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Bill Barring
Japs Signed
by Coolidge
Statement Accompanying Sig
nature Asserting Provision
“Unnecessary and De
plorable" Resented.
Hughes in 11 thHout Plea
By PHILLIP .V ORMK.
Universal Nervfc© Staff (orrespomlent.
Washington, May 26.—President
Coolidge today signed the Johnson
selective immigration bill, containing
a clause prohibiting Japanese from
entering the United States after July
1 with the purpose of settling here.
The president accompanied the sig
nature with a statement character
iz:ng the Japanese exclusion pro
vision as "unnecessary and deplor
able" and declaring lie would have
vetoed It "without hesitation if it had
stood alone.”
Leaders among the hosts of adh*r
ents of the new law In congress did
not attempt to conceal their resent
ment over the tenor of the president's
declaration. He took occasion to
praise the so-called "gentlemen's
sgreement," by which the Japanese
government has been supposed to co
operate with the United States gov
ernment In restraining the dumping
of laborers upon these shores. Pro
ponents of the Johnson bill claim the
agreement has not worked, and reiter
ated that the main object in the in
sertion of the exclusion clause was to
substitute an airtight arrangement for
one proved to be full of leaks.
Hughes’ Fight Fails.
Secretary of State Hughes, by whose
counsel the president waged his
strenuous but unavailing fight against
the exclusion clause, made a last min
ute attempt to sway Coolidge to a veto
of the bill. He left the White House
hurriedly after a conference which
preceded announcement of the elm
ing by only short space of time. He
was closeted with the president late
Saturday afternoon, also. At this
tune Coolidge was still debating what
course of action to take.
Representative Johnson, republican,
0 Washington, chairman of the com
1 ittve on immigration and framer of
Lie hill’, called at the White House
; omediately after it was announced
that the president had signed the
measure. When he came out he held
not only a signed copy of the latest
law. hut the pen with which "Calvin
Coolidge" had been written at the
bottom, He jubiliantly declared:
“Work of Years.”
"This enactment represents the la
bor of congress for years. It is no
tice to the world that immigration is
a democratic question, to he settled
by the American people themselves."
Johnson further declared that when
the new- quotas become effective five
weeks hence, immigrants should not
be permitted to set sail for the United
States unless the machinery provided
fn the bill is completely and fully
operating. It provides, in the case
of people not excluded, that American
consuls shall cause examinations to
be made of prospective settlers and
Issue certificates only in accordance
with the findings as to mental and
physical health, literacy, etc.
Inclusion of the clause barring Jap
anese settlers brought about the most
sensational conflict between congress
and the White House since President
Coolidge took office. It involved the
Japanese foreign office, the Japanese
ambassador to the United States,
Masanao Hanihari, th« State depart
ment and Cyrus E. Woods, American
ambassador to Japan.
Mason* to Lay Cornerstone
for Falls City Courthouse
Falls City, Neb., May 2*.—Henry
H. Wilson of Lincoln, former presi
dent of the Nebraska Bar associa
tion and past grand master of the
slate Masonic bodies, will deliver the
principal address at the laying of the
cornerstone for the Richardson coun
ty courthouse June 11. Masonic
lodges will have charge of the pro
gram.
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We Have
With Us
Today
9
Rear Admiral TV. F. Fiillarn,
Washington, II. 0.,
Naval Expert.
For F>0 years Rear Admiral Follam
has served in the navy of the United
•States. He has, in that time, par
ticipated in two wars and has watch
ed naval equipment progress from
awkward wooden ships with station
ary cannon to Its present scientific
perfection of steel battleships and
long range, easily traverslble guns.
Born In Monroe county, New York,
1S56. he received hi* early education
In the school* of that district. Later
he attended the Naval academy at
Annapolis and graduated from there
In 1S77 at the head of his class.
I a the course of his service lie has
H-iiled every sen. has been commander
of the fireat Lakes naval training
station and the United States
Naval academy at Annapolis. He
was aboard the New Orleans during
the Spanlsh-Amerlcnn war and was
senior offlrer In command of the Pa
rlfic fleet during the world war. He
wss retired October 20, 191#.
2-Year Illness Fatal
to Investment Banker
"John L McCagu.e
MeNarv-Haugen
Bill May Block
Plan of Recess
Blor to Resist Adjournment
Until Farm Relief Put
Through — Shoals and
Rail Taws Also Asked.
Washington. May 26.—Reclamation
relief legislation and Muscle Shoals
bobbed up in the senate today as
further obstacles to the carrying out
of the plans of leaders to adjourn in
advance of the national political con
ventions.
Farm aid measures and the pro
posal to abolish the railroad labor
board already had threatened to prove
stumbling blocks, and with the addi
tion of reclamation and Muscle
Shoals, leaders became doubtful that
their program could he put into ef
feet.
With the fate of the McNary-Hau
ten farm relief bill still In doubt in
he house and wtlh a vote there out
of the question before the end of the
tveek. Senator Frazier, North DaVota.
a republican of the farm bloc, served
notice in the senate that there would
be resistance to adjournment until
some sort of agricultural aid bill had
b'een put through.
Shoala Action Remanded.
Then Senator Borah, republican.
Idaho, insisted that congress should
not adjourn until reclamation relief
legislation had been enacted, declar
ing that unless it were, thousands of
western homesteaders would lose
their properly. Rater he snid pri
vately that farm legislation also must
be enacted before adjournment.
A demand for action on Muscle
Shoals, and more particularly Henry
Fords offer, was made by Senator
Underwood, democrat, Alabama, and
Senators Borah, Warren, republican,
Wyoming, and others gave him a*
surance of their support In demand
ing action, after the Alabama senator
had announced he would vote for jus
tice for homesteaders.
In the face of these developments,
Representative Rongworth, repub
Mean, Ohio, said he and other leaders
In the house, as well as some of
those, in the senate, were determined
to conclude this session by the end
of next week, and that, falling In
that, he would Insist that there he no
recess through the convention period.
He conceded, however, the possibility
of a determined group In the senate
blocking adjournment.
Farm Relief Outlook Rark.
Representative Rongworth ex
pressed the hope that the next 10
days would see action on most of the
Important legislation remaining and
that the opposition to adjournment
thus would be dissipated. Senator
Curtis of Kansas, the assistant re
publican lender, declared the senate
could dispose of legislation now d»
manded if the committees would re
port promptly.
After a canvass of the situation
In the house, some leaders of the
farm bloc were In agreement with
party, managers thst the outlook for
passage of the McNary-Haugen msas
ure was dark. Should It fall, some
were of the opinion that a substitute
should be pressed, If possible during
the coming week, while others de
clared they were willing to see con
gress adjourn In the belief that agree
ment on farm legislation was impos
sible.
Should the McNary-Haugen hill he
passed by the house, there appeared
some doubt that It could be put
through the senate, where the Norrls
Slnclalr bill Is to be brought forward
as a. substitute. The latter measure
already has been rejected by the
house agriculture committee.
Guard Medical Regiment
Gnnipany to Re < Organized
Coliirnbua, May 2ft.—Initial atepa
toward formation of h collecting
company of « National guard medi
cal regiment ^ill be taken here Wed
nesday evening when Lieut. Od.
I (avid Hilton, M. D., Lincoln, and
state officers will eddrene » ma**
meeting of young men In the Ameri
can Legion hall, in an effort to en
list K3 officer*, comiaaioned and non
rommlalaoned, and men for th# ntw
company.
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Civic,Church
Leader Dies
Former President of School
Board, Chamber of Com
merce: 111 for Tmo
Years.
Began as Messenger Boy
John L. McCague, 69. president of
the McCague Investment company,
died early Monday night at his home,
41S South Fortieth street, after an ill
ness of two years. Mr. McCague, who
was a resident of Omaha since 1867,
was prominent in all civic affairs and
in church work.
He was the son of Rev. Thomas
McCague and Mrs. McCague. who
went to Egypt in 1854 as first mis
sionaries for the United Presbyterian
church. Mr. McCague was born in
in Cairo, Egypt, October 6, 18S5. He
moved to the United States with his
parents in 1861. coming to Des Moines,
la., in 1863, thence to Nebraska City
in 1866. and to Omaha in 1867.
Was Ferry Messenger
As a boy he worked as messenger
for the Omaha and Council Bluffs
Transfer company that operated a
ferry between Omaha and Council
Bluffs. From 1875 to 1880 he worked
in the office of the auditor at the
Union Pacific headquarters.
Mr, McCague opened his first real
esta£) office in 1880 and three years
later joined on# of his brothers in
the hanking firm known as McCague
brothers. In 1888. the McCague In
vestment company was formed, of
which Mr. McCsgue was president un
til his death.
In the early '80s Mr. McCague took j
great interest in the work of the
local T. M. C. A. He was a member
of the school board from 1904 to
1909 and was elected president in
1906. He served on the executive
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, of which he was chairman in
1914 A year later he was elected
president of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Cliunrch Founder.
At the time of the Omaha tornado
Mr. McCague had charge of a relief J
station at Twenty-seventh and Parker
streets. He was a founder of the
Central United Presbyterian church
and was an elder of the church for
a number of years. He was also a
charter member of the University
club, and a member of Happy Hollow
club.
He wss married in December. 1889.
to Mary G. Van Kuran of Omaha,
who survives. Mr. McCague is also
survived by two sons, John I,. Mc
Cague and Robert A. McCague of
Omaha: two daughters Mrs. E E.
McMillan of Omaha and Mrs. C. A.
Aldrich of Evanston, 111.: eight grand
children; two brothers. Brower E. of
Omaha and William L. of Chicago,
and four sistera, Mrs. Albert Gordon
of Newark, N. J.. Mrs. James H. Me
Culloch of Chula Vista, Cal.. Mrs.
George Msrpleg of Evanston. Ill , and
Miss Lydia 8. McCague, teacher at
Technical High school.
BURKS’ SLAYERS
TRACED BY CHECK
Chicago, May 'Tracked down
by a $14 check, Nicholas Outdo and
Anthony Demio today were facing
charges of murdering .1 R. Burks
wealthy rooming house keeper, slain
a week ago. Police say they con
feased and named a third Italian as
the actual slayer. Guido told the
police the crime hed been lnetlgated
by Mrt. Margaret Marka In order to
finance their elopement together.
Mr*. Marka, who notified the police
of the murder, and her husband,
Harry, are held.
Burks, a former resident of Beat
trice, Neb., was strangled to death
with a window rurtain the night
after he had collected several hun
dred dollars In rent. His account
hook showed that from one roomer
he had received a 114 check. When
this was returned to the writer after
being paid the police traced It back
to Demio, who had received It as part
of his share of the money taken from
Burks. He named hia aJloged ac
complice* end Guido also wss arrest
ed. He said Mrs. Marks had tipped
him off when Burks would have
money and be alone.
Jury Refuses Damage*.
Albion, Neb., May 2«—In the case |
of A. 1J. Muffley agnlnst the village |
of fit. Kdwsrd. for damages sustain
ed from water flooding bis land,
tried In district court Inst week, the
Jury returned s verdict of no cau.se
for action.
Married in Council Bluffs.
Th# following pgraona obtained marriage
llcanaea yaatarday In Council Bluff*
Earl Tannahlll, Norfolk. Nab .
Emma Kl**r. Peru, Nab . . .
John Bayman. Salem. S f> . *1
Muflal Belrnaa, Stout Cily. la .
Oaorg* Atkina. Omaha -..7*
Clara r.azln*. Omaha .
W A Boblnaon. T.ong Pm*. Nab ."b
Addle Parker, Omaha fiK
Unv King. Omaha *4
Viola C Force. Omaha .
Jay J Burnt. Omaha .
Rna* Fauarateln. f.aahai Neb . •"*
Harry Maaon, Om*hi ...**
Mary M M'algar, Omaha ........
Homer Millar. Maaon Clt; la .... ‘*4
Krmi Kutta. Maaon City, la .......1*7
Harold O. llnnaen Council Htuffa . ... "l
Agnea flaylcrd, Council Hluffa Jl
Ed Harrington. Council Bluff*
Martina Harrington, Council Hluffa *f»
!>av!d Kaufman. Orand I aland. Nab 4*
fella Campbell, Orand Inland Nab 44
Chrla Chrlatanaan T.lnc.nlp, Nah 44
Gertrud# M• * U.v*M UAmatock. Nab ...34
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Victor Herbert, Noted Composer
and Orchestra Leader. Succumbs
Light Opera Writer Collapses on W ay to Physician's Home.
Dies Within Few Moments—Music for Broadwav
Revue, Latest W ork, Uncompleted.
New York, May 26.—Victor Her
bert, composer and orchestra leader,
died suddenly this afternoon while on
his way to visit his physician.
Mr. Herbert, who for several days
had been engaged in preparing music
for a Broadway revue, complained of
a slight pain shortly after lunch and
went from his home in West 108th
street to the residence of his physi
cian on West 77th street. He reached
the doctor's house, but collapsed on
the stairs and was dead in a few
moments.
Mr. Herbert was born at Dublin,
Ireland, February 1, 1869. Musical
talent manifested itself so early that
at the age of 7 he began studying in
Germany under leading masters. He
was the grandson of Samuel Loter,
the novelist.
His first position of prominence
was as principal violoncello player in
the court orchestra at Stuttgart. He
toured Fiurope before coming to the
United States as solo violoncellist
with the Metropolitan orchestra, New
York, in 1886. In the same year he
married Thereee Foerster. noted prima j
donna.
Since then he had been soloist and
conductor of Theodore Thomas and
Seidl'e orchestras, the Twenty-second
regiment band in New York, the
Pittsburgh orchestra, and since i904 I
of the Victor Herbert orchestra.
Some of his leading comic opera |
compositions were "Prince Ananias," |
"Cyrano De Bergerac," "The Ameer," 1
“Ths Viceroy,” "Fortune Teller,”!
"Babette," "The Idol's Eye" and "The \
Wizard of the Nile.' In addition hel
wrote numerous compositions for'
orchestras, song and violoncello. He,
was at work on the coming edition j
of Ziegfeld Follies when he died.
He last appeared at. the Cosmopoli-1
tan theater. New York, as leader of
a special orchestra for presentation I
of the moving picture "Yolonda.’
House Approves
Compromise on
Tax Cut Measure
\ ote Ip 376 to 9—Early De
cision Expected by Cool*
idge—Mellon to Study
Bill.
Washington, May 26 —The tax re
duction bill was put up to President
Coolidge for final ena-tment into law
today by congress.
Like the senate, the house, hy an
overwhelming majority, approved the
conference compromise on the main
provisions. The vote was S76 to 9.
An early decision by the president
was forecast hy those close to him.
on the basis of his Insistent demands
'hat congress hasten action on tax
reduction.
Mr Coolidge had asked congress for
he hill proposed hv Secretary Mellon,
•ejected almost entirely In the fram
r.g of the pending menure, hut has
let it he known he will consider the
latter on Its merits s* eompsred with
'he present law. >In this connection.
Secretary Mellon indicated today he
onsidered the bill on the whole an
mprovement over the present law.
Mellon t« Study Bill.
Within a few minutes after the
ineaaure had reached the White House
it was sent to the treasury secretary
tor study. Mr. Mellon expected to
have a report containing his analysis
of the bill in the hands of the presi
dent tomorrow or Wednesday.
The hill provides for a 25 per cent
eduction in income taxes payable this
year permanent, revision downward
yf the Income, miscellaneous and »x
•lse taxes; additional reductions after
this year of 25 per rent on earned In
comes of $16,000 and under, and
numerous ehanges In the administra
tion provisions, most of which were
proposed by the treasury.
IOWA DRY LEADERS
TO HOLD FIELD DAY
Shenandoah. la , May 26 —Prohl
hition "field day" to he held at
Shenandoah June 1. will attract
prominent prohlblonists from all over!
the state of Iowa, according to as
iignmenta received by local pastors.
Among the distinguished prohlbl
Itnotsts who will visit Shenandoah
are Alice J. Boyer, general secre
tsry of the Iowa Anti-Saloon league
H. H Sawyer of Des Moines, well
known Iowa Jurist; P. H. Mc-Beth,
assistant superintendent of the Iowa
Anti Saloon league; George Ham
rnond. son of former chief of police of
lies Moines, and Prof S. G. I'attlson
of Coe college. Cedar Kapide
COURT AFFIRMS
DOOM OF SLAYER
Helens. Mont.. May 3d—The Mon I
tans supreme court today denied the
requeat of Seth O. Danner for a new
trial. Danner was convicted at Bor*
man and sentenced to be hanged for
ths death of Mrs. Florence Spruce
of Mobridgs. S. D. The woman's
husband, John Spruce also waa slain,
the two bodies being found In a mud
hole near Central Park. Mont
Authorities alleged that Danner
I,llled both the husband and wife who
were enronte to the Pacific . mat b\
automobile, but formally charg'd
Danner with the slaying of the
woman
Twister OrMroyn Barn
ant! Kills Six If OfRCR
Geneva, Neb., May HR—In a small
twister near Khlrklev Thursday night,
a bam on Nick Donddlngers farm
was demolished and six horses killed,
Eleven horses were In the bain and
only one was unhurt. Windmills
were blown over and sheds partly de
stroyed About an inch of rain fell.
I 78 in Bonne t .Iids.
Albion. Neb,. Mnv ' C Boone
county eighth giade promotion px
errls"* will be held Tuesday. The
class this year numbers 144. Bev.
Charles Dorman will deliver the sd
dress and Superintendent Bertha
Sheckler will present the diplomas
Citv Mav Halt
Rum Sale Upon
Doctor s Orders!
Neither 18th Amendment or
A olstead Law Grant* Right
to Sell Within State,
Court Rule?.
Washington. May 56.—Municipal)
tics are free to prohibit the Bale of
intoxicating liquors upon physicians' j
prescriptions, the supreme court ruled |
today.
In an opinion by Justice McRey
nolds It stated that “neither the 18th J
amendment nor the Volstead act
grants the right to sell intoxicating!
liquor within a state. ’
The opinion was handed down In s j
case brought from California hy Mei
Hn IV. Hixson, a LiOS Angeles drug
gist, to test an ordinance of that city I
under which druggists ar e prohibited j
from furnishing mors than half s I
pint of intoxicating liquor upon a i
physician s prescription.
Hixson contended that the l,os An I
geles ordinance was invalid because I
under the 18th amendment, as con j
strued hy the Volstead law, druggists
were authorized to deliver one pint
of Intoxicating liquor upon a physi
cian's prescription. Any state law or j
municipal ordinance which would re
strict this federal right would, Hixson I
asserted, deprive him of his eonstitu
tlonal rights under the nth amend
ment. which guaranteed all rltizen -
equal protection of the law, and pro
tacted them egalnst being deprived i
of anv of their rights without do
process of tew.
Referring to the suggestion that!
"congress, by the Volstead act. I
granted some right or privilege which
is protected hy the 11th amendment
and that such a right "may not he
abridged by state or municipality,'
Justice McReynolds stated that "Hiv
son had tailed to raise any substan
ttal federal question
"Certainly nothing In that (Vol
stead! act lends color," the court d» J
dared, “to the suggestion that it er
down pharmacists with the right to |
dispense liquors.''
CAMPAIGN GIFT !
REPORTS VOTED
Washington. May 26.—Political ram
paifrn committers would ha required
to make periodical returns of all con
trlhutlona giving names. addre**e«j
and official positions of the donor*. I
under an amendment to the postal In
crease bill adopted today by the sen
ate
The amendment by Senator Borah,
republican, Idaho, would require a
report every 10 days during the cam
paten and each month during the re.**
of the yeai A penalty of one year's
imprisonment. J."..000 fine, or both,
would be imposed for each violation.
The vote was 65 to o
(Jirla Taken in Raid
Paroled; Man Jailed
' Shenandoah. la . May 26.—Dorothy
Spicer, 12, who was arrested In a raid j
on a Shenandoah home two weeks
ago, was sentenced to the girls’ re
fomiatory at Mttchelvllle In Juvenile
court, but was paroled to her parents
hy Judge ft. II Castle Her sister,
IjUClIe, taken at the same time, e<
raped court sentence hy being mar
i'led Thursday at the home of her
grandparents at I-eon, la,, to M.
Akers, marshal of Decatur City, la.
Rena Drlght, 17, also was sentenced
to Mltohelvlllr but was paroled find
Mordhorst, at whose home the raid
was made, was sentenced to a >ear
In jail.
I.nmltrr Kin>» Die*.
Loa Angel**, Cnl . May Cfi Jacob
Mortenaon, 75. milUonair* Onk Pnvk.
(III.) bunker and lumb*r king, died
here today. Up waw *nld to b* the
w*aJtlilo*st resident of l>anl*h extrac
lion In America
Mir|i (!»mrt (Jtiiis June ‘V.
Washington, May 26 Chief .Jus
lice Taft announced today that the
supreme cotTTt of the United Stntcs
would adjourn for the term on June
2 It wllj not reassemble until
October.
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Fremont Is|
Swept by:
Theft Wave
Fight Recorded in Two Days
—One Store Robbed
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Twice hv Transom
Thief.
One Holdup Reported
Sprcinl hiftpntrh to The Omaha IW.
Fremont, Neb., May 26.—Fremont
is in the grip of a crime wave. Six
robberies, two automobile thefts, and
one holdup in two days is the record
of bandits and thieves who are keep
ing citizens excited and police busy
responding to calls.
The latest robbery brought to the
attention of police was perpetrated
at the Hein Clothing store, the sec
ond at that establishment in three
nights. Again tlie thief gained en
trance through the transom of the
front door and again a large quantity
of merchandise is missing.
An estimate of the loss was im
possible today, a check not having
been completed. The robbery was dis
covered when the place was opened
for business thte morning.
One Car Rerovered.
A further check today revealed that
the loot taken in the holdup of the
Standard Oil station amounted to
about $230. John Carmody, employe
who was threatened with his life by
the bandits, in his agitation, reported
that the amount taken was $500. The
bandits, one under the influence of
liquor, locked Carmody within a small
closet when they left the filling sta
tion. Before he freed himself they
disappea red.
Two cars, owned by William Rin
derspai her and J' hn Lacastro, were
stolen from parking places some time
Sunday night. The Rinderspacher
car, believed to have been taken by
the oil station bandits in their flight,
was found early this morning where
it had been abandoned at the edge
of town.
Two Railway Thefts.
The prisate garage of Robert
Cramer." Fremont, was entered some!
time Sunday night by a thief, who!
jack*,i up the machine and helped!
himself to three tires The Chicago j
£ Northwestern reported todav that |
a bunk car had been looted, with
plunder valued at close to $100 taken.
In another section of the railroad
yards a tool box had been looted.
The Union Pacific also summoned!
police this morning to investigate the!
robbery of a ivaycar with the theft
of personal belonging" of the crew
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Iowan Nominated
to Be Member of
l. S. Trade Board
Cnolidpe. in Selection of Fo
pan Man. Tarries Out f’lan
of PI acinp Farmer
on Commission.
Washington. May 26.—Charles* \V
Hunt, secretary of the low a Farm
Bureau federation, was nominated h\
Presbwnt Coolidge to he a member of
the federal trade commission, succeed
ing Victor Munlock of Kansas, who
recently resigned.
Appointment of Mr. Hunt, whose
home is st Hogan, la . was recom
mended by the lows delegation in
congress including Senators Cummins
and Brookhart He also had the en
dorsement of the farm bureau federa
tion and other farmers’ organizations
in Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri.
President Coolidge. in selecting Mr.
Hunt., carried out an announced pur
pose of placing a farmer on the com
mission, believing that with other
branches of industry represented,
the agricultural interests of the ooun-l
try should have a member to speak
for them.
Prior to deciding to place a farmer
on the committee, the president nomi
nated George R Christian, jr.. who
was secretary to President Hording
but the nomination was withdrawn at
Mr. Christian s request after indicn
tions of a fight against confirmation
lad developed
Children \\ itli Matches
Start Disastrous Blaze
fVitumbup. Neb May 26.—Fire, If I
lleved to ha,' p been caused by chil
dren playing with matches, resulted
in (Instruction of barns and out
building* on the Frank S.*liott farm
four inline from Silver Or nek, Xeb
Several heart of cattle and hog* were j
burned to death
Rainfall at Beatrice
Helps Horn ami W heat
Dent rice Neb. May 26— Showers
fell In this eectlon of the state to
day. and prospects are for more rain
tonight Farinera stale tlmt mole
lure is hedly m eded for crops of ai’.
kinds esp-i laity corn amt wheat
I Ibevti—<’ I i 'ratyen, id,I resi
dent In Ibis vicinity, died at Ids home
following a long illness. Me la mir
vlved b> hla widow and a son Fu
neral services were held Sunday at
the Itaptlet church e< liberty and
hurlal was at that ptai e
V
Chancellor Marx
Tenders Resignation
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Dr. Wilhelm Man.
I. S. Ap|>eal Court
Orders New Trial
of Potash Case
Four Nebraskans Convicted
of I sing Mail* to Defraud.
^ in Fight ip St. Paul
Tribune.
Charles S Wahiberg. William A
McWhorter, Jacob Masse and W. G !
Chipley, convicted in the federal
court of Nebraska in 1923 on a charge!
of conspiracy to defraud through the (
i
mails in connection with potash com- i
pany promotion, have been granted i
a new trial by the circuit court of ap* |
peals according to an Associated i
Press dispatch from St. Paul. Minn .
The men were sentenced to two;
years in the federal penitentiary by
Judge Munger. who also fined them
$10,000 each and they were to pay the
cost of prosecution, which amounted
to 9 3* 000
A strange incident about the case
i* that the high court affirmed the
verdict of lower court and held there
»»re no errors. The defendants,
through their attorney. A L. Sutton,
filed a motion for a rehearing and
filed a brief in support thereof, show
ing that the statute of limitations
barred the prosecution and that the
indictment was entirely changed by
the trial court and was not the same
Indictment as returned by the grand
jury. It was on these grounds the
circuit court remanded the case for,
retrial.
D0ISY FLIGHT
DELAYED AGAIN
Shanghai. May 26.—Further delay
unUl daylight Wednesday of his take
off for Tokio via Pekin and Korea,
wa* announced today by Capt. Pelii
tier D- isy. French aviator flying from
Paris to Tokio.
Kngine trouble caused the latest
postponement. Captain Drisv previ
ously had announced his intention
of leaving tomorrow morning. He is
continuing his trip in a Chinese air
plane offered him after his French
machine hid been wrecked in landing
here.
I'nder present plans. Captain Doi-v '
will leave here about 4.30 a ni ]
Wednesday for Nanking h:s first i
stop.
BODY OF STUDENT
FOUND IN STREAM
I.ewieton, Idaho, May 76.—The nude
body of Theodora Speer. 70, was found
ip the Snake ri\er today after county
offl,inis had'conducted a search for
him over a period of several weeks.
Speer, a student at the State Nor
mal school, disappeared a few months
ago
The county coroner stated thaj hs
hody was probably thrown . n the
river after he had been killed. Speer
was the son of a farmer of Gifford.
Idaho. He was not known to have
any enemies and was of a religious
turn of mind
Club Buys Golf Grounds.
Holdrege May 76.—The lloldrege
Country club purchased of the For
terdale dairy farm 50 acres of pasture
land for f 7 500. This action followed
the organising of a stock company
and the selling of 75 of the 6100
shares A person must hold a MOO
share In order to become a member
of the club.
Clarke Barred From Stand.
Washington. May 7*.—Edward
Young Clarke once a national loader
of the Ku Klux Klan. appeared today
as a witness in the Mayfield sena
tonal Investigation, but was tempo
rarily barred from testifying on the
objections of counsel for Senator
Mayfield
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Resignation
Accepted by
President
Ebert to Confer With Leaders
Today to Name New Chan
cellor and Form
M inistry.
iirpitz Urged as Leader
By AMOfiatfd Pr^*».
Berlin. May 26.—The German gov
ernment has resigned.
President Ebert accepted the
resignation of the ministry and re
quested Chancellor Marx to carry on
current affairs.
President Ebert will confer with
the parliamentary leaders tomorrow
regarding the selection of a chan
eellor and the formation of a nevr
government.
Prior to the resignation of the cabi
net, attemptg to construct a straight
bourgeoi.se government definite]"
foundered on obstructionist tactics
carried on by the German nationals,
who. after a four hours' party caucus
drafted an evasive resolution In which
they reiterated their readiness to co
operate with the other middle parties,
but only on the condition that they
be given representation commensu
rate with their numerical strength
and that the selection of the new
cabinet take precedence over the
question of formulating a program
of internal and foreign policies
Tirpit* Again to Fore.
Th* reactionaries again sent Ad
miral Von Tirpits to the fore as their
candidate for chancellor, designating
him as a man who by virtue of his
antecedents and past record was
eminently qualified for leadership
The nationalists informed the mid
dle parties that -‘‘the question of
agreeing on a leading personality
must take precedence over the form
of government, inasmuch as outstand
ing political issues will more readily
be solved through the medium of
leaders than through parliamentary
formulas."
To Ohserse Foreign Pnliry
They consented to observe a cer
tain line of continuity *o far as ree
ngmz.nc the present government'*
foreign policy was concerned, but de
clined to agree to any previous ar
rangements which tied the hands of
German agents in connection with
impending reparations negotiation#.
The nationalists prefaced their reso
lution with the statement that after
mature deliberations they had decided
not to put any barriers In the path
of further negotiations with the mud
dle parties
The latter trace the reactionaries
pronunciamento brief consideration
and voted to make no reply to it:
then adjourned in order to permit
•he Marx-Stresemann cabinet to go
into executive session.
300 EXPECTED AT
SUMMER SCHOOL
Shenandoah. la . May 26.—Three
hundred student* are expected to er
roll in the extension summer schoo.
which will \*e held ;n Shenandoah f
ten w«eks starling .Tune 4. Th«*
course « offered for the benefit of
teachers and for students wanting
college credit.
The model school for .he Third.
Fourth. Fifth and Sixth grades «
proving popular with Shenandoah
school children as SS have already
applied to take th<» course. Mis*
Bourland. considered an expert
the teaching profession w il> he n
general charge.
Requisition Sought
for Dos Moines Banker
Mitchell. S I'. May ?S.—A reap; is
tion ha* been issued from the office
of Governor W H M. Master or. th-»
governor of Iowa for the extradition
of II. T Fuller, vice president of th.w
Iowa Loan and Truet company. Be*
Moines, la . according to a dispatch
received from Pierre today.
Fuller :s wanted here on a (rand
larceny charge, the specific charge
against him being that he removed
securities from the O L Barnson A
Co. hank after the doors of that in
stitution had been closed by the
state banking department.
Paddock May Be
Missing From
Olympiad
Charles Paddock world* champion
sprinter, suffering front injuries sus
tained recently in the east announced
> esterday he may not compete in the
Olympic games in Paris tn July. It
was reported the sprinter hurt h.a
leg a second Urns w-hils running In
the Olympic tryouts at Loa Angelea
Saturday.
New York Yankees broke even tn
tiie four game series with I'etpoit.
winning the final game \esterday by
an $ to 2 score Johnson, substitut
ing for Wsrd, hit two homers, a
double and a single in f ra times up
TJotmne!'. I 1 the belts; of Van
Gilder and Pruett in a pitchers’ hsl
tie sestet \\ the Mi letus n .nmn*.
2 to i. Batch team made but four ht’.s
Ml the latest news in the n aid of
sport Will be fo^nd on pages i and