The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 61.
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OMAHA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1921.
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Nebraska Is
Not"Broke"i
Cropsey Says State Has Over
$1,000,000 Denies Pique
' Caused Letter to
Governor.
Economy Is Necessary
', Lincoln, Aug. 26. (Special.) D.
B. Cropsey. state treasurer, denied
today that pique over the refusal of
Governor , McKelvie to sanction in
creases in salaries of certain employes
in Cropsey's office at a time when
many salaries were being reduced
had anything to do with his action
in writing a letter to the governor
fvhile the latter was out of the city
and .releasing' it to a democratic
newspaper wo days in advance of
the governor's expected return to
Lincoln, , , '
"Oh. no." Cropsey said today, "the
Rovenmr feels- that lie ..was acting
within his rights under the hudgct
law . in refusing the increases." -
At the time the refusal was made,
Gropsey was reported to have threat
ened to go into court with a man
damus petition to force the salary
increases. ' However, this has not
been done. . ,.' . , .
State Not "Broke."
The letter '-published Thursday
forecasted that, it might be necessary
to issue interest warrants for, state
expense for a month or two.'tuntil
the 'winter taxes began piling in.
Today, however, Cropscy stated
that he believed that such a proceed
ing could he. averted and admitted
that every year about this time, when
the appropriations of a legislature
bec&mc due and the big tax collec
tions' are not due until the following
winter,, that 'the treasurer has a for
lorn appearance and more or less
economy is necessary. Cropsey de
nied' the state was "broke" and again
stated that there was more than
$1,000,000 in the treasury today.
George. Johnson, state engineer.
smiled, when he was asked if cur
tailment of road work in Nebraska
at this time would keep any more
dollars in the treasury during the lean
mouths from now until winter.
"We could cut out the convict
road work and save the cost of main
taining the . convicts in the road
camps," Johnson said. "But as for
forcing contractors to quit now in
order to keep the treasury filled, it
woli't do any good, as in every con
tract which the state has made there
is a proviso that no money shall be
paid-the contractor from the state,
treasury - until the appropriation
money for that specific bit of work
is there, and. that means they must
.-Mr,. iinntr. xvVin the tax
motley will; begin coming in."
Explain Situation.
Phil Bross, secretary of finance
and revenue, explained the situation
as follows: "
"Stlch conditions will continue until
the end of time and continue to grow
worse if Nebraska continues to grow
and expand unless the legislature
docs one of two things cither
. . . . .
cliange tne time lor conecimg taxes
so that it will dovetail with the time
when legislative appropriations be
come 'due or create a sinking fund
to take off the drain during the lean
months.
"The appropriations all become
due either before or on July 28,
while the tax money is not due until
this winter, and-as the state grows
it is a' natural sequence that-appropriations
must keep pace."
The method which must be pur
sued to keep from issuing inlor'.-st
bearing .warrants is to draw from
funds which have a balance.
This, it was stated toJay, always
has been the custon during !can
months, and. if departments watch
their financial steps the need of is
suing these warrants can be averted.
Coming Winter to Be Cold
One, Weather Sharp Says
New York, Aug. 26. That next
winter will be a cold one is the in
dication of weather data compiled
bv Dr. C. F. Brooks, formerly me
teoroloaist of the federal weather
bureau and now associate professor
of meteorology and climatology at
he Clark university.
An analysis of the weather records
of over a century indicates that we
are experiencing a series of altera
tions of severe and warm winters.
Last fall, on the basis of his investi
gation, Dr. Brooks said that last
winter would be warm. It was. And
now he says that it is hot unreason
able to expect that next winter will
be a cold one. - v
Oldest Senator to Retire
At Close of Present Term
Hyde Park, Vt., Aug. 26.-A half
century of public service entitles a
man to a rest. United States Senator
Carroll S. Page said, in announcing
that upon completion of his present
term in March, 1923, he would not
be a candidate for re-election. He
felt, he said, that he had done his
full duty, adding that he was the old
est member of the senate and that
when his term expired he would have
entered upon his 81st year.
International Rotary to
Meet in Los Angeles in 1922
Chicago. Aug. 26. Los Angeles
was selected today as the 1922 con
vention city for the International
Rotary club. The selection was
made by the board; of directors here
after a strong invitation had been
presented by William Stephens,
president of the Los Angeles Rotary
!ub.
Ship Goes Aground
Boston, Aug. 26. The steamship.
City of Atlanta of the Ocean Steam
ship company, inwardbound from
Savannah with passengers r.nd!
freight, went aground on Castle j
.m.i.i. hi nit jiiiici iidi uut, iuu.j i
M 0-Pound Boy Bom to
and Mrs. W.O. Henry
' Df. W. O. Henry, ,,'63, . formerly of
Omaha! who divorced ' his wife to
marry a trained nurse,'; is ' the father
of a 10-pound baby boy, born at Los
Angeles August 14,' according ' to
word received here. '
"He's the most beautiful child. ever
born in the . Arigclus hospital,", the
doctor asserts. ' .
He was divorced from Mrs. Fanny
L. Henry, his 'first wtfe, May -20, 1920,
after' 40 years of married life. He
married Miss Hazel Henderson, the
nurse, in Los Angeles, later. She was
23 years old. . ,
Losses on Aiito
Insurance Is
Grave Problem
Some Large Companies Have
Discontinued Taking
Risks on Cars in
Cities. : '
Insurance companies issuing poli
cies on. motor, cars are growing more
conservative in accepting, this class
of busihess, owjng ,to . increasing
losses of cars by thefts and fire dur-r
ing the last year. Some of, the. large
companies 1 have discontinued insur
ing automobiles' in the cities.
Several' large insurance companies
issuing policies "on .. automobiles ; in
the cast have gone' so far1 'as to de
cline to injure Ford Cars because of
the fluctuations in'. Ford ' prices' and
the singular; : attractiouAthar Fords
seem to have fo automobile thieve
according .to telegraphic information
received here thisi morning from
New Jork City. This problem va$
cliscussed at a recent meeting of the
Automotive. Underwriters' confer
ence in New York City, although' no
concerted action was taken. .: '
WU! Hold Meeting.
v Representatives of insurance com
panies will discuss the automobile in
surance situation at a conference to
be held in New York city next
month. Omaha insurance men will
attend this meeting. . ' ' y
A. J. Love, representing the Na
tional Security Fire- insurance com
pany, emphasized the ,need of re
vision ' of .-automobile? insurance,'; be
cause ;the losses .are exceeding; the
premiums. ' Y '
"Some of the larger companies Ayill
not accept this business in the cities,
including- Omaha,'' said .Mr. Love.
No-Action. Here.
Mr. Love has riot heard of any; lo
cal discussion . , in ..connection with
Ford insurance in particular.
C. O. Talmadge;, of : the .Columbia
Fire Insurance .company believes
that automobile insurance is more of
a problem in the' cast'., than in: the
west. . 7 i- '
"We limit our automobile, insur
ance to 80 per cent of the cost price
to owners " explained Mr. Talmadge,
"and we 'do not insure the. acces
sories. I have not heard of any pro
posed local action in connection with
the Ford automobile."
Print of Bare Foot May Lead
To Arrest of Robber of Home
The print of a bare foot on a var
nished floor may lead to the arrest of
a robber who Thursday night broke
into the home of A. J. Arthur. 316
North Twentieth street, and stole
$35 and his citizenship papers from
Arthur's trousers.
Mrs. Alice Fern.. Mrs. Arthur's
sister, who lives right around ;the
corner at 2009 Chicago street, was
sleeping with her face to the window.
She saw the man running down the
street-early- Friday morning,- carry
ing his shoes in his hand.
Barraclough waited
for a: word with a
woman, richly clad,
he knew would be !
coming out.
Thi House That
Mood Back
By C. C Andrew.
A BLUE
RIBBON
A'd venture
Story4 in
The Bet Tomorrow
Will Face
Jury in Fall
unirt i ei
Bond of Widow r
Slaying Aubur. ,t . .vv
Fixed at $15,000 Vowing
Preliminary Hearing.
Find Second. Bullet Hole
Auburn, Neb., 'Aug. 26. (Special.)
Mrs. Lucy . Ncal, cliargcd iwith first
degree murder in connection with
the death of her husband, Ben Neal,
in their home near Peru,. Neb., "Au
gust. 11, was -held to district court
under $15,000 bond at the close of
her preliminary hearing here, shortly
before 3 this afternoon.
She w ilL be tried . during the fall
term of court. .,
In the summing up , of evidence,
Attorney Hawzby for the defense de
clared that there was no mystery
about the alleged suicide of,-Ncal and
that suspicion against Mrs Ncal had
been created by newspaper . stories.
He asserted there was no. evidence
connecting- Mrs. .Neal with the al
leged crime. 'Although the state has
a stronger case -against the 16-year-
old daughter than against the mother,
according to Hawzxby, there is no
evidence to show criminality on the
part of cither, he said. , i r ,.
Says Suicide Possible. '
Judge Lambert, raguing . for Mrs.
Neal, analyzing the testimony of sev
eral witnesses, contended that- Doc
tor Vance on the stand had said
there were powder smoke marks
around 'the .wound in --Neat's neck.
He also contended that it was phys
ically possible for 'Neal to .have -inflicted
the .wound by " discharging a
pistpl field. - either in t he ; right or
left 1 hand. Lambert scored Sheriff
Davis for what he termed the lattcr's
"Sherlock Holmes and Scotland
ard methods'' of investigating the al
leged crime. ' .
County Attorney Armstrong, in a
brief talk, stated that his is not 'an
office of mercy, nor is he one to
judge whether guilty or not guilty.
But in view; pf. . the suspicions and
evidence in . support of the suspicions,
he said, it were better tor Mrs. Neal
and society that she be judged by a
jury of her peers. Were she dis
charged at the prcmilinary hearing,
he asserted, there .would always be
about her the shadow of : suspicion
and she and her daughter: would for
ever be.'. vulnerable 'to ; the 'cloud of
scandal.'. - ' 1 ; ;",;
..'.'.'".. Bond Provided.
Immediately after adjournment of
the hearing, "Mrs. Ncal, provided
bond. ., Th4K'$ondsmen A . M.--Engles
of the Kemalia county , "bank
at Auburn, wealthy-; land-.owner;
Mrs. Neat's brotherrin-la, J. M.
Wright, cashier 6f the State ,hak at
Stella, and Frank Woodward,! Ne
maha, special a.dministartor ' of ths
estate of Mrs. Ncal's late husband. '
In the afternoon testimony was
introduced by the." defense through
Frank Woodward and :Mark Quiller,
who said they fcund what appeared
to be a bullet hole, in the floor of
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Cut in Rates Would Not
Help Grain Movement
Rail Official Says
Washington, Aug. 26. Grain Is
moving in great . volume and reduc
tions in freight . rates would not In
crease the movement, F. B. Hougii
ton, freight traffic manager for the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rait
road, testified before the Interstate
Commerce commission. The witness
denied charges by representatives
of 20 railroad commissions that rates
on grain aud hay were unreasonable,
as comnarcd with rates . on . other
commodities, and exhibited figures
showing that the revenue - to the
roads for transporting a loaded car
of grain one mile was 36 cents, a
loaded car of hay 28 cents and an
average carload of other commodi
ties. 38 cents.
The railroads cannot relieve the
situation in the hay industry by re
ducing rates on long hauls without
injuring the farmer who is close to
the market, the witness said.
Lucy's Methods Too Drastic
For Anti-Cigaret League
Chicago, Aug. 25. The resigna
tion of Lucy Page Gaston, head of
the;;-Anti-Cigaret league, was an
nounced by the board of directors,
which issued a" statement that "Miss
Gaston's methods w ere more drastic
than the methods approved by the
league board of managers."
Miss Gaston has been an active
reformer for many years. She found
ed the Anti-Ggaret league .and. was
also associated with Frances E.
Willard in , the Anti-Saloon fight.
She has directed many prosecutions
of cigaret dealers here and elsewhere.
Oregon Senator Forfeits
Bail as Traffic Violator
Washington, Aug. 26. Senator
McNary,. Oregon, forfeited $5 . bail
when he failed to appear in police
court to. answer the charge of vio
lating a District of .Columbia traf
fic' regulation,' in 'operating an au
tomobile past' a traffic signal.
The Oregon senator and a guest,
George F. Rodgers, a ship builder,
were arrested Thursday night by
a traffic officer and forced to ride
to a precinct station house in a police
automobile patrol.
London-Brussels Mail Plane
. Falls in English Channel
.. London, Aug. 26. (By The Asso
ciated " PressAn airplane carrying!
mail from London to Brussels fell
into the English channel a few miles
off Calais, France, today as the re
sult of the explosion 'of "its'" petrol
tank. It is not known whether there
were ny fatalities., - - . , , 7 ' 1
Mathias Erzberger Former
German Premier, Murdered
Storm Center of Political
Maelstrom for Many
'" rs Victim of As-
.vaoS .."assin's Bullet.
63 .crlin,
Aug. 26,-(By The As-
sociated Press.) Mathias Erbcrgcr,
former vice premier and minister of
finance, was murdered today.
Hcrr Erzberger was assassinated
near Offenburg, Baden, where he
was sojourning with his family. His
body contained 12 bullet wounds.
Attacked in 1920.
Mathias Erzberger, German vice
premier and minister of finance, was
shot and wounded on January 26,
1920, as he was leaving the criminal
court building in Berlin, after at-
tending a hearing in a libel suit he
had brought against Dr. Karl Helf-
ferich, the former German vice
chancellor. His assailant gave his
name as Oltwig von Hirschfeld, a
former cadet officer, 20, a student,
and son of a Berlin bank official.
. Von Hirschfeld. was arrested and
was quoted as saying he considered
Erzberger dangerous to' the empire.
The assailant fired two shots . at
Jirzberger as the nnnistcr was en
tering 'his automobile. One bullet
glanced off ,the" minister's watch
chain and another entered his shoul
der. Was Storm Center.
Erzberger roused a storm in Ger
many in July, 1917,, more than a
year before 'the armistice, .by pro
posing a resolution ' in the German
Reichstag in' favor of a peace with
out annexations and for parliament
ary reform. Chancellor Bethmann
Hollweg declared this formula was
unacceptable and Dr. Helfferich sub
sequently blamed Erzbergcr's peace
tr6p'osal "for ' the 'moral collapse of
the German people. 'The. former
vice chancellor accused Erzberger oi
high- treason, denounced him as "a
menace to the purity of our public
life" and invited' him to bring suit,
for libel.
Herr Erzberger was for many
years tcadcr of the German center
party and one of the leading figures
in German public life after Ger
many's defeat in the war. His peace
move of 1917 had made him the
storm center of attack by reaction
aries; but when Germany's military
power collapsed he was made min
ister without portfolio in the cabinet
of Prince Maximilian.
On Peace Commission.
V As a member of the German -armistice
delegation he conducted tiego
tiattons with Marshal Foch and latci;
headed the- majority socialists in a
movement to form a new ministry
and sign the peace treaty. His at
titude throughout the armistice ne
gotiations aroused against him the in
dignation of-the Gernjan military au?
thprities, and in June, 1919, it was
Call fLeaitiii's '1
MeefclsSentOiit
Aunuai Convention to Be
Held at Fremont Sep
tember 29.
Lincoln? Neb.,.' Aug. 26. Notic,e of
the call of the 'third state convention
of the American Legion, Nebraska
department, was issued here today by
Frank B. O'Connell, state adjutant,
to be held at Fremont, September
29, 30 and October 1. Temporary
headquarters Avill be established at
the Pathfin,der hotel at Fremont
September 28, according to the an
nouncement. Reduced rates from all points in
Nebraska have been granted, ac
cording to the statement, round trip
tickets being sold at fare and one
half of the .current , fares, with a
minimum of '$l for the round trip.
Representation in" the' convention
shall be by post, each post being en
titled to one delegate and one addi
tional delegate for each 50 members
or major fraction thereof, according
to the notice." These must be fully
paid. by the post according to the
books of the department head
quarters at the close of business
September 15.
Each post is also entitled to send
to, and seat in, the convention a
number of alternates equal to the
number of delegates to which such
post is entitled. Alternates will have
power to vote only in absence of
regular delegates.
Frisco-Salt Lake Air Mail
Suspended for Three Days
Salt Lake City. Aug. 26. Due to
the changing of the landing field from
San Francisco to Oakland the air
mail' service-between Salt Lake and
San Francisco will be suspended, for
three days commencing tomorrow,
postal officials announce. .' , i
Here Are Some of the Special Features
Offered in The Bee for Next Sunday :
"THE HOUSE THAT STOOD BACK" A fascinating Blue Ribbon
story by A. C. Andrews. Barraclough started out to paint the town
red, but a woman and some purple curtains altered his plans.
"THE FISHERMAN'S SON" By Nazarienne Daan Kannibelle.
Another of the aeries "The World's Greatest Detective Cases." How
Guiseppe Ristori rose from peasant environment to the position of one
of the most famous and most feared detectives of Italy.
ROTOGRAVURE
Scenes from Camp Brewster,
where Omaha Y. W. C. A. girls
frolic in tummer. .
Some film favorites , of old King
Comedy, a full page of photos
for movie fans.
Photographs from' Atlantic, la.,
one of the series of : The Bee
pages on Nebraska and Iowa
cities. .
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reported that his residence had been
fired upon by a Berlin mob. A plot
said to have been formed by mem
bers of the officers' corps at Pots
dam to assassinate him was revealed
in September following.
1 Bom in Buttcnhaus, September 20,
1875, Erzberger was the son of a
poor tailor. He became a school
master, obtained a university educa
tion, studied international law and
political economy, ' wrote several
books on political and economic sub
jects and became a brilliant speaker
and politician. He was elected to
the Reichstag in 1903 as member of
the center (Catholic) party, 'as rep
resentative of small farmers and be
came one of the leaders of a small,
liberal wing of that party.
Against Profiteers.
He is said to have been a pan-German
during the early part of the war
and to have engaged actively in
spreading German propaganda. He
was accused of having recommended
the use by German troops of the
flame thrower. Later he declared
Germany's U-boat war had failed and
advocated its abandonment. Some
time prior to the armistice he pub
lished a book in which he outlined a
plan for a league bf nations.
Erzberger was elected member of
the National Assembly from Wuert
temberg in January, 1919, and in
June became vice premier and min
ister of finance. In the latter office
he formulated the vast income tax
and capital levy plan which-he de
clared was necessary to enable Ger
many, to pay its indemnities to the
entente and to rehabilitate itself finan
cially. It was claimed that his levy
on German capital would greatly re
duce -jhe huge fortunes of "German
war profiteers and industrial leaders.
Headquarters of
Drug Ring Found
Cabin on Mississippi Opposite
Burlingtoi, la.,
Raided.
Burlington, la., Aug. 26. Federal
officers raided 'a cabin on the Mis
sissippi, opposite Burlington, Thurs
day, which they clajm is the head
quarters for the illegal sale of nar
cotic drugs in western Illinois ana
eastern Iowa. They have worked a
vcar to locate the plant.
Edward ' Potthoff of Burlington,
the ' keeper, and Ernest Jchnson ot
Ottumwa. were arrested.
Arnold Johnni bchumacher, a
pugilist alleged to be the field agent
for the 'dope syndicate, was ar
rested at Monmouth Wednesday
night. Two women agents, one in
Galesburg and the other in Burling
ton, are under surveillance. Sales
were made in Rock Island, Gales
burg, East St. Louis, Springfield,
Eloomington, Abington, Burlingtcn
and Ottumwa.
Schumacher had $1,000 worth of
cocaine and morphine ready for de
livery, when caught.
Sea Gulls Destroy Insects
In North Dakota Fields
Mandan. N. D.. Aug. 26. Thou
sands of sea gulls suddenly have ap
peared in the district east of Wash
burn, in McLean county, and swoop
ihe down on erain fields, are cleaning
out the grasshoppers which in that
area have damaged crops, more than
dry weather.
The fields, hundreds of miles from
the Great Lakes, are literally white
with the birds, which do not touch
the grain; but are devouring the
grasshoppers and cut worms, accord
ing to W. A. Lantcrman of Mandan,
who returned here with the news of
the phenomenon.
SOME MORE
A bright, snappy and diversified
Woman's Section. ir .
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"The Married-Life oi Helen and
Warren," by Mabel . Hebert
Urner. ,
"How to Be a Movie Child," by
James J. Montague.
-A complete Sports Section, with
art. features and articles by spe
cial writers. .
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Sinn Fein
Reject All
Proposals
Dail Eireann, However, Ex
presses Willingness to Ne
gotiate on Principle of
Government by Consent.
Will Fight If Necessary
t By Th Associated Praat.
' London. Aug. 26. The British
government's peace proposals were
laid before the Dail Eireann, which
rejected them unanimously but is
willing to negotiate on the principle
of government by consent of the
governed, Eamon De Vaiera says in
his reply to Mr. Lloyd George, the
British prime minister.
The letter proposes that Great
Britain and Ireland appoint repre
sentativcs with ' plenary powers to
negotiate details on this principle.
"We have not sought war nor do
we seek war, but if war be made
r.pon us we must defend ourselves,
and we shall do so," says Mr. De
Valera's letter. "We long . to end
the conflict between Great Britain
and Ireland," he adds. .
Rejection Is Unanimous.
The letter, which bears the date of
August 24, reads:
"The anticipatory judgment I gave
inmy reply of August 10 has been
confirmed, I laid the proposals of
your government betore the Dail
Eireahn and by a unanimous vote it
lias rejected them.
"From your letter of August 13. it
was clear that the principle we are
asked to accept was that the
'geographical propinquity' of Ireland
to Great Britain imposed the condi
tion of the subordination of Ireland's
right to Great Britain's strategic in
terests, as it conceived them and
that the very length and persistence
of the efforts made in the past to
compel Ireland's acquiescence in a
foreign domination imposed the con
dition of acceptance of that domina
tion now.
Tone in Conciliatory.
"We cannot believe that your gov
ernment intended to commit itself to
the principle of sheer militarism, de
structive of international morality
and fatal to the world's peace. If a
small nations right to independence
is' forfeit when a more powerful
neighbor covets its territory for
military or other advantage it is sup
posed to confer there is an. end to
liberty. No longer can anv small
nation claim the right to a separate
existence. HoJIand and Denmark
can do macie subservient to Kjtr
many, Uelgium to Germany or to
France, Portugal to Spain.
"If nations that have been forci
bly annexed to an empire lose
thereby their title to independence
there can be for them no re-birth
to freedom.
"In Ireland's case, to SDeale of
her seceding from a partnership she
nas not accepted or tro man alle
giance which she has not undertaken
to render is fundamentally false just
as the claim to subordinate her in
dependence to British strategy is
fundamentally unjust. To neither
(Tom to Pace Tw, Column Two.)
Contractors Must
Relay Paving, Say
County Officials
Pavhig on the Lincoln and Wash
ington highways must be relaid, at
least a mile of it, before county
commissioners will allow any pay,
they voted yesterday, on ' recom
mendation of George E. Johnson,
state engineer.
W. L. Carey, officer of the Allied
Contractors, stated they would com
ply 'with the board's request, but
would present a bill for $3,500 addi
tional costs. '
Carey denies the concrete laid was
not up to specifications as charged
by the state engineer.
F. L. Nesbit, chairman of the joint
good roads committee, claims t
have proof that Johnson's conten
tion is correct.
Dick Murphy; who holds the con
tract for the Lincoln highway, will
comply with the state engineer's re
quest, according to Lew Adams,
county engineer. Murphy could not
be reached.
County commissioners were ves-
tcrday requested by the good roads
committee not to let any more con
tracts for bridges , and culverts un
less absolutely necessary, during the
life of the present contract held by
the Allied Contractors.
Light Opera Star Must Pay
Wife f250 Week Alimony j
New York, Aug. 26. Mrs. Sidonie!
B. Steel secured an order from Jus
tice Wasscrvogel of the supreme
court, requiring John W. Steel, the
light opera tenor, to pay her $250
a week alimony and $1,250 as counsel
fees, pending the determination of
her suit tor a separation wnicii sne
filed three weeks ago.
Mr. Steel, in an affidavit in op
position to the granting of that
much alimony, took occasion to deny
all the allegations of cruelty made
by his wife and to brand as base
less, her charges that he had been
showing undue attention to Miss
Olive Vaughn, with -whom he had
appeared in a company .for a the
atrical season.
Habeas Corpus Petition Is
' Granted Slayer of Priest
San Francisco, Aug. 25. A peti
tion for a writ of habeas corpus to
obtain the release from custody of
William A. Hightower, who is in the
San Mateo" county jail at Redwood
City on a charge of murdering Rev.
Patrick E. Heslin, Catholic priest.
yas granted Thursday by the district
cburt of appeal.. It is nude return
able on Monday at 10 a. m
Dies in Motor Accident
Near Colorado Springs
Margaret S. Colvin.
While on a vacation trip to Colo
rado Springs, Miss Margaret Colvin,
teacher in the High School of Com
merce, was killed m an auto acci
dent Thursday.
Her sister, Mrs. A. U Orimfli, em
ployed at Orchard-Wilhclm and four
others in the same store, were in the
party. Two others, Miss Myrtle
Fitz Roberts and Miss Frances Ax-
tell of Blair were injured, but not
seriously.
The others were Mrs. Florence
Niswonger and. Mrs.. C. G. Martin,
wife of a store buyer.
Miss Colvin's brother, Henry Col
vin, 2218 North Eighteenth street;
Mr. Martin and John Fitz Roberts,
father of Miss Roberts, who was
formerly vocational supervisor for
Omaha schools, Ictt tor Colorado
when news came of the accident.
The father of Margaret Colvin was
killed in a train wreck near here 30
years ago. He was a member of
a party of Union Pacific employes
traveling to a picnic on the train.
America's Rights
Are Guaranteed
By German Treaty
Text of Pact Ending War With
Germany Made Public
By Government
Officials.
By The AaaocUted Fmu.
Washington, Aug.. 26. Signature
of the treaty of peace between the
.United States and' Germany was
formally, announced at the State de
partment Thursday night by Secre
tary Hughes.
The text was made public, fol
lowed by a statement in which the
secretary summarized the provisions
of the treaty, which is a document
of about 1,500 words.
The treaty is designed to re-establish
the diplomatic relations broken
off February 3, 1917, and consists of
three articles and a preamble. Ar
ticle one guarantees on the part of
Germany to the United States rights
and privileges reserved under the
Porter-Knox peace resolution, in
cluding, "all the rights and advan
tages stipulated for the benefit of
the United States in the treaty of
Versailles."
Specific provision is made that the
United States shall not be bound by
the clauses in the Versailles treaty
providing for a league of nations and
that no action of the league shall be
binding upon the United States un
less the United States gives special
permission.
Rights of U. S. Covered.
It also is declared that the United
States cannot, without its assent, be
regarded as a party to commissions
concerned in reparations and other
conditions growing out of the war.
These reservations are made in ar
ticle two, in which the rights and ad
vantages for the United States, as set
forth in the Versailles treaty, are re
ferred to.
It is made clear ' that "while the
United States is privileged to partici
pate in the reparations commission"
under the Versailles treaty, it is not
bound to participate in it.
Article three provides for the rat
ification aud exchange of the copies
of the treaty.
The treaty provides that the United
States assumes no obligation under
those parts of the Versailles treaty
relating to the boundaries of Ger
many, to the political clauses for
Europe, to those embracing certain
provisions with respect, to China,
Siam, Liberia, Morocco, Egypt, Tur
key, Bulgaria and Shantung.
It is provided that the United
States shall not assume any obliga
tion for that part of the Versailles
treaty relating to international or
ganization of labor.
Daugherty Practically Is
Over Ptomaine Poisoning
Washington, Aug. 26. Attorney
General Daugherty, who has been
suffering from an attack of ptomaine
poisoning was reported today at ths
Department of Justice to be prac
tically recovered.
- The Weather -
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ably Sunday; somewhat warmer Sat
urday in north and west portions.
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probably Sunday; not much change
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Return Of
U. S. Troops
Forecasted
Withdrawal of American
Forces in Germany Soon
After Ratification of
Treaty Is Expected.
Would Lighten Expense
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bt Iaiof Wire.,
Washington, Aug. 26. Early witb
drawal of American troops from the
Rhine, following ratification ov the
peace treaty with Germany, is fore
shadowed by authoritative informa
tion forthcoming from the White
House. The Harding adininistrat'on,
it is stated, docs not believe in add
ing to the burdens of-the Germans
by continuing the expense upon
Germany of maintaining forces of
occupation any longer than is neces
sary. It was pointed out that nothing in
the treaty signed at Berlin yester
day requires the withdrawal of the
American troops, which are occupy
ing German soil under the terms of
the armistice and one of the sections
of the Versailles treaty accepted by
the United States in the peace pact
with Germany. They can be main
tained there, pending fulfillment of
the treaty obligations by Germany,
they can be withdrawn and they can
be sent back to Germany after hav
ing been withdrawn.
Question of Policy.
This is purely a question of policy
and the United States has full free
dom to act in this matter as it sees .
fit. That this policy will be to with
draw the troops as soon as appears
feasible after the ratification of the
treaty, in order to lighten the burden
of expense borne by Germany, is in
dicated by the statement made at
the White House.
There are now 13,795 American
troops, including officers, occupying
the Coblenz bridgehead, at an ex
pense to Germany of about $1,000,-
000 a month. For the maintenance
of these troops Germany now owes .
the United States $244,000,000.
President Harding is greatly picas-
ed with the results of Secretary of
State Hughes' negotiations with Ger
many. He views the achievement
not only as a satisfactory settlembent
with Germany, but as the best possi
ble solution of the vexatious problem
produced by the rejection of Presi
dent Wj,lson!. peace program. r
Achieves Purpose.
The treaty with German v. it was
pointed out, achieves the purpose
enunciated in the Harding inaugural
to disentangle the United States
from participation in European af
fairs of no concern to America. It
gives the United States the same
status in the war settlement as the
allies except as to the league of na
tions and the political, boundary and
other matters of purely European
concern.
By makine a senarate treatv with
Germany incorporating the provi
sions of the Versailles treaty of con
cern to the United States, the admin
istration has pleased all factions at
home and added to the fame of Mr.
Harding as a harmonizer. To the
irreconcilible republicans it is a sep
arate treaty, referring only for con
venience to portions of the Versailles
treaty and being a separate treaty, it
affords no shadow of ground for im
puting obligations to the United
States to join with, the allies in en-
forcing German compliance to the
peace terms. ' -
To the democrats and the reserva
tion republicans it is a separate treaty
only in name-and is essentially the
Versailles treaty, with those portions
eliminated which wonld have been
eliminated by ratification of that pact
with reservations.
Order of Foresters
Officers Re-Elected
National officers of the Women's
Catholic Order of Foresters were re
elected Thursday at a business ses
sion at the quadrenniel convention
being held in Omaha this week. The
women are In sessfon at the Knights
of Columbus hall, Twenty-th:rd and
Harney streets.
The following are the officers:
Mary L. Dowens, high chief ranger;
Ella L. Lordcn. high vice chief ran
ger; Anna E. Phelan, high secretary;
Mrs. Mary Diederich, high treasurer;
Dr. Kathcrine W. Corcoran, high
medical examiner. Trustees: Mrs.
Mary Quirk, Milwaukee; Mrs. Re-
becca Gallagher, Chicago; Mrs. Anna
Karzenicwski, Chicago; Mrs. Mary
McMahon, Detroit; Mrs. Joseph
Dcsmarais, Richmond, Quebec. Can
ada; Mrs. Mary Filip, Chicago, and
Mrs. i-annie Miller, Minneapolis.
Ask Audit for Estate of
Trinity Cathedral Dean
Mrs. Mary S. Fair, widow of the '
late Campbell Fair, dean of Trin
ity cathedral, and Campbell W. Fair
and James Fair, his sons, who are
already tangled up in county court 1
over the handling of the estate, to
day filed a petition asking that an
audit be ordered of the records of
Richard F. Halt, the Potter Valen
tine company, Abraham L. Reed and
the United States Trust company, all 1
of whom handled the late dean's
$100,000 estate.
The petition claims that Richard
F. Hall, now dead, failed to keep
the principal and income of the es
tate separate as provided ia the '
will. It is also claimed that reports
of investments arc highly involved .
and complicated.
108 Degrees at York
York. N'cb., Aug. 26. Government
thermometers registered 108 degrees
here today it 2 o'clock