The Omaha Morning ; iee
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jp VOL. 62—NO. 265. {:««/;• OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1923.* S’,,?;." .V. W m.C Z“m TWQ CENTS '*
Fund Bill
Is Studied
ill Secrecy
Senate Committee Meets in
Night Session to Consider
Appropriation Measure
Before Printer Gets It.
Will Come Up Tuesday
sipi-Ial Dispatrll to Tile Omaha Bee.
IJneoln. April 22.—The irnatc, fi
nance committee was tn secret session
late lonight in an endeavor to iron
out the blanket appropriations hill so
it could go to the printer tomorrow
and eome up for consideration when
the senate convenes Tuesday. s
Knotty problems confronting the
committee were appropriations for
the Yankton bridge, state railway
commission and activities of state
government. These items, if added
to the hill, would be in excess of the
governor's recommendations and
would require 60 per cent of the total
vote to put them through tit*1 senate
ami the same percentage to put them
through the house
There is little doubt but that ad
• ditlons would be accepted by the
senate: but there is much apprehen
sion as to whether they will pass
the house. It was considered prob
able that the house rpublicans would
accept the senati s recommendations
providing the senate took favorable
action on the Mathers’ bill or ac
quiesce in atnniendments to senate
file 2 jn line with the Mathers bill.
Senator Janus \Y. CSoud of (.'hadron
was making a strong fight for ap
propriations for maintenance of state
parks. It is not proliablc that-an ap
propriation will be made in the bill
for eradication of bovine tuberculosis,
ss a separate bill calling for $2f)r>,0n0
tor this work is now before the house.
Omaha on List
of Harding Dates
Pieddent Almost Certain to
Stop Here—Sioux City
Is Considered.
I’.v OKOKGK K. \l THIfJI!,
\\ 4<iitinKton Correspondent The Omaha Bee.1
Washington, April 22.—President
Harding’s itinerary will almost cer
tainly include Omaha on hi** western,
-wing. I»\it it has not beerr determined
whether it will include Lincoln. It
had been proposed that the president,
»i addition to Omabg. w#uld tfposk at
Lincoln or some other Nebraska
point, hut just now It is being sug
gested that lie drop his proposed sec
ond speaking trip in Nebraska and
include Sioux City.
Advocates of the speaking date at
Sioux City point out that lie would,
in this way, address a farming sec
tion wdBch would directly touch the
three stales of Iowa. South Dakota
nd Nebraska and reach over into a
portion of Minnesota.
'fhe president is being overwhelmed
with invitations to speak in vrfHous
-fitions, some of the invitations in*
< hiding such suggestions as the open
ing of amusement parks and starting
« orn shows. Inasmuch as the presi
dent’s tftne will he limited, he will
• mi to Include thos£~centers of popu
lation which will bring him the larg
►•r*t contact with voters.
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Break in Water Basin
Floods Part of Florence
, A small flood followed a break in
lie xirlo wall of a storage basin at
the water works in Florence at 7
Saturday night.
About 20 or 20 feet of the concrete
• iile wall on the west side of basin
1 gave way! The water overflowing
picked up a section of railroad side*
Hack which runs along the basin and
. irried it 40 feet to the westward.
Basements of several houses in the
neighborhood were flooded and at
Twenty-ninth and Fillmore streets a
l ike. 10 feet deep and covering half
•» block, formed in a vacant lot.
I Uter Will Oust Larkin.
High Official Declares
Ity AwMM'Isted Pre**.
April 22.—A high official
■ f the northern government said tlint
tones Larkin, the agitator deported
from the United States List week,
would not be permlttod toestabiish
I joseJf in Lister territory. If he
,,n| to do so, he would be sent
■ board an internment ship.
The Lister government dirt not pos
sess deportation powers, It was added,
aLrkin, as the Baltas} officials re
membered vividly, organized a strike
here In the summer of 1!hl7.
Harding Likely lo Commit
Administration to New Court
Ity I nli erssl Hen Ire.
Washington, April 22.—The presi
dent spent today In his study prepar
ing a speech to be delivered to news
paper publishers at a luncheon In
New Tork Tuesday,
Tt Is believed he will definitely com
mit his administration to a world
court, termed by his closest advisers
in politics a "back door" to the
league of nations.
Prominent Republican
Leader of Tennessee Dies
Chattanooga. Tenn.. April 22.—
.!■ sse M. Littleton, former republican
national committeeman from Tonnes
see and former mayor of Chattanooga,
died at his home Jhls morning after
on extended Illness He was one of
tn« most prominent republican lead
ers in the south and had been the
f arly's ranUidato fot governor on #wo
occasion* •
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French Steal Hunch From Kitchen
in Designing Latest Fashions
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Many Women at Longchamps Blossom Forth i'v\<
Bright Colored Aprons—Fish Fins Form Nov^^
and Striking Decorations for Millinery ^
By I ni \ er4al Service.
Palis. April 22.—Judging from the
appearance of tHe stylish horde floun
dering about at Liongchamps this aft
ernoon. the average social gathering
for this summer is destined to re
semble a cross between a Balkan fete
and a South Sea island tea party.
Two definite novelties blossomed
forth at the raced today. The first
was a hpnch stolen from the kitchen,
many of the wonven wearing aprons.
The other was the very latest things
in the use of fish fins for hat decot a*
tions. $
The aprons were not white, but
were violently embroidered red, greeft.
blue and yellow cabalistic designs imi
tating the ceremonial garb of the
Balkan peasantry from whom the in
spiration came. The aprons vied in
size from tiny aprons resembling the
featur^, of the Masonic costume, to
large ample smocks heavily embroid
ered with gold i bread.
Kish Kin* Favorite*.
The effect of the aprons ts to ac
centuate the lower half of the Innly
instead of the upper half, which has
been the all-conquering aim of the
designers ever since the reaction set
in against the bespangled and over
decorated corsages of 1922.
The incredible use of fish fins as
an adjunct to fashion, was made pos
sible by’ the importation to France of
several marvelous varieties of tropical
fish, including the “acaras ' which
has a nose like a dog, but which
boasts a beautifully colored ta An
other fish is the “scalare" wiffr ruhi
how fins. Both of these are front
Brazil.
The “gauze-winged” tiger fish from
the C'hina sen is a hot favorite by
reason of its brilliant blue steel like
fin. which after death sets rigidly
without lasing its color.
The “peacock" fish from the West
Indians. with its phnsporescent
scales, is a fish which, after special
treatment, produces tjje original beau
tiful trimmings of that kind for
toques, hats and shoes.
“Aquarium" Ilals Expensive.
Only a few of the society women
sorted the "aqiiarium hats.” how
ever. owing to the cost, which is al
most prohibitive, the reason for the
prices being the rarity of the fish and
the cost of transportation.
Signs are not wanting that Paris
is due for an early season In the
paddock were thousands of Ameri
cans hacking their favorites. Henora
Hughes was there, hut was not a<
companied by Maurice, who is ill
The Countess Tolestov chatted with
Mrs George ,T. Gould and Fanny
Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Parsons. Bey
land Hayward, David Van Buren and
Mrs John Black formed an animated
group, the .center of which was Elsie
Jan is. wKb is performing locally.
Perry Belmont was seen chatting
with the Duchess De Gramont and
Mrs. Margot Asquith.
W oman Chosen as
Standard Bearer
bv Holly wood
Film World Fa\oring School
Teacher for Congress on
Anti-Censorship Platform;
Stars Backing Campaign.
t By I mvrrnul service.
Los Angeles. April 22.—Hollywood,
which always is excited about some
thing or other, is all wrought tip just
now over the sensational rare for
congress that Is being made by Miss
Uoy (ialpin, a public school teacher,
whose opposition to film ensoisliip is
one of the most conspicuous plant?* in
her platform.
Film celebrities as prominent as
Douglas MacLean, Mitchell Lewis
and William Desmond, all of whom
are members of Miss Gaipin's cam
paign Committee, hive obtained fur
her tlie endorsfunent of pundreds of
producers, directors, actors and ac
tresses. What is even more to tit*
point, they and many of the others
have subscribed liberally to her cam
paign fund.
Miss Ualpin. who. as a campaigner
belongs to the (las* that can talk
birds out of the tree*, is accompanied
to points outside of Hollywood by a
guard of honor composed of film
celebrities that the voter Usually sees
■only after he lias visited the box
office and the presence of these sup
porters lias resulted in their candi
date-having audience* which are rec
ord-breaking. >
Her picture is up in most of the
studios and appears also on the autos
in which her film friends dash hither
and thither on their trips in her be
half.
The ai dor of a few of these friend*
was a bit cooled when they discovered
that Miss Galpin hml announced her
undying devotion to the Volstead act,
but those of them who believe that
Censorsship Is more of a menace than
Is the continuance of the drouth have
won over the hesitating brethren
Forest Fires Menace
Gas and Powder Stores
Hottsville. Pa.. April 22.—More than
30 forest fires were raging in this
part «»f ihe anthracite coal region to
day. Steps were being taken to pre
vent the files from igniting a coal
vein which crops out on Urn surface,
because such blazes are hard to ex
tinguish. At MlnersvIUe. a large
quantity of gasoline was saved from
i he approaching fire
; Sf ranton. Ha . April 21- Forest
fires are wiping out great tracts of
timber land on the Hast mountain
near In re. State forgsteis aided
by hundreds of volunteers. hn\**
been fighting forest fin s for IS bouts
at a stretch. Hr ranton police quelled
fires which crept dangerously near
the Maloney Home for the Aged At
J.)unmore, near here.
Omaha Bee ‘Want’ Ads
*
Run True to Nature—
Nature, a* some one said,
abhor* a vacuum.
And it look* a* though these
Omaha*Bee “Want” Ad* have
the same dislike for vacancies,
judifinir from the speed with
which they find tenant* to fill
empty rooms, apartment* and
house*.
Mr*. Wm. Oherreutar, 288.1
California, told an ad taker
about her empty house at 119
North 25th St.—and that same
day her house was rented.
If YOU want to rent any
, kind of real estate in record
time — just phone At-lantic
lOtlO and say the word to an
Ad taker.
Omaha }{ra “W ant" Ads
HriiiK Hetlor Has alls at
Lastar Cant.
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Refugees Taken
From Fox Island
After Hard Bqttle
Car Ferry Rescue* Party
After Stiff Seige Vi ilh lee—
Boat oil ay Rack to
Mainland.
By I niversil Bert ie*.
On Board Fox Island Rem ue Ship,
by Wireless to Manistique. Midi
April 22.—Kleven men awd a woman
inarooifed on Fox island \vere rescued
today. They were brought aboard
the Ann Arbor car ferry, chartered
by Thomas K. >Vilson, the Chit ago
packer, at 4:30 this afternoon.
The ship B wallowing through
l.eavy pack ice and it is expected
anchor will be dropped at Frankfort,
Mich., litie tonight where the refugees
will be tak» r» ashore.
The ship was chaiteied by Mr. Wd
«tm. who. with Francis .1 Parker, sent
an airpUme to the island witty food
Friday. ‘The airplane became dis
abled on Mie island.
The refugees consist of eight men
and a woman, a timber crew that
■pent the winter on the island and
faced stai vat ion when food sirppli**
became exhausted, two Fhicago news
paperman. and John Miller, pilot of
the disabled airplane
Tlie rescue ship left Frankfort,
Mich., at 1:3b this morning. Heavy
ice I) locked direct passage to Fox
island. 4<» nubs distant.
The 400 foot steel ship headed into
tin icc fields. CSreut Ice floes. cover
ing acres nf water, staggered the ship
as it plunged Into them. But it held
to tue course, crushing the ice beneath
the bow and mad** Kept island at
2:30
Shallow water surround* the island.
The ship anchored half a mile out
and sent a small boat ashore for the
refugees. They were all aboard at
4:30.
First aid was given Homer Smith,
the lumberjack ill with appendicitis,
by the doctor and nurv*'( picked ih» at
Frankfort. He w iil be tsl:**n to a
hospital as soon as the ship makes
land.
Slow progress is being made. The
irp fields are heavy and fog bangs low
over a sea that resembles the Arctic.
Woman Stricken at
Daughter’s Party
Mi*. Anna Marie Ifeinming-ctr. 6-1,
wif** of John Henimitigsen. 201 T South
Kleventh street. t ouncil Bluffs, died
of heart disease 9 Saturday at the
home r»f her daughter. Mr** Sena Kel*
sen. 1004 South Kleventh street,
where she had gathered with other
relative* to celebrate Mr*. Kelaen's
26th wedding anniversary
Mrs I fern Ailngxen. nut of several who
had been enjoying the evening'* fcs
tivltle*, had taken a few dam h steps
when *h** was stricken. She coin*
plained of sudden lllnes* and w.o as
■luted to the front porch, where she
died I Immediately. Dr Harry D
Kelly fhonounced death due to heart
diseaae.
Mr*. Hemmingsen had been In tin*
usually good health and remarked
about her health Ju*t before »he Jbe
nan dancing. x
The death of Mr* I l**mn»j ngsen
brought an abrupt halt to the joyous
rapture over the occasion of the wed
ding anniversary. Two other danglr
tcr.s of Mrs. jiemmlngpen. Mrs. Mar
tin Nelson and \|rs. Andrew Madnon,
and her two sons, Man* and Axel
Hemmingsen, with their families,
were ut the party.
William Spellerbfrg, 7."),
Former F. P. Employe, Dies
William Spellei liery, 7u, HI 7 South
Twentieth street, resident of Omaha
for &l years, died at a local hospital,
lie was « former employe of the t'nlon
Pacific railroad.
Mr. Speller berg is survived by three
niece*. Mr*. Augusta WerUbacb. Mr*
Mary Dyer and Mrs Josephine Hoff
ilia ti.
Funeral service** will he held at the
residence Monday morning al H:3u
and at. St. Mary Magdalene • 'lunch
at ’• Hurlnl will l>t* in si Mai>
Magdalene cemetery •
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Borah Tells
jQgW1 Views
League
Lord Hubert Discusses Ques
tion of American Entry With
President and Senator
From Idaho.
Harding Silent on Issue
■ .
H> iMurlnlfil I'reH.
Washington, April 22.—Rord Hob
r rt Cedi presented directly to
President llardlng and Senator Borah
of Idnho his explanation of the ]
league of nations, its achievements
and its hopes.
Tile noted British exponent of the j
league, who for nearly a month has
been advocating the league cause in
public addresses In the Trilled States
had breakfast with Senator Borah, |
one of l he leaders of the irreconcil-]
aide group in the senate fight over
the treaty of Versailles, and then
went to the White House where he'
ha<I half an hour's conferem e with
President llarding.
The impression made by Rord
Robert's presentation on thf1 presi
dent was in no wise revealed, *he
White House issuing no statement
after the call and Rord Robert con
fining his comment to the assertion
that lie had had a pleasant discus
sion with Mr. Harding.
Senator Borah, however, issued a
formal statement which, while not
directly setting forth the impression
left by the conversations, declared the
senator had told Rord Robert that
llie \ast majority of the American'
people were uncompromisingly op
j posed to joining any plan or league
which would involve America in
European politics.
Arranged h.v Henry White.
Both of the conferences were ar
ia ngeil by Henry White, former
American ambassador to France and
one of the American commissioners
at the Versailles peace conference,
who is entertaining Ijord Robei t while
lie is in Washington. At breakfast
Senator Borah was a guest at the
White home, and Mr. White, accom
panied RoBd Robert to the White
House.
Whether I.oid ffV>bert's conversa
tion with President Harding touched j
upon the permanent court of interna- ,
lion just u p. an agency of the league
of nations, in which tribunal Mr.
Harding proposes that the 1'nited
States'accept membership, was not |
d sclosed. but the assumption was that
this formed a major subject of dis
mission during the half hour's con
fere nee
The intei national court matter < on
tinueil to press forward a« a matter
of discusalon among republican lead
ers 1n the capital and Indication* In
i rea-sed during the day that the presi
dent had decided to make, within the
next few days, a pronouncement of
the administration * stand in favor of
American adhesion.
People Oppose Plan.
No nator Borah. In making his
statement with relation to his i unfer
elit e u it h laird Robert, raid he did eo
In order "that a significance unwar
ranted hy the facte (right not lie at
tached to the meeting
"I must not Is* understood. of
• yurs". as assuming to state I.nrd
Roljert's vims a nor construing hia
league ideas.” said Senator Borah.
"But l do not mind saying that I
stated to hint frankly that) In my
opinion the last -majority of our
people were uncompromisingly op
posed to Joining any plan or league
which would involve us In European
poUttoj—In other words that a poli
tical organization or an organization
which could lie dominated or directed
or controlled hy the political forces
would never he ae opted hy our
pcnple. And If some plan could not
la- worked out wholly different from
a political organisation that It would
he safir for, Europe to proceed upon
the- theory that the t inted Slates
would not be * party tie It
"I further stated that. In my opln-'
ion our people had been confirmed
in their views with reference to join
ing the league hy What- had taken
place since the armistice. I had In
mind -ami called td* attention. a« an
Illustration, to svhat was happening
nfnv in the Ruhr, saving that tha
invasion of the Ruhr and the rutti
lessness now being practiced had
confirmed the people In the hellef that
they wanted nothing to do wilh Euro
pean policies and politics
Former Kfprrsmlilivf
From l\ania Dios
Washington. A in il ‘."2 Former
Representative John M Rose of
Pennsylvania die,I heir after a long lll
tlese.
Mr. K,ia*. who set ved In the last
ongress berunie il! shortly before
the session adjourned Mis Illness, {
which developed Into pneumonia was
complicated by heart trouble
A republican In politics, Mr. Rose
was elected to congress to represent
the Nineteenth l’enn*rlvanla district
in the Sixty fifth, sixty sixth ami
Sixth-seventh congresses He was a
native of Johnstown
Prairie Schooner Blocks
Traffic as Mules Balk
in Heart of If irul\ City
fly 1 nUrrMl>fr«lrr.
(Mm ago. April 'If Tnivellnn th**
overland trail In a prairie ■< hoonrr
la no longer what It uaad to hj\ Adam
Wlnaton of Hrldga Coiihii, Conn,
learned.
Wlnaton, ,|ii*»t f»0 \<.u* I**■ *m hia
way to California, found Ida pi ilri«
*«*hoone( marooned in the of tr«f
fir in the heart «>f •’hit-a^o'a buaiiifa^
(ilatrlft. Ilia rmdf a balked iUrect
rara and automobile* were blocked
for a half mile curb \m» \
"Htial^at town 1 \ r» at link cm the
*’ ntlr* trip." V\ in aeon commented to
(ha traffic officer who arrested him. ,
Strangle It!
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Burial to Be Here
for Central City
Pioneer Banker
Ser\ ices fyr P. Bi«»pll
to Be Held T«>tla\ at Home;
Final Bite* in Omaha
Tuesday.
Kpnial IM*pati-|i to The Omaha ll#r.
Central CftyANV-b.. April 22.—Fu
neral serrfcea for George Perkin*
Bissell wil I>e held a* the home in
thi* city at 2 Monday afternoon, to
he followed l*v a bt ief *er\ice 10
Tuesday morning in the chapel at
Forest Fawn cemetary. Omaha. wh°re
interment will be made.
Mr. Bissell died at bis home in Cen
tral City Saturday afternoon. He had
been in a eritka! condtlon since last
Otdol»er. although »t time*. h*» ap
peared to rally.
(bailing to Nebraska from Wyoming
when a young man. Mr BiS*dl had
been a resident » f Central Cits s:i *e
1$92. In that year be became «•so
dated with T. B Hord in the feed
ing and grain busin**.-*®. and from that
time to the end. was closely identi
fied with the development of the va
ried H- rd inteiests lb was *•*. rc
tary of the T B. Hord Grain com
pany and the Hord «oinpany. proM
flent of the _C’enttal City National
t*anK. the Duncan State bank and the
nank pf Tarnov. a trustee of Hast
ings college and the Omaha Theo
logical seminary and a director of the
Grain Dealei* National association.
Mr. B.saell was U»rn at Rochester.
N. Y.. May 18. IMHO. As h young
man he (unit* west l**fore the da\s
of the railroad. *winl for five >ears
managed a ranch outfit for E. TV.
Whitcomb in the Gillette country, near
the Cheyenn# river, in Wyoming He
• ante to < 'entral City in the fall of
18t*2 through tlie influence of T. ft.
Hor«l. one of ilie great builders of the
middle*eat, and following the death of
the latter, continued to the etui the
business relations he had formed in
the early days of tip* community.
Mr Bissau whs recognized ns a
leader in the grant business, and dur
ing ins long term of service formed a
wide acquaintance The direct re
sults of his efforts were reflected in
the steady development of all business
institutions with which he was as
sociated. in hi* home community he
was more than a successful! business
man He was of the type oCman who
found time tn devote to tit*' religious
Find educational life of Nebraska, and
tluc to his modest nature the ma
jority of bis kindly acts will never
i*e known generally by those among
whom he spent his life, tt was only
where In* outstanding enthusiasm anti
iddllty commanded recognition
through official preferment that the
public kained its appreciation of ids
true value to the cause of humanity.
I ho Member* of Murder
Ring Sentenced to Death
Clarksburg, \\ . Ya . April 2^Two
more members of the Clarksburg
bln* khand murder syndicate were sen
teheed to die while a tlihd was
<ent to the penitentiary fur 1ft years
*1>apnrr Dick” FYrrl ami Philip
unnltjwro. convicted of murdering
Prank Naples, said to l*c otic of the
limity victims of the gang, will bo
harmed at the state penitentiary at
Mouttdsvllle on June ’ Philip Mis
■lehr, indicted n-* un a< t'caaoi y, pleaded
guilt >’ to second degree mut'd* r and
ivns glvin (he maximum. I'' year*
Nick Km la mant r. convicted in the
N'rtpirs case a week igo, ** tn be
hanged Jun* ’ Pnt-v Corhi of
Baltimore found guilty of fn i
legreo mutdei with a recommendation
bf Ilfs imprisonment.
A
Judge Held Court
^ ith Jug at Feet.
Vi itness Declares
Former Jailer Charges Florida
County Officials "All (iot
Drunk Together —
Sheriff U as Leader.
Bjr | nlrervnl ftrrtir*.
Tallahassee. Fla April ??—Diunk
fnnt 'f, publicly *•< well as in private,
by the peace officers of Leon county,
from the county judge down, was
• barged In testimony before the joint
legislative committee investigating a!
’.eged ibuwii of prisoners in Florida
brought about by the death, in a con
vict camp at <*lara. of Martin Tabert,
North Dakota youth
Jerry Poppell. ex jailer, was the star
witness of »he day. and a most extra
ordinary witness he proved to be.
t'hairmfin £toke« of the committee
isked Popped if he ever fc»*t drunk.
Poppell replied:
TIkt** ain’t an> use lying about
ii 1 got drunk, too We all got
drunk together.”
Judge Dot Drunk
"You mwan t«* any the county judge
kot drunk ami the sheriff got drunk,
and the jailer got drunk, and Deputy
Gray gut drunk, and Deputy Bairi*
l eau got drunk?” inquired Stokes
"Yes.*' replied Popped.
"Did you ev« r *♦ e Willi* drunk? ’
Htokwa a«ked
You just ought to aee the hunting
lieei.se he wrote for me last fall,"
Popped replied. "He couldn't read it
hintself now. He was drunk when he
wrote It.4'
Popped tnlil of hultves ami l*i*>tleg
gena being picked up by the sheriff's
officers and kteing taken before Judge
WllUS for trial a* late h* 5 or 10 at
night. receiving ie^terwH*® cvf 60 to 00
days and l*»ing railroaded next tiny or
the day after to the Putnam l.utidier
i oftipany * camp at Clara to serve out
their sentence* A*ked link the
Judge happened to Ue at hfe oftb e that
late at night. Popped replied
lie staved there, most of the June
*o that lie could le» by hi* ifcmijonn.*’
So while all of you were drunk
you brought in and tried other men
for being drunk?” Stoke* asked.
"Yes. and the judge had hi« jug
right under the ■i between hi* feet'
when he tr ed them Poppell replied
Served !1 Irao.
Poppell, who said he had served »*
■i Jiitlcr for 16 years previous to lit*
discharge l**t Devembei. swore lie
had nevei drunk whisky until Jour*
he. .nne sheriff and that Jones save
him hist first th ini Asked how long
Jones had been sheriff, he replied:
"Only this on* term. He ran for1
It three tlhies liefore he was elected
hut I can't find snyone now who
says he voted for him."
Poppell tes(ifie<l of alleged mistreat
ment of prisoner* confined In the
I .eon county Jail. He (old .if Carrl*
Ureen being taken to a woods » mile
from the Jail and flogged by the
sheriff, his two deputies and himself,
and of the shetlff threatening to hang
her. The hanging failed to com* off.
Poppell explained. tiec*u«e after they
had the iope around her neck they
were "af too drunk to ellmb the tine"
to get It over a l.mb
Snow Kails All Day Suntiay
in North I’latte \ alley
speelsl lll.iiRlrh In The Omaha liee.
Seotlsbluff Neh April ".’-Snow
fell all dsx Sunday in the North
Plaite ialhi starting early in the
morning and continuing until night
Most of n melted as g struck the
ground. The moisture was welcomed
to farnicis niativ of whom Iiaie par ,
tially complete*! tlicit spring planting
of *ug*r beet*
i
Irate Brother of
Girl Breaks Up
Marathon Dance
Champion, on Moor More
Than 104 Hour*. Taken
From Hall by Porce—
Partner ”Feeliii{! Fine."
By I aiffratl Vn It#.
Cuthbert. fta . April —Me* Mai
garei Ehretta. latest champion long
distal’’ a ilamer, who hung tip hei
rei-ord of 104 hour* and 40 minuter
•*n<ied her marathon in hysterica
Haturd.it when her brother rushed
into the rianre hail and dragged her.
half fa.tiling but still resisting from
the floor
Vou'll stop or J II kill you,' shouV
ed the irate brother, seizing his sister
in hi* sruis and dragging her to
ward the door.
"I shan't go I shan't g” she
- reantwd. fighting at hsm with finger
nail* and teeth.
The brother tarried her to an auto
mobile outside and ordered the chauf
feur to drive away
Mis* Ehretta began her dance Tues
day with Tom V Jackson and st the
finish she was in l>ettei condition
thary her partner. Jackson fainted
after dancing 103 hours and 10 min
ute* but after being Revived, again
look the floor and continued the
dance, going one hour and 10 min
utes longer.
“I'm feeling fine.” Jackson said
whs-n his partner hrd been taken
forcibly from his arms.
r. s. m arinr and Ex-Soldier
Out After Marathon Record
Washington. April 33—One lusty
deep chested marine. locked, In an em
brace with a former cavalryman, held
the floor at a dame hall in north
west Washington, while downtown
at another hall, two men and one
woman, -qually hardy, trod the floor
with flagging steps—sole survivors
of the 37 persons who started out
Wednesday night to break all endur
ance darning records.
Meanwhile half a dosen victims f
[he era re who at various periods had
dropped out of the gruelling contests
from exhaustion were In hospitals pl
under the care of physicians at then
homes and city authorities w«re seek
ing means to prevent such exhibitions
in the future
The marine and the cavalryman
commanded the geratest inter
cst The "leatherneck.' declared to
lie a maivel of physical development.
Is Aubrey tiillierf of Clarksdale. Miss.,
and he fa* i s charges of absence with
out leave, unless he "brings home the
bacon." Ills antagonist, Josef Hols
troskv, has announced that he will
see the finish.
Briti-li ('irrlos Worried
Oxer Attitude of Greeks
n« Internalienel Xewn Kerries.
t.oiulon. April 32—Knroncan chan
cellertes an* agitated on the eve of
the near east pen e conference at
Ijmnannc. over the militant and
threatening attitude of the Greeks
l atest reports from Athene were
ihst the Greeks are massing troop*
in Thrace, especially along the fron
tier separating tlieek Thrace fwmy ;
Turkish Thrace
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Win or War
Turk Slogan
at Parley
Lausanne Peace Gonferenc*
to Get Under Way Today
Much Pessimism Expressed
in Official Circles.
# —
Bar Russians From Meet
Hs iBitmil Service.
Washington, April 22.—For the
eighth time the principal countries of
Kurope will meet Monday morning In
\p effort to patch up a lasting peace.
The meeting place is Lausanne. Swit
zerland. The principals will b*
France, Britain, taly and Turkey.
Among the "observers'' will be the
United States. Russia will be eg
eluded.
There is not imi- |i hope that satis
factory bargains will be made/ There
is much pessimism among leaders and
people who think of the second Laos
anne as jus* one more conference in
an endless string.
Aside from the fight over the Che*
ter oil concessions and other oil ques
tions. the State department under
stands that three main topics will b«
discussed.
To IMscus* Capitulations.
First, capitulations, Britain and
France hafe sought to continue their
own courts in which their own na
tionals are to be tried in Turkey.
The new Turkey was to ‘‘try foreign
ers in its own cour's under its own
laws. It will point to the fact that
in 18f<4 the United States renounced
capitulat.ons in Japan, and the other
powers quickly followed suit.
Sc ond. disposition of the stra t
|Dardanelles! The allies wajit con
trol of this key to the B'.aek see.
Turkey wants it open. Russia wants
an understanding that foreign war
ships shall enter the Black sea only
in proportion of one to three of Rus
* an warships anchored there. Rus
sia .s not to attend, as said, so Tur
key will attempt to look after i-s in
terests
I liristianv Want Peace.
Third, the mi nation of Chriauan
minorities Many Christiana live in
Turkey. They want to stay—at
peace. At the f;r*t lauurre confer
ence the Tuika arranged to conduct
the fhriatians into the army if need
ed. The Turks said they are not
warring on Christiana, but on those
who have exploited and oppressed
them so long
There are numerous minor irattei*
f bold and delicate shading. The
Turks appear to hold the cards. Thee
vow to win or to war Their armv i«
ready, a Bulgarian force la concen
trating on the Rumanian border, th*
bolsheviki are active and the Moham
medans restless.
Charles W. Smith, 78,
Retired Builder, Dies
Charles w Smith. 7*. KISS Capi
tol avenue, retired general contractor,
died Friday at Stratton, Colo.
Mr Smith was an early settler of
Nebraska. Born in Ohio October If,
iMC he moved to Grand Island »n
1175 and took up a residence tn
Omaha in 14*1. He was well known
a* a builder. e*pe> .ally in th* south
part of the city.
Mr Smith was an active membe»
of First Vnited Evangelical church.
He retired from business a few yeats
ago and lately had l»een vi«.tir,ff h a
sons in Colorado in an effort to im
prove his health.
Mr Smith leaves three sons. Ben
nett W. atid E Koala- I Smith <1
Stratton and I.ee W. Smith, ISIS’,
Capitol avenue.
Funeral service# will be conducted
at J:SO Tuesday at Grace Evangelical
church. Twenty seventh and Camden
street* Burial will be in For* «1
Lawn cemetery
O’Neill Banker Freed
of Charge of Fraud
s t Weeks, pngMnl of the O MtBl
Natio ,ul liank at O'Neill, .V. was
freed of all charges in the case
against him and the now defunct Mis
souri \1lley Cattle I-oau company,
when a jury in District Judge Troup »
court brought in a veidict Saitinds
fur the defendant on the first ballot
after 10 minutes' delibeiation. The
,ase. hi ought by Brady Brother*, had
l>een in progress since Monday.
Brady Brothers charged in their
petition filed September 13. that
Weekes had uusi cpres-nted fails
concerning the Missouri Valley Cattle
Loan company and sought 140.Wo
damages They charged also ooi«“
auiracy to defraud
A udgment of 1 001' plu> ir.tei-est
was awarded Brady Brothet* bv the
court. , ^
I . S. Court Ndiurs Rct-riNpr
for Vuti-Rlan Publication
M« l*frsiill«Ml Nrm v
I'M ago. April 22.—The United
Stales distr,* i-ottrt Katurdav ap
tolnird a treeiveil for Tolertnc*.
the ant; Ku Kill* Klan public*
(ton, after creditors had filed * pen
non listing ;ts assets st 14 ObO and
.ts liabilities at I IS.000. Th* E**ex
Preaa. N T. Jc es. and the Inter
borough Pie»*. all of New York,
were the principal creditor* The re
ceiver took charge cf all ' sib,*
p^'peities at once
I nan (ancflfd
Hjr l*m*
Honolulu T II \pril !2 —The
Korin Natural <*-■ «ti - <,e;\c
word from New York that the Orien
tal IVvelopmcnt company* loan of
i '‘ho yio.-ai t';tv
.111nan\ hi* ts-en cancelled through
the rffiuis of the Korean tenmti* <'t>
Svnghman Rhee of the Korean com
tn ss on ha* opposed the develop men’
plan alleging ■,:* purp'** t* to colon
i>* Mongolia and Manchurigy