Nebraska Newspapers

    ... 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 <x
claimed the prisoner, referring to
Vorovaky. 1 was sure he was dead
when I saw him fall. How are the
others" The Russians tortured my fa
ther ami my unde It was ven
geance They h id it coming to them.
I want to get Tehitcherin befora 1
die.”
Tehitcherin :* the oinnussar f"i
foreign affairs in the Moscow govern
ment Vorovaky was Russian envoy
to Rome. Although Russia was not
invited to participate in the near ear*
conference Vorovaky came here as an
obsci v« r
J Dilndkovskv. secretary to Vor
ovaky. is dying from a bullet wound
inflicted hy Conradi. M Ahrens, head
of the Russian telegraph agency. Is
wounded, hut is expected t > 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<l I’roi.
Corsican*. Tex . May 11 The
, 1 fughea-McKle gusher. Inirnlng wild,
will he controlled shortly. it was pre
dieted today.
Twenty steam hoilct * are being
| brought to the lease in the Hast
Vavnrro field, H mile from lore
The complete halter* will be turned
on the gusher which caused the death
of at least 1 .» no ii
Steam iHeased from the hoitn s will
he uned to smother the fir**.
Senator Borah Will Now Explain the Difference Between His World Court
and Harding’s World Court
QEG. PARDOM.
WOULD YOU
MIND SAYJNGr
THAT AC-AIN
PLEASE ? j
Grand Jury Will
Start at Bottom *
in Mount Mystery
ln\obligators to Discard Ma>'
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.
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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<h lo 1 he Omaha Bff
Washington. May 11—Omaha is
eliminate*! from the itinerary of
President Harding, which was tenta
tively decided upon today. Accord
ing to the plans now entertained, the
j resident will go west by train and
will return by way of the Panama
• anal by ship
The trip west will be taken along
the central route, making St. Louis
the nrst pln< e where an important
snecch will l»e delivered. From there
the route will include Kansas City,
Flutohii so: . Kan Detner Salt 1-ake
City, then by way of the Oregon
Short Une to Portland, where the
party will arrive on Jul> 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.,.<l»le The opening of thestate base
ball league hei* w* postponed after
the annual parad* took place. Th*
temperatures in north Nebraska took
a b g drop.
Convict Chained
Beaten, Charge
Cbn.igo May 11.—Harry Feinbetg
se retary of the general defense com
mittee of the I. W. XV., today set t
President Harding to telegram staLng
that a prisoner in Leavenworth pr.s*
.ad 1-en strung up in chains and
beaten. It read:
' Reliable information from I-eaven
worth penitentiary says that Roy
Conner, political prisoner, has been
■ trung up in chains and unmercifully
beaten f. r writing to senator* regard
ing cruelty to prisoners."
Former French Premier
\s«aulled b> 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
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