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I_ The Omaha Sunday Dee ™ 63~NO- 11 •_m A,r,A _OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 26, 1923. * Si,.7;." ’'JS’»“.*'!! mifTit FIVE CENTS \ FAMILY QUARREL ENDS IN DEATH MAN DIES FROM WCUND INFLICTED ON HIMSELF AFTER HE SHOT HIS WIFE Pullet in Head Proves Fatal to Lawrence Hilding Who Fired Twice on Spouse in Laundry Over Her Re Refusal to Return to Him After Two Weeks’ Separation. Couple, Wed 11 Years, Only La ely Estranged Aroused because his wife, Mrs. Hattie Hilding, refused to live with him, Lanj-nre Hilding, 932 North Twenty-eighth avenue, Saturday afternoon ■waller twiee i ntlie abdomen and then fired a bullet into his head, caus ing his death at 6:30 in the evening at Swedish Mission liospitol. The shoot ing took place at M. Sorenson & Sons’ laundry, 4408 North T went y-foOrthI Street, where Mrs. Hilding was employed as errand girl. Mr. and Mrs. Hilding were unconscious when taken In the hospital. Friends of the couple explained lo police the eause of the tragedy. onnruy suer h imaing emerea uie laundry, witnesses to the shooting said. Mrs. Hilding was In the office when Hilding came in. "Are you coming back home with me or will I have to make you do something else?” he demanded. Two Bullets Take Effect. Mrs. Hilding turned from him with out a word and started to walk away. Hilding jerked her around to where ahe faced him again and fired three shots at her. Two bullets passed through her abdomen and one went wild. As Mrs. Hilding dropped to the floor Hilding pressed the weapon against his head and pulled the trigger. No hope was held out for the recov ery of Hilding. Mrs. Hilding was said to have a chance. She was placed on the operating table at the hospital a short time after her arrival and four surgeons worked over her for more than three hours. I/Cft Mate Two Weeks Ago. M •». Hilding, neighbors said, left her husband two weeks ago. She first went to the home of her parents In La Platte. Neb. After a few days she . at:i -uci o Omaha and obtained employment In the laundry. Hilding was told by his friend* that i was employed at the lau.. Ttj'. While he was searching for her place of employment, Mrs. Hilding went to their home to get their auto mobile, telling neighbors that she had moreu se for It than her husband had. Hilding left home Saturday morn iftg carrying an army revolver. He declared to an acquaintance that since "Lottie wouldn’t live with him, she wouldn't live with anyone else.” Married 11 Years. The Hlldings had been married 11 years. Their quarreling was said to have started a short time ago and recently had become violent. After her return to Omaha, Mrs, Hilding made her home with her rister, Miss Emma Small, 3416 Evans street. Miss Small and N. J. Hilding, 913 North Twenty-eighth avenue, fgther of Hilding, refused to discuss the shooting. The elder Hilding Is a re tired contractor. Mrs. finding's fam ily are farmers. Storage Firm Asks Plane Rent A tussle over the disposal of 10 air planes left in storage In Omaha by the Curtiss Motor company led to a BUit filed today in district court by the Gordon Fireproof Warehouse and Van company against Otto C. Bau mann, county treasurer. The Gordon company has given ',o the planes for three years, ourlng TPtch time they have accumu lated storage and other charges amounting to more than $7,000. The county treasurer now proposes to sell the planes at auction to pay the taxes of the Curtiss Motor company on (property which the latter owns in t’ebraska. The Gordon company claims a prior Ight on the airplanes and asks the icourt either to recognize that claim end let it sell the planes, or to give it a lien on the planes to the extent of the amount owed. Bobby Jones Made Honorary Member of Inwood Golf Club New York, Aug. 25.—Bobby Jones of Atlanta, national open golf cham pion, has been elected an honorary member of the Inwood Country club, I.ong Island, where he won the title last month, it was announced today. I Bird Collection Increased. Special Dltpslch to The Omiha Bee. blastings, Neb., Aug. 25.—Hastings Milage has doubled Its bird collection Bring the summer. Prof. W. J. Snt has just returned from Colorado, Sere he spent two months painting Bnea to be placed In the backs of Me new cases. All families are to grouped together from humming Mph to eagles, Mr. Kent explains, the convenience of the students. Bagley to Race. ny Bagley, motorcycle officer, present the Omaha police force Kansas City motorcycle races bor day. He will ride his In pedal, on which he won the e dirt track race at Wichita Y 4, and will enter the 100 mile i! championship race, the 25 ustralian pursuit rare and the Kansas City championship All Ready for Shutdown. fly AftMcIntnl I'rw. Atlantic City. N. J.. Aug. 23.— Anthracite mine workers' repre sentatives Friday took the last step necessary to shut down the mines September 1. Though news came to them from Washington that Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania with Present Coolidge's support, Avould seek a last word before the impending struggle in the anthra cite region, scale committees from the three union districts, author Ized by unanimous vote the Issu ance of "work suspension" orders, and walked out of their meeting room to take the train. Their officials said that any re quest which Governor Pinchot might extend for further confer ence probably would be accepted In this view members of the operators’ policy committee, which was still held in the city, thoiigt S. D. Warrlner, its chairman, leP temporarily, also joined. The em ployers would retiim request for discussion, it was said, how ever slight might be the prospect for a settlement. Thieves Twice in One Day S. II. Ellwood, 634 South Fortieth street, contractor, was the victim of thieves twice in one day Friday. Ellwood went tr the Union station to meet his wife. When Mrs. Ellwood spied her husband she set down her grip to better return his greeting. Somebody "lifted" the grip, contain ing $150 in clothing and jewelry. That night somebody else broke into the Ellwood garage and partially stripped the car. Leased Shipping Board Boat Sunk in Collision Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 25.—The United States shipping board steamer Springfield, under lease to the Stral chan Shipping company of Jackson ville, was sunk In the St. Johns river here this afternoon, when it was struck by the Clyde liner Apache, which was just clearing for New York. No one was injured. Hog Cholera Checked. Special Diipatch to The Omaha Hee Hastings, Neb., Aug. 23.—Hog chol era is practically checked In Adatns county, according to County Agent l>avls, to whom no new cases have been reported In the past few days. The large majority of hogs in this county had been vaccinated and the loss was small compared to that in several neighboring counties. Rises in World. The steeplejack who painted the court house flag poles, has risen In the world. Saturday afternoon he painted the 80-foot flagstaff on Grecvey's lawn at l’ark avenue and Hickory street. It is 322 feet above the water level of the Missouri river to the top of the giant flag pole where the Taft flag floats. Britain for Conference. London, Aug. 55. — Premier Baldwin leaves today for Aix Les-Balnen. When he has had a few days rest he is expected to meet Lord C'urzon and arrange for a talk with Premier Poincare. If the French premier shows a desire to compromise. Premier Baldwin will agree that an allied conference be called, a program which otherwise would be futile. He will also inform Poincare that under no circumstances will Britain yield its claim for a share of the reparations from Germany concurrently with France and Belgium. The fact that French and Bel gian francs recovered a point to day is taken as an indication that financial circles think the situa tion Is slightly improved. Farmer Pinched but Not Radical, Wallace States Secretary Says East Has Self ish Interest in Aiding Re turn of Prosperity to Farmer. Boston, Aug. 25.—The farmer Is "the last man In the nation to lend himself to what we call radical ad ministration in political and govern mental matters" says Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace in an article published in the Boston Trans cript today. "But he is suffering from terribly adverse economic conditions. He is under the ttarrow and he Is trying to find some way to get out. It is gener ally recognized now that the farmer is at the base of our national^ life: that we cannot have permanent national prosperity unless there is a fairly prosperous agriculture. We have had that fact driven home to us during the past two years. Consequently the groat industrial east has a very def Inite, selfish interest in doing what it can to restore prosperous conditions on the farm." Secretary Wallace aays that the farmer, while urging a reduction In freight rates does not want them put so low that the railroad will not re ceive enough to cover all proper costs of operatln and in addition to give a fair return o nthe money invested. "Neither does the farmer want gov ernment operation of the railroads.” he said. Four Defendants Are Fined Total of $1,300 Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug 25.—Fines aggregating J1.S00 were imposed by Judge James D. Elliott of the federal court here, on four defendants, who were charged with violating the fed eral prohibition law. The defendants were James E. Fitch, a bricklayer, of Colome: Charles Osborne. Chris Friedrich and Giles Fuller of Winner. The heaviest fine, 1500, was Imposed In the case of Fitch, due to the fact that it was revealed that on two prior occasions he had been arrested for a similar offense. The four defendants were ordered committed to the county I Jail in this city pending payment of! the fines. Baldwin Is Off for Vacation London, Aug. 25.—Stanley Baldwin* the prime minister, accompanied by Mrs. Baldwin, left today for Aix Les Bains, France, for a brief vacation. The French charge d'affaires, M. de Montille, talked to the prime minister at the railway station for some time. “Loup; View of Life.” Dr. Charles A. Arnold of th* Grace Presbyterian church of Kansas City. Mo., will preach at the First United Presbyterian church at Twenty-first and Emmet streets at 11 o'clock Sun day morning. His subject will be "The' Long View of Life." Buy Advertising the Way You Buy Merchandise As a good business man you buy merchandise upon a basis of values. 4 When you buy advertising, consider the fact that I'he Omaha Bee made 43.1c}, of ALL the gains in Display Advertising the first half of 1928. Which means that The Omaha Bee offers you greater dollar-for-dollar value. Three Omaha Papers Omaha Bee Gain .33,416 Second Paper .. 29,728 Third Paper .14,396 “Watch The Bee Grow” BASE BALL Western League At Omaha— Sioux City. 3 B B D 31 B B B IB— £ ■ ■ Omaha... sxxxixxx s— s■ ■ Batteries: Maxwell and Snyder; Lee and Hale. At Dea Molnea— . Denver... E X I X I 0 I 0 Q 2 ■ I Des Moines]] ]]]]]] ]] ]] ]] J] J— ]] | | Batteries: Voorheia nnd Whaling; Olcsen and llungling. At St. Joseph— Tulsa.i B B B B □ Q I £— B H-D St. Joseph £3XXXXXX Q— £ £ At Oklahoma City— Old. City. ,Q £ 3 £ Q £ 3 0 X-DO ■ I Wichita..-BBDBBDDB ■ I National League At New York— St. Louis. -XXXXXXXX 0 0X3 New York. X X 0 X X 3 X X Q - 3X0 Batteries: Haines and Alnsmith; Watson and Gowdy. At Brooklyn— Cincinnati. XXXXXXDX 0 X OX 0 Brooklyn. .XXXDXXXX X— D XX Batteries: Benton and Hargrave; Vance and Deberry. At Boston— Pittsburgh XCDODODOD StDS D— 2 Boston... i x x X X X X X X- 3 Batteries Morrison and Schmidt; Marquard and O’Neill. At Philadelphia— Chicago.. .XXXXXXXX D— 3 X D phiia.... -X XXXXDXXX— D 3D Batteries: Keen and O'Farrell; Ring and Wilson. American League At St. Louis— Phila.Q nXXEXXXX— Dll St. Louis. . OXXXDXXOQ-XBI Batteries: Hasty and Perkins; Dnnfortli and Sererild. At Chicago— Boston. .. xxxxxxxxx— x os Chicago • • Q X X X D X X 0 Q— 0 3 X Batteries: Elimke and Devormer; fillewaler and Hrlialk. At Detroit— . Wash’ton. XOXXDXXEX— Dll Detroit. ..XX0XXXXX0— B I I Rattnifs: Johnsou and Hurl; Johnson and Rasslrr. At Cleveland— New York.X XXXXXXDD— 3 SO Cleveland. XD0XXXXOQ— BDXX Batteries: Jones and Hehang; Hone and D’Nclll. Former Neliraskaif Admits Slaying Wisconsin farmer Baraboo, Wis,. Aug. 2.» --Alvin Jen sen, belt! by the Sauk county author! ties with John Galloway on a « barge of murder in connection with the death of Robert Jaeger Black Hawk recluse, confessed today that he struck the blows which caused Jaeg et’a death, according to authorities. Jensen said he formerly lived in No bra ska. Cobbler Thought Author of Letters to Oirl Held Denver, Colo., Aug. 2.V- *Ja« k Fern andez. Denver cobbler, said to have been the author of letters found tin der the pillow of Mrs. Klsie Jorgen son Huttle, 17 year old bride, fatally beaten In her bed at Colorado Springs, last Thursday, was arrested here late today. Contract for Court House. Sp.rlal Pi.p.lrh to Th. Omaha tU'e. Broken Bow. Neb., Auk '.'j,—VV, T Darnell of Ihie city was recently awarded the contract to build the new county court house at Thedford, his bid being for 4.t>4t> 00, and work has already been started Omaha Hank Clearings. Bank clearings, avoiding to th« Omaha Clearing House a .*orlatlon, fell back to $34,333,994 against th* figure of $3T».H7^.4oh 90 fnr last week and $33,472,571 64 for the sun# week week syu Merlin s Hopes Kise. Berlin. \ug. 15.—l*uur purlin's lirliM'rii Germany anil Prance have begun—this is I he gnirral hnpersaloii In |M>litiial chiles here following tln> apeerli nf ( liunrel Inr Stresemann al a hani|ucl given in his honor liy the indus trialists anil big merchant*. The chancellor's speech hail been eagerly awaited since tlie announcement that it would l*> an answer to Premier Poincare's < harlot illc s|m'oi li last Snnda.t. The all nation is still so clouded Dial itolhing sensational was ex pecteil, bill it was noted that the i Iuiiii elloc e'"idi il every sharp word against prance, and an iioiiiired in moderate terms thal his foreign policy would he di rected toward finding a "way to reach an understanding." Stresemann rejected every idea that the Bliine or Kulir can he regarded as pawns, but also de • larcd dally that Germany is ready to make every effort to mcrl Its obligations. The feeling in Beilin is alrrnily more opti mistic. Old Settlors’ Picnic. Mend, Neb. Aug. 2.r>, Mend cele brated an Old Settler*’ day picnic here. About 1.000 people were in uftendHtu* A hall gum* nnd hci*e Mine throwing wore the principal •vent*. Olonn Robbtn*. 13, of Walioo, look fir*t plat® among th* horac ulioc throw ci a, Crowded Days for Girl Who Fled lew persons experience in a lifetime events such as those which befell pretty Wilma Hughes in two months, from the time she fled from her Illinois home to the | day she was ’ _ found in a New Jersey city. ) ~\E/ilma Hugh#,?: Peoria. IB.. Aug. 55.—Wilma, Hughe*, [iret v 15-year old girl for whom pollco of the nation searched for two months, ha* returned to her home, determined never again to wan der, The girl told police, after she had been found and taken into custody in Newark, N. J.. that she ran away from home because she feared she would be punished for being late at church. A boy friend whom she had known for e long time, she said, had told her he planned to motor to Chicago. She ■ ' ned him. In Chicago she left her inter neighbor. rrft James Zazoka ml married him after a short court ship. The overbearing c. nduct of her I slater-in law, she d.dared eauaed trouble between her and her hus i band and they separated after four days. She wandered about aimlessly until a young woman met hei and took her home. While Wilma slept the supposed I^ady Bountiful dip ped her luxuriant blonde hair. "That was enough to make me dis gusted with Chicago,” she said "X started east for New York. Motor ists gave me rides. Finally I reached Newark. I was without morey, so I just walked about town, always weak nnd hungry, because I had nad littlo food.” Asked whether she was slrd to he hom» again, Wilma Just smile 1 wear ily. "You know what the poet wrote," Shu said. "There's no place llge it." Generally Fair Weather Ahead WnshinRton. Auk. 25.—Weather outlook for the week beginning Mon day. L'pper Mississippi pnd lower Missouri valleys, moderate tempera ture, generally fair except for oc casional local thundershowers. WHERE TO FIND The Big Features of THE SUNDAY BEE F \KT ONK. Page 4—Map Sullivan. Noted Political Authority. IMtH'uiwet Henry Ford'* t han<e„ for the Presidency Pug* 4—\ Highly Informative Article hv I loyd (trorir, llritt*h e\-Pre »ii ler, on France* Attitude In tlie Ruhr. Page —Kdltorial. Page 9—The Omaha IWe* Title t ur l«»on—\ t home for luu to W in h t u*h Prise Page 9—liiktMlImrnt of "Rough Hewn,*' li> Dorothy (unfield. PART TWO. ► Page* 1. ? und .1—All the l.atr«t New* In the W or Id of Sport*. Page* 4 nnd Ik— \utoinotille Nectlou. Page H—Market*. I'agea 7. M und 9— t Inxdfled Ad*. PART THREE. Pa® eg 1. 3, 4 und V—Societ* I'M* **—Shopping With folly. und ■ Helen and Warren " Page •—Amuaemrnt* I’ago h—Movie Section. P XRT Fill H • our Page* of the Mont Popular t milieu. P XRT I IX E. (Magazine Nee thin.) Page I—"May time In Marlon * ( tin lining St«r> of Uvr and Ko •nance. In Hoot It Turk lug ton Page — \br Martin. With r.vplenl liumoi nud Phllo*ophy. Offer* In lrrr*tiitg Itcmark* on “Sweet |»t* |M»«itIon* " l*age 3—O. D. Melntire Noted Fun 'Inker, Wnut* to kliou "Who start ed Thl* \ tu tit ion Bu*lne**?M Noth '•U. Hr Nayii. I* *o llorraotur at a V n« nt Ion. Page ;i—Mory of w Hoy W ho Kan Vuay From Homa ami I I'M the I Ife of a t*y p*> •’age* I nud .)—11111*1 ruled Mory of W I rnuk Metier, W ho*e Piracle* In I o'e and lluMne** Kudrd in a Prt*on Nentenee. Page H—Happy Iniid, for the twiddle*. Page 7— I eftefa From Little Folk, of Happy land. Pago •—I it»hinn I mmy. PART SIX. (Kotognvv lira Section) Page I—Full Page of Picture* of tamp ItrewMer. Including a Wry y i of Iowa and Nrhr**ka limiting lleautlr*. Photo* hy I soil* H lko| wick. Omaha Photographer Page 7—Another Pago of Picture, Including an Airplane A Ira of Omaha. .Scene* at Fort t rook and Several llloodrd Hog* Owned hr Omnium*. Page S—Kmonrkahla Interior A lew of Pari of the Knmoti* hrupp t,un Work* in the Ktihr. No« (oniertrd Into a ( a*h KegUter and Atltllng Machine Factory, and Other Pic lure* iPago t—Photograph* nf ln<rre*Oitg * People and Scene*. Buck & Co. Report Brisk Home Demand Fourteen homes and two lots sold in the last 14 days is the report of D. E. Buck A Co., realtors. The above includes two sales through the multi* pie listing. Mr. F. W. Gilbert is high man on Buck's sales force for the two weeks' period, selling four homes and two lots, a total valuation of $.'6,400. The value of property sold by the firm in 14 days is $70,000 <*r an average sale of $.’>.000 per day. The marked increase in the homo buyers’ market. Mr. Buck states, is largely due to the pleasant weather conditions and to the effort of the parents to locate permanently before school begins He prophesies the big-| gest fall business in home sales Omaha has ever experienced durins the next three months. The following is a list of the sales made since August 10: 4694 r.'ppleten to C Roch c t 5.26t -914 f*. ;w i»t . through Corberf Co f 750 247 ; M*nd*r<n, to >V C Harrold *669 Whitmor*. to M Z«*ntx. 6 950 «’urt1» and 32d. Jot to C T.nht 1.600 I sard end 29th. lot to >1 Coopar . 1 90S 1176 Met edit h, to A Krell. .. 5.490 4 27 Kruklnf. to J MrBrtd* 3.790 412 N 2 S V It »t t •> W K.'b#rt* 400 6566 l.ake. to 14 JukMOn. . .. 3.900 92J 8 33.1 it , to 1 Bolls 4.750 512 N 32d *t . to C Poterf.iti 2.609 .‘567 Whitmore iv» . to K Msthew* 6 199 *94 Wool worth. to K W \V*gard 6 499 c*smden end 24th. lot r Rolatrom 1.650 4953 Krakln*. to I*, Wharry. §.Q00| Total 14 da>a *79 050 Ol.l Corn Bring Sold. Reatrlce. Neb. Aug —Consider able old corn is being marketed at this point by farmers, many of whom are holding their old wheat for bet ter prices. Most of them hate fin ished fall plowing and report that .lie ground is In good condition for seeding Sawyer Retained. Washington, Aug. 2J.—A decision to retain Rrig. Gen Charles K. Sawer a* phyaician to the president was announced today at the White House The Weather T*mp*r*t nr*. Htghait. *3. 6*'. m#«n. 72. nor mal, 7 3 Tot ml •x«9M a'.no* January l is* RrUtiir Humidity. IVrrentna* 7 * u 9. n»on 64 7 f m Tv Vrrrlplf AtIcn. Inch** xml llundriHlth* Total. 96: mini line* January 1. 19 56: «1»flcl#no.v 3,9' •Irturly IVmMralurM, » m. . . « a Mi.. . . * 1 7 a. m . . .. «0 * a m . «*4 9am. . . »'* ’» « m Mam : 4 IS m. it j i p. »n » * p. in . ft ? A p tn. . v| « p in.. A * ' n to 11 * p • m fl 1 P tw . ,. jf, > 1’ m Police and Firemen Rescuers Mrs. J. W. Kneft, Seeking Drinking Water, Has Nar row Escape From Deatb in Fall. Ladder Is Used in Rescue Mrs. .T. W. Kneft. 3832 North Twen ty third street, was rescued late yes terday by police and firemen from * watery grave In a well at her horn* She had gone to the well to get a pail of water. As gh.e leaned over th« edge, she lost her balance and plunged 30 feet to the water. Neighbors heard Mrs Kneft't screams for help and called the fire department and the police. Two fire companies answered the calls. Firemen lowered their ladders and Motorcycle Officer Anderson climbec down Into the well and carried Mrs Kneft to safety. Aside from f thorough wetting, she suffered no il effects from the experience. - , . ■ * . . — — Unique Labor Day Feature at Lead Contest to Break Record o! Filling Ore Car Will Be Held. Lead. S. D., Agg. 25.—One of the unique features of the Lsbor day celebration to be staged in Lead will be a ‘'mucking" contest, open to any man !n the Black Hills who thinks he can fill a mins car quicker than the next man. It Is expected thst a number of the expert miner* of the Homestake Mining company will enter the contest. Six min* cars will be set on the ground In front of a hill In the base ball park. It being the Intention to work th* contestants In relays. Each m*o, who Will be armed with the ordlnsry round-pointed, long handled shovel, will start at work on a pile of rock, which will have pre viously been broken from the face of the hill, and proceed to fill his oar. The one who accomplishes th* task In the quickest time will be awarded a substantial prize. H. R. Pullen, chairman of th* sports committee, and Dr. T. £ Clough will have charge of the con test. The reoord for loading a or.# ton car is at present held by a Butte. Mont., miner, who accomplished tbs task in one minute and fO seconds. Tlie contest will be one of the most novel in the history of the Black Hills and will be witnessed by thou sands of people from Lead and other towns of th© northern Black Hills It also is expected to be a treat for the tourists who will be in Lead at the time. Typhoid Breaks Out at Boy Scout Cair special Dispatch t# The Omaha Ilea Hrand Island. Neb.. Aug. 25.—Off ei&ls of the Boy Scout organixation her# are quite concerned over an out break of sickness among the lads who recently indulged in a week's camp ing on the Loup river William Campbell and Paul Conklin are sail to have typhoid fever and two ethers have symptom*, though none is se iouslv sick Official* of th# organ-.sa lion have sent a sample of the water used in the camp to Lincoln fo analysis The chemical report has tv been received ifo Deserter 1# Sought; Is Father of Boy at Beatrice special Dispatch t« Th# Omaha Dae. Beatrice. Neb. Aug. 25.—Officers here are looking for Ray Oarriss. who was brought hack recently from Con cordia. Kan., on the charge of deaert lng his wife and who disappeared after being paroled by Judge Colby. Sine* he left the city, his young wife ha* become a mother of a son. Afton Doctor Dies. Special Ilispstrh te The Onuhl Wee Preston. Ia.. Aug. :i —Pr. TV. J. S5. pioneer physician of Af ton and widely known in Iowa died today after a long Illness France l abending. Paris, lug. 15.—The mysterious tumors of an approaching allied conference originated from Bros eels, where it is stated the Belgian note to Britain will suggest such a conference, it is revealed here tonight. The idea of the conference it skeptically received in Inskie quar ters lu Paris, where it is believed that Premier Poincare would agree to such a conference only on the condition that all the main points of ronlenlion be actually settled privately before the assembly around the green table. The Paris press Is Ireely pre dicting that Poincare will actually he unable to change a comma of his professed policy of resistance against the British demands If hr does change he will be forred to resign. Having slated his case, Poincare is called here the "prisoner of hjv own policy.” , t*"1' ■ -Ammmmm&r...ii1 -»■'