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CHILD KILLED WHEN CARS CRASH
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Coolidge to
Stay on Job
in Campaign
Executive Duties to Receive
First Attention—President
to Make Less Than
, Dozen Speeches.
> Dawes’ Itinerary Planned
Washington, July 22 —Participation
byPresldent Coolidge in the national
campaign is expected to be limited to
less than a dozen speeches and to
involve no extended campaign tour.
This announcement was made today
at the White House and supplemented
a previous statement by William M
Butler, chairman of the republican
, national committee, that there had
been no change In the original plan
for Mr. Collldge to stay on the job in
Washington.
Developments during the campaign
may cause an alttration in the plans
for the president's campaign activi
ties, but it now is the strong belief
of Mr. Coolidge as well as Mr. Butler
and other leaders that executive duties
must receive first attention and camp
aign requirements be relegated to a
secondary place. Such a position is
expected by republican leaders to
reccommend Itself generally to the
American people regradless of polit
ical affiliations.
Important Speech August 14.
Definite plans, such as dates and
places for the addresses to be made
by Mr. Coolidge have not been for
mulated, although the subject was
* discussed at last night’s conference
between the president and Chairman
Butler. Some of the addresses prob
ably will be made by radio from Wash
ington, but it still is the plan for the
president to deliver several out of
r~ town addresses after September 1 and
before election day.
One address, probably the most im
portant. the president will make, will
he delivered at the notification cere
monies here August 14. Mr. Coolidge
also has an engagement to speak at
the dedication here early in October
of the First Division monument, and
he then probably will make his only
address of the campaign to a soldier
audience. No other dates of places for
addresses have been tentatvely agreed
upon.
To Confer With Dawes.
Arrangements for the speaking ac
tivities of Charier G*. Dawes, the re
publican vice presidential candidate,
have not been definitely made, but Mr.
Butler left Washington late today for
Chicago to confer with Mr. Dawes and
to resume charge of the national
headquarters of the party which have
been established In that city. The
chairman will not return to Washing
ton until Just before the notification
ceremonies for Mr. Coolidge, but may
visit the newly established eatsern
headquarters in New York.
Mr. Butler before leaving for
Washington, gave out a statement in
which he said he regarded the camp
aign as really opened; that the republi
cans were ready to wage the contest
either on the basis of personality of
candidates or on party recorl and
pledges; that a branch headquarters
probably would be established in the
west and that the republican cam
paign management was planning a
contest in which all the people might
have a part and which would seek to
'» stir the st^y at-home vote out of its
apthy. \
-, SLAYER SUSPECT
SOUGHT BY POSSE
Union, 8. C., July 21.—An armed
posse leif by Department of Justice
agents, members of the sheriff’s of
fice and local police Is scouring the
woods one mile south of the Excel
sior Mills for Frank Harrlll, alleged
accomplice with Mortimer H. King,
in the slaying of Major Samuel Me
Leary, following the arrest today of
Igirry Johnson. 17, a mill worker,
while taking a bag containing food
to Harrlll.
We Have
With Us
it. ■ .
Iji Crosse, WIs.,
Attorney.
Mr. Holmes Is a member of the
noted law firm of Morris, Winter,
Each & Holmes.
Mr. Morris, senior member, was
first counsel 26 years sgo for Dr.
B. J. Palmer of Davenport and now
the firm Is national counsel for the
Universal Chiropractors' association.
He Is a personal friend of "Fighting
Bob" La Follette and has managed
his political campaigned Wisconsin
many times. He also Is former at
torney general of the state.
Judge Winter haa the reputation of
having presaed more onsea before
more supreme courts thsn sny other
one attorney.
Mr. Each Is the co-author of the
famous Each Cummins railroad bill,
and former United Statca ssnntor.
t ' Mr. Holmea Is author of a book on
I ’ medical Jurisprudence snd Is In Ne
braska on matters pertaining to a
test rase on the legality of the chl
roprstle law amended by the last
leglslat ure.
Mr. Holmes Is a guest at the home
Of Dr. and Mrs. Lee W. Edward*.
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Protective Measures
Suggested by Burglars
Adopted at Bedford
V ---*
Bedford, la., July 22.—When Harry
Maybe of Council Bluffs was sent to
Fort Madison for burglary here last
month, he suggested an Increase In
night watches here. The council today
appointed another officer. Maybe
and his two pals, who wers also sent
to prison, left many suggestions for
ridding the city of crime, and others
are being taken up, especially a plan
for lighting alleys.
Three Killed, 70
Hurt When Two
Steamers Crash
Captain and Wireless Opera
tor Stick to Posts When
Tanker Rams Passen
ger Vessel.
By Associated Frees.
Fall River, Mass., July 2!.—Mrs.
Oscar Green of Brooklyn, N. Y., was
killed in her berth on the steamer
Boston' in the collision with the Swift
Arrow last night. Thia was learned
when her husbdnd arrived here today
on one of the rescue steamers.
By International News Berries.
Newport, R. I., July 22.—Three per
sons were killed, one woman and two
men, when the new passenger liner
Boston of the Eastern Steamship
company was rammed by the oil
tanker Swift Arrow off Point Judith
In a heavy fog, according to word
brought here today by Lieutenant
Page, ship's doctor of the United
States steamship Wright.
Lieutenant Page arrived here on
the coast guard cutter Acushnet,
which had on board E. L. Copeland
of Brookline, Mass., seriously injured.
Lieutenant Page said many were
Injured, but could not give an esti
mate of the number.
Copeland waa pinned In his state
room, which was close to the spot
where the oil tanker drove Its nose
into the big passenger steamer, and
It was necessary to cut him from the
wreckage.
New York, July 22.—Saved from a
watery grave, the passengers and
crew of the Eastern Steamship com
pany's steamer Boston, which was
rammed by the oil tanker Swift Ar
row late last night in a fog two and
a half miles southeast of Point
Judith, R. I., are being brought to
New York aboard the Fall River liner
Priscilla.
The following radio was received
from the steamer Priscilla, when
asked If the latter had picked up all
aboard the Boston:
"No, not all of them," and added
that 70 of those picked up were seri
ously Injured.
At the time of the collision, the sea
was calm.
Carries 900 Passengers.
The Boston left Boston last night
for New York. She normally carries
900 passengers. She Is 402 feet long,
twin screw, oil burning, and displaces
5,100 tons.
The Boston was the latest thing In
boat construction—modern In every
detail. She left Boston at 5 yester
day afternoon, most of her passengers
being returning vacationists.
When off Point Judith, the Boston
ran Into a thick fog. Slowly she
groped her way, her siren blowing at
minute Intervals. Sudden, the Swift
Arrow loomed up and before either
captain could reverse his engines, the
tanker struck the steamship amid
ships.
mine on noaro.
A panic ensued, as the passengers
scrambled out of their berths.
But It was only short lived- Order
cams outTif chaoa. The coolness of
the ship's officers quieted the fears
of the passengers.
Then came the curt command, the
first order In all shipwrecks:
"Man the lifeboats. Women and
children first."
And the work of rescue was on.
Over the side went the lifeboats.
The passengers went into them in an
orderly manner with no signs of con
fusion.
The captain, true to the tradition
of the sea, refused to desert the ship.
With him stuck the wireless operator.
The latter flashed the call for assist
ance and aeveral boats rushed to the
aid of the stricken veseels.
The rescue vessels had to pick their
way cautiously because of the dense
fog. /
The Boston's steam power had been
shut off. There was no whistle to
guide the rescue vessels, only the
call of the wireless.
The Boston was brought Into New
port harbor, supported on one side
by the steamship Commonwealth, and
on the other by three navy tugs.
Coming In, the Commonwealth pick
ed up three additional survivors In
a lifeboat, who told stories of narrow
escapes from death.
According to the three, nearly an
hour was required to launch the life
boat In which they got away. When
launched, the boat's seacocks were
found to be open and the craft was
without lights. Ths sea was flat,
and this fact alone prevented a heavy
loss of life, according to the surviv
ors. •
Juilffp (iolhy Improve!.
Beatrice, Neb., July 22.—Judge I,.
W. Colby of this city, who recently
underwent s serious operation at
Rochester, Minn., was given a blood
trsnsfuslon, according to a message
received here by relatives, who feel
hopeful over his condition, which la
reported lmpi
Boy Hiker
Drowns in
Missouri
Lacked Bridge Toll and
Attempted to Swim
River—Caught in
Current.
20 Watch Him Go Down
John Sullivan, 19, St. Louis, Mo.,
was drowned In the Missouri river
within 100 feet of the Douglas street
bridge about 8 Tuesday afternoon
when, lacking toll, he attempted to
swim the swift stream.
An under water whirlpool evidently
caught him when he was but 20 feet
from the Iowa side. .
"Help!” he screarded as he went
down. .
Comrade Echoes Cry.
Andrew Daniels, 17, his companion,
who was swimming by his side, echo
ed hts cry, but was too exhausted by
the swim to aid his pal.
He continued to the bank.
Daniels said that Sullivan was
"easy meat” for the sudden cur
rent, having expended his strength
in the hard swim across.
Twenty Men See Him.
"Twenty men were standing on the
Iowa side watching us, within easy
reach of a rowboat, when Sully went
PARENTS. BABY DROWNED.
Boulder, Colo., July 22.—Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Baker and their 2
year-old son, Richard, of Have
lock, Neb., were drowned shortly
before noon today in Strapp's lake,
a summer resort 22 miles west of
Boulder, according to word re
ceived here this afternoon by Cor
oner h B. Kelso.
_'
down, but they made no move to
help us,’’ declared Daniels.
The drowned boy, Daniels, and Les
ter De Suza. 20. St. Louis, were
"bummlnR” their way to the harvest
fields of South Dakota.
Nickel Between Them.
They left their homes In St. Louis
last Saturday. Coming to the Ne
braska side of ths river, they found
on taking a brief Inventory, that they
had a lone nickel between them.
The two younger boys stripped and
gave their clothes to DeSuza. He was
to use the last nickel as toll and
carry the clothes across the bridge
while they swam the river.
More than 1,000 persons attracted
by the sight of the lads In the water,
saw Sullivan drpwn.
ARTIST IS HELD ON
BAD MONEY CHARGE
By Universal Berries.
London. July 22.—A sensation has
bean created In artlstle circles In
London by ths arrest of Harold Ja
cobus, an American artist, charged
with making counterfeit treasury
bills.
Police raided his home In the Black
Friars dlstlrct, seizing an elaborate
counterfeiting plant and a nui.ibei
of unfinished bills. Police declare
that when they had seized the plant
Jacobus cried:
"You have found It!"
At this exclamation, his wife. Bet
tha, an English woman, said to him:
• Harold, hold your tonguf. If they
keep me In prison all myAtfe I'll say
nothing."
She was arrested with him and both
will be charged next Saturday.
LAWYERS GUESTS
OF U. S. ENVOY
By AwMH-lAted PrtM.
London, July 22.—Ambassador and
Mrs. Kellogg wars hoats thla after
noon to the visiting Amerlrnn law
yer*. The pleasant garden* of Crewe
house were crowded until a aevere
hail and rain storm drove everybody
Indoore. The gueetg were presented
to Secretary of Slate Hughe*.
University Head, Injured
in Car Crash, Improving
Rock Springs, Wyo., July 22.—The
condition of Dr. Henry Louis Smith,
president of Washington snd Lee uni
versity at Lexington, Va., was re
ported improving late today Dy at
tending phyelclans. Dr. Smith I* in a
hospital here aa a result of Injuries
he sustained In an automobile ac
cident Friday morning, lie suffered
concussion of the brain and possibly
internal Injuries when the automo
bile In which he waa traveling went
over an eml>ankment about 20 mile*
from Rock Springs.
Norwegian Cabinet Quit*.
By ANAflRtH Pr*M.
Chrlstlnla, July 22—The ministry
of Premier Abraham Perge has re
signed as a result, of the defeat of
the government's proposal* for bal
ancing the budget. It will be re
placed by a new ministry headed by
Dr. Johan Ludvig Mowlnokel, former
minister of commerce.
Harvest Delayed by Rain.
Columbus. Neb., July 22,—Local
employment bureau* ar* swsmped
with application* from hervest hand*
for work which they ar* unable to
find because of the rain* which pr*
vent the resumption of the harvest.
a '
Degree of “Mor^ of Boy
Slayers on *** T Fix Fate
Question WillDecid
Franks Kidnapers xiang
or Go to Prison,
Experts Say.
By A mot luted Preso.
Chicago, July 22.—Fixing of the de
gree of “moral turpitude” may be
the legal problem by which will be
determined the ultimate fate of
Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard
I.oeb, who kidnaped and killed young
Robert Frank# for a thrill.
Upon the development of this ques
tion, legal experts say, will hinge
whether they shall hang or go to the
penitentiary. First steps In arriving
at a solution of the question will be
taken tomorrow when the youths,
who yesterday pleaded guilty, will ap
pear In court for a hearing prelimin
ary to their formal sentences.
Admission of the crime by Ithe
two sons of Chicago millionaires be
fore Judge John R. Caverly wiped
out the possibility of a plea of Insan
ity, at least until sentence has been
passed. The defense asked permis
sion to present evidence In mitiga
tion of punishment based upon the
youth of the defendants and their
"degree of mental responsibility.” At
torneys agreed, however, that If men
tal responsibility Is linked In this
case with the question of "moral
turpitude" It will be the first such In
stance In the history of Illinois
courts.
May Offer Insanity Evidence.
Clarence S. Darrow and Benjamin
Bachracb, attorneys for the defense,
were cryptic In their discussion of
this phase of the case.
"We can go as far as we like In the
presentation of Insanity evidence and
we probably will,” Mr. Darrow said.
Robert E. Crowe, state’s attorney,
however, has declared that he will
not agree -to the presentation of any
evidence tending to show the boys in
sane except before a Jury, He spent
today in seclusion, busied with last
minute preparation of the statement
with which he expects to open pro
ceedings tomorrow. He expects to
finish his statement during the morn
ing session and perhaps will start
presenting oral testimony before ad
journment for luncheon.
.State Has 81 Witnesses.
The courtroom, where will be de
rided the punishment to be meted out
for one of the most startling and
sensational crimes In Chicago’s his
tory, was given over today to carpen
ters and wire men who were busy In
stalling benches, telegraph circuits
and seats for one of the largest as
semblages of writers In the history of
local courts. Harassed court at
taches were kept at work Issuing
passes and settling disputes as to the
seating arrangements. Nearly 100
press tickets were Issued.
No less than 81 witnesses will be
called by the state unless the court
decides that he does not need all this
detail. The state will also offer about
60 exhlhjts, ranging from a chisel
wrlth which the youth was killed and
the typewriter on which the ransom
demands were written, to the hotel
registration cards filled out by Loeb
In an effort to cover the tracks of
Leopold and himself In case they had
to flee.
GOVERNOR FREES
LAS VEGAS EDITOR
Santa Fe, N. M., July 21—Governor
J. F. Hinkle today issued a pardon
to Carl C. Magee, 'editor of the Albu
querque State Tribune, who earlier
today had been found guilty of con
tempt of court by District Judge D
J. Leahy at T-aa Vegas. N. M., and
sentenced to three months In Jail.
Asked what might ensue If the
sheriff at lain Vegas refused to honor
the pardon. Governor Hinkle said that
the next step would depend upon
Magee’s counsel. The governor said
he had heard rumors of high feeling
In Las Vegas and of rumored plans
proposln to liberate the editor by
force If necessary. ,
rariow Kcvisits wymore.
Wymore. Neb., July 22.—Wilber F.
Farlow, former veteran Furllngton ,
railway roadmaster of Wymore, who
wae retired by the railway company
here after 43 years continuous serv
let, It In Wymore visiting friends.
He leaves here for Indlanola, la., to
visit hla mother, who la 32 years old.
Mr. Farlow has been making hla
home In Florida and Kansas City
since retirement three months ago.
Gravel Contract Let.
Pones. Neb.. July 22,—At a special
session of the rommlseioners of Dixon
county, held jointly with Stale En
gineer Tully, a contract to gravel 1?
miles of state highway No. 23 was
let to the Western Fridge Construe- ,
lion company of Omaha. The price
ngreed upon was 134 cents per square
yard and th# gravel Is to he taken
from the pits along the highway.
Church Burned in Storm.
Wymore, Neh , July 22.—Evangel
leal church In the north part of Her
Kemer, Kan., waa struck by lightning
anil, burned In an electrical etnrm
Saturday.
Married in Council Bluffs.
Tha following prraona nhlalnail marrlnyt.
lit mma In Council itluffa ycatanlay
W V Karr, Omaha ... 1*9
Nall (limn, Lincoln. Nab. 90
Sam Aoranann, Onjnba ... ........ 21
Faltraa Iltvana, Omaha .. 31 (
II L Law|«, Omaha ... f-i
FI la Amlth. Omaha .. 44 I
Meurlca Cioiva. Norfolk. Nab.. 3« 1
llalan Maynaa, Farmington. Mo ... It ,
r H Markin. Omaha .. 1} .
Qartruda Faaaovoy. Omaha ... II 1
-„opold and Loeb Plan
to Be Prison “Heroes”
Chicago, July 22.—Nathan Leo
pold, Jr., and Richard Loeb. whose
punishment for the kidnaping and
murder of 14-year-old Robert
Franks Is to be determined by
Judge Coverly, are looking for
ward eagerly to a lifetime In Joliet
penitentiary.
Leopold has already made in
quiry concerning scientific Instru
ments and scientific books. Those
who have watched the two wealthy
youths and studied their mental
ity say they look forward to being
the heroes of the big penitentiary.
They are said to be planning a
sclentlflo laboratory. If such a
thing will be permitted them.
They plan to study, to write, to
deliver lectures to their fellow
prisoners. In fact they look for
ward to making themselves fa
mour, thus satisfying their ego
tism.
All of this may be shattered by
a death sentence. Whatever their
fate, the boys are unafraid.
L_ 1
Hammill Named
to Carry Iowa
G. 0. P. Standard
Lieutenant Governor Chosen
as Gubernatorial oNminee
—Plan to Fight Brook
hart Fails.
Bj lnoeliM Frees.
Des Moines, July 22.—Without a
contest that required more than two
ballots for a nomination, the repub
lican state convention today selected
Lieutenant Governor John Hammill,
sf Britt, as the party's gubernatorial
nominee for the November election,
named J. C. McCIune of Oskaloosa
—a member of the house of repre
tlves—as the nominee for state audl
tor, and choge M. O. Thornburg, as
itstant secretary of agriculture, as
the candidate for the secretaryship to
succeed the late Raymond Casaady.
The convention framed a platform
of unusual Interest, touching vlrtu
illy every Issue that has eo far been
brought before the people In the decla
rations of the national party organi
sation.
No Mention of Brook hart.
Plans of political enemies of Sen
ator Smith W". Brookhart to bring
>ut a resolution condemning the sen
ator for failure thus far to actively
support the national ticket went awry
and no mention of the junior senator
ass made In the resolutions, brought
out by a committee headed by Sen
ator A. B. Cummins.
One resolution waa declared by the
intl-Brookhart group to approach
their desires In this respect. It was
a declaration that "a citizen need not
be a red, a communist or a socialist.
In order to be progressive.”
Other planks In declared for rail j
oad rates aa low as practicable for
the maintenance of adequate service,
tor further legislation to restoir the
’srmers' dollar, for enactment of the
McNary Haugen export corporation
bill, for ndoptlon of the Iowa legis- '
ature of the child labor constitutional
imendment to be submitted tomorrow
by, Governor Kendall and for revision
pf the election laws to make It Im
possible for a voter to change his
barty allegiance on election flay.
See C’oolldge Victory.
Governor eKndall, who addressed
he convention late thl» afternoon,
leclared that "works and not words
ire the paramount necesalty of this
pmergent hour." The governor ex
pressed the opinion that Coolldpe *nd
Dawes will "win a majority of JOO.
'00 In Iowa In the November election
ind a majority of J.000,000 In the ne.
lonal.
"Our president," Governor KtndaJI
laid, "la no longer an experiment;
pe la a certainty."
B. B. Burnsqulat of PVpA Dodge
vaa reelected state chairman.
Funeral Service* Held for
President of Denver Post
Denver. Colo.. July 22.—Funeral
lervloee for Harry H. Tamnien, one
if the proprietor* and president of
ho Denver Pott, were held at the
tome of the publisher here today,
file service* wore public nnd one of
ho largest gatherings of business,
irofesslonal and other friend* of the
ate publisher, ever present at a
ilmllar service, thronged the home.
Out of reapeot for Mr. Tammen
ind 111* work for the welfare of chll
Iren, the Juvenile court of Judge Ben
dndsay today waa rinsed all day.
Quake in Ecuador.
Quayaqulll, Kqtiador, July 22.—An
earthquake of considerable violence
an* felt In many sections of tha conn
ry laat night. Telegraphic comtnunl
nation from here to Quito was Inter
•upted hut no other datnnge was re
rnrted.
Slock Shipment* Heavy.
Ponca, Neli., July 21. Fifteen car*
>f stock were shipped out of this
dace during the past week. Indies
lone are for a atronger run thle
reek, due to the advanca. In the mat
tat, especially for hogs.
*
Moorhead
in Race for
Bryan Job
Petitions Circulated for For
mer Election Commissioner
—Stephens’ Candidacy
Gathers Strength.
Norton Stock Down
The proverbial calm before a etorm
was noted in political circles Tuesday,
two days In advance of the meeting
of the democratic state central com
mittee at Lincoln called for the pt4t
pose of choosing a successor to Gov
ernor Bryan on the state ticket.
Early Wednesday morning trains
will be filled wiHi democratic politi
cians from ail over the state bound
for Lincoln to attend the meeting and
join in the hotel lobby Intrigue and
gossip which precedes every state
wide political meeting.
Jerry Howard stirred up a bit of
excitement when he started circula
tion of a petition ealllng on the state
committee to select Harley G. Moor
heed, former Douglas county election
commissioner, as the gubernatolal
candidate. Attached to the petition
were the names of Dan B. Butler,
W. A. Schall and John F. Murphy,
deputy sheriff.
Many Want Notice.
While Howard la not a member of
the state committee, he expressed a
willingness to join in the activities of
the committee providing he received
an invitation. In any event, he in
tends to see to it that his petition is
read at the meeting.
John H. Hopkins, who is looked
upon as the strongest candidate from
Omaha, stated be believed he could go
Into the meeting with a number of
votes from outside If he finally de
cided to enter the fight. He expressed
doubt as to getting the full vote of
the Douglas county members.
"The great trouble is so many
Omaha men want to get notice on
the first ballots." Hopkins said.
Morehead Still Mentioned.
The Stephens candidacy launched
Monday following a visit of the
former congressman from Fremont to
the office of Arthur Mullen, boss of
the anti Bryan forces, continued to
gather momentum. How outatate
politicians are taking the Stephens
boom Isn’t known In Omaha and the
Omaha politicians may learn many
thlnga they didn't know when they
reach Lincoln and rub elbows with
the ahortgrass politicians who repre
sent nearly 85 per cent of the voting
strength.
Certain politicians still think that
John H. Morehead, that canny Scotch
politician and regular biennial candi
date for some office, will maneuver
around and get the nomination.
Everyone seems to feel that at heart
he wants the job.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Re*.
Lincoln, July 22.—Governor Bryan
was so busy with personal business
down town this morning that he could
not hold his morning audience with
the newspaper representatives. As a
result the peoplo of the state were
left at the mercy of the gasoline ex
ploiters for a few hour*.
Norton atock Is appreciably decreas
Ing In the estimation of the political
prognosticators. The stock of Dan V.
Stephens of Fremont is rising and
MeDonnld stock Is maintaining It*
level. At the same time Skiles stock
Is being traded in on the curb. Rumor
has It that Stephens is quite willing
to lead a forlorn hope, being financial
ly able and not averse to taking sharp
issue with the Bryan element.
REBELS RETREAT
INTO SAO PAULO
By AanrUld Press.
Santos. Brazil. July 22.—Reliable
Information received today from Sao
l’aulo Is to the effect that the govern
ment forces have recaptured several
outlying sections of the city from the
reblas and are hrlnglng up heavy ar
tillery and placing It ate atrategl
polnta commanding rebel strongholds.
Monday night there was a brisk
artillery duel between the federal* and 1
the rebel* which lasted 11 hours. The 1
rebel* failed to dlalodg* the govern 1
ment forrea, who are now surround
tng the city on three aides, leaving the
rebels only the west for retreat.
it Is claimed that the effective
marksmanship of the government
gunners, who are lauding shell* on
the barracks of the rebels. Is begin -
nlng to break the morale of the rebels
Ai minus T. llaoherlc, the American
consul. Is sticking to his post In Kao i
Paulo. He reports that there have -
been no American casualties. ,
Calvin Coolidge Grave lo
Be Guarded All Summer
Plymouth, Vt.. July 22.—The mllt
l*ry guard which has been doing
duty at the grave of Calvin Coolidge.
Jr., son of the president, will be con
tinued through the summer. It was
learned today. Many hundreds of
persons visit the grave dally and sou
venlr hunters are much In evidence.
Iowan Successful in Hast.
Shenandoah, la. July St.- R. .1
llllehte. former district manager of
ihe Iowa Service company, la now
rbe president and manager of the
Jersey Central Power and I.lght com
pany, which control* properties sub
irhan to New York The company
haa recently taken over the coast
gas properties
Omaha Grain Receipts
and Prices
Receipt* at the Omaha Grain
exchange show 11 car* of wheat
and 14 cars of corn were received
Tuesday, compared to 26 cars of
wheat and 31 car* of corn on the
corresponding day a year ago.
No. 2 hard winter wheat *old
for $1.1301.14 1-2 and No. S yel
low corn for $1.01, compared to
91 cents for the same grade of
wheat and 81 cents for the same
grade of corn a year ago.
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Bankers Balk at
Underwriting Big
Loan to Germany
Financiers Claim Allies’ Plan
Leaves Loophole for
France—U. S. Will
Submit Substitute.
By BOBERT J. PREW,
rnhnul Service Staff Correopondent.
London, July 22.—American and
British bankers today took control of
the fate of the London conference.
Thomas W. Lament, for the Mor
gans; Sir Montagu Norman, governor
of the Bank of England, and Regi
nald McKenna, chairman of the Lon
don Joint City and Midland bank, and
former chancellor of the exchequer,
have declared their Inability to ac
cept the report of "committee No. 1,”
on proposed allied action In the event
of German default under the Dawes
plan.
The bankers declared that the re
port of the committee left loopholes
for further independent action by
France and declined to guarantee un
derwriting the proposed $200,000,000
loan to Germany.
“Big Five” Confer*.
The "big five” of the conference—
Premier MacDonald, Ambassador
Frank B. Kellogg, Premiers Herrlott
and Theunl* of France and Belgium,
and Signor DeStefanl, representing
Italy—conferred on the situation to
day. Ambassador Kellogg was ready
with the plan drafted by Owen D.
Young, to meet the objections of the
bankers, which had been anticipated
by the Adterlcan experts.
Ambassador Kellogg proposed that
the procedure should be that the
reparations commission would declare
Germany In default and recommend
penalties, but that before the penal
ties were applied, the power* should
appoint a commission of financial ex
pert* drawn from the Dawes commit
tee to decide whether such penalties
would Injure the Investors In the Ger
man loan.
Theunl* Also Ha* Plan.
The American ambassador urged
that an addition he made to the con
ference protocol binding the allies not
to act against Germany unless all
were convinced that the penalties
would not affect the service of the
loan.
Premier Theunls of Belgium sub
mitted another plan, under which the
reparations commission would b* un
able to declare Germany In default
until the opinion had been obtained
of a special committee of five experts
appointed from the original Dawes
committee.
The plenary’ session of the confer
ence Is slated for tomorrow to discuss
these obstacles to a settlement. The
Impression tonight Is that Premier
Herriot probably will stake the exist
pnee of his government in meeting
the demands of the bankers.
SHORTHILL RAPS
BIG GRAIN MERGER
J. W Shorthill. secretary treasurer
>f the Nebraska State Farmers’ Co
>perat!v« Grain and Livestock asso
■latlon, joined C. J. Osborne, presl
lent of the Farmers' Union, jn |MU.
ng a warning to farmers to stop,
ook and listen before Investing In
he $?*.O00.(t0O stork selling scheme
aunched by five Chicago and Kan
-is City elevator companies who
iropose to sell their holdings'to farm
■r».
The Oshorne attack on the proposi
ion. which was branded by him as
langerous and anything hut true co
operative marketing, was mads a
veeh ago. Shorthill issued his warn
ng Tuesday upon his return from
talt Lake City wher* he attended s
•onferwnc* of railroad men, livestock
ind grain producers.
WILLA CATHER
AT RED CLOUD
Red Cloud. N.b, July Wtlta
'.ither, Nebraska'* celebrated novel
et. la spending her vacation here
vlth her parent*. Mr. and Mr*. C. F.
'ather. Mis* Cather will leave here
or Ann Arbor, Mich., where she will
■ecelve the honorary degree of doc
or of letter* from the tTntver*ity of
dichlitan. She ha* already received
hi* degree from the University of
S'ehraska, her alma mater.
Mis* Cather will then apend the
■eat of the *umm*r on the island of
• rand Manan, off the coaat of New
ftrunswlok, where she will work on a
rew novel
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Mother of
Boy Driver
of Machine
Youngster Pinned Beneath
Wreckage—Dies After
Being Taken to
Hosptial.
Had Skull Fractured
A collision between a truck and a
car driven by Mrs. T. C. Healy, 4001
North Thirty-severith street, late yes
terday afternoon cost the life of her
son, Thomas, 4. The boy died within
a few hours after he had been re
moved from the overturned car, be
neath which he was pinned.
Mrs. Healy was driving south on
Seventeenth street when the truck,
driven by Jamea Decker, 19. 314
North Nineteenth street approached
from the east on Chicago. Decker
declares that he made every effort to
bring his car to a standstill, when he
saw a collision was imminent, but
was unable to prevent his machine
plowing Into the side of the Healy
car.
The car in which the child was rid
ing was overturned and the boy was
pinned beneath. He was extricated
and rushed to Lord Lister hospital
where examination showed that his
skull had been fractured. He died
without recovering consciousness.
Mrs. Healey's husband is employed
at the Loose-Wiles Biscuit company.
Decker told police that he is
ployed by his brother, a local cement
contractor.
The child's body was removed to
Hoffman funeral home. Funeral ar
rangements will be made today.
MORE HAN $75,000
IS TAKEN IN FINES
The fiscal year ending June 5"
netted the government 176.359 in
fines, according to the report of the
United States district attorney's of
fice.
Of this total amount, representing
liquor, dope and other cases, ap
proximately 155.000 la collected. Al
though Judge McGee Imposed more
than $118,000 In fines daring the time
he was here. It is doubtful whether
the government will collect more
than $15,000, because attorneys say
that most of the defendants will ask
for poverty affidavits.
The report shows there were *
total of 535 criminal cases, which re
suited In 613 convictions and 8! Jury
trials.
Of these cases. 549 were liquor and
110 dope. There were 443 liquor and
85 dope convictions. Out of 13 white
slave cases handled the government
obtained five convictions.
ATTORNEYS STAGE
BATTLE IN COURT
Chicago. July !!.—Two of Ch.
cago's most prominent attorneys en
gaged in a fist fight in Judge John
J. Sullivan’s court today when the
trial of Cook county's most sensa
tional rivorce suit of the summer
was resumed.
Mrs Violet Fiel Saal is suing Henry
G. Saal. millionaire phonograph
maker. Charges and counter-charges
have been bitter. Twice previously,
court attaches have stepped between
Albert Fink and Charles Erbstein. op
posing attorneys, when hostilities
threatened. Today when Fink ac
cused an Erbstein witness with Ir
regularity, Erbstein stepped forward
Fink landed an open hand slap. Erb
stein aimed for Fink's eye. The aim
was perfect. The men clinched. The
bailiff called for order and reinforce
ments. Fink called a doctor. The court
called a recess
POLICE AIRPLANE
PATROL ON JOB
New Tork, July $$.—A police air
patrol of six planes wss placed in
service today by Police Commissioner
Enright in a campaign against the
discharging by boats of bilge oil in
the harbor and surrounding water*
and to enforce the ordinances against
low flying in airplanes over the citr.
Government Defeated Again.
London. July !!.—Ramsay Ms
Donald's labor government was
tested again today in the house cf
-ommon#—the 10th defeat It has su'
fered In the compariUvely short time
,n power. The vote which came n
t minor amendment to the houstm:
Mil, involved no question of resigna
Joa
Hiram Mum on Politic*.
Sacramento. Cal . July IZ—Senator
Hiram W. Johnson, returning to Call.
fornla today, declined to dtacuae na
tional pollttea declaring tt te too
*arly to predict or prognosticate on
ihe t**uee of ths campaign. Hs said
he would give hi* views on national
politic* after a rest at hi* home .n
San Kvanciscp.
Kellogg Plan Prcscntrtl.
ttj knwUlHl tirw,
linden. July it—Ambassador Ket
>'gg today presented a proposal to
'reak th* deadlock in th# Interallied
nference on th# guarantees for the
terman loan.
Th# fata of th* Kallogg plan wit!
tot ha known until tomorrow
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