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VOL 69 NO 281 Enttrul >1 SaconlClaaa Mattir May it. IMS. at OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1923. * Oi’tiTdl'1 Ilia '4“° Zoin”'1*1 >Y»arS)UndDail>*'an’V’sin'daV. M»I2" Sunilay o»l», M 1 W O CFN fS Om.Ha • «« Council Blufl
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Farmers of
Europe Are
Prosperous
American Sale of Foodstuffs
Overseas May Not Be Bene
fited by Normalcy
On Continent.
Livestock Is Increasing
By MARK SFI.LIYAN.
Special Di'imUli to The Omaha llee.
Washington. May 10.—>The theory
lit Id by the leaders of the American
Farm Bureau federation and farm
bloc, and widely disseminated among
the American farmers themselves dur
ing the past four or five months, is
that when Europe becomes stabilized
the market for American farm goods
will increase to the point of bringing
the American farmers' condition back
to prewar prosperity. This theory
has been made the basis for a move
ment among American farmers look
ing to pressure on our government
toward helping to hurry Europe back
toward normal.
On paper, and from a point of view
4.000 miles west of Europe, in the
Mississippi valley, the theory looks
sound. In Europe, however, one be
ams faintly, at least, to question It.
It may be that with the wheat-raisers
■ f Russia. Roumanla and elsewhere in
Europe, back to normal production,
they will be aide to supply Europe its
own wheat and other foodstuffs to a
greater degree than before the war.
Fanner “Coming Back."
Throughout all Europe, the farmer
is the one man who is “coming back,"
and coming back fast. Everywhere,
lie has paid off his mortgage in de
predated currency. A continental
European farmer, who, before the
war, was burdened with a heavy
mortgage, is now able to pay the In
terest in depreciated currency with
a dozen eggs, and to pay the principal
with a cow. The farmer is conspicu
ously the rising class in Europe.
Everywhere, he is adding a horse
or a row or a few more Bheep to his
stock, or buying better farirv ma
chinery. In many European cities
you can find distress and starvation,
but go 10 miles out Into the country
and you find prosperity and comfort.
The farmer may not have much
inose money in terms of gold than
any uf the other classes of Europe,
but he has his farm, his shelter, and
plenty to eat and wear. Because ills
mortgage has been paid off. practi
ally his only necessary outgo is the
t a x es. And the growing political
power of the farming class is such
hat they are able to keep their taxes
down.
Russian Peasant Secure.
Even in Russia, the peasant Is now
‘'■cure in the possession of his land
on the payment of a lax to the com
munist government, whi\i averages
•bout 10 per cent. In Russia, as re
cards lard, the communist theory has
now receded to tIre point where the
Russian farmer Is permitted to he
"radically as secure in the tenure to
hi- lain! as the American farmer.
Everywhere, throughout the ronti
ri it of Europe, the resurgence of the
1 crruer, the increase in his stock, the
uplift in his prosperity, and the In
crease ill his productiveness is the
universal phenomena of hope and
achievement. Great Britain is an ex
•P'lon. The British farmer has not
adopted modern machinery to the ex
lent that the continent has.
Omitting Groat Britain, in the rest
of Europe the progress of the farmer
in productiveness and otherwise is
probably the most conspicuous of the
newer phases of European conditions.
It is possible that after stabilization
is complete the European farmer,
with his increased use of machinery,
may be aide to supply Europe with
its foodstuffs with much less depen
dence on America than Europe for
merly had. All this, of course, ap
plies to foodstuffs only, and not to
cotton. The southern cotton-raising
< dies of America are sure lo profit
greatly when Europe gets back to
normal.
Suburb of Los Angeles
Threatened by Oil F ire
Eos Angeles, May L0—A large por
tion of the city of Vernon, adjoining
the southeastern section of lais An
geles. was threatened with destruc
tion when fire broke out In the refin
ery of the Gilmore Oil company at
Twenty-eighth street and Santa Fe
avenue shortly before noon today.
Vernon and Eos Angeles fire compa
nies were practically helpless as the
flames swept through the Gilmore
plant, covering several acres.
Government Collecting
Data on Sugar Consumption
Washington. May 10— Statistics on
sugar consumption are being collected
by the Department of Commerce to
determine what effect the nation wide
boycott has had upon prices. Secre
tary Hoover announced this after
noon. Reports already reaching the
department arc understood to Indi
cate that sugar consumption In the
United States since January 1 Is low
i-r than for the same period In 1922.
Head of Piggly Wiggly
Piqued Over Stock Sale
Memphis. Term.. May 10- I'lqucd
because of the failure of hi* effortn to
-*♦11 50,000 Khun * of stock of the IMk
Kly-WtKirly corporation “to «wve it
from bankruptcy.” f’lamice Haun
tiers, •pectaculnr head of the corpora
tion, announced hero this afternoon
lit* had laid plans to remove* head
quartern of th** compan> with H"
$1,000,000 payroll to Nanhvil/
Prisoners Treated Kindly.^#,
by Chinese Bandit
Miss l.iiry Aldrich.
•Iiilm Powell.
Among the Americans raptured when bandits lielil up Pekin express train
at Suchow- was Miss Lucy C. Aldrich, sister-in-law of John I*. Rockefeller,
jr., and John Powell, secretary of the American Chamber of Commerce, and
newspaper correspondent.
By International New* Seri lee.
PelTin, May 10.—Miss Lucy Aldrich, sisler In-law of John D. Rockefeller,
jr., who was kidnaped by the Shantung bandits and later released, arrived
here today with an exciting story of carrying heirloom jewelry in her hands
while driven with the other prisoners toward the mountains.
Contrary to the Htoiies of ether
prisoners. Miss Aldrich said that ti:*'
brigands treated their captives kindly.
Miss Aldrich was ill from exposure.
She was accompanied by a physician
on her trip from Tsinan I' ll to this
city.
“I was not scared by the bandits.”
she said. "I had time to hide some
money and valuables before we wrre
marched off. I saw about a score
of bandits altogether.
(Previous accounts put the number
of bandits at about 1,000).
"I was in my’ nightgown, as the
raid was marie at night. I put on
my slippers when I heard the noise.
There* was no harsh treatment so far
as I could see. They marched us all
night towards the mountains and all
that time 1 held in my hands my
mother’s rings and other heirlooms of
jewelry that I had saved ”
Tho following day (Monday). Miss
Aldrich removed one of her slippers
and secreted the jewelry in it. This
caused her foot to swell Finally she
was able to secret it at a place she
believed she would remember.
The bandits in charge of Miss Al
drich and her companion. .Miss Min*
(Turn m Page Two. C olumn *i».>
Oriental Dancer
and Her Mother
Are Reindicted
Evan Burrowes Fontaine Again
Charged With Perjury in
Testimony Regarding Mar
riage to Sterling Adair.
Nyack. .V. V., May 10.— Kvan But
rowes Fontaine, oriental dancer, and
her mother. Mrs. Florence Fontaine,
were reported to ha-.e been reindicted
on a charge ot perjury by the Rock
land county grand jury today, as the
result of her recent unsuccessful
$1,000,000 breach if promise suit
against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.
The grand Jury, which was in session
all day, will not report until Mon
day. /
Both women had previously been in
dicted by the Hocklanil county grand
jury on perjury charges The case re
cently was thrown out of court on
a technicality. Miss Fontaine, it was
said, is in Chicago.
The perjury chaigcg were the re
suit of her testimony regarding her
marriage with Sterling Adair in her
suit against Whitney. She alleged
Whitney was the father of her son,
whom she named Cornelius Vander
bilt Whitney.
The Indictment w ill not lie delivered
until the grand Jury reports Monday,
court attaches said.
City Offers $500,000,000 to
Claimants to Towiisite
Hj InlerniitlonHl News SenitT.
Chicago, May 10 -The city of Wll
mlngton, Del . lias offered $600,000.
000 to settle ,.iit of court the claims
j to that city's site made by the heirs
of Carl Springer, It was announced
:h<re today to a meeting of 1,000 of
! 'lie heirs by C. F. Powers ,f Kl Reno.
Ok)., vice president of the Springer
' Heirs' association.
"Mis* Canada ' Shuns Films
Uill Stirk to Typewriter
NVw York, May 10—MIps Winifred
• Hlalr of St. John, N. IS., chotten nt
the Montreal ice carnival a« "M
Canada," nald today that *hc had d#
< lined a contract to * nt• # the movie*
and would ntlck to li**r typawrjtri
She will return to Canada Mon
day.
What’ll You Have?
V What do you want a better
position-—-a more comfort
able room—a new honn
an automobile?
f Everybody has some Ida
want—-and a lot of smaller
ones on the side. You ••ant
to be successful and com
fortable -- these two wants
are sure.
?! But -you know what par
ticular tliintfs Hre on your
mind today; and, whatever
your material wants arc, a
look through the “Want” Ad
columns of The Omaha Me ■
will help you satisfy them.
• If what you want isn’t ad
vertised here, turn your wish
into a r e a I i t y—phone
AT (antic 100U and ask for a
“Want” Afl taker.
• READ AND USE OMAHA
BEE “WANT" ADS THE
BEELINE TO RESULTS.
—
Chicagoan Named
New Chairman of
Shipping Board
President \ppoints Kriwurd P.
Parle) lo Succeed \lbert
La.-kor —To l ake I p
Duties June 12.
Washington May 1U—Appointment
of I'M ward P Farley .if Chicago, ful
ler vice president of the emergency
fleet corporation to succeed Albert
I>. Lasker as chairman of the ship
ping hoard, was announced late today
at the White Meuse.
The appointment will become ef
fective June 12. when Mr laisker will
retire after two years service as chair
man of the board. The announce
ment of Mr. Farley'* selection said he
was In full accord with the policy of
the administration for tile mainte
nance of an American merchant ma
rine. It was made after the presi
dent had conferred with Mr. Farley at
luncheon at the White Mouse.
Mr Lasker, although relinquishing
this duties June 1. has be»u asked by
the shipping board, in a resolution
unanimously adopted, to art as Its
special representative in charge of
the giant luter Leviathan, both on Its
trial trip and its initial voyage from
Xcw York to Cherbourg and South
ampton, sailing from New York. July
4. This request was made by the
hoard la-cause the Leviathan was re
conditioned under Mr. Iptsker s
regime.
The new chairman of ih«- shippli -
hoard was born in Madison. Mis.. and
was educated in private and public
schools and at the University of Wl*
cousin. In 1909 he organized I lie Kd
wnrd l‘ Farley company of Chicago,
ship owners, brokers and marine in
surance agents.
In 1921 he came to Washington as
vice president of the emergency fleet
corporation In flung*- of liquidation
anil served in that capacity until last
August, when lie resigned to resume I
I rivate business
•Tin" I .red* of Millnian
I'illllO fft'l' f f ill k Jewel*
\hw TTJi-k. May la "Klo" laails.
(ill,i flgun'd a- coi f .pnjid«*llt In Hie
Stillman Uivon ♦ niw . xeateiday got
hack the jewels which th* niMluins
officials took on her return from Ku
rope
The former show girl rolled up to
the customs house with her lawyer
in a limousine and satisfied officials
that the >50.000 worth of gems had
!>.*en acquired in tins country.
Her lawyer ex pin inert that his client
never had heon abroad hefor*- and
that she believed gowns an*) jewelry
that bad been worn were not subject
in dut\ t to tom* officials levied ft
duty of >kM **ii earrings and Parisian
umwiih. nn«1 Mrs. Leeds promlaed to
settle In a few days
Trackmen Auk Hitixo.
• 'Imago, JImv |i> • Wagr- tnri'caam
ranging from K to 15 cents an hour
and ln«ludlng nil classes of mainte
nance «*f way men, gi c asked by the
I>ioth* ih»»*el of Maintenance of Way
; m* n «>f the lienvcr and Klo Uiundf.
and th*- s*njth»rn nuid*. In a petition
filed lodny with the I'nited States
railroad 1; * I *« >r hoard,
j Tin- Increases asked in the various
*1omh* - **f maintenance for*** me o
niost caSCN .1 I * tUl ll of wages ill ef
f••«•» prior t*» July 1. 10-1. Appioxl
mutely ‘j.aoo men nr*1 affected.
Hnisrt Fiilhlnm fo* l.lmlfml fiir.niic*
M»ii la \ ngui Put i «»*l it > —A a v n tlunnmi t
meat
•Ian to Free
Prisoners
Hits Snag
Chinese Brigand Leaders Fear
Pekin Officials Laying Trap;
Uasly Acceptance of Terms
Arouses Suspicions.
One Woman Still Held
Ity As'MK'latril PrfM.
Pekin. May 10.—A hitch has de
veloped in negotiations for the release
of the captives held by the Suehow
bandits in their hill stronghold back
of lunching, according to a report
carried by the Asiastie News agency,
a Chinese news service.
The m-ws agency declared that the
government's hasty acceptance of the
bandits' preliminary demand that the
pursuing troops be called off has
made the brigands skeptical of offi
cial sincerity and has led them to
fear that Pekin is laying a trap for
them. v
Wu Yu-Un, minister of communi
cations, the agency says, has tele
graphed Gen. Tien Chung-Yu, gov
ernov of .Shantung, informing him of
the indignation of the foreign lega
tions at the Suehow outrage and of
the demands made by the foreign
diplomats on the Pekin government.
Wu added that the Chinese goviril
ment would be held responsible for
the safety of the kidnaped foreigners
and promised tlie Shantung governor
a heavy ransom.
One Woman Held.
The best available Information in
dicates that only one woman Is held
by the bandits. Senora Verea, wife
of Manuel A. Verea of Guadalajara,
Mexico, who also is a captive. She
refused to leave her husband, al
though offered her liberty, according
to reports received here.
Through traffic has been estab
lished again between here and Shang
hai on temporary tracks laid around
the wrecked right-of-way torn up by
the bandits last Sunday morning.
However, no trains are run through
the bandit-infested region at night.
Delivers l ltimalum.
Details have filtered through offi
cial circles of a dramatic scene en
acted two days ago when J. B. Do
Freitas, Portuguese minister, who is
Jean of the diplomatic crops, stalked
into a meeting of the Chinese cabinet
and, refusing a proffered chair. In
stated on the heads of the Chinese
government rising to their feet while
they heard his ultimatum
M. l>e Freitus then gave the
Chinese government three day* of
grace in which to effect the release
of the captives held by the Suchow
bandits after which, he declared, the
foreign representatives would insist
on additional penalties and indtmni
ties for each day added to the period
of captivity.
Navy Airship Will
Cross North Pole
St Homs May 10.—Prediction that
the dirigible ZH 1. Iielng assembled by
the navy, eventually would fly over
the north nod south poles was made
here today by Rear Admiral Mnfleit,
ebb/ of the bureau of aeronautics of
the Navy department.
The airship, he explained, has a gas
capacity of 2.000,000 cubic feet, a lift
of 4fto tons and a cruising radius of
4.000 miles
.Soldier Bonus Bond Issue
I- Readvertised ill Iowa
H) I*rr>«.
I) Molnc*. I t . May 1<».—Rt*mlver*
tisli .a »f the 132,000.000 *otdltrs*
I»oiiUK bond j***up at an interest rate
not to exceed r» pf*r cent. uaa nn
imum • J yesterday by State Treasurer
W. .f Uurhank.
Tli*- IkuhIs. uhn h have been <« **ale
ainre April 16 hi 4 1 4 per cent in
tercut ami for which no bidder* have
appiarecl, ar^ to be offred at the
higher rat*4 June 2. Their eale on the
time fixed i* con»l(Jerod certain hy
Bin hunk.
I ruin Plunge* Into Rhine:
ll't Known Dead. Says Report
lit I'rm.
Iterlin, May III.— \ telegram from
St. Hoar, Itlieiinish I'riissia, says that
a train u|teraferi hy the French
plunged inlu Hie Rhine and that 19
imdics have ,n far been recovered
from the wafer. The icport is based
on file statements of travelers arriv
ing at SI. Qoar, who added lliat Hie
Frcileli have ml ofl arrows lo Hie
scene of the arridrnt. fit. Hoar is
near llacliaraeli.
BRIGGS
McMANUS
Artists and humnnsts who
make millions laugh.
Clare Rriggs is the creator
of "Mr. and Mrs.”
George McManus is Ihr
oxploiteer of "Jiggs and
Maggie.”
There’s a kick in every
one of their comic cartoons.
A full page by each of these
famous comic artists ap
pears each week in the four
page comic section of
THE SUNDAY BEE
The cartoons of these
famous comic artists also
appear each day in The
Morning Bee ami The Kee
ping Bee.
And Then to Some Folks the Opening of the Fishing Season Means
Nothing at All.
f OH BOY,THU IS j
THE LIFE!
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1 Boot can see in I \
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//[ Boat. WAT INC F0*\
< 1 Fl5M TO BITE •$ \
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MEI- '■
THtMK Cf THE FOCW.
M5ASHCH BOOBS THAI
DONT KHOv»J TErt. Joy
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Leaders Oppose
\nvCut in Taxes
m
at Next Session
Mellon’* ViinomicCinriil Re
garding Funding of Short
Time Debt Brings Many
Demand* for Reduction.
By t nlftrul Service.
Washington, May 10—Kollnwing
Secretary Mellon's announcement of
the successful funding of Unde Sam's
short time debt, taxjiaycrs throughout
the United States have sent a per
fect flood of letters to then senators
and representatives, asking if It Is
not alnut tune to have tb- .r taxes
reduced.
The answer to thes*. tnquii m* is
that the treasury and the administra
tion b ailers In congress want to b*ve
the taxes alone for a little while, in
order that they may find out just
how much revenue the preceiit tax
law will bring in before making any
drastic reductions.
Secretary Mellon does not favor tax
revision at the next session of con
gress. nor does Senator Smoot, who
will be chairman of the finance com
mittee. nor Representative Green,
who will head the ways and means
committee.
Senator l.a Kollette and some of
the other progressive leaders may
undertake to cut some of the taxes,
but the disposition of administration
officials at ihis time is to let them
alone.
Ma-knl Trio Threatened
to Uaiif: Hoy of 18
Asbury 1’nrk. N. J . May If*—Thsee
white masked men. investigating tint
theft of $5o given to Mr*. Kill Titus
of West Helinar by the Belfnar btancn
of the Ku Ivlux Klan, entered the
home of William Madman, a contrac
tor of West Helinar, last night, and
with drawn pistol, kidnaped Mia
Titus' 18 year-old son. George, it win
asserted today by County Detective
Charles O. Davenport.
Madman had befriended the boy
since his mother and father separated
several months ago, the county de
tective said. Madnmn told the au
thorities the masked men placed Tit
us ip an automobile and carried him
to Hhaik Mlver hill, where by threats
they sought t«* compel him to admit
the theft of the money.
The men threatened to hang the
boy with ft rope which was dangling
from i tree, the county detective
said. If he did not tell the truth. The
r>oy said the men also menaced him
with a large knife. After young Tit
us had repeatedly denied the theft,
the men carried him buck in the
automobile to a cross road at New
lied ford, about a mile from the Marl
man home, and released him
(Ihamhrr of (!oinm<*n'<*
Support* W oi lil < 'otirl
New York. Miv It* The Chumls'i
of Coiiuncitv of the United Staten
concluding business seeiiiaiip of It*
annual convention lat** today emloipcd
entry of this country into the world
court. advocated increasing h\ 2 p< r
cent 1 he immigration quotas, ami
urged state regulation of publh util
it lea rather than local tegulaUon.
British Warship
Sent to Russiaa
Ordered to Mtirman Coast to
Prevent Soviet Interferenee
W itii Kupli'h (iraft.
I(> Prep*
fjondon, May JO.—The Itritisli war
ship Man hell has been ordered to
the Miirman roast to prevent further
soviet interference with British ves
sels outside the three-mile limit, and
to use force if necessary in perform
ine this mission, the house of com
mons was inloriurd today Ity the
undersecretary for foreign affairs,
Ronald McNeil.
The under sen-etaty said the gov
ernment understood that another
Kngiish trawler, the lord Astor. had
tieen captured by a Russian gunt>oat
while fishing >0 miles off the Mur
man coast. The British) agent in
M ohcow, he added. had Iveen in
structed t«v enter a strong protest
und to demand the release of the Lord
A stor e crew.
The agent was also instructed to
demand the immediate unconditional
release of the vessel and the repatria
tion of the crew.
Mr. McNeill's statement evoked
loud cheers from the miniMerwil
honchos and cries from the laboritee
of “More war" George Lansbury,
labor member for Poplar, add reus mg
the ministerialists. shouted:
"Why don’t you send n fleet to New
York? You ni'e n lot of cowards—
you are afraid of America’
At thift fhe speaker intei voned
An agency disimtch yesterday till
ing of the seizure, of the Iami After
saif! th** Russians claimed the trawler
had been fishing within the Ruffian
territorial limits.
Hardin^ Rearrange!*
Speaking Tour in \\ e^l
Washington. May 1**.—Conference*
held by President Hunting with *nfn#
of hi* advisers* within the past 24
hour* have resulted in n rearrange
ment of the executive's tentative
speaking engagement* on his western
trip. .
The rearranged list* provide* for
nddre^e* at St. l^oui*. Kansas Cjty.
Mo, Hutchinson. Kan., Denver. Salt
Lake City. Boise. Ida . Helena Mont ,
and Seattle, and for three addresses
In California, probably one each at
San Ktitncieoo. Los Angeles and San
Diego.
Jnliii J. \\ iil'li Dii '.
Chicago, May 1<V—John J Walsh,
4. of Indianapolis, who served a* a
i federal conciliator during the world
war In the adjustment of lat*or differ
• nee*, died here today from the effect*
I-»f a series of attacks of heart trouble
lie had been here five month*, during
which time hr completed a movie
I scenario dealing with the cause of the
| differences between capital and labor.
Mi«* Margaret Walsh, a sister. arrived
from Indtnnupoll* ehottly after Mr
Walsh dust
Rail Pi\ iilrml Dr t'liiml
San I'ViUteiw't* May 10 V dividend
uf $1 ;»0 a share on the stock of the
Southern Pacific company tins do
j dared today, payable July 2 to stock
dcs* Mu\ SI. according to an an
u ounce mem l» Hugh Ned, *c\.r*Uu>
Madison ^ omaii
Kills Herself
Under l. P. Train
HusImiiuJ ami Sou forking in
KieM Vi illiin Sight of Spot
-III Health
Blamed.
.lirei.l lli.|iatrh In The Omaha Bee.
Madison. Neb.. May* 10.—Thawing
herself in front of a speeding Vnion
I'm fie train at 10 ti .- morning. Mrs
Henry Neidig was killed instantly.
The train passed completely over
her body, which was mutilated beyond
teitignltion. The tragedy occurred at
■, spot three miles north i f Madison.
Members of the tram crew -aid Mrs
Neidig was walking near the track
and that as the train aproaehed. she
deliberately threw herself across the
track and clung to the rails.
Card Shows Identity.
A card giving the name of her bus
band which was found near the body,
helped clear all question of identity.
Mrs. Neidig s home was a short dis
tance east of the tracks. She wore
overalls and a man's coat, apparently
for the purpose of concealing her In
tention. She had been in poor
health for some time. The body was
taken to Madison
See Train Mop
Mr. Neidig and a son were working
I na field with n sight of the spot
where Mrs. N> ;Jig died. They saw
the train stop and back up. but had
i n thought of the : ic-dy u 11 the
sheriff told them.
In addition to her husband and
-on. Mrs. Neidig also i« survived by
i daughter.
Man Drops Drat ai
(Graduation hxerciec*
l>;xo> Ill* . Mux It' —John M.
r.uan, 7V with a record of service
In connection xvltli railroads extend
ing over 50 yours, dropped dead at
the graduating exercise of Amboy rur
al school last night, a few minutes
after he had addressed the graduating
class Heart trouble was the cause of
death.
As general superintendent of the
western division of the Canadian Pa
cific he built that railroad from Win
nipeg west. He also built the Great
Northern from Minot, N H . to
Helena, Mont,
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Two Others
Wo u n ded
by Assassin
M. Voru\eky. Head of Rus
sian Delegation to Peace
Parley, Shot Down in
Hotel Dining Room.
Murderer Is Captured
Hy \-M«*iaOit Pm».
Lausanne, May 10.—M. Vorovsky,
head of the Russian soviet delegation
at the Lausanne peace conference,
was assassinted tonight. He was shoi
several times arid killed outright.
M. Ahrens, head of the soviet pre-i
bureau in Lausanne, and M. Did'-vil
kowskl. another Russian, were wound
ed. the former seriously.
Vorovsky and his party were die
ing at the Hotel Cecil. A young mar
seated a few tables away arose after
he had finished his dinner and leisure
!y partaken of coffee, calmly walke'
over to the Russian’s table and openec
fire without warning. Vorovsky war
the first victim and the assassin ther
turned the weapon on Ahrens, who
was struck by three bullets, twice n
the thigh and once in the shoulder.
Ahrens, nevertheless, managed *0
draw his revolver on his assailant,
but a waiter rushed forward and
knocked up his arm. Meanwhile the
assassin shot Oidwiikowski in the
body.
\s-,asHin Is Seized.
The assassin wa* seized as he at
tempted to escape from the hotel H s
name » Maurice Alexander Conradi,
and. according to the police who sub
jected him to a severe grilling, belongs
to the canton of Orisons.
Conradi is 3% years old and was
born at Anders. He expressed no re
gret and admitted that he had for
merly served in the Russian army. He
returned recently from Russia ar i
came to Lausanne today from Zuneb,
w here he has been residing.
Conradi refused to state the motive
of his act or whether he had accom
plices. Nothing yet has been found,
however* to connect him with th*
fascisti. who had warned Vorovsky tc
1 get out of Switzerland.
An examination of Didwiikowskl by
surgeons disclosed two bullets in the
abdomen which they were rot aO
io extinct. Late tonight his con !!
tlon was serious. He is 30 years oi l
and was Vorovskv’s secretary
Not Krcognued by Allies.
It is said that the fact the postrior
of the Russian delegation has netti
been properly defined may have co
tributed to bring about tonight's it
tack on the Russian,
While M Vorovsky went to Laus
anne to attend the near east confer
ence. lie was not recognizes! as n
delegate, as the allies had made Rus
sia's participation in the resumed con
ference contingent upon soviet a -
ceptsnce of the straits convention
drawn up at the first meeting. ,
As a result of tin* nonrecocnitlci
of his status as a delegate. Vorovsky
hud been in a controversy, both with
the conference heads and the SOsies
government, charging that the latter
acted unfairly and partially in di
recting its rcpreeentaiives in Berlin
to refuse a visa to a soviet courier
on the way to 8witzerland from Moe
cow.
Deportation Demanded.
The Swiss fasoisii injected them
selves into the situation early this
week when they issued a statement
asserting that Vorovsky, because of
his condemnation of the Swiss gov
ernment's action, must be deported
Tlie starment added that the fascist!
were adequately armed and that
everything was ready to enable them
to deal with the su\iet represent* -
live unless he left the country of
his own seeded, «
I Pon being apprised of this s'ate- *’
ment. M. \ orovsky declared he wcukl
ignore the warning.
Shopmen t»n .'I Roado \«k
^ age Increase of So0.000.000
New York. May 10—The wage in
crease demand* by union shopmen, ag
gregating about $50,000,000 annually. •
have been presented to three big
road* through the railway employes
department of the American Federa
tion of Labor. preparatory*, it was un
derstood. to taking the case before the
I'nited States railroad labor board, the
New York Herald said today.
The road* affected are the Pitts
burgh A 1-ake Krie, Baltimore A Ohio
and New York Central, which recog
nize the shopmen's unions.
The employes are asking for an sn
1 crease of iO cents an hour, from TO
to oo cents "for all machinists, boilet • •
makers. blacksmiths. electricians,
sheet metal workers and carmen."
>tamjM'<le ami Runaway
( au«»'»l lt\ Passing Plattf
Marshalltown. la. May 10—When
■in airplane flew over a herd of cal
! tie grazing by the roadside near
l.uray. this county, last night, the
animals stampeded and fnghtehed a
four horse team driven by Wallace
1 lYrrv. 1?. of Missoula. Mont., a farm
i hand working for Henry Husse. The
horse*, lan. dragging lYrry some dia
ls nee and Injuring him severely, lie
xv.is badly ruiaed and was uncOtH'IOUS
for half an hour
O. 1 . S. Officers I lectori.
I.lroolr Mv JU Mrs 1 i.x Bltta
« • id of l, : -o:■■ xxtxs elected worthy
g i.x ml nut t ron at the annual convert
t; n ■ f the Nebraska chapter. c>rdee
of Kastern Star, liere yesterday, and
.' ' S j." os of Wymote. Nob., as*
I elected xx oi lhy gi and jtauvj^