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The Omaha ]V < irning _iee _-AT _ XTO i Q4 Entered ae Secend-Clare Matter May 21, 1906. at nil A VI A MONO \ A’ TANTTARY 1 * By Mall tl year): Oally and Sunday. $5; Sunday. $2.50. within the 4th zone. TWO CENTS I VOL. 52-iNO. 1 S'O• l Omaha P. 0. Under Act ef March 3, 1171. UiuAfln, Un I , J.UwO. Outaido the 4th zone (I year): Dally and Sunday, $12; Sunday only, $3. • _ ____ ^—I——■—— Foreigners Insulted J)y Germans Reports of Insolence and Out rages Against Aliens, In • eluding Americans. Reaching Paris. Early Bloodshed Feared llusseldnrf, Jan. 28.—(By A. I*.)— The telegraph anil telephone stations 'vent on strike at 7 this evening. | They took tills action in protest I against the presence of the French! Milled*. § Coblenz, Jan. 28.—(By A. I*.)— Two battalions of French engineers have taken over the railways and one through train to Paris was sent out tonight. The French state they will he able to operate the railways for military purijoses but nol for "ivillans. The tracks, bridges, 'switches and depots are heavily guarded. r’ The railroad workers declared that they would not return to work until the Frenrli troops have left Coblenz and other stations. Their leader, Frederick Halt, denied it was an offi cial strike notwithstanding that the men quit five minutes after Maj. Hen. .Vilen handed over command of I the zone to the French. t'op.vi-iaht, 101.:. Paris, Jail 28.—Fascism is sweeping over Germany, particularly Bavaria, and may force the French to itake further military action. Persecution and 'attacks u;i for eigners, especially French, including member* of th& interallied mission in Munich, threatens to develop into bloodshed and assassinations. The French are preparing measures to cope with such eventualities. Vivid reports of the Bavarian in Rolcnoo and outrages on foreigners— Americans and British, as well as the French—in Munich are reaching Paris, recounting how armed parties forced an entry to hotels and warned for eigners to leave within eight hours. Persons hoard speaking in other languages than German, were mob bed, spat on and driven out of restau rants in Munich. The Wagon Lits company has re qousted additlonl cars from its Munich agency to carry out foreigners seeking to escape. Secret reports from Berlin indicate (hat Wilhelinstrasse is seriously wor lied at the vicious attitude of the Bavarians, fearing incidents and out ages may precipitate the situation beyond its control. ^g The Bavarian authorities have point bktnlc refused the interallied military i ontrol mission, warning it to leave the city. The American authorities in Munich are warning the American citizens to quit Bavaria, and vises are not grant ed unless for urgent business calls. • Any military operations necessary to enforce respect for foreigners’ lives in Bavaria would require considerable forces and probably would entail the usage of the little entente, as the (.’zecho-Siovgks are within tile quick est reach of the scene. Compliments French Forces. General Weygand today reported the situation in the Ruhr satisfactory at a cabinet meeting, with Marshal Foch present. General Weygand stated that General Dogoutte lias the situation "ell in hand sad complimented the French restraint under insults and einptatlons for reprisals Thursday at i-issen and Dusseldorf. The cabinet decided not to attempt, lo operate the Ruhr mines and fac tories if a strike is called, but merely o preserve order and hold the area, f the Germans wish to cripple pro , tuetion and paralyze transportation ‘■hey will merely lie attacking thorn •elves more than the French, is the viewpoint taken. The French have gathered up 5,000 •aiiway and mining men from the 'aar and the reserve classes for operation according to their ynllitary needs, but they do not intend to mobilize classes or call any categories :o the colors. Genera! Dcgoutte is concentrating much motor transportation* in the Ruhr to insure communications and lupplles for the forces, and long con voys of auto trucks Are proceeding to tiie occupied zone night and day. The Germans are seeking to with draw all rolling stock from the Ruhr, running out double-headers on the trains in order to obtain extra locomo tives, as well as long convoys, of empty cars, I Starting today, the French will turn back empty cars for their own use. Fascist! Hold Meetings. Munich, Jan/^28.—ll3y A. P.V—Ger man fnscistl succeeded In holding 12 largely attended meetings last night, by reason of the eleventh-hour dis pensation of the police, who removed the previous embargo when Adolph * Hitler, leader of the organization on promise that the meetings would pro ceed quietly and that no anti gov, ernment demonstrations would be at tempted. Only a small police patrol was vis ible in the neighborhood cf t!_- halls where the meetings were held, al though the government kept consider able reserves in readiness. Herr Hitler went by automobile from one meeting to another and was roundly cheered when he declared that all German eyes were turning to Munich, where the though of national unity was being vigorously promul gated. He explained the belief that the Ruhr invasion would stimulate German unification. Snow in Oregon Portland, Ore., Jan. 28.—Wet snow fell over a large part of Oregon early today and at some points near '.he coast there was a wind storm. At orookings a three-story building in process of construction was blown down. Three men were injured. In Portland, the snow melted early ex cept at the heights. Wainwright Preparing United States for War It Is significant that with liurope on the verge of a volcano. Assistant Secretary of War Walnwrlght has started from Philadelphia on a tour all over the country to perfect War | department plans for industrial mo- | bilization in the event of war. He will visit Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Chi- , cago, St. Louis, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit and Pacific coast cities to consider local plants to take over in %n emergency. Liquor Runners Off Jersey Coast Renew Activities Large Quantity of Rum Is Lauded by Small Boats— Several Forced to Dump Cargoes Overboard. Highlands, X. J.. Jan. 2S.—(By A. P.)—Rum runners off the Xew Jer sey coast, idle for" more than two weeks, resumed brisk activities Sat urday night, it was learned today. Many small boats were said to have I made several successful trips carry ing from 75 to 150 cases of liquor to shore on each run. First operations in the rum trade since public attention was focused on the Jersey coast line were carried out under cover of darkness during a snowstorm. Two of the smugglers' boats were sighted by vessels of the "dry navy,” v liieh chased them colse to the shore, where the rum runners jettisoned : their cargoes of whisky. One observer here said that from midnight until almost daybreak, the sputter of high-powered motor boats could be heard off shore. He declared cases of liquor were landed and load ed onto motor trucks with as little* secrecy as a month ago. The rum runners were asserted by river front residents to have utilized Ihoir two weeks of enforced idleness I to make necessary repairs on their boats, as competition had been so strong they did not have the oppor tunity to overhaul them. As a result, It wag said, the boats which ran the blockade were in excellent condition and were able to develop higher speed than the ves sels which tried to capture them. It was learned that detectives from the prosecutor's office have been in j town for several days trying to find l.'nitod States government automatic pistols, said to have been stolen from • amp Vail and supplied to bootleggers here at *5 eatli. It was slated sev eral hundreds of dollars worth were stolen. ' Chaplin and Pola Negri Announce Engagement Del Monte, Cal.. Jan» 2S.—Charles Chaplin and Pula Negri, motion pic ture stars, announced their engage I ment at Pebble Beach lodge, near here : today. They refused to say when j they would be married, i Chaplin came from Hollywood on | a morning train to visit Miss Negri. Ue returned home tonight. The ac I tor's train was an hour and'a half fate. When It arrived Chaplin did not get off at Del Monte. As a result a rumor spread that he had come In | disguise. It developed Charley had taken an automobile at a nearby j point and motored to Pebble Beach. 1 latter, to assembled newspaper men, Mr. Chaplin said: "Yes, we are eugaged." Miss Negri said so, too, and that ; ended the interview. Miss Negri will remain at Pebble !teach several days longer and then go to Hally wood. Reward of $100 Is Offered for Lost Advertising Man New York. Jan. 28.—The national! vigilance committee of the‘Associated i Advertising clubs, has announced 1 a reward of *000 for Information con cerning its director. YYIlUqm P. Green 1 of blast. Orange, N. J„ who disap ),eared last Monday night while a | guest at the York hotel in this city, shortly before he was to have left for Columbus on business. Associates of the missing man ex pressed a fear that he had met with foul play, as his impending trip to Columbus was to have been in con nection with the investigation of a big ; business frau^ Lad Dies of Excitement at Fraternity Initiation Tuscaloosa, Ala , Jan. 28. — Glen Kersh, 18, son of G. Kersh, city j clerk of Tuscaloosa, died this mor ning 1 at « fraternity initiation at the Uni versity of Alabama here, according to county offioals. Death was said to have been due to execitement and not to violence 0 Butler’s Charges Are Aired Complaint That Welfar ' mI ** * A \ Is Discourteous « ,y» V ' competent *Vv A "x ^ Menihv^' . »d. a y"> i\ ' Employes^ iake Stand Members of the board of public welfare went far afield Saturday aft ernoon in conducting a probe into the affairs of its superintendent and employes, pursuant to a resolution from the city council and at the in stance of City Commissioner D. B. Butler. , Chairman Henry Monsky an nounced at the conclusion of the in vestigation that the board will sub mit its findings to the mayor in time for the next city council meeting Tuesday. Commissioner Butler, early last De cember, in a letter to the city council, stated that 'Wallace Wilson, superin tendent of the welfare department, was incompetent and discourteous ail that the alleged discourtesy had extended to certain employes of the welfare office. Testify Against Chief. Mrs. K. -M. Johnson and Mfs. Cath erine Melia were the only workers of the welfare department who testified against Superintendent Wilson: the others asserted that Wilson was cour teous and competent and that hnr tnony prevailed in the office. Mr. Butler explained that at the time of the alleged discourtesy toward him self by Wilson he was acting mayor and believed that the acting mayor is entitled to the same eonsiderafTon as the mayor. Mrs. Melia complained during her testimony that her office work was made onerous because Mrs. Ida Levin, one of the investigators, spent sev eral hours at a time in a_ beauty par lor, being manicured, massaged and marcelled. Denies Charges. "I am 33 years old and have had only dne marcell wave in my life,” re joined Mrs. Levin in her testimony. “Mr. Wilson has always been a gen tleman. never discourteous to anyone. Mr. Wilson does the work of a dozen men and Ilk© myself he never thinks aboyt the clock to see if it is time to o.uit.” "Mrs. Levin,” asked Commissioner Butler, “is there anything in the ru mor that while you were in a hos pital recently you made the remark that Wilson should be back in the liv ery stable at FVemont?” Mrs. Levin denied the rumor. Treated Unkindly. Mrs. Melia added' that she had been treated unkindly by Superintendent Wilson from the time of her employ ment at the office: that she wondered whether Wilson had a personal dis like for her. She asserted that Wil son told her not to use her initiative in the welfare office. She expressed her belief that discord has arisen in the welfare offleo because Wilson did not krtow what w-as going on. Chairman Monsky raised the'ques lion of whether Mrs. Melia's mental attitude toward the department and Mr. Wilson had anything to do with the case. *» "It is very apparent to me,” said Mr. Monsky, “from the evidence of fered here, that there has not been hearty co-operation between Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Melia and the su perintendent. Personally, I am of the opinion that this hearing has been prompted by a mental attitude.” Butler Holds Stand. At the conclusion of the testimony Commissioner Butler stated that he still was of the opinion that Super intendent Wilson was incompetent. I-Ie helieved the welfare department could function without a superintend ent. "I believe the mayor could take over the welfare department,” said Mr. Butler. “The mayor lias the least to do of any of the city commission ers. I don't believe the welfare de partment is supervised at present.” Chairman Monsky stated that lie (Torn to Page Six. Column Two.) Member of New Hampshire Delegation Dies in Capital Washington, Jan. 28.—Representa tive Sherman E. Burroughs of the First New Hampshire district died sud denly late Saturday. The immediate cause of death was said to lie conges tion of the lungs. He had been a mem ber of congress since 191" and was 52 years of age. For several days Mr. Burroughs had been improving, but lie suffered a relapse and the end came quick ly. Mrs. Burroughs and two sons were at the bedside. Mr. Burroughs was elected as a ! republican from Manchster to sue- | ceed the late Cyrus A. Sulloway. He previously had been a member of the New Hampshire house of representa tives and had practiced law. He was born in Dunbarton, N. H., February 6, 1870, and was graduated from Dartmouth college in 1891, and from Columbian university in this city in 1896. He is survived by the widow and four sons. i Three Men Chercoine by Gas in Barber Shop Hugo Muskopf. proprietor of a bar ber shop at 2505 North Sixty first street; Chris Olson, a barber. Drake Court guiartments. anil Mile Benu rios, porter, 6«2« Military avenue, «ere overcome by gas escaping from a lAky pipe at the shop Saturday afternoon. Olson was shaving a customer when overcome. lie dropped to the floor, razor in hand. The customer narrowly escaped injury. 411 three men will recover. Omaha Men Find Dead Bodv Lying By Strawstack Letter Found in Pocket Ad dressed to C. White Coolidge of Lincoln—Dead Sev eral Months. Gretna, Neb., Jan. 28.—(Special.)— -V man believed to be C. White Cool luge, about 35, was found dead beside a strawstack on the farm of John Wainwright, three miles south of Gretna, at 2 this afternoon, by two Omaha hunters. The decomposed state of the body indicated he had been dead for more than two months. A letter addressed to C. White Coolidge, ltoute G, • Lincoln, and dated October 3, from Omaha, was found iri his pocket. The Initials “C. W." were found on a pair of gloves. No marks or violence were seen on the body by Sheriff Sam Startzer of Sar py county. His opinion is that the man went to sleep beside the straw stack in warm weather and died dur ing the night.. An overcoat partly hid the body. It was seen by M. J. Hurley, 503 Merchants National Hank building, and G. W. Stamm, 410 Merchants Na tional Bank building, Omaha, who were hunting on Wainwrlght's farm. They telephoned the sheriff at PapU lion. The body was removed to the La Borde morgue at Gretna, where an. inquest will be held tomorrow morn ing. Two letters, signed "Mother," were found on Coolidge. The envelope on one was postmarked October 3, 1922, and the other was dated October 8, last. Parts of both letters were miss ing, according to Sheriff Startzer. The writ'ng became partly obliter ated because of decomposition of the body. One of the letters mentioned that a boy, either White's son or brother, had been confined in a hos pital. The address on the envelope and initials on two handkerchiefs led Sheriff Startzer to bfclieve that the j man is C. White Coolidge. Twenty-! time cents was found on the body. If. A. Collins, county attorney and coroner of Sarpy county, will work on the case in the morning. Cruiser Omaha Fastest in Navv Official Preliminary Trials Set for January 30 at Tacoma. Wash. New York, Jan. 28.—The United States naval trial board will convene on January 30 in Taeonta to super vise the official preliminary trials of the cruiser Omaha, highest powered vessel ever built for the navy and highest powered vessel for its size in the world. Although of but 7,500 displacement tons, the Omaha is fitted with four linge Westlnghouse turbines that will develop a total of 90,000 horsepower and drive it it at 35 knots, or 42 statute miles an hour. The turbines of the Majestic, largest steamship in the world, develop ) 00,000 horsepower, but the Majestic is nine times larger than the Omaha. The new cruiser is capable of pass ing the swiftest merchantman afloat. It will be able to cross the Atlantic ; to Englai# in three and a half days as compared with four and a Half days for the fastest passenger liner, the Mauretania. Ex-Kaiser Celebrates His 64th Birthday Doom. Jan. 28.—(By A. P.)—The former German* lOmperor WUlisln celebrated his Glib birthday yesterday with a grand reception at his chateau. Among those who attended were for mer Crown Prince Frederick William, ' Prince Henry and Duchess of Bruns wick, the Dutch governor to the prov ince of Utrecht and Duteli noblemen from the neighborhood with their women folk. One of those present informed The Associated Press correspondent that ! William seemed in rather low spirits, while his wife. Princess Hcrmlne, was hoard complaining to the women that Doom was a dull and lonely spot and bored her terribly. She not con ceal that she would like to return to Germany. The former emperor received Bev el al baskets of flowers and many con gratulatory telegrams, mainly from Germany. Demand for Postage Stamps Biggest in History of tf. S. Washington, Jan. 28^—'The biggest demand for stumps and postal ; staiimed paper in the history of the govffnment is in fidl swing, and is taken by the Post office department as j an indication of healthier business conditions. A billion more stamps j were issued in the last six months ! than In tliat period a year ago. and postal officials believe there will be no 1 delicit from postal operations when the tiscal year closes June 30. A year ago the •deficit amounted to $60,815,' 400. Orders for ^postal cards in cariots have been received, the demand being larger than ever before for a similar* period. One firm bought 11,000,000 precanceled stamps. Larceny Charge Against Bank Dismissed hy Judge Seattle, Jan. I!S.—Indictment ot the Seattle National bank on a charge of grand larceny, returned recently hy a grand jury jointly with indictment ot l>, ]•;. Trtiax. vice president of tlie hank was dismissed yesterday hy Judge Roland In superior court on the ground that a corporation cannot be accused of larceny. Judge Roland i efused to quash the charge against Mr. Truax. Allies O. K. Open Door For Turkey Policy as Advocated by Unit ed Slates Ratified by Delc ^ gates to Near East Conference. _ % Russia Good Samaritan Lausanne, Jan. 2S.—(By A. P»)— The policy of the open door in Turkey, as advocated hy the United States at » the near cast conference, was ratified by the allies last nfght in tho form of a declaration read by M. Bompard to the conference, declaring that Turkey was not obliged to follow the advice of the council on the Ottoman debt In the matter of concessions in Turkey. This declaration, which satisfied the American representatives and which goes on the official records, was made at the last hour of an amazing ses sion which only served to bring out the large number of points on which the allies and the Turks are divided. ' The open door question arose in connection with the demand of the allies that Turkey pay to the allies 15,000,000 Turkish pounds gold as reparations to allied citizens for dam ages sustained during the war. When the allied draft of the proteeol pro viding for the details of this paymnet, which by the way, Turkey today*ab solutely refused to make in any form, reached Ambassador Child Friday, tie found in it a clause that the Turkish government shoirid ask tile opinion of the council on the Ottoman„debt with reference to all contracts for new con cessions or the extension of old con cessions. Rights Safeguarded. Ambassador Child immediately con ferred with the allied leaders and pointed out that this provision col lided with the open door. In conse quence, M. Bompard tonight read a declaration that it was fkr from the allies’ intention to strike any blow at tlie sovereign rights of Turkey, which were fully safeguarded, as Turkey need not follow the -advice of the council on concessions. Turkey, under its own responsibil ity, the declaration said, maintains all Its liberties, and the principle of the. open door remains always that which should exist in Turkey in all eco nomic questions. Both Ismet l’asha and Hassan Bey, representing Turkey, voiced strong ob jection to the protocol-clause concern ing concessions and insisted that the provision whereby Turkey must ask the advice of the debt commission, which is an international body, consti tuted interference with the sovereign rights of Turkey. Work Near Find. Tonight’s meeting, which was de voted to llnancial and economic ques tions, was, the allies say, the last meeting of the near eastern confer ence for detailed discussion, with the exception of a meeting of the special straits commission, with the Russians present. The allies apparently are deter mined to go ahead with their plan of presenting their draft treaty to the Turks officially on Wednesday, al though it will be privately communi cated Monday. The session tonight showed a com plete divergence of views on many subjects, including reparations. At times the meeting was disorderly, sev eral of tlie delegates trying to speak at, the same time. A debate between lsmct Pash% and Venizelos, head of the Greek delegation, over mututal war responsibilities was especially virulent. lsmct Pasha charged that Smyrna had been burned by the Greeks and added, ‘‘All the world knows it." . , M. Venizelos, with much heat, de fended his country. The Americans an# Japanese are helping in the attempt to save the conference, but the British seem to think that at the last minute the Turks will sign. Offers Home for Armenians. Bolshevik Russia assumed the role tonight of good Samaritan by offi cially informing the conference that Russia stood ready to provide a na tional home for the Armenians. M. Tchltcherln sent a note to the three presidents of the conference and also to Ambassador Child, in which he said that, although t\ie Russian dele gation had been prevented from par ticipating in almost all the questions before the conference, they consid ered they could have contributed in an important-way to the solution of various problems If they hud been al lowed to take part. , One of these problems which bad not been solved was the Armenians. Despite indignation throughout Rus sia at the manner in which their dele gates had been treated at Lausanne the Russian representatives desired to give notice, in cooperation with Georgia and Ukraine, of Russia's in tention to "install on their respec tive territory a considerable number of Armenian emigrants of whom the number is still to he established." The note goes on to say that "de- j tails of this project will be the sub ject of special negotiations between the representatives of Russia, Georgia I and Ukraine, and qualified repre sentatives of the Armenians." Search for Maxwell Man Kearney, Neb., Jan. 28.—(Special.)! —Kearney relatives of Edwin Beyers, , 21, living at Maxwell, ate eager to! locate him. The young man, not in j Ihe best of health, left last Tuesday J evening to shut down n windmill on i (he premise*. That is the last the! family has seen of him. Boyer, at the time, wore only carpet slippers ‘and overalls. Ills relatives tear that he : may have become delirious and wan-1 dored off. Search of the vicinity of Maxwell failed lo locate tiro young mar , Germans Doing All Possible to Hamper French Systematic Opposition to Oc cupation Carried on; Armed Resistance Possible if Program Fails. Copyright, 1023. London, Jan. 2S.—Everything lias been done thus far that German in genuity can think of to hamper the French in their occupation of the Ruhr. Railways have been torn up. Telephone switchboards will not put through a call to the Kaiserhof hotel in Essen because it is the home of the French engineers commission. The Germans have cut telephone line3. connecting French military circuits with the German lines. They delay and hamper French telegraphic com munications and force French mili tary linos to bear all the burden of the engineer commission a correspon deneo as well as official army dis patches. The Germans have cut off the light at tto Kaiserhof in many rooms anil in tiro lobby. A German lineman ap pears once a day and cuts the tele phone wires from the hall switchboard to the rooms. No sooner are they repairel than they are cut again. No French can bo spoken over the Ruhr telephono circuits. Only German is permitted, except in the case of Amer ican and English newspaper corre spondents. Speak Only German. Thrughout the Rhineland railway conductors have been instructed to speak only German, and unless a French officer knows the language he can whistle for his wants. These little pin pricks are not severe han dicaps, but they show the temper of the people. If the apssive resistance to the French fails, then Germany might posslbiy be drawn into some sort of armed resistance. Already many youths from the Rhineland have fled inea Germany, where they will be available for military service. No real expert believes the German government could make much use of its army in its present disarmed state, but officers who have been investi gating tlie progress of German chemi cal warfare researches bdlleve Ger many will be able to do something with its commercial airplanes and gas bombs. The Germans have taken up the development of super-mustard gas where the Americans dropped It and are trying to make it easier and safer to handle. Repairing Gas Masks. While the Germans are forbidden from developing new gas masks by the terms of the Versailles treaty tliby have renovated the leather masks they had on hand at the end of the war, replaced the useless odes with new ones of an approved design ajul are preparing to equip an nrnry of 1,000.000 men with these. The development of the separatist movement in the Rhineland under French supervision lias been slow and unsatisfactory, and while certain Ger mans feel that the time is not ripe, now that the Americans have depart ed, to declare a Rhine republic, French officials see little hope from this quarter. Except for a few old citi zens of Duchy and Nassau, who still harbor an ancient grudge against the German government, they have found few supporters for the plan of a buffer state. Any move in this di rection will bring strikes, riots anti disturbances throughout the area and cannot result in any permanent sep aration of tiie Rhineland from the rest of Germany. Only the army of oc cupation will continue to divide this portion of the German state from Germany. Mistake of Fra nee. I here is no use in crying over spilt milk, but one of the great mistakes of the French at the time of the armis tice was in not establishing a dummy socialist government in Berlin and controlling it throughout the repara tions period. The German socialist republic no longer exists. The pres ent government is entirely national-, istic and is earnestly supported by every element in the country for the moment. Events in the lust six months, euhninating in the occupa tion of tlie Ruhr, have placed the mili taristic again in power. They are the real force behind the present cabinet, despite the fact tiiat though moderate they will he whole as long as an out side invasion menaces tho industrial life of tlie land. The Germans compare the occupa- i lion of tho Ruhr with that of Bel- I giuin, hut thoy declare tiie former is j less excusable. They assert that the I occupation of Belgium during the war was a military necessity. The Ruhr ! move they label as one of destruction and revenge, ut to the neutral oh server there can he no comparison. Conditions are vastly different. The rape of tho Ruhr is not analogous lo the rape of Belgium and will not be unless France pursues a policy of wanton destruction there, which is hardly likely to lie dreamed of except by moderate German monarchists. The French are playing their lat^ I card in flic light for reparation*. They are staking everything ori the move. They have one chance in two or three for success. If they win they have won the war. -If not they have lost j it beyond hope of victory. Walter Hagen Wins Texas Open San Antonio, Tex., Jan. *28. — Wat ter Hagen, American holder of the British open championship, won the Pcxas open golf championship here today, when Bill Mehlhorn, Shreve port, Bn., who tied with Hagen yes terday for the title with a 279 for , the 72 holes medal play, took a six on the 18 hole losing to Hfegen by one j stroke. Hagen shot a 72 today for j the 18 holes, with Mehlhorn shooting a 7* Omaha Newspaperman Is Victim of Pneumonia Karl D. (.add is. Earl B. Gaddis, Newspaperman of Omaha, Is Dead Member of World-Herald Edi torial Staff and Political Writer Is Victim of Pneumonia. Earl B. Gaddis, 510G Underwood avenue, a member of the editorial staff of the World-Herald, died at Lord Lister hospital at 8:45 last eve ning. Ho had been critically ill of pneumonia for one week. Mr. Gaddis was one of the best known of Nebraska newspaper rtien. Twleve years he spent for the most part in political reporting, or ns sec retary and campaign manager for Senator G. M. Hitchcock had given him an acquaintance throughout tho state, that had few equals. Result of Overwork. Ardous labor as manager of Scna tof Hitchcock’s Campaign last fall is believed to have contributed largely to the breakdown of Mr. Gaddis’ health. Immediately after election, his physicians ordered him to drop all activo work and lie devoted the •succeeding weeks almost exclusively to an effort to regain his health. Ho was making progress when lie fell a victim of pneumona,' to which his weakened condition made him an easy prey. Mr. Gaddis was born ifcireh 22. 1885, at Harvard. Neb. He spent bis youth at Harvard and later attended the stain University, in the class of 190G. Following newspaper experi ence at Holdrege, ho was appointed -i state oil inspector under Governor Shallenberger's administration. In 1911 he became a’reporter of the Ne braska State Journal at Lincoln: ii 1913 he became the Lincoln corre spondent of the World-Herald. Becomes Private Secretary. He served in that capacity until he went to Washington in April, 191G, as private secretary to Senator Hitch cock. Ho returned to Omaha in 1920, as assistant publisher and in 1923 managed Senator Hitchcock's 'cam paign. In 1915-1916 he was a mem ber of and secretary of the state tax commission which recommended ex tensive revision of the state tax laws. Mr. Gaddis is survived by a.wife, two sons, and bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L, Gaddis of Harvard. Taxes Take Widow’s Share of Hamon Estate __________ i Chicago, Jan. 27.—Unpaid inherit ance taxes will eat up practically all that is loft of his widow's share of the estate of the late Jake Hamon, Oklahoma political leader, it was re vealed yesterday. 'Pic former Mrs. Hamon. who two weeks ago divorced her second hus band, William L. Koherer. wealthy Chicago art collector and broker, made the admission when she ap peared in court to ask reopening of the Koherer caso in order that she might apply for alimony. She had previously stated she expected to re ceive $1,600,000 from the Hamon estate. ITamon was killed in an Ardmore, (Okl.) hotel in December,_1920, by Clara Smith Hamon, a relative, who was later acquitted. At the time of his death, he was republican national ' committeeman from Oklahoma. Much Evidence Gathered in Rail Sabotage Inquiry Little Rock, Arlc., Jan. 28.—The j probable duration of the legislative [ investigation here and elsewhere into j disorders and depredations along the ) Missouri & North Arkansas railway | remains a matter of conjecture with Jie joint committee of the general ns- | "fc'ihly. conducting the examination, in recess. •Sessions of the committee here will he resumed Monday. The committee Is credited with se curing Information which is expected to dear up many acls of sabotage and with ending, as a recent state ment by the Harrison “committee” said, "two years of trouble in two days.” ^_< The Weather Forecast, Monday: Warmer. Hourly Tniiperatuirs. 5 a. in. IH I 1 p. n>.5; rt n. in. ..IK 2 p. m. 40 l »• oi.15 A p. in. 44 * 11 • o'.-1*1 ; 4 p. m. . . jti # »• .20 I 5 p. 111. 45 1» «• *»•.24 I fi p. in..42 1.1 "• .I V. m. .41 13 uoou .........34 1 Bahamas Oasis for America Over 2.000,000 Gallons of Liquor Smuggled Into U. S Since Prohibition Law Went Into Effect. British Ships Carry Rur. Washington, Jan. 28.—Sensational disclosures of tho vast extent of or ganized smuggling of liquor from the Bahama islands into tho United States were made by Represontniivo John Jacob Rogers, republican, Mas sachusetts, runking member of the house committee on foreign affairs. On the authority of the State de partment Mr. Rogers stated that 2,« 000,000 gallons of liquor have been smuggled from tho Bahamas since the United Slates went dry. A large fleet of British ships is engaged in the illicit traffic, the island government and merchants are rolling in new found wealth, one of tho ruin-run ning magnates Is an offical of the govs eminent and tho profitable business is conducted by the British officials, The congressman confessed ho had been astounded by tho magnitude and boldness of tho contraband traffic, with which the Britlsft government appears no more disposed to inter fere than with the blockade running from the same base during the civil war. Traffic at Height. “I have been advised by tho De partment of State that 2,000,000 gal lons of liquor have been smuggled In to the United States from tho Ba hama islands since tho prohibition artj became effective,” said Mr. Rogers. “More than half of the Illicit liquor ha's been brought to tills country dur ing the past year. The traffic is at its height today. “The government of the Islands is deriving immense revenue from the traffic. In 1922 tlie amount was $1, 200,000. With some of the members of its executive council and the mer chants of Nassau enriching themselves thereby, there is absolutely no pub lic sentiment against the practice. “From 1917 to 1919, inclusive, when no liquors were reshipped from the islands, tlie average annual imports were 50,000 American proof gallons. This, it may be said, is tho extent of the consumption on the islands. “What happened in 1920? Even at that time the imports were -445, 000 gallons. In the following year, the total Increased to MS,000 gallons./The, exact figures for the year just ended, have not been tabulated, but for the first nine months of 1922 the imports amounted to 900,000 gallons, and the quarter ending December will bring the total for tho 12-month period to 1,200,000 gallons. Oasis of America. “The Bahamas certainly are the oasis of ‘dry’ America. To the last, quart, I am advised, the liquors ara ' shipped to the United States. Alt told, 2,000,000 gallons lia\© found their way into the coutry, all the way from Norfolk, Philadelphia and New York, as far as Boston. When the smuggling first •began, some vessels would lie off the port of Nassau, would be secretly loaded and would depart without papers. Other ships would he cleared in ballast, but sub sequent to clearing would bo loaded with iiqour. The practice is different now that the illicit trade has been fully or ganized. The vessels, nearly all fly ing the British flag, will clear for the Trench port of St. Pierre, Miquelon, or for Tampico. Mex. “As a matter of fact, the ships never 'proceed to the ports foe which they liave cleared, but lie off the American coast and'are met by prearrangement outside the three mile limit by small but speedy American motor boats. "My information is that serious co operation in checking the traffic can not bo obtained from the Bahaman. government. The Bahamas arc a self governing colony, with an elected legislature. Its executive council is composed of officials and local resi dents of whom one has rnado great profits out of whisky running. The merchants who have enriched them sHves are held in Increasing respect afd there is no public sentiment against the practice. The officials are British, who hfve been promoted from colony to colony. I am assured that they arc absolutely honest, but without incentive to lake a strong stand on moral grounds in any matter which would materially injure the col ony." Girl’s Story of Attack Discredited by Police Police discredited Saturday night the story of* Helen Forguson, 22, of Fre mont, Neb., that she was slugged and robbed by two men at Twentieth and Benvenworth streets Friday night and l<-ft lying unconscious in the snow be hind a lighted hill lioard. She said the men leaped out at her while she was passing the bill hoard, which is of tfie illuminated type. She returned yesterday to her homo t;i Fremont.* Unemployed of Vienna Stage Demonstrations \ ienna, Jan. £8.—Demands for in cr«*e«d allowances to unemployed per sons and other concessions were the basis of a demonstration by 300,000 communists, socialists, unemployed and sympathizers with the cause. The. crowds paraded through the streets and the police at times had to draw their sabers to repel attempts to rush police stations, 1>anks and stores. All business houses were closed through out the day. It was only at night fall lliat th^police succeeded in dispers ing the crowds.