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1 The Omaha Morning Bee VOL. 82 NO. 13. OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY 3. 1922. r MiM II null Mta (M taasu. Hi li t. ! Mm tt im TWO CENTS ii mm f. . U.M Atf tnik t, tin. f Y Both Sides in Strike Mark Time Second Day of Shopmen Walkout Here It Unevent fulUnion Pickets Take Holiday. Four Trains Are Delayed Sunday, the second day of the rail way shopmen's strike, wan unevent ful in Omaha, Council Bluffs and South Oinahs. Trains, with four exception, ar rived on time in Omaha terminal, according to station time boards. Large crowds leaving and arriving for the Fourth of July, filled the Union and Burlington stations. There were no signs either of strike pickets, or armed guards at the Cass street entrance to the Union I'acific shops Union officials said they did not consider it necessary , ' U poet pickets Sunday. Pickets were ' on duty Saturday night, however. Cla:m 97 Per Cent Out. Officials of the Union Pacific fed eration No. 105 issued a statement claiming that telegraphic reportstrc ceivtd at tin federation offices here indicate that slightly more than 97 per cent of the maintenance of equip ' . inent workers of the Union Pacific system answered the strike call at 10 Saturday morning. Approximately 50 Union Pacific ' points had reported to the federation .. offices hy 6 Sunday, these officials ' . said. They would give no actual figures, explaining that until all re ' ports were in there could be no accuracy. Claim Is Contradicated. Contradicting this claim, W. H. Uuild, assistant to the vice president of the Union Pacific system, said Sunday night that incomplete re . ports received at headquarters here " - indicated that not more than 75 per cent of the shopmen struck on the L nion i acme system. "Nearly 300 men. all mechanics v are left in our Omaha shops," said "Guild. "That is a force large enough to keen things going. We also are , well fixed -at our Council Bluffs roundhouse. There will be no in - terruption in transportation on the union Facific. H. E. Gates, chairman, of the local strike committee, in a statement to - The Omaha . Bee late .Sunday, re iterated claims that 98 per cent of the Union Pacific Shopmen and 75 per cent of the common laborers here walked out Saturday morning. Definite Figures Lacking. ': "We are unable to give definite figures on the Union Pacific shop walkout as yet," said Chairman Gates. "Some of the men who quit Saturday were not members of any of the shopcrafts. but we don't know how many. None of the shops or roundhouses could be called dosed shop jobs." , , Replying to claims that transpor tation could not be tied up by the maintenance of equipment strike for an indefinite period, J. Anthony Johnson, secretary and treasurer of the Union Pacific federation, said in a statement yesterday: "If shopmen sren't essential why do the railroads employ 400,000 of them?" A mass meetinsr of striking shop men was held in Council Bluffs yes terday afternpon. A similar meet ing will be held at the Central Labor . temple in Omaha, at 10 this morning, preceded by a meeting of the strike executive committee. Rogers Hornsby Still Fast on His "Dogs" When the St. Louis Cardinals were r laying a series in Cincinnati last season. "Bo" McMillin, Centre col lege's all-Amcrican quarterback, tookj in the game. He and Rogers Horns - by, the Cardinals' -star shortstop, at tended 'high school together in northern Texas. During a chat in one of the down town hotels after one of the games, ..speed. "Bo" was not much im pressed because, as he remembered Rogers, he was not so fast. In a kidding way McMillin suggested a foot race. Hornsby took him up. Next day th. two great athletes toed Jhe mark on Redland field, the course being 100 yeards. Rogers showed an amazing burst of speed, taking the lead and keeping it up vntil he was fully thirty-five yards ahead of McMilllin, when the latter A gave up. Omaha Delegates Named , for Convention of Bankers v - The following delegates will repre sentee Omaha chapter of the Amer ican Institute of Banking at the an nual convention to be held at Port land. July 17. 18, 19 and 20: A. L. Coad, Packers' National bank; O. P. Cordill. Federal Reserve; T. P. Di Keen. United States National; Mary 1 rinvti. rmaVia National: W. H. Tc5s1er. Stockyards National; Fred Evlcr, Omaha National; Oscar ftblauist. First National; J. Kessler Jones. Federal Reserve;- Richard tiarson, United States National; Fred McCaullcy Packers' National; Jiinraa McKae, coraska ivationai; Anna T. Olsson. Livestock National; Martha Siert. Stockyards; Jennie N. Smith. Stockyards; A. L. 'Vickery, "United States National. Republicans of Ponca Organize Randall Club Ponca. Neb., July 2. Special.) i4 .At a meeting of republicans held at the courthouse, a "Randall for Gov ernor club was organized, with j. j. Jicariny, president, ana juioya Lvnde. secretarv. The club clans -an aggressive campaign . covering . " Dixon county, with a view of bring- out a 100 per cent republican vote .t the July 18 primary. An auto load of boosters from Cedar county, Mr. Randall's home, was present to assist in the organization. - - - . President Harding Intercedes for Dog Sentenced to De,, i;forili' Chief Hvprtirivo'a Svmnnthv Arnnsprl V w mm as mmmmm-, mm VST w W J " J a a w aaa - i Pet Owned by Alien, Condemned Un of Pennsylvania Sends Appefc to Governor Sproul. Harrishurg. Pa.. July 2. The president of the United State and Mr. Harding, and Governor Spioul of Pennsylvania, it became known today, interceded for the life of a do; that was uppocd to have nrcn con demned to death at Lansdulc, Pa., because it was owned by an alirn, contrary to Pennsylvania Uw The dog's life had been taved, and the alien, laron Silverman, a i.trnur, fined $25, before the presidential ap peal reached Justice of the Peace Howard Boorse. The alien has taken an appeal from the fiiut and "Dick Silverman, part St. Bcrn ird and part mastiff, is in the care of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelly to Ani mals. The president, in his appeal to the governor, said: "I think you will have to count this letter a personal om-, r.ithcr than n official communication. I write it at the suggestion of Mrs. Harding, though I am happy to do so, beer use of the appeal which haj greatly stirred her touches me no less forci bly. Dog Sentenced to Die. "I enclose you the anonymous let ter and the newspaper clippings which came to Mrs. Harding. If the story is correct a Russian immigrant has a faithful dog which he loves and because his possession of the dog in some way conflicts with the state law, the devoted inimal has been sentenced to be shot. "I have tried to put myself, loving a good dog as I do, in th position of this poor imni'grini, and I knew the perturbation that fills his soul. I once had to have a teg killed tiiiit I Lutheran Pastors Attack National Prohibition Act Eighteenth Amendment Bit terly Scored by Ministers Meeting in Chicago Breeds Lawlessness. Omaha Bc LcaKd Wire. Chicago, July 2. Prohibition as embodied in the 18th amendment not only is a failure, but brcdi disre spect for .law, works aji injustice to the poor and makes drunkards out of persons who ordinarily would be abstainers' or only moderate drinkers. Such was the! belief expressed in interviews by prominent Lutheran ministers who are attending the an nual session of the Illinois district of the Missouri syjiod of the Lutheran church. Law Not Success. "Prohibition as now carried out has not been a success," asserted Rev. J. 'A. Bernthal o.St. Paul church, San Francisco. "I favor a return to beer and light wines, but I oppose return of the saloon. The saloon abused its privileges. But why should we deprive honest and decent families of liquor? No man should be deprived of his personal liberty unless he ebuses it." "There are reaso.ns for welcoming prohibition, but I hope the day will come when the 18th amendment may be safely changed," said Rev. Paul Sauer, pastor of St. John Lutheran church. "In continental Europe there is little drunkenness because the peo ple drink weak beers and wijies. That should be the condition in this country." Breeds Disrespect. "The prohibition law has not worked out beneficially for the com munity," said Rev. F. Merbitz, sec-, retary of. the district synod. "It has bred disrespect for law. It is dis obeyed continually and almost open ly. Law ought to be obeyed by every one in the community. "As the law works out, the work ing man who some times needs stim ulants has not the taeans to get good liquor and uses poisonous" substitutes. The wealthy men seem to be able to get all they want, and as a result there is bad feeling against the rich on the part of the poor." Torrington Telegram Sold Scottsbluff.' Neb.. Julv 2. (Special Telegram. E. P. McVey, editor and publisher of the Torrington Tejc- Kram, former puDiisner oi menenry Disoatch and well known in Ne braska and Wyoming newspaper ctr- cles, has announced tne sale or tne Telegram to F. S. Pavitt of Greeley, Colo. ' Interesting and Important News The Omaha Be'e -"Want" Ad columns contain some of the most interestsing and . important news of the day. Read them regularly. ' At a glance they enable you to visualize . labor conditions they reflect the automobile and real estate markets f amiliar- ize , you with the legal notices and other infor mation that you will read every day, once you. know where to find it. Omaha Bee "Want" Ads secure better results at lesser cost. greatly loved, and I recall it to this day a the sorest trial of my hie. "I am not familiar with the law invoked. According to the news papers, an alien is not permitted to own a dog. Surely there mut be some way to comply with the spirit of the law and allow this poor for' eigner to retain his treasured animal friend. ' Woultt Grant Pardon. "If it came within my executive authority, I would gladly grant a pardon to the convicted animal. I suppose there is good and ample reason for a statute which makes this dog an unlawful possession, but I have an abiding faith that the man who loves his dog to the extent that he will grieve for him has in him the qualities which will make him a loyal citizen "Mrs. Harding and I are both pleased to appeal for pome form of clemency in this case, and hope this note isn't too late to enable us to add our appeal in behalf of both Sil verman and his dog." Governor Sproul immediately wired the justice of peace and also tele graphed the president, assuring him that tDick" would be reprieved. The dog had been given to Sil verman and its illegal ownership was discovered by a game warden. Sil verman's love for his dog and the respect in which his neighbors held him brought many persons to the hearing in Lansdale last night, on the report that the dog had been con demned to death. Today Justice Boorz said he had never. ordered the dog killed, although the law provided such a penalty. Couple Are Jailed at Alliance Under Mann Act Charge Woman, Mother of Two Small Children, Held as Govern ment Witness Against Companion. Alliance, Neb., July 2, (Special.) A man giving the name of J. , P. Peebles, and a ' woman giving the name of Mrs. Bernice Peebles, are in the county jail, where the former is held on a charge oi violation of the Mann ict, and ' the . latter as a witness against him. The couple told the officers 4hey are first cousins by marriage, Peebles claming he is a blood-cousin of Mrs. Peebles' husband. " ' They were arrested while attempt ing to board the "blind baggage" of a Burlington train. They arrived here from Wyoming and ran out of funds, according to their statements. The woman said her husband is a homesteader, in the vicinity of Lusk, Wyo and that she had been with him there until recently. She is the mother of two small children and says her father is F. E. Knapp, chief of police at North Platte; Neb. She admitted that Peebles had paid her hotel hill in Wyoming and her rail road fare to Alliance. In the man's possession police found a letter written by Mrs. Peeb les and addressed to him, in which she called him "honey" and "dear est friend." The letter referred to a contemplated trip with him and stated that "Dad has sent for the kids, so I am free to go." When asked by the officers why she had called Peebles "honey," she replied: "Oh, I call them all 'honey.'" The woman called up her fathef at North Platte, and he promised to come to her assistance. Peebles will be given a hearing be fore United States Commissioner L. A. Berry. Dr. Sun Planning Attack On City of Canton, Rumor Canton, July 2. (By A. P.) A rumor that Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, .de posed president of the Canton government of China, intends to at tack this city and drive out .the forces of . Gen. Chen Chiung-Ming. who ousted him from it, has caused many shops here to close and set afoot a hurried movement of valuable-- merchandise from the native section of the city to the Shameen, or foreign settlement. With 2,000 troops and six war ships. Dr. Sun still is at Whampoa. on the river near here. He refused to discuss the report that he planned to attack hip former capital. Oil Found on Land Won by. Soldier at - Craps Five Years Ago Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. Mt. Holly, N. J.. July 2. Quarter master Sergeant Gustave Reisig, 45, 25 years a soldier in Uncle Sam's army, pulled out of Camp Dix to look over oil property which he won in a. crap game five years ago. Already he has received a check for $35,000 and the oil has only begun to flow. The sergeant was going strong and i one of the players offered to put up la deed to several acres of land in Oklahoma and "shoot the works. Reisig shot and became the propri etor of a piece of paper. A few months ago some one wrote him that he'd better begin digging for oil be cause it was there. He leased the land to an operating company and oil was struck. When this happened, the first thing Reisig did was to put in for a leave of absence. The second thing was to doll himself up like a colonel's horse, and the third thing was to take a train for his home in Spring field. O. W e a 1 1 h v Man Slain Sacramento Broker Is Shot Down by Unknown Assassin in Saloon in Chicago Murderer Escapes. ' Mystery Clouds Killing Omaha B Laa4 Wire. Chicago, July 2. In a mystery in w hich are entangled a $200,000 con tract with southern California vine yards, an Italian vendetta hi which one man already had been killed and a love story which may, or may not, be the motive of the tragedy, Thomas R. Petrotta, wealthy Sacramento broker and a guest' at the Morrison hotel, was today lured to a North Side rendezvous and murdered in cold blood. Vincent Curtaio, the "king of the moonshiners' was wounded in the affray. Curtaio's partner, George Candiotta, is, with half a dozen others, under arrest. The assassin is missing; the witnesses, characteris tically, did not see a thing. But From letters and telegrams found in the dead man's room and from musty records and newspaper clip pings, police investigating the affray have reconstructed a semi-coherent explanation of the killing; an ex planation which, however, deals only with actual occurrences preceding the murder. ' Wounded Last September. On September 2, 1918, police re ceived a call,-that a man had been shot at Townsend and Hobbie streets. They went there and found a man lying on the sidewalk with a bullet hole in his skull. 1 he marr was Petrotta. Taken to the hospital, he recover ed but refused to talk. The- shoot ing remained a mystery. A month ago Tony Curtaio, brother of Vincent, walked into a hail of bullets at Division and Town' send streets. He died before the police arrived. Again a mystery. On June 17, retrotta. now gen eral manager of the Swastika Fruit company of Sacramento, a concern which deals heavily in wholesale shipments of California grapes and wines, registered at the Morrison hotel. Find Photo of Girl. In his suitcase police found a pho tograph of a beautiful young woman. Her name is "Rose." She wrote en dearing letters to Petrotta in which Curtaio's name was used more than once. - . Petrotta wrote to her as well; her letters mentioned his replies. Thus for the love motive. Petrotta also knew Curtaio in a business way. They had signed a contract for a $200,000 deal in wines. In a letter to A. Bondi, Sacramento, dated June 22, Petrotta told of this. Bondi was his partner. "As I stated in my wire," the let ter reads, "he wants to go into co partnership with us, investing the capital of $200,000 if we can produce in our own winery 200,000 gallons of sherry and port. "On , sherry he wants about 25 per cent and 75 per cent on port. Be sides that he can dispose of about 150,000 gallons of zinfadel, muscatel, claret and tokay which wines he does not care if we buy from other places "He would like io be a general part ner in the manufacturing and sell ing of wine, and the profit to be di vided. Or either he will furnish the money and we will make the wine for him, charging him so much per gallon. ''Or, you see, this is a very big proposition and I would not like to let Silver or, all of them to share on a big deal like that. However, I will leave it for your consideration which would be best to proceed." In reply he received a wire of ac ceptance. This also was found. Pet rotta apparently closed the deal, the police say, and received $7,000 in cash for the first payment Shot Down in Saloon. Then this morning, Petrotta re ceived a phone call to come to Cur taio's saloon at 720 North Wells street. He walked from the Morri son hotel into a taxicab driven by Hans Christenson, and drove there. He was met by Curtaio and an other man. As Curtaio, shook Pet rotta's hand, the other man fired six times. Petrotta dropped; Curtaio cursed; he haa been wounded by a bullet which had passed through Petrotta's body. The assassin fled. Petrotta was hurried to the hospital, but he was dead. Curtaio was taken to the Poly clinic hospital. He is not badly in jured and is now under arrest. Police questioned all witnesses, but they didn't hear much. They found out, however, that Curtaio had bailed out Arthur Langrafs a , few hours before the shooting. They are seeking him. Fairbury Wheat Tests High in Percentage of Protein Fairbury, Neb., July 2. (Special.) A sample ol the first wheat thresh ed, which came from the J. L. Hap farm in Jefferson county, was m,ed to a Kansas City laboratory for a test as to the per cent of protein it contained. The percentage was 14.20, 2 per cent greater than the average of last year. Miss Chicago Wins Peoria, 111.. July , 2. With 29 speed boats entered, including boats from all parts of the middle west, first heats in the Mississippi valley power boat regatta were held on Peoria lake today. "Miss . Chicago," owned by Shel don Clark of Chicago and driven by George Wood, was a scant winner in the first heat of the 15-mile Webb trophy race, over its contender. "Oh, Min," owned and driven by Commo dore H. A. Parsons of the Cleveland Yacht club, Cleveland, O. Little Buddie Is Having Bad Dreams Mother Nature Puts Check on July Race for Liberty Steamers - Rushing to Land July Quota of Aliens at New York Held Up by Dense Fog. New York, July 2. Nature, be stowong her blows impartially, stepped in among the contestants in the great immigrant sweepstakes yesterday, and throwing a record summer fog over New York harbor, stopped the July "race for liberty" before it fairly started. When the thousands of immigrants saw day break yesterday morning they could scarcely tell it from night. It was impossible to see the stern from the bow of any of the nine great liners which were in quar antine waiting for medical inspection. The fog had settled early and .expe rienced harbor men declared there was little chance for tha immigrants to land and be counted on the na tional quotas "which opened at mid night Friday night. After a gallant run up the bay the Argentina, an Italian boat, which had beaten the King Alexander, a Greek ship, by half an hour almost came to grief, barely averting a collision with the Aquitania. Yet all its ef forts went for naught for it docked too late to get the passengers to Ellis Island. Race of Greeks The race early resolved itself primarily into a race of Greeks. The Greek quota for July is low only 650 and four ships which arrived after midnight brought more than that number. First to drop anchor off Rosebank was the Italian steam er, Conte Rosso, with 500 Greek steerage passengers. Twenty minutes later the President Wilson, with, 200 have to. The Argentina got in early yesterday morning and was followed by the King Alexander. Promptly at 6, Capt. Hillary, in command - of ' the quarantine cutter fleet, took out one of his boats. He had two doctors aboard and was bound for the Conte Rosso. Usually he would have put his men aboard in 10 minutes but it was 8 o'clock when the doctors reached the ship. And so it went through the early morning. The nine ships, all lying out there "somewhere in the mist," were literally lost in a strip of water not over a mile' in width. Bedraggled Sight ' W7hen. after six hours, the fog lifted quarantine presented a bedrag gled sight. With pennants wet, decks wetter,, passengers even more, drenched, the Conte Rosso, Argen tina, King Alexander Nieuw Amster dam. Scidlitz, Vestris and President Wilson lay wallowing in an oily channel. Nosing its way up the river was the Aquitania, and coming up from Ambrose . channel ; was the Paris, French liner, which had been outdistanced in the fog. It was not , until then . that the doctors could go aboard their re spective ships.'' The immigrants' race had degenerated into a dull, uninter esting thing. ..Nobody knew and no body cared who was ahead.- It was a matter of routine from that time on. One by one the . ships were cleared and sent on their way up the bay, to disgorge their immigrant cargoes for Ellis Island in a driving rain. Spray Cure for Pests Washington, Ju!yv 2. The most effective method of controlling cit rus pests, arch enemies of Florida fruit crops, is by spraying, officials of the Agricultural department as sert. . ; , . , Candidate Caught in Violent Storm W. H. Shuman, Congress As pirant, Has Adventures With Flood Waters. Chadron, Neb., July 2. (Special Telegram.) Caught in a cloudburst, having bridges washed out upon all sides of him and sleeping in the car with his driver- while flood waters surged about, was the experience last night of William E. Shuman, re publican candidate for congress in the Sixth district, who left Alliance last evening for Chadron over one of the finest highways in the state. Normally, the trip requires less than three hours. Shuman stooped at Hemingford, where he talked to more than 100 voters, mostly farmers, and then re sumed his journey to Chadron, Suddenly .the storm came up and the car was forced into a ditch, lcav-, ing the occupants powerless, while flood waters raced by. After midnight the rain ceased and Shuman and the driver dug a path for the wheels and gdt the car onto the road again after a hard struggle, only to travel a short distance and find a great gaping hole and noisy waters, where a bridge had been. They waited until morning and then securing horses, planks, block and tackle, and with the aid of the engine forded three streams where bridges had been Washed out in the flood, and arrived in Chadron at noon. Shuman left his home the first of the week by auto on a campaign trip which will carry him through the greater portion" of "Big Sixth" con gressional district before he returns to his home in North Platte in time to vote at the primaries. He is preaching the doctrine of progressive republicanism. July 4 Shuman will address a farm ers' meeting at Dunlap in Dawes county. Alliance Semi-Weekly Papers Are Consolidated by Sallows T Alliance. . Neb., July 2. (Special Telegram.) Ben J. Sallows, publish er of the Alliance semi-weekly Times, nas purchased the Alliance Herald. also, a semi-weekly newspaper. . of George L. and Edwiri M. Burr and has announced consolidation of the two papers, effective Tuly 1. The consolidated papers will be published4ress the belief that the attitude so under the name of the Alliance Times and the Alliance Herald. Hero of World War Found Starving in New York City Park New York, July 2. Four years ago France and Italy decorated Louis JFredrow, four times wounded, gassed and shell shocked while serv ing in the Yankee division in France. A passing policeman found him to day, huddled, rainsoaked and starv ing, on a bench in Briant park, in the heart of New York's busiest dis trict Hi was unable to tell his story untn at the station house, cof fee and food bought with a collection taken up among policemen, had re vived him slightly. 'Then' -he said in a hoarse whisper, the gas he got in France still burned his throat He explained that he had enlisted in the 103d infantry in May, - 1917. He was married and lived in Boston. He never found his wife and daughter after his return from France. Fredrow had not eaten for three days, he told the police, and had spent most of that time in Briant park. . j fowl Harding to Guard Public Interest in Industry Wars Assumes Attitude Taken by Coolidge in Policemen's Strike Neutrality . " To Be Kept. BY GEORGE F. AUTHIER. (Wnthlncton CormpoadcBt Omsk Bec Washington, July 2. (Special Telegram.) -President Harding has struck a new note in administrative handling of labor disputes. He has made it plain that in deal- ing with tnese disputes ne proposes to put the interest of the general public first. In other words, the president does not intend to take sides in labor disputes, but does in tend to see to it, so" far as possible that the interests of the general pub lic shall not be jeopardized by dis putes in industry where capital and labor may be regarded as servants of the general public. This was the position taken by "Vice President Coolidge in the case of the Boston policemen's strike and it proved successful. Announces Stand. President Harding made this clear in his address ,to the representatives of the miners and coal operators whom he called in to settle the coal strike. It is assumed it will bi his position in regard to the railway shopmen's strike. Some time ago President Harding made it known at the White House that he had never given instructions to the railway labor board except to learn the facts and make decisions thereon, and 'that the full power of the government would support the decisions. Public Has Interests. It was the theory of the creators of the railway labor board that the interests of the public demanded some such tribunal to which both par tics to a controversy could have re course. While the decisions of the board are not. binding it was ex- pected they would have a strong moral effect. The absence of the president pre vents expression of any additional views on the subject here now but men close to the administration ex- expressed will continue. Youth and Girl Held s Up Near Bluffs Park Hugh Schmidt, 1900 Fifth Avenue, and a girl companion whose name was not given to Council Bluffs oo- lice, were held up and robbed near Lochran park, Twenty-first street and Second avenue, Saturday night by two gunmen. The youth lost $17.85, but nothing wa staken from his sweetheart, who saved a valuable ruby ring by dropping it down the neck of her dress. Upon descriptions furnished bv Schmidt, detectives arrested two Bluffs young men at an earlv hour yesterday morning. ; The robbery victim -failed. to identify . them. The Weather Forecast Nebraska Showers and Monday; unsettled Tuesday. Hourly Temperatures. cooler. s 7 l . i". ... 4 a. m. s a. m, a. m. M a. M. II a. m. 4 s . 9. J . 11 It 7 .....a Oil Camp Seized by Mexicans Rebel General Demand 10, 000 1'r.os for Heleae of American Plant Located Wert of Tuxpani. Troops Sent to Aguada Omba Ik Lnunl M lr. Wellington, July 2. Another American oil camp has been held up for ransom hy Mexican bandits, ac cording to an official dinpatch to the State department from Consul Shaw at Tampico. This time it is the Palo Blanco camp of the Pcnn-Mex Fuel com pany, an American concern, operat ing in a district about 30 miles writ ot lampico. Demands 10,000 Pesos. According to Consul Shaw's re port, representatives of the oil com pany notified him that the rebel, General Larraga, had appeared at the Palo Blanco ramp and demanded the payment. of 10,000 pesds by July 1. Another telegram from Consul Shaw, filed June 30 at Tampico, stated that the consul had just re ceived reliable information that ap proximately 400 federal troops had been sent by the Mexican authorities to the Aguada district on June 29. This force, the Consul said, prob ably would be able to handle the situation. Action Against Gorozabe. The State department received a message from Charge d'Affaires George T. Summerlin at Mexico City, stating that he had received an informal note from Foreign Minis ter Pani of the Mexican government, transmitting a message from the Mexican war department to the ef fect that urgent orders were being issued to Gen. Guadclupe Sanchez, commanding the federal forces in the Tampico district, to proceed vig orously to suppress the rebel. Gen eral Gorozabe, who is reported to ha-e held 40 Americans and property of the Cortez Oil company at Agu ada camp, near Tampico, on last Sunday, and who later appeared at the Pccero camp of the Corona Oil company and demanded ransom. . . Grilling of Brown by Sleuths Fails Three Omaha Detectives Un able to Obtain -Siefken ' Murder Admissions. Three hours' questioning by Detec? tives Gurnett, Aughe and Franks of the Omaha police department failed Saturday to shake the stony reserve of Fred Brown, "manacle man," on the question of his alleged major crimes. One after one Brown flatly denied the crimes blamed to him. including the Siefken murders, and admitted little except that he was the princi pal of the Benson chaining episode. "It is significant that he did not deny shooting Charles Geiselman, Omaha patrolman, while vehemently denying all the other crimes," the de tectives said after returning from the Lincoln penitentiary, where Brown is a prisoner. "He also gave us in formation that may lead to estab lishing the identity of his partner, and we are convinced that the Siek ken slayer had. a pal who helped him get away." . Brown will not he brought back to Omaha until after July 4, the of ficers reported. His return is viewed by both him and the officers as a crisis in the "manacle case." "They tried to make me talk once," Brown declared defiantly, "but I never opened my hiouth, though they smashed in my head. We'll sec whether I talk 'his time." Brown denied that he had an am bition to be a "bad man." Bratton School Contract Let to Auburn Contractors Auburn, Neb., July 2. (Special.) The contract for the erection of the Bratton consolidated school build ing has' been let by the board here. There were five bidders, representing Auburn, Humboldt and Fairbury firms. H. Bellas & Son of Auburn was awarded the contract for $15,000. ' The old building was destroyed by fire just before the closing of school for die summer vacation. At the election called to vote bonds for rebuilding only 12 votes were against the -proposition. Amusement Park Planned ' by Beatrice Business Men Beatrice, Neb., July 2. (Special.) Two Beatrice business men are making plans to establish an amuse ment resort in Riverside park just south of the river, and are trying to secure a 10-year lease on the grounds from the city commissioners. If this is done they propose, to put in a swimming pool, sand beach and other attractions. They expect the city to supply water and electricity in return for ;1S per cent of the gross receipts. ( Two Earthquake Shocks Registered at Washington Washington, July 2. Two earth quake shocks were registered on ;he siesmograph of Georgetown univer sity today, one this afternoon ap parently being "local" and possibly in the United States at a distance of 700 or 800 miles from Washington. The other was felt this morning, but wa at a greater distance. Tht one this afternoon continued from 4:28 to 4:35. but was not as pronounced as the one this mornina, '