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Hava a I ■ «nooth.w»ft«ktn -beautiful. All drugglatsfl.tfi. Orgeat I ■ prspaid. Beauty booklet free. Agent* wanted. Write ■ yORCJJBERRY SIGNED NOTES IN BLANK FOR FRANK BEDDOW fiertus and Johnson Obli gated to Back Promoter For $487,000 BY CECIL H. MAHOOD, Tribune Staff Correspondent. Parker, S. D., May 26. — George /tertus and Martin Johnson, Avon, S. D., farmers, affixed their signa tures to contracts that obligated them to furnish Frank R. Reddow with financial backing to the sum of $487,000 and signed their names to property statements In blank that later showed handwriting purporting Rertus and Johnson to be worth over $650,000. They wrote their names on con tracts which provided that they should receive financial remuneration in the form of 240 acres of Cali fornia land and $60,000 In cash for giving Reddow notes that totalled $487,000 as security for their con tract. Bertus placed his signature on $50. 000 worth of notes later used as se curity for issuance of $60,000 worth of certificates of deposits from the Citizens State hank and for alleged theft of which Reddow is standing trial here. Bertus received $627,000 in notes from Reddow in exchange for the $487,000 given him by Bertun and Johnson, hut neither Bertus or John son knew the contents of any of the documents at the time they were drawn and signed, both testified Monday. Statements to the effect that neith er had taken the time to read any of the papers that ran into thousands of dollars stunned the packed house present. In reality, both are wit nesses for tlie state, hut no one of the interested spectators ventured an opinion as to who their testimony really aided because of the fact it became so twisted and warped at the hands of state’s Attorney Dan Hanson and G. M. Castor, attorney for Beddow. Bertus Now “Broke” A wealthy farmer four years ago, Bertus testified that today he is al most penniless, owes $78,000 on his farm and is filling a job as day labor er to help pay off some of his debts. Johnson said he was still farming hul that from an independent farmer he had slipped to a poor man with debts totalling over $150,000 In an attempt to show suppression of evidence on the part of Beddow after lie was arrested, Attorney Han son queried Rertus as follows: “Did Beddow and you see each other shortly after December 21, 1923?” “Yes,” Bertus replied. “What did he say 7" He told me to get away from Sioux City." ‘‘What else?” "To go to California and stay un til this affair blew over.” Both Bertus and Johnson declared they had never given Beddow au thority to 1 iII out property state ments and that they had directed him not to fill out the faces of the property statements because they could not even hope to meet any obligations arising from their issu ance. Total Notes Near Million Testimony showed that neither had received any compensation from Beddow for signing the $50,000 worth of notes mentioned. Total notes in circulation and signed by the two nearly bankrupt farmers go over the $725,000 mark, Hanson said, follow ing the afternoon session. Most of that amount is being held by South Dakota banks. Me said. The property statements and notes of importance, as well as correspond ence of value relating to the semi partnership of Beddow and the two farmers, were nearly all executed in Beddow’s American Colonization com pany office, the testimony showed. Evidence was shown to the effect that Bertus and Johnson each received $10 an acre for California real estate projects they financed by their note issues. Near the conclusion of the day’s session Attorney Castor led Bertus into a series of answers designed to extract statements regarding what the defense termed an ‘‘important meeting” between Beddow’s mother, Beddow and Bertus in the Beddow home shortly after the Citizens State bank was closed by the State Bank examiner December 31. “Didn't Beddow tell you to skip the country if you wanted to, but that he (Beddow) was convicted lie had committed no wrong doing and that he was going to stay in Sioux City and see the deal through?" Answer Shock to Woman At this question from Castor Mrs. Beddow could scarcely retain control of herself and tense with expecta tion, and her face wreathed in a smile at what she apparently thought was a turning point in the evidence, she waited breathlessly for Bertus’ answer. “No, he did not,” Bertus shouted At this reply Mrs. Beddow sank hack into her chair and hesitating hut for an instant, swept out the courtroom just as Judge I.. H. Kloe gsr adjourned court until Tuesday morning. vt the repeeated denials of Bertus Norfolk Kicks; Don’t Like To Be on Bonesteei Line Uncoln. Neb., May 26.—(Special) —The Chamber of Commerce of Nor folk Monday enlisted the aid of the state railway commission in induc ing or compelling the Northwestern Kailroad company to quit listing it as on the Bonesteei branch, when in foot, it is on the main line. Jts officers say they have pleaded wltti the officers of the railroad and held conferences without getting any where, “and no longer can the hu nt lUtion be endured." Queen Shakes Mean Slipper to Tune of American Jazz Universal Service Madrid. May 116.—The queen o. Spain foxtrotted for the first time to an American Jazz band Saturday, when Ambassador Alexander P. Moore, discarding conventionalities, gave his first big dinner in honor of the king and queen at the American embassy. The guests sat at two tables. Am bassador Moore, as host with the queen alone and Mrs. Mildred Mnrtln, hostess to the king, at the other. Following tho dinner a reception was held at which the negro Jazz hand of the Kmbassy Dance club in Paris played and Madame Matezen auer sang. Two hundred attended the reception, including Dougins Fairbanks and Mary Plckford, the former dancing with the queen and the latter with tho king. Ambassador Moore Is giving a muslcale Tuesday In honor of the Dowager Queen Marla Christina. COOLIDGE SIGNS EXCLUSION ACT Criticism of Congress Stirs Ire of Friends of Measure Universal Service Washington, May 26. — President Coolidge Monday signed the Johnson selective immigration bill containing r clause prohibiting Japanese from entering the United States after July 1 with the purpose of settling here. The president accompanied the sign ature with a statement character izing the Japanese exclusion provi sion as “unnecessary and deplorable," and declared he would have vetoed it without hesitation if it had stood alone. Leaders among the host of ad herents of the new law in congress did not attempt to conceal their re sentment over the tenor of the pres ident's declaration. He took occasion to praise the so-called “gentlemen’s agreement" by which the Japanese government has been supposed to co-operate with the United States government in restraining the dump ing of laborers upon these shores. Proponents of tiie Johnson bill say the agreement has not worked and reiterated that the main object in the insertion of the exclusion clause was to sustitute an ah' tight arrangement for one proved to be full of leaks. Secretary of State Hughes, by whose counsel the president waged his strenuous but unavailing fight against the exclusion clause, made a last minute attempt to styay Coolidge to a veto of the hill. He left the White House hurriedly after a con ference which preceded announce ment of the signing by only a short space of time. He wap closeted with the president late Saturday after noon also. At this time Coolidge was still debating what course of aetlor to take. and Johnson that they had read any of the instruments drawn in Ihju dow’s office and to which they said they affixed their names without any knowledge of the contents, the crowded courtroom could not re strain laughter. Though their first testimony regarding signatures was shaken at innumerable places, they both remained firm in thol'- testi mony that they had trusted Beddow implicitly when directed to sign their names and that they thought there was no necessity for examining the contents of the papers Hanson, prosecuting attorney, said late Monday he expected to com plete examination of state witnesses by Tuesday noon. Both the pros ecuting and defending attorneys are anxious to complete the trial by May 30. Beddow suffered a setback when the hearing was resumed Monday. Judge L. b I-leeg cr overruled Beddow’s objection to admittance In evidence of property statements hearing the signatures of Martin Johnson and George Bertus, Avon, S. D.. farmers implicated In the alleged bank wrecking. The property statements supporting in dorsements of Johnson and Bertus on notes for $50,000, made It possi ble for Beddow to withdraw this amount of money from the bank, th* state claims. Judge Fleeger made his decision after Morris Ilkln, of Sioux City, former business associate of Bed dow. aga :t testified. Ttkln said he first saw the property statements and notes in Beddow’s office in the Grain Exchange building In S’oux City. The statements, valuing pi-op erty holdings of Bertus and John son at $075,000, were filled out by Beddow in his office, In the presence of his father, S. J- Beddow, and It kin, tlie latter testified. The $675, 000 is admittedly much too high as valuation of the Bertus and John son property holdings. According to Itkln. the notes at tached to the property statements were the same Instruments he pre sented to Baimore Swan, assistant cashier of the Parker bank. Itkin denied he had been promised immunity for testifying against Bed dow. Plans to Put Former Klan Leader on Stand Beaten W-ashlngton, May 28. (T. N. B.) — Plans of George E. B. Peddy to put E. I. Clark, former Imperial wizard or the Ku KIux Klan. before the Sen ate investigating Peddy 8 contest for the senatorial seat of Earl B. May field of Texas were blocked Monday afternoon. Counsel for the senator said that Clark had been convicted of a fel ony and therefore ahbuld lj$ bared. Highest Honor Men at West Point I T, cSi/E>rar» Cadet Wallace H. Hastings, or California, and Cadet Afbert V. Glenn, of Mississippi, are running neck sod neck for the highest honors In the graduating class at the United States Military Academy at Wi\t Point, N. Y.. which will receive Its diplomas on June 13. Hastings ha* a fractional lead “LIAR” FLUNG AT LAWYER IN BEDDOW TRIAL Witness Hurls Bomb Into Hearing—Says Writing On Notes Forged BY CECIL H. MAHOOD, Tribune Staff Correspondent. Parker, S. D., May 23—One explosion followed another Friday afternoon in circuit court at Parker, S. D., where Frank R. Beddow Is facing a $50,000 larceny charge from the Citizens State bank. The first explosion, when J. F. Kass, counsel for Beddow, produced $25,000 worth of certificates of de posit which formed a part of the $50,000 issue which Beddow Is ac cused of stealing and which the state apparently believed could not, be ob tained by the defense, proved to lie a "Dud” compared with laie after noon developments. The next crash came when Martin Johnson, Avon, S. D., farmer, testi fied that he actually did sign his name to property statements in blank anct that the writing on the face of the note which purported Johnson to be worth over $300,000 was tilled In without his knowledge and without his consent. It was regarding intro duction of these property statements as evidence of Beddow's alleged fraudulent scheme to steal the $50, 000 that precipitated a veritable barrage from both State’s Attorney Hanson and counsel for the defense who centered their attack on the competency of the property state ments as material evidence. Open Fire on Judge The jury and the two witnesses, Johnson und George Bertus, were, sent out of the court room when the prosecution and defense both swung their heavy artillery on Judge L. I,. Flc^ger. Questioning the law in In troducing the type of evidence de sired by the state, as well as the in criminating effect of proof so far In troduced In the case and the rela tivity of the evidence thus far shown ns to the alleged larceny by Beddow, were discussed In no uncertain terms by attorneys, while Judge Fleeger vainly tried to maintain the semb lance of order. "You’re a liar,” Dan Hanson slates attorney, shrieked at A. B. Carlson, attorney for Beddow, at one stage of the controversy In which Carlson was expounding his thoughts on the principles of law Invoiced. "Maybe so, and maybe not.” Carl son retorted, "but, I am cut out for a lawyer and Intend to remain in that vocation." Spring t urprls* Producing by Beddow of $25,0o0 worth of certificates of deposit which the state apparently believed could not be introduced in their en tirety and subsequent checking and rechecking of the missing certificates of deposit by state’s attorneys, proved to be a climax to the evidence of the state witnesses that had not been anticipated. Hanson demanded the missing certificates of deposit be pro duced by Beddow while H. J. Caul Held, vice president of the Citizens fc^tate bank was on the stand. In response to questioning by Hanson, f'aulHeld testified that 15 certificates of deposit with an aggregate value of 150,000 had been Issued by him to Beddow. It is this sum, In the form of cer Beck Named Manager of Ninth Vet Bureau Area Washington. May 23.— Charles O. Heck today was appointed manager of District number 9 of the Veterans Hureau, with headquarters at St. I.ouis. The"district Includes Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, Heck succeeds M. K. Head, recently trans ferred to New York. CANADA MINKS MUCH COAL. More coal was mined in Canada In the year Just ended than In any other year in thq history of the country. tlfloates of deposit mentioned that Beddow Is accused of having stolen from tjie bank and which he Is al leged to have obtained by fraudulent scheming, Hanson succeeded In get ting a majority back, eight in all, with $25,000 value, to use as evidence at the trial. Beddow also had gotten busy and taken tip $25,000 worth, paying the holders the full cash val ue and now has given them into the court's care with the request that they he returned to the banking de partment. Beddow’s attorneys Insisted that ns soon as Beddow learned he had been deceived regarding the financial con dition of the hank he had set out Immediately to get possession of the certlllcatos, Intending to give them back to the bunk and to pay the face value of them himself. May Recall Witnesses Attorneys for the state Indicated late Friday that some of the wit n^ses dimlssed following submitting of their testimony to the Jury may be recalled for more questioning. Belief on the part of attorneys for the state that witnesses became-con fused regarding two sets of notes in volved In the transaction and that this confusion may have led witness to make Incomplete or wrong state ments wus the reason given for the probable recall of one or two. Only 10 of the 40 state witnesses have been called to the witness stand thus far. 'Court was adjourned by Judge Fleeger until 9:30 o’clock Monday tis Illness of his mother necessitated the Judge adjourning until next week. J. W. Ulmer, president of the Menno, S. 1)., State hank, testified that Mau rice Itkin, an agent of Beddow, de livered a $3,500 certificate of deposit to him in payment of a business debt Beddow had contracted. Payment was made shortly after December 21, Ulmer said. His testimony was brief and cross examination was waived by the defense. Caulfield, 60-year-old, vice pres ident of the bank, a resident of Sioux City since 1871, told how he had placed confidence In Beddow's en terprises, advertised and promoted products of the Union Gravity Level company a Beddow project, and fin ally, believing he and a lifelong posi tion, accepted Beddow's offer to bo come an officer of the Citizens State bank. Extensiveness of Beddow’s Cali fornia land transactions was brought out In Caulfield’ testimony. He claimed that Beddow needed hanks to float paper to the extent of over $2,000,000. It was following Caulfield’s pro motion work In California land that he was offerod the position in the Others Freed Men arrested, or otherwise impli cated with Beddow in his frenzied finance deals, will not be prosecuted, Prosecutor Hanson announced Fri day. They are George Elliott, Morris Itkin, P. A. Cunningham, Earl Cor rigan, H. J. Kipper and H. I. Smith of Sioux City; Balmore Swan of Parker, George Bertus and Martin Johnson of Avon, S. D., and George Caulfield, former vice president of the Citizens bank. “When we Issued warrants against several persons besides Beddow, we did not know Just what the situation was as to their guilt or innocence,'’ said Mr. Hanson. “Details of the case were so complicated at the time of the bank failure, and trails leading to the guilty were no Interwoven, that arrest of all those men seemed vital at the time. “We have since learned that these men were only tools. Beddow is the big gun.’’ House Resumes Debate on McNary-Haugen Farm Bill Washington. May 23.—The House resumed debate today on the Mc Nary-Haugen farm relief bill with 5^ hours ulloted for alternating periods of attack and defense of the measure. Possibility of a vote before next Tuesday seemed slight. Itepresentatlve Kincheloe, demo crat, Kentucky, a committee member, started an attack on the measure. CABINET QUITS; NATIONALISTS TO CET CHANCE AH Attempts to Reorganize Before Reichstag Opens Today, Fail BY KARL H. VON WIEGAND, Universal Service Correspondent i Copyright. 1924.) Rerlin. May 26. -Tho Marx-Stross man cabinet has resigned. Following a hurried cabinet session Monday night, Chancellor Marx, un der whose regime Germany pulled it self together stabilised Its national currency improved economic condi tion* and accepted the Da //es report, handed In his resignation to President Kbert at 10:30 o’clock. The action of the cabinet v.’as fol lowed by a last desperate, but n vain, effort of the several parties to agree to a new government before tho letchstag meets Tuesday. These efforts finally failed when the parties of the middle repeeted the proposals of the nationalists who again tried to meet the crisis by putting forth Von TIrpitz as a "super-party'* chancellor. Give Nationalists Chance As a result President Kbert will take the formation or a new govern ment In hand Tuesday and will give the nationalists their first chance. They are likely to give the mandate either to Von Tirpltz or Dr. Dergt. If, as seems certain, ho Is unable to form a cabinet that can command a majority, the mandate is likely to go to the socialists and after that to the present coalition of middle parties. These are certain to pro pose Marx again as chancellor. The middle parties adopted resolu Mins which pledged the new g<v-;in ment to accept the Dawes plan prac tically without condition. The pres ent cabinet will stay in office unit the new government Is formed. Cabinet Opens Today What should he a memorable ses sion of the newly elected relehstag, one which will determine the fate of the Dawes plan and, to a far reaching extent, contribute to the peace or economic disorders of Eu rope, meets Tuesday afternoon. A complete rearrangement of seat ing on the floor of the house has been made necessary by the new parties and the growth of the com munists from 3 to 62. Von Tirpltz and I.udendorff, through not In the same party have been given seats well to the front, close by the com munists. The latter It Is feared have organ ized a veritable riot. Influences are %at work trying to presuade Von Ttr pltz and Ludendorff not to appear la answer to roll call. Only a small fraction of the de mand for cards of admission has been granted because of extraordin ary police precautions. Attempt to Change Church Creed Fails Methodists at General Con ference Elect Three Book Agents Universal Service Springfield, Mass., May 26/—Interest tentered In the election of book agents at the Methodist general conference Monday. The balloting came after the conference had voted to have three agents Instead of one. Those elected were: John H. Race, former agent at New York. Dr. George C. Douglas, Troy, N. Y. Dr. O. G. Markam, Baldwin, Kan. ! Robert S. Hughes, head of the church’s publishing house at Chi cago. failed of re-election. The afternoon session was marked by sharp debate over the minority report which favors elimination of, the clause: ‘T believe lu the Holy Catholic church" in the apostle's creed and the substitution of the words "the Holy Christian church." The report was defeated and the creed remains unchanged. An at tempt was made to stampede the con ference by s motion to adjourn before a vote could be taken on the report. This was defeated, largely through the efforts of Dr. George RUlott. Governor Bryan Wants Gasoline at 17 Cent Lincoln. Neb., May 26.—(Special) —Governor Bryan said Monday he is endeavoring to have gasoline sta tions established In Lincoln, where the owners and operators are not obliged to maintain the tank wagon price in order to buy a supply to sell to the public. ■‘Substantial people contemplate starting filling stations In Lincoln.” said the governor. "I have hopes that gasoline will be sold at 17 cents a gallon, or loss, preferably less, de pending upon the purchase price of the product. It Is immaterial wheth er llie stations established be new or old ones take never." .Tire Bursts, Woman Thrown From Auto; Neck Is Broken Riverside, ('at.. May 26.—When the automobile in which Mrs. Anna D. Nunn. 35. Los Angeles, was riding near here Sunday blew out a front tire, the resultant swerve and joit threw her from her seat unto tho pavement and broke her neck. She died enronte to a hospital. ONLY KIVU REACH POSITION Of every 100 young men who begin as railroad firemen, only five ever reach the position of oassenger engineer. I