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c CITY EDITION j yQL. 53—NO. 42
Both Parties
Attacked in
Air Inquiry
“Controlled by Same People, ’
Former Federal Investiga
tor Tells Wheeler-Brook
hart Committee.
Calls Official “Jelly Fish”
By Universal Srrvlre.
Washington. March 29.—An attack
upon both the republican and demo
cratic parties as “corrupt and con
trolled by the same people" was made
before the Daugherty investigating
committee today by H. X.. Scaife,
lormer investigator for the Depart
ment of Justice.
Scaife based his declaration upon
his investigations of wartime air
craft contracts, together with the
charge that the department under
Attorney General Daugherty had
failed ot prosecute.
The witness characterized as a
“jelly Ash" Guy D. Goff, assistant, in
charge of war contract investigations,
and expressed a dislike for Abram F.
Myers, charged wtih the same sort
of work. Scaife asserted he was told
by Goff that Myers owed his appoint
ment to former Attorney General
George Wickersham of New York,
whoso law Arm represented Mitsui &
Co., Japanese backers of the Standard
Aircraft corporation. lie described
the Mitsui interests as “part of the
Invisible government’’ of the United
States.
So He Took tlie *100,000.
Gaston B. Means, another former
department agent, previously had
testified that he received from a repre
sentative of the Mitsui company 100
Si.000 bills, which he turned over to
Jesse W. Smith.
Scalfe also described what he re
garded as the "critical relations" be
Ivieen the Cnlted States and Japan
during 19*1, while he was at work
upon thO Standard Aircraft and .other
, uses. He said that he had seen a
confidential .report showing that
agents h;^d traced to the Mitsui offices
a man who was taking pictures of the
defenses of Boston harbor.
Another report dealt with an ef
fort by the Japanese to buy in the
I'nlted States fire engine motor
trucks, which could lie adopted for
artillery purposes.
Scalfe brought rinto the investiga
tion the names of Secretary of State
Hughes and Secretary of War Weeks
in connection with the American
Bosch Magneto case. He reviewed the
sale of the Bosch American holdings
hy the Wiligin administration to
Martin E. Kern, whom he character
ized as a friend of A. Mitchell Palmer,
then attorney general.
Reads Correspondence.
The witness read what lie said
were copies of correspondence sent
from Germany by Kern to his asso
ciates in this country. One suggested
taking Secretary Weeks to Attorney
Oeneral Daugherty In an effort to
"put a quietus on the whole thing."
The undertaking, Scalfe asserted, was
financed by Hornblower fc Weeks, a
bond hous,e. Senator Jones, repub
lican, of Washington, remarked that
he thought Secretary Weeks had not
been associated wtih the firm for
several years.
BISHOP SHAYL.ER
ZIONIST GUEST
Ideals and traditions of the Jewish
rare are not dead and burled In
Jerusalem, Bishop K. V. Shnyler told
a gathering of memliers of the Omaha
Zionist district at n luncheon at the
Mrandeis restaurant Saturday noon.
Bishop Shayler had been Invited to
■ peak to the Zionists after announce
ment of his proposed trip through
the Holy l^and had been made.
Dr. A. Romm acted as tonetmaster.
Harry Bnpidus, J. J. Friedman, Dr.
Victor Devine, Nathan Bernstein,
Max Fromkln and Mr. Silverman also
spoke.
“The Ideals, tradition* and rivlllz
lion of the Jewish rare are not dead,”
Fiahop Shayler said, "hut are liv
ing force* that your people can call
upon to aid them In the rebuilding
of the homeland and Palestine.”
FOUR TRAINMEN
REPORTED KILLED
Newark. O., March 29.—Four Balti
more * Ohio trainmen were reported
killed when a freight train on the
Khawnee division went through a
bridge south of her# today. High
water was said to have caused the
trestle to give way.
Kentucky Storm-Ridden.
Paducah. Ky., March 29.—Damage
In last nlght'a wind storm in Mc
Cracken and flrave* counties was esti
mated at $75,000 today. No lose of
life waa reported. Hamont, Orahatn
villa and Mnxon seem to have been
hit hardest. Meager report* from T,a
moat reveal that ft suffered heavy
damage. A number of houses were
Mown down, several persona narrow
]y escaped death and fire broke out
In a garage when It was demolished
by tha atomr.
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High School Boy Held
for Fatal Fist Fight
R-P 'M? I/EAU.
U. D. McLean, a 17-year-old Los
Angeles (Cal.) high school boy, is
under arrest there following the death
of his chum, .lohn Toothman. The
boys fell out, and in a fistic encoun
ter Toothman dropped dead.
Detective Chief
Threatened Him,
College Man Says
War Veteran Called “Liar
and Refuged Privilege of
Telephoning Wife
or Friends.
Friends of Herbert A. Stewart. 2501
St. Mary avenue, are talking of tak
ing action regarding his arrest Thurs
day night and his Incarceration for
20 hours in the city jail.
Stewart is a friend of Robert
Smith, clerk of district court, and
Rev. J. Clyde Mahnffev. He came to
Omaha a month ago with his wife and
child. He Is a graduate of the Cni
versity of Michigan school of phar
macy and an ex service man.
His arrest occurred at Sixteenth
and Douglas streets where he was In
company with a young man he had
met In Des Moines.
"I learned at the station that the
young man I was with was charged
with stealing some watches,” said
Stewart.
"The chief of detectives called me a
liar and threatened to beat me up
when I told him who I was. I whs
not permitted to telephone my wife
or friends. I was held in a cell all
night and until about 2 the next
afternoon without any charges being
made.
Ho said several detectives "identi
fied” him as a man who committed
thefts in Omaha about two months
ago at which time he says he was
nowhere near Omaha.
OMAHAN’SPOEM
IN ELK MAGAZINE
O. Rawrence Hawthorne, poet and
journalist, has a full page poem In
the April issue of tile Klks mngnzlne,
the national publication of the Klks,
with a circulation of nearly 1,000.000.
"VVe Want Them Then,” Is the
title of tills poeao, which will be read
in every state in the union.
VV’hile comparatively a young man.
Hawthorne has won recognition as a
writer of wholesome verse. His poems
combine sentiment with sales appeal.
He recently recited" some of his poems
before the Omaha notary club.
Man and Wife Killed.
Sikeston, Mo. March 2!*.—Mr. and
Mis. I .oil Is Fudge were killed when
their home was demolished In a ter
rific wind storm today.
Near Miner, three miles west of
Sikeston, a house turned over three
limes, severely injuring four persons.
WHERE TO FIND
THE BIG FEATURES OF
THE SUNDA Y BEE
PART ONE.
Pag* ft—“Know Ynnr Muff" anil
“Keoi* Smiling” Slogan* of Omaha
utllltle* hrml.
Pag* U— Kdltorinl. ,
png* 9—“The Teapot Pom* f a*e,
by Oil Can.
Pag* 10—Krai Fatal* arwi.
PART TWO.
I*ag*« 1. ' noil 31—Nporh,
I'ngfi |—Picture* of Model* Made by
Central High Student*.
Png* ft—\iilomoblle Heetlon.
Piigc ft—Market*.
I'ugea 7, M nod 9—Clnaalfled Advertla
Png* Ilk— Omaha Her'* Hook Review*;
Iliiiniiiel’N I laltea Moved to More
Mutely Home.
PART THREE.
Page* 1 to ft—Society. , .
Png* 0—Happyluml for the Kiddle*.
Page 7—Shopping with Polly,
png* ft—“Coofldge Held Invincible a*
ttcnuhllcan Candidate,'* Murk Sul
livan; “tirccce Still Hang* Hetween
King* und Bepublle," Pavld V4oyd
t.eorg*; II. t«. W ell* Advocate*
Hal Ming Minimum School Age to Ift;
“Florida or |»u*t,” it. O. Mrlntyre;
Abe Martin, "On Marriage.”
PART KOI R.
I’agea 1 nnd ft—Movie* and Am«»*e
page* :\ and ♦— Mtialr and Kadlo
New*.
PART FIVE.
Four Page* of Heat Comlr*.
AM0ORAVI RE SECTION.
Pag* |—Transportation Through the
\ ear* Photo* by 1-nut* It Hoatwlek.
Page* t. ft and 4—Photograph* of
Inf creating l'«oplt and I miauAJ
IciMa.
Memorize These Names!
COOLIDGE DELEGATES.
Delegates at Large—C. F. Reavis, Falls City; A.
W. Jefferis, Omaha; George N. Seymour, Elgin; E.
B. Perry, Lincoln; Mrs. Draper Smith, Omaha;
George C. Junkin, Smithfield; Blanche Williams,
Ainsworth. .... , n ., .
Second District Delegates—H. Malcolm Baldrige
and Gould Dietz. Alternates, John F. White and
Floyd Davidson.
JOHNSON DELEGATES.
Delegates at Large—C. C. Flansburg, Lincoln;
E. L. Bradley, Omaha; O. F. Byron, Walthill; L. D.
Evans, Kenesaw; J. P. Gibbons, Kearney; C. E. San
dal), York. ,
Second District Delegates—J. Dean Ringer and
Dr. P. T. Barber. _
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Queer Law Obscures Identity
of G. 0. P. Convention Delegates;
Creates Confusion Among Voters
The announcement of Attorney Gen
eral Spillman at Lincoln, that the
names of delegates to the republican
national convention must be rotated
on the ballots and that no designa
tions may be shown, brought reac
tionary statements from Coolldge and"
Johnson men in Omaha,
The general opinion is that while
the attorney general may be correct
in his rigid interpretation of the law,
from a practical point of view, the
ruling will lead to confusion among
the voters. Most of those who were
Quizzed on the subject agreed that
the grouping of delegates would be
the common sense solution of this fej
ture of the primary liallots.
It Is ruled by the attorney general
that the law expressly provides that
the name of a presidential candidate
shall not appear twice on a ballot,
which would be the case If the con
vention delegates were grouped.
Impractical.
"I think it Is an extremely Impracti
cal wa/ because the names of dele
gates ought to be grouped for the ac
commodation of the voters." said A.
A'. Shotwell, president of the Coolidgc
League of Nebraska "I itelieve that
Coolldge and Johnson supporters arc
of the same opinion, that a method
should be devised whereby they may
be sure they are voting for the dele
gates upon whom they may rely to
carry out their wish at the conven
tion.” _
Robert Smith, who has been iden
tified with the Johnson forces, as
serted that he believed the opinion of
the attorney general reflected the law
‘‘Some of the candidates for dele
gates to the national convention filed
merely as delegates without reference
to any candidate other than that they
would support the candidate receiv
ing the majority vote In the repub
lican primary for president In the
state,” Mr. Smith said. “The voter
should inform himself. I have looked
Into this question and found no pro
vision In the law which provides for
the grouping of delegates, under the
head of any candidate for iJresl
dent."
I'nfortunate.
E. I,. Bradley, a state leader for
Senator Hiram Johnson, expressed
his opinion that the grouping was an
unfortunate thing for both sides.
“The law does not provide for
grouping. We will circularize the en
tire state. Both sides wanted the
names of delegates grouped. I think
the names should be grouped. It will
cost us much money to circularize the
voters on this feature of the ballot.”
William M. Burton, president of the
Houglae County Coolidge league, ad
mitted that the attorney general may
be right*
“I am not In favor of the rotation
idea,” Mr. Burton said. “It will con
fuse the voters. I have not gone Into
the law closely on this subject.”
Salesman Freed
of Fraud Charge
Jury Reaches Verdict After 46
Hours W hen Judge
Remains Firm.
The prospect of tielng locked In the
Jury room still longer after 4S hours
of deliberation did not appeal to the
12 men who tried Lynn Young, for
mer bond salesman, on a charge of
embezzlement, and they returned a
verdict of not guilty at 11:30 Satur
day In District Judge Rtauffer's
merely delinquent In his accounts
with Zimmer * Smith, Lincoln, gener
al agents for the General Casualty
and Surety company.
The Judge called the 12 men In at
10:15. Foreman George Emery re
ported they had stood 7 to 5 for a
day and a half and showed no pros
pect of agreeing.
"I once knew a case," remarked
the Judge to the heavy-eyed Jurors,
"where a Jury reached agreement
after 72 hours of deliberating."
The men filed back to the Jury
room and the door was locked.
Young whs an hour and a half late
appearing at the court house. Judge
Stauffer ordered him kept in custody
until the final report of the Jury.
UNIONS MAY TRY
NONUNION CASES
Chicago, March 29—The right of
the Federated Shop Crafts, the Rail
Workers Division of the American
Federation of Labor, to represent In
dividual employes of the Great North
ern system before the United States
railroad labor board, although that
road does not recognize the union,
was upheld lodny by a decision of the
labor hoard.
The decision Is held Important In
that it preserves to individual work
ers the right to choose union tepre
s< ntatlnn before the board regardless
of whether the carrier Involved recog
nizes the labor organization through
wage ran tract*.
|< .andidatf for Congr*1!**
Difdikf* Vdlslcail l,aw
Daniel Horrlgan, democratic can
dldaie fur the congressional nomi
nation in thin district, will speak this
afternoon at. a meeting of tin* Sher
man Avenue Progressive club at Hi*
teenth ami Docust streets. He an
nouncsd that at this meeting he will
outline his views in favor of a molli
fication of the Volstead law to permit
the ma’lttfnctlire end ■* lie of light
wines and beers.
IJ. I’. Bond Saif 0. k.M.
Washington, March 29 The Inter
state commerce commission today sp
proved the application of the Union
pacific to Issue fH.nnO.OflO In eipilp
ment trust certificates to be s”ld ut
B8 9t per cent of par.
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Recall of Denver
Mavor Is Sought
Petition Bearing 26,000 Sig
natures Filed With City
Clerk.
Denver, March 29.—Petitions for
the recall of Mayor Pen F. Stapleton,
containing slightly In excess of 26.000
signers, were filed %’ith the city clerk
shortly before noon today. The num
ber of signatures attached to the peti
tions is approximately 30,000 in ex
cess of the legal number required to
institute the recall anti 3,000 more
than the sponsor* of the movement
planned to collect.
The recall movement was started
February 15, when tha first petitions
were put Into circulation.
BOK PEACE PLAN
FAVORED IN VOTE
New York. March IS.—The national
referendum on the winning pri*e for
the Kok peace award, submitted hv
Dr. rhnrles H. I/evermore, showed
534.177 votes in favor of the
plan and 70.3X1 ngalnat, It an
nounce,! today, Ultizens In every
state and many abroad were repre
aented in the ballots. The vote closed
March 15.
Under the conditions of the award.
Dr. I/evermore was given 150.000 when
his plan was selected by the commit
tee and will be given another $50.(100
"when or if the plan Is approved by
congress'1 nr if the committee decides
the measure of support has been
title,piate to warrant giving him the
second half of the award.
Summary of
The Day In
Washington
The aclinic oil committee was In
reces*.
'I lie army a|i|M o|>riation kill car
ry ing *.11(1,000,000, uni passed liy
Ike lioiiae.
The senate I la null illy committee
lienril fnillier testimony ukont air
craft i-naea ami nil laky "ileal*."
The shipping Ixiird rejected nil
kill* for merchaul skips of the gov
ernment fleet recently offered for
sale.
The senate finance committee ap
proved repeal of Ike 10 per cent
ndnilaslon tax on tickets costing Ml
cents or less.
American rx|M>rf* for lekriinry
should an Increase of nearly $00,
000,000 over I'Vlirnnry a year ago,
iiIdle Import* increased Mil.000,000
Secretaries Weeks, Work and
W allace opposed (lie Itoiildcr canyon
dam project as proposed In the
Sw ing Johnson kill before the huit|e
Man Charged With
Ford Blackmail Effort
MA-gX/OSC s I M~KKT. *** j
Maslox SImek, 23, la under arrest
in Detroit, Mich., charged with at
tempting to blackmail Edsel Ford,
son of the automobile manufacturer,
out of $1,050,000 on a threat to blind
young Ford's children.
Slayer Suspect
Establishes Alibi
Man Arrepted at Funeral of
Woman Knife Victim,
Releaped.
New York, March 2S.—Though all
of the clues followed so far have led
them into blind alleys, the police in
vestigating the murder of Mrs. Maud
Bauer of Staten Island, which oc
curred last Tuesday within a few hun
dred yards of where her mother and
children were waiting for her, were
confident tonight that they would run
down the slayer.
The funeral of Mra. Bauer took
place this afternoon from her home
on Staten Island and hundred* at
tended the services and formed a lane
outside through which the flower
strewn casket passed. On the chance
that morbid fascination might pull
the murderer back for a last look at
hi* victim, plainclothes men mingled
with the crowds. They made one ar
rest before the services were over.
This'was brought about by the
curloua action* of a man who was
afterward Identified as Edward Bller,
an oil salesman of Brooklyn. This
man insisted on being allowed to go
Into the houae and see the body. When
the police demanded to know his
reason lie turned about abruptly* and
started bark to hi* car which had
been parked nearby. It was a Ford
sedan—the same type of car used by
the man from whom Mrs. Bauer ac
cepted what she considered was "the
courtesy of the open road."
Biter was taken to police head
quarters at St. George. But he con
vlnred the police that at the time
Mrs. Bauer was murdered he was in
court in Brooklyn. He was released.
The police also availed themselves
today of Information In possession of
Horatio S. Sharrott, a real estate deal
er of Port Richmond, who was in
S|>ect!ng the work of .wood choppers
on land of his near the scene of the
murder Tuesday.
BANKERS MEET TO
DISCUSS TAX SUIT
Unooln, Mnrrh A conference
was held this afternoon at the capitol
by Stnta Tax Commissioner Smith.
Assistant Attorney General Ayres and
the three member’s of the slat*' Itank
era' association, who have filed suits
in the federal and state courts at
Omaha to prevent Douglas county of
flclals from collecting the taxes Im
posed upon state nnd national banks
for the year 1»23,
The committee Is made up of C.
E. Burnham of Norfolk, \V. B.
Hughes, manager of the Omaha
clearing house, nnd K. E. Williams
of Grand Island. The hanks are re
sisting the tax assessment as Imposed
and the conference was held ns a
preliminary to the hearing of the
eases in court, The discussion hear
ing on the question of whether It Is
advisable for county treasurers to nr
cept payment of such taxes ns the
linnks proffer.
EX-PIGGLY-WIGGLY
HEAD OPENS STORE
Memphla, Term . March 29.—Clnr
• nee 8aunder* opened his new store
here today with the sanction of the
1 ‘nlted State* district court.
The mm h heralded anti oft delated
'opening” w»* made possible late last
night, when Judge .1. W. Kona grant
■ ■d Saumterpetition for an appeal of
iho Injunction suit brought by the
IMggly Wiggly corporation, and mod
Ifietl the restraining order which he
yrnnted on application of the corpor
ation on March i>.
League Committee Plans
to Restrict Arms Traffic
Pur!*. Mai.li :'S A plitn fif *
convention restricting int*i 'national
• raffle In arms and munition*, de
signed to replace the convention of
Saint (Jrrnmln, ha* been adopted b\
the league of nation* suboommlttee
on arm*. The committee begin It>
deliberation** Monday and finished Its
work today* j
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Next Southwest
Trip May Include
Other Industries
Stockyards Men to Be Joined
by Other Tradesmen,
Gardner Pre
dicts.
"»xt year we are confident the
annual pilgrimage of the stockyards
men to the west end southwest will
become a general trade trip for
Omaha wholesalers.”
This statement, made Saturday by
Charlea Gardner, Ak-Sar Ben leader,
Indicates a widened horizon for
Omaha business men that is encourag
ing.
“All through the southwest," con
tinued Mr. Gardner, “we found a
desire to know more about Omaha
trade connections There Is a splendid
field there for our ambassadors of
commerce, the sales forces of Omaha
business houses.
"This is a territory that has been
largely supplied by other cities,
especially Kansas City, some of It by
Denver and the larger cities of Texas,
but the opportunity is there for
Omaha. It is an expansion possibility
that I am sure will appeal to the
progressive business men of this city.
"The stockyards men have opened
the door. Everywhere they have been
welcomed now for three years. The
welcome extends to the newspapers.
In each of the cities representatives
of the newspapers were present and
we were given large attention on the
front pages.
“Next March, I feel sure that In
stead of one special car, we will have
three special cars, the other two be
ing filled with representatives of
Omaha wholesale houses.
"We have succeeded splendidly for
the stockyards; we will succeed for
the wholesale houses.”
Keiser Mentality
to Supreme Court
Aged Bridegroom Again Ap
peals Decision He Is Men
ially Incompetent
Wshoo. Neb.. March it — Defence
attorneys, acting for Kavi Keiser. 79.
and Mrs. Irene Buell Keiser. his bride,
tiled an appeal to the Nebraska su
preme court today after their motion
for a retrial of the case in district
court was overruled.
Judge Fred Shepherd of I.incoln.
who presided at the hearing of the
appeal from the Saunders county
court and sustained the original fill
ing. will rule next Saturday on
whether the appeal Is to tie a straight
appeal or supersedeas proceedings.
If the appeal Is to be a straight
one. Ell Keiser. brother of Levi, will
act as the latter's guardian, whereas
a supersede a s action will restrain Ell
from acting until the appeal Is passed
upon In the supreme court,
FROSH PROBLEMS
TO BE DISCUSSED
"Problems of the High School Fresh
man" will he the topic for discus
sion at a meeting of the Dundee
Parent Teacher association In Dundee
school Tuesday night. Miss Jessie
Towne, dean of girls and E. E. Me
Mlllan. dean of hoys st Central High
school, will lead.
School grade pupils st Dundee
school will give a demonstration
under direction of their instructor.
Miss Nellie Ornie. Music will he
furnished hy Bryce and James Bednar.
NORTHWEST IOWA
TEACHERS ELECT
Sioux City, la.. March 19.—Election
of officers for the coming year
hi ought to a close the 30th annual
convention of the northwest division
of the Iowa State Teachers' associa
tion.
Fred B. Farmer, superintendent of
the city schools at Storm I.ake, la.,
was elected president; \V. G. Clark,
superintendent of the Sibley, la.
schools, vice president: Miss Marv F.
Wedge Wood, principal of the Hoi
stein Is.) schools, secretary.
Congressman Pursues
fleeing Stenographer
llotcn Office Corridor
_
\\ ashlngtou, March ?9 —\ new
‘■scandal" broke out today In
scandal-filled « ashlnglon.
Member* of the control rommls
kIoii, that exercises aiipervWtm
nver till* house office building, were
Investigating a story thnt a mem
her of congress from New Jersey
chased Ills pretty stenographer
down the corridor of the building
late Thursday ami Into a lavatory,
where he left her hysterical and In
tear*.
The corridor rhase was witnessed
hy attache* of other office*, who
have Hied written statements with
the building commission.
Friends of the girl declare she
was not harmed hy the congress
man, oilier than she was shocked
and reduced to a slate of hysteria.
The congressman was Intoxicated,
according to the testimony of eye
w Itnesses.
The iiumra ora being withheld.
Most Beautiful Woman
of Japan to Live in U. S.
j ifos TkAIG O'CoKECY
Kiku Terao, acclaimed as the moat
beautiful woman in Japan, has been
married to Thaig O’Conroy and will
make her future home in l/os Angeles
with h»r Irish husband._
k4Babv Bandit”
Gang Leader
Gets Life Term
Attempts Flight From Denver
Courtroom After Heavy
Sentence Is Pro
* nounced.
Denver. March 59 —Fred Dixon,
confessed leader of one of the "baby
bandit gangs" that operated in Den
ver a few weeks ago, today created a
scene In the West Side criminal court
when he broke away from deputy
sheriffs and attempted to escape after
he had hern sentenced to life im
prisonment in ths state penitentiary.
He was overpowered by court at
tache* and returned to his cell In
the county Jail.
A few minutes after Dixon had
made his ineffectual attempt to
escape from custody Emmet McCall,
a companion of his. was sentenced to
serve from 20 to .10 years in the state
penitentiary for his confessed part
in the depredations of the "baby
bandk gang.’’ McCall pleaded guilty
to a change of aggravated robbery
last week at the same time as Dixon.
Two other convicted holdup men
were given shorter sentences.
Three member* of tha alleged
bandit gang sttl remain to be tried.
IOWAN SUMMONED
IN OIL INQUIRY
Waterloo, la., March 2*.—Wilbur
Marsh, ex-treasurer of the demo
cratic national committee, was served
with a subpoena to appear before the
senate committee Investigating the
Teapot Dome lease by Mike Healey,
deputy I'nited States marshal, today.
Mr. Marsh stated he will be pleased
to testify before the committee, but
hopes "he will not lie compelled tOj
report until after the democratic
state convention at Davenport, la..
April S," when the fight between the
Marsh and Herring factions, with the
national committeemanshlp as the
bone of contention, will be decided.
“The books of the committee are
the best evidence of campaign con
tributions.” said Mr. Marsh. There
were in the neighborhood of 200,000
contributors to the campaign funds
and largo contributions were neither
available or encouraged."
FOUR BANDITS GET
$30,000 PAYROLL
Tampa, Kla., March — FVurv
masked automobile bandit* today
forced entrance to the offices of the
Havana-Tampa Clear company here
and held tip pay official* and escaped
with approximately ISO.OOO, accord
in it to reports Riven police.
The money had been delivered to
the offices a few minutes before the
bandit* arrived and was to have been |
used in payinR employe*, officials said
FORMER SAXONY
PREMIER JAILED
Berlin. March —D« '/leaner. for
mer premier «>f Saxony, whom Dr.:
Streeenmnn ejected from ftffir^ b>
I military force, waa wnteib'rd tiMla>
to three years* in prinon for bribery
I The Weather ]
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Hurricanes
Leave Trail
of Damage
Snow and Hail, Accompanied
by High Wind, Sweep
Over Half a Dozen
States.
Communication Impaired
By Universal Service.
Chicago, March, 23.—The equinoctal
storm-that swept across the country
today took heavy toll in life and
property.
A recapitulation of fatalities tonight
showed 23 dead, more than 100 in
jured and property damage mounting
to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Tornadoes broke over Oklahoma and
Tennessee, other states were swept
by high winds, floods of water and
sleet and mow.
The loss of life was shown as fol
lows:
Oklahoma, 8; Ohio, 4; Illinois, I;
Missouri, 3; Kansas, 1; Pennsylvania,
2; Utah, 2.
The loss of life in Oklahoma and
Missouri was caused by tornadoes.
The deaths in Pennsylvania and Ohio
by drowning. Illinois by lightning and
Street accidents and Utah by snow
slides.
Develops In Rocky Mountain*.
The storm developed in ths Rocky
mountain region Wednesday, moving
eastward slowly, gaining momentum.
It assumed alarming proportions last
night when It struck Oklahoma, Kan
sas and Texas. Two hundred home*
were wrecked in Shawnee, Okl., and
numerous smaller towns suffered.
Throughout the night the storm
raged, moving westward, crossing the
Mississippi and taking a northeast
erly course Into Kentucky, Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio.
Chicago was engulfed In a deluge
of rain. Lightning played about the
tall office buildings. A flagpole on
the Steger building, downtown, whs
shattered by a bolt and came hurt
ling to the street. A taxicab was
smash'd, but no one was injured.
Many Streeg Art-identic
SrorMi of street accidents were re
ported during the day. The wind
reached a velocity of 55 miles an
hour, smashing many windows.
Northwest of Chicago th# storm
was felt to the Canadian border.
Snow fell over the Dakotas, Minne
sota and Wisconsin. Iowa suffered
from high winds and floods.
A sleet storm wrecked telephone
and telegraph wires between St. Paul
and Milwaukee. Train schedules
were shattered. The property loss in
this district will be heavy.
Cold wtwther prevails in the rear
of the storm. The cold will gradu
ally spread over the country, prob
ably bringing killing frost In south
ern states.
Heavy Flood Damage.
Kentucky reported sever# storm
damage. Three tillages. Heath. Max
on and La Motte, were caught in a
tornado and many homes wrecked.
No loss of life was reported. Tobac
co sheds were damaged. The wind
swept the Ohio river and drove at W
miles an hour into Indiana and Ohio.
Ohio and Indiana reported heavy
flood damage. Heavy rain was fal!
inq tonight in Pennsylvania, Mich^
gan and eastern New York. River*
and small streams were badly swol
len.
Reports from Missouri said th*
property damage In that state would
rxi-eed $5*9,000. Buildings wsr*
wrecked and fruit farms damaged.
About $500.00* property damage was
reported from Oklahoma and Texas
No accurate estimate could he mad*
of the property damage In Kentucky,
Iowa, Illinois. Indiana, Wisconsin.
Ohio and Pennsylvania, but reports
indicated it would exceed 11,606.606.
Railroads and telegraph rompanie*
suffered heavily.
Oklahoma City, OM., March If.—.
Ten persons are dead today and be
tween 50 and 60 were Injured eertoua
ly in the tornado which struck Okla
homa late yesterday, centering at
Shawnee. 15 miles east of this city.
The storm swept with fury ovet
the entire state. Temperature*
(Tvre I* pace Pise. Cetmnn Oss.l »
Sleet Hits Wisconsin.
Milwaukee. \Vi» . Match If.—A
storm, characterised hv the weather
bureau aa the most severe sleet
storm In recent year* silenced tele
phone snd telegraph to meet cities ef
the state today.
To the north and west of Mliwau
kee there was no communication,
Vlton Suffers in Storm.
Vlton. 111 . March —Alton anf
feted probably $150,060 damage frv'Tg
a tornado which pas»>\l over th*
business ^strict last night One sal
was Injured. Roofs were lifted oft
several store buildings, many house*
were damaged and small building*
were carried long distances.
Five I.uii'd. 21 Fined for
\ iolatiug Picketing law
11* 1 nltrr««| k#.
Oh! *.go. March YK4ltk>n r*f
ih# ant! picketing niunction hrtntghl
f nr* *n«1 1*11 gentenc*# t<* Mv.V.^n
of th# International l**t1v Garment
Worker#* union t«xtav. Ft\* of in#
plcfceterg were given tall erntence*.
ranglnc htim fi\e t<* dvvt, ami ?l
were ftned. th# minimum fin# be.ng
1100. Th# juajcGiy wtr# *cuita.
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