V. The < >MAHA K< >RNING BEE VOL. 53—NO. 22. itntM.d .. •woni-ctm hunt iu> a. .OMAHA THURSDAY TULY 1‘2 1022 * n wi n tw): tm> u< m4». m mm. cm. oitw m *ti um. TWO ORNTS * G""** ctumi Man. _P. O. Under Act nt tl«r«h S. I»79. illUIMUrtl, •< UU I YC, Y.1£»i. Outdid ttia 4th Jon* (I Yttr): Dally and •unity. »I2; Sunday inly. |J A >» U f,„ Cmu ElM,n„, All Europe Fears Split in Germany Breakup Would Spell Ruin of Civilization, Claimed— Ruhr Conceals Frcnch Designs. Strain Tells on Leaders —,— By MARK SULLIVAN. Paris, July 11.—The atmosphere of Berlin during the present crisis is one of shell-shocked helplessness, while France and Britain pull and haul over her fate. Chancellor Cuno's personality, ns compared with his former state, by those whp have seen him frequently during the months of his tenure of office, is drooping to one in which sheer fatigue robs the man of what ever his normal will-power and de cisiveness may be. General Legoutte, it Is believed by those who see him frequently and regard him favorably, might be able to handle the Ruhr troubles with less appearance of progressive rigidity if he were not under the handicap of a conception of duty which keeps him at his desk for long hours without ftesh air or exercise—besides which <-1ts has the further embarrassment of illness in his family. Poincare Shows Strain. Tn Paris, the strain of the situation is beginning to tell also on Premier Poincare, emphasizing his natural dis position to “sit tight" and vastly magnifying to his mind trifles of pro cedure. These personal equations enter more largely and more unfortunately in a situation like this than they would in America, where great decisions arc equally less personal and Individual power is limited by our £nrm of gov ernment. Of all the important figures in volved, Premier Baldwin, although lie is noticably less sparkling than when he was at Washington last winter and has developed the physical tricks of nervous strain, is nevertheless the more equable and sure-footed than any of the others involved. In Berlin the fear of an Internal crisis la practically universal. That fear does not look merely to an over turn of the present government and the substitution of another. If that were tha form of the fear Berlin would ha loss acutely apprehensive. So also would London be less alarmed, ns well as other quarters which take thought for the future of the world. But tlie anticipated form of the greatly feared German crisis is the breakup of the country Into several ivaning states, some going commun ist, some Catholic monarchist, some ■“••’i^roteatant monarchist and some try ing to go democratic. Breakup Dooms Europe. Some states in Germany have in dividual, and some times an'agonistic, characteristics to a degree that we do not know in America, while the federal system that holds them to gether is much looser than with us. Why the breakup of Germany into different states should be so feared may not be clear to America. Super ficially. it would even seem to have some advantages, such as permanent disruption of Germany’s potential military power. But British states men. as well as many other thought ful quarters, say the breakup of Ger many means the break-up of Euro pean civilisation. British statesmen privately say this in so many words, and with impres sive earnestness. Economists and others on whose advice they depend say it. If you ask the reasons, they say that communism and bolshevism would get a start that would burn into a blaze: that there would be civil war among the various states of Ger many, that with the breakup, the In tricate economic unit which industrial Germany represents, the present population of central Europe could not live, but must be reduced by pro cesses of war and starvation. It is precisely this that the British are determined to accept the responsi bility of preventing. Ever since June I, the British policy has been to ex haust every resource of patience and f*W^pnclliation in order to restore and maintain the entente with France. As one British statesman said: "Our one hope is to preserve the spark of life in these negotiations.” But the British have been equally steadily de termined to lake another course If it should become inevitable, and accept the leadership and responsibility of preventing the breakup of Germany. Real Purpose Concealed. " Regarding France, it In charged with having the breakup of Germany an the main, though concealed, pur pose of its present course. Ninety nine out of every hundred Germans belifevo this. Many British believe It. Any impartial examination Into France’* actions six months ago, •when it ernliarked upon the Ruhr ad venture, shows that Its motive then waa a limited, narrow, almost hysteri cal determination to get its money urid get it at once. But although that was its original purpose, it is now clear without any doubt whatever that the development of the Ruhr adventure is a complete failure. The net reault of It so far as money goes is that France will get it not sooner, but later. It may get none whatsoever as it stands now, France's course in the Ruhr baein is tragically increasing the momentum, not toward collection of reparation*, but toward the breakup of Germany. France's course in the Ruhr hse come to he precisely what the Ger man militarists used to call a "policy f. ti frJghtfulncHS." (Copyright 19 2) VI ales to V isit (ianatla Hr Auoriatrd London, July 11 The prince of Wales. It was learned, Ini ends to visit Canada in the autumn. Me will go In a private capacity and will not accept, official engagements during Iila atayj Ttvo Stale Governors Arrested as Speeders by /V. C. Traffic Cop By Internationnl »w« Service. Greenville, N. C., July II.—Gu bernatorial authority fell with a fluid before the dignify of an ordi nary traffic cop when the gover nors of North Carolina and Ten nessee were arrested near here for speeding. It was revealed today. The two governors were each foreed to pay S10 fines, the same as any other sperdslers. . Governor Morrison of North Carolina was driving the ear, with Governor Peay in the tonneau as his guest. A country traffic cop overtook the machine, waived aside the gubernatorial protestations and levied the fines. "Governors or no governors, you all look the same to me, ami it costs money to speed in North Carolina,” was the traffic cop's verdict. Danger of Coal Miners Strike Is Reported Nil Government Authority Follow lowing age Parley Gives Reasons for Settle ment Assurance. By l niverbal hfrvie?. 'Washington, July 11.—There is no anthracite coal strike in the air. This assurance was given today by a government authority-tin coal, who is keeping in close daily touch with the progress of tite joint wage con ference at Atlantic City. Around August 20. it was stated, the miners will agree to the operators' proposal, twice rejected within the past week, that ttfey continue at work after September 1, in event a new joint wage agreement lias not been entered into, pending conclusion of negotiations. By August 25. operators and miners are expected to Is? in agreement on all essential points of controversy. It may, however, be necessary to con tinue the joint conference iieyond that date to dispose of minor points. The operators, it was stated, will accede to the miners' demand for higher wages, but not the 20 per cent raise the miners are now’ demanding. A compromise on a 10 per cent In crease will be reached. It was pointed out that the opera tors have already agreed in principle to three ot the principal demands of the miner.-. First. They have recognized the miners' demand that the 8, 10 and 12 hour day in mine work Is? eliminated and the industry be put on a maxi mum eight-hour basis. Second, The operators have agreed to the proposal that arbitration of grievances be speeded up with deci sions within 30 days after reference to an umpire. Third, The operators have recogniz ed the justification of the miners' contention fur an upward revision of mine wages by offering 5 per cent in crease at the outset. Both sides seem to be playing for time. The negotiators must put up a show of struggle so that they can go back to their conventions and con vince the irreconcilable* that they had fought for weeks atid the contract proposed was the best they could get. That showing makes ratification pos aible. Boy Killed in Wreck in Manhattan Tube By Interna tioiiHl Nhh 8<*r%lr«*. Harrison. X. J., July 11.—Giovanni Parillo. 15. of Newark, wfas killed and a tiuml^r of persons injured when a westbound Hudson & Manhattan tub**' train collided with an empty passen sr^r train, eastbound, near here at' 12:10 rhis afternoon. A defective switch is believed to have caused the accident. G. O. I*. Leaders of 7 States, Including Nebraska, in Meet Chicago, July 11 .—Republican lead ers from Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Ne braska. Kajisns, Missouri and Okla homa were assembling here today in response to a call from John T. Adams, chairman of the republican national committee, for a "get together" conference tomorrow morn ing at. the Drake hotel. Columbus Legion Elects Spec'sl It-.psti-h to The Onmhit lire. Columbus, Neb. July 11.—George T. I.owman vice commander of the American Legion, was elected com mander of Hartman post No. i!4 at the annual election to succeed Com mander Herbert Hahn, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Little Stories of Success Mrs. E. 0. Sutton. 3.336 Ames Ave., KE 2380, says The Omaha Bee will certainly get all of her “Want" Ad ad vertising from now on because ahe realizes that Omaha Bee “Want” Ads “bring better re sults at lesser cost." Mrs. Sutton called the of fice to cancel her Omaha Bee “Want" Ad before it had run the full time for which it was ordered. She did so because ahe had sold her porch conch swing the day before through the little Omahn Bee “Want" Ad. She was so enthusiastic about results gotten through this ad that she said -he felt that she must tell us about it. Read and use Omaha Bee “Want" Ads they bring bi t ter result* at lesser cost. (Printed by permission of Mrs. Sutton I. Naval Pact Is Ratified French Washier**'* .leatics by 287 to 3—Chairman for Friendship. Will Be Effective Soon By t niorinl Smlro Paris, July 11.—The French senate tonight ratified the Washington naval treaty by a vote of 287 to 3 and unanimously ratified the Pacific pact. In discussing the Washington treaties, Senator Georges I'eynald, chairman of the committee, pleaded for favorable action to "prove French pacifism and to reinforce Franco American friendship.” Washington. July 11.—The French senate's ratification today of the Washington naval treaty and the four-power pacts completes the steps necessary to put the agreements into force except for the deposits of rati fications by all the signatories in Washington. How long it will take for the French formal notice of ratification to reach Washington is not known, nor is it certain how much time will >o required for ail of the other powers to send here all the papers necessary for the final act of putting the Wash ington conference agreements Into effect. The method of deposit and announcement of the effective date of the treaties is provided for in the documents themselves. Article XXIV' of the naval treaty says: Treaty Kept in United States. "The present treaty shall be rati fied by the contracting powers in order to their respective constitu tional methods and shall take effect on the dnte of the deposit of all of the ratifications which shall take place at Washington as soon as pos sible. The present treaty shall re main deposited in the archives of the government of the United States, and duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that government to the other contracting powers." Various provisions of the treaty take effect at prescribed periods of time calculated front the date of the deposit of ratifications. Vessels of war to be scrapped must be rendered incapable of further warlike service within six months, and the "scrap ping shall be finally effected" within 18 month!}. The replacement pro gram for capital ships, however is not dependent upon the date of rati f.catinn hut is set fort it in a chart fixing the year in which replace ment keels may he laid down for each ouch ship. Will End Alliance. It 1' provided in the final article of the four power treaty that the agreement "shall be ratified as soon as possible and shall take effect on the dfpinsit tif ratifications, which shall take place at Washington." On the same day. under the terms of tlfte article, the AngluJapnnese alliance, long looked upon with suspicion in the United States will terminate. Documentary credentials are re quired by custom in the case of all the plenipotentiaries who participate in the deposit of ratfleations, so that It is thought unlikely that the cere mony can take place for two or three weeks, at the earliest. Franrp Plans fiannon for Army Planes in Next War By Associated Press. Paris, July II.—The plan for the reorganization of France’s army of 660,000 men was distributed among the members of parliament by Col. Jean Fabry, reporter for the chant iter army commission. It contem plates a modernized force based on the lessons of th» great war, with serious attention to new develop ments in aviation and war materials. Aviation and gas, the report says, are menaces of the future. Oermanv by force of circumstances must eeek Its field of action in the air: there fore, France moat ho strong there. "We are preparing the army for war, which we are resolved to pre vent." continues the report, "hut must b- ready to strike the first blow. France is now superior to other nations in aviation, except per* haps bombing planes, but it cannot rest satisfied, and must not lie con lent witli machine gun* in the air, for perhaps the time Is near when aerial cannon will appear." Mexican Government Asked to Release (liicap, Man ll> Intermit iontt I Nr«» Servler. Washington, July 11.—The I'nited Suites government has made a formnl request upon the Mexican government to effect the immediate reieaae of M. .V, Newman. >i Chicago citlxen, who "ns captured and Is being held now for ransom by Mexican bandits, the Hlute department announced ofllelally this afternoon. The department wat> Informed of Newman's rapture through eonttular channels. Hears Tear Arm of Girl. *>. from Socket at Spokane Park Hpqjtene. Wash., July 11— Injurtea which phyeielans fear may ptove fatal, were suffered by Mary Kllxabeth Mania, ft. at a Ibeal park when hears *elr«d her right arm, which she had thrust through the bnra of their cage, and tore It front the socket. PhygJ. i lana said «hc had but a alight chance for recoilrj I mil Rain at Beatrice l)rn|iiyr, N#b . July 11 (Jitge ruuri <>, Whit it hurt |,*cn h,m, hiiiK fijt a mnl''i fmiuih'imiurt» b«*lw**f*rt 9. ami 101* tlogrer**, w im given rrlh f tl»i* afternoon by a (food ruin. The pip • ipitutlnn wa* Nhimn by than govern* meut gunge to be* a fruition under out inch Washington Orders Inquiry Into Branch Postofficc Postoffice Inspector Coble today conferred with Postmaster C. K. Black concerning action in connec tion with the raid Tuesday night by Hubert Saiiiardick, federal prohibi tion agent, on a branch postofficc in a drug store at 2102 l| street, where John ('. SkoniHl was arrest ed on a charge of illegal possession of Ihiiior. and where a small quan tity of alcohol was confiscated. It is said to he the first lime in history where a postoffice was used iA a blind for possession or sale of liquor. On instruetions from \\ ashing ton, Mr. Coble already has for warded newspaper accounts of the raid, and the official police report. Murder Plot Seen in Death of Aged Man Son of John Hannibal, 79. Believes Parent Was Mur dered—Was Found Lying in Road. Possible murder mystery was in jected into the death of John Hanni bal, T9, farmer living near Crescent, la., foliowing a conference between his son, Arthur H. Hannibal, who lives on a neighboring farm, and Cor oner Henry Culler. Hannibal was picked up uncon scious on McPherson avenue Sunday night and died yesterday morning in Jennie Edmundson hospital, Council Bluffs. It was believed at the time that he had been run down by a passing automobile. Arthur Hannibal, the son, how ever, told Coroner Cutler that he found his fathers home in disorder and discovered blood stains on some blankets. VV'ben his fatiier was found, lie pointed out, day v a. found, he pointed out, clay "as clinging to his face ami clothing, al though there t» no clay at the spot w here he was picked up. There is an abundance of clay near the home. The son was unable to give any motive for a murder. The Hannihala live tjiree miles nortli of Council Bluffs on the Hazel Dell road. The spot where the body was found Is one mile east of Council Bluffs, on McPherson avenue The son scouted the theory that his father was run down on Mc Pherson avenue. He told the eoroner he believes his father either was mur dered or else run down by an auto mobile in the vicinity of his own home, and later carried three miles Into Council Bluffs, through the city, and a mile away from the etty In an other direction, where his uncon ,emus form was left lying in the road. Hannibal's wife died six years ago. Since that time he had lived as a bachelor on his farm. He is survived hy two sons, Arthur II. Hannibal and Franklin T. Hannibal of Chicago j 12 Heat Deaths in Last 2 Day Mercury 105 at Tulsa, OLIa.— Lightning Claim* 5 Victims. By AMorlNte1' Cress. Chicago, July 11.—I.lsts of death* cause,] hy the excessive heat In many parti of the country were added to today with reports oi casualties re sulting from storms which brought relief to sections which have swelter ed for the last two days. Twelve persons died front the heat and five deaths caused hy lightning were re ported. In several sections records of sev eral years’ standing were broken hy high temperatures. The mercury climbed to 105 degrees in Tulsa and other points In Oklahoma reported temperatures of 101 and 103. Iowa had one death, with tempera tures averaging close to the 100 mark. In lies Moines, where 98 degrees was registered, a new record was set. One n.an died In Michigan. Five deaths occurred In Nebraska. Illinois had four deaths, two in Chi cago and two in Waukegan. In Chi cago 95 degrees was recorded. Kxcesaive heat was confined to the central section of the country, the •■astern states-wlth few r■xcepMonshav Ing high temperatures of less than 90 degrees. The Itocky mountain and Pacific sections escaped with low temperatures. I.lghtiilng claimed three victim* *" Michigan and two In Towa. A woman and a girl were killed at Cedar Haplds, la., when they took refuge under a free struck by light ntng. tannage estimated at several thou sand dollars was caused by the storm to wires and orchards throughout Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Wlscon sin. If You Have a Sense of Humor you’ll be tickled with a new feature in The Omaha Sunday Ree. And your sense of hu mor may mean dollars to you, for $0 is going to he paid each week to the cleverest man or woman, boy or girl, that reads The Omaha Sunday Ree. See next Sunday's is sue for particulars. No Wonder Our Neighbors Aren’t So Friendly \ J HA MA\ Mk\qp£ / i> < n till . 1 ‘Ml linn \%. ** mi ill* ,%'* Mulu H Smll li . !A \ t rti iul ... ..... | on V or Id tlicnter mtiiiV fund ...... 74.17 John W t*h«*r 1.00 < .«(l(l.trill a < hit (I III >111 rtmt|»wtl> 10.no » .1. !» ISO Tutsi SIMM. 07 \«‘M York <.1 ulis W Filled \\ iiii Riitil'Mi'iuii'il Men lit \«Mi inf >'tl I*r* ‘» * lb b un .lulv 11 The Fuel Staff l»anl of Joplin (Mom i tffiltii»«l with ilo* Si * ton TruM .mil Savintr* hunk I of (b**af Kalla, w hi< It ringed Ha doori Mo min > litai t'li'M* «l He door* also, it mvsih illei'losetl today b> I. (J Skelton, Mate kink enxminer, The cI«w*Ihk of the Firat State Hank of Shelby, an other institution affiliated with the Stanton bank, already had been an itguuwcd Snookums’ License Omaha Lmtt Dug on If ay Home; Child Happy Plate Saved the Day Ituring a rrrrnt auto trip to Min nesota, Snookoiii*. the pet dog of Mr. and Mrs. 0. Osborne, IK 1.1 South Twenty-second street, and the in separable companion of fheir daugh ter, Hdeana, 4, was lost at Hard wick. Mich. Hilffdiy ( iatidr llossir. city clerk, receiyrd a letter from T. II. ftri inny of llardw.ick saying he had found a dog with Omaha license tag No. 5.1. hut without tail light or wheel tax. Mr. Bossie, after a hasty trip to tlie records, trlephoned Mr. Osborne. Now Snookutn* k on his way to Omaha in an express car. Odeaua won't he happy till he gets here. Hiisincea Halted During Mrs. E. E. Stanton Funeral SihtIsI IHsputi-h ta The Ofnshn Bee. St rotnsburg, Neb. July 11.—Busi nee* house* here were closed during the funeral of Mrs. K. K. Stanton on Tueeda y. Mr*. Stanton was married in i Stromsburg 38 years ago and has I lived here continuously since thenni , with Hie exception of *Sx years spent ! In Hood River. Idaho. She 1* survived by her husband, two daughter*. .Mr*. C. K, Moore, Stromsburg, and Miss Haul Stanton. Rochester, N. T.l two son*. Charles K. Stanton, of Platts mouth, and John T . in partnership with hi* father in the law firm of Siantan A Stanton. Burial was In Stromsburg. Believe \uto \ocessory llieft Kinj: ^ Non Broken ItUpsl. It to TH* Omah* Hrr. Kali* City. Neb., July 11.—HU hard son county authorities believe that they have yleared uj> a series of auto accessory theft* throughout this county and Nemaha county with the arreets of John Mather and Herman Pugh, both living near Humboldt. The two confessed when a treat ed by Sheriffs Young of Flu hardson county anti Pa vis of Nemaha county and were taken to Auburn for trial. A great portion of their loot ha* been recoveivel. according to authorities Charged Willi As-ault nn 6-V ear-Old Girl, Man Nahhed NprrWiI nispstrh to The Omaha Iter Norfolk, Net. July 11 —Jhtn Men «< i know., as Carl Smith, nan cap. ture.l here late Wednesday after an all night search hv a posse. Meaner In charged with criminal as •suit on the t > ear-old daughter of t; purge Huughmau. Norfolk farmer. Messer sny« he la the son of Mr. and Mrs Fred Meaner, farmers living at Wellington, Yolo., lie admits having served three months In jail at Omaha, lie uas taken to county jail. Botl\ of Man Found on Hoad I lioiiftht fo Hr Heat \ irlitn 'ikm lal IHnWrli lu Tb* Omaha H*r. rnnbury. Wb . .Inly II.— I'br iHHly ■ «f ii man intibubly,* To wa« found \\ nlnt'.-olui up thr blabwai four mill'' unutIn-aat of Knlilnu y. I|p had rtlnl from noun# b*ifr, or a pup. li*M In ih* opinion of Dr. dlntiuill. who ' xaminiHl |h* body fm- nunk* of violano* A a non* u*iv found * oornnot i ltii|iin*i mi cWmad unnao «'»«i i Tha body h»* not barn Idan tlXlad. Contempt Trial Judjre Threatened c . Letter Is Signed *'K. K. K. —Writer Llaiins Texas as His Home. Lu Vega*. N M , July 11 —-Judge David J. Leahy, presiding In th# trial of Carl A Magee, Albuquerque editor, on rharges of contempt, announced In court this afternoon that he had re ceived a threatening tetter .signed I K K. K." When Judge Leahy had finished reading the letter he stepped from be hind the judicial bench to the front of the platform. Addressing the well filled court room, and pointing out | that he wag not robed in court ap I pare!, he dared the writer of the let ter to make himself known, if in the| room. "I stand here before the dirty, cowardly reprobate that wrote that! letter." Judge Leahy said. The judge Waited a moment and; then said, as he resumed the bench:, ' He doesn't seem to be here " Ia»# Viigolfk Times Dynamiter Released from San (Jueutiu Ssn Quentin. Cal.. July 11—Da rid I Caplan. who was convicted of sec»^i degree murder in connection with the Iais Angeles Time* dynamiting case.! In October. 1*10. and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, was released* from San Quentin prison yesterday. He had served six and one-half yeaisl of his sentence. The three atid one j half years' i eduction was obtained for good behavior. Caplan told prison officials he would engage in the bar ber business in San Francisco. He! was a barber in the prison. On the morning of October 1. 1»1<> j the lav* Angeles Times building was destroyed. ;i0 employes were killed and scores were injured by the ex I plosion. tin October 10. Indictments were re turned against five persons, among whom was Caplan. lie had disap pea red but following a nation-wide search, he was arrested on February! 1*. 1*16. on Halnbridge Island, in Puget bound, near Seattle. Miuifdian Is Disappointed at Han on Dawn to Dark Flight *> News S«ntM. Havton. o. July It.— t.ieut. R 1. Man Khan, sp-e-.l demon, whose plane failed pear St. Joseph. Mo, Monday, during the attempted daylight flight from New York to San Francisco, ar netHl In Payton at 1!iho this after noon on the return trip, and when Informed of the calling off of the proposed daw-n to-dark flight, prob ably until aprtug. expressed his bitter disappointment. Maughan had expected to start flora Mitchell field. Newr York, on another try next week. C«a*t Guards Capture 110.000 Liquor Carpo II* rrr*i. Atlanth Oly, \ J, Jfw|y U A t urti running dul y mu wild hi the inlet j today When It* crow of t«v) kIuukKuus! t» $10.1*00 cargo of wtiisky and brandy j b> plunging overboard v\ Ivan haded l»\ a ooa*t guard boat. Tin *iougvd'M* loft their titgin* running full a peed ahead. The dory waa overtaken In the rflMl guard*, oho prcM i od sp, «*tg tlia craft to vaptuung the “Big Union” Advocates Sentenced Twenty-Seven Alleged I. W. W Must Go to Prison for 1 to 14 Years for Crim inal Syndicalism. Reject Clemency Offer t-os Angeles, July 11.—Twenty seven alleged members of the Indus trial Workers of the World were con victed of criminal syndicalism by * jury in the superior court here today and within an hour after the return of the verdict had Ijeen sentenced to s«"rve 1 to H years each in Ean Quentin penitentiary. Tonight arrangements Here being made to transport them te the peni tentiary in a special car tomorrow, to gether with 17 other allegwl I. W. \V. previously convicted under the crim inal syndicalism law. The plan to rush the convicted men north was in accordance with their request, ex pressed after they had filed notice of appeal, that they he taken to San • Quentin "as quickly as possible. ' While several of the defendants were emphatic in their refusal of the court's offer of clemency to those who would abandon their advocacy of the “one big union’’ and general strike idea*, most of them took occasion to say that they bore no malice toward jury, judge or prosecuting attorneys in the case. Judge I’aul J., McCormick ques tioned each defendant earnestly be fore passing sentence upon him and pronounced judgment only after each bad specifically refused to cease ad vocating the one big union and gen eral strike as weapons of industrial reform. A request of the defendants that they l>e sentenced in the presence of the jurors who had convicted them was ignored by the latter, wlio, ns wmn as Judge McCormick indicated that they were free to go. filed out ot the courtroom. Germans Active Building Ship Other Nations in Siunip— Teutons Double French Output. New York. July- H.—World ship building the last three months hits declined to new low levels, Germany alone af all th» maritime nations, showing increased activity, says the midyear ieport of Lloyd * register of shipping. Ship yards erf all nations had on June SO at. aggregate of two and a quarter millions gmss tons of work— approximately 300,000 tons less than March 30, and 400.000 tons less than six months ago. The United States, wli.ch. at the end of March was building S4.000 more tons merchant ships' than at the first of the year, was building S.OOO tons less on the date cf the survey. Slump by British. Ship yard* of Great Britain and Ireland experienced a slump nearly as great as all the other sea nations together; they absorbing 154.000 tons of the world decrease of 310.000 tons curing the quarter. Germany now holds second place among ship building countries tt is constructing more than twice as much new tonnage as its nearest competitor. France, and two and a half timqp as much as the United States. Great Britain and Ireland lead with 1 33k .00® ttMis. Bank of Nations. Other countries rank: Germany. 351.40®i France. 1T0.9OO: Italy, 141.- • r.00: United States 133.TOO: Holland. 100.000: Japan. T2.SOO: British dotr.in iona. 45.O0O. Compared with a year ago. eaya Lloyd, the British ship y arda are build ing Ml,00® tons less, yards of the United states 1T.0O0 tons te*s at.d those of all other countries 93.000 tors* less. Compared with ship construction immediately prior to the late war, the United States yards are build.ng 15.00® tons less and tb British ya da. about 400.000 tons less. Former State Solon 1« Heat Victi min Fields SppfMl hliVSlrll W* The Omaha Hfr Geneva. Neb . July 11.—JSajn Jogs Cen. *S, farmer, tour nule* froig Shtckley. »as found dead Wedneadav Afternoon in the field. Death la be lieved to have been caused by heat At one time he *u a member of the Nebraska legislature. He Is survived by taro daughters. Mrs Harry Johnson Friend. NYb . and Mrs. Wallace Oheenut. IIrip. Con. W. S. Pit'n't' Dies. Washington. July ll.—Brig Gen. W. S. Fierce, assistant chief of ordnance of the army, died here last night after undergoing an operation for a digestive disorder. The Weather For is flour* +vd wc 7 r in. 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