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CITY EDITION VOL. 53. NO. 298. OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1924. * TWO CENTS'• or^“5 -_/
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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
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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*