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. * y t The Omaha TV < >rning Bee —: :— ---:-: V OL. 32 NO. 227. £*'•'•$ *• Sacand-Clau Mattar May 2». I9«>. at OMAHA FRIDAY MARCH Q 1Q‘2‘I * B» **»" «' Bally ana Sunday, $5: Sunday, S2.J». mrMMIn tHa dlh taaa. TWO CFTCTQ I" Omaha aad Caanall ilatta Omaha P. 0. Undar Act at March 1. 117$. ummin, 1 1 , ill IUV n LV£iii. Outride tha 4th nna (I year): Dally and Sunday. $12; Sunday aaly, SS X V> Lr l.Eiialo yty# 5,.,, ti^ncra ‘ “ ........(-‘ ‘ ' - 1 - 1 -- Showdown Is Reached on Capitol Litlier Architect Goodhue or Secretary Johnson Must Leave, Report From Secret Meeting. Report Expected Today Lincoln, March )s. — (.Special.) — Kllher Architect Goodhue, designer of the $6,000,000 Nebraska capital build "ill he asked to resign, or George ■" K. Jolinson. secretary of the -capital building commission., "ill quit his post. This information was received from reliable sources "hen the com mission adjourned a meeting at 9 to night that started at 11 this morning. Newspaper men were barred from tho meeting. The commission heard charges pre ferred against Goodhue by "Johnson, who together with Professor Mickey nt (he state university, have been conducting an investigation of condi , lions connected with the construction ot the building for several W’eeks. Governor Bryan announced at the close of the meeting that he will prob ably issue a statement tomorrow. Ho said that Architect Goodhue will go to Omaha tonight and return to Lin coln tomorrow. Attorney General Spillman today in formed Secretary Johnson, in re sponse to an inquiry several days ago. that in his opinion the charges filed against Architect Goodhue, if proven, are sufficient to abrogate his contract. Meals .Sent in. The commission did not take time to go out either to lunch or dinner. Messengers were sent to a restaurant a nd carried meals to the members and witnesses. An attempt made this morning to admit newspaper men to the investi gation In order to give the public a full report of the proceedings met with a rebuff similar to one handed out by the governor several days ago "hen the tequest was made. 1 will give out a report of the e^^yneeting.” he said. The governor is chairman of the commission. Reports were current that Oover 1 or Bryan displayed some hostilit' ds Johnson, the man who dis covered the alleged misconduct of the architect, and that Walter Head of Omaha, one of the members of the commission, insisted that Johnson be given a square deal despite any politl ' a! animosity the governor might have against a ‘ holdover” appointee Answer Is Filed. 'The aichitect has tiled an answer to the Johnson charges which un doubtedly will he for publication, but i s we have no carbon copies. Its re lease must be delayed," Tlryan said. Didn't Johnson file another state ment of more recent developments in 'he case at the same time the archi tect filed his tins morning?" the gov ernor v as asked. "Ves," lie. replied. 'U'iil you give out Johnson s slate incut, too?" "I can't say until T read it over." the governor replied. The first persons called into the closed room were Architect Goodhue, l.is office manager. O. H. Murray, and • designer, all of New York They i • malned in the room throughout the day. The neat person called was a rep (Tarn to Pnae Two. Column Three.) Bryan to Submit Bill ***»■ on Bank Tax Situation Rfneoln, March S—(Bpeclali—A bill '0 correct the hank tax situation In Yebraaka will he submitted to the legislature by Governor F.ryan, It > as Informed the special senate revenue subcommittee. The com mittee and Attorney General Spillman "ill draft the measure In order to •llldate assessments already made o-i •anks stock of both national ml - .ite hanks, but held up tinder ruling ; of the federal and state supreme • ourts. Mr. Spillman may also a:-k • rehearing of the state bank case. In • •'! effort to effect a saving of approxi mately three quarters of a million in •snk taxes to the state and aubdl ' isions. < ongres* has given states the power to tax national honk* the same as - ate banks. As the courts lava re duced taxes alresdy levied on the in ■anglble rate, congress Included a proviso allowing the validation of such laxes. One of Lhe bank bills In the senate a ill lie amended to cover the situation ti the future. Two Sentenced to Death for Murder of Sheriff F.l Paso. Tex., March 8.~W. Cl. T.e 1-'a vers and C*. S. Sinelre r. bolh of tmarillo, Tex., were sentenced to t.e hanged, following a verdict of guilty eiurned by a Jury st Alamagordo, K, d , before whlrh they were tried for the murder of Sheriff W. I,. Ruther ford of othero county. New Mexico, • '■cording In a dispatch received here. The verdict came only after a few minutes’ deliberation. The case hsd i»een on trial two days, g-**" After the sheriff was shot to death on February 14. the men fled In a small automobile. Which they a ban rlened belween K1 Paso and Aktmu gordo. Army airplanes. cowboys, peapa officer* and hloodhounds hunted I hem In the desert, where they wera l lyupd dgy aft«r lhe killing, t President and Mrs. Harding Photographed on Houseboat — Pacific and AiUnllc Photo. A new photo of President and Mrs. Harding. It i» one o( the first photos of Mgs. Harding since her illness. A much needed rest is being taken by the president and Mrs. Ifarding on ilie boathouse Pioneer, which Kdward McLean of Washington lias chartered for a trip on the Indian and Halifax rivers and through the east roast inland waterway to Miami. fla.. where the party Is scheduled to arrive on about March II. Mrs. Harding is con valescing after a recent illness, following this trip the president is expjyted to visit Alaska and utilize his trip across the country in making speeches favoring America's entry into a world court. Bonus Bill Is Advanced by Lower House Nebraska to Pay Kx-Servire Men $10,000,000 l nder Measure Sent to Third Reading. Lincoln. March 8.—(Special I—Nc braeka's 810.000.0u0 bonus bill was ad vanced to third reading in the lower house today. The bill provides that the propo sition of raising $5,000,000 annually for two years be submitted to the peo pie as a constitutional amendment at the general election in November, 1524. The bill does not »pe< ifv the amount |>er day in service to be paid former soldiers. Sponsors of the bill estimate that $10,000,000 will allow Nebraska serv ice men 50 cents a clay for each dav in net-vice. Tlspy say the machinery for payment, and the amount, can be provided later, after the proposi tion is submitted to a referendum, pro v Ided it passes. Only two members spoke against the bill. H. Malcom UaMrige of Oma ha and Keck of Htrornsbetg. Those voting against the hill were I Hyde. Raldrige unci Wilson of Iain , caster. Keck and Davis of Killmore j voted against it St first and later r*-' Cheated that they be recorded as I "passing and not voting. Auten asked to pass when Ins name was i ailed, and after tic*- vote was i announced, requested that lie be re corded as voting in the affirmative. Dennis, an American Legion man, 1 requested that he be recorded as "passing and not voting ' I don't like to lie placed In the light of voting for something that will be of monetary benefit to me.*’ Den nis sold. ■"** Si ST- "«*■.' ^c- ~ * ,] You Can Make It Pay, Also U Mrs. Flora Reinhardt, 3‘<!26 Maple, hath four unfurnish ed rooms vacant, Among the scores of people in Omaha who rynt rooms, she knew there was just the one for her rooms. 11 To reach this person she in serted a “Rooms for Rent” advertisement, in The Oma ha Bee. After it had ap peared only two and one half days she called up and said: !' ' ‘"Plat* cancel my "Want” Ad. Securest a satisfac tory tenant through Tho Omoho Boo. Thaaks.” *■ She made it pay! So can you. Telephone At-lantie 1000 and ask for a “Want” Ad Taker. Omaha Bee “Want" Ads Bring Better Results at Lesser Cost. . "riTttJMrrrM’WhiMiasgJ^sfcat . -..--.-ja.- rt.,;—t Utah Cigaret Law •Is Rescued From “Freak** Class Act Amended to Permit Sale l nder Licensing System— Smoking Permitted in Public Places. Salt laikc City. March S, The cigaiet law which, in recent week?. Iran made l.'tali famous, wan today #o amended by the state legislature as to lake the meaaure entirely out of the 'freak Haas." I'nder the law aa umended. the sale of cigarets and '.he other foirns of toliacco is author ized under a license ayatem, but the advertising of cigarets is prohibited and the advertising of other forms of tobacco i* authorized only In news papers. The bill »a« passed by the house after the advertising amendment was the center of a determined fight. ! The senate, which hod previously passed the measure, concurred In the house amendment without a dis senting vote. The hill will become . law when (Jovenor Mabey signs It. j which lie will do as soon as the bill | Is engrossed. The measure which made t'tali the butt of a nation * satire in the past ' month, was parsed by (lie state legis lature of 'wo years ago. Attention was drawn to it when the new sheriff of Salt f,.-ik*’ county, lien Harries, de cided to enfrri< " n ami arrest'd Ernest Bamberger, republican national com mitteeman: Edgar New-house of the American Smelting and KeAning com pany. J </. Lynch. • apltallst and A. N. McKay, general manager of the i Malt laike Tribune The cane* against these men and ! others afterwards arrested Uave beep continued IndeAnitely by the city judge. and will unduubtedlv l» dropped, since the law vvdltch the) were accused of violating has been amended Tlie b|||, as it imw stands, not only authorizes the sale of cigareta hut per mits smoking .11 (afes he -Is sml other public plaits ♦ Baldwin Rrfutd's lo Ask 1. S. for Favors on Imports laondun. March a- -(^*)—Htanley ! . Baldwin, chancellor of the exrhei|uei, j | dec lined a proposal 111 the house of commons that he take steps 10 urge that, the American government grant preferential treatment to Imports from England, Ills declaration was in answer to Sir John Norton (Irlfllths lahorlte. who asked .whether the chancellor would “ponatder the desirability of urging upon the I billed Stales government that some preferential treatment should be extended to importa from this country, having tegnrd to the : fatt that while our American llahUI- j ties must largely lie discharged lu . goods, yet British merchants are ! faced with the greatest difficulty In ! entering Hie American market by reason of the high istllT barrier ' Vl oinan’s Bail Krtlucrd New fork, March S - fMatrlet Attor ney c.lennon consenleii to reduction) from ISi.OOtt to 15.000 of the ball of J Mrs. Anna lluxzl, who has been held for 10 days as a material wltneaa In the murder of Frederick HUmsldn , Bronx contractor, t Re>-: vers Named for 2 0 F i r m s Steps Taken in Federal (iourt to Prevent Financial Crash of Entire Interest of Leonard R. Steel Corporations. Stockholders in Row Buffalo. March S.—C4*>—Twenty cor I location* comprising the Leonanl R. Steel company enterprises, Into which the public lias poured more than S20, 000,000 in the lust three years, was placed in the hands of receivers to ciay by Federal Judge John it. Hazel. Ancillary receivers will be named for every store and branch of steel cor poration* in this and other states. The receivership, officials of the company said, is a friendly one and designed to avert a crash of the en tire financial structure, by the hostile attitude of certain stockholder* and creditors, which, it was declared, had become apparent during the last 24 hours. Vlan> Companies Named. The principal companies named in the receivership proceedings arc- the 1.. It. Steel Co.. Inc.; the parent or ganization. I.. II Steel Co., Ltd., op erating chain stores in Canada; tbs Federal Stores company of Youngs town, O., and IV K. Nelson Stores company of Massachusetts, in which steel companies had a 75 pei cent in terset; the Mary Lincoln Canday company, stores, factory and insur ance: the Steel Deiiaitinent Stores, holding corporation of liclaware. and the Steel Departments, Inc . with branches In many states, including Colorado. I’tah. Minnesota, Washing ton and Idaho. In addition to deportment stores, th* corporation owned or controlled res taurants and cafeterias. A statement issued last October Indicated owner ship of about SO stores, 10 of which have since been sold or discontinued Auditors At Work. A report that ttie receivership would l>« immediately followed by an inquiry into the manner In which the stock holders' money was disbursed, found no confirmation either at the district attorney's office, nor from the rect-iv ers. District Attorney Guy Ti Mode said he had not been asked to take a Itand in the proceedings. No statement of present awe-t* and liabilities Is available, auditors at work on the financed of the various cor porations not having completed their work. The petition submitted to the federal court placed the assets of the 20 corporations at about 113.000,000. Leonard It .Steel, who has l>een liv ing at his country home near here since his retirement, refused to com ment on the receivership Railroad Earnings Doubled in January Washington. March S.— Itailroad earning* during January were more than twice those in January. 1922. according to tabulation of Inter*tate Commerce commission reports made puhlic by the Association of Railway Executive*. They amounted to »60.«:>4,«00, against $.’9.4tiH.OOO la*t yea! and represented, the association'* *ia!*ni*nt said, un income of 5.54 per cent annually on the value of prop erty investment In transportation service. The returns Include practically all the das* 1 carriers owning 90 per cent of all the country’s rail mileage. Th» earnings ie*ulled from a record breaking Increase of business given the road* during the month. Ill addition to operating ext»ei\*e*. taxes, rental* and other rbarges not I shown In the executives’ expense* are subtracted from the total revenues before the net income i* estimated. Plan lo AX ork Negro*** in Huhr ihanilonei] New Yuili. March S.—VP)—Harry V. I louahcrt y. mainlx-r of a detective agency which niieclallae* In furnlahlnit labor to industrial concern*, ha* given tip hi* hope of helping Fiance exploit the coal min** of tha Huhr through the medium of American negroes Dougherty announced upon hla ar rival on the atcnrnshlp Majestic yes tarday that h« would transport from 2.560 to MOO negro miners to the j Ruhr Todav he said he had dropped >’ tlie plan because he had harped since , hla arrival that instead of thousand* of negroes eager- for the Job*, he couldn't find 100 who are re willing' to accept them » — ■ - m»i.i —... Smi Franrisrn Uf*» Savers Capture Cargo of Liquor Nan KranrOco. March s Th* crew} of (hi l''n«l Point life Having alollon, | lo< uic«l ai Hi* UoM. n Hale, entrance] to Han PVanctaco bay. after a ■ tinning piatol fight with tha iiik Prcrleaa, an i alleged rum runner, raptured ihc1 errw nf three* man and .**h**il the cargo and lug. Thr cargo la «.*l,| t*> have ! been mada up of llquora In ea». . (.oifilcrnn Wisconsin Family Mndls »n. U I* March *. t>F) The 4'»6 Untvrraity of WUtcrmaiin fai-ult v members n ho during th«* war signed a round robin denouncing the atti tude of Henatoi Robert M l.aKnlletu* stood condemned l>Ag the Wisconain ! legislgtur* today, as the asaemblv voted. $'* to 11, tt* concur In the Huber; i esolntion adopted i,y Uiu senate >•*■ lit day, IT to 1-, Uncle Sam’s Burden It Bovs Fail to Return m Borrowed Horses Two Woukf-Be "Cowboys'* Lost Somewhere Between Lincoln and Omaha. Two “cowboys” wete lost yesttr (lay "softie it here between Lincoln an 1 Omaha." They are Robert Nelzel, 1«. 221S Maple street, and Joseph Lewis. 15. 4111 Charles street, who borrowed horse* a week ago from .1 limes Pet per, IJ15 Izard street, and “took off ' unexpectedly for the great, wide, open tv eet I Started for Home. After being captured in Lincoln, thev were fed. clothed, given money, put astride their mounts, which thet had abandoned In Havelock, and start ed back lo Omaha Monday morning to report to Juvenile court authorities. "Let them alone and they'll coma home, bringing the horses right with them. ’ quoth Miss Ksthei Johnson, i juvenile court officer. So Mr. Pepper watchfully waited 1 Monthly. Tuesday*. Wednesday. Thurs dav he got busy. One More Chain r "One -more chance." Miss Johnson pleaded for the boys "Alt right." Pepper said, "but to morrow I II have s sheriff looking for two 'boss thieves' with lli'O worth of good horseflesh beneath them. I want to trust these boy*, want to give them u chapes to prove it was Just a playful prank, hut four days is in awfully, awfully long time to travel lea* than 5$ miles on a horse. ' Kwciver Is Appointed for Cincinnati Concern Cincinnati. March S—Application ! for n receivership and dissolution of : Ihe Heazetl anti Chatfleld Investnjint 'ecurltles concern of Clnrlnnatt was isk'd in common picas court here late today. The members of the fitm are Georg* * II Beaxell and W. H. Chatfleld, Jr y ho »i* a-foiiiu-i state senator and ' indldstc for lieutenant governor at i the bi»t election. Henry Irving of the hrokerag* - |‘.rin of Weil, lioih and Irving, was stipointed receiver by fh* court. The j iH-tltion was tiled by tieorge I tea sell, ■ enker partner of the Arm. against V\ II. Chatfleld, Jr. his partner Irving's, boro! was fixed at $50,000 by the court. l»o\eminent <lonimissionrr Frozen to Ih-ftth in \!a*ku Nonm. A In ?»k«. March 8 —(#)—W, O j Marx. Fnllml Htnti** tonuni*»lonrr at IVUev. wni froMii to d<*ath on an tin ) Rtnkrd trail Mwc«*n Trll*r and Hhlah* ‘ mnreC February 27. according to ut| | vlc**#» front Tcll**i A ''ompanion ! mnnrii who Ink am* *cpainted i Nnt Marx in n blinding snow Morin finally n*a< bed T*llm- nafrly iind or* aa nixed a M4*nrchinir f*xrt,\ Th* Itody «ii* found mile** from Teller. Irisli Rebel Chief Caught. Ilelfasl, March s i4>i i'ori Mato ( ney, republican deputy chief of stsff • lias been raptured in Olen Aherhrw Maloney wn* the suc.eaeni of Liam . Iicnay whose nrao proposals, made! while he was a tu Isoner of the national i army, were rejected by the republican 1 - lutdeit last month. y John Bull Protests Drive on Rhine: Rail Depot Seized British Authorities Object to French Occupation of Ter ritories Between Bridge head* on Legal Ground*. I. onion March V— i/Bi—It ha* t»een reported that the British government ha« formally protested on legal ground* against the French occupa tion of territories between the Khma bridgehead*. It is learned authorita-! tlvely, htwtvet that no fotmal pro teat ha* been mad*, but only verbal repreeentattone through diplomatic channels, pointing out the difficulties created for the British authorities in ; the fthtitelami. A letter front the < .awgiie Chamber of Commerce to Colonel Josiah Web wood, member of the house of com mon*. suggests to the British govern- I nieut "certain conoaw* lone," which might I** obtained from the French j and Belgian governments for the pur I*>*e of facliitating Brit tali trade and preventing grave losses to Br.tiah manufacturer* and merchants, liilon Men l»efy French lie: Ur, March 8 —According to the Berlin new «papere. all the German trade* union* lit the Ruin have r»^ fused the demand of the occupation authorities to hand over to them a l:st of trade ur -m memberships. The newspaper Germania repott* that the Frem h |wi> occupied th* station of Datum. an important June- , tion of the main tatiroad hn* between Ks.sifft and Beilin \rrrsl Denied An off!- ial dispatch received ftem Munich denies that Count Bothmer. fvmtev president of the Bavarian toy aiist party, was arrested iu Munich Wednesday when 1.', other petaona 1 were taken into custody In connection with an alleged ttlan to carry out a , coup d'etat The dispatch say * tt is alxo untrue that the conspirator* were endeavor ing to aepartite Bavaria front the, rekh with the support of hostile power. It 1* true. ihe dispal, n , lyitln ue*. "they had contact with nattonal*j of such a power, apparently regarding the neutralisation of Bavaria certain in the event of northern Germany J turning bolshevlst" The message eonclude* ty> ageetung that no important person off organ isation was behind the propvised "putach." A«\al Gontinaitdcr Kideal iu 80-Foot Full on Ve*M*l Port Au l*rlncc, Haiti. Match * --(A*i - lieutenant Commandei John A J Fletcher, executive officer of the Flitted States fuel ship Orton, dted today as Ihe result of an *t> foot fall through an open hatchway of the col- 1 tin let* Fields Mot ing March % OraUuftJ nmvt»m^t of Ut|p» ic# l«|n t' tttml* 111# VvMlh Atlnutlc Mf*4Ht\nhlp tan** i* l#|H*rC#d in illipiU'liPt trorlwM b> th' government tc* iwiroi. Th# »Uufttkn»j I'*" not \fi iTM*'h#<! th# k(aip. how FVM « her# nrtUl«t» oomtkf#t u i t«iH« taut# tluu the iouuuv * annul f Tax Measures Are Out of Committee "Honor" Bill. F'xcr** Profit ami F.liiuination of Tax Free Securities Recommended. l.iDCOto. Match $ —<Spt. ;al.t—The hoUM comm liter on revenue and tax a tton vo'cd tonight to ptit the ‘ honor taxation bill, hou-e roll SS*. on ger, «-ral l:)e with a favorable recoin ni< r.da tion chief features of the bill is thru ip at iou of prorinct assessors, which mean* a savfhg of approximate ly UOft.ttfto annually, and repeal of tha preset,; law taxing intangible* at one-fourth tlic rate of the tax on tan gible*. t'nder term* of tins bill, all property return* wouki be sent di i*ct by the pereon^axed to the coun ty assessors. The same committee made a favor able report on the Jacoby excess profits fax bill, which was advanced to third read.ns: a week ago sjr the lower house and was then referred lark to the committee for 'amend ments. ■ * Any corporation with a capitaliza tion of more than MOft.ftOft is subject to a tax of 10 per cent on net profit* in excess of the first 10 per cent of profit. If. the net profits exceed to per cent, the tax ia 20 per cent of the net profits. Another Jacobv bill . ailing for * mission of a proposition for a const tutior.al amendment to the voters to do away with tax free securities wis voted out of the *arft* committee wiln a favorable recommendation. Rain Born to Detroit VI oman in Midst of Auto \reident Detroit, March S—A bahv was born to Mrs John Calm* today m the midst of a motor car accident. Mrs. Cairns w»* being driven to a hospital by Mot ton KUadont. a neighbor when kiledonk s car collides! with that of Dr Tliimas Stan* N'ejther car wa* aide to proceed. Dr. Starrs attended Mr* Cairn*. The baby was boi n in Kil«dotik's cai. At the hospital, where mother and 1-ale* were taken later, it w-a* reported both are doing well lo Run for Mayor of Detroit. Itetrott, Mich. March *.—Frank K Dorentus. former democratic congress wan from the First Mi. higan district and Janies \V. Incites former police commissioner, will be candidate* for mayor of Detroit at the April eiec tion. when a tucces-or to lame* Couaens. now t'mted States senator Is chosen They were the aucceesful candidate* in yesterday’ s nonpartisan primary A proposal to m, lease the aataiy of ths mayor front JS 000 to I12.0M a v'ear wa* lost The voter* approved , an additional tiVOtVft.OOftft bond issue! for municipal street railway* extern1 along The Weather __ _ I h ares a* t Fi>dw» fait an.J warmer Hourly I rvnprralmr* ' * *' ntas ti * • "• « 9 * e. *| * •• ■< -* * p. *■ u * * *•«*»> .vs * u a * *. ms •• » "*■ j« a p. » » H * "* VS T p m »- .. ** • »• at u I Cl evelancl Police Get Murderer Dewey Mallory. Oil Station Bandit. Admits Responsi bility for Double Tragedy —Was in Jail Here. Will Be Returned at Once Dewey Mallory has confessed to th* Cleveland police that he is the ma > w ho shot and fatally wounded Chari* • S.*fkin, 42. and his son, Robert, 1C on the night of May 20, 1522, wh < attempting to rob th* younger Fiefk in tb* Nicholas oil station at Thirt;. eighth and Farnam streets, aecordin to word received 1 / Chief of Dei* tives Van Deuzen yesterday. The man was arrested in Cleveland and while In Jail there he confess* to police that he was the lone hand.' who was responsible for the doubl tragedy at the oil station here. D tectlve William Gurn*ti will lent Omaha today to bring Mallory i*a. here for trial. Mallory is well know n to police he. v and has been -arrested several't.me - on minor charges and v aa once m tenced to the state prison on a charge of robbery- He is now under indie' ®*nt on a charge of carrying con cealed weapons. Was in Jail Here. Police discovered yesterday that tw<. weeks after the murder Mallory xa> arrested In the Missouri Pacific R d road company yards carrying a rev, ! He was held in the city jail f. investigation for several days, l-ut ws .ever connected in any way with the murder. At that time the man went under the name of William A. Rich and, under this name, he was held I o the grand jury under a Jj.iOO bon<!. The bond was posted, but the niau never tame to trial. Whether he had i failed to appear in court on the da e »et and had forfeited his bond or whether the case has not been called as yet could not be determined la** i night, but the officer* who made the arrest believe that the bond has been forf*)ted. The murder to whi h M„ia,ry is - io'have confessed was commuted le«* May and was one of the most sens • tkinal murdera In the history <f Omaha Young Siefkin was employ-.I as attendant at the oil station and. 1* fore his death, five days after he « « wounded, confessed to hospital after - ants that he had been afraid of he.ng held up for more than a week previ ous to the night of the murder. Told of Fears Robert ha 1 told ir.s parents of . < fears ar.d hn father had offered t» ronie to hi* aid if be was ever neede On the night of May ?<i Haturda Robert nailed his liorn* and told h » father that the man who had aroused his ausp ons was again loiter:; v \ ’ about the filling station. \ Mr. Siefkin, with his wrfe a i daughter. Gertrude, 13, got into h • automobile and drt»ve to the static^ That was a few minutes after 9. a; -l when they arrived at the stat.or,. t * man of wtio- l Robert had epok wss sitting across the street. Mr, Si-fkin «tart*d drive around i block to iwss the tune until the s-. ■ tion snould either close or the matt should go away. Just as they reached a point *i. 1 rectly east of the station. Mallory go, tip from his seat, stepped beh1 - ! some b ishes and began to adjust h * mask, then he ran toward the static Kather W as Vnued M Siefkin had am ,-d himself • fore leaving home and he drew U: * pistol, a German automatic, from h » pocket as he leaped from h:« car a d started toward the atatioa behind 1 ■< handit. He pressed his weapon again«t the side of the bandit. who had "e<" • ered Robert. ' as he entered the si . fTsrw te Page Ywe. (dm Mi.) Hnusf ami Motor Car* ^ reckrtl by ^ atrr Spoilt Havana, Cuba. March S—A era; spout rising out of (he ocean lo a height of 10 meters suddenly ap peared off Morro castle, at the e - trance to Havana harbor, shortly ate o boo® today and move,! to the entrance of the harhor, wheie it subsided. A big tree near 1* Punta castle, a. ros* the harbor mouth from More castle, which had resided stortna of a century or more, wraa torn up by tv-e roots and one trail of a house near the presidential palace w~*s crushed $-x. eral automobiles were wreck, d The phenomenon Is credited by Prof. J. C Mtllas of the Havana weather bureau elation to a clash of two eu • rents in the gulf, one from ihe north and the other front the south. wh,,h flow across the entrance to the ha - taw. usually at different distance* from land. VI oll-K nown Nt-vsspgppf Man Hits at Vjjr „f 7| Hostou, March S —William R Ha H u. 11. a newspaper man of wide expe. ence In b'arope and the I'nitcd State . •sl here today Vrnong hi* cxplv a "'as an cxc lustx c account In the UOo. don Pally Mail of the- .mpiiilmg death of Queen Victoria, dexetoped x»vt of a noblewoman * remark to her drees.) maker that black would Is- the fash, h»n >n ctxK'rs that winter It" was connected With th* It >n bur au of The Associated P v tot aexoral year* He was man**. • * •sbtor of the Philadelphia Pros. v 1IT* and m recwtxt years had been ,>• , Itect.'d With the B"S-on rras.aca r_ f