... The Omai a IV.orning Bee VOL 5° NO 282 E.t.r.d >■ sk«k.ci.» »mir ii>y ». '!«. «> OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1923. * 1 \S O CENTS m, (intM ¥ vyiJ' Omaha P. 0. Under Act *f March 3. 13/S- 9 _ _ Sugar Falls in Face of New Probe Several New York Operators Served With Subpoenas by Federal Agents; Action by Grand Jury Rumored. Officers Refuse to Talk Il> A—m-lnlt-il Pres*. New York. May 11.—investigation 1 > a federal grand jury of trading in law augur futures on tile New fork I'offee and Sugar exchange was fore cast today, when several operators in law sugar were served with sub poenas by agents of the Department of .lustlce. Federal attorney- investigating the high cost of sugar refused to affirm in- deny that the subpoenas were for appearance1 before the grand jury. While none of the sugar men sub poenaed would disclose the nature of the summons. the news spread through the exchange and caused a general liquidation of raw sugar fu tures. prices closing at 29 to 3.> points lower than Thursday. Spol Prices Slump. Spot sugar declined 1-Se as thj news spread ami large offerings at « 3 Sc per pound, cost and freight, were made, with no takers at the close. The sugar traders had be lieved that the government would not continue its investigation of sugar prices after the federal circuit court had denied its application to enjoin trading in raw sugar futures on the i xi 'hange. No information could be gained at tlie office* of the federal attorney re garding the nature of the investiga tion for which subpoenas had been issued. Government agents would say nothing in regard to the govern ment’s next move. It was pointed out, however, that an indication of the true state of affairs could be seen in the faet that, although the supply of law sugar remained the same, the prices of raw sugar futures had de clined about l-4c a pound on repoits that the grand jury would Investigate. Conspiracy Charged. Despite the fact that the govern ment's petition for a temporary in junction to resttuin 'rading in raw sugar futures unless backed by I actual ownership or control of the sugar dealt in had been denied by tiic federal circuit court, it was stat ed that the government's ease charg ing that raw sugar futures trading, as 'pirated l>y the exchange and its clearing house, constitute a conspir acy in restraint of trad” in violation <-f tlie Sherman law had yet to be hea rd. The 23 subpoenas Issued for mem b- rs and officers of the exchange and its clearing association were still in , force, it was said. Radio to Guard Against Storms rn lit mint Miinl Nnn S#rvirr. \\ nHhfngton, May 11.—Looking to p, election of every locality of the United fcjtate* in cases of storms, floods or other grave emergencies, Secretary of Commerce Hoover an nounced today radio regulations which provide that one or more op erator* must bo on duty at all hours in broadcasting stations holding com mcrcial first class licenses. C ontinuous watch must he main tained and operators are required to lender any assistance possible in emergencies, supplementing existing public communication facilities that mav he temporarily interrupted. Un der this regulation land radio assumes the same importance in the protec tion of life and property as does wire less on the high seas. Stations failing to meet the new requirements will suffer loss of li ce uses. Monoplane Ordered to Return to Washington By Inlrmatltmil \r«, Krrtlc., IS' ns bins ton. May 11.—The mono I lane T-2, now at. Sun Diego after completing the first non top flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific, ha* l«x»ii ordered back to WWellington, the War department announced today. Stops will he made at Kansas City, .Mo., arid Dayton, O. The T 2 will be exhibited here dur ing the second week in June, but it k baa not been decided If Dieuts. John A. MacRcady and Oakley Kelley, pi lots of the ehlp, will be here at the game time. ficorgo Harvey at IN. Y.; Dfnirs Resignation Reports H.v Aftftorintrd I'rr... New York, May’ 11.—George Har vey, American ambassador to Great Britain, declared upon his arrival on ihe steamship George Washington to day that he knew nothing about re ports that he had resigned, or plan tied to resign in order to direct a tampatgn for the renomination and re election of President Harding. Cost of Building Stops Erection of Brooklyn Hotel New York, May 11.—Added today In the lint of building project* a hand jned because of the high coat of con ft ruction was a $5,000,000 Hrooklyr hotel. In the Omaha Sunday Bee Pola's Strange Rival for Charley Chaplin's Love. Mow a young Mexican had made (lie famous comedian the fair prinyc of her dreams and then tried to kill herself when she found she couldn’t have him for her real hero. An illustrated story in tlie maga sine section. Poems as Strangely Romantic as Her Own Life. The true life story of the heroine of two divorces whose first husband killed himself after she ran away with another womans husband, and the throbbing heart songs that have come from her talented pen. .\ii illustrated story in the magazine section. "He'll Kill YouP The Man Turned and Fled. A. S. M. Hutchinson reached the pinnacle of his fame with Iris fa mous novel, "If Winter Comes.” Rut literary critic* declare Mr Hutchinson is even more talented as a short story writer than a nov elist. ' .Some Talk of Alexander” is one of his best. A rather passive title, perhaps, blit a story replete with action throughout. In the magazine section. How Would You Like to Ride Atop an Elephant? What would be your sensations should you occupy a reserved seat in the grandstand while jour wife rode in the circus parade In a gayly decorated houda atop a huge pachyderm? O. O. McIntyre tells of the thrills he had when that, very thing happened to him. In the p-agazlne section. He Started in a Bank. But Wound Up a Pool Shark. Abe Martin comment* on "Topic* of the Day.” Primarily for laugh provoking purposes, old Abe's com ments contain no little sound philos ophy. You can't help but like Abe Martin’s good-natured pokes at life. In the magazine section. Are You Afraid Your Girl Will Propose to You? Stephen Leacock explains how to avoid getting married. Refore you allow a girl to press her suit ask her if she knows how to press jours, advises Leacock There's a laugh in every line of ttils humor ous feature in the magazine section. Thirteen Men—12 of Them Unconscious, One Dead. One of the most thrilling stories of mystery and love ever wutten. A story that will surprise and keep alive your interest from the first chapter to the last. Louis Tracy is the author. It starts in The Omaha Sunday Rce this Sunday and continues in The Omaha livening Bee. Three Great Wire* Furnish News of the ^ orld. If you want all the news, and if you want it first, you have to read The Omaha Sunday Bee. The three greatest news agencies—The Asso dated Press, the Universal Servb e and the International News Service —run their leased wires directly into The Omaha Bee office. Only in Tin- Omaha Sunday P-ee do you receive the service of all three of these news gathering agencies. Grable Is Appointed to Rail Labor Board Washington. May 11. — President Harding: today, appointed Frank Mc ! Manutny of the Distric t of (’olumbia to be a member of (he Interstate Horn mere* commission in place of W. M. ! Daniel*, resigned The following won appointed to the railway labor board: It. M. Barton, representing the pub i lie group (reappointment). F. F. Grable, the labor group Horace Bayer, the management groups (reappointment.) Mr. McManamy. appointed to the Interstate Commerce commission. has i»oen In the service of the comm is* ion and the railroad administration for l."i years.# Prior to thnt he was n railroad worker. Mr Grable is a funner head of the Maintenance of Way Workers* union Receiver of kiniliall Bank to Pay Depositors $278,000 S|»wIhI Bi«|ialrli to lit** Omaha Her. Kimball, Neb.. May 11 C. <;. Stull • receiver for tin Citizens State bank which cloned Mm door* Nov**tuber 2S. expects to start paying d« ponlto.s May la. Claims allowed total vmm.wmm and the state guariuice fund has been drawn on for this amount. The receiver has refused claim* »n about $#0,000 worth of certificate ^ .»f deposit, c laiming they drew more titan 5 per cent Interest and the state fund ! would not protect such bon y L* gal action is expected to be taken in an effort to collect this mone y. Jail Sentence Appealed by Dr. Dana L. Diamond S|ieei*| IM«|int«’h to The Onmlnt Lincoln, .May 11 —Dr. Dana 1. Diamond. Omaha d'ntlst. has appealei to tlie supreme court from M'nu*rp*e Of three months In Jail imposed upon him by tin* Douglas county district 1 court, as a result of charge* of non .support of two children brought 'against him by Id* form* r wife now an Omaha school teacher. Pi ison irs Like ly Soon Negotiators Enter Camp of Chinese Brigands—Advices Predict Freedom for Cap tives by Tonight. 25 Persons Still Held By Aourtiilfil Press. Tie ill sin. May 1*1.—Maj. liolsiid Pitigcr, one of llie captive passengers ot I lie Siieliow bandit train raid, lias sent out a letter from the brigands' stronghold urgent!}' recommending compliance with the outlaws' terms and imploring that government troops lie withdrawn. By Vimersal Service. Pekin. May 11.— Negotiators have entered the lines of the brigands who held up the Shanghai-Pckin express and release of the prisoners is ex pected by Saturday night. This word cametoniht to the minis try of communications from Ichow a point close to the bandit headquar ters. The negotiators brought track word that there are IB foreigners still held by the bandits and nine Chinese. They have been well treated and are in good condition, the negotiators said. The Negotiators were sent into the bandit lines by the magistrate of Ichow. headed by Hoy Anderson, who went front here to direct efforts of release. The governments of Nanking ami Shantung also sent negotiators to the bandits and it was on the basis of both reports that the prediction was made of the early release of the host ages. I tot s Hue in Pekin. Two victims of the bandit outrage were to arrive in Pekin tonight, the sons of Majors Allen and Finger, who were released and brought back to Xdneheng. They may hear messages from the fathers. The result of the negotiations lie tween a Chinese commission consist ing of offleais of the board of com munication and of foreign affairs with the Chinese bandits must be awaited Iiefore a decision is readied on unity of action by lie powers Ir. dealing with the out i e This ruin mission is now refiorted returning to Lin oheng. it is agreed here till' unhss there is unity of foreign action in dealing with the affair, foreign prestige in I'hina will be dealt a severe blow which wifi lie reflected in foreign t rads. New Liglit on Holdup. New light on the holdup was ob tained tonight in a message which came from a Herman engineer In charge rtf the Shupg-Hslen colliery near Ichow, close to the brigands' stronghold, it revealed that the ex press train attack was a carefully planned blow designed to free the bandits from a siege of their strong hold which has maintained for two months by government troops "The headqquartors of the brigands is located on an Isolated rocky moun tain visible from the engine house of tlie t illing listen colliery,” the en gineer reported "The robbers and their prisoners live In well-protected caves on the mountain ridge." he con tinned. “For the past two months thi - lub ber stronghold has liern besieged by government troops, blit the t'h nese soldiery did not dare to risk their lives in serious assault. ( apital Blow Homed “hi the dark the night before the outrage, h majority of the jobbers went through tin* besieging lines and ailed for assistance from smaller hands of brigands outside the lines. “The rolliei >• administration received nformation before the outrage that a capital blow was planned bv the brig ands against the besieging soldiery, but nobody would know where the blow would take place. “The milling ndtninat i it o n call' d ovei vbodv up for defense measures, thinking the properties might he at tacked. Instead ,arne th* railroad out rage. “The robber* ptotei-iid by their l'<- Mgcs. went tlumigh tb»* besiegers again. Ilindd* on Train. ‘Kye witnesses teil that a bunch of ti»l*l»ers were ail 'udy on the train it* **-lf when it was halt'd near I.inch* • ng " Foreign opinion is divided here re* , ^Mi lling treatment of the case. 'Hie I’.riiMi and French press Is for extremely strong measures, while the American papers try to do Jus* ’ice to the Chinese by saying that for eign aggression for the Inst 100 years la partly responsible for the general Mate of affairs and the general dlsor* d* t* In Fhinn. Forcgn aimed intervention is not 41 uei ally advocated Many observer* delated that the •* • i'oisn* -m nf tb« situation is not fully • < * ognixed in foreign circles (Cnp> right, 1 9.’ : » XX oiiiflii Iiijiir**d in Street Car $35,000 Damage \ i i (lli t nf S:l3,IMMI iJuninsr* na« ■nil rili-il Miniiir llolili. in ilistilrl i mil l >I'S|| |||||> imninsl tin- Oinulin A fount'll lllufls Slrn'l Kalluiiy rum tuny. Miss llnlilis siicil fur iujiirlr* rei'rlyril «lirn 11 ini' mi wlilrll slip hii« • iilin* stm li'il suililrnly , I limu hit lirr In (Iip floor. Scout Cruiser Omaha Cuts Over 20 Hours Frout Honolulu: Frisco Mark By In I versa I Service, Shu Francisco May 11.—The t'nit-| oil States scout cruiser Omaha— 1 Uncle Sams newest ocean grey hound. clipped 20 hours and 56 minutes off the record for running time between Honolulu and San Francisco when it passed Mile rock, ' entrance to San Francisco bay, at ^ 3:33 this afternoon. The Omaha's running time from Honolulu—a distance of 2,091 mijes —was T9 hours and 35 minutes, or l an average of 30 knots an hour. The previous record established by the Great Northern, now the H. F. Alexander, was 100 hours and 31 minutes. Man Who Killed Russian Envov m to Escape Death May Get Only 5-Year Sentence for Lausanne Killing Says He Hopes to Slay Tchitcherin. By \WK-iatfd Press. Iipiipu. May II.—Maurice (oiuadi, lhe assassin of Hie soviet delegate. Vorosvsky, may escape with a light sentence under the Swiss criminal laws, which vary greatly in the dif ferent cantons. In legal circles here today it was said that if (onradi is convicted of murder with extenuating circum stances it is thought probable, lie will he sentenced to five years imprison ment and possibly less. Capital punishment was long ago abolished in the canton of Vaud, of which I.au sanne in the capital. By Ai«ociitrd Pr«ii. I.ausanne, May II.—The murder of M. Vorovsky. head of the Russian soviet delegation to the near east conference, by Maurice Alexander ( onradi, a Swiss, who once served in the Russian army, has stirred Switz crland as has no single event since the assassination of impress Kli/a belli of Austria at (ieneva in 1898. (onradi, who was seized by the police in Hotel (ceil, after he had killed Vorovsky and wounded two at taches of the Russian delegation. «on tinned to maintain I list he acted alone in an effort to avenge, his father and uncle for the mistreatment • hey received at the hands of (lie bolshevik during the "red terror.” By IlllrriittUoiml \rw* Service. I.ausanne. May II.—“My only hope is that I have ail opportunity to gel George Tchitcherin, also." This declaration was made here to day by Alexander t onradi, a Swiss, who shot and Killed M. \orovskv. Rus sian observer at the near east peace conference, in the dining room of the Hotel Cecil last nigllt. <'onradi paced restlessly up and down his cell, smoking cigurets as ho talked. Ho has s|>cnt a sleepless night rolling about on his pi ison cot and frequently rising to wnlk up and down his cell. "It Was Vengeance." lie is really dead lent he recover. The three Russians were dining to gethei when Conradi entered the room. Ilu took an adjoining table and drank several glasses of brandy, meanwhile watching the Russians. The waiter later told police his at tention had been arrested by the keen interest, exhibited t»\ Conradi in bis companions. Kvery time the waiter served a glass of brandy, Conradi would ask him: "Ale you positive those men are Russians here for the peace confer ence?" Suddenly the Swiss whipped a pis t«d from his pocket and opened fire at dose range, apparently not Miming at anyone in particular. After the shooting, he held out his pistol, lighted a cigaiet. and said he I was ready to go to Jail. By \•>«<>« iittrd Rtisd. Switzerland, May 11 The exorut ve committee of the Swiss ! c ommunist party has sent out a call for a demonstration against the n« • usinatinn of Vorovaky. Cunbrr Firr Still Hurniiifi. lly AftftnHnfe' of Tangled Kvidence and Begin VII • rr Vgain in 1 ni\er>ity (lase. By I nitrrMl Rmif#. < ’Imago. May 11.— Work on un raveling ihe mystery sui rounding the disappearance of Leighton Mount. Northwestern university freshman* will be started all over again, ii was announced today. Three separate investigations started when a skeleton was identi fied «* that of the missing student have yielded no tangible evidt-n it was said. A jumble of evidence and Of clues has been collected, but the Investigation m»w being rnado by the grand jury will disregard it ami "start nt the bottom." Dr. Francis If. Ivey. th< Mount family dentist, declared that he was "not positive" that the skeleton found under the K van stun pier was that of Mount. "I d.d considerable work on Mount s teeth. said Dr. I\*y. "hut Uie two teeth 1 could most unmistakably identify from my charts are raiding from the skull." The police Identification was based on a silver belt buckle initial* d "L M .." and fragments of « loth identi fied by the student '* father ns being from » pair of trousers, the coat of which wns said to be nt the Mount honk*. Doctois Ludwig Ifektoen an*l H. S. McLeod, noted anatomists and au thoritics on bone structure, were called in today to make a thorough investigation of the disjointed skele ton. They will he able to definitely establish the age of tin* skeleton ami measure it. comparing their observa tions with the figures on Mount's life insurance policy. Dr. Walter Dill Stoll, president of the Northwestern university, re called by the grand Jury, denied that he had secretly expelled li» students after the J*•-1 class rush when Mount disappeared Mrs. Scott, wife of the university president, today took the stand to deny interview* in which she was (luote«l as saying that ".I. Allen Mills held the key to the Mount mystery." Mills, formet freshman das* pr<*i dent, led the class rush and conducted a search for Mount. After telling bis Mtorv h« was allowed to return to his home in Akron, O. < on\ ictccl liank. Itol>li«-r llcjiiiiH S«*r\ iitSrntriH't* Rprrldt It to The Omslis* lire. Lincoln, May 11.—Hiley Smith, con vot'd of robbing a hank at Ithaca, began set \ ing a 20-vear sentence In the State penitentiary here today. Afin he had appealed to the supreme mint and lost. Smith voluntarily sur rendered. lie fold Warden Fenton he was Innocent of the crime charged against him. Train Hits Auto; 3 of Family Die Vi iff of ( inriimati Contractor ami Two Solly Killcil in Accident. R) i«tn| I'rp**. Cincinnati. O.. May 11—Three tm*inbers of the family of Joseph Fischer, a contractor of Hartwell, a -uburb, are dead and the father anil two others ate seriously injured ns a result of a grade crossing accident in Hartwell last night when their auto mobile watt struck b\ ■ passenger train. The dead Mi* Klizabeth Fis» m*i 4" Her two sons. Kdward and Kkhard. aged 13 and 11 Cult Witnesses Believed Coached in Investigation St. Joseph, Mich.. May 11.—There is every evidence that many witnesses have been « am*-hod for the House of David inquiry and much |»erjury com mitted. Judge Harry J. Dingeman. one man grand jury, chat ged today in an nouncing a recess In his Investigation until Monday. He hinted at the pos sibility of summary action against future witnesses who appear untie »-s snrily stubborn. Omaha \X in- Two Firsts in Declamatory Contcyt •»l»pclsl lb«t%sl(*h In Tlie Oinaii* Ree. Orleans, Neb.. May 11.—In tlie State High school oratorical contest held here. Jack Dog!iter of Omaha was given first prise by a narrow margin over Ford McCoy of Orleans, who wars await'd second place The judges were from the State unlvei sity. There were* eight contestant#* it* the extemporaneous section. Inland Ar nett. also of Omaha won fit st over Fannie Portw of Geneva. The election of officers for the state association followed the contest, making G. \V. Katon, superintendent of Orleans schools, president. 9 O’Clock Tonight Closing H ou v for Sunday ‘Want’ Ads ' Whatever you have in mind to advertise, do not let to morrow's opportunity slip past you. ’ The Sunday Omaha Bee "Want” Ad section covers this state thoroughly, en abling you to reach more than 84,000 subscribers at the lowest cost it is possible to secure in the city. r Phone YOl'K Sundav Want" Ad to AT Untie 1000 NOW, • READ \N1> I'SK OMAHA BEE "WAN’S" AOS THE BKEUNE TO RESl’LTS Omaha Is Dropped From Itinerary of Chief Executive Pr«‘.»id«*iil Plan- lo Make Re turii Trip From Ala-ka l»\ Boat Through Panama < anal. 'tpfrUI l>i«|ial 4 From there it will go to Seattle and take boat for Alaska The return will be from Alaska to Seattle, then by hoot to Portland. San Francisco, l*>s Angeles and through the canal rone This rearrange irent of the presi dent** trip eliminates aMaige number .if sjK'ei he* which lie had planned to make. Hut he will use some of hia mater ;nl in the logger gddre*«€* which he had intended to scatter along the road It is expected the departure from W aahington will oc cur about .1 uue 31, The decision to return by water means the p re si den tin 1 party will be gone moat of the summer as ii will probably l • cult to iet urn much l»efore Sept cm bet 1. High School Student* Strike Uecau-e Mag Not Flown Denver May 11.— A dispatch fi'om Trinidad. Colo. *.i>* that 500 high school student* of that city stiuefc toda> and (traded the downtown sec tion in demonstration because the school did not fly the American flag every day. The deuupnat ration followed an ad dress to students yesterday by AUin Owsley, national commander of the American l»rgmt According to the post, tiwslei* told the students * If l were you boys and gult I would not attend a school where they failed to fly the American f‘»g evetv day.** Retired Farmer Stricken in Him! at Home in Fremont Fremont. Neb. May 11.—Adolph Kruse. 10, n tied farmer, was found dead in bel at hi* home in Fremont lata yesterday afternoon. Death wa* dll* to h» art disease. KriiMe had retired to h * room com plaining of ill health earlier in the afternoon. When his w fe tame up stairs later to determine his condi tion, she was unable to awaken him. The w f»* and two s«.n» llenrv. Scrib ner. nnd John, lirawnt. survive Buildings Damaged by Tornado Alfalfa Pelted Into (Ground by Hail Near Ravenna—Win dows Shattered — Wire Service Demoralized. Heavy Snow at Belmont *prrlal IM«p»trh to The Omaha Bee Grand Island. Neb., May 31.—A :errlfi>- wind, and toil storm visited •his county, doing considerable dam ce to buildings, uprooting trees and flooding the country. Both as to U»» wind and rain It was the severest - orm in years. The gymnasium building at the Grand Island college wras totally wrecked by the wind. Its dimensions were 80x«0. built of cement block*. At the American Beet Sugar factory. section of the roof of the washhou*e was carried away and most of the smaller buildings were unroofed. In t’j* city several of the largest trees were uprooted. A number of w indows were shattered in the business dis trict. As the bas-ball grounds, at least 80" people were huddled in closed us and underneath the grandstand. Cairo Hard Hit. Report* from Cairo indicate that the storm was woiae there than here. A report that several people were killed is not confirmed At Ravenna ;he hall Is said to have pelleted alfa: fa into the ground, shattered farm cure windows, and to have raised many barn« and outbuilding*. The telephone and telegraph wires, are out west of here on the Burlington. Snow at Belmont. B'lmont. Neb May 11.—It is snow ing bard at this point and the storm appears to be general throughout this section of the *tate. The ther mometer has made a decided drop. There is danger to stock at th « •im* of year owing to their weakened condition due to having just *ta: *. ed grazing on new grass Temperature Drops. Norfolk. Neb., May 11—A heavy rain fell all over north Nebraska making automobile road* aim'st im i. s.,. Toulouse Mob By \«MM-ialsl Press. Toulouse France May 11.—Joseph Callieus. fur met premier, was assault ed wall canes and blackjacks by mem bers of u rowil which surrounded him yesterday in front of the Chamber of Continu e building here. He w..s u Jured about the hea l His condition s not serious, it is said. There has been much feeling at unst Callleux * :ice the war. He was leader of the defeatist amendment in 1J17 .' and in If » was found guilty of having commerce with the enemy, for which he was sentenced to three years* imprisonment, five years residence in certain country districts, during which period he could not enter l*a ». and 1# years less of political rights Nebraska Poet Laureate Speaks at Stale l niversity sperisl lltspslrh ts The Omsk* He* Lincoln. May 11.—John C Hel ium!-. poet laureate of Nebraska, spoke today at the university ,v« \o ation Ivan P M. Ruck of the a-.ts and science department of the State university, who has been la India as an “exchange" piofessor. ar tved In Lincoln and attended the con vocation. The Nehiaska poet w.\s * guest of • Lin-.iiln Kiwmn « ctub at noon Ha rea.1 a number of his poems to th* dub members The Weather For Jt h-'ur». #ml r« 7 p ir . Max 11, i»sr Trfwp^rat «tr* It she** if loH-es* II. ;n»ar>. it. ni*• . M N'trtll Plattt 4* liiy ... 4* \ •>r.no«* .4* Sunday “Want” Ads Accepted Until 9:00 P. M. 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