iSsBiWMOV r HE ( IMAHA SUNDAY I EE £5. ■— ‘ - r * - - * - - - -- - - - _ _ ^ L. 52—NO. 50. S2ff ? “SJ?* i^«7? OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1923. •** ®**•*» <* «w> o«n> an# Sunday, w. Sunday, um, •*•♦»» tn* #t» <•«•. pjvE TENTS Omaha P 0 Under Ant af March 3. IB7». Outaida thn 4th xona (i vaai) Daily and ktnday. -112; Sunday aaly. S3. r 1 V Ca ID Blow French IBirth Rate 6s Serious ■ Military Leaders Lookin': Into w Future Alarmed Over f Sm.ill Number of Cbil | .—Tlie low birth rate j Htli' the French people—and the uon Hprusi nf this with the high birth late ■ f tftr German people, together with Hthe eons-.-iousness of this contrast on ■ ihe part of French military leaders j ■ who look to the future and think of ■ the future in terms of military man 7 power— is one of the deepest causes of what is now happening in ICurope. To an even greater extent It is bound to lie a determining influence on what is going to happen in the future. It is ever in the minds of the leaders of 1 French public opinion, and it turns up in every) conversation that reaches tholtghful depths. Before dealing witli the more funda mental aspects of this subject it Will be interesting, first, to cite in the shui>e of a few detached paragraphs some of the evidences that.not only tlie French military chiefs, hut lead ers of thought, members of the gov ernment and publicists are keenly concerned, * Some months ago the French acad c-my gave it annual awurd to tlie ait thor of the book called "Ga Nataiite," which dealt with France's need for more Children, In approving this award a Toulouse paper, "Ga liepe die," said editorially that the acad only never made better use of Its perogative _and expressed the hope that "the recompense of the author will encourage the bourgeoisie to populate France " Another phase of the effort to sfim Plate a higher birth rate is described in the following quotation from the (Turn la P«*e Ten. Column One.) Kennedy Opens , Office to A i d Injured Workers Com prn>»ation Commissioner Ousted l»y Rr\an Says Work men Without Advire. Due to Governor's Laxity. Frank A. Kennedy, former state compensation commissioner, has1 opened an office at *102 World Herald building, .on the north went corner of Fifteenth and Farnam streets, where, beginning Monday morning, he will advise Injured workers as to their lights under the workmen’s compen sation law. Mr. Kennedy was notified Hint h»' was no longer required in the ra pacity of state labor commissioned by Governor Bryan yesterday. Kenned) hud issued a formal statement charg ing that the governor had crippled the department of labor by his care lessness. The governor failed to ask 4 for in appropriation to pay the labor commissioner’s salary, according to Mr. Kennedy, who says he only con sented to continue in the position1’ at the urgent request of Bryan, until h j successor could be found. It is on the theory that the bun- : dreds of workmen of Douglas county who are Injured each year will he without proper advice as the result of Bryan’s failure to make proper ap propriations to keep the* department of labor running efficiently, that Mr Kennedy is opening hjs office. "1 real Ur believe that. Mr. Br.van who probably isn't used to handling many figures, became confused and muddled, when the matter of appro prlatlons was placed befon him,” said Mr. Kennedy. "He probably slashed her® and there, without knowing ex nctly what he was doing, and the result was the crippling of the state department of labor. Ho was blam ing it on the republicans, and as I knew he was doing them an Injustice. I made my sfatcipent of the truth of the matter. "In retiring from office I wish to thank The Omaha Bee for its bril liant support of the work of the de part ment." Man’s Skull Fractured 4When Auto Strikes Him »— — Karl WilllainH. 2830 Davenport Ktract, was run down and suffered a «kull fracture. last night hy a car driven by Mr*. D. .1. Wharton. Diet/, dub, at 'Hlxteeiith atreet and Capitol avenue. He wan taken to Lord Die ter hospital after he had been at tended by Dr. Kinyoun, police surgeon. Mrs. Wharton turned west on .Six teenth street and failed to see Wil liams. Another man who wan cross ing the street, blocked her from dodg big to the right nnd another ear blocked the left. .She was taken to the police sin lion on a charge of reckless driving, hater ahe was released on 12..108 hojida pending th« outcome of Wiliams' Injuries. Bluffs Man (id- Office, Mtirlington, If*. May 26. Ofllrer* v ejected hy the tnwn l.'nitrd f'orniwr •Ml Traveler* Included: Urnnd mn A. C Junkum, Council Bluff* ( iflfiMt rtf • f l Chinese Ambassador Back in Washington irawim?Mfingi nr a Dt:v C.j. /ur*.. J Ur. Sae. Chineae minister to the United states. has returned to Washington, after a protracted ab- i >ence, to handle the diplomatic situa lion brought about by the kidnaping1 of American citizens from the tihan ghai-Pekin railway. Chinese Soldiers Begin Campaign Against Bandits Three Brigades of Shantung Troops, W ith Mac hine (inns and Airplanes Start Ad t a nee oil Outlaws. B} txoflalrd Prw. Pekin. May "ti.—Machine guns and rifles tonight are attempting to force j the release of 14 foreigners, including -i\ Americans, held by Chinese bandits in the hills above l.ineheng. For three weeks crowds of official negotiators have lalsired in vain to free tic captives who were kidnap*! from the Shangliai-i’ekin express, May ti. XoA (he mountain paths of thi home district of Confucius, China’s greatest sage, that for days have been tilled with runner's carrying terms back and forth between the Paotzuku fortress and the negotiators below, are being put to other uses. Old Tien Chung-Yu, tuchun or mili tary governor of Hhuntung, is having his way, and three brigades of his | troops, with machine guns and two: airplanes, have plunged Into the hill, determined to ‘dig the bandits out.” I lash With Outlaws. Already the soldiers have had two brushes with the outlaws, with fatali ties on both sides. Ceneral Tien has thrown his troops in a wide circle about the bandit hot bed and he is gradually tightening his stranglehold, cutting the outlaws’ rom nunleations and hoping finally to -elate the gang that is holding the 14 foreigners. Far above the cloud, in the moun laln prison, a crisis is believed to be approaching. The outlaws are paid to be eager to make terms, but they fear the promises of Pekin. Also, they know fleneral Tien, who has a reputation for-separating the heads of brigands from their bodies. In what they declare Is a final effort to come to an agreement, the brig amis Friday sent out a spokesman, accompanied by I. It. Powell of Bhang hai, one of the American prlsonege Hitherto, all overtures have failed, owing to the kidnapers’ demand that any agreement with the Chinese of ficials must have official foreign guar antees. Captives in (land Health, The captives are reported to be gen •-rally in good health, except the Italian millionaire attorney, (i. fi. Musso, who is suffering from an in jured li g. Their clothing is porn*. I living conditions in their prison are laid anil food is none too plentiful, but in spite of ill, they Hie said to he stifndlng the strain well. Behind the Chln.se lines, at Tsao i bang, is a military commission of’ foreign ofitters, headed by Brig. lien. William-’l>. Connor of the Arnerclan army, which Is investigating measures being taken by the Cbinse govern ment for the release of the prisoners. The commission will report Its findings and make any recommendations for action It sees fit to the diplomatic corps at. I’ekin. The movement of troops towards the outlaws’ retreat followed on the heels of statements in diplomatic cir cles that It had been d-flihlcly estub 1 llehed that polities and not ordinary banditry, was behind the holdup of the Hhanghal Pekin express near Suehow three weeks ago. It was frselj Intimated that one political faction, hoping to embarrass ) (Tern to I'sgs Two. Column Korn.) BOYS! GIRLS! | Haw you Entered The Onmlia Hoc , Mo«mi‘ laiilgp Harden Hontegt Yet? rilKHK AltIC I.OTH UK I’KI/ICH 1C NT ft I KH Ml KT MIC IN IIY NEXT TllfltHDA V ] I Htgn NOW tin* <‘ou|hui on l*nge ft A find Mall In Th« Hardin Editor, The Ontfllm Her a Good Will \ • Found on Trade Trip Welcome Home Best W el come of All. Business Men Say as Greeted liy Their Families. Trip Was Huge Success By PAUL GRKKR. And Uie beg' welcome of all was the welcome home. That could fa* seen on the faces of the Omaha business men, who returned Satur day night from their 2,000-mile trade , trip through Nebraska. Wyoming and , Colorado, (everywhere they nad been, and they had stopped at more than 100 towns to the. west. they had been gleeted with open hearted hospital ity. Gering. North Platte. Cozad, I-exington. Central City and a num ber of other towns furnished larger crowds, hut none was quite so glad to see the 10 car special train as were the home folks On the business side, the trip was highly successful. - As Frank Myers, j one of the trade tourists said. "This was a mighty good week. The Omaha booster spirit was reciprocated all along the route." Beginning at Sargent, in Custer county, Saturday morning, the. return trip was like a triumphal procession. Sargent, a town of something over 1.000 population, is an example of the thriving communities that dot the map of Nebraska. Three cars of dressed poultry, consigned direct to ; New York, were in the siding. Last ' Week, three carloads of eggs were shipped out. A tremendous amount of milk ami livestock also originates here. The modern egg and poultry storage plant of Frank A Gustafson was a revelation to the visitors. Cast Stops of Trip. other towns which received the tourists Saturday were Comstock, Arcadia, MeAlpine. I.oup City, Schatipps. Ashton. Karwell, Midway. St. Paul. Chapman and Cram) I land. 1 .Many of the features of the tr p were records* liy the official pho!ce ) grapher, Ernest ftihler, and In mov ing picture* l>y (’. K. Chenoweth. The business side of the journey is In- ■ dicated by the following interviews with sonic of the men on the train: A. D. Speir, lien Biscuit company: "It was pleasant to note the optimistic feeling among the dealers visited. Many have recently made improve ments in their slopes and buildings, and a good many others are con templating alterations fine thing country merchants strive to do Is to keep up to date." Trip Wonderful Success. If. it. Pinkerton, Orchard A Wilhelm company: "This ‘Good will' and promotion excursion through the wonderful productive regions of Wyoming and Nebraska has been a wonderful success. Dealers are with- i out exception optimistic, and while stocks are low in many stores, the recent Isiuntifut rains have prompted buying. Although little soliciting- was done on the trip, a great many orders were recorded " P K. Powell, Mi Cord Brady com pany: "Rural communities are slowly recovering from h long and painful Illness. Conditions are still subnor mal, but of one thing we can be certain, that prospects for good crops never were better. The lessons of economy and good management (Torn lo I'Mce. Seven, ('(damn Two.) WHERE TO FIND The IIIk Kent lire* of THE SUN DA Y BEE PART ONF Pa*r I—M«rk >tilli%an. f«nw«a mdlti « nl writer t#ll« of thr alarm frit In Frnnrr nvrr It* rvtrrmrlv low lurch rntr. a* rontrn*fr*| with thr rnnhllv it row i n if population of Orrmntn mol of tlir *rrlnu* protprrt* Krtiitrr farr* ovrr thr «lftuition PART TWO. I'arrii I. ‘I nml II—Tlir snapplr*! Sport Nrw* in tlir Wl<|f the lgiusnnne i-onference held at Ouchy chateau, to settle the Turco Greek reparation controversy. Com plete agreement was reached, and. as this was the only remaining problem lie!ween the Greek* and the Turks, hostilities which It was feared might involve the Balkan countries, have been averted. The United Ktates. through Joseph U. Grew, the minister to Switzerland, played an Important part In the settle ment. Mr. Grew s efforts for pence, which continued throughout the night and today, are regarded by the con ference delegates as having helped considerably In preparing the way for fl'itrn to I'hip Two, Column Hv«.) Pour in Family Hurt When Hit by Motor Car A mother and tier throe children were Injured yesterday when they were struck by an automobile at Twenty fourth and Cuming streets. As Mm. Otto Kchwspdt, 3414 North Hixtvnlnth street, stepped from « street ear a machine driven by llenrv McKinney. 1025 Smith Thirty fifth street, struck her. Mrs. Hchwandt, who was holding her son. Charles, 2. was dragged nov el al fost. Louise. 7. and Gertrud**. 11, were knocked down by the auto mobile They sustained minor bruises. McKinney was arrested on charges of drunkenness and reoklees driving. \ irtim Itrcovcrs Pursr; Pirkpnrkrt Di»appearn PoHce are searching for a pick pocket who was “working” on the Fa main street cars yesterday. The man was dcttcrlbcd by one of his \ te tlms. Jay Jhnsen. 42U2 Valley street Jensen horded a street car at Six t*enth street and missed his wallet, containing $1®, shortly before the * if ron« bed Fourteenth street He noticed a young man who acted nervous and followed him from the car. A short person* were killed and in wounded in clashes belween communists and German police Ihis afternoon. Further fli;lilinc is feared tonight and Sunday. By International Venn Service. Berlin. May 28—All the northern section of the Ruhr seethed tonight I with red disorder*, strikes and ( lashes I between conimunlsts and German policemen. Trouble whs reported from Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, ltort mund. Muenster, Hamborn, Castmp and Remsrheid. Reds were said to he in complete control of the industrial city of Gel senkirchen. where a communist c-m mlttee was appointed to administer affairs according to soviet principles of government Russian communists are believed to lie fostering trouble In the Ruhr. German newspapers i la I in that the geil rising I* the opening yif ai\ ag gressive campaign to sweep central Europe with bolshevism. Karl Radek, one of the most clever (Turn In Pane Two. ( oltiinn Two 1 Poppy Sales Net $4,000; Legion Is Criticised < Hnaiia remembered the Veterans of Foreign Wars In their nnminl I'oppy d«y y* sterdaj according to the state nicnt nmd« last night hy I! A. Honark. chairman of the poppy com* ; in It fee. The receipts at the last count ing Rinnunt«Hl t«» H.oon with re- i turns still to he made Mrs .1 a; M»g**ath paid Pa t ('oinmundfr Honack 120 for th** first poppy. Mr Honark wild he appreciated the as j slstanre given hy the 101 ks and their friends Mr Honark declared that the American Legion tnnde an uncalled for statement In the newspapers of Satunlav According to th** past corn inn rider, the Legion auk! that it was in no wav connected with the drive Honark said tin* Legion should , apologise to the foreign war veterans. kunna* t in Stunt Kill. .1 in 700-1'nut tall Kansas cn ed the program with prayer. Otto Nielsen, secretary, announced the ar ticles which were placed in a copper box The box contained letters from President Warren O. Harding, Exalted Ruler Masti i s, and Mayor J. C. Pahl man: photos of charter members of the lodge. first canceled 11.000 bond of the new building. United Htate* flag, history of the lodge and history of Omaha and other document* of his tnriea! and sentimental Interest. At the conclusion of the formalities Mr Masters led In singing “America.'' Keystone of I nity. A. W Jefferis. former congressman, the speaker at the cornerstone laying, expressed the wish that the corner stone would be the keystone to unite the endeavors and purposes of the membership of the lodge, and that no element of disorder may ever dis turb Its plans and purposes “Iiet there go forth from the altar of this lodge in this new building a better understadtng of the many per plexities of the world," Mr. Jefferis pleaded. "W« can meet the problem* from day to day better and with un faltering trust If we exercise the spirit of brotherly lov* and fake un tc ourselves the teachings and eternal spirit of this organisation of which we are so proud " Mr. Jefferis related that during an engagement of the late Thomas W, Kenne, tragedian at the old Boyd tljca ter, In 1AS4 the first ttiought of a lodge of. Elks in Optaha ora* given expression. Mr. Keene returned In lss.i and Interested a group of Oma hnns in the project which was realised In ISAfi, when the local lodge was chartered with '.’0 members, 'rtie In stallation of the tlrst officers was held In a room on the top floor of the south (Turn to Tug* Two, < ultimo Our.) Hanliinr tit Bet'ornc Hoy for Tint Hours at F.lks' * I'icnic for Seattle Kills lly I nhrnxil Service. W ashing!on May ?t President Hardin# will throw off the care* of the presidency and become a boy again for two bur* when he visits Seattle after hi* trip to Alaska The president t«>da\ accepted an invitation from the bhf brother-corn-j inittec of the Klk* lodge No k? of i Seattle to attend the•Klk* fourth an mini picnic for the boy* of the com munity The Invitation was presented l»> former Representative \V K Humphrey of Washington, on behalf *f t\ \ Reynold*, chairman of the committee The president assured >t i Hum lihtey that hr would l*c delighted to join with hia brother Klk* in giving the l*»y* «>f Seattle a 41c.1t outing hjie day will be ii« finitely fixed when 1 ha president'a tiberary finally ia completed, protviblv l he noddle of next week, 11 was stated at the \\ Into House. Grand Exalted Ruler * Presides at Elk Rites McGilvary Girl, Betrayed by Fake •* • Wedding. Returns Heroine of Fire ^ ho Disap peared Tuesday Deserted in Park hy Hu-hand of 1 wo Days. Betrayed by a sheik" in a fake marriage ceremony and deserted two days later in Fairraotint park by her husband. Maxine Star McCJiliary, Id. i "laughter of Mr and Mrs K. C. Mc Gilvary, 27.15 West Broadway, who had been missing since Tuesday, was i"-. .t«l » - «. ui I Bluffs poll, e Krl | day morning and returned to her [borne. After hearing her siory, her father and iKiliee suppressed the news of her return until yesterday, while a syste matic search was made in Council Bluffs and Omaha for the man whom she believes is her husband. The name name given by M nine a* that cf the fellow with whom she eloped is John Morrison. The girl assisted her mother in saving the lives of her eight brothers and sisters, all younger than herself, when theii home burned to the ground a year ago. -As i result of tbe dif ficulties under which the family has lived for a year, she fell behind in her studies at the Abraham I-mroln High school, where she is a junior. Ile-poiident. She wgs despondent over the fail i(re to keep up with her class and her parents believed that this fact caused her to leave home. She had been censured for playing truant after the discouragement *he received in her school work and had held a conference with her father and the school prin cipal oti the day she disappeared. According t<> Maxine she was In troduced to Mofrison. a young man about 25 years old. last September by a girl friend, who since has married and moved from the city. Because her parent* had discouraged her in ihe practice of keeping company with boys until she had complied her high school course, she did not tell them of her new acquaintance. The young man owned an automo bile and had ample funds for enter ITurn l« !•»*. Twe. Column Three.! Officer Loses Badge in Tussle With Drunk Patrolman Tony I (staler I* suffer ing front bitten knuckles, abrasion* to hi* shin* and a ruffled sense of dignity as a result of hi* attempt to arrest a man who refused to give hi* name. The officer said he found the ntan staggering on Fourteenth Street. No sooner had he laid his hand on the man's shoulder than the tight started "John Doe.” under which name he was booked, kicked, clawed, scratched and hit hi* raptor, Heisler held on and. assisted by the advice of a Ihrong of bystanders succeeded in subduing the prisoner When the nearest "hug" was reached and the patrol wagon called lleisler discovered that he had sacri ficed hi* badge in the fight "John Doe" was charged with drunkedness and with resisting an officer Hfim Kurd PrPMdiTitial Boom Reported (ironing ll» t nlversal Serve-*. Washington. Mat 2* — The second democratic senator within two week* came hack to Waehlnugton today with report* of the growing strength of the boom for Henry Ford for presi dent . Seoatot Item \ F Ashurst of Ariso ns said st the White House after a con fere net with President Harding Wherever l have traveled since i-oitsiess adjourned 1 have found con aldeiatde and glowing sentiment for Henry Ford In democrat to circle* The Hcnator made it plain that He *#< not committing ium*> if to ih* Ford cstidivlai v hut merely rvixtrun* the result* of his observation* 5 Bandits Stop Auto With Shots Postal Employes Held Up in Heart of Staunton, 111., and Kidnaped—Released 20 Miles From City. Money for Mine Payroll Staunton. 111.. May 26—Five armed men late today held up G. A. Robert*, poet master of this city, and a poet*] clerk, in the heart of the city and escaped with approximately $15,000, the payroll of the Mount Olive and Staainton Coat company mine* near here. The money, which had arrived on Wabash train No. 50, was intended lo meet the biweekly payrolls at the mine. Roberts and Henry Keuhnen. the money order clerk in the local postoffice, as was customary, had obtained the pouch containing the money from the train and were pro ceeding to the postoffice. Bullets Stop Auto. When only two blocks from th* postoffice and about three block* friim the station, they were forced to stop their machine by a volley of shots fired from the bandits' car. Roberts and Keuhnen both were armed, but neither had opportunity to use their weapons before they were overpowered. The robbers forced the two postal employes to alight from the machine in which they were riding and to enter their car. Both were commanded to crouch low in the car. Keuhnen was struck on the head with a revolver by one of the hand for failure to crouch low enough. He is suffering from sever* oontuslons about th* head. Release Captives.' The bandits drove the two postal employes to a point about a mile dis tant from Kdwat-dsville. 111., about 20 miles from here, where they released them. The money was forwarded frou Federal I-tnd bank at 8t. Louis local bank. Robert* was rut a. IS times about the face s-^ - when a bullet frfom the sun of re the rubbers penetrated the wind 1 of his automobile. \ ’’Umbrella Mike” Sentenced to Jail Chicago Lai jor Leader Given Six Months for Refusal to Answer Question?. Waukegan. Ill May JS — Miobeai tt'mbrella Mikei Bovle, Chicago labor leader, was sentenced to six month* in )a‘.l and fined $1,000 for contempt of court fur failure to answer que» tion In the grand jury instigation of charges of tampering with the jury whi.-h acquitted Governor Small oa e conspiracy charge laal year. Judge Robert K. Welch of Rock|Rd. Fitting in the Lake county circuit court, who pronounced the sentence, later reduced the fine to $J00 and granted a stay of judgment until June 9, after attorneys for Beil Newmark of Chicago had indicated that Mew. mark might take the same position aa Boyle ‘ Newmark, a Chicago investigator and deputy state fire marshal, was taken before the grand jury, but refused to testify. Later he was taken before A M. Smith, state's attorney, who granted Newmark immunity from prosecution on anything he might re» veal to the grand jury. Newmark then was returned to tho grand Jury room, but still refused to answer questions and Mr Hmlth filed a petition asking that Newmark bo cited to show cause why he should not be held tn contempt of court. Tho hearing on this matter will be held June 4. the same day when the grand jury wiU reconvene. Timothy P Fell, attorney for Boyto, has declared his intention of carrying Boyle's case to the supreme court on a petition for a writ of supersedeas. America Represented at Meeting of League Paris. May !S.—The league of na tions' hygiene committee today begin its sixth session to continue for 10 days For the first time an American delegate whs in attendance. Dr. Hugh S (..'uninpn*. surgeon-general of the I'nited States public health servteo, being here to act in an advisory ca pacity Professor Madsen of Oopeo haken. presided Pr Cummins was appointed on a committee with Pr. Carlos < hogaa of Itraiil and Sir George Buchanan rf Fngland. to meet representative* >4 the international office of public he* glcne to arrange for cooperatintf be tween the two bodies. The Weather | »rtr I« h*ur*I •*4iP« t p m llmy it: „ , TriporMury M SJi«*Wt, lov»0l. 11 tm#«n ft; *t»n« ’j***1- ■* Tialal »K0M $:nc« jgtp.trr 1* KrUtiv* t>ncul«(r ft ip *4 y4 , | n m ' j,A i pH alien Inekm »n,i Hus.lr--.iia* .trtlcwL ***'"* •*«"'“'> 1 a Mt li-Mrl. TrmprfsIMri i i*. m i pm J t m * l> m * *' Ih < f w ? *