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;r—~I The Omaha Corning Bee ”t-’H nuKl. change in temperature. *** T ^ ^ ,Mrt ever notice when a mule ■■___——_ _ _____ • _ - la kicking, he isn't pulling?—Selected. CITY EDITION VOL. 53. NO. 298. OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1924. * TWO CENTS'• or^“5 -_/ By Mall (1 Tear): Daily and Sunday. 18: Sunday. 12.60, within th® 4th tone. Out tide the 4th Zoo® tl Y*ar): Dally and Sunday. 112: Sunday only. 18. __ POLICE COMP Marx Picks Members of New Cabinet Bankers Show Impatience at Delay in Assembly (lovern ment — Dawes Plan Adoption Assured. Wallraf Heads Reichstag By K MU, II YON \\ IKL \NI). I niviTstil Service Staff < orrespomlent. Berlin, May 28.—Chancellor Marx, who was today commissioned anew by President Ebert to form the new ^V.frman cabinet, had virtually com pleted his task at a late hour tonight, according to advices from an au .hentic source. This report said the tabinet would be made up as follows: Chancellor. Marx. Vice chancellor, ilergt. Foreign minister, Stresemann. Minister of agriculture. Schlange < f ♦ lie German national party. Minister of defense, Gessler. Minister of the post, Horde. Minister of labor, Brauns. Minister of railways, Oeser. Minister of economics, Hamm. Minister of interior, undecided. Some impatience was shown if> • bunking circles over the apparent!' great length of lime that Hie chancel lor was taking in assembling bis new government. It was well understood, however, that this did not indicate 40 J difficulties as regards the Dawes plan. Its adoption is now considered quite beyond the doubtful stage. The only obstacles are in harmonizing the various party lements. Pressure by Bankers. Tt was stated that the nationalists were after Stressemann's scalp, but the party supporters of both Marx and Stresemann were reluctant to yield in this respect, for the reason that Stresemann had formulated a foreign |>olicy based on the accept ance of the Dawes plan. Cablegrams from New York and 7.< ndon financial centers stating that unnecessary delay in tiie acceptance of the Dawes plan would militate against the chances of loans, were , d to make the nationalists more ' > ieldlng. The new German relchstag quickly j turned into a parliamentary cockpit when i lie second session opened ti ts afternoon. Spurts of comedy de- , v* loped, but the deputies finally , oherod down siiflb i< ntly to proceed , to business. Wallraf Named President. Ludwig T. Wallraf. nationalist, was el* cted president of the relchstag on Hie third ballot. 1 The cotbmunist* followed yester day's tactics and oast all parliament-j ary dignity to the winds, hooted, jeer ! « u, shouted and otherwise indulged I in the sport of baiting the other par j ties. A fistic clash between the com ] rnnnMs and national socialists on j the floor was narrowly averted. When Ludendorff's name was call ed during the voting the communists , made a rush for the general’s sent and shook their fists in his fare. , Ludendorff's own follower* quickly j surrounded him and for u moment It j; looked as if a free for all fight were!, about to occur. But tiie communists! retired to their scats after this cue- , fully planned maneuver. , GAMBLING WAVE SWEEPS HUNGARY lly I n knot I Sertirr, Berlin, May 28.—A wave of gnmb Idling in sweeping Hungary, according to advices received here, with govern- ' rnent concessions and gambling halls being opened all over the country Tiie turnover of the green table in the Budapest gambling casino saloon aggregfted .">3,000,000,000 crowns in January, and Increased to 00,000,000. 000 in April, and will probably reach 75.000,000,000 in May. fount Emmerich Dengenfeld, one of the oldest and best known Hungar ian aristocrats holding vast estates, is the latest victim of the gambling tables. He lost his entire wealth gambling and was confined in an in 1 sane asylum this week. Platte Center Church to Be Dedicated Today Platte Center. Neb., May 28.—The rornerstone of the new $75,000 Catho lic church, Kt. Joseph parish here, will he formally laid Thursday after noon. The church organization dates back to 1878 and the new building is the third and largest to be erected in the parish. Editor to Make Address. f’olumbus, Neb., May 28.—Eugene IIiisp, editor of thn Norfolk Daily News, will address business and pro fc-donal men of Columbus at a pub lic dinner under Chamber of Com merce auspices Thursday night, re lating experience In a trip to France •luring (ho postwar reconstruction period. f Assessment Cut Refused. Ord, Neb., May 28,- The chsp of Charles (loodhaml against Valley county was tried In district court here Monday. The plaintiff asked that the assessed value of certain buildings In Ord he cut from $10,000 to $6,000. Judge Paine derided In fa vor of the county. The plaintiff will appeal. I Fate of Louise Salerno to Be Decided by Jurors Today After Trial That Lasts Only Five Hours Italian Beauty Bares Details of Life in Fight to Escape Uharge of Slaying Uncle. Self- Defense Pleaded Less than two hours of testimony by state witnesses and a little more j than that by witnesses for the de- ' fense sufficed for the trial of Mrs. Louise Salerno for the murder of her uncle, Pete Sferas, January 13, in criminal division of district court ' Wednesday. Mrs. Salerno said she shot Sferas in self-defense when lie came to her home, following a telephone eonver- | nation which she hail with him. j. Argument will begin this morning and it is expected the Jury will get • • the case early this afternoon. |> Louise Matmo \• I • T\ Two Instructors of Slain Chicago Youth Released W ril of llaliras Corpus Grant ed \\ hen Attorneys Fail to Produce Promised E\ idenee. By I'nlvrrhul Service. Chicago, May 28.—M. K. Mitahell and Walter Wilson. Harvard school instructors held in custody since last Friday in connection with the kidnap ing and death of Hubert Franks, were released today on a writ of habeas corpus. Judge DeYoung, before whom the writ was made returnable, granted two postponements after issuing it Tuesday. Attorneys representing Jacob Franks, father of the slain child, had told the court if given n few hours time they would he able to produce evidence to warrant holding the two instructors for action by the grand jury. At 4:30 this afternoon, when the two instructors were arraigned before the judge, the attorneys representing Mr. Franks had nothing tangible to offer. Judge DeYoung then ordered their release. They returned to their homes immediately. With the release of Mitchell and Wilson, the theory that the child was plain by some one connected with the .school is shattered. No progress was made during the day in solving thA mystery. B> Is'mm inlcil Press. Chicago, May 28.— Investigation of the death >f Hubert Franks, 13. son of n Chicago millionaire, whose body was found in a railroad culvert li.<t Thursday at the same time a $10,000 ransom demand was delivered to his parents, assumed a new angle today, when officers began rounding u.> drug addicts for questioning. Kvidenee that nar otic users, at the behest of a well informed principal, < lew the hoy, has be* n in the hands of i uthorities for several days. According to States Attorney f’rowe, the investigators expect to find some user of drugs who was Kiifticient.lv well acqiihlnted with the movements of the Franks family to have contrived a kidnaping plot and t i.gago sotneone else to carry out the plan. "The killing was <*n accident.'* *lc ftiit'*'s attorney said, and everyth.rig that followed was undertaken to cover the accident. Drugs will be f ur.d at the bottom of it all." An account of whut'be believed v > ihe midnight burial of the boy, w *s given to the police yesterday by Join H. Shackleford, Gary, Ind., rab .va> switchman. Scottslniff to Pay $f>.2;>0 to Widow of Policeman "Lincoln, May 28.—The widow of Albert \\\ Peterson, fotmer Soottsbluff policeman who was killed bv a rob ber, was awarded $5,250 by the state labor commissioner today, this amount to be paid by the city of Keottsbluff in weekly instalments or $15. Cornerstone to He Laid Today for $75,000 Church Columbus, Neb., May 28.—The cor nerstone *.f the new $75,000 Catholic! church, St. Joseph parish. Platte Ten ter. will be* formally laid Thursday afternoon. The church organlgallon dates back to 1873. 50 Graduate at Ord. Old, Neb., May 28 —Dr. F. I.. ,B|ess lng was elected president of ilic Old High School Alumni association at It* annual merling. Other officers are, 111 D. Tnlrn, vice president; Mis. Hess Stacy, secretary, and Horace Travis, treasurer. ThlH year's class of B0 graduates Js (lie largest ever gradu ated in Ord. Married in Council Muffs. Th#* following peraona obtained m»r ring* lb fin# » yeslcrdsy in fount'll Bluff* Nam* nml Addre**. A*e. <*, II. Jeffery. Columbu*. Nob . . , 49 c'inlo ThoiiiMMon, Columbu*. Neb.49 Herman Boone, Klkhorn. N*b...\. *7 Mary iirthao, Gretna, Neh . . lid Perry Hannon, Aablund. Motil . . '' 1 Florence Murray. KlngHley, l»* . 21 Virgil Fr **«»». Lincoln, Neh . c Kiln M*nn*ft*y. Uaveya Nab. 21 .1. R. Piirbaugb. Lincoln. Neb,.. &ci Kdna B Ford, Lincoln, Neb. 46 Rudolph R YeehntU, Omaha. . 74 Rna# linlcr.nl, Omaba. 19 Albert Nelann. Ht Edward, Neh.. . ;! (Jena Gabrtelann, Newman Grove, Neh ?.fi Donald K. Main, Omaha . 72 Edna A. Wlaa, Omaha.. 19 Threatened to Kill Iler. Three state witnesses, railed Wed nesday afternoon for rebuttal testi mony. dirt not answer to their names. Mrs. Salerno wore a dark dress and a blue toque with a star Just above her forehead. The beautiful Italian laid bare her life and declared that the man she killed had had relations with her against her will from the time she was 11. She never told this to her parents or husband, she said, be cause he had threatened to kilt her if she did. She denied that she telephoned to Sferas the afternoon of tlie murder, asking him to come to her home. She asked him to go to her mother's home, she said, but lie refused, Says Forced Way. "When he came to my house he knocked on the door and then kicked," she said, "t opened it a little bit to tell him to go away and he forced his way in. I accused him of trying to assault my two young sisters and he said. 'Shut your moiith or 1 11 kill you.’ He had his hand in his pocket and I thought he had a gun. My two guns were lying on the writing cabinet. I got them and shot just to scare him." "Hid he fire at you?" asked Prose cutor Yeager. * "No.” was the answer. Denies She "Laid for Him.” When asked why she did not tell police that he had a gun. she replied at first "I wasn't asked" and then "I did tell them.” "You didn't have the guns in your hands when Sferas came in and you didn't tell Ixmise Vlnciquerra Ihnl you were going to get the Greek, did you?" Yeager asked "No.” said Mrs. Salerno. Mrs. Tony Plrrucello, mother of Mis Salerno and sister of Mrs. Sferas, testified in the afternoon that the conversation at the Salerno home, teslified to by Mrs. Sferas, never took place. Seven character witnesses testified for Mrs. Salerno. Mis. Louise Vinclquerra, only known witness of the killing of Sferas was not In court Wednesday morning when her name was called to testify for the prosecution. Isiuise VinciqueiTa Subpoenaed. A subpoena had been Issued for her. hut not served because, according to the sheriff’s office and other court officers, she no longer lives in (imahn. "We think she is in Council Bluffs. ' said Carey Ford of the county attor ney’s office, "hut we can't subpoena <Turn In I’sge Tide, fiiliimn Fiiurd TEN KILLED IN OKLAHOMA STORM Okmulgee, Ok In., >ln> 28.—Ten per sons were it |mirt« «I killed and about! CO injured when a tornado struck W'e himka, an oil town 30 miles southwest of here late today. ; < iounty ( lomtnissioners to (in Into Oil Business Lincoln, May 28 —The I.iincaMer county commissioners ate going into the oil business. A resolution of the commissioners, made public today de * lures "It is resolved, that we pn> * • ed forthwith to ere< t and properly (quip a filling station for supplying the needs of Dam aster county as well its all citizen* who care to trade at l he county nil station" The price of gasoline to tits cus tomers, the cnmmlssionei s declared, would be actual price, plus cost of handling. Ten Made Citizens. Plattsmouth, Neb., May 28 At a special naturalization hearing in dis trict court here, attended by a nat urallzation commissioner of the fed '•ral government. 10 Cans county rrsl dents were received Into full citizen ship. Two were women, native-born Americans, hut wives of alien citi zens. Fontenelle chapter. Daughters "f the American Revolution, assisted In the ceremonies of naturalization. Steamers Collide. Norfolk, Va., May 28.—The coast guard cutter Manning Was dispatched to the assistance of the British steam ship Manchurian Prince upon receipt (tf distress calls today stating it hnd collided at sea last night with the American tanker Jloxbat'. Shenandoah Paving Streets. Shenandoah, Id., May 28 Two more miles of paving in Shenandoah was ordered by the » ity council and Itlds will he advertised for McRaugh * in A Hon of Red oak ate now laying four miles of pavement. * ) msnops rower to Try Atheism Cases Is Upheld Dr. Broun Loses First Round in Fight Against Charge of Heresy Brought \gainst Him. By (iF.OKUK R. HOI.MKS International Nem Srrtirr staff Cor respondent. Cleveland, O . May 28.—-Bishop Wil liam Montgomery Brown, on trial fur heresy before a jury of hi* fellow bishops, lost the first round of his f.ght against being tried today when the ecclesiastical court decided that it has the right to try the bishop for his heretical utter ant es and error* of doctrine. Joseph W. Sharts. chief counsel for Bishop Brown, immediately made a new move. He demanded that, inas much ns this court is setting both as juftga and jury, his client be permit ted to examine the trial bishops to determine whether they had formed preconceived notions as to the guilt or innocence of Bishop Brown. Without acting on this demand Bishop Murray insisted that the juris diction of the court having been estab lished. the presentment against Bishop Brown be read and he plead to it. This presentment consists of 21 excerpts taken from Bishop Brown s book. “Christ ianisrn and Commun ism.” in which he said he no longer believed in a “conscious personal divinity” and that there was no longer “any rational doubt as to the fiction of, a physical Jesus.” These 2.1 e\ cerpts constitute the 21 overt acts of heresy charged against Bishop Brown. The decision of the court today i** regarded in ecclesiastical circles as momentous. In that it establishes In these modern days the right of the house of bishops to try and possibly! expel a member who has gone counter to the creed and doctrine of the church. The temper of the court today was distinctly toward applying an aceel orator to the trial. VOLCANO CRATER RETURNS TO LIFE H% Prr«». Hilo. T H . May 28.- Halemaumau r'ater. after two dava of comparative quiet. returned to life at 8 this rnmn Ing and threw a giant dust cloud Into the air. No stones were visible, nor was there the electrical display which had been noted In connei tlon with previous erruptiona of the present series. The cloud eventually drifted off toward I’ahala, obscuring the countryside. The volcano pit remained quiet nil night, the light rising clouds of steam being the onlv Indication of continue.! activity. Twelve earthquakes were registered between p. m. and mid night. The pit now' measures 3.000 by 3,400 feet, embracing 180 acres within the void, as compared with f»0 acres on May 10, before the present disturb ances started. Nortliwrslprn Train Withdrawal Cas<- June 13 Lincoln. May 28 The state tall wav commission today ordered n hearing at Norfolk, dune 13. of the application of the Northwestern mil road for the abandonment of one dally train between Net folk and Long! Tine. The Northwestern some time ago abandoned this service without authorization from the state railway commission but a supreme rout t dc cislon subsequently compelled the road to re-establish the annulled ttalns. Fish liill Passes. Washington, May 28.—-Without a record vote the senate today passed the house gill, giving the secretary c.f commerce authority to establish closed areas in Alaskan fishing waters and to enforce other mens tires designed to conserve the In du/dry. < linn h lo Hi- Huilt. Hloux Fnlls, S*. I>. M«y 2K ilroimil will lie linikrn linn iipxi wrk for tin now Auictlfttftrm l.ulhi'ifin rliutvh, whlrh will prat Approximately B00. Katlinaleil ioi>t In J2',000 Next Move Up to U. S., Says Japan Solemn Protest to Exclusion Forwarded to Hanihara, Soon to Leave Wash ington for Home. Contravenes Treaty By \MociKlfd Frew. Tokio, May 28.—The next move in the question of exclusion of Japanese from America, provided® for in a clause of the immigration bill passed by the American congress and signed by the president, is up to the State department in Washington, in the vleew of officials here. The solemn protest of the Japanese government, based, it is believed, on the ground that the exclusion provi sion is a contravenetion of article one of the treaty of commerce and navi gation between the 1'nitede States and Japan, has been sent to Am bassador Hanihara for presentation to Secretary of States Hughes. This article of the treaty of commerce and navigation guarantees equality of treaty of the merchants of the two countries. Whene Hanihara has delivered the protest to the secrtary of state and the matter is disposed of, the am bassador is expected to leave f- r home The foreign office said this v. < 1 entirely his own wish, he having re peatedly asked for leeave, but it is not expected that he will return to Washington. The protest. approved by the cabinet, um also submitted to the prince regent for his sanction, an un usual proceeding. indicating that great importance is attached to it. Foreign Minister Matsul added n statement to the preess, expressing deep regret at the passage of the immigration bill and referred to the government's protest as a solemn one. He urged the press, which had com mented bitterly on the signing of the, bill by President Coolidge, to maintain! an attitude of restraint Leaders of all the parties in the diet, including men who will take over the government when Premier KIv oura's cabinet resigns probably early in June, in a special meeting passed a resolution binding themselves to use their best eff.irts to restore the old friendly relations between the two countries In their view the exvlu sion law does not represent the true will of the American people, sup porting their statement by the declaration of Piesident t'oolidge dis approving of It. MILLIONS LOST BY FALL, SOLONSTOI.D Washington, May 28—Officers of ! the fleet corporation told the house j committee investigating the shipping i board today that Albeit B. Fall, 'as \ secretary of the interior in July. 1922. had refused to renew a con tract with the board for purchase of government royalty oil In Montana and Wyoming, thereby forcing it to ; obtain its oil elsewhere, entailing a ! loss of millions of dollars. The testimony was given by Jo- I s# ph K. Sheedy, vic e president, and M lb Bowen, manager of purchases and supplies of the fleet corporation, .n response to questions. The latter declared that Y\. ?\ aigument at the board’s command*' «is brought to l*ear upon Mr. Fall who. subsequent ly, committee members brought out. entered into a contra* t with the Sin Hair interests for purchase of the oil. NEW PROHIBITION PROBE LAUNCHED Washington, May 28.—A brand new congressional investigation, directed at prohibition enforcement, was de termined upon today by the bouse al coholic liquor traffic committee, which had not previously held a meeting In fl\e years. Acting under its general authority, the commit toe designated a sub-coni mlttee with Instructions to go into all phases of the liquor law situation, including rum smuggling and charges of abuse of the permit system. Ri'lief Move Launched. Washington. May 28.—Steps were Inaugurated by the administration today to bring forth some com promise farm relief measure, which can be passed before adjournment of congress, limit Nomination Reported. Washington, May 28.—The nomi nation of (dmties \V. Hunt of Iowa, to be a member of the federal trade commission, was favorably reported today by the senate interstate coni mores committee. treasury Official Named. Washington, May 28.—Charles S. I TH’Wey, vies president of the North cm Trust company of Chicago, was appointed by President Coolldgo to day to be assistant sccr«tai\ of the t reasurv. < .iillawa) Mouse Burns. (’aliaWay, Neb.. May 2R. House be longing to Joseph Heedhead of Cal In way was destroyed by n fire of un known origin 1/oss wss partly cov ered by insurance. Victims of Downtown Holdup i il2j , ■ />;! Introducing the latest holdup victims in Omaha. Above, left to right, are Miss Sophie Joffe and William H. Hlumenthal, who has just arrived to become the new secretary of the .leuish Welfare federation. Below are Miss Hortense Kosenstock, stenographer, and Maurice Greenberg, custodian of the federation offices. Nations Battle for Death Rav New Invention Said to Make W ;tr \ irtnalK Im London. May 2K.—An international scramble has set in for “death rays," which are mo destructive, scientists claim, that their possession will make; war virtually impossible in the fu turc. It was reported here today that the 1'nited States has joined Eng land and France in seeking the for mula for the deadly beams which aie supposed to he able to put airplane not ore out of commission, kill armies’ and set fires at many miles distance The national academy of science at Washington is understood to have cabled to Prof. F. .f Wall of Shef field university for the particulars of his "death rav ' invention. (Ireat Britain's efforts to obtain the formula for the destructive beam invented by Prof fJrindell Matthews has been unsuccessful so far, but scientists employed by th* govern ment are experimenting along the same line. Prof MattheAs tndav i« in Lyons. France, where he is said to 1k» ne gotiating with .4 private tirm which has ch se relations with tiie French government. Italian scientists ate engaged in tests with rays and radio in an »f fort to device a piec* i f war n»a* bin erv which will offset the death Is nrn " Officials of the British air mini.1' try intimated that they were not sat i fled with the experiments made for their benefit by Prof. Matthews Mon clay. They admitted that the ray had lighted an electric light bulb arid had stopped the engine of a small motorcycle, but said that the db anre. instead of being eight miles, was only 90 feet. However. Prof. Matthews proved thrt he hud the mi rect principle for a destructive he. ;o Officials declared that the demon strations must he more conclusive b» fore the government advances finan cis 1 assistance. The "death rav is an electric cur* ent controlled »n a manner similar to the steering of ships by wireless. Its sponsors claim it will mAke war so deadly that nations will fear to engage in hostilities in the future because of the menace of general nuihiliation. Rural Mail Carriers to lake Cattle Census Columbus, Neb., May 28.—Colum l«us rural mail carriers today re reived instruction* from the United Slates Postoffice depottment to take h hog. dairy cattle and working ani mal census at every one of the first 10 farm* along their route. The 1 ostoffhe department explain* tha? the cattle census is Included this v»ar because the government Yvlshes to ascertain the giowth of the dairy tattle movement throughout tho country and also to note the decrease in numbers of horse* ami mule*. Myer Dead in ( rash. Ill \m.i h'nl Prc... Pori An Prince, Haiti. May "* — l.lcnt \\ nlicr S. Htillonbcrg of l^mL* vlllc win Instantly killed -ind Gun nery Kcrgt. I’ Moor® of Denver, se rlouwly Injured when their nirpanr* rra.wheil hi a lower altitude during gunnery prnrtlo* today and wiia de stroyed by fire. kittle (,)iii»s Hail Hoard. I»» \«.*«»<• Intr«t Pres* | Norfolk Neh.. May 28 ,T A I .Ittie of Lincoln announced here today that In iia»1 severed relations with the state railroad commission a* freight extant. He is succeeded hv Kugenc Powell. \ ole for School kails. Pent lice. Neh., May 28.—The prop osltlon It' erect a $30,000 school build Ing nt (Well southwest of heir, lost by * vote of iok tty 34 at \ special flection held here. t' Cool i d<re Si<rns Navv Measure Bill ( arrio Provision for < Conference to Limit Aircraft. Washington. May 2*.—While the hou«e prepared t«*day to approve an expenditure of f2t)0,000,000 to make the I'nited States navy equal in every respect to that of Great Britain President Coolldge signed the 1024 102.'» naval appropriat cns MU. carry ing a rider providing for a new in ternational conference to limit air raft, submarine and auxiliary craft Mr. Foolidge has announce^ that such a w\]l rolled by "him until economic reconstruction is effected in Europe, but by affixing his signature to the bill he definitely accepted the Invitation of congress to *nter 4nto treaties with Great Britain. France. Japan and Italy for the fur ther limitation of naval armament. X-RAY FAILS TO AID IN IDENTITY CASE Hi \««nriatrd Pres*. Sioux Kails, S !).. May 2$—An x ra\ examination of the ribs of Arthur Frazier thus far has failed t*» aid him in hi* effort* to prove he l* an Indian world*war veteran entitled to government aid and that the body hurled nt Niobrara. Neb ns Arthur Frazier is that of another man A picture, t k?n during the exami nation. fiiled to rtvenl that one of hfs ribs had been broken, and the War department claims that the real Arthur Frazier ha 1 a fractured rib Frazier** parent* had relied on the examination. his father. Charles Frazier, an Indian minister of Fort Lookout, S. D.. having declared that imo of his sun’s ribs had ln.>n broken when he was five years old. SLAYER SUSPECTS ORDERED HELD • hh !£<• V ' _*v — a < oronet s jury today recommended that Nicholas liuido and Anthony Deniio be held to [be grand jury fur murder, and that Mrs Margaret Marks be held as an accessory before the fact, in connec tion with the slaying of James R. Burks, former resident of Beatrice Neb. Search for Anthony Belize, ac cused by the two men. is being made. (luido declared Mr*. Marks, a room er iii Burks' house, had informed them Burks would collect several hundred dollars on the day of the slaying, according to the states at torney. The jury found Burks died of strangulation which the police s»\ was accomplished by winding a ut tain around his neck. Hum Flerts Hurl CaMcs. tts l nHrtMl fnirf. New York, May 2$.—Rum fleets anchored off the Jersey and Long Island coasts are playing havoc with submarine cables to stich an extent that officials of two transatlantic cable companies said they had pro tested to the Treasury department at \N ashington Another company i> contemplating similar action Plano Speeds OI>s*T\or. Honolulu. May 2' A waiting see plane took Hr. T A dagger to Hilo today on Ins arrival here to observe the activities of Kilauea volcano which has been in eruption for the last month. The volcano was quiet last night, but earth trembler* eon tinned In the district I The Weather V _ j V'or ‘4 hour* rn«l t« 7 r in \t*> *t I rrrli.llsOo.. In« In« Mini Hnntlrnllh Total, • Total hntttri i. ► :« Pfftuem \ S.flf If our O Temprmliirr* ' * tU . St I I' !’ i , <1 * * m . ... . M 2 p in. . Kt ? * *n .... f.' 1 i' nv . s m .....ss 4 v m, ' * w.M «s i>. m. .... si in * r*v ... * 4 * r m ‘• it • i«.lb 7 r in snou . It | i> m. ..... i Daylight Hold ups Tie Up \\ omen Loot Safe in Downstairs Of fice—JSIiiji One Clerk \\ itb Gun V, lien He Grit** for Help. May Have Been Novices Police were still searching last night for three unmasked bandits who early yesterday held up and tied two men and two girls in the offices of the Jewish Welfare federation rooms, Lyric building. The safe was looted and $200 and a diamond ring val ued at several hundred dol lars were taken. William R Blummenthal, now su perintendent of the federation, had arrived at the headquarters on his first viidt onlv half an hour before the robbery. Maurice Greenberg, custodian of the federation offices, and Miss Hor tense P.osenstriek. ]!*. stenographer, were in the outer office when the three bandits entered. Face Hve Revolvers. The bandits opened hostilities in .the conventional manner, demanding 'that thrse two elevate their hands. (They complied. Inasmuch as thev were faring tlie y -suing n uths of five revolvers, two of the hanliis having guns in each hand. But Greenberg could not resist • attempt to thwart the holdup. ''Help." he screamed, in a husky but penetrating voice. "Help, Mr. Blumenthal! Bobbers!" Victim Fights, Slugged. Blumenthal was in conference in an inner office with Miss Sophie Joffe. 20. genera! secretary of the federation The door connecting the offices was dosed. Miss Joffe rushes! to open It. Blumenthal also rushed to the door. The scene which confronted them was a terrifying nnp. Two of the bandit* had struck Greenberg with their fi*t*. Tlie third had hit him with the butt i of a revolver over the left eye, and the Mood was streaming down his ta<e. "Get back in there," ordered one of the bandit*, leveling his guns on Mi*s .Ioffe and Blumenthal. "And you get in there too,” he continued, waving a gun at Greenberg and 'IK* Rosen stock. Cuts Phone Cord. Tlir*e two complied hut ju*t then the telephone in the outer office be gan to ring. One of the bandit* slashed the cord In two with a knife. In Hie inner oftice Hie two men and the two girl welfare workers vveie ! ordered to lie down. One of the bandits produced set till bit* of rope, and hef.in t.ving their hand*. \ll Xiguiiient Fail*. I've helped to yet men out of the penitentiary In I'alifnrma.'' pleaded Blumenthal, seeing how badly fright ened the two girls were. "I've done a lot for fi Hows like you. It isn't I fair for you to treat me this way. at-I you shouldn't tie th-> girls up. Can t I v ou see they may faint**" I half , \peeled they would us* ; The hint of a cun on me. too," Blum 1 i rtha) explained later But I wat [ really . v‘ jvj-1 me of ihe £'.rls might faint Tn Mi* * .1*»ffr*. who had been forrfd to li# on Iter hide on the floor on# of (the bandit*, who was t> uig her hand*. *aid: "If I'm tying them too tight, tell me.*' * \ erj l ncomfortable." “I I'm very tin com f or ta Wo," replied th# cirl. "I'm *orr\," was the bandit'* reply, (Turn to Pace Two, Column Thrre.t Summary of 7 he Day In Washington T •' -*n i*.’ the Wiskan ! fisheries Mil. The Tuft agreement with Panama \vn* abrogated <s of June 1. Oftfe .ils decMned to comment on t: • " • < • \ hi* -n pr.--.-v Tl » l *e p.ts«ed the navy bill to S establish the full bb 3 ratio. Chat lea S lVwey of Khicago was ap|M>inted assistant secretary of the ! treasury. Two investigations of prohibition were announced for the summer by t s« nate and house committees. The lhtugherty committee heard additional testimony dealing with alien property and anti trust cases Senator l«a Kollette virtually an nounced he would run f. r president Independently unless the old par tie* “purged. themselves The administration undertook j steps to l-i mg forth n compromise | farm aid lull w\}w h can he pa**e\ before adjournment of congress K V tT.arke. former K K K organiser, testified concerning the I PC- Te\ is senatorial campaign he i foi'e the sen-te Mayfield committee. The house shipping hoard commit ii secretary of the interior In 1???, refused to renew , »ntracts with the board for purchase of government i million* of dollar*