Today Sin. Gin. and Gunplay. Around the W orld Talk. Dollars Are Soldiers. Hideous Survival. By ARTHUR BRISBANE '— _/ ‘ Gin, sin and gunplay” is a line that Amos Cummins might have put on a Chicago news story. The woman in the case knows that “gin, sin and gun” make a bad combina tion. The man doesn’t know it, he's dead. He took the lady “for a round of the cabarets.” She tells the po lice who found the man, W. R. Law, dead at the wheel, “I was so drunk 1 don't remember very much.” Her impression is that there was some d'scussion ns to which was the best .-hot, and she proved her claim by shooting the gentleman. In Chicago it is customary to acquit ladies that shoot gentlemen, and almost any excuse will do. It should be hard to convict this lady. If a man filled a monkey up with gin you wouldn’t punish the monkey for biting the man. Any gentleman that takes his lady friend to a gin selling cabaret, mustn’t complain if she decides to shoot him. Thursday night England tried to send radio messagee entirely around the world; a talk by Marconi was included in the program. Millions of eager Americans undoubtedly listened. All the stations in this country should have been silent, to give England a full chance at the ether. Eventually every part of this world will talk to every other part through the air. The great ques tion is, will this planet be able to talk through the ether to othef planets? Shall we learn from Mars, 40,000,000 years older than earth, all that it has learned, as children learn from full-grown teachers? Let’s hope so. That will be a short cut to information. Imagine this, in a strange, inter planetary code: “Planet Mars calling. Lecture for younger planets on simple meth od of releasing and harnessing pent up forces of atomic construction.” Morgan & Co. arc greatly inter ested in stabilizing the French franc. They have sold tens of mil lions of French bonds to their American customers and don’t want to see France bankrupt. There is no danger of that. But there is every reason why Americans should be cautious, to put it mildly, about buying Euro pean bonds. Religion produces strange results in human beings of a certain kind. One man killed his father and mother to atone for the unpardon able sin committed in early youth. He didn’t say what the sin was. From Florida comes the extraor dinary story of a girl 18 years old and her mother, killing the girl’s father and the woman’s husband “by stamping him to death as a thank offering to the Lord.” They had gone to a religious gathering, taking along the father, a paralytic. He was so much bene fited that the wife and daughter, amazed, made the “thank offer ing.” _ This is interesting as a survival of ancient days, when the most ad vanced races sacrificed living hu man beings to please various pagan deities. Even in our own religious records Abraham undoubtedly would have sacrificed his own son, as an offering, had not the ram miraculously appeared to save the situation. It is a sign of improvement when the thing which formerly was uni versally accepted as part of true re ligion survives only in the half crazy brains of religious fanatics. Secretary Mellon takes seriously Europe’s debt to the United States. These debts, he telh the senate finance committee, must be collect ed to pay off bonds issued in this country to make possible loans to Europe. According to Mr. Mellon, this country will be able to retire its debt of ?20,000,000,000 in about 35 years. It is to be hoped that successors to Mr. Mellon—who cannot be ex pected to work for the people in definitely—will prove as able as he in reducing the public debt. Rabbi Joseph Silberman, pleading for greater interest in Palestine, says valuable minerals and oil have been discovered there. Standard Oil is now prospecting near the Red sea, and in the Dead sea there is enough potash to supply the world for 400 years. Copper and gold have been found also. That's news to arouse interest in any country. Another sign of progress. James Brown used to be coal miner and married a mill girl. Now the Brit ish labor government makes him lord high commissioner to the gen eral assembly of the Church of Scotland. Eor two and one-half centuries only members of the Scot ish nobility have held that job. This event, shocking to the nobility, is a tribute to the extraordinary adapta bility of the British people and the British constitution. The govern ment they now have in England couldn’t exist in the United States without ripping our constitution to pieces. . (Copyrisht. m«.) Stilman Loses Fight on Baby Guy New York, March 14.—Mr*. Anno IT. Htlllman today wen her long legal buttle to prevent her husband, Janie* A. Stillman, from reopening of bln an It to have baby Guy Htlllman rie rlared Illegitimate and Reeking to ea tabllah grounda on which to «ui fur divorce. Samuel Hilton Dies. Samuel Hilton, 70. 2517 Bristol street, riled at hiR home Thursday, He 1r aurvlvarl by hiR wife, Adelaide one son, Clyde of Crawford, Neb.; two daughter*. Misa Kdna Hilton and Mr*. K. J. Bralnard, and *lx brother*. Nil , neral service* will he held Saturday *t J.30 p. m. at the home. Means Testifies Handling $100,000 for Daugherty Former U. S. Agent Declares He Received Money for Attorney General to Cancel War Claims. (Continued from Pare One.) erty's “bumper ami friend,” of In timidations calculated to prevent his testimony, and of espionage of sena tors. The most sensational of Means' testimony. If one sensation could be assessed as greater than another, was a charge that he (Means) in February, 1922, received In the old Bellevue hotel here in Washington, $100,000 from a Japanese representative of the house of Mitsui and company, which he paid over to Smith, and which he said was for the purpose of stopping government prosecution of the Stand ard Aircraft company against which the War department was claiming overpayments aggregating $6,000,000. On behalf of Smith, Means fur ther alleged he had received large sums of money which he turned over and which he said were for the pur pose of guaranteeing that there would be no prosecution for transportation and showing of the Carpentier-Demp sey prize fight films In Interstate com merce. In other instances Means testified he had received money in connection with “liquor permits.” In all these transactions which he alleged Means described himself as the “money car rier.” Replete with details of his activi ties, Means told a story alleging that for the Information of President Harding, through Smith and W. T. Underwood, he had conducted an In vestigation of Secretary Mellon In connection with Uquo* permits In New York. "He slipped through our fingers the first time," Means said, “but we got him.” The office of Senator La Follette, Means testified, had been ransacked by his agents soon after the senator from Wisconsin began agitating In vestigation of the Teapot Dome scan dal, in an effort to “find something damaging." Senator Caraway, demo New York, March 14.—Shigeji Kajima, manager of Mitsui & Co., emphatically denied today that a representative of the firm had paid (iaston B. Means $100,000 for the purpose of stopping government prosecution of the Standard Air craft company, as alleged by Means in his testimony before the senate committee. !J erat of Arkansas. Means further said, also came under espionage after he began attacking Attorney General Daugherty and Mr. Harding. Senator Bruce of Maryland, also a democrat, and newly elected, Means testified, came under espionage, but Means did not know much about it. On Aircraft Cases. Senator Wheeler, democrat of Mon tana. Interjected into Means' testi mony at that point that he understood five men were "checking up on him in Montana.'1 and Senator Brookhart, insurgent republican of Iowa, chair man of the investigation, added that he understood hs was being looked after, too. A great deal of Means’ testimony today turned about the aircraft cases. He was assisted in his presentation by Captain R. L. Scaife. a former in vestigator for the Department of Justice, who since he left the depart ment has been agitating congression al investigation of the subject. Means emphasljed that he gave Scaife a ful ly clean bill of health in the affair and did not connect him in any way with the corruption he alleged. "Scaife wouldn't know how to col lect money,” said Meana. The prize fight films were first shown in Washington. Means testi fied, at the home of E. B. McLean, the publisher and central figure in the Teapot Dome Inquiry. President Hard ing, Secretary Hughes and other not ables were there. Means testified, consulting his records. Means went Into detail as to how the money was brought to him by messengers in payments on tha prize fight film, "deal”, saying he had "as much as six or seven thousand dol lars,” in his hands at ons time in that way. He was pressed by Senator Moses and other committee members to esti mate the aggregate of these "collections.” Referring to his recent indictment. Means said: "When the department was saying I was In Europe, I was In my house. They told me to lie low and I did. I phoned over to Assistant Attorney General Crlm and told him I was ready to aee him, hut they wild, 'oh no, we don't want to see you.' ” SAYS SMITH APPEARED UNEASY. In the aircraft Investigation Means said he looked Into the sale of Amer lean models to the Japanese govern ment by the Standard Aircraft coni pany. But the sale was after the war Sen ator Jones, republican, Washington, brought out. Senator Wheeler emphasised to the committee that the record of the Daugherty lmpearhment caae brought out the attorney general's alleged failure to prosecute the aircraft case An overpayment by the government of over $6,500,000 was alleged. After payment of the $100,000 In the air craft "deal” Means said he learned the source of the money from Jesse Smith, who asked him if he had told any one about It. 'He seemed to he very uneasy to ace If It had been mentioned," anld Means, staling that Smith was an noyed because severnl "progressives" had been elected to congress and "might cause trouble." Means could not say whether the air craft case was withdrawn by the War Department from the Depart ment of Justice before or after the $100,000 payment to hltn. Smith told him of the source of the $100,000 In the fnII of 1922, Means said. Afler he bad become apprehensive shout I he election of progressives?" Ii'ke.l Senator Moses, snd Means re plied In the affirmative Senator Moses referred to a con ference between him and Means on the Bosch magneto case, and Means said Smith had feared that he (Meansi was telling Senator Moses something of the $100,000 transact.on. MEN SENT TO ARKANSAS. Men were sent to Arkansas to in vestigate Senator Caraway, Means testified, and Senator Wheeler said he had telegrams that five Depart ment of Justice agents were "check ing up" on him in Montana. Chairman Brookhart interjected that he had heard that "one is out in Iowa checking up on me too.” Means said also that some “gum shoe man” had called on the tele phone and told him he would be shot or jailed if he testified. Means said Thomas B. Felder, his attorney, had told him that if he testi fied, he would be indicted “any num ber of times." Felder told him, the witness con tinued, there would be so many in dictments. that he, Means, would be unable to get bail. Friends also talked to him. Means said, and Sydney Bieber of Washing ton urged him "not to hurt the re publican party and the attorney gen eral.” RECEIVED MONK■ FOR N ON I NtKRFERENCE. The man who telephoned him had a ‘‘vast knowledge” of the Department of Justice, Mean* said. He told him the nttorney general had written a letter which would prevent hia testi fying. Means added that his telephone wires were tapped, that he had it arranged so he could tell when It was tapped, and that he had it fixed so he could detect tapping. Turning hack to the Carpctier Dempsey fight films, Means said he had received money for noninterfer ence in showing th$ films, and the money was turned over by him to Jess Smith. "He collected it for himself, but whether he turned it over to anybody else I don't know,” said Means. "The fight film was first shown here at E. B. McLean's house,” he said, with President Harding present. Others present, Means added, con sulting a notehook, included Secretary Hughes. The owners of the pictures, he said, were Jess Smith, Howard Manning ton, Will Orr, whom he identified as ex secretary to former Governor Whit man of New York, and a Japanese named Muma. Payments to Smith on the fight pictures, Means said, were "some times 13,000 or S4.000, and were brought to Smith by "a man.” Jess Smith afterwards told him, Means said, of receipts of money as "his part from the ahowing of the films.” RECEIVED MONEY IN LIQUOR DEALS Means answered "yes” when asked if he had not also received money in connection .with liquor transac tions. which he had referred. Means said that In receiving money from Smith in the film case, the moat lie had received at one time was $6,000 or $7,000. In the ownership of the fight films, Senator Wheeler sought to identify Smith as tha representative of the attorney general and the Japanese Muma as being connected with Mr. McLean. Means said that was his understanding. Means said he had hardled "may be $60,000’* in ntoney delivered to him by mi ssengera in connection with the showing of the fight film*, for de livery to the owners of the picture*. The committee adjourned unlil JO a. m. tomorrow. Johnson to Speak in Omaha, March 24 Lincoln, March 14.—Senator Hiram Johnson will nil eight speaking en gagements during the three days he will be hack in Nebraska to complete his personal campaign for the presi dential preference vote In tho repub lican state primary. The itinerary was announced by Manager Frank A Harrison as follows: March 24—Norfolk, 10 a. in.; Fre mont, 3:30 p. m.; Omaha Auditorium, evening. March 26—Beatrice, 10 s. in ; Fair bury, 2 p. m.; Grand Island, evening. March 26—Hastings, 9 a. m.; Falls City, 4 30 p. m. Fire Damages Roof. Fire department was called Friday morning to extinguish a roof fire st the home of Mrs. J. Glllet, 4320 South Twentieth street. Damage was alight. SPECIALS Saturday, Monday, Tueaday Desk Lamp, brass fin- dJQ i»h, regular $2.60. Electric Iron Cords, complete, fits all irons, regular Qg $1.26, at.UOC Electric Bell, complete with battery, wire, but- d* 1 Og ton, regular $1.75 V 1 atbO Auto Stop Light, flJO Qg regular $5.60 ... *pOa»/0 Spot Light, regular fcO $2.50. at. liaa Your Telephone We Do the Reat General Supply Co. HARDWARE, PAINT AND CLASS 2404 Cuming AT 5828 FOR RENT I prlRht and (irand Piano*. Home aa Inn at HUM) per month. Kre» tuning and Inanrnnrr. Kent nlluntd If T»u deride to pnrrhaae later. / Schmoller & Mueller Mate Freed to Return to Wife Oniahan Declines to Piosecute Young Iowa Check Suspect. Arthur K. Plxley, 24, arretted Thurs day charged with cashing a bad check at the Kinney snoe store, was released In municipal court Friday morning when Arthur flrlndlcr, man ager of the store, declined to prose cute. Qrindler said the check had been made good. When he was arrested Thursday Pixley has letters on his person front his wife, Freda, and front his parents at Centerville, la., both urging him to give up forging checks and return to his home. Assistant Postmaster. His father is assistant postmaster at Centerville, la. Plxley served dur ing the war in Company E, 17th In fantry. Later he became instructor in business arithmetic in a school at Knoxville, la. He was arrested Thurs day night in his room at the Y. M. C. A. The letter from his wife, now living at Pella, la., reads in part as follows. "Do you realize what it means to forge a check? Five years in the penitentiary and where would I be at the end? I’d sure be in my grave and you a discarded and disgraced son. "I know, Dear Heart, you don't think far enough ahead or you would not do this. Now, listen: You write Dad and ask him If there is something you can do in Center ville ao you can com* back and make good and start over. That la the town to do it in and I am afraid we will never be able to make it in Omaha if things don't change.” Warnings that "from now on he must make his own way’’ and a plea to "cut the crooked work" are con tained In a letter signed “Daddy,” reading in part: "We have talked over your long distance message and have decided we might as well stop now as any time. We have sent you money to come home on twice, once to a pool hall on Harney street and the next time to the police station and you still are there. So we think it's up to you now to get your own money ami take care of your self and Freda. "We would have been able to make a nice payment on this debt snd cut the interest if you had taken our advice and cut the crooked stuff. As it is we can't meet our debts. • • * "From now on you can make your own money aryl spend It as you see fit, but you can’t spend any more of ours. "We ran’t believe anything you say, not one word, for you have proved to the contrary most of the time. Kven when you had your nose Inside of the pen you failed. We have saved you twice. "We never hear from you "except when you want money and then by wire at 1 in the morning when all honest folks are in bed. DADDY." Another letter signed, "Mom and Dad" pleaded with the young man not to "treat Freda as you treated your first wife." The Judge this morning advised Pixley to return to his wife. He said he would. Bryan Fires Guns; Pleads Economy Lincoln. March 14.—In a lengthy statement to “the taxpayers of Ne braska," Governor Bryan formally opened his campaign for re-election this afternoon. For his administration the gover nor claim* a 13 per cent reduction in taxes over 1922, a saving of 3367,000 in administration costs and a 50 per cent reduction in the number of em ployes under hi* control. The governor reiterates previous claims of large savings through threatened competition with the oil and gravel industries and the sale of coal. Denouncing the republican major ity in the last legislature, Governor Bryan blames It for failure to re peal the code law, and the intangible tax law. Kiwanis Delegates. Max I. Walker, president of the Kiwanis club of Omaha, ami Lester Ladd, secretary, have been chosen delegates to the convention of Kiwan is International to be held at Denver in dune. EDWARD REYNOLDS CO. 1613 Farnam St. Saturday Startling Values in Frocks i . f We believe them to be the cleverest styled Frock." of fered in Omaha this season at such an extremely low price. You choose from novelty wool checks, crepe back satins and silks. Dresses for party, after noon, street and sports. Every new color, wide variety of pleasing styles. Make it your first duty Saturday to see these remarkable dress values. The usual rharpe courtesies extend ed, or parmenta selected now will be held in reserve until wanted. A Sale of Coats v - . ■ Styles as saucy as any one might wish, and most decisive bar gains. a. Smart plaids, shadow checks, stripes and plain coatinfs. The rnfss or matron who has a coat problem to solve will no doubt find a happy solution in this extensive showing: Satur day at $15. New Cotton Dainty dimities and broad- m m p* cloth overblouses, new gauntlet X j /X ruffs, fresh, rrisp and oh, so *r' .1 I smart when worn with the new I boyish suits. -A 4 U. S. Cities Hear British Radio London Concert Picked I p in Cincy, N. Y., Lynn, Mass., and Covington, Ky. By Aunrlatrd F’miv. New York. Mar<4i 14.—Radio ama teurs in Cincinnati, New York, Lynn, Mass., nrnl Covington, Ky., last night reported that they heard the concert broadcast froip the Hotel Savoy in London. The broadcasting, which was i combined effort by all nine high powered sending staiions In Kngland, was not a general success, however The most successful rcreiver was Mrs. A. H. Lynch of Hempstead, N. Y., who listened In for 35 minutes. Hhe used an eight-tube superhetro lyne set fitted with a special indoor loop. Mrs. Lynch said the concert ivas received about as clearly as the usual California program. Several radio concerns ami pro fessionals made elaborate efforts for receiving the English program with out success, they reported. Because of the interference <»f radio (iniral WOAW last night it Is be lieved that the speech of William Mnrconi broadcast last night from six stations in England was not re celved by any Omaha radio fans. John O. Yefser, 5t»22 Cass street, declared that he heard a New York station relaying it and caught only *i few sentences. —————————— Man and Wife Ask Bankruptcy Willi* M. Graybili. rural route No. 4, Council Bluff*, filed petition In voluntary bankruptcy in federal court in Council Bluff* thi* morning listing his llabilitiea at $20,439 and his assets at $17,704. Mr. Annie Graybili. his svife, also filed petition In bankruptcy’, listing her liabilities at $15,537 and her as sets at *50. Vivian W. Graybili, a son. living at in; park avenue. Council Bluffs, de clared himself bankrupt, with liabilt ities.of $4,931 and assets of $385. Ogallala Farmer Held for Slaying Ogallala, N'eb. March 14 — A'-x HwantowskI, fnrm»r of this vicinity, was held here today In connection with the slaying of J. O. Jeffera, laborer of the t'nion 1‘aclfic here, Jeffera' body, with the akull crush ed. was found in the charred rumi of his home yesterday, when the fire which destroyed the house was ex tincuUbed. Swantowskl and Jeffers were friends, and Swantowskl, according to County Attorney L. A. Devoe, ad mitted that he was with Jeffers short ly before the fire, but denies knowl edge of the murder. Officers said Swantowskl was intoxicated when taken Into custody. A coroner’s inquest was held Thurs day evening, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict. It will reas semble this evening At 1. Mrs. E. C. Henry Under Knift* Mrs. K. C. 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