HIK Bl-K: OMAHA. KK1DAY. M-l'ltMUKH t. IV'il,
Grand Jury Sworn
In to Probe Stock
. Selling Schemes
Mfmbrn Instructed Alto to
Investigate IttnUl Condi
tions; Urowrr K. Mc
Cague Foreman.
((hiiiim4 ri
rrgularly iclfctfj for the perform
net oi this duty one of t hri;ltet
in most impurUnt duti? that can
devolve upon good citiirmhip. t'on
trkina the oath a arand juror, you
will become ollicrrt ci the court and j
remain si tuch while you are acting
fcnd it i made the duty of the court
before you enter upon the dutici of
your office to iiutruct you generally
a to the subjects you are required
to consider and invnt'gai.
The emergency which haa called
your body into existence at thi time
arises from divert' recent complaints
and reports prevalent among the citl
aena of thii city and county to the
effect that numerous corporations,
companies, stock Jobbing associa
tions and promotion schemes and en
terprises under one lorm ot organi-
Presbyterian Pastor
Denies He Slew Wife
! ' I iJf: t : i 1 1
ppeneaittw
John A. Spencer, I're-by
minister, who was ousted
the church, accused -of the
Rev,
terian
from
murder of his wife, Emma Theresa
Spencer,, reads his Bible by the
hour.
Although he was in the company
of another woman when arrested
Mtion or another, some operating anomcr o
under the guise of a license from the D.r- sPr i'nuin h.s innocence
tl.t,. nr m.it nVnartmrnt thereof. " Wrongdoirif. Mrs. SpenCef
.,.- urhiu uiih.M tir.ii ioi- met death in
ot license from anv source, located I 'ra'?e .'-a .
01 license from any aource, located I
in Douglas county, with their prin
cipal place of business in the city of
Omaha, have capitalized their con
cerns fabulous aijd fictitious amounts,
issued their capital stock and by and
through their promoters, agents and
employes, under false and fraudulent
representations as to the value of
Mid stock and the ability of their
respective concern to pay large
dividends, have sold said stock, ag
gregating thousands and perhaps
hundreds of thousands of dollars to
innocent and unsuspecting persons,
from whom they received the cash or
its equivalent and after having re
ceived the same, the directors, offi
cers, promoters and manipulators of
said concerns, unlawfully and frau
dulently conspired together and
plundered their own treasuries, stole,
embezzeled and ruthlessly squan
dered the funds and stockholder's
money to the end that said concerns
have suddenly become bankrupt and
irresponsible financially and the
stockholders been victimized and de
frauded. Partial Investigation.
In addition to the general reports
above mentioned, it is likewise re
ported that the attorney general of
Nebraska, the highest law officer of
the state, assisted by his deputies,
have personally made a partial inves
tigation into the affairs of some of
these concerns with a, result, so it
is claimed, tending to confirm the
truth of these reports.
However, it is not for this court,
nor the attorney general, nor any of
his' deputies, to say whether or not
these reports be founded upon truth,
whether any crimes have been com
mitted, nor, if so, who committed
them. It is enough at this time to
say that they call loudly for an in
vestiRation; but the questions .stat
ed are solely within the province of
this grand jury, and are to be de
termined by you in the manner
above indicated from the evidence
which may be brought before you,
or which your diligence may pro
cure. Practically' unlimited inquisitorial
powers are conferred upon you and
j-ou should exercise the utmost dili
gence, to the full extent of your skill
and understanding, to investigate,
both generally and specially, the
manner and: extent to which the
criminal laws "of the state are being
enforced In this, county, and if
crimes have been committed bring
the criminals to the bar of justice,
irrespective' of who they may be or
what the social, business or political
stations they may occupy in the
community, to the end that no guilty
person shall escape the merited pun
ishment for his misdeeds.' . -
Complaints on Landlords,
Koncoti Bay, Cteat
county, California, one
night last July, and Spencer awaits
trial in the county jail at Lakcport
the first prisoner behind its bars
since last February.
person or persons are probably guilty
Of the offense charged. Upon being
o southed you would be warranted
and it would be your duty to present
by indictment such person or per-
It is necessary that 12 of your
number concur in the finding of an
indictment, and when such number
shall so concur it shall be the duty
of the foreman of your body to en
dorse on such indictment the words,
"A True Bill' and subscribe his
name thereto as foreman.
War Veteran Denied
Place in Conference
(Continued From rasa One.)
which will represent this country at
this conference.
"I feel sure that you must have
already thought of this and I simply
vrite this note to respecttully urge
you not to . fail to include an ex-
service man in the American delega
tion. "Trusting that this can and will
be done, and with every good wish,
I am, yours sincerely,
"LAMAR JEFFERS."
Reply of Harding.
v Here is the reply of the president
to Representative JefTers:
"My l)ear Congressman Jcffers:
I , have before me your ' letter of
August 29 in. which you write me
concerning the desirability of having
an ex-service man named, as a mem
ber of the American delegation which
will represent this country at the
conference on reduction, of atma
mcnts. I can- well understand how
you feel about the matter and recog
nize the aooroonateness of having
some ex-service man voice the senti
ment of those who fight our wars in
a discussion of the character which
is sure to take place in a conference
of this kind.
"It docs not seem likely that it
will be practical to bring an ex-serv- i
ice man of temporary experience in
to the conference, because of the
very limited number in the delega
tion and the further fact that the
larger military and naval informa
tion necessary to justify prudent
action, will necessarily come from
actual service men who devote all
of their time to naval and military
problems. Of necessity, . the army
and navy will both be very highly
represented, though perhaps neither '
branch of our national deter.se will
America May Act
As Mediator in
v China-Jap Row
Japan Again Attempts to Opeu
Negotiation on Shantung
U. S. Watching Devel
opment Closely.
Washington, Sep. 8 Cablegrams
received today from Toki i!iifloe
that Japan has nude ino'het effort
to open negotiations witt tlitna,
looking to the relinquishment by
Japan of Tsiug Tail and other parts
of the Shantung peninsult. 'I he step
was taken tiy Mr, Obata, Japanese
minister at Peking, who, by diiection
of his government, notified the
( Chinese foreign minister that he was
Iprcpared to comply with the Chinese
desire to state the scope of the nego
tiations having such relinquishment
in view.
China, according to the advices,
has not signified her disposition to
ward this latest offer and it is be
lieved she may invoke the good of
fices of the American govcrrmciit
The State department, it is under
stood, has been giving close atten
tion to the development of this issue,
ready to act as a mediator in pro
curing the relinquishment of Shan
tung to China in a way best calcu
lated to protect the Chinese interests
while insuring justice for Japan in
the settlement of claims.
The general purport of the propo
sition submitted by Mr. Obata is
understood to be that Japan would
withdraw her military force from
all of Shantung; that Chinese troops
or gendarmes be sent into Shantung
to replace the Japanese and insure
the security of property and that the
railroad connecting Tsing Tau with
China be operated under the joint
control of China and Japan.
Big Improvement Shown
In Government Wool Sales
Boston, Sept. 8. There was de
cided improvement in the govern.
ment wool auction when 5,000,000
pounds of low South American
wools were offered for sale. In
other recent sales the carpet manu
facturers were principal operators,
but Boston and Philadelphia deal
ers took the bulk of the offerings.
Prices were up frequently 5 to
10 per cent on greasies, although
values were somewhat erratic and
on scoureds the market appeared
par to 5 per cent dearer than in Au
gust, Altogether the sale was con
sistently strong, more than 83 per
cent of the catalogue being sold.
Judge Munger to Visit
President Harding Today
Washington. 'Sept, 8. (Special
Telegram.) Judge Munger of Lin
coln visited the Department of Jus
tice Wednesday and conferred with
Assistant Attorney General Goff in
the absence . of Attorney General
DaughertjF. today, accompanied by
Congressman Reavis, Judge Munger
will be receivet"by the president at
the White House. ' T
"Too Many Sweetie"
Blamed (or Divorce
By Columbus Man
likely have a representative on the
; Complaint has been made to the mam delegation. I am writing this
, UUt I Wjr l.l ltl(. 11LJC..9 Ul ...IS Illy
and county that a certain unlawful
combination has been formed and
now exists by and among certain
rental managers and owners of real
estate in the city of Omaha, where
by there is a compact, or a concert
ed and united effort, to exact from
tenants of private residences, apart
ment houses, offices and store build
ings unreasonable and extortionate
rentals.
I am not further advised us to the
actual existence of such combina
tion, nor, if such does exist, whether
or.Tiot there is any law cf the state
to i reach and punish the offenders.
The prosecuting officers who will
wait upon your deliberations and
advise you as to tlie law on matters
before you will doubtless advise you
on this subject, and after being so
advised, should you find that some
penal law of the state is being vio
lated in this regard, the violators
Ihereof should be prdmptly present
ed, wholly regardless of who they
ire. .
No Hearsay Testimony.
In addition to the matters to
which the court has specially directed
your attention, you should investi
gate all violations of the criminal
laws of the state, and if the evidence
before you seems to warrant, indict
any and all persons who have vio
lated the same. Your investigations,
however, on all, subjects will be con
fined to offenses committed within
the county of Douglas in the state
nr i.pnrc -
- It will be your duty, carefully, to
scrutinize and dispassionately to
weigh the tsetimony of all witnesses
coming before you. It is not proper
for you to consider hearsay testimony
in determining whether or not a true
bill should be presented against any
. person, but it is proper for you to
receive hearsay testimony for the
purpose of assisting you in finding
the whereabouts of witnesses who
are, or may be, possessed of actual
knowledge upon the subject of in
vestigation. Twelve Must Concur.
. You are cot called upon nor re
quired to finally determine the guilt
of the accused; ft is sufficient if the
evidence introduced before satisfies
your mind that an offense against
the laws of the state has been com
mitted sad that the evidence before
yen, unexplained and. unimpeached.
aabtfiat jm Csadathat a certain
letter to you on the assumption that
the main delegation will be a very
small one, probably not exceeding
four men.
Need Men of Experience.
"I am sure that vou. were our
positions reversed, would be anxious
to appoint men who have large ex
perience in international matters and
are thoroughly versed in interna
tional relationships. You can under
stand how perfectly seemly it is to
have the secretary of state head the
delegation and how naturally I have
turned to the chairman of the foreign
relations committee of the senate for
a member of the delegation. Be
cause the matter is wholly patriotic
and national in scope, I should be
very dissatisfied if I could not have
outstanding representation of the
present minority in congress.
"I soeak of these things to show
you the limitations under which I
act in choosing representatives on the
main delegation.
"Very sincerely,
"WARREN G. HARDING.
JANE DONOHUE
would have given her
life to cross the ranch
of The Doves and The
Sea. But no strangers,
except dead ones, had
ever traversed
The Road
of Hate
By Charles Sazby
Mae
Uk&a
A BLUE RIBBON story ia
Next Sunday's Bee
Columbus, Neb., Sept. 8. (Spe.
citl)James EUton has filed a pcti
tion in district court praying fur rc
lease from the matrimonial ties that
binds him to Alice EUton. lit al
leges that they were married in Mar
shalltown, la., lad April, that she
was a buxom widow with four hos
tages to fortune from a former nur.
riage, and that her search for a soul
mate had become such a habit that
the keut nuht on after they were
married, corresponding with men
and receiving offers of marriage
irom many of them.
KUton maintain that his attitude
towards her was all the sacred con
tract required, and at all times he
was faithful and kind to her. He
charges Mrs. EUton left him, first
curtly informing him that the law
of affinity had failed to function
and that he would hear no more her
voice along the banks of the mirky
Loup river. She returned to Mar-shnlltown.
Calder Explains
Proposed Tax Bill
Senator Would Raise Levy
On Whibkey and
Beer.
Washington, Sept. 8. Senator
Calder of New York today explained
to President Harding his proposal
for a tax on distilled spirits and
beer. Senator Calder said he would
propose amendments to the tax bill,
to levy a tax of $6.40 per gallon on
distilled spirits and $5 per barrel on
2.7S per cent alcohol beer. These
new taxes, Senator Calder estimated,
would raise $175,000,000, and enable
the finance committee to solve a
hard problem in its revenue raising
work.
Senator Calder said that 20.000,000
gallons of distilled spirits were
withdrawn from bonded warehouses
during the past year, paying the
present industrial alcohol tax of
only $2.20 per gallon.
"Ninety per cent of this was used
for beverage purposes and should
have paid the beverage tax which
was paid by consumers," said Sena
tor Calder.
Lamb Feeding in Colorado
May Be Abandoned This Year
State Senator F. A. Drake of the
Fort Collins and Greeley districts of
Colorado was one of the prominent
visitors at the stock yards yester
day. Senator Drake has been in the
business of live stock feeding for 30
years and has handled as high as
10,000 lambs in the feed lots at one
time. He said the lamb-feeding in
dustry in northern Colorado, which
usually involves the shipment of 1,
000,000 lambs a season in the Fort
Collins and Greeley districts and the
investment of from $5,000,000 to
$10,000,000, may be abandoned This
year. ; ; ..
Allies Pleased
With Provisions
Of German Treaty
AMniatnl l'owrr Reported
Well Satisfied With Trrnn
Of Pact Reifntly Negoti
ated By United State.
Waliingnm, Sept. 8. AH Infor
mation f.irlliioining from the liar
ding adminUtration indicates that
the treaty rrcentl sinned between
the I'nited States and Germany is
entirely uii.lactory to the govern
ments of the principal allied and as
sociated powers, it was stated on
ImkIi authority.
The statement was called forth by
reports Irons 1'aru to the effect that
the allied Governments are in a
quandary s to the effect upon their
interests of the ratification of the
recently negotiated treaty.
As a matter of diplomatic cour
tesy, it was explained, the official
representatives of the American
government at various allied capitals
were instructed to communicate the
text of the German treaty to the
various allied foreign offices and to
make clear the intent of the United
States in negotiating such a treaty
This has been done, with the :e-
suit that Secretary Hushes has been
inlormed that the terms of the uer-
man treaty are regarded as highly
satisfactory in British, Belgian and
Italian olhcial circles.
Briand Pleased.
Fremier Briand of France is said
to have expressed informally his
own personal satisfaction with the
general results of the German-
American treaty negotiations. While
it is perfectly true that Ambassa
dor Herrick, acting upon instruc
tions from Washington, has con
veyed to the French foreign office,
the text of the German treaty and
the views of the United States with
regard to that document just as Am
bassador Harvey had done at Lon
don with the British foreign office,
officials here take exception to re
ports from Paris that the French
government has not replied to this
overture from the United states.
A reply in the formal sense from
the French nation, was not expected,
it was explained. In fact, no sur
prise would have been felt if no re
ply at all had been received, as the
American communications were in
the nature of an informal presenta
tion of certain facts in which it was
thought the French government
might be interested and did not
necessarily call for any response.
Treaty Sufficient
The German treaty as now con
stituted, it was stated on high au
thority, is considered sufficient unto
itself and requires no confirmation
from the allied governments. Since
the treaty merely seeks to place the
United States on an equal footing
with the principal allied and asso
ciated powers with reference to
rights ceded by Germany, in the
treaty of Versailles and does not at
tempt in . any. . way.- to give the
United States precedence. 'ever those
power, sjinini.if jtion officials here
r unablf to rt whit ground the
llicj got eminent h t for coin
plaint. The only supposition upon which
a trtaty supplemental to the tier
man treaty might be atked by an
other power, in the opinion of ilwe
cloet in touch with the situation,
is that soma of the allied govern
ments mix lit wish to up. rt the status
of equality etablilird by that
treaty and obtain some special ad
vantage over the t'nitrd Slates.
This supposition officials here re
fute to admit.
Hush administration authorities
absolutely reject the sugetioti tint
the German treaty, jut negotiated
hv the United State, in any wy
detracts from the rights of the al
lied governments under the treaty
of Versailles. This fact, they assert,
will be plain to any one who cares
to give intelligent study to the two
documents.
Nurse Tag Dav
Receipts $9,000
Lively Interest Shown in
CaiiHc Though Donations Are
Lew Than Lat Year.
The ninth annual tag day of the
Visiting Nurse association of Omaha
was held yesterday under auspices
w hi rli lie. rtencd the iffircrs and
members of the organization, though
the receipts fell several thousand floi
!ir hnrt nf last vear's totai. Nine
thousand dollars had beep deported
in banks before the close of the drive
and it is expected additional dona
tions will swell the fund to $10,000
or more.
Seven hundred volunteer women
of the city worked from eirly until
late, selling tags on lie t ighwiys
and along the byways for the hu
manitarian work which the visiting
nurses carry on throughout the yar.
A oarade was held in the morning,
two of the automobiles carrying liv
ing juvenile examples of .he infant
welfare and orthopedic work of the
association. Mayor Daulman rode in
the first automobile, accompanied by
Mrs. V. J. Hynes, Mrs. Hubert M.
Rogers and Mrs. W. R. Ad.ims.
Mrs. W. D. Hosford was in charge
of the parade and Mrs. F V. Judson
engineered the sale of autograpflcd
tags. Mrs. VV. A. C. Joiuson was
treasurer of the tag day committee
and thus everybody helped in some
manner to promote the cause.
The following statement was is
sued last night by officers of the
association:
"The Visitine Nurse association
wishes to thank the public for their
generous response, the workers for
their faithful and untiring service, the
press, theaters and the Omaha Street
Railway company for their hearty
co-operation on our ninti annual
tag day.
"Due to financial conditions we did
not realize last year's amount, but
feel that we had the active endorse
ment of Omaha's public.
"MRS. WILLIAM J. HYNES,
"President
"MRS. WALTER D. ROBERTS,
; "Chairman of Publicity, t
Bee Want Ads -Produce Results.
"Disrespect of Law"
Discussed By Rohrer
At W.GT.U. Meeting
' )irepet of Law," was dik-
rutted by l S. Rohrer, aftte fed
era! prohibition enforcement officer,
before the DougU rounty convrii
tion of the W. C. T. U. at Grace M
K. Clnirch, South Side, yesterday.
Mrs. M. D. Vieno rrrnided.
A feature of the convention was a
declamatory contest for the Demo
rct medal. Mrs. Mary Porcourl
had charge of recruiting new "white
rmiwnrr.
Lord Northcliffc
Lauds President
British Publisher Says Hard
j ing Will Stand in Fir't Rank
Of Chief Executives.
Sydney, Sept. 8. According to the
popular superstition President Hard
ing's right ear should have burned,
for Lord Northcliffc, in an inter
view here, was most enthusiastic in
his praise of the Amcran leader,
"I made President Harding's ac
quaintance in I VI 7. when I was at th
head of the lintish war mission in
America, he said, "and in my opin
ion he will stand in the very first
rank of American presidents. He is
as broad-minded as lie is (rood look'
ing. With Secretary of State Hughes
an (i ine rest oi mi very ante cauinci.
he is determined that the Pacific
ocean will become truly pacific by
the limitation of armaments.
"Wherever I have been on this,
trip, except in Honolulu and the
Fiji islands, taxation and unemploy
ment were the two vital topics of
the workers. I he United States,
Canada and Great Britain are fac
ing a difficult winter and at such a
moment comes President Harding's
call. I am convinced that an agree
ment can be reached and that an era
of peace and prosperity can be
opened in the Pacific.
I cannot conceive of a subicct
of greater moment to Australia
than that to be dwelt on at the
Washington conference and I can
not conceive of a greater disaster
than the failure of the conference.
If the conference breaks uo in a
failure, the inevitable result will be
the continuation of the rush for
military and naval supremacy in the
Pacific."
Postoffice Orders
Washington, Sept. 8. (Special Telf
grn.m. ) Pofltmaatei. appointed:
Otto McDonald, vice Elijah Hamen, re
signed. Pauline. Adams county. Nebraska.
South Dakota: Bower, Cuater cour.'y,
Warren M. Bower vice Myron Ooddlnir,
resigned: Norris. Mellette countv. Edith
Martin vies Isaao D. Kephart, resigned.
Receivership
Looms for Creea
Star Ship Firm
mis) at sin i -
Sign Petition AKing Re
vision of Contract With
Ship Hoard.
New York, Sept. 8. Deckling the
Green Star Steamship corporation
is in danger of being throvni into
receivership, 2,Kfl of its bondholder
have sinned a Petition to the United
Slate shipping board appea'ing for
U revision of the contract under
which the line purchased nine ves
sels, it was learned today.
Alvm W. Krech, president of the
Kmiitahle Trust company, made pub
lic the petition, which show a that
the shipping board holds first mort
pages on the vessels for $1 J.74.1.3J1.
The petition declares that if the
board forecloses a receivership pro
ceeding will he brought by tnc
Equitable and possibly other banks
among which the Equitable distribut
ed an $8.(KH),00l) bond issue.
1 he petition asserts that the Green
Star, through "an error" in judg
ment contracted to buying the ship
ping board vessels at more than
double their present market value.
Its resources are declared to have
been so depleted by the fulling olf in
ocean commerce that it is unuble to
meet payments due on the vessels
Lowell Feeder Makes Monej
On Live Stock Shipments
A. F. Harsh of Lowell, who has
been feeding cattle for 56 years,
was a visitor at the stock yards yes
terday and said that in all the time
business he had never lost a penny
on a drove of cattle sold in the open
market. He said he had fed them
in bunches of 60 and as high as 1,000
in a season. Mr. Harsh brought in
three loads of cattle yesterday and
topped the market on all classes,
getting $10.25 a hundred, the ex
treme top for 29 head of yearlings
Although Mr. Harsh says he is 75
he has the appearance of a man of
60 and says he is going to stick to
the cattle-raising game and ship all
his stock to the Omaha market as
long as he lives.
American Relief Kitchen
Is Opened in Petrograd
Riga, Sept. 8. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The first American
relief administration kitchen in
Russia was opened last Tuesday in
Petrograd, where 50,000 children are
to be fed, according to advices from
that organization reaching Washing
ton today.
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