'' ' . N The ( imaha Corning Bee VOL. 52—NO. 280. .. moi-ci.. «..«* •*, n, im.i OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1923.* Sit™ & f'JtttttTmJZ £»"£ TWO CENTS '* ‘Vff'ct:!1. Oman* P. 0> unaar act ®i Marcn j, iv/V. __ _——————^ \\ ay Is Seen for Solving Labor Need Influx o£ Britain's Unem ployed Suggested to Help Fill Gap Caused by Demand in U. S. Kingdom’s Quota Short By MARK SFtXIVAN. Washington, May !».—A thoughtful and fairly well-informed person being aslod what is Great Britain's greatest problem today, replied: "It is how to fake i are of its 1,41*0,000 unemploy ed." A few days before. Judge Gary, :Ilf head of the L'nited States Steel corporation, when asked what was Americas greatest Industrial problem, replied, "more labor." In the light of Great Britain's problem of what to do with its un ^ employed and of America's problem of how to find labor, consider tlie following facts: During the last fiscal year, the l'nited Kingdom had the privilege tinder our present immigration per centage law of sending in 77,342 im migrants. Actually during that year Great Britain sent in only 42,67** im migrants. That is to say, only 53 per cent as many Immigrants went to America from Great Britain as had the right to go. Quota Falls Short. In other words, under our present quota law, American could have got from Great Britain nearly 33.000 more immigrants than actually came. I'nder this state of acts, it would s -em that the answer to America's dilemma as propounded by Judge Gary amT others of our Industrial leaders, wijuld lie not in trying to change tile law so as to increase the percentage of immigrants permitted to come in, nor in otherwise changing th*- law in the direction of great elas ticity,'flu rather in the practical busi ness of bridging in those British workers^, who could come but don’t come. f Practically nobody in America ob jects to bringing in immigrants from Great Britain. Nearly all of the anti-alien prejudice which i» respon sible for our present sentiment against immigration , is directed not against Great Britain not against the other countries of western Europe, hut again certain countries in south ■ rn and eastern Europe. Help to Two Countries. The practical business of getting il.esc* English. Irish. Scotch and Welsh unemployed started toward America ought not to be too difficult for our Industrial leaders. It would relieve Great Britain and it would Ill fit America. If tlm l’nited States i*ocs not find some way to do >ome : iiing about it. Great Britain l»eing hard pressed by the problem, is like iv to organize means of sending its - irplus population to Canada. Aus tralia and other British dominions. What i* -aid about Great Britain * u itc also of Germany. During the lot fiscal year. 68.059 1m* m:-'i ants could have come in from . ( i many. Actually 19.053 came in. Tn t is to say, 47,000 Germans could hav cime in under our present law Who did not come in. it would seem that la the devising of way* anil linens appropriate to this set of facts would li" tile basis for an acceptable compromise between, on the on** hand. anti-alien forces in America who are utterly unwilling to make tin- present law mor" alastic but wouif the Pekin government to bring about release of Americans and other foreigners taken prisoners by Chinese bandits and to pay the ransome do-; mended. ' It was ]H)innd out that none of Minister Schumann reports had shown definitely what motive ln-t spired th# brigands. Whether they sought ransom in cash or recognition and immunity was said to be a ques tion. the answer of which yvould throw considerable light on the central gov ernrpent's ability to fulfill the obli gations it has assumed. Information on this point Is expected from Mbits ter Kchurman. While the resources available to the Pekin authorities are understood to be sufficient to ransom the prisoners in cash, it was pointed out that un less the money was paid by Saturday the progressive Indemnity demanded, if continued over a period of two weeks, probably would exhaust the finances of the central government. An official report from the Pekir foreign office, the first to lie received here, was communicated by Minister Kze. in person to Secretary Hughes after his arrival In Washington from China. Secretary Hughes was un derstood to have expressed gratifica tion at the promises made by Pekin, hut reiterated his primary determine tion that the American prisoners should be freed and delivered un harmed Miner Kills Two Nonunion Workers Pomeroy, O., May 9.—J E. Miller. ig'-rl 53 a coal miner, today shot nnd killed Edward Arnold and .'. \v. Swlner at his home here. Miller told police that Arnold and Swlner were West Virginia nonunion miners who hail attempted to abduct i him and take him bark to West Vir ginia where formerly he worked Mil ler is a union man. Sioux City Mail Shoot* VI ifc. Sioux Pity, May 9.—Thoma* A. Purdy of Sioux City phot hi* wife in ! a room in « Hot«“1 thin afternoon. She f may die. pnllce gave domeHtlc trou j Lie* jim the rvuir Purdy 14 .1 mhIch j man for th« Western Rock Inland i : Plow company of Omaha -.. ■ ' ■■■- ... a—. , a No Need to Exceed Speed Limit to leave frets and rates be hind when you are your own chauffeur. Neither do you have to go beyond your purse limits when buying a used ear if you look around “auto row”' in the “Want” Ad section of The Omaha Bee. Good used cars which ate still in fine condition are parked in the nd spaces in the "Automo- * bile” column of The Omaha | Bee. ' And, if you want to sell your ear, place your “Want” Ad here, where scores of prospet live purchasers look each day. Head nnd use Omaha Ret "Want” Ads—ihc bee-line to results. ,1_ Government Will Take Sugar Fight to Highest Court Derision of New ^ ork Judge Denying Injunction \t ill Be Appealed. Attorney General Says. Washington. May 9.—An appeal to the supreme court in the shortest |ms sible time, Attorney General Daugh erty announced today, will he taken by the government from the New York court decision denying an injunction to prevent speculation on the Now York sugar market. s Attorney General Daugherty's; statement was made after lengthy 'onfeionce with liis astistaiits The; attorney general and his staff were not officially Informed whether the New York decision was In the neces sary final form to take an immrdl- j sto appeal and. as a result, tho next; step in the government’s fight against the alleged sugar conspiracy was un determined. .Mr. Daugerty and As sistant Attorney General Seymour, who has had charge of the sugar proceedings, said that receipt of the court’s opinion was awaited to de termine further action, "The sole purpose of the govern ment,” said Mr. Seymour, “is to ex pedite this case to a final hearing. Th*- attorney general and Mr. Sey mour said that the Department of Justice was responsible for using all measures within the la Wto protect the public against exorbitant sugar prices. If the law should be found deficient nnd so determined by the supreme court, their view was that ths department would have met Its responsibility, 'leaving further action for extension of the law or amend ment up to congress Department of Justi- e officials, ' manifesting no disappointment over the adverse turn taken at the outset j in the government’s suit, declared the , principle involved t was whether the . law now gives the government a ’ remedy to protect the public against gambling in t he vital necessities of life. Despite the denial of a pre llnmlnary Injunction they contended the government theory of the, suit was sound. Mexican Bandits Holding American ll> lnt*m*tln»»iil New a S*rvU‘*. K1 Paao. Tex.. May 9.~ An A mar Iran named Newman in being held for ransom by Mexican bandits head* j i'd by Juan Galindo, according to a report from Torreou received here to lay. Niwnmn was disced at Charco Asti! on a Guadalupe ranch, the re port stated. These name bandits It la said, a month ago captured Oscar W. Krull. Han Antonio mining engi near. who. however, managed tu es rape. County Attorney Is Suetl for $.">0,000 at Lincoln Hpm iul IM»pnt« li to Th* Omali« It**. Lincoln. May r*.—John K l*owe. Lincoln attorney* today filed a $50. 000 damage null agn net » •unity At torney diaries L. Mataon The suit in based upon the arrest yesterday of Lowe ntul diaries Sherman. piT \ate detective. <*n n warrant by Mat* son charging them with extorting money front an unmarried couple. Matson claimed in the warrant that Low* and Hherrnan tnk 111** couple to a room in a * Lincoln business block find threatened them ultli arrest. Payment of money to the lawyer nn«l detective was made by the couple. Matson assert**! In tho warrant. Lowe, in hl« petition for dummy e. denies the extortion charg* IVxan Danroa l(>0 iluur*. Dallas, To,, Ma> 9—Alter iliuuinc fur lliil hours autl It * minnti-s, Ifossor ,1. \rwinan, of Dallas, slopped sail* luilay on ailvlrr of physicians, Ncw man's rondltion »a< said to In- Rood. Th# judges and Newman assert the . time will b*- M-rognl/i-d aa nfflrlal and as establishing lbs ittcurd fof lime. ’{ j 0 o*V> . •* o oner l & ^sks Chase Be Dropped Nole From Caplive of Brig ands Says Foreigners Face ‘"Dire Consequences" Un less Troops Called Off. Boxer Move Back of Raid % Wj Associated Press. Shanghai. May 10.—Kidnaped Americans and oilier foreigners held by the Huchow bandits In the hills hack of Iindiing, face "dire conse quences ' unless the troops surround ing the brigands' stronghold are withdrawn, according to a message which has been sent out by one of the captives, J. R. Rowell. American newspaper mkn of Shanghai. The message which Powell con trived to have smuggled through both the lines of bandits and troops urged thnt the government forces he with drawn. The alternative, his note bald, would be that, the "captives will suf fer dire consequences.” t is learned here that negotiation* for the release of the bandits' pris oners are continuing and it is re ported they are taking a favorable turn. The negotiations arc being con ducted hv American. French and Ita lian consuls. r.y ( niverMil Service. Shanghai, May S.—Secret defense societies, such as were back of th» Boxer uprising in iron and not mere banditry, is back of the seizure of Americans and other foreigners, now being held in the bills of Bhangtung, facing death from starvation, after being captured from a railroad train Sunday. An American newspaper corre spondent who. op two occasions thi* year, has travelled through the north ern provinces, said tonight he found many evidences that the Boxer spirit was rampant again, and that hatred of foreigners was being openly preached. The latest news from the region in which the captives are being held, i* that no definite agreement has been reached for the release of the pris oners, although the Fhlnese govern ment at l’ekin reports thnt the tain-. Jits are suirounded hi ih* hike north w eat of Un-Cheng and southeast of Sno Chow and that their capture was! momentarily expected. Feeling Kunning High. A foreign missionary who w.isl about to visit the bandit* in the hills' early today was frustrated by the order* of the “wail lord.” Tu-Cliun, who arrived with machine guns and troop* and gave order* for Intmcdi ate pursuit. Feeling lx running high in the for eign settlement* here and demand* are Is-ing made for immediate foreign I Intervention and occupation. While many who are familiar * with the Chinese by long residence here think there is not much daiiger that the Americans and other foreigner* held by the bandits will be slain, they are aware that tlangcr of starvation and death front exposure faces the vie- 1 tim* in the hill*. Those who have escaped reported .hat tile only food given the captives is a mouldy bread made from rice (lour and w.itei taken f’ont inv avail able source. (iel Gruesome Message. Tlte troop* pursuing the bandits ( rarly today received a message from f Albert Girardi. Omaha butter and gg buyer, was fotit'd guilty of sei >nd dogicv murder by n Jury In ills trict court here at -'1 n. m. today fol lowing seven hours' deliberation. .Maximum penalty is life imprison mom Stewart was charged with first degree murder which, under the Iowa law, embracea second degree murder i and ninnalaugliter. Girardi was murdered on the Stew art farm January 23 during a qunis rel over 10 gallons of liquor. Georgs Austin. Stewart* hired man. con fessed to hla pntt In the slaving and la serving u life sentence The two men placed Oimrdk* body in his own cur and drove to a *|>ot t tin the highway wliete the body was found. J If We Ever Get Rich We’re Going to Establish a Gymnasium Where Sedentary Piano Movers Can Get Some Exercise. Vour PIANO'S HERE. WHERE , DO YOU WANT jl.TPUf? BRING 'ER ; in BO'V' * V _r * look our'f-oT \ CHXnOEUCR THERE < -fr-K RUSi£U-, V*OULO YOU MIND -. STRAIGHTENING THE 1 j _ OUT UNDER THE CORNER RR I j!t THE Piano vnmiuE I HOl-D I IT UP PvEPif’ /*"'n \ ' I * Limit on Rum for Medics Held V oid l\ S. Judge Grants Injunction Against Dry \gcnt? Inter fering ^ itli Practice. New \o»k, May 9.—Federal Judge Knov today declared yokl that pur lina e come effective before July at the earliest, as he did not expert that the Interstate body would hear the arautr.ents in the < as*> befor* the end of June Plan* Made to Abandon Stcamor Stuck on Rock* Stiittlr. May fh* M I* impourdhic f«*i imr* to pull the eteiunn Lake t«ob hull from rot'ke on which it etnirk near I nuitUla reef early today nml prep ii atlonn tin being made to nban don It. IJ II Ptereon, **4|»erlntendent for the o\vn*»i*. the Alaska Steam rhlp company. I«1 m a tUrrlfsn me?* ► age i erei\rd by t be company Hum eftei ucou. i \ / Leader of German ’‘Murder Gan—Albert S. hloget ter. on* of the chiefs of the so-called "murder Kang" which lias been carry ing on a campaign of terror agajnst French occupation In the Ruhr was convicted by a court martial and sen tenced to dentil. He wax charged wilh espionage ami sabotage One of Schlogetter's aides Hans Sodawsky, wan sentenced to imprison ment for life at hard labor. Five other Oermnns of the "murder Rang" were given jail sentence* varying from 5 to 20 years. tSchlogetter, who is a former Prua sian officer, admitted having commit ted sabotage. He contended, how ever. he had never damaged passen ger trains, but merely had blown up i abroad tracks and bridges. One of the defendants Kuhlman. formerly worked for the Krupps at Rssen. and the prosecution contended that toe men of tile gang on trial had been paid for their work by a Krupp offi cial. who fled before he could lie ar resud. Tt wu« charged that one of the object* of the gang was to kill t'.erman* who worked for the French. The ptXMecuUon also claimed that the men received order* regularly from a apy organliation to gather in formation concerning troop move ment* and the French Intelligence service. It was declared that the real lender of the gang. Who commanded a brigade which carried on a . am paign of terror in I'ppcr Silesia had not been arrested. Student Piani'l.- Appear in Music Contest Today A contest between pianists among student* of public and parochial high schools wil be held at the Sehmoller & Mueller auditorium this afternoon at 2. under nuap!cea of the Nebraska So defy for Development of Musical Talent, Object of the contest is to ha\e t committee of judge* recommend student* ot the next meeting of the Nebraska State Music Teachers’ a* so. 1st Ion for scholarship. Karl E. Tun hr rip former president of th«» Mnelr Teachers’ association. Joan V Puf field, and Cecil Berryman mill he judges Mrs. P p W olpton. president of the Society for Development of Musical Talent, "ill announce the judges for the violin ami voice contest to lu> held at the Burgee* Nash auditorium next w« cU Sunday School ( omentum. *>prrl*l IIUpAlrh to The Outwit* Iter. 1 •. W'UA. Neb. May !* Ihe Jeffcr son county Sunday school convention n.t» held at Rndlcott. Delegates from every Sunday at'hoot in the county mere in attendance and an wnthuena* tic meeting held. A British Trawler Seized by Russ Charged With Fishing in Soviet Waters—Follows Sharp British Note. Hull. May 9.—II is reported that the Tntli'h trawler. l ord Aator. hsa been •ei/ed off the Murmansk roast by a Russian gunboat, aay* the Central New*. The aeiaure t» said to hare been based on the chsi-ge that the trawler was fishing within the Russian territorial limit*. H> International News Serrtre. Hull. Kngiaud. May 9.—Tl»e British ittiue sweeper Harebell, which aaw service through the great war. today was ordered to Russian walera to pro tect British trawler*. B« Aseoclsted Tre** Moscow. May 9.—An emphatic note from the British government handed to Maxim Litvtnoff. assistant fi-reign minister, yesterday afternoon, alleg- j Ing propaganda and other violation of the Anglo-Russian trade agreement and demand assurance of uncondition al fulfillment of specified require ments within 10 days, was consid ered by Russian officials last night as definitely Intended to bring about a break in Anglo Russian relations. As th» mote is only row- being dis tributed among the higher official* of. the government, none of them would predict the nature of the Russian reply, but the genera! Imrression seemed to h* that Marquis Curxon, the Brit.sh foreign secretary, was de-, slrous of the break. If a break in relations comes, the Russian trade organisation now locat ed in London, will probably be remov ed to Berlin or one of the Soandi ilatian countries Owing to the soviets' refusal to recognise the protests against the dial* of various church dignitaries, including Archbishop Zepnlak and the executed vicar general. Monsignor Butkavlteh. the note says "When it is renieml>ored that this is the only latest Incident in the long series of studied affronts which lutve been mxnersd in this memorandum. It seems difficult to arrive at any other conclusion than that the soviet. government either Is convince*! that the British government will accept any Insult sooner than break with soviet ; Russia or that they desire themselves to bring the relations created by th*i :iade government to an end " — The refusal of Federal Judge Mayer in New York to enjoin the New york Sugar ex i change from dealing In sugar future* may result'In a direct appeal which, will bring the cast without delay he fun- the aupreme court Although I declining to discuss Judge Mayer'S action In detail. I'epartntont of Jus the officials indicated that thex were prepared to continue rigorously the tight tiiet ha'e la-gun In the courts ; ngsin*l tho»e thej bold ■ expot Mlde for rectal sugai price Inctxfase* New Well Is Ignited by Sparks Texas Gusher Flowing at Rate of 5,000 Barrels and 20.000, 000 Feet of Gas Turned Into Raging Inferno. Five Bodies Recovered Houston. Tex., May 'Twelve workmen Were burned to death in at explosion and fire at the J. K. Hughe Developing company's McKee .Vo. weel in the Powell field district, ac cording to advice* from Corsicana Ten were killed almost Instantly ant two others died in hospitals a short time afterwards. The fire originated from a spark as a workman dropped a control valve alongside the casing of the gusher. Reliable reports say the well, which came in Tuesday night, was flowing wild at the rate of 5,000 barrels of oil and In excess of 20,000,000 feet of gas when It Ignited. • The wel Is the third completed In the new field from a sand between 2.942 and 3.000 feet. 1-lsf of Victims. The knodn dead are: M. O. Turner. Mississippi S. P. Allen. 35. Corsicana, man iej. Jack Cooper, Corsicana. Edwin C Cooper, Corsicana. Fred C. Raig. Roane, Tex. E. C Sheek, Dallas. E. C. Hook, Keren*. Tex. Dan Phillips. Kernes. Tex Jame* Phillips. Kerens. Tex Two other* unknown Fatally burned Travis Owen, Corsicana, married. F1v« bodis haie been taken from the inferno. It is believed the other have been consumed entirely. All members of the drilling crew are said to have been fatally bifrned. It was reported that W. A. Hicks, an 1 •! man of 'Wortham, were among those burred to dea-h. G M. Ball, field superlntedent On an adjoining lease, and B. B. Simmons, an oil man, are said to ha\-e narrowly escaped in jury. .Men on Platform Killed. JT. K. Huhges head of the Develop ing company, upon receipt of news of the disaster, left immediately for Cor sicana and went directly to the well. It was said at the offices of the company that none of the Mexia oil men who were at the xvell at the time it xva* brought in. lost their lives in the fire. More than 1.0*»0 barrels ■ *f accumu lated waste and the full flow of th« xxell ignited at once and caught all workmen ond and around the derrick platform. Bodies Badly t hatred. The Iradies recovered are so badlx ■ harred that identification is im possible. One man. a Mr. Simmouds who was on the derrick flcor with the crew, escaped by rur.r.h g His cloth ing not being oil-soaked did not Ignite. A 15 year-old boy escaped with him. One man saiJ that the bodies of the dead men were where they fell when the blast occurred and with the well still burning, it would be impossible for some time to remove them. The fir* started about 1 this after noon xx bile hundreds were in the vicinity of the well. Automobiles Destroyed. A number of automobiles near tbs well were reported to have been de stroyed by the fire. Word of the tragedy was telephone*: to Corsicana writh urgent call that al available doctors, medical supplie* and ambulance* be rushed to the scene. The dead and injured "fri^ taken to Corsicana. According to an e\ • witnes* :h. crew was on the derm k floor clung ing the control head when suddenly there was a flash of fire, followed by two other flashes, the firs shoot ing over 100 feet in the air. All th. trees and shrubbery around the wall were saturated with oil and the ground was quickly burned dear. The we. continued to bum and is now flow.rg wide open with th« flames dartine high into the air. Mitchell M oman’s Hearing on Murder Charge Set hterlsl Dispatch to The Omaha lice Scottsbluff. Neb. May ? -The pie limlnary hearing of Mrs. Julia Joh* son of Mitchell, at whose home Albeit Peterson was slain by Frank Allen, will be held Thursday in county court. She is charged with murder and with being accessory to the murder of Peterson Her hearing wit be the first cf these held by police as Imp.' cated In the shooting of Peterson, tt lielng alleged that the Scottsbtuff of ficer was led Into a carefully planned trap The Weather r,M* f 4 hours, or dine • P m . 9. IISS TMNprmium IlifhMt. t.1. U'*wt I*. m#4r. 49 nor 4' Toti. fii’fiiw »I no# Jftnu«.A MutnWHy, IVflKlftif • m. T4, n.v,an. ? I* m . 44 rrftipilMlftn. Inrhft* siwt NiMflMth* Tot»). 4 T•' %\ ftsnco nu*t' 4 *iftfiv < ftfiv, K. 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