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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1924)
The Omaha M<»rn mg Dee I VOL M, NO. mi*. IIMAIIA IMhAY, Al'NII'M, m«4, • TWO CfcNT8"mUrttMJt*"* L_^ __»» »>" II Bw> »«♦"» »»* MM »' * «««» M M *!»»»«( BM» MWB** >» * '» H Mil >*+<♦? —■£ M _ Stroud to Be Called Into Conference Candidate's Declaration Thai JJc Found 13 Barrooms in City to (Jet Quick Action, ^ -- Not Sure of Addresses The local political campaign wai jolted out of a rather smooth rut Thursday when contraband liquor waa suddenly made an Issue. The fireworks started when T. F. Stroud, candidate for election to the city council, announced that while out seeking votei he had visited 14 pieces where liquor was lieing sold on a large scale. In reply to this announcement Elmer Thomas, newly installed pro hibition director, expressed a desire to go into immediate conference with Mr. Stroud. "Tell All,” Says Thomas. "If such conditions exist, It Is surely Mr. Stroud's duty to reveal (hem to me,” said Director Thomas. > ”f shall ask him to tell me all about it.” Mr. Stroud evinced no enthusiasm when told of Mr. Thomas’ deelre to see him. When asked If he would reveal the addresses of these bootleg ging parlors Stroud hesitated, then said: “l may not be abla te do so. I visited them at night and I’m not al together sure about their locations. In fact, 1 told Sheriff Endrea about them •ofne time ago, but I didn’t tell him where the places were. I don't know whether the sheriff did anything about it or not, but I don't think he •res able to do much." Stroud Vote Seeking*. Stroud's story of how he spent ti.in h money and time making the jViinila of these places where, he de clares, liquor flowed freely, la aa fol IfjWH* "Shortly before the primary I was told that l could get 700 vote* In a ■ ertaln district of Omaha. If 1 went down there and saw the political Imwer*. I met the men who were to pilot rne around and we started mil. "The first place wa visited was a lumWned buslnces and residence building. Inside was a bartender and two other pien. I wa* Introduced to 'he three, and the liartender *ug grated that w# have something. One man took a drink of whisky, and I took a cigar. I gave the liartender >15 and he put It In hi* pocket. I got * no change. "We visited 13 other place* very similar to the first one, and had very (Tara In Vage Neves. I slams Four.)* We Have With Us Today Dr. It. A. Torrey, Urui of Bible limlltute, lam Angelee, Author MKl Kvangellat of World' «Mp Reputation. Airing been under gunfire of ,n r’hlna, Dr. Torrey. who haggfpne evangelletlc work in foreign ■ ountriea for many yeara. baa no fear for the aafety of hia eon, who I* now a 'miaalonary in China. He de darea ha would rather go back to China than any other country. Dr. Tgggay la at preaent, dean of the V HIM! Inatltutg of Lot Angelee and pagfor of the Church of the Open I>og with a congregation of 4,240. Torry waa born .January 21, 1**1 in lloboken, N. J., and waa i a ken to Brooklyn by hla parente when 3 yeere old. Hie father wa* collector of Internal revenue. When 13 yeara of age, Dr. Torrey entered Yala unlverelfy and waa graduated with bachelor of aria de gree, After hla graduation from the Vale Theological aemlnary, he atud tef at J-el pale and Brian gen, Ger many. Ha became aaaoclated with the Moody Bible Inatltute In Chi cago and waa prealdent. of the Inatl intlon for 19 yeara. When In that poaftlon Dr. Torrey made evangella tlc'fount of the world. Rngland rent him an Invitation to vlalt that coun try during the war, but he declined, preferring to work In the army (atnpa here. Dr. Torrey'a church waa one of the flmt to have a radio aet Inatalled THU paator baa received lettera from all parla of the country thanking hm for the aermona. One of theae came from a mountaineer of North Carolina, who became a convert. He ap»nt a month In Omaha In 1443 conducting evangellatlc meet Inga In the city auditorium with the .Jala Charlee Alexander. He la the "‘ author of many hooka on religion. Theae hooka have been tranelated In to 37 different languagea. He la at work now on four additional hooka. At the Invitation of Mra. Carl Gray. Dr. Torrey anoke Thuraday evening at the Flrat. Baptlat church- He will go from hare to Mlnn*apolla and i Winnipeg, Can., to give epeecheg. / ' 1 .I : Denver, St. Joseph Play 0-0 Extra i Inning Game Denver «n<l St. Joseph, Thursday hauled 13 Innings with neither t*an { being able to score, Not n 8t, Jot flayer reached third has*. Denve lost Its only chance to score ■.'.her Mlnetiee, Ht. Joe catcher, tacklei Berger on an attempted double Heal • Double, triple and single In tlv eighth Inning mined defeat Into Me lory for Oklahoma City Thursday am i gave. the Hooner* the rubber gamt of the eerie* with Omaha Nlcl Cullop hit a home tun over th» Teft field fence—a distance of 400 fe«t It was the first homer to he hit It Oklahoma City's n*Av park. Cannon Shot, a 3-year-old, and Beni Shot, a 2-ycar-old and winner ol seven races at Tlajuanu during th« recent race meeting, were sold Thurs day by E. Byron Seine to C A. Hart well of Honolulu for the announced price of $50,000. Jtogers Hornsby of the St. Louts Nationals and 1923 baiting champior of the National league, knocked nui Ids fourth homer of the season Thin* nay In the game with the Cubs, scor ing two runners ahead of him. Three University of California ath letlc teams—track, tennis and golf will be sent east to enter national col leglate competitions, It was announced Thursday by the executive committer of the Associated Studerts. All the news in the world of sport, Turn to pages !» anti 11. Means Inquiry Records Stolen Through Forgery j Pseudo Senate Officer* Ob tain Vital Papers of Daugh erty Investigating Committee. Hr International >#«*» Ser-ire, Washington, April 24.—The amaz ing discovery wan made today that the Daugherty Investigating commit tee of the senate had lost, through theft and forgery, vital paper* and records belonging to Gaston B. Means, investigator extraordinary and princi pal aid* to Senator Wheeler of Mon tana I nthe "prosecution" of the for mer attorney general. The record*, previously impounded by the committee for Its own use, were taken from Means' home on March *1 by two men wearing the badges of the office of the sergeant at arms of the senate. They left with Mean* a letter on senate stationery to which had l»e<n forged the signature of Chairman Brookhart of the committee. The let ler directed the delivery of the papers, QUAKE SHAKES PUNA DISTRICT Hj Interactions! Sew* Serrlee Honolulu. T. H„ April 24.—Panie reigned among the Filipino and Jap anese population of the Puna dlatrlct. IIIIo re[>orted today, following heavy earthquake* which opened crack* 10 feel deep In the wagon road* near Kapohe. Trains were canceled In that aactlon and telephone wire* are down. Hast reports said a heavy (low of lava w^a expected In the Puna dlatrlct momentarily. The earth ahocks had a circular motion. ACTION DEMANDED ON FARM BILLS Washington. April 24— Farm hloe leaders served notice In the eenate today that they would demand action on agricultural legislation Immediate ly after disposition of th# tex redue tlon Mil. Senator Borsh. repub lican of Idaho; Jones, republican of Waahlngton, and Norris, republican of Nebraska, warned th# senate thet the country "wee tired of further poetponement tn considering farm bills ” Homeseekers Attention! We call your attention to "thia week’a cholee valua Real Estate page,” which runa each Sunday in the Want Ad section. Each advertiser's heat bargain for the week fa offered on this page. LOOK FOR IT SUNDAY Balloon Is| Demolished by Twister Cas Hag Duelled In Karlli l»\ Aerial Cyclone—Pilot Un injured—Another Kacc Kallon Wrecked. lOne Headed for Omaha — Hub lily. OI»l.. April 14.—(might in an aerial cyclone, thousands of feel aboit the earth, the balloon Ran An tonin In the national elimination rare was dashed to the ground and wrecked today near here. R. II. Fournier, pilot, was uninjured, arrordlng to re |K*rls. I Fournier's balloon was the smallest entered in the rare, which started at San Antonio yesterday. Tim army balloon X-5 was wrecked at 10:25 today near Wapanucka, Okl., when Pilot IJeut. Ashley McKinley descended from a heavy cloud to get his hearings and atruek a tree. Waverly, l?an., April 24.—Cap*. H. B. Honeywell, piloting the Kansas City balloon, passed ovef- Waverly, Kim , shortly before * tonight, ac cording to a message he dropped there to the Associated press. A twisting wind and snow at 12,000 feet forced hi mto descend to about 1,000 feet, the note said Captain Honeywell’s note read: "Have been holding a northeast course since leavAig Han Antonio, Tex., at 5:30 p. m., April «3. Paseed over Burlington, Kan., at 4 p. m. Juet descended from 12,000 feet, where we encountered a twlatlng wind and snow. Estimate that we are making 30 mllea per hour and going strong." "H. E. Honeywell, pilot. "Captain Teboudriot, aide." Kansas City, April 24.—A balloon was sighted over this city at 5:04 this afternoon, traveling In fhe direc tion of Ogiaha at • height of about 1,000 feet. Aa aoon a* the balloon was sighted an airplane left Richards field In an effort to Identify the bag. Han Antonio, Tea., April 24.—A lit tle squad of youths, volunteer mem bers of the American Radio Relay league, early today nettled down to a vigil of listening for reports from th® seven balloons which late yesterday after a perfect takeoff at Kelly field started drifting northward In the na tional elimination balloon race. The Klghth corps area, under which arrangements for the race were car ried out, la depending on the radio league volunteers for Its Information on the prog re Hi of the race, and once the balloons sre sighted they will re main on duty until the last entrant has been accounted for and the race ended All of th# entrants expect to reach the Canadian border before landing, except B. R Fournier, Han Antonio, who has the smallest bag entered, one of 50,000 cubic feet capacity. Four nier, a former army Instructor In free ballooning. Is msklng th* flight st his own expense solely to test the dis tance possible for a balloon of Its six*. ENVOY SPEAKER AT PRESS DINNER New York, April 24,—Kir Kenie Howard, the Hrltlah ambassador lo Washington, wss to be th* principal speaker at a banquet tonight of the American Newspaper Publisher*' as sociation. There also was a sen eral meeting of the member* title afternoon. , Problem* In regard to labor were the most serious difficulties news paper publisher* encountered the pest year, Paul Pattaraon, association prea Ident. aald In an address at the open ing session of th* convention yester day. The special standing committee reported that seven strlkee had oc currsd in 1921, of printers In Ash vltle, Kverett, Wash.; Patterson, N. J.; fllchmond, fnd., and Wichita, Kan.; of pressmen In New York City and of mailers In Omaha, Neb. Committer Approve* Dam. Washington, April 24—Construc tion of a dam across the canyon of the Oil* river near Han Carlos, Arl*, wa* approved today by th* holies Indian committee. Rxpendltur* of $*,*00,000 would he authorised under th* measure which ha* passed th* *»n*t*. Married in Con m il Bluff*. Th# following paranna yaa'arday oh ♦ alnad marrlac# llcmaa* In round! Pluffa: liana Nlalaan, Connell Dluffa '•i LaoJa Plaroa, Connell Mluffa .. 5| Charlaa Clattaan Trarnor. la .. %l Allea Drown. Council Dluffa 21 leawla Napi#r. Alhlo, fa . IS Madalana M#cjraw, Alhia. fa II rtarart''* Wafaon. Wahoo, Nab II Myra Maynard. Wahoo, Nab . In Charlaa D Ma>o, Omaha . ... tl Math* Jenklna, Omaha . 31 ffanrv MnOllar. Doniphan, Nab a 2 A Kllaabalh Oram. Orand faland. Nab M William NlaUon, Murdock, Nab .... M Mflinla Klntbarly, Lincoln, Nab . a* Ker»ne*b Wllklnaoo Omaha .,,21 f »l I Da Dotjkal, Omaha ia Vlav flidfcaa Lincoln Nab . 21 E«n* Wliter*, Ueeels. Ksk. JJ 3 Record of Bobbed Hair Girl Bandit Who Stole for Baby Mr*. Kdward l ooney. Turned robber that she might get money to buy dnery for her expected baby, leader In 10 holdup* In Brooklyn, aided by her husband. Baby born April II. Baby died April 19. I'ndertaker who handled hahy’a eaaket tell* police. Arrested at Jacksonville, Fla., April 21, with a gun in her hand., says, ‘Til not shoot If you don’t. Taken to »<g York and compelled to pose before rlrltms, who died by to Identify her. Insisted upon keeping her rouge and lipstick, that she might be "dotted up** for the ordeal. Omahan Breaks Jail at Denver With 14 Others Armed Prisoners, Led by “Slippery Dell” Hanlon, Highway Robber, Dash Past Guard*. Denver. Colo., April *4.— Daahfng [met three armr^gtiard*. It prlaoner* n the Denver county Jail, enme of them armed, and led by William Dali lunt, alia* "Slippery Dali" Hanlon of M. Taul and Itenver, convicted high way rohher, eacaped from tha Jail to light. Police were notified of the break by Mike Quintana, ona of thoao who ■>rok* from the Jail. Quintana fled elth other*, went acroea the atreet to i telephone, called .the officer* *n>1 nirrendered Among thoae who eacaped were Prank Cameron, alleged bandit, ar •eated recently In Omaha after con 'eaalng. police aald, to whipping (tolen tood* from Omaha to Denver ‘OUIJA BOARD” DEATHS BARED t'klah, rat , afrll 24 Pptflta of ha oiilja hoard, conjured In tha early lour* of the nl«ht, one# commended dr*. Annie Mattaon. aged Fort Hr#** widow, to alay aeven |>areon* "In ful 'tllment of her deatlny." .Neighbor# Informed fh# authnrltle* hat Mr* Mattaon had revealed thl* 0 them ahortly before her 24 year-eld ion, John, waa found In th# thrne* of 1 polaon laat Saturday. Four year* ago, the authnrltle* itat#, Mr*. Mattaon barely eeraped yroaeculton on a char** of murder when her aon, Walter. *2. waa found lead with a bullet In hla hack Tear* 'lefore then her huahand died myaterl jualy, U. S. MARINES IN HONDURAS SLAIN Ry Aawwt*t#4 reaae. San Salvador, April 24c— Several American marlnea hav* been killed In Ifonduraa, aecordln* to advice* re -elved here. An attache of the American leg* ion In Tegucigalpa I* aald to hav* proceeded to la* l.lhei tad. Salvador, i cable elation, in order to communl ale with th# government at Weeh ngton. NAVAL FILIBUSTER OPENS IN SENATE Waahlngton, April 24.—The flret rillhoefer of th* AAth < nngreea wee itarted In th* eenete today. Senator King, democrat of Utah, a "email navy" advocate, began a lolltarv drive to delay ronelderatlon if the naval appropriation hill, carry In* a total of 2272 703 200 • o Stanley Hall |)ir». yVor, healer , M**e A,prll 21 (I Stanley llall pre-aidant emerllii* of f'larV unlverelly, died at hi* hom* today. Women Voters Gathering for National Meet Mr*. Carrie Chapman Catt, Mentioned for Temporary Democratic Chairman, Among Arrival*. Buffalo, N. T. April *4—Among tha distinguished arrival# today to attand tha convention of the National League of Women Vote re waa Mra. Carrie Ohapyian Catt, who la being talked of for temporary prealding of fleer In the democratic national con vention. Departmental meeting* opened the convention today. FI ret cam* a meet Ing of tha executive council followed by conference* of department* and atandlng commltteea. Including g dl* cuaalon of education In government and politic* l,*t*r a conference on International co-operation to prevent war In which tha convention will take aland on tha matter of a world court, waa *ch*dul*d. Mia* Ituth Morgan of New Tork, I* chairman of the lent named confer ence. Ml*» R»II# Sherwin of Cleve land. praaldol over tha conference on education In government and politic*. ft waa 'definitely atafad by official* that Teapot Dome matter* and other *o called partlaan lee tie* will find no plat* In the varloue dlertiaalona. Unit *d Htatea Senator Walah of Montana, prominent figure In the oil altuallon, will apeak at a meeting Sunday. Kiwania “Opm Houtt.” Omaha Klwanlana an* t* entertain member* of the Fremont Klwanle club Friday night at thalr regular rpiarterly "open housa." Tbla la lha occaalon when wives are Invited. Nebraskan Shot Down by Sheriff "M> Tlmmli Sli|i|i»*il.‘‘ He Kx|ilaim> After Killing Man Standing ^ ith Hand* l |i. During Gambling Raid Casper, Wyo., April 24.—Charles West, *5, of Bridgeport, Neb., was shot and almost instantly killed early today In a raid on an alleged gam bllng game at LAVOye. 45 miles north of hers In the Salt Creek oil fields. John Newell, rooming house propri etor of lAvoye, one of two deputized to assist Deputy Sheriff C. G. Vance In making the raid. Is said to have, admitted firing the shot and to have claimed that It was accidental. The raiding squad, headed by Vance, crashed In the door of a House where the game was In progress, according to *n account bp Vance, and the shoot ing occurred when Newell, In cocking his revolver to cover five men, while Vance followed another Into a rear room, accidentally let the hammer ellp from his thumb. West waa one of five men standing with their hands up at a tibia. West la said lo have arrived In LAvoye Monday In search of employ >ment. He had 1240 In his pockets when killed. His body Is being held here pending advice from relatives. DES MOINES GIRL DEAD IN HOTEL New Tork. April 24.—Mysterv to day surrottnda the facta In the death of e beautiful f4-yearoid 'woman known as A. Gilbert of De* Moines, la.—found dead in the bathtub In her apartment In the Hotel Rich mond. An autopsy on the body today re vealed that death waa due to an alka line and corrosive poison. The medical age miner believes the young woman committed suicide. The stomach was tent to labora tories at Bellevue hospital to de termine definitely the nature of the togle with which the young woman Is believed to have ended her life. De# Moines, April 24.—Special dis patches received here from New Tork Indicate that the name of the girl found deed In a bath tub of a New Tork hotel today wee named Alldda Gilbert No one by that name Is known here. MOTHER LOSES IN BATTLE FOR CHILD I.O# Angeles. April 24 —June Bho sted, <-y ear-old center of a legal fight that has bean staged In three courts, was awarded to her foster mother aunt, Mrs. Rials Shouted, by Judge J. Perry Wood today. Mr#. Lois Pollen, mother of June and former wife of a Pittsburgh army officer, collapsed as she heard the verdict. The case had been heard previously In Duluth. Minn., and In another court In Los Angelee. ell de clslona having gone In favor of Mrs Shotted The mother, Mrs Pollan, then un married, aeonrdlng to the testimony, turned the new-horn hsby over to her sister, Mre. Shotted, by whom Jun* has been brought up. iAter she wished to rerover the child end start ed the aeries of legal contests that resulted today In a third decision against her “Back to Nature” Party From “Garden of Eden” Seeking Place on Ballot —— 1 ——I M——B——i ■ ■■■——— i > Self-Styled “New Chritt“ Former Champagne Mother, Note in Jail, Candidate of German Cult Devoted to Nudity and Eating of Nutt. Hr KARI, H VON WIIHUNP. I’atreeml hftlo Mitt ffwmpul—l. Rerlln, April 74 —'Th* Herman "hark In nature'' party, with Its aeat of operatInna In the "Harden of P,.len. ' haa Jual been organlaed at Oranlenhtirg, beyond th* outaklrta of Herltn. fl haa rnnetltuled I'aetf a p<> llllral party and petitioned for a place on th* ballot at the coming ralrhatag •lertlon. The "bark to nature" party put* up Ita leader and apnefle, f.oula Raeueer. former rhampaam* manufacturer, who rail* htmaelf the "new Chrlat” end "f'rinr* of peace,'* aa well aa "Kmporor of y.urope,'* aa Ita candl date The fart that Raeuaer la In Jail doe* not worry hi* follower*, 100 of whom algned th* legal petition for a plnr* on th* ballot tinder th* law. MW prraon* ran form a political t party and mual be given a place on i lh* ballot ■•for* tba w*f 1U*UM* wag a makar of champagne In Franca end a prominent figure at tha t/ongehampe raraa where ha waa known for tha elegance of hla attire and Idollaad by women. At tha outbreak of tha war ha want to Bwltaertand aa a champagna aalaaman and "high lifer." later com Ing to Germany, whara ha reformed and became rettgtoua. Than ha found ad one of tha nnmaroua back to na Hire aulta derated to nudity and tha eating of nute and frulta, literally trying to raaatahllah tha Garden of Bden. *n far aa hla lack of rlotbee waa concerned, ha grew long hair and a hoard, becoming a port of Raaputln to tha woman, who flocked about him Ha finally got Inin Jail for libelling Fraatdant Bhert and other mamhara of tha government Thera la much amualng ape. ulatlon among mamhara of the relcliatag aa to whether Raeueer. If elected to tha rolrhetag. will appear In parliament Mwi atti ... y Hip Pocket Bulge Turns Out to Be Hair Brush Hr t'lll rftMl Sffl lr#. Chlrggo, April 24 —John Bum * hip pocket bulged ominously when he Ptond before the Judge * bench on s charge of disorderly conduct. "Hssrch him.’* Judge Trtide ordered. Bailiff* pinioned Bum's arms and reached Into hi* hip pookM. They pulled out a hair bruah. "I thought T’d he pent to Jail and I wanted to keep my hair bruahsd," ex plained Hum. **po J Juet brought the bruah to court with me." Buia wa« discharged. Goodhue’s Death Will Not Affect Work on Capital Work Advanced to Point Where "People Will Have Benefit of \ ieiun,"’ Say* Governor By I n<rr national Nan. *«»!<•«. N»w York, April 21—Bertram Gio* vernor Goodhue, nationally known ar rhitect, author and designer of ca thedrals and church**, la dead, aged It. Ha designed tha Nebraska »t»te house, regarded ss on* of tha finest examples of Gothic architecture In tha country. He waa one of the de signers of St. Thoms*' church here, and designed the New York exhibit at tha Panama Pacific exposition In Ban Francisco. Lincoln, April 24 —No official word has been received from New York for-i Wally notifying the capltcl commis sion of tha death of Bertram <J Good hue. architect of tha naw Nebraska capttol. according to aa announce ment hy Secretary Cochran of tha commission. Governor Bryan, chairman of tbs rapltol commission, said tha arch! tect a death will be "'a personal loss not only to the commission but to ths state as well " "A Glorious Monument. "Tha new rapltol when completed." tha governor declared, "will stand as a glorious monument to tha man who conceived It and made It pea sibl*. His connection with tha work and also with members of tha com mission ha* he*n very rlaasant, and no one cam# Inlo touch with him without being Impressed by his Inter est In hls work. "It is fortunate.” tha governor said, "that tha work has progressed to tha point where It hsa and that tha plans are advanced to such an extent that the people In Nebraska and tha entire country will hava th* benefit of hls vision snd conception." Capitol Ills Masterpiece. Member* of th# commission re ported that Goodhue considered the Nehrsska capttol as hi* architectural masterpiece and that whenavar a change In hls plana seas proposed or suggested h# fought it with a parent'# lor# for the child of hie mind and aoul. The special meeting of tha eapltol commission will be held early next week, the governor announced, and problems created by the sudden death of Goodhue will be dealt with. HOUSE NEARLY READY TO QUIT Washington. April *4.—HouA, re publiran Isadora Informed President Coolidge today that tha houae waa approaching conclusion of considera tion of constructive legislation and that ao far aa that body waa eon earned congreee would be able to ad journ June J. The program for tha immediate fu ture. as outlined to the president and approved by him. pr or idee for con sideration of tha child labor consti tutional amendment, the remaining appropriation bills, which are largely of a deficiency nature, and farm rw Itef legislation. Chief concern of the leaders after enactment of farm legislation, they said, would be to stare off bills described by the president recently as "detemlned assaults on tbs public treasury by organised minorities " BODIES OF THREE TRAPPERS FOUND Bend, Ore , April J4 — Mystery sur rounding the disappearance of Oewey Morris, SO. Edward Nichols. Mi. snd Roy Wilson, It, three trappeia who have been missing since January It, waa partly solved today following the recovery of their bodice from Big tsva lake, tt miles from here Each of the men had been shot through the hark of the head. \ The Weather v-' F»f 14 hnura •nAtfif 7 P w Afrit tl liithfe •nil MnmlrNllA* T*»al. #. «'•«•! Man January I. S if. 1 41 MitHflf Tfmfmtvm. • a tn tl I p. m .... r tarn ..«s..99 1 p m .... tt •law ,....*4 1 t> w It 1 • m tt 4 r ttt •« 1 la m ... 7a if f n t' 1* a m ! 1 «|»m ft 11a m 7T 1 f m II sees .II I ». as. It Takes $300 at Point of Pistol Mr*. E. L. Johnton, Wife of Manager in Charge of Receipt*, Radiy Un nerved by Experience. 15 Minutes Before Show \ Adored bandit, unmasked, numb ed Into the lobby of the Hay at? theater at 7:45 Thurada? night, ahoyed a revolver throefb the wick eta of the box office window and tn a husky voice commanded: "Hand it over and don’t aay a word." Mr*. E. L. Johnaon. wife ef the manager of the theater, waa in charge of the box office. She waa a< frightened at the appearance of the man and the gun that the was un able to speak. Before ^er lay about 1*00. receipt* of the afternoon matinee. The ban dit reached through the wicket* and hurriedly seined the money, placing it In hia pocket*. Tfcen, with a final warning shake of the revolver, he left the theater lobby. Mr*. Johnaon rushed through the box office door Into the theater and screamed. Manager Johnaon. the doorman and the usherettes, who were upstairs preparing for tha eva nlng a performanca, hurried down the stairs. Although greatly shaken by the ex perience, Mrs. Johnson waa able to dlacusa the affair with detectiraa half an hour later. Manager Johnaon estimate* the loan nt between *290 and *100. "Tha lease* are Insured* and I don’t car* so much about that. aaJd John son. "It Ja tha narroua shock ex perienced by my wife that worries me.” Japan-France Pact Rumored French Embassy at Tokio, However, Denies AH Knowledge. Tokio. April 14 —Cognlmnee w*i taken today by tba French ambaaay of paratatant raporta af tba nagotla tlon of a Franoo-Japanaaa pant. It waa Mated at the ambaaay that tha reporta probably have arisen from a forthcoming visit ta Japan af Oar eraor General Martin af French lade Chlna. Hie visit, tha ambaaay Mated, waa Intended ta stimulate trade and possibly lead to a eemmerMal pad but "the ambaaay doee net knew ef any contemplated French tStance ** It waa learned today that tha am baasy and tha Yokohama apaalt bank, representing tha anted Japan ana bank ers. bare arranged ehaiahy Slant will repay Jspan on July 1 a lean of IS.ftM.OOe yen (111,**♦,•••». It had originally bean intended ta pnetpehe payment of tha entire SS.MS.SSS yen due until January 1. Jepan's needs at tha precent time ooeaMonad the arrangement. Tha loan la to be re paid In American gold dollars. which lad to raporta that France intended to borrow tba money ta tha United State# to repay Japan. Brer Suspect Freed. Fred Nelson. Ill North Twenty fourth street, arrest ad by Deputy Sheriff Dan Phllllpa and bis aqned IV Volstead act viola ties wee die missed in municipal aeurt Thursday morning. Phllllpa offered to drink tha quart of bear which ha seised la tha raid ta demonstrate that It was ef aleehoite content. Summary of The Day In Washington Tha aanata began rontldaratlor of I ha taa Nil. Tha houaa agricultural rommr.taa raportad tha MeJiary Haugwai farm ratfaf Nil. Houaa laadars In form ad Praaldaat Cootldjra tha houaa would ha roay to adjourn Juna I. T'raaldmt Cooltdga addraaaad mamhara of tha Amartoan Chamloal anotsty who vtaltad tha Whlta Houaa • I Oan John J. rarahlng announrad ha would daoltna nomination for t Ion praaldaut If It warn offarad Tha annual appropriation Nil for tha r>npartmnnt of Agrloiillura. oar* rylng wat pataad t»y tha houaa Oaaton ft Maana loformad tha aanat# liaugharty oommlttaa that hta diariaa and othar documanta uaad aa avldanca. had dtaappaarad Barratgry Walla.-a diapatohad or dara for fadaraj fproaa to taka orar tha fi*ht tn California agalnat tha foot and mouth diaoaao Joint hoartnga hv tha aanata and houaa Irritation commit tarn warn ordarad to atpaditn ratfaf \a*t»l»tjoa for aatilar* on trrtgaiad lands. Tha «anata cMtiatltlaa Inraattgat In* tha indirt man t of Bsnator Whaala. damoorat, Montana haaid furthar taattnurny haartag wgaa ohai gaa against Ngfc