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THE < >MAIIA Ml iRNING BEE >r ■ ii — ■ ■ ■' 1 ■ ■ ■ 11 - " ^ VOL. 53—NO. 62. ';<£■ “ T'u£r£”S OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16. 1923. • ^ ri.M’i »." » TWO CENTS * nXLX** EAMON DE "ALERA CAPTURED By TROOPS - * _ —* ' School Body Is Behind Col. Majors ^ ————— Fight to Oust Peru School Founder Centers Over Trimmed Payrolls and Dismissals. Teachers Call on Bryan Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, Aug. 15.—The state narnial board Is standing square-toed behind Col. Tom Maors, Its chairman. In the ■ fight waged on the aeteran founder of the Peru State Normal school by a coterie of democratic politicians and certain discharged teachers, the first credited with attempting to get the oh for a democrat in the offing and the latter charged with seeking revenge. ^ This was gleaned today In conversa tion with persons In close touch with members of the board. The members are reported to be getting Impatient over the constant wrangling between busings factions In Peru and teach ing factions In the school together with the evorready willingness of poli ticians to carry their thoubles to the oar of a partisan governor. "Jn short, Peru with Its perpetual quarreling Is going to 'kill the goose that lays the golden egg,' the egg being the state normal school,” a stats officeholder said. Appraised Reduced Staffs. Investigation revealed that the pres ent trouble Is the immediate result of a meeting of the state normal board when It was discovered that In order to come within the lotfer ap propriations the Kearney and Peru staff of teachers, alleged to be larger in comparison to number of students than the other two schools at AVayne and Chadron, must be reduced. At the time the fact that Colonel Maors had refused to bow to certain business interests in Peru and certain members of the faculty In demanding resignation of the former president, A. L. Caviness, was a thorn In the sides of many. as a consequence, in* noaru, as is customary, turned the trimming of the payroll over to the local member. Colonel Manrs, while Dan Morris did the trimming for the normal at Kearney. The teachers suddenly separated from their ebs and sought •s^Vtltce from certain townspeople. Appeal to Governor. As a result, according to repert. a plot was formulated whereby certain democratic politicians were called In to go over the head of the normal board and appeal directly to the gov ernor for the unseating of Major*. The charges made by James Auten, a democratic member of the legislature, against Majors and other bits of scandal always directed against "the big man of a little town" were pre ferred yesterday. Certain of the dis charged teachers were In the dele gation which called on Governor Bryan demanding discharge of Colonel Majors. The consensus of opinion Is that Governor Bryan Is as anxious to re move Majors as he was other repub licans who have felt the ax since his advent into office. But whether he dares weather the storm of protest certain to arise over discharging a man with the long state service be hind him thiA Majors possesses Is problematical. A majority believe the governor doesn’t dare call for the resignation , of Majors. The board, through J. M. Matzen, state superintendent, has offered all those With complaints against Colonel Majors an opportunity to be heard at the next board meeting on Octo 'ber 8, Ten Airplanes Are Ordered Sold by Court District Judge Hastings Wednes day morning handed down an order inatructing Sheriff Mike Etidrea to sell to the highest bidder 10 airplanes held by the Gordon Fireproof Ware house and Van company of Omaha. The ships were left In the Gordon warehouses by the Curtis Airplane and Motor company, about three years ago. They are of the JN-4D and the J1 standard types. They were originally left in Omaha with the idea of their being taken out by the Grand Island Aero company, which is now out of business. A storage bill of between $700 and $900 lias accumulated on each ship. Order for the sale was handed down by default In a suit brought by Die storage company against the air plan* company to recover the stor age charges. Proceeds of the sale will bo used to satisfy these chsrges and tlie remainder, If any. will be turned over to the airplane company. NEBRASKA HEAT Special IHspatrh to The Omaha Bee. Falls City, Neb.. Aug. 15.—Falls City sweltered today under the hottest rays in weeks when the mer cury reached 97. Wymore, Neb., Aug. 18.—The ther mometer registered 98 In the shade over southern Gage county at noon today, A hot wind prevails. Corn 1 as made wonderful growth, and Is maturing with a showing at present for a bumper crop. Northloup Pioneer Picnic. special Dispatch to The llmalia lire. Scotia, Neb.. Aug. 15.—The pioneers of the Northloup valley held their 24th annual picnic on August 14, there was s large reunion of lhe old settler* Mary Miles Mi Mother She Ac /// / Loving Fiance Mary Miles Minter and her mother. Los Angeles, Aug. 15.—With the Desmond Taylor, famous motion pic surprising assertion by Mary Miles ture director, murdered here Feb ,,, . . , „ _. , ruary 1, 1022, an interesting new slde Minter that Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, „Rht ye9terday waa ,.ast upon the her mother, was In lore with William premier mystery of Hollywood. Archbishop Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Consecration Local Churchman Spends Day in Silent Reverence for Sacred Memory. Archbishop Harty of the Omaha archdiocese spent Wednesday, t h 20th anniversary of his consecratloi. as archbishop, In celebrating the feast of the assumption behind closed doors at the convention of the Good Shepherd, and in silently recalling the event which he feels too personal for description. Twenty years ago, on August 15, 1903, Father Harty was consecrated as archbishop by Cardinal SatolU In the Church of St. Anthony at Rome. After the ceremony the rather young archbishop returned to his native city, St. Douis, for a last visit be fore crossing another ocean to take over the difficult See of Manila. His administration of the Philip pines, with a Catholic population of 1.300,000, was no sinecure, coming as it'difl, during the troubles which fol lowed the transfer of the Islands to the United States. Archbishop Harty was successful in stimulating both the religious life and the social and financial activities of the see. In the archdiocese of Omaha, to which he was transferred late in 1916, he has made himself gieatly beloved. Among the principal achlevementa of his sdmlnlstration here may be men tioned the cathedral of St. Cecilia, now almost complete, the develop ment of the School of F’lain Song In the cathedral parish, and the estab lishment of a number of new pariehes throughout the diocese. The masses of which Archblahnp Harty was celebrant yesterday in fhe beautiful wh'te, gold and green chapel of the convent of the Good Shepherd, were said behind closed doors for the dwellers In the convent only. .The services occupied most of the day. Such is the modestly of the archbishop that tha fathers at his cathedral did not knpw this mornlnr that today Is the 20th anniversary of his consecration. ;---9 Liquor Permits Issued After Two Years" Denial Des Moines, la., Aug. 15.—Dos Moines Isn't as "bone dry" today as it was recently. Twe permits for selling liquor for medicinal purposes have Just been ssued. They are the first In two years. All druggist* here voluntarily sur rendered their permits when Chief of Police Hammond Instituted a "clean' up" two years ago, charging techni cal Infractions of the -dry law. The licensed stocks of all druggists were seised, although no charges of boot legging wore placed against the phar rnaey owners. Moat of the bondetf llnuor confis cated was stolen, It Is alleged. The whisky was valued at thousands of dollars. No compensation was given the druggists. GOVERNOR^ DAY Speilil to The Omaha Bee. Ashland, Neb., Aug. 15.—Sunday, August 19, will he governor’s day at the Nebraska National Guard en campment hero. Governor Bryan will ho among the visitors. There will be firing on the rifle range In the morn ing and drill In the afternoon. Gov ernor Bryan will award a loving rup to the organization ssorlng highest in ah around soldier/ ArchM*hnp llnrty. Japan to Spend Big Fund for Benefit of Chinese Tnkio, Auk 16.—The lower house of the diet ha* adopted the cabinet * plan known as the “Chinese cultural Relief Hill'' for the disposal of the returns from the Iloxer indemnity and the Rule to China of the Shan tunK railway. The amount available for the cur rent fiscal year Is 1.498,6311 yen and It will he expended In promotlnK Chine** culture; to help Chinese student*; to support an exchanK* lecture *y*tem; to aid school* and hospitals, ami to relieve Chinese sufferer* from epi demic*. Spillman Says Story of His Opinion of Law rong SptM-litl HUpnlrli lo The Otnalin If***. Lincoln, Aug. 1 f» -Attorney (Jen eral O F. Spillman announced today that n atory enmnactlng from Ida office Hcveral w*ek« ago that to* fiad held thu.t Und«*r tho new law the county superintendent was to he elected »ver,v two years Instead of four Mrs whh erroneous. Mary Hoped to Marry Director Miss Minter Tells of Love for William Desmond Taylor —Never Really Engaged to Him. Is Through With Mother By Associated Prat. I.oii Angeles, Aug. IB.—Mary Mile* Minter, motion picture actress, was not formally engaged to marry Wil liam Desmond Taylor, film director who was shot to death in his apart ments here, February 1, 1922, but hoped some day they might marry, according to a signed story from her, published In the Los Angeles Times today. ■'We were never engaged In the sense that he had asked me to marry him and I had promised,” the story stated. "I had always hoped that some time we would be married. I had planned in my own mind—never with Mr. Taylor—that as soon a* I had made enough money so that mother and sister could be assured of a comfortable income for the rest of their lives, that perhaps we would be married. But not engaged In the sense of wearing a ring, or of telling one's friends of an intention to marry or of telling my mother. Marrying Mr. Taylor was just a dream—a dream which, voiced to him always met with the answer that was Im possible.” In her story. Miss Minter also told of differences which have arisen be tween her and her mother, Mrs. Char lotte Shelby, over an accounting of the actress’ earnings which, she as serted, “must be settled by attorneys or the court.” "I shall not see mother again," she a (Armed. Mrs. Shelby Is reported convales cent from a recent major operation. Arm Around Her. Miss Mlnter’c ctory told of how Taylor put hla arm around her during a motor ride In New England on her 17th birthday; of how she grew to admire him; of an alleged af front ahe said her mbther offered the director; how the girl apologized, only to hear Taylor tell her that "mother waa right” how he waa the first P eon to call her "Mlae Mints*” which Impressed her as up to that time she had been generally consider ed a little girl and everybody had called her "Mary,” of how he finally told her not to write or phone him; how she suffered when she heard he was 111; how while In Europe the learned of his war record, which made her proud because he had never mentioned It to her; and how finally a few weeks before he waa killed she called at his apartment late at night. *’I rang the bell." her etory con tinues. "All was silent. My heart ! stopped. Then I heard the rattle of a newspaper; the door opened and there he stood. "Why, Mary.” he sa’d. "It's quite late Isn't lt7" ” ’Yes It Is nearly 1J o'clock’ I an swered. ‘But I must see you’ and I jllished past him Into the room. "I noticed things were changed, that the furniture was moved, but on the wall there still hung my two pictures —two of them—and on# of Mabel Normand.” To Say Goodbye. Then, she stated, he told her she Should not have gone there, and she replied she had gone to tell him goodhy. and thrust into his hand a (Tors t» ret" Three. Column One.) Ralph luce Faces | Assault Charge Film Director Is Accused of Beating Brother-in-Law Unconscious. New York, Aug. IS.—Charges that Ralph Ince, movia director, bent to un consciousness Oeorge Stewart, his brother-in-law. will be made to the police today by M. I*. Malevlnsky. at torney for Anita Stewart, movio star and sister of the Injured boy. Ince Is the husband of Lucy Ste wart, aiRter of Anita and George. It was said last night at a hospital that Stewart might die. Hls skull Is frac tured and he Is suffering from In ternal Injuries. Malevlnsky said tonight that George Stewart was beaten by Ince early In the morning of August 8 on the Roston post road near New Rochelle, while a party of frlendn was motoring. Retween New Rochelle and Larch ment young Stewart began to object to remarks made by Ince, said to have been directed against Lucy Ste wart, Inre’e wife, Ince, it Is said, stopped the cor, and dragging young Stewart out, beat him unconscious. Ince told the chauffeur to drive to the Lambs club. Here young Stewart wa* treated by a physician, who finding the boy was near death, had him sent to a hospl tal. Inca could not bs located last night and Anita Stewart Is on a yachting cruise with a party of friends. Bryan to Oi\<* Atltlrree. Kpfrinl to Thf Omntm lire. Lincoln, Auk 16.- After tpcn'IiriK four fiftyh in li 1m office following 11 27 day vacation, Governor rhurlen W. Bryan left Ijtncoln again todny to deliver an addrefi at the fanmua' picnic at DiUer, Jefferion county % Somebody’ll Be Starting a McMaster for President Club if He Doesn’t Look Out iFTiwcr isn't t« Hick iVt b»n TRyiwCt TO l£kBH »ORTWe LAST lO VE<i*S. Road Building Slump Blamed on Political Plot Governor Seek# Pre-Election Economy Speech Material and Delays Program One Year. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Dec. Lincoln, Aug. 15.—Failure of the state administration to spend a cant, to data, of the appropriations made by th# legislator* for meeting fed eral aid for road building la looked upon her* as a schema of Oovernor Bryan to make a big showing with th* money next summer, ust prior t^ election. The reaeon given by Hoy Cochran, state engineer, who ilka all other ap pointees has been told publicly by Governor Bryan to send "resignations with alibis" for any news kiven out without his sanction, is that the .ap propriation* don't become available until August. Money In Fall. “There will b* some road building with state and federal aid money late In the fall,’’ Coachran said. To those who understand the road building this, evruse Is. In parlance of the street, “the hunc," pure and simple. Suchn a contingency Is pro vided for In the road building law and contractors have for years* built roads In advance of appropriations with knowledge that when the money becomes available It will he paid to them. Th* smell amount of federal aid work promised by Cochran In the fall of this year is said to be work for which there Is an extraordinary In slstance. All other will wait until next year, when the entD* nppropria tlon Intended to spread over two sum mers will be spent. f Would Fool Public. In this manner. It 1* believed the governor hopes to Induce the public to believe that roml work has been parried on ns rapidly and on as broad lines as in pnst years. The governor In his campaign speeches next fall can say that during the preceding summer there has been ns much work carried on ns during any summer under previous administrations, de pending on the short memory of the public to forget that federal aid road work the first summer of his adtnlnls t nit Ion w'ns almost nil. While there has been much road building In Dodge, Lancaster and Dougin* counties (bis summer, no port of It. according to state officials, came from appropriations mndn by the last legislature for matching fed eral and state dollars. Coolitlge to Be Invitetl to -Ak-Sar-Ben Festivities Prcaldant Calvin Coolldge will be Invited to Omaha during Ak Sat- lten festivities to review 'the patriotic pageant parade to be held at that time. John Lee Webster, who Is In rharge of the pageant. Is now in Atlantic City, lie will go to Washington about September 1 to confer with l’resldbnl Coolldge In an attempt to get him to visit here. H. Vt Hflseelipilat of Mr W tipster's ottlc* heie raid to day Vets Ask U. S. to Seek Bergdoll Disabled Soldiers Want Gov ernment to Bring Draft Slacker to Justice. — - Rj International Vtwi Service. Elierbach, Germany* Aug 15.—The Baden government today asked Ber lin to protest to Washington against tha attempted kidnaping of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, rich American draft dodger. Bergdoll claims the American Le gion was behind the effort to spirit him out of Germany. A prison sen tence Is hanging over him in the United States. 4 Bv International »w« Service. Washington, Aug. 6 —The Slate de partment was formally appealed to tod; v by James A. McFarland, na tional commander of the Disabled American War Veterans, to bring to justice Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, 'the super slacker, who has so hrazen ly flaunted the authority of the United States." In his plea to Secretary Hughes McFarland also requested that the department take "every precaution for the safety of our fellow member, C. Hooven Griffis, who Is under ar rest at Eberbaeh, Germany, for an alleged part In an attempt to kidnap Bergdoll." Former Hatchery Hcatl May Him for Legislature Rpeclsl |)ivpnti-h In The Omnlia Her. Lincoln, Aug. 16.- W. J. O’Brien of South Bend, former superintendent of the Gretna Kish hatchery, forced to resigned by Governor Bryan after 20 years of service In the state. Is re ported to be contemplating making the race of the legislature nezt year as representative from Cass county. Wyoming Village Mounts Death of 97 in Mine Blast Hundreds of Relatives Throng Temporary Morgue at Kim* merer—One Man Still Missing. Associated Pmi Kemn.erer, Wyo., Aug. 15—Kem rv.erer tonight was In mourning for the miners—97 of them—who Are known to have lost their lives In the '•xplosion at Kemmerer Coal company mine No. 1 at Frontier, near here, Tuesday. Throughout the day and tonight hundreds of relatives and friends thronged the I. O. 0. F. hall, which has been turned into a temporary morgue and also to a local undertak Ing establishment, where about half of the bodies are being kept. Tonight, however, there were but few people congregated at the protal of the mine where Tuesday evening thousands crowded for news of dear ones trapped while working in the bowels of the earth. The la'rst official report of the coal company is 97 miners are dead; one is missing and 77 have heen rescued alive and unhuu. What caused the explosion has not been determined, but officials of the company announced that the water and air pump Hre not damaged and that work will he commenced as soon as possible. Bodies Mile Below Surface. The mine In which the disaster oc curred is considered one of the deep est In this section of the country, it not in the entire United States. The main shaft goes down at an angle ot IS degrees to a depth of sbout 6.000 feet and- It was on the lower levels or about one mile under ground, that most of the bodies were found. European Crisis Not to Injure American Business Any Further 9 Oh-erver- Believe That \ 1 low - anre Already Has Been Made j in I . S. for orst That Can Happen Overseas. — M) MARK SI 1,1.IVAN. Washington, Auk. K» In one rr spect only in it possible to differ from the gloom \\ hich saturates l*»tk the ut terances of returned American % na tors ami other travelers as well as the daily cables from Kurope. Unite generally they say that She next development In Kurope will mean worse things for America In a busi ness way.. In the broadest sense, and looking to the distant future, this may l»e possible although not neccs partly true. Hut looked At from the point «‘f view of the Immediate fu ture, It la the judgment of the best Informed that American business has! already discounted what is likely to happen in Kurope ami that our eoo nomic condition during the next year will not be adversely affected to a greater degree that! at present by the Hurnpeart fnetor. With this qualification it >* hardly possible to pv«i cmphaiu# trffe son; I-—— - hernoM of the European situation. The events now happening are com pletely In accord with what has been anticipated by well-informed persons for at ’.east two months past. The seriousness ,>f this antlolpatton was never clear In America. It Is Great Britain that has the most serious apprehension about the future of ventral Europe, and its statesmen have not yet put Its apprehensions in a form sufficiently emphatic to penetrate American public opinion. It Is quite true that Britain fears the breakup of Germany, because of its effect on their own trade. But much more seriously Britain fears to nude the words, privately spoken, of tts statesmen, that the "breakup of Oer ntsny means the setting back of Eu ropean civilization for generations." \ Hodgepodge of Germany. It is true that the breakup of Ger many will remove the possibility of that nation being a serious military menu e and to that extent s not do plm-ed by peisoi s who fall to l«H>k more deeply into the future. What Great Britain fears Is that the break Up of Germany Into several different states, some of them being Protestant iTurn »» live, lolniun Owe. * Soldiers Fire Volley Over Crowd Irish Republican Leader Ar rested in County Clare While Making Political Campaign Speech. Women Injured in Panic Br Associated FrtM. Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, Aug. 13.—Eamon de Valera, the republican leader, was arrested by free stata troope here today on hia appearance to addreas a republican meeting in the election campaign. The arreet waa made under sensa tlonal circumstannces. De Valera was addressing a meeting of elector# in tha market square when free state troops came on the scene and fired several volleys over the heads of the crowd. When De Valera appeared on the ecene there were many thouaands of people around the platform and he was given a tumultous welcome. Then a voice was heard shouting: "The soldiers are coming." And Immediately s. large body of military with armored cars surrounded the platform. The crowd stampeded in all direc tions. The soldiers fired volley after volley over the platform and over the heads of the crowd. The great gathering became mere panic-stricken as the shots were fired Women shrieked and Tainted and some of them were seriously injured in the confusion. It waa reported a number of people were wounded. De Valera was taken to the county Jail. rails on, natronm. At the first volley De Valera was seen to fall on the platform, and hi# collapse added to ths excitement. He was unhurt, however, but his fall was ascribed by those near by to his dodg ing at the sound of ths shots. D« Valera vaa surrounded on ths platform by men and women sup porters, but soon after ths first vol ley the square, which had contained thousands of men, women and chil dren, wss almost deserted. Addi tional shots were fired, however, and the few civilians who still lingered were turned away at the point of the - bayonet. After a lapse of 19 minute* De Valera was brought down from tha platform and foun<f to be uninjured. He was promptly surrounded by tha military and armed plain clothes men Hundreds of persons who had fled at tbs firing rushed out of houses along O'Connel street, pressed through the ranks of the soldiers and shook hands with the captured leader. It was with difficulty tha’ ths troops made their way to the barracks with their captive, who was wildly cheered enrouje. Excitement Intense. Intense excitement prevails hers Do Valera accepted arreat without i resistance. He arrived for ths meet ng In a motor car and was aecom _ Katnon de Valera. panied by hts young eon ar.d a pries; He was dressed In a blue overcoat and brown eult, and wore a soft oollai with brown cravat. Tie looked th!' (and appeared nervous: his face twitch ed repeatedly as he twisted around on his chair. Everything was quiet shortly after the troops had departed with their prisoner. It Is reported that some civilians were wounded while the troops were clearing the square Ht iMorlftted Tress Dublin. Aug. 16 — Earner de Valera came into the open for the fire; lit ns since he has t>ecn “on the run" whei he addressed the meeting today at fir nls. County Clare. He la the repub Mean candidate for the Clare seat lr the forthcoming elecrtoos In some quarters it was said that if De Valera had not been arrested It would ha\ e been a rldtculoua mar., testation of weakness on the part of the V"' eminent, which is suppose'! to have been searching for him. It Is asserted that such a prose dure would ha\e alienated many fol lowers of John “MacNelll. minister et education, who ta It* Valera's oppe nent The Weather . Tfmpfmlnrf. Hlfhaat. 71, owpat, 7*: m*an. 74; n#r« mu I. 7 4. Tot*’ aino* January 1 7 KHmlt* IlmnUlit' . 7 a n\ . Noon 4? d n> . .4. Imhf» mitt HuniW.itiia Totat. Total attlca Jaruav 1 '.*^17. lloitrit lrmi»rral «rf» 4 i* m. 1 p. n: $ a m.. 7J 3 V' 7 a ui.« * r m »an» 4 n • a ni . , ~t> li> » W . , * p r*v It a m a t p ns i w ucv # r I i r. m