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    The OMAHA Norning Bee
>' VOL. 32—NO. 247. .25? V. T'u%? lmiat OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1923.* S:,&" X, %,."u TWO CENTS -
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Revision of
Tax Lavrs
ts Planned
Representative Frear of Wis
consin Announces Progres
sive Program for Sixty
Eighth Congress.
Draft of Bills Prepared
Hr I niirrul iwrlrr.
Washington, April 1.—A definite
pi ogram of the house progressive
bloc for the revision of the federal
tax laws during the sixty-eighth con
gress was announced by Representa
tive James A. Frear of Wisconsin.
The proiiosed legislation includes:
1— A constitutional amendment to
teach stock dividends, now held to be i
i - on taxable under a live to four de
■ sion of the supreme court.
2— Tax on undistributed profits,
r retroactive to 1919. to reach corpor
eity surpluses laid aside annually and
subsequently distributed in stock j
dividends.
3— Restoration of a modified excesi;
profits tax. >
i—Heavy increase In the inheri
tance tax.
3—A gift tax. to pi event dodging
of the inheritance levy.
6—Publicity of Treasury depart- i
ment records, throwing open tax pro
■ ceding* the same as court hearings, j
Drafts Prepared.
Tentative drafts of the six meas- i
i rti already have been prepared by i
Representative Frear. at the dlrev
rnn of the leaders of the progressive
1 '■ \ Th® Wisconsin .representative
is a member of the ways and means
committee and one of the recognized
. -ithorities on fiscal matters in the
use. lie will pilot the bills on the
bouse side,
A meeting of the progressives will
be called when the next session is
• o.tvened in December to approve the
details of the pm|>osals before they
nre introduced. The general prin
c pics of all the measures have been
agreed upon. It is stated.
*—•* In support of the proposed stock (
■ ilsHIcnd amendment. Representative
l'rewr declared, as a rr"-ult of the sUr
prem® court decision exempting these i
Issues from taxation, "single indivtd
nalg now often hold millions of dol
lars tax-free, whereas many- profes
sional men are paying far larger
taxes on their personal service in- j
comes alone. This grossly unjust re
sult is due to tax evasions made pos
sible by court decisions In this roun- i
tr unknovvp to other countries."
FfTerthenes* of law Destroyed.
More than 120.©00,*>00,000 Invested j
ii. tax free bonds and stock dividend.,-. I
the Wisconsin progressive said, pays i
no personal income tax whatever, de- ]
- roving the effectiveness of the in
come tax law.
The proposed retroactive undistrih
i utid profits tax would not equal the
Individual surtaxes 'that ought to
!:nve been paid if surpluses had been
distributed.1' the statement continues,
"but It will help to meet the situa
tion.” Mr. Frear asserted this pro
1 osal hes been "endorsed by high tax
tu thoriti*--. apart from four eminent
Jt Igeg in the stock dividend derision, j
"The practice of resorting to
stock dividends,” the progressive
spokesman said, "is unjust to the lit
tie stockholder and is responsible for
great monopolies that have absorbed
nil rivals through surplus profits that
j ay no personal income tax.”
Se-retary of the Treasury Mellon,
be charged, has nullified the section
of the revenue ait of 1921 dewigned
t-> Impose a 25 per cent penalty upon
surpluses accumulated to avoid taxes
Vanderbilt Married Is
Not of N. Y. Family
Lincoln. April 1.—Albert C. Van
derbilt. 27. who was married in Lin-{
coin Friday to Frieda Moenck. 25.
< t Hastings, Neb., in not a member
of the New York Vanderbilt family, j
he said In denying a story pub
1 shed tn a local paper. He gave ;
Ids address as the Bronx, yew York
Ills bride is the daughter of Detlef
<o»n«'k of Hastings. They were mar
i -d by County Judge ftobin K. Iteid.
v ho said the groom was noncommit- j
• 11 about Ida family connections.
Judge Iteid said tonight be was satis
’ied young Vanderbilt ia not a member
tf the prominent New York family.
Mrs. Vanderbilt formerly resided in '
< -uncll Bluffs.
4 irrston Light Plant Is
Merged With Utilities Co.
'serial ISsMlrh te Tk» Omaha Bee.
Crest on. Ia., April 1.—Formal an- j
t uuncement of the merger of the
t icston Mutual Ulectrlc Light and
Bower company with the Southern
towa Utilities company has been .
made by J. Boss - I>ee. vice president I
I < f the latter company.
Mr. Lea also announced that the
company will continue operating the
« reaton plant in conjunction with the
1> nnt at Centerville, and that It ex
pects to spend over $100,000 In Im j
protentents on the Creston plant In
the near future.
if-'• Twine Weigh 17 Pounds.
\ Beatrice, Net*.. April 1.— A pair
• i twins, weighing 17 pounds, were
t*orn to Mr. and Mrs. liarrett Pa
ben. Pick ret!, Neb. The twins—a boy
and a girl — are lusty Infants and
ere normal in every respect Mother
end **,..« o«cx are avail uusiy* *
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Paris Society Turns to Black
in Mourning for ‘Divine Sarah”
Somber Scene Presented at Famous Auteiul Race
Course—Gay Colors Strangely Lacking—Several
New Innovations Displayed by Manequins.
Bj Initrral Seri ire.
Paris, April X.—In memory of
Sarah Bernhardt, black has miracul
ously jumped into the fashions again
after being completely eclipsed in the
February forecast for summer.
The Auteuil race course where the
president's prize was run today, was
a somber sight. Thige great gathering
ot stage and society folk unanimous
ly discarded their bright chiffons. |
tarihued chintz, or scintillating or- ;
gandies for mourning colors of black,
mauve or sky-grey.
Ttespite the atmosphere of grief, the
manequins displayed three ontable
style Innovations. The first was the
‘apron gown.” a black slip-on coat
made of the flimsiest crepe. It was de
signed to protect delicately colored
fabrics from the hot sun and also
to give an unwonted effect of open
ing at both sides.
The second surprise was the ‘'snuf
fle hat.” a cone-shaped affair, the
concave brim of which comes down
so far that the wearer must throw j
back the head to see straight ahead.
It gives the exact effect of an old
fashioned night cap. but is made of
variegated straws.
Then there was the "half-and-half”
gown. launched by Madeleine et
Madeline. It consists of a long tailor
ed Jacket buttoned In front, and when
taken off, reveals a backless evening
gown, thus permitting the fair wear
ers to go from dinner straight to the
races.
The first "official'' race day found
society out in force. Mrs. Hubert
Adams, just back from Monte Carlo,
looked smart in a seasonable gown of
old black lace. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Appleton watched a few races, after
ward motoring to Cannes. Mrs. Black.
Mrs. Kinsley Macomber and Mrs. J.
C. Corrigan were devotees of "black,"
occupying boxes.
Adolph Zukor turned out in spring
like checks and spent his time alter
nating betw een the display of fashions
and betting rings, both of which seem
ed fascintating to him.
Dr. Sun Will Open
Doors of China to
Foreign Capital
President Will Seek (construc
tion of Railroads and Ex
pert Advice on Finan
cial Problems.
By \a>o«laln< Prf»».
Canton. April 1.—Opening the door*
for American and British capital, con
struction of railroads l>y foreign cap- ,
ital and seeking expert advice on fin
ancing the modernization of southern
China were the high spots in Dr. Sun
Yat Sen's declaration of his future
policy here today.
Dr. Sun's first announcement of
the course he will follow as head of
the government of southern China
was issued to the Associated Press V>y
Eugene Chen, secretary to Dr. Sun,
with statement that Dr. Sun author
ized the message.
Dr. Sun outlined his policy as fol
lows:
Will finally remove to his own
headquarters at Canton.
Will begin immediately to modern
ize Canton province with the assist -
tance of foreign experts in depart
ments requiring foreign methods.
Will Employ British Expert*.
Plans to adopt systems practiced in
British territory near Hongkong by
employing British experts to assist
in the reorganization of land taxation
department, audit department and .
pension systems.
Will keep mines and public utilises
under government control, to be
worked by private capital on royalty '
or profit-sharing Imsl*.
All nationalities will be welcomed In
the financing of government enter
prises. but American and British capi
tal will lie preferred.
Railways will lx- constructed by
foreign capital.
Has no intention of separate gov
ernmei t for southern China, but is
working for the reunification of
China.
gays immediate financial assistance
is needed.
To Issue New Bank Notes.
Will clear the market of all olJ
provincial bank notes, taking expei«
advice on any new bank note issues
pfoM* from mines and utilities will
be used to relieve taxation.
Will take immediate measures for
the suppression of piracy and brigand
age by organizing gendarmerie, aug
mented by aviation corps.
Expert* lliu Sun-Chi army soon to
return and round up Chen Chlng
Ming’s forces in Wait.how.
Yunnan troops are loyal and arc
considered on the same basis as the
Canton troops.
Kwangsl troops will leave city and
arsenal and go to the west and north
rivers. This means n settlement of
the more difficult aspect of the mili
tary situation an3 it enables Dr. Sun
to have better control of the general
situation in Canton.
The situation In Canton i* now
orderly and the munic-ipal work Is
proceeding rapidly. Dr. Sun stated.
Poincare to Take \ acation.
pails, April 1.—Worn out by off!
dal duties bearing upon Ruhr oecu
tuition. Premier Poincare will take a
vacation of three or four days.
“FINDERS KEEPERS—
LOSERS WEEPERS”
_Xot so if you ujc an Omaha
Bee “Lost” ad to recover what
you were unfortunate enough to
lose.
The Omaha Bee "Lost and
Found" ads will find almost any
thing you lose. You can’t help
loaing things once in a while,
but you don't need to let them
stay lost very long—not while
1 these little ads arc on the job.
Remember that losers can be
choosers and choose The Omaha
Bee "Want” Ads. They make
winners out of losers.
If you lose something—-don’t
worry, phone At-lantic 1000 and
j ask for a "Want” Ad taker.
Democrats Warn
G. 0. P. Chiefs to
Stop, Look, Listen
Senator ^X alsh Deliters t Iti
inatuin—Plans Hot Fight if
Harding Runs on "Back
to-Nomialcy” Platform.
Br Inirerml
Washington. April 1.—The presi
dent and his friends were given ad
vance warning today by dCmocrat.c
leaders to stop, look and listen be
fore deciding to make “return to nor
malcy*' the issue in the next presi
dential campaign.
Senator David 1. Walsh of Massa
'husetts. chairman of the demo
cratic senatorial committee, in a state
ment issued by the national commit
tee. declared the democrats will atump
the country on that issue if the presi
dent chooses to make his fight for
re-election on the record of what the
republicans have done toward bring
ing the nation l>ack to normalcy.
The senator declared that demo
cratic orators will tear the repub
lican record to tatters and demons
trate that “normalcy*’ docs not exist,
not even within the ranks of the
president s own party.
Cite* Condition*.
Here are some of the conditions
cited liy Senator Walsh to show that
“normalcy" i( absent:
Business groaning under war taxa
tion.
Huge tariff favoring profiteers
makes cost of production higher than
ever.
Country suffering loss of European
trade because of administration’s
foreign policy and erection of new
trade harriers.
Cost of living steadily rising be
cause of increase in prices of building
material, clothing, fuel. food, furni
ture and other necessities.
People being gouge,I on sugar be
cause of profiteering and stock job
bing which administration has done
nothing to prevent.
"If there has been any appreciable
return to normalcy It Is not reflected
either In financial, industrial, eco
r.omic or political affairs." Senator
Walsh added.
Nay* I nrest I.rowing.
“Anyone who travels extensively
will find no state of normalcy In the
public mind anywhere; In fact public
dis-mtirfaction and unrest are greater
than ever. The level of wholesale
price* is 11.3 per cent higher than a
par age. causing an Increase of from
15 to 2« i>er cent in retail prices.
There have been increases In every
thing the farmer and the workingman
buy*, with no corresponding Increase
in the price* obtained for farm prod
ucts or wages of labor.”
Senator Walsh declared there were
few signs of a return to normalcy
within the president’s own party, and
cited the division on the ship sub
sidy bill, on the revenue bill and on
the tariff. He said that in the mat
ter of the announcement by Attorney
flrneral Daugherty of President
Harding's intention to run again
there were signs again of a lack of
harmony.
Jefferson (.oiinty to Raise
$<HK) for Children** Home
Special OOpatrh in Th* Omaha Bee.
Kairhury. Neb., April 1.—Jefferson
county womens clubs will start a
week's drive April 1C to raise $900 a*
the county's quota in the Nebraska
•"hildren's Home society campaign for
new quarters in Omaha. Mrs. Belle
Jenkins Is directing the campaign, a*
stated by Mr*. K. A. Houston, Mrs.
II. F Hole. Mis. Ualq Htrawhacker,
Mrs. Ed Allen. Mrs. Ora Cox, Eva 11.
Shuman nmi Olios True.
Five Person* Are Killed
VI lien Aulo Strike* Train
Ashland, h'v., April 1.—Five per
“on* were killed here tills afternoon,
when ilie automobile, in which they
wire tiding clashed into a (.'lima
pcake A t (hin luisneugei train at a
i crossing on the outskirts of the city.
Witnesses of the accident claim the
| car suddenly lot, hod forwuid as the
1 trate was cc,using tile until and crash
,cd itiiw ihv. aids vl Bis eg.in.
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66 Taken in
Eight ^aids
!v r day
Vticers Forced to Use Flash
lights in Second Orient Gar
den “Call” in Week—Pa
trons Escape in Dark.
Two Stills Confiscated
Sixty-six persons were arrested in
the 21 hours ending at midnight Sat
urday In raids conducted by police
and deputy sheriffs.
Forty five were taken and as many
escaped in a raid by the police central
squad on the Orient Garden, 123
Narth Tenth street, at midnight. The
squad was preparing to swoop down
on the place when lights over the city
went out. The officers used their
flashlights in rounding up the patrons,
m whom 12 bottles of whisky were
found. Among those who eluded ar
rest was Bob Wisdom, proprietor of
the garden.
The Orient garden was raided a
week ago last night by police. Liquor
was found, but officers were unable
to learn the names of possessors, so
no arrests were made. The place
was temporarily closed.
Hidden Still Found.
At 2225 Pacific street, the central
squad was forced to cut through near
ly two feet of concrete to reach a se
cret chamber built under the base
ment of the house, where a still was
m operation. Louis Castnno was ar
rested as owner of the still, which,
with a quantity of mash and several
gallons of whisky, was confiscated.
The second still was found at IStiO
South Twa-lfth street, it was in oper
ation when the officers descended on
the place. Sam George, arrested as
owner of the still, was entering his
machine when the officers caught
bjm. Two gallons of whisky that
were in the car were taken as evi
dence and the man was charged with
illegal possession and transportation
of intoxicating liquor.
A slate that gurgled when kicked
resulted in the arrest of Searpillo i
Tari. 15*4 Vinton street. The shoe
contained it pint bottle of whisky, of I
fleers discovered.
Depuly Sheriff Active.
Deputy Sheriff Thestrup and a 1
squad descended on a place that had
been reported as a disorderly bouse at
1440 South Thirteenth street. They
found 12 persons In the place and ar
rested them. None would say who
was proprietor, so all were held at the
city jail pending the finding of the
owner who. it ‘is believed, escaped as
the officers entered. I
Mrs. McC. Butier was arrested on
a charge of keeping a disorderly
house at 420 North Eighteenth street.
Two men and one woman were arrest
ed as inmates.
The twenty first person to be ar
rested was John Leuahan. 5045 South
Thirty-ninth street. Members of the
central squad declare he refused to
submit to arrest after they found
whisky in his home.
Sam Vinciquero, S10 Forest ave
nue. was arrested when the officers
found a small amount of whisky In :
his place of business.
"Monkey Man"
Attacks 3 Women
\igilanrr Committee May Be
Formed to Capture Bluffs
Assailant.
Two young women were assaulted;
by the Bluffs "monkey man," who is ;
again active after a lapse of two 1
n eek a.
The attacks Saturday wore half
an hour apart. The first was at State
street and Broadway, and the other
at Sixth street and Sixth avenue Tha
one night lieforc last was near the
First Christian church, two blocks
from police headquarters Names of
the victims were withheld by J. C.
Nlcol. chief r.f police. The firs? of
mall I ppt | si bile |
officers were shadowing a suspect in
the east end of the city.
Fhief NIcoll propose:; to organize a
citizens' committee In an endeavor to
capture the man. w hose victims de
scribe him as wearing a long on!
and slouch hat, and who creeps up
from behind. lie disuptrears when)
women become frightened, they say.
Tax-Exempt Homes Solve
Honolulu House Problem
Honolulu, April 1. — Honolulu
housing shortage has heroin, a tlii%g
of the past In 1910 the average
number of persons per house was :> a.
By the end of 1821 these figures hud
been reduced to 5.1. A still greater
decrease was reported lust year.
Widespread election of new homes
has resulted from madmen! ..f an
exemption bill granting tsx exemp
lion to house owners.
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‘Twixt Love and Duty
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Hughes Asked to
Bar "First Lady*,
of Russia From U. S.
Protect Against Admittance of
Mine, kalenina Filed
With Secretary of
State.
K- International News Service.
Washington. April 1 —Because of
his recent clear-cut explanation of
American opjioaition lo the principles
of the Russian soviet government.
Secretary of State llnghos was asked
to prevent the entrance into the
United State* of Madame Kalenlna.
wife of the president of Russia.
A protest against her admittance
was filed at the State department in
the form of a memorandum predated
by Mary K. Kllbreth of Washing
ton, who was one of the signers of
the petition of March 13. demanding
that the Department of Justice inve-s
tigate the alleged ill- gal or improper
connections of William Foster
Frank P. Walsh and other*.
Hundreds of similar protests have ,
rearhetk the Department of Iaibor.
with the result that Secretary Davis
has Issued orders to immigration of
ficials at New York, to hold Madame
Kalenlna at Kills Island for a thor
ough invest igntlnn In-fore she is per
mitted to come into this country.
The State department has already
grunted permission to Mme. Kilentna
to tour the Fnited States in the in
tercets of Russian children and the
Russian Red Cross.
Coutdetl with the protest against
the admittance of Mme. Kalenina was
a Joint request to Secretary Hughe*
and Secretary Davis to keep Dudwig
A. K. Martens, former soviet ain
l-assador. and Gregory Weinstein, hi*
e ha nee I lor. out of the United States.
These men are mnr reported to he en
route hero and immigration officials
at all ports are under orders to arrest
them upon sight.
Germans Mourn Death
of Famous Actress
Berlin, April 1.—While France is
mourning the loss of Sarah Pern-'
i'Hidt. Germany's elder school of play
goer* has been l>ere«ved by the death
of Heleqe. hsronesa of lleldburg. who
left the stage a half century ago at
tlu- pinnacle of a renowned career 111
Shakeapearean ami other heavy roles.
Tin baroness died nt the ase of St
in Meiningen, where she gstm-d most
of In r fame at the court theater of
Duke Georgs It of Hu< lisen Melnin
gen.
As Kllen Prank, the daughter of a
dhei tor "f a llerlln commercial school,
she married the duke In 1873. thereby
amusing a storm of protest from the '
populace as well us from the aristoc ;
racy. She won liack the heart of the
people through her aortal welfare
work, but Nile never appeared on the
stage again after her marriage
Bishop (ritmini Weaker.
M. I .out*. April 1 The Right
l!rv Daniel S. Tuttle. 88. presiding J
bishop of the K|il*ci)|ui| church In tlu ,
Unltvd Stall- w:i* repoilid as grow
ing sieadU jw.ikii The aged
prelate was said to tie in u semi con
•vlyus wtiuiliou l-} his phjstvtaus. ,
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Army Aviators
j
Shatter Records'
Made by French
New World Speed Mark* Es
tablished for .">00 and 1.000
Kilometers by McCook
Field Airmen.
Dayton. O , April 1. — In spe- 1
tu. iilar a'-.jal dert.y. army aviator*
from McCook field *<>t new world
speed records fur 590 and 1.000
kilometers distance, far eclipsing
tlmae made tlda week by French ayi
etor* at the Villa Sauvagc airdome.
Cti official figures showed that
1 jeut. Ala Pearson completed jot)
kilometers in one hour. 50 minutes.
12 7-10 »e. ond*. making approximate
ly 169 miles an hour, and that Lieut.
Harold Harris and Civilian Pilot
Ralph Lockwood traveled 1.000 kilo
meters In I hours. 52 minutes. 35.24
seconds, averaging arming 126 miles
an hour.
Lieutenant Batehee of the French
army was the holder of the 500-kilo
meter record with a time of 2 hours.
42 minutes, at 3-5 seconds, and Lieu
tenant Carrier of the 1.000-kilometer
distance whoso time w as 6 hour*. 39
minutes. 40 2 5 second*.
In addition to the 500- kilometer
mark set by Pearson. Harris and
Lockwood also are credited with cx
reeding the French record for that
distance, as are four other McCook
aviators.
Eleven ships took the air in the
; < ffort to t>est the French records,
Seven were to try for the 500-kilo
meter mark, and four for the 1,000.
Five of the planes finished the 500-.
kilometer distance, and four of the
others were forced down.
Aviators who beat the French tec
1 ord for 500 kilometers and their time
are:
Louia Melstor 2 hour*. 32 minute*.
44 41 seconds, average speed of 122
miles an hour; Lieut. Arthur Smith.
2 hours, 32 minutes. 31.SS seconds, an
average speed of 122.1 miles an hour;!
Lieut H .11. Mills. 2 hours. 36 min- i
Hies. 26 60 seconds, average 119.2 miles
an hour, and Lieut. J. s Stnsnme,
who went the distance Hi - hour*.
4 2 minute*. 35 44 seconds, speeding at
114,7 miles an hour.
| The time of Harris and Lockwood
I for 800 kilometers was 2 hours, 26
minutes. 39 9 second*, a *peed of 127
miles an hour.
Boy Using W veil for Arrow
1* Struck in Eye. Blinded
Special Ibapalrh t„ Thr Omaha Hr*.
Crestoit. la.. April 1 —While play
ina with a bowr and arrow. Vernon
Wakefield, 8. Greenfield, attempted
to u»e the stalk of a weed for an ar- ,
row with the result that he was struck
In an eye by the sharp end of the
weed. He was rushed to the hoapi
tal here where the eyeball was re !
moved
Father Flanagan's Bog
Entertain \lliance tilub
Special 1*1,psl. h la the Omaha He*.
Alliance. Net, . April 1 - Esther i
Klanagaii and hts boys were the chief
entertainer* at the regular meeting of
the Lions club Father Flanagan cx
plain*,! the program of reacuc work
ho hus been carrying on In Onmtyi
during ivient yeais The boy* put <ln I
,i tine pivgictm at the liupMial the
New \ ork Police
Take Precautions
to Check Crime
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Record of Holdups and Rob
beries Stirs Officials—Spe
cial Duty Officers Or
dered to Beats.
New York, April 1.—Precautions
r.gainst a crime wave in Greater New
York were taken by police officials
after an unusual 48-hour record of
holdups and robberies had been to
taled up.
A11 patrolmen on special duty In
hospitals and routine departmental
work were ordered to uniform patrol
duty. The order, it was said, would
place 600 additional patrolmen on duty.
A messenger carrying a 8700 pay
roll to the Venida Hair Net com
pany plant in Brooklyn, was held up
at a subway entrance, struck on the
head and the money bag snatched
from his hands. The thief fired a
shot into the air to frighten passers
hv and escaped.
Three armed bandits held up Louis
Scher in his drug store, took $'’6 from
the cash register and fled. Five em
lpoyes on duty in a Columbus avenue
restaurant were bound by three men.
who emptied their pockets and took
S300 from the register. Joseph Nofl,
the owner of the place, was struck
on the head with a revolver and sort
ously hurt.
Three men accused by police of
loitering in front of the Chatham and
rhonix l>ank on the Bowery during an
hour when numerous young women
visit the bank for payrolls, were ar
rested.
Brill Brothers' clothing store at
Forty-ninth street and Broadwai. was
robbed Friday night of goods tallied
at 815.000.
Carl Berg of Cleveland, charged w ith
the robbery of a Madison avenue cigar
store, was held without hall for grand
Jury action when arraigned on a
charge of robbery.
Fremont Waiter Is
Mysteriously Shot
N|»ei M Pispalch to The Omaha Baa.
Fremont. Neb. April 1,—Wilbur
Booth. 73. waiter at the Brunswick
restaurant, was mysteriously shot
shortly after 2 this morning Police
are working on the theory h. wag
wounded In a fight over a card game
and are Investigating.
According to Booth's own ato v in
i' as accldt ntsllly shot while examin
ing a revolver. The shooting itccurred
on a side street, the exact addres
t'Clng unknown to officers. Booth
left the restaurant in company with
1U men when he gut off duty.
He was taken to Fremont hospital
by two men and was discha.ged F
the afternoon
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Rioters at
Essen Will
Be Expelled
Franco-Belgian Forces Decidtj
on Stern Measures in Re
taliation for Attacks
of Saturday.
Four Directors Arrested
By t'niverMl Servile.
Paris. April 1.—As a result of (he
riots «lii« li occurred Saturday at the
big Krupp plant at Essen, it is de
clared here that the Franco-Belgian*
have decided to sequester the entire
Krupp plant and turn it over to the
allies for their sole use.
It was impossible to confirm the re
port up to a late hour this afternoon,
hut the rumor persisted in quite re
sponsible quarters.
The same information added that *
wholesale expulsion of employes of
the Krupp plant who answered the
«all of the big sirens and participated
in the heating and manhandling of
the French detachment has been de
cided upon.
By Associated Pres-.
Essen, April 1.—Four director* or
the Krupp works were arrested by
the French military authorities »n
charges of inciting the attack by the
German workmen on the troops Sat
urday. which culminated in the kill
ing of nine German* and the wound
ing of 34 others.
The casualties occurred when a.
rFench lieutenant with 11 men went
to the Krupp works to requsttion mo
tor trucks for the French army. Thifi e
were only a few cars in the garage
at the time, as it -appears the Krupp
authorit.es had a previous intima
tion of the requisitioning and remov* t
some of them.
The direc tors arrested were Ha. i
tvig. Oes-erlin. Bruhn and Ritter. They
, were taken at their homes in Essen
at 3 this morning. Then Fre have
not announced when they wilt h*
tried. The siren* at the Krupp work*-,
the French say. were blown for mm •>
than two hours after the arrival of
the French troop* at the plant i
i Saturday.
German Reported Killed.
Buer. Germany, April 1.—A G* r*
man named Mieruch is reported to
have been shot and killed by the.
French at Recklinghausen. It %
stated Mieruch was an invalid.
Four Frenchmen were killed and
three Frenchmen and one German in
jured when a freight train loaded
with coal went over an embankme:
at SchUTerstadt while on the way
from 1-autersburg to Ludwigshafe .
, according to report* received here
• from Mannheim.
It is said the train took the wrong
switch, ran over a bulkhead ard tum
bled down the embankment. Two en
gine* which were drawing the tram
and a baggage car also were wrecke- .
One member of a party of French
men, traveling in a motorboat along
. the Rhine-Borne canal near Baer
Erie, was shot ami killed by the
, French shore patrol, say adv.cee r- •
. celved here.
It is asserted the boat, which was
flying the German flag, did not heed
the patrol's command to halt. Tl.e
patrol is said not to have ascertained
i that the occup-ints of the l>oat were
Frenchmen until after the craft had
■ been tired upon.
Farmer and Son Hurt
When Truck Hits Train
l*i»p»«-h tt* The Omaha Hr*
Tecumseh. Neb.. April ! —C. M.
Endicott, resident of Crab Orchard,
this county, who. with his 3 year-oid
son. \ ivian. was returning hot «
from Tecun-.seh hi an auio truck th <
afternoon, escaped death by a narrow
. margin wlien he ran into Burlington j
east hound ps>-':,s*r ft am No. 9Sr.es
Vesta, five miles west of here. The
truck crashed into the coal tender
and. turning sideways, followed the
track, breaking out three window* in
a coach and smashing in the baggage
var door. Endicott was thrown clear,
leeomng serious head bruises and an
(injured hip The hoy apparently was
protected by cushions of the truck
seat and was not seriously hurt. Both
were taken to the farm house of Mrs.
Ji. E. Aitkins
H\r learhers Eliminated
in Effort to Reduce Ta\c$
feprriMl Wasatch t.> The Omaha IUe
Bhelton. Neb . April 1 —In an cl
fort to reduce school tuxes, t tie board
of education made a big redact ion in
the number of teachers to l>« en,
ployed during the 19J3-I; term. B>
a* action, the t>canl Ira* eliminated
three grade teachers, one high ac hoe I
teacher and the music teacher. It Is
estimated that this reduction in the
teaching force Will mean a sating to
the district of at least a year.
Former Sultan «»f Turkct
l«» Vltcmpt “t'.omcl*acV*
London. April 1 —A dispatch to th*
1 lines from Constantinople *a\s Tuik
c.rrtr* Iwve leaned that former
Sultan Mohammed VI. who i* a gue*.'
of King Huaaetn at Mnva, will root:
v*«e a proclamation to th#
uorht aaaerilnK that he haa not ao
dioatevl either the caliphate cu t) e
sultanate Thr proclamation will o.
inounff the A it? or* i>«vtrnmfni \%\ l
the 4 Defiance liuaatein »t
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