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llAilft.flt Storage TB WEATHEB FORECAST KAMiAS run ami l.rsdajr; not much rhi nKe In IcmaeratHr: OKLAHOMA Fair cooler tn southeast portion, and continued cool in north and weal portion: Twwlav fair. wsvtevjjxv Batteir A alu for every car. OCKADAV BATTERY STATION. llt-Uf N. Topeka.

Mkt lot VOL, LXXI. NO. 132 PRICE 2 CENTS WICHITA, KANSAS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1919 WHtfAT SHOW SEPT. 29-OCT. 11 TWELVE PAGES (FE Wl BEACON i to Four Bank Robber Suspects; RESIGNS U.S.MARINES ARE KOLCHAK BIKE STEEL ST Wichita Men STORM VICTIMS WITHOUT FOOD OR DRINK 11 DAYS OFF CE OF RULER DEBRIS HEW ISDN OF WQBBLIES Is EXCLUDE FOUR ARTISTS FROM COMING IN U.

S. New York, Sept. 22. Four chorus members of the Chicago Opera Company tind otjo of tho Metropolitan Opera Company were excluded from the country yesterday by a board of special inquiry at Ellis Island, which has undertaken the task of separating artists from contract laborers, In so far as cither or both temporary be applied to singers. Appeals will bo taken to Anthony Cuminettl, commissioner general of immigration, it Was said lat nhht.

The board members, after comparing the high salaries paid opera stars with tho rate paid chorus singers, decided the latter could not be classed as artists, officially, despite tho fact that one of the men, Luigl has been attached to the Metropolitan chorus for twelve years, has suns small parts In many operas. Ilo told tho board members that he knew 100 operas and sang in several languages. Three Are CHARLES RYAN, of Emporia, Kas. Cedar Rapids, la. Wichita police today received th men arrested at Memphis, an complicity in the robbery of a numbe taken to Alva, on a charge of mo urday, he was re-arrested on anothe resided at Wichita recently altho the cities.

WALTER L. MAJOR, 1 I Wants General Denilkine to Take His Place as Head of State Battling With Soviet Troops. REDS FACE DEFEAT No Reason Given For the Change Admiral Has Made Remarkable Repu tation as Russian Leader. London, Sept. 22.

Admiral Kol-chak, head of the All-Russian government at OmBk has Informed the allies that ho resigns the title of Chief Ruler In favor of General Dcni-klne, leader of the anti-Balshevik forces in Southern Russia, according to a wireless dispatch sent out by the Soviet government at Moscow. The message admits the Bolshevik! have abandoned Kursk after severe fighting against General Leniklnc's troops. Copenhagen, Sept. 22. The Bol-shevllcl have made all preparations for the evacuation of Petrograd, according to a Ielslngfors dispatch to the Central News Agency.

HACKNEY IS APPOINTED "FAIR PRICE DIRECTOR" Governor Received Notice of pointment This Morning. Ap- Topeka, Sept. Allen today received notice of the federal appointment of Edward Hackney of Wellington as "fair price director" for Kansas, representing II. S. Attorney General Palmer.

It was announced the state forces conducting high cost of living Investigations will co-operate with Hackney In h1 efforts to reduce prices. Ho will organler committees for Investigation In each county in con-Investigation In each county in conjunction with Fred Roebttson, U. S. district attorney. well known Democrat, Is a former mem her of the state board of udmlnlstra ion.

DISCHARGED NURSES TO BE BOOKED LIKE EX-SOLDIERS Oklahoma City, Sept. 22. In tho final discharge from service of nurses who served In the wttr cuch discharge should bo mado of record by tho county clerks Ji st as thsy record discharge of soldiers. Is the effect of a ruling of Attorney General Frcellng, given today. Tho last legislature provided that when soldiers or sailors of tho war were discharged such should be recorded In the archives of tho county by the county cleric.

There was nothing said about nurses. But tho attorney general snys the provision should be liberally construed, and sinco nurses performed a real war service they should not be forgotten. In fact he gave It as his opinion that It wus the legislative Intent to Include ntirses with the others In providing for the record. COURT SELECTS JURY IN MURDER CASE Mt. Vernon, Sept.

22. Selection of a jury began in the circuit court hero' this morning for the. trial' of Charles Llklns, a farmer, charged with murder In tho first degree, for the killing of his hrothcr-ln-law, 'Fred Snyder, near Lawrenccburg, In July, 1918, Snyder was shot while harvesting oats, after Llklns had entered his field and renewed a quarrel over some land that Snyder had leased. Llklns was at large six months and was twice shot when he attempted to escape from a posse which trapped hitai In a stret'h of timber where he had been In hiding. His captors received a reward, of $1,000.

OF ALL-RUSS GOV Nine Alleged Kansas Bank Bandits Are Now Held By the Officers LANDED II Fi TO AWAIT BATTLE An American Ship Is In Fiumc Harbor to Help Put Down Any Trouble With Rebels. D'ANNUNZIO IS FIRM He Was Given Until Last Night to Surrender He Is Well Supplied for an Encounter. Koine Sent. '22. American marines have been landed at Hneeari, small toswn on an arm of the Gulf of Qiianiero, about ten miles southeast of 'Fiume, says a dispatch to the MosMijrero.

One American ship is in Fiume harbor, ai'cordiiijr to advices but the anchorage is considerable distance from the city. Ordered to Get Out. General Hiidoglln's nltlmami to the lVAnuunzio koMIcih, giving them until Friday night, to leave Fiume, Is said to have been modified so that (lie time limit would expire last night, an addition 48 hoi being given. Flume is closely Invested but 111 splto of this fact numbers of volunteers avo Joined tho furces of Captain Gabriclle li'Annuiizjii lit tho ctly, according to reports received here. I'eionul friends Nif (.71 plain D'AummzIa have sent word to him they have, sent supplies to the city and express the hopo that ships bearing Hie stores may run the blockade.

Reports reaching this cily from I'iumo utale that food for forty-six hoiisand pvrstms miitl be distributed there dully. Heard at Washington. Washington, Kept. Landing of a purty of American marines at, Buc- luii, iii-iu i' ikini.T, lefioiir.u ium jiikui In dispatch's from Milan and Homo, undoubtedly was by order of Bear Admiral I'hllllp Andrews, commander of the Mcilitcrniiiean squadron, ns the, r.avy department, so far us could bo learned early today, bud received no advices on tho subject. Officials said Admiral Andrews without (iies- tiou had authority to order a landing parly ushoro in event nny American Interests were endangered by the attempted forcible annexation of to Italy by tho forces.

At the navy department, It was said that report probably would be forthcoming from Admiral Andrews within a few days if tbu lauding actually hud taken place. Tails, Sept. 22. Troops under (i'abrieli; the iiihtiiKciit Italian commander ut l-'innie, have been extending (heir zone ol occupation Into Jugo-'Slav territory, according to tho Jugo-tslav delegation in Tails. They penetrated seven tulles Into Klavla on Saturday, occupying the heights ut Itlhiilnk dominating the sin rounding country.

Tho Jugo-Sluvs did not (hish with tho forces execullng thin movement, the delegation Mated. SHIP IS NAMED FOR-A KANSAS TOWN Mi6s Vera Gano of Hutchinson Spon-er Vessol Named Aftor Her Homo City. Mobile, fiepl. May Tershlng, sister of (ienaral has named sponsor for the Capl to of Nebraska, a fi.oop ton steel steamer, which will be launched by the Mobile Shipbuilding company lale in October. Other ships tin the way are tho Hutchinson u.

id Oklahoma 1'ltv. Miss Vera Gano, of Hutchinson, Kansas, has been selected fur tin-former and Miss Kli.abetli Ames of Oklahoma City, for the'latler. chambeToTcoIamerce to fight phone rates Knld, Sept. 22. Tho Chamber of ComtrercB of Ibis city Is preparing some data to present before tho corporation commission which will havu hearing In the Htiilo cupltol building In Oklahoma City on November 5th, agalnM tlio Southwestern Hell Telephone Company.

lilatikB have been sent to the members on which deluded complaints nro to bo mad-after which they will assembled and so'rne representative from the chamber will present these to th Commission, CONFIRM 30-YEAR SENTENCE FOR ALICE WALD0N, SLAYER Oklahoma City, Hept.22. Thirty-year sentence In the pcultcn-tlury, on a chnrgu of murder In the flrist degree, for Allco Waldon, Jef-fenion County, w'as affirmed today by the criminal romt of uppeals, In an opinion by lustleo Armstrong. Tho five-year sentence of V. B. Boy-er, Tulsa County, on a cliargo of manslaughter In Iho fln.t degree, wus re-ersed and pew trial granted.

This opinion is also by Justice IS QBDEBEO BY UNIONS HEADS -II Plants Resemble Real Strike Other Factories Over Country Are Not Affected. ARE STILL OPERATING Outcome of Huge Strike Is In Doubt Both Factions Claim a Complete Victory Today. The preliminary skirmish in the great industrial struggle which opened today between the labor unions and the United States Steel corporation, which directly pr indirectly affects a half million wftge earners, produced the usual conflicting claims by the generals tm both sides. In the great strategic centers of the Btru3gle, the Chicago and Pittsburgh district, many thousands of workers obeyed the strike order but early reports stated that comparatively few plants had been compelled to close. At a large number of the outlying points officials of smallei plants reported they were operating as usual.

Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the Steel corporation, refused to make any comment on the situation. Shut Down Is General? Secretary Foster of the Steel workers' union Issued a statement expressing satisfaction with the outlook and claiming that reports from outside the Pittsburg district showed that the shut down was general. An Important feature of the situation was the announcement by representatives of tho 30,000 workers env ployed by the Bcthleljem steel Company that these men would nofjoin the strike pending an attempt to obtain a conference with the com pany officials. Pittsburgh, Sept.

22. "We ot away, in good shape at most of our plants In and around Pittsburgh (his morning" said a representative of the Carnegie Steel company when asked for a statement on the effect of the steel workers' strike which went Into effect today. "We are agreeably surprised at the showing made," was the announcement by William Foster, secretary of the National committee for organizing iron and steel workers who is In charge of the Pittsburgh district Situation at Pittsburg. The struggle between organized labor and the employers In the steel Industry was In full swing today. In the Pittsburgh and nearby districts many thousands of men obeyed the orders of their leaders and failed to report when the whistles blew for the day shifts to go to work.

How many Joined in the walkout and with what degree of effectiveness the strike was Initiated was not known definitely by either side in the contest in the early hours of ti day. Dawn found mill guards, borough' and city police, the mounted Pennsylvania state police, volunteer guards. deputy sheriffs, detectives and other guardians of the law on duty for any emergency. Likewise the 'strike leaders In every steel mill community were abroad Instructing strikers and pickets In their duty and persuading men on their way to work to turn back and Join in the strike. Early reports indicated that hundreds of men were turned back in various communities.

Full protection as far as could be made was given to men (Continued on Page Four). PREPARE FOR BIG FAIR HELD AT ENID, OK. Enid, Sept. 22. Arrangements are fast being completed for the holding of the Garfield County Free Fair In Enid which will be held October 29, SO and 3lst.

The premium lists have been published and sent to every farmer in Garfield County. Unusual Interest Is manifest In this event which Is being hld under thj direction of County Agent, D. T. Meek, The main exhibits will be placed in the City Tabernacb where merchants' tooth? wilt also be arranged. It Is planned to told a fashion shuw the first night of the fair lit which all merchants of Enid will participate.

ArrengemenU are also being made to hold an automobile show In connection with the fair and wheat exhibit. The best free attractions obtainable will be here during the fair. ENID MAN DIES Ifl FORD COLLISION Twe Drivers Clash at Night When Light Are Out Enid, Sept Green'of this city and Harley Lee of Lamont had a very serious head' on collision with their two Ford cars last night on the road between Enid and Waukomls and about one and one half mile north of Waukomls. resulting In the instand death of A. Lee, father of Harley Lee who was riding with his son.

According to reports both cars Wars running without lights and neither driver saw the other until the crash cams. Attorneys For Reds Put Up Desperate Figlit For De-' fendants on Technical Grounds. ARGUE MOTION TODAY D'anket Indictment Charges Organization ith Intent to Destroy U. S. Govern ment.

For the second time tWrty two members of thy I. W. thru their attorneys, are attempt iug to evade conviction by the government by resorting to tech localities. The Indictment. A blanket indictment charges tha the Industrial Workers of tho World is a disloyal organization and ha for one of Its purposes "the revolu tionary overthrow of the Unite States government." Demand Return of I.

W. Record In a demurrer filed this mornln: by John H. Atwood, a widely know Kansas City attorney, the defendant seek to have the Indictment quushi on the grounds that It is hosed n. Information obtained from I. W.

records that were Illegally seized I 1 the government. Beturn of ull I. W. VVrf records at: papers confiscated by the govei ment is demanded In a petition file by tho defense. Argument on the petition an demurrer was set by John Pollock for 2 o'clock this afternoo All On Technicalities.

Tho demurrer and petition cmplu size tho fact that' tho defendant wl malio their fight again byx purel technical means. The demurrer which Is cimiiiy, cwirges mat various of th counts In the indictment are "frlvo Ions, conflicting, contradictory, an charge offenses not In the jurlsdlc Hon of this court." "No part of tho Indictment slate facts sufficient to constitute an of fciuie agninsf the United States America," tho demurrer rends. 1-prnieeds on the lino of argument tha-tho prosecution has no power to declare that a certain force attemptc.1 the forcible, revolutionary overthrow of tho government" us the Indict ment charges, without naming thu force, as to whether It was armed ol not, and that they have ru right t-make reference to a certain clas" without naming Hint class, which, Is alleged, ho Indictment does. Allogoj Indefinitoneii. Indictment 1 charges more tlinr one crime, declares the demurrer, and Is stated In language vague, lndefl alio and uncertain.

No time, In which the alleged acts are supposed to liuv i taken place, Is contained lr the count, tho demurrer complains and also It is Indefinite as to place Tho lengthy, closely-written de mnrrer then lakes tip tho count wore for word, and tries to establish holdings that ouch phrase and sen' (Ccntliiued on Pago Four). PEACE COUNCIL NOW IN SESSION Frank L. Polk Will Hoad Ameriear Delegation at Paris Meeting. Paris, Sept. 2" The supremo council of tho peaco conference here met this morning, Frank L.

Polk, heai' of the American delegation being li attendance. The members of the supreme coct ell, Including Mr. Polk will go to Vcr sallies this afternoon to attend thi signing of the protocol annulling Ar tide Bl of 'he, German oonstltutlo- 1 providing for Austrian representation-In the Gormen parliament, tho docu ment certifying to the nullification of this clause will be signed by Baror, Kurt Von Lersner, head of the German mission at Versailles at foul o'clock today. WILL BUILD BUILDINGS FOR STATE INSTITUTION Okluhoma City, Sept. 23.

Af charter was granted today by Secrc-1 of State Jos. Morris to the Nor-: ma I Improvement Compuny oi Durant. The purpose of the cumpan; as stated, Is "to erect dormitories fol tho Southeastern Stats Norma School." Tho company is capitalist nt $25,000 nnd Incorporators srej 8, O. Boswcll, J. R.

McKlnney, H. O. Bennett and Jewel Hicks, all of Durant Bennett Is now president of thi school, and Hicks was formerly architect for the stuto board of affairs. HOOVER RETURNS HOE Sun Francisco. Sept.

22. I going to live at Pulo Alto plan where 1 hopo no one will say to mt .1 Miami, Sept. 22. Eleven days without fnoil or water, twelve survivors of the recent hurricans huddled In a light hotue on North Elbow Cay, a Hiiiall Island in tlie Florida Straits, which was swept clean of every vestige of human habitation during the storm, wore' located yesterday by a submarine, chaser which brought back a story of devastation and human suffering unsurpassed by any that has conu from the storm nrea. Jluge waves sweeping over the Island carried away sepulchres containing the bodies of former inhabitants, It was reported, swept all livestock into tho sea and destroyed other food supplies, leaving the Inhabitants, whoso only hope of survival lay In the Impregnability of the lighthouse In which they gathered, absolutely destitute.

TWO FARMER BOYS DROWNED IN FLOOD Scdalia, Sept. 22. WhiIeford-Ing a creek swollen by recent heavy rains near Grecnridgo Sunday nftir-noon, the buggy In which Russell Ridenour, aged 20, and Hoy Buslee, 18 yeurs old, both fanners, was swept a half nillo down stream by the swift current and both drowned. Tho creek was being dragged but tho bodies had not been recovered this morning. I Use New Austrian Book as Proof.

Red They Think They Can Demand Revision of Peace Terms on Basis of Argument. Berlin, Sept. 22. Herman newspapers today nro arguing that the Red Book Just Issued by the Austrian government proves Germany ttleil earnestly to prevent the outbreak of tho great war in 1914 and that Count Leopold Von Austrian foreign minister In 1914, bents tho bulk of tho responsibility by his "underhand tactics nnd deception." The belief that Germany can demand a revision of tho peace, terms on tlirf strength of rfhe Red Hook Is expressed by the lloepsen Zcltung which Intimates that tho publication of the Red Book was planned to bring about such a demand. Tho Kicuz Zeltung denounces what 11 culls "In- (-extliiBUishalilc guilt of Austrian dliiloniacy" while several other newspapers pralso tho courage mid hone-sly which brought ubout tho revelations of the Red Book.

Tho Tn go- Malt says Gnireany was required to keep'sllence about facts at tho peace conference bo as not to hinder Austria's cliunccs for belter peace, Almost tho only newspaper to criticism tho German government is the Tugnblutt, which says govern ment In 1914 "did not show tho slight est interest In tho situation and acted Idiotically," lidding that "Germans In power at (hut time played tho part of thoro-goliig fools." Tho newspaper declares the revolutions of Hie Red Hook an "awful disgrace for Get-ninny." KING AILBERT AND QUEEN TO AMERICA Will Leave Ostsnd on George Wish ington Crown Prince Will Come Too. Mrussels, Kept. 22. King Albeit, Queen Kliznbeth Bud Crown l'rlwc Leopold left Brussels this mnrniiif; lor tjstona wncre tliey will go on board Ihu fcteumer George Washing ton for their voyago to tho I'nlted Slates, themselves believed possible, for just before the Burleson o-(ier was Issued the Bell people In Kansas had filed un application with tho public utili ties commission unking for tho fol lowing service connection charges: new Installation where tho exchange numbered less than subscribers which would take In tho bulk of tho telephone users. In this state new Installation, more than .5,000 subscribers, Installation In place (change In subscriber hut not In phono fixtures), removals.

In sume room, to another room on the sarna premises, 1 Now that tho telephone Compunles are back In the hands of prlvute owners, tho compunles are finking to have tho Burleson rates continued. Their previous application filed with tho utilities commission has been set for hearing at tho stiio time, and tin members of the commission probably will take "Judicial notice," ut IpnHt, of what the companies themselves thought a rcusonubln charge before their experience vf the kindness of Postmaster General Burlo- wm TR ED TO OPWAR BRITISH FOOD CONTROLLER SAYS THERE WILL BE PLENTY Brussels, Kept. world need have no fear of a food shortage- during I ho coming winter, providing there Is proper care In handling the problem and proper distribution," said George II. Koberts, British food controller and one of the delegates to the supreme economic councils In hero today other delegates concurred in (his view. Merchant Marine Committee Would Sell Government Craft.

Vessels of Smaller Type Said to Be Most Practical for Federal Sale. Washington, S-iept. 22. A merchant murine policy contemplating gradual relliKiulshment to private operation of the larger vessels of the govern ment-built fleet and Immediate sale of the smaller vessels has been form ulated by tho exccutlvo committee if the National Merchant Marino Abho elation. It was announced -today by B.

Burling, chairman of the committee. Recommendations of the committee. It was snld, will be submitted to tho association's counsel of forty-five members adoption' and presentation lo congress as a proposed guldo In the enactment of legislation. Believing that the Immediate sale of all ships to nrlvnto operators Is "not only iindeslrablo but Impractical, tbu commit leo recommends that the large steel vessels bo sold only as the development of prlvitle firms miKht whi rant, with the sulo of such slips confined lo American firms mad" at current world market prices. Immediate disposal of the smaller vessels Is recommended, however, without restriction ns to punjias' is.

PRATT TOLK LIVE IN THEIR CELLARS Crowded Rciidental Condition of City Forces Families Into Basements. TiiiH, Sep). 20. The sensational sale of city property In this city still continues. The price of illy Homes has soared and farmers have pnr-clruicd homes hero until the renters of the city are helnjr pushed aside.

Basements have been patched up and rented and many families h.ivc tented out. It Is believed that a hundred houses will be erected hero during I he coming winter. Many houses have been started, tho basement dug and covered over nnd Tli- families have moved Into tho cellar until the house was completed. FARM HEAD LEAVES FOR KANSAS CITY CONFERENCE Oklahoma City, Sept. 22, J.

A. Whltehurst, president of the Btale board of agriculture, left today for Kansas City with lumber of farm scencn, und others, of Oklahoma, for Industrial exhibits at the Kansas City exposition of industrial activities. Mr. Whltehurst has secured a lot of spiel did pictures, Including hog ranches, alfalfa fields, wheat fields, cotton, etc. oiln picture Is of tho splendid pine fori Ms of tho southeastern pari of tho state.

Another Is of 4,000 of a high grade of hogs. The buffalo ranch of "Pawnee Mill," In Pawnee County, Is alsho shown. GERMAN SAILORS, LEAVE FOR HOME More Than 1,300 Interned Min Hava Boen Released by U. S. Government.

Atlanta, Kept. than 1,300 German sailors Interned since tho United States entered the war, at Fort McPherson, near here, aru to start late today on tho first leg of their trip home. The Germans, chiefly merchant sailors, w4ll Bull about September 23 from Hoboken, N. J. Of Iho other Germans at Fort Mcpherson, ubout 200 have applied for cltigcnMilp papers.

Tho applications have been forwarded to Washington but no action has been taken as yet. Consult Jlenrv Ware Allen, 4W Fourth Nat Hank UUlK- In ro Life Insurance. CnronrHtlSri nnri IncnntM Inimrttneii. Allv WOULD GIVE SKIPS TOPRjVATE FIRMS CLARENCE "NOISY" BLEVINS, Rlngllng, Ok. EMERSON W.

QUEEN, Wichita. Son of Dr H. W. Queen, of this city above pictures of four of the eight in other cities recently for alleged of bunks in Kansas. Queen was tor cur theft.

After giving bond, Sat-r charge. Blevins and Major have police records shows them from other recovered upon Mrs. Antonio's arrest include $14,450 worth of Liberty Bonds; $.45 In war saving stamps; $1,000 worth of travelers' chocks; $1,000 In treasury certificates Identified as stolen from tho Benton State Bank; $139 In postage stamps; three Madison township (Madison County municipal aid bonds, and threo $500 railroad bonds of Sedgwick county. Held, in Kansas City. Tho Major-Queen gang of alleged bank robbers-is now rounded up in Kansas City.

The threo arrests of Saturday make, a total of nine. Raymond Major of AViehitu, alias Harry Clayton, alias Cussldy and Brown" were arrested In Kansas City two weeks ago. Dr. H. Queen, Emerson Queen, Clarence (Noisy) Blevins and Charles Ryan were arrested at Memphis, last week.

"Doc" Queen is the only one of this quartet in Kansas City jail. Tho work before the authorities now Is to secure the. Identification of members of the gang thru persons at the hanks ami in the towns who saw the bank robbers it the time of the robberies ut Benton, Newton, Buileyville and Bartlett, banks. According to local authorities, it may be that some members of the gang may bo Identified as having robbed the bank at Chautauqua, last week. REDS WON TOSS UP FOR FIRST TWO GAMES First Game in Cincinnati on Wednesday, October First.

Cincinnati, Sept. 22. Clnclnnat won the toss for tho opening game if the world's series at the meetlm; of tho National Baseball Commission hero today. The first two games will be played In Cincinnati, the next three In tlx American League city winning the pennant of that league, then two It Cincinnati if necessary followed by one In the American Leuguo clul city. The place for the ninth game, if necessary, is to bo decided by lot The first game Is scheduled foi Wednesday, October 1.

The umpires who will judge the plays in the world's scries game: are: American League It. F. Nalllr and William J. Evans. National League Charles Rlgloi aand Emmctt Quiglcy.

ooooooooooooooooooo 0 'o COUNTERFEIT NOTE! Washington, Sept. II. Notice of a new counterfeit $20 note on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was given today by the Treasury. The border of the note and the back ground of Cleveland's portrait are solid black, Instead of having fine cross lines and the treasury numbers are black Instead of blue. ooooooooooooooooooo i.

One of the most important arrests to be made in connection with the seven men apprehended at Memphis, and Kansas City, for the alleged theft of the Kansas banks, is that of Mrs. Fannie Antonio, 26 years old, made Saturday afternoon at St. Louts, according to police authorities. She was arrested on a warrant from Kansas City charging her with implication in the theft of In Liberty Bonds. The arrest was made by James Sloan, chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice of St.

Louis; James lavage, a secret service man and two Tinker-ton detectives. It is said the secret service men recovered in and securities to the amount of $21,1 34. With Wichita Man. Mrs. Antonle was said by author, itles to have gone to St.

Louis with Walter' L. Major, who formerly lived In Wichita. Major with Mrs. Pauline Vonmyre were arrested Saturday morning at a hospital in St. Louis.

It was thru a marriage license Issued In Cluyton, Missouri, June 1917, that Mrs. Antonio was traced to the residence in St Louis where she was found. Mrs. Antonle was taken to Kansas City, Saturday night and Major and Mrs. Vonmyre were taken there Saturday afternoon.

Secret service men state the papers ADVERTISING CLUBS MEET IN NEW ORLEANS Important Men Addressing Huge Crowd at Convention. New Orleans, Sept. 22. The fifteenth annual convention of tho Associated Advertising Clubs of the World was -opened here late yesterday at an Inspirational meeting at Tulane University campus. Business began today.

The address at the inspirational meeting was. delivered by Jam tSchermerhorn, editor of tho Detroit Times, who spoke on "What Advertising Did to Help Win the War." Governor Ruffing O. Pleasant of Louisiana, A. B. Dlnwlnnle.

president of Tulane University, William C. D'Arcy, St. Louis, president of the association, and Mayor Martin Behr-man of New Orleans, were among the speakers. The hotels are overflowing with delegates, special trains arriving during the day from the east and west. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, Is on the" program for an address today.

"New Orleans In 18th Century" will be presented lrr tho old French quarter tomorrow night, with local people playing various roles. NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL BEGINS WORK AT ONCE Oklahoma City, Sept 22.WE. L. Fulton of this city today was made an assistant attorney general, taking the position at once. He succeeds Sam Hooker, also cf this city, resigned to engage In other work.

How Burleson Gave Higher Rates to 'Phone Companies Than They Had Expected Topeka, f-'ept, 22. How Tostmaster General Burleson gave tho telephone companies higher rates than tho companies themselves had the ncrvo to' ask is shown by the application of tho Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for retention of war rutis for service and connections to be heard by the Kansas Public Utilities Commission Wednesday of this week. The commission has broadened the scope of the hearing to include all th) telephone companies. On August 28, 1S18, the postmaster general Issued an order effective September 1, providing for an Installation charge for telephone sets of $5 where the local rental was $2.00 a monti. or less; $10 where the local rate was from 12.00 to and $15.00 where the rates wero more than $4.00 a month.

This aroused such a storm of protest, even from tho companies, that It was modified In November, 1918, to a flat charge of $3.50 for installation, and $U0 for a chango of subscribers where uo nek Installation wus necessaryj But even the $3.50 Installation rate I am cold; I nm declare Herbert Hoover on his arrival hert jf- yesterday enroute to his home a I1UIUV P. mlly, on Med. famll add Palo Alio, Cal. "I have only seen my month In five years," he went to Europe for three months In 1914. But hove hcen awuv Xrcni California five year." was higher, thun the companies hiAjLaoo,.