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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1923)
One Foolish ft reach Pa/ter A Japanese Advises Us. The Judge Is Puzzled. Wonderful Bricklayer. ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ The Paris' Journal des Debats ordinarily a sane newspaper, sug gests that America is responsible tor troubles in the Ruhr “because American sympathy encourages German resistance,” and some Americans, including a few that ought to know better, would have us refer such ideAs and accusations to a league of nations, or a world court. * Independence of European opin ion and European court decisions is what this country especially needs, hated, as it is by the whole of Europe. Mr. Mineichiro Adachi, able Japanese statesman, representing Japan as minister to Belgium, is busy at Geneva preparing a plan “that would enable the United States to join the world court without in any. way committing itself to membership in the league of nations.” A Harvard professor :s working with Mr. Adachi, il seems. All that will interest- Hiram Johnson and the rest of the Pacific coast. It won’t help get votes for the world court. A Chicago judge is puzzled, and wonders what Solomon would have done. A man and two ladies ap pear, one lady bringing a small child. So far, all is natural, “just the little old triangle.” the judge says to himself. He can handle that easily enough. But not at all, it’s a new triangle. Both ladies are happy and both want the man sent home to them. They’re satis fied, he is satisfied. One woman is married to him, one is not. Th,ey don’t care. But the judge does care, and sends the man to jail, while he, the judge, thinks it over for 30 days. , Nobody is complaining, every body is satisfied in that new tri angle, but something must be done. Once a scarlet letter would have been sewed on the dress of Lady N'o. 2. The man would have been put in the stocks. But we have outgrown that. What would you do? Clarence Demar, 35, won the 25-mile marathoe race at Boston, his third long distance' victory. There is ho sense in the running. The Greeks would have telephoned the news, had they had telephones. But the races interest us for a man 35 years old, beating younger men in so hard a test* shows what wise living will do. In that same race appeared a middle-aged, grav-haired man nam£d Kennedy, bricklayer by trade. Doctors warned him not to run because of his heart. He ran ind finished eighth, with heart in ;ood shape. “I just needed a little exercise,” he said. You that wheeze from your desk to the levator and from the elevator to our desk, what would you give for hat bricklayer's constitution? One of the most useful branches >f John Hopkins, an institution hat honors Maryland and the whole nation, is the psychiatric clinic, built and maintained for 10 vears by Mr. Phipps, the donor. Now $2,000,000 have been raised to endow the work of the clinic. And that institution will ■ndure indefinitely. A few years ago Mr. Phipps was celling gunpowder and other use ful things in a litth* Ohio general store. In the evening he walked e.ght miles and back to make a little extra money, helping a blacksmith to keep his books. Phipps, the blacksmith, and Carnegie met and went into the iron business to gether, and Johns Hopkins psy chiatric clinic is part of the result. Providence works mysteriously successfully. A wise alderman, his name hap pens to he SoIoYnon, wants a law .hat would compel the display of sn American flag at least four feet long, three feet wide, at all public meetings. The good-sized 'lag, he thinks, would counteract radicalism. Frederick the Great’s father, leeing a look of fear on some boys 11 the street, chased them with his •ane, shouting “I’ll make yoti love Tie.” He failed probably. You can’t make people love a flag by forcing it on them. Main tain order and let everybody talk That’s the best plan( and it used :n he the American plan. The dancing craze continues. >ne man dropped dead, just as he ,’inished his long dance.' Various young danciijg women are in hospi tals with hearts in bad shape. The craze shows what energy there is going to waste in the coun try. Millions will do anything, no matter how hard or how painful, if you tell them they can "he some body.” Even the glory of a shiny cabaret floor will satisfy them if nothing better offers. Too had the wasted human power can’t he harnessed usefully- It would pro duce more than Niagara. “Woodrow Wilson will make ro-» peal or modifieation of the Vol stead act the rallying cry of the democrats in 1924." That’s what a Wnshir.glon dispatch says. That might he, if Mr. Wilson were the candidate, a possibility that he is said to consider seriously. But if his son-in-law, McAdoo, were candidate, or W. J. Bryan (anything 'is possible) there would be no prohibition attack. If Underwood were to run, with A1 Smith of New York, for vice president, which is the well pre pared plan of a very powerful organization, Volstead would be* attacked, roughly. (Copyrlsbt, Man Killed and Woman Wounded in Brawl at Home Mike Bolauo Dies From Two Gunshot Wounds Inflicted by Former Partner, Found With Spouse. Santoro Salerno, accused slayer of Mike Mulumi, walked iptji the po lice .station at 2:25 Sunday morning and gave himself up. Mike Balano, alias Mike Bell, was; shot and killed and Lucile Lombardi, his common-law wife, was wounded in (the right leg by Santoro Salerno, 1925 South Sixteenth street, during a fight at the Balano home, 1102 South Twen I ;y-second street, Saturday night. Balano and the woman separated six months ago after a dispute ails ing over her alleged relations with Salerno. Balano and Salerno were business partners at that time. Last night, according to the story told to police by the woman. Balano tame to the house and rapped at the door. Salerno was In the house at th,‘ | time. Demands Entrance. "Let me In. I want to talk to you," ! Balano demanded, as he pounded on the door. The woman opened the door and Balano entered. She was so afraid of Mike, she said, that she paid no it tention to what he said when she tried to hurry him from the house. Balano had been drinking and was quarrel some, it was said. Salerno, hearing ! loud voices, rushed into the room, be ■ lieving that the couple were fighting. * Miss Lombardi screamed and at tempted to run to another room when she saw Salerno come in. Salerno drew a revolver and Balano drew a dirk. The two men fought and a shot was fired. The shot hit Miss Lorn hard! in the righ leg and she fainted Mint Twite. There were no other witness to the shooting and no one knows just when Halo no was killed. Salerno ap patently suffered no injury. Balono was shot in the left hip and In the head. The bullet that killed the man entered just bark of his right ear but did not pass entirely through the skull. Miss Lombardi was unconscious for several minutes after she had been shot. When she regained eon . sciousness she screamed but none of the neighbors heard her. She finally managed to get to her feet and to the j telephone and called police. When the police arrived they found Balano lying dead in a pool of blood j on the kitchen floor. Near the body they found the dirk that he had car j tied and four empty cartridges were found about the floor of ^he room. Can't Kind Salerno. Salerno left In his car Immediately after the shooting and no trace of hint could be found for nearly one hour. Then two deteeaives found his machine parked near Thirteenth and Dorcas streets. The machine ' was ; near the home of Salerno's brother, 1 but a search of that house and sev eral more in the vicinity failed to find him. Police declared that they ! expected the man to give himself up. Miss Lombardi was taken to the j ! police station and, after her wound was dressed, was held In the hospital ward of the city jail as a state's wit- - ness. The body of Balano was re moved to the Cole McKay funeral parlors. Woman’s Club Plans Memorial Avenue Mrs. L. M. Lord, chairman, and Mrs. .1. M. Lowe, member of the onn -creation committee of the umaha Woman's club, will confer Monday with J. II. Hummel, commissioner of narks and public properties, on the ! designation of a site for a proposed memorial avenue to deceased mem ; bers of the club. The committee deiided to plant trees in honor of the memory of departed members of the club, hut chose no lo ' cation. The avenue plan was sug 1 gesjed and will be presented to Mr. Hummel. F. W. W. Planning to Call Strike in Lumber Camps Portland. Ore., April 22.—Reports (received at headquarters of the Loyal I.egion of Loggersi and Lurn ! bernoen Indicate that from 10 to 50 per cent of the workers' in various I logging camps in Oregon and Wash ington are preparing to strike at the call of the Industrial Workers of tl»e World on May 1. according to an nouncement made here by W. C. ituegnitz. an investigator for the or ganization. I. W. W. sentiment is strongest against employers who have insisted on the nine hour day. Kuegnltz ssld, and is directed next against em ployers who have been sympathetic 10 the Idea. The number of I. W. W. who walk out is expected to he augmented by a considerable number of nonmem bers who will quit or shift jobs to avoid trouble. M ciubor of Firht Dakota State Legislature Dies HUllrifhani. \Va*h., April 22.—Mari* Taylor, 73. democratic member of the ! frlat Ictrialature in North Dakota and aurveyor ffoncrnl for th* territory of North Dakota, died here. "Lie Detector” Picks Students W ho Clieuted in Semester "Exams” -1 Hr International New, Service. lierkeley, Cal.. Apsil 22.—The “lie dectector." an Instrument Invented by Ur. John Larsen, "scientific cop" snd University of California professor, wa* called upon to determine whether or not “n students cheated In semester examinations just completed at the I university. With the application of the Instru ment. according to members of the students' affnirk committee, four stu dents broke down and confessed cheat ing In Hie examinations. Fifty more to be tested .Sunday were reported to have a sleepless night in prospect. Submission to the test Is voluntary on the part of the students. Such mat ter* are handled entirely by the stu | dent body Feminist Leader, Wife of Noted Lawyer, Visits Here Dudley Field Malone, Former Collector for Port of New York, Introduces Life Mate as “Miss Doris Stevens,” Her Maiden Name—She Works for Equality of Womanhood. Miss Doris Stevens, wife of Dudley Field Malone, formerly collector of the port of' New York and now an international lawyer with offices and hornet I in hoth New \ ork and Paris, is in Omaha, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. H. Stev ens, 3647 Charles street. . It Is her first visit home since her marriage in New York, Decem ber 10, 1021. Miss Stevens is one of Omaha’s brilliant young women. She has taken and still takes a leading part in th^ fem inist program. Her book, ‘‘Jailed for Freedom,” written of her experience after her arrest for picketing the White House, is well known. Miss Stevens is not Only brainy, but she is beauti ful with faultless complexion, wavy hair, spilling eyes, pretty mouth, a musical vofc-e and trim figure, styl ishly gowned. Clings to Maiden Name. “Xo, ' she said, "I am not Mrs. Dudley F i el d Ma lone. I am Miss Doris Stevens. Dud ley Field Malone is my husband. When he Intro duces me, he says. 'This Is my. wife, y Miss Doris Stev ens.’ "That is sens! hie. isn't it? Why should the woman Stive up her name lose it, forget it. just because she happens to be mar r.ed? That custom is part of the un equality of woman which still re mains. " And Miss Stevens smiled in a way which convinced the mascutlne re porter that this !» 2Ti S? Dor tv3. \ _ custom must and shall be changed. “I see you don't wear a wedding ring,’’ he remarked. "Another rather foolish custom,'' said Miss Stevens. On her "engagement finger' she wears an enormous green Russian scarab. Asked altout her "engage ment ring." she showed it—on the lit tle finger of her right hand. It is a large emerald, the hand of the ring encrusted with diamonds. "Did you give up your career for marriage?" she was asked. "Indeed I did not. Ever since we came back from Paris in October, I have been making speeches in New York for the new feminist program to make women equal to men before the law and in custom.” "Bo you think a woman can have both a home and a career?” "Yes. In fact.'' said MIsh Stevens, "a woman's love chances are much better if she doesn't sink h*-r iden tity, if she has some outside Inter est. She won't get tired of her hus band. nor he of her." At this point Mother Stevens, who had been beaming love snd admiration on her daughter, could contain her self no longer. Admirers Many. "Doris had lots of admirers when she was scarcely out of high school,” she said, "and when they got too per sistent, she would tell them all they were just friends and she didn't in tend to get married for a tong, long time." Doris laughed and reached over and took hold of her mother's arm. “Now, mother, mother?' she pro tested. "You see she's just like all mothers. Well, f did hold off from marriage quite a while amt I'm glad I did.” Miss Stevens is aisiut 25. but looks no more than 25. She will leave tonight to join her husband In New York. They will sail next Saturday on the Olympic for Paris. Mr. Malone's law practice In New York >and Kurnpn bring* him an enormous Income. "We have our home In Westches ter,,just outside of New York, and an apartment in Paris." said Mrs. Ma lone—er—pardon, Miss Steven*. "I believe In making housekeeping Just as practical as possible and won't have an establishment that requires more than two servants to ke*qt up," the concluded. Hank of France lo Repay Biilisli Loan in InHtallnipnt* Parts, April 21’.—The loan of fib, 000,000 pounds liy the Hank of Hog ' land to the Hank of Kraiu e on April j 25, 191b', which fell due this year, ' will be repaid In Installment* covering a period of s*<(*n years from date, It was officially announced, under an 'agreement reached between repre wentn.tIves of the two bank", the | Hritish treasury and the French ' ministry of finance. The negotiations which covered a ; period of several weeks, were con ducted "In a most cordial spirit." the announcement says. Sixteen Arrchtpfl in Two Raid*; Bper I* Confiscated Fifty quarts of beer were confiscat ed ami 10 iiereoiiH arrested Icy Iieiei ! live Hergcant Trapp and his cen ; teal sc|usd In a raid at the home of J-Mward Jnnowskl, 2slil Hlili ley street. Janowskl was charged with keeping a disorderly house and the others as Inmates. Georgia Williams, 2104 North 1 Twenty fifth afreet, wan charged with ! keeping n disorderly hmiss and illegal possession of liquor after tbs squad raided the house. Five persons were | arrested as Inmates Rome Labor Dav m Marked b^Husje y i. • Fascisti Ovation National Militia Troops Re newed by Premier Musso lini — 20.000 Syndicate Workers in Parade. i - Home. Apiil 25.—I>abor day, in past years marked by rioting and Idouhshed, was the occasion of an i ntluisiastic ovation to the fasclsti government nn(| its accomplishments. Twenty thousand fasclsti of the national militia were reviewed by Premier Mussolini In Rome and took the oath of allegiance while 100,000 more went through .» similar cere mony in other leading cities of the country. Mussolini, in the uniform of a fascist! corporal rode a spirit ed sorrel horse ami was accompan ied on his tight bv general Armando Diaz. minister of war, and on his left by Signor He Bono, director general of police. I As the review was taking place fi lends of the premier remarked that the rum position of t ha fasclsti mili tia Ih the most tangible proof of the psychological change Mussolini has wrought In the minds of the people In that the majority of the militla iian are peasant* whom even Gari baldi's influence did not succeed In arousing. Afu r Mussolini,- the most cheers went to the war chap.un. Carlettl, whose breast was covered with med-■ als awarded for his exploits at the front, lino of the decorations was In recognition of his bravery in taking command of a detachment of men. all of whose officers had been killed and leading them In n victorious charge. One of the features of the day was the parading of the fasclsti syndl i lies. 20,600 workers taking part In the demonstration and cheering for Mussolini and fasciamo. Sought Drink, KoIiIkmI. Edward Paige, 1#13 Capitol avenue, reported to police that he had Icon robbed of $15 while lit a house at 21/* South Thirteenth street. He declared that he had entered the place in search »*f a drink of whisky and that while he was talking with a woman somootie picked his pocket. ‘’Inlialr, Don't Fnt Food," Professor's Secret of Perfietunl Flnpftcrism Philadelphia. April 22.—"To stay young and fresh, don’t eat your food —Inhale If ’* This Is the *e« ret «*f perpetual flap perism, as Imparted to member* of the American Philosophical society by Pr. Paul llaupt, professor of Semitic languages In Johns llopkln* univer sity. Pr. llaupt declared that over eating was the principal cause of tho Ihaggrtrd appearance of many "modern goddesses" at the ago of 25, "A study of mythology shows." said | Dr. llaupt, "that tho gods and god desses never ate and remained, In con |sequence, perpetually youthful When I a god nr goddess wanted a meal he hovered over a burning sacrifice an I inhaled the fumes from a roasting bullock. That satisfied him. "Now our modern goddesses are fad ing before our eye* because they can 111 (/t tamo their desire for food* • « Economists See Good U.S. Demand for Farm Products _ Less Favorable Foreign Mar ket Predicted in Report on Conditions Made to Secretary Wallace. Hj Anwciateit Prwti. ! Washington. April 22.—At least no | reduction in the supply of American farm products this year, a slightly less | favorable foreign demand and an active demand at home as long as the , present' business conditions continue, I were forecast by a committee of 18 prominent economists and statisticians in a report to Secretary Wallace of the Department af Agri culture after a two-day conference here. "It Is of the most vital Interest to American agriculture," the report said, "that the United States lend aid in every way possible to the settlement of the reparation and other European problems. "The favorable factors with respect to foreign demand are: First, the in fluence of American prosperity upon the demand for European goods and second, the possibility that the slight business recovery that has occurred in a number of European countries may gradually gain momentum. I nfavorable Factors. “The unfavorable factors are: First, the progressive piling up of govern ment debts on the continent of Europe, with its offset upon exchange, cur rency and'business; second, the Ruhr situation. “With some overflow of the busi ness activity of the United States to the rest of the world, particularly the non-European part of the world, the prospect would rather be that there will be some increase in the produc tion of foods in foreign countries. We cannot, therefore, confidently offer any’ reason for the expectation that our farmers will meet any less severe competition in European markets dur ing the coming year than they have met during the last year." Predicting the domestic demand for agriculture products would l*“ active as long as the present condition of business with full employment con tinued, the committee said most com petent observers seem to agree the country may expect general business prosperity to last at least six to nine months longer. * In Unfavorable Condition. The enrmous net movement of fl,120,0>li) persons from farms to tow ns and cities in the two years ending December SI, lf<22, leaves the farms in an unfavorable position to meet emergencies, the committee declared. With European countries making efforts to place their gralPi production on a prewar basis, the heavy wheat export* of the last two years may he expected to decline and the commit tee advises that American production should be readjusted to meet these changing conditions. The condition 1 of winter wheat is unfavorable, in tended plantings of spring wheat are ;5.5 per cent below spring planting. The corn situation is about nor mal. the committee found, but be tween now and the time the1 new crop Is harvested there will be some ten dency toward corn shortage because of the larger number of pigs on feed Hog production has been heavy and is still In a state of expansion. Un less bad weather and other conditions have reduced the number of spring pigs to an unusual degree, the price of hogs may be depressed next fall and winter. Man Confesses to 3 Robberies -— « New Yorker Implicates An other in Statement Made to Omaha Police. J. A. McKinney, alias AKin Hush nel. New York, was arrested by l)e tectlves Frank Killian and 'William Davis on a charge of hlghw'ny rob i«ery at Twenty fourth and Poppleton avenue. At the polii^Mtation M< Kinney con fessed he had held up and robbed Steve llerdzina, 4132 South Twenty fifth street, Thursday night. He de dared he obtained 14 from this rob bery and that half of that amount went to his pal. On the night if April 15, his coq fesslon went on to state, he and his pal robbed H. T. Meyers. 2«1« St Mary avenue, of $15. This robbery was remembered because the victim requested the bandits to leave his watch which was an heirloom. Tho men compiled and later regretted it. McKinney said. The Inst robbery mentioned In the confession was at the H. Kaplan garage Twenty-fifth and <J slreets. Fri day night. The loss was reported as j "something over $50." McKinney con I fesaed to having obtained fills. < McKinney told file detectives that when he was arrested he was wait \ mg for his pal. They were to rob the I Croastown drug store. Twenty fourth ! and Poppleton avenue, he said An other "job" planned for the night was a gasoline filling station on a "boule vard.” Tho man did not know the name of the place or Its exact loca tion, hut declared that he "could find his way there If he had to." McKinney camo to Omaha from New York, where he said lie had a , police record. On his way here he met a man from Chicago and It was j in company with this man that he prrjietrateil the robberies. KnUIc of Bishop Tuttle INot KxpecteH to Be Large Hr tisH-litMt I'rm. St Louis. Apill 22—The e«tate of the Right Itev 1'onlel S. Tuttle, pre siding hlshop of the Episcopal church In the United States, Is not expected to be large, Intimates of the late prelate said, following the filing of ' Ids will for probate here Sntur [day The will contained a state ment In the nature of a posthumous valedictory, offering thanksgiving io ! Und The bishop's numerous heiieflclen ; vies In life, many of which were never made public, are expected to ’ make the value of the estate much 1 h-ss than It might have been. The will gale no Intimation of Its value. The prelate's salary was more than i?5,600 annually, it wag gtntod Motor Cars Ruining Women’s Beauty. Famous Portrait Painter Declares ~ ■ By | niimal s^rvlrf. Paris. April 22.—"In my 23 years of painting I have never seen a per fect model nor a really pretty woman,” said Sir William Orpen, great portrait paintc-r, today. Sir William's pronouncement will | no doubt cause a sensation in social | circles, in view of the large number of famous women he has painted. "Ten or 13 years ago artists had little trouble to select pain table arms and legs, but now they have to search frequently for weeks," said the painter. Sir William lays the blame for this to automobiles. Women use automo biles so much, he says, that their legs become thin ami their feet and arms wanly Artificial. "They substitute paint for the glow of health.” he said, "so how can painteis lie expected to portray their 'beauty’ when it is artificial. "From my observations I would say that women s legs are steadily getting thinner, their waists fatter, their shoulders bonier. I have seen photo graphs of the winners of newspaper beauty contests, and I have also combed the movies, and I have not found one genuinely lovely woman. "On account of this condition we are up against a great difficulty, for while we imint portraits In a strong natural light, the majority of models look wan and haggard In anything hut artificial light." Sheriff to Bring “Ti^er Woman” Back to America Man Who Relentlessly Pur sued Hammer Murderess Will Leave for Central American Republic Soon. B;v I nhpnal Service. Dos Angeles, April 22—Clara Phil Ups, escaped hammer murderess of pretty Allierta Meadows, will be re turned to Lob Angeles from Honduras in custody of her nemesis, .Sheriff William I. Traeger, who has relent lessly pursued the former chorus girl since her flight from the county Jail here on December 5. Sheriff Traeger is returning from Sacramento, where he hastened to secure extradition papers from Gov ernor Richardson immediately upon being notified by cable that Mrs. Phil lips was under provisional arrest at Tegucigalpa, Honduras. As soon as the extradition papers are filled out and approved. Sheriff Traeger will leave for the Central American repub lic for his prisoner. Dispatches from the Honduran capital indicate that Mrs Phillips will Is* turned over to Califogma authorities for deportation upon proper identification. "Tiger Woman” Silent. Quick woik on the part of Call fornia authorfr lee. w.th the co-opera tion of the State department at Wash Ington. the American consul at Tegu cigalpa and Honduras officials r* suit ed in the "tiger woman's" arrest and the starting of extradition proceedings i few hours after she was definitely located. With the same e old reserve that characterised her throughout her trial here. Mrs Phillips is reported in dis patches to have met with stubborn silence all attempts pi question her as to her Identity. Whether or not Jesse C. Carson, reported to have been with Mrs. Phillips when she w.is apprehended, will lie returned to California, was not indicated by county authorities. Husband Out on Bond. Meanwhile, Armour L. Phillips, hus band of the fugitive murderess, was treed from the county Jail on f.I.OUU bail furnished by his attorney, Bert ram Harrington. Phillips was taken into custody Friday night following the receipt of the news by the sheriffs office that Mrs. Phillips had been placed under surveillance in Honduras. Phillips dented that he had assisted liis wife's escape and subsequently financed her flight. I don't know Jesse Carson.” Phil lips declared shortly before he was released. I never met him or gave him money ns they say X did. I never sent her money in Mexico or any place else. Ip fact, 1 have never known how she escaped or where she went, or who she was with, if any one." Pawnee City Council 1* Working for City Manager *l»e< i«l IMspatrh to The Omaha lief. Pawnee Pity, Neb April 22—The mayor and the city council of Pawnee City ha\e reorganized the admlniKtl ative f1 roe of the c ity SO that a big step towards city manager ship has been taken. For many years, progressive citizens have ad \Ocated city managership for the municipality. The council has placed J. 11. Tracy, former city clerk, in charge of all the clerical work of the city power plant, including collections of water and light rents and the checking of materials and sWk on hand. The plan is working so ef* feclenUy that it is very proKible that a city manager will procured. You will enjoy Sweet Potato Croquettes l m> your rice croquette recipe, substituting boiled sweet potatoes for riee bnlotnilliugcheeae. Krj to a golden brown in drop Cat and then season them with LEA& PERRINS’ SAUCE ^ the oaioiwAL woncs»TH»ai«ttt ^ Order Your W. D.-12 Tubes NOW The Supply Is Limited Order* will bp filled in *e quence h* received $6.50 Radio Apparatus Co. 312 South 1 Nth St. Bennett Charges c by Drama League J _ No Action Taken to Refute Charge League" Is “Com munity of Dumbells*' ami “Low Brows.*’ Iowa City. Ia.. April 22.—Charges by Richard Bennett, the actor, that the Drama League of America is a "community of dumbells" and an or ganization of "low brows, were dis cussed at the closing session of the league's annual convention held here. Mr. Bennett, It was said, made cur tain talks in several cities criticising theatergoers in general and members of the Drama league in particular, for their provincialism. The Drama league took no action on Mr. Bennett's charges, and officials expressed the opinion that the mat ter would be dropped. Aside from the conslderation of Mr. Bennett and his charges. aSturday s discussions of play going and the problems and oppor tunities of community and little theater circuits was unruffled. Francis Neiison of Chicago w as re elected president of the league for the coming year. Harold A. Khrensperger will continue as secretary. Cliari s Peterson of Chicago was elected treaa urer. Vice presidents elected are: Dr Richard Burton. Minneapolis; Dudley Cowles. Atlanta. Ga.; Otto Kahn. New York. William Lyon Phelps. Yale uni versity, and George Arliss of New York. Pasadena, Cal., was the only c.ty to bid for next year’s convention* Jewish Students W ounded. Bucharest, April 22.— F rty Jewish students were seriously wounded to day in clashes with Rumanian stu dents ;n the grounds of the Univer sity of Bucharest. Dynamite Used in Attempt to Save ^ Town From Flood Engineers Trying to Blast New Channel for River at Portage La Prairie. Man. Winnipeg, April 22.—Engineer* i« sorted to dynamite Saturday in an at tempt to Mast h n* w channel fot flood waters of the Assin Koine river and cheek the threatened inundation of Portage la Prairie The waters, already spread over the outskirts, were rapidly limbing to ward the renter of the city. The city hall was tiring surrounded when vol unteers of the Canadian Pacific rail way began blasting in the downtown section in the hope of divert r.g’the flood The danger became imminent early today when an ice gorge in the As siniboine jammed and the waters backed up. breaking through the river hanks and inundating a wide farming area to the southwest. Bridges have gone out: farmers who did not desert their homes have been marooned: lines of communication were cut off and downtown section of Portag<4 isolated The water was four feet deep In some places and many families were imprisoned. Improvement Reported The situation at Brandon and sur rounding dlstric ts was reported im proved with the water receding slowly % freely. Morris and other points threatened with inundatjon during the last two days were believed to be out of danger. In the west end of the city, when Nearly every street is under water, several families were reported ma rooned in their homes. In some sections, especially along the railroad, the water is so deep that It is undermining houses and one oi two structures have collapsed. Ali railway service has been cancelled. Floods in Michigan. P tosfcey. Mich,, April 22 — North ern Michigan rivers are running wild, many districts are inundated and both rail and road traffic are halted O' •eri-usly theratened by flood, from the rapid melting of heavy win ter snows. Damage is heavy. Id Jams in the Ontonagon river were be ing Masted away at Ontonacon. Mich, in an effort to lower the flood whici has covered the business district thert with 18 inches of water, tha highes on record in 40 years. Oldest Mormon Dies. Salt Lake City. April 22.—Johr Michael Itedmond. age 100 years anc 10 days, and who. claimed to be tht oldest living member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint! iMwrrawil, died here. Me was bom in England and is survived oj two sons and two daughters. 33 gianJ children and 35 great-grandchildren. Straight Line Inlaid linoleum * lour dealer kmuxlhatm The edge »ho«i you the tile de <ifn« are built in. The color# ko through to the burlap back. Easily Cleaned Tire linoleum tilesare pressed together and on to the burlap backing under thousands of rounds pressure per square inch. The result is a clean.smooth,waterproof flooring. Naim Straight Line patterns will not wash other v. ear off — they go through to the ourlap back. NAIRN LINOLEUM COMPANY,Kearny, N.J. W. & J. SLOANE. Wholesale. 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