The i imaha Corning ' ?ee — VOL 52 NO 290 tntfrtd >■ Sacond-Clau Matter May 28. nOlt. at OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAY 22. 1923. * »J 1 U O CENTS Fhre Ceete ElMwtiera ^ aaw. uov. Omaha P. 0 Under Act of Mareh 3. I8 rose the brio in Wyoming* a bank president C. E. Byerly, manages an other band of boy musicians, which is also under the patronage of a busi ness men's organization. A com jnunlty church also is being organ ized. ( uontr.v Iteroveriiig. But there are other crops than chil ilmi, though the, last two harvests were ruined by drouth. It js difti cul to believe that this country i.; mi arid, especially in t lie face of the rain that has continued all day along the line. However, much winter wheat was ruined this year by lack < f moisture, spring wheat and corn that was put. in later is sai b-ct a new party leader to replace Mr. Bonar Law. Much secrecy is still la-ing main tained concerning Mr. Bonar I-nw, who today underwent what is under stood to have been a minor operation of the throat to relieve extreme pain which he lias recently experienced. He sees nobody but a few intimates. Should Lord Curzon be appointed minister, it is understood he would also retfiin the foreign secretaryship, so that practically no change in the constitution of the cabinet would la' i needed, if Mr. Baldwin is appointed he could hardly retain the chancellor ship of the exchequer, for the do mands upon the time and energies of the prime minister would preclude his holding of a double office Thus the appointment of Mr. Baldwin would probably* necessitate a generul' -ministerial shuffle. 5 Children Fall to Death in Well Covering (rives Way While Y<#i tighter* Playing on It —Bodies Recovered. By Intrrmilinmil News Service. iJrummondvIHo, Quebec, May ill — The builies of five children of Mr and Mrs. Thomas lloute were re. uv (•red today from an old well on tin lloute farm. They had fallen into , the well when the covering gave "ay while they played upon It. The depth of the well prevented their cries from being heard. When the father went to find his children I he saw the sixth child, a baby scarce ly aide (o walk, playing upon the 'ground, unable to crawl np.ni tin well covering. Convicted C;iry Mayor Still Holding His Jolt buy. May 21 Mayor Hn.swHl <» Johnson, convicted of • • 11m|»11.««-y t«» I violate the federal prohibit mn law. and sentenced t«* is month* in f♦ I#*»nI [prison at Atlanta., still rules <»ar> ! Johnson has voiced Ids intention "i continuing his duties for ^hr pu st nt 1 I in will appeal Ida rase and a year «n i tnora may elapse before tbs hlghoi court hands down a ruling. Vi eeks at Los Angeles. Ilf Intrrnwl Ionia I Ncwi Hrnlrr. bo* Angeles, fal.. May 2! -Hecrr - fary of War John \V Week* and a parly r niisix'iug of live I'nlted States senators, *22 representatives and a ■ wore of high arrny and navy nflii • t - . ins|H'rUriK I'uriflu roast defenses ai rived at bos Angele* harbor tesla' t»om Han Diego aboard Him army transport I . K Hi ant. They will pro i teed nurt it wind us Uu us Alaska Invasion of Sha*:. un£ T^^ned —•. . I • J* Powers to Start Res * .ie Force Unless Bandits Release Prisoners With- * in 24 Hours. Captives Expect Death By I iiivertHl Seri ire. Pekin, May 21- American and other foreign troops stationed hi China were preparing tonight to rush to the hills in Shantung province to rescue from tiie Sooehow bandits the Arreri t?tn and other foreign prisoners held ► there. The diplomatic representatives of all countries whose citizens are in cluded in the group of captives today served notice upon the Chinese gov ernment that unless the prisoners were released in 24 hours the rescue would be undertaken by foreign troops. At the same time the diplomatic body announced that* despairing of action by China’s officials, they would take up direct negotiations with the bandits for the release of the prison ers before ordering the troops into action. _ rhe peril of the captives became known today through the arrival of Seno/a Verea, bride of Manuel Verea, the paper manufacturer nf CJuadalu jara, Mex , who was released hy the bandits. She was seriously ill and was taken to a hospital. Captive* Expert Heath. At the same time a message ar rived from the Chevalier Musso, prom inent Italian among the prisoners, de claring that he expected to be exe cuted along with the otrier prisoners and asking that his relatives in Italy be sent a message telling of his resig nation to impending deatti. This message has stirred the f'>r tigners throughout China and de mands are pouring in from private as well as diplomatic sources upon the Chinese government to take action. The situation’s political turn has caused grave fears that a general up rising against foreigners may spread throughout China and it was report ed tonight that the bandit chiefs, who number among them several who were students in American ami Euro* pc an colleg* s would hold the prison ers as hostages for the resignation of President LiYueiiHung, demanding a president anil government of their own choosing. At the same time the message of the Chevalier Musso indicated that the foreign-hating element of the bandits might bring death to the captives nt any moment, despite the more pacific leanings of the student leaders. Musso’s message read: “Immediate steps trust l>e taken o** we will he killed. 1 await death calmly. Wire my family in Italy.’’ Henora Verea was hysterical when she arrived at Shanghai, through fear that her husband would l»e killed. She called her experience In the ban dit camp a “ghastly nightmare “ I . S. Iteady,for Action. Washington. May 21—Practically the entire Asiatic fleet the Am* ri can navy, consisting of 18 destroyers, a cruiser, a gunboat, a supply ship and other auxiliaries, are concen trated at Cfefu. Shantung port n-ai est the bandit stronghold, ready for any emergency. These vessels are prepared to make landings of crew dsiacllments if d**emed necessary. The units, if sent into the Interior, would greatly weak I en the ships’ complements, but U Is believed the engineer forces left aboard to take care of the machinery could hold off any possible attack from shore. A few gun crew* would necessarily be left behind and th*? deck forces W'oul£ he drawn upon I r the landing party. * Chefu is 50 miles west of W’eihai 1 vvei, the English possession, and 100 miles Fwuth of Port Arthur. It wn* ! made the base for the American v sels after most of them had been as sembled at THh*tno. l.'iO mil* to he south. Onil- Minnesota IIi«•** gave It* readers the amazing ys>witness story b| Lloyd LcSu , | ■ i efigei ■ m ' ■ eaptui sd trniri, who risked his life to «*« cape with the thrilling news, His atopy heat the world by 11 hours. Second, through the agency of t'nlveisal Service, The Omaha Bee carried the first story of the con tension of Clara Phillips in which she admitted hef identity as the Los Angeles hammer woman. Not until mors than M hours btir wss the second Omaha paper able to “confirm** this new-. Again The Omaha Bee Justifies its slogan --- If you want the news when It is news you have to lend The Oma ha I tea. i Swiss Send Hot Answer to Reds Geneva. May 21.—The Swiss gov ei nment's reply to the soviet note of protest concerning the assassination at Lausanne of Vorovsky. soviet en voy declared that Switzerland had a better right to demand explanations for the violence suffered by thousands of Swiss in Russia under the soviet regime than to give them regarding the death of one Russian who was an unofficial and unwelcome visitor. The reply, which was drafted by M. Mot to, chief of the political department, has been approved by the federal council. In regard to charges that Vorov sky was not sufficiently protected, the reply asserts that the Swiss police cannot give special supervision for the protection of every visitor to the country. It concludes with the state ment that the trial of Maurice Gon radi. who shot, Vorovsky, will be held in due Swiss legal form and that for eign intercference will not be toler ated. Cabinet Members Favor Action to Rescue Captives Stroll" Pressure Brought to Bear Upon Vi hite House to Take Initiative in Situation. I nivrrsal Serilre. Washington. May 21.—Strong pres sure was brought to btar upon the .State department and White House today, urging the United States to take the initiative against the existing choas In China. The situation is scheduled to be the thief subject of discussion at Tues day's cabinet meeting. Inquiries mad- of Individual mem bers of the cabinet indicate complete unanimity of opinion favoring an im mediate ultimatum to the Chinese gov ernment, lobe followed by military ac tion in ease of failure to comply. Tlie first problem to be solved Is that of securing the safety and freedom of Americans and other foreigners Held ty the banolts. The second is the urgent necessity of keeping open the large trade avenues -which are practi cally closed. it is frankly admitted that 'He Pts"^ department ha* yielded to a t-olley o, prochasllnatlon, hoping from day to dnv that the representations' of the diplomats at I’ckin would secure the re least of ths captives. * Developments I of the last few daya indicate that mere diplomatic representations cannot yield satisfactory result*, as the Chinese government Itself is Impotent and com mands no respect from the outlaws. Joint Action l.ikely. The release of the captives will be a signal for joint action of some kind, if, in fact, such action is not found to he necessary in ordep to secure the prisoners. The movement of r con siderable body of foreign troops Into the bandit infested region is known to be under contemplation, ami it Is thought probable that the Chinese railway system-will be policed by tlie great powers for several years, or until a stable government shall have been established In China. One of tiic greatest problems in tlie contemplated action revolves a limit japan sr.. w hat extent • u Ja • permitted to participate without ag gravation the situation, is the ques tion. There Is a distinct under current of suspicion here that Japanese agents are, to some extent, responsible for in citing liie present disorders. Also Japan Is *■■ hated by ihe enlightened Chinese for its aggressions lit Shan tung and Manchuria that it i* feared file presence of any considerable num ber of Japanese troops might Invoke a general uprising that would lie diffi cult to handle. Negotiation* Pail. The American legation at Pekin re ported to tlie Suite department today the utter failure of all negotiations between the Chinese government and bandit leaders for the liberation of the foreigners further efforts to secure their freiiloin in that way are believed to be useless • "The only hope of early release of the prisoners," tlie cablegram to ilia slate repartment said, "is by direct foreign nogatlalion*." Commissions offered to the bandit chieftains by the Chinese government as officers in the regular army were refused, tlie bandits fearing treachery. They now demand (list nil terms hr guai intrrd by six foteign powers and have refused to deal further with the Pekin authorities, pending the with ill no -II of all troops t min the m igliliot hood of I heir stronghold. This demand thus far has not hern compiled with. I . S. <4111 Force Collection of Prolcutcil Taxation Washington. May 21*—The federal government can compel the payment of assessed taxes and those protesting the assessments must bring suit Inter if they want to r«iovot th» amount alleged to have been unlawfully col lect. **d. The supreme court laid doW u this principle today In n < »»*«• brought hy tlie government against Alfred I I Hi pont. Norway May (live Financial \ill lo \relic I xpcilitioii London. May 21 -The government <»f Norway is about to give financial support t<* the Amundsen Antic rx pedUlon. in’coi«11 nto a di puti h from (.'hiinttania in tho London Tim Proposal making an appropriation for the expedition, includinj two nlr nun foi the proposed flight to the pole will be introduced in the Storih lug after lh« Whiuuntlds holidays. Can the Peacemaker Make Peace? | _ | Cloudburst Hits Colorado Town; Rain in Nebraska l nion Pacific Track ashed < Int and I arm Lands Flood ing Planting Delayed in This State. Intrrtintionnl News Ser\ Ic*. Denver, Colo.. May 21.—A cl<*tid burnt struck Cornlah. Colo., in Weld county, northeast of Greeley, today, according to advices to the t'nion Pariflc railroad officers here, inundat ing Cornish, washing out 1,506 yards of T'nion Pa rife railroad tracks, and flooding miles of farm lands in the vicinity. The cloudburst following a 4 h«>ur downpour of rain, and turned Coil Creek, normally a shallow stream, *n to a raging river. No loss of life reported, hut a great d image was done to livestock and growing crops and virtually every business building and residence in the village wag flood ed with water. Main in Nebraska. Hprdil IM«|intih to The OnmhM Bee. Norfolk. Neb., May 21 Rain i f til Ink all over nyrth Nebraska and south pin South Dakota, seriously tplay.Ilk rorn planting, which Is now far be hind. Replantink Delayed. Seottsbluff. Neb., May 21 —Rain all day In the North I’latlc Valley Mon day delayed the work of replant Ink sugar brPts injured by tli" form of last u»*‘k The rain was generally wrl corned by f a i nn rs. Dry S|*«ll Needed Beatrice, Neb , Mnv 1*1 Corn in ■Hip field* ill county Is li;» Mini la i good stand, Kanina* av •> 4: warm, dry weather is badly needed for the grain.* Three Missing in Flood. 'vijre, Old., May ?l—Three per sons were missing lien* last night after a cloudburst which precipitated *l\ inches of rain in la minutes, short Freeh was out of its hanks and had spread into a stream five block* wide through the middle of the «i!> A family of three which moved Into a new home late Saturday night had not !»ren accounted for at a late hour last night No other* were re ported missing. The water was receding at mid night hut not until nearly 300 farm laborer*, oil field workers and their families had been rescued from the tops of their tents, hou*es, trees and wagon* which were swept by the floi kI. Vtnorican National Park Idea I ak«*« Hold in Japan Tokio. May i!l. ♦ Japan is to Have seven national parks, similar fn those in Ann rit a. if the plans of the home department ate adopted. The places subsisted for reserva tlon are the area surrounded by the seven Ilaktaie |jom1s, the Japan?** \ IVM the t• I PtiKahat-a Terrace ! Y.i n.ito I* u\ in- ■ M• mint \ I'll • 11 Spa in Kyushu Nikko a ml Mount lUtniui in lhe northeast Most of these places already mu fatuous .1 ltd art i ilth Hut t » t'lk'i a i loads will ha vs to bt builL k K Reds Ref use to ^ ield to Britain Difference- Between I w o Countries ( ail Only Be \ II.— \n anti-Brici-li ilrnion-tratinn of military natlirr Ha report i-d from pelrosjrad today. By OMNiatrd I’m*. Moscow, May — Iaconid Krasin, Russian s««\iot representative in lx»n don. is unuffi* ally understood to have Item instructed to inform the British foreign office that Russia cannot yield in principle from its recent note replying to the British ultimatum. The instructions, it is said, wore sent as the result of a soviet government conference last night. • While willing to make some tempo rary arrangements regarding the fish ing rights of the British trawlers off the Murmansk coast such as limiting the territorial gone and Adjusting other secondary point** pending gen eral negotiation, Russia still insists that the differences between the two countrn m can only he adjusted by a • *yf* r*-nce. it is jH*iut»d out that Eng lmd, despite numerous requests from the soviet government, ha* never •Mtivo IX’1* stated e„\aetR wh.it the British policy and interests in Persia and other eastern lands actually arc The hotly < f Vaslav Vorovsky. the soviet represent:|Nvc at the Luis.mnf conference, assassinated May in. was buried last night beside the walls of tin* historic Kremlin A crowd that packed the great square witnessed the simple communist' ceremony. His grave is beside that of John Reed, former leader of the communist party in America. There was no re ligious note to the ct jemony. More than l(HJ#00n persons escorted the body frv*m the railroad station to tl»e .square. University Students’ Wedding Kept Secret Inl IHupMtrti to Thr Otniihd 1 tor. I-in* “In, N*h May 21- A s»vrct martin *40 between John Tfiwns«n«1. 19. and Helen U Hn*wn. 19. Omaha, atu* dent* at the atate l'ni\crsdty. October 31. 1922. \\.»* made public today. The brtd»i|rrf>om'M parent** arc Mr. and Mr*. S \\ Townecnd St nrgis apartment*. Omaha, and the bride* parent* are Mr. nml Mr*. Hodman M brown. ^719 K1 ore nee iHHibviUtl, Omaha. The romance opened at the i rVntral Hinh idiool, Omaha. I m Total aiut o Januat t 1 * til tlt'fli out v, 11 llottrlt I rmpoiatMrr*. * • til . M * l» *» ...... *» ' » m ...... *; * H III * , . , . tfi I * .« ui.. . .. fe 7 II 4* III I $ \" noun II • r ns tv m ' > r «i ... T 0 « > . • M M ..... S | • »> « * . . ** ■ \ %u ... V * * »• m i 1«tttiwtiMtn ' » ttl . r 'I i \ \ , mu* I *r •»' ot' I '.hI*; * i n % ' I umt-'T Hi Vrtuh l*S ait* ** r «•«* «• m ni > m s*tt |.ak«> Oitt l> ■^hfPtdtn >• i I* » *•’* \ *:nu,n* ,. . *2 Greece and Turks Near * Conflict M. Alexandras Says Delegates Will Quit Peace Parley if . Kemalists Insist on Colleo tion of Indemnities. % - Well Equipped to Fight By Ancofiated Prem. Lausanne, May 21.-elf Turkey ir. gists on war to settle the questior of the indemnity it claims ig due from Greece, then Greece will accept th< gage of battle, M. Alexandria, th« Greek foreign minister told the for eign correspondents today. JTh« Greek delegates, he added, will b» withdrawn from the Near' East con ference this week if Turkey persists in its reparation demand*. The Turks have given no Indication of an intention to recede from their reparation demands and M. Alex andria' declaration that Greece wa* resolved not to pay a cent of In demnity brought increased pessimism in conference circles. The Greek foreign minister denied that he had come to Lausanne in a bellicose mood but said the Greek army had been reorganized since the overthrow of t'onetantine and was now well equipped and able to take care of itself. Can Defend Honor. I think he said, "If the worst con • t” the worst, the Greek army will be able to defend its honor." M Alexandria added that he would like the American people to realize Gt<- • s pnsitii i. especially that al "b'"i4h Gr< -e had numerous provqs cations which would reasonably Justify it in reopening the war with Turkey, it had ignored them all be ea ise it was sincerely desirous of peace. Tlie seizure hy the Turks of the inip venshed r* fugees’ funds in the hanks of Co! stantinople, continued the foreign minister, and the abeant* able treatment of Greek prisoners of war if ntly arrived from Asia Minor instituted such provocations. The Greeks and Turks had signed a sep arate convention at Lstusa.nne in Janu ary, for the compulsory exchange of populations, with the distinct provi sion that it should be inoperative be fore Afav 1, yet the Turks have sent -u additional 70,000 refugees since ■he s -.-nature of the convention, in gross violation of its terms. Protests Disregarded. The aljies. as well as Greece, had protested, but Turkey sent still an other boatload of 3,000. The latest prove, .ition, according to M. Alex andris was the steady dispatch of Turk.sh iroops into eastern Thrace, violating the Mudnnla armistice. "I have Just received a telegram from Athens." he added, "that on t'-atur 1 iy 7.non additional troop* 1 the straits as reinforcements to the Turkish army already mobilized in Thrace." With reference to possible war. M Alexandria said: "Turkey seems to f.cl that Greece was beaten in the war and therefore owes an indemnity. Hut this is i grave error, as Greece was merely beaten in battle in A»ia Minor and hostilities were suspended by an armistice, which Greece is try ing in transform into peace. But if the Turks propose to resume the war to obtain an indemnity, then Greece accepts the challenge. Threatens lo Quit Parley. M> government has determined to retire from the conference next Wed nesday or Thursday, when the in demnity question comes up in a plenary session, if Turkey insists UP°»» «» unjust position or any effort ■s r ‘ b' ! . force Greece to accept this position." M Alexandria repeated *.' e Greek c Mention that Turkey and Greeve v uhi mutually renounce re pans-tons ns the only possible solution. Thl' " ■ ; 1 month of the second conference will ojx>n Tuesday in a :reubl.-d atm, sphere, with none of the great issues settled. V Oman Burned to Death in Auto Car ( atelie> hire \fter Col lision J Others Severely Sen relied. K< I [tier run tonal >r»« Renter. ■s i Hing. HI., May SJ —Mr*. Mvtw Heanl of Valparaiso. ird . wa* burned early today and her daugh or and son in law. Mr. and Mrs. l.es . tor Jacobs were severely scorched. When their automobile caught fire after a collision with another motor ■