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. The ( imaha Corning . iee ~• .I i hi— - - " .... i i -i■ * . .. --—■ ' ' '"■ — VOL. 5u NO °5 En'erad *■ M attar May J*. (IN. at OMAHA MONDAY TIJI.Y 1 f, 1Q22 * *» K*l( (I *«r): Sally ana Sunday. N: Sunday. 12 M. (altkln ttia am tnnr TWO CENTS '* 0’",h' "* C"“"" w no - J. oiaaka P. 0. Undar Aet at Marah *. 1*71. UlUAnA, JlUl'IUAX, dULd IO, J dutaldn lha am Zaaa (I Yaar); Dally and Sunday. 112: Sunday Aaly. *» A n„ tan.i tlM,rtr, FRANCE TURNS DOWN BRITISH PROPOSAL .C* — - - _ _. i'' V ._r» - Three Men Killed, Five Injured /passenger Train Wreck Pr esident Blasts Hope of Alaskans Harding Opposed to Further Expenditures for Develop ment Purposes in Far Northern Territory. Job for Private Capital Kj- limrrwal Service. Fairbanks, Alaska, July 15.—Spend ing the entire day on the government railway as it skirted alongside mam moth glaciers and sleeping at night in the train oil a siding close to an inoperative coal mine were the ex periences of President Harding and ^ois party's first journey into the heart of Alaska. The president got liis first glimpse of the region to develop which the preceding administration sunk a vast sum on coal mines under navy super vision, and which cost the adminis tration $57,000,000 for construction of the road. As a result of the experi ment it is revealed to the president that while the whole of Alaska terri tory Is rich in possibilities, the cost of development is almost prohibitive, under present .methods and manage ment of American industry. Thus, while the president brings to Alaskans a message of hope and en couragement, accompanied by praisf for their hardy spirit and enterprise, he has carefully avoided so far, and will avoid in the future, uttering any word which might imply that the government is willing to make further expenditures to hasten land develop ment. Against New Enterprise. Whatever may have been the presi dent's thoughts about Alaska before leaving Washington, his trip has caused him to set his face resolutely against any further attempts by the government to launch any new enter prise here or sink more millions in tli© effort to build up industry here. The president rode in comfort In an up-to-date Pullman coach, but the ex perience will not change views now entertained by him and which are to ward Jirivate, not public, ownership W-and operation of all railroads. Nor will the Navy department's experi ment in the opening and operation of coal mines alter his belief that the government should keep out of the coal business. On the contrary, the president is likely to become more firm in the posi tion that the most the government can do for Alaska is to loosen up to some degree, regulations over land mineral deposits and forests, to the end that private capital may be en couraged to come in and take hold of the task of development. Doomed to Disappointment. Americans who braved the hard ships and privations to come upon this land and pioneer the way to de velop its resources are doomed to dis appointment in their hope that the governemt would aid them. These hopes were enlarged by the news of the president s coming but later blast ed by what he says in his speeches that they must keep up courage and lean upon themselves rather than expect help from the government. Not only has the president refrain ed from extending any promise of as sistance toward mineral and agricul tural development but also disappoint ed those who make a living by the fishing industry through his failure to make any decision on the questions which are destroying their hope of making comfortable livings. \ iew* Mine Three. Saturday morning the presidential party breakfasted and viewed Mine ^Three on the way back through Muta ^rfuska valley where real experiments in the agricultural business have been made with a fair degree of suc cess. At Anchorage Saturday- night the president had an unique experience in addressing an open air meeting one hour before midnight, with daylight still sufficient to make reading pos sible. The sun disappeared about 11. hut an hour later bobbed up again above the horizon and everyone in tlie party wondered If It was ever going to get dark enough for sleep. But the sun fooled them, and once up, stayed up all day. For all purposes of transportation the road has been going some time, but the ceremony has been arranged as part of the president's visit. The gold spike Will he pulled up after the • ceremony is over and put In Juneau museum. Hogs Attack Hoy. Speelal Oitpatrli to The Omaha Bee. Callaway, Neb., July 15.—Tho 2 year-olif son of Mr. and Mr*. K. K. Pierson, 12 miles north of Broken Bow, was attacked by vicious hogs when he went to the hog lot. Timely assistance by his father saved him from being killed. He was severely bitted on the head and legs. 26 Huslicls to \< •re. IHftpntrh to Thr Hinnhit Be#. 9 Beatrifc Neb.. .July I. Aaron Mast, Hnlmeavlll* farmer, fin lulled Ihreahlng hl« wheat from n GO acre field, find procured m navernue of 2# hueheln to the aere. The grain t'xtfd GO pound* to the bU*he) nntl in of flna quality. Autumn Fa*hlon* number <,f Vnuun Pnttern Book on ualt today—35 cent a. *-Adv, EngineTopples Off 20-Ft. Bank; Cars Overturn Salt Lake City, July 15.—Three per sons were killed and five injured, sev eral seriously, when thelocomotive and three baggage ears of train No. .3, of tli^ Los Angeles & Salt Lake route, were overturned near Sandy, 15 miles southwest of here, shortly after midnight. The dead are: S. It. Runswick, engineer, Salt Lake City; H. H. Howarth, fireman. Salt Lake City, and Kenneth A. Bennett, stu dent fireman, of Payson, Utah. The injured arf: -Mrs. Henry Rear in, Milford, Utah, possible fracture of the spine; Miss Ethel Hearn, Milford, Utah, arm fractured; J. A. Cottrell. Draper, Utah, agent for the Los Angeles & Salt Lake route, hand fractured; David Statz, arm frac tured; Edward Flint, scalp injured. Statz and Flint are said tohave' been riding the "blind” on one of the baggage cars. Several other passen gers in coaches which remained on the track received minor cuts and bruises. Weakening of the roadbed by wa ters of an irrigation ditch which had overflowed is said tohave caused the wreck. The train was westbound and had just left here. The engine rolled down a 20-foot embankment, dragging the three baggage cars with it. One of the cars stopped on the edge of the irrigation ditch, the other two were athwart the track and the en gine lay a the foot of he embank menthis morning, a twisted mass of wreckage. Tlie train was proceeding slowly, owing to the weakened condition of the roadbed, when the engine sud denly lurched from the rails and plunged down the embankment. The three men in the cab leaped for safety. All three suffered fractures of the skull, which resulted in their deaths. Through service wag resumed on the line at noon today. A rumor spread in Omaha and Council Bluffs that Jack Dempsey, champion heavyweight prizefighter, was killed in the wreck near Salt Bake City. Numerous telephone in •tuirics were received by The Omaha Bee. Dempsey was reached at his Bos Angeles home, where he said lie was ' feeling fine.” He left Salt Lake | City for Bos Angeles a few days ago after visiting bis mother in the Utah metropolis. , Tiger Hunt Follows Wreck of Circus Train Topeka, Kan., July 15.—A wild animal hunt followed the wrecking of the Ilagenbaek-Wallaeo circus train 12 miles north of here today. Two carloads of animals and the two locomotives pulling the train were ditched .when they collided with a heavy tractor hoisting machine which had stalled on a crossing. “Lenlne," a large Siberian tiger, broke from its cage which was de molished in the wreckage and es caped. After a half mile chase two riflemen from the show killed the tiger. Celebrate Holiday. Paris, July 15.—France celebrated Bastlle day, its national holiday, w-ith the traditional open air entertain ments. public dances In the streets, free performances in scores of the ater and motion picture houses and fireworks displays. The more strenuous forms of amusement, how ever, were abandoned because of the' intense heat "" Councilmen Battle Cops; Two Killed Several Wounded in Gun Fight in Heart of Mexicali— City Hall Surrounded— Hundreds of Shots Fired. Martial Law Is Declared By I'niveraal Serrlr*. Calexico, Cal., July 15.—Martial law prevailed in Mexicali, capital of Lower California, across the Mexican line from here, today, as a result of the pitched battle late Saturday night between members of the Mexicali city council and police acting under orders of Governor Lugo of Lower California, in which two members of the police force were killed outright and a dozen others seriously wounded. Ricardo Covarrublas, Mexican con gressman representing Lower Cali fornia, and Juan Loera, mayor of Mexicali, were seriously wounded. Hulrino Luna, one of the councilmen, was probably fatally wounded, being shot four times: Dominciano Allejo, another member of the council, was shot through the right leg, Guillermo Guillen, assistant chief of police, was shot through the stomach and prob ably fatally wounded and five other members of the police force slightly wounded. City Hall Surrounded. The city council was holding a meeting in the city hall when the out break took place. Due to political differences between the council and Governor Lugo, the latter had the city hall surrounded by rurales under the control of Assislant Chief -of Po lice Guillen of Mexicali, according to accounts received here today. Congressman Covarrubias address ed members of the council, according to reports, after which he left the city hall with his personal bodyguard. Approaching the line of police, it was reported, the congressman's guard drew his gun but did not shoot. This action, it was said, was met by a policeman shooting the congress man through the left ankle. The re mainder of the police, thinking that the shot came from the council meet ing inside the city hall, fired hundreds of shots into the council room, their action being followed by a fusillade of bullets from the eouncilmen inside. Two Officers Killed. After the hostilities ceased it was found that Kustorgio Macedo and Carlos Garcia, members of the police force, had been killed outright, in ad dition to the seriously wounded. As sistant Chief of Police Guillen was shot through the stomach and Is in a dying condition. Mayor Loera was shot four times. Following the shooting Mayor Loera and other members of the city council refused to leave the city hall and took care of their own wounded. Conaressman Covarrubias was taken to his residence and Guillen was rush ed to an K1 Centro hospital, where it was said his condition was ex tremely serious. Body of Composer's Wife Found Near Summer Colony Boston, July 15.—Police last night found the l>ody of Mrs. Harriet L. Tripp, beautiful young wife of Harold Tripp. Brooklin composer, in a grove near the fashionable lltannl* summer colony. Whether the woman had bern mur dered or had committed suicide au thorities were unable to state. An Inquest will be held Sunday. American Girl Barred From French Beach Because of Too Many Clothes J - — Bathing Costume Which Conforms to Regulations at Atlantic City Shocks Deauville Censors—One Piece Suits Regarded as Proper Thing. Ht I iitversnt Servlre. Deauville, France, July 13.—Be cause she wore stockings anrl a heavy skirt with a bathing dress made to conform to regulations st Atlantic t'lty Rnd other American beaches, Miss Father Hterne of Phila delphia was politely requested by the authorities here to keep off the bench. Deauville's liberal minded censors were horrified by Hsthei’s costume. "I» is vulgar, worse than Indecent," was the verdict of the censors, who I pointed out that when her yet skirts clung to her girlish figure It was posi tively shocking, The only kind of bathing suit recog nized here as proper is a one pleco or half piece garment, which the French say Is entirely proper be cause It conforms to aesthetic art. tiainlilers Take lo lleach. The heat wave has sent even the. most hardened gambler* to the bench, many taking a midnight dip and then playing baccarat the rest of the night in bath suits or kimonos. American tourists who wandered around were dazzled alike by the record breaking fllmslness of fashions nml tlm reckless gambling of their more seasoned compatriots. An unprecedented business was dons In American letters of credit ss professional iuuropean takers reaped a rich harvest of dollars over (he green table*. A. K. Macomber was the biggest loser, dropping 200.000 fram* at hi* (ir*t sitting. Ambassador Alexander P. Mpore unexpectedly refrained from gambling for the first time In Deauville's memory. Irene fastis won $2 after playing all night long. Heavy Dresses Dlseariled. Expensive heavy dresses, though fashionable, went by the board as the beat steadily increased and not even the smallest sea breeze was wafted in. At the height of the, afternoon there were scarcely five pairs of stockings In all Deauville and the nverags gown could appropriately he substituted with a pocket handker chief. Madeleine DeHancey, well' known beauty, said the maximum weight of total clothing should not exceed six and a half ounces. The estimated tol.it weight of Jewels visible In the casino far outweighed lh« clothing worn. Deauville has iu«l heard of a three cornered tussle for some magnificent Jewel* between Barones* D'Erlanger, formerly Mis. P, f Hewitt, Danis Homes, (lie latest ruling beauty, end Irene Castle, with (lie latter eventu ally winning them, two pearl and one diamond necklace,. ami an enormous solitaire ring. Thanks, Not While That Ex Big League’ Pitcher Is Out There in Front \ [ WANT A \ GOOD JOB1 .t-— 'i. //, PtMOCAA^ candidates Steel Operators Prepare to Keep Pledge to Harding c* c? IniteiJ States Corporation to Start Elimination of 12-Hour Day Soon—Other Plant* to Follow. New York, July 15.—Elbert H. Gary today made it plain that the United Stntes Steel corporation, of which he is head, planned within six weeks to begin eliminating the 12 hour day In Its plants. It was reported in Wall street that the rest of the industry would follow suit and that the pledge made to President Harding concerning the much attacked shift gradually would be redeemed. It was June 27 that directors of the American Iron and Steel Institute wrote the president that they were "determined to exeit every effort at our command ' to obtain a total aboli tion of tbe 12 hour day at the earliest time practical." Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, and other labor leaders hit on the phrase, "at the earliest time practical’ and expressed I heir skepticism. A little later Mr. Gary. In an inter view, declared that Increasing labor supplies from the south, Mexico, the Philippines and abroad led him to lie lleve that the initial ateps would be Inkcn soon, but still no time limit was mentioned. > Today, however, Mr. <5nr' declared that "we shall probably commence ac tively taking steps to reduce the number of 12 hour workers within the next six weok«." Declining to state the number of workers who would be affected with in that period. Mr. Gary made It plain that a sudden and complete change la not to he expected. Real Kftalr Dealer Held for Shortage in Accounts St. I,outs, .Inly 15.—Hugh H. Bsi hle man, 45. a teal esiate dealer of Loa Angelea, said to be wanted In that city on a charge of embezzlement, waa ai rested here tonight by local detectlvca anil opemtives of the Burnt Detective agency. Kachleman, who claim* to he * brother of John D l>i hleman of lais Angelea, now dead, la gah1 to hitte admitted to newapaper men that when ha left the t'allfornia city * 'ear ago. laat March, lie waa abort JlOflOfl. lie la alleged to hate ad milted that thla may hate Inrreaaert •Inc* that time. lotta (iota (ioat (>lantl>. • Brook ha van, July l*'» X ahtprnrnt of L’OO goat* to luwii, wIhmt they arc to he bat'd to aupprv gland* tiacd in modern scientific treatment of human being*. waa ynada 1n*t weak by Wal f*r Tiiruhfuiuh of Brook ha yen, The '•mmali nett about tvenly divided AS LO »CJ, M I itl A -Mi i .4 Lands Opened to Ex-Soldiers — Total of 126,000 Aoro* \tail able for Homesteading in (Colorado and I tali. By tnlTcml ri iff. Washington, July 15.—Opening of approximately 126.000 acres of public lands in Colorado and Utah to former servlet men was announced by the Department of the Interior today. The official filing will tie conducted by the local land offices at Glenwood Springs, Colo., and Salt Lake City, the dates to l*e announced later. World war veterans will have a 91 day preference to homestead these lands, after which the tracts un claimed will he opened to the general public. In Colorado the lands comprise 105 6O0,acres io Kagle county, near the town of Kagle and are mountain ous and rolling, with narrow \alleys along streams and rivers, most of the valleys being occupied. In Utah are 20.500 acres In Wayne county near 1 lanksville, described as rolling and broken land* covered with scattering undergrowth and bum h gras*. jGo\erntnriil VI ill Grant Mr*. Hcrjrtloll Passport H* InlrrullAHtl Nfwt Smlff Washington, .Inly 15 An \meii can passport will lie issued to Mia. Ktntnn C Urrgdoll of Philadelphia to Malt Iter notorloua alacker ann, Grocer F, Bergdoll. it waa learned at the Slate department. Issuance nf the passport waa said to have hecn approved by the alien property cus Indian, who ia holding $1,000,000 worth of Itergdoll property. The millionaire draft dodger, who baa been song lit for five years, ia now believed to be hiding In Germany or Kwllserland. Official* at Jhe Stale depaitment, although desirous of rap turing Bergdoll, could And no legal ' auae for denying his mother a pass port. it was said. It Runs in the Family: 11 lint? Dnues Brothers' Fondness for Brinrs My lnlveraal Sere ire. Waehingtqn. July 15.— It runs in the family! Fhatles O. Dawes of "lieli and Maria ' fame made the hlai k briar pipe equally famous while he was In Washington "* organiser and di rector of the budget bureau. Wher ever Da we* w ent hi* black briar pipe went with him. even lo the White House on occasion* of state film tlons, A few weeks sro Dawes' brother. Item- M Da we*, came to Mashing ton a* comptroller of the currency. And anv day in hi* office at the treasury, on Hie stresl or at hi* club, he may lie seen pulling with ex Items .satisfaction on a French briar ai black aa hiabtothti g famous pip*. Deaf Mute Ends His Life Vi hen Love Is Spurned Omahan Commits Suicide \fter Bein® Rejected by Mule Ionian Who Mar ried Another Mule. Spec'al lliapatrh to The Omaha Hoc. Fremont. Xeb..-July 13—Details of, a peculiar love triangle involving j three (leaf mutes that came to a cli-! mat to the suicide of George Eitroff. 35, Omaha, at the farm home of Mr. j and Mre. George Thompson, three! miles southwest of Cedar BlufTs Fri day evening, reached Fremont today.! According to Sheriff Dailey of; Saunders county, Emroff was a re-1 Je-led suitor of Mrs. Thompson. Eg-1 troff was employed at the Thompson! farm until the fall of 1930. when! Sheriff Dailey w as called to quell a I dispute and order Eitroff to depart. I The sheriff Intimated that before her! marriage Mrs Thompson had beep I receiving attention from both F.xtroff and her present husband. •‘ul« Threat Writing. In the sun for her heart Thomp son won and Kxtroff was rejected, lie was given a job. a« farm hand, however, and remained until his pres* once iau*ed unhappiness in the fam ily. Frida' evening when Mr. and Mrs Ti.ompsiAi rafr.e to Fremont they met Extroff, w ho |iad arrived from Omah.i enroute ».r Cedar Bluffs. Sheriff Dailey states that Extroff. still mourning for his lost love, threat ened to take hi* own life In revenge on the bridge just south of the Thompson farm. The threat was made on a writing pad bv which means the three mutes expressed themselves. The Thompson*, taking little stock In h;* warning, were not Impressed by the seriousness of the threat. On their approach to the bridge they vveie telieved to And that Extroff was not there. But their relief waa short lived for when they arrived home Extroff greeted them again with the threat to tak» his own Uf# before their eyes. Fire* lltillef Into Mead, The Thompson* Aed to the home I of a nelgbor to < all officials Mean w-hll* they Instructed a hired man. John Casper. TO. also a deaf mute, to watch Kxtroff. Casper went Into th* house in time to see Extroff raise a ST Colt a u toms tic lo his right temple The aged man grappled with Ke lt off but was unable lo frustrate the attempt at eulclde V bullet entered Kxtroff"* brain killing him Instantly, uncording to Sheriff Dailey. Kxlioff is gurvived by ht* mother and four broihers residing tn Omaha, lie was a tailor ami owned two lots In Itensnn The relailve* arrived tn Cedar Bluffs Satuiday and took the body to Omaha fo* tui*ju. Premier Demands Full Execution of Peace Pact; Done With Temporizing Government Will Stand for Complete Payment of 132,000 000,000 Gold Marks From Germany, as Fixed by Repara tions Commission—Considered as Preliminary to Plan of Stanley Baldwin. Declares Treaty Is Not Antedeluvian Fossil Senlis, Franre, July 13.—Premier Poincare today proclaimed the French government's unalterable decision to stand for the complete execution of tlm Versailles peace treaty with the German debt of 132,000,000,000 gold marks, as agreed upon by the allies at the I-ondon conference and against any in ternational financial committee to replace the reparations commission. v Convicts Knock Guards on Head, Escape Prison Six Prisoners Scale Walls of Philadelphia Pen and Com mandeer Auto—Seen in Ogden, Del. Philadelphia, July 13—Six^ con' victs Saturday made one of the most daring escapes in the history’ of the eastern state penitentiary and up to tonight had not been caught. Several hours after the escape, six men wear ing prison garb rode into Ogden, Del., in a red motor car, held up a farmer and robbed him of $200 and a quan tity of clothing. With one exception all the escaped prisoners were from Philadelphia. They were: Louis A. Edwards of Reading, brought to the jail two weeks ago after shooting a guard in the Reading Jail. Thomas A. Gillian, serving five to 10 years for complicity in the holdup of a bank in December, 1*21. James Brown, known as the ‘•hand some burglar,” serving 20 years. James L. Malone, serving 15 years for highway robbery. George Brown, serving five to 10 y ears for larceny. James Williams, said to have a po lice record for larceny and other crimes. Hal Collapsible Ladder Prisoners ar.d guards told how the six had plotted their escape Some of the prisoner* were employed in the carpenter shop, and in the course of their w ork they made a cedar'chest more than six feet long, into which i they smuggled a collapsible ladder that had been put together from time to time. This chest evidently was locked as its contents were never discovered. When the appointed hour came, the cites- was carried to the prison yard by the convicts. This they were able to do. as they were members of the "police gang" whose duty It was to keep the prison clean. Guard Knocked Out. While the ladder was ben.g pu; to gether. Charles Toorney. serving tin-.e for a JSOO.flOO bank embezzlement in this city, passed and tried to dis suade the men from escaping. He was hacked agatnst a wall at the point of a gun. Then a guard ap peared and he was knocked out with the butt end of a pistol. All six prisoners climbed up the "all and another guard was encoun tered, overpowered and locked in the watchman's tower on the wall. The prisoners dropped two ropes the ends of which were fastened to j the wall, snd the men slipped to the; street They tried to stteal s closed] automobile nearby but found it locked. A snisil motor truck earne Into virwr at that moment and the driver was forced to abandon it. The convicts abandoned the ml chine and commandeered another a half s mile away. They were last seen crossing Girard avenue bridge in Fairmont park befo: e thev were reported in Delaware. I wo Stunned lay Lightning; larni Building. Dhiuh^oI «pe< lei lh.palrlt In The Omaha Bra. Kearney, Neb.. July 15—Frank Blech, lured man on the farm of Mrs. Harry Iveets snd her sou. Har vey. had a close call from death last night, i ' living in from the fields with s binder. In face of a storm, the machine was struck by lightning. Block was burned on the logs while the l>eetx lad suffered considerably from shock. The horses ran away. Several small farm buildings were struck by lighhtnlng during the storm. Seek Dante Record. Special PUpati h to The Omsh* Bee. Norfolk. Neb . July 15—Six young • tuples who siaited an endurance datue at 10 Saturday tight at the Grand theater ha!! room were still on the floor at t tonight in an effort to establish a matathon dance record ill this state. The Weather MlghAal, IV l*«r*«'. 7! moan 71 normal, 7? Total »:r,v • Ja iatv ?Af Retail*«» lluntltM*. |>rii>nU|r, - a m n«on a 7 ; »• m ;j rrvrtpi|||l«B, IttrhM anti lUnilr^ik* Total AT Tot*' aim a .lar.uat' ' 4 % »laf,. im. > . \ 1 rrmpfratarfi a *. m 7 a • n. m Vt ; m If • urn • n. m : .1 \* • m ,% Hum ; 1 U II I I »*. m -.7 • p in *«• S p m II • pm *1 »% p m lit • l*m n't t V »> II D Premier Poincare said r ranee ua'i f.nisheil the making of concessions to Germany. It was tired of temporiz ing with that country. The premier 's strongly worded address, while care fully refraining from mentioning the speech of Stanley Baldwin, the Brit ish prime minister, in the house of commons last week, is considered as the French government's preliminary answer to the British position with regard to the occupation of the Ruhr. M. Poincare chose for his pro nouncement this town, which marks the farthest advance of the Germans and where the Germans executed hos tages, placed civilians in the line of ilia French fire and burned part of the town in reprisal against alleged civil resistances. The premier based his conclusions on France's legal right under the treaty signed by ::0 nations and which cannot be cons d ered after four years as an anpdv luvian fossil. Dime Novel Career of Defaulting Bank Head Nearing End Former President of Chicago Company. 5X ho Left Short * age of $1,500,000. Lo cated in Mexico. By International Vfiri Vri(f#. Chicago. July IS.—Toe career of Warren C. Spurgin. former preSid^n of the Michigan Trust company, who defaulted In 1921, having a shoring* of more than J. J (K-O. which wrecked the institution and caused i - depositors to suffer heavy losses, is nearing an end in Mexico, accord.r.g to reports received here. HI. practically penlless and deserted by his paid bodyguard, his former friends are said to be ready to sur render him to Chicago authorities. His capture is said to be only a matter of days and Mexican authori ties are said to have given assurance that as soon as he is captured they will permit his prompt extradition. Spurgin s disappearance in July, 1921, and his suhsenuent adventures contain all the thrills of the dir • novel. His peculations with the bank's money had been going on for months and discovery was about to overtake him. He had lent huge sums on worthless securities of cor porations owned by himself. Women and w ine had taken thousands of his dollais. Three days after h.s disappearance tha trust company went into .ands of a receiver. A nation wide search for .Spurgin w as stituieb an ; ha was reported eetn in various coun tries of the world, most of these re ports being proved false (.opt!.* (,rt Fresh I brill bv lltdpins Burv Corp-e R> lniernatinn.il Vr«< Cert ire Boulder, Colo.. July 15.— \ new wrmk:» in thrill gathering was ex rienced in the Coloiado Ho kies v> iirn coeds from the of Minnesota and Washington i: l veraiij at St. l.ot;is helped Charts* H. Schwriesc, a forest rai ger. bury tha body of a dead man near Tunds » glacier in the Rocky Mountain Na tional park. The tht-fe , oeds a:-e mentherw of the Pi Beta Phi sorority, BeatTuw l-angtree and Katherine Kelly being from Minnesota and Marion Thornton from Washington university. The body wa* that of an old pro*. pet for who land froren to death tn the glacier last winter and winch hi 1 just been recovered. Record Oil oil Tapped iii Southern California I.or.g Beach. Cal.. July 15 —What was siUd to be the largest oil well In the history of southern California fields was brought in Saturday * Signal Hill district by the K 1C. Milev company. The mi: *1 (low was variously estimated at between 2S 0(»> and 32.900 barrels a day. The well, known .vs Milev Mills No. 4. was brought in at 4.«9" feet ar t the oil tested 25 gravity l>ui tng the first hour and a half the well pro. dueed mote than 1,750 barrels ac cording to company officials. Air Mail (>uitio Iiglit* Are Being Pul I p Near Kearney ORnhl IHxMlfb to The Omaha Rn Kmi'ft Neh .lutj U>.—!n»V\ll«f (ton of light*, guides to the night a r noil ft.ei*. t* being completed th o'ugh this teition uudet diti'tof of tv. It Thomas of the g:r n * I •ervtoe. t.ights of 1S.8G* cardie poser, which rotate ► .* mes per minute are being installed at .step iat* of approximately IP nv.tes \t tv .one' a light of - r.oer p.>s.* . * * i « - n k se emeig# ’lautUttg &«iw