The Omaha Morning Bee
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Separatists
Unable to
Hold Cities
Rh iue Republic Cause Totter
ing;—Police and Firemen
Expell New, Leaders
From Positions.
Payment Plan Is Weak
By Associated PrcAA.
Aix La Chapelle, Oct. 23.—Loyal
1 !u« police, reinforced by firemen,
assembled just before dark tonight
for' a combined attack to oust the
separatists from the governmerit
headquarters building. After numer
ous hurried conferences with the
Belgian and British authorities, how
ever, the German officials called off
the attack for the night.
At 8 this evening, Leo Deckers, one
of the separatist leaders, and 40 of
his followers still held the headquar
ters building and the colors of the
llhineland government fluttered from
the flagstaff.
The police officials stated tonight
if* tat the police would attack the
building tomorrow morning unless
■ the separatists evacuated it during
t he night. This they seemed to
think likely.
•Tulloh, Prussia, Oct. 23.—Separat
i.-t movement in this Rhineland town
was short-lived. The police, aided
by firemen, armed with guns, hatch
ets and clubs, tonight expelled the
separatists from the Rathaus and
postoffice, which they had occupied
Monday. About 20 of the separatists
were arrested. The others fled to
tlie country.
By Inlvvrsnl Service.
Paris, Oct. 23.—Promoters of the
Rhenish republic, In echangs for
French support, have agreed:
1. To pay 50 per cent of the rep
a rations due from Germany.
2. To force Germany to pay the
remainder under threat of imposing
;n impossible' ta on coal and Ruhr
industries destined for the Germgjt
interior.
3. To accord France favored na
tion treatment.
4. To accomplish a union of Ruhr
coke with French iron Interests.
When the Rhine republic la flmly
stubUshed France will bring the oc
potion troops home permitting the
Rhinelanders to maintain fortification
of the German frontier with a large
military establishment which will
otherwise be aided by the French.
Forbidden by Trpaty.
This will be done in spite of the
fact that the treaty of Versailles ex
pressly forbids a Rhine army or
fortifications. In this way, the French
hope to reduce the cost of collecting
reparation* and at the same time
create a colossal industrial union
which will'literally dominate Europe.
That is one side of the picture.
The other side shows with what plt
f a Us such a policy is* littered. Keen
observers believe the policy J* doom
ed to rapid failure because even if
the republic wins, with the passive
aid of France, such hostile citadel*
as Coblenz. Mayenee and Cologne,
the moment the French army leaves
the whole structure of the republic
will fall like a house of cards.
This is declared certain because
only three of the 50,000,000 on the
Rhine favor separation, the majority
being thoroughly loyal to Germany.
Other Nations Opposed.
Britain and Italy will also be te
le vocably opposed to any policy
which will make France the Iron and
Steel dictator of Europe.
It Is also pointed out that Rhine
republic cannot fulfill its promises In
regard to reparations without a
stable and Independent currency
which Is Impossible without the
^^acking of French gold and that
^^Tirangemeiit would undermine the
French franc to such a degree that
It is unthinkable.
It is further argued that the re
public could not keep the eoul club
over Germany, which Is the biggest
consumer of Ruhr products, without
ruining the Rhine industries and re
ducing the new republic to ruins.
All the Ruhr magnates arc agnlnst
• separation, and they controlling nine
tenths of the wealth; are likely to
nave the last word.
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Aid Society Bazar
The Ladies Aid society of St. Luke
Lutheran church will give a bazar
md supper at the church December
i,. The supper will z^c served from
5 until 7:30 and th#>'bnzar will be
In progress during the afternoon and
evening.
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Daily
Reliability Test
~ Every day Bee Classified
Advertisements are put to
the test and just as surely
as they are tested they
prove their worth. This
time Mr. Seybold placed an
“Apartment for Rent” Ad
in The Omaha Bee and
rented his apartment in
one day. We can rent your
apartment, too. Phone AT
1000 and try it.
IT'S RESULTS PER
DOLLAR THAT COUNT
“NAME IT” COLUMN
Did you ever notice that the dining
car conductor always has plenty of
small change? Your bill calls for
*1.10. You lay a $5 bill on the little
silver tray. The waiter comes back
■with three silver dollars, two quar
ters, three dimes and two nickels.
You simply cannot avoid having some
change to tip the waiter. Often won
dered if waiters and conductors pooled
the tips and divided at close of day. \
doing to put in complaint to Pull
man company. Why do porters al
ways tuck tongue of one's shoes clear
down in the toe and then forget to
pull it out? Very annoying to try
to thrust one’s foot in shoe, only
to have it collide with doublein
tongue, necessitating removal of foot
and straightening out of tongue.
A mother, very tired and looking
not at all Well in the sleeping car,
baby In arms and fretful; 2-year-old
requiring constant attention. Crying
most of time because mother unable
to give it undivided attention. Man
in car scowling afid evidently greatly
annoyed. Other passengers showing
by their looks that In their opinion
mother with fretful children should
be barred from sleepers. Well
dressed young woman finally Intro
duces herself to mother and takes
charge of 2-year-old. Fifteen minutes
later cries hushed and little .one
asleep. Two-year-old gurgling with
glee as young woman cuts out dolls
and all sorts of things from paper,
using scissors from manicure set.
Heard the mother call the young
woman "miss.” If young woman not
already engaged to be married, some
young man overlooking wonderful op
portunity to get worth-whilp wife.
Llywellyn L. Lindsay, better known
as Bud, sitting in lobby of hotel.
One of famous characters In Lin
coln's political history. Once dele
gate to a republican national con
vention, and the only negro ever rep
resenting Nebraska at such a gath
ering. Successful hotel and restau
rant man. Retired several years ago
and spends his time traveling. Just
back from South America, lias been
in Africa and the orient. Upassuming,
but wearing handsome diamonds. En
joyed 10 minutes chat about early
days in the capital cltji^ when men '
took their politics very seriously.
Saw that Nebraska-Kansas foot
ball game. Backers of Oornhuskers
filled with gloom. All looking for
ward with dread to Syracuse and
Notre IJame games, but hopeful for
the best. Rumors flying around that
Cornhusker team torn with college
fraternity dissensions. Football and
fraternities about as possible a mix
ture as oil and water. If there is
jealousy and lack of teamwork, It
should be hunted out.
Oshkosh, one of largest cream ship
ping stations In western part of state.
Little town of Lewellen a close sec
ond. Representative of big building
and loan company tells me that Gar
den county heads the list of 14 coun
ties in his territory in matter of pay
ment of taxes and interest on bor
rowed money. Something to think
about. W. M. M.
Women s Clubs in
Annual Meeting
at Beatrice, Neb.
Nearly 300 State Federation
Delegates at Opening Ses
sion of Four-Day
Convention.
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 23.—With near
ly 300 delegates in attendance, the
annual convention of the State Fed
e rat ion of Women's Clubs convened
here Tuesday night in the Method
ist church for a four-day session, be
ing called to order by Mrs. Edgar
B. Penny of Fullerton.
The address of welcome on behalf
of the Beatrice Woman's club was
given by the president, Miss Hattie
Summers, and by Rev. J. Kranklin
Haas on behalf .of the city. State
and district officers responded to
the welcoming addresses. A series of
brief talks and musical numbers were
included In the opening program, ft>l
lowing which a reception was given
for the visiting delegates.
lonierence Session.
Tuesday afternoon there was a
conference of district presidents and
executive boards in the First Presby
terian church. Registration of dele
gates is being held at Centen
ary Methodist Episcopal church. The
business sessions will open Wednes
day morning in the chamber of com
merce rooms.
The Kiwanis club will entertain the
officers and guests of honor at lunch
eon Wednesday noon and on Thurs
day noon the Rotary club will serve
a banquet.
With the new Paddock hotel yet
unfinished, Beatrice people have met
the appeal of the local woman's club
for rooms and quarters for the dele
gates, a large number of whom ar
Njved from various points In the state
Tuesday night.
Boy Scouts are assisting the local
committees in visiting Incoming trains
and taking care of the delegates. The
scouts are serving as guards, looking
after the visitors' luggage and acting
as "Individual information bureas."
"No Illiteracy” Slogan.”
, Election of officers and selection
of the place for holding the next
convention will take place Friday aft
ernoon. In the evening a general
banquet will be held in the First
Christian church for ail delegates.
"No illiteracy in 1930" is the slo
gan of the convention. Today the ex
ecutive board of the Beatr) 9 Wo
man's club entertained the executive
board of tile state convention at
luncheon In the Y. W. C. A. rooms.
Miss Hattie Hummers, president of the
local club, presented the slate presl
dent, Mrs. Edgar Penny, with a wa|.
nut gavel made by the manual train
ing department of the high schoel
from a piece of walnut taken from
the first homestead west of the city
which was formerly owned by Han
lei Freeman.
Prospective candidates for presiden
for the coming year are:
Mrs. George Frater of North Platte;
Mrs. George Berryman, Ord, and Mrs.
Hein pel, Omaha. Mis. Berryman Is
serving ns slate treasurer and ap
pears to have the strongest follow
ing among the delegates. *
The city is gaily decorated with
1 he women's club colors, yellow and
white.
Hunkers Get 5 to 6 Cents
a Hushel for Picking Corn
Columbus, Neb.. Oct. "3.—Reports
from Columbus that 10 rents h bushel
for picking corn was l» lug paid thorn
wn» Investigated by K. A. Stewart,
the Madison county agent, who slat
ed that the secretary of the chamber
of commerce at Columbus told him
that f» to S cents was the general
price paid there and that 1(1 tents had
been paid In only the hailed out d.ls
trlrt, where the plck'-rs had a hard
time finding any corn As a result
of the report from Columbus, corn
phkers coming to Madison county
are Remanding 10 cents
Bakers Unable
to Sell Bread at
Berlin Prices
Prices of All Commodities!
Ri ses Rapidly With Slump
of Mark — Food
Kitchens Planned.
Berlin, Oct. 23.—Bread is bringing
5.500.000. 000 marks a loaf In Berlin 1
and little la to be had, as the bakers |
say they cannot afford to buy flout
in tha open market and sell at that
pries. There were long lines of
anxious people before the bake shops
today, hitping to obtain bread before
the closing hours.
The mark waa officially quoted at
58.000. 000.000 to the dollar against
yesterday’s 40,000,000,000, and the un
offlcal quotations ranged much lower,
with the result that the prices In
marks of all commodltes were nsttg
rapdly ths afternoon.
Many Janitors and other ordinary
laborers received not more than 10,
000,000,000 marks for their last week's
work, which amount buys less than
two loaves of bread at this week's
price*.
jTampering
at Water
Plant Bared
Mud Valve Opened by Some
one Familiar With Works,
Charge Made at
Probe.
No Report to Howell
Sensational charges in testimony
introduced yesterday afternoon in the
probe of the board of directors of the
Metropolitan Utilities district Into
distressful water conditions arising in
Omaha during the week of August 21
follow:
That an unidentified person with a
technical knowledge of the water
plant at Florence opened a mud valve
which, if it had not been discovered,
would have delayed furnishing of
clear water to Omaha users for an
other 10 days.
That shortly after muddy, un
drinkable water began flowing into
Omaha, plant employes discovered
the opened valve and reported It to
Superintendent A. B. Hunt.
Failed to Mention Valve.
That Superintendent Hunt failed to
mention the opened valve to General
Manager R. B. Howell In a written
report made to him at the latter'* re
quest that all contributing factors
to the water emergency be reported
to him In writing.
That F. P. barmon, chief engineer,
likewise failed to report to General
Manager Howell the fact that a mud
valve had been opened.
That 11 *,180,000 gallon* of water
pumped Into settling basins at the
Florence water plant during June.
July and August had disappeared and
cannot be accounted for In report* of
distribution.
Basin I'nwashed.
That basin No. 2. on which the
trouble centered, had not been thor
oughly cleaned for more than a year
and If basin No. 2 had been washed,
as required, the trouble, In the
opinion of C. D. Robison, operating
engineer, would have been avoided.
That Superintendent Hunt 1* In 41
rert charge of washing basins.
That breaking of a bypass valve,
of great Importance In keeping ma- j
ehlnery of the water plant working:
to capacity, waa not reported unfit
some time In July and although the
breakage occurred In May. necessary
parte could not be obtained for weeks.
Fire at Harvard
Harvard, Neb . Oct. 2S—Fire at the
asphalting plant here threatened to
do great damage when It broke out
during the mixing operation*. The
blaxe was extinguished after It had
charred several wooden buildings
and sidings about th* plant.
M. P. Opposed to
Use of Belt Line
by Other Roads
Wants Rail Body to Continue
Order Restraining Others
From Using Team
Tracks.
Special DUpatrh to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, Oct. 23.—W. H. Thompson
of St. Louis, assistant freight agent,
and George Delacy of Omaha, counsel,
ippeared for the Missouri Pacific rail
road today before the state railway
commission, to show cause why the
commission should not rescind its or
der restraining shippers from using
Missouri Pacific team tracks when
shipments originate and are carried
over other lines.
The right of restraint, which the
railway commission granted some
time ago, has been questioned by
Trenmor Cone of Klkhorn, who com
plained to the commission that 'it
was out of harmony with the needs
of k great, growing territory and was
against public policy.’’ He appeared
today to plead his case in perst/n as
"a self-appointed agent of the great
unorganized public and small, unor
ganized business.
Claims Public Right.
His chief objection to the commts
sinn's order Is In Its application to
the Belt Line railway of Omaha,
which was originally built by citizens
of that city but Is now owned and
controlled by the Missouri Pacific.
Ho maintains that the Belt Llr\e, ac
cording to the original charter In
which no baslo changes have been
made, was built as a belt line service
primarily, and that the right of the
publio to such service can only be
removed by action of tfee railway
commission.
He cites as a concrete example of
the result of the order a'shipment
made by him of 80 cars of rand, sold
to Platner Bros., for delivery at For
tteth and Lake streets, Omaha. Because
of the order, he declares, he was
asked to absorb a switching charge of
$8 SO a car before the Missouri Pa
cific would set his cars on the For
tieth and Lake tracks To pay such
charges, he says, would prevent him
and other sand dealers of the state
from competing with Iowa dealers,
who, because Interstate shipments
are not affected by the order, can
ship Into Omaha a' a cheaper rate.
The mere- tact that the order effects
Intrastate and not interstate ship
ments Is discriminatory, he main
talne.
Pastor to South Omaha.
Harvard, Neb.. Oct. 23.—Rev. Bar- j
ton A. Johnson, who *« pastor of
the local Christian church ahout a
year apo, has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the South Side Christian
church of Omaha, according to word
received her*. He took up post
graduate work during his stay here.
Divorcee
jShoots Man
jOver Ring
Mary O'Donnell, Wounds
Kansan in Neck as He
Tries to Flee on W ay
to Station.
Hundreds Witness Firing
Following a heated argument over
a diamond alleged to have been stolen j
from her, Mrs. Mary O'Donnell, 209 j
South Forty-eighth street, divorced
wife of Steve O’Donnell, ex policeman,
and proprietor of the Little Diner res
taurant, shot Frank Brown of Kansas
City, Kan., stopping at the Millard
hotel, in the back of the neck at Thir
teenth and Douglas streets yesterday
affernoon,
Mrs. O'Donnell declared that Brown,
who was known to her as Leo Burch,
had taken the ring from her five or
six days ago. Yesterday she received
a telephone call from Brown at the
Millard hotel. She drove to the hotel
and demanded the ring from Brown,
who would not admit that he had tak
en It. She then drew a revolver and
commanded Brown to march to the
police station.
Shots Foil Escape.
At Thirteenth and Douglass treets,
however, her prisoner attempted to
run away. Mrs. O'Donnell told police
officers that she fired one shot In the
air and aimed thr other at Brown's
legs, wounding him in the neck.
Both were brought to the police sta
tion and booked for investigation.
When Brown was searched no ring
was found on his person, but Mrs.
O’Donnell asserted she saw the ring
on his finger when h» entered the
station and that he must have suc
ceeded in concealing It. Another
search was made with no better re
sults.
According to Brown. Mrs. O'Don
nell has been paying for his meals
at h«r restaurant for the last month.
Daring that time, he claims, he was
at frequent sllnlght parties at her
home. He says he has not worked
for several months.
Given Ring While Drunk.
Wh.le on a drunken joyride In the
woman's ear a week ago. he asked
her to let him see the ring He de
clarea that he was too drunk to re
alise what he was doing and believes
that another man took the ring off
hla finger. He said that since that
ride he has often made efforts to see
Mrs. O'Donnell again but that she
was never home.
Brown was re lea .-r '. on bond last
evening His wourul is not serious.
The bullet will not removed until
this morning Mrs. O'Donnell is still
lncercerated.
Several hundred persons heard the
shots and saw the shooting.
Nebraskan Has
Plan to Assist
/
Needy Germans
billing to Employ Family on
Farm to Cover Expenses
for Bringing Them
Over.
Here's an opportunity for Nebras
kans of German birth, who have a
brother, nephew or cousin with a
small family in German desiring to
escape from the revolutions and pov
erty of that country.
J. J. Miller, a Northwestern con
' duetor liv ing at Chadron, is the owner
of an SO-aore irrigated farm near
Newell, N. D. He walked into The
Omaha Bee office yesterday and
made the following proposition:
"I will help finance the trip of a
German with a small family to this
country, providing he will contract to
stay on my farm for a certain pe
riod of time.
“I will see that none of the fam
ily suffers and I will aid the head
of the family to get the implements
necessary to farm. Having read so
much of the suffering over there and
at the same time needing a depend
able tenant, I decided to do my bit
In helping a hard-pressed German
farmer and also help myself. If there
are any Germans in the state who
wish to bring relatives to this coun
try I wish they would write me and
we might be able to make a deal.”
Judge Lindsey Balks
at Grand Jury Probe
By AMOflaird Pr^«,
Denver, Colo., ' Oct. 23.—Ben B:
Lindsey, Judge of Denver's Juvenile
court, refused to tell a grand Jury
which has subpoenaed him, anything
about Information he had In his pos
s« ssion*eoncerning illegal operations
in Denver.
Judge Lindsey announced Instead
he had sent a letter to the grand jury
that to do so would violate " the sort
of confidence which It is absolutely
necessary to maintain If the real con
structive work to reduce abortions
b ing done here is to be allowed to go
on.”
He was to have appeared before the
grand Jury tomorrow
Nebraska Sailor Said I.ost.
Norfolk. Va . Oct. -3 — Paul Rus
sell Howard, seaman second clang,
was washed overboard from the
Vnlted States destroyed Overton In a
severe gale off the Virginia capes yes
terday. according to radio advices
from the destroyers. The body was
not recovered. Howard's home was
in Holbrook.! Neb., and next of kin
listed on his service record Is an un
cle. Jap Boble, Holbrook, Neb. The
Overton Is one of the warships par
ticipating In target maneuvers on the
southern drill grounds.
Hastings Girls to Front in American Legion Parade
Tho Kirtm of l ho Xnviliary (trill
ham from Hamlin*;**, Nob., rocrivrd
lo(m ,»f at t'ill ion m thr Xiihtu hii
I (Ion ronvfntion in Hah Ki *attci*co,
Ilrmaumr of thofr (oidlrrh .ipprnrancr
nd mplomlid iHm i|dinf, tlir \ri»ramlui
irlm won rounds of appldimo.
I'liuivh Kumimio Sail
Till* I.Hdlos Aid FOv'llM V of tilt i*hf
t‘»n Mill |*r» rnhytorian rhutvl, will
kivr a rummaite pair KUuav *t w• 14 !
douih Twrniy*fii#i itiott
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Start Move
to Impeach
Governor
House Approves Charges of
Committee and Senate Starts
Action to Hold Trial
of Executive.
Act Almost Unanimous
By AMOflatfd Pres*.
Oklahoma City. Ok!., Oct. 23.—Gov
J. C. 'Walton was suspended from of
fice at 6:40 p. m. when the state sen
ate by a vote of 36 to 1 adopted a
resolution temporarily relieving him
of his official duties, following the
submission by the lower house of a
bill of impeachment against him.
The lower house of the state legis
lature late today approved the sec
ond of 22 chargee against the chief
executive contained in a bill of im
peachment submitted by its commit
tee of Investigation and impeachment.
Interrupting the reading of testi
mony, the house voted to consider the
charge that the governor had his per
sonal chauffeur placed on the payroll
of the state health department, and
on a roll call approved the submis
sion of the charge to the senate for
trial by a vote of 77 to 17 with nine
J members absent.
Governor Is Silent.
The house then passed to the cor.
- deration of the third charge which
is that the executive prevented the
assembling of a grand Jury which had
been summoned to Investigate his of
ficial conduct.
The first charge In the committee
report has not been considered.
Informed of the house action, Gov
ernor Walton declared, "I haven't a
word to say.”
The house decided to present to the
senate each article as It is adopted
and the first charge approved was
given to the upper body, which at
once placed in motion its machinery
to remove the governor from office
during the trial.
Accept Third Charge.
After the bill had been read to the
senate by W. E. Disney, repiesenta
tlve from Muskogee county, it was
found that it iaad not been properly
certified and a delay ensued whim
the bill was taken back to the bouse
for certification. The bouse mean
while was in debate on another im
peachment article and the certifier
tlon awaited a lull in the debate.
Eater the house accepted article
three.
The senate voted to receive the
charge and Senator W. M Gulager
of Muskogee introduced the resolu
tion which would suspend the gover
nor and make Lieutenagit Governor
M. E Trapp acting executive until
the former's trial.
Appeal Is Filed in Case of
Death Award Given Widow
Special Pt'palch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. Oct. II—The Allied Con
tractors. Inc., of Omaha, hare filed
an appeal In the district court of
Lancaster county against the recent
award of the state labor commission
of compensation to Mrs. Iona Mc
Ewen. In the hearing before the com
mission It found that the husband of
Mrs. MeEwen. who was an employe
of the contractors, had met his death
as the result of being forced to work
in mud and slush while employed on
a bridge that the company had un
der construction.
Rheumatism and brain fever that
resulted in death were the direct re
sults of such work, according to the
commission s finding and eompensa
lion at the rate of fl5 a week was
awarded The contractors maintain
that MeEwen was not ill while In
their employ and that his death was
due to other causes.
Vt omen Whose Husband Was
Killed by Indians, Dies
Beatrice. Neb.. Oct. IS—Mrs. Mary
O Tula, one of the earliest pioneers
■ f this city, whose husband, John
Burke, waa killed in a -raid by In
dians on the Little Blue while haul
ing com to Falrbury, died at her
home al Los' Angeles recently, sc.
cording to word received here. She
was nearly 90 years of age. She
huilt one of the first brick Hock*
In the city and established the first
mwillinery "tore here After the
death of her husband, she married
Thomas Tule. a pioneer who later
served as mayor of Beatrice. Some
>e.trs after h.s death she went to
l.o* Angeles to make her home A*
far a* I* known here, «he le«ves no
itlaUvtfl.
Bonar 1 aw HI Viiain.
Isoidon Oct 23 —Former IMn *
Minister Ronar I .aw has had a recur
of the throat trouble which
caused him to resign the premiership
and his condition is giving considera
ble worry to his friends
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