Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Morning !ee --
VOL. 52—NO. 277. onJ.%V " % OMAHA. MONDAY, MAY 7. 1923.* S;,.":'1 ,i.l ’Iff hTZluV Z.nu TVVQ CENTS "
Witness to
Fatal Class
Fight Found
(
Fisherman Says Leighton
Mount Choked- Insensible
and Dragged Away l»y
University Students.
Scott to Be Questioned
lly Universal Service.
Chicago, May fi.—A man who claims
to have been an eyewitness to the
hazing of Heighten Mount was found
by the authorities today.
The young Northwestern university
student was overpowered ami clicked
in sensible by five or six men and
dragged away by them, according to
the new witness.
The man who gave this mformati#*!
is John A. Strom, a fisherman. Iiv*.ig
nn the lake shore near tha university,
lie claims that members of his family
also witnessed the overpowering and
choking of the student.
The authorities were not ready to
accept the man’s story as authentic.
They believe he is relating the truth,
but are not satisfied that the man lie
saw overpowered and dragged away
was Mount. It has doveloped half
a dozen students W'ere attacked in
the class rush.
Scott to He Witness.
Walter Dill Scott, president of the
Northwestern university, is to l>c one
of the first witnesses In the grand
jury investigation scheduled to open
Tuesday. Mr. Scott has been described
as a reluctant witness in the coro
ner’s investigation conducted Inst
week. It was said lie shunned pub
licity.
It was fear of publicity that caused
the investigation of the disappearance
of Mount in 1021 to he dropped, ac
cording to facts brought out in the
coroner’* Inquiry.
Northwestern university is known
in college circles as "exclusive," but
withal at the forefront in "modern
ism.’’ It boasts of the prettiest co-eds.
And the masculine students view
with each other to impress this galaxy (
of coeds. That is what caused the!
class rush to be so rough, it is
,-laimed. The two-year men wanted
o hold first place in the estimation of
, coed* and one of the ways they
adopted lb a eShipli’di llus wag' V)
:erp first year men in subjection,
(.mini Jury to Probe Hazing. *
The tragedy of the disappearance
of Mount wasn’t discussed openly,
’.n fraternity circles there was lots
if talk, but it ended there. The cor
oner hasn't been able to break
through this ring of secrecy, the
grand jury will make an attempt.
Thomas .1. I’eden, assistant prose
cutor in charge of the inquiry, held
a long conference with State’s Attor
ney Edgar A. Jonas. It was decided
tin- grand jury should Investigate ev
• ry angle of hazing at Northwestern,
os well as the Mount cast in particu
lar.
"We are going to srft tile evidence
of violence on tlie night of September
2!. 1121, when Mount disappeared, to
the bottom." said Mr. Peden. "We
are going to find out if hazing is
in act iced w ith consent of university
official*."
Dr. Scott, president of the univer
sity. is said to have indicated, in
early stages of the inquiry, that
.Mount was not an accredited student
of the university. Hut records show
tiiat lie had | iaid tuition and was
Mgularly entered.
l urks Demobilizing
Soldiers in Syria
R.r Associated Tress.
I.uasanne. May li.—Tut key i- de
mobilizing. not. mobilizing. troops in
Syria, and therefore there is no Justi
fication of French fears that Turkey
threatening the Sjrian frontier.
This, it was said in Turkish circles,
would probably constitute the *oib
stanee of the reply Ki the Freni h
p note of protest
Turkey asserts that it Is demobiliz
ing as a preliminary step to the prob
able signature of peace at Lausanne,
and has no intention of menacing the
French army In Syria as a means of
forcing Franco to make further con^
cessions to Turkey at the Lausanne
conference.
Reduction in length of
Old f»lory Kecommcmlctl
Washington. .May H The American
flag is too long in proportion to its
width to lie artistic, and a reduction
of 12.1 per cent In the length of the
present standard has been decided
by the fine arts commission to be
the most artistic proportion.
In consultation ttiih a committee
of government officials appointed for
the standardization of th< flag, the
commission decided upon a ratio of
1 #7 to I instead of f lie present l .hO
to 1. That would make the standard
ized flag about two-thirds longer thn.i
its width. The derision was readied
through tests of various sized flags
from the Arlington amphitheater flag
pole.
Biological Survey Wants
Prices on Rattlesnakes
Washington, May 6—Rattlesnake
mason is bringing letter* to the
biological survey requesting tin*
names of dealers In live rattlesnake-,
rattlesnake skins mid rattlesnake oil
$ i nahle to furnish Haiti's of any deal
ers, the Department of Agriculture
says If any one knows nf a market
for such things, it. would like to ob
tain a list of dealers and the present
market quotations.
T-2 Aviators May Attempt to Fly
Across Pacific Without Stopping
> 4
Airline Distance Is 2,280 Miles From San D’ * ^
Hawaii—Lieutenants Kelly and MacReu^vT
Willing to Follow Orders.
By VniverMl Service.
San Diego, Cal., May 6.—“1 fly for
my country. Ami besides, it is fun.
When the army air service gives the
word, ‘Mack' and I shall be glad to
attempt any sort of flight.” This was
I he reply of Lieut. Oakley G. Kelly,
coast-to-coast nonstop aviatoy, when
asked by Universal Service re
garding the proposed transpacific
flight and the future plans of himself
and Lieut. John A. MacReady, liis fly
iug mate.
"A flight tp the Hawaiian islands
would probably start from San Diego
or Los Angeles, the air line distance
being 2.280 miles," said Lieutenant
Kelly. And then he remarked quietly:
"The New York-San Diego flight
was some 300 odd miles farther than
Ibis westward ocean hop would re
quire.”
Lieutenant Ki tty said he had often
thought of a transpacific flight, such
as that tentatively outlined by Gen
erab Patrick, head of the air service,
in interviews with the press. Beyond
the Hawaiian islands, however, the
lieutenant had not let his imagination
stray, he said.
I nderided on Stops.
The intrepid air record-smasher re
fused to hazard a guess as to whethei
ihe route his superior officers might
select in ease a transpacific flight
actually is decided upon would require
stops on the Marshall and Caroline
island groups and end on the Philip
pine. islands. The broadest and most
hazardous expanse of ocean to lie
crossed on such a route would he the
Caiifornla-Hau a Pan la'p, it was point
ed out.
"The T-2 could easily be adapted
for a transocean Might attempt.” said
Maj. J 11. Arnold, commandant of
Rockwell Meld here. "The big mono
plane would float as she now stands,
and especially well when her gas sup
ply became depleted. The tanks are
in the wings, and save when full,
serve as flotation units.
"Ordinarily, many hundreds of
miles are covered before trouble is fn
countered serious enough to compel
a landing, as on the San Diego Cincin
nati flight of 2.000 mite- last October.
But In addition to' the tank Space
special floats could be installed to ill
sure safety in event of ari enforced,
descent at sea. It lias been ealeu
latnl that without the addition of gpe- -
dal appliance* the T ? would remain
afloat for many hours unless the sea
were extremely rough.”
Floating Togs Necessary.
Instead of the ordinary leather fly
ing clothes ti>ed in their overland
trips, the pilots would wear special
ara-gping suits equipped with In
' bated air puds to, insure individual'
personal flnatability. should the trans
pacific attempt actually be made, it
was said.
Lieutenant Kelly was of the opinion,
lie said, that the first attempt to en
circle the globe would in the main
very likely follow (he route mapped
out by the British air service. Based
from an American starting point, such
a route would take a course through
the following points, or places pot far
distant:
New York to I lie Azores, a distance
of 2.100 miles, or perhaps a safer
Newfoundland Ireland lap: England
and southeasterly through Europe ;
and to India via Suez: French Indo
rhino and up the east coast of China:
across Korea or Japan; over the long
sweep of tlie Aleutian archipelago to
Alaska; down the coast of British Co- •
lumbiu to Seattle and thence across
northern i'nited States to the start
ing point at New York.
Heady for Flight.
Regarding the flight across the
North Pole via Alaska, Greenland,
Spitsbergen ami Norway to England,
as reported under contemplation by
Admiral Moffett and other high naval
and army officials at Washington.
Lieutenant Kelly would make no
comment other than to smilingly say
that lie and Lieutenant MacReady
were "always ready and anxious to
undertake any flight projected by the
heads of the air service."
it is understood that before further
long distance attempts are made, the
T-2 will be sent aloft over a triangle j
lar course, probably above San Itiego.
in an effort to set a 4S hour endur
ance record. The present mark is 3B
hours and 5 minutes, established bv
MacReady and Kelly in ihe T 2 at
Dayton, O.
(•rear obstacle* are 114 the way or
a round the-wcrld flight, ft was said.
High powered airplane motors are
put to a terrific strain- and require
careful overhauling by the best me
chanics after every long-distance
flight. Often many new part* must
be installed before a motor can with
judgment be called upon to again
drive a two-ton plane at breakneck
speed for 2.000 miles without pausing
an instant.
To encircle the globe through the
air. therefore, becomes a tremendous
undertaking, though only one plane
make" the jourwey. Complete ■ ee mo
tor*. gasoline, oil and skilled mechan
ic* would have to !*e dispatched by
steamer and train to perhaps a dozen
points along any proposed line of
flight, it was pointed out To do tlUs
would require months of preparation
and the expenditure of a considerable
sum of money, it was said.
Pioneer Is Buried
at Blair, Former Home
I Herman Shields, formerly of Biaii
Neb., died of paralysis Thursday.
Mr. Shields was born at Keokufc.
Ia.. May •». 185>. and cam*- to Nebra*
ka with his folks in the early '60s.
He was buried Saturday at Blair. |
Funeral services were held at the .
family home in Omaha. 2y66 Popple*
ton avenue, and were conducted by a
boyhood friend. P*e\ Huth*i M
Kuhns. Pallbearer* wore ail old
Blair associates of Mr. Shield*. Frank
L. Howell. Herman Ay, Fred
Clarldgc, Wesley <"*. Cook. John
Linderholm and James C. Maher.
Mr. Shields was .» member of
Omaha lodge No. L'O. Benevolent and
Protective Older of Klk*.
Mr. Shields leaves his widow. Kmma
Shields, a daughter. Mildred Shield* 1
and one granddaughter. Liiello
Simpson, and three sisters and three*
brothers.
W ally Kriil Mosl Popular
\rtor W ith School Student*
N* w York, May fi.—Wallace Reid,
who died rocetnly In California, wh
the moRt popular motion idcttire
player, male or female, among high
school students, according to a re
port made public by Clarence Arthur
Perry of the Russell Sage foundation,
and chairman of the national commit
tee for belt cm films of New York.
Mni v Plckford. Norm i Talmadgf
and Constance Tulin.ulgp ar«* the favor
,iio ai’tiI'.-ti •*. with Rodolpli Valentino
and Dougla* Fihhankw following Reid
in male popularity. With the Lirls
Richard I5;u thehn*-v ran ahead • »£
Fairbanks.
Mr. Perry Maid it had taken a yegi
to tabulate Answer* iet*i\nl front
17.000 boys and 20 000 girls in high
schools of 70 cities and towns in vari
nus parts of the country.
Have You the House?
1i Only two thing* are necessary
to rent a house in Omaha u
home i:rd an Omaha Bee "Want"
Ad!
1 An ml in the “Houses for
Rent" eolump of The Omaha
Bee rented a 7-room house for
John W. Towle, Peters Trust
building.
"Your paper had not been
out an hour before I had
i a prospective renter. An in
spection resulted in their
taking the house. Yours i1
the only paper we advertised
in,” writes Mr. Towle
V If YOU would be interested in
finding a tenant for your hous",
apartment or rooms in the shooi
est possible time, phone AT lanti ■
10(10 today- ask for a "Want"
Ad lukcr.
U. S. Envoys to Leave
for Mexico Tonight
Washington, May H—Negotiation*
hctw* pii representatives of the Wash
ington and Obregon governments to
speed tip restoration of friendly Tela
lions will lie formally opened In
Mexico City on May 14. It wis learned
after the two American commissioner*
had received final instructions from
Secretary Hughes.
Charles £1. Warren and John Barton
Payne, selected to repi« *ent ill** I’nited
States, will l>e accompanied up**n their
departure Sunday night for the Mexi
can capital by Matthew Hanna, chief
of the Mexican affdire bureau of the
State dejmitniciit They are to arrive
in Mexico City. May 11. Mr. Hanna,
however, will probably return to Wash
ington Within a Week or so after the
conferences begin ant! will l>e at the
service of Secretary Hughes, acting in
in advisory capacity on Mexican af
fairs *iuring the discussions in Mexico
City.
l ourtcou PerKou* Injured
Wh«*n Woodpile F.xplodei.
Ogden. I ’tali. .May 1»—Fourteen
pei sous were Injured In an explosion
in the renter of the downtown district
here, which resulted when h fireman
ignited an oil saturated pile of wood
to set a honfiie In connec tion with the
closing of festivities of Isos’ week
The wood had been stacked by boys
in anticipation of a celebration in the
glare of a huge bonfire Feneration
of gas in the w*>od pile after the oil
was applied was given as the reason
for the blast
Windows of buildings within two
blocks of the explosion were broken
and blazing embers were blown for
several hundred yards. None of the
ip Hired are in **i ioiiy condition
.*o\ Can't Drive Car for Year
Kxrepl Vi lieu W itli Mother
Karl Kulakofaky. 17, 2202 Fowler
street, was sentenced to refrain from
< riving a car for one year, except
when accompanied by Ids mother,
when he appeared in municipal court
on a charge of speeding lie way
paroled to Ids ninth*!
E. 1. Kirk, 425a Famam street
student at the University of Omaha
was fined $20 fni speeding Other
speeders in court were E K. Murray.
: f>10 South Twenty second street, who
was fined $20; E \V KoWrv. Eighty
fifth and Dodge streets. $.'«> Harry
Stoller, Blair, Neb.. $20, and \l Flag
gett, 2109 Arthur street. $25.
Strong Qu.ike* Reported.
tty l’rr*».
Hautlago. Chile, May »■ St mug
earth shocks affecting the entire
constat zone bet wren K.i Herna and
FopUtpo. weir fe|t Fi idny night There
was no loss of life and only small
damage was done. Hex rial telegraph
and telephone lines were broken dv»wn
and railroad cuuitnunD'ai inti w«» in
jten upted north of Fi ch ina.
I
E>S. Sued
y> f
* y Indians
Over Lands
$700,000,000 Reimbursement
Is Sought by Sioux Tribes
of Nebraska. Montana
and Dakotas.
Claim Treaties Broken
By C.KHIM.K K. AI THIKK.
W HshliiRtun ( <trre**pomlrnt 'I'llr Omaha Bee.
Washington, May B—United States
is called upon to reimburse Indians
in North and South Dakota. Mon
tana and Nebraska in the amount
of $700,000.OOtt in a suit filed in the
court of claims on behalf of Sioux
Indians living on the Roselmd, Pine
ridge, Standing Rock, Cheyenne
River, Crow Creek and Lower Brule
reservations in South Dakota; on
tlie Santee reservation in Nebraska
anti the Forth Peck reservation in
Montana. It is tlie largset sum in
history for which the government has
ever been sued.
The Indians, through their attor
neys are suing over lands taken over
from them under treaties for which
they have not been fully paid. The
property in ouestion involves the
famous IIii^f-Hlake gold mine in the
Black Hills of South Dakota. The at
torneyship in this case had lieen ac
cepted by Charles Means Hughes, but
he withdrew front it following hi*
appointment as secretary of state.
The suit is filed by .Maj. Ralph H.
Case and Capt. C. C. Calhoun, attoi
enys for the Sioux tribes. The
action is brought under the congres
sional act of lP'Ja. which gives the
court of claims jurisdiction.
I reaties ( enjury (Ini.
The claims hinge on treatieit^dat* !
ing as far bark as 1825 and call*
for a flat payment of $219,635,149.62.
the compounded interest and the prin
cipal bring the slim up to $700,000.*
000 already mentioned.
The Black Hills section, one of the
rich gold producing regions of the
United States, is the most valuable
part of 8,000.000 acres which the Sioux
claim was taken from them in 1875
"in violation of their rights, and
without just compensation being paid
them."
The Sioux do not ask for reatit)
1 bin of the property, so he titles now
held by w*hlto men will not he inter
farad with. They claim that the min
eral lands taken from them should
be paid for at the rate of $100 an
acre and that the timber land should
be settled on a basis of $50 an acre
It is cla ip ted that the Black Hills
forest service containing one of the
finest stands of white pine in the
«ountiT* i* worth more today than
the entire sum asked f»>i
Want Nebraska I .and.
Among other demands made by the
Sioux are their < laipis for $6.buik000
c res of laud taken from them east cf
the Missouri river, in South Dakota
and youth < f the pr ent Si-tith Da
Kota state line in Nebraska. They
demand also that the United State*
fulfill its treaty guaranee* made in s
treaty In the year 1868 and they say
that on this item the government
should have paid them more than
$50,000,000. The admit partial pay
merits pave been nr.de on this ac
count, but a*k an accounting
Oilier demand* are fur settlement
mad** by them is just payment for big
game killed bv the whites on their
hunting ground: payment far wood
.•ml hav cut by the military furies of
the l'lilted States on 4h* ir reserva
tlons and insisted upon a further ac- i
counting by the government for land* \
opened for settlement tinder acts of ,
congress providing that the proceed*
shall be opposed to the credit of the
Sioux nation.
Commenting on the Issue raised.
Major «\**e. counsel fi»r the Sioux
nation, said."
‘The United State** m it* treaty
with Prance In ! sc*'t guaranteed to the
inhabitant* **f lambdan.i territory sec
mity for lif»* propertv and religious
libertv This guarantee. *o far as th*
Sioux are concerned, has been reifer
a ted and fottfirntsd in the treaties be
tWee*» the tribe and the United States
All we a*k i* that, the property taken
fro mb* Sioux be paid for at It* fair
value and hat the tyiilted States fill
fill it* treaty stipulation* and nhllga
tion*.’1
Child Burnul to Dratli.
Itv InternalInn* l N**h< Service
I'ortsinmit h n , Mnv ^ H*-l^>
Peltry. 8. was burned to death
at her home. 10 miles east of here,
when her nightgown caught hie from
an open grate
II amen ('aught in Suhnas
Remove Shoes anil Shirts
nn Long Climb to Street
- " 1 .. 1,1
NVw Voi k May f» # About
paasetiK*!* trapped in a tunnel und i
the Kant river, when an inter
Imrough eubw»y train stalled and held
up three other train*, had to walk
along narrow runway* to exit ft In
I*ong Inland city
(turning out of electrical apparatus
on train* that tried to fence the Mailed
train out of the tunnel filled the tub
with amok*, adding to the nervous
nesft nf the huge throng Several
wiim*n fainted
nn*. nf fh»* emergent rkit‘ n
h> many of th* past . i •« i . . . • t •
ed a rllnib of St* feet up a nairnvv
staircase Sum* of tin Women who
used this exit took off tin.: high
heeled shoes to make the ascent mo o
•1 ul< kl> and other* with tlglit sktit*
removed th*M* garment* the better
lit huri \ out <•£ the •»«o*g« CilUd m
uiusyhcit.
Europe’s Crippled Hand
/fyontr]
Politics Behind
Ruhr Settlement,
Historian Savs
Plan Made of IVtaching Part
of Prussia to Weaken t.er
inany’f) Potential Mili
tary Strength.
It> (.1 Gl.IKI.MO FKRKKRO.
I orrmn.i Historian of Europe.
Paris, May 6 —I h<*ar that endeavor*
are being made quietly but earnestly
to bring about an unde* standing be
tween Frame and Germany.
It Is proposed to compensate Frame
for the reduction of h«*r Haims upon
Germany by meant of political con
cessions It is proposed to detach
the left bonk of the Rhine not from
Germany but from Prussia, forming it
into a Rhenish state, including per*
haps a of Westphalia, this state
constituting a part of the Reich, in
the same manner as all the other
German state*, hut with certain
limitations a* regards military f« ; < * -
fortresses, loads and i.iilwax* in
short, *11 means of offense and de
fense
Thf purpose ainasi at bv ih*><
restriction* would l*» to hinder these
territories from tmorning the l»n*e of
future military operation* against
France. To the league of nations
would he entrusted the task of *upe
vising the execution of tins** restric
tivc clauses. Frame and («erni»n\
would also sign a jim ' of renprbca!
nonaggression. In return Germany
would be at corded an effective mot a
torium. and lot debt hr rvpa rat ion*
would be reduce*! to a sum that she
could undoubtedly pay. The Ruhr
and the left hank of the Rhine would
then he evacuated
If then* Is* truth iti these rumor*
and 1 hav cause* to think there I* -we
most fervently hope (Imt an mconl
may bo ranched. The only nad by
which Kurope can nMfirn t«> financial
solvency and stable condition Is the
road of peace. The poverty of Ku
rop»* forbid* tijort* wars. To live and
let live, to allay ha tied* is tl* only
hope
Frame must rot ognize that. In the
present condition of tJennanv and of
Kurope. she threaten* to provoke a
universal catastrophe that would also
nllft France if she endeavors to hold
fjermnny in niilltarv chants. Kven if
Fern tatty could he enslaved, a slave in
fetters Is unprofitable slavery
KeiniMiiy. on the other hand, must
tea lire that no French government can
surrender the tepa rations tit*’ treaty
of Versatile* a* corded hei Without
some compensation The compensation
that scents practical and obtainable is
enchanted security
^ IVtsnnallv. I think the fear* with
which the French public »* obsessed
ami front which they cannot fr»« them
.selves at** exaggerated Hut these
fears exist and unfit France feels her
self secure froth a new Kerman ag
gnssion Kurope will not be tranquil
and every question that arises regard
ink the application of the peace trea
ties vv l'l lie tainted
(•oiiiprrD I.aum lio Fight
t" I fh-l Itt'ilx I' llllll \. I', uf I..
Nejv Vmk Ma.v •» Samuel Ootup
"i - launched what labor lead
cl •- Intel pi eted a- a fight l*t drive
from iht \nifi it an V < »i« atm', Mf
Kahot the radical movement t rpi c
sented by the Trade tnmn Kdmatlon
Imru" ini ludinK \V. £ Ifutur and
C. U llultienlieig
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Mother Rescues
Son From Death
by Asphyxiation
Fremont Woman Break- Gla
Door W ith Bare Hand- and
< !arrie> \ outli From
Ga—Filled Room.
l>K|tulrti to The OrvotltM lire
Fremont, Neb.. May H.—David
Krnkson. 1*.* wa* sated from death
by asphyxiation here early Saturday
night by his mother. Mrs. K II
Krickson. who broke through a glass
with her liare hands released a lock
on the Inside iff the <!«m*i and carried
the youth from the ga*filled bath
room. where he was taking a hath,
when a leak in a hot water heater
caused him to !«»*e consciousness.
The Krickson family resides in an
apartment. Miss Vera Brenner. In
mg in an adjoining apartment heard
moans coming from the Krickson
rooms She called Mrs Krickson and
the latter, finding the door of the
bathroom locked on tin inside
smashed the glass with her hands,
suffering severe lacerations.
A physician, whose office* are lo
rated in the building, was sum
moned and with the aid of bystanders
first aid was administered to l*oth the
Inn* ami Ins mother Voting Krickson
was aw fli*t believed to lw dead But
a lowly responded to resplmtorv meas
ure* and aft*i ltcing unconscious for
nearly two hours was finally revived
The mother was neat collapse f«*|
lowing the removal of the youth, and
l*oth are confined to then rooms
OmaKan Since Trailing
\ Post Days Succumbs
Charls William Flork*** 71. who
'’.imp here U5 year* ago \x hen iunah.i
\x ;iva trading post, died at 2 30 $atiu
day afternoon at hi* i ealdenc* |03*l
Stmth Thirty-fifth street
Mr Florhee was a retired carpen
ifi xx a*. Ian n in Cincinnati, lU*
father \x..«* % OrniDti MeMiodiat
minister xx ho ***<;ahli*hed the first
colored Sumlav school in this cltx
Mi Florkec is Mil X'tx *'t| |i\ his
\x if. Mi* Minna Flockre two xrr*
Manx Florkce of Council Fluff* amt
Walter Flerkct of Omaha and two
iih ndchildren.
Illinois Will Begin I'ating
Soldier Bonn* <»n .Ink 1
Chi. ago May 7 I'avment of the
$57 000,000 state honu* to Illinois *«»1
• 1 and «ail..|s »*f Ml- World wwe
will begin on July I it \xa« an
noil tired. aft**i a conference between
Coxctnor Men Small and Chicago
hanker*
The initial sole .»f the bonus bond*
x\il| be a blmk of $ 10,000 666. which
pi obablx xx III be offered publicly next
month bx a Chicago banking eyndl
oate The alait in paxing the Wmil
xx ill he made with the proceed* of
thi* sale
-<» l'ci>nii« Vic Indicted
in Iiiiiim- Creek i-'lug^iii|c>
Houston T* x Max «» Twenty *ix
rcalenta of Hon** Ct«.k Were indicted
by tin* llama county grand jurx to
!:i\ In xm.iii.fi'tioc with the inxeatiaa
Mon .if th. recent xx hipping* in the
oil field town Twenty of the indict
ntentP i but tra assault with weapon*
fixe pet'JUry and u»lur ag*i ax axad
assault.
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Wallace Charges
Wannamaker With
"Misstatements**
$frretar> of \grioulture De
nirs Department \tteinpting
to Interfere ^ ith l.a\* of
Supply ami Demand.
W ishlnuton. May *— In'imatioDf
ihat Hi* Department of Agn- uliare is
-
fe-*» with the nornml functioning of
the l.iw • *f supply and demand are
without s’iftcn'it ! be *etarv \N al
la* e -aid in A letter to .1. 8 Wanna
maker president **f the American ‘ ot
ton association, lie thaige Mr Wan
namaket with having circulated
• croti« mi^*tMtefnenta ami unwar
lunied intimations in connection with
*he tecent report «»f the department on
fai fees - intention* to plai •
Mr Wallace* letter wa«* in reply
u* h telegram sent by Mr. \\>nna
nuiU* r to President Harding, and de
riared that "if you had made inquiry
and i«e*V‘.» s. *?«li!»g ' it ‘**tur * iivliku
letter «.f April 2V addressed t«» a no in
her «*f a stale board of agriculture
copies *»f which. I understand. you
have sent *p seotefaue* of ugi u'tilture,
commerce governor* and other* you
would ha\- been Its » poiition to avoid
i€fs r\
“In your telegram to the president/’
the letter said you said thnt there is
n nation-wide discontent and •untag«*ti
isni b*ing voiced by Amen-an farm
ers. etc «*t« to what apfw-ms to It
•» government p*»H« y in attempting to
deflate market vain*-* of staple faitn
• rop* The governm**n; has no *u* I.
policy, and so far as I know >o*i are
rhe t.niv man who has -suggest* *1 that
it did ha\ *
The ‘ft ii’liin declared to is» Hill rile
i statement m M W.iuimnnkti * • tr
t'lilar lettci wh« h saitl A <otumn
tee of 1* reprey* nt»tive* of la* fie l*»isi
nes« rot pnmtIon*. hanker* and econo
firsts of the tM*tnn and Western
*tat*« we*r* rt**>end»l«d in Washington
for the purpose of im pal ing «?»•'
issuing an official estimate on the ‘in
tent Ions of fainter* to plant certain
f»i vM|r« - ii staph farm prinlu ts u.
1 s; 1 ar*t oipime the livestock situ a
ion The commitUf m question he
sdd*d h * i oil.mg to do with prepar
ing or issuing the i*-.j t on intention*
to plant
Srrkiii" k\-(]«mirl
W auli'il mi Murtler ( liai sri'
|t« Inf fro ttioHMl \r«» Vrdrf
Pttrango t -*!o. Max r \ po«.<*«> , '
sheriff * officers h nil ctusen* is
searching the hills n«*H» Ihnangn for
William I-ant/. ul to l*r> .v. » \ is»n
virt who ts wanted for the «tH*ying
of (lliesoii Keith and the set ion*
wounding of Hatty Uordon
I .ant* is alleged to have opened Are
on Keith and (lotdon w lo n he met
them with Keiths two brother* near
lu* ranch. Police declare he ha* been
suspected of Ism! legging and espies*
i he In ljef that he thought the fotu
men were (aiding officer* ot a ,.*:tx
of high jacket s
I lie Weather
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Relative of
Rockefeller
Captured
Chinese Outlaws Swoop Down
on Train Near Shantung Bor
der—Sister-in-Law of‘John
D.. Jr., Carried Away.
Woman’s Fate Unknown
By Akmh'IhIuI Pr-«.
Pekin. May 6.—One foreigner was
killed and 300 passengers car
ried off when bandits held up the
Shanghai-Pekin express ttain on the
Tientsin Pukow railway near (he
Shantung border at 3 this morning,
according to word received here late
today.
Miss Aldrich of New York city,
daughter of the late Senator Nelson
VY. Aldrich of Rhode Island and Bis
ter in law of John D. Rockefeller. jr„
vus among the pa«sengfi-s Her fate
is u nowm.
Tli* foreigner killed is believed to
be a Russian. The minister of com
munications late yesterday tele
graphed General TsaoKun and the
civil and military governors of Shan
tung, asking that troops b» sent to
surround the bandits.
The express train was northbound
from Soo< how- w hen attacked by the
bandits, who disarmed soldiers esti
mated at 1.000 strong and tore up a
long stretch of the railfSad track
Making Tour of W orld.
New York. -May 6—Miss Lucy Aid
rich. sister of Mrs. John D. Rocke
feller. }r . left New York last winter
on a tour of the world accompanied,
by a traveling companion, it was said
at the home of her brother. Wm
throp \Y. Aldrich. Wall street lawyer.
No word had been received from her
recently it was said.
Miss Aldrich is a resident of Pro\ .
dence R. I. Mtist of her time in the
t'mted States was spent at the family
place in Warwick.
Her brother, who Is a member of
the law firm of Murray. Prentice and
Aldrich, attorneys for the Rockefe!
lers said later that she had been out
of the country about a year and he
was under the impression she was
soon to leave China for Japan with
several Standard Oil officials who
hare been touring the orient. One
of those traveling with Miss Aldrich,
he said, was a Miss McFadden. Miss
Aldrich was accompanied by a maid.
No Direct Information
Seal Harbor. Me . May S.—John D.
R" kefeller. jr . who is spending a va
cation here, said that he had re
ceived no direct word of the reported
seizure of his sisterin-law Miss Lucy
Aldrich, in a raid by Chinese bandits
near ihe Shantung border.
Miss Aldrb h has been traveling
abroad for about * rear." he said,
when informed of the incident by the
Associated Press.
Last fall she went to India from
Europe, and later to China. She has
t>een in Pekin recently,"
Mr Rockefeller said he hid n-‘
heard front Miss Aldrich for some
time. H . would hate to secure fuller
information I e-fore taking any action
ill her behalf, he said
Geddes to Ask Further
Instructions on Debt
\Va*lungtor May £ — The An er
loan debt failed to con
rlud** it' d.s« 'j* ons u ’h iBr
Auckland Goddc* the British am
«os*-.i,ioi relative to changes sought
lv the British government ;n *he
debenture of the Anglo AmerUan debt
funding settlement After a fix o hour
conference i- xx.x* announced that Sr
\ . ,4- i w • d «Me f-»r f’ i ' n* n
* ructions frotg his g.oornment on
detail* of the settlement undci eon
*idet «t|,*r,
Sci retarv Mellon sa d that pingisM
had been made ai d that there \x*s no
t* 4'• *p l*elix. that f Hal
of the debenture would he greatlx*
delaxed He itis?«a»-d the subject under
dismission xv »« of no import as in te?a
* ion «i -h* *r**mial terms of the settle
unmt and th- • *r. versat ions .i volvfd
«*nlv •icecior* ‘which when wxM-ked
.ii < i»,«r lang ag» will make the
•contract work mine smoothly" t
No» ln>t rimtcnl IVifn'Ird
to Moa-urr I ijilil
Baasxicna r'al . Mav k—A near n
stinnicnt foi measuring sou d tod
light wave lengths by means ,.f photo
grapl «•* . vp'.siuv* as l*rtef as one
one hundred millionth, of a seooml has
5**. tons'meted a* the Mount Wilson
observatory f.'t* **trOtmmi* al puf
tx*s»s l>r .? A Andnwnn f the H
servatnrv told the c-'nven on of *he
i'allfont;* Ins. lute »? T*h--hr*'logy In
session here
l ’ V v. .’Jd f .< ' • 'X
disx'x>vei*sl method of measuring the
v J«m ity ft sound in metallic \ a port
at very high temperature These •* *
coveriea ate considered invaluable In
* he studies *>f die s u s r*o he sa d
An otxlman h gh speed catma.« op
erates xx th xn exposure of one thou
sandth of a aeconxl w| ,e tl** s’ «xes*
oxis'sure on the I'eCPnt’v dex eloped
nstmmiMit is approximately ten m
Month 4»f a second
KjiI Strike I n«b«l
Marshall Tea Max % h i.
W lkes of the federated crafts *vm
c,« t.f the T \ - A I'* ". s’ p
men »tnwu»fbi that the strike on tAat
■ m xx as ■ .sd I \ a let = f •
striking shrtptm n along th* en •
r lUiki .4i.M «w(« iu>
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