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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEPKUA11Y 20, 191C-SKVEN' SK.(TIOXSKIXTY-fX)UU. IWOES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
BIG $1,000,000
AUTO EXPOSITION
OPENS ON MONDAY
EXPLOSION HURLS
MEN FROM EARTH
Subway Blast Under River Blows
Men Through Mud and Water
to Surface.
BERG HAS CLASH
WITH A UNITED
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AT? I CAT URI.9T
SENATORS WILL
DIG DEEPER INTO
SISAL SCANDAL
Charge Made that Chicago Bank
Was Disciplined by the Har
vester Combine for Loans
to the Planters.
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Elerwith. Annual Show Will Bo
v Greatest in History, ii the
TTnaninvons Verdict of
... Automobile Bow.
WELL WORK ALL DAY TODAY
Big Force of Decorators Will Com
plete Labor and Cars Will Be
' Placed in Boothi.
FACTORY MEN ALREADY ON JOB
With all tbe staunch confidence
U and optimism that characterizes the
1 motor car industry and those who
1 hare a part in it, Omaha automobile
I men are waiting In keen anticlpa-
I tlon for the Opening of this eleventh
f annual Omaha motor exposition at
the Auditorium Monday.
Starting bright and early this
morning the big Auditorium will
become a veritable beehive of brisk
and bustling activity. For this
morning, and for that matter all
day and the greater part of the
night will find every single person
who is in any manner or means
connected with the big exposition
on the Job preparing for the grand
opening Monday.
Last night a great staff of decor
ators began the transformation of
the barn-like building into an em
blazoned and gilded automobile
palace. For weeks two score of girls
i uyo peen matting me decorations.
V Friday night as the clock struck
t.Velve a. full force of .100 girls be
gan work and they will continue
until Monday noon. or the decora
tions this year are much more ex
tensive and elaborate than ever be
fore and a great deal of work is yet
to be done even at this late hour
Everything; Will Be, Read?.
But George Later, who is supervising
the decorations, promises that everything
will be In chip-shape form when the
gl fl The decorations this year will be of
Un the oriental with a tendency toward the
" ) Japanese. .. When thta difficult work la
completed tMro will be one real achieve
ment accomplished that is sure to strike
popular approval. That achievement will
be the concealment of the barren and
ugly loft. Where steel girders and rafters
ana the unsightly coronos occupied a full
view, of.a)tt"6i;es, a soft blue sky will
show. The coronos will all be removed
tContlnued on Page Four, Column Three.)
Lambert Girl's
Death Caused by
; Cyanide Poison
CHICAGO, . Feb. 19,-Cyanlde of potas
sium was the poison which killed Marian
Frances Lambert, lak . Forest High
aclaool airl. according to a reoort made
' to the coroner today by Dr. Ralph C.
jV Webster of the Chicago laboratories. The
J ' ' digestlv organs. Dr. Webster said,
I 4owed no trace of any other poison. The
white crystals said to have been found
under the fingernails of tbe girl were
originally cyanide of potassium, he re
ported. The' report Is to be read Monday
nicht at the inquest. .
Dr. WeHstcr tar analysing crystals of
cyanide and other poison found in an
nshpile near the greenhouse at the home
of Will H. Orpet, who la in custody,.
charged with murder of his former sweet
heart, Mies .Lambert. The poisons founu
at the Orpet home were used for spray
ing trees and plants by the boy's father,
head cardencr on the McCorrolck estate.
, Attempt of Britons
to Cross Tigris is
Eepulsed With Loss
CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 19. (Via
' London.) An attempt by British forces
In Mesapotamla to cross the Tigris below
Kut-Kl-Amara was repulsed after a bat
tlo of three hours, the war office an
nounced today. The British in their re
treat were pursued to their second line
entrenchments.
Britons Complete
PConquest of Kamerun
LONDON. Feb. l.-6: p. m.) The
complete conquest of the Kamerun, the
German colony in equatorial Africa, was
officially announced thla afternoon.
The Weather
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Triaperotara at Omaha Yesterday
Temperature ami precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
, J 11 1911 1911
Highest yesterday
lowest yeaterday .J6 34 11 27
Mean temperature 4T Zi IS 31
l'r-ipltaUon ,. .09 v .03 .a .00
cfJ Mi,
- innrwl temperature 24
J'. 7.jueaa for the day 22
S l Total deficiency since March 1 '.'.tit
jr formal precipitation C6 inch
I f , ''efii iency for the day inch
I I Ti.titl rainfall sine March !..; '. inches
I i in lency sine -Hurt h I - ' tin h
1 lA-Mt lency for cor. , lod, ll. ntjln
' Utfk-lem y Ir cor. j iiod. 191J. . inches
TWO OF THEM ARE KILLED
NEW YORK. Feb. 19. An ex
plosion in a subway being con
structed 100 feet below the surface
of the East river today, shot three
workmen through mud and water to
the surface of the river, killing two
outright. One was rescued.
Details as to the nature of the ex
plosion were lacking, but it was re
ported to have been due to com
pressed air. The men were working
In an air lock and it is believed that
the shield which protected them gave
way.
Two Men Lose Llrea.
There were four men working- In an
air chamber at the time. The explosion
caused the eruption of a geyset In the
river thirty feet In height. Small boats
put out to the scene rescued one of
the workmen alive and ' recovered the
body of a second.
The subway under construction la
routed from the foot of Montague street,
Brooklyn, to White Hall street. New
York. The air chamber In which the ac
cident occured waa a short distance
from the Brooklyn shore. The workmen
were employed in mining operations.
About fortv other workmen were in
other sections of the tube, but the com
pressed air apparatus prevented an in
rush of the river and they escaped In
safety.
Landisls Surprised
Rich Prisoner Given
Favors by Officers
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. lit.-Tliomaa Kelly,
wealthy Winnipeg contractor, accused of
fraud in connection with the erection of
Manitoba Tarllament buildings, lost an
other fight before Judge Landls today to
obtain his freedom on bonds. - He is to
be taken from the custody of Sheriff Kir
vln J. Griffin of Lake county and turned
over to the United - States marshal for
the northern district of . Illinois.
Kelly's attorneys then brought him Into
court to obtain his release on bond pend
Ing the decision of ' the Cnlted States
supreme court on the application for a
writ of habeas corpus, which will deter
mine whether Kelly is to be sent' back
to Canada for trial.
Judge , Landls Interrogated deputy
sheriffs ..concerning, reports .that Kelly
had been shown special favors. One
deputy admitted Kelly bad bean permit
ted to leave jail and live In a Chicago
hotel for a WecK. , y
' ' "I am surprised! at 'the revelations In
this case," said Judse Landls. "I Havwr
intended there should be. any difference
in the treatment of this case and any
other
. "If ltr. Kelly ran away from Canada
and If tho leading lawyer of Canada ad
vised him to do so, I am not golnr to
take a chanoe that he will not be hers
to answer to tbe ruling of the supreme
court ' v :-,v -
Eastland Officers
Must Face Trial on : ,
Chicago Indictments
CHICAGO, Peb. !. Preparations were
begun today by the state's attorney to
bring to trial tho seven men indicted by
the state grand Jury and charged with
responsibility for tho loss of more than
M lives' In the Eastland disaster last
July.
Under the ruling of Federal Judge Ses
sions yesterday at Grand Rapids, tho six
men Indicted by. tho federal grand Jury
In Chicago cannot be removed from tho
Michigan dlstriot to tho Chicago federal
court. Tho state Indictment runs against
Walter IC Groenbaum, George T. Arnold,
William Hull, W. C. Steele and R. W:
Davis, steamboat company officials, and
Harry Pedersen, captain, and Joseph M.
EMckson. chief engineer of tho Eastland.
The six men whose removal - to the
Illinois federal Jurisdiction was barred
are Oeorge T. Arnold, William H. Hull,
Harry Pedersen, Joseph M. Urickson and
Federal Inspector Robert Reld and
Charles Eckllff.
Extradition of Arnold, Hull and Davis
from Michigan to Illinois will b asked.
It was said at the office of the state's
attorney. Greenbaum, Steele, Pedereen
and Erickson furnished bonds on tho
state Indictments.
Germans Moving
Large Bodies of,
Men Into Belgium
AMSTERDAM. Feb. It. (Via. London.
Feb. 1.) During the last six dava areat
German troop movements have occurred
In south and central Belgium, aaya a
dispatch from the frontier to the Tele-
graaf. i
long trains with artillery and Infantry
were runntnr alona-the railroads to tha
west and south, and some small detach
ments were transported by way of
Louvaln, Wavern and Gembloux to the
aoutheaat.
Louvaln. the dispatch adds, still Is a
strong point of support of German
strategy and many conferences of high
military officers are held there.
BROWN FOUND GUILTY
OF MANSLAUGHTER
DAVENPORT. lal. Feb. 19.-herman
Brown, Indicted on a charge of murder,
ing his sister-hvlaw. was found guilty of
manslaughter by a Jury in the Scott
county district court, late last night
Brown, it was charged went to the home
of his wife, from whom he had been
separated. Intending to kill her. Her
sister interfered end he shot and-killed
her and wounded his wife. The de(en
pleaded temporary insanity. -
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Comv 0f Appam Attempts to
Prevent Posting- of Libel Notice
by Marshal of Federal
Government
GERMAN LIEUTENANT SUBMITS
Notice of Seizure Eemaim Posted on
Mast After American Gives
Warning;.
WATCHMEN ARE IN CHARGE
NORFOLK, Vs., Feb. 19. When
Deputy United States Marshal West
reached the Appam this morning to
seize it under admiralty proceedings
filed in the United States court here
by the British owners, Lieutenant
Berg attempted to prevent the pos
ing of the libel notice.
Deputy West stated his mission
and was taken to Lieutenant Berg's
quarters. The latter at once objected
to the proceedings:
"If I had known you were the
United 8tates marshal," he said, "I
would not have allowed you aboard."
The personal process was served
and the deputy then started to tack
the usual libel notice on the mast
of the vessel. The Oerman com
mander objected strenuously.
"The ship is In charge of Collector
Hamilton," he said, "and you havo no
right here."
Lieutenant Berg then left tha Appam
hurriedly and went to Newport News to
telephone.- When he returned Deputy
West had tacked on the mast of the ship
the slip of , white paper which certified
that tho Appam had been seised by or
der of the United States district court
at Norfolk. Lieutenant Berg directed his
men to tear It-down,
Deputy West commando him not to
touch -the notice and it remained on the
mast. Deputy West left two watchmen
In' charge of the vessel and tho rest of
tka party returned to Norfolk,
rioyd Hughes, local counsel for the
libellnnts, said all - Information concern
ing the, case had come from Mr. Coud
eit In New York, counsel for tha Ap
pam's owners. It la understood hero;
however, that tbe libellants base their
cae upon the provisions of the Prussian
American treaty under . which the Ger
man government claims that In order to
claim the benefit ot tho neutral port tha
prise must. h&yo been convoyed in by a
warship.' This Was not dona In tbe case
-tapers in tte action upon whl.h tho Ap
psm was selsed. wero filed In t" United
State district ceurt at Norfolk FWuary
1, but WerS wllhhheld from the public.
The owners allege "that the said Steam
ship la wrongfully withheld from tho
libellants by one Hans Berg and other
peraor unknown to ths libellants.'.' They
further allege that the Appam "on or
about the' 16th of January was unlaw
fully seised by certain persons unknown
to the libellants and thereafter,- under
compulsion, forced to proceed with pas
sengers, crew and cargo to Hampton
Roads."
Collector Hamilton's report to Wash
ington concerning the departure of
Deputy West with some thirty men was
made on unofficial Information. The
deputy was accompanied by only four
men. Mr. West. It Is said, did not con
fer with Collector Hamilton. Tho col
lector has protested against the alleged
failure of the marshal to co-operate with
the collector's office.
Cutler Not Man
Wanted in Green .
River Eobbery Case
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.. Feb. 1.-Jlm
Cutler, sheep herder, taken Into custody
yesterday In connection with tho recent
robbery of passengers on Union Paciflo
train No. 18. waa arrested on a "falsa
rumor," according to information re
ceived from Green River today. Cutler
was apprehended at Kern merer.
Divorce Granted to
Roche Set Aside
CHICAGO, Feb. tt.-A decree of divorce
granted Billy Roche, a prise fight pro
moter, waa set aside in circuit court hero
today on motion of attorneys for Mra.
Nellie Roche. The action waa not con
tested by Roche. Ten dayg was allowed
for Mrs. Roche to file and answer and
croas bill. Roche married Paulino Lord,
actress, In 1908, In Han Francisco. She
was sued by Mra Nellie Roche for aliena
tion of affections. Thla suit Is still pend
ing. Roche contended his marriage to
Mrs. Nellie Roche was Illegal, because he
alleged no license was Issued for It.
Panama Dredgers
Make New Record
PANAMA. Feb. l.-Tho dredging fleet
In tha Panama canal established a new
record during tho twenty-four hours
ended at 7 o'clock this morning, having
taken ot,ju cubic yards of earth from
the Qalllard cut In that period. The pre
vious high mark was leas than 46.00)
cublo yards. From tho Culebra slide, the
excavation yesterday amounted to 45.0OJ
cable yards.
Forehead Blown Off,
Man Lives Four Days
FORT DODGB, la.. Feb. U. -Special.)
I. W. Green of Rockwell Ctty, who had
hia forehead blown off In a dynamite ex
plosion Monday,, died Friday In a local
hospital. . The man's endursnoe caused
phyniclans to marvel. Green investigated
charge that apparently - had not ex- I
mooed, ine taray explosion went off in
hU face. Green's M '.stives live near
KnoxviUe. ,.-.... .
Wind-Up of Harris Case
Is Order for Perjury Inquiry
After the jury's verdict for the defendant In the case of Harris
against The Bee, was rendered, these proceedings were had In open court:
Mr. Victor Rosewater: Your Honor, I would like to present a mat
ter here, as soon as the Jury leaves the room, with your permission.
(The Jury retire into Jury room for coats and hats.)
I do this as an entirely . Independent action and without consulting
my attorneys.
While the outcome of this case Is very gratifying to me as one
of the defendants, I feel, that, in Justice to the Jury, to myself and
to this court, this matter, which has put In direct conflict the testimony
of this woman against the array of witnesses, which were brought here
by us, should be looked into further with reference to the question
whether she is not guilty of perjury and her husband guilty of suborna
tion of perjury. I ask you to order or request, the county attorney to
look Into this matter. The attorneys for the woman herself said that if
this verdict came in in this way It would be branding ber as a liar and
a perjurer and that she would be guilty of perjury; and the question of
whether others are guilty of subornation of perjury, I think should bo
looked Into also. .
I have no ill will again these people whatever. I do this and ask
you to do this purely for tho public good.. This woman and her husband
coma here strangers and, after going away, come back and within, a few
days start Hults and .follow them up with other suits (.gainst a great many
people and put' this county to a tremendous expense, put in 9 to tblt
cj peuse (and tha others who are defendants In these cases), which .1 Am
perfectly willing to bear if I can show, up Iblr scheme and the general
system of blackmail that is being
lawyers, not' necessarily at their Instigation, but through them, to force
people to settle suits brought without any warrant whatever.' And I ask
again and request that the county attorney be directed to look Into this
matter before these people get out ot town. ' v .
Mr. BlaEfer: (One of the attorneys of record for Mrs. Harris.) I think
that Mr. ' Rosewater's statement is not exactly apropos In this case.- I
don't believe, in asking the court to take this matter up. It he thinks
be has anything he ought to place the thing before the grand Jury or the
county attorney. I think this speech before the jury is casting an In
sinuation against us. I know this
I don't; be has thought be was conferring a favor upon me by so doing.
And I think all that has taken place up to this time Is an insinuation,
which goes personally to me and to Mr. Sawtelle, as well as Mr. Brome.
And they are not here.' And I think
against them when they are not here is unwarranted, as also I believe
Is their statements in regard to the entire matter. We have taken cases where
perhaps our clients are not entitled
case we have to conduct it until we find out ourselves. We don't know
otherwise but wbat our clients are entitled to damages; tbey may or
may not. Here the Jury has found they are not. We are willing to abide
by that verdict. Nevertheless I think
unwarranted and unauthorized.
The court: (Judge Graves..
preferred ta.bave been brought to the attention of some resident judge.
I am here as a stranger to the conditions locally and In the county. But
It would not come amiss to direct the county attorney to make an Inves
tigation, of the record in this case and If in bis Judgment be deems that
a prosecution should be brought tor
HUGE PILE OF TALLOW
ON GENOA DOCK BURNS
GENOA, Fen. l.-Vla Paris.)-A serl
ous fire broke out In a cargo ot tallow
plied on a dock shortly after midnight
and is still spreading. The entire fire de
partment, with detachments of soldiers,
polloemen and carabineers assisting was
aummoned to fight the flames. It Is
suspected that the fir was Incendiary.
Two persons, evidently foreigners, were
arrested.
The Day's War News
PBTROr.HAI) ADVHK ladlxate
that Turks ma y make a ataatd
tha WMlr da;a af Krseraaa val
ley, elevea mi lea from tha ettr.
DKTA1I.S FROM 111 SSIaN IIDH la.
d Irate that there, were laraa
rapt are af mea wits the fortreaa
fell. Tb balk f the Tarkieh
troopa apiturently were, well
tha retreat weatward at the tlma
the Inner farta OTrra taken.
REIKKOHI EMKXTS which the
Tnrka were sending to Kraeram
are reported te have heeen (It or
ala days march dlatant when the
pity waa aorreadered.
SKHASTOI-OL, DISPATCH reports
tho bombardment of Vllwai, fir
tejrn miles emst of Treblsond, on
tbe Black Sea.
PKTHOUHAU REPORTS Aoatrlan
offensive on ths Uaelster, near
Vaclrncsko. The aaaanlt waa re
paired. It la declared.
HEAVY TROOP MOVKMISWTS havo
tral Brltf-lam, any dlapotchsa from
tho frontier . received In Amster
dam, Ion trains carrying artil
lery and Infantry beta a ala
patched alona (he railroad to tho
. nrat and sootb.
worked here in'thls county through
case, even though Mr. Rosewater says
this vtlllfylng attack right here
to damage, and when we are into a
Mr. Rosewater's statement has been
Tbe matter is one that I would have
perjury, he will be directed so to do.
Senator Lewis
Replies to Root's
. Keynote Address
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-Senstor
Lewis, democrat, of Illinois, In a speech
In the senate today on "The Hypocrisy
of Statesmanship," assailed Ellhu Itoot
for his address before the New York
mate republican convention, attacking
the administration's foreign policy.
"Mr. Root says it Is necessary In this
International crisis to have a president
who means something more than words,'
Iterator Uwl said, "that we should fol
low words with action. What action?
There can be but one thing and that is
war. If he means that he wants war
with Germany, why doesn't he say war?
If Mr. Itoot speaking for his party, ex
pects to pledge the party to war let him
declare it with courage and the demo,
crutlo party will meet the issue."
Explosion Wrecks
German Owned
Analine Plant
PLAINFIKLD. N. J., Feb. U.-The plant
of the Mlddlcaex Analine Chemical com
pany, aald to be a German owned con
cern and one of the few plants manu
facturing analine dyes In this country,
was destroyed by an explosion and fire
today.
The entire tow of Uncoln, were the
plant was located, was shaken by the ex
plosion which occurred before the work
men had reported for duty. Two men, tha
only persons in the plant at the time,
were seriously injured.
-Tho explosion wss caused. It was ssld,
by scld running together In the mixing
vats. The damage is estimated at SoO.Ouu.
few '
TWO THOUSAND
FACING STARVATION
Negro Plantation Laborers in Back
Flooded District in Louisiana
in Sorry Plight.
CLIMAX STILL ONE WEEK AWAY
NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 19.
Increased apprehension waa felt to
day for the 2,000 or more persons
marooned around Newellton, with
out food and with but scant shelter.
Most of them nre negro plantation
laborers who were unable to reach
safety when the Mississippi river
broke through the levee at the Duck
Ridge plantation.' The crevasse Is
nearly 700 feet wide. A quarter
semi-circle with a radius of twenty
five miles Is 'flooded from six to fif
teen feet deep, while beyond this an
other twenty-five, miles is covered
with water from a fe inches to one
and two feet deep.
Tha flood will hot reach Us climax tor
at least a week, autbnrttles predict Con.
oorrtla FarUh, in northeast lLeulsisna, (s
almost entirely covered with water. .
"Below MelviliariA, tile erdvaase'ln the
Atchafalaya river waa 1 reported Saving
reached a width of 1.100 feet early today.
Sack levees still protect ' Melville from
tha back flow. ; . f w ' -, ' :: , , r
! Fear Is felt, that the parishes' or Tea
as, Concordia, Franklin and Catahoula,
with the exception of a few high spots,
ill! be covered by a great laka nearly
a hundred miles long and half as wide,
caused by ths gathering flood water from
the crevasse and back-water from sv
ral rivers. ,. ,
t'raeat Appeal for Aid.
NATCHEZ, Miss., Feb. ll.-A Second
appeal from Msyor Jacoby of Newellton,
La., where 8,000 negroes are marooned by
Mississippi flavnis, was received here to
day. ""Our supplies have given out," the
mayor said, "unci unless we receive food
We will aoon face starvation."
Federal and local officials engaged In
relief work did not (hare tha mayor's
opinion.
Mora than one-third of tha town of St.
Joseph was under water and tha flood
had reached the town of Waterproof.
Bomb Exploded
m Home of Head
of Defunct Bank
CHICAGO. Feb. It. A bnmh anlnU
today at the home of Modestlno Mastro
giovanni, blew out tha front of the
houae, but Injured no one, Maatroglo
vannt formerly waa head of a private
bank, affairs of which now are In bank
ruptcy court. lie said ha believed tho
explosion to be the work of a depositor
angered by the loss of his money.
The explosion apparently waa caused
by a powerful bomb. Windows all along
the street were shattered and residents
of the neighborhood thrown Into a panic.
Maatroglovannl aald alnca the failure of
hla bank last March he had received
a series of "black hand" letters threat
ening his life.
The bomb exploded at S a. m. while
the Maatroglovannl family waa asleep.
They were thrown from tneir beds, but
mere not hurt.
Kewanee Woman
Burns Herself and
Two Girls to Death
ROOIC ISLAND. III.. Feb 1.-Crsxed by
domestic troubles, it Is said. Mra. Yar.
onlca I'olski, aged 35, at Kewanee. early
last night, during the absence of her
husband and three sons, locked nor two
daughters, aged 6 and 1, in a room, set
fire to their clothing snd then touched
a match to her own garments. All three
burned to death.
Robber Who Shot
Paymaster Taken
Quickly by Police
CHICAGO, III., Feb. It. A robber held
up O, Van H iiven. an employe of the
C. A. . Taylor Trunk works, today, ahot
him In tho leg, seised a bag containing
12.100, tha weekly payroll of the company
which Van Huven was carrying, and fled
He waa captured by the polios, who
heard the shot.
BANK ASKED TO SHOW BOOKS
Bank Denies Withdrawal of Any De
posits and Questions Authority
of Committee.
WEXLER OUTLINES CHARGES
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. The
senate agricultural committee today
decided to call upon the Continental
and Commercial National bank of
Chicago to submit a statement show
ing the deposits of the International
Harvester company for the last three
years In order to determine the truth
of charges that the Harvester com
pany had disciplined the Chicago
bank for extending financial aid to
the sisal growers ot Yucatan.
Other (haraes Made.
The committee Is Investigating charges
that the Harvester company and tha
Plymouth Cordage company combined to
monopolise the sisal output and prevent
Independent twine dealers from obtaining
raw material and counter charges that
tha Pan-American Commission corpora
tion, of whc!h So! Wexler. a New York
banker, was tha head, financed a sisal
monopoly, with tha idea of putting up
the prioo to American merchants.
Tbe committee has been told that tha
Pan-American corporation waa not
formed until tho planters had been un
able to make loans from independent
bankers,' who refused because of al
leged threats from tha Harvester and
Plymouth ' companies.
A telegram waa read Into tha record
from the Continental and Commercial
bank, denying that ths Harvester com
pany had withdrawn its aocouat. Levy
Mayer of Chicago, counsel for tha Pan
American corporation, who made the
original charges that tha Harvester com
pany ha 1 attempted to Influence tha
banks, read tha message and similar de
nials were mads In a message from tho
Harvester company, read by it counsel,
Walter L. Fisher.
Hank Iterate to Show Books
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Arthur Reynolds,
vice president of tha Continental and
Commercial National bank, when in
formed of tha decision of tha senate com
mittee t ask for a statement from tha
bank showing the International Harves
ter company's deposits, aald today that
the request would be refuseil.. -- '-
"We question tha aujlipi it? .;at 'Juris-,
diction of. Ilia sonata committee and wo
will refuse to open our books to tha com
mittee Until sd directed by a competent
court," said Mr. Reynolds.
"For a long jarlod," continued Mr,
Reynolds, "tha' International Harvester
company his carried a Considerable bal
ance with us and there has been no
marked decrease In' the amount of th
deposit. I do not consider that tha bank
has been 'disciplined' In any manner by
tha Harvester company."
Bears Conspire
to Depress Cotton
Prices, Says Heflin
WASHINGTON. Feb. !. lUrvfu.nl.
tive Hcflin of Alabama tnriav tnlit at
torney General Gregory ha believed a
comoinauon ot . Dear operators In New
York was resnonatbla for tha tn nrip.
of cotton. Assistant Attorney General
Todd, in charge of tha anti-trust prose
cutions. Waa. n'reaant at tha' fLf-kM tm IMS fast
snd an investigation to determine whether
tha Hhermsn anti-trust act ha been
violated will be made by agents of tha
department. No formal charges or evi
dence waa produced today.
American Papers
Will Open Offices
: at Buenos Ayres
WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. A group of
leading American newspspers. It was an
nounced today, have opened representa
tive offices in Buenos Aire as tha first
move In line with suggestions unanl
mously approved at the recent Pan
American Scientific congress for drawing;
the business men of North and South
America together. The announcement'
states that similar representative offices
will be opened in other South and Can
tral American cities la tha near future
Week BaglBoJaf rah. II.
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