery" of approxi mately $8000 were the latest develop ments In the Burlington mall-car robbery of a week ago last Saturday night, when property estimated worth $3,500,000 was stolen. Admissions alleged to have been made late last night by Fred 12. Pof fenberger. detained recently, led to the arrest of Poffenberger's father, Fred A. Poffenberger, and another eon of the latter, Clyde K. Poffen berger, and later to the discovery of the money, federal officers said. Hcven thousand dollars in currency which Clyde Poffenberger was alleged to have admitted he received from his brother Fred was found in a small building at the home of Clyde's mother-in-law, Mrs. Ollie Jacobson, federal officers declared.. Another thousand was found buried In a corn field near the home of the elder Pof fenberger. The latter confessed, fed eral officials said, that the $1000 had been given to him by his son Fred lam Monday. A nation-wide search for Kenneth Collins, who is believed to have escaped with four sacks of loot, has been started. Ten sacks of property were stolen. Four, it was reported, have not been recovered. Eight persons, one ,of them the wife of one of the accused, have been detained. ABOUT $600,000 IS .MISSING Fred Collins Believed to Have $100,0 0 0 Cash, Rest Bonds. OMAHA. Neb., Nov. 21. (Special.) Three big shipments of treasure total ing more than $600,000 have open identified in the loot taken from the treasure car of the transcontinental fast mail in the robbery of a week ago. A half-million dollars of this amount has not previously figured in the story of the robbery. These ship ments were sent from San Francisco and Portland, Or., banks to Chicago banks. The $500,000 was in liberty bonds and was in one of the pouches which has not yet been recovered. As announced here today, the ship ments were as follows: Fifty pack ages of $1000 each, all $10 bills, shipped by the Anglo-London-Paris National bank' of San Francisco to the Continental and Commercial National bank of Chicago, totaling $50,000. Fifty $14),000 temporary fourth lib erty loan bonds consigned by the same western bank to the same Chi cago bank, totaling $500,000. A consignment of $61,000 In bank notes sent by the Ladd and vTilton bank, Portland, Or., to the First Na tional bank of Chicago. The $50,000 cash shipment is be lieved to be the $50,000 which the rob bers divided among themselves and $20,000 of which was recovered in the T. A. Daly chicken house. Keith Collins, for whom the authori ties are searching, is believed to have fled with the otiier $25,000 and the $500,000 in liberty bonds. These bonds had, no connection with the $800,000 In bonds which Poffenbarger and Orville Phillips, two of the robbers, confessed to having burned. A representative of the San Fran cisco bank or insurance company wili reach Omaha at midnight tonight or tomorrow and will attempt to estab lish ownership of the $20,000 in $10 bills which were recovered. The San Francisco representative is bringing with him identical wrappings of that used on the stolen money packages. The robbers will be. asked to identify these wrappings as similar to the wrappings, together with ths rubber stamp used to stamp the de nominations in San Francisco, which will be compared with the stamp and wrappings on the packages yet in tact recovered from the laly resi dence. Only by proving the bills recovered to be the actual bills shipped by the western banks can those banks claim the money as their own. Federal officers today believe that Collins, reported to have $100,000 in cash and the $500,000 San. Francisco bonds, to be in hiding in Omaha. Ye terday it was believed he was making for Europe. Both the shipments of bonds and cash were fully insured and the loss will fall on the insurance companies and not upon the banks. The ship ments were insured in some San Fran cisco company whose name has not been made public. A chronological history of the big events in the Council Bluffs mail robbery has been given by Chief In spector Noah, who has charge of the investigation. Here it is: Robbery of mail car planned Octo " her 26 by two Phillips boys and Fred Poffenbarger. They and others met at home of T. A. Daly frequently and rehearsed every detail. Also re hearsed confessions to be made if arrested. Planned to throw blame on "mysterious Omahans." A week ago yesterday the chauf feur of bandit car, believed to be iveiin uouinsv ex-captain in the air service, took Phillips bovs and Pof fenbarger to Union Pacific transfer - in Council Bluffs. Merle PhHliDH not into the engine, telling the engineer he wanted to ride to the station. Orville Phillips and Poffenbarger nv, uu me Mp oi mo man car. i ne automobile followed ths slowly-moving train along the road. Poffenbarger smashed the window 1 1 " umi i a uuur w 1 1 ii a gun ana unfastened the door. He and Orville got in. As the train slowed down by the Rock Island crossing, they threw out the first ten sacks they could get. The chauffeur of the automobile picked up the sacks. The boys jumped out of the car and were joined by Merle Phillips. The chauffeur placed five of the sacks in the automobile and drove away, leaving the boys with the other five. The Phillips boys hurried away with three sacks. ' Pof fenbarger grabbed one sack, leaving the fifth. The robbery was done in only, four minutes' time. Merle Phillips, arrested Monday, confessed after 13 hours of grilling. Others then arrested,' including H. A. Reed, lodger at home of Daly, who helped him hide the money. Ella Peterson gave the police the information Involving Collins, her fiance. POIITLAXD BAXK DEXIES LOSS President of Ladd & Tilton Says o Hank Notes Shipped. According to 13. Cookingham. presi dent of the Ladd & Tilton bank, that Institution has not shipped any bank notes to Chicago, but it sends daily to that point large transactions in the form of checks or drafts. . "We have no knowledge of any of our consignments having been taken in the robbery mentioned In the Omaha dispatch," said Mr. Cooking ham, "but It is entirely possible. I had heard nothing of it until now. We may receive word officially tomorrow." SOVIET MARRIAGE EA"SY So Formalities Needed and Divorce Always Possible, Says Speaker. The principal difference In getting married in Russia under the soviet regime and in getting married in the United States is that the former does away with all chance for the minis ters, judges and officials to "graft" a little fee, according to Paul Turner, socialist lecturer, who spoke last night at Alisky hall on marriage and domestic relations in Kussia. ' All you have to do to get married under the bolshevik regime is to go to the office of the recorder of docu ments and have him register you as married to the woman of your'hoice. As a matter of fact, you don even have to do that if you don't want to, Mr. Turner explained, for the soviet regime recognizes you as married if you are meVely living together in a married state.. Divorce, Mr. Turner explained, was also given out by the same office and, according to the law, must be given immediately on application of - the parties to the marriage. Mr. Turner cited the fact that the bolshevik regime had issued a man date that all children up to the age of 16 should - be taken care of by the government and the feeding of the people by community kitchens as two great steps in freeing men and wom en from the yoke of the "capitalist" marriage. 5 KELSO VETERANS MARRY Wedding Market Experiences Week of Busy Activity. KELSO, Wash., Nov. 21-(Spectal.) KeJso's ex-service men have been leading brides to, the altar at a lively rate the past week, five having been married. William Snyder and Miss Kuth Lewis were the first couple to be married. Shortly afterward Wil liam C. Patterson Jr. and Miss Ediia Smith were married. Wednesday was the wedding day for two couples. By ron Oyster and Miss Ethyl Taylor, and Claude Crumb and Miss Bertha Coulton, being the couples. Friday Benjamin Horton and Miss "Hazel Wade were married. Norton was severely wounded and Hi ted as "killed in action" in the casualty lists for some time. AGED PAUPER DIES ALONE Body of Joshua Judd, 73, Found in Canyon 'oar Rosfburg. ROSEBURG, Or, ' Nov. 21. (Spe cial.) The body of Joshua Judd, 73, and an inmate of the county hospital, was found late last n.rht in Dodson canyon, three miles east of this city, by a trapper and hunter. The old man strayed away from the hospital No vember 13. Since that time nothing has been heard of h is whereabouts. It was thought he had gone to Riddle, Or., where he bad relatives. He had probably been dead several days and when found was without shoes or hat. Thin whs the fourth time J udd had wandered away from the home. The body was brought to this city. SUGAR EMBARGO LIKELY Further Exports of Havana Crops May Be Stopped. HAVANA, Nov. 21. President Men ocal has virtually decided to issue a decree placing an embargo on the ex portation of ail sugar held over from last year's crop, according to infor mation from a reliable source. This step, it was said, was due to the demoralized condition of the world's sugar market and the claim of Cuban sugar producers that they can not produce sugar at present prices. and would be a temporary measure pending action by congress to author ize the government to contract loans for handling of the 1920-21 crop. - DUBLIN FIGHT RENWED (Continued From First Face.) been shot dead in their bedrooms. They were Captain McCormick, and Mr. Wilde, believed to have recently arrived in Ireland. One patron said he was standing near a telephone box when suddenly a man confronted him, presented a revolver and ordered him to hold up his hands and not move. He obeyed, remaining: in that position until the raid was over. One of the two victims was killed while dressing; the other was shot Jn bed. Captain McCormick was well known to the hotel patrons. Soon after 9 o'clock the Pembrooke fire brigade ambulance was called to 117 Morehampton road, Donneybrook, where it was found three men had been shot, two men were dead and another appeared to be dying. They were taken to a hospital. The names given were Thomas Smith, who with his wife and children occupied the house, and Ionald MacLean and John Caldown who were staying there. Another sensational affair occurred in Lower Mount street. A party of armed men arrived in lorries and en tered No. 22. Immediately the sound ot firing was heard and after some time the party retreated from the house under heavy firing from the occupants who were alleged to be Sinn Feiners. There was a further ex change of shots in the street in which one man was killed and two were wounded. KIDNAPED PRIEST SLAIN (Continued From First Page.) omitted the usual sermon and con fined themselves to relating incidents of the life of Father Griffin and pay ing tribute to him. They declared that the priest had earned a martyr's crown and begged the congregation to pray for the repose of his soul, but not to forget also to pray for his murderers. Although a number of priests late ly have been ill-treated or threatened. Father Griffin is the first to forfeit his life. In fact, no priest has been killed in Ireland in many years. Father O'Meehan, Father Griffin's colleague and senior curate, with whom Father Griffin lived, said in his church, today that he had re ceived five written threats of death since last May and that he did not dare sleep in his own home. He said Father Griffin had never received any threats. 8. H. green Holmaa Fuel Co. Adv. stamps tor cash. Alain SaS. SC0-2L BUILDING SCANDAL , NOW NATION-WIDE New York's Roar Heard From Coast to Coast. MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED Robert P. Brindell, President of Building Trades Council, Indict ed on Charges of Extortion. NEW . YORK, Nov. 51. Starting with a flight rumble in 1919. investi gation of New York's "building trust" has gained such momentum in the last few weeks that its roar has been heard from coast to coast. Here are a few of the results to date: . 1. The city of New York already has . rescinded several contracts for.-! public work reacning into the mil lions; and now has considered the advisability .of canceling all con tracts for public buildings, lest the "trust" has a hand in the bidding. 2. Robert P. Brindell, president of the New York Building Trades coun cil, has been Indicted by a grand jury on charge of extortion from one building contractor and of attempted extortion from another. 3. An indictment charging perjury has been returned by the grand jury and threats of more .criminal prosecu tions are in the air. 4. Testimony already entered' in the record of the joint legislative committee investigating the "trust" has given hints of combinations in restraint of trade, charged by com mittee counsel to be nation wide in scope. - United States TiVm Notice. 5. Sensational disclosures have at tracted the attention of the depart ment of justice, which assigned a special official to watch develop ments, and the senate committee on oroduction and reconstruction, which. with subpena power, has itself studied the housing situation throuehout the country. Samuel Untermyer, who is conduct ing the investigaticn for the joint legislative committed after claiming a year ago that he had "established a clear case of criminal conspiracy the building trades, is confident that the inquiry soon will assume wider scope. He has openly charged that "he most important of these enmina combinations and secret agreements in .the. building trades are nation wide in their scope and cannot ef fectively be reached by local prosecu tions." All types are to be found in the aldermanic chamber. Affluent bank ers jostle grimy laborers while watch ing an array of million.aire builders. labor leaders and lawyers pass and out of the witness stand under the merciless fire of committee coun sel. Wltnesaes Plead for Mercy. Many of these witnesses are seen to squirm under the volley of ques tions. Once in a while one pleads for mercy as Mr. Untermyer pins him down. "For God's sake, Mr. Untermyer, don't sacrifice me on this altar," im plored one contractor who had testi tied to the domination of certain in terests. "You don't want me to have my doors closed with a million dollars worth of business on hand, by answer inff you here." But, day after day, the investiga tion goes on before the crowds of wit nesses, and in seclusion a grand jury goes over testimony from the hearing selected for its attention. Constantly there occurs mention of a "code of practice." This cryptic term crops out ever and again among charges that combinations exist among building men to restrict out puts, control prices and choke com petition. One witness admitted that a certain trade was controlled the nation over by a national association. Embedded in this testimony is "the code of practice," alleged to have been operated by John T. Hettrick, a lawyer, with several hundred sub scribers including cut stone, plumb ing, heating and ventilating contrac tors. It was charged that these build ing men submitted their bids through a central clearing house and -the work was apportioned. Thousand Paid to Hettrick. Through the code clients were numbered and colored cards were mailed them notifying them of the status of their bids. Production of the key sheets to the mysterious card system was one of the sensations of the investigation. Mr. Hettrick charged that the cards and other data had been stolen from his mail Witnesses testified that thousands of dollars were paid by clients to Het trick under the "code" and that : large "insurance fund" was main tained by the various building groups, the purpose of which has not been explained. Running along with the charges that under the "code" competitive bidding was throttled, was testimony by various witnesses of payments in volving thousands of dollars to .Rob ert P. Brindell, president of the build ing trades council and his walking delegates. Brindell, who testified that he had been employed as a drug clerk at Providence, R. I., eight years aeo. is one of the highest paid labor leaders in the United States and has been de scribed by witnesses as a "king," rid ing contractors with a high hand. Me nas puDiicly denied the charges but has declined to return to the wit ness stand after one appearance, at which time he objected to being ques tioned as to his "personal life." Brindell "No Piker." According to witnesses, Brindell had absolute control over the 115,000 union men in the Building Trades council and could "strike" a Job at any time if the contractor did not meet his demands. One witness de clared that the labor leader figured $1000 a floor for himself on a con struction job. On several occasions, it was testified that Brindell had de clined to take 9500 or smaller amounts offered him with the statement that he was "no piker. One housewrecking contractor de clared that his "million dollar busi-"1 CASTOR! For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Year Always bears the Signature oi Cuticura Soap Complexions Are Healthy SMO.OtataMnt.Tt-Ji S&e.mwm y "by For Mnnh addrnaa: G-.r Utart.tatrk,r-1 X. aUI4fmJtMI ness" had been ruined when he re fused to pay tribute. Throughout the hearings have been marked by sharp clashes between Mr. Unlpmv.r nnri i-nrl. in wltnftftReB. in cluding Hettrick, who was declared in contempt and nis offices raided for documents which he had declined to produce. Mr. Untermyer, in a statement, de clared that he is not warring on the American Federation of Labor, add ing that in driving out the "vulture" he was rendering the labor cause "the greatest assistance." EXPLOSIVES HID IN COAL French 'Charge Germans With At tempts at Vengeance. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub- Itsned toy Arrangement. "PARIS. Nov. 21. (Special Cable.) German miners of the Ruhr valley are believed to be hiding explosives in the coal delivered to France by the ministry of public works. Several serious explosions have occurred re cently in coal from the Ruhr mines. The last happened in a factory at Petit Marden, near Lille. The ministry of public works has ordered that Ruhr coal be sifted and analyzed, for its officials believe the explosions . result from a deliberate attempt to revenge-Germany's defeat. 45 ARE SLAIN IN WARFARE (Continued From First Page.) ed the assassination without disguise and all escaped. The Gresham hotel was the scene. perhaps.- ef the greatest daring, and the raid was- carried out by 20 men with the utmost cruelty. The Gresh am is in Backville street and is one of the best-known hotels here. In this place two ex-officers were done to death. Following fast upon the murders there was- great 'military and police activity; and houses were raided in search of . the criminals. All motor traffic was ordered stopped and all train service in and out of rublin were suspended. The city was given over to terrified apprehension as armored cars and lorries filled with black and tans" raced through the streets. -Ouringr the attacks on army offi cers three of the assassins captured two black and tans while they were on their way to reinforce the troops and killed them. - . The dead include two courtmartial officers. Captain la Shot In Bed. Early today Captain Fitzgerald, military officer, was shot in bed in Earlsfort terrace. A quarter of air hour iater two other officers were shot in their beds in Pembroke street, a quarter of a mile away, and dangerously wounded. Three men, suspected of being se cret service agents, were attacked and siiot while asleep in Hampton street, and still another man in lower Mount street was shot. Captain JJonald MacLean and a man named Smyth, owner of a-house, and another named Caldown. were shot in a house in Donneybrook. Captain MacLean was killed in stantly and Smyth died in a few min utes. At a house in Baggott street Cap tain Newbury was shot by five men. In the Gresham hotel two former officers were shot -dead in a fight which occurred with men believed to have been "black and tans" who en tered the house. In Mount street two men are reported killed and civilian wounded- During the excitement In Mount street "black and tans" in. a lorry heard cries for help and answered them. A fierce encounter ensued be tween Irish volunteers and "black and tans" in which two "black and tans' were killed and several volunteers wuuiiuea. The official list of those killed in the raids follows: Major Dowling, Captains D. L. Mac- Lean, Newbury, Bagally, Fitzgerald and Price; ex-Captain P. McCormick and Messrs. Bennett, Aimes, Mahon T. H. Smith and L. A. Wilde. Two Cadets Pound Dead. Cadets Garnin and Morris of the Royal Irish Constabulary were found dead in a garden after they had failed in an attempt to reach the garrison to spread tne alarm of the massacre. The wounded are: . Colonels Woodcock and Montgom ery. Captain Kinnelly and Messrs Murray and Caldown and one other. caldown was first reported killed. Captain .MacLean and Messrs Smith and Caldown were attacked by 12 men in a house in Northampton road. They were taken from their bedrooms to the top story of the house where they were shot. Most of the civilian victims were ex-service men who held positions administrative departments closelv connected with the administration, of justice. The officers in some cases were marked men because of their prominence in courtmartial proceed ings. 3000 AT GAME SEARCHED Many Revolvers Declared Found After Dublin Clash. LONDON, Nov. 21. A dispatch re ceived in London from official sources in Dublin said that when mixed forces of military and constabulary surrounded Croke Park they were fired upon by Sinn Fein pickets when seen approaching, and returned the fire, killing and wounding a number. About 3000 persons were then searched and many revolvers were found. ln addition to other casualties a man and a, woman were 'killed in the crush owing to the crowd stampeding. A number -of women participated in the morning attacks in Dublin, ac cording to the correspondent of the London Times. In one, case 40 raiders arrived at a house on bicycles. Autoist Drives Off Bank. CENTRALIA. Wash., Nov. 1. (Special.) To avoid hitting another , When you have. Automobile Repairing GetThe Price First This is the way to aVoid an unexpected large bill to pay after the work is done. Phone Bdwy. 3281 for full in formation. Cook & Gill Co., Inc. The still Still' playing the world's best music rtd the delight of its owners. It was the first cabinet-style talkingimachine ever made, and it was built to last. The construction of the Victrola is so simple, the mechanism operates so ac curately', and smoothly, the materials and workmanship are of such high quality, that a Victrola seldom needs attention or adjustment' This is one of h the many reasons why you should be sure the instru ment you get is a Victrola Imita tions possess neither the tone quality nor the lasting quality of the Victrola There are Victrolas in great variety from $25 to $1500 - Victor dealers everywhere. - "HIS Victor machine, C. A. Burnharo of Bucoda, Wash., yesterday drove his automo bile over a 20-foot embankment off ths paved road just north of the Cen- tralia city limits. The car landed at the foot of the incline rigrht side up and undamaged. Friday night auto mobiles driven by Arthur James of this city and Arthur Wells of Chehalis collided at the corner of Maple and Pearl streets. Kach car sustained about $100 damages. MOTHER ROASTS HER BABE Child Thrown on Red Hot Stove Because Husband's Hove Cools. KTEW TORK. 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