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Fite limns' Dilute in Snatt
Shou Sentiment Virtually
I'lianiiuoiM for Bill
Demos Claim Credit.
Vote to Be Taken Today
Washington, March JS, - - J'ivc
lours of debate mi the naval limn. i
t un treaty today, tcvc.iled a viituil
ly unatiiinutu .mate (.ciitiincnt in its
favor and resulted in an agrctnciit to
vote finally upon it ratification at
J tomorrow uiornoon.
1 hroiighout the clay's discussion
not a tingle voice w. rai-cd in op
I0!iition, although from the demo
cratic iile there were numerous t v
presfiou uf disappointment that the
treaty diil not (to further in the di
rection of both l.nxl and hfa dis.imi
imcilt. Claiming a share of credit
for the reduction actually accom
plished, the democrats at the same
tunc sought to how that the whole
idea of an armament conference
originated at the democratic con
grc of ldo and finally was forced
upon a reluctant republican admin
istration. Ratification Predicted.
Tonight the administration leaders
were predicting that the ratilicatiou
Mould he unanimous and that the
submarine and poifon gas treaty
would he approvrd hy a like vote he
torc adjournment tomorrow night.
Tli sudden sweep of progress arous
ed hopes in sonic administration cir
cle that the two Chinese treaties
might also be ratified and the whole
group of arms conference covenants
returned to the White Ifousc with
senate approval by the end of the
present week.
Debate on the naval treaty, which
void of the colorful touches which
had characterized the tight over the
four-power pact. Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, the republican leader,
explained the treaty's provisions in a
detailed statement of more than ,two
hours and later Senator Underwood
of Alabama, floor leader for the dem
ocrats, and like Senator Lodge a
member of the American arms dele
gation, added his approval in a short
speech, declaring the treaty would be
accepted as an epochal achievement
by the American people, regardless oi
party.
Hitchcock Claims Credit.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
senior democrat on the foreign rela
tions committee, took the lead in
claiming for his party the credit to
be derived from the accomplishment
of the conference. He pointed out
that the naval appropriation bill of
1916 contained a suggestion for such
a conference and declared that the
resolution for a conference intro
duced a year ago by Senator Borah,
republican, Idaho, was heartily sup
ported "by the democrats of the sen
ate and was opposed actively by
President Harding.
The assertions of Senator Hitch
cock regarding the president's atti
tude were denied by Senator Kell
ogg, republican, Minnesota, who
said Mr. Harding bad been anxious
for an international meeting of
minds, although he might have with
held approval from some of the spe
cific proposals in that direction con
sidered in congress. The discussion
finally resolved itself' in a league
of nations argument in which Sen
ator Williams, democrat, Mississippi,
predicted that the league would re
main a ploitical issue until the Unit
ed States had become a member of it.
Making bis only obcrvation during
the debate, Senator Borah, author
of the conference resolution, asked
how it could remain a political is
sue, "with one party going in the
front door and the, other going in
the back door."
Deportation of Butler
in Love Affair Held Up
Xew York, March 28. August
Probst, former butler at the Rolling
Rock club near Pittsburgh, who
claimed he was being "railroaded"
out of the country because of. a love
affair with Miss Virginia Craigie
McKay, prominent society girl, was
illegally ordered deported. Federal
Judge Knox ruled today in a de
cision on Probst's habeas corpus ac
tion. Probst was' held, however, for
further deportation proceedings.
Man and Housekeeper
Killed; Hushand Hunted
Woodstock, N. B., March 28.
Harvey Trenholme and his house
keeper. Mrs. Olive Swim, were shot
Benton Ridge last night.
The body of Trenholme was found
lying across the rear doorstep of his
home and that of the housekeeper in
a pantry adjoining the kitchen.
Barry Switu, the woman's hus
band, is sought by police.
Tariff Bill fcxpoctfli
to Be Reported Soon
Washington, March 28. Confi
dence that the tariff bill would be
reported to the senate by the fi
nance committee this week was ex
pressed today by Senator Watson,
Indiana, a member of the committee,
and Senator Curtis of Kansas, as
sistant republican leader of the sen
ate, today on leaving the White
House after a conference with Presi
dent Harding.
To Test Coast Defense
Washington. March 28. Exten
sive maneuvers to determine the mil
itary value of American coast de
fenses when operated in conjunction
with modem aircraTt are being
planned for the coming summer by
the War department. Under orders
front Secretary Weeks the program
is now being prepared by the chief
of coast artillery and army air serv
ice officials.
noalizinjr Chances of Life Are Slight. Kosa lUazek,'
u MftlUi. Wm.1,1 1 !..arti.Lf Hi.nn
After Sister's Death.
Omaha Ilea ImwI ttlre,
t Imago. March JoeU
k. imic hi thr '.stamee twin,"
ile.perately ill of jaundice, lapsed int )
iincoiieiminc tlii aitrinooii j,t
West Lud hospital and kutiscun say
she will die in a few hour. 1 hry
do not expect her to regain con.
silousness.
Kos.i, the other t v. who had
practically recovered from her at
l. ok, is now sinking, hut she smiles
and makes variou. r.tteinpt tmherr
h'r .sister a the counts otf the min
ute t eternity. Hie know that
it is now a question of minutes.
After the physicians gave up all hope
of saving the life oi Jocia. Kosi
began to fail perceptibly, although
she it making an heroic rrlort to
maintain her mind and spirits.
Agree to Operation.
The surgeons have the written
consent of the twins to cut away
the dead one immediately alter her
heart Mops, in a desperate effort
to save the survivor, hut they admit
there is not one chance in a thou
sand the operation will he .successful.
Kosa feels that she will die inline
diately after Josefa expires. Her
chief regret is leaving her boy. It
years old, and whose father, an Aus
trian soldier, perished in the world
war.
"I can't go avvav from Frank,"
she said this evening, "and vet. I
can't exist without Josefa. Josic's
part of Kosic ami Kosie is part of
Jo.sicf And together it is good. But
separated ach!'"
Hut Kosa faces death blithely.
She tries to comfort her sister as
they lie, back Mo back, and w hile
diath stands just inside the door,
waiting. She had urged Josefa not
to worry and sought to divert her
mind with funny little anecdotes of
their old home in Czecbo-Slovakia
But Josefa was deaf to her sister's
efforts. Death is already gripping
her heart. Kosa knows it and also
knows that soon after Josefa
Gasoline Supply
Ample for 1922,
Sav Officials
Government Bureau of Mines
Informs Motorists Rumors
of Shortage Are Un
founded. J
Washington, March 28. There is
no danger of a gasoline shortage,,
Fears expressed in some quarters
that the United States might be
threatened with a gasoline famine
today were declared by officials of
the federal bureau of mines to be
groundless.
"There is an ample supply of 'gas'
to meet all the requirements of the
10,505,660 automobiles and trucks
that are said to be in use in this
country, together with the predicted
20 per cent increase in their number
this year," declared one of the gov
ernment's oil experts.
With the use of automobiles and
trucks growing by leaps and bounds
the bureau of mines is giving close
study to the gasoline situation. Sur
veys of production of crude petro
leum, operations of refineries and
slocks in storage arc being made at
regular intervals by the bureau, and
by this means the gevcrmnent's
touch with the production and con
sumption of the commodity that
keeps the automobile running.
303 Refineries Operate.
Officials pointed out that at the
end of last year there were 580,087,
132 gallons of gasoline held in stor
age, while there were 30.? refineries
in operation having a total daily
capacity of 1,736,725 barrels of crude,
oil.
"A large number of these refin
eries are only running about 84 per
cent of capacity, and there are in
addition, about 150 refineries that
have shut down," said one of the
government oiT"expcrts. "There are
ample stocks of crude oil in sight, so
timid automobile owners need have
no fear that a gasoline famine is im
minent." Last year 5,153,549,318 gallons of
gasoline were produced in the United
States, being an average of 1-M19,-313
gallons dailv. This was an in
crease over 1920 of 271,002,669 gal
lons. Domestic consumption of gas
oline in 1921 exceeded that of 1919
by 1,081,000.000 gallons.
8 Die in Steamer Wreck
San Salvador, March 28. Eight
passengers were drowned, among
them two children and a newly "mar
ried couple, when tiie steamer Elcina
was wrecked on a bar in the Colo
rado river, northeastern Costa Rica,
says a dispatch received here.
Have you
something to
buy or sell?
Use Bee
"Want" Ads
17th and Farnam
ATlantic 1000
t !tli athri In i U.i, .In. J, a iuul iCa-
to live,
.1. I.. Triska. an attorney f.r the
(Mills, iu at the bedside, liop.iij!
vainly that Jorfa will revive hug
rnotitth to dictate her will. '1 Itc Jaw
rriuue two wills, a the law con.
idi-M the twin a rparatc In
dividual. "I know that Ki want to leave
lirr property to her son," said the
attorney, "but I am imt sure iust
v. Ii.it dismsition J use i a wants to
make of her property. She ha
always hern fond of Franel ami
wishi t.i have her estate to her
sistir' boy."
The twin have accumulated con
siderable property in their journey
ing and were planning to retire
from the idiow business and settle
down in the I'zecho-Slovakian col
ony in Chicago.
Attached at Hip.
Kua In eauie ill two week ago.
As soon a she began to recover,
Josefa was stricken with jaundice.
Her condition became serious ami
the twins were rushed to the hos
pital There it was discovered that
Josefa also suffered from appcrdi
iitis. hut her condition was too pre
carious to permit an operation.
The women have complete indi
vidual systems with the exception of
the lower stomach, which they thare
in common. The operation would
require the building of a new wad
' fur flin ..ti.iii'icti .it tlii. tlirvivnr
Their parent were perirctly nor
mal. The twins are joined by a
large ligament at the hips. Kosa
was married 15 years ago, but Josefa
never married. Twenty-live years
ago a theatrical manager discovered
them and they have been exhibited
upon the stage in F.uropc since then.
A few months ago they came to the
United States in the hope of finding
surgeons who could separate them.
Two clinics have been held and the
decision in both rases was that an
operation would mean death for both
the sisters.
First Argument
in Matters' Case
Is Made. v Davis
Attorney General Declares Ac
cused Man 'Got the Money'
in Wreck of Pioneer
Slate Bank.
Thomas H.Matters flushed as
Attorney General Davis, in the
opening argument to the jury in Dis
trict Judge Goss' court yesterday
afternoon, shook his finger at him
and exclaimed. "Pioneer State bank
broke; Mathews, its former presi
dent, in the penitentiary: other pro
moters of the Colonial Timber and
Coal corporation without profit;
Matters got the money."
The attorney general traced the de
velopment of the plan for which Mat
ters is being tried on a charge of
abetting embezzlement of $200,000
from the now defunct Pioneer State
bank. He declared the bank was
controlled bv a little coterie of men
with $111.0000 worth of stock for
which they had put up only $19,000.
"Knew Land Valueless."
He declared Matters' acquiesced in
the appointment of Mathews as fis
cal agent of the Colonial Timber and
Coal corporation which claimed to
own 132,000 acres of land in West
Virginia, title to which, however, the
attorney general declared, the pro
moters knew to be valueless.
He read .extracts from the pros
pectus issued for the sale of the cor
poration's bonds: "An unusually de
sirable offering of high grade securi
ties, netting' 6 per cent. Colonial
Timber and Coal corporation, own
ers and operators of coal, oil and
hard timber lands. Owns over 700,
000 acres of what is considered the
best hardwood timber in the United
States. Paid up capital and surplus,
$20,000,000."
"Filled With Rank Fraud."
"The whole thing," declared ifr.
Davis, "is tilled with rank fraud and
misrepresentation like this, delib
erately calculated to deceive any
body who read it. The only money
paid out by the promoters was $1,450
for printing the bonds and $750 to
two women who they said held basic
title to this vast, valuable tract.'
Hal leek F. Rose, attorney for
Matters, opened his argument with
the. story of the finding of the sil
ver cud in Benjamin's bag of meal
when the 12 sons of Jacob journeyed
into Egypt during the famine.
"Benjamin hadn't put it there and
didn't know it was there," he said.
"He was not guilty though it may
have' looked as though he was.
"No Proof," Says Defense.
"No proof has been shown in all
this long trial that Thomas H. Mat
ters aided or abetted Willard V.
Mathews in embezzlement, no proof
that Matters had the slightest
knowledge of what Mathews was
doing.
"The attorney general has come
down here in person, over the head
of the county attorney, to seek to
deprive Mr. Matters of x the benef
icent results of the president's par
don. And the attorney general is
resting his whole case on the fact
that Matters signed the articles of
incorporation of this company."
Balfour to Be Earl
London. March 28. (By A. P.I
Sir Arthur Balfour is to be created !
an earl, the Evening News says. It j
asserts he has found life in the bouse I
ot commons dull without onicial
duties to perform, and remarks that
he would be a godsend to the house
of peers, where his ability-as a dia
lectician would be invaluable.
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Prettv Girl
Aids'Lawycr
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Ml J 1 1 J lltll
Woman ( liarpril Joi"'1 'li
ev',"4:;
With a pretty gcstmc uf impa
tience, Kacliael Strickland deposed
Sam II. Muser, on tiial with lur for
usii-i; the mail to defraud, front
hi seat behind tluir attorney, John
llaldvvin, jesfcrday afternoon in fed
eral court.
Hie tM'li.iiigid seats with In'ni and
thereafter coached the lawyer, who
wa cros-cvmiinintf government
witnesse. Part of the time it was
by whispered conversation and fart
of the time hy writing notes.
No Oil Well on Land.
The beautiful young defendant sat
unmoved while tloyd Foster of
Hriiuhihle, Mont., testified no oil
wells had ever been sunk on the J,
C. Foster tract, title for which was
only partially acquired by Mis
Strickland and Muer and resold at
$25 per "unit."
"The nearest oil well was IS miles
away." he said.
A six-foot "hole in the ground"
was the basis for extensive news let
ters sent out by Miisser and Miss
Strickland representing that oil wells
wire being brought in daily in this
locality and that Slo.OlHl worth oi
drilling machinery had been pur
chased, according to witnesses.
Fee Canfield, head of the Sparta
(.Wis.) machinery concern, testified
no such purchase had ever been
made.
Iowans Identify Letters.
John A. Dunlap and J. C. Ander
son of Shannon City, la., identified
letters they received, representing
the price of the units would soon
soar from ?25 to $100 and urging
them to buy quickly.
Miss Strickland's mother, Mrs.
Clarke Strickland. 4011 Izard .street,
and her aunt, Mr. Addie Patterson,
who was summoned from Seattle,
Wash., to identify letters in which
the girl called herself an "oil baren
ess." sat near her in the courtroom.
Miss Strickland had extensive busi
ness experience for a girl of 24, ac
cording to statements she made yes
terday. She told of negotiating large
sales of coal, some to the Italian
government. It was in this business
she met Musscr in Lincoln in S917
and became bis business partner.
Not Worried Over Outcome. !
She expressed no fear or worry
concerning the outcome of the trial.
"I'm not worried at all why
should I he? I know I'll be cleared
when all tiie facts- arc known," she
said.
She is now in the envelope busi
ness. "1 hope this pr' " -ity won't
hurt my business, but 1 guess it
won't. Business men are pretty
broad-minded."
British Cabinet Is
Agreed on Bolshevism
London, March 28. fBy A. P.)
The differences between Premier
Lloyd George and Winston Spencer
Churchill, secretary for the colonies,
respecting the recognition oolitically
of the bolshevik government, are
reported to have been composed at
a conference between them last
night and the cabinet council today.
The resolution, which the premier
will move in the house of commons
nex-t Monday, regarding Genoa ha
been agreed upon and will be an
nounced tomorrow.
The cabinet is said to be united
upon the policy which Mr. (.Lloyd
George will outline in his speech.
British Ships and Cargo of
Liquor Permitted to Sail
Boston, March 28. The British
schooner Grace and Ruby, detained
at this port for more than a month
as a rum runner, sailed with 10,000
quarts of her $500,000 liquor
cargo today. The . vessel, re
leased to its owner, Walter D.
Sweeney of Yarmouth, N. S., under
bond, left behind 12,000 quarts; the
ownership of which has not been de
termined. According to the schoon
er's manifest, it was bound for
Settlement Point, Bahamas, to St.
John, N. B and it was stipulated
that she proceed to her destination.
T-
Rules Nonresident Pupils
Need Pay Tuition Fee Only
Lincoln, March 28. No more than
the amount of tuition as fixed by the
law can be collected by school dis
tricts in Nebraska for tuition of non
resident high school pupils, the state
supreme court held today in an opin
ion rendered by Judge James R.
Dean in a mandamus suit brought by
Frank E. Baldwin against the board
of education of Nebraska at Hebron.
The present tuition rate is $3 per
week, whiie the rate was $1.50 per
week at the time the suit was
brought.
Board of Control Buys 151
Acres Near Reformatory
Lincoln, March 28. One hundred
and fifty-one acres of land adjoining
the men's reformatory southwest of
Lincoln were purchased todav bv the
state board of control for $49,531.25.
Title to the land is given by J. C.
Seacrest. The additional land ac
quired will be used in developing in
stitutional enterprises.
Postal Night Work Prohe
to Consider Compensation
Washington, March 28. An in
vestigation of night work in the
postal service by the postofiice
commission was ordered today by
the senate with a view of determin
ing by July 1 next whether night
work by employes should be com
pensated by shorter hours or extra
oar.
'Merchant
Shot Dead
u Onnrrnl
HI .llall.Ul
Assailant, Captured After a
Cha Declare! He Shot
Harry Halm, Loan Man,
in Self-Defeuie,
Hairy II aim, 35, wii liot dead in
jl ii second-hand ot at 414 South
Tenth street at ':40 yesterday morn
I Ills,'.
I A few minute later Otto l.ickett,
veteran policeman, put Otto t ide.
1 45, Burlington (Kan.) machinist.
I under arrest. Cole told the police
t ti.it lie snot llalin atter the me
diant attacked hint follnwiiig a di
tint over a loan.
The two were alone when the
shooting took place. A broken
. showcase and a broken window in
dicated that a struggle had taken
place.
Neighbors Hear Cries.
! It wa the cry of "Help! Help!"
I :hat brought A. Koen, 416 South
Tenth street, and I. Tesoler. 418
I South Tenth street, running toward
I the door of the Halm store. They
' met Cole, who pointed a revolver
j at them.
Policeman I.ickert. who wa a
block away, aw Cede go west into
:.n alley, and gave chase. Cole was
i seized simultaneously by I.ickert
'and Charles B. Clincs. a city lirt-
i man. !
: Halm was shot twice, once in the
iehest and once in the right wrist.
Mrs. Hahn was rushed to the hospi
tal w here her husband lay. but j
. reached linn alter he was dead.
Will Hold Inquest.
Inquest over the hody will be
held this morning at the Jauda un
dertaking parlors, 1235 South Thir
teenth street.
Besides his widow. Halm is sur
vived bv three children, Helen, 8;
Sylvia, $, and an infant, Benny; his
parents, Mr. and Mr. Abraham
Hahn. and two brothers, Louis and
Jacob.
Administration
Plans a Fight on
little Navy' Men
Senate and President United
Against Plan of House to
Make Ratio 53-3
or 5-3-2.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Omaha Bee Wlr.
Washington, March 28. With the
senate ready tomorrow to ratify the
"five - five - three" naval reduction
agreement, the little navy men in the
house proposed to put through their
bill cutting America's sea power far
below the ratio fixed by tiie arma
ment conference.
If the house has its way, the ratio
would be about five-three-threc, of
five-three-two, with the United States
on the short end of the proposition.
The naval appropriations subcommit
tee, headed by Representative Pat
Kelley of Michigan, wants to cut
naval enlisted personnel to 65.000, or
25,000 less than the navy's estimated
needs, forcing many badly needed
craft out of commissidn.
United in Fight.
The administration and the senate
will unite against the-liouse in a de
termined fight to save the navy. Sen
ate leaders regard the house program
as a threat against the successful
working out of the results of the
armament conference. They have
appealed to President Harding for
assistance. The president, it is
understood, has assured them he will
hack them to the limit, vetoing the
naval bill, if necessary, or even hold
ing up the final exchange of he rati
fication of the naval treaty.
Senator Lodge, Massachusetts, re
publican leader, made it plain in the
course of debate on the naval treaty
today that the administration forces
in the senate would resist attempts
to lower America's standing in the
five-five-three ratio. Without directly
referring to the "little navy" men in
the house, he sharply declared that
"successful disarmament can not be
effected by a single nation, but only
by international agreement."
Answer Reed Charges.
By way of answer to the charges
of Senator Reed, Missouri, democrat,
that American delegates in the arma
ment conference had been bam
boozled by the British and Japanese
representatives, through a different
method of computing capital ship
tonnage, Senator Lodge produced a
letter from the general board of the
navy analyzing the naval agreement.
The board rendered the opinion
that the United States from a purely
naval point of view, leaving out of
consideration the question of econ
omy, would fare much better under
the naval agreement than without it.
If building programs were permitted
to go forward unrestricted by 1928,
msicaa or a ratio or nve-nve-tiiree,
or 100-100-60, the ratio would stand:
Great Britain, , 106; the United
States, 100, and Japan, 87.
German Shipping Reported
Operating Without Loss
Berlin, March 28. (By A. P.)
German foreign shipping has now
arrived at a point where receipts
just about cover expenditures, Karl
Stimming, a director of the North
German Lloyd Steamship company,
today told the joint convention of
the German Nautical society and the
Maritime league.
Herr Slimming saw slight pros
pect of putting German shipping on
a paying basis, "because of the fact
that the United States, in order to
retain its shipping trade acquired
during the war. is able and willing
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variance with economic crinciolcs.
Scene of the Shooting
Mil -
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Harding to Be .Silent
During Fall Campaign
Washington, March 28. The part
of President Harding in the coming
congressional campaign will be a si
lent one. it was learned today at the'
White House, where it was stated
that the president is adverse to tak
ing the stump on behalf of any sen
atorial or congressional candidates.
Mr. Harding, it was said, leans
toward the view that it is not the
part of the president to go out on
the stump and orat.e 1
This view of the president was
taken to preclude any political speech-
making by him during the proposed
transcontinental tour and trip to
Alaska this summer. Mr. Harding,
it was reiterated, still is looking for
ward to an Alaskan trip, provided
congress adjourns by midsummer.
Sensational Movies Are
Growing Popular in China
New York, March '28. Sensation
al American movie films, especially
tlincn fillpH with ''Ktrvrirt nnA tVitintr '
...w., ....vL... .... ...u.iu...,
arc rapidly finding a new following
in China, said Lynn V. . Meekins,!
American trade commissioner, before
the exporters' division (of the nation
al association- of the motion picture
industry today.' The Chinese, said"
Mr. Meekins, are becoming dyed-in-the-wool
fans.
"There is no censorship." he con
tinued. "The sky is the limit. The.
film kiss, however, has not met with
public favor except among the Chi
nese youthful element, which may
have visited the United States at
some time."
Funeral Director Drops ,
Dead Conducting Funeral
Pierre. S. D.. March 28. fBy A:
P.) Tragedy featured the- funeral
services of the late Justice Charles
S. Whiting of the state supreme
court, held from the capitol here to
day. . Just as t!i procession was
leaving the capitol steps, S. S. Ru
ble, funeral director, dropped dead
of heart failure. Shortly before the
services, a message was received
from Polsen, Mont., announcing the
sudden death " there . of Clarence
Wood, nephew of the dead judge,
which necessitated .the departure of
a brother and sister of the . late
justice for Montana, instead of ac
companying the body to Rochester,
Minn., where it is to be buried.
Glass Factory Floor Is .
Made When Tanks.Burst
Charleston, W.: Va.,, March '28.
A sheet of glass four inches thick
covered the floor of. the Libbey-Ow-rns
sTi.pp. filass roninanv nlanf at
Kanawha City but failed to halt op
erations today. Two vats cracked.
and dumped their .contents on floors
and nearby streets last night. Fire
which followed caused damage ,of
$200,000. ,,
S20.000 in Radium Stolen .
From Patient Discovered
Toronto, Ont.," March ,28. Radium
valued at $20,000. stolen from a pa
tient in the Hamilton (Ont.) city
hospital, while he was unconscious,
has been located in Syracuse. N. Y.
It "was at first thought that the
radium had been lost in the hospital
and an expert from Pittsburgh made
a vaiu icarch of the city's sewers. .
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The National Jewelry and Clothing
.ompany, 414 South Tenth street,
where Harry Hahn was shot down
after a quarrel 'over a loan. Inserted
above on the left ii Harry , Hahn,
the slain merchant. Below on the
right is Otto Cole, Burlington, Kan.,
who claims he fired in self-defense.
Below on the left is Otto Lickert,
veteran police officer who captured
Cole after a pursuit of several blocks.
British Cabinet
May Split Over
Russ Recognition
Churchill Opposed to Lloyd
George's Stand for -Practical
Recognition of Soviet
Government.
London, March 28. Rumors of
differences of opinion in the cabinet
regarding the Genoa conference were
current in political circles generally
overnight and are discussed in the
morning newspapers, with the sug
gestion by political correspondents
for anti-government organs that a
split in the cabinet is likely.
The known opposition of Winston
Spencer Churchill, secretary for the
colonies, to Premier Lloyd George's
views respecting the recognition
politically of the bolshevik govern
ment, seems to be the foundation for
all the reports. The fact that the
colonial secretary emphasized- these
views in a speech at Northampton
Saturday 'is "treated in some quarters
as an indication that he is refusing
to' follow the prime' minister in .the
lattcr's Genoa policy;
The parliamentary correspondent
of the. London Times says the di
vergence of opinion between Mr.
Churchill and Mr. Lloyd George un
doubtedly is serious and introduces
a fresh complication into an already
delicate parliamentary situation'. In
the present condition of affairs, it
would require very little more to
make it impossible for the cabinet to
hold together.
Doesn't Stand Alone.
"Mr. Churchill does not stand
alone; other ministers are disposed
to support him, but precisely how
far he and they are prepared to go
and the actual extent of the deavage
is rather obscure."
This is the gist of several other
reports, some of which hint the, pos
sibility of Mr. Churchill's resigna
tion." :
.There is a good deal of speculation
as to what. course the premier will
take if he finds he is unable to carry
all his colleagues with him on the
Genoa policy, but nothing concrete
has developed. 1 ,
Mr. Lloyd George, who returned
to London ycitcrday, had a long pri
vate talk with the colonial secretary
during the night, ostensibly on Irish
affairs, but the general belief is that
it turned mainly on- the question of
Genoa and the extent of support the
premier may expect from his col
leagues, whose 'doubtful attitude is
said to have, been the reason for his
return to London ; somewhat earlier
than was planned, originally.
The Weather
Forecast.
Wednesday fair and warmer.
Hourly Temperatures.
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Buildings
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Set on Fire
in Belfast
liueuiliarie Start l'lame in
Differettt Part of City
Farly Thi Morning
Both Faction Blamed.
Martial Law Predicted
i
liana. County Donegal. IrrLtid.
March .'rt, Notice have brrit ptt
ed about town ouleriug all Owugc
nien t leave by this evening-
nieaitiie of rrptUal tor the recent
MacMaboii mtttders itt Bcli.i-1. liMi
proviMonat government troops have
taken over thr police barrack here
which were evacuated by the royal
Irih rotiMabulary.
An tiii.uccri.stui attempt w made
lat night to burn the Manonic ha!!
TIip windows wrre smaxhrd and
petrol wa piinkled about thr pteir
i.r. lielia.t. M.inii":- tl! A. I -Several
lire broke out m ditlerent
partu of the city early thi morning.
A bomb thrown into a crowd
watching the burning ol a jam fac
tory in I'nity street, and three per
son were wounded.
Firemen from all thr lire station
in Belfast were biisv throughout tin
night combating thi new terror oi
nocturnal iuceiidiarisin and althotiRh
fires were continually breaking out
they were able to save a considerable
amount of property.
Among the building burned were
a store in Ann street, a llour milt
in York street and a shop in Kent
street, all of which were in the cen
tral area. The jam factory wa sit
uated in L'nity street, which is in
habited by large numbers of each
faction. Much faction accused the
other of starting the lire, and it
was in the mid.-l of this hub-bub
that the bombs were thrown.
Griffith in London.
London. March 28 (By A. IM -Arthur
Griffith, president of the Da I
Eireann, and Kanion J. Duggan, Dad
minister of home affairs, arrived in
London from Dublin this aiternoon
to attend tomorrow's conference of
Irish leader?. 'I hey declined to see
representatives of the press. It was
expected they would confer with
Winston Churchill, the colonial sec
retary, later.
Michael Collins, head of the pro
visional government, who was de
tained in Dublin by urgent busines,
was expected to cross to Kngland
tonight, as' would Sir James Craig,
the Ulster premier and his colleagues
of the northern cabinet. . ,
Dublin, March 28. The brigade
staff of tiie Irish republican army at
Athlone yesterday left military bar
racks there after .having refused to
(Tnrn to Pare Two. Column Three.)
Des Moines Bankers
Sue for Robbery Loot
Fort Smith. Ark.. March 28. E.
H. Hunter and George A. Dismore.
officials of the former Iowa Stat
bank of Des Moines, la., today filed
suit, in the United States district
court here to recover $24,064.68 stol
en from the bank in a daylight rob
bery March 29. 1919.
Earl Ward, son of a Fort Smith
manufacturer, is named defendant.
The petition charges that Lloyd C.
Patten, now serving a term in the
Iowa penitentiary for having had a
part in the robbery, brought $24,664 -68
of $45,224.54 stolen to Fort Smith,
March 30, 1919, and turned it over to
Earl Ward. The amount was large
ly in bonds, it was staled.
The two Iowa bankers were here
recently to investigate the case. They
were arrested on complaint of Jo;
Ward, father of the defendant, in to
day's suit on charges of blackmail. .
These charges were dismissed later.
The grand jury investigated the case,
but has made no report.
Earl Ward is in a Kansas City
hospital.
Mellon Seeks $29,000,000
War Profits of Henry Ford
Washington. March 28. Secretary
Mellon has written Henry Ford in
quiring as to the reported return of
$29,000, 000 in war profits to the
country by the Detroit manufacturer,
it was said today at the treasury.
Reports that Mr. Ford had made
such a return to the government
were understood to have been in
vestigated by the treasury, which
was unable to locate the reported
fund.
Mr. Mellon, it was said, had re
ceived an acknowledgment of his let
ter from Mr. Ford's secretary just
before Mr. Ford left for the south,
but it was understood that an expla
nation of the reported transaction
had not yet been made.
Western Railroad Will
. Return to Normal Basis
Salt Lake City, March 28. An
nouncement was made by D. G.
Cunningham, assistant supeiintend
ent of motive power of the Denver
and Rio Grande Western railroad,
that beginning Saturday 300 addi
tional men would be employed at
the local car shops of the road. With
the employment of these men, he.
said, the forces at the shops would
be back to normal.
Fair Trial for Budget
Demanded by President
Washington, March 28. Presi
dent Harding will insist upon a fair
trial for the budget system, it was
made known today at the White
House. Despite congressional
changes in estimates for appropr;:i
tions prepared by the budget bureau
the president was represented as be
lieving the system would be pio-'
ductive of immeasurable good.