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FRANCE TURNS DOWN BRITISH PROPOSAL
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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
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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
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candidates
Steel Operators
Prepare to Keep
Pledge to Harding
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Being Pul I p Near Kearney
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noil ft.ei*. t* being completed
th o'ugh this teition uudet diti'tof
of tv. It Thomas of the g:r n * I
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