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Co-eds to Be
Quizzed in
Mount Case
Authorities to W iden Investi
gation Into Death of North
western University Stu
dent W ho Disappeared.
Believe Girls Will Talk
By Inivfrwl Service.
Chicago, May 13.—Pretty coeds of
North Western university will be ques
tioned in connection with the investi
gation of the death of Leighton
Mount and Louis Aubere.
The decision to question girls was
reached at the state's attorney's of
fice today, after Roscoe C. Pitch, for
mer roommate of Mount, had been
grilled for many hours, lie claimed
know nothing of Mount's death
■^uut admitted he was pie sen t when
Aubere died in an automobile crash.
Pitch told the authorities l)r. Wal
ter Dill' Scott had told fraternity
leaders not to talk to anyone regard
ing the Aubere death.
"This indicates nothing more than
a conspiracy of silence and we are
going to make them talk," said John
S. Barbara, assistant state's attorney.
With revelations of Pitch before
them tlie authorities determined to
broaden the scope of the investigation
to include the co-eds. The girls, it
was believed, were "in on the secret”
and possibly would talk more freely
than the boys. It was expected sub
poenas would be issued for the girls
to appear before the grand jury.
Killed in Automobile.
What the authorities are anxious
to establish is whether Hitch was
telling the truth when he said Dr.
Scott had ordered students not to
talk of the Aubere death. According
to Hitch, Aubere was being taken out
for hazing. He was being held in
an automobile and another ear was
rammed Into it to frighten him. He
was crushed to death. Hitch was
■tanding on the running board of the
death car, according to his state
ment.
Leighton Mount disappeared on
p^BWeptenibcr 2?, 1921. In a class rush,
two years previous to the tragic
death of Louis Aubere, three weeks
ago. The authorities believe the
same secrecy was thrown about |
Mount's disappearance and death that
veiled the death of Aubere.
The searching investigation into
tlie Mount case has established that
he participated in the class rush and
was never again seen alive. That
the skeleton found under a pier on j
Lake Michigan was that of the miss
ing student is believed.
Evidence I’oints to Crime.
The authorities are now- trying to
establish how he came to his death.
Facts so far revealed by interrogating
scores of witnesses indicate that lie
was killed intentionally or accident
ally. and bis body hidden under the
pier.
Chief Justice Marry Olson, of the
Chicago municipal court, who Is a
trustee of Northwestern university,
sifd that while the motive for the
student's death is not clear, the facts
M not indicate suicide. Hut the fart
that the body was weighted down
with roeks, on the cbntrary, points to
a crime.
The motive in this case is proved
by the rocks piled upon his body.” he
said. "This means a death by crimi
nal means. It does not prove, how
ever, that the person who hid the
body committed the crime. The stones
prove that some outside agency was
Involved."
Judge Olson has been active in aid
lug the authorities In their attempt
to solve the mystery. He said that
Dr. Scott had not tried to hide any
thing.
"He hasn't been trying to hide
anything," Judge Olson said. "He
had his right to his belief that Mount
%^was a suicide. Of course, later de
’*!ails do not point that way."
Trustees Support Scott.
Dr. Scott will not be asked to re
sign from the university. Judge Olson
stated.
The executive committee of the
board of trustees of Northwestern Sat
urday voted approval of Dr. Scott's
stand.
"The trustees of the university are
iinapimottsly with and behind Presi
dent Scott," the resolution said.
"When the conclusion of the present
-rand Jury Investigation permits a
review of the facts In regard to haz
ing at Northwestern university, we
believe every act of the president in
the matter will meet with approval.”
More than 50 witnesses are still to
he examined, according to a state
ment at the state's attorney's office.
The statements made by Fitch were
'hecked over today and will be In
shape Monday for the grand Jury.
The authorities a hniUeil Fitch was
badly confused, that he was nearly
a nervous wreck at the end of the
questioning and that he cotild hardly
be held responsible for all that he
said. Yet. they believe, some of his
statements will furnish “leads” that
will prove valtmhle.
Plot to Assassinate
Marshal Foeh Unearthed
Hy I nlterwl Service,
Vienna, Muy 13.—The btmbtrg po
lice have unearthed a plot original
lug with holyhevisls In the Ukraine to
attempt the assassination of Marshal
Foeh, who la making a tour of
Poland.
Thirty of the plotters have been hi
tested and svvoral bomba hate been
adzed,
i
Latest U. S. Treasury
Issue Oversubscribed
By I'nivernal
Washington, May 13.—Subscriptions
10. last week’s offering of $400,000,000
or thereabout* of 4 3-4 per cent treas
ury notes total about $1,000,000,000,
Secretary Mellon announced today.
The subscription books closed Sat
urday, except for exchanges of 4 3-4
per cent Victory notes, which were re
served in the official circular an
nouncing the offering.
"Exchanges are proceeding satis
factorily, ’’ said Mr. Mellon, "and the
bookrf for exchange subscriptions will
remain open a few days longer in or
der to give holders of the 4 3 4 per
cent Victory notes throughout the
country additional time in which to
make the exchange."
The notes are dated March 15, 1023,
maturing March 13, 1927.
John Bull Invites
Berlin to Offer
New Payment Plan
Note Serves Notice on France
That Great Britain Intends
to Take Part in Final
Settlement.
Ily 1 nivrrttiil Hcrvire,
London, May 13.— Lord Curzott's
not* was forwarded to Germany to- ,
day on a through steamer While ex
pressing "deep dissatisfaction and dis
appointment at the proposals offered
by Berlin to settle a problem which
is gravely disturbing political and !
economic conditions of Europe and the
world.” the British note strikes a
strong note for peace by issuing a 1
direct invitation to Berlin to make a
new offer.
The note also serves notice on
France that in the final settlement
Britain intends to take a part and
has no intention of abandoning
claims to reparations. This is the
forcible declaration of Lord t'urzon.
who admits that his speech in par
liament inspired the German offer, .
and it is accepted here as a warning
that Britain is determined not to be ;
longer ignored by Premier Poincare.
Text of Note.
Lord Curzon s exact word*, couched
in diplomatic language, but which ad
mit of no other interpretation, fol
low:
"The British government is per
suaded that in its own interests, Ger
many will see the advantage of dis
playing greater readiness to grapple
with the res lit ie* of the case, and
discarding all Irrelevant or controver
sial issues, proceed to. reconsider such
a way as to convert them Into a feasi
ble basis for further discussion.
' Britain will, at the suitable mo
ment, be ready to take part by the
side of its allies with whom it shares
a practical interest in the settlement
of the question, an interest which it
lias no intention to abandon, ns well
as a desire to terminate a situation of
international peril.
"It cannot conceal from Germany,
however, that as the first step toward
the realization of any such hope a
contribution much more serious is re
quired than any which has yet been
forthcoming.”
Italian Note Differ*.
The Italian answer, which is ex
pected to reach diplomatic circles here
tonight, differs from the British note.,
ascribing tlie genesis of the German
offer to Italian diplomacy. It also
mentions the interallied debts.
The Dally News, commenting on the
British note to Germany, says:
“Germany's clue today is to play
up to Lord Curzon’s lead and submit
a comprehensive, water tight scheme
which will convince the world of its
determination to find a way out
which reasonable men ran accept. If
should lose no time in the operation."
Posses Search for Youlh
Wanted for Slaving Father
Durant. Oltla., May 13.—Blood
hounds In charge of a sheriff's posse
are scouring the Bed river bottoms
In this section for Jim Scrog
gins. who Is alleged to have killed
his father. John Scroggins, at their
home 33 miles south of here. Young
Scroggins Is said to havo shot his
father when the latter attempted to
prevent him from operating a whisky
still on the farm, it is believed the
fugitive escaped Into Texas.
Man Charged With Killinp
Offieer Sentenced to Hang
H.v I nUrmnl Senlrp.
‘ 'hit ago. May 13.—Walter Krauser.
' harped with killinp Ralph 8ouders,
a police officer, while attempting to
hold up a store, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree by h
jury today and sentenced to hang.
Bernard Grant, Kra users'* accomplice
in the crime, was sentenced to hang
several months ago.
Omaha Youth Is Voted
Most Po/tubir Member
of Class at Princeton
Princeton, N. J., may 13. — Howard
K. (liny of Omaha. president of the
senior Hawm at Princeton, waa voted
the "moat representative Princeton*
lan," the most popular member of
the class and the member who had
done the most for it by hi* fellow
seniors, Senior Statistics, published
by the class, announced,
John ft. Martin of Winnetka. III.#
chairman of the Daily Princetoninn
and secretary of the Hass, whs voted
the "best all around man outside of
athletics.”
James K. Davis. ('larksbuiK, W.
Va., was dec Inred to be the "hand
somest man," and William Taylor,
Norfolk, Va., the ' beet dressed. '
Refund vir
Prop
Strike V'nag
Belgium Claims Agreement
Made With President Wil
i son Releases Nation From
Payment of War Debt.
Other Powers Also Balk
Hy l nivrrwil Service.
Washington. May 13.—Discussion of
the Franco-Beigian suggestion in con
nection with the reparations dispute,
for cancellation of their debts to the
United States, disclosed that Belgium
lias refused from the outset even to
consider a settlement, on the Claim
that the agreement made with former
President Wilson at Paris releases it
from payment.
France likewise lias not been
budged from its attitude of last year,
when M. Parmentier came to Wash
ington and informed the world war
debt funding commission that the
French government would not enter
into a funding arrangement on any
terms at that time and would not
set a date when it would be willing
to talk sett lenient.
Roumania is a third one of the
liebtor governments, it is now learned,
that has announced to the American
commission its intention to ignore in
definitely its war debt. The excuse
offered in this case is inability to pay
even the interest. Insistence on fund
ing negotiations, therefore, came to
naught.
Four-Cornered Agreement.
The agreement with former Presi
dent Wilson on which Belgium now
is relying, was a four-cornered affair
formulated outside the Versailles
treaty, with France and Great Britain
also participating.
President Wilson transmitted It to
congress for ratification on February
22, 1921, just before his retirement
from the White House. It was in
the form of a letter to the Belgian
premier, M. Hymans, signed by Mr
Wilson and Premiers Flemencenu of
France and Lloyd George of Great
Britain.
The matter was referred to the
senate finance and house ways and
means committees, without discussion
and has slept there since. President
Harding did not renew the recom
mendation of his predecessor that
the proposition be approved by con
gress.
Belgian Held HSIaO.AOO.OOO.
The amount of Belgium's debt to the
Fnited States up to the armistice, no
cording to President Wilson's mes
sage, was $171,780,000. Loans made
after November 11. 1918. and accrued
interest since April 15, 1919. the last
date on which any interest was paid
—and that out of a fresh loan for the
purpose—have brought the Belgian
obligation up to $450,000,000.
But the Beligan government, It was
said, has steadfastly declined to enter
into a discussion of settlement of the
post-armistice part of the debt unless
and until the American funding com
mission provides for carrying out the
Wilson agreement.
The commission has pointed out. in
reply, thut the president was without
authority to commit the Fnited'States
to the agreement without con
gressional sanction. The agreement
itself merely was that acceptance of
German reparation bonds in pavment
of the Belgian debt up to November
11, 1918, would be recommended to
the respective governments.
Claim Without Foundation.
The American commission is un
derstood. moreover, to have emphat
ically reminded Belgium that It un
doubtedly was fully aware of this sit
uation and its claim for a release
from payment, therefore, was without
foundation.
Belgium has done nothing since tins
pronouncement, and the matter haa
been at an Impasse for several
months.
France s debt with accrued Intercut
now is nearly 14.000,000,000. Roumanla
owes, In principal and Interest, ap
proximately *50,000,000. Bel
gium. neither France nor Roumanla
haa paid any interest since April 1C,
1919. when fresli loans were obtained
to meet the semiannual Installment
then falling due.
Interest payments on all the war
debts were deferred by the l.'nited
.Staten for three years from April 15,
1919. but since this moratorium ex
pired. more than a year ago, these
powers have made no move towards
meeting their obligations.
Members of the funding commission
frankly are puzzled ns to what couibe
of action should be pursued.
Poincare Semis Cireotinje
to Mothers of America
Philadelphia. May in.—Premier
Poincare of France cabled a message
: messiigr of greeting* to the mothers
nf greetings to the mntheis of Amer
! lea on the eve of “Mother** day."
“I send my best wishes to the moth
’ • r* nf America.” said the premier's
t message "We are close to them on
t his great day."
The message was addressed to Miss
Anna Jarvis, pioneer in the "Moth
er’s day" movement.
Traiii Hit* Auto; Two Dead.
i 'nllinavllle, 111 , May 1.1 Two men
, wore killed and cnc man wan aerloua
I ly Injured when a motor truck in
i which they were rldlnir collided with
an eaathound Intel urban expire* nr
j juaf euei of here.
The dead: John Sharpe. 4, truck
farmer, and t'harle* Utillei both of
Fairmont Oil' III. Itayniund Sharp' ,
l 17, waa Injured
Autoist Runs Car Into Embankment
to Miss Strikin g Another Machine
Harvey Rathbone, W. L. Bates and Richard A. Rus
sell, Lincoln, Active in U. of N. Affairs, Unhurt in
Smashup—Report Out They Were Killed.
In order to avoid strinking another
automobile Harvey Kathbone, 40, Lln
| coin, drove his Cadillac touring ear
Into an embankment at a turn in the
Lincoln highway one mile west of
Millard at 3:30 yesterday afternoon.
W. L. Kates, 3.'. Lincoln, regent of
the University of Nebraska, and
Richard A. Russell, 33, Lincoln, man
ager of the Holland Lumber company,
occupants of the machine with Mr.
Kathbone, were uninjured. They have
been fraternity brothers since student
i days at the university.
The three men were driving to
Omaha, It is said the automobile ap
1 proached the turn at a rapid rate of
i speed. A small, rar loaded with oc
cupants was ahead of the Rathbono
j car. It was a ijnestion of Mr. Rath
bone either colliding with the machine
ahead or running into the embank
[ ment.
He swerved his car and it plunged
: head-first against the solid dirt wall,
the front part plowing Its way into
embankment.
U. S. Commission
to Present Case
to Mexico Today
Early Agreement on Differ
ences Between American
and Obregon Govern
ments Is Predicted.
By I nlorul Service.
Mexico City, May 13.—The Ameri
can commission for recognition of
Mexico will formally place its case
before the Obregon government Mon
day when the agenda for the coming
conference Is submitted.
Charles B. Warren, head of the
American commission, wishes to avoid
stating anything that will be con
strued as the maximum or minimum
of acceptable terms.
On the contrary, when he meets
with the Mexican commissioners ho
will tell them in friendly terms of the
attitude of the l'nite(j States in re
gard to oil lands' and estates ac
quired prior to 1917.
This view Is to be so liberal, it Is
learned, that It is believed the two
bodies will shortly agree.
It stated on the highest authori
ty that Mr. Warren and his co
worker. John Barton Payne, will not
attempt to dictate or suggest changes
in Mexican status that are not com
patible with Mexican tradition and
policy.
They have a goes! understanding of
the differences that exist and will
give them the fullest consideration.
The commission Is having a pleas
ant time here. The home placid at
their disposal is palatial. The want
for nothing, so far as physical com
fort is concerned, and they find plen
ty of time for golf.
At the first session, It Is antici
pated. each side will move with great
caution In stating their ease. It Is
emphasized that they would rather
devote unlimited time to adjustments
than to make statements at the out
set which they cannot hope to see
accepted.
President to Spend
Two Weeks in Alaska
Hy I lit i-rnut lentil News Syrvley.
Washington, May IS.—President
Harding will spend Iwo weeks In
Alaska In July, touring the entire
southwestern part of the territory hy
rail and automobile, according to ad
ditional plans laid for hts western
trip.
Mr. Harding will take with him
on hls dash Into the fnr north three
of hls cabinet officers, most directly
concerned with Alaska affairs—Secre
tary of Commerce Hoover. Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace and Secretary
of the Interior Work. Together they
will go over the problems of rutting
Alaskan red tape, which Alaskans
themselves have declared Is throttling
development of the country.
Material will bo gathered for an
Alaskan bill which. In all probability,
will he Introduced In the 681 h con
gress with the Intention of ripening
tip the vast territory to attractive
settlement.
Turks at Peace Parley
\“k Police Protection
I oilman ne, May 13.— The authorities
of the canton of Vaud. of which thin
city is the capital, are taking mews
urea to suppress any demonstrations
by th«* extremists In consequence of
the assassination of Hi* soviet envoy
Vorovsky.
A proclamation ha* be* n issued in
tardiotJnft all mass meeting* In the
street or public squares and for
bidding any precession* organised
with political sigtdfh ant e.
Ttumora of possible attempts on the
lives of the Turkish delegates by it •«
contented Armenians and Greek* to*
day * turned the Angora representative*
to request additional police protection.
Senior fllee (Huh of lli^li
School on Ifjolio I’ropum
Keillor gba dubw of Central High
| wrhont will wont fbo prog rant to ho
broartcawt at fl Monday night by wta*
I tion WOANV, Woodmen of tin World.
Thoae on tho program are Harry
Fryaell, F.lllten (.'liilon, Hot-hoi! Wont
orflold. Maurice McMawlora. Howard
i KlliuU, Kenneth Seilty, MuuUu Mun
The report spread that Itathbone
and Bates both prominent in civic and
business affairs at Lincoln, were
fatally injured; that one was killed
outright, that the other died while
being brought to Omaha, while the
extent of 'Russell's injuries was unde
termined.
After being brought to Omaha the
men telephoned Eugene Holland, Thir
ty sixth street and Dewey avenue, in
forming him of the accident and say
ing they were uninjured. The yregip
tered at Hotel Fontenelle.
It is understood the trio were com
ing to Omaha to discuss plans for
the proposed stadium at the state uni
versity. Itathbone, a former star ath
lete at the university, is a prominent
realtor of Lincoln and Is active in
Chamber of Commerce affairs. Bates
is manager of the Dodge Auto Sales
company.
Bates, whose home formerly was
at Kimball, was at one time A mem
ber of the legislature from Cheyenne
county.
Decision in Sugar
Fight Unlikely
Before October
Supreme Court Must Make
Special Dispensation to
Keach Injunction Suit
at Present Term.
Washington, May 13.—Arguments
of the government's injunction suit
against the New York Sugar ex
change In the supreme court before
next October appears improbable,
despite arrangements made for
an immediate appeal. Unless the su
preee court grants an unusual dis
pensation for immediate hearings,
the appeal will go over, with hun
dreds of others, until the new Oc
tober term.
All supreme court arguments for
the present term were terminated
last Monday, to prepare for the usual
cleanup of decisions prior to the
court's summer adjournment, June
11. The government still has the
privilege of asking for a hearing be
fore adjournment but Department of
Justice officials said tonight that
such a step appeared improbable. A
definite decision will be reached upon
the return, early next week of As
slstant Attorney General Seymour,
who has pe.aonal charge of the sugar
suit.
Action which will at least bring
the appeal to the supreme court
docket before its summer vacation is
regarded by officials as assured. At
lorney General Daugherty having de
dared the case would be handled in
the quickest possible time. The
court still is receiving motions and
the filing of the appeal papers would
lie in order, even If argument had to
lie postponed until fall.
There is a prospect that another
Important government appeal from
the recent decision of Federal Judge
Knox in New York, holding void the
Volstead act limitations uon liquor
prescriptions, also will Is- perfected
before the court's adjournment next
month.
Bodies Believed to Be
Lost Aviators Found
San Diego, Cal., May 31.—Two
bodies, supposed to be those of Col.
Francis Marshall, former chief of
cavalry of the army. and Iaeut.
Charles Webber, aviator, who disap
peared while flying from San Diego
toward Tucson. Aria., December 7.
were found in the Cuyamara moun
tains of this county.
As soon as the report reached this
City, MaJ. Henry Arnold, command
inj: Rockwell field, from which Web
ber took his last flight, having Colo
nel Marshall as a passenger, organ
ized a party to visit tlie scene and try
to Identify the Inslies and the ma
chine. In whose wreckage the bodies
lav He expressed little doubt that
th< b«Mlie> were those of Colonel Mar
shall and Lieutenant Webber.
The machine in which the two dead,
aviators were found Imd l>een burned.
Nothing was left but the skeletons
«*f the two men.
ID-rtlia Krupp lour
Days to Unit \ ilia on Ruhr
ID l nl(rr»al Her% Irr.
May 13,—BdHha Krupp,
daughter of the founder of the Krupp
work* and wife of lterr Krupp von
Bnhlen and Hnlhach, head of the
firm, nentenred till* week to 15 year*
Itnpi Imminent by a French military
tribunal, ha* been Included in the new
"French offenulv* ’’
She ha* been given four d*>n to
get out of her famoun \ilia at Hue
the 11talii were reported.
Several outbreak* of Nahotage in
th»* Until were reported today.
Lincoln Woman Named Head
of Stale History Teachers
Lincoln, Ma\ 1,1 I .aura R Pfolf.
for, mnoriato profoHNov of Kuropean
hlatory at tin Inivorulty of Nebraska,
wan olortotl prcHhlotit of thi* Stnto Hi*
lory Toucher *»' n*«oolntton nt the dot
ing tension hero.
Prof I. 11. Taylor of Doi.m college,
Proto. \\.»k elected vlor protklont. ami
Marginrt pact* of tho Lintjyln High
achuul, tccretaiy ticaaurei,
Charges of
W. C. T. U.
Stir Omaha
Minister?, Cluh \\ omen and
Others Condemn Judge
Wappich for Practices
in Police Court.
One Body Defends Him
Official, professional and ministerial
Omaha stood agog Saturday over the
charges made by a Women's Christian
Temperance union committee against
the alleged methods of Municipal
Judge W. F. Wappich in central
police court.
Members of the clergy who were
Interviewed were firmly opposed to
"jazzing up justice” with witticisms,
either’clever or of the "coarse” variety
| described by the committee.
City commissioners were somewhat
| inclined to take the matter lightly,
j one of them declaring that Judge
| Wappich Is quite a "kldder.”
Committee Supported.
Women prominent in club circles
generally hesitated to commit them
selves. although several expressed
| confidence in the veracity of the
members «f the committee.
in the meantime the Women's
Christian Temperance union shows
; no inclination to allow the matter to
| drop.
“The organization is solidly behind
the committee •and its report,” said
Dr. Jennie Callfas. president of the
union. "The women on the committee
are above reproach. The remarks
they say Judge Wappich made are
perfectly awful, and I don't consider
that a man who would make them is
fit to be a judge.
"Before making its report the com
mittee had legal advice, and its in
vestigation will not have been in vain,
for the members know w hat steps may
be taken. There is a special meeting
of the union called for Tuesday after
noon. at which time the report will be
considered, resolutions prepared and
further action planned.”
Judge Defends Self,
Judge Wappich vigorously defended
himself against the chargee declaring
the women were simply allot ketl at
the police court environment, and
that the language ts quite dignified.
The judge found support in the A'e
braska Progressive club, members of
which met Friday night, after the
charges had been mad* public. A
committee made up of Sam Klaver. J.
Aiprin, D. I.. Smeraoff and J. Gar
tinkle. appointed to investigate, re
ported that Judge Wappich's methods
are above reproach anti that he is the
sort of ,t Judge needed in a police
court.
The report made liy the in * -tig.it
ing committee, charges Judge Wap
plch with disrespect for national and
stats laws undue levity in his com
ment on the cases before him: laxity in
the discharge of his duties: pronuficia
\iof of inaccurate and unwarranted
decisions; utterance of coarse, ungen
tlemanly and un-American remarks
and failure to give careful considera
tion of evidence.
"Without knowing the circum-*
stances first hand 1 would hesitate to
make a statement." said Mrs. H. C.
Sumney, prominent suffrage and Wo
man's club worker, “of course I know
the women on the committee and I
consider them of tile highest type,
but, then things sound differently to
other people "
hive'll teal °r I-indfl
I scarcely know Judg** Woppich,
but I have the greatest confidence $n
the judgment of Mrs W T Graham,
who i* one member of the women’*
committer w ith whom I have worked.’
(Turn In Pan* Two. Column Thr*«#.)
Boys Arrested Vt ith Bailey
Girl Get Suspended Sentences
HaroM Hansen, 19. Waterloo. I»..
Walter Smith, GrlgKsville, Pa., and
Stern and Charles Smith of White
haven. Pa., received five-day su
spended sentence* in South Omaha
police court Saturday following their
arrest in company with Vera Bally.
“IJiieen of the Itoad."
The quintet were detained by South
Side police while doing to Denver,
where Miss Bailey, whose home Is in
Iowa, planned to visit her mother
Mias Bailey was held at central sta
lion for medical examination.
Dorman Security Holders
Kile $21,000,000 Claim
$!•« lal IM*|mtrti to The OmntiM llrr.
Washington. May 13—Holders of
German securities \have organ Iced
and presented a claim before
the German American mixed claims
commission for $21,000,000. They
chalrge Germany has wilfully de
predated the sunk. This does not
begin to register the amount of securl
ties held in this country, it is pre
sinned members of the organisation
are made up largely of German* of
American citizenship.
Policemen Search Dump
for Body of l.oM Officer
ll)‘ t**o« irtteil l'rr»«
Cleveland May Kt A suuad of
police were digging for* the body »»f
Patrolman Penis Griffin in a dump
on a river bed In the southeastern
section of the dtv. Griffin, who was
kidnaped by John I. Whitfield after
W hltfuld had been placed under ar
rest Friday morning on n charge of
stealing an automobile, has not been
seen since he entered an automobile
to; drive with the prisoner to w police
state is
Author of “Poison Pen”
Letters Is Mystery
New York, May 13.—District At
torney Dan ton admitted that h*>
did not know the identity of the au
thor of obscene “poison pen" letters
which have been sent through the
mails to 140 socially prominent per
sons h»*re and in other eastern cities.
“VVe do not know yet who wrote
the letters or who mailed them." he
said after a conference with Nathan
Durkan, counsel for Oeorge Maxwell,
leader in social and mtlsical spheres,
indicted by the grand jury charged
with sending tly- letters.
Mr. Maxwell, it was said in a ca
ble dispatch to the New York World,
will tfail from Ixmdon next Thursday
lather than face possibility of extra -
dition proceedings.
Rohrer Pleased
VSitli Campaign
Against Liquor
Reports to Chief Shows Juries
Satisfactory and Co-Opera
tion Between Federal and
Local Officers.
By DKOKfiK K. AIT1IIKR.
Washington Correspondent The Omnlin Itee
Washington. May 13.—"Work of
juries throughout the mate continues
good," reports Director l\ g. Rohrer
of Nebraska to Federal Prohibition
Commissioner R. A. Haynes. "Dur
ing the month, we have worked suc
cessfully in two outlying districts In
the state in cooperation with state
enforcement department, with excel
lent results,
"In Omaha, the federal authorities,
city police and sheriff are co-operat
ing. The police and sheriffs will
practically care for the petty offend
ers leaving us free for larger opera
tions.” I
Pre-s Is Fairer.
The press of the state Is not openly
antagonistic to the full enforcement
of the prohibition laws. it would
seem that a fairer attitude toward
national prohibition is assumed by
these papers, heretofore unfriendly.
"The efficient work of my agents
continued. Ten stills were taken dur
ing the month. 335 gallons ot moon
shine whisky. 3.600 gallons of mash
and three autos seixed
l.iquor Is Destroyed.
' We are now, under order of Judge
Woodrough. destroying all seized
liquor and evidence as soon as same
is no longer needed as evidence. We
can now report no liquor on hand
except that held for evidence in pend
ing cases.
In general, the outlook in Nebras
fa is i plimistlc. The police depart
ment In Omaha is more active in pro
hibition enforcement than formerly.
A number of new sheriffs over the
state are putting "vim" into theii
law enforcement program, and the
state force, under former Federal
Agent Carroll. Is working f.ne and in
hearty co-operation with his .office."
Tornado Sweeps
Tennessee Town
Three Injured and Scores
Made Homeless —Powder
Plant Damaged.
Nashville. Tt-nn., May IS.—One man
may die. two are less seriously injur
ed and a score of persons are home
less as a result of a tornado which
• truck Edenwold. a small town five
miles from here, and swept on with
full force to the former OW Hickory
Powder plant, two miles ahead. The
total damage is estimated at $100,000
Greatest damage was done at Old
Hickory, formerly the largest powder
plant in the world, where 25 sections
or powder storage buildings were de
stroyed and fi.000,000 pounds of pow
der exposed, possibly beyond recovery.
At Edenwrold s.x homes two
stores, a school house and the post
office were wrecked, the Louisville
and Nashville station was unroofed
and barns were blown down.
Witnesses said the tornado came
with aparently less than a minute's
warning and within another moment
had passed through the village, de
molishing buildings and subsequently
atrikin the government powder plant.
The velocity of the wind was said to
have been 100 miles an hour.
Woman J'd's Father (iav»*
House of David JaO.OOO
Mansfield. O May IS.—Mi>$ Ksther
Witter, who for In years lived In the
House of David colony at Denton
Harbor. Mich . left here in the
■ -ttnpany of Attorney General Andrew
H. Dougherty of Michigan, to testify
in the investigation of the cult.
She said her parents went to the
settlement 20 years ago and turned
over $50,000 to the head of the cult.
Her father died when she was }
years old. she said, and her mother,
through grief at the loss of her hus
hatvl and their money, went Insane.
The Rill « line to Man-Held list Sep
tember. She said she had received
Ito education, tlmt site could not read
or write, did not know "tight from
wrong" and had never seen knives
and forks used for eating.
The Weather
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Outlaws to
Free Half
of Captives
Brigands Propose to Hold
Part of Prisoners as Hos
tages. Report From
Finelieng Sa\s.
Relief Band Near Lair
lij I’rfM.
Pekin. May 13.—7 lie ministry of
communications leeched a message
today from its representatives at
I.inrheng, that the government has
notified tlie bandits of its agreement
to their terms. The bandits there
fore, propose to release half tfie cap
tives, holding the others as hostages.
Shanghai. May 13.—The release of
all foreigners held captive in the
Shantung hills bank of Lincheng, is
momentarily expected, according to a
message received at 12:20 today, by
Max Friedman at Tsaochwang. from
his brother Leon Friedman, one of the
men kidnaped by Chinese bandits
the Shanghai Pekin express last Sun
day.
Friedman, a business man of Shang
hai. report* that the relief expedition
is now only 10 miles from the camp
where the captives are being held by
the Chinese bandits.
Urge Troop Withdrawal.
Majors Roland Pirger and Robert
Allen <f Manila, in a letter carried
from tb* bandit camp to Tientsin by
their sons. Roland Pinger. jr., and
Roliert Alien, jr.. again urge the
prompt withdrawal of troop*. The
Setter says:
"If troops are not withdrawn in
three days, we are threatened with
the worst.
"Delay is extremely dangerou*. Un
til we are liberated, employ every
means to prevent firing for this prob
ably wUl precipitate our fate. We
need European food."
Mrs. Manuel Versa, who Is being
held captive with her husband, was
offered her freedom today, hut refused
to leave her husband, according to a
report here. <
( enquire Bandits to Klan.
Pek.n. May 13—Ku Hung Ming,
leterarv genius, author and monar
chist. in an editorial In the North
> hit t Standard here today, refer*
to the experiences of the w<-m»n kid
naped by Chinese bandits from the
Shanghai Pekin express last Sunday
a* a ' little fox trot over the rocky
hills."
Ku Hung Ming ridicule* foreign
writers for expressing indignation
uvt r the Lin,-hung raid, as ' howling
treaty port snobs." He compares the
bandits to the Kn Klu Klan in Amer
ica. after the civil war. He says:
"Foreigner* and the foreign press
have been calling on the people of
hina to rise and put down the made
helieve government at Pekin. In con
sequence the chambers of commerce
held Indignation meetings and the
students paraded the streets and
smashed windows of the state minis
ter*.
All activities of those 'patriot*'
have been of no avail against the
makebelieve government—the for
eign loan making machine.
End Corrupt Government.
“Now, at last, the real people of
China—heroes of Chinese romance—
rise up to do what foreigners and the
foreign press have been saying should
lie d >ne—put art end to the corrupt
make-believe government at Pekin
"In order to understand why heroe*
of Chinese romance have been obliged
to make foreign ladies do a little fox
trot, barefooted, over the ldlls at
Shantung one must remember th« .
organisation in America, after the
civil war. called the Ku Klux Klan
Ku Hung M.r.g says th* object of
the Ku Klux Klan was to scare car
pethaggers and negroes The object
of the bandit*, vhe says, is to warn
foreigners and diplomats not to pro
tect. patronlie. or pet th* queueles*
negroes of China, who havs In theit
hands the power to bring the eoun
try to rack and ruin.
Power Companies Fight
for Contract at Beatrice
Special niopalrh to The Omaha Bee.
Rpatrios, Neb.. May 11.—There ts a
new phase in the fight hetv
between the ltUik Flour Milia com
pany. which was recently awarded a
contract to furnish electric current
to this city, and the Nebraska (Ins
and Rlectric company when the lat
ter concern tiled with the commis
sioners a proposition that they he per
mitted to submit at the special elec,
lion to tie held June IS a contract to
furnish current for a Ave year period
to the city at ?'» cents a kilowatt.
It obligates the city to furnish a
cost the labor for making the street
lighting extensions and prohibits it
from using us own generating plant
except m cirejg.no. Under the
terms of the agreement, the city can
not buy electricity front any other
company.
<»irl Mil's Half Hour \ftor
(ioltiiis: l uivt*r*it\ Dourer
Herkolev, Cal., May Mis* v\ .’
m 4 l'uth Ueybum, 55, a member of
lhe graduating da** at the I'niverwly
of California, was presented 44 uh her
degree Friday night In the university
infirmary and died a half hour later
Mia* Iteyburn a daughter of tha
Ret Clinton H Ileyburn of San
Ft ane 'OO. o'IIas|.o1 this \4eek during
:he f 1 ,i| examination* and «*■ re
moved to the Infirmary Hur.ng her
dine** ahy repressed the Tear that
*h» "*>ul.t not rvceiva her deg tee
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