Nebraska Newspapers

    * T. 4 Omaha IVIorning Bee
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European
Situation
Is Critical
Avoidance of Deadlock Be
tween France and Britain
Over Reparations Key
to Settlement.
Peace Lies in Answer
By Mark Sullivan.
London. June 20.—It is quite true,
as is constantly said in the most
authoritative circles, that the coming
few days will be most critical for the
future of Europe. Yet it is equally
true that the precise conditions of
the situation as it exists today make
it most pregnant with possibilities of
the beginning of a cure.
To put it in other words if. as be
tween the British and the French,
there is a blowup or a definitely
admitted deadlock during the re
^j^inder of the week, then it can he
^ taken as a fixed condition for the fu
ture that the whole European situa
tion will enter a new and most dan
gerous phase. At the same time, if
this outcome is avoided, if there is
agreement on the step now under
consideration, then progress towards
a cure should be certain, though at
best necessarily slow.
The balance should turn one way
or the other very soon. At the
moment the French reply to the
British questionnaire Is being scru
tinized by the Belgian government,
to whom the French submitted it as
a matter of courtesy. There should
be no delay In getting the Belgian
judgment.
To l/end Approval.
It Is true there is a ministerial
crisis In Belgium, but that is on a
question remote from foreign affairs.
Anything at present that the Bel
gian ministry may do about foreign
relations will be approved by what
ever new government comes into
power.
For the reader to understand the
step that must now quickly eventu
ate one way or the other, it Is desir
able to point out what is the pres
ent situation in more exact and com
prehensive terms than have hitherto
be»n easy to communicate.
the issuance of the recent Ger
note, the French government
first took the position that it would
not even talk about the contents of
the German note with its own allies
unless the allies would promise as a
condition in advance to Join the
French In demanding that Germany
cease her passive resistance. This
was accompanied by the further con
dition precedent to an allied discus
sion of the German note that the
allies should assent in advance to
certain conditions laid down by
France about the division of repara
tions and about the mechanism to be
adopted for their payment.
Aware of Blame.
In this situation thus presented
them, the British determined to dis
regard utterly any spirit of brusque
ness that they may have seen in the
French attitude, to have the most
complete consideration for the feel
ings of the French and especially to
hear in mind a repentant concious
ness that the British government it
self, in past ‘ years under Lloyd
(Turn to Pars Two. Tolumn Three.)
No Bounty (’an Be
J
Paid on Coyotes
y
Amendment to Law in Case at
Plainview Cited by At
torney General.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha lire.
Plainview, Neb , June 20.—A de
cision which affects the Nebraska
farmers has Just been given by At
torney General O. S. Spillman regard
the payment of bounties
ordon Watson of this place cap
tured six coyotes and sent their scalps
to the county clerk's office in Pierce
to collect the bounty. But H. J.
Buckendahl. county clerk, refused to
pay the bounty saying that he had
received a letter from the attorney
general which prevents further pay
ment of bounty for wolf or coyote
scalps.
The attorney general said In his
letter: "You Inquire If an election
, which carried in 1886 for the payment
of a bounty on wild animals would
fiuthor.ze you to pay such bounty
tinder the present law. You are in
formed that we are of the opinion
that the election held In 1886 would
r.pply to the law as it then existed,
and that whereas the law ns It then
iexisted has been repealed or amended
ifrom time to time, such election would
not authorise you to pay any bounty
under the present law, hut that It
would he necessary for you t hnv* a
n*w election under the provisions of
the law as It now- exists.”
Fire Razes Residence,
Trip to Be Postponed
Special IM-patch In The Omaha Hce.
Falls City, Neb . June 20.—Fire be
lieved to have been caused by a do
[fertlve flue totally destroyed the
home of Tom Frank early Wednes
day causing a loss of tR.OOO
A roll of |265 In hills hidden In a
^closet was consumed Mr. and Mrs
*^Frnnk, recent, arrival* In this city
bad planned to leave for a vacation
trip to Havana and Mexico but the
disaster will probably alter their
Pana. , ^ ,
Nebraska “Chain Man” Now
Docile Convict in Prison
Fred Brown Spends Nights
Carving Canes—Fail to
Link Him With Ernest
Busch.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, June 20.—Fred Brown, Ne
braska chainman who a year ago
was terrorizing two states, is a docile,
obedient prisoner at the Nebraska
slate penitentiary.
In fact, docility and obedience are
Brown's two chief characteristics
when in prison. He not only works
hard during working hours but at
night in his cell Brown carves canes.
He has developed real ability along
this line and numerous friends and
penitentiary officials have been re
cipients of Brown's handiwork.
Brown shows no resentment to the
reputation he has won as one of the
most desperate criminals Nebraska
police officers have coped with in
years. But he isn't pleased with the
fact that he is the only man in Ne
braska to recede a life sentence on
a kidnaping charge.
"I got a raw deal,’’ Brown says.
"But I feel sure the supreme court
will cut my sentence."
Whether Brown is Ernest Busch,
boy murderer, sentenced to life for
murder in western Nebraska years
ago and pardoned by former Governor
Mickey, is a puzzle prison officials
are endeavoring to solve. Brown's
measurements are the same as thos->
of Busch. The picture of Busch
shows much resemblance to Brow-n.
Brown refuses to discuss the charge
hit'll Brown.
that he is Busch. In those days
fingerprints were not in use in Ne
braska, and this means of identifi
cation can't be used.
For the last two years and up un
til the time Governor Bryan went
into office, Nebraska maintained a
fingerprint bureau and prints were
taken of all criminals. The governor
has dispensed! with the fingerprint
system and the cards, measurements
and index files are gathering dust in
the office of the state purchasing
agent.
President Makes First Speed]
of 15,000-Mile Trip to Small Bov
Lad Recognizes Chief Executive of Nation When Spe
cial Train Stops at Martinsburg, W. Va.—Swim
ming Hole Takes Harding Back to
Boyhood Days.
On Board President Harding's Spe
cial Train, Near Cumberland, Md ,
June 20.—President Harding made his
first speerh after leaving Washington
for a 15,000-mile trip to the Pacific
ooast and Alaska today at Martins
burg. W. Ya. It was addressed to a
small bov In the streets who hailed
the president and received in turn a
cheerful "Hello, there."
The train had stopped for water
when the president appeared on the
rear platform. The boy was the first
to recognize the thief executive and
called "Hello, Mr. President." Others,
including a number of railroad work
ers who had been waiting at the sta
tion, followed the boys example,
shook hands and wished the president
a pleasant journey.
A few miles out of Martinsburg, the
president, still on the rear platform,
saw a scene which carried him hack
to the swimming hole days of his
youth. In the foreground were a half
dozen hoys scantily clad, enjoying
refuge from the midsummer heat In a
pool formed by a little crock flow
ing down through the hills. Mr. Hord
ing greeted the youngsters with a
smile and a wave of hi* cap.
The president spent the first hours
aboard the train enjoying the scenery
along the Potomac, and in com
plete relaxation after the long hours
spent at his desk in preparation of
his more important addresses and in
clearing up official business. During
this time he made the acquaintance
of the train crew and pleasantly rep
rimanded some of the trainmen who
had been too busy to visit the presi
dent's cijr.
Lasker Hides Out
in S. S. Leviathan
■ 1 ■
Gossip on Board Says Host
Dodging Possible Injunction
Servers,
By Wir^lfM to Tbr> A»wr|»t^d
Aboard the Steamship Leviathan,
June 20.—t'ncle Sam's big, yacht
ing party aboard the reconditioned
Leviathan was howling .along at an
19 knot an hour clip at the first read
ing of the log early today as the na
tion's biggest liner steamed her way
on her trial trip to West Indian
waters.
The guests are said not to exceed
450, although the list had not'yet
been compiled.
Albert D. Lasker, retiring rhairman
of the shipping board, and others of
flclaily connected with the cruise did
not appear before their guests until
the vessel was under way. Gossip
among the passengers had it that
they were in retirement because of
the rumor spread about that an
eleventh hour attempt would he made
to enjoin the trip.
So smoothly did the giant slide
along that many of the passengers
were unaware that she was under
way until an hour or more after
leaving Boston harbor.
The commissioners in charge i t the
trip held a long session with members
of the trial hoard last night and
agreed upon all details of the test pro
gram. It Is largely technical, deal
ing with the Intricacies of culaine,
machinery, speed nhd the vessels
general behavior under various condi
tion*.
In all guest rooms have been placed
cards requesting that complaints of
any and all kinds concerning the
ship* service and appointments l.e
filed with the officials in writing With
these aids, combined with the oh
servatlons of the technical experts
aboard. It Is designed to make the
Leviathan the most modernly appoint
ed passenger vessel In the United
States service.
Frenchman Will Attempt
to Fly to the North Pole
fly I're**.
Paris, .tune lift A Kreneh ex-army
rifflepy intend* to moke on ntteinpt to
iearh the north pole by nlr now that
Itanld Amundsen has abandoned hi-,
scheme, thn newspapers announced
today. Thn prospective adventurer’s
r.ame Is withheld, but the writers
say he has nlready distinguished him
self In the polar region* He had
begun preparations for the flight,
but abandoned It when Amundsen
made known his own plan*.
Savannah Mob
Storms City Jail
Attempts to Seize Man Ac
cused of Attacking ^ oman
—Routed by Troops.
1\y Aftftoelstrd I'rrM,
Savannah, fra , June 20.—Deserted
streets, dark and silent, guarded over
by police, early today stood out in
marked contrast over the stormy
scene of a few hours before when a
mob of more that* 2,000 persons
assembled before the Jail where Wal
ter Lee, charged " ;rh criminal assault
upon a white woman, is being held.
Several persons are in the hos
pitals.
Oscar C. Parker, Jr., was the only
person killed so far as is known.
Parker was shot In the stomach in
the onrush of the mob and died In
a hospital. George Bart is suffering
seriously from a wound received In
the firing.
Chief of Police Hendry Is suffering
from bruises as the result of having
bern struck in the stoma fi with a
brick.
The mob formed shortly before
midnight when word spread through
out the city that Lee was being held
In the city Jail. Sheriff Merritt W.
Dixon sought to disperse the gather
ing. but failed. He then ordered city
firemen to turh water on the mob
and six streams poured out. Bricks
were hurled at the firemen and Chief
Hendry was struck.
Meanwhile the troops were called
out by Mayor Za brook*. A detach
m*»nt of machine gunners under com
mand of M*J. A. Bussell Moore
reached the jail and took position. A
section of the mob began to close
ir. and firing ensued.
I’nder lJeut. t'«»l. J. H Thompson
the militia pushed the crowd hack
two blocks from the jail. Hides were
fired over the heads of the mob. At
2:30 the crowd had dispersed
Amundsen Upturning to i . S.
<’hriwt innia, Norway, June 20 —
<*ipf. Mould Atmindarn, the explorer
who recently abandoned hist proposed
flight acroM the north pole by nir
plane, in returning to thn I'nlte-l
States on the nchnnuer Holme?'. hc
cording to a dispnfi h from Nome
The diap.it* h e tv.m Anmndsien'a alt
plane was damaged in a trial flight.
Bulgaria to Olnrrvp Treaty.
Sofia, Juno 20 J'remler Znnknff
h.-tfi Informed rnrr.spnndrnt* that
Bulgaria will observe ihs treaty of
Neullly hoth as regard* payment of
rrpai stlon* and th« limitation of her
«rmj
Ivfier Will
I
Ignore U. S.
Dry Ruling
_
i
British Steamer to Enter New
York Harhor With Liquor
Supplies Under Seal—
First Test.
Case One for Treasury
By I nivcrsHl Service.
Washington, June 20.—Treasury de
partment regulations forbidding for
eign ships to bring other than medi
cinal liquor within the three-mile lim
it will receive their first real test next
week when the British liner Olympic
reaches New York with wine stock*
under the seals of the British customs
service.
Word that the Olympic would car
ry liquor into American territorial
waters despite the interpretation
placed upon the Volstead act hy the
United Kt.ites supreme court, was re
ceived by the Btate department in dis
patches from the American consul at
Southampton.
The giant liner, it was stated, sail
ed for New York today carrying sup
plies of wine for its eastbound voy
age carefully sealed in a special store
room. The door to the storeroom is
sealed with the seals of the British
customs service. These seals. It 1*
planned, will not be broken until the
ve«s* 1 has passed the American three
mile limit, bound for Kurope.
l\ S. Officials Silent.
State department officials declined
to discuss the steps which the Ameri
can government would take to deal
with the problem presented by the
action of the British liner. There
was pn reason to suppose, it wag as
serted. that the Olympic case repre
sented a plan by the London govern
ment to test the ship liquor regula
tions before replying to the note from
Secretary of State Hughes asking tha
12-mile search and seizure privilege
for the dry navy.
The Issue raised by the Olympic,
from the State department view point,
is one to he handled hy the Treasury
department and the federal courts.
The Department of Justice opinion
on the use of th» army and navy for
prohibition enforcement, which At
torney General Daugherty took to
the White House bite Tuesday, s-|«
haek in the attorney general's hands
today for further consideration. It
will probably not be made public for
60 days.
The final draft will not be *uh
mit'ed to the president for his ap
proval until after his return from
Alaska next month.
No < liange in Attitude.
The attorney general, it was an
nriiinccd today, plana to go west next
month rod meet the president when
h« reaches 1,0* Angeles on the re
turn from Alaska. He will take the
opinion with him.
The attorney general Intend* to |e
company the president on the sea trip
from San Diego to New York, via
Panama and Porto Rico. It was In
dicated that the army-navy dry opin
ion would be gone over thoroughly
on this voyage and would not Pe
promulgated until the president had
returned to Washington two months
hence.
There has heen no Indication of a
change in the attitude of the Depart
ment of Justice on this question
which, it is understood from reliable
source. Is that it would require spe
dal authority of congress to use
either the army or navy to enforce
prohibition. It is declared there are
* that w i
require special legislation to u*e
elthet branch of the armed forces
for the enforcement of civil law
Des Moines Street
Strike Looms
Hjr Intermit Inns) New* Seri lea.
Des Moines, la . June 20—The an
mini street car strike of Des Moines
hove Into view today when street
car employes give the Des Moines
city Railway company until Friday
morning to reopen pay arbitration
which was thought settled Tuesday
by the granting of a 2 cent per hour
increase to employes
Former Fremont Resident
Charged Vi illi Finbezzlement
He Mars, la., June 20.—William
Eaton. Fremont, Neb . former mayor
of Hinton. Is., has been arrested here
chat ged with embezzlement. Eaton
formerly was station agent at Hinton
and agent for the American Express
company there. The express company
• h.H. cs he is short f '*r> I« h.s no
counts.
Jury to Deri fie If lirre
Final Resting Flare
nf Mother Shall Re
Special Olapitrll to The Omshs flee.
Columbus. Neb, June 20 shall
the body of Mrs. M J. Klnnsn, now
In Forest Fawn cemetery In Omaha,
remain there, be taken to Osceola,
Neb., or be hurled In Columbus
This Is the question at Issue in the
dlstrrt court of Platte county foda\
Mrs Kmnan died In Kansas. Ooto
her 31, 10l!l Two sons and one
daughter, Herbert Kinrmn and
Joseph Kmnan. say that the body
I must cither remain In Omaha or bo
placed beside that of the father, J
It Klnnsn, who Is buried in Osceola
Three d aughteri of the dead
woman have applied for a court or
der to permit them to remove the
body to a $!»00,noo mausoleum which
they have built in the Columbus
cemetery,
Just as Reasonable and Equally Ineffective
The Chinese Used to Think the Way to Stop a Thunderstorm—
I
Was to Throw Their Children Under the Spiked Wheels of a Whiffin-Poof.
And Some Folks Ssem to Think the Way to Cure Our Present Stormy Trouble*—
Hi
!• to Take the Government Out and Let It Get Run Over by Something—No Matter What.
Hughes Declares
New British Sub
\ iolates Pact
Suprr-Submarine Clas*f»rl a»
Capital Ship hy Secretary
of State. Inrlor Naval
Treaty.
By 1n[rpr«al Varrlfa,
Washington, June 2d—Great Bri
tain * new stfpersuhmarine is, under
Secretary of State Hughes' Interpreta
tlons of the five power treaty, a cap!
tal ship, it was revealed here tod.i;
Since the treaty prohibits the con
struction of capital ships, Great
Britain either must scrap the new
rubmersihle or stand convicted of
having violated not only the spirit
hut the letter of the treaty, it was
pointed nut.
Officials of both the State and Navy
department railed attention to the of
flcial record of the fifth plenary ses
sion of the Washington arms confer
once. This record reveals that Scrre
tary Hughes, in submitting the naval
treaty, declared:
"A capital ship, in the case of ships
hereafter built, is defined ns a vessel
of war. not an aircraft carrier, whose
displacement exceeds Id.dad tons
standard displacement, or which car
lies a gun with a caliber exceeding
eight Inches.”
Although the new British vessel is
not more than Id,nan tons displace
ment, the fa-t that It carries 12-Inch
gun* plainly places II in the capital
ship class, it is pointed out.
Engineer Fears More
Danger From Flood
... ,.i . *
Hperlnl Dlupitrti tn The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. June 20— Roy Cochran,
*tat e engineer. m awaiting with
anxiety news «*f the flood* •-'min*
eastward on the North and South
Platte river*.
“If the » rest from both river*
reaches the main Platte in the cen
ter of Lincoln county at the same
time there may be considerable dam
age to bridges at Brady. Maxwell
nnd Corad." Cochran said
Cochran received word today that
a apart on the state aid bridge across
the Loup river at Genoa had been
washed out
Midland Hr.id to Sprak
at ( linn li \nnivrr*nr\
Special IM»prttrh to The Omaha Bee
Kails City. NVh , June *,'A The St
Mark * Lutheran church *1* mile*
northwest of thl* city will celebrate
the fortieth anniversary of the or
aanlsattnn of it* congregation Sun
day. June 24
The occasion will be featured bv
the cancellation of the last debt on
the property owned by the congre
gation Rev. J F Krueger, pres!
•lent of Midland collage, will deliver
I the morning aermon.
Each Gift Means
Chance for Baby
Six Little Bancroft Girls Give
Program to Aid Tiny
Sufferer*.
Pr>vlnu»lr arUnnt* le«l*rr| mntrlhu
-
Twlth MfMtnnrf
Haiutf Hour club, Bancroft. Nfb
\ Frlftul l »mi
( . F. Hch»»a«rr . &.M
Total . IHSil
Nothing more s snifleant than this
list of contributors can he written.
Hence the list is being run at the lead
of the daily Free Milk and Ice Fund
story for today.
Each contribution means more than
the reams of copy that might be wr.t
ten about it. It means that some
precious baby, struggling for life, is
to have a chance to become strong
and healthy.
The deck Is stai ked against the city
bahies that are born in poor families
Torrid heat. pavements that reflect
and Intensify the glare of a heartless
sun, breathless nights that drag to
sleepless lengths—all combine aga nst
these tots that are being reared in
almost unbelievable poverty
The Omaha Bee's Free Milk and!
Ice Fund brings the one practical
aid to these babies It furnishes
them with cool, pure, sweet milk that
means life.
Six little girls of Bancroft gave a
program at the home of Enid Cresser
for the benefit of the fund They
i harged only la cents adm.ssion and
despite the rain they made $< ah, Mrs
E. I,. Presser writes that grownups
rs well as the kiddles enjoyed them
selves thoroughly That Is usually
the case when a thing is dene for a,
worthy charity.
Work Slartrd to Repair
Break in Power Plant Dam
Special l>i*pwtrh to The Onulrn Bee
Superior, Neb , June £0 —The Pio
neer Engineering company of Abilene,
Mn, h'i a fun e of m» n anti auto
H h* • to attempt t*> i ** pa, r the
break In the big dam of the Southern
Nebissk a Power cnmpanx which or
cnrred Inst week, leaving Mie $*♦» non
cement structure to one side of the
Republican river and without auffl
• lent water power to operate the
plants for supplying electric current
to Superior and 24 other southern
Nebraska and Kansas towns
A coffer dam of Steel will be built
at the west end of the dam where
the break occurred when the river
cut around It, and the water will
b« forced back into the ta«e leading
to the power h use and the t leak re
paired with cement
\;n\ Department Seek*
I ioltt \<Mitinnal ( rui-rr'
B> IntpiniiliHiinI >•«« Volcp
Washington, Juna .'it Kighi ornl'
ara, four rtv*r gunboat* and thra*
cruiser submarine* will comprise th*
building progi im which th* Navy da
partmarit will peasant to th* budgat
bureau and to emigre** at the coming
saaalon.
I
Hardin" Grants
O
Clemency to 7 [
l. S. Prisoners
I N*cnt\-Se\cn orld ar Of
fenders Among Cases—
Ci\il Rights Restored to
More Than Score.
—
By t'nnerMl Serried.
Washington. June 2A —Executive
clemency was granted by President
Harding tday before h:s departure
for Alaska in 74 cases. 27 of which
are world war political prisoners.
Applications for clemency were de
nied m 84 cases, including the re
maining 21 political prisoners still in
custody.
Civil rights were restored tn 27 per
sons who had t>f€n released from
prison ft\e years or more.
The president granted one uncon
ditional pardon. 3*1 conditional com
mutations of sentence*, including the
27 political prisoners, commutation of
sentence* to 14. and remitted f.neg in
two cases
The total of 1$5 rases (tasse l on to
date establishes a record for the pres
ent administration
All of the :i Chicago politioal pris
oners and three of the four from
Wichita are to he Immed lately releas
ed upon condition that they be law
abiding and loyal to the government
of the t’nited States
Two aliens am ng the I: Sacra
mento political priaoners are to be
released and deported to the coun
tries front which they came Clemen
cy was dented to the remaining 10.
Directors of Railroad
Plan Reorganization
Npw York. Junf ;ft.—Pi #rtor» of
the Texas .% Pacific Railroad com
P«ny considered only routine matters
at toda> s meeting, but it was made
known that plana for reorganizing
the company and lifting the receix et
ship are nearing completion.
No capital assessment is content
plated tti the rsorsanitation plan. It
was stated, and the details will be
I made know n as a son as settlement is
effected with the government for the
period of the waitime operation.
The Weather
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Nonh riotU.II H.Siovt* Itj
Prices Fall
as Result
of Failure
Receiver Appointed Follow
ing Crafrh of Zimmerman
& Foshay, One of Old
Houses on Fxchange.
Run Started on Monday
Fj Associated Pres*.
Tork. June —Caught In th#
maelstrom of rumors with which Well
street has seethed for the past few’
days Zimmerman & Forshay. on*
of the oldest and best known member*
of th® New York Fto^k exchange, was
forced to the wall today.
The crash coming on th® h®els V an
announcement by President Cromwell
of th® exchange Tuesday that an in
vestigation had disclosed rumors of
impending failures to be without
foundation, caused a bad break in
th® market, more than Cf‘ of the most
ponuiar shares tobogganing to n®w
low record* for th® year, with losses of
two to 5 point*
pr,»e»dent Cromwell, in an Interview
this afternoon, declared he was ready
to repeat his statement of Tuesday,
that exchange officials knew of no
member house tha* was in trouble He
admitted, however, that “any state
ment a* to th® condition of a broker
age firm is the statement of a mo
men*. and is not a prophecy ' H*
iwould not hazard a flat prediction that
nor® of th® eight or nine flrrr.c con
cerning which rumors have been
floated would not fail.
"Statement of Moment.
Emphasizing the fact that his state,
m.ent was the statement of a mo
ment.'’ Mr. CromweU disclosed that
•he business conduct committee of the
exchange had members of the Zim
merman A Forshay house before it
Tuesday, a short while before the
optimistic statement was issued At
that time the firm was able to con
vince the committee, he said, that it
would be able to pull through, despite
the heavy run which started Monday.
No fewer than six times this fore
noon, he said he had received reports
that the firm was on "he verge of ar
ranging a ken on the has.s of Its
claims against the alien property cus
•odian for moneys Impounded during
the war. But negotiations fell
through snd the firm closed its doors
shortly after noon.
Receiver Appointed.
Filing of an Involuntary petition it
bankruptcy quickly followed, and Gor
don Auchincloss was appointed re
ceiver in 150,000 bond. The firm An
nounced that its labilities were $7.
P0O.00O and that St had asset# of IS.
000,000. Inability to realise quickly
of these assets, however, made it
impossible for the firm to meet the
run Thomas Cochran, a member of
J F. M'rgan 4 O', disclosed this aft
ernoon the story of th* frantic eff rtf
member* of the firm had made to in
duee the Morgan house to come to tht
rescue.
Mr. Cochran, who had been out
Tuesday night, reached his home
shortly before midnight to find that
repeated telephone calls had been
tTum to r**e Two, Column Tire.)
Fenton Mav Probe
Charges of Bavse
c
Letters Kxchanped Over Al
leged Intimidation of
Com iet ^ itnes*.
Ipwihl Pliietrh !« The Onuihs Bov
I-incoln. June 10—The row betweet
Warden W T Fenton and Assistant
Attorney fteneral l,ee Bays* has
reached the private letter writing
stage.
The assistant attorney general
penned a letter to the warden ex
plaining the reason he had made a
statement to the effect that a convict
taken from the penitentiary to Sioux
county had refused to testify, he
cause, it was charged, penitentiary of
ficials had warned him against gw
ing any evidence.
The warden penned a reply t«
Bavse today Both admitted writing
letters to each other, hut neither
would make their contents public
L C. Oheriies. chairman of "he
state hoard of control, asserted today
that when he called at the pen,tent,
ary this morning a convict stopped
him and volunteered the Information
that he was the one responsible for
warning his fellow convict not to
atve ar.y incrimlnat.ng testimony at
the Stoug county trial
Kavse asserted today that he would
not ask the hoard of control to make
an investigation as he at first threat
ened He eg pressed belief thst
" arden Fenton would make a probe
and asceitaln the truth relative It
the charge made bv Bavse
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