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.
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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
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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. ISov. 21. After she
had been arrested, accused of placing
her 7-months-old boy on a red-hot
stove, Mrs. Grace Handell told the
Brooklyn police last night' that her
husband, whom she loves "better than
Bulletin. IVo.-l.
is back to $1895.00 factory and our record of sales
of a car a day has bqen substantially increased.
Our books are open to your inspection. We are
booking sales for spring delivery, thus affording
protection against - -
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fcauspaorp
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word "Victrola" identify all our products.
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VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO.
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anything else in the world. had
"treated her coolly" since the child
was born.
The chid taken trom the top of
a stove by police whom neighbors
summoned, may die, hospital physi
cians said. The husband is servings a
sentence in jail.
PARIS TO BACK NEW LOAN
Entire- Receipts ot One Day's Busi
ness to Bo Invested.
' PARIS, Nov. 21. November 25 has
been decided upon' by the presidents
of all tire chambers of commerce of
Faris as "loan day." On that day, the
chambers of commerce have resolved,
all the receipts taken by business
houses in Paris shall be invested in
the new 6 per cent loan.
"Apart from payments for (roods
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Victrola XVTI, $350
Victrola XVII, electric, $415
Mahogany or oak
sold previously, you shall bring1 to the
state in exchange for loan certificates
all the money spent by the public that,
day, whether for nourishment or foi
amusement, for clothing or for lodg
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DIXIE MINCE PIE
60c apiece
Served hot with hard sauce
simply dee-licious!
Even "his" mother never made better mince pie! The
crispy butter crust is filled with rich meaty mince,
baked so the juice forms a spicy-flavory sauc. Think
of the convenience of having the mince pie for the Day
of Thanks baked for you and delivered fresh in its
waxed carton Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Sold on order only better phone your
grocer now before you forget it. (
Ask for Dixie Mince Pie
and next, at the
Haynes-Foster Baking Co., Inc.
BAKERS OF DIXIE AND SUNSHINE BREAD.
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ings or for purchase of any object
on sale in the stores of the capital,
the resolutions read.
Read The Oresonian classifies ads.
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