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The ( imaha C orning !ee _ VOL. 52—NO. 256. Sir." K VTtfX? aT?. "fij- OMAHA. THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1923.* ,i,'. ’SI*«?,”» TW0 CENTS " Harding to Wage Fight for Court U. S. Entry in Body to Be President's Aim, Observer's Impression From Re eent Developments. Preparing for Campaign By MARK SI M.IYAN Special OUpatch to The Omaha lire. Washington, April 11.—A setting down of the more important impres sion Washington lias got since the return of Harding and his party would begin with the statement that the president will fight within the limits of his temperament for his proposal that America join the international court and that lie will authorize the members of his cabinet and his friends to go as far ns they like in pressing it on the country. f As to Harding's personal relation to the next republican nomination and the anounoement on that point made in Florida by Mr. Daugherty it has l»en public here locally, under cir cumstances which cause most of us to accept it as authentic, that Dattgh . city’s statement was not authorized by Harding and was not relished by him. Ilarding Prefers Silence. Harding prefers not to make any announcement on this subject until, 1 let us say, next December or Jan uary, and when he comes to a de cision on the point, he will make the , announcement himself: that "an ear lier announcement has not been, and will not be countenanced by Mr. Harding " Most of the republican leaders agree that it would lie inex pedient and politically dangerous to , fail to nominate a president for a second term: lgtt that there is con siderable number of republican lead ers especially among the senators who have a contrary notion and would like to put forward another candidate and finally, that there are at least three men as to whom their friends have made moves of one degree or another of definiteness looking to putting them in the race in certain advan tages These three are Senator Hiram Johnson, Gen. Leonard Wood, and Kx Governor Lowden of Illinois. Hays to Manage Campaign As to the organization of the re publican party, it is clear that among some republican leaders. but not; necessarily Including President Hard--j L~-“‘»ing, there have been definite moves looking to bringing back into the management either Will H. Hays or some one with the equivalent of Hays, I pep and resourcefulness. As to the mention of Chairman Las- | ker of the shipping board in this con nection or in connection with man aging Harding's personal campaign 1 for renomination. assuming that Harding makes such a campaign, there is little in this. There appears to be more substan Hal basis for the idea that Chairman l.asker w-ill resign from the ship ping hoard and will devote his very considerable fortune to becoming the owner of a group of newspapers, n business with which he was familiar in his career as an advertising agent.; If Mr. Lasker should put hack of a group of newspapers the same dy namic cnprgyhe has put into the ship ping board, ho would have consider able effect on public affairs. Work for Everybody. As to issues, the republican leaders say that if the present wave of pros-1 perity continues for a year anil seven months, they wont need any issues. They point to the fact that ttmre isn'i an unemployed man in the country" who wants to work and they cheer > each daily announcement of wages increased by steel mills and mines. They celebrate it nil as a triumph of lepublican management of the eoun t ry. Three leaders who look oil it su perficially are quite willing to trust 10 this prosperity wave for re-election, assuming it continues. Home of the more thoughtful republican leader*, however, are disturbed by the lack of evenness of the distribution of the fruits of prosperity. They say that if it fails to reach the farmer suf ficiently, or if the farmers fail to share it equitably with other classes then the republicans cannot hope to carry the farming states that a'e necessary for success. (Copyright New York Tribune, i I \ S. to Probe Curative Power of Spring Waters Hot Springs, Ark.. April 11.—“Dr. Uncle Sam," may lie added to the na tion's other titles if an investigation of the curative properties of the Hot Springs in the national park here dis closes they have definite healing qualities. Dr. Hubert Work, seeretary of tho interior, announced last night. Fleforo leaving for Washington, Dr. Work, in private life a physician of Pueblo, Colo., said he would con fer with the surgeon general of the United States to determine proper methods of determining the medicinal qualities of the waters. Electric Light for Farms Topic at St. Louis Meeting 8f. Kouls, Mo., April 11.—Mean* of supplying electric li^ht and power from central stations to farm* w»*re discussed at the first, annual conven tion of tho middle western division of tho national electric iiffht association, which opened today. Tho division includes the states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. t* Nicolai Lenine Improves. Moscow, April 11.—Nicolai famine's condition has become so satisfactory that dally bulletins will be discontin ued, It was announced today. Hereaft er bulletins will be Issued only when they are warranted. The latest bulle tin stressed the Improvement of JLe Nq£i'MU0«p mtari^ Interviewers, Mostly Women, Keep Herbert Hoover Busv Secretary of Commerce An swers Every Question Put to Him at Meeting of Voters’ League. B,v MYRTLE MASON. Special D!»p*tch to The Omaha Bee. Des Moines, la., April 11.—Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, was probably the most interviewed man In the United States Wednesday. He arrived in Dos Moines in the morning to speak at an evening session of the National League of Women Voters. During the day, he was the target for every writer here, and of scribes there are many, mostly women. Mr. Hoover answered every ques tion put to him. "Do we have secret diplomacy?’’ I "No," he replied, "it would he : wrong to conduct secretly negotiations which would affect the American peo ple as a whole. But, just as you do I not go to the morning papers with letters raising points of controversy j with a friend, so does a nation not j publish her every grievance. Such i a course would prevent retraction and i necessary compromise.” Navy Is Vital. "A navy is vital to foreign trade and the whole basis of international comity,” said the secretary. "Inter- j national commerce and foreign trade are necessary to the maintenance of American standards of living.” "Russia and Mexico have been un- \ recognized by our government, not be cause of particular objections on our part to their governments, but be cause of injustices done to us and to our citizens. The United States lias never used force in adjusting wrongs to our citizens in foreign lands. The protection we give is wholly moral. For that reason, we must uphold high moral standards in dealing with other countries." Asked his opinion on the supreme Herbert Hoover. court's minimum wage decision an nounced in (he papers of ttie day. Sec retary Hoover pointed out that the case involved was from the District of Columbia. Tower of States. "The states have greater price fix ing powers than has the District of Columbia,” he said, suggesting that states might enact minimum wage laws which would be in a stronger position than those of the district. Squarely did Mr. Hoover come out for protective legislation for women. He does not approve the blanket meas ure doing away with such legislation. “Daws are more solid when de veloped from the states up than when they are imposed by Washington.” The secretary expressed a desire to meet Airs. C. (1. Ryan of Grand Island, N'eb., state president of the Deague of Women Voters, the only woman county food administrator in the United States under Hoover during the war. Harriet Taylor Upton, vice chair man of the republican national com mittee. who speaks at the Burgnss Nash auditorium in Omaha Thursday night, has been the hit of the con vention of the Deague of Women Voters here. Hoover Makes Opening Defense of Harding Plan to Enter Court Dps Moines, la.. April 11.—Ameri can membership in the permanent court of international justice, organ ized hy the league of nations, was ad vocated by Secretary Herbert Hoov er here tonight as "an essential step" in the direction of world peace. Those who have opposed member ship in the league itself, lie said need not hang back from participation in the court nor fear political entangle ments through its operation. He re plied directly to criticisms by (Sena tor Borah of Idaho, who, he derlar ed. really wanted now to go "further '' than the Atneican people were will ing to follow him. Secretary Hoover spoke before the annual convention of the national League of Women voters, and his ad dress was the first detailed reply from administration quarters to thdse who have assailed the court propo sal. since it was laid before the sen ate by President Harding- It mark ed the beginning of the public de bate in which most of the leading public men of the country are pre paring to take part. Not Entering la-ague To go Into the court, Mr. Hoover said, would not be "entering the lea gue in any sense," on the contrary, he argued, it would aid in placing international relationships on a basis of law rather than politics and would at the same time continue the Am erican policy of conciliation and good will exemplified in the arms con ference and in recent relation with Latin-America. "The proposals to Join the court," he said, "have been criticized from various angles. The first is that it leads us into some undesirable politi cal entanglements which Is untrue, for the decrees of tile international court are based mem the process of law. not upon political agreement: their enforcement rrsis wholly «11 public opinion and not upon force. In supporting this court, we sub scribe to no compulsion whatever. Compulsion is in fact specifically necessary." Other Nations Stronger. “So other nation can summon ur into court except with our consent. The court itself i-anuot summon us in, nor in any manner or degree exert upon us any kind of compulsion, not even moral. Our proposal to enter the court and the act of edhealon to if which President Hurding has asked, is based upon the assumption that compulsion is not necessary for peo ples of good will and a sense of Jus tice. "It is true that part of the other nations, in joining this court, have joined it in a slightly stronger de gree. These other nations have been moved either because they have great er faith In the processes of interna tional co-operation that America s t Turn In Pngs Tllrer, Column One.) ___L___._ Man Slays Wife and 3 Children Walk' to Police Station After Riddling Victims’ Bodies With Bullets. Scuttle, Wash., April 11.—Walking j into the police station here this morn ing, Mitsuzo Endo, a second-hand deal er, announced that he had shot to death his wife and three daughters, aged t» and 7 and one an infant, be cause he was “tired of so much trouble at home." Endo whs locked up while police men hurried to his home, six blocks away and verified his report that he had shot his wife four times and each of the children two or three times. The bodies were scattered about a bedroom. Endo said lie bad used so many bullets because his victim did not die quickly enough. A policeman burst in the front door. Tin* body of the woman was chid, indicating that site had been <(» ad for some time, hut the three childrens’ bodies were yet warm. Mrs. Kudo's throat had been cut and she had been shot several times. Three Still* Found in Two Raid*; Pair Arrested Two men were arrested Tuesday by the pnllre control squad mi charges nt illegally possessing whisky when the officers searched the homes of Joseph Hralumonda, 2207 South Twelfth street, and Joseph Bracle, 2200 South Twelfth street, and found stills In operation, a quantity of whisky and more than 7,000 gallons of mash. At the Brads horns the officers found 6,000 gallons of mash ferment ing In the basement and a large still In operation In the kitchen. At the other place two stills were found. More than 1,000 gallons of mush were located. Lincoln Man Asphyxiated. Mpwlal Itl.paleli to The Omaha Be.. Lincoln, April 11.—J. Ralph Crow ley, 40. was found dead In his home here. Death was due to asphyxiation, believed to have been accidental. Ilia body was lying across a kitchen table. Sheriff Hansel found tht gjui Jetfl to iUMI J&Sfeta *t«Vi Sl0>«4 . . . . . Alleged Klanmeii Hurled from Car \ ictims Taken on W ild Hide and Later Shoved from Ma chine on Busy Corner. Cincinnati. <J., April 11.—Bearing on their hacks In stencil the words “he Is a Ku Klux Klanner," two non, blindfolded and garbed only In their trousers and undeiahlrts, were thrown from an automobile In the heart of the city last night. In view of scores of persons. I.ater two men appeared at police headquarters and reported they had been abducted by five, unidentified men, who after taking them on a wild ride In an automobile, took most of their clothes, and warning them not to take the matter up with the police, “under penalty of death," threw them out at a downtown corner and sped away. The men. who gave their names as William Miller and Krwln .T. Burk hardt, salesmen, denied they were members of the Ku Klux Klan. Shooting Features Strike ^ of Germans in Memcl Hj The Avmrintftl I'rrsn Mnmel. April 11.—Shooting bn* o«• curretl in various part* of Memcl in the course of the two day**, but no ranualtira have betn reported. Fur ther detarhnientM of Lithuanian In fantry and cavalry arrived on Mon day nnd several arrest a were made. Home of those taken into custody Were removed to Kovno, while others were deported from Memel territory. It is announced that ns a result of negotiations between ‘Lithuanian high commissioner and the (human strikers the general strike will end today. The shops are also expected to reopen. Six Stones Ordered Removed From Nebraska Capitol Blncoln. Apul 11.— licputy State Ktigltlier Hoy Cochran has been ordered by Governor llryan to remove six stones from the whIIs of the first section of thn new Nebraska cupltul and to see that 10 others are reflnlsh ed. The order was approved by the commission. Mr. Cochran is directed to do this work over tlie objection of .Afobltaol Quudhue tl Laborites Battle for Ex-Soldiers Bedlam Reigns in House of Commons as Chancellor At tempts to Counteract Defeat of Tuesday. Adjournment Is Favored Ity Associated I'rrs*. London, April 11.-—Perhaps never since the days of Parnellite obstruc tion has srtich a scene of violent up roar been witnessed In the house of commons as that which today trans formed the ordinarily placid and digni fied chamber into absolute bedlam. The disorders arose primarily- out of the government’s defeat, by a small majority, on a mere technical point Tuesday night. Today Stanley- Bald win. chancellor of the exchequer, in troduced a motion framed to counter act this defeat, only to meet with a storm unexampled in present day parliamentary annals, in the face of which the speaker, powerless to ob tain a division, declared the motion carried under closure and the house adjourned until Thursday. Wield Big Stick. Tho laboritles clearly felt that they had a big stick to wield against tho government in the interests of ex service men, which was the question originally before the house. In this attitude the labor members are likely to receive the support of the whole laborite electorate. All sorts of epithets and threaten ing gestures a.gainst the treasury bench came from the laborites, espec ially from the small extreme group, including the Scottish members, led by John Joseph Jones and fleorge l.ansbury. The house, in striking contrast with Tuesday's scene, was crowded, and the two front benches were um mifortably so. Kxeitement was at fever tieat. Jones vehement ly expounded the grievances of the former service men and was repeated ly called to order b ythe speaker, who declared that the question could not be debated until Thursday. Speaker Ignored. All tlie speaker's efforts to pacify I he recall d rants appeared only to in flame them still further. The speak “f protested that it would he "a very bad thing” if the members should force an adjournment on account of grave disorders, and begged them to refrain. Ail to no purpose—"we de mand an answer,” was shouted on every hand by the angry laborites. Chancellor Baldwin's motion wa* that the house Thursday- resolve It self into a committee of supply, so thu» the difficulty in whl<h the gov ernment had found itself could Is? adjusted, but the opposition declined to take part In a division and a closure was moved, leading finally to the speaker declaring othrr closure motion and the chancellor's motion carried. The government, constrained to bow before the storm, had to aliandon the important agricultural debate set down for today and also the expected statement from the minister of agriculture concerning the govern ment policy on the rerent recom mendations of the agricultural tribunal Asked '•itecial l>av. Mi Lloyd fleorge had only just previously asked the government to grant a special day for discussion of the important agricultural problem, .only to meet with Chancellor Bald win's regretful rejoinder that he could see no possibility of giving a day In the future and the declaration that it is most impoitant that the minister of agriculture should make his statement today. Two views prevail over the excit ing events. On the government side, although some of the members admit that Mr Baldwin and the other min isters acted somewhat flippantly and that the government was hasty in Invoking the closure motion, it was mostly held that when the house meets Thursday the effervescence will have subsided ami some means of accommodation would be found. Oil tile other hand, the lulioritles < hai acterl/.i- the plan devised liy tile ministers and - peaker ns an ingenious quibble aud declare that strict ad herence to parliamentary tradition would have dictated the resignation of the government Cluing king U Reported in Hands of Sen l roup* ll.r iMOfltlrd I'rfM. Peking. April 11.—Chung King. S/.«u liwan province, the marketing point f<»r rich suit deposit* In the fpper Yangtze valley, i* reported to have been captured by troop* under (Jenerai Yang San. who. in hi* south ♦ . n campaigns I* li n ked bv Wu Pel Ku, the military power of North China. The southern forces ate retreating to Kufhow. about KO miles HOUthwast. With a view of preventing their Junction with othei southern troops under CJov. Tang Chi Yao. of Yun nan province. Wu Pei Ku is urging his ally. Yuan Chu-Mln. former tuchun of Kweichow province, to flank the retreating enemy by at tacking from Kweichow. Advocate of Marriage Die* al Home in Chicago at 03 ChlniRo, April II Oliver Franklin Fuller, i linlrninn of tlir bond of Fuller Morriaon Whnleaale Drug lompnn.v. believed llmt when a mad retired fi uni luielneaa and from n alnle of inaniaKr, be began In die, died nt hie home here yraterday at the ate* of IIS, having remained In the harneaa profeaatonal and domeatic— to the end. Mr. Fuller announced hie vlewa on work and marrlago 13 years «iro When he married for ths aerond tints, taking aa Ida wife an oh) {%ially Wua. 10 »W» fail JlWtafc, , , |, Always an Uncomfortable Season of the Year for the Men Folks r'F YOU SOYS l] WANT To SAVE Any op this ' OLD JUNK YOUYf I _ HAD AROUND FOR I YEAR', AND NEVER. 1 - USED YOU 8ETT6R TAKE CARE Of IT YOURSELVE. ] [ I'LL BET we wonV Know nhesb to PINO A CUSSED THING WHEN they , C*ET TMR0U6N Man and Wife Burn to Death in Explosion Kerosene Can Explodes, Throwing Burning Oil Over Couple iu Council Bluffs Home. Mr*. Pinion McGrew, 23. and her husband. 40, are dead from burns suffered yesterday w hen Mr). Mc Grew sought to hurry up the t re in the kitchen stme In their three room home at 1729 Avenue (!, Coun cil Bluffs, by pouring kerosene on it. The kerosene ran exploded, throw ing the burning oil oxer her and her husband. In agony each tried to extinguish the tortuiing flames and save the other. The mother’s thought* flew to their two children, Ottie. 12. and Joe. 9, who were in the next room. "Run outside the house." she screamed. "Don't come in here. Run —outside." Hears Screams. So she died a* the children, clad in their night clothes, ran from the dwelling. If. F. I.eete a neighbor, heard the screams and rushed to the rear of the McGrew home lie forced open the door of the kitchen, dashed buck ets of water over the burning forms of Mr. and Mrs. McGraw and carried Mrs McGraw out before the firemen arrived. Pile seemed to be dead, her body badly charred. McGrew was raving and in such agony from the hums that hi- could hardly be led out. He was taken to Merry hospital, where he died at 10:10. Children I nhurt. The children, terrlfled but unhurt because of their mother's flnnl thought for them, were taken to the home of their aunt, Mrs. Kmma Felton, 1618 Avenue F. The McGrew home j* the same three-room bungalow which Council Bluffs firemen, with the aid of the lublh. built a year ago for Mr. and Mrs. Berlson Decker after the Decker shack at 1014 South Seventeenth street burned and their two little girls were burned to death. The I inkers, however, sold the home and have left the city Japanese Question Menaee. Senator Eenroot Declare* San Kranclxt o. tab. April 11. — K«v turning from upvtral wwki' vloit in Honolulu, rnltrd State* Senator Ir vin** I*. Lenroot, Wiaeonain. declared the Japan fin* question i* becoming » real menace to ttic* Hawaiian Inland* and to the I’nttcd State* itself He advocated "unmt kind «*f action by eon grafts to nafeguard Hawaiian and American intorcMs *’ George J. Gould Seriously 111 at Mentone, France Mentone, France. April 11.—The condition of George J. Gould, **'•• Amerh an financier and railway mag nati*. became so serious that relative* were summoned to hi* bedside today. His sister, 1 Miches* |>e Talley Hand, and her hunhand have arrived. Gould is suffering from heart weakness and bronchial trouble. \. G. Muckc Dies. Vm'I.I IH.p.I.-h in Th. Omaha Or, l.lnroln, April 11 A <1. Muck*, form*r well known lumb*mi«n In I.ln coin nnd Omaha, .11* datiddanly m hi* offlc* In 8t. Ixnil* Tuesday. Th* fun •r*l wilt tak* plac* at hi* horn* In gt. >Uu|a lUUllOsj , Capture of Rebel Leader Is Denied Lat«*-t Reports From Dublin Say Famon He \ alera Still at Liberty. Hy I*re-«. Dublin, April 11.—Official contra diction by free stale army headquar ters this afternoon of reports that Ramon de Valera had been captured near Clonmel, brought statements iii republican quarters that the irregu lar leader was not a member of the party surrounded by free state troops when Liam Lynch was captured. Some declared that Ut* Valera was not in the district at the time, hut was attending a meeting in Dublin. All reports in regard to his where abouts, however .are untrustworthy. The capture and fatal wounding of Lynch, who was the republican chief of staff, excited speculations <>f im mediate peace, but there is no Indi cation as yet of any change in ihc attitude of the republicans or of the govei nmetit. Farm Lands of West Get More Immigrants New York. April 11 —Another "million dollars steerage” arrived Tuesday from Scandinavia on the Oscar 11. enroute to the farm lands of the west. Tim 234 Norwegians and S'v.-H. * like the 400 who preceded them last week, showed customs inspectors cash, rote* and letters cf cr* lit t al ing about a million dollars. Some tode first class, some second and others steerage, any way to ?« * here together and get here quick l*n l.ke some emigrants with less de finite a:u», who have come here in finer cloth but with proper lined purses. the Scandinavians went through the Immigration tests like reapers through wheat fields. Many of them were snugly ash . p in pull mans. westward bound, befor* the bright lights of Broadway h*gnn their nightly flicker. Dime Store Man Seek* $.1,000,000 I ii-ui .mre New York. April 11 Fixe million dollar* life insurance sought by S S Kresge of Detroit, operabi of .*» and 10 rent stores. Is being retarded hy the state insurant»- department's In vestfigation of an application )•> \Yal lace Srott. for an underwriters’ ii cense The application of Mr. Scott xx ho is a ft lend of Mr Kie*ge. is op posed by New York underwriter* The underwriters' commission would amount to $160,000, It was said, an 1 contends that Mr. Scott tucks the license qnly for the one transaction Mr. Kresge's legal representative asserted that the merchant wants the $t 60,000 commission to go to bis friend, which, it is said, x\t<uld be the largest fee ever paid for insurance on a single life Mr Kresg* now Mi, has had no previous life insurance Should iir obtain this amount, it is estimated he would pay annual premiums of about $300,000 L«'git>lati\c l.oigm* \X ill Med in I iiH'dln I onijihi S|»eelal PUpaO'lt (o The OiiihIim Iter. l.incoln. April II The n nun! banquet of the Nebraska legislative league will l»e held here tomorrow night. James A. Hodman of Omaha, retiring president, will be toastums ter. Governor Itrxnn w d| *p« <k on V** You lake It," while Speaker Mathers will talk on "How l>o You Uke It." "What I Think of it" will tha *ubj»et of ('('ngiv'simuu KJgtu Uur* at fi9lvuuVu«. Stockyards Hav Barn Fire Causes $10,000 Damage Flame* Threaten to Destroy Packing House—300 Tons of May Go l p in Smoke —Origin l ndetermined. Fire which threatened the complete destruction of the big hay barn of the Stock Yards company known as barn “D.“ broke out yesterday and caused damage estimated at $10,000. The burn is located on Thirtieth street north of L street and for a time it was thought the fire would spread to the Meverovic A Vail packing house, but quick response of the fire de partment soon had the fire under con trol. Cause is undetermined. The barn is said to have a capacity f 1 t'-i - of May, but w.** only about half full a: the time of the fire. The loss is covered by insurance. Ef forts of the firemen were directed to the dipping plant east of the burning burn, but a favorable wind blew in the opposite direction. The loss is partly covered by insurance. Canada Puts Damper on Work of Rum Runners Seattle. April 11.—Action *»f the Canadian government In ordering dis continuance of the practice under which liquor carrying vesels were per mitted to clear for “deep sea” without specifying a destination means the “death knell* of rum running on Puget Found. John A Frater. assist ant I rated States attorney here, said today. Announcement of the new or der w as made at Victci .a B t\ Plain* t<> Make Search for Mi«sing \uto Part) M,amt. I I, Kuril 11.— Sear, h for Ihe I1.1 men ami iiw women who are believed in lie marooned or lorn some «hei r lu iween here and Tampa in the Hvergtade* as a result i f their a! tempt to nteotiate the frst motor trip through that legion, was to l>e taken tip by, air today "’ord hml been received ill Kurt Myer* by Indian rminSi, of the tour ists to the offset that the party with 80 miles of had lands, ahead of them were pushing on toward Miami it the rate of one mile a day. German Councillor Gets Jail Sentence ami Fine lessen. April 11.—Herman Oouneil l“r Kuni today was sentenced to two y. ers imprisonment and to pay a fine of five million marks tiecause he re fuse.! to turn our school children's shower !wilts foe use by the bVeneh soldiers. The Weather Trm |M>rntur«. Illghaat. A*. U>**a(, 4* mran, AS nor mal. 4* Total m< »m"f Jinttury T. t '« Ni'l.-itixr Humidity. t'rrrrntagr. : * »» . k •' Noon f Ip in, M »*ro« IpiiHiion I or hr* on, I It umtrodth* total. »t. Total am a January |. 4 »T . cxcrsa, | ix Hourly Teotprrnt nrr* * 1 »" H ! I X »w ...... A 4 * a m ...... oO 2 |» m. .. . »S * • o . I* i*o x * *» tv ..... 4* 4 i< in ... If * am,.,.. 4,. |. O* .X 10 * VI .. . 4* * v ny .... b< 11 * m II i pm . . . U noon 53 x |. m Temporal tiro* ai I t*. H Chayanno . 14 Cuahlo .. AS t>av«nport - x..10 Salt 1-aka.Art D#«VW .......... -IHuntx I-a.. 4rt I'ra Motnoa . I^Sh.- 4»n . *1 l>04tgg CUy . M Si.oi* City .|J *^v«tar .*• ' aUbU&i NMlh J>UtU *,»,.**] Claridge Cries When Dismissed Former President of Banking House of A. Castetter at Blair Freed of Crimi nal Charge. Case Is Taken From Jury Special lii-pstrh to Th# Omaha Be#. TilaJr, Neb., April 11. — Fred H claridge, former president of th* banking house of A. castetter, .crF when District Judge J. M. Fitzgerald dismissed the jury and entered e judgment which released Mr. Claridge from the criminal charge of subscrili iiig to false statements of the con dition of the deftitict hank. This sudden and somewhat unejr pc< ted termination of the case. whiofc was started last Monday morning was marked by a demonstration it which the former banker was the cer ter of a group of men and wotrv-i who extended congratulations. Mrs Claridge, who sat at the side of her husband during the trial, took th* situation quite calmly. She beguileo most of the time in court this morn ing with tatting. Kissed by Former Aid. Mary Cook, who was identified with the Castetter bank many years air. who was assistant cashier during the last few years of the institution's ex istence, rushed up to Mr. Claridge and kissed him when the judge an nounced his decision. "All that I care to say is that 1 never had any other thought than that 1 could !>e cleared of these charg es.'* Mr. Claridge said. A few minutes after the beginning ■ f the afternoon session, T. J. Mc Guire, assistant attorney general, an nouneed that the state would rest its case,, whereupon Attorney Frank S Howell, fur Mr. Claridge. offered a motion that the judge give a directed verdict for the defendant on th* grounds that the information filed failed to state facts which const! | tuted a crime under the statutes an-1 that the testimony offered by th* state was Insufficient to support a verdict of guilty. The jury retired for about an hour, while the attor neys discussed the law pertaining ft •he pending motion. Teclini* aliiies Are Argued. Mr. Howell contended that the in formation alleged that Mr. Clandg* subeci-ibed to false hank statements with intent to deceive t E. Hart, si* rei ary of the state department of commerce and labor, but did not al lege that defendant actually csuf' I the ret>orts to he delivered to Mi. Hart. Attorney for defendant further insisted that the charges referring to publication of bank statements in Washington county were in error, be i-ause the statutes specifically requir laiblication to be made in the tow 1 where a hank is located. “I want it understood." Mr. Howell said, “that this information and com plaint against Mr Claridce were filed here in Washington county at H* o clock at night on the day before the i Tarn to l*n«, Knur. Column Two.) Four Men Escape Insane Hospital Overpower Two Guard? 1>> \id of Pistol anti Flee iu Stol en Auto. Poughkeepsie, N. V. April II.—In a running gun fight three of the four men who escaped from Matte wan state hospital early t»Mia> were raptured near Kent, Conn., this afternoon. The fourth e*ca |w*d. Poughkeepsie N T April 11 — Four prisoners* in the state hospital for the I r. sane at Matte wan. nea here, overpowered two guards and escaped In an automobile early today. The prisoner** obtained h pistol in some manner and used it to overcome Harry Wilson. n.ght watchmai . whom they bound and gagged. Janies Ik>vle. a guard. w..s for* I to go with the men to the garag** while they took the automobile «f Msdi U Super! edk t K • i D was forced to aoMniwny the esca * ni.fi prisoners as far as thU* city, f* fear his alarm would out off the.r escape He was thrown from the a . j tomobile as it jqwni through here ear!v today. The esoa|»e whs not d!*oa ered until Wilson faded to make h « rounds ami another watchman foun I , him lying on the floor bound and grugged. The escaped „ men are Joha Haw k.ns. J.>hn t < ffe>. Marcus Curt •» and Frank tlraves. (.olnurl Hanot and Faiuilv Plan \ i>it to Fnited State* 1-ondon, April 31 —American Am hwasador Harvey and Mrs*. Harvey together with th< :r daughter. Mrs Marcellas H Thompson, and th.n granddaughter. Dorothy, are planning , to leave I.ond-i shortly f r a trip to .the I'nited States it xxas said at th> I enthaaay today. The exact date of j 'heir snllirg xx .11 not he fixed uni'l the ambassador, who at presetit :* n Norfolk, and Mrs Harvey, who Is 1 in Part*, return to leitnlon next week Senator Brands Hrx I aw a* "lni|iraetieal)le Statute N i xx Vi'i Aprtl It !'• ! dng I prohibition Inn is "damnable and lpr ! prnotli able I'uitrd S ate* Senatoi " IMwurxt I Kdw.i!, * ,>f N » .!( - n I dressing the Ssiety of Keatsuranter* ,1a* night, deviated he x.n* enlisted t: a xx a r to stop the eternal hypooiisx 1 now apparent in connection xx.th tha ! laxx . | *’How onn you obey a law when ths x-ery maker* of that law ar* th« Blsiil ,xvm;ant TicUtoj»fi h« |