The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 108.
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OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1921.
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Wo hi berg
And Masse
To Return
Judge Bledsoe Dismisse
Habeaa Corpua Petition and
Men Must Come Bark for
Federal Court Trial
A Extfaition Is Undecided
Lot Angeles, Cat., Oct 20. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Jacob Masse and
, Charles Wohlberg, Nebraska pro
moters, charged with using the mail
in a scheme to defraud, and wanted
in Omaha to answer, must return
to face the allegations of an indict
ment pending against them in the
federal court. - -The
pair were ordered taken to
.Omaha to stand trial on the fraud
charge by United States Comniu-
' sioncr S. G. Long, hut a petition (or
a writ of habeas corpus, was filed
in their behalf and argued before
Judge Bledsoe. The court dismissed
the petition for the writ today and
remanded the defendants to the
United States marshal. Both are
t liberty on a bond oj $25,000 each.
Bought Omaha Firm.
Masse, with Wohlbcrg and others,
purchased the assets of the William
Berg company, an Omaha corpora
tion, authorized by the laws of Ne
braska to buy and lease land. This
enabled them to escape the blue sky
law of Nebraska. vThe testimony
showed that they paid $1 for the
assets and name of the William Berg
company. The men, according to
the indictment, raised the capital
stock to $1,000,000 and sold stock at
$100 a share. . , ,
They their" proceeded to organize
subsidiary companies, known as the
Nek Ota and the McWhorter Potash
companies, with plants in Nebraska,
selling the stock.
The par value of the stock was
$100, but on account of the potash
craze during the war, it sold for
as high as $200 a share. The plants
were a commercial failure. It is es
timated by the federal officers in Ne
braska that Masse, Wholberg and
their associates cleared up almost
$2,000,000 by the deal..
Masae Lives in Style.
Masse li
Y tion of Ho
I shal who. '
. notice, of
Masse lives in the fashionable sec-
HoIIywood and. a deputy mar-
. went to hts home to serve
f the hcarinsr on him was
compelled to run a gauntlet of poodle
dogs .servants, butlers . and other
evidences of a plutocratic existence.
Masse and Wohlberg also are
charged in , a state case, in Omaha,
with the embezzlement of $100,000,
the property of .the M issouri Valley
Land and Cattle comgMyiii
county Attorney stiotweii ana
Sheriff "f W CtarV imw nr it, Ciarra.
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traor oicpncns 911 ineir application
for the extradition of the two men
to Omaha to face trial on the in
dictments returned , by . the recent
grand jury. -
Governor . Considering Case. ' -Sacramento,:
Cal., Oct. 20. The
contest of Jacob Masse and Charles
Wohlberg, held in Los Angers, who
are resisting extradition to Douglas
county; Nebraska, to ' answer to
charges of aiding in the commission
of a felony, was takers under advise
nent today by Governor William D.
Stephens at the cIose of a hearing.
The men, who are wanted in connec
tion with the operations of the Mis
souri Valley Cattle Loan company,
maintained they already are under
indictment in the federal court.
$10,000,000 Fund
3 For Crippled Children
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 20. Ernest
( - A. .Cutts of Savannah, Ga., imperial
' potentate of the ancient Arabic or
der. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
told Shriners of this city last night
- t hat the - organization ' had , pledged
itself to the expenditure of $10,000,-
, 000 for the care and cure of crip
V pled children, regardless of color,
x creed or sex.
crippled children . within the juris
diction of the shrine and that it is
the orosrram of the organization to
establish hospitals in various sections
Ijf the country to care tor them.
Already one had been established at
St. Louis, he said. It is proposed.
Mr. Cults declareev to establish
hospitals at Shreeveport? La., Mon
treal, St. Paul, Minn.; San Fran
cisco, Portland, Ore., and one in
Pennsylvania, the location to be de
termined. . ' ' " ::
Lowell Succeeds Taft o?
As Head of Peace League
New York, Oct 20. The League
to Enforce Peace yesterday elected
A. Lawrence 1 Lowell president, to
succeed Chief Justice W. H. Taft,
and voted to hold a national conven
tion in Washington while the arma
ment conference was in session. The
purpose of the convention, it . was
announced, will be to emphasize the
obligations of the United States in
establishing world peace.
George W. Wickersham was elect
ed chairman of the executive commit
tee to succeed Mr.' Lowell.
Advertising Campaign fojj . -U.
S. Steamers Approved
Washington. Oct.. 20. Inaugura
tion of an extensive advertising cam
paign for American passenger lines
operating shipping board vessels was
approved yesterday by the emergen
cy fleet corporation, wmcn appropri
ated provisionally $900,000 for such
advertising during . the next 12
months, the aooroDriation. was said
London. Oct 20. The next meet
ing of. the Irish conference, it is
announced, wUI be held Friday
norning. . - --
Omaha Man New Head
Of State Odd Fellows
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Louis F. Etter,
Lincoln, Oct. 20. (Special.)
Mr Emma L. Talbot of Omaha be
gan today to serve her seventeenth
term as secretary of the grand lodge
of Rebekahs, when she was re
elected to that position at the annual
convention of the lodge being held
here. Mrs. Mary E. Stuht of Oma
ha was re-elected for her twenty
fifth term as treasurer.
Mrs. Alice Coy of Taxton, Neb.,
was elected president to succeed
Harriett T. Cain of Fremont.
The Odd Fellows, who are holding
their annual encampment here, pro
moted Lew F. Etter of South Oma
ha, deputy grand master, to grand
master. I. P. Gage of Fremont was
re-elected grand secretary for his
thirty-first term, and F. B. Bryant
was re-elected treasurer.
Senator Walter Hoagland of
North Platte was chosen as the Ne
braska delegate to the national con
vention and Mrs. Lucy Barger of
Hebron was chosen as the delegate
to the national convention of Re
bekahs. '
Plebiscite Area
Divided Between
Poles and Germans
Administrative Machinery
Over Period of 15 Years Pro
vided by League of
Nations Council.
V B" The Amctatcd Pre.'
Porio rr ' 20 The decision of
u. ..'noil r( th foacrnie ctt nations
1 1 1 v. wui.w. w ..... o
on the upper Silesian question, made
public here toaay arviaes tne picu
jscite area in Ijnosj. tiual parts be
tween Poland and Germany, as toi
the number of communes and pro
vides administrative machinery for.
the gradual inauguration of the new
ref.ime over a penoa 01 13 years.
ine long-awauea ouuuij mv,
according to an official communique,
will follow the Oder river to Nie
i..i.lun occiuninor rommunes -in
the southern section to Germany and
19 to Poland, The line js lunner
nnwl in Hi-tai! bv the names -of vil
lages, the communique stating that
in the, more northerly "section Ger
many obtains 20 communes and Po
land 21. North of Lissau, the fron
tier will follow old boundary lines
to the point where it joins that al
ready fixed between Germany and
Poland. - .
v Co-Operauon urged.
Tn !ntiir rrntinnitv of neacefu!
economic life in upper Silesia after
v. nortitinn ihf council of ambas
sadors is-urged to take measures
looking toward Lrerman ana ronsn
co-operation under a general agree
ment ,
The administration of private rau
ways is left unchanged, and as for
the German railways system, a sys
tem of common exploitation is to
exist for 15 years. ?
, The German mark is designated
a the monetary standard for not
more than 15 years, v i
Tariff Provided.
Tti rnclnmt frontier is ia coin
cide with the Dolitical frontier, and
a customs tariff is provided for.
Ail innaDitants or me pieoiscue
area are to be allowed to cross the
frontier without formality, until Po
lish legislation has been established.
: .u- ah ri.. u
pGerman zone and all Germans living
in' tne i'oiisn zone are tortteep ineir
respective domiciles "over the 15
years. . All Poles over 18 years old
living in the -German zone are to
have two years in which to choose
their nationality.
A mixed upper Silesian ; commis-
eirtn t"AmnACrl mn no I fir r( PrtlpQ .
Germans and upper Silesians is to
constitute arta advisory agency to
facilitate application of the decision,
which also proposes establishment of
a court of arbitration to act in' cases
of private differences. -
Marriage of Japanese
Crown Prince Planned
Tokio, Oct, 20. Arrangements
are proceeding for "the marriage,
next spring, of Crown Prince Hiro
kito of Japan and Princess Nagako,
apparently, all opposition having
subsided. The princess met the
crown prince in Yokohama on his
return from the wdrld tour and they
have had frequent meetings since.
The popularity of the prince makes
the wedding especially pleasing to
the Japanese people.
Opposition to the wedding mainly
was made by Prince Yamagata, who
held that the imperial family should
be absolutely free from any taint,
he asserting that an aunt of the
princess was color blind.,
Anti-Lynching Bill Favored
By House Judiciary Body
Washington, Oct 20. The Dyer
anti-lynching bill, imposing heavy
penalties on persons involved in mob
action resulting in the taking of life,
was ordered favorably reported by
the house, judiciary committee, to
day, x
Consulates
In Europe
Threatened
Retaliatory Measures Prom
ised If Execution of Italians
In America Is Car
ried Out.
find Clue to Paris Case
By Tht AuocteMI Trtm.
Paris. Oct. 20. Retaliatory
measures lit the event of the execu
tion of the two Italians, Sacco and
Vansctti, convicted of murder in
Massachusetts, are threatened
p gainst the American consulates in
Paris. Bordeaux. Lyons and Mar
seilles in letters received at those
consulates today signed by com
munist organizations.
Similar threats were made against
the offices of the American repara
tions commission and the American
passport bureau in Paris in lexers
sent to those oftici.
Strong police guards were placed
around the American consulate and
the reparations and passport bureau
offices here this evening.
Alexander M. Thackara, the
American consul general, received a
letter tonight from a communist
organization in a small town near
Lille declaring that Americans in
France would be the object of re
taliatory measures if the executions
took place.
Clue in. Herrick Case.
French experts examining se'eral
hundred letters sent recently to My
ron T. Herrick, the American am
bassador, today discovered one
which they believe may furnish a
strong clue in tracing the maker of
the bomb which exploded in Mr.
Herrick's home here yesterday.
The letter was addressed to the
ambassador personally and was re
ceived by him at the American em
bassy October 14. It is said to have
contained a threat tq kill him "by
scientific means" which thjwritcr
declared he had in his possession.
Striking Similarity. '
These experts today believed they
saw a striking similarity between the
handwriting of the letter and that
of the address on the box which con
tained the bomb. The letter was
written in French and in small, un
even letters, indicating that the au
thor was an uneducated Frenchman
At the top of the sheet were the
words Sacco and Vansetti written
in large letters. (These names evi
dently refer ..to XMicolo Sacco'and
Bartolomoe , Vansetti, two Italians
who were convicted of first degree
murder by ..Massachusetts ", court
last summer.) . zfTir K?
The letter said: . - - - - : -"As
the representative of youi
country, you are a party to the, per
secution of Sacco and Vansetti, and
you are, therefore, jointly responsi
ble, for their execution. I have in
my power scientific means' of send
ing you to the same destiny, togeth
er with your whole household." The
letter was signed:
"A scientific man who, will work
alone." ; . . .
Ambassador Will Rest. , .
The American i ambassador has
decided to rest several days at his
place in the country. Although not
ill, he thought it best to abstain
from official duties for a day or twe
to remove the possibility of reaction
from his nervous shock. -
Mr. Herrick, at the request of his
staff, . has . decided not to use .his
open automobile for a week or 10
days. He has promised to ride only
in a closed car. ' .
Cleveland, Oct. 20. The bombing
of Ambassador Herrick in Paris is
part of a plot of the same group that
bombed homes of prominent Amer
icans in 1919,'accordingto records
on file with the Loyal , American
league, E. E. Noble, head of the or-;
ganization' here, announced today.
, We have information that Amer
ican representatives abroad are to be
terrorized and if necessary, some
American ambassadors may be
killed," Noble said. "This is to be
done as a protest over the conviction
and proposed execution of Sacco and
Vansetti." .-
Restraining Order on Bank
, Of North Dakota Dissolved
Bismarck, N. D., Oct 20. The
North Dakota supreme court today
issued an order dissolving the re
straining order issued at Jamestown
Tuesday, ordering the Bank of
North Dakota not to receive fur
ther deposits. The order of the su
preme court directs Judge J. A.
Coffey as plaintiff, to show cause
on November 1, why . the order
should not be made permanent.
.The injunction issued by Judge
Coffey came as the result of action
brought by a group of taxpayers of
Stutsman county. 1
Admiral of British Navy
Due in New York City Today
New York, Oct 20. Admiral
Earl Beatty of the British navy ele
vated to the peerage for valorous
service during the war, will arrive
tomorrow on the Aquitania, greeted
by destroyers, airplanes and the
rear of fort guns. Full naval hon
ors will be accorded the admiral,
who comes to attend the American
Legion convention in Kansas City
and -later to serve in an advisory
capacity to the British delegation at
the armament conference.
Two of Crew Die When Ship
, Burns on Lake Michigan
Marine City, Mich., Oct 20. Two
memberes of the crew of the steamer
William H. Wolf lost their lives
when the vessel burned opposite here
this morning and Capt J. P. Hanson
of Detroit, who escaped by. jumping
from the deck of his ship into a
small boat, suffered fractures to both
Jeg.
Lee Shippey Marries
Girl 4From France
San Antonio, Oct. 20. Lee Ship
pey, Los Angeles newpaper man,
and Mile. Madeline Babin of Paris,
France, were married at Mexico
City a few days ago according to a
special dispatch received by the San
Antonio Light todav.
The wedding was the end of a do
mestic tangle which has received
much publicity, involving a divorce
action in Kansas City by Mrs. xLn
Blake Woodson Shippey, v v
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i-ee snippey, louowing jO q,
return (mm war arrvire in
Mile. Uabin later came tc ...e
United States. An effort to exclude
the French woman from America
failed. Shippey later went to Mex
ico and Mile. Babin and her mother
established themselves at Monterey,
Shippey living at Tampico.
A Kansas City court recently
granted Mrs. Shippey a divorce,
who charged her. husband while in
France had transferred his affec
tions to the French girl.
After the wedding at Mexico City
Shippey stated that it really was
their second marriage, as they had
been married in a church in Paris
more than two years ago by a ritual
of their own.
Farmers Will Be
Asked to Give
Jobless Homes
Governor Outlines Unemploy
' ment Program in Letter to
Secretary of Com
merce Hoover. ,
Lincoln, Oct. 20. (Special.) Ne
braska farmers will be asked to re
lieve any unemployment situation
which may exist in Nebraska this
winter, "according to a plan worked
out by Gov. S. R. McKelvie, and
which was unfolded in an open let
ter to Secretary Herbert Hoover of
the United States Department of
Commer.e.
In his letter Governor McKelvie
stated that he intended calling on
farmers to give unemployed men
board and lodging free this winter
and that in payment they can do
odd jobs for the farmer.
Co-Operation Is Assured.
Governor McKelvie declared he
had the co-operation of the Amer
ican Legion, .county agricultural.
agents, commercial clubs and other
public agencies.
"First, we hope to build up the
names of farmers who will take men
for the winter and furnish them with
board and lodging for whatever lim
ited amount of work there is to do
during the winter." . v , " ' ; .
: In1 state official circles it isf be
lieved that if a large list of farmers
is secured and those out ot employ
ment fail to take advantage of the
opportunity it will be the means
of clearing the public conscience of
the state of responsibility tor unem
ployment and suffering. ' '
Unemployment Not Serious.
It those who may be out of em
ployment take advantage of the offer
and take all the places offered .and
there are still .others who "demand
work, it is expected the state wih
take still further means, of finding
work for them. ... ;, s,
Governor McKelvie, in his letter to
Hoover, does not look upon the em
ployment situation in this state as
serious at the present time, although
he states that as . winter comes on
there may be a serioul condition to
contend with. ,.: '
' "I think the' whole question ot un
employment reposes in the 'disparity
of prices . betwen the raw products
of the farm and the finished .products
of the factory," the governor wrote.
11 these values could be equalized
there would be a revival of business
that would relieve the present situa
tion at a very early date." 4
Dentist Slayer to Be
Sentenced to Gallows
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Roseburg, Ore.', Oct. 20. Sen
tence of death iby hanging is to be
imposed Saturday upon Dr. R. M.
Brumfield,- according to announce
ment in court after a verdict was re
turned at midnight ' by . the jury
which for days had been, hearing
the story of the wrecked automobile
?nd the headless body of Dennis
Russell. .
The prisoner,' who throughout the
two weeks of trial maintained a
stolid exterior, showed no emotion
when the Verdict was read and
walked with firm step to the jail.
Mrs. 'Brumfield was still in a stats
of collapse this morning following
her breakdown in court when the
finding of the jurors was announced.
England Denies Plans for
Naval Bases in Bermudas
London, Oct 20. (By The As
sociated Press.) The reports that
Great Britain was planning, the es
tablishment of naval . bases in the
Bermudas, at Singapore or else
where were termed "pure imagina
tion today by an admiralty official
who declared he was unable to un
derstand what Premier Hughes of
Australia was referring to in his re
cent speech on the subject
Former Premier of France
Reported in Good Health
Paris, Qct 22. Former Premier
Clemenceau, who has been resting
for some time at his home in the
Vendee, will return, here Sunday, it
was announced today. He is in ex
cellent health, according -to reports
from his home at St Vincent-Sur-Jard.
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' Foch to Get Yale Decree. -New
Haven, Conn., Oct 20. A
degree of doctor of laws will be can
ferred upon Marshal Foch at a spe
cial convocation of the -Fellows of
Yale on November 12, it was stated
at the office of the university sec
retary yesterday.
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More Angles
Th arrival ot tKa Japan
Highwaymen Get
$1,068 Loot From
Omaha Motorists
Hotel Owner and Companion
Bobbed, by Armed Bandlti t
' ''rAt Crossroads South v
' . Of Gilmore.
W. L. Tindell, owner of a hotel at
1320 Douglas street, and ; Louia
Spell, same address, were held up
and robbed of $1,086 and ' their
watches by two armed, bandits, a
mile and a half south of Gilmore,
yesterday afternoon, -f
They were driving in ,.'Tin;d'ill,s
automobile and ' had stopped at a
crossroad' to decide which way to
go, when the two men came from
the weeds, One on each side of he
road,' and "covered"" the men in the
car. .. ., 1 : ,
- Ordered fFrom Car. ; A
One of the bandits, was armed
with a rifle and the other with an
automatic revolver.. ' ' .
' They ordered Tindell and " Spell
from the .car and while one of the
bandits kefot the revolver ' aimed at
them, the other took their valuables.'
-From TTndell they took his gold
watch ad $586 in cash and from
Spell they .took his 'Watch and about
$500 in cash, the victims told police.-"
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$500 Reward Offered.
After the robbery one of the
bandits struck Spell over the head
several times-with his 'gun. Tindell
leaped down a 10-foot embankment
into a creek. , -
The bandits then drove away in
the automobile.', " , ,.
Tindell-and Spell were brought to
South Omaha by a motorist, and
from, there came to Centraf police
station by taxicab. 1 . .
Tindell offered . $500 reward for
apprehension ""and conviction of the
bandits. . , , ' '-,
Arms Meet of 700 Colleges ;
Called by Methodist Board
New York, Oct. 20. Representa
tives of 700 colleges and universities
and more than J, 500 secondary
schools are to be invited to attend
a national student convocation on
disarmament in Chicago, November
13 and 14, says an announcement
issued today by the board of educa
tion of the Methodist Episcopal
church. - - , -
The -convocation,, the announce
ment says,, is sponsored by 22 or
ganizations . comprising the boards
of education of protestant churches,
the bureau of education of the
Catholic hierarchy,, the educational
section of the conference of Amer
ican rabbis, the Young Men's Chris
tian association and the Young
Women's Christian association.
Student faculty and alumni repre
sentatives will attend.
War Department to Sell
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T' 'w i wmmmmn awm m i sy . , itt.y.titM' tw,i -Mr --giw ' - - 1 wmmr--'" "i" - 1 m n ;r
Awaiting tA Mr A ear,
. :-'S ::-'.' W 'J
Manhat Foch on hit way to tho American tag ion convntiotiJn Kansas City.
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Old Fort and Post Sites
Washington, Oct 20. The War
department is preparing to sell at auc
tion as part of the army economy
campaign, more than 70 real estate
tracts over the country, regarded as
useless for present or future army
purposes. The tracts to be sold as
soon as authorization . can be ob
tained from congress include' a num
ber of old-time fort and military post
sites. Among the latter is all of the
Fort McHenry (Md.) reservation
with the exception of a plot to be re
tained as the site for a monument to
Francis Scott Koy, author of "The
Star Spangled' Banner.'
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to the Threatened Rail Strike
datetaUon at San Francisco an
Hootch Thieves Peeved
By Arid Condition
Of 'WicW Office
. Washington, i Oct. 20. "Hootch"
thieves broke into the office of Rep
resentative Nicholas Longworth of
Ohio, in the house office building
last night, and ransacked his desk
and filing cases, for the fourtbtime
within the past few months. - ,
They did not find what they were
after; r: ", -)v . '..'' v
In their rage and disappointment,
they took their spite out on his fav
orite umbrella, completely demolish
infQit ' is ''
lominated for c
"Lincoln Postmaster;:
ia Still in Doubt
Washington, Oct.- 20. Postmasfe
nominations sent to' the senate to
day by President .Harding included
William L. McClay, Lincoln, Neb.;
William T. Jones, Sioux City, Ia.
Ernest W. Dort, San Diego, Cal.;
James S. Grisham, Trinidad, Colo.,
and John H. Cunningham, Loveland,
Colo. . ." - - :j , . , ; ,
' Senator Hitchcock, in his confer
ence with the first assistant postmas
ter general, .presented as strongly
as he could the: claims of Herbert
T. Daniel, acting postmaster, to suc
ceed himself, r Following the con
ference between Mr. Work, the first
assistant postmaster , general, and
Senator .' Hitchcock. Cnnirreman
Jefferis recommended the appoint
ment ot, uiaries fc. alack, one of
the three eligibles certified to the
Postoffice department by the civil
service commission. ..."
Wages Discussed at
Big Mine
Chicago, ' Oct. 20. A high" scale
wage-on paoer with no work will
not help" the minebut a fair wage
aidic wun regular won will DUlIa
his yearly earnings to a basis of
American living and allow the coal
operator to offer cheap fuel to the
consumer and reduce the produc
ing cost of all commodities. Harry
N. Taylor, of Kansas City, vice presi
dent of the Central Coal and Coke
Co., told delegates to the American
mining congress here today. '
Asserting that , he personally had
the highest regard for labor unions
"fairly conducted. Mr. Tavlor said
the unions - had an opportunity to
play a leading part in the national
readjustment' and urged ; that they
take advantage of it .
Memorial to Galbraith
Planned at Legion Meet
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 20. The
American' Legion . will devote the
opening day of its national conven
tion. Ortnhpr 31. tn aHr!refi tiv itc
national officers and distinguished
guests, and to a memorial service
for the late Col. F. W. Galbraith, jr.,
bvi .aiw iu uviioi vviiiuiunuvi VI l(l.
Legion, it was announced yesterday.
2 Wounded in Sniper-Soldier
Fighting on Belfast Streets
Belfast . Oct" 20. Two persons
were wounded during firing which
occurred in the Stanhope street area
between military and snipers last
evening. One of the injured was a
young girt " t
Woman, 104, Dies on Coast.
Oakland, CaL, Oct 20. Mrs. Ma
rie Heitmann, a native of Germany,
died here yesterday, aged 104 years.
She had lived in California jt years.
thoir way to Washington.
$350,000 Taken
From Reserve of
; Guaranty Fund
Draft for 4L2-Pr cent ;of
-. Fund" Issued Heavy As-
t; sessment Will Be Made
, In January.
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Lincoln, -. Oct. 20. (Special.) J.
E. Hart, secretary of the department
of trade and commerce, issued a
draft today for 41.2 per cent of the
guaranty fund reserves of the 994
bapks in the state to pay the $S5(r,r
000 in deposits lost in the failure of
Jhe Amer'can State Bank of Lin
coln This ; will leave a total of
$830,678, with several failed banks in
process of liquidation to hear from
. .A year and a half ago the guaranty
fund contained approximately. $2,
600,000 and $1,100,000 was added to
it, but the drains on it due to con
tinued failure of banks has caused it
to dwindle to present proportions.
' An assessment to replenish it and
put the guaranty- fund back to ks
legal size, 1 per cent of the average
daily deposits of the combined state
banks, will be made . in January.
After the assessment is made the
fund will have $2,500,00 in it.
3 Iowa Yanks Named
To Attend Memorial
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Des Moines, Ia., Oct. 20. Gov
ernor N. E. Kendall today appoint
ed John H. Wintrode of Winterset,
Adolph N. Nelson of Soldier and
Arthur J.' Goetsch ofWalnut as the
three overseas Soldiers to represent
Iowa at the memorial ceremonies at
Arlington cemetery on November
11. All were enlisted men in. the
world war, all were wounded and all
were decorated for - extraordinary
heroism. '
Farrand Inaugurated
President of Cornell
Ithaca, N. Y., Oct 20. CorneU
university turned from its books,
laboratories and workships today to
inaugurate a new president. Dr. A.
Livingston Farrand. In addition ta
installing a new chief executive in
the post made vacant by the resig
nation of Dr. Jacob Gould Schur
man, now minister to China, the
university prepared to lay the cor
nerstone of a new chemical labor
atory. '
U. S. Used 503,000,000
Gallons of "Gas" in August
Washington, Oct' 20. A hew high
record in gasoline consumption was
established in the month of August,
when 503,000,000 gallons were used,
according to- an announcement by
the bureau of mines. .
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ATTEMPT TO
AVERT RAIL
STRIIIE FAILS
Conference of Brotherlioo
Chief and Labor Board it
Chicago End Without
Definite Results.
CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES
ADJOURNMENT IS FINAU
Union Chiefs, Plan to Return
To Cleveland at Once
Interview Declared to
Have Been 'Bcnefical.'
Br Tn A mot laird Trim.
Chicago, Oct. 20. Eforti by the
railroad labor board to avert the
threatened railroad strike through
conferences with heads of the five
unions which have ordered a walk
out, effective October 30, failed when
the meeting adjourned tonight with
the announcement by the board that
"while the discussions were benefi
cial, no definite results were ob
tained." V
"There has been a full and frank
discussion of the situation," said a
statement given out by , Ben V
Hooper, vice chairman of the board.
"The labor board and the brother
hood chiefs exchanged views in a
perfectly pleasant way. 'The inter
view, was beneficial, but we cannot
say any definite results were ob
tained." The five union presidents im
mediately went into a secret confer
ence with the announcement that
Ihrtf nrnhahlv would CO back to
Cleveland tonight.
Adjournment Final.
'The adjournment is final," Chair
man R. M. Barton of the labor board
announced. "We do not plan any
further conferences with the labor
leaders, nor do we plan, at present
to call in the railroad presidents. I
cannot say what our next step might
be."
While the board members came
out of the afternoon session smiling
and in a jovial mood, they left the
night meeting with solemn faces and
refused to publicly discuss the ses
sion aside from the statements by
Chairman Barton and Vice .Chair-,
man Hooper. it
. . Redouble Preparation. ' ' '
, Failure of the labor ord-to set
tle the' strike question through its
conferences with union - leaders
means that the railroads in this sec
tion will redouble preparations for
a strike, presidents of several rail
roads said tonight when informed
that the conference had adjourned
Willi nu ucuniic icsuus. .
''It looks like an ' impasse had
been reached." said W. H. Finley,'
president of . the Chicago , and
Northwestern. "The matter will be
taken up fully tomorrow at a meet
ing of western railroad executives"
a fid undoubtedly- preparations to
Turn to 'Pan Two. Column One.)
Arbuckle Hearing
On Liquor Charge
Postponed for Week
San Francisco, Oct 20. The hear,
ing on the charge of having violated
the Volstead prohibition enforcement
act pending here against Roscoe C.
(Fatty) Arbuckle, was continued to
day for one week by a United States
commissioner. Arbuckle arrived
from his home in Los Angeles and it
was announced he would . :n un
til .after his trial in the s ourts
on a charge of mansla'.' ' in
connection with the death u Miss
Virginia Rappe. ' ( ,
The federal charge is based on th
allegation ; -that .. Arbuckle obtained
in San Francisco a part of the liquon
that was served at the party in the
Hotel St. Francis at which Miss
Happe was fatally injured.
Jack Lawrence pleaded guilty to
day to a charge of having illegally
transported liquor. Lawrence had
been a witness in an inquiry to dc
term ine the source of the liquor sup
ply for the Arbuckle party. i
Former Premier of Greece
To Spend Honeymon in U. S.1
New York, Oct '20. Former
premier Venezilos of Greece,
termed by his admirers "the Mod-'
crn Ulysses," will arrive here, to
morrow on the Aquitania with, his
bride for his American honeymon.
The elderly statesman married
Miss Helena Schilizzi, many years
his 4 junior, in London - September
14. ' He announced before sailing
that he intended to visit Washing
ton, Chicago and California.
New York Herald Censured
In Report of Grand Jury
New York, Oct 20. The Rich
mond county grand jury yesterday
returned a presentment to ' Judge '
Tiernan at St' George. Statin Island,
censuring the publishers, editors
and employes of' the. New York
Herald for publishing a list of un-'
solved murder mysteries in New
York City, alleged to be "in greats
part false and untrue."
"The presentment followed institu
tion of John Doe proceedings at re-"
quest of Mayor Hylan and Police '
Commissioner Enright . ,,;
. Hearing Postponed
Washington, Oct 20. The public ,
tearing on tonnage valuation which 1
was to have been held at the ship-v
ping board, October 24, has .beenj'
postponed until November 9,' at the t
request of the United States Steam
ship Operators' association and rep-
resentatives of certain individual pur
chasers, it wa announced today. :