-- - - British Reply Condemns French Action in Ruhr — Note Insists German Liabilities Be Fixed by Commission —Demand for Priority Rejected. By t nlTpr.Hl Service. London, Aug. 1.—Great Britain's note to France and Belgium, notable for its lucid and vigorous statements * of the nation toward war debts and reparations, was delivered tonight. V As foreshadowed, it condemns the Ruhr Occupation as unjustifiable and , as depreciating the joint allied credit of Germany. The note insists that Germany's lia bilities be fixed after an examination by an expert commission, and makes it plain, courteously but firmly, that if France and Belgium persist in a policy which makes the payment of : -reparations impossible, Great Britain 1 will expect France to liquidate its ob * ligations to England in order to aid the British governrnant in making its payment of war debts to the United States. Demand Rejected. England flatly rejects the Franco Belgian demand for priority on repar ations on the ground that Gi*eat Brit tain, owing to unemployment, is. suf fering more keenly than they. ; ' One of the most striking declara tions of the note is that England will : nev.er support France and Belgium in : their isistence that Germany pay an i impossible reparations hilt, which ap t parently means a permanent occupa tion of the Ruhr. | The note, which contains about 8,000 * words, also deals in detail with the questions of interallied indebtedness and Great Britain's enormous losses through the industrial dislocation since the beginning of the Ruhr occu pation. ' It declares strongly for the rights of all the allies, not Franco and Bel I gium alone, to collect reparations l from Germany. Defends Proposals. The note, above all things, stresses ■ emphatically the Justice of the pro , posals formulated by the international | bankers last year, that an Impartial ■j^i^jui^ssion must assess Germany's note was drafted prin Jhancellor Baldwin and , the financial fea to Reginald ^Jc the large money t Britain, who are porously than ever tome, with or with ium, to restabil Squad. Is squad was depu Snmardlck. federal . fsist In raids In Sarpy Ity yesterday. Detective Ernest head of the squad, executed nr . dars a la Carrie Nation in using the ax mercilessly on barrels of mash and - jugs of lirfkior. All that remains of four dozen one gallon jars, 15 five-gallon jars, two harrels planted In the earth, and 150 gallons found In a cornfield on Sixty-fifth street, one mile south of West Q street, are ‘hree gal S Ions of evidence. The rest was de stroyed by Fee and i ther trusty r wtolders of nxes. A five-acre cornfield was literally soaked with "corn” after the officers got through destroying the stuff, fleoi^e Miller, whom officers hod aro'esed from sleep, broke away from one of them and ran Into the houne tw’ifii Samnrdick hot on his heels. He looked under s mattress for a "hand fcei-ehief,” but found none. Officers found none, either. rind non Bottles of Beer. Six hundred bottle of beer were 5 found concenled in an underground vault at 6172 South Forty-second street. Charles Erftnmier was ar rested. One man fled as officers descended on ;v fnrm at Fifty fifth and W streets, where Victor Knolskl and wife, Sophia, were arrested. Five 50 gallon barrels of mash were de atroyed. Home-brew wns found at the home of Alva Hausafus. 6012 South Forty third street. #Paul Scraps, Seventy-third and Pa rlfic streets, who previously had been ordered to appear In federal court and failed to show up, was re S arrested yesterday. Frank Hutero, 820 North Sixteenth street, wns arrested when Samardh-k ixntl Fee raided his place of business. The officers obtained a Small amount of liquor. Alfred ftergren, 2413 Bristol stree . end George 55ur*necko, 2417 Dodge street were arrested on charges ° transporting liquor by Patrolman Plggers and Kellly at Tenth and Pierce streets. Two gallons *> whisky were in the <4«c. officers I A Harding’s Boyhood Ambition to Ride With Omaha Man Conductor E. D. Warren Year6 Ago Admired by Boy in Marion, Hauls Funeral Train. It happened a long, long ' time ago. About 45 years ago in fact. A little boy stopped his play about the dingy wooden station of Marion. O., and gased wistfully at the dust be grimed fireman, who stripped to the waist was stoking a Hocking Valley engine as it steamed out of the sta tion. “Gee, I wish I could ride all over the country with that man,” he said. As the boy grew older, he made the acquaintance of “that man" and after that a wave of the hand and a halloo were exchanged between them whenver the engine pulled (into the station. One week ago, his wish to "ride with that man” came true, and «. silent nation stood reverent, with bared heads, as their chief made that cherished ride. It is an old story to the country now—the crepe-decked train, the silent crowds at every sta tion, the great newspaper heads,, the last tributes of a nation to its dead executive, and a hundred other in cidents. >, Chosen for Funeral Train. "That man" is Elijah D. Warren of P06 Forest avenue, veteran employe of the Union Pacific railroad, who, because of hjs previous friendship with Harding, was chosen to conduct the funeral trnin from the Wyoming boundary to Omaha on its eastern journey. Warren was born in Athens, O., and lived in Columbus, 60 rttiles from Marion for about 20 years. When still in his teens, he fired on a Hock ing Valley train running through Marlon and from that vantage point he gained his first glimpse of the lad that one day was to control the destiny of a nation. His first real meeting with young Harding came however at the in auguration of J. B. Foiaker as gov ernor of Ohio, at Columbus. Warren Harding at that time was a trom bone player in the Marlon band which played at the inauguration. After that Harding and he maintained a speaking acquaintanceship. Met Again in Marion. "Harding was a good mixer, a finely built fellow and very grace ful," said Mr. Warren in recalling the time he had witnesses a sparring match between Harding, who was then IS and employed in grading on the Cleveland (O.) Central railroad, with another lad. \Gtijak a- W^ewT) "He was too good a man for the presidency. He wanted to accom modate you and at the same time ac commodate everybody else," is the tribute Mr. Warren pays to the memory of the chief executive. The Warrens, however, soon moved west to Nebraska and they lost sight of the Harding family for some time, renewing the acquaintance only when going back to Marlon to visit rela ives living in the town. He had last spoken with Harding when the latter was lieutenant governor of Ohio. Only the fact that he was out on another run prevented him from seeing Harding when he came to Omaha as a presidential candidate. Mr. Warren has been a conductor for the Union Pacific for more than 20 years. The trip of the Harding train across Nebraska made at great speed. The train, the heaviest Warren says he has ever ridden in, composed of an engine and 11 steel coaches, was be hind time when the Wyoming bound ary was crossed. T|he distance of 282 miles to Omaha was made In five hours and 40 minutes. The train of sorrow in its mad race against time touched the 70-mlle an hour mark. "I believe that breaks all records for a train of that weight.” declared the conductor. Kdward Micklejohn of Council Bluffs, an employe of the road for 39 years, piloted the train. And that's the way Warren G. Harding's boyhood ambition was ful filled^__/ German Government Is Tottering to Fall !ntinue Haas Brothers * jVie Shop forWbmen* 16th and Douglas Straats Brown Block Two Girls Are Burned to Death . by Oil Explosion Father and Mother of Onconee Children Badly Injured —House Partly De stroyed by Flames. Special Iliftpalrh to The Omaha Bee. t'olumbus, Neb., Aug., 11.—Two children were burned to death and their parents badly Injured following the explosion of a kerosene stove at the farm home of Math Abegglen, near Oconee, early this morning. Mr. Abegglen lighted the fire and left the house to attend his t^iores. Shortly after, the stove exploded throwing the burning oil over tne kitchen. Two daughters, Elsie, 11, and Pearl, 5, sleeping in an adjoin Ing room, were awakened and ran to the kitchen. They were driven back by the flames, their night cloth ing afire. The girls crawled back Into bed, which was Ignited. Their mother, awakened by the smoke, called to the father, who at tempted to reach the bedroom through the window. In the mean time, Mrs. Abegglen aroused four other children, sleeping in another room, and aided them to escape. An older girl ran to neighbors for aid and a bucket brigade was formed and extinguished the flames. The loss to the house is estimated at $2,000, covered by insurance. The injured girls and their parents were taken to a Columbus hospital, where the girls died shortly after noon. Mr. Abegglen is tn a serious condition with burm> about his hands and head. His wife was burned about the hands and head and her hair singed. Schuyler Is Shocked by Fourth Tragedy SpMitl Dipatrh to The Omaha Ilaa. Fairmont, Neb., Aug. H.—The 18 months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kaspar, farmers near Schuy ler, was kicked to death by a horse. The child had been playing in the yard with other children. It wan dered away from the group toward some horses that were running loose. One of the animals kicked the child on the side of its head, breaking the baby's neck. This is the fourth trag edy In Schuyler vicinity within three weeks. The death of the baby fol lows the double drowning of Julia Husak and Rosabelle Sediacek. Just a few days ago William Krula was killed following a dive in shallow water. Woman Accused of Killing Husband Released on Bail Anniston. Ala., Aug, 11.—Mrs. Eve lyn Sue Riekner, rearrested two weeks ago on a federal warrant charging her with killing her hus band, Lieutenant Riekner. at Camp McClellan, on June 29, was released from Jail here late (today after $5,000 bail, furnished by Jriends, had been approved by FederaV Judge W. I. Qrubb of Birmingham. The charge against Mrs. Riekner will be Investi gated by a federal grand Jury in No vember. Governor Bryan Back; Left State to Seek Fish (Continued from Page One.) reads: "In case of the ' death, im peachment and notice thereof to the accused, failure to qualify, resigna tion, absence from the state, or other disability of the governor, the powers, duties and emoluments of the office for the residue of the term until the disability shall b« removed shall de volve upon the lieutenant governor.” Inasmuch ns neither Lieutenaqt Governor Johnson nor any other state officer was notified that Gover nor Bryan was out of the state, the office, though vacant, went unfilled. Such routine matters as rame up were handled by the governor's pri vate secretary. The death of Presi dent Harding and/the passage of the funeral train through Nebraska came during Mr. Bryan's absence, and the state took no official cognizance of the tragedy until a belated proclama tion of mourning was Issued by the governor's secretary, on orders from his chief. Mr. Bryan was also scheduled to review the. Nebraska troops at encampment at Ashland, but failed to appear. Seon in Northern Minnesota. As inquiries where the governor had gone became more anxious, the secretary explained that the governor was still within the borders of Ne braska and that he was expected back in the capital at any time. He claimed severul times to have held long distanoe telephone conversations with the chief executive. fhe first actual clue to the where abouts of Governor Bryan came only two days ago, when Olin Hitchcock, a business man of York. Neb,, re turned from a vacation trip to Park Rapids. Minn. This is in northern Minnesota, near FisUapk lake. There is still doubt concerning what other points were visited by the governor, and some are debating whether or not he slipped Aver the national boundary into Canada while traveling incog nito. State Sale of Gas Being Considered (Continued Prom Pnge One.) the "big four” companies charge 17 cents. At the time the "big four” cut their prices 2 cents per gallon, the independents were selling for 17 cents and immediately cut 2 cents be. low> the price asked by the large conrpanles. McMaster Explains Move. Chicago. Aug. 11.—Two objects ac tuated Governor W. H. McMaster of South Dakota in ordering the price of gasoline in that state to be sold at 16 cens a gallon, he said in a statement made public here following the an nouncement by the Standard Oil com pany of Indiana that it had reduced Us price of gasoline to meet the pre vailing state price of gasoline "I had two onjects in selling 16 cent gasoline,’• Governor McMaster's statement said, "first to demonstrate the excess profis being made In the business and secondly, to bring about a reasonable reduction in price. "Standard Oil claims it has reduced the price to 16 cents a gallon to meet state competition, but they do not tell the full tfiuth Reduction Was Refused. "On Thursefa & Co. 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