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WEATHER-FORECAST 'T' TT TA t k\/f \ U A A/ V^T> TVTTXT C* ' ^PP THOUGHT FOR THE DAY * A 111-/ ' "lVJL/\ AAxtL iv .Ulvl>ll\VJ ILVA-> ”• ssy?’•*“**•*" _ ,• Who face* Issues; he who never shirks; . ■ . ■.. .... --. - .. „ | ... —. .. ■- ■ — Who waits and watches, and who al- ^ CITY EDITION _ ways works. -Selected. — _ VOL. 54. NO. 31. OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1924. • TWO CENTS'1 °rMc.M“”‘ -— • i ■ ... i m Dawes Plan Will Win, Says Author Experts Buried Personal Con siderations to Work Out Practical Reparations Plan, General Wires Owen. Expresses Hope in Meet London, Juiy 20.—The reparations experts’ work must be approved be cause it is the practical, economic and common sense basis for bringing order out of chaos in Europe. Gen eral Dawes has wired Owen D. Young, American representative at the Inter allied conference at London. General Dawes also expressed the hopes that the nations were to find an enduring, Christian peace. His message follows: "Our work must be and will be ap proved by the people of the world be cause personal considerations were always buried in our efforts to point out a practical, economic and com mon sense basis for the future co operation between the allies and Ger many. ’’It is my prayer and expectation that the important conference now In session will demonstrate that the na tions are facing away from chaos with a sincere determination to found an enduring, Christian peace, based upon common good faith." The allied members will meet at ^ 10:30 tomorrow morning to review the work of the three committee appoint ed by the London conference, and to consider the suggestions made. Fol lowing this they will decide upon the date for the plenary session, which, In all probability, will be Tuesday. Decision also may be made to call the German representatives to meet the premiers the latter part of the week. Another question for consid eration will be whether announce ment will be ■ *ade outside the con ference, ns suggested by Italy, con cerning the interallied debt. FOREST BLAZE MENACE LESS Sail Francisco, July 20,—The for est fire situation in California has im proved materially, the Tahoe na tional forest supervisor being the only one to report the flames were spreading. Elsewhere the fires were reported under control or surround ed by fire fighters. The Tahoe blaze burned its way into the Eldorado national forest and attacked a mature stand of timber. Although the fire is still burning in the Bhasta national forest, it is not considered a menace. Col. Albert Von B. Anderson, chief of staff of the Ninth corps army area headquarters, personally offered at Sacramento the army’s services to Governor Richardson in fighting the fires in the state forest lands. The governor refused the offer saying there was no necessity for calling on federal troops. Smoke from California fires delayed the arrival of the air mail several hours today as the pilots are forced to fly at an altitude of 15,000 feet in stead of the usual 10,000-foot eleva tion. They also are unable to see the ground for miles, they reported, be cause of the smoke. DAY-OLD INFANT SLAIN BY HATPIN Chicago, July 20.—A day-old infant was found stabbed to death with a hatpin in the rest room of the Illi nois Central station. The wound, according to physicians, caused instant death, as it penetrated the upper abdomen in a vital spot. The body was wrapped in a news paper and the authorities are seeking to learn the identity of the slain child's parents. We Have With Us 7 Julius \V. Asch, Honolulu, T. H., Deputy Sheriff. Jullua W. Asch, past exalted ruler of the Honolulu lodge of Elks, returning from the annual grand lodge convention of the or der nt Boston, is visiting here with Harry Mallo, whom he entertained in Honolulu three years ago. Mr. Asch reports that statehood Is the paramount public subject of Interest Just now in Hawaii, where ha was born. In his line of duty as deputy sheriff he has traveled to Japan. British Columbia, Mexico and Florida. He states that the Hawallana are law abiding people ns a rule. The population of Hawaii is 275,000 and nt Honolulu 83,000. His city has 273 miles of paved streets and 40 miles of traction lines. The Islands ship 400.000 tons of sugar a year and Immense quantities of pineapples. The visitor will attend the Ak Bar Hen show Monday night and then he believes his present visit In the states will be complete. He stated that Omaha 1m known In Honolulu as a progressive Ameri can city - as /—!-;- ' Directoire Fashion, With Pointed Hats, Returns in Germany _y By I’nlTfrnal Srrvk’r. Berlin, July 20.—The directoire fashion is coming back in Germany* The short tube-like dresses are giving way in the displays In Berlin fashion houses to long gowns with an excess of "shape.” With these will go the small point ed hats. With the directoire fashions, wigs formerly were popular, enabling a woman to change the color of her hair several times a day. ' Already behind the scenes in the barber and beauty shops numerous attempts are being made to reintroduce wigs. The end of the bobbed hair fashion is seen from the fact that women are cutting their hair shorter and short er, so a reaction is believed at hand. "Anyhow," said a fashion expert, "bobbed hair and directoire styles are Incompatible.” Olympic Games Big Failures on . Financial End Apathy of French Blamed for Small Attendance— Americans and English Best Customers. By BASIL D. WOON, Universal Service Staff Correspondent. Paris, July 20.—A magnificent suc cess from a sporting point of view, this year’s Olympic games will prob ably go down In history as the most gigantic promotion failure on record. The main reason for this has been the apathy of the French themselves. During the main events at Colombes stadium, scarcely anyone was to be heard talking French. Americans and English were the best customers, with South Americans a good third. But the stands, built to hold 60,000, were seldom more than a third filled. Enormous expenses had been In curred by the French Olympic com mittee to make the games * success. The Colombes stadium, for Instance, was built specially for the occasion. It Is considered one of the finest In existence. A huge swimming tank was built at Tourelles, on the outskirts of Paris, for the water events. This alone cost $l,OOt,0OO. The city of Paris paid for this, however. Extra Tracks I,aid. The state railways leading to Colombes were quadruple tracked, electrified, and a big terminal built at Colombes, all at an expense of $1, 500,000. Four other stadiums were hired outside Paris, and inside the city the big winter circus building was called into requisition. Entertainment for the visitors— special homes were built for them at Colombes and elsewhere—ran Into big figures, and the French were not nig gardly in this respect. The meals supplied were good, and wine was th^-e for those athletes accustomed to drinking wine during training. Insurance to Share latss. But to guard against a too heavy loss, the Olympic committee Insured —chiefly with English companies— against the gate receipts being less than 10,000,060 francs. At present writing, the probabilities are that, the receipts will total less than a quarter of that amount, so that the total loss will be shared by the Insurers. As another mitigating factor there Is the fact that the Colombes stadium is a permanent asset to the city and likely to be a source of profit for many years. Many hotels which went to much expense by fitting up elaborate "an nexes” also have not done the busi ness they expected to do, according to French papers. U. S. BARGAIN SALES NEAR END Washington, July 20.—Since the world war armistice war munitions costing $2,764,939,101 have been liqui dated by the government. From these sales the federal trcas ury has received $1,295,089,732. At the office of the chief coordi nator It was stated that property valued at $371,081,000 hns been trans ferred between departments. "I am pleased to announce that Uncle Sam’s post-war bargain sales are nearly concluded,” Budget Di rector Lord declared. “We have still, however, quite a nice assortment of dry docks, marine railways, buildings and miscellaneous supplies which we will sell for $25, 000,000.” Any one desiring a nice dry dock for his back yard or a good marine railway. In first class condition, for the baby boy, should apply to Lord. MAN GOING BLIND HANGS HIMSELF Chicago, July 20.—Because he was going blind and feared he would be a burden to his relatives, Adolph Schllephke, 72, ended hts life by bang Ing today. ”1 am growing too old-and nm get ting blind,” be wrote. "All my chll dren have grown lip and are aide to tare for themselves, I have tried to be a good, law abiding man. I have had my reward. It Is better X go to Join my wife." Rchlelpmke tied a rope about his neck, attached the other end to a bedpost In hts room and laid down U* choked to death. Ls.. [Sell Slowly Now,Advice to Farmer Can Promote Best Interests by Not Rushing Grain to Elevator, Say Business Men anti Economists. Hold for Better Price Omaha business men, as well as economists throughout the country, agree that this Is an advantageous time for the farmers to sell their grain slowly and thus enjoy the prof Its which would otherwise go to the elevator men. The Increase of 30 cents for Amer ican wheat June 12 has created a rosy situation for the wheat grow ers of the country. Government sta tistics show that there is a pros pective 13 percent reduction of the world wheat crop this year, as com pared with last year. It la the general opinion that the farmer can promote his best Inter ests Just now by making his farm his owti elevator Instead of rushlfig his wheat Into private elevators. It is ap preciated that all farmers cannot hold all their wheat. Probably that would not be wise, It Is argued, but they can and It Is urged should sell slow ly and only a part of their crops at any one time. Thus the price will tend upward, and the resultant pros perity will give the money return to the farmer. Dumping Would Break Market. "Th* farmer who can afford to do so should hold hlg wheat for a better price," said A. L. Schantz, president of the State Bank of Omaha. "It will be better for the country In general not to dump a lot of wheat on the market at one time, particularly at this early date. Such a movement would tend to lower the price. Dis tribute the delivery over a period of time; that Is what will hold the price firm.” Paul W. Kuhns, president of the Conservative Savings and Loan Asso ciation, stated that It would naturally be to the best interests of the farm er to hold his wheat. “Unfortunately there are gome who cannot hold thel. gfrain," said Mr. ' Kuhns. “There should he some way to finance those who must sell." Farmer Should Control Price. It Is the opinion of Maj. R. S. Wilcox of the Nebraska Savings and Loan Association that the farmer should obtain the benefit of eny ad vance of grain prices that he can legi timately get. He noted that the prices of goods sold to the farmers are fixed by others and he believes the farmer should have control of his products. "The sooner we get down to a level of prices, the better It will be for all of us," the major said. D. P. Hogan, president of the Fed eral Farm bank, stated that 30 years ago he believed he could advise the farmer what to do, hut today he has timidity on this subject. He sees the logic In holding wheat for an ad vancing market and particularly In view of the present conditions snd he also appreciates the condition of a farmer with grain on hand and in the need of money. “I Just don’t feel capable of *d vlglng the farmers what to do,” Mr. Hogan said. Time to Recoup I smses. W. R. Adair, president of the Oma ha Loan and Building Association, said; "Here Is the time for the farm er to recover his losses, by marketing hts grain carefully. Those able to do so should hold. I read there Is a shortage In Russia, and South Amer ica Is having its troubles. Flnanclnl reports show that Europe Is not pro ducing as much grain as a year ago." Members of the local offices of the United States Department of Agri culture explain that they are es topped by official dictum from giving their opinions for publication, in an official way, but In conversation they agreed with the general opinion that It will be wise business for the wheat (Turn to Pace Two. f'nlnmn One ) .___ — “Ain't Nature Wonderful” By UNCLE PETE. I _. __' Special Dtspnlrh to T»n Omaha Bee. O'Neill, Neh., July 20 —"Silver" Trlgga hns commenced an action In the court of Judge Klrwln against the Beaver Flnts Country club to re cover the value of three pot bull snakes recently demised, nnd to re strain the members of the club from so allclng tholr drives thnt I heir golf balls land on hla aide of tha fence which divides the club course from Mr. Trlggs’ snake farm. Mr. Trlggs |s engaged In railing snakeskln hatbanda for tha movie badman market and has ona of the finest domesticated snake herds In ^h« west. Imst year the Country club secured the tract Just west of Beaver Flnts, which adjoins the Trlggs snske ranch on the south, and Inld out thsreon the club’s new course. Differences first sprang up between the Club Officials and Mr. Trlggs when the women members of the club began to object to the bullsnakes tun ning themselves upon tha greena. This pracllcp of tha reptiles finally resulted In the securing of an Injunc tion by the club ruualnln* Mr. Trigg*' pat* from going upon tha course *t all and which necessitated tha building of a snake tight fence along tha boundary Una by their owner. Wince that time there had bean no trouble between the club and Mr, Trlgga until thla summer when the club added a nttntlier of new mam here, who. never having golfed ha fore, ara rather erratic. In their driv ing Many halls shot by these beginner* have been landing In Mr. Trlgga' pastures, where they are gobbled up by the anakaa under the Impression that they are soma new kind of eggs. Thla la a pardonable mistake, ns snakes have no sense of smell or (ante and awnllow their food whole and without maatlmtlon; and. ns dur Ing the shedding season Mr. Trlgga feeds his snakes entirely on egga bo cause of the gloss ami luster which the diet Imparts to the skins The three snakes for which Mr Trlgga seek* to recover damage* died from Inability to digest golf balls and a large portion of the remainder of th* hard la suffering with dyspepsia (root Uk« cgu»s, Politicians ’ Uiunday Calm of Lincoli aW ’«»*m Bryans Job “Is 1*5' m control?”—“Is He Going to L ^^uie-Cross Us?”—“Have Hitchcock and Mullen Grabbed the Committee?”—Queries. Lincoln, July 20.—Sunday was not a day of rest among the democratic brethren foregathered in Lincoln. It only seemed to be. But in the quiet retreats of the hotel rooms, in an office or two in the Terminal build ing, and in a secluded nook or two of the state house, there was consider able going on. Has the Hitchcoek-Mullen machine actually "glommed” enough members of the state committee to prevent the selection of Bryan's choice? Has Bryan enough influence with the committee to dictate the selection of what he calls a "radical progres sive.” who will measure up to the least of his "yardsticks?" Are the Hitchcock Mullen fellows whistling past their political ceme tery? "Fraine-lTp” F'eared. Is Charley Bryan working a scheme something like this—framing It up to let the Hitchcock-Mullen ma chine select a candidate of the reac tionary brand who will not be sup ported by the radical progressives, ;»nd thus go down to certain defeat? And having gone down to defeat give Charley a great chance to say “I told you so?” Wouldn't that be a typical play for Charley to make in the circum stances? He may be figuring on a possibility of being defeated for the vice presidency. If he is, and the Hitchcock Mullen cohorts fall to put their man over the governor, wouldn’t it be pie for Charley to bob up two years hence and say: "Fellow' democrats, see how the Hitchcock-Mullen fellows picked you up from the high peak of party suc cess on which I placed you. and dashed you to destruction upon the rocks of defeat that litter the valley far below! Come back to the Bryan fold! Sprun the further advances of that crowd of spurious democrats and accept me once again as your Moses to lead you out of the wilder ness!” All Nicely Mixed l’p. And don’t think for a minute that Charley would hesitate to do that very thing if he thought it would humili ate the Hitchcock-Mullen crowd and advance his own political fortunes. Maehiavelli of old didn’t have a thing on "Brother Charlie” when it comes to dissembling. The Hitchcock-Mullen crowd may have enough votes in committee to put the Bryan crow'd over a barrel. On the other hand the Bryan crow'd may have enough votes to let the Hitchcock Mullen crowd load a petard that will blow the aforesaid Hltch ITurn to Pn«* Two. Column Five.) Women Say Own Party Only Way to Get Elected Nebraska One of Only Three States to Nominate Mem > her of Fair Sex for Congress. By rnlTnsal Mrir*. Washington, July 20.—The two ma jor political parties are determined to leave women out In the cold In poli tic*, and the fairer sex must shftl for Itself, according to a statement Issued today by Miss Alice Paul, vice presl lent of the national women's party. Miss Paul pointed out that In only three of the IS states which have held primaries have women been nominat ed for congress. The republicans have brought the nomination of none, the democrat* only two, while four have been named through the efforts of socialists and prohibitionists. The democrats nominated Mary Ward Hart at Benton, 111., and Jes sie Collett at Philadelphia, In both of which races, the statement asserts, there Is little chance of election; Luella Barton ha* been nominated by the prohibitionists of Nebraska; Jen nie Dorrlbaum has been nominated by the socialists; Anna Van 8klte of | Norristown, Pa., Is the nominee of the prohibitionists, and Elizabeth Culbertson will carry their banner at Meadvllls, Pa. Miss Paul's statement says: "Women will not be elected to the coming congress through the Interest of any political party. They will he elected only If women themselves de termlne that women shall he In con ureas, and organize an effective cam palgn to put them there." Suf White, Tennessee state chair man of the women's party, ha* gone home to try to have a Tennessee woman put on the lists, and she will later travel to other states. Mabel Vernon, executive secretary of the party, will do missionary work In California with Mrs. William Kent, of Kent Field, Cal., and then will travel through Colorado, Iowa, Wis consin, Nebraska, lltlnol*, Michigan and New York. Dr. Casprr Hiatt Dies. Peoria, III., July 20 —Dr. Casper W. Hiatt, former pastor of the American church In Parts, France, died today at Crystal I^ike, Mich., according to word received here Persia “Sorry” for Slaving of American Envoy 0 Note of Regret to Be Deliv ered to State Department by Legation at Capital. Washington, July 20— Instructions were received by the Persian legation from Its government to express to the Washington government its deep regret over the killing of Vice Con«ul Robert Imbrle by a na tive mob at Teheran and to state that the Persian government will "do all In Its power to fulfill Its duties In this case.” The Persian government, It was added. Is seeking “the guilty persons In the case and will take all possible steps to secure their punishment.” At the earns time a cable dispatch to the legation was said to Indicate that the attack on Imbrle and his companion. Marlin Seymour, was pro voked by "their own carelessness In going to a sacred place and persist ing In taking pictures." The police and soldiers which went to their as slstance, It was added, were attacked by the mob, three policemen mortally wounded and a soldier dying a few hours later of Injuries received. Inquiry launched. Th# Instructions were received at the legation while American govern ment officials were awaiting further advices from Joseph A. Komfeld. Its minister at Tehem, concerning the case. A thorough Investigation was being made. It was stated, but as vet there was no disposition on the part of the Washington government to attempt to fix the responsibility for the murder either on the Persian government or Teheran authorities Reference by Minister Komfeld to Melln Seymour, ss a "prisoner In the consulate” was regarded by officials a* presenting no unusual feature as he ts understood to have been tried by the United States consular court In Tersla for alleged mistreatment of native workmen engaged In oil de velopment 'projects In which he was Interested. By AiMirliiM Pr«M. Teheran, July 2(1,—Vive Consul Rob-' ert Imbrle, of the United States, who died Friday after he had been beaten hv a fanatical mob as he and an American nnmod Melln Seymour, were photographing a escred foun tain, w«* burled here, the entire diplomatic corpe attending the fu neral. The tragedy wae th# culmination of recent anti foreign and particularly anti Rrltlsh activity which had been evidenced In the native press and elsewhere and which the government appears unable to chV'k. owing to the lack of laws controlling such ac tivities of the press The fountain where Imbrle was beaten and where Seymour, described ns a driller, suffered serious Injuries at the liends of the crowd, ts sup posed by the natives to have been the scene a few years ago of a miracle, and ever since huge crowds have been making pilgrimages to It. Few Americans Like Hard Liquor, Asserts Bartender New York, July 20 Most Amerl rsn transatlantic voyagers prefer beer and wine to hard liquor, accord ing lo Emil A. llngenflludt. bartender for 14 years on the Scandinavian American liner United Stale* HiiKentllmk sold today that of th* 10,000-Americans he had mixed drinks for In the lest 14 year*, very few called for whisky unless It wae Scotch. Even then they mad# s wry fee* every time they took e dilnk, he * . k - River Takes Main Street for Channel Loup Roaring Through Heart of Pleasanton—Town Cov ered Three Feet With Water. Walks Carried Away Kearney, Neb., July 20.—Citizens of Pleasanton today are engaged In re storing order in their homes and places of business, unmindful of the tiiot that flood waters are still cover ing their streets and a new channel of the Loup river, 30 feet wide and 15 feet deep, Is roaring through the heart of the village. The water, which reached a depth of three feet over the entire business and residence portion, has receded sufficiently to reveal the enormity of damage done. In the wake of the new channel everything has been ruined or carried away. Heaviest losses were sustained by the Tolefsen Elliott Lumber company and the Wort ele vator, a portion of the latter being carried away, the remainder being al most a total loss. Jail Almost Disappears. The crown of all streets, concrete crossings and hundreds of feet of cement walk have been carried away Ly the flood. Undercurrents cut away the sandy loam, dropping walks, pav ing and buildings Into holes created. The village Jail, of concrete block con struction, almost disappeared In one of these holes. On the main street the flood current washed a hole 12 feet deep under one business block. Eight hundred feet of Union Pacific track In the village were washed away. Several miles of track east of Poole were also lost in the flood. Heavy Crop Damage. Along the full length of the Loup valley, heavy damage has been suf fered by the farmers, espe ;nlly to grain acreage In the bottom »ods. The Wood river also rose a! ove Its hanks, flooding some acreage near Gibbon and spreading over the Lin coln highway. West of Elm creek at Buffalo creek miles of land were Inundated when that little creek went on a -ampage, carrying bridges and all before It. BANDIT PATROL ON COUNTY ROADS Two police officers and two dep- j utles from the sheriff's office pat-1 milled the mads In and around Oma ha Saturday night. Hershel Kline, police chauffeur, was at the wheel of a police emer gency car accompanied by Detective William Da via and Deputies Howard Paxton and Grant Tates. All automobiles parked along the road were ordered to move along and spooning couples ordered to dis perse. The officers also kept a sharp look-out for holdup suspects and had Instructions to stop all suspicious looking machines. The officers reported they disturbed a doxen pairs of spooners. At Ninetieth and l*aciflc, they in terrupted a pair In an automobile evidently belonging to the girl. The miss urged the youth with her to get out and "square it" with the officers so they wouldn't get arrest ed. He obliged—and she "stepped on the gas.'' leaving him standing there in the midst of the officers The officerR took pity on him and brought hint back into town. SEVEN CHILDREN . MISSING AT SEA Bridgeport, Conn., July 10—The one remaining hope held for the re covery alive of the seven Bridge port ohtldren lost on the sound since Thursday afternoon Is that they may have been picked up by one of a number of coal and lumber barges which passed up the sound Thursday night, bound for Halifax, N. 8. Airplanes and motor launches con tinue to search for the bodies. MARJORIE COREY TO GO UNDER KNIFE Miss Marjorie Corey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs C E. Corey. !SC9 South Thirty-third street, la aerlotialy 111 at St. Joaeph hoapltn! and will undergo an operation aome time next week. r---\ Bluffs Motorist Sa\s Su'arm of Bars Mistook If itulshield for Hive __/ II \. Searle, general manager of the Monarch Manufacturing com pany, Council Bluffs, had • strange experience while returning from Itla summer home at Spirit I *kr, to On the mad north of Odeholt, driving 111* automobile, he ran Into j '• a big swarm of hers "The patter of Ihclr bodies I against the windshield nod wings ! rounded like heavy hail," he said “About 50 struck nil each wing and ; 100 on the windshield, leaving sin It a quantity of honey spread on lltr glass that It waa difficult to ace through. More Ilian tOO of the bees were caught In (lie radiator." Non* of the occupants of the car ' Ml •lung. ■ ■ ' ■■■ ■ ■ I . »e _ , _ . I Stamford, Conn., July 20.—Re sorting to her-own method of sig nailing an important event, Mrs. ! Arthur Stabell, who lives with her i husband aboard a 30-foot power boat near here, ran up a white towel on the boat’s mast, and be fore Stabell could reach her from shore, gave birth to the first half of a lusty set of twins. When StaheJI arrived on board he discovered that the second in stallment "was momentarily due. He rushed the boat towards Sliippan Point, hut it stuek in the mud and for a time things looked bad. Then Stabell leaped overboard and swam ashore, where he called a doctor. After high tide had floated the stranded powerboat, Mrs. Stabell and the twins were taken to the Stamford hospital, where it was said: “Mother and children are doing nicely, thank you.” Coolidge Visits Birthplace of First President Nation’s Chief Unrecognized by Crowd as He and Family Wait at Pier for May flower. By rnivrrial Jlcrrlcn. Washington, July 20. — President Coolldge's first “landing party" from the yacht Mayflower since he has been In the White House took place this morning at a deserted spot on the Virginia shore of the Potomac—1 and Involved him and his party in an Irritating dilemma Before leaving Washington yester day afternoon on the presidential yacht, Mr. Coolidge had made known his Intention of visiting the birthplace of George Washington, at Wakefield, Va Accordingly, a Whit# House automobile sped down from the capi tal, arriving at Wakefield In time to meet the president. Boat I'nable to Dock. With Mrs. Coolidge. Colonel Cool idge, his father, and his aon, John, the president was landed near Wake field, 75 miles down the Potomac, at * this morning They made rise of a launch which drew up close to a1 shelving hank. Along overgrown paths, the little] group took its way to the lonely mon ument to the father of his country— all that Is left to recall the once proud estate of the Washingtons. Viewing the simple shaft for a few minutes, j the president and his family retraced their steps to the beach—and found the tide so low that the Mayflower i launch could not draw in to them. The Mayflower was Instructed to' proceed to Colonial Beach. IS milesf above the Wakefield landing, and tho presidential party motored to that river reaort. Naturally, they far out-j stripped the Mayflower, and were | forced to sit In the hot sun at tho: tier end waiting for their craft of] deliverance. Party I nrecognised. A White House machine couldn't i park two minutes In Washington; without drawing a crowd, but. at' Colonial beach, despite the fact that. most vacationists there are from the | capital, the president and those with him went unrecogntsed. It was not until the Mayflower hove in sight and sent out her launch that loiterers about the pier became aware what tt was “all about." Then a crowd quickly assembled. The president smiled, lifted his hat to the throng, boarded the launch with his family and was soon safe again on the Mayflower She will anchor tonight between Colonial Beach and Washington, reaching here some time tomorrow forenoon. TEREHAN IN GRIP OF MARTIAL LAW Hr IftftortntMt rrv«* Teheran, Persia July 20— Martial lew has been declared here. Several persons susi>ected of complicity in the killing' of the American vice consul. Robert Inrbrle, who died Friday from injuries received when he was beaten by a fanatical mob while ho was photographing a sacred fountain, have been arrested. Copenhagen. ith 700,000 Person*. Ha* 1.000 Police New York July 10—Copenhagen te a city of 700.000 population, yet has only -1.000 policemen, and In all ofJ ltenmark there ts an average of only j three capital ertmes a year, according j to Johann L. Bock, commissioner of j police at Copenhagen, who arrived j here today on the liner I’nited Statee. I The extreme penalty, beheading, has not been Inflicted since 1«$0. Booh said, the authorities regarding hfe Imprisonment as a more effectual de-; terrent to crime Hoch Is hare to etudy American | police methods The Weather ) l___ For 24 henrn fn.hri T p tv, July J# t*r*« tpttntion. Inch** *n<1 hnndntmb* T'-U! •' nine* -linuiijr 1 H«*J. ii#flcl*n<’>’. .24 Hourly T» mppmlum I n. m Tl ipm. *4 $ m. m ......ft 2 pm, .tt! f * m .,.*..7 4 % P m . ... ttj In m ......77 • p m Ml I *. m ...»». 7T tr tv Mi 14 t. hi . ?• t f> m IJ t ii i m i$ * p m .... i; ( II »e«e 9000 Names Hard to Get, Say Friends Declare Lyman Wheeler I» Seeking to Win Himself Place on City Commission. K. K. K. in Background “Not worried." ^hla i« the attitude of Henry W. Du*n, commissioner of police, toward the recall plan* of former police Captain Lyman Wheel er. Friend* of the commissioner said they believed Wheeler would have difficulty In getting enough signatures to make up the petition which he must have In order to actually bring about a recall election. "The people of Omaha." said one of the commissioners close associates, "will realize that this scheme of Wheeler’s is a two-edged thing There are two Issues behind the scheme. First, the purpose Is to secure the recall, the ousting from office of Hen ry Dunn, second, the purpose Is to elect Lyman Wheeler In hls place.” No Reason for Election. It has only been a few months since Commissioner Dunn was triumphant ly re-elected a member of the city commission. The city council again gave him charge of ths police depart ment. The affair* In the department ars running as smoothly now as they were prior to ar.d at the tims of the last election, say Dunn's friends. This being true, what reason can there be for subjecting the city of Omaha to ths expense of a special election. The big questions which are thus placed squarely before the people of Omaha are as follows: Four Questions Before City. 1. Shall the petition, for which Wheeler must secure 9,000 signa tures be signed? 2. If Wheeler can find 9.000 persons willing to sign the petition, and shall Wheeler himself be elect ed as police commissioner In the place of Dunn? 3. What effort, if any shall the people of Omaha, take if they are opposed to the Wheeler scheme, to keep It from being carried out? 4. Inasmuch as the special elec tion which will b entailed will cost many thousands of dollars, and the election Itself upset the entire dry, sha a counter movement be organ Izen to prevent what Dunn's friends charge 1 s a matter of personal am bition on the part of Wheeler. Prompt Action on Holdupe. The recent series of hold-ups. and murders which might be used as an argument for revamping the police department, were mostly committed outside the dty limits and thus were committed within the jurisdiction of Sheriff Endres Commissioner Dunn has taken prompt action to help the sheriff and the police department is doing everything It can under the clr cumstances. These things are pointed out by Dunn's friends and therefore they believe that the demand of the citizens of the dty will be for the or ganization of some sore of movement looking toward a direct fight against the securing of signatures. This will be the only way to prevent the ex pense of a useless special election tt is argued K. K. K. in Background. It Is also argued that unless some thing of this character is dene the getting of signatures may be stJbcess ful due to the tendency of many per sens to hign any petition presented t> them. Another feature that has all the earmarks of bringing added bitterness into the question is the charge that in the background the Ku Klux Kh'j; is busy and that Wheeler end hi# friend# are close to Klan member*. No announcements were given out by Wheeler or hls friends over Sun d„y. It 1# their deteimination how ever to begin actively the circulation of petitions and the secudng of nr.mes. NEBRASKA HOTEL MAN DROPS DEAD Special OUpetrti It The Omaha Baa Auburn. Neb., July 10—W. G. Welch, proprietor of Millar hotel here, dropped dead here In the lobby of his hotel. Immediately after returning from a doctor's office He had complains 1 during the day of Indigestion. Death wae caused by heart disease. Lava Again Flowing From Hawaiian \ oleano (rater By V«korl«lf4 Honolulu July 20.—l-»ra began flowing In the crater of Halemaumau yesterday afternoon for the first time siqce the sever# eruption# in May, ‘lava fountains Including (Md Faithful, began shooting thetr geyser* from SO to 200 feet high, over a radius of several acre#. Reflection# from these displays have been visible for mile* Auburn Hotel Proprietor for 2"> Year* Drops Dead Auburn Neb, Julj to —VVtlbam Welch, proprietor of the Millar hotel here for the last 24 year#, dropped dead this morning from heart disease* He was 44 amt ha* been p: ommentlF identified with civic affaire, having twice been mayor of the city flung the unexptced term# of two tv- AO ore "ho died la o3ke* -■**..