End of Present
Nations League
Seen bv Members
Four-Power Washington Pact
Creates New Organlaation,
Leaden Say New Meet
ing Plare Probable.
Geneva. June 25. The organixa
lion of tht league of nations, now
cated here ia the national palace,
it disconsolate. They all fee the
end of the preient league and the
lemoval of the new reorganization to
J'arit or London.
The head aulhoritiei point silently
to the fact that the great quentiont
that gave excuse for the creation of
the league are between America,
France. England and Japan. The
lead of the league at Geneva tee
that the ratification by the United
State of the four-power Wattling
ton treaty creates a new league of
the big powrt and will ; result in
naming a new plare for meeting
upon all dispute-. The removal of
the Red (rni league to f'aria it
aeen a the beginning of the exodut
of the main league bureau. London
c (Tidal spokesmen point out that, at
Farit now hai the Red Cross league,
London should have the headquar
ters of the International Political
league. It has been hinted from
Washington that the sessions of the
new four-power pact commissioners
should alternate in their meetings
between European, Asiatic and
American cities London and ran.
Tolcio and Washington. This would
leave only a clerical head bureau in
any one country.
Gives Washington Bid. -
The reason for the removal of the
league headquarters from Geneva is
that all the head officers and the
seat of the public documents neces
sary to every discussion have their
home in every other place than
Switzerland. The members of the
league will not attend the ordinary
sessions at Geneva. Nor will Paris,
London, Rome or Brussels send their
official archive documents there. The
fact that the United States is not a
member of the league at Geneva,
but is of the league formed at Wash
ington, now gives Washington the
bid to the headquarters of the bur
eau of the big league.
There are 1,011 members of secre
tariats of the league headquarters at
Geneva employes and attaches.
Only nine of all these are Americans.
The point is urged that as the United
State pays none of the expenses it
should have not of the offices. The
labor international bureau has the
irmly Americans who are employed.
The countries which now are mem
bers are gradually refusing to pay
further expenses of the league at
Geneva on the ground that the new
Washington league displaces t h e
Geneva league, and insist that the
little nations now left in the league
Tho
cans.
are as but the children of tbt head
whirl head nation now will con
trol all international conflict from
the big four-power pact at Washing
ton. The interesting news heard around
Geneva on the matter of the removal
of the headquarters of the league is
that the vote ef ex-President Wood
row Wilson joined to the little coun
tries at Veraille' peace meet in 1919,
which defeated Clemenceauof France,
who wanted Pari a the home, was
not becaute Wilton thought there
were any advantage to Geneva, but,
as it charged, becaute Wilton want
ed revenge on Ctemenreau for de
feating many of his proposition on
the matter of German reparations;
alio that Wilson, as a Presbyterian,
wanted toay tribute to John Knox,
founder of the Presbyterian church
who lived, preached and wrote
frorb Gmevain collaboration with
Calvin, It i recalled that Woodrow
Wilson's father wa a leading pattor
of this church in America, and ex
President Wilton one of its college
heads.
Prominent Seattle Man
Was Victim of Massacre
Seattle. Wash., June 25,-John E.
Shoemaker, prominent Seattle civil
engineer, former assistant engineer of
the port of Seattle and at one time
president of the Seattle Master Build
ers' association, was killrd in the
mine rioting at Hcrrin, 111.. Thurs
day, according to word received here
today. Trustees of the Federated In
dustries of Washington, of which
Shoemaker was -.t one time an of
ficer, today unanimously adopted
resolution calling on the governor,
of Illinois to take action in an effort
to bring to justice the men respon
sible for his death.
Patron of "Love Nest"
Was Agent of Blackmailers
New York. June 25. Peggy Neal,"
sweetheart of a Boston racing man
and frequent visitor to Walter S.
Ward's "love nest" m a fashionable
Harlem apartment house, where he
entertained while his wifr was in
Canada last summer, was today cred
ited by Pinkerton operatives, inves
tigating the mysterious slaying by
Waul of Clarence Peters, ex-ma-rine,
with having delivered Ward
into the hands of the blackmailers'
ring, whose demands upon the young
millionaire led to the killing.
Green Star Fleet Ships
Sold to California Firm
San Diego. Cal.. June 25. T. W.
Steele, president of the Steele Steam
ship company, announced here today
that the company had bought seven
steamships of the former Green Star
fleet and would put them on the run
ibetween gulf ports and Pacific coast
ports as soon as possible. v
Panama Canal Ship Service
Will Be Initiated Soon
Cadiz, June 25. The Spanish
steamer Renalic is about to depart for
Pacific ports, initiating a service
through the Panama canal. The
steamer -will carry a cargo of various
Spanish products for . commercial
propaganda.
There are always some baking pow
v der firms offering inducements to get
you to try a can or two of their goods
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that it, is a real Buy and
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will accept no other. Isn't
that enough to satisfy you
of its dependability?
A pound can of Calumet contains full 16 oz. Somo
baking powders come in 12 oz. cans instead of. 16 oz.
Do ouro you set a
Italians Plan to
Open Enchanting
Summer Resort
Abruzzi, Called "Switzerland
of Europe," 16 Be Made
Accessible to
Tourit.
Rome, June 25. Plan are being
completed in 173 me to open up the
Abruztl a tone of the most enchant
ing tummer retortt in Italy. The Ab-
ruzii, which include the provinces of
Aquila, Chietl and Teramo, compriset
that mountainous region east of
Koine and an infinite script of ver
dant hill and valley which from the
Appcuninei slope gently down to the
Adriatic tea.
This region, which is called the
Switzerland of Italy, is very little
known by American, but those of
them who have seen it never cease
speaking of its beauty. It is the land
of artists and poets and singers.
Dante Gabriel Rosscti,. who wrote
immortal versos both in English and
in Italian, was from the Ahruzzi.
The same land gave birth to Paolo
Tosti, whose songs are as popular
in America at they are in Italy. Mi
chetti, one of the greatest living
painters in the world, was also born
there, and so was Gabricle D'An
nunzio, the hero-poet of modern
Italy.
The Abruzzi have a great histori
cal importance, for they were well
advanced in civilization before' Rome
was founded. The inhabitants of
these provinces, the Sannites, the
Marsi, the Peligin and the Marrucci
ni, were never really conquered by
the romans. After ' a scries of wars
which stretched over many centuries
the Romans, who had meanwhile
conquered nearly all the known
world of that time, were compelled
to extend the Roman citizenship to
these people and make them their
allies.
The region" full of artistjc inter
set. Besides the incomporable vis
tas and panoramas and the colorful
costumes of the natives, almost every
little town contains some master
piece of architecture, sculpture, paint
ing or wood carving. ,
It is the intention of a group of
influential Romans and Abruzzi to
or.nize for the near future automo
bile excursions for these provinces,
and Americans will certainly not
miss such a chance.
Resignation of Sun'Yat-Sen
Expected Hourly, in China
Amoy, China, June 26. (By A.
P.) The resignation of ,Dr. Sun
Yat-Sen as president of the southern
Chinese government is expected
hourly. Dr. Sun has been aban
doned by his navy and it is believed
he has given up all hope of regaining
his capital, now in the hands of
Chen Chiung-Ming, an adherent of j
the Pekin central China government. "
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THE OMAHA BEE: MONDAY. JUNE 20. 1022.
Thousands Witness
Scandinavian Drill:
Over 10,000 people witnessed the
doting event of the two-day Scan
dinavian celebration at Krug park
Drill, tong t and an Imported mov
ing picture were the main attraction
oi the evening.
The Norden Singing tociety, di
rected by John S. lielgren, rendered
a well-received concert, which wat
followed by teveral tolo by Harold
Anderson, a member of the Norden
group.
The Danish Sisterhood drill team,
composed of 20 women under the di
rection of Mr. Nel Kaer, gave a
periormance. I lie women ot the
Vikiiur drill team repeated the exhi
bition they staged i-riday afternoon
The cloiing feature on the program
was an imported six-reel moving
picture, "The Girl From Marsh
Croft," taken from the tory by
Bjornstjeme Bjornson, for which he
.was awarded the Nobel prize. The
picture was staged in Norway.
'Bad Man Is Floored
by 120-Pound Sleuth
Ruddy Slugger, 2218 Leavenworth
street, known among police as "the
battler," wilt have to seek new fields
to conquer.
Once it was a rare event when
Ruddy was brought into the police
station without the aid of a squad of
police.
Saturday night he met hit Water
Detective Bob Donahue weight
120 pounds roused Ruddy't ire at
Sixteenth and Cass streets. Ruddy
made a pass at him. Donahoc floored
him to the sidewalk with a right to
the jaw. -Ruddy
is in jail.
Army Dirigible Makes
Safe Trip From Capital
Hampton, Va., June 25. The army
dirigible A-4 which left Washington
for Langley field this forenoon, ar
rived safely at the field late today.
Engine trouble delayed her on her
return for several hours, but the
trouble was repaired and the dirig
ible competed its trip without fur
ther incident. No report was received
either here or at Washington from
the ship during the trip, but, al
though it was knawn some delay
had occurred, air service officers ex
pressed no great apprehension, be
lieving the A-4 to have met no seri
ous accident.
Escaped Prisoner Captured
Lincoln, June 25. James H. Duf
field, arrested in Omaha last Sun
day, and who escaped from a train
while being brought to Lincoln by a
constable, Was captured on a
farm near - Nebraska City by
deputy state sheriffs. Duffield of
fered no resistance. He is charged
with issuing checks on a bank in
which he had no deposits. He was
brought to Lincoln.
Packard Twin Six
$4250 Delivered and Equipped.
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want it
Soviet Leader i
Thanks People
for Paying Tax
Siberian Peasants Make 100
Per Cent Donation Heavy
Duties Make Food Short
age Imminent.
By DON 8. DAY.
Riga, June 25. President Kalinin
of soviet Russia hat ismed a procla
mation thanking the peasants of Si
beria for their aid to the workers'
and peasants' republic in . fulfilling
the conditions of the produce tax 100
per cent. This proclamation, coming
as it dors one short week after the
return of Dgerghinsky, the former
head of the cheka, from a trip to Si
beria, is hailed in Riga as proof that
Dgerghinsky really went to Siberia
on a food collecting expedition with
several of his dreaded flying revolu
tionary tribunals which have earned
a gruesome reputation for their farce
trials which generally result in an ex
ecution punctuating tbe sentence,
Two months ago, the Moscow Is-
vestia stated that the food condition
in Siberia was serious and that the
produce tax had not been collected in
many districts. The paper stated that
the former head of the cheka, who is
now the commissar of railroad com
munication, Vvas en route to Siberia
to remedy the situation. Upon Dger
ghinsky's return he stated he had
reorganized the railroads of Siberia.
This statement was supported by a
lotig diatribe on why the railroads of
Russia could not be given as a con
cession to foreign capitalists.
Kalinins proclamation, informing
the Siberian peasants of the thanks
of the communist government for
their 100 per cent donation follows
a similar proclamation in which Ra
kovsky, chief commissar of the
Ukraine, thanked his subjects for
paying 96 per cent of the produce
tax. Immediately following his
proclamation, Rakovsky was com
pelled to appeal to the officials of the
American Relief assocfatioa in Rus
sia for aid for the famine districts of
the Ukraine. Americans and other
impartial observers who have re
cently arrived in Riga from Siberia
and the Ukraine confirm the earlier
report that the bolsheviks collected
the produce tax twice in many dis
tricts, leaving the peasants insuf
ficient seed for the coming year, mak
ing the food shortage at the present
time acute and ensuring a famine
which will grow worse as the sum
mer proceeds.
Iowa Woman Makes Quilt
of 30,000 Pieces of Cloth
Biringham, la.. Tune 25. Miss
Ella Wilev of this villaee has fin
ished a quilt with 30,000 pieces of
cloth in it and untold millions of
stitches. She made it alone. Miss
Wiley worked on the quilt a number
of years.
Direct From
Radio Elocution '
Delights Audiences
A variety of high-elan entertain
ment marked The Hee't radio con
cert that delighted invisible audi
ences throughout the central west
Saturday night from the Omaha
Grain exchange station, WAAW.
Miss Lora Peterson opened the
program with a pleasing solo, "In
the Garden," accompanied on the pi
ano by Mrs. J. Dean Ringer, Sne
entertained radio audiences with an
encore, "The Morning Wind."
Charles Docherty was the first to
deliver an elocution selection for
The Bee's radio programs. Hit re
citation of "The Review of the Cen
turies" last night wat delivered with
spirit.
Two vocal solos, "An Open Se
cret." and "My Laddie," by Mrs.
Reah Ilanning Ronnau, accompa
nied by Mist Marguerite Carnal,
were heard m the western part of
Nebraska and northern Colorado, ac
cording to reports.
Jamet F. Anedrson tang two ban
solos, "When the Dell in the Light
house Rings," and "On the Shore,"
that took welt with radio audiences.
Radio programs to be given from
WAAW by The Bee Monday, Wed
nesday, Friday and Saturday nightt
of this week, promise to be snappy
and classical.
Worst Flood in Years
Reported at Vera Cru
Mexico City, June 25; The river
regions of Vera Cruz are threatened
with the worst flood in recent years.
A five days' incessant torrential trop
ical rain has caused the three greatest
rivers to overflow their banks, ruin
ing thousands of acres of crops.
Trains have been suspended on the
Vera Cruz & Pacific and Interr
Oceanic railways. '
Outbreak of Pneumonia
Is Reported in Foochow
Shanghai, June 25. (By A. P.)
An outbreak- of pneumonia ptague in
Foochow is rcporte dby the Rev. Dr.
C. M. Lacey, arriving here from that
city. The plague has not yet reach-
i j . : i 'a i . I
ca cpiuciiiH; prujiuruuns, ne aiu, uui
has taken the lives of two medical
missionaries. Dr. Edmond Fellows
Lawson and Dr. Marcus McKenzie
contracted the disease while attend
ing the sick and died.
Financial Agreement
With Mexico Unratified
Mexico City, June 25. (By A. P.)
In a three-minute interview
President Obregon declared he has
not yet ratified the agreement ar
rived at by Secretary of the Treas
ury De la Huerta and the interna
tional committee of bankert in. "New
York. The president intimated that
several points required clarification,
and he promised a definite statement
the end of next week.
Packard Twin Six
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Coupe Elopers
Kidnaped Iv Cops;
Taken to Bluffs
Chicago Sleuths, Fearing
Habeas Corpus, Take "Auto
Theft" Hridegrtiom
From City Jail.
Wilbur Armstrong and Dimbar
Claybourn, eloping bridegrooms,
wanted on auto theft charge, were
whisked away in an automobile to
Council Bluffs by Ueteitivel
M. J. Kurcin and David Carney
of Chicago, on information that
Omaha lawyers were preparing
habeas corput proceedings, according
to a statement by "the Chingo
tlcutht.
The detcctivet allege that the men
will face charges of having stolen
at least 10 automobiles.
On searching the, roomt of the
two men they found steel dies for
changing automobile license numbers
hidden in the heater register. A
loaded revolver, blank cartridges and
blank bills of sale were also found.
The two brides, honeymooning in
the matron's ward in the city jail, re
covered their lost appetites Friday
and ate hacrtily.
It wat the message of Mrs. Clay
bourn to her uncle, a policeman in
Chicago, that put the detectives on
the honeymoon trail, according to
Kurcin and Carney.
"For God's sake, hurry and come
after me. Something awful is go
Make a Note on Your Calendar
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
June 28th, 29th and 30th
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ing to luptu," be appealed to ilia
uncle.
"Oh, I was afraid L'd be hronesfclf
and wanted someone in the fainly
to be ntr me." explained Mrs. i'U
bourn, wlun atked about the li'iur
yesterday afternoon.
Armstrong wan ignorant of the
fact that one of the brides had caused
hit arrest as lie waited in the chief
of detective's office (or hi bride yc
terd.iy morning.
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