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S«.^1 The ( >maha Morning _ee IZZZZZI < IT> rnniON ——n» mm ■ ■ t Tinn ———— I him *\m i\ \ , am inn , m ■ » j ' i r h i ' «■■ — ^ J VOL. IS NO. M4 OMAHA, HAT!-HHAY, Al'llll. !**, IWil * 1 .‘flfVWIIIIW" *— ... «-“* _ mi n, • ■».» ».»•».«> l • • • i » » » ■ i ' •» i*« i . • [**fjJ*^——^"" ’ * I Motorists Defy State 9 Quarantine Troops Ordered to y lima to Halt Advance of AutoisU \ttrnipling to (toss \risona Line. Barrier Broken Through e Phoenix. Arlz.. April IS—Slate troops have been ordered to I nitm to stop the advance of motorists coming front California in violation of the state's embargo, it was announced at the governor's office tonight. The troops will he sent on recom mendation of the county attorney of Yuma county, who reported local au thorities were unable to cope with the situation, according to the announce ment. Adjutant General Harris .acting on orders of Governor Hunt, ordered four National guardsmen and one officer to proceed from Casa. Grande, Arlz., t i Yuma with one machine gun. Troop* I,eave at Once. The men are members of Company I > and are under command of Lieut, .b see R. Hill. Four other guardsmen were ordered to proceed to Yuma from Phoenix. The troopers were ordered to leave for their destination Immediately and should arrive in Yuma with a few hours. Home of the motorists succeeded in jetting on the bridge, hut none haw - ached the Arizona side. The adjutant general said he be ll ted the eight troopers and Lieuten ant Hill could handle the situation at Yuma. "If more men are needed they w 111 be made available.” he eald. Aiitolsts Break Through. Yuma. Art*.. April !».—Seventy au t mobiles loaded with tourists broka through the chalne that had prevent . e-t their entry into an Indian reeer t ,n Inn In California, opposlta hare, this afternoon, and are reported head ed for the Colorado river bridge in 11 attempt to enter Arizona. Sheriff's forces of Yuma county have been called to guard the bridge ml prevent passage. |jy entering the Indian reservation, the motorists, according to officers, eve broken the federal ciunrantlne, i, hie his the same as that enforced by Arizona. Met By Ileputiea. The motorists reached the Colorado river bridge at 5 p. m. They were met by a large force of deputy sheriff*. The motorist* are coming from Knob, eight miles west of here. We Have With Us Today J. K. <M***n. I openhagen, DwimaiU, Diplomat. Horn In 1*57 on the Island of It i n .olm In the Baltic sea, Mr. olesen re ■ < lve(1 hie early education there and ■ t th* age of 15 came to the l.nlted -late* with hla parents, settling In Pennsylvania. In this country he (tudled under private tutor* until, it th# ag# of 1». h# went alone to hlna, where a relative obtained a ■osltion for him In th* servlca of . he Chlneae government. In malting thts journey, which at that period would have been a great idventure even for an adult, young deaen was gratifying a desire for navel which he had felt since his i nrly bodyhood, and having a natural penchant for languagea. It waa not hi long before ha wa* speaking .bln*** quit* well. Kventually be learned to write In that language, n well a* to *peak Korean, French nd German, In addition to Kngllsh n nd hi* native Danish. So that, when th* big moment of hi* Ilf* arrived, Mr. Olesen was pre i,,ired for It. Me wa* appointed Dan ish minister to China, a post which he held until the end of I»23, when he resigned. Th* appointment gave him, h* aay*. an opportunity not inly to *erv* hi* mother country, bill also to «ld th* Chine** by dealing with them In »n understanding man ner. A eked for a narration of hla *x porlenc* In the Orient, Mr. Olesen united and replied that "one who live* In th* east experience* so many wara and uprlalng* that they are wont to paaa Into the Umbo of forgetfulln***.” I In recalled meeting Gen. 17, H. Grant, when the fatnou* American reached hlna on his trip around the world, ind els.i renumbered that Mrs. Grsnt tnd a son were In the jmrty. Me de lined to comment on the .Inpanes* situation which ha* recently arisen, explaining that he know* many .Japanese diplomat* a* well aa Ameri can* In diplomatic **rvtce In the east, and that any comment might he con sidered "poor taste,” Mr. Olesen plans to go to Colorado Hprlnga from Omaha, and to the weat const from here, before returning east to Wash ngton. But Ladies, Ladies, That's No Way to Sell Your Fish in—> hbbsSw Denby Assumes “Full Blame” for Teapot Leases Fall Not Rff*pon*ibIe, Assert* Ex-Navy Secretary—Ac tion Taken to Prevent Drainage Loss. Adrian. Mloh., April 1*.—Full re sponsibility for th* Initiation of th* policy which resulted In the tensing of the naval oil reserves wsa assumed here tonight by Rdwln Irenby, around whom raged a storm of rrltlclsrn In th* senate before hi* retirement last month a* secretory of the navy. "Had I not taken the action I did to protect th* Intereeta of tha nnvy in these reserves against th# tre mendous loss of drainage," he de dared In an address, "I would have been falae to my trust and culpably negligent In the psiformance of my duty." Replying to what he aald had been an Insinuation of collualon on hla part In connection with th# oil leases, Mr. Denby aald he had never been talked to about the naval petroleum reserve situation before he entered the cabi net by th* president-elect or by any of hie cabinet or other advisers. "My appointment waa somewhat tin expected," he aald. "and waa not an nntinced uptll about February 25. Therefore, there wa* no collusion ss to eny acts to be performer by tne although even that Insinuation baa been made.” "Shortly aftei' taking office, it waa represented to me thet. drainage of th# reaervea waa proceeding rapidly offset wells were necessary. Reliev ing that th# Department of the In terlor wee beat qualified to handle for, th* navy Ita enormously valuable re aervea, I turned to the Interior de partment for advice on the subject. I then asked the secretary of the In terlor If he could not take over the administrative control of the naval petroleum reserve*. Secretary Fall did not sak ms. I asked him. I warded to stop the squandering of an Invaluable re sour*#. Together then, the secretary of the Interior and I presented the matter to tha president of the I’nlted Htat.es and after he had given It rare ful atudy, he decided to Issue an ex ecutlve order. "Thereaftler a aearchlng InvestIga tlon waa made by the Department of the Interior Into the whole problem and In the meantime certain offset wells were drilled by the Department of the Interior with the knowledge and approval of the secretary of tin navy, although he did not sign those Individual contracts. "Rater on—October 19, 1921—after discussion of ths subject with th* counsel of the secretary of th* navy, I gave Rear Admlial .1, K. Robinson, engineer In chief of the navy, charge of the oil reserve* under the naval establishment.” — ~ ' -;-N Course in American Jazz Music Planned for Acatlrmy at Home l _/ Nsw York, April 1*.—Rstshllsh ment of a chair of American mualc at tha American academy In Home, devoted to the study and development of Jazz mualc. Is being considered, Mrs, Charles H. Ouggenhelmer, rhsli man of the Philharmonic orchestra, announced today. Mrs. Ouggenhelmer expressed the belief that American music, popularly known as jazz, typified the pulse of America, had attained a, world wide apiieul and had become accented as the first really American art. Hpeaklng on behalf of the commit tee of the academy, which every year sends art students to continue their studies In Horne, Mrs Ouggenhelmer sold this year's benefit concert for the academy would tie of Jazz music, Part of the funds thus raised would ho used to establish the rontrrnplafed chair, ahe added. PRINCE OF WALES POPULAR AT PARIS Parts, April It,—The prlnre of Wales left at 7:J0 tonight for I At Tnuquet, where he plans to spend the Kastertlde, nearly *0 hours behind the schedule hs had originally laid out tot himself. Tha prince Is find lug It very hard to tear himself a wav from Monlmarte, where for the last fiva days, or rather, nights, he has has had a real royal time In a bernm Ingly regal manner. Incidentally, he has probably made the fortune of a young American who recently opened a dancing establish ment In Montmarte, which the prince frequented assiduously on four sip ccsalva nights. The prince has made a great hit In Paris and Is now as popular In the Fremb capital aa hla grandfather, who waa the first prince of Wales to enjoy real popularity among the French people. Report That American* Slain in Albania Denied Washington, April I*.— Hepurls from Athens that two members of the crew of the .1 I*. Morgan yacht “Corsair" had hern murdered In AI banla were declared to be “without r.ny foundation" Inm message received from the Albanian government today by Prof, f'hck Rezl, Albanian * orn mlasloner to the Cnlted glntes Cow* Vt reck Train. Nogales. Arlz, April 1* -Hliiklng i herd of rows on the right of wsy bear ISsperanza, Honors, Mexico, s Houthern Pacific do Mexico passenger train was wrecked yesterday with a toll of one death and several Injured, according to meagre reports received here today. Heveral cara wire He railed, the report slated. The loco motive fireman was killed and sev eral others of the crew hurl The re port did not slate whether any pas sengers were Injured Proposal Made to Hold Up Bids on Shoals Issue Adoption of Definite Policy on Property Urged Wit nesses Attaek Henry Ford Offer. Washington, April 18 — Suggestion was mad# at the senate committee's Muscle Shoals hearing today that all of the pending hid* be set aelde and the government adopt a definite plan wdh re*|«ect to the property and then call for hid* and execute It. Senator Ralston, democrat., Indiana, advanced the proposal and Chairman Norris said he saw no objection to the Idea and added that he under stood It confirmed with the Muscle rihoala policy of President Coolldge, ns set forth In his message to con gresa. ' A* It stands now." Renafor Rais ton said, "the ■government ha* no plan for disposal of Muscle Shoals and before bids are considered a policy should be adopted." All of 1 he witnesses at today's hear Ings attacked the hid of Henry Ford R. I*. Itowen, national lecturer for the Nonpartisan league, said If Ford old lined Muscle Hhoals the commit tee would Ire “selling the nation's birthright.” O. F draff, president of the American Nitrogen product* corn [■any, Seattle, Wash , said he opposed the lord bid and all of the other bid* because on th# hnsl* of theh term* no private enterprise could face the competition, and Hugh Mc Rae of Wilmington. N. C., * land rci tarnation expert, declared the Ford proposal contemplated * "virtual gift" from th* government Cavalry Troop From IYxh* Arrive* at Fort Mruilc Nttii jrlff, H f), April 1# on#* of fle*r nn<1 2H m*n of th#* Fourth Hint** rivalry hav* Hruvol at Fort Th*y rniru* illrwt from Fort Hum I fount on, Tm. Romnfnd#*r of th« miuadron, 300 In all. In #*xprrt#»«l to J*nva th# po*t for Fort Mftftd# al>out May 4 ------ Ret elation Shows Simmons Innocent n___/ ft* AMiMlNfrd V*re*«. Lincoln, April 18 "Hlmmont Is not guilty." This Is the revelation I b it flashed before the subconscious mind of a Lincoln woman, when aim was told of the case of W, II Hlrnmofis, who Is sentenced 'll* In the electric ebnlr for murder The pardon board heard his (ilea for rommutntlon of sentence to life, and I* now consider Ing th# sppeaf. Oovrrnor Mrs an Is a membrt of the board. The woman cams to him to day with her "vision.’’ Bill Raisers (Discovered by Flight Coiinlrrfrilrm Held in Kan ea-i Towns Hud Pumpin'!** nuliu lliddni in Omaha. Mother Blames War A loving mother sent Wesley Krlp prndorf off to war In 1917 when the country needed men At that time Wesley was just reaching manhood Warfare twisted her boy's morals and made a crook, then sent hint bark to hrr, Mr*. Julia Krlppendorf, 3011 Miami street, moans. While In Germany, Krippendorf held up a man. lie was apprehend cd. court martlaled and sentenced to five years in Fort Leavenworth. A year ago he waa pardoned by the president, after serving four year* of hi* term. While there, however, he had form ed an acquaintance with Frank Car ter, alias Harold Davidson. Carter escaped from a county Institution In Texas recently. He corresponded with Krlppendorf, signing hi* letters "Harold Davidson." Carter made his way to Omaha and located Krlppen dorf. Taken Into Home. Krippendorf took the escaped ex convlet to live with him and his moth er three week* ago, sleeping on the duofold that hi* companion might live with them. When Detectives Bob Heller, Joe Mlklas and Jack Montag searched Carter * grip after the pair had dis appeared with a rented car from a local "dr1 ve-it-yourself” firm, they found paraphernalia for changing U bills to 110. Krippendorf and Carter are now In custody of police at Atchison, Kan. The pair had driven the car from Omaha to Falls City. Neb., w here | It we* vrre ked. They Peade their way on into Hiawatha, Kan., where they are alleged t* have stolen the car In which they were apprehended at Atchison. The pair confessed, ac cording to Omaha police. "If I llad Only Known " Counterfeit materials seised here have been turned over to federal authorities. The pair now ta wanted for pasafng phony bills In Omaha. Krlppendorf served overseas with the l«th field ertlllery. "If T hed only known that David eon wa* the Carter my boy knew at I^nvenworth," moan* the heart broken mother. "The only thing I hold against my boy I* that h* brought an ex convict to my house." RUSSIAN PRINCESS GETS PRISON TERM By rslversel Werrlce. Rerlln, April 1* —The Russian Princes* Olga Knslowakl, young and beautiful, was sentenced IB eight month* In prl*on *nd expulsion from Denmark at th* conclusion of her term, by th* criminal court at H*l slngfor*. Her father, a noted general and very wealthy, played a prominent rol« at the rear'* court. H* was ex* cuted by th# holshevlk# and all hi* property confiscated. Th# princess mad* a dramatic escape, having only th* clothe# *he wor* and a portion of the family Jewel*, valued at about $25,000. fth# fled to Denmark. Rather than sell her own Jewel*, to which #h* clung In spite of her poverty, "be stole jewel* and money worth $2,000 and wa* arrested D. & R. G. TO SPEND MILLION ON RAILS Denver, Colo., April 15.—J. If Rencom, receiver for the Denver h Rio Orand# Western railroad, today announced the placing of order# for approximately $1,000,000 worth of steel rail* The rails will lie used to continue throughout the year th* re reivers' plan for the rehabilitation of the rond, Instituted several monh# ago and which hy the eml of th* month will represent an exiiendltuie of ap proximately $1,500,000. According to Mr. Reacom, before the end -if the pn -ent year every foot of th# main lines In the narrow guag* system will have been replaced bv heavier rails, while virtually even mil# of the standard guag# lln## will have been replaced with heavier steel. I.ittt’oln I* inn (irl# New Capitol Rid* IJneoIn. April IS - The slut* capital rommIMon In It* merlin* yontrrday. nllowod ##v#rnl #xp»*M*# nct'Olifll# %WRnlp<l two contract*, according In the #err« tnry*# report today. The c ontracts for tpcclal lumlwiff (d«**r h*n»1l#«. Ntldp fixture, etc 1 wrr** • warded to ii Isirnoln firm lit $6.106 Thl# #p#< ini mnfrii-il wn for only th# governor# offfi r n th# new building, th# puprrtiif court nn$1 th# Mnt# library. MW# wf * *» opened fnr r|-ib • t tr ||f|^ a ii>I WOOdWOrU in lb#**# offImi, Luis, Pet Boa Constrictor of State University, Dies of Hunger Strike Hi UMlIntN ffH (almoin, atprll li,—t.ul*, t*ra con •motor at the l'nlver*lty of N*hr»*k« ron|opy department. who hfl* attained considerable notoriety since lit* accl dental arrival In I.lrtcoln In a carload of hannnaa from th* tropic*, died late yesterday. The snake had l>*en on a "hunger strike" since his sr rival. The In ml was first kept in a atore window*here, hut when he refused lo eat. he was given to the zoology de partment of the university. There professors and students catered to the dainty appetite of t.ul*. They tried to entice him to eat gat-, moo, hit l»nn null everything the* I* lieted »e delicacy fur l>oa cunatrtrfi ra. Hut Lula would hot IttiMb#. Finally come the word of a wotnatt who had Irallted snakea for the stage “Olva him milk bulbs," she eald It wag done and Lula seemed more alive and frisky. He wtill refuged the more nolld food, though. Sinologists explain that death may have been caused by lick of nutrition or by no me reptilian paiunlte. Lula' name wan known n« far away an Lon Angela*, from where person* sent recommendations as to tils diet. Jir. It. W. Walcott, ch*li man of the /oology deportment, and Luis' be*t friend, announced this morning that an Inquest will he held. Immigration Bill Barring All Japs Passed by Senate m Vnieiidinent (iites Preference to Farmers Seeking Kn trance—Quotas for \& e-t ern Hemisphere Out. tVadilndon, April IS.—The immi gration bill, providing aiiiiinc other thing* for the exclusion of Japanese, wa» passed by flie senate toiiijlit. The vote on final passage wa* 62 to 6. Washington. April IS.—Rapidly dis I losing of a score of relatively unim portant amendments, the senate con-, tinned in night session tonight its j work of whipping the immigration I bill Into shape for a final vote. The extra hours of work were t&k j sn under a 10 minute debate rule and ! with the notice of Senator Heed, re publican, Penneyl' tala, one of those In charge of flie floor, that h* ex peered to dispose of the measure be fore the session concluded. Taro Important proposals affecting the bill aa a whole were disposed of today. An amendment by Fen;.tor ■fmmoni, democrat. North Carolina, waa adopted which would give prefer eriee to farmer Immigrants whenever a State d elded there was a dearth of such labor within Its confines, and the suggestion that quota limitations be extended to all countries of the western hemisphere put forward by Senator Willis, republican, Ohio, was rejected by a substantial majority. Vigorous Opposition. The Willis amendment aroused vig orous opposition from both sides of the chamber on the ground that It was unnecessary In view of the small net Immigration received from North and South America, aa well as because It was "subversive to the theory and spirit of Pan-Amerlcanlsm." Senator Reed Insisted that countries of South and Central America bore a different relation to the Halted State* than did those of Kurope and were entitled to a radically different treat ment From the practical standpoint, he added, the proposal waa "faulty because of the trouble and expense It would entail in the guarding of the long Canadian and Mexican borders. King Amendment Rejected. I hope, he said, "we can extend to Mexleo the same system which has worked so well In Canada. That la to have a fr<-e trade In persons across the border and establish In Mexico, with Its consent. Immigration oftlcea to Inapeet allena landing there." Without a record vote, the senate rejected an amendment hy Senator King, democrat, ftah, dealing with admittance of alien seamen. It would have required every foreign ship to take away In her rrew as many men as she brought, providing a landing card system of Identification, and pro hibited the entry of any ahlp bring ing aliens of excluded nationalities. The senate Immigration committee. Senator Tteed of* Pennsylvania said, was practically unanimous In the he lief the subject would be dealt with In a separata hill. WORKMEN FIND BURIED THEATER Phlllppopolla. Bulgaria, April 1*.— Archaeologist* are stirred by the dl* covery of "what is evidently s Itoman amphitheater In th* city aquare, PJumala The workmen were . Igglrs founds tlons for 4 new structute. when four meters lie|»w the surface of the square they came upon a flight of marble stairs of massive construc tion and surface, worn smooth by the tread of many feet. Js|» Smuggling Plot llarrd. Seattle, Wash, April 11 — I, ut her T Wecdln. t'nlted States Immlgra tl"n commissioner, announced today that a plot "to smuggle Japanese Into ihla country had lieen uncarlhed and that It Japanese had lieen arrested In the last four days In western Washington, as a result. Firt* KilK Family. Quebec, April If—Mr. imd Mrs | W illiam Itamaay and their IX yearohl Ison, William, were burned to death •“day In their home at Breakeyvlllr Stella Lover of Bride F orger to Let Her Suffer Wealthy Farmer Whose Cheeks She Raided Says Affection for Dorothy Miller Is Dead. There 1* a limit to the patience of | Art Nedrow, wealthy farmer of 8t»l’a, j Neb, and former fiance of Dorothy! Miller, brlde-of n day, who wa* de sorted by Jean LaRoue last Tueeday, | soon after their, wedding In Council j Bluffs. "I suppose I could marry Art." I mused Dorothy In the city Jail Fri day. "That would be a way out. ! wouldn’t It?" But Dorothy 1* wrong She can't marry Art now. Dispatches from \ Stella say that Art Is "through " His j pride la wounded. HI# love for Doro i thy 1* killed. Art Not "Way Out." Dorothy hasn't heard of this. yet. 8h* will learn before long that Art Is not a way out of her trouble. She left Nedrow teat September to buy her trousseau In Omaha and make great preparation* for their nuptial* this spring. He sent her. *b* say*, about *2.200, Including about *1,200 gained by her by raising cheeks. She was arrested Thursday on for gery charge*. On Wednesday she wa* a pathetic suppliant In the oobn ty attorney'* office a* a deserted bride, fyiftoue h«d flown for part* unknown, taking with him several hundred dol lar* of money she had obtained from Art through raising two check* of * 1S snd *35 to *175 and *27*, respective ly. she soy*. The money from her first love'* check* eh* had used to plungs, with La Roue, into a *»r!c* of gay parties which terminated Tuesday night wh'n h* left her. Tired Honoring Check* Dorothy 1* chiefly sorry for her sell and smiled through tear# and cried j In smllea In th# chief of detective*' office Friday morning wheer *he signed a confession. Folic# have found that La Roue never wa* on the Orpheum circuit nor wa* anyone hearing th# name of j Hal Taggart, which he told Dorothy he used. IJkcs Omaha Boy* Bitting in the chief, office her golden turban lilted over one eye and her chin snuggled In the fur which one of Nedrow * raised checks had bought her. ah* told of her court •hip wrlth Nedrow after ehe me* hton In Auburn, Neb., In her capacity as nurse. 'T think Art will take me back." she said wistfully. "But I rasJly like the boys here lit Omaha better than any ol' farmer. They have more rise, on a dance floor." ' I raised the fire^ check In Bep tembor." confessed Dorothy. "Art raised caln but it blew over. I didn't rale# any more until thle February." The girl has raised about nine checks In all, abe aaya. Nedrow has met all but the last two. WOOI.EN LABEL BILL OPPOSED Washington, April It—Passage of the French hill providing for the labelling of woven woolen fabrics to show the woolen content, was op posed today before the house com merce committee by John T. Wood. Philadelphia, representing the Ns. I tonal Wool <! rowers of Boston. The measure, whl-h designs "to prevent deceit and unfair prices that lesult from the unrerealed presence of substitutes for virgin wool." Mt Wood mid. could not be enforced as i hemlcal laboratories „e| lorn agreed on the analysts of woolen fabrics I The Weather '--—— for fl ? f m April ft; !>•*•-1(til«f W.n I'trhoa »».< VI nn4r«egft»,* To«»1 • . tfvlal »)»(• JlM»M f. Iff: l*e»Mflr Tmipfralnm. • • " .1 r « as... M • • ** .*« ! r m .M ? * V* . •• > t r* 1 • m ..... 11 4 (t ftt ..... * • » tn ..... 4* 4 r tn ,.... M I* • m. ..... *4 4pm ..|i 1 II • m. ..... if T f» m. .44 If boon U I k ti 20 Olliers Hurl in Fire al Chicago Firefiglilrr* and Sprclatori Buried Brneilh \X all# of Box Factory; Stockyarda Swept liy Conflagration. Loss Set at $1,000,000 Chicago, April 18. — Fiv« firemen arc known to have Ijpen killed and a score of other firemen and spectator* were buried beneath the fall ing vails of a burning four story box factory on the west side tonight. Many of those buried in the debris are be lieved to have perished. By r>lirnal mnl», Chicago, April IS.—Hr* that hrok* nut In th* l.'nlon atockyarda at It thia morning wa* brought under con trol at « tonight. Th* property loaa will aggregate |1 000.000. the fir* broke out In th* Armour % Co. warehou**, * five ttory atructur*, which burned quickly. It apread to an automobile salesroom adjoining, destroying more than 1,000 new car*. With great rapidity tha flame* »r>r»ad to at her building* In tb* dia tri't Forty fir# companlea fought tha blaze. Itf International >ew* Service, Chicago, April 17.—Th* fir* »t th* •tockyard* which waa at 1 o'clock believed under control broke through th* f Ire wall* which w»r* ex pee ted to check It* progrea*. and wn# threatening th* hug* h*y b*ma of Armour A Co. Thr»# additional alarm* were rounded bringing more apparatus to the eeen*. Chicago. April IS.—Flame* burnt through a fir* wrall with renewed rigor thl* aftemoow In the old hog bouae. a fl ve-etory brick building once owned by Mcrr.s A Co., but now th* properly of Armour A Co,, In th* heart of th* stockyards. Th* re newal of the flame* again endangered surrounding building*. The building, now u*ed aa a ware house, waa under lease and aub let to an automobile company whoa* lit car* In atorage 'here war* burned. 1'ntll the Mat* burat out anew th* damage had been eetimated at M®#. OtM), largely confined to tb* upper floor* which were ruined and caved In. Many employe* In nearby building* were driven out when the fir* flr*t ***umed dangerou* proportion*. Mot* than * *cor* of engine companies re sponded to regular *nd aped*I call* A atockyard* fir# la alway* regard ed *• on* of danger to firemen and property because of comNuettbt* tub stance* and th* congeatloa *f prep erty _ Three Die in Blast. Johnston. Ts . April II.— A mo* her nd two of her children war* kftled hsra today whan an exploMow wrecked tha home of Anthony Pra*ko, Five other mem hern of tha ftunllr were burned seriously. Fire depart ment officials belleee that res, leak ing Into tha house from a main, waa set off when smember of the fansffy lighted a match. WITNESS BEFORE WRONG PROBERS Washington. April H—George H. Maxwell, director of the National Ree tarnation association, waa oalled be fore the senate Daugherty commit tee today to eiptain statements made by him in a letter to Senator Aahuret. democrat, Arirona. charging a "Flktl Darla eczema to steal tha Coloreds river.” Senator Jones republican. Washing ton. objected to taking up the Colo rado river controrerey as Irrslavwnv and Chairman Brookhart agreed "an less ha connects tt with tha Depart ment of Justice In soma way " Max well then said tha letter waa seat under a "misapprehension" aa the committee h# had In mind was "tha reclamation committee." He admitted that ha had no personal "informatfea aa to tha department " Ha waa ex cused. WOMAN CASHIER FOUND STRANGLED Chicago, April I*.—Mrs Beasts Gaenaatan. a restaurant cashier, waa found strangled to death In her apart ment late Thursday. A telephone wire was wrapped about her neck and bar clothing torn. Ateaander Oordoa, Vtii-«n as the woman's sweetheart, was being hunted by the polios. Sinclair Motion Opposed. Washing!-n. April tt—District At jtornsy Peyton Gordon ashed the s» [preme court of the District of Colusa* s is today to strike out tha motion cd llarry K Mine lair to quaah !u» Indict iment fur contempt of tha eeeaim (Sinclair has pending also n <trmu-rer which Is to lie argued. Read “This Week's Choice Value Real Estate Page" Sunday's Want Ad Section