WEATHER FORECAST CITY
Saturday: Probably allow era, annio- EDITION
what wortner.
U. S. Envoy
Warned of
Bomb Plot
Letter Received by Charles
M’arreu Prior to Outrage
Against Consulate at
Mexico City.
Blame Fascisti Members
B.v Vttiver'.nl Service.
Mexico city. May IS—Although the
Mexico City police announced tonight
that the bomb exploded in the Ameri
can consulate building today was ,
aimed at Carlos Castello. a lawyer, it
became known tonight that Charles
B. Warren, one of the American i
"recognition” commissioners, has re
ceived an anonymous letter telling
fim he would be the victim of a bomb
lot.
There is evidence that the consulate,
was mined by some one of the small |
fascisti groups anxious to embarrass
negotiations between the United
States and Mexico.
A cap found ill the building, evi
dently worn by the person who placed
the bomb, had on it a large bla<-k
and red button, the insignia of a
Mexican radical group. On an inner
hand was the name "W. S. Elliott,
Kansas City.”
Campaign by Ilia? Followers.
Such obstacles as today's Incidents
are looked upon as part of the cam
paign of the remnants of the Old l>iaz
teglnie who wish to regain their hold
tn the peons emancipated by the rev
olution and bring hack what they
call the "good old days" of oppres
s.on.
These agitators have paid props
gandists throughout Mexico who nrr
circulating all sorts of rumors de
signed to stir up strife. They arc
making no impression, it is learned.
The letter to Lawyer Castello. giv
en out by the police, read:
"This is the start of your sentence.
1 have not manifested a wish to ter- l
nitnate you with one blow, but that
this will be. as you have worked with
our canaille and we will leave you In
poverty and misery. As you have
not been left by your protectors be
fore now. yot r victims paid. Onlv in
this was justice done to a bandit.”
Envoy* Optimisin'.
The American commissioners and
the Mexican delegates met at the for
eign office this morning and all
seemed in an optimistic mood as to
the outcome of the recognition negu
t.at ions.
The Mexican else was presented to
ds; . snd a brief outline was given of
the Mexicans' claim to the right to
do as they have done in numbers of
instances where property has been
confiscated.
^Saturday the commissioners will
again confer w-ith Minister of For
eign Affairs F’iini. and next Tuesday
they wUI again be received by Presi
dent Ubrogon.
Second Labor Bank
Started m New York
tty Associated Press.
\>w York, May 18.—Labor’s second
venture in banking in New York city
v.-as dedicated today at the formal
opening of the Federation Trust com
pany at Thirty-fourth street and
F.ighth avenue. The new Institution
jointly organ zed by the Central Trade
and Labor council of this city and the
State Federation of Labor, starts with
.-ri authorised capitalization of $1,000,
nOO and. acccording to its officers.
1,000.000 stockholders.
Two other labor banks for which
charters have been applied, will brink
the number ip this city to four, all
launched tills year, and the number
!n the United States, where three
years sgo there were none, to 22.
There is a Brotherhood Investment
company st Cleveland with a capital
of $10,000,000, which finances busi
ness and for other union groups and
the $2,000,000 Coal River collieries
known as "the mine with a soul.”
which digs and transports fuel to the
homes of union men.
Now there are batiks in operation
or authorized in many cities, includ
ing Spokane and Los Angeles.
Mariner Reports Raster
Island Has Disappeared
Hr Associated Press.
Melbourne, Australia, .May 1*.—A
wireless message, apparently front a
vessel, has been picked up here stat
ing that Easter Island has disap
peared.
Report* that Easter island had dls
appeared have been prevalent since
the disastrous earth'iuakc which shook
northern Chile last November. The
last definite report was marie by the
captain of a French merchant ship
who declared ho found nothing hut
water at the position given to the
Island on his chart.
The population is about 1 200.
Tribute to Hurbank
Santa Rosa, Cal.. May IS.—Santa
Rosa's tribute to Luther Burbank,
the "plant wizard." the "Luther Bin
bank Golden Jubilee began here to
day and will end Sunday. A pageant
"Under Five Flags”, depicting the
history of Sonoma county since ||||
was presented. T he rose carnUal will
be celebrated Friday.
Wir-tant Secretary Nanietl.
Dee Moines. May U> -Appointment
of Mark Thorburg of KinmcttHbuig ;•
•ssiitant secretary of agriculture, was
announced by the Joint retrenchment
and reform committee.
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In the Omaha :
.She Refused Him,
Then Wired Him to Come.
He loved her deeply, but she
would not listen. Then suddenly,
unexpectedly, came the telegram
that urged him to hasten to her
side. Melville Davisson Post is the
author whojias taken.this situation
and deftly woven a story of com
pellitfg Interest. You will find it in
the magazine section.
Beautiful Model
Weds Millionaire’s Son.
Why Harold L. Kingstand. scion
of millions, is so sure he could find
no lovelier bride nor one better fitted
to shine In the smart set than the
mysterious Hebe, the most beauti
ful of fashion models. An illustrated
story In the magazine section.
Mr. Vanderbilt *
Leaves the Girls Behind.
How his mother* fondly hopes
he'll come back from his world
tour to lay his heart at the feet of
one of 18 fashionable society buds.
A large field to choose from, but the
Vanderbilts have always been care
ful in their choices. An illustrated
story in the magazine section.
Does the Head aiter
Give You a Clammy Stare'?
What happens when you enter a
restaurant? Does the hendwaiter
greet you by name or does be wrap
himself within a blanket of haughti
ness? It all depends upon your
bankroll and your willingness to
spend it, according to O. O. Mc
Intyre, who describes a few “Head
waiters I Have Met" In an amus
ing story in the magazine section.
Il Doesn't Pay to
Be I no Modest 'I he>r Day*.
Of course, if you're a rich young
girl that's different. So declares
Abe Martin in his quaint combina
tion of phlllsophy and humor. “Git
tin' Before til’ People.'1 is quite an
art these days arid Abe’s soliloquy
on this Interesting subject will give
jou an enjoyable five minutes. In
the magazine section.
How Little Wee Wee
Attacked the Milkman.
lie flew right at him and bit him
on the thumb. And w ho is Wee
Woe? Why that's Mrs. Stephen
Leacock s pet poodle. Probably Mr. ■
la'aeock will lose some of his popu
larity with Mrs. Leacock, but read
ers of the magazine section will en
joy many chuckles from the Lea
cock essay on "My Wife's Dog. '
Interesting Scenes
in Colon on the I*thmu.«.
A page of pictures taken in Colon.
Panama, by Louis It. Bostwick, the
Omaha photographer. In the roto
gravure section—the only roto
gravue published in Nebraska—
which also contains three other
pages of pictures from all oter the
world.
France Bares Her
Fang* at Opportunity.
Did France make a fatal mistake
in refusing Germany's last repara
tions offer? Did she snap in the
fac* of opportunity? That's the po
sition David Lloyd George, former
premier of Kngland, takes in a spe
cial cable dispatch which will ap
pear in The Omaha Sunday Bee. It
may eventually mean war, the ex
premier declares. An article of
world-wide Importance that should
interest everyone.
Texas Towns Covered
by 1 hree Feet of Water
Beaumont, Tex.. May U.—Three
feet of water covered Beaumont and
Port Arthur, near hrte, thin afternoon
with the depth being steadily Increased
by torrential rains which had fallen
for fl\c continuous hours. With a
few exceptions the entire business dls
trict here coveting ‘JO blocks was un
der water, it was estimated damage
to business houses and other prop
erty would run into thousands of
dollars.
Dos Moincg M ystery (iirl
Revealed a* Dope Peddler
l»y Interinitiminl !»frtli r,
b* s Moines. It . May Is. 1 Jr mi/
Doc." stylish fur rubber, whose refu*
al to disclose her real name has been
a mystery since her am u was i ••
vealed today as Hi/.* I Morris. - *.
wanted at Ft. L«»trs ami L*s Angel* *■
on dope pcddlinj; and burgliir>
charge*. The woman had enlistc*1
much public sympathy through 11 •
hoax that sin- w.is roturaling her
identity to protect a field ion* hti
band and infant liv«• ■ in D* < M*»im
A male companion «*f tin wmiiiin es
raped v.'n* ii they were detected in a
daring robbery "f a f ir stoic here.
Alter her arrest “Miss Do< * main
tallied a steady silence except for the
! statement that she had a mother ami
baby here.
Tii4 woman was identified as Ha/el
Morris, alias Mabel Hooper, alias Ft* i
sia Peters, alias Mrs .1, II. P'lnmn.
Beggars Mold Convention
;il Riga; Organisation
Paris, Mu is. Riga dispatches tell
, of tile convening there of all tic
Polish and Lithuanian heir. n-. win*
have formed a union.
Two resolutions w*ie passed b.v Hi**
beggais* congtess*
1 Limitation *»f “Ims-iIs ' Pcggs
e*tnblished In other pi.!i,«-h cities mu-•
not go to Warsaw, and vice versa.
( 2. No gratuity leas than 20 infills
.to l*r' a* cepted by an inernb* i i*f lie
( union.
Parisian hr v »s i nr i* ported to be
jconsidering following suit
Ultimatum
Delivery
SWA •
by Bailed
Threaten to Kill Captites, In
cluding Americans and Brit
ish, Unless Troops Are
Withdrawn by Tuesday.
Situation Is More Serious
By l mversal Sen irp,
Tsao-Chwang, China, May IS.— If
the Chinese troops surrounding the
bandit headquarters at Taotzuku, in
; lie mountains of southern Shantung,
ate not withdrawn by Tuesday the
American and British captives will
he shot.
This ultimatum was brought here
tonight by Oliver Berube, a French
man, paroled for tlie second time by
the bandits to carry their ultimatum.
Berube declared lie was convinced
that the bandits mean to carry out
their threat and left immediately by
special train for Pekin to carry direct
to tlie president of China the terms
of the bandits.
Fare Serious situation.
Betters from the various captives
brought out by Berube plead with
their friends lo do their utmost by
urgent cable to imprrrs upon the gov
ernments at Washington and Bondon
the seriousness of the situation they
face.
The follow ing captives arc I sled to
be shot if the demands are not com
piled with, according to Berube:
Bee C. Solomon. J. B. Powell. MaJ.
Roland Pingeer, MaJ. Robert Allen,
Been Friedman. Frederick and
Bdwurd Kilns. Theodore Hnphlere and
R. H. ltowlatt.
Lives of All Knrfmgerrd.
The fullest presr-iire must lie
brought to hear to bring about their
release, the captives said In their
letters, alt emphazlng the utmost
seriousness of the situation.
The Pekin government representa
tives nil the scene are bickering and
quarrelling among themselves over
who shall have the credit of bringing
about the release of the prisoners,
endangering llio lives of all who arc
held.
Despite the protests of foreign ,
consuls and others on the irlief train
here, the Chinese soldiers still sur
round til* bandit headquarters and }
to all appearance here the negotia
tions have completely broken down.
Fifteen Foreigner* Still
Held Captive* by Bandits
Pekin, .May is - The release "f M.
O. Ip rube I'*\s 13 foreign captive*,
im iuding fix Americans, still In the
hands of the lauidits, according to a
list compiled at .Shanghai for The As
sociated Press from all available
sources. The list Is as follows:
American*.
MaJ. Roland W. Plnger, United
•States army ordinance department,
Manila; home, Berkeley, Cal.
MaJ. Robert A. Allen. United ISales
army medical corps, Manila, home,
Tacoma. Wash.
Leon Friedman, Chicago. III., owner
of china Motors corporation, Shang
hai.
Joronie A llanley. N'e w Vork, em
ployed by Fearon Daniel company,
Shanghai.
John B. Powell, Hannibal. Mo.,
owner and publisher Weekly Review,
Shanghai, and correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune.
l.ee Solomon, San Francisco; bhang
Hal ngent of the Block company.
San Francisco.
ftritieli.
Fred Ellas, broker, Shanghai.
Edward Elias, his brother, broker,
Sha nghai.
Theodore Haphlere, broker Hhang
hat.
Reginald It. <Uowlatt, Birmingham,
England, manager rte!«x A Co., Tien
tsin,
W Smith, Mam heater, England
I "rench.
Emile Ocnsburger. brokei bhang
hat.
Italian.
ft. D Musso. Rotm : Shanghai law
j er, millionaire and adviser to the
Chine e government.
tlexii an.
Manuel A Veren. manufacturer.
< irmdi lajm a. Mex
Senora Vcrea hi* wife.
Frcifjlit Kate* Reduced
on (illy Products in Iowa
t>«s Moines. May is. A reduction
• f freight rates in Iowa brick,
tile* and other clay product* I* or
dered ti» become effective June 20. In
a new f* heduln by I lie state railroad
c ominlasion. The reduction, the com*
mu-don estimate*, w ill no an a sav
i.fj of thousand* of dollar* n year to
1 ippers and bulhb i s
lied* It la in*- Sw ii/erland.
Iiy Issuel Mtnl I’rcM.
Moscow. Ma IS A Itussian soviet
race sent by Foreign Minister Tehit
• b'*r,n to the Swiss government today
holds that government responsible for
the ice* nt assassination at I#ausanhe
"f M. Voruvsk.v, soviet 1 ^present* live
tli* ithrough the ill' gcd negligence
of ilo Swiss officials to guard him.
Th> Ti dtchciin note ask* an in
vcslig..tion of the circtmiatuiicca of
tin* ci m e The dismissal of thy <m
I lo\ ( * M • hmges With negligence, and
a prompt and speedy trial of the as
HUSillS
The note also proh -ts ihe refusal
of the I'Wcs to grant diplomatic
couriei privileges |.• til* lliusUn Url*
, gallon at i,auf«nua,
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Omaha Soldiers Aid
~ ' Commencement
trh to The Omaha B?f.
May 18—Maj. Casper
k ... mm a. command of more than
,0 soldiers from Fort Omaha nnd
Fort Crook, la ramping at Stella to
night on n hike to Fort Leavenworth.
They have covered SO miles and rx
peetto finish the remaining 110 niilea
May 29.
This has been like a gala day In
Stella and the town is lively incident
to the closing of school festivities, to
w hlch is added the presence of so
many soldiers.
Grover C. Kinney, second lieuten
ant of infantry with the command,
spoke this evening at high school
commencement In the opera house on
the subject: "What the Citizens'
Training Camp Is." The band from
Fort Crook played at commencement.
Sioux City Man
Finds Daughter
After 14 Years
Trail From Orphanage to
Salt Fake Fity and Back
to Grand Gland Bring*
Reward to Father.
Special l?UpAt<li to The Hm»ha Hr*.
Grand Island Neb May IS.—After
a search of II years for his little
daughter, Pearl, who w is last seen,
when she was II years old, the efforts
of Charles Vance, cement contractor
of Sioux City. Ia.. were rewarded in
tins city, when with the assistance
of Sheriff Lorentzen, tlie girl was
located with her mother, who had re
married and resides north of this city,
just over the Merrick county line.
Pearl is now 16. and the separation
from her father began 14 years ago,
when her parents were divorced and
their'home broken up. Custody of
the child was given to the father, but
a series of reverses, including a long
vn-ge of sickness and financial nu
fortunes, forced him to take his baby
to a state Institution for children at.
Lincoln. From there, the child was
adopted by a family, who took her j
to Salt Lake City, where she remained
until a few years ago.
Driving back through this locality
on their Way to a convention, the
foster parents were prevailed uihjii to j
leave the little girl with her real
mother, who had married a man by
the name of I/oey Buchanan The
father received trace of hi* daughter
through her foster parents at Salt
I-ake City, who informed him where I
they had left the girl, and he f ame j
to Grand Island on the Inst lap of h!s
long search for his missing daughter, j
The father and Sheriff Lorentzen j
found th* girl attending a school
picnic fi oni which she was brought
to Grand Island.
Mistreatment a» the Buchanan
home, as related in the girl* story,
led Mr. Vance to tike the train for
Central City in an attempt to gain
some measure of restitution. Real
dents of the farming community, who
were acquainted with the alleged
treatment which the girl had received
at the hands cf her stepfather, were
highly exercised over the affair and
were insisting that something be
done to relieve the situation.
One Killed, Many Hurt
in Head-on Collision
Colby. Kan . May 18.--James Rub
er »'*n. flremap on Train No. 6 was
killed ami many passenger* slightly
injured or shaken up when passenger
trains No. 39, west bound, and No. 6.
east bound, ton lho Chicago, Rock
{aland and Pacific railroad, met in a
headon collision in a fog at Selden,
Kan., near here, early today. The
trains w * re to pass at Selden, but No.
3!*. due to the heavy fog. ran past the
station ;t ml. crashed into No. 6 at the
east end of the Selden yards.
Three cars of strawberries forming
an express shipment on No. 39. were
telescoped, probably resulting in the
saving of many live* No other cars
were derailed
Mr. and Mrs Charles Sears of Col
by. passenger* on No. .39, were
bruised.
Fireman Rubersen lived at Phillips
burg. Kan
1.000.000 lluftHHtift Died
nf l'\plius Sinrr Yi*ar 1018
Washington May 18—Between
3.©0u.©Oh and 4.000.On© persons have
died of typhus in Russia, since 1918,
Dr. l.udwik Kajclinmn. director of
the health section of the league of na
tions, told the national conference of
social work Inst night, adding that
while typhus is waning with Improve
ment in the economic situation, a new
epidemic of dangerous malar,^ Is
sweeping the nation.
Why Not Lock Up the Cars and Give the Speeders Six Months
as Pedestrians ?
■mtKUjar77/
Bryan Snubbed
by Dr. ^ ishart
¥
Fails lo Name Nearest Rival
a- ( liairman of Impor
tant Committee.
By Vnwintul rrr..,
11 .1 .polis, I,id.. May I5 - - Pro*
Iytoriot.s of the I'nited States of
America completed the organization
of their 135th general assembly today
with the appointment of J. tepencer
Chapman of Philadelphia, the vice
moderator, and the naming of eland
ing committees.
Hr. Char lea F. Wishart. the newly
elected moderator, caused the district
surprise when, contrary to the usual
pmetici he f i led to name his nearest
rival. William Jennings Bry n, as
liairman of the lmpcntant ■ •nirnit
tce on lulls and overtures, t! steer
ing committee of the conventi
Instead l>r. Wishart elected Hugh
K. Walkea of l,os Angeles, for the
chairmanship. and relegated Mr.
Bryan to the leadership of the less
important committee on homo nils
•ions. Dr. Walkers committee will
pass on the overture front the Phila
delpln.i presbytery on the preaching
of Harry Mroorson Fosdick. Mr. Bry
an ->» lender of the fundamentalists
is ranked as an active opponent of
the l IxT.ilUuii of Dr. Fosdick
Dr. Clarence Mac Artney of Phila
delphia. who brought the Fosdick
overture to the assembly, was placed
ftr down in the list of committee
chairmen, heading the committee on
freed men.
New ^ ork Financier (iet*
Second Poison Pen Fetter
N>w York, May is Allan A. Ryan,
Wall street financier, recently re
ceived another |wd«on pen letter. It
was disclosed tiw|n> whci\ he itiul
Nathan Hurkan, counsel for Oaurge
Maxwell, whom Ryan n reused of
generating the nhowtr of 147 letters
alleged to have broken up many
homes, met liy acciednt at the*di.stilet
attorney’s office.
Former Wireless <>fficiHI
I'ountl Demi in Hi- Room
San Francisco, May ,18, Howard
Veeder. former \ ire president of the
Federal Wlndes* Telegraph company,
h found dead In his room In the
Bohemian chib her# Thursday night,
lie bail hern 111 for two years when
he w is forced to retire from active
msiness.
Ak Rodeo K ing Asks Burney Google
A .V
to Come to Omaha to Kseape His W ife
f’haihn ChuIm i tin* i odno kin* f
Ak S.n Urn, i* ordinalIIv a poio r ful,'
deeorou*. fatnil.N lovh.u man
Rill yeatenliiy In- nattiiund tin* role*
of nn a rclpeonapii Ht ot, on^ngi'il in i
tirfailoua |)lol in ..Id and .« wife
deserter In Ira effort# t«# • • jt*»
Ilia apotiae.
Immediately after Inc.iKfn^i veauji
flmdiipr ml1 <1 lit' ropy i-f Tin • *tiii*lit
Hoe and fe\m un iie d Un* | u
until h«* found 1 h» dtdh • htaim lo of
l li#» ndxenture* «*f llirnri <ioo^ln
ltd Ihnt *l nio *’f «d..»tr Spaikplu:
Then Huddt‘id> light of fiopdlah d«*
flight glowed in h.a eyes aa lit tc*d g£
Harney Google * frantic effort* to
avoid hi* wife
Why not ' he A*kad him.-* If **
he thighed for h tele§ui|ih offh e Ph.i
i* the wire he ^ont to Hai toy
• '"tiii* to Omaha at non Point
i’omnii**ion#i liutler ;* a imrhclor An-)
UUMliHiler* pioteitiou fiuin vour
Nwrtt woman' t'harlie Irwin offer*
to let Sparky hunk with \lM»lan# in
tluehiiil.il *ii;te of Stride No. 1 KN
have tallied the Humane kim tel \ . to
you need have t»o feat on tin* Mine
\\ n ** itiiww rt
Now Gardnet i« impatient iy wait
.11 § for an tuavMi.
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Miniature Alarm Clock
Lratls to Down fall of
Chaplin Im/tersonalor
By PreM.
Berlin, May 1*.— Wittenberg I ’tat y..
Berlin's t’olutnlius circle, las been
the scene every night recently cf a
free show staged by an imitator uf
Charlie Chaplin.
Shuffling about in i bsplin s char
acterlatlc fashion his imifatoi would
suddenly grab the nearest bystander
in sa\e himself front falling. T!;c
bystander would join In th general
laugh, but notsaly discovered uni 1
now why no hat was ever pass'll at
the show.
Wednesday night s man who had
armed home mysteriously minus his
watch and chain after attending the
entertainment, revisited the perform
once, wearing a miniature clock «o
construct eel as to sound an aim in upon
its removal from his pocket Just
after the entertainer seized this man
in a fake fall, the clock’s alarm sound
ed, and the performer was exposed
as a pickpocket. He made his escape,
however, into the tlergarten amid a
rain of blows from the enraged spec
tators.
Bernhardt’s Son kiplitino
to Keep Lease on Theater
rat is. May is.—Maurice Bernhardt
only son of Sarah, (s lighting Hie City
of Paris for a prolongation of the late
tragedienne's lease of cite Sarah Bern
hardt theater, which belongs to the
city.
Before Sarah died the eoui • il had
determined in grant the prolongation
Hut when she died they acted on a
clause in the contract which peimlt
ted them to cancel any prolongation
gianted which was Interrupted by de
cease.
Artistic Pans Is on the side of the
city, actois and even friends of the
great a lre«» claiming that Maurice
was refused the direction of Hie then
ter by lita mother when she lived he
cause he knew nothing of the thester
ami had not the qualities necessaiy
for successful management
It was they say . the only thing she
ever lefused him.
Preacher in His Beil
Officiates at Wcddiii"
llut>m« O. May lv a ■ bedside"
wedding occurred near here. The er
der. however. was reversed Instead
<>f the tirlde and groom being bedrid
den it was the officiating clergyman
\fflifted with rheumatism and too III
to leave his bed. Itev Robert .1
Cinett, pa tine of the .Martin t.uther
church, four inilea wrat of Bucyrua.
propped up with pUldws. united in
marriage hla only daughter. Mis- \nna
Roselle Ci sets, ami Frank Carl Mais
dinet, chief clerk of the l*ctiolt Kdl
•on company
British Mission Beads
in Quit Soviet (iapital
Mo ..M.iv I' The British mo
•Ion In Moscow, vvhile suit without d
t ect,. orders to leave, began packing
up this a ft ft Moon In readiness in de
pun for Riga
llv \»<Htr«nlr«l l’rr««
M« «. no M.»\ 1 \ Allliciuh ||>«>
British m.Muu, nidity that no officii>
in-n ut tint * to Move, ou hull
l «'**n 1W^l\«Sl U|) to Itin• 11 ii-stitv h
number if lb lltsh auhjroi* h*v* tern
l * tht mission to bo ptvpoteil to
leave ou abort notice.
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Von Bohlen to Be *
Taken to France
Sentence- on Krupp Head*
l pheWl liy French Court
— Prussian to Die.
Illiveldiirf, 'lay 1H.—Tile death sen
tence upon Albert Schlagcter, the
lormer Prussian officer convicted of
espionage and sabotage and accused of
being a chief of what the French call
the '‘murder gang." was confirmed hy
the revision court today. This was
the first death sentence pronounced
since the occupation of the Ruhr. Ilis
counsel will try to bring his rase be
fore the court of cessation, it was an
tiiMims-d.
The sentence passed upon Dr.
Krupp Von Hohlcn. head of the Krupp
woi'ka, confirmed today by the re
vision court, was 15 years in jail and
» fine of 100.000.000 marks. Directors
Hnrtw g and <vsterlin received Identl
■ d sent-lice* and Dhe tor Bruhn was
sentenced to 1® years' imprisonment
and 1 rtf*.000.000.000 marks fine. Su
perintendent Dross of the apprentice
department of the Krupp works, was
given a 10.oar terra.
The trouble a- the■ Krupp plant on
March 31. which led to the shooting
by the “French resulted in the deaths
of 14 workers The directors will be
transferred to France.
The convicted men will be trans
ferred to prisons hi France, while
ihclr counsel appeals to the court of
cessation.
The court granted a retrial to Herr
Mueller member t>f th* factory coun
cil of the Krupp works, who was con
victed it the -.inie time as the Ki upp
directoi* and wa* sentenced to six
months in jail The demand for the
retrial of Dr Krupp Von Holilen and
the other Krupp directors was hssed
on 11 counts, iht- principal one l>eing
the argument that the court at Wei
den which tiled tht m was incompe
tent ns the occupation of the Ruhr
was Illegal undei the treaty of Ve:
sallies
Bankers I Itrealcn Action
to Oust Pijialv \\ i*:g|\ Head
Memphis Trim May 1\ d'larenee
Saunders. Piggl> Wiggly president,
this afternoon announced that hank*
outside of Memphis had refused to
grant time extensions on hi* notes
and threater .d to bring injunction
proceedings to atop his operation of
the coin (winy and depose him aa
president hy attaching his stock
Rather than l.w* the fight at this
stage, I will remain as president of
the Plggly Wiggly without taking a
penny for m\ service*, he gofd.
The Weather
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62 Bodies
Buried in
One Grave
Explosion Turns Flimsy
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in Mad Rush for Exits.
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Many Dead Are Children
Hr tssocisted PrfW
Camden, S, C\. May 1H.—Batlied in
tlie glory of a setting South Carolina
sun, 62 bodies were placed, late today,
in one big grave in Beulah Methodi*
church jard. Three thousand South
t arolinanians. led by Gov. Thomas
G. McLeod, gathered from all parts of
the state to pay a last tribute to
those wlm perished when the Cleve
land schoolhouse was burned Thurs
day night, stood with bared heads
throughout the brief, simple funeral
service.
The bodies were those out of the.
at least <6 dead which could not be
identified. They were buried within
3 few hundred yards of the spot
where, Thursday night, they had
gathered for the commencement ei
ercises of the community school. An
oil lamp which fell from its hanger
on the ceiling over the auditorium
stage turned the little country school
into a funeral prye.
By International >>wi ^rtlrr.
Camden. 8. C., May IS.—Seventy
six persons, many of them school
■ bildren. lost their lives last night
n a ghastly tragic fire which swept
through a country school house s:x
miles south of here.
They wrre burned, suffocated and
trampled to death in a mad. terrified
scramble for the one exit which led
from the top floor of the flimsy
wooden structure.
Perhaps a score of others are go
badly burned they may die. and many
who w»re successful in their half
frenzied dash for the stairway are
suffering from injuries of varying de
grees of seriousness
The terrible tragedy occurred at
what is known as the Cleveland
school. Those who escaped told today
the horrible details of a night of
terror.
Between 130 and 20® person* were
gathered in the school house for grad
uation exercises. The school house is
of the old fashioned sountry wood
'ype, with a stairway in the rear and
shied by kerosene lamps. It is lo
lled in a comparatively isolated
cnanmunity with no other houses or
buildings nearby.
The audience was made up of
fathers, mothers and children, the
latter dressed in their “Sunday beat '
for the bigest community event of the
year.
A Terrific Explosion.
About 10:30 p. m. after most of the
e.vrrc." s had been completed, and as
the superintendent of schools was
presenting the ribbon bound diplomas
to the graduates of the Eighth grade,
there was a terrific explosion. It
came front a smoky kerosene lamp,
sw.nging in the rear of the hall from
the ceiling.
Burning oil was * at'ered over the
entire Ivn k part of the big square
room Rnd flames appeared instanta
neously. catching readily at tha dry
wood.
The only staircase w.is in the rear.
a >d alniosi lrefnre those in the room
realized what had happened, escape
wr- virtually cut off The flames :m
mediately surrounded the staircase.
Those m the rear of the room
dashed through the blinding smoke
anil jumped from the windows—-it
"as only the second floor—to safety
below.
Tho«e behind, neaiest the platform
' Turn lo r«*» Ttve. tolumn Tw» >
Ko«l < ro>> Life Saving First
F’ri7e Awarded Florida Girl
By International \r», Perrier.
Washington. May IS.—M.ss Mate
Buhner of St Petersburg. Fla., tb*
gill who braved an attack from t
giant barracuda in a hopeless effort
> rescue a companion whose leg had
been saupper! off by the inanewtlng
:error of the seas—was the outstand
ing heroine of 192?
Hu* was the judgment today of
te Viuencan Ked Cross In aw .tiding
her the Bed Cross life saving flrs;
pn-< of .< Miss Buhner, w.th
Dorothy McClatchie, was swimming a
mile off the piers st St. Petersburg on
June 1-. is??, when a barracuda,
more dangerous than a shark at
tacked Miss McClatchie
I . $. and British Consuls
^ ithdraw From Vladivostok
Mt iMkociat+at rrm
Tokio. M»V IS.—S Pinkney Tuck
American consul at Vladivostok, and
1 j *’ I'ston. acting consul there for
(ireat Britain, armed today a:
Tsuruga. Japan. after having closed
T*' * ,r offi-c* in the Siberian port un
ier instructions from thrir govern
nient> T!ie Japanese consulate at
' ladtvnstok is being kept open tem
porarily in the hope that arrange
mrnts to continue Japanese rcpreeen
tat ion there nvay arise out of th»
n gotlalioi s n»-n ginrg on he:ween
' I'oount Goto sod Adolph Joffe,
sot let repreaentati' e
It* Brazilian Bohols >Uin.
1; • " ' :n « Mai « Ore h„a
'*'•'1 Gi i ! an rebel* wee killed ai l
' " riled :n etieat i»efc e
■• He 11oops m Uio Grande l"V Su'
itage yesterday, according to s
dim >i The government topees '
' -■ - i'l ioascs tne J.sjaic .
said
