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Secrecy Curtain Drawn Tight on :: British Answer Washington Receives Copy of Reply to German Note—. Much Speculation as to America’s Part. By I’nlvrrml Serrlee. - Washington, July 21.—The State department today began the study Jot the British draft reply to the last German note on reparations. " The full text of the British com munication was received during the night from the American embasy in .London, and the decoded message was hurried to Secretary Hughes and his advisers. *•' Like"London, Washington, and par ticularly the State department, ad -hered strictly to the British Injunc tion that no information as to the contents of the reply be made public. Despite the attempt at absolute secrecy, there was much more or less "authoritative” information as to the contents of the note available in official and diplomatic circles. Much Speculation. There was also considerable specu lation as to whether Europe would be successful in a renewed effort to bring about active and formal partl ticipation by the United States in the Struggle to unravel the German rep arations tangle. The fact that the American and British governments have maintained the most intimate relations in the formal exchange of views on the reparations controversy, it is pointed out, gives especial significance to the Action of England in transmitting 'the proposed reply to Washington '"tor remark" as well as to Paris, Roem a nd Brussels, i ■ Washington diplomats are particu-' larly interested in that part of the British reply which concerns ^Ger many's passive resistance program in the Ruhr basin. Both Berlin and -Paris, it is felt, would be glad to find a graceful way out of the present impossible situation in the Ruhr, but .the problem is to find an acceptable exit which both can use. | The text of the British reply and "the recommendations of Mr. Hughes, — it is taken for granted, will be trans ■ initted to President Harding before the United States sends to London a any formal comment on the proposals of Premier Baldwin. British Acceptance Rumored. London, July 21.—Although official silence- still is maintained as to the " Content* of the British note to Ger 1 many, the consencus of opinion 1* that England has accepted, In princl , pie, the proposals of Germany to sub • mit th* question of its capacity to !i pay reparations to a commission o? expert*. < It !■ also believed that Great . Britain has further stipulated that when th* capacity has been deter mined Germany must make all pay ments on time in money and kind. According to th* Weekly Dispatch, it will be required that the first of th-V annual reparation* payments shjw begin July 1, 1927. Urged to Stop Resistance. ; ftTNis learned that although the note • ones I not condemn the passive resist " ague of the Germans in the Ruhr, it -asks indirectly tor a cessation of the same by urging Germany to suspend it on the mere assurance that the military* occupation will he relaxed. The covering note also asks France to state how it will modify the occu-1 pat ion If Germany .ends its resistance.; Supporting a plea for a speedy solu-1 tion to save Germany from the chaos| towards which it is headed, Garvin says: "Only ft few weeks ago It was a marvel that the pound sterling bought a half million marks. Yester *day it bought over two million marks. All attempts by the Reichsbank to control the deluge have been ineffec tual and "the approach grows daily more rapid to the point where Ger . many will pass out of the control of fcthe German government altogether." “The collapse of organized govern Vient In a population of 60,000,0)0 will bebeyond the power of the allies to handle. No one is prepared to say what fresh dangers such an event would precipitate. Mauglian Ordered Back to McCook Field by Kail Rock Springs, Wyo„ July 21.— Orders to return by rail to McCook c field, Dayton, O., and to express his disabled airplane In which he was : foreejl to land here last Thursday while attempting to fly across the j; continent between dawn and dusk, N to the same place, were received here - tonight by Lieut. Russell L. Maughnn.f Asserting that the work of tearing ; apart the plane and preparing It for shipping probably would he rom , pleted by Tuesday, Lieutenant Maug • ban said he expected to leave here by that day or on Wednesday. The flyer said he expect* to return it west within a few months, If leave of absence Is granted, to visit rela tives, Lieutenant Msughan lives at Logan, Utah. ! Man Held for Murder Rushed Out of State for Safe Keeping Jackson, Miss., July 21.—Charged with the murder of C. Pittman, aged |! merchant and ferryman, whose body, with head crushed, wns found near Pittman's ferry early today, Evans McDowell, whom officers say has con J fessed, was rushed to Atlanta this afternoon for safe keeping It Cost Denver Youth $100 or 35 Days in Jail to Shoot Stenographer Denver, July 21.—It cost Donald Hackman, Denver youth, $100 or 35 daye In JaJl to shoot Thomas McCabe, jj police stenographer, after mistaking !' him for a prowler. Judge Samuel Johnson ordered htm to Jail until the fine was paid. Hackman and McCabe met one ' night In front of the McCabe home. ' The boy thought McCabe was a prow ler and McCabe thought Hackman , was a holdup. McCabe started to run , *nd was shot. down. m "You were too resdy with your revolver," said Judge Johnson. "Con v.alder yourself lucky that you didn't •et worse punishment." “Dick”, Shaggy Grizzly in Riverview Zoo, Doesn’t Get Grouchy in Hot Summer Weather; She’s a Perfect Lady Other Animals in the Park While Away the Dog Days With Endless Pranks and Remain Cool and Cheerful. No more let "cross as a grizzly bear’’ be used for a description of a savage mood. "Dick," grizzly at the Rivervlew park zoo, has, according to Keeper W. H. Biddress. a disposition which might do credit to Job or Moses. Most humans get pretty snappish during a Nebraska July, and even the worthies named above might have lost their proverbial patience and meekness if they had been obliged to swelter out that uncomfortable month in a close-fitting fur coat of the thickness of Dick’s belt. But Dick, who by the way is a lady, maintains her equanimity in spite of everything. She greets her keeper with a smile each morning when he enters to clean out her cage, instead of attempting to make a mouthful of him as she looks quite capable of doing. I^eft Jocko, the ape, shares two things with his human cousins—an un mitigated delight in getting Into mischief, and a relish for cantaloupe for breakfast during the summer months. ... .. ... A temen-Dirk, the -grliily, keeps a serene disposition throughout the scorching days, in spite of having to wear a fur coat of a thickness and warmth more appropriate to the North pole than to any other July climate. Rl^~P,ck " JeiK,,bors> *be b,ack ^ars, receive a shower bath every morning and evening during the sum mer. This keeps them fit to do such acrobatics as are shown in the picture. “To be sure," adds Keeper Llddress dubiously, “I think it Just as well not to give her many chanoes.” "Dick” a Perfect I.ady. If Dick is a perfect lady so far as the keeper is concerned, it must be admitted that she sometimes forgets her manners when talking to her next door neighbor across the fence, Joe, the big brown cinnamon bear. But Joe is a well known bully, who browbeats his mate until the latter is afraid to take a bite while she is in the same cage with him, but has to eat her dinner cafeteria style at a special window of Ijer own. So perhaps even a gentle grizzly may be forgiven for yielding to the temp tation to give him a piece of her mind. To be sure, there are certain com pensations in Dick's situation. Most humans would undertake to guard their tempers better if each had a private swimming pool of his own, and Dick spends a large part of the warmer days in the pond which is part of the furniture of her cage. A second pool in the cage next door is the only thing that' keeps Joe from making hash of his mate In a mild little family quarrel. He can keep cool in the water, and he might get overheated should he exCrt him self outside it. Not Many ronveniences. Mike and Mabel, the two black bears, have not so many conveniences in their appartment. Their drinking water is contained In a common wooden tub. To make up for the lack of a bathtub, however, they are given a shower every morning and evening. This keeps them in good health and humor. Each of the bears receive* rations of 4 pounds of meat daily, besides an occasional lettuce or fruit salad. Their appetite does not diminish In hot weather, and they are always happy to receive contributions from their visitors. Peanuts, popcorn and candy are thankfully received, but during the summer they are espeo ially hungry for fruit. If it is a little spoiled, it is all the better to their taste. No doubt they would ap preciate ice cream, but so far this has not come their way. Nature got-a cruel roast on the bears when she outfitted them with a fur coat which won't come off. She has been kinder to the canine tribe. Sheared by Nature. True, if you want your collie or your Pomerenlan to be comfortable this summer, you will have to get the shears and clip him. But if you will look at the wolves and foxes in the Rlverview zoo, and remember what they were like last winter, you will think that they already have been shorn. The shearing has been done by na ture. Their heavy winter coat sheds almost entirely during the summer, and July finds them clad in a fine short growth whirh makes their bodies se»m only about a third of their winter size. They look rather spindling and pathetic in this sum mer dress, especially the wild little foxes which appear shrunk into noth ing. But they are really in excellent health and much more comfortable than they could otherwise be. Two animals that thoroughly en joy the heat are the alligators and the monkeys. The former are not very interesting so far as th#ir char acters are concerned, and are chiefly remarkable for showing how much like a tree trunk an animate crea ture can be. It requires the warmth of summer to stir up the spark of life in their sluggish veins. But the monkeys feel right at home when the mercury hits the hundred mark, and their wits are never quicker to see chances for the mis chief ■which Is their chief delight. They get at least as much fun out of the bystanders as the bystanders get out of them, and the joke Is not al ways on the monkey either. They know how to choose the psychologi cal moment to reach out a tiny, swift hand and “frisk’’ the unwary onlook er of his straw hat, his watch, or anything that takes their fancy. Jocko, the ape, caused a commo tion this week by seizing the occa sion of the visit of a stenographer to her cage, to make a dash for lib erty. She waited until the keeper’s attention was elsewhere for an In stant, and then, whisht! she. shoved open the door and was gone In a to bacco-brown flash. Once free, however, she behaved like a truant schcgriboy who would like to do something very wicked but doesn’t just know what It Is or how to go about It. She loitered about the top of the cage, chewed at an oak leuf, and finally had a thought. "Aha," she said to herself, “I'll go murder those monkeys." Starts Beautiful Fight. Accordingly, she came down, en tered a vacant cage and engaged In mortal combat, through a wire screen, with the three monkeys In the next cage. The monkeys could easily have taken refuge at the other side of the cage, but no! They came running to the row with a glee worthy of Irish men, Presently the keeper appeared and lugged off the chattering Jocko by the back of the neck, returning her to her cage. There, for a quarter of an hour, she spat inarticulate but blood curdling curses at the enemy In a tone of voice which might have given an army sergeant pointers on profanity. But the monkeys replied in kind, although their threats sound ed not quite so devout as Jocko's. Jocko is human in another respect besides the language she sometimes employs. She has a very up-to-date fondness for cantaloupe for breakfast. Unlike most of her human cousins, however, she is even fonder of the seeds than she is of the meat of the fruit. The three monkeys live together very peaceably In their cage, in spite of their feud with the apish cousin. The special pet of Keeper Liddres is a yellowish-brown and orange mon key named Happy. Earns His Name. He earns his name, for he is the Pollyanna of the zoo. Hour after hour he swings in the swing or darts about his cage as happy as the day is long. He seldom starts a quarrel, although he takes 50 small amount of pleasure in Joining a scrap if some one else begins it. His good temper and affection, however, do not hinder tiie delight in mischief which is the mark of his kind. He has a special fondness for over ripe bananas, both as a diet and as a missile. All the animals are In good health and condition, says Keeper Liddres. If they are to be kept in health and spir its during the hot months, two things must receive special attention. They must have plenty of water and their cages must be cleaned every day and scrubbed frequently. With these pre cautions taken, and with the cooling shade which protects them in River view park, they are able to endure the summer cheerfully. Can their human fellow citizens do as much? Klan Exposed in Plot to Get Offices Here (Continued From Page One.) included Nebraska, to Terrell, in re produced aa follow*: “Nebraska congressmen consider Omaha marshal appointment Monday. Nickerson la AKIA." According to Hapgood the letter* “AKIA" mean “A Klanitman 1 am." Reveal* Nebraska Politic*. The following portion of a letter purported to have been written by Terrell to the grand goblin at St. Louis under the date of July 26, 1921. ih quoted by Hapgood in hi* article a* shewing what Terrell thought of politics in Nebraska: “The fjrat question* you are met with wh*n you walk into lh- offer m a sen ator or congreaaman la. aru you from •Nebraska, or Missuiaippi or whateisi Mate It la the congressman happen* to be from. If you happen to he from that ■ tate some little *ide-*tepptrig and Jug gling la done to get * line on your oolitic* and then Inquiries made n* to the purpose of your call. Congressmen and senator* are the most careful inert In the world, politically, about making ap pointment*. and wrhere you undertake to approach them directly In person it la absolutely essential that you have enough Information to he able to talk Intelligently about the subject. "Being neither a aenator nor a congress man, and therefore having no patronage m.iaelf, what effective work T have been able to do has necessarily been through klanamen who furnished nte information and aome of whom are sufficiently strong with the administration to wield aome power and Influence. Having no information a* to what tb«* situation politically was concerning th» Hkjcarson a ootntment, and none of th« dcTelhttlnn f.om Nebraska being In the organization, you will readily **•„ that anything 1 might have tried to do would have been totally In the dark and thut, while my lnteMlona would have been good. I might have succeeded In offsetting whatever good Nlrkeraon'a friends have been able to accomplish for him to the extent thut I would hove spoiled his hopes "In addition. I have already fired my gun at the Nebraska delegation In re gard to a weightier appointment In Oma ha. that of district attorney and as our effort* failed ao signally in that Inatanca I a'.icady knew \Jhat to expe< f at the hands of the Nebraska delegation. Noth ing Probably evan worse thun nothing Having no leverage ho-i absolutely no information asespt that Nlckerpon was «. klanamun and wanted to be United States marshal In Omaha. I got my point m ndv.sera together ami after < opaldaring the matter It was the consensus of opin ion that the wise thing to do would be to do nothing under the circumstances as I did not know what Nickerson's friend* had already done for him nor how he stood with ihe delegation; whether he was a republican or demo crat. who was opposing him, etc. "I regret that there was not sufficient time to write you what Information 1 would have to have before any effective work could be done In Nickerson's behslf. and sincerely trust that ho will receive the appointment "For your information, it sometimes takes one to three davs to get an ap pointrnent with & busy senator so that should you have an occasion in the tu tor- to aid a klsnsrnun in a similar way. please Jet me know a sufficient length of time in advance 4o be able to take sums preliminary steps to get things lined tip and to obtain the Information which it la necessary to have before any thing can be done You understand that It is my duty, and a pleasant one. to as sist kiansmen whenever It is possible to do so In these respects, and I want you to feel that all such requests are going to receive every possible attention. "With the best of good wishes in evsry way, 1 am faithfully and sincerely yours, in ih« sacred, unfailing bond. H. B. Ter rell. O. O., Capitol Domain, IIUT-H, Copy to K. V. Clarks, Imperial Klallff ” IP-side* the paragraph of the letter which refers to the fight of the klan against the appointment of Attorney Kinsler as United States district at torney at Omaha, a section of an other letter from U. V. Henson, writ ing In the absence of the exalted cy clops to Col. William J. Simmons. Im perii il wizard at Atlanta, On., Is of fered by ffapgoori: • "Omaha, Neb.. June 7. 1 *21 - -Subject: James f* Klnsler. attorney. 1011 City Na tional bunk building. Omaha. Neb., ap plicant for position of United States at torney Kf Omaha- Col. William J. Sim mons, Imperial Wizard, Atlanta. Oa.: Dear Fir—We respectfully wish to call your attention to tne fact that the above mentioned attorney has mule every possi ble effort to secure the position of United Ftatce district attorney at Omaha . . The matter has been called to Mr. F F!. Maxey's attention, and we think that he has written you, but we wish to go on rsmrd officially, and again respectfully request that every action be taken that is within your power to prevent this man securing the position mentioned. Very respect fullv, B V Henson. Klallff, In the absence of the Kialtsd Cyclops. Prov. Klan No 1, Nebraska, l.ock Box No. 117, Omaha, Neb " After D. IT. Cronin of O’Neill, Neb., wag appointed United State* marshal he entered the prohibition office. In the early balloting of the re publican session In Senator Norris' committee room in Washington, July 26, 1921, Nickerson led In the appoint Unparalleled PIANO Offer We place on sale Monday morning eight HIGH * GRADE USED UPRIGHTS at less thnn the original factory cost. Every instrument has been corn^ pletely overhauled by our factory experts and they are GUARANTEED to give satisfaction. Be On Hand Early , WEGMAN, axcallant condition, only.8 05.00 CAMP A CO., walnut caca, only.8135.00 HUNTINGTON, plain .tyla, only.8150.00 MARSHALL A WENDELL, fina Iona, only. 8165.00 SCHAEFFER, raal bargain, only.8175.00 EMERSON, aaeallant tona, only.-8105.00 HARDMAN, raal ralua, only. 8210.00 STEGER A SONS, plain «tyla, only. 8260.00 Remarkable Terms, $5 Down, $5 Month SdunoUer Sfllttelkr Piano fc 1514-16*18’Dod&e Si.* * * Omaha talent to the nmrshalshlp, but could not maintain the majority of votes of the delegation. Nickerson had been deputy United States marshal for 15 years, having been appointed In 1907. Federal Judges Woodrough and Monger ap pointed Nickerson acting marshal when James Hahiman, now mayor, resigned. Enormous Fortune Made in Omaha Investments trontlnaed From I’sgr One.) the loans were made without security. The land had practically no value, selling at about 75 cents an acre. Many times the Smith brothers were obliged to take watches, rings, Jew elry and fur coats as security. They had one rival In Omaha. Augustus Kountze, who founded the famous New York banking house later. Smith brothers put $20,000 Into a project which planned the building of great Stockyards in South Omaha. Afterwards they Increased the Invest ment to $40,000. This $40,000 after wards grew to $40,000,000. However, success was very slow In coming. The packer* were not es peclally enthusiastic and ths broth ers could get only a few of the smal ler ones to locate In South Omaha. Among them, however, was Thomas J. Ldpton, just starting In business He remained only a short time and sold out his Interests. Roads Oppose Project. The railroads, too, were very ho* tile to the South Omaha project. They wanted the longer haul for the cattle to Chicago and consequently more money for them. The Smiths were obliged to give land away to email packers to get them to locate, and for one or two of them they had to build packing houses and turn them over to them. It was a very dis couraging project for a long while. Benjamin Smith made up hie mind that the Omaha stockyards would never he a success until he could persuade Armour, then the biggest packer in America, to locate there. Eut this was a tough proposition. Armour persistently refused to have anything to do with South Omaha. Finally, Benjamin Smith went to the head of the firm of Armour & Co. to make a last appeal for its co operation. The Armour* finally told Smith that if he would give them IT.'irt 000 they might consider moving to Omaha. Her nmln Smith, shrewd and long headed, was in favor of agreeing to the plan. He figured he could get many times $750,000 out of the Armours in the future. Few of the stockholders would agree to giving up the money, but finally Benjamin Smith Ins sted on the proposal going through. That was the turning point in the history of the Smiths. From that time on Omaha, directly due to the business at South Omaha, grew by leaps und bounds, and the Smith brothers' fortune increased as rapidly as the city grew. In the middle SO’s the fortune was well established and bringing in a large amount of money every year. They had Incorporated themselves e* the four Smith broth ers and each shared In the proceeds of the enormous investments which they had built up. The Symbol of Better Dentistry TWILIGHT Sleep Dentiitry mean* more than "painleu" dentiitry—it meani BETTER den tiitry. Semitiva teeth and eapoied nerve* are no hindrance to good and thorough work here, became the wonderful dental ancithetic, Twilight Sleep “for the teeth” Puts the Teeth to Sleep and There Is No Hurt Neither are there any U1 efter effects. I am the eacluaire Twilight Sleep dentiat in thia city. None other haa It None other can me It You, Above All, Must Be Satisfied McKenney Dentists 1S?4 Fernem 9t , Cor. 14th. Phone JA rk.on 28/2. Cnprrteht hr Twtlleht st«e 0*., In. , IMS Feud Threatened as Aftermath of Murder of Villa Friends of Former Bandit Whisper Against Francisco Herrera, Suspected of Crime. By International Newt Sertice. Parral, Chihuahua, July 21.—While thousands today viewed the body of Francisco (Pancho) Villa, who died Friday "with his hoots on," friends of the slain leader whspered threats against the assassins. A feud Is now threatened In Durango and Chihuahua between the supporters of Villa and Francisco Herrera, his sworn enemy, charged with plotting his death. Villa was the most picturesque figure that developed in Mexico dur ing the turbulent years between the overthrow of President Diaz and the restoration qf law and order by President Obregon. It was due to the diplomacy and tact of President Obregon and his advisers that Villa was persuaded to retire from banditry and revolution and settle down upon a great ranch presented to him by the government. Villa had "lived by the automatic" and despite his volun tary retirement to the life of a coun try squire, he feared that he like wise would "die by the automatic." That Is why he always carried a bodyguard. Villa wag the idol of the common people and there were pathetic dem onstrations of grief as Mexican farm ers and laborers passed before the bier. 'There was a touch of military pageantry as troops were on guard. Amidst the lamentations were mur mured threats against the followers of the Herrera family, four of whom had been put to death by Villistas, while "Pancho" was dominatit in a large part of northern Mexico. Wheat Put Up One Cent by Aid Plan (Continued From Face One.) buying wheat—persons not formerly identified with this class of invest ment. t The committee is developing plans vhich they do not wish to divulge un til they have lain fu.iy outlined. The results already obtained, as reflected through the operations at the local grain exchange, hearten the members of the committee to believe that this campaign will gain considerable mo mentum. Details of the work of this joint committee will tie broadcast by radio to the farmers from Omaha. Committee Members. John L. Kennedy, chairman of the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce, is chairman of the Joint committee. Other members of the Chamber of Commerce committee are T. C. Bvrn^ Randall A. Brown. George Rrandeis, Everett Bucking ham, W. M. Burgess. Fred 8 Knapp. Carl Gray and H H. Fish. Members of the Grain exchange committee are S. 8. Carlisle. George A. Roberts, W. J, Coad, W. J. Hynes and Joy Haekler. While promoting the campaign to buy wheat the joint committee will not overlook the consideration of plans for promotion of a campaign to buy a barrel of flour. Man Kidnaped 37 \ ear? Ago Locates Family in Ogden Cheyenne, Wyo,, July 21.—Kid naped from hi* home In Laramie, Wyo.. 37 years ago, when he was £ years old and his baby ways had won the heart of a childless w man. Fred Hchoel of Ogden, I'tah. finally has located his family In this city and haa learned the truth regarding his parentage, it was made known here tonight. He is a brother of three Cheyenne residents His mother, Mrs. Henry School, who never had despaired of finding her lost child, died here about two years ago. An Item in a delectus magazine was responsible for the Ogden man establishing, communication with his Cheyenne relatives. Bee Want Ads Produce Results Home Builders Case Under Advisement Hontlnuril From I'afr On*.) been no dissipation of assets; there is no mismanagement. Attorneys Mulfinger and Webb represent the three creditors who seek the temporary receiver. The creditors, who have claims totaling more than $2,500, are shareholders in the company. They charged that the company promised to return their money whenever the demand was made. This has been done only in certain claims where the Home Builders want to give preference, ac cording to the allegations of the at torneys for the creditors. Attorneys Waldon, Hunger and Arthur Palmer, representing the Home Builders, stockholders and others who are opposing the appoint ment of a temporary receiver and also who will fight any move to de clare the company a bankrupt, brought out these points during the hearing: Profit Is Shown. Home Builders has $1,300,000 as sets and $30,000 liabilities. During the last six months the general account shows that $35,000 income has been received in compari son with $30,000 operating expenses. The Home Builders have shown no preference to stockholders. Tlie assets of the company are 40 to 1 the liabilities. The Home Builders have no agree ment with the stockholders of that company, but that the American Se curities company agreed to try to Kell the stock of any purchaser. The American Securities company Is the financial agent of the Horne Builders. If receiver is appointed, public will lose confidence in the company and sure destruction will follow. Plan to Reorganize. Reorganization of the company is about to take place. This reorgan ization will be held up until the bank ruptcy case is settled. The reorgan ization will mean a new management of the company. Johnson, Shimer and Rohrbough emphasized that a very strict watch is kept on securities bandied by the company and that there has been no dissipation of funds. Plans are now being worked out by which the officials of the company hope to turn the present Home Build ers, Inc., and the American Securities company into a trust company, ac cording to testimony of Shimer and the others who testified. Borrowing Disclosed. Through questions asked by Ref eree Dunham, it was brought out that the American Securities company, al though jt handles the resale of secu rities for the Home .Builders, has bor rowed money from that company with which to carry on these deals. Testimony showed that the Ameri can Securities company now is in debted to the Home Builders to the extent of more than tig.000, loans on stock of the Home Builders which the American Securities is trying to sell. -Mulfinger and Webb ask for the receiver because they claim that cer tain of the shareholders are being given preference by the officials of the Home Builders. Former Editor of German Language Paper Sentenced By I niter«*l Service. Chicago. July 21.—Arthur Lorenz, tormer editorial writer for a German language newspaper, was sentenced to six months in je.il on a charge of criminally libeling the American Le gion. Iairenz, it was charged, wrote en editorial in which he referred to members of the legion as "bums and loafers." "Whils hitting directly at the American I^egion" Judge Hugo Pam said in passing sentence, "he was hit ting directly at the army of the t'nited States. The article this de fendant wrote Is almost treason." Gasoline War Looms. Denver, Juiy 21.—A gasoline war loomed in Denver today when prices were cut from two to four cents a gallon, gasoline being sold all the way from 21 down to IT cents a gal lon While the Continental Mutual and several other large distributors here reduced the price to a standard of 19 cents, smaller independents were selling gas at IT cents. President Will Bid Farewell to Alaska Sunday j i Last Stop Scheduled for Sitka —May Abandon Canal Trip, Due to Mrs. Hard ing's Health. Br Cnlnwl s«t|c*. On board Transport Henderson, en Route to Sitka, Alaska, July 21.— Steaming at full speed the Henderson today made steady progress across the Gulf of Alaska bearing the presi dent and his party back to continental United States. Sitka, the last point to be touched in Alaska, will be reached before noon Sunday and af ter several hours there the presi dent's farewells will be said to Alas ka and the transport will sail for Seattle. Mrs. Harding is standing the trip very well and appears fully recovered from the exhaustion which caused the abandonment of the trip from Fairbanks down the Richardson trail. In spite of her complete recovery, however, there is some talk of abandoning the voj'age through the Panama canal, substituting a direct return to Washington by rail from San Diego. It is feared that the ex tremely warm weather in the Canal Zone might undo ail the good effects of the steamer trip from Seattle to Alaska and return. President Harding is feeling more or less disappointed over his trip to Alaska, realizing there Is little the government can do toward settling any of Alaska's problems. He is re turning to Washington convinced there is little prospect of being able to do anything in the immediate fu ture, mainly because the problems are too intricate and Alaska too vast to make a quick solution possible. Whatever is done, unquestionably will be in the direction of imposing further restrictions upon land and fisheries, rather than in the direction of letting down the bars for freer de velopment. On the question of the fisheries, it has been practically decided to tight en up the restrictions on trap fishing, impose a close season and create re serves for the better protection of the fishing Industry and to prevent de pletition of the salmon supply. The only departure from this policy, respecting the natural resources of Alaska wll be in regard to pulp for paper manufacture. It Is probable the government will relax some of its restrictions on timbering in order to encourage pulp manufacturers to de velop this industry to force down the price of Canadian pulp. Seven Killed in Riots; Breslau Shops Sacked (Continued Front Pure One.) government that the Ruhr situation together with the country's internal situation, is becoming so intolerable that a collapse at no distant date seems certain If the Ruhr muddle is not soon clarified. Ambassador Sthamer at London, it was learned, was instructed by For eign Minister Von Rosenberg to make a frank expose of Germany's situation and to say that the German govern ment was doing everything possible to stiffen Its passive resistance in order to give England time to brirg France to terms. The ambassador, however, was In structed to inform the British gov ernment that If Germany were forced to give up passive resistance, anarchy and civil war would be unavoidable. Appeal to Britain. In effect, Rosenberg's dispatch to Sihamer is said to be an arpeal. "Save us while you can, for the time is short." Great Britain was told that so long as the Ruhr situation continues sil efforts of the German government to check the downward plunge of the mark will be wholly futile, and that the rapid money depreciation, to gether with skyrocketing prices, in creasing unemployment and radical •Citation is creating a situation that will not be much banger controllable. FIR/T/H°WING of FALL /TYLE/ Millinery ' Dresses Coats The New Is Always Interesting An enticing initial display for midsummer and early autumn wear is ready now. The school girl and college miss as well as the matron will be interested. THE NEW COLORS: Vesuvian, Malay. Venetian, Thibet and the usual navy and black. THE NEW MATERIALS: Charmeuse, Crepe Satin. Twill Cords, 1923 Poiret, Tarquina, Mirrova. , THE NEW STYLES possess an infinite variety of modes for every woman, so that she may easily express her own individuality. Very Interesting Are the Reasonable Prices C5tonnpn.W6cn &Ca THK BEST PLACE TO SHOP AKTI R ALL