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The Oft aha Morning Dee_ ^ VOL. 52—NO. 201. ?* W'*"«*"5 3!"%,;! OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1923.* g^."Ws$i2T'^*» ^.‘h_ TWO CENTS^ Dying Girl’s Statement Read to Jury Dr. Mathews Winces as Frien * of Miss McDermott Testi fies She Paid $2o for Operation. Father Also on Stand Idstr.ct Judge Goss' courtroom was filled yesterday afternoon with “court fans" eager to hear bits of testi rnony ot the trial of Dr. John T. Mathews, charged with performing an illegal opera tion which County Attorney Beal al leges, caused Lo retta McDer mott's death. Dr. Mathews, unmoved by tes timony given yes terday morning in which his name w a s frequently m e n 11 o lied, ap , _ . .. neared ratherner' l<or<*tla MfbernuHt. 1 , vous at the after noon session. Beal stated tlie state would rest Its case at noon today. When witnesses testified yesterday afternoon that Loretta McDermott told them that Dr. Mathews performed iho operation, the latter whispered to his counsel. Companion on Stand. • When I got the $100 bill from Dr. I Mathews after I gave him $25 cash, h? told me that no doubt I overlooked the fact that the check was larger than the amount I gave him," said j Mrs. Nina Henry, chum of the dead Kiri. "I told him that it was ail I had. "Giving me the check. Dr. Mathews . stated, ‘Well, the poor girl probably , couldn't get any more money.’ He j asked me how the gin was and I 1 I old him she was'better." State Produces Witnesses. The state produced three witnesses who stated that Dr. Mathews’ car was parked many times in the vi- , cinity of 2G02 Cuming street, where the operation was-wlleged to have been performed. The Mathews machine has the initials "J. T. XL" painted on the door, said the witnesses. • Other witnesses were Drs. E. C. Henry, Dr. Samuel McClenighan, Ed ward Isaacson, pathologist, all who were present at the autopsy. Dr. Henry testified that the Me- j Dermott girl told him that Dr. Mathews operated on her. Dying Statement Presented. Introduction of the dying statement of Miss McDermott, after a brisk le Kal skirmish between County Attor ney Beal and opposing attorneys, marked a distinct victory for the prosecution this afternoon in the trial of Dr. Mathews. The statement is dated at Omaha, at the tlmo Miss McDermott was in Lord Lister hospital. "I, Loretta McDermott, believing myself to he In a dying condition, of my own free will make the following statement of my present condition." the statement reads. "I was operated on by Dr. Mathews in his office In (Turn to F»«o Four, Column Onr.) Rejected Lover Shoots Himself . • Youth Fires Shot in Room of Girl Where Ffc Called for Answer to Proposal. Because a girl rejected his offer of marriage, Tony Nichols. 23. living in -the vicinity of Twenty first and California streets, shot himself yester day afternoon. He will not live, aecordlng to phy sicians. The shooting occurred in the room Miss Myrtle Britt. 21, on the sec ord floor of a rooming house at 2013 Douglas street, whern Nichols ha 1 gone to get Miss Britt's answer to his proposal. The girl, according to her story to police, told Nichols that she could not marry him and that they “had bet ter quit altogether.” "Whereupon the young roar, whipped out a German automatic pistol and. pointing It at his head, pulled the trigger. Miss Britt told po lice. The girl ran screaming to the first floor, where she was tnet at the foot of the stairs by I1’. J. Ncstlebush, 7710 North Thirtieth street, mall carrier, ori his route. He rushed upstairs to the room and then called police. The. shot also attracted the attention of Clyde Calfue, asleep in an adjoin ing room, and A. J. Ryder, another roomer. Miss Britt formerly lived at. Tar |;:o, Mo. Until a few days ago she roomed at 511 North Eighteenth street. It was while she was rooming at the latter address that she first met Nichols, she said. Nichols has been In Omaha about I wo months. Compromise on Memel. London, Feb. A provisional com promise has l.een reached lx-1 ween the Lithuanian government nnd the en tente ministers at Kovno for the rngu latton of tlie situation In Memel, pend ^^.Ing derision of that territory a future, either by the ambassadors’ conference or thn league of nations, says the diplomatic correspondent of tin Tele graph today. The writer adds that, presumably • neutral zone will be created, L Farmer Testifies at Trial of Doctor Here i r.—“-r:- i a «(! ,ti. i>. i mint. Savannah Plans Big Program for Returning Yanks Last of American Troops From Europe Expected to Land About Noon Today— Report Rough Sea. Savannah. Ga., Feb. 6.—Although without definite information regarding the exact hour of arrival of the United States army transport St. Mihiel to morrow. Savannah tonight rehearsed plans for what is regarded as its greatest celebration—welcoming home tiie last of the American forces which participated in the world war. Basing their conclusjpna on radio messages received trottt the transport saying the St. Mihiel |t noon today was still 365 miles off Savannah, ma rine men argued tho ship could not reach Tybee bar much before 1 to morrow afternoon. They held to tills belief despite radiograms from Capt. W. T. Oliver saying the transport would reach the bar at 11. Passage through Tybee roads and up the travannah river to the dock is expect ed to consume two hours. Heavy Seas Reported. Evidence that (he St. Mihiel is fight ing through heavy seas and bad weather was seen by marine men in radio messages intercepted here ill which the transport St. Mihiel asked radio stations in South CnStdina. to give her radio compass hearings. Regardless of the time of arrival of the St. Mihiel. however, the citizens committee directing the celebration has timed its program to start with the appearance of the transport in the Savannah river off Colonial Burk Bluff, where two brass cannon, cap tured at Yorktown from the British and presented in 1780 by George Washington to the Chatham artillery, will fire a saint'. Convoying the St. Mihiel from the liar will be the cutter Yamacraw with the official recepUon committee aboard accompanied by a tugboat bearing a committee of the American Region and newspapermen. The salute will be the signal for tho ringing of "Big Duke,” a huge bell. At the dock, a formal reception will take places followed by debarkation 1 f the troops. Parade Is Planned. Allowing the troopers time to re gain their "land legs,'' the entire com plement will parade through Savan nah, beii^g reviewed by MaJ. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth, chief of the In fantry branch of the army, and other officials. A barbecue for the enlisted men will follow the parade, after which some 400 troopers assigned to Fort Screven will entrain with their fami lies for the fort. For the other sol diers. amusement at local theaters has been provided, the operators an nounelng all men in- uniform would be their guests. Other entertainment features of the evening a, scheduled to be arranged for th» Fort Hcreven soldiers, who will hr brought back to the city on a special train. Ex-l . S. District Attorney to Defend Alleged Reds Chicago. Feb. ti—(By A. I'.)—A "labor defense council,” including nmong its officers a former Fnlted States district attorney ami four min isters and church leaders, has been i formed to organize the defense of al | legeo communist* who are to go on [ trial February at St. Joseph, Mich , | charged with advocating the over - throw of the United Slates govern ment. The organization has retained Frank P. Walsh of Kansas city and Wash tngton. and other counsel to defend the prisoners, who Include William /, Foster. Charles K. Ruthrnlwrg and others who have been w<-1J Known ns radicals. Free Tickets to the Strand Theater the names and addresses of several people will be nat tered in the “Want” Ad col umns of The Omaha Bee this week. If YOUR name and address is listed in the “Want” Ad columns of The Omaha lice bring it to the box office* of The Strand Theater and you will be presented with • frae ticket to see Norma Talmndge in “The Voire From the Min aret." i 1-—■ -- New State Bank Laws Are Sought Guaranty Fund Coninr Proposed in Two y>* Prepared l»y P ^ ** 1 4 • V* crs Assoc* - ^ To Protect Depositors Lincoln, Feb. 6.—(Special.)—With a total of 53 state banka closed lu Ne braska In two years, entailing drafts on the state guaranty fund aggregat ing fs,000,000, Dan J. Riley, presi dent of the Nebraska State Rankers’ association, declared in an Interview today that the financial stability of the state and state banks called for action by the legislature. Riley outlined In full the plan of the bankers to curtail losses and save I banks from failure through changes in the state banking taw, embodied in , pile ms and House Roll 2 rf Riley emphasized the fart that the hankers do not contemplate tamper ing in any way with the present guar anty law so that depositors in failed hanks cannot collect, immediately, the amount of their deposits. Would Form Commission. "With this purpose in view, the legislative committee of the associa tion, after a careful analysis of the situation, decided to have measures introduced, subject matter of which appears in the two bills,” Riley said. "The primary purpose of these bills is to supplement the present state supervision by creation of a guaran ty fund commission, consisting of nine executive officers of stale hanks, selected by the hanks themselves. The secretary of the banking department shall be a member of the commission and act as its chairman. "The commission may employ spe cial examiners who shall have power to examine state Kinks, which, in the judgment of the commission, require special audits. The commission also si tall have access to the records of the banking department,"relative to examination of banks. State Retains Rights. 'The state retains every right of supervision which it now has, and it alone retains power to pass upon ap plications for charters, to issue and revoke licenses for bank officials, and to close a bank if such procedure is necessary. "The commission may take over and administer existing receiverships, and also may supervise succeeding re ceiverships. "The commission may, under re strictions, with consent and approval of the banking department, draw on the guaranty fund to prevent a bank failure. For example, tf a bank is Insolvent, part of the guaranty fund may bo used to render the hank sol vent with expense of a receivership. However, provision is made for safe guarding this action by forcing need ed change in management and control. Orderly Procedure. "Another provision creates orderly statutory procedure for issuanc of receivers’ certificates. This relieves stress on hanks and enables deposi tors to be paid at once. "The proposed law gives promise of bringing to the hanking fraternity better and more rigid examinations. It will foster sound hu.king practices. Its sole jnir|xice is prevention of tiank failures, conservation of resources of i failed banks and contlnuaic o of prompt payment to all depositors. "From beginnir g to end, llies law contains nor a single line or lettet which in any manner abridges or changes rights or security of de positors.' Iowa One of Three States Vi it limit Record of Lynching Washington, I'*b. C—Only 16 states have been free from lynching* in the last pj years, the commission of , ihurcft and race relations of the f* d eral council of church** of ( hi 1st in America, declared today In an analy sis nf lynching statistics from 1*55 to 1921. .States given a "clear rec ord. ' in the last 10 yearn, include Ne vada. Iowa and Colorado, The lynching victim* from 1885 to 1921 included 1,011 white iii*ti und 17 ! white women, und 3.001 negro men nd 68 negro women, according to the • nalynirt, which mlded that the num ber of whit** person* lynched has de creased rapidly since 1900. The an I r.ual t ■*« of lynching* fell off from 11908 to 1918, when the tendency j turned upward. Oimmt- of Still That hilled Man Guilty of Manslaughter l.ciiK Inland ( ,iy, N' 'i . i-.-i, -A i convict inti unique in court record* here wm- i etitniMl by a jury \* >t*‘rdny wh**n Mr. and Mr*. Carmine Pizza , w '1*' found guilty «>f second degree manslaughter in tlm death of Police ; T«i*'Ut*omnt Albert Mnffv. fatally. In | Jured in i still explosion while leading i ;t raid on the Pizza home last July. 1 They were scnfctlred ft) seven y* nr* j e-wh at Sing Sing'. ri;iio still was found in the <*Ilnr «»f the Pizza home and »xplod*d while the. police urn* inspecting it Lieu t• ■ 11ntit I niffy died 10 days later ft obi his injuries Several oilier officer* who were in the raiding party were injured, but recover* *1. Gagr County Pioneer Pi*’*. Beatrice, Xch., K«*b. 0.—(Speclnl 1 I Id win Janies, 7', old i * sident of (lug* < otinty, died at hi* home In this city after .i brief Hines* lie tame here six mouths ago from Pine Spring . to which plrt«*« Him body will b# taken lor burial. A widow and a number «»f children survive. Free Bread in War. Chlciirn. FVh 8 — Brewd will h* free tomorrow with certain purrhn*** nt the SK * stahliMhnirnt* of on*' oi uTilixation a* the* result of n bread war among chain atoica in Chicago. Twins Who Wed Brothers Then Divorced Them, Relaunch Marital Bark Cedar Rapids. In., Feb. 6 —Dale Bricker and Nora Thompson and Ber nice Thompson and tllcnn Bricker plugged up the holes in their niatri onlal bark here again last night and iil over what they hope will be th sea of matrimony. Their (Js s ^countered storms a few weeks and when it got into port both ’ ond mates were seasick and de ided to quit. Nora and Bernice are twin sisters. They live at Belie Plaine. Bast May they eloped to St. Joseph, Mo., and were married to tlie Bricker brothers. Returning to Belle l’laine, they tired of double harness and decided to divorce their mates. Each sued 'in grounds of cruel and inhuman treat ment and at tho trial on January 17. both girls swore their husbands had beaten them on the same night. They engaged the same attorney, who filed their sifils on the name day and each testified for the other and their divorces were granted the game day. Three weeks apart was all they could stand, so the girls came here last night and were married without tlie knowledge of their parents, who are accused of being responsible for the first jars in tile double family. Biennial B a 111 e on Municipal Light Opens at Lincoln Mayor and All Omaha City Commissioners Kxcrpt But ler Oppose Howell Measure. Lincoln, 1Tb. «,—{Special * — From early in the afternoon until near mid * ight, If. Ji. Powell, United States amator-elect, and attorneys and friends (,f the Nebraska Power com pany engaged In their regular bien n.al battle of wits in arguments for j and against the Powell tnuny light ] bill, giving the Metroplitan Utilities district, instead the city' of Omaha, power to call a special election to vote herds for a competing power plant, j The hearing was held before the house committee on cities and towns. Han Butler, Omaha, city commis sioner. was present to augment the , Howell arguments, while letters writ ten by c\'ery other member td the Omaha city commission, Including Mayor James <' Hahlman, w ere read by J. A. ('. Kennedy, Nebraska Power company attorney, expressing disap proval of the Howell bill. Dahlman Praises Present Servile. These letters were the suprise of ; the hearing as Butler had expressed ! regret thru Mayor l'ahiinan was not present to aid him tn his argument* i for the Howell hill. Immediately aft erwards Kennedy read the letters. "As *ho laws now provide the ]>eo ple with ample power *o adjust thl* problem to their satisfaction. It seems } tins hill is nerving no pur| >se tn a constructive way," the I'ahlman let tir, addressed to George Dyhall, chatr man of tho cities and towns commit tee, read: “From iny observation of comlittona existing tn other metro* 1 poiltan cities. I nrn convinced that we have the best possible service at the most reasonable rates, and that I our contract with the* Power company is working to the ad'•ant.««<* of the j overwhelming majority of email con- | sumerf M Similar expression* appeared In let* i ter* of tho oth^r comm Is* loner*. How ell, in rebuttal, rear! a resolution j adopted by a previous Omaha city commision iirffinff placing the bond election power in the hand* * f the Metropolitan Utilities district. llowrll Replies to Kfmifdl. Kennedy declared that Omaha hud j the cheapest light rate in the country j for any city nf its size with a pri vate plant. In reply*. Howell charged that these rates did not begin falling until he started agitation for .1 com peting plant Further. Howell asserted then* was approximately $7,000,000 in water In the Nebraska Power coin pan y's stock. Kennedy declared that if the Nchras^f ka Power company xerre #fre« fi, n taxation ns the water plant H that electrl per kilowatt hour. Kennedy read a statement oi.m1i I v Butler before (b« I.engu- < f N. braska Muni' paliti» only a short tim< ago in whii'h Butler b< .asted of the * b» ftp light i ib in Orna! * Wants Five-t ent Rate. “Well, now* Pm advocating » r. . < nt i ate, ko evidently I don’t think it is cheap enough ’ Butler retorted Kennedy read figure** to show that the Nebraska Power company t rate had fallen 6ft 7 per cent against n dC rease of .Vj 5 in ^he rate of the municipal water plant. Kennedy declared Howell’s demand in his bill for arbitrary power to take the street lighting cmdratt for his proposed municipal tight plant Wn* ronflscflt .on of 111«»»«• than $1,000. ooo in pr«*perty investment of the Nebraska Power company in street lighting **<|uipinent Kennedy * ailed attention to the freedom front tux of a tminicip.il light company The Nebraska Power corn panv paid $3H0,00o m tatKs this >«;n. he asserted Kennedy fmthrr thine 1 tin llowrll bill by i ailing for n ban majority to cany a muni' lpul light bond * )•< tlon violated a provision of the homo rule charter, granted by i» l g. l.» lure two years ago. which calls for a three fifth majority r* I id eln> tlorts. Would Destroy Kxisliug Plant. “lbithles.a^oin*jM tition «>f the Metro- I polltnn rtllltle* district exempt from taxation, find unregulated a* t * v.itr would destroy the * |»thtg plant n* contradistinguished from tin* water (Turn to I1*** l **o. I oliuiin t hree.) Hamlil' lto|» I lieutrr. Oakland, C.il , l*’eb. .* Kuhbi i * Sun day night blew open tho :.»I»• in 111«* Strife fhcat«i a block fiotn llm «*n tml police station, and ubtuimd up piuximutcly Ji.OOO, ^ “Sic ’Em!” "1 Ruhr Resistance to French Growing Stronger—Cuno (By \MM»ciated Prm) The policy of rcsistenre to the French occupation of the Ruhr valley has not been modified but is growing steadily stronger, the Herman government declared today through its embassy in Washington. Managers of big industries in the valley < xpr*-a confidence In their ability to carry on and at the same »hr o, pt event the French from gat ing anything worth while out of the district, however effectively they might occupy it militarily. The immense Thyssen plants in the Ruhr and vicinity, i mployn^ some fifl.000 men. arc declared by the management not to have been affected by either the railroad or coal strikes. The plants are work ing full tune, mining their own fuel, as do many other big Industries in the valley. The railroad strike seems again largely effective in the Ruhr and Important d:«ttv ts in 'he Rhine land. Navigation on the Rhine from Ruhr valley points is reported at a complete standstill. Chant* llor t'uno. head of the Berlin government, has Itch oa a visit to the occupied Ruhr area w here ho has been holding i onfer cnees and informing himself on the situation from personal observation. Hugo Stinnes, seen by interview ns at Essen, would not reveal whether the conferences he is hold ing on his surprise visit to the Ruhi are with a view to negotiations f«,t settlement ft the reparation differ | enees. Severn! persons were injured in a demonstration at iJinwteii, broken up by the German police. No details have followed the re puted advance of the French in a new area !3 miles beyond the Ger man frontier into Hesse, where they were said to have occupied Godde lau. The move was in the direr lion of Mannheim, which the Ger mans momentarily expe<t«d the French would occupy, the advices said. Berlin. Feb. 6.—<By A., PA—Chan cellor Ctlno returned to Berlin today from a ' wo da y tour of the occupied 'Ruhr area convinced, he said, that the determination of the population to resist the French coercive meas ures was just as Arm today as when the first of the occupying forces en tend Essen on January It. Farm Hand (>rts Life for Murder • \u-tin Ploptl? Guilty to Slay* inp Girardi— Kinplovcr Pleads Not Guilty. IDd Ouk, l.l., Fob. t,—{Special.!— Finding guilty tu the murder on Jrtnu iry !: of Albert (irirdl On.th.i butter mill ■ eg buyer, • it'orgc Austin, firm tin tut. w im m-hIpihiS ;o life ini prlsonment hero today by District Judg t T "inpsuil. II" will l,e taken tit on," to Fort Madison, I i . I" begin h|s sentence. Austin nppt:iriil unmoved by his fate. «n<l offered no cnuiment. John T St'w i firm i' mar lied Onk. Htnl jointly indicted with Austin fur th" murder of Olrnrdl. pleaded not guilty when arraigned Kclincr- S;i\ Pipe l.int \rr Not < oininoii Carrier.' Washington, Feb. (i— Demand tliat pip*' line companies made common ‘HitI'Tn In furl as wrll as In name, was present til to the senate oil in* vrsUgatlng committee to im by half n iloxon independent oil r» finer*. The w|tne.s*»i’N represented refineries in Kansas. Kentucky, In.liana, Texas and P« nn\vl\, nGi nml .ill made th*' c'nmpluirit, that although pipe line com pan kii w*ie math? common car riers by act of yon sic** In 1906, the larger pipe line concerns at no Mine have furnished the sor\i*e t,» lu<l« p< n dent piiMiucis and icfineries that is c* pmali> expected of fn t' and open t ran port.it ion companies I«»>';i I aiiiitT' ”( oiniiifi Hack" War I inauec Mead I)relare> NN i-diington, l*Yb «J - low i farmer* tiro "coni I in? Iwck ' in .1 nut iafactory niftim- 1. Managing Pirector Meyer of tlv War Finance Corporation declnr cd tonight, explaining that repay* HHMita from lint *tu*e hetyeen Janu ary and Frbtuary 3 on* Ioann made by tbo corporation , *'gr«\itlv exceed tho i* payment* from any other Mate during 11 «imll.u period.” The* re, wy nientM for th*> poilod aggregated ft, l 1,0 lota! loan* undo hy the corporation in low • Imve boon volin tU from I23.019.VUO to 913*000,000, th< director mM. | n 2 St. Paul Cops Die in Car Crash Speeding Police Auto on ley Street. Smashes In to Millinery Shop. Sr. Paul, Minn., Fob. 6 —Two po I icemen were killed and four other person* were injured, two critically, when n speeding police car skidded on the icy street today and crashed Into a millinery shop in the residence section. The front of the building collapsed when the police car struck it 1 Id win Karl llaekert. 39. patrolman,' and V llllnm Wilson. 40. negro chauf feur. are the dead Arthur Haossig and William Koatohrys patrolmen and Mrs. W. W. Throckmorton, were injured. The Throckmorton* wets pre cipitated from their l*ed amid a mas* of wreckage when the careening police car smashed the studding from under the front end of the building .4 ”d brought .\ show nr « f 1m 10ks and lion leanif upon the head* of the patrolmen. Throckmorton and his wife were bruised ha>e AgainM Former Dry Director In Di>mi.*st*<l Kiiiuo. N I» K«l’ *—The nut of I lie .Into again.t I?. P I.rndy, former ■ lire, (or of |>i ohil itlon for Nqrth FVi kola, \\!m was chanted with selling mil tinneiHiitlnii liquor while rm ployed hy the government, \t i* dis mimed on motion of the defendant'* counsel when tl was found that the principal witness for the prosecution rould not testify without Incriminat 1|1K hilnsrlf 1 !> Rotlir* Believed in RuiiV'* of (m'IIo Fire at \\ ieliita hie* Krtn , 1*'> b. (' - Kight IhhI , tea still are believed to be buiiotl un J der tons of debris in tin lvtMnuent of1 tli»' tietto bnildlnK. swept by fire early j ' eaterday. police And flrr headquarter* announced today after a leoheek of all :t\.‘liable lists of occupant* Three bodies wr'ie irmmrd from the wreck | «»e toaterday, making the probable number of deaths In ths V j Day's Activities in Washington c? A congressional delegation left for Savannah to welcome American troops returning from the Rhine. Continuing consideration of the army bill, the senate centered debate on the *S«.<KK>,000 rivers and harbors item. Investigation ef conditions at the veteran# bureau was urged In the house by Representative Larsen, democrat, Georgia. Knar invent of leg.slation for con servation of forests was urge-1 by lYevident llarding In a letter to Rep resentative Clarke, republican. New York. Feasibility of conatructing another waterway r-toss the Isthmus of Pau am.’., using Panama canal profits to 1 defray part of the cost, was discussed at a cabinet meeting. President Harding put the finishing touches on «. message to congress urging, it was said, modification of the debt fund'ng law to permit ap proval of the sett lenient negotiated with Great Brttain. The national committee of defense of the federal power a- t sent to every member of the senate and house a protest in opposition to Henry Ford offer for Muscle Shoals. Trial of Charles \Y Morse. New York ship builder, his three sons and eight others on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government in con nectlon with wartime shipping c.-n tracts, which was to have !>egun, was postponed until February 1? Representatives of independent oil companies testified, before • investigating committee that high freight rates on oil, combined w.ih control of the Standard group over pipe lines, worked to the disadvantage of "independents Denying that German's policy of re sistance to French occupation of the Ruhr had been modified, the Berlin government, through its embassy, do dared that on the contrary ' utiani mous resistance on the put of Ger many is steadily growing.'' Approval was given by The house commerce committee to a bill provid ing for return of small properties soiled by the alien property custodian, but prohibiting restoration of the property of Grover C Bergdolt, fug! five draft evader. Mrnlhrr of Irish Free State Srnatt‘ Kcsiuiis Office Dublin. Feb. 6.—The resignation of Dr. Sigerson as a nienibrr of thr free state senate was announced > ester day Threats that the senator's house would la- burned had been made i, centlv. He is one of I it lands in.vat distinguished men lie is professor of bloloev In the I nlversify of Dub lin and the author of numerous works on physic's and biological subject*. There were several cases of inccn diary fires reported Friday night. The nstdcnce of Sheriff Russell near Dun da I k and that of to! Eustace Maude at Tlnode. \Yi< klcw. were deetroved. The Weather Knr»v**f. W>4lnea*U»y lair with r.s .• tom poraturo 11•»!■! I> |V|M|N'I at Ul O* *' * *'• ,fl 1 p. m |\ * *• »» 'I 0. w« I , : • m. « 1» 1 |. m i m * * »»« »» 4 p m W * I' /» p IN |<l 10* m II < i* hi Id 1* * •** t* I n n* l ; II uoali u4. . . 16 ft p tu u. Ismet Pasha to Return to Angora Turkish Leader Vi ill Not Re sume Conferences With Al lies at Once—Hears Ne gotiation Terms. Strong Hopes for Peace Lausanne, Keb. 7.—llljyt. I’.V—Aft mediation ha* definitely tailed; Turkey will not sign the allied treaty at th* present time, even with the latest concession* proposed, and within • few hours Ismet 1‘asha will leave to* Angora to consult with his govern ment. Paris, F- b. “—The Havas cor* respondent at I-ai.-tanne snys that .,f• • r a conversai.- u with Count Mas sigli, secretary general of the confer once, Ismet Pasha. announced at 1 this morning that he would leave al 6:Jo for Angora, as planned. Lausanne. Keb. *>.—(By A. P.»—* Ismet Pash a went Into conference at : 1 tonight with his colleagues of tli4 Turkish delegation to decide whether he should leave Lausanne tomorrow. He received late tonight official ail '■ i <-a from Paris and London settirg for the conditions on which the nego tiations could Vie resumed. The economic and soma • f tho financial clauses of the treaty con tinue to form the burden of the diffi culty; some of the allied representa tive* have been objecting to their ex clusion from the treaty, to be the subject of further negotiations, as they contend this was liable to cau-e complications in the future. Pear Admiral Mark L. Bristol of the American delegation finally de cided to proceed to Constantinople and took the train for that city, Hope for Peace. Par.s. Feb. 6 —{By A. P.V—There is strong hope in Paris that the peace treaty with the Turks will be s.gned within a few days or weeks. Ismet Pash-i. head of the Turkish delega tion at Lausanne, Is reported to be in a receptive mood. Nevertheless, time is important, as Ismet has his bag gage packed Premier Po*r*oare, after consulta tion with M Bompard and the other French delegates to the Lausanne conference, decided to associate him self with the British cabinet's decis ion declining to exclude the economic clauses from the treaty. M. Poincare telegraphed Ismet Pasha tonight re questing that he immediately elate the final conditions fce is prepared to sign, Ismet. according to the French. 1s ready to attach his signature to a treaty embodying ail subects settled in the conference or compromised in the lav hurried hours cf Sunday: when, a* on" Frenchman put it. bmft was so disturbed by listening for the whistle of Curxon's departing tram that he did not realize exactly what was happening. Situation Is Improved. T-ondon. Feb. S.—(By A. P >—As be tween Turkey and the allies, the situation ss distinctly improved, but it is still doubtful if the treaty will he signed before Isi. et Pasha. kavrs Lausanne for Angora. The adjourned cabinet A uncil met today without Lord Caraon. who ws< indispose.!, and discussed the subject of the t-ear east settlement only br.ef !y. The developments include the re ceipt by the foreign office of a note from Premier Poincare intimating the unwillingness of the Turks to sign the treaty, but according to in formation In official circles, with cer tain reservations or conditions, the nature of which is not definitely dis closed. but which are suppose.) to con cern capitulations and economic cjues tions—in fact, similar reservations to those which on Sunday prevented sig nature of the treaty. it is understood that M. P ..mars suggested that the signing of the treaty should take place at Paris be 'ore Ismet Pasha leaves for home The British government's position i« the if the Turks are rea to sign unconditionally, it is ready to send a representative to Paris for affix ing the signatures, and it is under stood that a replv in this sense has he. n fcrwardevl to the French pi e mier. I co O’Brien. «»f Drue Finn. Succumbs to Heart Trouble th»nni# T^u O Btifn. Sd, a member of the i'i !Vv<f ivwutupy Karnam street, d:<si early aefterd&v, i til: ■ '* Kr !:.;'ee J nth#. l*eath w.iii due \ * heart trobule Mr. O'Brien ha# roeided in Omaha for I a year#. He is survived by one Miw O'Pi'ion. and a brother. .John O'Brien, who nee id# In Omaha, and a brother, y B; • f JvittJe i vf‘<, M i Vi O lh # ni :her uied h# -e three months um\ The body n.i.* pent by the Hoffmann funeral home to Battle Creek, Mlrh Funeral service* will be held Thur# day inonv.’.c ,i? S: Philip Catholic « hmvh. Battle Creek. Mich. liter Hu nt will bo in Mount Olivet t erne vry in tho O'Brien family lot. Planc> Vttcmpt to “Sink Batllc-Heot on Pacific Angeles. Kfb. b -Thirty etfh planes m fixe squadrons flew up from s.»n lhe$o vsI.miUv and attempted to "sink" the tx&ttle fleet under vtxm mand of Hear Admiral F \V F.btrlf in ixf at naval officers called the moe* spot'taoular Air tr.aneux'ers eve* on this roast. A sqttAdron of torpedo planet, too S'juadtvixs t f olwrxAUon plane* and txxo of pursuit planes made up the at lacking ah fore* while another »<)uad‘ »x'n of l»U is arrived in advance of ihe ies» ;o w ih fleef and act *• to* th^dcf r.diPa \