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.~jThe i imaha Morning Bee VOT, NO 91 Fatarad ai Saaead-Clata Mattar May ZS» INI, at OMATTA WPBMF^nAY TTTT V 11 1 Q9*1 • By Mall (I Yaar): Dally aad Saaday. If: Saaday. althta tha 4th taaa. TWO CENTS 11 <*«aall «lafli V UM. DO U. £l» Omaha P. 0. Undar Act af Marah S. 1879. UJYl AM A, W CjJJIM EiOU A I, JULil II, Iv&O. Oatalda tha 4th Zaaa (I Yaar): Dally aad Saaday. 812; Saaday aaly. •» * YY KsLaa l o F**# caata .—...... ..A___ __ _ SCORES KILLED AND INJURED IN BLAST Britain to Outline Its Peace Plan Cabinet in Policy Statement Will Let Premier Poincare a Know the Mind of England. Discuss German Reply By Universal Service. London, July 10.—It is learned to night thut the British cabinet will meet tomorrow morning to discuss the final draft of the proposed collec tive allied note in reply to the Ger man memorandum of June. At the same time the cabinet will consider the form for the statement of British policy which Premier Bald win and Lord Curzon will make Thursday. Every care is being taken to dispel and idea that this is "the . last chance," but at the same time to let Premier Poincare k*ow the f**** mind of Britain. Insists on Hughes’ Plan. Premier Baldwin is insisting upon the appointment of on international commission as suggested by Secre tary Hughes, and has already, ap proached several neutral countries. Sweden has been asked to send Prof. Cassels as a representative. , France is to be reminded that there ' are several precedents for this course, such as the commission of bankers and its agreement to submit to the league of nations assembly the sub ject of reparations. Revive Brussels Meeting. In addition. Britain will revive the proposed Brussels conference, \vhich was originally designed to follow the abortive Paris conference of last Jan uary. To this revived conference all the 'powers interested In reparations, war debt* and the reconstruction of Europe will be invited to aid in seek ing a solution of the difficulties. Tlie French ambassador visited the foreign office this afternoon, and it Is understood that he informed the British government of the intentions of the French government. Lost Balloonist Died Hero Death • — Lieutenant Null, Whose Body ' Missing, Believed to Have Given Life to Save Rotli. (By Associated Press.) Port Stanley. Ont.. July 10.—The fishermen of Port Stanley—more than a score of them—were out on Lake Erie again early today gathering their catches and scanning the sur face for Lieut. T. B. Null, missing aeronaut, or his body. Organized search for Lieutenant Null, companion in the naval balloon A-6698 of Lieut. L. J. Roth, whoso body was found in the balloon basket yesterday, has virtually been aban doned. Some of those who studied frag ments of the water-soaked log of the A-6698, found in the rigging of the gas bag when it was picked up Sat urday' pretend to see in the fear decipherable entries, an heroic epic of lake and air. Lieutenant Null leaped overboard Into the storm-tossed lake, giving him self as human ballast in an effort to save the life of Lieutenant Roth, the pilot, a/cording to the story they ace in the log. Tracing the flight they believe a storm Thursday night or Friday morning dropped the big bag perilous ly close to the waters of the lake. The two lieutenants tossed oberboard all ballast. The bag rose but, caught In the fury of the storm, was again forced toward the water. Clothing, everything remaining that could be thrown overboard were then thrown overboard. It was then that Lieut. Null leaped overboard, believ ing the bag, relieves! of his weight, would rise am] give Lieut. Roth a chance for his life. Lieut. Roth was probably so weak from exhaustion that hts efforts to stay In the basket were unsuccess ful and he was thrown outside and drowned. Wife Finds Husband Dead; Suicide Jury’s Verdict Special Dispatch to The Omahu Bee. Kimball, Neb.. July 10.—Bruce Per rino of Kimball shot and killed him self yesterday. His wife, returning from Chautauqua, found the body. He left, a letter to Ills wife and son, ex plaining matters, but the letter was not made public. It is thought he was discouraged over backsets In financial affairs. Perrlne caine here from Creighton Neb., five years ago and entered the grocery business. I-ater ho sold out and held a city position. Coroner’s Jury brought In the ver dict of death by his own hand. “Ye Wayside Inn,” Sung by Longfellow, Bought by Ford Bjr Internstlonsl News Service. Sudbury, Mass., July 10.—"Ye Way side Inn," Immortalized by the poet, Longfellow, is toduy the properly of Henry Ford, Detroit automobile manu facturer. It Is understood that Mr. Ford paid 1200.000 for Ihe relics and antiques elone boused In the micient hostelry. The Inn had been operated continu ously since 16,'i6. It Is reported It will tie converted into an historical mu seum. “Last Chance Saloon” Boss Holds Faith in London’s Prophecy By International Mens Service. Oakland, Cal., July 10.—"Jack al ways said fire wasn’t hot enough to hurt this place. Water could do it, said he, if there be enough In the world, but it seeins there isn’t.” Mo quoth old Johnny Helnhold today as he directed workmen In their task of rehabilitating the "l^ist Chance saloon.” Johnny be friended Jack Condon, famous au thor, when he found shelter behind the bar of the “Cast Chance," a homeless lad of 14. It was in the "Cast Chance” that Jack picked up from a dictionary the first rudi ments of his writing ability and in later years he immortalized John ny, who made possible his educa tion, In many books. Jack is gone, but Johnny re mains, and as long as he lives the "Cast Chance” is to stand as a Condon landmark. last night fire razed an adjoining structure. Water flooded the "I-ast Chance.” Firemen begged Johnny to leave. But with a big umbrella, he held the fort, firm In the prophecy of Jack lam don that fire was not hot enough to destroy the “Cast Chance." Nickerson Bank Robbery Riddle Still Unsolved Safe Found Intact and Entry Was Impossible Without Knowledge of Time lock, Expert Says. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Fremont, Neb., July 10.—Investiga tion of the Nickerson State bank rob bery early Monday morning, which netted yeggs nearly $26,000 in cash and liberty bonds, ran up against a stone wall, according to Sheriff Con dit. A completed check of the condi tion of the bank shows the absence of $20,000 in bonds and $5,396.01 in cash. A detective of the Pinkerton agency has been called in to assist Condit in following up the various angles of the case. State Bank Examiner Frlcke went over the books and helped ar five at the final check. Evidence In the mystery thus far tends to show that the unknown per sons entered the bank through a scuttle In the roof and then broke the lock on a door, giving access to the main floor. None of the locks on the vault, Inner safe or cash com partments was damaged, although the robbers succeeded in opening all combinations. No Yeggs' Prints Found. A search for finger prints has re vealed none other than those of per sons connected with the hank. Sheriff Condit said the finger prints might have been made Saturday during busi ness hours and the impressions would remain until Monday. The fact that a tlmelock on the inner safe was not scheduled to open until 7:30 Monday morning adds greatly to the mystery. C. E. Negus, vice president, in charge of the hank; Frank Bullock, cashier, and Miss Maude Nlebaum, clerk, were able to furnish good alibis, Condit declared. The three were called to trace their movements from closing hours Saturday until Monday morning, before Condit, State Sheriff Carroll and County Attorney John Oumb. Harold H. Lorenz of the Diebold Safe company inspected the combina tions on the safe. He said it was im possible for yeggs to determine for what hours the tlmelock may have been set. Only explosives could open the safe with the tlmelock set, he said. Sheriff Condit and other officials left Nickerson this evening for Font cnelle for a conference with A- W. Sprick, president of the hank. Short $3,0011 in Notes. Special Dispatch to Tha Ontalut Bee. Lincoln. July 10.— K. c. Knudson, secretary of the slate hanking board, announced today that a week ago ex arnlners found the First State hank of Nickerson short $3,000 in notes. By Aaanrlittril Prr»«. Washington, July 10.—A new ele ment of uncertainty in the ship liquor tangle has been brought to light by the receipt here of reports of the ap pearance Of intoxicants in the dining saloons of certain shipping board vessels during those portions of their trips which lie outside the three-mile limit. Whipping hoard officials apparently dc not doubt the truth of tlic.se te ports, but they are uncertain as to the police powers of ships officers to interfere with such liquor drinking by passenger* so long as no member of any ship's crew is Involved. In every case reported. It is said, the passen gers not only provided Hie liquor, but did Hie serving themselves. Jilted Lover Shoots Self in Front of Girl’s Home Sioux City, July 10.—Jilted by his 16 year old sweetheart, Claude Kschcl man, 27 years old, a truck driver, shot and killed himself In front of Hie girl s home this morning. The girl. Miss Evelyn Paulson, had Just entered the yard on her bicycle when Eschelman drove up In his an tomolille and drew a revolver from Ills hip pocket, shouted. "Goodbye. I'm through," and sent a bullet through his temple. Eschelman hnd l>een an admirer of ilie gill, but she repulsed ail of his advance* Heat Wave Is Broke,/ by Kaiifo Shower Follows 99 - Degree Temperature in Omaha, Which Sets New High Mark. Gale Sweeps Columbus After the mercury reached 99 de grees at 3 Tuesday afternoon for the maximum temperature of the year, a light thunder shower set In, breaking Omaha's heat wave of the last week. By 6 in the evening the tempera ture had dropped to 79 and was three degrees cooler two hours later. Cooler weather.is predicted {f>r toduy. Heavy Haiti at Norfolk. Special Dispatch In The Omaha Bee, Norfolk, Neb., July 10.—A heavy rainstorm fell In and around Nor folk today, bringing relief to crops which needed moisture. The tempera ture was around 100 and the rain came as a great relief. Downpour at Columbus. Columbus, Neb., July 10.—The backbone of a heat wave which has raised the mercury as high as 99 de grees for several days and kept it around the 75 mark at night, was broken this afternoon by a heavy downpour of rain accompanied by wind and thunder. Harvard Needs Itain. Harvard, Neb., July 10.—Several times this week local theremometer* have reached the 100-degree mark. The large theremometer on the post office. which is slightly shaded by the building, has had this record on sev eral days. Corn and other crops are in immediate need of rain, and gar dens, lawns and other vegetation is begining to dry up and burn. 100 Degrees at Falls City. Falls City, Neb., July 10.—After registering 98 ^yesterday, the mercury climbed two more degrees today, re cording an even 100 at 4. p. m. 10? at Beatrice. Beatrice, Neb., July 10,—Official Weather Observer Everett Means at 4 j>. m. today chalked up the highest temperature reading of the summer. The "mercury reached 102. The Blue river was at the normal summer stage of three feet today for the first ime since the flood of several weeks ago. London Is bwept • by Terrific Storm <By l*reM.) London. July 10.—hiiglunil ryprr jenord one of the worst thunderslorniN in many yearn early today. It lasted from midnight to 0 o’rlork tills morn ing. London appeared to get the full brunt of tlie storm, the remarkable thunder and lightning display keep, ing the majority of people awake for hours. The Hre brigade was kept busy answering some 40 calls from llres eaiisod by lightning. One house was destroyed and many persons were 1 Injured. The rain came down in tor rents and brought Isindon traffic to a standstill in many places. Driven to Frenzy by Flies Cattle Stampede and Drown Mperlul Dkpalrh to Tl»# Omaha Kearney. Neb.. July 10.—In a mad frenzy to get water for a drink and to shake of myriads of pestering files, a herd of 185 rattle on the John Pow er, place, located north of Miller, stampeded, broke down a fence sur rounding a large reservoir and plunged Into the eool pool. By the time a hired man had been altraeted by their bellowing and arrived on the. scene, 100 head of cattle had been either drowned or trnmpled to death. Powers and his family were in town at the time, attending the funeral of a relative. He estimates his loss at about 410.000. Pioneer Nebraska Lawyer Di e« Afler lain" Illness! M|»*#inl DispAtrh to Tl»« Onnilitt lire. Nebraska City, Neb.. July 10.—Kd win F. Warren, one of the beat known pioneer attorneys of Nebraska, tiled at hia homo here after an Illness of sev eral months’ duration. He \*a* born In New York In 1841 and graduated from Yale in 1864. Four yera later lie came to this city where he practiced his profession | until a few months ago. He was a thirty-third degree Mason, having re ceived the degree in 1885. He is survived by his widow and I« ne daughter. Mrs. Chamberlain of l Kansas City. Funeral services will be | held Wednesday. Limb* Oil Kedtictinn*. Pittsburgh, July 10.—-A reduction of 25 cents in the price of the prin cipal grades of crude oil was an non need at the opening of the mar ket today. The new prices are; New York Transit anil Bradford district, in a barrel; National Transit, Southwest Penn, Kureka Pipe Lin# and Buckeye Pipe IJne, $2.75. Other reductions were; Cabell, 21c to $1.50; Somerset, 15c to $1.40; Som erset Light, 20'- to $1 55; Itngland, 16e to 76<*. Man Slrivkrii in Field N|»*rlfll to Tim OniMhit lt#e. Beatrice, Neb., July 10 —George Withers, Liberty fanner, was strlok on with paralysis in the harvest field today and fell from hi# hinder, 'Hie main ran away, Wrecking the nut* bine by colliding with a pout. Mr. Withers* condition Is critical and h*- Inis not spoken a word since being found in the field - - - I II , ,, ____ G. 0. P.—Oh, Bill, Look Where I Got to in One rtt= ' | 'mm South Dakota Man Chosen Elks Head [amt** G. McFarland Elected Grand Exalted Ruler by Grand Lodge. Atlanta, fin., July IP.—Junta G. McFarland of Watertown, 8 D., vtu elected grand exulted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Kike at the first session of the grand lodge In its convention and reunion today. His name was presented by Governor H. W. McMasters of South Dakota. In his speech of gcceptanee, Mr. McFarland denounced bolshevism, I. W. W.-lam and other ill-grounded lsma >f the present day, declaring the Elks’ irder was a law abiding, law support ng, law-enforcing fraternity. Boston was chosen as the 1924 con vention city. The annual report of Grand Secre tary Fred Robinson showed tl!at the. order has a membership of *26.825, an Increase of 14.16* since the last meet ing. Fifteen new lodges were char tered during the year, making the last numbered lodge 1,470. Totnl Income for the year ended May 31 Inst was given as 1413.302.75, i net gain over expenses of $107,43*. and the total assets of the grand lodge were placed at $1,0^9.912.25. - J. Opdcn Armour Raises $7,000,000 to Pay Off Loans Be International New* Service. Chicago, July 10.—Approximately 17.000. 000 has been raised by J. Ogden Armour through the disposal of prop srty and holdings In commercial In stitution* during the past few days, It was learned today. Armour Is expected to net close to 15.000. 000 from Hie sale of 111* hold logs of between 1*,0ti0 and 20,000 shares In the Continental and Com mercial bank. Sale of the hank stock follows close ly on Armour's disposal of the Wind sor park golf link*, purchased by him to serve as a campus for the Armour Institute of Technology. Armour Is understood to have received $1,000. 000 for the property. Armour sl-o lias disposed of his “Gold Coast" prop srty, tt Is reported Receipts from the sale of his vnrl aim holding* will he used to liquidate loans totaling $20,000,000 made last February at the time of the Aimoui Morris merger. It I* understood Turkey Wnnls Warship* Removed ith Fanil Forces By Associated Tress. Lausanne, July 9.—Turkey wants Great Britain lo remove It* warships from Turkish wstei* simultaneously with Ita land forces, that Is, within six weeks after the rat Ideation of the peace treaty by the Angora govern ment, The warshfps of Francs ami Italy also must go, ismet Pasha de clare*. so that Ottoman subjects may tie freed of all this evidence of foreign dominion. The allied repi esentatl\••* lm\r re ferred the matter to the home go\ -inment* and It Is rumored that Great Britain will Agiro to a vedut tlon In the number of ships, hut will decline to withdraw all of them, lending general rat I heat loti of the straits convention, which fixes the number of warships which tnn> pa** through the Dardanelles and Hie Bo* phut ua Navy Officer Thrashes Minister for Paying Attention to Bride Boston. July 10.—Resenting atten tions to his wire of two months. Lieul. AVe«ley M. Hague of the I'nited States navy yesterday afternoon whipped the Rev. George L. Paine, who had married them. In Paine's of fice here. Lieutenant Hague then tipped his hat to the minister's typist, apol ogised for his roughness, and hacked out. The Rev. Mr. Paine later admitted that he had recently asked Mrs. Hague to go motoring, had asked her, while chatting with her In a meadow, for a kiss, and had kissed her—merely paternally—when she refused. He then took her to her home In Cambridge. As Lieutenant Hngue walked into his office the minister extender! his hand, but the officer Ignored it and shot his fist to the Rev. Mr. Paine's jaw. knocking him down. The clergyman went Into clinch on aria ing and Lieutenant Hague then shoved his head through a plate glass door. The officer then pushed the clergyman back Into the office and departed. —-— ‘Soul Searcher’’ Newes Lie Detecting Device H» Internullnnal News Service. Berkeley, Cal.. July 10 —The scien tific cop* have a new device for ex tracting truth from persons In whom this virtue la alleged not to exist. ft t* the "soul searcher" and is the product of the hrain 'of Dr. Albert •Schneider, professor of criminology at the summer session of the Uni versity of California. By capillary attraction it draws the truth front the flngwr tips of the un willing and does It without their knowledge. The new machine Is said to have the "lie detector” and "truth compelling serum" backed off the map. The new soul searcher Is an aclapta tltm of the D'Arsoaval galvanometer, to which Dr. Schneider has attached a tube containing mercury. The fluctuations of this mercury as in duced by electric current are meas ured. The subject unknowingly fur nishes the electric current himself when he pUces the unsuspecting tq>s of ms fingers on spec ially prepared No crude questions are asked By suggestion, however, the akllied op t itor draw* painlessly from hi* soul sll which Is hidden deep, and the harder he tries to conceal the more emphatically the mercury register* the truth. Jew* in Kaetcrn Thrace killed in (Hash With lurks Hr Inlrrimtlonil Nf«i Hertkf. Athene, July 10,—Several Jews have been killed in Kaslern Thrace In clashes with Turk*, tt was reported here today. The disorders are thought to liar* arisen over Turkish regula tions against certain foreigners enter ing and leaving the country. Some Jews have demanded authori ty lo leave t lie country. Hot'* Fool (Nearly Severed St'ei-lal llUpstrh ta The Omaha tree. UeneiA. Nib., July 10. Fred Owen*, son of Joseph Owens, had Ills right foot almost severed from the leg by a mowing mgetuu*. tf Harding Party Dons Overcoats Alaska's leather Chilly. Bui Reception at Juneau Is Warm —Everybody Turns Out. R) Intern*!!on»I »*| Sertlff. Aboard U. 8. 8. Henderson With rVesldent lttrding in Alaska, July 10. —(Via Naval Kadio.)—President Hard ing reached Juneau today, receiving a tumultuous welcome from the popula tion. The transport Henderson passed through Taku Inlet, those on board viewing the glorious Taku glacier dur ing the early morning and making Juneau by mid-forenoon. Scores of boats In the harbor loosed their sirens to toot a hearty welcome. After landing President Harding and his party were escorted by le gionnaires and regulars from t'hllkoot barracks to the governor» mansion. Children dressed in white and sta tioned at the street intersections sang their welcome and threw flowers at President and Mrs. Harding. President Harding will remain at Juneau as the guest of Governor Bone "Tver night, leaving early Wed nesday njorning for .Seward, where Saturday lie will start a week s trip over the government railroad to Fair banks and Valdes.. This afternoon the president was scheduled to view the Mendenh.il Glacier after which he was to go to the city hall, where the president and his cabinet are due to confer with a committee of citUcns over pending Alaskan matters. Masons. Klks. pioneers and other fraternal workers were to participate In another welcome, presenting gffta and at 4 p. m. the president was to visit the Alaska- Juneau mine, and at T p. nY he Is to dine at the governor's mansion. From 9 to It p. m.. the president Is to hold a general recep tion to Alaskans,at the governor's mansion. lavst night the Henderson plowed through a dense fog, the imminence of the mountains necessitating con stsnt fog horning from the Hender son to the destroyers, Forty and Hull, her escorts. Chilly weather requires overcoats constantly. “Antelope" Smith Funeral Services Held at Kearney **P*« 1*1 l»U|**lch I* TTir <>m*h* Rae. Kearney. N'ch . July 10.- The funcr al of George N (Anlelopcl Smith was hold Sunday. Mr. Smith, SO, died on Saturday. Il« came to Buffalo coun ty In net. locating here two year* before the city was incorporated Mr. Smith represented Buffalo and Slier man counties In the slate senate two term*. He acquired the sobriquet Antelope, bemuse of his f ndness for limiting this animal when It was still plentiful In the state He is survived by hls widow and five ehil dren. Boy i Return From Tour of “\X e*t" in Decrepit Flivver Johnny Gibson, son of Mickey Gib son. cigar store proprietor, and Ned Kastman, son of .1 I. Kastman, jo.'tn * ass street, returned yesterday from a psi sonally conducted tour of the •real," which went as far as Grand Island. Neli, with a broken down flivver, which they had purchased for 1100 and a thin dime. They wire arrested in l.lncoln tor speeding, but were reissued. > Women Workers Fall Victims of Bullets Made for Use in War Munitions Plant at East Alton, 111., Wrecked by Explosion . -—Employes Salvaging Cartridges Slain—Guards Sur round Plant and Details Are Kept Secret—De tonation Is Heard Over Mile Away. Names of Dead and Injured Kept From the Public Alton, III.—At least a half dozen persons are reported killed and a Brora njured in an explosion this afternoon at the plant of the Western Cartridge company in Kast Alton. The explosion, which occurred in the salvage de partment, where men and women were salvaging* the powder from Cnited States army rifle bullets made during the world war. was characterized kj if final, as one of the most serious in the history of the company. _ "m. A of O V~i rte T i i f SI I Mid Shelby Bank i Closes in Wake ji of July 4 Bout J Follows Great Falls Institu tion in Shutting Doors— Both Run hy Backers of Big Fight. By A'WiatfA Prrti. Great Fall*. Mont., July 10—The' First State Bank of Shelby, of which , Jim Johnson, one of the backers of! the Dempsey-Gibbons bout. Is presi- ! oent, closed its doors this morning, according to a statement made here | by State Bank j-.xamir.er L. Q. Skel-j ton, who is here to take charge of the Stanton Trust and Savings bank, which went into voluntary liquida. tion Monday noon. George H. Stanton, president of the Great Falls Institution, also was one of the backers of the July 4 cham pionship battle at Shelby. Mr. Skelton stated that the reason for the closing of the Shelby bank was that it was affiliated with the Stanton bank, which closed yester day. The Shelby bank is a state Institu tion with 1200.000 assets, having a j capital of 125,000 and deposits of about $193,000. according to its last i statement. Mayor Janies A. Johnson j of Sh-lby. ihe man who is reputed, to I have lost more than $100,000 through j the Dempsey-Uibbon# fight and who j I ut up $65,000 of the second $100,000 i payment for the Demrsey purse, be sides being president of the bank, is one of its principal stockholders. No statement has been Issued by Mayor | Johnson, who is In Shelby, nor by I Bank Examiner Skelton. When the second payment of $100.- i 000 was made to Dempsey in Great j Fulls on June 15. Mr. Stanton was i credited in the dispatches as having' put up $50,000 and Mayor Johnson 1 *15,000. the rest being made up by | Great Falls‘men. This statement was afterward cor- I rccted to show that Mayor Johnson was ths ‘‘angel" In the crisis, having really put the $50,000 credited to Stanton in addition to another $15,000. At the Stanton hank today, no statement was Issued further than the one made by Mr. Stanton last night to the effect that the Dempsey UiblKin* fight had nothing whatever J to do with the failure oi his bank, i that he had not put a dollar of the bank s money or his individual for- I tune Into the fight in any way and j had only contributed his Individual ] efforts to aid in rals.ng the money called for by the purse. The state superintendent of banks j today took over the Stanton Bank and ! Trust company, as well as the First State bank of Shelby, the Johnson j bank. Women Convicts Stab Prison Guard • By MfAlMUr, Okl. July JP—One guard was stabbed with a pair of scissors, several were beaten and fur niture was destroyed by women in mates of the Oklahoma state peni tentiary. who turned on guard* who Bought to end a quarrel betweeu sev eral of the women jestervJav and ptaged a general rtot in the women's ward, Otilctmto of Minnesota \ nlc M atrlietl a* Sign for l^l’l Hr twnHutel t’rrri. Rf Paul, Mitin.. July ’P—Outcome of the Minnesota senatorial election on July 1( will bo watched closely in national political circles as possibly having a bearing on the next presi dential election. It was said by iwmie polltcal observers here today. ® The trend of the republican vote for Coventor -I. A. O. Preua, and that for Magnus Johnson, farmer lalw'rite, po litical observers declare, will gtve them a good indication of the senti ment of the people, at least in this section of the country, on the policies of the present republican national ad ministration. tJovernor Preua ha* the endorse ment of the administration and he approve* its program and action*. Johnson opposes the Harding plat form. * iliaulatiqua til (ii'iirva lH«(MMrh I# Til# Omnhi* B##. lirnexu. Nfb. July Iti A chnuuu qua will l»* held her* July S* to furiitahwd by tb* Midland oin'Ult Two itiMmlway 1 v'upi»\ Kick* ’ mid "Ifrbf'iidlj Kiifttiio!*,'1 will b# lu cludtd lu U19 pi ogi cun. here were at least six person* killed n the explosion, but their name* :ould not be learned. Those killed are reported to be wo nen. The actual cause of the explo lion has not been determined. Coro ter C. M. Streeter of Alton was iuib noned to the plant to lake charge of he bodies o fthe killed. A guard was brown about the plant immediately ifter the blast, and no one was per mitted to enter. The explosion is said o hav* been heard a mile from th* ylant. Newspaper men. who were denied Ldmlttanee to the plant, were told by tmployeg that th* number of dead was seven and that the Injured would Lotal between !J and 40. The explosion destroyed a buidding approximately 100 feet square. In which th* cartridges were being sal vaged. Sleuths After Leviathan Crew 200 of Men Accused of Jump ing British Ships for Bet ter American Pay. By InerlaiH Frees. Cherbourg. France. July 10.—The liner Leviathan arrived here today on her first transatlantic voyage as a passenger ship under the American flag. She landed S0O of her passen gers here and continued on to Southampton. By A m»n4 Fresa. London. July 10—The expected ar rival of the Leviathan at Southamp ton late today i# attracting Interest far beyond shipping circle*. Th* liners pre war antecedents, her die puted claim to the world a record ton nage and her cargo of reputed mil lionaires on the present voyage hav* all been widely discussed in the news papers. Four Scotland Tard detectives left London for Southampton yesterday with about 200 warrants which pre sumably are to be served on men ac cused of deserting British ships when attracted by- higher wages offered in th* L'nited States. Evidently referring to the Leviathans tonnage. Harold Saucder, chairman of th* Whit* Star line, in a public speech yesterday, said there was a certain ship which claimed to be able to blow herself out as with a bicycle pump, and then laid claim to being th* largest Tessel afloat. He added that th# dock au thorities would not object to the ton nage. but would make the owners pay for the hot air. The arrival of the Aqultani* with out mails, which th* American postal authorities are said to have held for the leviathan, believing that the lat ter would arrive first, leads the Daily Mail to point out tha a delay of 54 hours had been caused by thia *r rangemnt. Th owners of motor coaches are ad vertising trip* io Southampton for the coming of the big ship. Editor Called on Carpel for Attacks Against Court 1-as Vegas. N M July > —Carl C. Magee, editor of the Albuquerque Tribune, will be called before David J. Leahy. presiding Judge of the Eighth judicial district. Monday, to file his answer in four orders to show cause why he should not be sentenced for contempt of court. The charges grew out of attacks al leged to have been made by Magee in his newspaper on the court and Judge l^ahv during Magee's trial on a charge of criminally libelling Frank \v. Parker, chief justice of the state supreme court. Judge l,e*h.v. who presided at the libel trial, sentenced Magee to IS months at hard labor in the state prison Hr ( unk. of North Pole Fame. Indicted in Oil Fraud Hv IniernaOmtal hews Service. Cleveland, ti . July 10.—Dr. Freder ick A. Cook, who gained internation al fame by ' discovering" the North pole, was this afternoon indioted by a federal grand Jury here charged with using the mail to defraud, of fering for sale stock of the Mid Amer ican Oil A Hefinlng company. Twen ty-three employee were jointly indict ed wilh him. Cook is now under Indictment at iFort Worth. Tex . where he is ached idled to he iried In September on a similar charge. Iowan \ ictim of Heat. Cedar Kapida. |a . July if— |l’liartoi( A Ihirrh. 10 voarw old -s brat victim of the Heat here. He w«a found (load lodav at the hvnte of 111 sister Mr# Ed OVonneU rhw coroner pta oouv -ed .death due to | 'is'i'l disen- in raf t-> the »xtt*n.e [ktau A