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2 Victims
Tortured
to Death
Horrors of Spanish Inquisi
tion Attended Parish Mur
ders, Evidence at Hear
ing Shows.
Bodies Mutilated, Torn
Now Orleans, I,a., Jan. fi.—Close ob
servers see in the Mate's Investiga
tions in the Morehouse kidnaptngs and
murders not only an effort to punish
the slayers of Watt Daniel, world
war veteran, and Thomas F. Rich
ards, Mer Rouge citizens, but also
a. step in the direction of “tearing
the mask off the Ku Klux Klan,"
to which Governor Darker has stated
he lias dedicated hitnself.
Bastrop, Ba., Jan. 6.—Dr. Charles
W. Duval and Dr. John A. Lan
ford, pathologists, in a report submit
ted at today's session of the open
hearing of masked band depredations
in Morehouse parish, expressed tlie
opinion that the bodies of Watt Dan
iel and Thomas F. Richards were sub
jected to some “specially construct
ed device lesigned for Inflicting pun
ishment.”
Dr. Duval called to the witness
"land, at the opening session of the
hearing, first presented the findings
of the pathologists.
“How would you account for the ab
sence of the arms and legs?" Dr. Du
val was asked during his description
of the body of Daniel.
“They evidently had cither been
< hopped or mashed or crushed off.”
Dr. Duval said.
I.egs and Arms Broken.
"The hones of the arms and legs
were broken in three places," Dr. Du
val suid, "tho striking features of tho
fractures or breaks |n the bones, al
ways three in number in tho arms and
legs, were that they were about equi
distant. Indications were breaks pro
duced by some force or forces that
came from different directions.”
"When would you say the cutting
operation performed on Daniel's body
took place?” Dr. Duval was asked.
“During life," the physician re
plied.
lie testified that the head was
crushed, "hy forces coming in dif
ferent directions as though from
sorte Instrument, such ns a vise."
“Could the injuries have been pro- j
duced by beating?"
"I don't think so,” i)r. Duval said.
Before Death.
"Were (lie injuries inflicted before j
death?'* Attorney General Coco, who 1
conducted the 'questioning, asked. I
"Yes,” Dr. Duwil replied.
lie explained that any one of sev
eral injuries noied could have caused I
death.
"My idea Is that the body was most j
inhumanely tortured.” Dr. Duval said !
in answer to another question.
The report as to the body of Rich
aids—of broken bones mid lacera
tions—were similar to those noted in
tile case of Daniel with the exception
of the cutting described In the re
port
"Tho bone breaks were ante-mor
tem," Dr. Duval testified.
"The Injuries came from more than
one direction. Force apparently had
been applied to the breast plate and
to the spinal column and both carried
on nntil the front of the chest crushed
to the back.”
By Sharp Instrument.
\ppearance of (lie wound showed I
ilial tlic cutting of the body of Daniel !
was done by such a sharp instrument •
as a pen knife or razor. Dr. Duval
said.
The findings of the pathologists
were based on an autopsy performed
on tlie mutilated bodies of two men
(Turn to Page Two, Column One.)
Klan Got His Job,
Police Chief Says
Michigan City, I ml., Jan. G.—Arthur
Sullivan, discharged police chief, who
attributes his dismissal to influence
of t lie Ku Klux Klan, decided today
at a. conference with his lawyers to
demand a public hearing.
Tito city commission will meet
Monday at which time it is probable
Sullivan's demand for a hearing will
be made.
The former chief was given a
week's notice that his dismissal would
berume effective January 1. Under
tho commission form of government
he had the privilege of a public
hearing.
Sullivan charges that City Commis
sioner Arthur H. Snyder aRked him to
join the klansmen.
Corpse of Man Found in Car
from Omaha at Sioux City
Sioux City, Xa.. Jan. 6.—The corpse
of an untflenittied man was found in
a refrigerator ear in the freight
yards of the Omaha railroad, last
night. Fumes of the coal gas escap
ing from the stove caused the man’s
death, it is said.
The car is thought to have been
picked lip in the freight yards at
Omaha, lie was about 23 years old,
of medium height and slender. He
had light hair and blue eyes and was
dressed in clothes of good quality. A
suit of overalls covered a sack suit
of a brown material. He had on two
flannel shirts.
New Irish Peace Move
Reported Under Way
Dublin, Jan. 6.—(By A. P.)—A def
inite move toward peace between the
Irish republicans and free staters is
under way, it was learned today, with
the announcement that a peace con
vention will meet here tomorrow with
150 delegates, ttvo from each branch
of tho Sinn Fein organization in the
city and tjounty of Dublin, in at
tendance. The convention was ar
ranged by committee compsod equally
of republican and freo state repre
eentatl ve%
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WHERE TO FIND
THE BIG FEATURES OF .
THE SUNDAY REE
PART ONE.
Editorial Comment— Page 8.
PART TWO.
Sporting News and Feature*—
Page* 1 and 1
"Trying to Keep Up With the
Ua*hion*,” by O. O. McIntyre—
Page 3.
Radio New*— Page 3.
Warning Agnin*t Militarism In* tied
by Lloyd George— Page 4.
Of E*pecinl Interest to MotorUt*—
Page 3.
Market * and Financial N ew *—
Page 8.
Want Ad*— Ptige* 9 and 10.
PART THREE.
Society and New* for Women—
Page* I to 4.
Shopping With Polly— I'age 4.
Amusement*— Page* 5, 6 and 7.
Music New*— Page 7.
"The Married Life of Helen anti
Warren”— Page 7.
MAGAZINE SECTION.
*Triah,” blue ribbon short story hy
Donn Byrne— Page 1.
"The Room on the Roof/* by Will
Payne— Page 3.
Happy Land— Page 4.
The Teonie Weenies— Page 3.
Fanlilon Fanny and Her Friend*—
Page 0.
Letters From the Little Folk*—
Page 8.
ROTOGRAVURE SECTION.
It'* Almost a Pleasure to Get Sick
Novrnda> *— Page 1.
Aged Negro Slain
r> r
Over New Graves
in Race Trouble
Handed Over to Mob to Avoid ;
Fresh Outbreak of Race
War at Rose
wood.
Rosewood. Fla., Jan. 6.—A negro
answering the description of Jesse
Hunter, search for whom here Thurs
day night resulted in the clasli be
tween negroes and white men, in
which six persons were killed. Is under
arrest In Lakeland, Sheriff Elias Walk
er said this afternoon. He had been
advised.
Sumner, Fla., Jan. 6,—Handed over
to a mob when it appeared a fresh
racial clash was imminent, an uni
dentified negro, apparently aged fiO,
was shot to death at Rosewood today
over three newly made graves con
taining tho bodies of three negroes
killed In a clash at Rosewood Thurs
day night.
The negro was taken to the srene
of the three negroes who were killed
when a mob attacked a house in
which a score or more of blacks bad
barricaded themselves, be was ques
tioned by his captors. He admitted.
It was said, that lie had been in the
barricaded houso atid had taken ref
uge in a swamp when the negroes
escaped.
Itody oil Graves.
The negro refused to divulge the
names of other negroes in the party.
His captors then riddled him with
bullets, leaving the body stretched
across the graves.
The negro returned to Rosewood
this morning and appealed to W. II.
Pilsbury, superintendent of the Sum
ner Cypress company mill there, for
protection. Pilsbury locked the negro
in a house in the negro quarter. Tarter,
howovcr, when a new’ clash became
imminent, the negro was turned over
to 25 or 30 men.
Seven Killed.
The death of tho unidentified ne
gro brings the total casualties to Rev- ‘
en as result of (be troubles at Rose
wood. Tho dead include two white
men, who were killed in the first vol
ley fired by the negroes when they
were surrounded by a party of Sum
ner men who were seeking Jesse
Hunter, negro, who is alleged to have
participated in an attack on a young
white woman. The other victims
were four negro men and a negress. i
Reports said feeling at Rosewood,
which subsided after the battle of
Thursday night, had become inflamed
today as a result of the capture and
slaying of the aged negro.
Alleged Oakland Slayer
Arrested in Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 6.—William
R. Krice, alias Walker, who police
say is wanted in Oakland, Cal., in
connection with the death of Nicholas
S. Dabelich, hotel keeper of that
place, last October, was arrested here.
Rabelioh's body was found beneath
a bridge in a lonely spot several days
after he was killed.
Sister of Senator Harris
Dies at Home in Cleveland
Washington, Jan. 6. — (Special.) —
Senator Norris of Nebraska has gone
to Cleveland to attend the funeral
of his sister, who died there yester
day. Senator Norris recently spent
some time with his sister In her last
| Illness. She was a favorite sister.
Many
Oppor
tunities
—are offered the prospective
purchaser of a home in the .
“Want” Ad columns of The
Omaha Bee.
Cultivate reading these col
umns every day until you find
the little home you have often
dreamed of.
It will pay YOU to consult
Omaha Bee “Want” Ads when
you want to fill some need.
Read and Use Omaha Bee
“Want” Ads—the bee-line
to results.
Stefansson
to Give I n
El «i’l" *ir’n'<;
xpl
World-Famous Arctic Trav
eler to Devote Life to
Developing the Polar
Regions.
Plans Trade Air Routes
New York, Jan. (i.—(By A. P.)—Vil
hjalmar Stefansson. Arctic explorer,
announced abandonment of his car
eer ns an explorer, to devote his ef
forts to proving to a skeptical world
that within a decade or two the north
polar ocean will be crossed by a net
work of commercial aviation routes
and that the Arctic regions, hitherto
known ns mysterious, uninhabitable
•ends, will l»e the source of developed
iesourceo unlimited in magnitude.
"I am through with exploring," he
declared to The Associated Press. "1
will devote myself seriously to the
abolition of the polar regions. The
aura of mystery surrounding the north
is a pall of ignorance. The polar re
gions are a state of mind.”
Mr. Stefansson s i^l his decision to
give up the polar expeditions which
have made him internationally famous
was prompted by his conviction that
tlio age of exploration of the north
now was to yield to the age of com
mercial development, lie felt, he
said, that he should give up exploring
while he was still young enough to
develop his career as a “propagan
dist” or enlightener of the north. Ex
ploring was a young man’s game, he
added.
Saw Unlimited Resources.
"My expeditions to the Arctic,” he
declared, "were like those of Lewis
and Clarke in the early days of the
United States* history. I saw as they
did that 1 was crossing country with
unlimited resources, country wlneh
could easily ho exploited and country
where men and women could live ns
comfortably and as energetically as
they live in many ports of the north
temperate regions of tlie world.”
Development of the Arctic country
as a path of commercial air routes
certainly would he made within the
next generation, Mr. Slefansson as
serted. The temperature 1,000 feet
above the north pole in July, tie said,
was about the same as that 1,000
feet above France in April. Tho light
conditions were Ideal. An Arctic
route from London to Tokio, he
pointed out, would lie only two-thirds
tlie length, of one charted from west
to east.
Terrors Imaginal ive.
The popular attitude toward the
Arctic regions, Mr. Ktefansson said,
was mut li like th ■ medieval attitude
towards the unexplored regions be
yond the horizon—the terrors in both
eases might be largely imaginative.
Fire alone stands in the way of the
developing of a land area twice the
size of the United States,” lie de
clared. ”lf you want the truth, as
sume the opposite of a dozen or so
things you have heard about* the
north.
‘‘Oil, coal and other resources
there. Climatic conditions are cotr
guerable. People are living and flour
ishing In places where there are
colder winters than those at the north J
pole. For example, the lowest tem
perature at the pole is about 60 de- j
grees below zero, while 70 below has j
been registered in North Dakota, |
where the winters are just as severe j
as in tlie Arctic. At Verkhoyansk, in
Siberia, tlie mercury has dropped to j
93 degrees below zero.
"The course of empire, of civiliza
tion, must inevitably give a move
toward tho north, and Americans,
citizens of the nation of progress,
must realize this fact.”
Bryan Mourns
Radio Failure
Heartbroken When Told Mc
Kelvie's Message was Broad
cast and His Lost.
Lincoln, Jan. 6.—(Special.)—Gov
ernor Charles W. Bryan was heart
broken today to learn that the mes
sage of ex-Governor McKelvie was
broadcast over the statehouse wire
less while his message was confined
to the four walls of the house of rep
resentatives.
The governor was informed by
George Johnson, state engineer, that
someone, either through ignorance or
through premeditated malice, put the
statehouse radio amplifier out of com
mission just before Governor Bryan
delivered his message.
“It is something for the legislature
to consider," Governor Bryan said.
"Would you call for a legislative In
vestigation?" he was asked.
"No." he replied, “I believe not,
but the legislature should know what
caused the trouble."
Des Moines Woman Given
Pen Sentence for Fraud
Des Moines, la., Jan. 6.—Mary
Fraze, former city park department
secretary, was sentenced to an Inde
terminate term of from one to seven
years In the Rockwell City reforma
tory by District Judge Lester Thomp
son. She was convicted on charges
of obtaining city money under false
pretenses.
Miss Fraze’s bond was fixed at $7,500
pending an appeal to the state su
preme court.
G. A. R. to Install Officers.
Old Guard post No. 7, Grand Army
of the Republic, and Georgo A. Custer,
George Crook and U. S. Grant chap
ters, Women's Relief corps, will hold
Joint installation of officers at the
courthouse at 2 Saturday afternoon.
J
Ford Sinks Through
Ire—Parts Found in
Stomach of Lake Pike
Kun Du Lac, Wis., Jan. 6.—Last
NlU ^ mini Schroeder. a prominent
man. lost his flivver when
’,i n Dike Winnebago sank be
Mr. Schroeder thought that
was tlie last he would ever see of the
machine.
Today when Louis Holcomb, a city
fireman, was cleaning a big pike that
he had caught through the ice, he
discovered a bolt two inches long in
tlie fishes innards. He also found a
ladiator filler cap which Schroeder
identified as belonging to his drowned
Ford.
Rural Credits
Bill Is Ready
for Lower House
Adams County Representative
Make9 Known High Points
of Measure He Will
Introduce Monday.
Lincoln, Jan. 6.—(Special.)—A
rural credit bill is ready for intro
duction In the lower house Monday.
Its author is .1. C. Gilmore of Adams
county. High points in the bill fol
low:
A rural credits board of five mem
bers, including the governor, the oth
er four to be appointed by the gov
ernor. One shall be known as rural
credits commissioner at a salary of
*5,000 per annum. Another member
shall he treasurer at a salary of $2,000
per annum.
Money shall he raised against state's
credit and bonds shall be issued.
$20,000 is Limit.
No loan shall exceed $20,000.
Borrowers to pay simple interest
on defaulted payments at 8 per cent
rate.
Difference between interest rate
on ataie bonds and interest rate on
money borrowed from proposed hoard
shall become a reserve fund.
State bonds shall lie purchased from
permanent school funds until 60 per
cent of total is used in this manner.
Securil.v for I»an.
Kach loan to 1>« secured by first
mortgage.
Kach mortgage shall contain an
agreement providing for payment on
an amortization plan by means of
annual or semiannual installments
so computed ns to pay Interest ac
cording to terms of mortgage and
debt must bo terminated in a period
not less than five years or more titan
30 years.
Loans may be made for purchase
of farm land, farm equipment, build
ings or other equipment ami to liquid
ate indebtedness of land owner.
Volcano Blows Off
Top of Mountain
Eruption in Alaska Illumines
Sky for Miles, Wireless
Message Says.
Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 6.—(By A.
P.)—The top of I’avlof mountain,
Aleutian peninsula, has been blown
off by a volcanic eruption, according
to wireless messages received here,
which said t lie volcano had become 1
active, lighting up the Rky for many
miles with the glow from the crater,
reflected by snow-topped peaks. The
severe earthquake shock felt in this
section November 30, is believed to
have resulted from the activity of
this volcano.
Navigators familiar with volcanic
activity in the Aleutian section ex
pressed the belief that a phenomenon
might result similar to that of 1896,
when Bogoslof Island disappeared
and rose alternatively from the sea.
I’avlof mountain is situated on one
of the narrowest portions of the pen
insula.
December Sets Record
in Postal Receipts
Washington, Jan. 6.—(Special Tele
gram.)—Although December packed
five nonproductive Sundays within its
.11 days, postal receipts in 00 largest
selected rities broke all records. They
jumped from $27,727,27.9 in December,
1921, to $29,150,025 in 1922, a gain of
$2,422,749. St. Louis joined the $1,000,
000 class, the others being New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston.
Receipts for Omaha were $269,118
for December. 1922, as compared with
$257,606 in 1921, a gain of $11,512 or
4.47 per cent. Omaha's gain in 1921
over 1920 was 11.38, showing a con
sistent trend in the direction of pros
perity.
Paderewski Plays Concert
Despite Threatening Letters;
Cleveland, O., Jan. 6.—Receipt of
threatening letters failed to interfere !
last night with the concert given by I
Ignace Jun Paderewski, world famous j
pianist and former Polish premier.
Paderewski was guarded hy a large 1
detachment of specially picked police ,
from the time of ills arrival yester- i
day until tie departed, following his
recital. Another detail guarded Pad
erewski's private car during his stay j
here.
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Mrs. Lillian Knox, Murder
Defendant, Free on Bond
San Augustine, Tex., Jan. 6.—Per
manent bond of $5,000, pending the
meeting of the grand jury in March,
was agreed upon today for Mrs. Lil
lian Knox, pretty 38-year-old widow of
lllram Knox, millionaire lumberman,
whom she is charged with slaying.
The fixing of the bond ends the ha
beas corpus hearing before Judgo H.
V. Sturk In tile first district court
here.
January
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Racing Results
in The Omaha Bee
New Service Gives Complete
Information on Activities
at Winter Tracks.
A new service for readers of tlie
sport pages lias been started by The
Omaha Bee.
Ttesults and entries of the running
races now being held at Havana, New
Orleans and Tijuana will be published
complete each day in The Morning
Bee.
This information comes to this
newspaper by special wire direct from
tlie tracks and includes prices paid
and the time on winners, together
witli the weights on entries.
Arrangements for this new service
were completed by The Omaha Bee
herattse of the increased Interest in
Omaha and Nebraska in running
ltuies. It offers the fans an oppor
tunity to follow the performances of
their favorites at tlie three hig tracks
and to keep in touch with the winter
form of tlie thoroughbreds that will
race nt the spring and fall meetings
at the Ak-Sar-Ben track in Omaha.
The Omaha Bee is the only paper
in Nebraska providing this service for
its readers.
Day's Activities
in Washington
The agricultural appropriation bill
was reported to the senate carrying
$72,900,000.
A house committee recommended
an appropriation of $5,000 to make
the White House fireproof.
A bill was introduced by Represen
tative Upshaw, democrat, Georgia, to
make the buyer of outlaw liquor equal
ly guilty with the seller.
The senate adopted a resolution de
claring its opinion that President
Harding should bring about the Im
mediate return of all American troops
on tlie Rhine.
Secretary Hoover declined an offer
of President Harding to Vie transferred
from the Commerce to the Interior
department upon the retirement of
Secretary Fall March 4.
Members of the United States coal
commission expressed the opinion that
danger of a strike In the unionized
bituminous fields after April 1, had
been averted.
Arrangements were made for the
first formal meeting of the British
debt commission Monday. The latter,
after a meeting announced that its
members were in "general accord" on
the main principles of the debt prob
lem.
After a conference with Secretary
Hughes, Chairman Bodge of the sen
ate foreign relations committee an
nounced he did not believe the time
was opportune for action on the reso
lution of Senator Robinson, democrat,
Arkansas, looking to America nofllcial
representation on the reparations com
mlslon.
Xo immediate government action
was said to be in prospect with ref
erence to the German reparations sit
uation. It was indicated that the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States was considering renewing its
efforts to substitute business diplo
macy for intergovernmental exchanges
In working out a new ptoposal on
reparations
1
Families Driven
From Homes in
Oregon Floods
One Known Dead as Heavy
Rains. Landslides. Wreak
Havoc Along North
ern Rivers.
Portland, Ore., Jan. fi.—Heavy rains
of several days resulted in all rivers
in western Oregon reaching the flood
stage. The body of an unidentified
man was found today under a land
slide caused by the rain in the Hood
river vicinity.
The Sant lam river overflowed,
drowning stock and driving residents
from the lowlands. One of the oldest
bridges across the Hood river was
carried away when logs hit It last
night. The Halles reported bridges in
that section over creeks and small
stream's were carried away.
Railroad tracks were washed out In
different parts of the state and the
Columbia river highway was blocked
by mud slides. Telephone and tele
graph companies reported their lines
were crippled to some extent.
A family was removed in boats at
Williams when rising waters rmt
rooned them In their home.
There was a constant downpour for
48 hours in the Hood River valley,
which together with the snow water
from a Chinook wind on Mount Hood,
sent the river to the 11-foot stage
today, which was two feet higher than
any previous flood on record.
Big Party to Be Held for
Visiting State Teachers
An entertainment feature for visit
ing teachers of the Nebraska State
Teachers' association, January 19 at
the Auditorium, will be a soiree.
Belle M. Ryan is chairman of ar
rangements committee. The Junior j
Chamber of Commerce will furnish !
700 young men to serve as escorts
for the teachers. The Duke of Tim- ;
buctoo will attend with his hair in a
braid. Ak-Sar-Ben and South Omaha
packers will furnish the eats. On tlie
program will be two high school
bands, a skit by South High school
clown band, Concord club's saxophone I
band of 18 players, Adelaide Fogg's i
dancers, Hoffmann quartet and a 1
grand mixer march.
The soiree will start at 8 p, m. and \
will continue until 12.
Senate Votes to Withdraw
American Troops From Rhine
Washington, Jan. 6.—The senate
went on record today as favoring
withdrawal of American troops from
Germany. It adopted a resolution
by Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri,
declaring it the sense of the senate
that the president should bring about
the return of the remaining occupa
tion forces. The vote on adoption of
the resolution wna 57 to 6, the sena
tors voting against it being Nelson,
New, Reed (Pennsylvania), and Ster
ling, republicans, and Myers and Wll
liams, democrats.
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Senate Refuses to Limit
Debate on Shipping Bill I
Washington, Jan. 6. — Senator I
Jones, republican, Washington, in
charge of the administration ship
ping bill in tlie senate, got nowhere
today with his attempt to expedite
action by limiting debate.
When the proposition was present
ed today, Senator Fletcher, democrat,
Florida, said lie had been asked by
Senator Brookliart, republican, Iowa,
to object. Senator Brookliart was
absent and Senator Fletcher then
o» ills own account
Four Grand Island
Bandits ('aught
But Or te of Escaped Quintet
Now at Large — Father
Leads Sou Back to Jail.
Grand Island, .Tan. 6 -(Special ) —
All but nn« of the quintet of prison
ers, that owerpowered Jailer Seliroe
der Wednesday night, seized his gun,
disconnected the telephone and held
the jailer and his assistants at bay
while they hacked out of jaid and
made their escape, have been recap
tured.
George Cave, the only one whose
residence is Grand Island, gave him
self up. Several hours later, Joe Wil
son was captured in an old hotel
binding now used as a boarding
house.
Dnnner, the only man missing, Is
believed to have gone west.
Gave, cold and hungry after spend
ing two nights in hay stacks, visited
his father. They boy, after discussing
his plight with liis parents, followed
the latter to the jail and gave him
self up together witli nno of the guna
wrested from the jailer.
When mention was made to the
father of the offered reward, the latter
protested he would rather live in
poverty all liis life than to accept
the money, asking instead, that if any
consideration could be given, to give
it to his son.
Wounded Man Admits
Bandit Story False
c. W. Tindle, 22, Elmira, N. Y.t
who told police he was held up and
during a struggle wit ha highway
man was shot, admitted yesterday
afternoon he accidentally shot him
self.
Young Tindle told police he was on
the way to visit relatives in North
Omaha, and gave a vivid description
of a struggle with a bandit, which lie
said occurred near Sixteenth and
Sprague streets Friday night. He had
alighted from a street car there and
was carrying a suitcase.
Tindle was taken to the police em
ergency hospital, where it was found
a bullet had penetrated his right thigh
and foot. He said he made tip the
story about the bandit because he
feared lie would be “in bad" for car
rying concealed weapons. The ra>
volver started to slip from his pocket,
and in snatching it he discharged it.
according to his later statement.
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Rum-Charges Dismissed
Against Pastor-Sheriff
lies Moines, la.. Jan. 6.—Charges
filed by William McMurray, former
Folk county Jailer, against former
Sheriff W. E. Robb, in connection with
the theft of grand jury exhibits from
the county jail, were dismissed by
Municipal Judge J. E. Mershon. "This
is a farce: the case is dismissed,”
declared the judge.
W ife of Senator Dies,
Lincoln, Jan. C.—(Special.)—The
wife of State Senator George Wilkins
of Emerson died here this morning
She came to Lincoln a week ago with
the senator.
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War Issue
Up Before
Conference
Turkish Delegate Says Key to
Peace I.ies in Hands
of Near Past
Parley.
Curzon Answers Attack
Tiausanne, Jan. 6—(By; A. J».)—.
Peace or war was the grave issue
placed squarely before the near east
ern conference today. Ismet Pasha
for Turkey brought this Issue oon
clsely before the delegates, when,
after refusing all allied suggestion#
concerning special courts for foreign
ers in Turkey he declared solemnly:
‘'Oentlemen, the key to peace lies
In your hands.”
Lord Curzon .accepting the chal
lenge, retorted' "If peace la to come to
Lausanne, it Is essential that some
arrangement on tho question of for
eign tribunals be arrived at," and lie
added significantly: "We hope that
time will soften tho Turkish attitude
and that Turkey will not maintain
her position of today."
The discussion took place before the
full commission on capitulations which
adjourned without reaching any ac
cord on*ihe most vital question on
the Lausanne agenda and without
fixing a date for tho next meeting.
Tho debate on capitulations, during
which ismet l’astia praised the Amer
ican ambassador, Mr. Child, for Ills
recent "eloquent address," to the con
ference on the question of the foreign
judicial system, was dignified through
out and marked by no evidence of ill
feeling. In this respect it differed
greatly from ,tlio morning session,
which took up the problem of provid
ing a national homo for the Armen
ians.
.Leaves Meeting Hall.
Angry at the allies' attempt even to
bring the Armenian question Into the
official discussion, Riza Nur Bey, the
second Turkish delegate, delivered a
short but violent attack on the al
lies, then brusquely marched out of
tho meeting hall.
In consequence of this, Lord Cur
zon, M. Barriero and Marquis dl Gar
roni forwarded a strong letter of pro
test to Ismet Pasha, requesting the
head of the Turkish delegation to
write some explanation of his col
league's conduct. Riza Nur Bey, who
Usually says the caustic things for
the Turks when the Turks believe
t hey must he said, was not daunted by
the allied protest, but appeared smil
ing and gracious at the afternoon
i meeting when the fateful problem of
capitulations was discussed.
I reducing Had Impression.
The unfortunate Incident of the
morning, which followed the allies’
request that Turkey give her atten
tion, from the humanitarian point of
view, to the question of providing
•t national home for the Armenians,
produced a bad impression. Ismet
Pasha’* dignified rejection of the al
lies' proposals on capitulations only
served to aggravate this impression.
Itiza Nur refused to listen to the
suggestions regarding Armenia and
accused the allies of intriguing witli
the Armenians and Assyro-Chaldeans
during tlie great war.
That is why the allies felt morally
bound td do something for them.
According to the Turkish account
of tlie incident which produced a sen
sation in conference circles, Chairman
Montagna of the subeommlssion on
minorities read a statement favoring
the Armenian home, and was followed
by f-'ir Horace Rumbold of Kngland,
v ho spoke in advocacy of establishing
the home in Cilicia. Sir Horace also
wanted the Turks to give an inde
pendent district to the Assyro-Chai
deans, in the region south of Hake
Van and west of Hake Urmia.
Hound to Help Them.
. Blza Nur Bey. the Turkish spokes
man, declared he understood the al
lied interest in the Armenians and
others was because the allies had in
cited them to revolt, and therefore
felt morally hound to help them.
Biza Nnr said he must consider to
day's allied declarations as not hav
ing been made atid that it was his
duty to leave tlio meeting. Ho walked
out amid ttie murmurs of the other
delegates.
Conference circles were seething
with excitement after the incident, and
wondering whether it forecast further
affairs of the sort calculated to dis
turb, if not disrupt, the entire confer
ence. It was pointed to as, in any
(Turn to !■«*» Two. Column Two.)
Danger of Coal Strike
April 1 Declared Passed
Washington, Jan. fi.-Praotica.liy all
danger of another coal strike in the
unionized bituminous fields after April
1 has passed, in the opinion of the
federal coal commission, as expressed
!*v Chairman John Hays Hammond
and other members.
! hough representatives of operators
and of the miners' union failed yes
terday at Chlengo to come to a defi
nite conclusion as to methods of ne
gotiating new wage agreements, the
commission, from its investigations
during the last two months and con
tact with the spokesmen for both em
ployers and employes in the Industry
is confident that satisfactory working
arrangements will he agreed upon.
Gasoline Iron Explodes;
oman Dies From Burns
Falls City Neb., Jan. 6.—<Special.)—
Mrs. C.rover Clin died at tlio Falls
City hospital last night from burns
received earlier in the day when a
gasoline heated iron she was using
exploded in her hand Igniting her
clothing.
Though she lived but six hours sh*
w as conscious up to within an hour of
her death. Her husband was with her
when she died.
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