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/ « • The Omaha Morning ~;ee ' .... o A mriDn A V ADPIT r* i noo * By”Mall (I year) •• Dally and Sunday. 85; Sunday. $2.58. within the 4th rone. TWO CUNTS ln °(™*«h*c*nta CtlKwh«ia ar/-yt rn vn oro Intend ai Sacdnd-Claia• Matter May 28, ISM, »t OMAHA. SATURDAY, APRIL I, Outalda the 4th »one tl yaar): Dally and Sunday. 112: Sunday duly. Si _ VOL. OZ INU. aiOai. Omaha P. O. Under Act of Maroh 3. 1878. w , a. , _’________- — —-- ■—* ___ _ ■■■"— " ■ . ia.1—— B — ■ ui i i ■ A New Ruhr Note Full of Dynamite German Protest Against Kill ings at Krupp Plant Snlacks of Ultimatum—Next Move Up to France. U. S. Officials Are Silent » - By Vnirorsal Swvlce. Washington, April 6.—Eventuali ties which will havo an important 1 Maring on the ultimate outcome of the French invasion of the lluhr are expected in official and diplomatic circles here to result from the vigor ous note presented by Germany to France Thursday. Couched in language and carrying a tone that smacks almost of an ultimatum, the communication for mally protested against the “frivol ous massacre” of 13 and the wound ing of .".0 German workmen by French soldiers at Essen and de manded “full satisfaction for the vie- ' tims and their relatives.” It further contained the significant demand for the "immediate release of the persons arrested to cover the French guilt.” Full of Dynamite. The note was regarded here as be ing so full of dynamite that nobody j would discuss it for quotation. It . was plainly recognized, however, as nn Indication of a turning by the Germans on the invaders. What this will bring about, only time can tell. Investigation showed that a copy i cf the document had been received by the German embassy here, but officials of the State department said it had r.ot been communicated to them. It was understood that it will reach the department only through ] such reports as come from Ambassa- | dor Herrick id Paris. The German embassy here declined to say whether or not it had been in- , structed to present tho note to the American government as a matter of information or to comment on it in .->(!,• r »■:!}• 1,’nder ordinary diplo- i malic procedure it would !"• . ommunicated to the state depart ment. Patience Kxliawsted. In aeoing the •possibility of sorious . trouble growing out of the German i stand and Essen incident ltseir. the temper of the German govern-j ment. as revealed in certain passages of the communication, was pointed to by international authorities. For, ex ample, the first paragraph might he Interpreted as a warning that pa tience has been exhausted. It says: "The prudence and patience with which the population of the Ruhr ter ritory bore all kinds of acts of t io lenco on the part of the invading troops has not been able to prevent that French soldiers have now com mitted a crime on this population which throws all misdeeds hitherto into the shade.” Trevious Protests Unheeded. The German government also calls attention to previous protests of simi- j lar character which have gone unan swered in such way as to indicate it means to have a reply this time. The whole tenor of the communication Is that the. attack is vvithout provoca-( tion or warning, and it is added that even after the German workers start ed to run they were still shot at. "The responsibility for this disas trous occurrence, however, does not jest solely on the French troops.” says the note, "but also on the French I government itself.” • A flat charge is made also that the French tried in vain to falsify the j actual facts and "thtis to obscure the grave guilt of the occupying troops.” | This brings France face to face | writh a grave situation in which it must make the next move. The char acter of this move may determine ■whether the smouldering fires of re sentment are to be fanned into flames ( of open physical resistance or if the, outcome Is to he peaceful. Reichstag Leader Is Deported from Cologne Cologne, April 6.—Max Wallraf. of Bonn. Keichstag national leader, who | was minister of the Interior In the Michael Is rnblnet and lord mayor of Cologne for a decade, has been de- i ported from the occupied area, It was ; announced today. , According to German reports Hie total number of persons deported now ixceeds 3.000, not including families of the deportee. Rebels Beseige Town in Brazil Buenos Aires, April 6—The Brazilian town of Urugunynna is be seiged by revolutionaries. Their camp fires, surrounding the town, were visible tonight when darkness fell, according to a dispatch to J-:l Narlon, from Paso do las I.lbres The correspondent adds that light lug has taken place In the suburbs, but that it ceased yesterday after noon. Itefugces are crossing the Uruguay liver into Argentina In large num bers. Paymaster Bobbed of $2-1.000 Boston, April Ilobbery of a pay master of the New TOngland Tele phone and Telegraph company oftI3, non was reported to the police here today. Bank Cashier Accused of Embezzling Millions Cincinnati, April 6.—An indictment alleging the misappropriation _ of funds totalling nearly $1,000,000 was returned here by the federal grand jury against A. H. Penfield, former cashier of the Springfield National bank of Springfield, O. The indictment returned against Penfield, who is in the Dayton (O.) Jail, contains 12 counts. Ten of these allego the embezzlement of funds and two Misapplication of funds. The exact amount embezzled according to the Indictment is $377,233. The defalcations of Penfield, accord ing to the indictment, totalled the above figure on March 6, 1923, when he attempted to commit suicide in his father-in-law's garage by slashing his wrists. Two days preceding his attempt to kill himself, he is alleged to have em bezzled Liberty bonds totalling $130,000, Capitol Probe by Legislature Is Nearing End Committee Adjourns IJtil Mon day When Balance of Tes timony and Arguments Will Be Given. Special Ilhpniiii to The Oniulia Hrf. Lincoln, April 6.—The legislative investigation into charges of negli gence anti incompetency filed against Bertram G. Goodhue, architect for the new statehouse, by George E. Johnson, state engineer, is nearing an . end. Tlie committee adjourned until i Monday morning. Both Mr. Johnson and Mr. Goodhue asserted that testi mony and arguments would he con cluded in a few hours Monday. Yonliin on Stand. W. T.. Youkin, clerk of the works, and Mr. Goodhue's personal represen tative on the joh, occupied most of , tho morning in answering charges of changes in plans made by Johnson. Yonkin, an architect, himself, as j serted real negligence on the part of , nn architect would tie failure to con stantly study plans and endeavor to ! discover < hanges for betterment from an artistic as well as a financial view- ; point. Younkin admitted there has been mistakes. However, be aserted In any job of such magnitude there were certain to be errors and he challenged proof that errors in the statehouse Job were as few and com paratively small from an erenomic standpoint as on any Job vying with the task under way at Lincoln. Walls Will Last. Charles Olson, a contractor, ns- ' serted the statehouse wall would j stand for J,000 years. His testimony was in rebuttal to testimony of James Webber, another contractor, yester- j day, that because of large Joints and \ failure to lay stones so one over laps another sufficiently, would result ' in stones falling out within 20 years. | On cross-examination by Johnson, i Olson asserted a few stones in the wall were poor in texture. There was much argument and testimony over the charge of John- ] son that Goodhue had a "closed" hid on acoustical materials. Johnson j asserted that should the statement j of Goodhue lie true that material! contracted for for the first section i of the building be more artistic 'and realistic than that of another firm, j the state could have forced down the contract price of accepted material j if Goodhue had permitted rijfnpeti tion. High School Dynamited; Three Trustees Injured Carrollton, Mo., April 6—Tho Mid- j land High school, 12 miles north- i cast of here, is In rulps today, three school trustees aro at their homes nursing cuts and bruises, while resl- j dents of the district. with blood , hounds, are searching for unknown , persons who last night exploded i dynamite under tho building while it j was filled with 30 men a/id women, j The three persons most seriously | hurt are Claude Brown, Hubert, Biller ; and Clint Ilultz. Their Injuries are | not dangerous. 22 Earth Shocks Reported. Ponta Delgada, April Twenty two earthquake shocks have been felt in the Azores In the last two days. The tremors were the strongest In tho western part of Ht. Michael Is land, on which Ponta Delgada Is sit uated. Tie a String to Your Finger so you will not forget to place your “Want” Ad in tomor row's Sunday Omaha Bee. You’ll have until 0 o’clock tonight to get your advertise ment to our office for tomor row’s Sunday Omaha Bee. Phone Atlantic 1000 and ask for a “Want" Ad taker. Three Lines, Three l imes. Ten Dimes. Two Girls Murdered With Knife Discovered by Milkman Be side Road in State Island, N. Y.—Tossed from Automobile. Three Men Held in Jail Jersey City, N. J. April 6.—Three men are detained in police headquar ters here in connection with the brutal murder of Mrs. Irene Rlandino and Miss Bessie McMahim, whoso bodies were found on Staten island today. The men are James Rlandino, hus band of the murdered women; Nicho las lie (iregio, his partner, and Ro sario Hi Lorenzo. No charge has been made against any of the men any they are being held until police can check up their stories and move ments last night. New lork, April 6.—With their throats slashed, the bodies of Mrs. Irene Blandino, 18, Jersey City, and Itessie McMahon, of L'tira, N. V'., were foiiad today lying on a road in (Staten Island where they had been tossed from an automobile after their throats had been eut with a hull Iter knife. The blood-stained weapon was pieked up in a field 100 feet from the scene. Dr. George Mord, Richmond county medical examiner, found three stab wounds in the throat of Mrs. Blan dino and wounds in her back ''cor responding with cuts in her fur coat, through which the murderers plungetj the butcher knife as the coup do grace in the horrible killing. Similar cuts were found on Miss McMahon except there were no holes in her coat, which must have been put on her later. The faces and arms of both young women were scratched. Itodies Transported. Despite the fact bloodstains were discovered further down the road, the police at-! romiricxk ttie two young women were slain at some other spot and their bodies transport ed to the lonely spot in a motor car. At least two score detectives in Btaten Island are working on the case and a general alarm has been sent out to all ferries asking policemen to watch for a blood splotched automo bile and to arrest the occupants. Mrs. Blandino was Identified by means of her cork left leg. a receipt for which was found In her pocket. She Is 18 years old, while Miss Mc Mahon Is 22. In their pockets were found rolls of 85 bill*, amounting to 850. The place w here the bodies were found Is an exclusive section, but thinly settled, ami is the rendezvous of bootleggers and Joy riders. Nearby a creek trickles its way to the bay. affording just enough water to float small craft of rum smugglers, w Found by Milkman. Walter J. Donovan, the milkman, who found the bodies, was taking a short cut hack to his dairy about daylight when he saw something at the side of the road that arrested his attention. Investigation revealed a horribly njurderod girl, lying fare up ward, with blood from the wound In her throat over the front of her dress and neck. Donovan looked around and on the other side of the drive found the body of a second girl, fare down In the grass. He leaped into his wagon and drove ns fast as he could to the Staple ton police station, where he reported the tragedy. Acting Inspector Cornelius Colahane sped to the scene In an automobile accompanied by a parly of detectives from the homicide squad . Captain of Detectives E. h. Von Wagener assumed charge of the case and 20 detectives were assigned to as sist him. He immediately ordered ev ery exit from the Island guarded on the theory that the murderers might still be near, although they had ample time to make .their' escape after the gruesome killing. The district attorney sent a repre sentative to the scene. Donovan, while not under suspi cion, Is held near the scene ao he can he questioned from time to time. The murders come right on the heels of the police department's "tight ening up" to halt a so railed "crime wave” that has swept New York dur ing the last 10 days. Evidence of fresh marks from auto nlobile tiros and no signs of antrugglo at the scene of the finding strength ened the theory that the young women were killed before they were brought to tho place. Their hats were found several feet, from the bodies. Turks Boost Income lax Hr A i»*o«,l *•«*«! I'rwi. Constantinople. April ♦».—A derre® has been Issued Increasing the Income tax live fold, making It appllnble to all foreigner'! regardless of length of stay and retroactive to the date of their arrlvnl. The rate on earned In come Is 25 per cent gross, with no exemptions. . Yeomen (><t $3,0(10. Warsaw, Jnd . April fi —-Yeggmen blew the unfe In the postoffic® Ip're early today, obtained $3,000 lit cAlh, BtnmpH and re^iste^ed mall and ea capcd ill an automobile. Giant U. S. Dirigible Completes Test Flight Akron, O., April 6.—The TCT, the United States government’s largest arid newest nonrigid dirigible, made a seven-hour continuous flight over Ak ron and Cleveland today, preparatory to attempting a nonstop flight to Scott field, near St. Uouis, a distance of more than BOO miles, next week. Lieutenants F. W. McKee, Clyde Kuntz and James G. Luck and Scr geafits Olin Brown and Harry Barnes of the-army air service, who will be In charge of next week's flight, were in charge of today’s test. The balloon Is expected to fly to Dayton, thence towards Indianapolis and then to St. Louis on Its trip to Scott field. It is the first of three dirigibles being built here for the gov ernment for use In training dirigible | pilots, to be completed. New Credit Banks Will Make Loans Under 7 Per Cent — Federal Loan Board Expected to Fix Interest Rate at 5 1-2 Per Cent—Rules Are Announced. Washington, April 6.—Indications were given by the federal farm loan board tonight that an Interest rate of 5*/4 per cent would be charged on loans made by the new intermediate credit banks. At the same time an nouncement v.as made by the board of the official rules and regulations governing loans under the agricul tural credits act. While the Interest rate to be charged will be fixed by the credit banks, subject to approval of the farm loan board, farmers will be able, if the indicated interest rate is ar j cepted, to borrow money at 7 per cent or less. The law specifies that the rediscounting agency shall rot charge in excess of 1'4 per cent for handling the obligations. Commissioner Isrhdell said be ex pected some of the banks would bo ready to make actual loans by April 2d. Kates Probably Uniform. Although It is not necessary that the rates of the 13 banka be uniform, board members believed they likely would be. Mention was made of the possibility that some rediscounting corporations, such as the co-opera tlves and oth<^ associations made up strictly of producers, may not take the full fee allowed them by law, and It was pointed out that any such action would make for cheaper Inter est charges to the farmers or livestock growers. The opinion was general that a rate of EVj per cent, with the rediscount charge added, would mean a material reduction to the average farmer In interest. The board has decided “for the present” to limit loans under the credits act to livestock, grain, wool, cotton, tohaeco and peanuts ns “staple agricultural products" within the meaning of the law. Loans on dairy products, eggs, fruits and vege tables are left to future determina tion, but the exclusion of those com modities, it appeared, I* not in tended to be permanent. Will l imit l/oaii*. The board, It was Indicated, de sired to give further study to rules governing the handling of perishable products. A limitation of loans to nine months' maturity also Is prescribed In the regulations aa the maximum, while the minimum life of security | to tie taken by the credit hanks was fixed at not less than '"six months from tho date of the transaction.'' The credit tranks will accept the re ceipt of any warehouse licensed and trended under the fedei-nl warehouse act, but all other cases the warehous ing luwa and regulations of the state controlling them muat have the sp proval of the farm loan board. The regulation* . provide also that the pai<I In > npltal of agricultural credit corporation must !-• $10,000 or more before loans may bo granted them on paper rediscounted for ad vances for agricultural purposes In the first Instance. When loans of any kind ate made on livestock, the rules specify, a collateral agreement must accompany the aecurlty offered, so that additional aecurlty may be supplied at any time the credit bank so demands. Two examinations year ly of nil corporations and associations seeking rediscounting privileges are required by the regulatlona. examine tlon to be condueted by national bank or land bank examiners. Securities Itrqulred. It is also atlpulated that any cor poration submitting debentures for rediscount with tho credit I sinks must deposit with the firm loan registrars the securities upon which the deb< it tures are based, Co-operative credit associations, seeking rediscount privileges, will lie required to file with the credit bunk of their district complete data con certdng their charter,'plans of opera tion and statements of Us counsel that It has full authority under the laws of Its ststn tn set as a pedis counting agency. All of these will have to be approved by the farm loan board, In addition to the loin I credit bank before actual loan operation* are permitted. Maybe We’d Better Try Some Other Method thats queer. THE. iiOJRE ■ I SHOOT ) THE FASTEN [THEY COME l ON . I Rabbi Succumbs Following Attack c Sail Francisco Man Dies of Wounds Sustained in Ho tel Tuesday Night. San Francisco, April 6—Rabbi Alfred J. Lafee, 22. of the Bush street temple, who was beaten into un consciousness by an unidentified man in a hotel room Tuesday night, died today. The rabbi bad been unconscious since the attack. Late Thursday night an operation was performed in an effort to save his life. Rabbi bafee's mysterious assailant was a strongly built man of 175 or 18n pounds, and wore the uniform of a seaman In the United States navy. Rabbi Lafee and the stranger came io the hotel together about 8 Tues day night. Rabbi Lafee rcgisterisl under the name "A. Layne." and the stranger under the name ”11. B. Hickman.” The rabbi later telephoned (o ttie clerk asking to be called at 6 in the morning. About 4 the stranger reappeared in the lobby, rolled a clfearete and departed. The call failed to get a respond from the rabbi, and the clerk found him leaning against a washstand, senseless from a battered skull ami an attempt to strangle him Marks On his nock Indicated that a rob" or twisted sheet had been used. Mail Bandits Escape With $L\139,900 in Bonds St. Louis, April Unsigned bonds totalling $2,13H.900 consigned from Washington to the St. I.nuls Federal Land bank, were taken in the mall truck holdup here last Monday by six armed bandits, it was announced to day by the postal Inspection depart ment, checking up on the losses. The bonda were worthless without the sig natures of officers of the bank, but it is feared the robbers may attempt to make them negotiable through for gery. The atolrn land baifk bonds were In number and denomination as fol lows: Ten of $40; 20 or $100; 500 of $1,000: 25 of $5,000, and 15 of $10,000. The total of other bonds taken, It was learned by the Post Dispatch, win approximately $226,000, of which $51, 250 at leas^ were negotiable Two Farmers Are Killed \\ flow Train Strikes Auto 1 "dependence, Ore. April S.— Fred J Feathcuatone amt Jdm pli N Jour*. farmers, were Instantly killed nnd Davlif Qulrlny, 1!>. was probably fatally injured when an automobile In which iliev were riding waa struck by a northbound Southern Pacific electric train at a grade crossing near here today, t Kills Woman and Self. Trenton. N ,t . April <i Ralph K. Halley, a photographer, shot and killed a woman, named Mr*. Knpllsh, anil then kill'd himself In his studio here this afternoon, according to the poll' e. Americans After German Railways* Engineer Charges Well-Known Mining Vuthority Warns of Danger From Franco-Belgian ^ orld Monopoly. Ity Associated I’r*... Beilin, April 6.—Charges that Amer ican interests have been trying to get control of the German railroads and that there1 is imminent danger of a Franco-Belgian combination for a world mining monopoly as an out growth of the Ruhr occutiation were made In an address by Dr. Neuhau sen. a well known mining engineer, before the Association of German Engineers. "Before the war," Dr. Xeuhauaen said, "Germany led in heavy indus try. surpassing the English and the Americans. The result was the wor. Had Germany won and the ore basins of Dmewy and Brley been made avail able to her. then the American heavy Industry would have been done for. ‘‘Now it appears a near possibility that Prance may assume Germany's position. For this she needs coke and the Industry of the Ruhr district. America cannot and Crill not permit France to dominate absolutely In the European mining Industry "In accordance with Its old trust recipe, America is Interested primari ly in getting hold of the German in dustrial railways. Therefore, It is now most highly dangerous to speak of 'privatizing' the German federal railways Mr. Eloyd Georgi s plan for Ger many. France and Eti lurfcl to mni bine economically against America was shattered through lh« policy of the foreign minister. Dr. Simon. There are vpll known trust founders among the Belgians who perhaps have participated In the Ruhr occupation just for that reason "We face the great danger that out of the national rivalry between France and America there will eventually de velop at Germany's expense a world mining tiust. through which Germany will be dollarized amt In which Eng land will play the part of him who laughs last amt best " Macon Victim of Kiiliiapert * Prepares to Leave Town Macon, tia . Aj'nl (•—Suffering from more than 200 welts ami stripes on his body, lnfttctoil by the beating ail ministered him on Wednesday night, I*. 1,. Bright of Macon, today was making preparations to leave, accord Ing to lbs announced intention. Tha right members of the bamI which attacked him, gave Bright 24 hours to leave the city under threat of death, according to his statement to the police, backed up by the state ment of Mrs, Fredericks face of Nnv York, who was a witness to tho whipping, hut Bright said yester day that he coul l not make final ar rangements to leave before tile flrat of tile week. Allow Fraud Case Jurors to Go Home % Judge Woodrougb Changes Order Keeping Men To gether Over Weekend. After issuing an order yesterday neon that the jurr In the mail fraud • ase be kept together during the rest of the long trial. Federal Judge Woodrough later suspended the order, at least. Until nest Monday. He allowed the 12 men to go to their homes ovirthe weekend. The 15 attorneys employed In the case objected to Judge Woodrough’s plan to hold court Saturday. They said they had to have some time to attend to their other business. The tudge then suspended the order. The trial of the 15 men charged with mail fraud In promotion of the Colonial Timber and Coal corporation will begin its fourth week Monday morning at 16. W. 11 Wade, an attorney, formerly living in West Virginia, now residing at Alhuquerque. N. M„ testified yesterday afternoon that he searched the records of West Virginia hack through many yea rg and did not find the lands claimed by the Colonial concern entered on die tax books under the name of the people through whom the Colonial claims to hold title. Publisher Cels License to V ed C.onstanee Mackay New York, April S—Roland Hoik son «'f Henry Holt. the publish**, and Constance d’Arcy Mackay, wide ly known writer, obtained a marriage license ,and wilt he married at Grace church next Wednesday. # Mr, Holt, who is 55. described him self as an author and publisher. His fiancee, who was born in England, the daughter of Robert G Mackay. gave her age as S>'>. Miss Mackay was director of the department of pageantry and drama of the war camp community service in 191S 19. • The Weather Forrrut. Saturday: Probably snow; colder. Thu wrjuhor#for ?4 hour* *Tut;n« ? p^ m , April 6 Trmprnilurr. 111011**1. M; loW|Rt, 5*. knrtn, 47; nor mat 47 Total *\c#*** a»«« * January 1. su Iti Ij*t i\ •» Humltlih . l,»o'('UU*f. ; a in . 41. Boon, ** 7 r m., < IVr«i|)lliili(»n. I nr hr* nml 14umtrtslfh* Total, non*; total ainv* Ja»*uats St 4 .91 , MfMI, IS 1. Hourly Tom porn turn* A ». in II « *. n» ,., . 4rt 7 it. nt . IS l i. m • • . . * 4# W *. Wt . M» in it. m ,.» 47 II a. tit. 4 7 19 IHNttl .... At I p. in V: 9 |». mi . . * l» »» .. 4* * V -Mi . 41 * l» m . 4« * I* m ..... . .99 1 »». mi ...... W * p. m S" 1 «»mp4*n»tmr» nt 7 r. m rh*» • nn«i 4* .. t)*» Molnr* 4* City T ti' 1 >»r 44 NiM^h V’*u<*. Jf! Puelkto . 0 Hiip.il »Clty . . 20 Halt l^k*« City. 31 Santa Fr Min ittan ....... .ft s\m v ally . .... 31 Wildcat Oil Promoters Under Fire Millions Filched From Public Through Sale of l ake Stock, Report to Postmaster General Says. Government Plans Action lly \«,<>< iatr<l Washington, April 6.—Oil stock promoters operating in the state of Texas during the last five years have filched more than $190,009,000 from the public. Postmaster General S> w was advised by John II. Kdwards. so licitor of the Pogtofflce department, and Chief Postal Inspector fc'imimins, who are in Fort Worth co-operating with the Department of Justice in the prosecution of mail fraud cases ;u volving oil promoters.. In making public the report. Post master General New also declared the Postoffice department intended to move in the )<iost vigorous and per sistent mannef pot sible for the en forcement of both the criminal law and the fraud statutes against the fraudulent use of the malls, not only in the sale of fraudulent oil stock* but all other cases involving fraud in the math,. Government \ppealed To. Mr. New said the government had been appealed to “by disillusioned stockholders to stop the oil stock frauds” after “wildcat promoters." had escaped prosecution by state au thorities. Postoffice inspectors, he added, have been working since last summer on more than 200 cases, many of which have already gone to the grand jury, now- in session at Fort Worth. The report to Mr. New fo"ows in part: "More than 1100,000,000 is the es timate placed by postoffice inspectors upon the amount of money filched from the public during the past five years by-oil stock promoters operating in the state of Texas. This statement 1 challenges the attention of the coun try and demands speedy and certain action. Postoffice inspectors also re port that companies and syndicates have been organized, run their course 1 and passed away by hundreds during these five years, leaving approxi mately 500,000 stockholders scattered throughout the United States to mourn the fading of roseate dreams of wealth with the final disappear arre of their hard-earned foliars *to<k Selling Schemes. "So doubt some of these companies were started by men who hoped to strike oil and make money from pro ; duction, but in practically every case the urometers laid their plans to profit from the stock selling, regardless c£ the re«ult of field operation?. Seldom was it that a promoter in' ested any money of his own. "Aim -t all the promoters' concerns operate as common law' trusts. Over such organizations the Texas statutes i provide no supervision whatever. The promoters appoint themselves the trustees, with sole and unlimited power to procure and handle the ; money of their investors as they please without question from ary ftate authority. "To impose the penalty for u«ing - the mails to defraud, the Post o ffice .it,— t and (he agents '* l> Department of Justice must s tow suf ; Orient evidence of intent to defraud. | Th. department representatives re t ort that the . ases, especially tr.ore invclvit g large slock selling r 'be ires are the mn-t complex and difficult to i handle of all criminal cases arising in the federal jurisdiction. For this 1 reason they require months ar.d seme times years of patient and persevering investigation." , F.x-Governor of Porto Rico W ill ( Iiallence His Critic* Galveston. Tex . April $—E. Mont Reih . former governor of Port* Rico, announced his intention of challeng ing every editor in the United States who had criticised his administration, i to public debate as soon as his health improves. Reily declared he had been the victim of malicious persecution because he had tried to Americanise Porto Rico. Reily asserted his persecution began when he attempted to ’’clean up'* the situation m Porto Rico. He i charged that hundreds of thousands ’of dollars were spent In propaganda against him in the United States b> the Porto Rican unionists. Florida State l onviot System Is l ndcr Fire Tallahassee. Fla., April 6 —Full in vestigation of the Florida convict lease system with a view to abo! .sit ing it, as the result of the death of Martin Tabort. North IWkota youth, ’ front a prison camp flogging was • recommended today by the commit* « appointed by the Florida house of rep resentatives to act upon the request of the North Dakota legislature for nn investigation into the matter. 12 Towns Inundated. Freeport. III.. April S -streets amt basements of homes of Freeport and (It other towns n northern Illinois }and southern W.seonsln are flooded (today w the IVctaonlca and Sugar 1 river# on a rampage - l 9 P. M. Saturday Closing Hour For Sunday Omaha Bee “Want" Ads