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The Omaha Daily 'Bee VOL. 51-NO. 64. talma M MttM M.nw tfc IM M OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1021. a II Hid, Stilt . 17 Ml till. Mi Mm, i.Ml M W.U I VMM kUtM, C1M Mt HHlM THREE CENTS r e. VMM m4 m nana t. ivs, Records Of BrictsonCo. BadlyMixed Auditors Tell Federal Court Tint Company' Books Hail No System Many Entries Mining. Case Continued Today Wide dikcrrpanry between report of auditor (or the liricwoit Manu facturing company, and that pre pared by order of a diseniing toek holder' committee, featured the hearing before Federal Judge Wood rough, yesterday afternoon, on the (.tockholder' request for a receiver ship. Grcgerson Bros., auditor for the torkholdert. reported a deficit of $J.24J.19 in four year' business. E. A. Dworak. auditor for the Mrn-tson company, reported a protit of $63,000, by which a 7 per cent dividend was declared. j Given 0. K. by State. H. F.. Baldwin, accountant tor the State Railway commission, examined the latter figures in 1918 and de clared them "correct and minute in every detail." Despite this fact. G. P. Grcgcrson and Louis A. Ruud, chief accountant for Grcgcrson, maintained in court yesterday that the company's books ir'iow no such profit. "If any dividend was paid, it was pair") out of capital stock," declared Ruud, "judging from the records." Such payment would be contrary to law. Both accountants scoffed at Brict- on s methods of bookkeeping. In response to the question of F. A. Mul finger, attorney for stockholders, whether Brictson kept a double en try system of bookkeeping. Greger son replied: " ., "There was nothing that could be called books, much less a system. 'All we found were loose leaf records." Other high tights of the afternoon were: Exposure of a 30 per cent stock selling expense, whereas the state bureau of securities expressly set the limit at 20 per cent. Admissions of O. A. Brictson, president of the company, that he knew little of the business or bookkeeping methods of the com pany. " - A tilt between the judge and L. A. Ruud, -witness,' in which the judge threatened to send Ruud to jail "in 10 minutes," for speaking too sharply. -, - .;. Book Pid Not Balance. "t V At ohe time; Grcgerson character iced the Brictson books us "a big joke." '-.: ' ---,?V ' There is nothing, he asserted, in company' records handed to him to substantiate many of the figures set down .by. Bricton or Mrs. Brictson, who kept the books. "Their figures are, merely summar ies set down, 'sometimes arbitrari ly, with no place to show where they originated," said Ruud. "There were no control or cash books or journals." "They didn't know what I meant when I asked for their journal," he . testified,, .; r- ... . A v ... The auditors enumerated as ques tionable an item of $128,454.30 for (Torn tr Pan Two. Column Three.) Colorado Governor Backs Fight to Lower .', Rail Freight Rates " Denver, Aug. 30. Oliver H. Slioup, governor of Colorado, di-r rected letter to the governors of 16 western states asking them to join with Colorado in efforts to bring abou a reduction of railroad rates. In his letter the governor states the reason in the following language: t'. - Transportation charges are so vital a factor in the commerce of the country that' it does not seem possi ble for a full resumption of normal business to 'occur unless every im portant industry is enabled to dis tribute and market upon transporta- s tion charges which the traffic can pay and still show ' a profit. Our position "is that reduced rates will - produce increased traffic and should consequently, produce increased reve- nuesv . . " . ". v - . - , Germany Deposits Money For Reparations Payments Xew York. Aug. '30. Germany, through its fiscal agents m this country, as anticipated further repara tions obligations to the allies, due to morrow. According to .well-informed bank ing interests representing the Berlin government, these payments, which are variously estimated at $65,00(3,000 to $100,000,000, have been deposited with the agents of the British, . French, and - Belgian governments here. Purchases of dollar exchange through Scandinavian countries to ef fect this transaction, were concluded several weeks ago, it w as stated. First Annual Picnic Held i By Firemen at Beatrice Beatrice. . Neb.. Aug. 30. (Spe cial.) Nearly 300 firemen and their v families attended the first annual pic nic of the volunteer department at Chautauqua park. Several state offi cials were in attendance and made brief addresses. A basket dinner was served and the remainder of the afternoon given over to sports. , New Church Organized. Waterloo, la, jAug. 30. Tempor ary organization of the Church of God has been formed here it was announced today. Twenty-two states and provinces are represented j at the mcetintr. Wallle and His Wife Deny Divorce Plan, in Official Communique New York, Aug. 30. Rumor of marital difficulties newt of a suit for separation and other report of the trouble between Wallace Kcid, film tar, and hi wile, Dorothy Dav enport Reid, have been current for some time past. The following mes sage from the parlie most con cerned was received Tuesday: i.o Angcle. Aug. 30. "The new that we have separated kccm to have been circulated throughout the country and for your direct information please permit u to ay that we are certainly sur prised to hear this rumor. We are not able to find any evidence around our home to support tuch a theory. A far as we know there ii-n't a word of truth in it. We arc still doing business at the same old stand and ccttmir ready to celebrate our eighth anniversary next month. If you will take our word for it this time, wc promise to tend yoit word ourselves if such a thing should ever occur, but there are no signs as yet. (Signed) WALDO AND DOR OTHY DAVE X PORT REID." Thrills Feature Opening of Seward Frontier, Day Over 3,000 Present at Cele bration Lorena Frickey Of Cheyenne Fame Cap tures Two Prizes. Seward, Xeb., Aug. 30. (Special Telegram.) Thrilli in abundance were furnished the 5,000 spectators at the first day of the Seward Fron tier day's celebration. ', Kellice Manzcrs took first in the men's mounted relay race, with Bob Leigh, second, and Harry Walt, third. First place in the woman's mount ed relay race, went to Lorane Trick ey of "Cheyenne Frontier day fame. Kittie Cunnut won second. This year's record for bulldogging at Cheyenne was shattered by six seconds when Paul Hansen threw the bull in 22 seconds, capturing first place in the contest. Xorman Ma son of Los Angeles took second place, time 462-5 second; Slim Freidenchal, El Paso, Tex., third, 57 2-5 .seconds: and Dave White, Bozen. Mont., fourth,' 59 1-5 seconds. Iu the 1-2 mile dasli, Little Spider wonfirst, Lady Mack, second and Daddy third. Bar Dadelke took first in the Indian relay race, with Lone Elk second. ; Lorena Trickcy captured - first honors in the Roman standing race. Harry' Watter finished second. Gray , Bell finished first in the wild horse race, with Trick Harmon second and Daye Campbell third. In the buck ing contest, Norman Mason and Mrs. Johnnie Mason were hurled vi olently to the ground by their bronchs, 1 Tomorrow will be Lincoln day. Over 500 tickets have ben sold to the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. Friday will be Jim Dahlman day. Cubans Oppose Terms Of Fordney Measure Washington, Aug. 30. Tarrifs proposed in the Fordney bill "threat en the economic stability of the Cu ban government," Minister de Cespedes of Cuba declared, in a memorandum presented Secretary Hughes in behalf of ' the Cuban commercial mission representing growers of tobacco, sugar . and other island products. ' , The economic and industrial iuture of Cuba, the commercial relations between the two countries and American' investments in Cuba will be seriously impaired by the pro posed increased duty on sugar alone, the memorandum said, while the Fordney bill duties on leaf tobacco was declared to be "detrimental to all concerned, including the Amer ican farmer."- Specific objection also was filed to the proposed rates on imports of pineapples and honey, of which Cuba is said to supply prac tically all purchased by ' the United Mates. . Body of Gothenburg Vet Arrives at Hoboken, N. J. Gothenburg. Neb., Aug. 30. (Spe cial.) Word has been received here that the body of William L. Golden, who was killed in' action in France, has arrived at Hoboken, N. J. Gold en was one of the first local men to enlist in Company L of the Fifth Nebraska national guard. la 1918 he was transfered to the Thirty-second division and was killed in the Argonne drive October 7, 1918. The local post of the American Legion will conduct a military funeral and the body will be buried at th Fort McPherson National cemetery. What Is It? Soon the Gate Will Open Wide To The Kiddies PresidentPresWentGoes to 'Front o i til . For Father of 19 Children oenas indict To Miners Men Gathered iu West Vir ginia Given Until Noon Thursday to Disperse or Face Federal Troops. Law and Order At Issue By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO. Chirac Trtbu-Omka Ut V lr. Washington, Aug. 30. rreidcnt Harding will employ the army to put down the insurrection growing out of the mine war in Mingo coun ty, West Virginia, utiles the lawless bands disperse by next Thursday noon. This was the decision reached by the president late this afternoon, in conference with Secretary of War Weeks and General Harbord. deputy chief of staff of the army. The president immediately issued a proclamation calling on the msujr gents to disperse by Thursday noon in default of which he will order troops into the state to restore or der. Two regiments are ready to move, one at tamp bhcrman, U which can reach the scene in three or four hours, and the other at Camp Dix. N. Y. At the instance of the president Secretary Weeks directed General Bandholtz to proceed to West Vir ginia tonight and to report tomor row and Thursday forenoon whether the president proclamation was being-complied with. , Law and Order at Issue. Mr. Harding was described as re luctant to take this action because the War department had aviscd him that Governor Morgan had not in voked the full resources of the state to restore and maintain order. A delegation of West Virginians, head ed by Senator Sutherland, waited upon both the president and Secre tary of War Weeks and declared that the issue is the preservation of law and order, regardless of what the state might have done in that direction. Upon receipt of the second appeal for troops from Governor Morgan, the president yielded. He declined to accede, however, to the reauest of John L. Lewis, president of the mine workers, that the executive tall a conference of the operators and miners to endeavor to -'settle the violent controversy raging over the effort to unionize the mine3 in the Mingo district. Mr. Harding is: of the opinion that more can be accom plished in this direction by the senate committee" which will resume its" in vestigation at Williamson, V. Va., on September 19.. ; ; Text of Proclamation., The president's proclamation fol lows : .-"...''..' "Whereas, the governor of the state of W'est Virginia has repre sented thaj domestic violence- exists in said state which the authorities of said state are unable to suppress; and; ' "Whereas, It is provided in the constitution ot the United States that the United States shall protect each state in this union, on application of the legislature or of the executive when the legislature cannot be con vened, against domestic violence; and: . "Whereas, By the law of the (Tur t Tag Two. Column Five.) All-Russian Relief Body , Reported Under Arrest Reval, Aug. 30. Members of the all-Russian relief committee have been arrested, it is said in dispatches from Moscow, It was reported on Saturday; that this committee, formed by Maxim Gorky, widely known Russian author and editor, for the purpose of going abroad in . the in terests of Russian famine relief, had been dissolved. Associated with Gorky in the plan were representa tives of various political parties in Russia. Recent dispatches have stated that Leonid Krassin, soviet minister of trade . and commerce, and M. Kislikin, a former leader of the social democratic' party, were members of the committee. . Burlesque Houses May Be . Closed Due to Labor Trouble Chicago, Aug. 30. Burlesque theaters involved in the labor war, which resulted in the explosion of bombs in the Columbia and Star and Garter theaters, will be closed by the city pending a settlement of the trouble, if a recommendation by Al derman Kavanaugh, chairman of the city council subcommittee on thea ters, is followed by the police depart ment. Houses of the Columbia bur lesque wheel, which has locked out union stage hands, are involved in the war. Policemen are guarding the Columbia. Star and Garter, En glewood and Haymarket theaters, all members of the "wheel." Big Increase Reported Iu Aliens Admitted to U. S. Washington, Aug. 30. Immi grants admitted to the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30 numbered 805,228 as compared with 430,001 for the previous fiscal year and with an average of 1.090.- 940 during the previous years of 110 to 1914. it is shown in figures r.iade public by the Bureau of Immi gration. Non-immigrant aliens ad mitted during the year numbered 172J9.1, making a grand total of 978,163. . ' Shacks Torn Down to Make Room for Business Blocks Beatrice, Neb.. Aug. 30. (Spe cial.) Work of dismantling a num ber of shacks at Fifth . and Dla j streets in the business section of I the city was begun. A brick block I to cost approximately $40,000 will : be erected on the site. Harding Writes Lett Of Man r,.oX,!& , i v: V ou'pport Wioliiiiaion. Aug. 30. rrendent Harding tcmcd to the front today in behalf of the father of 19 cl iidren 10 living who h working a a porter iu a New York department tore at 5-M a week. lit tending his congratulation to the mother, Mrs. Domrnico Zacca hea. the president told how hi mother, who had brought up eight children, had cxprecd the hope prior to her death that she might have been the mother of eight more, After Mrs. Zaccahca had replied, telling of the burden on the father in caring for hi big family, Mr. flarding wrote John Wanamaker, the merchant, asking if something could not be done for him, and Mr. Wanamaker promised to help. The president' letter to the mother, follows: "My Dear Mr. Zaccahca 1 no ticed in the photogravure section of one of the Sunday papers a picture of yourself, your husband and your very remarkable lamily ot 16 chil dren. I cannot resist expressing my very cordial congratulation. Per haps I am moved to do so because of a little incident in my own life. Family of Eight Children. "My mother bore eight children and raised six of them to maturity. One afternoon shortly before her death, we were all at my home and she spoke of having borne eight chil dren and said, with an affectio.) most appealing to me, that she had been happy to bear eight children and if she had her life to live over she would have no desire to change it except to bear eight more. I thought it was a beautiful thing for her to say and the recollection of it in spired me to write my very , cordial congratulations to you and add thereto my very best wishes. Very truly yours. "WARREN G. HARDING." Reply to President To this Mrs. Zaccahea, replied: "My Dear President Witn my Transfer of N.-S.-F. Stock Arranged Plan Requires That Julius Barnes Purchase All Shares Owned in Fremont. Fremont. XebJAuir. 30. (Special Tclegrajm.) Final, details relative to the transfer -Of the .Nye-bchueider-Fowler company stock have been ar ranged, according to Attorney W. J. Courtright, who returned from an other flying trip to Chicago. Julius Barnes, the prospective pur chaser, refuses to consider the reduc tion of the option period from five to three years, and as a result the time limit was raised to five, as first sug gested. .-The' price was raised to the amount stipulated by the Chicago committee. Mr. Courtright's plan involves de posit of all stock owned in "Fremont with an Omaha Trust company and requires that Barnes must purchase all of this stock or none. Courtright promised to deposit 8,000 shares and asked the limit to be placed at 10,000. At the suggestion of Mr. Becker, at torney", for the Chicago committee, the limit was placed at 12,000 shares, the Chicagoans to arrange for the additional shares needed to make up the quota . required by Mr. Barnes. Nebraska Guardsmen Held Up and Robbed Following Pay Day Camp Dodge, la., Aog. 30. (Spe cial.) Taking advantage of darkness, following pay day for .Nebraska Na tional Guard troops at Camp Dodge, two negroes and three white men succeeded in relieving six Omaha guardsmen of their money at Second and Court streets. Serzeant Lankton. Bugler ' Dave Hoston, Corp. J. Brunson, Jack Cole, C. Daniels and Gus Sinklue, all of Company L, were the victims. They were marching down the street when they say two negroes jostled them to one side of the walk and hurried on past. Three whites followed and stopped the guardsmen with a dis play of automatic artillery, taking some $150 from the sextette. One of the troopers was not used to being held up and remonstrated, for which he received the butt of a .45 behind the ear, knocking him un conscious for a short time. ! The case was reported to national guard authorities, who in turn re ported it to Des Moines police. Portland War Veteran Is Suicide Due to Injuries Portland. Ore., Aug. 30 William F. Bent, 58, president of the Port land branch of the Disabled Veter- i' association, and a special city patrolman, shot and killed himselt in the lobby of a downtown hotel Monday - night. He suffered from shell-shock and many wounds re ceived during war service with the Canadian army. Lightning Destroys Barn Callaway, Xeb., Aug. 30. (Spe cial.) The large barn belonging to Will Whituhn, residing three miles north of here, was struck by light ning and burned to the ground. No live stock was lost The building was partly covered by insurance. Red Cross Aiding Vets Lodgepole, Xeb., Aug. 30. (Spe cial.) The Red Cross has engaged a welfare worker to make regular visits here, assisting ex-service men in making out government claims. I: Tohn Wanamaker in Behalf ' a Week as Janitor .' trj rt ot Hard Battle to Family. most grateful pleasure, 'I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your excellency' letter congratulat ing me for my remarkable family. "I wih to be excused for the de lay in acknowledging receipt. "I was very delighted ct the new that you come from a large family uud your mot her was proud of hav ing given birth to eight children and raised ix to maturity. "1 gave birth to 19 children, 16 of whom are alive, as their nlioto- graph is herein inclocd and i t'nd it to you as my most precious pos session. "My husband and I are never (lis couraged at the great task before us, a the older ones help to support the younger, but one thing 1 regret. that my husband earning capacity is only $J0 per week, employed by John Wanamaker of this city. "May 1 ask of your excellency' recommendation lor a better post tion to my husband, where hi earn ing capacity will be larger than his present one, so that it. will give us an opportunity to bring the younger children to maturity with a better education. v itii deep appreciation of your interest, 1 am, most respectfully yours, "MRS. DO MEXICO ZAC CAHEA." Appeals to Employer. In writing Mr. Wanamaker, the president, enclosing a copy of the mother's appeal, said he i oped it might be possible to iiud a way "of helninsr this somewhat notable fam ily.' although he explained he knew nothing whatever vof the merits ot the case. Mr. Wanamaker replied that Zac cahea spoke very little English, that he had been employed two years and was earning $2 a week more than others' doing similar work. He promised, however, to advance him. if it could be done, and also to find a job for one' of the 16 children, a son, 22 years old. described ''as tall 'and strong as his father." Record Crowd First Day of Fair 6,000People . on Ground r of Nemaha County Exhibit; Races Are Feature. - "Auburn, Xeb.,f .Aug. 3Q, (Special Telegram.)" A, crowd estimated at 6,000 people attended the Nemaha county .fair on its opening day, which also was Children's dy. Attendance was the largest on record for the first day. Horse races were up to expecta tions and drew considerable inter est. In the 2:16 pace, The Lion, owned by Max Waggoner, finished first; Bernice May, T. H. Sthreade, second; Charline, William Jackson, third; Sam Jay, Frank Schrcade, fourth. Time,' 2:18j4.. In the 2:18 trot, Arnando, owned, by Jack Lewis, finished first; Antone Tsota, Kastner Brothers, second; Dixie Archdale, William Jackson, third; Direct Echo, L.' Beasley, fourth. Time, 2:1 7. Kimberly took first in the ffc mile tunning race,, with Kight Owl, .sec ond and Teddy Stokes third. Time, 60. ' : v In the 1-2 mile running race, Al falfa Bill finished first, Indian Chief second and Dexter third. Time, 48. Sioux City won the auto polo contest from Mason City,. 12 to 8. J. H. Stribcrs; manager of the Central Orchard company, in his dis play in the apple show, has on exhibit 154 plates of perfect apples, composing 37 varieties. ; The display is said to be equal to any which will be shown at the state fair. Among the curiosities on display is a Durham cow, owned by Roy Briggs, with two sets of twins, all heifers. ' Crippled Girl Who Ran Away In Wheel Chair Returns New York, Aug. 30. Edna Town send, 15-year-old cripple girl, who ran away in a wheel chair from her home in Baltimore . to see New York, went back home today with her father, John Townsend. of the United, States coast guard service. 1 racks made . by the wheel chair, which Edna propelled to the railroad station in Baltimore, put her father on the scent and with the aid of Baltimore police he arranged to have New York police - on the lockout when Edna arrived. Evellyn Elliot, 14, who accom panied Edna on the runaway trip, also accompanied her and her father back to Baltimore. Paris Police arp Searching For Cocaine Ring Members Paris, Aug. 30. Paris police are searching for members of a gigantic cocaine ring suspected of having introduced and sold in. Paris during the last six months more than $5,000,000 worth of cocaine at a profit of 1,000 per cent and up. The openness with which the drug is sold in Paris amazed officials when they beganv their investigation. They found it could be procured. in almost any bar in the night dis trict of Monmartre and that one "agent" transacted his business in a taxicab in which he made regular de livery rounds similar to those of a grocer. Fifteen Pilots Entered in Chicago's Annual Derby Chicago, Aug. 30. Fifteen flyer have entered Chicago's first air derby, to be held Labor day, it was announced today. There will be two races, one for planes under 100- horse power and the other a irce for C. of C. Gets Behind Big Air Meet Unanimous Endorsement Is Given International Con gre at Executive Session Of Committee. Financers Are Assured The Omaha Aero club won uuani mou indorsement of the Chamber ot Commerce executive committee (hit noon for the International Aero Congresii, to be held in Omaha Xo veniber 3. 4 and 5. Recommendation was passcJ urg ing umana people to give intir n nautial Mipport to the project. Indorsement followed a mcttmg attended by director of the club, member of the executive committee and other invited by the chamber. Withdraws Request. The Aero club withdrew its re cuest that the Chamber of Com merce underwrite the finances of the congress. The chamber' com mittee, which had investigated the matter, reported that the congress can be held at an expense of $40,000, as estimated by the club. Of this amount, $25,000 has been guaranteed by individual business men and $5,000 by the North Omaha activities association. This leaves but $10,000 to raise, without allow ance for revenue expected from ad missions and concessions. Buckingham Speak. Reports that the congress might be abandoned were roundly de nounced by E. Buckingham and others present. "In behalf of the chamber it should be understood that we were asked first to underwrite thj entire finances of the undertaking,' said Walter Head, chairman of the ex ecutive committee. "That was an entirely different question from the one now before us. I think we all favor indorsing the project. Women Committing As Many Crimes as Men, Judge Asserts O'Neill. Xeb., Aug. 30. (Special.) Women are committing as many and as varied crimes as men, declared District Judge- Robert. R. Dickson in-prounouncing a sentence-ot worn one to 10 vears in the penitentiary upon Mrs. Delia Dehart, who plead ed Kuilty to manslaughter in assist mg her husband to murder John Mize of Platte, S. D. Dehart, who also confessed, now is serving a life term at Lincoln. A former husband of the woman is also there as a big amist, and a brother-in-law as a cattle "rustler." The woman criminal, the judge continued, must pay the penalty or her crime the same as though she were a man, if society is to be pro tected. ' Nonobscrvance of laws , in general and a resulting demoralization was deplored by the judge in a lengthy address in pronouncing sentence, and he scathingly denounced officials who failed to insist on law observance, Officers were instructed to make a drive on gambling places m the city, Two Negroes Held in Jail , For Disappearance of Man Jackson, Miss., Aug. 30. Leon Viverett. a negro, is held here today for safekeeping. Viverett confessed to the murder of Alton Page, at Forest, Saturday night. Pattie Per due, a negro woman, at whose house the killing occurred, is also held. , rage s body was cut to pieces and the smaller parts burned in a stove. The' trunk was charred' to a crisp and buried on top of the body of a negro recently interred in a negro cemetery a mile from where the crime -was "committed. 1 Pattie Perdue, who owned the house, and Leon Viverett were ar rested: last Sunday night after the absence of Page had created alarm. An investigation revealed that a fight had occurred at Pattie's house. Both negroes confessed to the crime while held in the Forest jail today and were rushed to this place to night. ' ' Trans-Caucasia in Throes ' ', Of an Epidemic of Cholera Xew York. Aug. 30. Thousands of famine sufferers in trans-Caucasia, among them many children, are dy ing of cholera, said a cable message received today by the Near East Re lief from Albert Johnson, one of its investigators." The authorities in many cities, particularly in Armenia, are sending wagons through the streets to pick np the bodies of victims,' he said. Long lines ; of children constantly wait in front of relief institutions, the message reported. Woman Burns House To Force Tenants to Move, She Confesses Alameda', Cal., Aug. 30. Mrs. (Catherine Zepada. owner of a resi dence here, told the police, they an nounced, that she had set fire to the place to force tenants to move out. - I he tenants, Mrs. E. Walker. Mrs. Zepada's niece, and her husband, re fused to move despite repeated re quests to do so, the police quote Mrs. Zepada as saying. The fire al most destroyed the house.' It was my own property and 1 thought I had a right to burn it up if I wanted to," "said Mrs. Zepada, according to the police. Mrs. Zepada is being held pending determination whether a charge ould be placed against her,' . Reform School Bout Pott pone Parolee to Play at State Fair Iveamev. Xeb.. Auk. 30. ("Sne cut).) The State IndtutrUl School band, one of the crack mutiral or kaniiation of Xebraika, wa vched tiled to be disbanded today, over 20 member being due for parolee, nut when the lad were informed their service were (ought to play at the male fair at Lincoln next week, all expreurd a wtllmgnet to remain until after that hue. Arranaements 'were alo made to have them appear at the Buffalo county fair being held ttiii week, The band of 40 boys i one of the finest the tchool has -ever developed, Seven Trains Will Carry Nebraska Guard to Homes Camp Dodge Will Be Piac tically Deserted by Corn husker Troops by 9 This Morning. D Moines, la.. Aug. 30. (Spe cial Telcaram.) Seven train will be required to take the Xcbraska National euardsmen to their home from Camp Dodge, where they have heen in trainine for two weeks, Each train will take companies of men to the part of Nebraska from which these units came ana oy y a, m UVHnrsdav the Nebraska repre sentation at cawin will be composed only of a few men left to take home the truck and miscellaneous equip ment. Train Xo. I left Camp Dodge at 12:01 p. m. today and left Des Moine at 2:01 p. m. The train car- rie the Howitzer comoany from Mitchell, Headquarter company of the Second battalion and Company E, running via Osceola, la., and Louisville to Lincoln, wlcre the men will no out on reKular trains. Train No. 2 will carry Company I Third battalion, Headquarters com pany and the Field Hospital com; pany, besides the state Staff officers, Wvinar Camo Dodse at 5 a. m, Wednesday for Lincoln and ' Fair mont. Train No. 3, with Company F, of Hartington, will leave at 2 a, m. Wednesday and will arrive in Omaha at 10:50 a. m., leaving Omaha at 1 p. m. and arriving at the destina tion at 7:30 D. m. The Service company from York, Company M of Seward and Com- oanv C of Beatrice will leave on train No. 4 at 5 a., m. Wednesday arriving in Omaha at 1 p. m. and leaving for the troop destination at 4:15 p. m. Train No. S will carry Company H of Grand' Island' and Cornpany G of Hasfihgs: -This train will leave Camp Dodge at 5 a. m. Wednesday; arriving in Omaha .4 p. m., leaving at 4:25 p.' m. and arriving at Grand Island at 8:30 p. m. it will leave Grand Island at 9 p. m. and arrive at Hastinas at 10 p. m. over the bt. Toe and Grand Island. Train No. 6, with Company B, Headquarters company, First bat talion of Nebraska, and Company A of Auburn: will . leave at 8 a. 'm. Wednejday and will carry the men to Omaha, where changes will be made for their; destinations. Train No. 7 will take the Omaha troops. Companies K and L, Regimental Headquarters and Medics,. leaving Camo Dodge at 8:30 a. m. and ar rjving at Omaha at 4:05 p. m. Germany Clamps , Down Lid to Prevent Revolt Merlin, Aug. oO. tjcrmany wa today under restrictions closely ap proaching martial law as a result of a decree issued late yesterday by Fresident Ebert. Meetings, proces sions, demonstrations and the is suauce of publications "likely to en courage seditious movements" were forbidden m the decree, and warning was given that "any and. every in surrection" would be suppressed with relentless severity. ' Majority and independent social ists have made formal demand upon Chancellor Wirth that elements re sponsible for anti-republican '.activi ties be restrained by the govern ment and' organized labor has in formed the chancellor that it is pre pared to "defend the republic." Nrckel-a-Phones to Be Used in Public Places Practically every drug store, cigar store, ' restaurant and department store in the city has agreed to abolish free telephones and will " install nickcl-a-call phones. I he storekeeper may guarantee the telephone company $6 a' month oh coin boxes and get 20 per cent of all receipts above the guaranty or he may have a semi-pub lie phone in stalled which allows all "in" calls to the oroorietor and 5 cents on all out call's although he must guarantee the company at least four "out'' calls a day. ' Bandits Get $3,000 Worth of Jewelry From Auto Party Sioux City, la., Aug. 30. Two masked bandits procured nearly $3,000 in diamonds, money and other valuables in a daring holdup ot an automobile party here early this morning.- The Weather Forecast Nebraska Fair Wednesday and probably Thursday; warmer Wednesday. v Iowa Generally fair Wednesday; Thursday ' unsettled; somewhat warmer Wednesday. Hourly Temperature. ( ft. m.... a. m.... 1 a. a. m.... a. m.... 1 a. .... II a. m.... .It 1 ...M ;..S3 ...M ...M ...M ...M . .. ...J 7 ....1 ....in '.'.'.'.1 S a. it Bonds for Banker Go To $10,000 Dozen Signers Appear to Of fer Increased Bail for Prodigal Financier Trial Set for October At the formal protest of Mil Grace Ballard, county attorney of Washington . county, against the $2,000 bond -for the release of Fred H, Claridge,'. former president of the Banking Home of A. Caxtetter. row, defunct. County Judge A. C Debel ordctcd the bond increased to $10,000 yesterday. ' '' 1 A dozen signer were icady to go, the bond. The matter wa completed before noon. Charge of violating the state lanking law against Claridge will be heard at the opeuiig of the October term of court, beginiiig prob ably October 10, Judge Debel itated. Claridge urrendered at Blair Monday, after a disappearance of six months, . , ' Remains in Seclusion. When Attorney' General Clarence A. Davis learned k of Claridge' re turn to Blair, he .detailed an assist ant, J. B. Chase, to Blair by auto to request the court to have the $2,000 bond increased to at least $10,- 00Q. , - . Claridge, returned to Blair, a man broken in spirit and health. Towns men who were attending a Chautau qua on the court house grounds Monday gave him a rousing wel come when they' ighted him atep ping from a sedan with hi wife. Claridge has notvyet appeared on the business streets of Blair; , He is staying at the home of hi broth- er-in-law, B. F. Haller, in sight of his former luxuriant residence ,on Grant street.' . ' , ' Tell Experience. Claridge Monday told ci hi nc..-. experience ;in life after he diap peared from Blair on February 26.' His story reads like that of a man without a country. "I went direct to New York City,"' he said. ''I had to leave Blair., Re sponsibilities weighed too heavily on my shoulders, f I knew I had done no wrong, unless helping my fellow man is considered so." While in, Gotham, Claridge worked a janitof at a-bushiest college for $6.25 a" week, and tinted extra money writing for a magazine. Xw month ago he-got in touch with hi wife in Cleveland and was taken there ill, Eaef,for Work. Claridge feels confident he will never be convicted of the charges against him. He declared he is through with banking affair and hopes to continue to live in B'air do ing any kind of labor. Mr. Claridge declared her husband would be satis tied to work even at $30 a month. , Friends of Claridge are anxiously awaiting the action of the State De partment of Trade and Commerce in regard to him. Whether efforts will be made by the ' attorney general's1 office to have the case, transferred to another court is a question in Blair, Six Persons Killed, Many Others Wounded In Belfast Rioting Belfast. Auar. 30.-iBv Th Attn. ciated Press.) Six persons were killed today during renewed rioting her-e and many othe-s were wounded, some seriouslv. Numtrnna rn n( gunshot wounds are under treatment In the factory: districts there wa9 considerable fitrhtitiir. miwialtv this, afternoon, when the nhinvnrrf wnrt. ers, on their way home, came under the guns ot snipers. . The sniping operations continued until late in the evening. " During the evening, persons who had to ur.e tram car became; so nervous that thpv lav nn itw Unm-i of the cars to avoid possible bullets. Heavy firing continued until t!ie curfew hour. Among those killed were narry Bowers and Thomas MCMuiian, who was shot m chest. . 1 -. ; - - the Visitors Barred From ' ' Dome of State Capitol Lincoln. :Aiur 30. "Sneij1 T1i dome of the state capitol at Lincoln ceases to be a favorite spot for Lin coln visitors from the country. The stae - board . nf educational land and funds, in charge of the capitol building, voted -to bar visi tors from the dome. ; , . So there willh nn mnr "Kird. eye glimpses" from the atate house dome until Xebraska gets a new state house, . ..'.''.,' The reason assigned by the board for refusing visitors access ' to the dome was that it was rapidly becom ing unsafe and that U-tiil it tnivht hold 25 visitors, the safest way. to avert an accident was to. allow no one to crawl into the dome. , Artie Explorer's Steamer r Arrives at Western Port Port Townsend. WaSn..AuK. 30. Capt. Roald Amundsen' ship, the Maud, arrived here today. It will go to Seattle to be repaired to resiin e its arctic explorations. Xhej crew i composed of six Siberian' - Esqui maux, the only white men on board being Capt. O. Wisting, Xorwegian; H. U. Sverdnip, a Xorwegian ci entist, and G. Olonkin, a Russian ep--gineer. The Maud lost a propeller ait c:l..:. . i - ...tL i ittc .iijciMiii, L-LHisi idn . pilar ir,a was recently towed to-'Noft,e. Cap tain Ammuisen reached Seattle sev eral week ago. , i. 1 t