% • / The Omaha Aorning Bee jbt VOL. 53—NO. 17. OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1923.* SUA".V. V,;,,z..V?i ‘^"K-bT«■"’& TW0 CENTS '• VT^ FARM-LABOR PARLEY SPLIT WIDE OPEN Ruhr Peace Up to Berlin Government Withdrawal of Support to Pas sive Resistance Campaign Held Key to Settlement. People Willing to Pay By MARK SULLIVAN. Cologne, July 3.—Ever since the French set up their demands for ces sation of passive resistance in tlie Ruhr as a condition precedent to an swering the last German note, the question has been just what degree of cessation was meant by the French and how it would work out in actual practice In the Ruhr. If by cessation of passive resist ance France meant merely that the central government in Berlin should ^^Jsithdraw Its ordinances calling for resistance and its financial support of resistance, it is felt that Britain might find a way to make an infor mal suggestion to Berlin that this be done. Blit If the French meant that the German government must go farther, must actually help the French army in its efforts to keep order and make the population go to work, that is re garded as a different matter. Idle MosUof Time. In the Ruhr, the fact is that the people are working roughly about one fifth of their capacity. The rest of the time they are idle. To provide them with food they are receiving re lief money from private sources. If -he financial assistance of the Ger man government were withdrawn, the amount of relief from private sources would be insufficient. The Ruhr population thrn would have to go to work or starve. It is possible, indeed it has been discussed here, that in the event the German government should withdraw its financial assistance the popula tion might follow the example of Bel gium when the Germans occupied it and refuse to work under hostile bayonets. The end of that process would be an appeal to America for food on a basis analogous to our fur nishing food to Belgium during the war. The best judgment here, however, ; is that if withdrawal of the ordi 0^' stances and financial support fot pas sive resistance by the rentral Berlin government ns part of or followed closely by a general reparation settle ment. then the people would go to work and the region would Quickly become economically productive to a normal degree. " Kager to Pay. The people here are perfectly well iware that Germany must and ought to pay reparations They are not only willing, but eager to pay it. If they were told that Germany must pay a certain fixed sum anil that so soon as It was paid the occupying army would be withdrawn, and Germany freed, then in that event they would go to work and pay. Under those conditions the pres ence of the French army. Vvith a defi nite known limit of its presence, would soon cease to cause violence or much resentment. It is not the pres ence of a foreign army that causes trouble. Where there is a British army there is no trouble at all. The people fraternize with the soldiers. It is the fear that the French mean to stay forever, mean to try to disrupt Germany, that causes the trouble. A deeper cause of the whole trouble is that same thing that has been an in herent vice of the Versailles treaty for four years, failure to make rep arations a fixed sum. Because the amount was left inde terminate, 99 out of every 100 people uere sincerely believe that no matter how much Germany pays, it will be ""'•’C'jfiuiredto pay still nt -re: and they believe also that the French will re fuse to be satisfied with any amount :>{ money whatever, but really enter •»in a policy of disrupting Germany. fCopyright. 1923. > Scout Executive Is Off to New York Convention John H. Piper.,regional executive of '.he Boy Scouts of America, left last night for New York to attend the Pith annual meeting of the national council of the Boy Scouts of Amer ica. The conference will he held July 9 and 10 and will be followed by a na tional meeting of the 12 field men of the organization, lasting two more days. Piper w ill net urn to Omaha tow ards •he middle of the month, England Will Not Cut Armament, Denby Announces By International News Service. Blsley, Knglund, July 5.—England will not reduce its armament furth er, the Karl of Derby, secretary of state for war, declared In an address here today. The n;argln of safety at present Is ■‘extraordinarily small,’’ lie said. Four Die in Hotel Firr. Pittsburgh. July IS.—Four persona Aitvere burned to death today when fire swept through the Schmidt hotel si McKeesport, near here. The bodies of two men and a woman have not been Identified Six guests were In jured, two seriously. Offers $100,000 Prize for World Court Plan Qtp’W&ni w BokC .:*SLJ Here is the latest photograph of liilwaril \V. Hole of Philadelphia, who has offered a prize of £100,000 for the American citizen who brings forward the best practical plan for the co operation of tile Inited States with the other nations in attaining and preserving world peace. Woman Dope User Hangs Herself in Detention Ward Mrs. Bessie Baker, Kansas City, Crazed by Want* for Drug. Ends Her Life. Crazed by lack of drugs, Mrs. Bes sie Baker, alias Bessie Butler, Kan sas City, Mo., ended her life by bang ing Thursday afternoon in the deten tion ward at he city Jail. The woman, who had been in jail for a week, had made no complaint until half an hour before site committed suicide. Khe cried for drugs and was given a small quantity nf aspirin. After Miss Mabel Wright, police nurse, gave Mrs. Baker the aspirin she was left alone. A short time later Miss Wright heard a noise in the cell block and on Investigating found Mrs. Baker hanging from an overhead heat pipe by an improvised rope made of bedclothing. Mrs. Baker was arrested a week ago Thursday when officers raided an alleged "dope den” on the banks of the Misourt river near the water works. She was one of seven ar rested and was in company with her husband, Sam Baker, who made a sensational break for liberty last Fri day when he was in the chief of de tective*’ office for questioning. Baker was removed to the couny Jail after his capture, where he Is being held in default of a $2,500 bond on a charge of attempting to steal an auto mobile arising from an effort to steal a car during his escape. Lincoln Prisoner Saws Way to Liberty Lincoln, July 5.—Working with his bare hands a few Inches of a broken hacksaw blade, W. D. Mathews, 18. held at the city jail' on a charge of automobile theft, sawed his way to freedom early today through two sets of steel liars. The prisoner sawed two bars In the roof of his cell .then tore away a heavy wire netting and removed most of the bars from a window high In the wall. Apparently lie made a straight drop of 20 feet from the Jail roof to the concrete driveway. No one knew of the escape until several hours after the prisoner had gone, according to t'apt. Walter Anderson of the police department. I Japan's Thre<‘-Pow<‘r Arms Pact Not Favored Ity t . S. Washlnslon. July 0. Ja|«tr» bur gestion for a three-power armament agreement with Great Britain and the I nlted State* a* a substitute for the five power treaty signed at tito Wash ington conference and still awaiting ratification by France, has met with small favor in high naval circle*. Not only would such a pact defeat its own purpose, according to tin* opin ion of some naval experts, but in or der to be even of moral value it would have to involve at least a tacit often slve and defensive alliance between the three signatories, viewed ah im probable of congressional approval. $15,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Omaha Fur Company Damage estimated at $15,000 was (aused by a fire which swept the of ffree and storerooms of the Omaha Hide and Fur company, TOO South Thirteenth street, early Thursday morning. Origin of the flic is un known. Alairn was turned in by someone who was passing the build Ing at 3:20 a. m. and observed th»* flames. Indictmnip at Coohc Crook. Houston, Tex . July f» Seven more indictments, charging assault with » pistol, were returned this morning by the Harris county grand Jury inves tigating whippings at Goose Creek, an oil town near here P r e 8't vv ? *■ E v fy. f k s for Alaska First Slop Schedulgd for Ketchikan Friday or Early Saturday—First Chief to Visit North Territory. Realizes Long Ambition Ity Anyoriutpi] PrrM Tacoma, Wash., July 6.— In the midst of the blaring of bands and the farewell cheers of thousands of Ta coma citizens, President Harding sail ed today for Alaska, the first chief executive of the nation to visit that territory since it came under the American flag 50 years ago. A few- minutes after 2. the sched uled hour of departure the United States naval transport Henderson, which for the next 20 days will be in reality the White House, got tinder way, circled the harbor and steamed past the Tacoma stadium where a few minutes before the president and Mrs. Harding had received the god speed of Governor Hart of Washing ton. and where the president had de clared for an American merchant ma rine second to none. As the big transport swung by the stadium, those who assembled there to hear the president speak stood and cheered. Mr. and Mrs. Harding ac knowledged the cheers, waved fare well*from the bridge until distance made them only Indistinct figures to those on shore. President Happy. The president as he boarded the vessel was in an unusually happy frame of mind, pleased by the recep tion given him in Tacoma, glad to obtain a few days of rest after the 16-dn.v transcontinental trip, and overjoyed by the prospect of releas ing the ambition he has held almost everwince he entered the White House —an ambition to visit the great north ern territory and obtain first-hand information wdth respect to its prob lems. Two days of steady sailing lay ah®ad of the party when it left here, up through the inside passage of British Columbia and Alaska. It will not be a monotonous voyage by any means, for the boat will pass through narrow winding channels with moun tains rising directly from the water's edge. The first stop will be made at Ket chikan. either late Friday or early Saturday, and after a stay there the Henderson will go on to Wrangell, arriving there to spend Sunday, ac cording to the tentative schedule. The arrival at Juneau, the territorial capi tal, has been fixed for July 10 and (Turn to fore Two. Column One.) Others May Face Charges of Fraud Federal Grand Jury Expected to Return Indictment* Citing Conspiracy. The federal grand jury will meet again till* morning to hear evidence In booze, dope and other cases. The government Jurors spent nil yesterday hearing the evidence In only \hree eases. It was reported. It is known that a large number of itooze and dope selling cases will be presented, but rumors were per sistent in the federal building yes terday that there would he some more Indictments in eonneetion with the promotions of recent business enter prise*. A number of indictments against prominent Omaha business men were made by the last grand Jury, alleg ing conspiracy to defraud. Some more of these Indictments may be expected, it Is reported. The grand Jury, according to Dis trict Attorney Klnsler. will make its return Saturday noon. Our killed. 1't Hurl When l lull Slaml Kalis Sail I.ake Cjty. Inly 5— One person was killol and 4.. injured, several se liously. hen- Iasi night when a tempo rary grandstand, loaded with hun dreds "f person* watrhing a Fourth of July celebration at liberty park, gave way and crashed to the ground, burying under the wreckage many of the injured. Ruby Hoderbury. #. lost, her life In the crash, dying of a broken neck at the emergency hospital. Most of the Injured suffered broken limbs, body abrasions or head Injuries. The crash occurred after thousands had gathered at the park to watch the fireworks display. More than 30,000 were in the park when the accident occurred and pandemonium reigned among a portion of the crowd neat est the grandstnnd. causing hindrance to rescue workers In their effort! to extricate those buried under the twisted mass of wreckage <*irI Allarketl H.f Intmintloniil .»wi M»Ipp. rhicajrn. July f» VrcxpUn* H tUU' from thi **• xtianRt* youtlui In nn auto mobllr. Mary Knx. 16. wax to x lonMv bit of foirxt pifxri-vp nml nt «nonllnw to tin* ■tory slm toM |ioli» i> today uftxr H* \vnx found wan flaring nmoiiR ih»* ir**«'*. Il^i • nndi lion lx Mxjlnux. Auto for Every Five Persons in Nebraska, lotva, South Dakota Everyone in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota could hop in automo biles and move out instantly, with out leaving anyone at home and without having to make a return trip. There is a car lor every five persons in those three states, ac cording to figures just compiled by the bureau of publicity of the Chamber of Commerce. Iowa ranks second In the I'nited States -with 4.8 persons per car. and Nebraska and South Dakota tie for third with 5.1 persons per car. In ('"'•fnrnia, the leading state in the union, there is a car for every 3.8 persons. Other slates in the country run up as high as 16.1 per car. The average in the whole I'nited States is 8.8 persons per car. Steel Industry Promises to Drop Twelve-Hour Day Manufacturing Official; Pledge Support to Shorter Hours, in Correspondence With Harding. By Aunrtotnl frm Tacoma, Wash., July 5.—President Harding'made public here today the correspondence between himself and the directors of the American Iron and Steel Institute and. in a state ment incorporated as part of his ad dress here, said "the large majority of the steel manufacturers of Ameri ca have undertaken to abolish the 12-hour day 4n the American steel in dustry at the earliest possible mo ment that the additional labor requir ed shall be available." The "pledge" of the steel manufac turers. the president said, "would be welcomed by our people as s whole and would be received as a great boon by American workers." The letter to President Harding, signed by Elbert H. Gary, John A. Topping, W. A. Rogers, W. II. Don ner. W. J. Filbert. E. A. S. Clarke, James A. Farrell, E. G. Grace. Willis iii. King. James A. Burden. I,. E. Black. Severn P. Ker, J. A. Campbell, A. C. Dinkey and Charles M. Schwab, directors of the American Iron and Steel institute, follows: "Careful consideration has been giv en to your letter of June IS by the un derslgned directors of the American Iron and Stel Institute, comprising all of those whose attention could be se cured at this time. Pledge Shorter Day. I'ndoubtedly there Is a strong sen timent thrdughout the country in fa for of eliminating the 12 hour day. and this we do not under estimate On account of this sentiment, and espe cially because It Is in accordance with your own expressed views, we are determined to exert our Influence for a shorter day at the earliest time practicable. This means the employ ment of large numbers of workmen on an eight-hour basis and all others on a iiasis of in hours or less. With out an unjustifiable interruption tq operations, the change cannot be ef fected over night. It will involve many adjustments, many of them complicated and difficult, but we think it can he brought about without undue delay when, as you state It, 'there is a surplus of labor available.' "Tiie iron anil steel manufacturers generally of the I’nlted States, out side of the directors referred to, are expected to concur in the conclusion reached by the directors a« above stat ed." Text of Harding’s Letter. President Harding’s letter, address* e.—Thirty five deaths and 1U injuries were raused by fire work* *nd Fourth of July celebra tion* thi* year, it was shown tonight III j I ♦ ' k Ilf rasunltit * reported from all parts of the country Firework* and firearms were re sponsible for a large penentagt! of the deaths, although automobile acet denrs and drowning* In connection with Independence day celebration* helped to swell the total. M»*t of the death* reported were in the east. Ohio leading the list of fatalities with 10, while Pennsylvania reported fl\e and New York state three. Thirteen death* were reported in the middlewest and four were re ported In the south. In accident* resulting in Injuries. Missouri reported til. but many of them were minor Illinois was second with J8 injuries, many of them seri ous. , Following i' a table of reported deaths and Injuries In the various stales: State Dead. Injured. Ohio. K» Illinois .. ••• *> 28 Pennsylvania. . > Minnesota . l 8 ! Mirhigan . 4 ! New York . 3 Louisiana . 3 11 Alabama . 1 Missouri . 61 Nebraska . *» | Iowa . 1 1 New Jersey .. .. Wisconsin . Total*.3a 134 , —... —--... Hear Admiral Plunkett Sa\> Leviathan Will Lum1 Money New York. July * —The steamship Leviathan. reconditioned by the gov ernment at a coat of more than $8,000,000 and now on the high seas on It* lust trip under ihe American flag In the transatlantic paaaenger service, "never made money and never will." Kgar Admit til Charles IV Plunkett, commandant nt the Brook lyn navy yard, declared In an address before ihe Brooklyn Itotary cluh. The great liner, like the British Majestic and Beroiigatla, is too large and e\ pensive for practical oiieration* ho said. (»o\oriiment <>l I nrkey Ki'i'alliiip Mon to (iiilom 111 Intern** tons I Nf«« VrOrr, London, July f* ■ The \ngora gov eminent Is reonlling mm to the color* and laying plan* for defense of the DmUi lin« . sail! a dispatch to day from Comitantinofde The re port*'I niilitary activity I* due. the dispute)* said, to imports that the a! I lie* tire going to maintain their oc 'cupatlon of Constantinople Milk for Babies Is a Moral Duty Proper Nourishment Is Life and Death Matter for Infants. Some of os mt Invent in tax fiee securities and thus avoid paying a ■ retain amount of taxes without feel tng any qualms of conscience. Hut we simply cannot ignore the needs of tiny hahies who sufTer dur ing the hot summer months in the poorer homes of our city. At least our consciences can't be entirely fire if w e do. « For th<* question of milk and h e is a l.fe and death matter to scores of these tots, whose mothers are without the nieans of furnishing them Willi proper nourishment. Now that the h‘g holiday !« over, lli- Free- Milk and Ice fund should gr. w raptdly. It must i-cai h the 11.000 mark by August 1 If the Visit ing Nurse association • to have enough funds to carry on the work of mercy which it is now doing These nurses are finding new and more pitiful cases each day. They look with confidence to the support ers of this fund to enable them to purchase the ice-cooled, sweet milk which means so much to the hahies. VVe must help. Send contributions to the Free Milk and Ice fund, car* of The Omaha Bee. PrfiloHnlr Hrltnnnl^diftl contribu tion* Mld.1* ( K. » fnr the bj«bie • ... .V «• lorn down a tl.it *1 Hio lioinr of Min. .I.iiiioi lloy it. fc.’lt Soulli IHglifi'Oittli *lioot. Ho mid ho only foil .1 guilt if I ho fl.ig. mid wm Hying lo pul it hm I. up Four Dead Six Hurt When Flames Trap Guests in Hotel Part of Biieiiice* portion of McKeesport. Pa.. Ihreat ened by Morning Blaze. Bi International Vfw. vnirf. McKeesport. Pa . July 5—Four jiernons were burned to death and six others injured, four seriously, when fire of undetermined origin swept through the four-story Hotel Schmidt here early today and for a time threatened a part of the business sec tion of the city The fiames starting in the liase nient. spread through the budding with great rapidity, trapping occu pants of the upper floors in their room*. Fame within and without the hotel followed. M'lnle policemen rescued women and eh ldren. scream* from other occupriVtts. caught on the up per floors could lie heard blocks awa>. William Keenan. 45, and two un identified men and a woman are dead. The seriously Injured are John O'Hara. 45: Hen Coleman. 26; Matthew Krast and Stanley Stokman. Just as the building bu; *t into flames. Miss Minnie Werry. night head nurse at the McKeesport hos pital. chanced to look out of a hos pital window, she rushed ambulance and internes to the scene. The fire victims were taken to the hospital. One man jumped from an tipper floor and died in a few minutes. Police officers assisted Tony Wrw xe neck of Weirton. \V. V.t . his wife and their four children to safety. Dr> l.aw Repeal Movement Is l.aunelkeil in (Georgia It' Intrrnattanal New* wnirr Atlanta Ga., July 5 An echo to Now York's repeal of the state pro hlbition enforcement law was heard In the Georgia house of represents tives today when Representative fra I* Arnold intr>Hlut ■ 1 .1 :11 n ■■! ■ mending a tepeal of the Georgia liquor restrictions. Ills lequest that the hill be referred to the committee of the whole was defeated and the measure was sent to the commit re on temperance. The Weather — K<»r t4 hour* cn»i;n* 7 n m T cm pern lure tilth**!. If low cat. 71 mean if4 Rot nt*l. 74. Tola** c\if«« •liu'c January l»i. 1 tt HrUlivc lliimidih. I'rrmUmr 7 a m R.t. noon. • 7 t» m »• 7 rrcrlpiutlnn. Inrhc* ami llumlocellhw Total. 0. Total alma Jan. lat 15X7. tlaflulvnt'y. »• Hourly Tcmpcraiur** b • . .71 * • m .7} 7 ». m . 71. * • m .ft * n m It » m. 11 ft in v** It mvon II y p m * i I |v m ....... sj I I* *' ! ...... V -t « P m . »* <* p. m . ** * l' w . A ..«. •*» T i' m. ..... »*• ' t> m ...... «« « M I N>R\Vl ... 00 MoiftPft ... *« Oity . . M )4nii*r .... M North Plmio , ... " Nall t.*w» _ m Sh it I a >'* , '4 ' »J«n . , ., !»v S!m»\ I'ilr ... %*i Platform Described as Too Red Secretary of Organization Scores Proposals Said to Come From Branch of Communist Parly. Adjourn to Avoid Bolt Ry .\%«oeiated PrcM. Chicago, July 5.—The platform of the propos-d federated farmer-labor party, described as "to red, commun istic and bolsheviki" and "too radical for enn the radical state of Wiscon sin” to accept, split the conference wide open t'day and it recessqjf for a night session, in order to stave off a threatened bolt of some farmer labor delegates ostensibly in their own con vention. The recess was taken o i>cr mit a farmer-labor chamber of com merce to determine their furthur par ticipation and action. At that time the workers' party of America, which ('. K. Ruthenburg, one of Us group leaders, said was a brace hof the communist party, was in control of the conference. Jay G. Brown, national secretary of the farmer-labor party, > efused the platform for his organiza tion. The organization committee, com posed nf delegates representing indus trial workers, farmers and minority political parties, reported out a plat forru through Joseph Manley. N«*w York, another workers' party dele gate. which Ruthenburg said was signed by 26 of the 29 members. It was immediately attacked by the Illinois farmer-labor unit, but it mi John Fitzpatrick, president of the • 'hi< igo Federation of Ijabor, who d» livered the severe arraignment. Stoore® orkers Party. ' Th*? farmer-labor party called th:s invention in good faith with a de sire for political unity," Fitzpatrick •aid. but other croup* inv.'ed hero have taken advantage and injected a platform that, if adopted, will kUl the farmer-labor party and mean death to the ambition* of the working class for 10 years. "A" soon as it becomes known that the workers' party, a communist branch, is identified with the move ment, It will be used as the batermg ram again«t us all. / If William L. Foster. Kuthenbuig, Manley and ti e others believe they can attract union men and women to this platform they are mistaken. If these men really want to serve the cause they can it best by picking tip their tent an 1 t*e on their way. The delegate* who framed tins platform were gaggtei and delivered to "the organisation committee." Too Radical for Wisconsta. Cheater C Platt of the nonpar- sat. Wisconsin delegation, said that Wis consin "was the most radical state in the I'nlted States." but the platform suggested, "drafted bv a party which I am told is a branch of the third In ternationale." if put to Wisconsin organizations "would not be touched." “And if you cannot suit-the radical state of Wisconsin, voiiwcannot suit another state in the union,” he added. Foster was given the biggest ova tion of the dav when he spoke for the platform, but it was a brief talk and confined to an urging that it be adopted. The principal oletructiote to the goal of the class movement was Samuel Gompcrs. president of th® American Federation of l,abor. he as serted. Brown accepted that part of the program which declared the prin (Turk t» Tuff T»«. ( «>lnmn 40.000 Rrili'li Dock W orker> on Sit ike: Famine Menaces l*' Internal tonal New* vniet. London, July 5.—With itiort 'hnn 4O.0UO dock worker* on strike throughout England today aiul many of the strikes unauthorised. * barges were made by the Daily Express that communists were the power behind the strike Seven thousand men struck in Manchester in defiance of their lead* ei> Two thousand u med the strike in London and many walked out i*t Liverpool. Litton leaders who have giver strike orders denied the charge of communist .ispr.ation .to-i «lcvla:ori the Issue was strictly one of protest against high living costs. The strike rapidly becoming a menace Many section* are theraten* e. timtltgfpt \ Oil l ire Haaes on ^1 oa»|. l t < • *