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Brigands
Clash With
Soldiers
One Officer and Five Men of
Chinese Killed in Battle—•
American Government
Preparing for Action.
Woman Prisoner Freed
# By A*aoctat<'d Pr*?**.
Tienstein, May 50.—One officer
and five Chinese troopers of Ihe re
gular army were killed in a battle be
tween the soldiers and the bandits
who are holding 14 men of foreign
■ ountires captive in .the .Paotiuku
hulls of Hliantung. according to of
ficial reports issued by the Chinese
, military authorities here today.
Mrs. Manuel Anclra Verea, wife of
Manuel Ancira Verea. a manufac
ture of Guadalajara, Mex., who, with
her husband, has been held by the '
Chinese bandits, was releasee! today.
This now leaves 14 men captives of
the bandits, who have moved to the
top of the hills.
By Universal Service.
Washington, May 20.—This govern
ment is on the point of making a flat
demand upon the Pekin government
for immediate action to rescue the
Americans Who are among the cap
tives held by tho Chinese bandits.
I-atest developments in the situa
tion reaching here in press dispatches
reveal that five of the captives have
been shot to death and the bandits
have threatened to slay two Ameri
cans and two Britons unless the ran
som demanded for their release is
immediately paid.
The State department is awaiting
official confirmation of this report
from Minister Schurman. A cable
gram from him is expected to reach
ths department in the morning.
Prepare For Action.
Meanwhile it is known that steps
already have been taken to bring
aIvout action by this government the
moment it becomes apparent that
stern measures must be taken to force
the Pegin government to effect rescue ,
of the captives.
Secretary Hughes has conferred '
with heads of the War and Navy de
partments to consider what is to be
done in the event some form of inter
vention should become necessary.
A line of military action has been
formulated it is understood, and of
ficials of the three departments are
merely waiting to see what the Pekin
government will do to extricate it
self from the position in which it has
been plac°d by the bandits’ demand.
Impatient at Delay.
A feeling of impatience over the de
lay of the Pekin authorities prevails in
departments here, and among some of
ficials this amounts almost to ex
asperation because of the long delay
which has ensued since the victims
were taken.
Considerable concern for the two
American army officers held by the
1 andits, Majors Roland Pinger and
Robert Allen, was felt here in connec
tion with the report that the lives of
two Americans are in the balance.
Fears were expressed by army of
ficials that the two officers may he
i he ones the bandits have in mind for
execution for the heason that they are
the only ones who have official stand
.ing with this government. The
bandits may believe execution of the
officers might hasten payment of the
ransom.
Former Clerk of U. S. Court
Guilty of Embezzlement
Oklahoma City, May 20.—Arnold
f. Dolde, former v lerk of the United
H tales district court for western
Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to a charge
of embezzling court funds here late
before Feederal Judge Robert
U. Williams, lie was sentenced to
two years In prison on each of three
counts, the sentences to run concur
rently.
Auditors who examined the former
court clerk's books alleged that his
shortage amounted lo $15,612.68.
For nearly 20 years Oolde lia-1
served as an officer of the court.
Several montlia ago when an audit
r.f his accounts was begun. he mys
teriously disappeared.
"Big Dave” Held on charge
of Jury Fixing Out on Bond
Waukegan, 111 . May 20.—“'Big Have"
Ersman, who has lieen under arrest
1n connection with the grand Jury In
vestigation tnt-i jury tampering dur
the trial and acquittal of Governor
Small, waa released under $5,000
bonds.
Ersman was arrested secretly In
Chicago two weeks sgo by attaches
of the atate’s attorney's office on a
warrant charging conspiracy to Im
pede Justice. The release on bonds
was made after habeas corpus pro
ceedings had failed.
§40,000 Sewer Bond Election
Will Be Held in Fairbury
Special Itlspalch to The Omaha Ilee.
Fairbury, Neb., May 20. —A special
election h a been called for .July 5
to vote on the proposition of Issuing
*10,000 bonds to put In a storm sewer
system In Fairbury. Six paving «lis
It lets have been created and the $10
000 asked for Is the preliminary step
to put things In readiness to begin
construction. This Is the same propo
sition that was defeated six months
sgo before the pepple launched the
building and improvement campaign.
.tune Imiie of "Vanity I-air" on sal*
1 today.—Adv.
Picnic Is Given for
Charles F. Weller
Family picnic in honor of Charles
F. Weller, president of the Richard
son Drug company, who celebrated
his 79th birthday anniversary Wed
nesday, was held at Elmwood park,
wood park.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Weller,
there were several relatives, Includ
ing grandchildren and six great
grandchildren, present at the picnic.
The list of guests included Mr. and
Mrs. Harry S. Weller, their two
daughters, Mr. and Mrs. James Fish
er, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pratt and
two children, Earl Fisher and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clark, Mr.
and Mrs. (leorge Howell and two
children, Mr. and Mrs. Charles K.
Weller. Mrs. Dean Davidson and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Ellis,
Mr. ami Mrs. Frank Patton, Mrs
Janies Eager pf Wichita, Kan., and
James Fisher of Lincoln.
Addition to Hog
Yards Is Under
Construction
Addition Will Take Care of
6,000 Porkers W lien Com
pleted—Other Improve
ments Are Planned.
i -
Rapid increase of receipt* of hogs
by truck and other transportation
methods at the stockyards has neces
sitated the construction of an addi
tional unit to the hog yards of the
Omaha Union Stockyards company.
Work is now under way on the
unit which will increase the stoiuge
capacity of the yards for hogs held
for sorting and shipping by approxi
mately I!.000, releasing that much
room from the selling pens.
According to General Manager
Schellberg. provision for additional
pens w ill be made later and is a part
of a general plan covering improve
ments which are now under construc
tion. The hog unit represents the
only new construction to be under
taken this year.
Homebrew Mash
Swamps Sewers
Montana Official Pleads ^ ith
Folks Who Make Their Own
to Use Discretion.*
Lewiston. Mont., May 10.—City
Knginaer ft. I*. Longshore is having
trouble with the homebrewers and
moonshiners, and although he has not
joined the federal or state prohibi
tion forces, liis wrath is great.
The sewers in Lewistown, I-ong
shore explains, are adequate, under
ordinary circumstances, to serve the
purpose for which they were con
structed, hut recently there lias been
enough homebrew mash dumped In
to the pipes, he declares, to dam tip
the Missouri river.
Last week the city engineer's force
had a real job in cleaning out ac
cumulated mash in one of the mains.
The effort was finally successful, but
Longshore believes the trouble will
recur, for he has not been able to
locate the offenders. He begs people
vho make homebrew to put their
mash down the pipes in small lots
instead of a barrel at a time.
Longshore says if this appeal is
disregarded the only solution left i*
the laying of storm sewers in alt
sections of the town, or perhaps an
even larger type, which he desig
nated as a "homebrew system."
Thousands of Klaiikincn
(rather for Demonstration
H.v InteriiMtliifliil Sews ken ire.
Valparaiso, Inti . May 20.—Twenty
thousand Ku Klux Klansmen from
every part of the United States were
In Valparaiso tonight for a gigantic
demonstration. Chicago alone sent
1,500 in two special trains. There
was a special tram of 12 cars from
Indianapolis Automobiles bearing
klan banners, were thick in the
streets. The nature of th*- cete
monies was not. revealed.
Russia Fxports l.mnhor
Moscow, May 20.—The Northwest
Wood export of Russia is claiming
that its products in London excel In
quality and quantity the .Swedish nnd
Finnish export. Formerly only lot::*
were exported, and Russian logs w i re
sent to Ksthonia to lie made into lum
ber. Now lumber produced In Rus
sia Is a great part of the export.
Shipments
From Rui#
Increase
Average of 300 Carloads Fuel
Exported From Occupied
Areas During First Two
Weeks of May.
Germans Plan New Offer
Bv Associate*! Pres*.
Essen, May 20. — In authoritative
German quarters it was declared
that the French and Belgians by no
means have reached the preoccupa
tion volume of coal and coke exports
from the Ruhr, as claimed by Premier
Poincare. It was admitted, however,
lhat the first fortnight of May saw an
average daily export of 300 carloads.
Shipments reaehed as high as 757
carloads on May 9, but dropped to
135 the next day because of bridge
destructions. Ry May 13 traffic had
hern sufficiently restored to send out
428 carloads.
During April, 9.445 tarlodas wer^ ex
ported by way of the Rhine bridge at
Duisburg, compared with 1.210 in
.March. One hundred bargeloads also
were exported in April.
The Germans attribute the great in
crease over the previous month main
ly to the fact that 44 mines were
under occupation in the Ruhr in
April against 10 in March.
To State Fixed Annuities.
Beilin, May 20.—Germany's forth
coming reparations proposal* will stip
ulate definite annuities instead of of
fering a fixed total, according to In
formation from political quartern. It
is stated that the German league of
industrialists is preparing a plan which
will -enable the government to make
an offer based upon positive con
crete guarantees for which the Ger
man Industrial, financial and commer
cial interests, political parties and la
bor unions will go security.
Although the details of the forth
coming offer have not teen divulged
or discussed. It appears that the pow
erful industrial league has succeed
ed in convincing Chancellor Cuno
and Foreign Minister Rosenburg of
the futility of speculating upon an In
ternational loan as a basis for repara
tion.
Proposes Substitute.
The league Instead proposes to’ sub
stitute a system of gold annuities
to be guaranteed through the co-opera
tion of labor unions in connection
with a platform calling for increased
production all around. The gnld is to
be raised bv a process which is describ
ed as a giant hypothecation <>f all (lie
nation's productive units—mines, fac
tories, farms, hank*, fisheries, etc.
Chancellor Cuno and Ids cabinet are
devoting the Whitsuntide holidays to
an examination of the basic features
of the scheme, but are not expected
to reach a definite conclusion before
the end of next week.
It appears, however, that the gov
ernment has permanently Jettisoned It*
hopes of obtaining a hearing among
the creditor powers, especially France,
for any reparation plan based upon an
Intangible loan and it is believed thut
the proposals ns outlined above sug
Rest a more promising solut.on.
Neihardt (ilub to Erect
Monument to Hugh Glass
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Hee,
Wayne, Neb., May 2f>. — monument
will be reeled July 27 by the Nei
liardt club to Hugh Glass, frontier
character, who, 100 years ago. hsd
an encounter with a bear and was
killed. The memorial she is at the
forks of the Grand river.
Nebraska’s poet laureate will accom
pany members of the club, who plan
to cam pout in the pilgrimage to the
scene of an exciting cp;*ode In Ne
hreaka's history. In encountering the
bear Glass was deserted by compani
on* and left to die,
Requisition I* Honored
to Return Man to Rlnfin
Uncoln, May 2ft-—Governor Bryan
honored a requisition from the
governor of Iowa for the return of
I,. F. Pock, alias .1. W. Kelly, to
t'ounril Bluff* on the charge of sell
ing a second hand automobile without
complying with the Iowa law. The
accused is limbi arrest at O'Neill,
Neb. He is alleged to bar* In his
possession a car which had been
stolen at Cowley county, Kansas, re
cently.
Mudlumk Saves Five Chicagoans
r
From Plunge Over Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, May 20.—Only n
niudbank and luck saved a party of
five Chicagoans from belli# carried
|over Niagara falls in a motorboat,
Tha motorboat, the Sunbeam, is
owned by the I/H*ker Iron company
of Chicago, ft was formerly a sub
1 chaser and was bought in New York
recently, refitted and brought up the
barge canal to Toimwanda < 'apt
George Murphy of Chicago was in
command
This evening the captain decided to
make another lap to Buffalo and
j spend the night there. The motgr*
boat whs taken Into the river and
*
I channel, proceeded north along the j
Canadian Mime In the direction of
flu* fall®.
At t’hlppewn workmen on the hy
droplant -pier* waxed a xvarnlng to
the crew, hut they Interpreted the
signal as n friendly hall and con
tinued their comae. Juat below the
Intake* for the Queenstown power
house channel, a broad mudhank
stretches se\rial hundred feet Into
t he I : VC i
The mold boat stuck Ms .'harp nose
into this mud and held fast, a ant
half mile from the cataract
\ boat xxas rushed out from Chip
pew a and the * row of the Sunbeam
taken ashore. A line was attached to
the HunUcMin to picxeut u drilling
away,*
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ptor and Captive Will Be
^Av ’ Classmates at West Point Academy
Washington, May 20.—The names
of Frederick Funston, “L’nited States
; at large," and Emilio Aguinaldo,
j "Philippine Islands," appear on the
list of successful candidates for ad
mission to tho military academy next
July. Thus will sons of captor and
captive in the dramatic scene of the
Philippine insurrection be classmates
for four years at West Point.
Young Funston, son and namesake
of the late Maj. Gen. Frederick Fun
ston, was appointed by President
Harding, according to custom, with
regard to the sons of high officers
who seek to follow their fathers into
service. The young Filipino, son of
Don Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the
uprising of the Filipinos, first against
the Spanish and afterwards against
the Americans, received his appoint
ment under the law which permits
one Filipino to be sent to West Point
each year to l>e trained for service
as an officer of the Philippine scouts.
The outstanding incident of Gener
al Funston’s brilliant military career,
which began when he led the 20tlr
Kansas voluntary Infantry as Its
colonel, to the Philippines In 1898,
was his' capture of Aguinaldo. It
broke the back of native resistance to
American rule and paved the way for
peaceful development of the islands.
In the guise of a prisoner, held with
a handful of white comrades by a
force of friendly natives who posed as
members of the Aguinaldo army, the
adventurous Kansan penetrated to
Aguinaldo’s mountain headquarters,
effected a dramatic capture and es
raped to the American lines with hts
prisoners. The Filipino ultima’ely
was released on parole, but his in
surgent activities wore over.
Bluffs Permits
for Building
Break Records
Expenditure of $87,52.”* Out
lined in Office of City
Clerk; 25 New Houses Arc
Scheduled to Be Built.
All records during the building l>oom
in Council Bluffs this spring were
shattered again last week, when 36
building permits were issued at the
office of the city clerk, outlining an
expenditure of $87,525.
Twenty-five of the permits were for
the construction of new homes, rang
ing from $400 to $10,000, and carry
ing a total estimated construction cos',
of $83,730. The remaining 11 per
mits were for remodeling, alterations
and garages, totalling $3,775.
Oscar Biesendorfer, contractor, ob
tained nine permits for remodeling
homes at 3333 Fourth avenue and at
3340 Avenue B, to cost $300 each, and
the others for new homes as follows:
3541 Aveune K, $2,500; 3345 Avenue
K, $2,500; 3345 Avenue E, $2,500; 3550
Avenue I), $3,800; 3603 Avenue C,
$3,300; 438 Huntington avenue, $3,800,
and 2533 Avenue K, $3,800.
Six permits for new dwelling were
issued to J. II. Koester. One was for
a $10,000 home for Ed Evans at 618
Forest Drive, and another for a $7,500
home for Boy Peterson at 327 Wood
lawn drive. The other were; 2600
South Seventh street, $4,500; 2452
Avenue E. $3,500; 3405 Fifth avenue,
$3,500, and 216 South Twenty-eighth
street, $.3,250.
Other larger permits Issued were:
Pr. A. A. Johnson, 33S Woodland
Drive, $10,000; t'hristlan Brothers. 110
Vine street, $5,000: T, A Palmer, 21*29
Sixth avenue, $3,000; W. M. Thomas,
435 Washington avenue. $3,000;;
Charles Savage. Twelfth street and
Avenue B. $3,000.
The remaining seven were for less
pretentious homes, as follows: It. N.
Robertson, 507 Twenty-fifth avenue.
$1,000; A. A. Jensen. 139 North Sixth
street, $1,000: A. P. Kern. 2305 Ave
nue E. $300; Wallace Benjamin, two in
Webster's addition, $600; M. S. Hen
dry, 16)6 Twenty-first avenue, $600,
and James A Pike, Ninth street and
Fourth avenue, $400.
Falls City “Captured”
by Second Battalion
Sperlsl llhpstrli to The Omaha Her.
Falls city. Neb.. May 20.—Falls
City presented a military appearance
Saturday night and Sunday with 500
troops of the Second l»nttalion. Seven
teenth Infantry, in "possession” of the
town. Bad roada. made heavy by set
eral days' rain, delayed the soldiers'
march into the city from Stella and
a few of the men had to be sent on
ahead In the ambulance car owing to
blistered feet.
The soldiers converted city park
into a wartime camp with about 230
shelter- half tents, supply wagons,
trench mortars, wireless apparatus
anil rolling Kitchens providing the at
mosphere. Rand concerts In the after
noon and evening and a ball game
between the soldiers and Falls City
featured Sunday's program. The tnett
will Rave early Monday morning for
Hiawatha. Kan . ihe next stop of tli.it
Mia mil* hike from Fort Omaha to
Fort Leavenworth
I rcMt-li \ir|»lanr F*ilot
\rrp«tod oil (German Soil
Muni' ll. Moy 20.—The French pilot
nf an airplane forced down hy engine
trouble Friday night near Hchwalg,
northeast of this city, was arrested
and Ida airplane seized on the ground
that French aircraft are not author
l/.cd to cross German soil. The pilot
was on the way from Prague to Paris
with one pasenger. a Kumanbin. who
was allowed to proceed.
The (ierinnn government recently
proteatedsto Fiance against French
planes flvlug over German tiorlliay,
and Called attention to the furl that
undealrahle consequent's might f,,|
low In the case of emergency land
!ng*.
Norway May (»ivr Kiuum’ial
\itl lt» \r«'lir I'.xpctl it ion
Hr I altersal srnlre
Ieuidon. May 'hi The government
"f Norwav Is atintit In giie final" a!
support lo the Amundsen Ant e <v
pedltl'in, according III a dlspali li finni
Christiania In the Imiidou Tines
Proposal making mi appropi iatlon
for the expedition. Including two or
men for the proposed fight t" the
pole will Its tutriiduinl to the Htorth
tug aftti the iMuteuiunle holidays,
Sweden Floats
Big State Loan
New Indebtedness Absorbed
Directly by Investing
Public.
Stockholm, May 20.—Sweden's na
tional debt per capita is only $67.60,
while that of the United States par
capita is $226.90. This Is one of tlie
interesting bits of statistical Informa
tion reported by the Swedish (ten
era! Export association in connection
with the new Swedish state loan
which has Ju:-t been made. A still
more significant statement sheds keht
on Sweden's credit position. w hich has
lieen established during the last few
years.
At the end of 122) the assets of the
national account, including cash on
hand, treasury funds, post and tele- (
graphs, state railways, water power
works. domains, shares and loan
funds, exceeded the national debt by
X,'>16,400,000 kroner, about $412,000,.
■000. as against a corresponding excess
of 1913 Of about $241,000,000.
The new Swedish state loan, which
has Just been absorbed by Investors,
bears interest at 4 1-2 per cent, and
was sold at 97. An innovation in
placing this dian was that it was offer
ed to the public directly by the treas
#by department instead of lielng han
dled by the banks.
t'onslderable sums which would oth
erwise have been expended for com
missions were thus saved.
Luxemburg to
Have Own Army
Army of Men to Br < )r*
paiiizrd — Reserve of
1.400 Planned.
Brussels. May 10.—The “Journal
d'Each" announces that the Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg Is about to re.
ognize Its army. If is no longer to
he regarded ss a joke and troaed ns
a pretax for arraying a tinker s dozen
of good looking men In picturesque
uniforms so that they can make a
bit of a show when the army Is mus
tered for ceremonial occasions.
But It will cause no trembling
among foreign potentate* •Tt.e whole
army will consist of only about 500
men. hut they will tie real soldiers and
equipped as such. When the baby
grand duchess was born recently, the
necessary salute to herald the new
arrival was fired with guns that had
to be borrowed from Franc*. The
new nrnij will at least save the duchy
from a repetition of that humiliation
Every soldier will he given a gtm and
will lie taught how to handle It.
By the new organization, the sol
dlera will serve four years, and s
reserve of 1,400 wilt he formed.
Joint Commission Holds
Short Session on Mexico
Mexico City, May -0.—The fifth
Mission of the mixed commission
tvhU h is considering recommendations
for bringing about ftiendly relations
between the United Suites and Mexico
ended after |c** than an hour's die
mission, so as to permit Charles R
Warren, head of the \mertcan del*?
gallon, to attend a bird and flower
festival organized by the municipality
It is Muted that the Mexican
spokesman, Gonzales lion, will make
a complete presentation of the gen*
ernl Mexican attitude relative to the
recognition question at the next com
nusftien meeting Monday.
Work l» Hrjnm on Wayne
< o 11 iity l air Huihlinps
sprr|»| t* to I h# OntNlm Hr#
Wayne. Neb. May 10 The Wuy ne
County Kali* association reports that
the sunk sales for financing the fair
are encouraging and prospects for a
big fair are good.
'Plte engineer of the state extension
^“t vice is laving out the ground* and
Ii i * It t th* -i.m f««i the pi op. » <1
buildings. The first building to l»e
erected will be used for agriculture
and fin# arts. Modern hog burns v III
follow \s many building ** possible
will be ereeled this year.
Project l« \|ipro\cil
*I»«*«*lat to Tl»r Omithii IIh>
Ileal rice. Neb., May 20 The city
commissioners ha\t» authorized City
clerk Rethoud to advet Cm# for bids
for equipment and work for bringing
the water from the Pagels farm to the
main city water plant a? Zimmerman
Spring* It i« estimated the project
will cost l.o.ooo.
4 Injured
\\ hen Blaze
Razes Store
Flames Cause $125,000 Loss
to Sixteenth Street Building
—Three Alarms Turned
in to Cheek Spread.
Theater Patrons Flee
•
Four persons were injured Saturday
night In a lire that swept the Fash
ion store, 107-111 South Sixteenth
street. Two of those Injured were
firemen and the others were resi
dents of the Dodge block, 101 South
Sixteenth street, who were trapped in
their rooms when the flames got be
yond conti ol. The loss was set at
approximately J 125,000.
J. W, Moore, 303 Dodge block, was
trapped in the bathroom at his apart
ment. Unable to open the door and
blinded by smoke, Moore crashed
down tlie door in an effort to escape.
He suffered a severe cut on his right
ankle by glass. He was attended by
a police surgeon. Eleven stitches
were taken to sew up the gash.
Herbert Keith, 310 Dodge block,
suffered lacerations on the head when
lie was caught under a falling ceil
ing while lie was trying to save his
sister-: phonograph
Hurt in Fall.
C. h. McDermott, fireman, engine
company 2. was severely cut on the
head when a floor in the burning
building collapsed, dropping turn 20
feet into a pile of burning cebiis
He was attended at the police sta
tion and taken home.
Earl Bates, fireman, hose company
B, suffered a crushed chest when he
w.is i aught between a hose and a
window frame. He was removed to
his home after the police surgeon bad
attended him.
The fire was discovered shortly
after 3 and the fire department had
its first hose line in use at 9:13. A
second alarm was turned in at 9:30
when the fianies got beyond control
and a thild alarm was sounded at
9:50. Fifteen hose lines played con
stantly upon the building from the
time of the last alarm until the fire
had burned itsilf down. go fierce
were the flames that little progress
could be made for nearly half an
hour.
Theater Endangered.
Patrons of the Empress theater
were ordered from the place by As
sistant Fire Chief Coyle shortly after
9. The management requested all
persons to leave r^jo were nervous
about the fire 15 minutes before
Coyle's order was issued. Only a
few in the audience left at the first
request, however. There w-us no dis
order when the patrons walked out.
The roof was blazing in a few places
from sparks, but the fire was extin
guished by theater employes.
The management of the World
theater was direcud by the chief to
be ready to clear the house at a
moment's notice and men with Are
iTurn ti I'ago Two, Column Two)
socialists Demand
Taft Be Impeached
New York. May 20.—A demand for
the impeachment of William li. Taft,
chief justice of the United States,
for accepting an alleged annunity of
SI0,000 from the Carnegie corpora*
tion and nn attack on the I^enitie and
Trotzky brand of Russian commun
ism by Alexander ('aban. editor of
I he Jewish Daily Forw ard, featured
the opening of the national conven
tion of the socialist party today. Mr.
( a ban declared that Trotzky was a
"big bombastic windbag.’* but he be
iievcd he was sincere, and that
Ksiune's physical breakdown was due.
in great part, to his moral Incapacity."
The resolution aimed at Chief Jus
tlce 'raft was adopted unanimously,
hut none of the delegates expressed
view on the subject.'
\ aluahlo ^kiii- Shown in
Cnimrrtion Willi Mo\i?
Skm* of wild Animal* will hr di*
ploy In ili* lobby of tli* Sim theater
all thl* nr-rk during the presentation
"f -I Snow > pi.-ture, “Hunting
Itig Gome in Aft lea With Gun and
Camera."
I lie hide* are those of tun xehra*.
a leopard and a tiger In order to
uw the** -kin* It was necessary to
obtain pei mjjiaion f i> ni ihelr owner-.
Hagenbarh A- Wn.lnre. mlmal train
era. through .he National Fur and
Tanning company.
Permlosinn wa» granted on condi
tion that the Sun theater insure the
■kins for I'.’not) for lit day*. Foster
Itnrkn rompany wrote the insurance
W Oinun Kilh-il. Till-I p Moil
llnrt \\ liru \nlti Ovrrlurtut
Fold. OkU M«> — Mrs. K. W.
Perdue of Hutchinson. Kan. was
ktlh tl when s motor «-sr in which she
wji* tiding o\ert timed north of Salt
I '*» k Uke. Met* husband. an
other man whoac name could not be
learned, and C If Johnson, all from
Hutchinson were ■ »u*lv injured A
♦» year old son of the Perdues escaped
tin ha rmeil
1 \xu '“\\ il|)ll|ic> SlMltf'IH'lMl.
S u i .iiiphIi'- X'til Max 50 William
I'lmiai; in mtil Albril StimiRianxl, (t|
flint rial Wi.iKim ttf I hp WuiM « ri »
wMilrnrrd to $erv# from one to *1
\<mi* in San Quentin prison, after
their «oovli Uun on e harem ol ovlm
Inal ndloallam On# of th >• kiuh
• I T t Mien 5enfeti, hI to *' \
Uoutt lit Jail fui contempt Of COUlt
Noted Lawyer May Run
in Presidential Race
I)udley F. Malone.
Dudley F. Malone
Throws Hat Into
Political Arena
Husband of Omaha Girl May
He “Surprise” Candidate
for President—Says
^ omen to Rule.
By International News Senire.
London, May 20.—Dudley field
Malone. democrat ftirmerly collector
■ f the port of New York and now an
international lawyer, dividing his time
between Paris and New York, shied
his hat into the American political
ring as “surprise presidential
candidate" in 1924. Malone said he
believed women would rule the world
in the future instead of men. He is
married to Doris Stevens, formerly’ of
Omaha, a leader of the militant
suffragists in the United States.
“I shall fight in the next presi
dential election," he said, “possibly
as a surprise candidate. I am opposed
to American participation in the
league of nations or the international
court of justice and arbitration."
Malone refused to disclose his presi
dential plans to any further extent
but he believes that President Hard
ii g and Henry ford will be two of
the presidential candidates next year
In addition, he believes there will be
an “unknown-"
Outlining his views of the future,
Malone said:
"I believe in the future the world
will be ruled by women. I do not re
gard the future with apprehension.
A man made world has just l»ft mil
lions of dead upon the battlefields.
No sox could make a poorer job of
things than the men. They cannot
govern.
“Participation by the women is not
going to bring about a niillenium. but
it will h^lp the men to treat questions
of peace and war with practical
realism.
“Igibor leaders in the United Stgtes
•ire 25 years liehind conservative
English labor leaders in political in
telligence.
"American foreign policy hased upon
the design of oil domination or even
world exploitation would mean an
American policy based wholly upon
commercial exploitation. I do not be
lieve that the American people ap
prove such a policy.
Rich Chinaman Vi rites
V ilJ on Laundry Ticket
San Francisco, May 10—One of the
strangest legal documents ever pre
sented to the local courts was the will
of Gee Chong Wong, a Chinese laun
dryman. The will, written on the
hark of a laundry ticket, was in the
Chinese language and read.
"1. Gee Chong Wong, also known
a* Gee Kook Sing, know myself sick
in bed: whetho, or not will lie recov
ered nor do I know that I will live
from morning to night,
"This is my will in case anything
happens. 1 pive to my wife. Gee
Wong She. ihe whole of my property,
which is as follflws:
Money with Bank of Italy.
"Money with the Canton Rank
Also Quong Sing 1-ec laundry, all
of San Francisco.
"iSignedl Gee Chong Wong *’
The Widow- was granted letters
odufmstmiion and a family allow
ance of $:oo monthly for herself anti
five i hildren.
Oldest Reformed Jewitdi
Minister in \meriea Piet
New York. May JO—Kev. Or, Hugo
Wintner. oldest Reformed Jewish
minister in America, died at hi* home
at the age of St. lie had held
pastorates in 1-ouiaville and IVtroit
and was rahl-i emeritus of the Onion
Hill temide. Brooklyn, where he had
been for -43 years.
Hr. Wlntner is survhed hy five
sons one tif whom. Hugo Wintner. ‘s
assistant district attorney,
(.dorado Vi ill Feature
W inter Sports in July
Idaho Springs, Colo, May JO—Win
ter slants in mtdsnmn.fr will he wit
ues-cd hy Colorado residents, if platis
motel way l»y the 1-laho Springs
Chamber of Commerce inaierlaUre.
k skiing tournament is planned for
July 4 on Alice Glacier, near Mary s
lake to miles above 1 da ho Springs.
Mice Glacier Is one of the largest
In ihe state and plenty of snow is as
suied for the alpine sports.
Hie Weather
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Ill Health
Is Given
as Reason
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British Prime Minister Sends
1 Resignation to King George
on Advice of Phy
sicians.
Voice Is Still Affected
By I’rm.
London, May "0—Andrew Bonar
I.aw resigned today a- premier of
(Great Britain.
A statement, -urd at No. 10 Down
1 ing Ftreet, the official residence of the
! prnieier, said:
"Mr. Bonar Law's voyage did not
improve his health. On his return
: to London Saturday he was examined
, by medical advisers, in consequence
' of whose advice Mr. Law immediatelv
placed his resignation In the hand of
his majesty the king, who graciously
accepted i.”
King George treceived a letter from
Mr. Bonar Law ni which the retiring
premier said that, according to the
urgent recommendation of h;= medi
cal advisers, he desired to resign the
premiership and as first lord of the
treasury.
In accepting the premier's reeigra
tion. King George expressed the d*=*p
es tregret and Inquired as to Mr.
Bonar I.aw's health.
The bulletin issued today by Mr.
Bonar Law's physician said:
» "In spite of his rest, the prime min
ister's voice still is unsatisfactory
and we are unahle to promise an Im
provement within a reasonable time.
The state of the premier'e general
health is not good.”
Father of Florenz
Ziegfeld, Jr., Dies
Noted Musician and Founder
of Chicago Institution Ev>
pires of Pneumonia,
Bjr t niT.rMl Srrilrt*
Chicago, May 20—Dr. Horrnz
Ziegfeld. noted musician, die j at his
home here today. He was founder of
the Chicago Musical college.
Dr. Ziegfeld and his wife celebrated
their SSth wedding anniversary a
week ago last Thursday. The noted
musician suffered a cold which de
veloped into pneumonia last Tuesday.
The end came at 4:40 this morning.
He was S2. and was born in Germany.
Dr. Ziegfeld was the father of
Florenz Ziegfeld. jr.. producer of "The
Follies."
At the "bedside when Dr. Z:egfeld
died were his widow, Mrs. Rosahe
Ziegfeld. li s sot «. William K.. ar d
Florenz. of New York, and his daugh
ter. Mrs. W."s E. Buhl of Detro:'
Billie Burke, noted actress and wife
of Florenz Ziegfeld. jr.. was unable
to accompany her husband here from
New York because of the Illness of
their daughter. She is expected to
arrive for the funeral, which prohably
will be Tuesday.
In his youth Dr. Ziegfeld studied
under famous masters—Moscheles.
Reinecke. Pla-.dy, Papperitx, Wenzel
and David.
He founded the Chicago Musical
college in.lS64.
Students Diride Honor?
in Spelling Championship
Spwinl l>i-pat<-h 1* The Omaha Bee.
Kails City, Neb. May I''—The l?tS
spelling championship crown will I e
worn jointly by K1 mo Vaughn of
Sc! .w>l district 74 and Michael Schloa
eer of ths Sacred Heart academy chf
Ka* s City, both of whom spelled cor
re-'ily ths 75 words on whi h thev
* ere tested in the e;shth grade grout,
of the annual contest held in the high
school.
rvrfeet marks *n the three cth.-*
crudes that par'icipated we • made
by Howard Rat*',-.a of district ?.! a* 1
Vesta Brecht of ?4. seventh grade.
K*na Mae Jones of Stella. Kuih
Biownson of Vvnl n, Helen '■'haw of
Panson. Mi Id res' Kngla nd of Hum
boldt. Agnes Shuk nberg of V ' - l n,
ind Mark Bau-.«n of Verdoa, s.nh
grade, and James Hickey of Paws >r>,
\ ictor Rauman c.| school dlst.lct K*.
Irei.e Schnelde.w r,r of 47 an! I a
retie Billings of Humboldt, fifth
giade. „
Sinclair Defies Police
to Stop Free Speech Meet
W.' Internalw»n»I >>n« Smlet.
l ot Anjr*lm. May 20—Dectertafc
that Chlof of Potto* P. CMikt **w !
ha v* to kill me before he can stop
me from reading llie constitution cf
the I'nile-l states ' 1'pton Sinclair,
writer at-d radical socialist leader,
told 1-.000 persons crammed in Walk
er's auditorium here that he will hold
his “free speech meeting In l,os An
gelos harbor
Bitterly ridiculing Chief Oaks and
Mayor Heorge Cr- cr for their atti
tude in the strike of longshoremen at
the local hails' Sinclair won loud ap
plans,- for his sarcastic remarks.
Minor? to Hold Parley .
" dkesbwrre P* . Mo 7* —The an
thrscUe miners, through their dig
1 ■ i !-•« i i > d,. ,1 ■ ’ ' ho a
t'oiDfnUwt nl SiTHtiior on Ju;w* r*
t ' fonuubtv nf\v dfmAtulf to submit
to lb# o|»+rfttors for "h** a|fv^
i*V»* lii# of tht pdilat
on*, "inch ia* a«f August U,