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China Will
Pay Hansom
to Bandits
Prime Minister of Pekin Gov
ernment Agrees to All Det
mauds Presented In
Alien Dipl omats.
U. S. Not to Use Troops
Washington. May S—The Pekin
government has proniiwl to pay th»*
ransom demanded by Chinese bandits
who captured American citizens ami
a number of foreign nationals after
wrecking the Shanghai Pekin express
Sunday morning, the Statfo depart
ment was advised late today by Jacob
(». Schurman. American minister at
Pekin.
•The Chinese prime minister also
has agreed to art as rapidly as possi
meeting nil demands presented
iiv the Portuguese minister at Pekin,
dean of the . diplomatic corps there,
.nd has given assurances that the
Pekin government intends to dismiss
the civil and military governors of
Shantung province.
Saturday l.ast Day.
The Portuguese minister informed
the t'hlnese foreign oltlce, according
to State department advices, that the
corps of foreign diplomats at Pekin
‘‘reserved the right over and above
any moral and material damages
claimed to demand a progressive in
demnity for every day after the 1-th
of May that the foreigners remain
captive.”
The plight of the Americans and
other foreigners taken prisoner was
described by Secretary Hughes to
President Harding and cabinet offi
cers at their meeting today at the
White House. Later, President Hard
Ing was said to have told callers that
the situation in China was both dif
ficult and annoying and that the gov
ernment here was doing everything
possible to protect its nationals in
China and to deal with the conditions
there which have brought about
chaos and banditry.
Financing Is Needed.
If was said to he President Hat
dmg's hope that the situation in
I^nina might he relieved by the in
vestment of strong • power* in the
present admittedly weak central go.
ernment. One way of aiding the
Pekin government to gain stability, it
wa* suggested, would be the exten
sion of necessary financial assistance
by the Internationfll hanking consor
tium. There was no intimation, how
ever. that the Washington govern
ment would propose such a step to
i he bankers interested in China.
Reports from Minister Schurman
and press dispatches lessened the ten
sion and anxiety which yesterday was
•eyed high in Washington. Word
that Chinese troops had surrounded
he bandit* and were actually en
gaged in efforts to liberate the prison
ers led to the hope and belief among
some officials ’hat the captive^ soon
would be freed.
Tron|is Not Needed.
These reports were welcomed b\ (
War department officials, who had'
seriously contemplated the possibil
ity of nsing American troops in China
in conjunction with those of other na
turns and in co-operation with the
Pekin government. The turn of
events brought the stnteme: from
Acting Secretary Davis that the War
department had received no informa
tion which would warrant the *• ndim
"f reinforcements to the American
orecs in China.
Cse of American troops, it was -o .1
would hr ordered with the greatest
(Turn to P»nr Two. t olnnn Three.)
Two Fremont Boys, 16,
Missing Four Days
Special Dispatch t» Th* Omaha He*.
Fremont. Xcb., May 6.—Andrew1
^Brown. 16. son of Mrs. Mary Brown.
*»nd Ernest Erskine, 16, son of Mr
sod Mrs, H Erskine of this city, dis-i
appeared Saturday evening. The
parents appealed to poliee today
Both boys were pupils in the eighth
grade. Xo reason for their departure
can be ascertained, except for the
youthful desire to run away. Word ,
from Oakdale. Njb , led the parents ;
10 believe that the boys had been |
«een in that vicinity. The father of
the Erskine lad hurried lo that town
hut was unhale to locate his son and
his pal.
They wrre dressed in ther school
clothes when lust seen. Neither of tin
hots had any money, as far as th'
parents are aware.
Former Secretary of Mine
Company Commits Suicide
Philadelphia, May 8--Col. Clinton
A. Hlgbee, retired secretary of the
Tonopah Mining comiamy, shot and
killed himself lust night in his room
at the Union League chib here. It
was learned today. Club employes
were startled by the sound of u shot,
and running to the colonel's room,
found his body stretched mi a divan,
with a ."2-callber revolver beside It.
Beaver City Farmer. 61,
Kills II imself With Cun
Special Dispatch to The Omulm lice.
Beaver City, Neh., May 8 Hu
bert pettyjeun. 64, wm found In n'.s
garage today with the top of his head
blown off. A shotgun lay by Ills
side The authorities pronounced Ins
death due to suicide. Pettyjean came
from Belgium and died on the farm
which he homesteaded In 18"x. He
leaves a widow and several children
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American Girl Is Heroine ••
of -Chinese Bandit Attack
Miss Schonberg in h^ace of Hail of Bullets Carr; ^
Ransom Demand Through Line of Besieging - ,
Troops—Guard at Her Side Killed— V*v
Two Women Missing.
B> AeMiciafrd PrfM.
Pekin. .May S—Notwithstanding re
ports that the Suchow railway ban
dits released all of the women pas
sengers they kidnaped, the where
abouts of several are still uncertain.
.Mrs. 1.. A. Seaton and her niece. Miss
Lillian Auld of Manila, believed taken
captives by the brigands, have "not
iteen located.
Pekin, May &—Ominous lack of re
cent direct word from the bandit
stronghold in the lulls back of Lim b
ing and various reports of captives
wounded, when used by their guards
as shields against the volleys of pur
suing government troops, have filled
the foreign colony here with grave
fears for the safety of at least eight
Americans and six or seven British.
French and Italian hostages kidnaped
by the Suchow train bandits early
last Sunday morning. The arrival
at Tslnanfu and Tientsin of men anil
women who were released by tlie
brigands as messengers to arrange
ransom, or who escaped from their
captors, gave to the outside world a
picture of peril, privation, hardship
and brutal treatment that has added
to the anxiety.
So far, the death list stands at two;
Joseph Rothman. British. shot
through the head during the raid on
the train at Suchow. and an uniden
tified American, reported killed in
the cross-fire of lead between the bri
gands and the government troops at
their heels.
Second Kegintent on Trail.
In addition to the first soldiers or
dered on to the trail of the kinapers
by the Pekin government, another
regiment from Shantung province
“Stop Pursuit or
Bandits' Demand
XmeriYan Forced to Act a&
<>o - Between ii» Cdiiucsc
Train Robbers’ ant
ing to Pursuers.
Ily Intern it ion«l >ewi Ser»ice«
Copy rtRht. 1123.
Shanghai, May 8.—The Chinese
bandits, who lielil up a Shanghai
IVkin passenger train, seizing about
150 pthsonx, ineludini: many Aineri
cans, near tlu< Shantung peninsula,
today sent out an emissary threaten-,
ing death to all the captives unless
the pursuing Chinese regular soldiers
are recalled.
Tlie emissary, an American com
mercial traveler and writer named
Day, «as a passenger on the train, be
ing captured along with the others. A
Chinese interpreter was sent with
him from the robbers' stronghold In
the mountains.
(This was the first direct word from
the brigands since the passenger
train was wrecked and looted near
i he Yellow river on Sunday. Con
trary to a report carried in the Unit
ed States, the bandits made no men
tion of ransom, their only demand
being that tin' troops be called off
from further pursuit.)
liliaslly Nightmare.
Day arrived at Tientsin with his
message from tile brigands. He w. s
weak from severe traveling, excosiire
,-inil lack of rest. Me sent to the
Shanghai bureau of Jitterti itiotial
News Service the following narrative,
supplementing the graphic account
of (lie raid given by I.loyd I.ehrba
"The march from the scene of the
attack to tlie mountains was a ghastly
nightmare. The brigands wielded
their gun butts right and left, forcing*
the weary prisoners onward with
blows aud curses
"The cries of hysterical women and
children rang through the tlarkm t.
"The night was pitch black. There
was no moon. Hut the men in '.he
captive gang were helpless They
(Turn to l'ng*» two, Cell)man lour.)
—
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Guest”
*
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guests.”
' Become a “paying guest" to
some Omaha family who is
advertising their spare room
for rent in the “Want” Ad
columns of The Omaha Bee.
You’ll find them congenial
hospitable—homelike.
T It isn’t difficult to find a
room that spells h-o-m-e to
you. All you have to do is
cor^ult the "Rooms for
Rent” advertisements in The
Omaha Bee.
" And, if you have a spare
room vacant, phone AT 1000
and dictate your "Room for
Rent” advertisement to one
of our experienced ad takers.
Omaha Bee "Want’’ Ads
Brinft Better Results o'
f.csser Cost
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also has taken up the chase, and one
of the fugitives from the mountain
stronghold of the pursued declares
his belief that the gang that wrecked
and looted the Khanghai-I’ekin ex
press is surrounded.
Advices received at Shanghai state
that the bandit chief has set the fol
lowing prices on tlte heads of Ills
captives: Foreigners, $30,000 each;
Chinese, of whom approximately 100
are believed to have been taken, first
class. $30,000 each: second class,
$10,000; others. $2,000. It is stated
that negotiations for the ransoms al
ready have been begun in official
, quarters.
Thrilling experiences are related by
those who have corny safely out of
the brigands' lair in the hill fast
nesses beyond Pinching.
American Heroine.
An outstanding instance of heroism
is credited to an American girl. Miss
Schonberg, who. in the face of a hail
of bullets from the soldiers besieging
the bandit compound, volunteered to
inuke her way through the lines to
carry the kidnapers' demands for ran
sum—and she made good.
Ped to the gate by one of the rob
ber guards, she was about to pass
through, when a bullet from the troop
lines dropped the man at her elbow tn
his tracks. Undaunted, the American
girl held to her resolve and finally
reached Tientsin.
Her story was told in Tientsin by
C. G. Jacobsen, inspecting engineer
for the Uritlsh-American Tobacco
company, who also ran the bullet
gauntlet front the bandit fort on a
similar mission. Jacobsen had to over
power a bandit guard to get clear of
the fort, and when he again came un
der range of the besieging soldiers'
rifles, he approached their lines wav
ing as a flag of truce his last remain
irtg article of apparel, a suit of cot
ton underwear.
OffirriV Kate l nk rum n.
The f;ite of the two American offi
cers. Majs. Roland Plngle and Robert
Allen, and of their two young sons
still is unknown. It was reported to
day that an American officer was ly
ing wounded in the hid fort, hat ?lo
name was given.
Miss Lucy C. Aiddch, sister in law '
of John P Rockefeller, jr., of New
York, is safe, although suffering some
what from her experiences after be
ing released yesterday by her captors.
She is expected to reach Tientsin
soon from Tsinanfu.
Florence Leeds Home;
Named in Stillman Case
—
New 1 urk. May *— Sailing under
the name of "Mrs. M Lincoln," Klor
ence Leeds, one of the central figures'
In the Silllinan divorce suit, came
home today to s«*e her baby.
The famous actress named by Mrs. 1
Stillman as her husbands companion!
In many lively parties alward the!
yacht Modesty, and charged by her |
also as being the mother of his son,
has been touring Europe.
"I went away because I was brnk-1
en mentally, physically and spirit
ually,'' she said.
"I did nothing wrong. Nobody I
knows how I have suffered Many
false things have been printed about !
me.”
Trans-U. S. Train
Record Is Made
l<v Infrr nnl iorml Nrwn Vert l«'».
Chicago, May 8.—Another transcon-j
tinentai speed record—thia one on land
—wan established today when a a pe
dal train carrying David Benton
Jones, aerloualy 111 with cancer, ar
rived her© today from Loi Angeles
In 47 hour* and 17 minutes running
Mine. Including stops for water and
to change engines. The previous tec
ord of 4 4 hours and 54 minutes, in
eluding no stops, was made in July,
It 05. by “Death Valley Scotty."
Iowa .Man Heads Lincoln
Memorial University
<‘umberl»ml Cap.. TVnn., May 8.—
Lev H. (j. Matthew* of Des Moines, 1
special assistant to the United States
commissioner of prohibition and
narcotics, was elected president of
Lincoln Memorial university by Its
trustees, meeting in annual session
this afternoon. II*- succeeds Dr. j
lieorge Hubheil. and will assume his
duties early in June.
Dr. Mntthc wm’ headquarters for the
past two years have been at Wash
ington. Previous t»» that time lie
was pastor «»f Ht. Paul church at
Cincinnati. The newly chosen presl
dent and Mrs. Matthews were at
Middlesboro. Ky., today and are ex
perted at the university Tuesday. He
announced tonight that he w'ould re
sign the federal position.
Bellboy Liven Life
Seeking Ball for Tot
Seattle, Wash., May 8.—Catalina
Tarantan. 21, bellboy at the Hotel Sot
lento In the district hare,
w n killed today when he went down
an «'levator shaft to i^oover a hall I
for Sur.mne Held, little riaugnter of
fudge (Jeorge T Held, Vice pr«'sl*b nt
of 'he Northern Pacific ralhn.id. 'rite j
I/all had fallen Into ,i light well, while |
Suzanne uas playing with another j
chli«l. 'Hie counterweight of the ele J
vafor fles(*cnd«‘d upon Tat'antm* ns lie
'V ' leaving the shaft to eii** r the
util
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UJy^iatum
Russia
v **
■5y England
Trade Agreement Break Is
Threatened Unless Soviet
Meets British Require
ments in 10 Days.
Controversy Is Prohibited
By Aft»ocl*t*«J PrfM.
Moscow. May 8.-—An emphatic note
from the British government, handed
to Maxim Litvlnoff, assistant foreign
minister, this afternoon, alleging
propaganda and other violation of the
AngloRussian trade agreement and
demand assurances of unconditional
fulfillment of specified requirement*
within 10 days, is considered by Rus
sian official* tonight as definitely In
tended to bring about a break in
Anglo Russian relations.
A* the note is only now being dis
tributed among th higher officials of
the government, none of them would
predict the nature of the Russian
reply, J>ut the general impression
seemed to he that Marquis Curzon, j
the British foreign secretary, was de
slrous of the break.
If a break in realtions come*, the
Russian trade organization now locat
ed in London, will probably be remov
ed to Berlin or one of the Scandi
navian countries.
Protest Not Recognized.
Owing to the soviets’ refusal to
recognize the protest* against the
trials of varolus church dignlatire*.
including Archbishop Zepliak and the
executed vicar general, Monslgnor
Butkavlteh, the note *ays:
"When it is remembered that this
is the only latest incident in the long
spries of studied affronts which have
been recovered in this memorandum,
it seems difficult to arrive at any
other conclusion than that the soviet1
government either is convinced that
the British government wtl! accept any
insult sooner than break with soviet
Russia, or that they desire themselves
to bring the relations created by the
tiado government to an end.’’
The note, which Is very lengthy, v*i
handed to the soviet government to
day hy Mr. Hodgeson. One of Its most
striking passages reads:
Cannot Insult Bcitl*li.
"It i* time the soviet government '
should be made aware that it can not
w ith impunity behave toward British [
subjects and British shipping in this
arbitrary and Insulting manner.”
At the outset, the document de
clare* that the tone and character of
the recent note* received front the
soviet government "have imposed up
oil hi* majesty’s government the duty,
perhaps already too long delay ed, of
considering carefully and seriatim, in
relation to this large number of In
cident*. whether It is desirable, or In
deed possible, that the relations of the
two government* should remain any
longer upon so anomalous and Indeed
unprecedented footing and whether his
majesty’s government can. w ith due |
self-respect, continue to Ignore the
repealed challenges which the soviet
government ha* thought fit with ap
parent deliberation to throw down."
No Chance of Controversy.
The note state* that the British
government ha* no Intention of em
barking upon a controversy with the
soviet concerning the accuracy of its
charges, which It assert* "rest upon
unimpeachable authority "
It set* out in great detail violations
of the understanding concerning anti
British propaganda in Persia, Af
ghanistan and India. outrages
against British subject*, ini dueling tile
slaying of (’. K. Davison: the treat
ment nf British trawlers, and similar j
eases in which reiterated demands for
compensation ha* been persistently,
refused.
rhe note then refers to the prosecu- i
tlon of religious dignitaries In regard
to which it says:
"His majesty’s government lias re
fralned from expressing an opinion
upon ihe nature of validity of the
charges brought against these eccle
siastics. conceding that It Is s matter *
on which they are not called upon to ,
pronounce " But, It adds, no attempt
has been made In lltissia Itself to
deny that the prosecutions and exe
cutions are part of a deliberate cam
palgn. the definite object of which Is
to destroy nit religion In the country
and enthrone "the Image of (Jodless
ties* in its place," The note refers to
two notes signed bv "Weinstein" In
reply to Mr. Hodgeson's protests !
against the execution of Vlonsignor
Butchkgtvltch which the British
agent returned because thej weie
couched In offensive language and
which the present note stigmatize* ss
"unexampled in the rase of govern
ment’s affecting to he on friendly j
terms."
Ten Ihiv I Itiinaliim.
Declaring thnt the exchange of cor
reepondence, conducted by one party
on such terms, places the continuance
of those relations In grave jeopardy,
the note states that the government
would much regret an abrupt termi
nation of the existing relations, tail
thnt It Is not possible to acquiesce In
the continuance of the treatment
summarized In this document, which
is declared to he Incompatible alike
with national dignity and mutual tv
spent.
In rase the soviet dot - not forward
a reply to the British government!
within 10 days, complying with the
specified demands the note concludes,
"his majesty’s government, on their :
part. will. In view of the manifest
Infringement of the trade agreement '
tty the soviet government, consider
themselves Immediately free from the
obligations of the agreement In a.
cnrtlamw with the third pntugtuph nf
Its 13th article,
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What Are You Doing With Your Congressman While He’s Home This
Summer?
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TtU TMt WO»H> HOW TO t>0 A
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Smoke
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l}o you and the neighbor* ever try getting acquainted with him and talking over your problem*?
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(JETS OUT |
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And than kick tha daylights out of him neat flection because he voted contrary to your conviction*?
\ on Boehlen
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Must Serve 15
Years in Pen
Krup|i Head Also Fined 100.
000.000 Marks. French Court
Martial Rules—5 Others
A1 so Sentenced.
Hrrdrn, May 8.—llr. Krupp von
Doe Id in, head of tin- Krupp works,
was sriiti'iici-d to 15 years in jail and
to pay a fine of 100,000,000 marks
today ns a result of the trial by court
martial here growing out of the shoot
ing at tlie Krupp plant on March 51.
Directors llartuig and Oeaterlen
also were sentenied to 15 years Im
prisonment each. Directors Itrumiu to
10 years and lluur and Schaeffer to
?fl years each.
All were also sentenced to pay fines
of 1M.000.OO0 marks each.
Works Managers Schraepler and
(Tint*, yvere sentenced to 50 years Im
prisonment. with fines of 100.000,000
marks; Superintendent Gross was
given 10 years, and Factory Council
man Mueller, six months Three
workmen convicted of atealing a mo
torcycle were given two to six
months.
The defendants were charged with
Inciting tha workmen at the plant to
resl-t the French troops when they
came to reqtilaltion automobiles Kape
cial stresa was laid by the French
prosecution oti the blowing of the
siren* at the plant which It was inn
tended encouraged the men to resist
11 was held that, the directors were
responsible for the continued sound
Ing of the siren*, even If they hmi
not directly ordered that they he
blown
In his final plea the French prose
tutor. Captain Duvert. referred to the
devastation of northern France by1
the Germans during the war. Just a*
the Krupp directors, he said, stood1
Inactively at their office windows on
Man h .11 and witched the workmen
being shot down, so had Germany's
war lords stood by and watched the (
burning of villages In northern
France without raising a hand.
The prosecutor hn*<d his case
against Huron Krupp Von Bochlen
and the directors on two main points
First, that prior to the shootings they
had arranged that demonstrations'
should be held In case the works were
occupied and had propaganda mater
ial ready for circulation among the '
remonstrants second, that during the
demonstrations tht*\ made no at
tempt to bring nhoul order or to shut
•»ff the factory sirens which railed!
the men together
Mother, .i I tils Die in I ire.
Ihu t y. Pu . May *—A mother and
thre«* small children were burned to i
dentil here todn\ when fire destroyed,
t its home of Pen v Worman a Penn
yvlvunlu t ailroad labuicr
Bertha Krupp’s Mate
Sentenced to Prison
i
Or. Iviupp von IMIfn.
Harvest Hands' Wages
to Be Slightly Higher
4
Kansas City, Mo May S—Harvest
wages this year must be slightly
higher than those paid last year bo
cause of a rising trend in other in
dustries, it was generally agreed at a
labor conference here today of repre
sentatives of Nebraska. Iowa, Mis
aouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. The
morning s session was taken tip hv
discussion of wage conditions and
what might be expected in the har
vest Helds this year.
While iu) definite scale was agree*!
upon, the prevailing opinion was
that $4 a day or ovet would be paid
for harvest lubor.
A committee was appointed to
draw up resolution* anil take up the
problems of wage*. publicity and
transportation. The committee in
« hld«'« (5 corgi- It Albert of l>os
Moines, chief oh » k of the low * free
employment bureau, and K, K. Hol
land of Lincoln, secretary of the bu
reau of agriculture extension work
for Nebraska
\ egrtiil>l*> and Karly Fruit
Damaged l>> (’.old Weather
l»U|>atrh to The Omaha IW.
Norfolk. NVb . Mn\ * Freeilng
weather ha* damaged early fruit and
vegetab|os in *nme part* of northern
NVhrttKkii anil *nu thorn South l>akota.
Snow fell at Hoiifittlfl. S l> , and
water In thi* Imaht> had a cover*
ing of ice thi* tuormni.
Italians Kill ;Mxl Rebel*.
Il» tuAdalrtl l‘rri».
Home May * Fifteen hundred
rebel* v\.i. defeated and TO0 killed tv
the Italian* in their latent operation
in Tripoli. Involving the occupation
of nn advanced point. It i* announc'd
In the official Mateinrnt today char
act n ixing the latest do\olopmcula
Frost Last Night
Expected to Kill
Fruit Blossoms
Fair anti Freezing Tempera
ture Forecast—Cloudiness
A I o ne Vi ould Save
Buds, Says Robins.
All fruit tree* in blossom were
doomed to freeze Tuesday night,
the weather burea declared Tuesday
in recording temperatures among the
very coldest ever registered here in
May,
The thermometer stood at 35 Tues
day morning. Though this was the of
ficiat reading. Meterologist Robins re
Winter oven-oats, which had
been filled with moth balls and"
placed away carefully In clothes
cabinets, were rushed into use
Tuesday morning
Tenants snd employes in down
town office buildings greeted warm
ing radiators with gleeful shouts.
Coal companies reported several
rush calls for coal to keep house
holds warm. -
reived reports of Ice formed In vari
ous low lands In and around Omaha.
"Fair with freezing temperature to
night." was the forecast.
It looks very bod," said Mr. Rob
ins. "The best we can hope for is
that the partial cloudiness will con
tinue. This however, is not likely,
and 1 don t see how the fruit buds
and other tedder green things can
escape. The corn, of course. Is not
advanced far enough yet to be
harmed."
The coldest e'er recorded bets in
May was on May 1, 190?
The coldest ever recorded on May
S heretofore was 3B In 1907.
Valentine reported Si Tuesday a nv
O Neill, Broken Hiwr and t»nk
Hr«t National Bank at
Carroll. Nrl>., ('loses Doors
Carroll. Nob May $ —Tbs First
National hank of this place failed to
open its door* yesterday. A national
bank examiner i* in charge of the in
stitution
The institution hat! a capitalisation
of *5.0 000, with total deposits listed
at $4^0,000 Daniel Davis is president
and 14. \V Darter is cashier
Withdrawal of deposits and fa lure
to make collection* are reported to
have been the cause of the tvauk s
clomnjr.
Standard Oil Boost' I’m.
Chh'MgO, M.kV S A XV:if«« t|U'IV*|.
nvnnglnic 6 ctnu «?i hour and if
footing ?£.(>00 employe* was au
tioutuwl heiw today bv the Standard
oil company of Indiana The in
crt*a*e will Add Jr.MHVOhO to the an
nual payrolls of the oMii|mn>
Launched in
Fa r I i ament
Drastic Criticism of Poincare’*
Heply to Dormant Met
\\ ill) Applause l»y All
Parlie-.
Seek Italian Alliance
Hi t IlhersHi Vn irs.
London, May *.—A break . between
Ltiglm-.d tii'l Fi-mco was foreshadow
ed by statements in the house of com
mons bv Chancellor of the Kxchequer
and Acting Premier Baldwin, and in
the house of lords by Lord Curzon, to
day. /
Both accused Premier Poincare of
"unnecessary precipitancy." The
baste criticism of the action of the
French government in summarily
turning down the German offer with
out consulting Britain rind Italy was
enthusiastically applauded by all
jiartles in parliament.
War Record Recalled.
Poincares affront to the nations
that sacrificed th<- flower of their
manhood from 191 to 191* to hold the
Germans back from Paris was em
phasized by the official announce
ment in parliament by Mr. Baldwin,
that the offer from Berlin was made
at the suggestion of Lord Curzon.
It is an open secret here that Isjrd
'"urzon wished to delay the answer to
Germany in order to fnake it a joint
note from all the allies, after they
had d from Washington.
Lord Birkenhead, who was primed
for a p -verful aitarck on France in
the house of lords tonight, refrained
because hed id not wish to embarrass
Lord Curzon who, it is declared, is
determined that Poincare shall no
longer he allowed to bank and bar
the door to a settlement.
I’lan -Joint Note.
Britain, in a note which will he
identical with one from Italy to b*
5<'nt to Germany Friday, will ezpr'SS
regret tliat Chancellor Cunn s offer
is rot fatUfactor-- and the hope iha*.
a better and in re liberal offer will
be forthcoming from Berlin.
A tremendous rvvulion of the feel
ing b«ro was revealed by the great
applause :n the house of commons at
the demand by John Anderson, labor
member, f-ir information as to w-hrn
France will pay her war debt to
Britain.
The ignoring of Britain by France
Is regarded a,- a deadly insult by all
classes. The press generally endot s
os negotiations which are proceeding
for a closer alliance between London
and Rome.
The man In the street is beginning
to talk of a new triple alliance of
Britain. Italy and Germany.
Theft of $1,000 Gems
Mystery to Jeweler
i»| IMaimtrh to Th* Omaha Bef
Shelton. Neb.. May S.—The Kendl*
Brother*’ jewelry store was robbed
of $1,000 worth of diamonds late yes
terday afternoon. Si* diamond ring*,
one loose diamond and four expensive
setting, ail of nhieh were in the box.
were taken. The diamond* were kept
in the drawer of a desk. Expensive
nai h**s. nii i * y ;«r.d other valuable*
in the desk were unmolested.
1lu*t)ll Ken die says the back door
whs locked ll day and that he knew
everyone who was in the store. He
is at a loss to know how the dia
monds disappeared.
S80.000 of Mint
Loot Recovered
Minncaixdis, May 8—Approximate
ly t.vO.OOU in currency, pari of the
loot stolen during I lie *joldup of the
federal reserve truck I s front of the
Denver mint last ytay, has been re
covered to date In Minneapolis by
secret serv ice aget.ts. it was an
nounced today.
M an mi Trial for Slaving
of Omahati rakes Stand
Red Oak, la . May S.—John St*
wart, farmer on (rial here for the
murder of Albert Gtrardl. Omaha
liquor salesman, was places! on tti*
slam! yesterday and testified brlefl>
In his own behalf.
He testified be could not remetn
ber easing to George Austin: "FV'
Ood’s sake he is getting up: hit him
•gain. '*
Stewart's testimony was noi def
nlle on any of the main points
brought out by other witnesses in the
trial.
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