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VOL. 52-NO. 296. mg*. OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1023. * OoliTd#" ill* *YM*1,:f’<D»ll>S»»i|U,,8u«,di‘. *llj!"'»*«<*' »4 TWO CCNTS Flrt CtM.
Ireland Is
On Road to
Stability
Old Erin, W eary of War, Slag
in g “Comeback” With
Peaceful Pursuits, De
spite Rebel Leaders.
Scars of Strife Healing
By MARK SULLIVAN.
London, May 28.—Ireland has
turned squarely and safely toward
stability. It has done so in largely
the same way and for the same rea
son tiiat most of the rest of Europe
is turning toward stability—namely,
In spite of the leaders and statesmen,
rathe* than through them.
In the south of Ireland the peasant
farmer and the elements of the popu
lation close to the farmer just plainly
got tired of the discomforts of war
and ceased to see either romance or
material benefit in the fighters and
the lenders of the fighters.
Spring was at hand and the farmer
longed for the plow-handle and the
feel of the earth. Also he was moved
to make a little money. t>ue to de
struction of the railroads the farmers
had been without markets and the
towns without sufficient supplies. One
» iky last month a man in southwest
Ireland who had to get a sack of flour
from 20 miles away was compelled to
pay the equivalent of $7 for the trans
portation. A village in the west saw
a sick man die because of the delay
and hardship in getting him to a hos
pital 30 miles away.
Air of Finality Prevails.
Almost over night the heart went
out of the fighting. The people want
ed their railroads running and their
markets back. In the towns the la
borers with families got tired of idle
ness and wanted an end to the paraly
sis that fighting had brought upon
trade. AVithin a week railroads that
had been idle for more than a year
began to run on schedule. Bridges
that had been down and roads that
had been barricaded were mended and
tuavelers went their way as if the
fighting had never been. These
things were characterized by an air
of unmistakable finality.
As one passed along the roads and
through the villages which 24 hours
before had been barricaded, one knew
the fighting was over. It was a psy
chologieal about-face. The people
ceased to take an Interest In fighters
and rival aspirants for power, and
w'anted to get bark to work and trade
and normalcy. Many who shared this
psychological experience believed, an I
'll believe, that De A'alera and his
factions were in the right. Never
theless, for the present they are
through with fighting about It. or
with tolerating the discomfort* of let
ting others fight about It. Many .if
those who were actually fighting
stopped; others withdrew their sym-1
pathy In ways that made further ,
fighting Impossible.
Some of them say they will fight j
again in 10 years or 25 years, but fori
the present they want to plan a crop j
and get a little fat on the hones of
their cows and hogs. By 10 years or
25 years, of course, more will he
known about the issues; or the chief
issue—that of the oath of loyalty to
the British crown—will have been
settled in more orderly ways, or other
issues will have arisen.
Spasmodic Trouble to Come.
The present article aims merely to
record the fact, very apparent to one
who sees Ireland with fresh eyes,
that the fighting is over and the free
state ia on the way to stability. So
brief a dispatch necessarily lacks
space to expand on several qualifies. ,
tions. One which most needs to be
made emphatic Is the admission by
many of the free state partisans that
the body of Irregular fighters in
cluded some of the best, most sincere
and most self sacrificing Irish pa
triots—farmers’ sons, school teachers
and women—who took up arms lm- 1
pulsively under unwise leadership or
gave sympathy and support to it.
Another qualification Is that though
the heart is out of the lighting there
still will be a good deal of spasmodic
trouble from detached young men
who for several year* have had no
occupation but arms and now find it
difficult to adapt themselves lo more
humdrum pursuits, or, Indeed, to
, k find jobs at all. A'k| to this that
frnie of the personal bitterness
aroused through the civil war may
express itself in violent reprisals on
Individuals.
Still another qualification is that
though the new free state govern
ment now is going to he free of the
harassments of civil war and has
clearly turned the corner toward sta
bility. It has ahead of it a body of
stern problems—economic, diplomatic
and political—which the writer will
*ry to cover in a future article.
All Europe "Coming Back.”
A final observation, appropriate
here, is that what has happened in
Ireland is what Is happening hope
fully In the rest of Europe. Europe
Is. In our phrase, slowly "coming
hack," and coming hack chiefly
through the aggregate of the efforts
of the peasant farmers, who have
ceased to look to governments and
statesmen, or to think about them:
but have gone to work, adding a cow
or two to their herds, and a few
sheep to their flocks, buying a better
plow, and otherwise, |n the mass,
restoring the real economic wealth of
Europe, In ways so clear that they
would be perceptible from day to day
If we did not make the mistake of (lx
lng our eyes on statesmen snd gov
ernments Instead of on the real pro
ducers of wealth.
Clinton A. Calliraitli Dire.
Oklahoma City, Okl . May 2< t'lln
ton A. (lalbralth. assistant attorney
general of Oklahoma, and former sa
sociale justice of the supreme court
of the territory of Hawaii, died eud
detily here
Too Successful “Sheik”
Feathered by Students
Gordon l'\ Holler.
Former Governor
of Missouri Dies
in New York City
j
Joseph W. Folk, Leading Fig
ure in Democratic Politics,
Succumbs After Ill
ness of Year. .
Washington, May 28.—Joseph W.
Folk, former governor of Missouri and
once a leading figure in democratic
politics, died today in New York.
Information of his death was re
ceived at the law office he has main
tained her for the past several years, j
crw.Foik
He passed away at the home of Ills
sister. Mrs. James A. Webb, after1
having been in ill health for some
months.
.Mr. Folk took up the practice of
hm profession here soon after his re
tirement as chief counsel for the in
terstate commerce commission. He :
has taken part In several important !
international litigations, for which
he had been particularly fitted by his
experience during the first Wilson
administration as solicitor of thf
State department. For several years
he had been counsel here for the gov
ernment of Feru.
About a year ago he suffered a
nervous breakdown, from which he
never completely recovered. He was
53 years old. Funeral services will he
held Thursday at his birthplace,
Brownsville. Tenn.
Ex-Service Men Destroy
Statue ‘'Winged Victory ’
York, Pa., May 28.—Former service
men early today demolished the statue,
Winged Victory,’* which was placed
in front of the court house fluring
the Victory loan drive in 101?. The
statue, made of plaster, had fallen
into a state of disrepair and the coun
ty commissioners refused to mend it.
War veterans announced they would
refuse to march past the statue on !
Memorial day Jf it was not repaired
No attention, apparently, was given
this threat.
Dcrmaii Mark- Sell $l<».2.”>
for Million. New Low- Record
New Vork, May 2X.—German marks j
sold in Hie local foreign exchange
market today at $111.23 a million, a
new low record for all time. Bank
ers report little commercial demand
for the German currency, although
large quantities of marks are pur
chased by local residents for trans
mission to relatives and friends In
Germany.
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Student at
Des Moines
Feathered
Omaha Youth, Accused of,
Playing ‘’Sheik," File ^
Information Against .Cv
Two Assailants.
—
Is South High Graduate
Gotxjon F. Holler, son of Rev. and
Mrs. Charles F. Holler, 4330 South
Twenty-second street, and a freshman
in Des Moines university, was Jdd
naped from his room by a number of
masked students Saturday and taken
10 miles north of Des Moines to a
spot where a coat of molasses, glue
| and feathers was applied to his bare
| body, according to a dispatch from
Des Moines,
"Romeo" Holler’s too successful
I "sheiking" with the fair co-eds of
the institution was said to be the
cause.
Holler filed information yesterday
under the anti-mask law against two of
his kidnapers, whom he said he iden
tified. Charges of assault and battery
also were filed against the alleged
kidnapers and police are looking for
them.
South High Graduate.
Holler waa graduated last June
from South High school.
"I think it was jealousy of Gor
don's popularity that caused the out
rage against him,” said his mother
yesterday at the home in South Oma
ha. where Itev. Mr. Holler Is pastor of
Trinity Baptist church.
"I do not believe he is a ‘sheik.' At
South High school he was a favorite,
as much with the boys us with the
girls.
"We have friends over in Des
Moines and they introduced Gordon
to some of the best people there and
Gordon has been out with one or two
of the women instructors. Maybe I
that is what roused the jealousy of
other students."
“Boys a Little Headstrong,M
President of University Says
Des Moines, la., May 28.—Dr. L. D. j
Osborn, who is in charge of the edu
cational and Internal administration
at Des Moines university, said that
official report of Holler's kidnaping
had been made to the faculty. Dr.
Osborn said:
“I do know that ever since young
Holler came to school last fall he has
made many foolish statements.
Whether he has been guilty of all
he claims to I don't know. I do be
lieve lie h.is got off on the wrong
foot in this matter, however, and .
would have been a great deal better:
off if he had taken his slight pun
ishment in silence. The boys may
have been a little headstrong, but as
I understand it his attitude toward
the girls of our school has been in
sulting to womanhood and the stu
dents finally became so disgusted they
tried this plan to stop it."
Bryan \\ ields Ax
0
on 4 Republicans
C. KHudson to Head State
Banking Body—Throe
< Mlirr Changes.
Special Di*l>fllrll to The llmnlift Bee.
Lincoln, May 2V—A series nf op-1
pointments to state Jobs announced
today by (lov. Charles XV. Bryan was
looked upon, here by politicians as
excellent from a political standpoint.
The governor removed Ft. C. King
as superintendent of the hanking
bureau and appointed K C. Knud
snn, president of a bank at Genoa.
In his place.
Knudson was one of the organizers
of the third party In Nebraska and
after its betrayal during the primar
ies Knudson aided in delivering the
third party vote to Governor Bryan.
Knudson's salary was fixed at
$3,000 per year. In political circles
it is expected that as soon as Knud
son becomes acquainted with his
duties he will be appointed secretary
of irade am) commerce to succeed
-I. E. Mart, whose resignation has
been on the governor's table for two
months.
Vincent Htahl of Seward, a repre
sentative of the Fllue Ttiver Power
company, was appointed to succeed
.1. XV. Mayer, former Beatrice mayor,
as chief clerk In the office of the
secretary of agriculture. Stahl dur
ing ihe recent legislature session was
a lobbyist working in the Interest nf
public service corporalior*.
I'nder the Moreliead administration
Stahl whs a state fond Inspector.
Mr. .1. r>. Case of University Place,
a well known democratic politician,
was appointed to succeed Mr I. M.
Ulllnn as chief of the state bureau of
child welfare at a salary of $3,500 a
year. Fir. Case under various demo
cratic admintst rat Ions has been sup
erintendent, respectively, nf the Nor
folk and Lincoln stale hospitals.
Mrs i lata Clayton nf Lincoln, a
denifs rat active In the governor's
municipal campaigns In Mils rlly,
wan appointed head of the state bu
reau of < hllrf welfare, to succeed Mrs.
Julia Hornberger ni a salary of
FliF) a month
The appointments become effective
June 1.
“Bootlegging" of Aliens
Into If. S. “Natiminl Srondal"
Hr Interouf liitml .S' sni Nfr$lr».
Wmihlnirtnri, May 2** Tha “hoot
legaltiK" nf alJ« u* Itit•» the t'nlted
Htate*, via laud and ma, In violation
«»f t|ir* ImiuiR ration Iuuh. lit* intuited
the of heitur ".» national acan
dnl, ‘ Hen etary of Labor .lamea .1
I >nv la told t*ienlilfiit Harding today
during ii Witlie House conference
concerning remedial meuauiia to halt
it. ,
St. Paul Boy Dies From
Supposd Snake Bite
Sli.rlnl Dispatch to The Omnha Hr.,
St. Paul. Neb., Slay 2S.—Bruce
Crowe, * son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace C>^ died in convulsions this
morn' Ns ’ after he ran to his
mot' * O' V' -ling that a "bee" had
bi' ~T
£ t O' barefoot, had gone Into
^ ■& to play. It is believed he
r. en by a snake. A search of
emlses failed to reveal a rep
f ruce died while being taken to
'■ /. Nicholson’s office.
Hammer Slayer
Returning to Pen
of Own Free Will
Clara Phillips Waived Offer
of Freedom to Begin Bat
tle for Vindication in
United States.
By Universal Service.
A board S. S. Copan, En Route From
Puerto Cortes, Honduras, to New Or
leans, May 28.—Within a few hours,
Clara Phillips, “hammer murderess,”
will be on American soil. She is re
turning voluntarily to pay the penalty
for the murder of Alberta Meadows,
having refused at the last moment to
accept her freedom In Honduras.
Every pound of stearn In the
Copan’s boilers is being used In an
attempt to reach the quarantine sta
tion at the mouth of the Mississippi
river before midnight tonight, so the
journey to New Orleans may be re
sumed early Tuesday morning. In
case the vessel puts in after midnight,
the arrival at the Louisiana port will
be delayed until noon.
Aboard this ship, a Cuyamel Fruit
company boat. Is the entire Los An
geles party, composed of Clara Phil
lips, her "baby sister,” Mrs. Etta Mae
Jackson: Under-Sheriff and Mrs.
Eugene Biscailuz and Deputy Sheriff
Walter Hunter.
"Protector Left Behind."
Only Jesse C'arsen. the erstwhile
"protector” of the fugitive slayer, was
left behind. He Is in the penitentiary
at Tegucigalpa, under investigation
involving alleged revolutionary plots
against the Honduras government.
Dramatic In its every phase was
the departure of the “tiger woman”
and her American guards from Puerto
Cortes Saturday morning. For 24
hours before the actual embarkation
it appeared as If the 10,000 mile chase
for Clara was doomed to end In com
plete failure.
Freedom was In the fugitive's grasp
had she cared to take It. But, be
lieving that she will be able to con
vince the people of |he United States
—and the California courts—that she
was unjustly convicted, Clara Is com
ing back of her own free will, to begin
i desperate battle for liberty and \in
dication.
Just l>efore her departure from
Puerto Cortes. Clara signed an af
fidavit saying that she waived ex
tradition proceedings ami was willing
to return to the United States of her
own volition. The affidavit was sworn
to before American Consul George P.
Shaw. This action was the climax
of 24 hours of heart-breaking anxiety
for the Los Angeles officers, who
knew that Clara had been offered her
freedom.
New Fads Revealed.
Now that Bhe Is out of Honduras,
facts can l>a revealed that were im
possible to tell before on account of
the strict government censorship over |
dispatches. It Is now possible to dls
i lose how Clara, according to her own
statements, preferred to return to her
native country and face a life term
In San Quentin penitentiary rather
than remain In Honduras as the mis
tress of a high Honduran official who
fell In love with her.
So Influential was this man at the
very last moment, when the party !
was boarding a launch to be taken to
the steamer Copan, the small boat
was held up while Clara was given a j
last opportunity to remain behind, a
free woman. A native police officer,
with several guards, delivered the
message and told the fugitive thnt the
order for her release issued hy the
Honduran supreme court was in his
|ionsp*ffjon.
While the rest waited hi almost
agonizing suspense for Clara's dc
rision, the prisoner herself fought, In
that brief moment, one of the sternest
battles of her life. Finally, she said,
in a voice choking with emotion:
Tell Henor-that 1 thank him
hut l will not sacrifice my honor for
my freedom. I’m going hack to the
United States and right myself m the
eyes of the world."
(Clop>right, !»:i )
(governor of New York lo
Knforrp Kii Klux Klan l,aw
New lurk, May 78 (rovernor
Smith, just before departing f. r the
capital yesterday afternoon, declared
i lie Malker art, requiring the kti
Klux Klan to Ole the n.unea of Its
members with the secretary of state,
would he firmly enforced At the
same time Ku Kltix Ki m rneetlni ••
were being held In New York and
New Jersey.
The governor's statement chat the ■
law waa placed on the hooks In he
enforced was hie answer to the thre.it
mads by the king kleagle of the Klin
In New York at a rally i f I nan kown
ed klansmen and 7»t* Initiates in a
field tjrnr I’astport, I, I, earlv tills
morning, that the klan would not
reveal Ita membership on any a
count
Th* Mil, which was signed hv the
governor Inst Wednesday, rives the
klan in day*, ending nest ituiila..
to dlselose Ita inc'mherahlp
Motiip of Kx-Itiwnn ftoliliml.
Keokuk. Th . M iy A tHeurntn
vmih rwi'lvnl hr»r«* today *ji\)iik tt»«
i\ F Hkirvln hnnn hi K»nt t An i.
titl, w:ii h* Id up mid inhhrd ♦ >f $rt :.(h»
In jew He. Mi Hkirvln ivaa l>
publisher of the Keokuk tittle Cil>
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To WEAR FOR UJILL BE IK
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Irrigation Sites
on Lower Platte
Are Inspected
Five Officials Visit Project
Proposed to \V ater 430.000
Acres -Co-Operation
Is I rpcd.
Dispatch to The Orr.aliii IW-*.
Kearney, Neb., May 28. — YV. H.
Davia, former governor of Idaho and
now' special assistant *•cretary of the
Interior; A. P. Davis, director of the
reclamation service; Engineer YY'iess.
project manager of the western di
vision; President Dari Cray of the
Union Pacific, and John L. Kennedy,
president of the United States Na
tional hank of Omaha, were guests »*f
the Kearney Chamber of Dommerce
at a luncheon today.
The party started out this after
noon on its Inspection of the lower
Platte valley irrigation project, tour
ing over the proposed district in
autos. Heglnning at Khelton. the far
eastern point of the project, they are
traveling west to beyond North
Platte, where the westernmost reser
voir will he located.
They then swing back on the south i
side of the Platte river to a point op
posite Lexington, irrigation of the
area being included in the project
which, as laid out by fed* l al • ngi
neers, will irrigate about 430.000 acres
of land. Concluding the inspection of
this project, they will give the day to
going over tricounty irrigation dis
tricts through Phelps, Kearney and
Adams county. They are scheduled
to complete the inspection tour within
three days and be in Omaha Thurs- j
day.
Secretary Davis is on the last leg
of his trip over the irrigation and
reclamation projects created and ten
tative. Here he spoke briefly on his
casual survey and observations and
the advisability of government sup
port to such undertakings and at the
same time t lie necessity *>f co-opera
tion on part **f those benefiting.
Discuss Farm Helief.
sp«H lal lM«patrh to The Omaha Ree
Hcottsbluff. Nob., May 2N -Busi
nessmen from the North Platte Val
Icy He* 11 mat Ion project met at Mit
chetl with Assistant Secretary of In
terinr Davis and hi* party to discuss
farm relief m« asur< s
On the return of the assistant serre
tnry to Washington. Mile# rinnnn.
agriculttiial commissioner, w ill stay
behind to prepare a plan to ho laid
before Secretary Work of the Depart
rot nt "f 1
Ford In Him for Pre-iilmi v.
Doclaron IVrsonal Friend
11 > International Nr»« Hrnlrr
Wichita. Kan., May 2* Henry j
Ford will l>e i candidate for tlio pres
idency in l!*24. II F. Duff, clops per-,
r.onal ftlemt of the Michigan mag
tiate declared her* today.
Duff quoted Kdsell Ford nn d« fl j
tritely promising the elder Ford will
stand ff,t* the nomination and make
,i hard fight fur the honor. Duff Ip t
executive officer of the Michigan Se
ctirltlep i-onitnlssion.
Duff said Ford had not admitted
formally he was seeking the office, j
because of private business cares
Duff was in Wichita on business
\\ oniilti Siiqn-i’t Fi red.
Miss Donna Hnlth, ancsled Natur
day at the Hex hot*!, charged With
being a "lure * for a gattf^ of con
lid* nee men. w as disidun ged In po
lice court Fred Bulbs, at rested In
hei room, was also discharged
Waiter Halite*, a taxi driver in
whop* room at the Hex hotel was
found a poi ketbook belonging to Pe t
oimumui, wuf held. ,
Noted Stage Comedian
Dies as He Had Lived,
Spoofing Audience
By ( nil prMll Seri Ire.
Nw York, May 28.—Harry Fisher,
famous comedian, died today as he
had lived, spoofing the audience.
Fisher, former member of the
vaudeville team of Fisher and Car
roll, and leading funmaker in I-rw
Fields' shows, was recovering from
an attack of pneumonia.
Today, as his physician deplored
the necessity of cutting a hole in the
sleeve nf Fisher's pajamas to give
him a hypodermic injection, Fisher
said:
"It's all right, doc. They only cost
08 cents a suit.”
He died as he spoke, wiih a smile
on his f.u-e. Death was due to heart
failure.
Fisher was born In Bristol, Eng
land lie appeared on tha stage for
the last time three years ago in
"Oh, Eady. Eady!" Since then he
has conducted a tea room in an old
Dutch mansion In Brooklyn.
Thousand Homeless
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City okl , May 28—More
than 1.000 persons are homeless here
today as a result of floral waters of
the J«'or!h Canadian river Dyke*
which have protected lowlands for
several days gave way this morning,
as a result of a further rise in the
river, and families were forced to
flee. Warning was given before work
men abandoned the dykes and it is
believed all residents of the district
escaped The Western league l>all
Park is under three feet of water.
"Kxulirrant V* itli Youth.”
Bryans \nswer to Dunn
^pwlal IM«pafrh to Th* Omnlm lie*.
Lincoln. May If.—Governor Bryan
ma<lo the following comment on the
statement of Lester Ijr Dunn, who
consented to take charge temporarily
of the state department of labor, with
the understanding that the governor
realize that he believed as his di*
charged chief did that the governor's
parsimony was responsible for crip
pling of the labor department:
It was an Impetuous outburst as
an indication of loyalty to his chief
filled with the cxutberance of youth
And lack rf Judgment.”
\\ia!or> Reach I)a>ton;
r
Dayton, <• May 2S.—1. lent roan's
Oakley (I Kelly and John A Mar
Ready armed at Mct'ook Arid at
■s !•> tonight from Scott ttrld, liellr
'HI*. HI- They went at once to
Mi n-orlnI hall, w hrrr a dinner In
thru- honor was bring held. Whrn
thr two pilots rnterrd thr auditor
lull), thr iiracnihlnge of 1,000 chrrrcd
for several minutes.
Nrw> of New Silver Strike
Brook' I |» Bull it! I) .IVV'Otl
Dawron. V. T. May !*.—The Km
l-lrr Day lull. orleUrattUK thr birthday j
of Qurrn Victoria, was broken up
hrrr Thursday night whrn word
reached Urn hall that a new gllvrr
ledge hid hern found on Happy creek,!
P' mllra limith of Dawson 11 very body
hfi thr Dull at midnight and errant
hied for launchea. canoe* and other
M)-,alI craft to go to the new strike
Iowa Pastor Dire <ut
Hi' loth Birthtl ay
Stoim DID la May T' Death
claimed ltrv Sherman V. Willard of
ll.irllnitton, Ncl. Sunday, in a Stous
<‘lty hoapltal on the 4.<th annlver-]
'-■try of hta htrili
llcv M Willard had hern psalm
f the t'oiisi * rational church at Hart
In; ton for the Inal four \, at« M
Maiy Hnricha of Omaha Is a enter.
4
Stanly Baldwin
Elected Leader
of Tory Party
New Premier Promises to In
demnify Irish Deportees Ar
rested in London—Wildly
Cheered in Commons.
■ ■ ■ ——
By I nivers&l Service.
London. May 2S—Premier Stanley
Baldwin was unanimously elected
leader of the Tory party today. He
promised he would "heap no more
fagot* on the fire of party discord."
and "hoped that others would do the
same,"
I-ord Curron, taking his medicine
with a grim smile, lauded the new
premier, whom he named for 'the
leadership. The only fly In the oint
ment of the day of great personal
triumph for Baldwin, who was wildly
cheered by his party, was when he rose
this afternoon in the house of com
mons for the first time as premier
and promised to indemnify the Irish
deportees who were arrested in raids
in London and .mprisoned by the free
state at Mount Joy.
While Ramsay MacDonald, Lloyd
tieorge. Herbert Asquith and Sir
Robert Horne In commons con
gratulated the new- premier ujwn his
-election, Austin Chamberlain eon
f tied his remarks to eulogizing Bonar
Law Baldwin threw* a sop to Cham
berlain by appointing Sir I aiming
Worthington-Eva ns as postmaster gen
eral.
The presence of Evans, Sir Robert
Home, Sir Ernest Pollock. Sir Leslie
Scott, nil chamberlainlies, in the party
caucus, heartened the new premier. I
but did not make up for the significant
absence of I-ord Birkenhead and Cham
berlain. T he latter will support all
purely party legislation in the house,
hut is expected when the proper times
and issue* come, to walk into the op
oaltion lobby with his followers to aid
in ousting the government.
I .arceny Suspect I* Shot
in Irving to ktarlc \rrcst
«prei»| ni«|Wtrh In Th« Omaha Bee
Shenandoah. la May ;s_olivet
Henderson, want,',] for larceny in Red
Oak. In . where he was cook for a
"nvlng pang, was shot tn the head
this afternoon when he attempted to
escape from K Keisner. deputy sher
iff of Shenandoah. His wound* are
not thought to he fatal.
Henderson was accused of stealing
t-'fl and a yellow sweater from fellow
worker. The money was recovered
Henderson was taken to a local hos
l’ltal. His horns is at Texarkana. Tex
100 Summer Homes
Destroyetl hv Flames
Montreal, May > —One hundred
homes |n the town of Sts Agathe. a
summer resort, wrre destroyed by fire
Saturday night, according to men
received yesterday The town
Is situated on the Iautrentian moun
tain branch of the Canadian Pacific
tallwav and contains the summer
homes of many wealthy Montreal cltb
sens
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Strike in
Ruhr Area
Spreading
Fresh Walkouts Among Metal
Workers and Miners Re
ported—French Troop*
Intervene at ^ anne.
Further Attacks Feared
Hv Ai>*orlatffl Fre»».
Essen. May 25.—The strike move
ment is spreading throughout the
Ruhr and fresh walkouts among the
metal workers and miners are re
ported in nearby unoccupied terri
tory.
A general strike called at Hamborn
Is affecting the iron works there be
longing to the Stinnes interests.
Communist manifestants at Wanne
became so threatening that the
French intervened for the first time,
as a result of which the demonstra
tion collapsed.
The sale of alcoholic liquors has
been prohibited in the entire district,
but the regulation is not being great
ly observed.
The communists in Bochum ex
tended their position today, but the
city firemen and civilian volunteers,
wearing white arm bands, still hold
the firehouse. The communists for
the third time stormed this position
at daylight today, the fighting last
ing more than an hour.
Further Attacks Expected.
The shooting was the heaviest since
the siege began, but only a few
casualties are reported. Further at
tacks are expected tonight and, it
the meantime, the reds are in con
tro' of the western part of the town,
the factory district, the whites hold
ing the business quarter, where th«
banks and chief shops are located
Two shopkeepers in the working dis
trict were taken as hostages and
ether shopkeepers will likely b<
seized unless food prices are reduced
The communists efforts at Dussel
dorf to reduce prices were blocked bj
the report that security police were
proceeding to that place, in conse
quence of which the control commis
sion disbanded.
Millions on Strike.
Berlin. May 25.—Two million min
era and tens of thousands of metal
workers are on strike in the Ruhr,
according to a special dispatch to the
Vossische Zeitung. Although these
figures are probably grossly overesti
mated, it is believed that undoubted
ly every mine center in the Ruhr U
idle as a result of the tactics of the
communists who are visiting the pits
and forcibly ejecting the workers.
A vote taken in the Bochum dis
trie- showed that a majority of the
m.r.ers favored resumption of‘work
b c mmunist pickets -axe stationed
at some of the pits with ^Ixed bayo
nets to prevent the miners from de
scending.
B-r International New* Service.
Berlin. May 25.—Twenty person*
were killed and more than 100 wound
ed in week-end battles between Ger
man reds and police in the northern
part cf the Ruhr, according to Infor
mation received here this afternoon.
Violent fighting raged until early to
day, when the red-forces were de
feated by the German police and vol
unteers.
The "self defense forces" sent word
that they were in control in the dis
tricts about Gelsenkirchen and
Bochum, which were the scenes cf the
w->rst disorders.
Scores of reds have been arrested.
French guns were reported to have
t-een found in possession of the com
munists.
Gelsenkirchen has become the cen
ter of a great strike movement. It :•
estimated that more than 500.000 Ger
man workers throughout the Ruhr
are idle.
Boy on Picnic Drowns;
Priest s Efforts Fail
apex-ist Pt.parch to The Omaha Bee
Kearney, Neb . May 25—Fouls Cal
lahan. 12. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Callahan, was drowned In the Central
Power company canal this afternoon.
The boy. otic of So students of St.
dames school, on a picnic under chap,
eronage of Father H. Muenstermann.
unedrtook to go in bathing. The canal
at this point was only recently
dredged and the lad waded beyond his
depth.
W hen it was seen that he was in
danger, apparently having been
stricken with cramps. Father Muen
nermann plunged into the stream
and made a heroic attempt to reach
the youngster. Vr.ahle to swim, the
priest endangered hts own life and
was rescued with extreme difficulty.
The b dy of the drowned boy was not
recovered for several hours.
Pc \ alora Proclamation
Seized by Free State Heads
Bt Interns! tonal Xesrs Sen ice.
Publln. May 25—Eamonn de
lera's la'est proclamation, published
tod.sv. fell into the hand* rf the Fret
State officials almost before the inlt
of the signature was dry. The letter,
which was addressed to the "soldier*
of liberty and legion of the rear
guard." begins:
The repuldi.- can r.o longer be de*
fended ewe. essfUllv hv your arms.
Further sacrifices on your part would
now be In vain and a con! nuance of
the struggle at aims is unwise
"Other means must he sought to
safeguard the rights of the nation."
The repubhoan leader advise* th*
!er of arms a 1 ths advio*
i« reinforced b\ an orxter directed to
Fiank Aiken the irregular chief -f
staff for all clanks to dump their
arms
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Wishing Mu ' The PM.
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II ■ red hx ihe into tie commerce
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