Capitol Tunnel
Mystery Solved
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Washington Entomologist De
clares He Dug Passageway
for Pastime.
Washington, Sept 27. — The "baf
fling mystery" of the labyrinth of
underground passageways discovered
last Wednesday In an exclusive resi
dential section of the capital, a neigh
borhood of embassies and costly man
sions, has veen solved. Harrison G.
Dyar, a quiet and unassuming en
tomologist in the Smithsonian insti
tution, put an end to feverish specu
lations that ran the gamut from Ger
man spies to bootleggers, conspira
tors and what not, when he told a
newspaper reporter he dug the pas
sage ways for recreation after office
hours.
Good Exercise.
"Digging tunnels after work is my
hobby; there’s really no mystery
about it," Mr. Dyar was quoted as
saying when he rather reluctantly
told the story to quiet the agitations
of the imaginative, which have been
filling the local press ever since the
wheels of a motor truck sank through
a crust of earth and revealed the tun
nels.
The scientist explained that he
found cave digging a helpful form of
exercise as wdll as an entertainment
for his young son. hTe passage ways,
on which he worked for a period *>f
about 10 years, were now nearly 10
years old, he said, having been con
structed on property he owned in the
rear of a house from which he has
' since moved,
Mr. Dyar had no explanation for
the presence in the tunnels of Ger
man newspapers which bore dates in
1917 after his disi>osal of the property
and which gave the chief impetus to
the German spy theory.
COOLIDGE-DAWES
CLUB AT VALLEY
Despite a drenching downpour of
rain, «more than 50 enthusiastic re
publicans were present Friday night
at the organization meeting of the
Valley (Neb.) Coolidge-Dawes, club.
Congressman W. G. Sears and State
Representative Janies Rodman of
Omaha were the principal speakers
at the meeting.
Mons Johnson, Valley, was elected
president of the club. Other officers
are Mrs. B. E. Mulholland, first vice
president; 1,. Coy. second vice presi
dent: Mrs. F. II. Whitmore, secretary,
and T. F. Green, treasurer.
It was reported at the meeting that
a straw vote taken at the recent Fair
Iiury fair showed that Coolidge had a
two-thirds majority among the voters
it the fair.
HEIRS LOSE SUIT
FOR TAX REFUND
Inheritance tax ben not be avoided
by giving property to legatees three
weeks before death, Federal Judge J.
W. Woodrough ruled Friday in deny
ing the suit of Pohlman against
United 8tates, In which a tax refund
of $6,000 was sought.
Pohlman, accordng to testimony,
transferred property valued at $260,
000 to his children three weeks be
fore he died, In accordance with an
oral agreement to do so when they
became of ago. Judge Wodrough held
that the father was the sole owner of
all property accumulated before the
children became of age and that the
transfer contract was not binding up
• on him. Thegax payment will stand.
4 ARRESTED FOR
PARKING WRONG
Three motorists were arrested Fri
day afternoon for violation of the
city ordinance which prohibits park
ing on Scott and South Main streets,
Council Bluffs. The ordinance has
been generally Ignored by autolsts
for many months, but Chief of Police
•JHIaspy has announced .that it will
„ be strictly enforced In the future.
Those arrested Friday by Motor
cycle Officer Walter Brown were
Floyd Abel, James Mulqueen, and
Emerson Lueke.
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Cannon Guard for Graves of Spanish WarV ets
Senator R. B. Howell will deliver
the principal address Sunday at the
dedication of two six-inch cannon,
which have been secured by' the
Spanlsh-Amertcan war veterans to
guard over the graves In their plot
at West Lawn cemetery. The two
guns, which are of a naval type man
ufactured by the United States gov
ernment during the late war, are
mounted on the hillside and com
mand the entrance of the cemetery.
The exercises will open with the
slnghig of "America." Senator
Howell’s speech will be followed by
addresses by I.eo Bezel), commander
of Omaha post American Legion; Nil
He Damon of the S. W. V. auxiliary;
Orion Showalter of the Sons of
Spanish War Vets; W. A Wlsenand.
commander of Spanish War Veterans
camp; Alfred Aldren. keeper of rec
ords, and B. J. Newlon.
Taps will be blown and a salute
fired, concluding the ceremonies.
The movement to obtain the can
nons for the Spanish War Veterans'
plot was started In years ago by the
late Perry J. Miller, commander of
Lee Forby camp. Since then the
question hag arisen at every encamp
ment. The guns were finally obtained
through intercession, of Senator
Howell. They were furnished from
the government arsenal st Waterve
liet. X. Y.. and are worth $6,000 each.
Molds for the iron mountings of
tlie cannon were contributed by
Technical High s< hool students and
the mountings were cast by the Pax
ton & Vierling works.
"The soldier and his gun are in
separable.” declared B. J. Newlon.
"We felt that we did not want
antique relics of the Civil or Spanlsh
Amerlean wars, but modern guns.”
U. S. Interested !
in Jap Refusal
Nippon's Intention Is to Keep
Immigration Question
Alive.
R> GKOItUK R. HOI.MKS.
International »«•* Service Staff Cor
respondent.
Washington, Sept. 27.—Japan's dra
matic refusal to join with the other
world powers st Geneva In adopting
the league of nations’ new peace sys
tem met a twofold interpretation in
government circles here today.
(1) It served as an ominous reminder
that the barring of Japanese immi
grants by the United States is still
rankling in Tokio.
(2) It constituted a form of notice
that Japan does not intend to allow
the league to tie its hands in China,
should developments in that tumultu
ous country reach a stage where
Tokio might consider it expedient to
‘’intervene.’’
Officials of this government today
were primarily Interested in the first
explanation of Japan s surprising re
fusal to sign the arbitration protocol.
Japan has made no secret of its
intention of keeping the immigration
question alive. It is an issue of tre
mendous popularity with the Japanese
masses and one which above all
others is calculated to keep public
sentiment In Nippon aroused to the
boiling pitch where the United States
is concerned. Nothing that lias ever
occurred in the relations of the two
countries has knit the nation more
toward "hating America." than the
affront provided by the barring of
Japanese nationals.
FOOT AND MOUTH
DISEASE IN TEXAS
B> Intfriiationul Nt-w* Servlc*.
Houston, Tex., Sept. 27. —fn a new'
epidemic of the dreaded hoof and
mouth disease among Texas cattle
herds a quarantine was placed today
in Harris county which prohibits even
the movement of vehicular traflic.
"1 i - - '
Other adjoining counties may be
placed in quarantine Inter today In
order to prevent the spread of the
disea re.
Louisiana and Oklahoma stale
sanitary officials have taken steps to
stop the movement of livestock from
this state through their territory.
Jienrv Ford has started a spirited
direussion as to what constitutes a
New Lngiand breakfast \\ c vote for
ham end eggs .as the piece d*> resls
tance.—Concord Monitor.
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Father Finds
Body of Son
Bullet Hole in Young Hunter's
Head; Shooting Thought
Accidental.
Special Dlipateh to The Omaha Be*.
South Auburn, Neb., Sept. 27.—
Peul Tucker, 25, living with hie par
ent* on a farm between Brock and
Julian, wa* found dead, with r bulle*
hoi* through th* right *14* of hi*
he*4, near tbe corn ertb on th* farm
Friday night.
He left the house at 11 In the morn
ing. telling hi* mother he was going
hunting. Nothing wa* thought of his
failure to come to dinner.
The body was accidently discov
ered by bl* father and there was no
indication of his having gone hunt
ing.
Whether the automatic rifle he was
carrying was accidentally discharged
or It was a case of suicide 1* un
known. He had complained of severe
pains In the head for some time past.
Tucker was highly thought of in his
community and was unmarried.
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Dr. Burhorn ha* proven beyond
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No cases accepted that are not
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