Big Shakeup in
Naval Officers
Expected Soon
Sweeping Changes in High
Command Expected to
Follow Return of Ad
miral Deirhy.
Washington, April 13.—Sweeping
changes in the high command of the
American navy are expected to follow
Secretary 1 lenby's return today from
his visit to the fleet. Recommenda
tions for tlie readjustment were on the
m i rotary's desk when he reached the
department and he has been urged to
< xpedito action.
It is understood the suggested
changes included the following:
Admiral Robert K. Cnnntz, now
chief of naval operations, to com
mand the combined fleets, succeeding
Admiral Hilary 1*. Jones, who would
go to the general board.
liberie on last.
Admiral E. W. *Ebcrl<\ command
ing the battle fleet, to lie chief of
naval operations.
Rear Admiral Thomas Washington,
chef of tim bureau of navigation, to
common'll a foreign squadron, prob
ably tin, Asiatic fleet, lie would he
succeeded by Capt. Richard heigh,
now assistant chief of tlie bureau.
Eommand of the battle fleet held
for tlie^ present in abeyance, with
Admiral fct. H. Robeson, a member of
l lie general board, heading the list
of officers recommended.'
May Command Scout Fleet.
Rear Admiral IV. V. Pratt, also a
member of the board, and one of the
two advisors to the American arms
i onferenee delegation, to command
the scouting fleet.
Real- Admiral Charles K. MoVay,
f hief of ordnance, to command a bat
t le ship division.
Changes in command of most of
tile individual battleships also are in
prospect, and several have been an
nounced.
Bandit Kills Jewel Clerk
Slow to Obey Commands
By I'nirersul Smlff.
San Francisco, Aptil Kb- Freest
Kndahi, a jewelry clerk, was shot and
I. lied last night by it unmasked ban
dit When he was a bit tardy in obey
ing the command ol the intruder to
hold up his hands.
The bandit was captured a few min
tit- s after the shooting by a traffic |
officer.
Smith entered the store of tho ban
Francisco Jewelry company and
a--'ked to be shown some wedding
rings. He selected one and paid for'
it with a $10 bill. As Joseph Mandeb*
hern, another clerk, was ringing up
the rale, Smith ordered "hands up!"
Mandtlkern and Hill Goldwater, tie
jirop'ietor, obeyed the command,
promptly, but Kndahi appeared a li!-|
tie too slow for (lie bandit and h"
fired point hlank at him.
Five Held on Liquor Charge
Norfolk. Neb., April 1.1.—Thomas
Ijowell, Fred Haines, Peter Hansen
and his son, Peter, and Thomas Mack
i v, all of Niobrara, were bound over
in federal court here on a change of
selling liquor to Indians. They were
released on bonds of $500 each.
German Payments to
Allies Equivalent to
About $20,000,000,000
-i
Washington. April 13.—Germany has
Paid tho allies in cash, ships, lands
and materials of various kinds, a total
of 100,000,000.000 marks, equivalent
to about 20.000,000.000 American dol
lars, according to figures by the Ger
man treasury department and trans
mitted to Washington.
Included in this total is an allow
ance for tho relinquishment of Alsace
Lorraine. Other items included in the
compilation are:
For deliveries from material on
hand since the armistice, 29,394.000,000
gold marks; payments and deliveries
from national capital and current pro
duction, H.113.000.000; cash payments,
2,140,00(1,000; ether payments and de
liveries, 3,371,000,000; expenditures and
losses within Germany, 10,482,000.000.
Millions Sought
as Whisky Tax
Government Plans Campaign
lo Force Bootleggers to
Disgorge Wealth.
Washington, April 13.—The govern
I merit today decided lo launch a catn
| paign to force illicit whisky dealers
| to disgor ge millions of dollars alleg
ed to he due the government in tuxes
I in liquor sales. Internal revenue col
I lectors, co operating with prohibition
| authorities have been ordered to dig
into the records gathered in raids and
seizures for evidence to compel pay
ment of the hidden revenues.
The new drive grows out of sensa
tional disclosures of a ring of Georgia
1 bootleggers. Bank accounts and oth
| <-r records that show the extent of
| their operations have been opened to
, tlie government’s experts. The evi
; deuce gathered in this case is being fol
i lowed up in a score of states at this
i time by revenue collectors, for it de
veloped that the Georgia ‘’ring’’ of
whisky dealers was affiliated with
I other rings in almost every impor
tant “'wet’’ stronghold.
I Local Insurance Agents
Hold Meeting at ^ ork
Sin-rial lii-imit li to The Omuhn Bee.
York. Neb., April 13.—The annual
convention of the Nebraska local ip
surance agents convened in the Klks
home hero for a two days’ session.
The meeting was called to order by |
the president, T, B. Martin of Omaha, |
J. K. Sebastian of North Platte, sec- j
retary, made art interesting talk on
the state association and its needs. '
Practical suggestions on where to I
find surety business and how to
develop it, particularly in smaller
communities were given by Spencer
Welton, vice president of the Fidelity
land Deposit company, Baltimore, Md.
Germany Urged to Assume
Offensive on Reparations
By Associated Tree*.
Berlin, April 13.—Germany should
assume the offensive on the repara
tions problem by exercising all possi
ble efforts for the reviling of a solu
tion as soon ss possible, declared Dr.
Bernhard Dernburg, democratic mem
ber of the reichstag and former cabi
net member, in an article in the Tuge
blatt.
Slay er Priest
Justifies Act
Kalamazoo Divine Shoots Fel
low Prelate to Death After
Argument.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Arril 13.—"God
Almighty Justified it; otherwise He
would not have permitted me to fire
the revolver,” Rev. Charles Dillon
said today, confessing the slaying of
Rev. Father Henry O'Neill.
Father O'Neill, pastor of St. Au
gustine's Roman Catholic church
here, was shot six times by Father
Dillon lost night at the supper table,
dying instantly. Father Dillon al
leged Father O'Neill persecuted him.
Father Dillon will not be brought
into court today to face a murder
charge, It wras announced. Further
investigation Into Father Dillon's al
leged mental torture at the hands of
Father O'Neill will be made before
any charge is preferred against Fa
ther Dillon.
"I would do the same thing over
again under the same circumstances;
I am willing to pay society's price
for the act,” said Father Dillon, ac
cording to authorities. "Give mt life
in Jackson prison. I am sorry I shall
not be hanged or electrocuted.
"I am not insane. I can jkiss any
mentality tests,” he told city and
county officials, according to police
today. ”1 killed Father O'Nfill de
liberately. He persecuted me: he be
littled me; he did not even call me
Father; he treated me like a boy; he
refused to let me visit families of
ihe parish or to take part in the life
of the parish except that of the
meanest and most humble.”
Father Dillon said he had "been
drinking during tlie day," a medicine
of the name of which he did not
know, containing alcohol, the police
announced today.
"There was between 10 and 13 per
cent alcohol in it,” Father Dillon is
alleged to have told the police.
I,ife Picturesque.
Father Dillon's life has been pic
turesque and as a traveling mission
ary he has vslted many countries.
Discussing his differences with Fa
ther O'Neill, Father Dillon said, ac
cording to police:
"I protested in vain against his
overbearing attitude, and last night
when we quarrelled regarding the
matter, he ordered me to pack up
my belongings and leave.
''I obeyed and went upstairs and
'packed' but a revolver, not a suit
case. I then went downstairs to the
dining room again. 1 had intended to
give Father O'Neill a ehanee to re
pent before I killed him but ns 1
advanced into the room, holding the
revolver extended In one hand, I saw
Father O'Neill grab for a salt cellar
to hurl at me.
Says He Fired Twice.
"thereupon I fired twice. After
that I do not recall very well what
happened.”
Father Dillon is 57. a year older
than his victim. Police said that he
spoke as a man apparently sane. He|
was not a member of the Detroit dlo- j
rest hut was a visiting priest helping,
out at different places.
If you like The Bee, tell
your neighbor* about it.
Tariff Commission Report
on Sugar Situation Delayed
Washington, April 13.—1'lfferenceoX
opinion among tariff commission mem
bers as to the language to bo used
In their preliminary report on the
sugar situation, prevented submission
of the report Thursday lo President
Harding as planned.
The commission was in executive
session much of the day, but is un
derstood to have adjourned over night,
still widely split as to ihe statement
of some conclusions. Sonic members
expressed the hope that an agreement
would be reached Friday. They de
clined to go into detail as to the points
In dispute.
The president has a tentative en-!
gagement with the commission for a
conference Friday at I lie White Htnisc
to discuss procedure. It Was indi
cated the meeting with the executive!
might be postponed.
Two Attempts Made
to Murder Mussolini
By Inlvenuil Service.
Paris, April 13.—Two attempts
have been made (o assassinate Premier
Mussolini of Italy, the news of which
was censored and not allowed to get
cut of Home, according to last night’s
"Weekly Aux Kcoutes.
The first attempt was made in Chigl
palace while the Italian dictator was
holding a cabinet meeting. A trooper
of the Royal guard fired at the pre
mier, but missed him.
The second occasion was when Mus
solini was in his car alone at night
on the outskirts of Rome. A trooper
lurking hy the road fire<J at him at
short range, hut without wounding
the premier. Mussolini whipped out
his revolver and shot at his attacker,
inflicting a severe wound, resulting
in the capture of Itis assailant.
Uruguay Cabinet Resigns.
Montevideo, Uruguay, April 13.—All
the members of the cabinet who held
office hy virtue of appointment hy
the national administrative council,
one of the two branches of the ex
ecutive system, prevailing in Uru
guay, resigned yesterday.
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. \
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Divines Deplore
Church Attacks
Issue Protest Over Attitude of
Soviet Russia Toward
Christianity.
Eolldon, April 13.—The attitude of
tlie soviet government toward the
Christian (hureli of the world as man
ifested In the recent execution of Vicar
General Butchkavitc.h and ihe con
demnation of Archbishop Zopliak,
forms the subject of an indignant, pro
test issued over the names of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Arch
bishop of York, Cardinal Bourne,
Kabbl Herts. General Bramwell Booth
and other religious heads representing
nearly every sect in England.
Addressed to "all men and women
of good will," the document exhorts
i those who have at. heart the well be
ing of the world and the maintenance
nf religious liberty to register their
condemnation of the fcoviets actions.
“The last few weeks," pays the pro
test. "have witnessed ft portent which
lias filled ail generous-hearted men
and wonten with horror. The ruthless
; warfare which the soviet government
‘has long carried on against all forms
I of religious belief has conic to a head.
"HumUeds of thousands of re
ligious people and tho ministers of
religion of all ranks and creeds have
been subjected to savage prosecution,
the express purpose of which has
l*een to root religion out of the land.
The central facts for which religion
stands 'have been systematically out
! raged and insulted. The most sacred
of religious festivals (faster) has
! been made the occasion of blasphe
mous travesty? The bolsheviks them
selves have not disguised the purpose
they have in view. In their own
journal they declared: 'We must
carry on our agitation against re
ligion just as systematically as we do
in political questions, but with even 1
more determination. Although we
have declared war on the denizens of
heavens it is by no means easy to
sweep them from the households of
the workmen.’ ”
The pronouncement then says It Is
for the sake of these workmen and
the whole people of Russia and for
thn preservation In their hearts of
their faith in God that the signers
appeal.
Bishop, Two Nuns and
17 Passengers Drowned
Mexico Gitv, April 13 —The bishop
of Belize (British Honduras), two!
nuns, and 17 other passengers were,
drowned when a motor boat carrying
them to J’ayo Obispo, territory of
Quintana Itoo, Mexico, sank on Wed
nesday, during a sudden storm, ac
cording to delayed advices reaching
here Thursday evening.
Fifty other persons are reported
to have been saved. Further details
arc lacking.
Mjlliou-Dollar Oil I'ire
Damages American Yaclil
T-ondon, April 12.—The luxurious
yacht Wisdom II, owned by Edward
Salisbury of I,os Angeles, has beet*
seriously damaged by fire at Savonia,
Italy, say a Central News dispatch
from Genoa. Flame* starting in tha
petrol Mores, destroyed much of tha
machinery, art objects and giftf
which royal personages had made to
Mr- Salisbury. The damage la
estimated at $1,900,00®.
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