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The Omaha Corning Dee _ VOL. 52—NO. 159. oSSS? ". T* uSJT ST* iKfrt i"wnl OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1922.* S;,,"1." £ 'S£'h£HU •£,W‘&?l,Sri&tS:*u&lX _TWO CENTS Turk Fears Jeopardize Conference Alliatl Leaders Say They Have Uttered Last Word oil Question of Liberty of Straits. United States Is Silent Lausanne, Dee. If*.—(By A. I'.)— Turkish fears of submarines, Turkish fears of swiftly flying military air planes, laden with bombs, and, gen erally. fears of aggressions from with out that will put Constantinople In danger have tonight placed the whole Lausanne conference in jeopardy. The United States is silent on the situntlon, but the allied leaders say tonight that they have uttered their last word on the question of liberty of the straits Tomorrow the Turks must say yes or no to the allied proj ect. The British experts. Admiral Keyes and (kti. Burdett-BLuart, already have left for England, believing their work to have been completed, and the French experts are preparing to depart tomorrow night at the conclu sion of (he ‘‘last session” for discus sion of the straits. Whether a rup ture will come on the straits problem depends chiefly on whether the en tente diplomats and their experts can remove the Turkish tear. This they are trying to do tonight. Try tu Calm Fears. The diplomat* are endeavoring to convince the Angora statesmen that the straits problem Is essentially fram ed to meet conditions in times of peace, and that the allies are not In any sinister hidden manner seeking facilities for war, and especially against Turkey. They say they have only sought the equality of all fleets passing through the straits on peace ful errands. The allies have emphasized that they cannot accept the Turkish re quest for tho suppression of subma rines and military' airplanes; especial ly have they been unable to accept the Ottoman suggestion that combin ed foreign fleets entering the Black sou shall not exceed Itt strength the fleet of the strong naval power of the Black sea. “That would make the Black sea forbidden ground,” said a French expert tonight. As the Russians r.-e here only for discussion of the straits question, to morrow may see the last of them at Lausanne. They still are in a fight ing moOd, however. George Tchit < herln was in the argumentative form today. He tried to win American sym pathy’ for the Russian straits project by insisting that it incorporated the Amei lean idea of “beneficent war ships." Refuse Moscow l lan. Tint, the allies have agreed that the Moscow straits plan is absolutely un acceptable. Tchltclierin made a dra matic appeal to the world masses. lie said Russia was convinced the world's peoples were back of Russia in her j attempts to secure international jus- j tiro. He also bitterly condemned what \ lie called "marinism," adding. "I ; mean the sea militarism which hopes J to strangle Russia." An additional fear of the Turks, which the allies must calm tomorrow is that with which they surround the j proposed international commission to , supervise control of the straits. The Turks claim the commission will be 1 Inquisitorial In nature, that it may in- j fringe Turkish sovereignty, and. fin i ally, that it may be used as a club by some powers to threaten Turkey. Hence, their ambition to have a gen eral guarantee pact signed at Lau- | sanne which will assure the neutrality of the straits and prevent acts of hos ' tillty in Turkish territory. Turks Are I nruffled. The Turks tonight, seemed unruffled. They did not appear at all impressed by ibe ultimatum talk with which the Lausanne atmosphere is charged. It was pointed out tonight that fail ure of 11ic straits negotiations would not necessarily imply failure on other v ital matters of the Lausanne agenda, one of which is arranging peace be tween Greece and Turkey and between Turkey and the allies. Marquis Curzon today informed 11. Rarrore of the French delegation that the Fritish government had abandon ed the idea of having the Liusanne treaty written in the English and French languages. He agreed that French alone should bo used. As France has made no request in this connection, the English initiative cre ated an exceedingly pleasant feeling among the Frenchmen, who like to have their language regarded always as the language of diplomacy. Nationalists and Laborites Tie in Australian Election Melbourne. Dec. 19.—(By A. P>— l.ategt returns from Saturday's gen eral elections indicate that the na tionalists (the party of Premier Hughes) and the laborities. have each elected IS members of the federal house of representatives. Reports from Sydney ore that nego tiations are proceeding between the nationalists and the country party for * co-operation between the farmers, however, stipulating that the nation alists drop Premier Hughes. Otuahaus Visit White House. Washington. Dec. 19. — (Special Telegram.V—Horry Lapidus and bis wife of Omaha are in Washington. They will be callers at the White House tomorrow. Hired Man Connived to "Win Away” W ife, Rich Rant - vs Sidney (Neb.) Man Alleges Spouse Obtained Divorce Through Perjured Testimony—Seeks to Have Decree Set Aside. Charging that his "hired man" con- I ' nived and conspired to "win away" his wife, w ho he alleges obtained a j divorce In Douglas county district court by fraudulent and perjured testimony. Arthur Brandenburg. 40. wealthy rancher of Sidney, N'eh., In a hearing before District Judge Sears seeks to have the decree set aside. The “hired man,” Roy Cameron, 32, married Brandenburg's ex-wife, Ida, 30. March 18, 1921, after the divorce decree was granted her by default August 30, 1920. Frank J. Mathes. wealthy farmer and a resident of Wlsner. Neb, father of Brandenberg's first wife, took the witness stand against his daughter. He was not cross examined by the op posing counsel who are Judge Royal Graham of Idaho Springs, Colo., Judge Charles T. Dickinson and E. L. Bradley, both of Omaha. Says Husband Faithful. Brandenburg's attorneys are C. A Irwin of Denver and IV. F. Miles of I Sidney. I Mrs. Cameron's father declared that I Brandenburg was a faithful husband. Depositions from William Hene nuinn and Arthur Schubarth, both liv ing In Cheyenne county, allege that Cameron was Infatuated with Bran denburg's first wife. They stated that C'ameron and the woman played on the floor together with her three chil dren, Edward, 8; Robert, 7, and Mar tin, 6. Brandenburg testified that his wife told him to come to Omaha and not fight the divorce because if he changed his "manners" they would be recon ciled. Hut Instead of being reconciled, Brandenburg testified, his wife con nived to get $200 a month alimony and one-third interest in their section of land, worth $10,000, awarded her in the decree. Denies Sitting on l.ap. Mrs. Cameron denies that sho sat on Cameron’s lap while he was their "hired man.” She testified that a “party” was given in Cameron's honor when he went to Canada in 1920, but only at tlie request of Brandenburg. Mrs. Cameron stated that she lived in Idaho Springs for a considerable time and when she went to Sidney for visits she would stop In Denver. There, she testified, she accidentally "ran across” Cameron on the streets two or three times. On cross-examination she admitted writing "business letters" to Cameron in Denver. Mrs. Cameron now is living in Law son, Colo. The hearing was adjourn ed until today. Attorney Miles stated that if Judge Sears vacated the decree Brandenburg would file suit for divorce against Mrs. Cameron and seek custody of the children. The Brandenburgs were married in 1911. Wife Alleges Husband ^ooed Like Caveman Mate Used Ford Instead of Club, However, Says Girls Seeking An nulment. Lincoln, Dec. IS.—(Special.)—As at torney* for Lydia Rath Baker, wife of Grover C. Baker. Clay county far mer. tell It to the supreme court, Gro ver Is a direct descendant of Stone hatchet. the well known caveman, and they say that the only difference b» tween his method of wooing and that of his ancestor Is that he used a Ford car and a marriage license Instead of a stone club. The girl is the daughter of a farmer, a neighbor of Baker, and had been vigorously wooed by him ever since she was 12. She is ijow 18. He is 31. The Rath family finally told him to keep away front the girl. He tried to get her to elope with him, but she would not wed without her parents’ consent. She says Baker got a marriage li cense. called with Ills sister in a Ford, told her that the license compelled her to wed him. and by duress and fraud induced her to elope. They were married at Saronville. and after a four days' trip returned home. She became conscience-stricken over hav ing disobeyed her parents and had ac quired a dislike foi- him. and at the first oportunlty she returned home. The court refused her request to an nul the marriage, and she has ap pealed. The district court said she was old enough to know what she was doing, and refused to sanction her conduct In leaving her husband, who wants her to return. Fatuous No-Hit Pitcher Turus iu Shutout for McGraw New York. Dec. 19— John Mont gomery Ward, famous as a no hit pitcher in tlie ‘SO. turned in a shut out victory for John J. McGraw, man ager of the world's champion New York Giants. In supreme court to day. Acting as counsel for Mr. McGraw, i Mr. Ward moved for dismissal of a 130,000 damage suit brought by Mrs. Mary A. Butterfield, for Injuries suf fered when she -was run down in 1917 by McGraw's automobile. Justice Tierney granted the motion, holding that McGraw was not re | sponsible since his chauffeur was j violating instructions when the ac ! cident occurred. Omaha Bee “Want” Ads Will Sell ■ Your Old Apparel 1i Many women hesitate to purchase new clothes when they think of their already overcrowded wardrobe. H A "Clothing and Furs” ad vertisement in the “Want” Ad section of The Omaha Bee will empty the wardrobe for you and help to pay for new clothes. Omaha Dec “IVant” Ads Bring Better Results at Lesser Cost Ttlepkoat AT lontic 1000 Ask for a “Want” Ad Takor Denver Police Fail to Locate Robbers of Mint Entire Department Kept on Duty to Investigate Clews— Rooming House Near Mint Is Guarded. Denver. Colo., Dee. 19.—Denver Mate and federal authorities tonight, after a day and a night spent in searching for the masked bandits who yesterday morning shot and killed Charles Linton, stole a consignment of $200,000 from federal reserve guards and then made their escape, in one of the most «\nring and sensational oayllght holdups ever staged In the west, were without tangible clews as to the identity of the bandits tonight. Police, spurred on by the offering of a reward of $10,O(i0 for the bandits, dead or alive, by the city and county of Denver and by an additional reward aggregating $o,000 offered by the Kan sas City Federal hank, admitted that ! although they had many clews that ] promised possibilities they were still far from the solution of the holdup. Detectives and patrolmen, the entire department having been on duty dur ing the day, were despatched through out the city many times today in in- J vestigating the numerous clews that : came to the attention of the police. I Watch Rooming House. Tonight a squad of 11 detectives1 are engaged in watching a rooming , house In the immediate vicinity of' the government mint, where earlier ! in the day, a car, evidently left on j the street by the bandits to be used in case of accident to their own ma- ! chine during the holdup, was dis covered through information furnish- | ed by a woman. The car, an invest! nation showed, had been stolen Sun day evening and was equipped with a license tag stolen more than two w eeks ago from the car of the deputy coun ty clerk of Jefferson county at Golden. The automobile, according to the woman, had been parked on the street by three men about an hour preced ing the holdup and subsequent gun fight on the front steps of the main entrance to the mint. Investigation today showed that the gasoline tank had been well filled. Seek Local Men. Continued questioning of eye wit nesses and other persons throughout the day by Chief H. R. Williams and Captain of Detectives Washington Rinker failed to shed any additional light on the identity of the men re sponsible for the robbery. That the robbery was accomplished by Denver j bandits and not by outside highway men is the belief of Chief of Police Williams and the search for them is being conducted with that theory in mind, although every clew or bit of information that appears to be worthy nf consideration regarding the escape nt the bandits is being run down, de clared Chief Williams tonight. Roads leading into the mountains were thoroughly polieed today by de rails of policemen in an effort to find i trace of the escaped men, but all ; searching parties reported to head j quarters that their trips had been fruitless. $75,000 Blast Dislodges 60.000-Tou Ledge of Rock Yakima. Wash., Deo. 1!'. — A 12-ton i charge of TNT was set off today at the government construction camp at Rimroek. Wash., and a huge ledge of rock, estimated to weigh 60,000 tons, was heaved outward and upward and then slid down the Tieton liver. The rock lat"r will he piled against the core wall of the Rimroek dam, to be .the largest earth-filled dam ever con I structed in the United States. | It cost $75,000 to prepare the blast, i Robber Is Tb warted! in Holdup | " Manager Kirks Door in Face j of Highwayman — Shot Twice in Groin—Con dition Serious. Day’s Receipts Saved Edward Stone, manager of the j Shaofer till company filling station at j Sixteenth and Pinkney streets, was shot twice in the groin when he at- j tempted to slam the door in the face j of a bandit at t>:30 last night. lie Is not expected to recover, ac cording to hospital attendants. Stone was about to leave the sta tion with the receipts of the day. when the bandit, gun in hand, came to the door. “Hands bp!” the highwayman com [ manded. I Instead of complying, Stone step ped backward suddenly and kicked tho door shut. As he did so, the bandit fired twice, both bullets taking ef fect. Detective Micklas, who responded to the call, rushed Stone to the Swedish Emanuel hospital. The bandit escaped empty-handed. i House Debates Bill to Prohibit Tax Exempt Bonds Measure Barked liy President and Treasury Meets Stiff Opposition, Led l»v Texas Democrat. Washington, Deo. 19.—After a sharp preliminary skirmish the house took up today a resolution proposing ail amendment to the constitution under which issuance of tax exempt securities by tlie federal government and tile states would be prohibited. Packed by the endorsement of President Harding and tlie treasury, the proposal was the center of a hard fight, in which many republieanc op posed it. Passage of the measure, offered by Representative Green, Iowa, ranking republican of the ways and means committee, which reported it, will require a. two thirds vote of the house. Opponents claimed tonight it would be defeated, although lead ers who caused it to be brought up, insisted it would go through. Four hours of general debate, allotted under a special rule giving the meas ure right of way. had not been con cluded on adjournment toniglit. Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee, Mr. Green and Representative Mills, republican, New York, also of the committee, urged passage of the measure, while Repre- ! sentative Garner, Texas, ranking j democrat of the ways and means com i mittee, directed the fight against pas sage and made the principal speech. | Question of Stale Rights. Throughout the debate the ques tion continually bobbed up that the proposal would invade the rights of the states to control their own credit. Mr. Fordney supported the resolu tion because, he said, he wanted the house to have the right to pass on the question. He said he had doubts of tlie wisdom of the purpose sought by the amendment. Issuance of. tax exempt securities is unsound, ‘‘whether we look at it from the fiscal, economic or social standpoint,” said Representative Mills. From the economic standpoint, he saiii they were "indefensible.” Makes Idle Rich. “Could there lie anything more un fortunate from a social standpoint (Turn to rage Two, Column Five.) One Auto in Iowa for Every 4 4-5ths Persons Des Moines, la.. Dec. IS.—There is in Iowa one motor vehicle for every four and four-fifth persons in the state, according to complete figures for the 1922 automobile registration announced yesterday by Walter C. Ramsey, secretary of state. During the year 469,230 passenger vehicles and 31,934 trucks were registered. The number of motor cars In the state has increased more than 900 per cent in 10 years. Fire in Packing Plant. Nebraska City. Neb., Dec. 19 —(Spe cial.) — Fire at the Mortnn-Gregson packing plant here did damage to the smoke house amounting to several hundred dollars. The plant was saved by the prompt arrival of the fire department and the sprink ling system. 4 One, two, three, four— Sometimes I wish there were more. You’ll be tempting fate, If you longer wait, The store will have closed its door. , The Trail of the Pioneers - - — ■■ - - - - - — - .... — — —————■1 1 Mails Delayed by Late Trains Tardy Trains from East Re sult in Missed Branch Line Connections. Late trains and missed connections at junction points along the main lines are blamed by the railway mail service office in Omaha for delayed deliveries of Christmas packages, mall and daily newspapers in country dis tricts. “Trains from Chicago were running two hours late Monday, but are bet ter today,” said Superintendent Mils grave. “Trains are held here to get To Mail Subscribers of The lh>c: Please do not be impatient if your service is a bit Irregular. I’ost otlice employes are doing their best, but the tremendous rush of holiday mail is causing some de lay. _ their load of mail, parcels and express from Chicago. That means that they don't make connections with branch road trains and it may make a differ ence of half a day or a day in the delivery in towns along those lines." Officials say, too, that the extra vol ume requires more time for loading and unloading, which slows up trans portation. Such a heavy load of mall was re ceived Monday that instead of the cus tomary sev en cars which are sent out on mail- trains for the west, three trains carrying 25 cars went out, ac cording to Mr. Musgrave. "No. 5, on the Union i’acific, carried nine cars, four of which were what we call 'working cars’,” Musgrave ex plained. "In those four cars we had 11) postal clerks at work sorting. As a rule, that train carries only 10 clerks. Our next train out carried seven cars, mail and storage, and that used up nil the mail cars tlie Union Pacific had here, to we had to run a special mail train made up of refrig erator cars. They are only 40 feet long, so we had to run nine of them. That train goes to Ogden, and at least half of that mail will go through to 1he coast. "Today is a lighter day, because we are getting Sunday mail out of New York, and that is always lighter than any other day. We expect the peak of tlie load Wednesday and Thursday, and I suppose we will have to run as heavy trains as yesterday. "Chicago apparently is not over congested, hut the late trains from New York hold up the schedule all along the way. We are already han dling a much larger volume of mail than we did at this time- last year. The perishable goods, ducks and geese and fruit and vegetables, for the Christmas market, will begin to move in a day or two.” House to lake Up Question • of Tax Exempt Seeurities Washington. Dec. 111.—By a vote of IIS to 52 the house today took up for consideration the Green resolution pro posing a constitutional amendment i prohibiting the further issuance of tax exempt securities. ! Day’s Activities in Washington Breaking records for speedy enact ment of appropriation bills, congress | sent the treasury and commerce-labor i supply measures to the president, A suit challenging theconstitution ality of the Sheppard Towner mater j nity and infancy net was filed in the : District of Columbia supreme court. Secretary Denb.v transmitted to con gress on request a statement of naval scrapping done by the several powers I since the Washington arms confer ence. The house began consideration of the Green resolution which proposes a constitutional amendment prohibit ing further issuance of tax-exempt se eurities. Senator Ladd, republican, North Dakota, introduced a resolution for an investigation of conditions in Nica ragua in connection with the Ameri can occupation there. The senate failed to reach an agreement as to whether priority should be given the administration shipping hill or the Norris agricul tural financing measure. The house judiciary committee, in vestigating impeachment charges 1 against Attorney General Daugherty, 1 continued Its hearing, which, however, appeared to he near an end. Foreign shipping companies, in a 1 brief filed in supreme court, attacked j the lower court decision prohibiting ! their vessels front carrying liquor In | American territorial -waters. Action on the nomination of Pierce Butler, St. Paul attorney, to be an \ associate justice of the United States | supreme court, was deferred in the j senate through objection to consider ation at this time. It was Indicated | that action might he taken Thursday. ! Scandal in Hollywood "tlie Bunk,"’ Hart Declares Chicago, Dec. 19.—Stories often cir culated of scandalous conduct in I Hollywood, Cal., were declared “the | bunk" by William S. Hurt, two-gun i hero of the films and in real life de i scribed as a quiet gentleman, who , was here today on Ills way to Holly | wood. “The so-called movie indecencies of ; Hollywood are the hunk, and the I only thing I know of them Is what I have read in ttie newspapers," said Mr. Hart. “Hollywood is Just a big overgrown village. It hasn't a cab aret, a dance hall or any feature of the night life that most people know in the larger cities.” Rare Gift to Church. Boston, Dec. 16.—A gold embroid ered cloth of unusual beauty, used for more than 250 years in the Uni tarian church at Koloznr, Rumania, the oldest Unitarian church in the world, has been presented to King's chapel of the local church. The Rev. Dr. Harold E. B. Speight, assistant pastor of that church, brought it from Rumania this sum mer. f Erin Executes 7 Train Wreckers Sentence Imposed by Free State in Drastic Drive to Save Rails. Dublin, Deo. 19.—Four railway men and three laborers were executed here this morning for interfering with trains in Courtly Kildare. The seven men executed were cap lured November 13. by free state j tioops in a house, the location of | which wtis not learned. With them a I quantity of stolen goods, rifles and i ammunition was found. The men were tried by a military committee and sentenced to denth on the charge of train wrecking. The sentence was carried out at 8:30 o'clock this morning. The men are reported to have been j members of iht republican army. i Cork, Dec. 19.—There was heavy firing for two hours last night in the ! northern suburb of Cork, the republic ans using machine guns. One civilian was severely wounded. Two Chinese Treaties Approved by Belgium Brussels, Dec. 19.—(By A. B.) — The Belgian chamber of deputies today approve*! the text of the two treaties concluded at the Washington arms conference by the powers having Interests in China. The treaties referred to were sign ed, besides China, by representatives of the United States, Belgium, the British empire, France, ItHly, Japan, The Netherlands and Portugal. The first was designed to "safe guard the rights and interests of Chi na. and to promote intercourse be tween China and the other powers upon the basis of equality and oppor tunity." The second related to "the revision of the Chinese customs tariff and cognate matters," and was designed to “increase the revenues of the Chinese government.” Man Arrested Delivering Liquor Fined; Auto Held Harry Morris Stearne pleaded guilty yesterday to violation of the liquor laws and was fined $200. Judge Woodrough also ordered his auto mobile confiscated. Stearne was arrested by federal agents, they said, while he was mak ing a delivery of two gallons of liquor in the alley between Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth streets north of Farnam street. The Weather __ • Forecast. Wednesday mostly cloudy; colder. Hourly Tempera! ures. » a- m. ih « a. m.Ill 7 a. in. .21 * a. ni.Si » a. m.S3 10 a. m.27 11 a. n».32 13 noon .41 I p. m. 42 •i p. in ,46 3 p. m. 47 4 p. m. 48 5p.m... . tA 8 p. m. 43 t P. m.43 i * p. ni.4*5 i Mail Pilot Snowbound at Ranch Henry G. Boonstra. Missing Since Last t ritlay. Located in Utah; Only Injury Is Frost-Bitten Foot. Roamed Hours in Snow Salt Lake City. Utah. l)ei'. 19—Air Mail Pilot Henry <1 Boonstra. missing aim's last Friday morning. when lie became Inst in a blizzard W'hile flying with government mall from Salt Lake to Rock Springs, Wyo., was found alive and well at Rigby ranch, near Coalville, Utah, early today by a searching party, Boonstra declared that except for a slightly frost bitten foot he was un hurt. The pilot said his plane was furred down Friday morning on Porcupine ridge, about 12 miles northeast of Coalville, and that he hiked through the deep snow until Saturday night— 3fi hours—before finally reaching shelter at the ranch, which is almut four miles south and east of Porcu pine. No Telephone Service. There is no telephone service to the ranch, and Boonstra declared he was awaiting better weather before going to Coalville to notify Suit Lake air mail authorities of his safety and whereabouts. Boonstra said he made a perfect landing on the flat unwooded surfaci of Porcupine ridge, hut predicted that salvage of his plane Is impossible because of the snow, lie believes It will have to jest where It is as a memorial to air mall pluck. Throughout yesterday a dozen oi more airplanes were scouting over northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming irj the hope of finding Boon, tra. The search was without result until late afternoon when Pilot Pau. Scott of Salt Bake came in with the report that he”had sighted an air plane apparently wrecked on Porcu pine ridge and a searching party was Immediately dispatched from Coal ville. It was this rescue band that found Boonatra at Rlgbv ranch. Boonstra Is expected to reach Salt Lake some time late today when fur ther details of his adventure will probably be learned. Blue Jackets Removed From Duty at Astoria Astoria. Ore., Dee. 19.—Bluejackets who have been maintaining guard j here since fire wiped out the bus! I ness section of the city December 9. , were withdrawn today and the de stroyer Yarborough was to 4eave if ' weather conditions permitted. Police and citizen guards took over the patroling of the burned area .and ; the residence district. Details of spe I eial officers, hired by the four banka whose buildings were wrecked by the ; fire, will guard the vaults until they ; are opened and the contents re • moved. All the banks today opened in temporary quarters. They an j nouneed they would do business with ! new accounts, hut would not cash ! checks on prefire accounts until the i vaults are opened. Special precautions are being taken i by local and federal prohibition offi i cers to prevent importation of liquor. ■ Every automobile enterting the city Is subject to search. 1 A car belonging to the Evening Budget and carrying in its tonneau a : font of type loaned by tire Portland Telegram was stopped. The guard read on the end of the type case ”9(i point Howland Caps,” and promptly dumped out the font, saying after watd that lie believed the caps were dynamite caps. Convicts Testify Powell Barked Like Dog in Cell Mount Holly. X. Y.. Dec. 19.—Five convicts, shackled to each other, brought here from the state prison at Trenton, testified today for the de fense of Mrs Doris Brunen and her brother, Harry Mohr, charged with the killing of "Honest” John T. Bru nen at Riverside last March. The convicts were questioned in an attempt to upset the testimony of Charles M. Powell, confessed slaycr, who said ho shot Brunen at (he Instt ff at ion of Mrs. Brunen and Mohr. They said that Powell raved and barked like a dog in his cell In the county jell here. The defense Is trying to prove that Towell was Insane at the time of his confession. New York Man, 106, Dies; Escapes Trip to Poor Houso Patchoque, X. V., Dec. 19.—Death came today to Putehoque's oldest resident. Joseph Verneto. 106, Just two hours before he and his wife. Mary, 97, were to have been removed to the county poorhouse. When officers called at the home to take the aged pair away, they were met at the door by a son. Joseph, 70, who told them of his father’s death. The officials did not disturb the wid ow. i urk Peace Pad Prepared. Lausanne, Dee. 19.—(By A. P.V—It was reported this Hfternoon that a complete draft of the peace treaty drawn up as u result of the delibera tions of the near east conference hers would be presented to the Turks on Saturday. fc