™s™.| The Omaha irning jee ___ * _x _Mark Twain. - CITY EDITION vm vf) 1M OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER'IiT 1924. * TWO CENTSl"SMaia,> ’ -” French and U. S. Debt Plan Scored British Chancellor of Ex chequer Asks Share of Any Payments Made to Amer ica in Future. 1 Conference to Be Held B.v ROBERT J. PREW, (ni versa! Service Staff f’orreeiinnileiit. London, Dec. JO.—“Tlie British gov ernment does not wish to hinder any arrangement* for -mutual benefit which might be entered into between two friendly nations. We consider it essential, however, that any payment made by our debtors* In Europe to their creditors in th? United States should be made pari passu by pro portional payments to Britain.” This statement, made by Chancellor 6f the Exchequer Winston Churchill, in the house of commons tonight, was greeted wtih loud cheers from all benches. Making his bow before the house as chancellor of the exchequer, Churchill found himself called upon to make an Important announcement regarding inter-allied indebtedness in general and French Ambassador Jus serand's soundings in Washington in particular. Simon Protest*. Earlier in the debate Sir John Simon protested against any French settlement with the United States to the detriment of British claims against France. In expounding the British debt policy Churchill re marked: “As far as the -pvernment under stands, there are no formal negotia tions between France and America, but there have been tentative In quiries and conversation* at Wash ington.” Churchill declared that the Balfour note, now three years old, formed the foundation of the British debt policy. » “We seek no more from our allies and our enemies together than will * enable us to discharge our obligations to the United States,” he said, again being loudly cheered. Tax Burden Great. “I am attending a meeting of allied foreign ministers in Paris next month to try to find a practical path through the difficult problems which all the allies have to face In common. Our financial burdens since the war have 1>een incomparably greater than those of any other victorious nation engaged in the war. "The rate of direct taxation in this country Is greater than that of any other nation. The total loan of Bri tain to the allies was approximately £2,000,000,000 ($10,000,000,000) and of this we obtained about half from America. “Whatever opinions may he held about the Anglo-American settlement, it was made and must be made good. The settlement has placed this coun try In an extraordinarily good posi tion. We have regained our inde pendence and freedom and can look everybody in the face. To Seek Settlement. “That settlement must form the starting point in any futnre treat ment of Inter allied debts.” Churchill declared the government Intends to seek surh a settlement with debtors among the European allies as would protect England finan cially against any German default under the Dawes plan. In his speech of protest against f French negotiations with the United States Sir John Simon grew bitter, declaring that the "debt situation 1h becoming Intolerable, ajid asking the 'chancellor of the exchequer what the government proposed to do about It. Ills attitude provoked the remarks by Churchill. Among other things, Sir John said: “The United States was not willing to lend money to the allies unless the debts were guaranteed by Britain, but now the United States is prear ing to collect from France without consulting Gre&t Britain." Washington, Dec. 10.—Secretary of State Hughes will dispatch * note to Great Britain In a few days In which the British government will be In (Turn fa P*ge Two, Column Three.) GOLF PRO QUITS FREMONT CLUB Fremont, Neb., 7>ec. 10.—Announce ment was made today that Case Mar ten, golf professional at the Fremonl Country club, haa realgned Ida posl lion to devote hie attention to the In euranee business Marten haa beer connected with the Fremont club ni professional for the last five yeari and has figured In slate golf tourna menta during that period. He recent |y returned from/ Quebec, Canada where he captured a golf trophy It g tournament staged by Insuranci men. Relatives Notified of Death hy Radio Mcesagf Tie Witt. 7>ec. 10.- Funeral service! for William Kggert. who died Monday will he held at the l.uthernn churcl Thursday afternoon at I. On account of wires being down, the railio win utilized to notify member! of Hie fern lly of Mr. Kggert’s death. Mr. F.ggeil was an f>ld settler of the T)e Wit! wtrinity and leaves a large family an< a boat of friend!. Widow of Ex-Kaiser’s Son to Wed Commoner ~IM --«•**......>■-- - t.tnuf Relatives of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany are up in arms, and it is re ported the “all highest” himself is furious over the announcement that Princess Marie of Anhalt, widow of Prince Joachim, the kaiser’s youny-st son, who committed suicide several years ago, is to wed Herr Theodore Beinert, a commoner, owner of a country estate at Klaunbitr, Prussia. Sharp Reaction in Stock Market as Money Rises Net Losses Kange From One to 3 1-2 Points on Active Issues; Total Sales Again Over Two Million. By Associated Prt*»«. New York, Dec. 10.—Marking up of the call money rate to 4 per cent today, precipitated the sharpest reaction that has occurred in the stock market since the ‘'bull” move ment started six weeks ago. Set losses of one to five and one half points occurred In the active issues with total sales in excess of 2,000,000 shares for the 17th time since election day. • The selling originated with profes sional traders, who acted on the the ory that the recent advance has been done. The stiffening of money rates provided an excuse for bear attacks, which Increased in fury when the steel stock failed to respond, te the announcement of an unexpectedly large income of more than 500,000 tons In the unf.iled orders of the United States sled corporation lapt month and the rail shares disregarded the publication of statistics showing that carloadings during the week were more than 5 per cent above the cor responding pei'iod last year. Industrials Hard Hit. The sharpest break occurred in the high-priced industrials specialties such as (lenerat Electric, General Baking, V. S. Cast Iron pipe and .1' 3. Realty common and preferred which closed from 2 12 to 5 1-2 points lower. Met losses In the Standard Issues such as U. .3. Steel common, Ameri can. Baldwin, Dupont, U. 3. Indus trial Alcohol, American locomotive, American Smelting. Anaconda and Consolidated (las were held to 2 points or less. Bullish demonstraCons earlier tn the session had sent 33 Issues to new peak prices- for the year, the list In cluding Utah copper, American Tele phone, Gordon motors. Maxwell mo tors A, Poatum Cereal, Budlam Steel, Advanee-Kumely common and pre ferred and May Department stores, the last nampd closing more than 5 points higher at 103. Htrength of the world situation in wheat was refelrted today in new high prices for that commodity. Corn Touche* High. Part of the gain was canceled by realising sales hut closing prices generally were above those of last night. Corn touched its highest quo tation of the season on further re ports of crop ilumsge In Argentina, net gains, averaging 3-4 of a cent a bushel. In contrast to the grain mar ket cotton was Inactive and feature less while the coffee trade seemed puzzled over market conditions by frequent erratic fluctuations, a break of nearly 3 4 cent a pound following an earlier advance of more titan 1 4 cent, closing prices avernglng atamt 14 cent lower. Foreign exchanges also displayed a reactionary tendency with trading in moderate volume. 1 tenia rat ster ling, which recently had obtained a new peak price for the year nt $4 71, was back to around $4.63. York to Volt* on School hontl K«*fiin«liUK Flan York, Dec. 10.— York will veto on December 27 on a school bond pro possl, the question lo be deckled br ing whether the district will take up outstanding bonds hi the sum of $20, 000 drawing 5 per cent interest ond mnke another Issue nt 4 per cent. The outstanding bonds can ho Called In January 1. 1925. Few Holmes oil Komi. Columbus, Dec 10 For the flisl time since the war the typical hobo b practically absent from the through passenger train* which aiithurltlei credit to kick of an unemployment j pedbieni In the larger centals. TV*'*0 -art as Sled Hurtles Into Tree Mary Gillan, 14, Suffers Frac tured Skull in Skid on Coasting Hill; Coletta O’Brien, 15, Injured. Operation Is Necessary Two girls were the victims of the season's third coasting accident Wed nesday. Coletta O'Brien, 13, daughter of .7-. II. O'Brien, 3833 W ebster street, and Mary Alice Oilian, 14, daughter of John .T. Gillan, 3836 Webster street, were both severely injured when the ..." - -- > Scouts to Patrol Hills. Omaha Boy Scouts will be re quested to patrol hHls reserved for coasting in order to avoid acci dents like that In which John Mc Laughlin, 11, 2921 R street, was killed Tuesday, Chief of Police Charles Vail Deuseu announced Wednesday. v_:_j sled on which they were riding skidded and crashed into a tree on the California street hill just east of Thirty-sixth street. The two girls with a score of other children front the neighborhood had been coasting on the hill for more than an hour prior to the accident. Attempted to Stop. Each time 4lie sleds reached Thirty sixth street the coasters would slew them around and stop them. The Gillan girl was sitting in front and the O'Brien girl was steering on the trip which ended In the crash. As the sled passed Thirty-sixth street the girl attempted to stop it. For some reason the sled skidded sidewise, crossed the street and crashed, head-on into a tree. Removed to Hospital. Earl Von Dollen, 3434 California efre.et. on his way home, witnessed the accident. He picked up the two girls and took them Into the nearest house. Mary Alcie Gillan was removed to St. Joseph hospital. Plans have been made to perform an operation on her skull today, Coletta O'Brien was re moved to her home She also suf fered injuries about the head. 60 BARRELS OF RUM CONFISCATED HERE Federal agents and police Wednes day noon confiscated a shipment of 60 barrels of alcohol at the Missouri Pacific freight house at Fifteenth and Nicholas streets. Robert P. Snmnrdlck, chief pro hibition enforcement agent, working on a "tip" from the office of A. C. Townsend, divisional chief at Minne apolis, has had the shipment under observance since last Sunday. A. E. Whitney, special enforcement agent. c(jme here front Minneapolis to aid In the confiscation. The shipment was from Phlladel phia and was addressed to W. U. Simons company, Omaha, rare of the Mercantile Warehouse and Storage company. Hamardtrk declares he has information that certain Omaha men had "pooled" the orders to bring the shipment here for the holidays. The liquor was to tie dumped into the sewer at Fifteenth and Nlcbolrtb streets Wednesday afternoon. OIL INTERESTS TO PLAN PUBLICITY Hjr Aaawliitfd VflM. Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 10.—One hundred thousand dollar* annually will he spent by the nation a oil In terests to tell the nation the story of oil, according to a resolution adopted here today by the board of directors of the American Peftoleum Institute. California today was awarded the next, meeting of the American Petrol eum Institute, the time and place to be selected later^ according to action taken here today by the board of director*. I’noffldally, It was staled that the place would be chosen by the hoard with the advice of the California members. It generally was expected that the choice would lay Iretween San Francisco and Dos Angeles. Kil*** Held for Pioneer Shelton IliiNini'i.* Man Hhelton. Dec. 10.—Funeral services were held at the Methodist church here today for A. D. Dickinson, 77, a. resident of Hhelton for more than to years, who died at his home here after nil tllueas of about three months. For many years Mr. Dick Inson was In the dry goods and grocery business, being the senior member of the firm of Dickinson fit Faster, and of late year* he has been engaged in the real estate and in surance business. Mr. Dickinson Is survived by one son. Klmer, of this vicinity. Dauglitrr Horn to I.atimrru. Hhenandoah, In., Dec. in.— A daugh ter, Maryhelle, was horn to Mr. and Mi *. Arthur Fat liner at the home near here. Mr. I^ntliner t* represen tstlveslect from Fremont count v, and I he family will move to I »es Moines soon There ate two daughter* Slat a lull in the family. Mother of Jacey Banker, Bent With * ' Age, Pleads Guilty to Liquor Charge Led Into Court on Ann of Companion, She Tells Judge She Cannot Pay $100 Fine Imposed; Oldest Woman Prisoner Arraigned in Richardson County. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Falls City, Neb., Dec. 10.—Crip pled by paralysis, bent with age, Mrs. Lizzie Banker, mother of Jacey Banker, convicted of com plicity in the death of Hank Me Ardle in Omaha, faced Judge Virgil Fallcon here today on charges of possession and sale of liquor. Leaning heavily on the arm of her companion the woman entered a plea of guilty. The charge of possession of liquor was dismissed because of her advanced age. She was fined *100 on the charge of selling liquor. Since Jacey Banker was arrested in connection with the slaying of | Hank McArdle and the cremating of his body, many reports of ir regularities about the home of .Mrs. Banker have come to the ears of the sheriff. At last he sent oPe of his agents to buy a small quantity of liquor from the woman. Then, armed with a search war rant, lie raided her home. Mrs. Banker, her head bowed, told the judge after sentence had been passed, that she could not pay the fine at present. The judge suspended sentence for 30 days to give her time to raise' the money. Should she fall to raise the money to pay the fine Mrs. Banker will be the first woman prlstfner to lie looked In tlie new Richardson county jail. The building, to le completed within the month, may lie ready just in time to receive the woman. Mrs. Banker established one record when she stepped into court this morning. She is the oldest woman prisoner ever to be ar raigned before a l>ar of justice in Richardson county. Bank Property of Omahan, Closes Four of Chain Owned by Harry S. Clarke Lock Door* —Depositors Not to Lose, * Cheyenne. Wyo., Deo. 10.—The Cheyenne State hank failed to open for business today. A statement post ed on thehloor said that the bank was in the hands of the state examiner, ltg capital stock is $100,000 and Its liabilities at the time of its last state ment approximated $1,000,000. De posits at that time approximated $700,000. The Torrington National bank of Torrington. Wyo.; the Commercial bank of Guernsey, Neb., and the State bank of Dingle, Wyo., owned by the same group, also did not open today, it was announced. Officials of the Cheyenne Institution said depositors would lose no money and declared plans for reorganizing and reopening were under way. "The situation was an unavoidable one. due to the general state of the cattle Industry in Wyoming," said If. 8. Clarke, jr.. upon his return to Omaha late yesterday, after several days spent In Cheyenne. "The Cheyenne State bank was known ns one of the McDonald banks 1 was not an officer, although I did own one fourth of the stock. There was no connection between the Wyo ming bank* and the Corn Exchange National of Omaha except that I was a stock-holder in all institutions. No othef stockholder of the Corn Ex change _whs Interested In the Wyo ming banks." Deposits of the Corn Exchange Nn tionnl were bought two weeks ago by the Omaha National bank and the Corn Exchange National is now In process of liquidation, by voluntary action of Its directors. CARBURANT NEW FUEL FOR MOTORS By C. F. BF.RTKLI.I, t nlimal Senl<-* Staff Correspondent. Paris, Dec. 10.— Found—carburant — 10 times cheaper than gasoline. Ho highly does the French war de partment think of the new "gaso lossence." Invented by a young Rus sian. Professor Makhoulnine. tlv»D according to Captain Eucadler, In charge of experiments, they have al ready supplied 100 heavy 10-ton trucks with the necessary apparatus and In tend to equip thousands. "Carburant" l» simply crude nil, front which gasoline and other es sences have already been extracted Hitherto this oil has only been used] to lubricate roads. The Makhoulnine process renders It available for tlse In the same manner ns gasoline with 10 per rent of surplus energy, but | 1,000 per cent cheaper. According to the Matin. Die French war office Intends to keep the secret to Itself. GERMAN CABINET RESIGNS PLACE Merlin, 1 >ec. 10.—The cabinet at a mr»‘thiK tr. William D Mc Nally, Chicago Mixologist, to make such an analysis. Hut the defense efforts were In vain and in a steady, unhurried man ner. Dr. McNally continued the re lentless recital of the man science— a recital which may prove the weight In the balance on which Klsie and her pastor lover swing between life and death. Dr. McNally explained the pro. ess of testing for arsenic. Four »e*t* were used, he said, as an absolute check against error. Me testified llicit the liver, bowels and muscle* ,,t Wil ford Sweetin contained 3.2 grants <-f arsenic and that that was onlj i pot tlon of the poison In the body. Over the protest* of the def.-n- h told nn Intent jury, a downcast Klsie Sweetin and a plainly nervous Law rence Might the symptom* of arsenic poisoning. Me (Inscribed .these as very eimll*r to those of ptomaine poi sonlng, the disease which physician* who attended Sweetin already have testified they believed him to be suf frilng from. FARM BUREAU TO CONTINUE WORK Himm’IhI to Th# OmnliN lio llentriee, Nob., Dor. lh.—At a large ly attended meeting: of member* of the ClaRo county farm bureau and farmed from variou* part* of the county In Fireman* ball today, it \*a* voted unanimously to continue the farm bureau work and to employ a county nRfnt a* *uccea»or to 1*. Hoyd Rilt W^m recently re*lRnod to local* at Marysville. Mo. If. (« Gould of the atate extension bureau at IJn cfilu and othora grave brief addrvaaca. A hi# ’ ' ^lioon 1 •' tho farmer*' wive*. Th* fond left was Riven to the Welfare association for the city * prt\Ae* plan, wan vuiivel by the Stale department today. Beyond admitting that the note haw been received, and that It will he an ►wered, the State department declined Iti discun* the mieeixe or to make It public. Mid-\rltra-ka K\|*o«ilion to lla\r Mardi Urn, Fcjilurr t *o|uttihiin Bet* Io Mumk« a torch light parade, rnummet n. coetnine* of jail a gem and count vie■* I* the Mid | hta-kn exposition Mardi tlm* feature for the dosing evening of the nine i county fair here next t ill. itimuincul | by the reposition director9 today. y Defense in Bribe Trial Is Gaining Counsel for Forbes Brings Out Discrepancies in Tales of Mortimer; Federal Wit ness on Stand. Scandal Is Rehashed Ity JOHN V KENNEDY, I niversMl Service Staff Correspondent.* Chicago. Dec. 10.—The defense gained ground in the Forbes Thomp son conspiracy trial here today. Klias H, Mortimer, the govern ment’s chief witness, was tripped Up in several places as attorneys J. S. Easby-Smlth and Randolph Laughlin of the defense checked the story he told at this trial with the one previ ously related to the senate committee which investigated the veterans’ bu reau expose. Several of the discrepancies cen tered around the passing of money between Mortimer and Forbes when the two were friendly ami acitve in Washington during the time Forbes was director of the veterans’ bureau and Mortimer was “fixer" for the Thompson-Black contracting inter ests. But on the whole the govern ment did not feel it had lost any thing. explaining that Mortimer’s memory for every detail was natural ly faulty. Otherwise the trial was a repeti lion of the other days of this week when defense counsel had led Morti mer back through the bypaths of the scandals (-entering around the Hard ing administrat.on and his relation to them. Scandal Is Barred. Each answer brought forth further stories of intrigue and women chas ing until during the afternoon recess the court again asked the lawyer to leave out irrelevant matter and Washington scandals as far as pos sible. The name of President Harding was dragged Into the proceedings twice today. First Kasby-Kmith askvl the witness concerning a trip Morti mer. Representative George Edmonds and .1. It. Williams, Mrs. Mortimer’s uncle, made to the White House to rebuke Forbes for running around with Mrs. Mortimer. The witness said the two had regis tered in a Beading. Pa., hotel to gether June 7. 1921, and had ' lived ir. other hotel- together." He also said that while Thompson and Black were interested in buying the fleet of 20*» wooden ships for dis mantling. "Dope" polk -f Seattle, a cousin «»f President Harding, was ap proached with an offer of $1,000,000 if he could get the president to re- * \erse hia previous refusal to o. kJ the contract. But!** of Wits. Mortimer said that polk became indignant and reported to Picsident Harding that the deal wa.s sl.idv with the result that the sale, which already had l*een approved by the shipping b**.ud, wan not consum mated. It was another liattie r*f wits all day with Mortimer having the letter of the rguniem especially when Laughl n, who started his crons-ex amination in behalf of Thompson, took the witness i few minutes after court convened. . % 1-nigh 11 n lost his t 'inper severali times. Kidney Bieb*-i of Washington, previously described M the witness as « “fixer and crook" was again brought into the story ns was Haber Votaw, huxlmnd «*f Candyti Votaw, sister «rf pres dent Harding. Votaw is superintendent of federal prisons In the department of Justice. Mortimer said Bieber had received a fee for handling the Gordon and Harrison case with Votaw" lie also said the two worked on the IViwney case. \ll Were in Prison. All three names refer to reddest* for pardons, according to the wit ness. which were then token up In the department of justice. Gordon and Harris lived in Milwaukee. With Bnwnev thev were serving time In Leavenworth ptison, he explained. Asked concerning Meals’ in which h»* wan Interested and the person* who had |w*t t in them. Mortimer named the it. J. Smith company of Baltimore i* one claim he got $?»* f«»r settling/ The Fenwick Histillei v of Pittsburgh was another. Bepn sen tit live* Langlcv of Kentucky an I ’/ihlrnsn of Maryland were again named hy the witness Zlhlman was cleared by a con gresslonal committee, wkjch Investi gated the Mortimer storv last spring Asked wind her he had been in the “bribery business" very long, the wit nr-* said his first real bribery aetlvl t> was worked out with Forbes. (.questioned further regarding hi* position as a contractor's agent In WTishington and the part bribery | played In getting hualnes* from the government departments, the witness I said. “Why, that’s what' half the km me Is in Washington." \ - Mother of Si\ 1 >!«•■*. Shenandoah, 1a IVr IS Mrs Amiv Turnci of (*oln. mother of elv children, died In a ItVii) hospital Mott* dav night of heart trouble and com* j plication* Her huslmnd. three s|s i('n and t w (V brother* survive. Fu \ in ill weev b es W ei h* ld \\ edrtOSdrtV 1 at tht Methodist church. Com i r i Famous Turfman Dies in New York August Belmont. New York, Dec. JO.—August Bel mont died suddenly at his home here this evening. Members of his family were notified of his illness' just in time to reach his bedside before death came. Stockholders ill Benefit by Parole, Matthews Insists Omaha Banker, in Prison for Embezzlement. Supported by 203 Share Owners in Plea for Freedom. n> i*. C. POWELL, Staff < nrreSKiiiilHil of The llmalia Bee. tincoln. Dec, 10.—If Willard Mat thews. former president of the Pio neer Slate bank and Guarantee Secur ities company, Umahs, and now serv ing from one to 10 years on an em bezzlement charge, is paroled, will he t>e of assistance in obtaining relief for thousands of stockholders in the si-curities company, who, at the pres ent tune, admittedly cannot realize 10 cents on the dollar on atock they hold? . That U the question puzzling the state board of pardons and paroles, which heard Matthews’ appeal today. There are 203 stockholders in the Guarantee Securities company who have petitioned the board to i»role Matthews, expressing the tielief that he can realize money on their stock. They were represented by John Priest, an attorney. Pleaded Guilty. "I don't believe that stock is worth 10 cents on the dollar, cr ever will be. Attorney Genera! O. S. Spillman declared. It doesn't seem right to release a man connected with the dit appearance of $200.«00, after lie has served two years, when we just heard the cases of two boys who lmve served two years for forging a It5 check." "Anil t lien they didn't get the money." Governoi Bryan added. 1 didn't u-t ttie motiev. either," Matthews' retorted "Blit you plea straighten out the affair'" Governor Bryan asked. "We are endeavoring to ascertain whether the stockholders who are petitioning for your release Turn In V*n«e Twe. Culnmn Twe.) FUNERAL RITES FOR ARMY FLYER Speelnl IMspatch Is The Omaha Res Beatrice, Neb„ Dec 10—The body of I.ieut. Ilerliert Schaefer, former Beatrice High schiiol footlvall star and overseas vrteran who lost his life In a ivians crash in Texas last week, was brought here tonight for burial. A military funeral will he »o corded the deceased tomorrow morn ing at t0:St> from tlie Kpiav'opal church. Si haefer'a parents. Mr. and Mis. K \\ S hadTei, are here from Storm Ijike. la., to attend the ritea. Prrinicr Harriot III. Paris, Ikv. 10 - Premier Merriot was confined to his room today with a serious attack of grippe A phvsl clan's bulletin said the malady was accompanied by a swelling of lha leg The Weather i _S fur 14 hour* ? r tr. iVtlnH* 14 It f 4 PtMtHftlot, tm h*** »r.*4 hwt»«tr*4l1h* Total • <«(•! \ S* 5t 4* fit 1 ft Hnurlv T eRRMTillmda I ft W •• I- 1 »v 11 II j • m ! * »' m I« 1 l nt 14 « l' IB 1 • * ir . !* r «M it «<*cn «*%• 11 • » m *«••••!*! (Heavy Ship Dives 1,200 Feet to Sea Three Other* Probably Fatally Injured in Worst Accident of Natal Aviation Over . San Diepo Bav. -— Tv d Bodies Are Missing Ban Diego, *'a!.. Dec. 10.—Five of ficers msl enlisted men attached to VF squadron. No, 2, aircraft squad rons, battle fleet, were killed and three others probably fatally injured when the huge twin-motored H-16 type seaplane in which they were engaging^ in aerial target practice nosed-dived 1,200 feet Into the sea this morning. The accident was tljo worst in the history of naval avia tion. The dead: Lieut. Gloehlno Varinl, pilot «f the ill-fated plane; survived by widow, Mrs. Minnie May Varinl, 17 North Spring strpet, Pensacola. Florida, hiwiy recovered. Lieut. Kilburn II. Roby, assistant pilot; widow resides in San Diego; body not yet .recovered. I.ieut. Arthur P. Thurston, assist and pilot; mother, Mrs. C. E. Thur ston. 431 Hayward avenue, Orange. N. J., body recovered. Fred D. Iruell. aviation chief machinist mate; widow resides in San Diego; body recovered. J Wieczk, radioman, first rials; mother resides at 3*9 West Eighth street, Oswego, X. V.; body not re covered. Three Hurt Severely. Seriously Injured: Hayter R. Davenport, aviation ma chinist mate, first class: mother re sides 1003 State street, Bristol, Va. J. D. Massing!!!, aviation rigger first class; mother Mrs. Tarrole Mass Ingill, Knoxville, Tenn. R. Pautz, aviation machinist mate, first class; wife. Mrs. Lavina Pautz. Ban Diego. Pautz is said to be suffering from a fracture of the skull and internal In juries. Physician* hold out little hope for his recovery. Davenport and Masstngffl sustained : sever Injuries about the head and body and are believed to be hurt In ternally, Surgeons esid that Iheoe two men have about an sven chance for life. Although aviation officials at North Island believe that the exact cause of the tragedy will never be known, a fairly accurate idea of what hap pened was obtained from Lieut. Jo seph H. Gewan, pilot of the seaplane towing the target for the ship In which the five men lost their lives and front observer* at Rockwrell field. ( rashed Into Sri. Ttie H-1S plane was flying at a | head of 150 miles an hour when ( lieutenant Varinl attempted a right ! vertical turn. The ship at that in i *: I i was about 1.20m feet above the ; ocean and about half a mile south ; west of Point Loraa. Hither the conjrcls jammed or one or more of the wtrgs running to the | rudder and ailerons snapped. Tito plane, weighing more than a ton, i went lute a sptp, plunging with ter i i ,fi. speed toward the sea. finally t ashing in the surf about 509 yards j dire< tly west of the officers quarter* | at Rockwell field. Splinters from the wrecked pU.no I covered the sea for sever A hundred I feet, it is believed that all five men I .n the forward cockpits were killed ! inibyntly and not drowned as Digs * j covered bodies were horribly manj^Mcl. CAPE COD CANAL PLAN APPROVED Washington, pee. 10.—A flfrgfcl ~ j report on the house hill for pun.!tB» i hy the government of the Cape1 Cod canal was voted toiav by the senate | commerce subcommittee at the eon [elusion of public hearmga. The nt I port will he made tomorrow to I'te jrntire committee, which la expected | to accept tt. Tnder the terms of the hill, the government would pay $31.5O0.OW fdb I the waterway, which was constructed j just Itefore the war. It was taken over* by the government after hoa | tllities alerted and retained until early in If SI. I Acting Spanish Premier Send* Knergetie Letter Paris. Dec. 1*.—The Tamps today published a dispatch (Ton Madrid stating that Admiral M igar acting I premier, lias sent to the Spanish am | Iwssadors abroad a note asking the I diplomatic representatives to atd in | t-rljnclng about an attenuation of the .attach* against the ftpantsh dicta torial regime. This note was said to have been j .-ouohed in such energetic term* that many of the amhasaador* refused to transmit tl. The extreme tact Of t'ount Quinones TV Leon. Spanish amhwaa.-i.lor to Prance. on thla coo* •lop, 4a declared to have one# again prevented a diaagt eealde Incident be ta een the French and Spanish go*, ernmenta I inlet Vt-orpl* ('ommision Washington tv, !f>—The War *• partmvnt ssiwuii.wl today th* among those who accepted conmtts slops in the officers* issrrts -orp* ' Matthew A. TmSe. Council Bluff* la. *