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==-■ The Omaha Morning Bee. ™ I CITY EDITION VQL. 54-NO. 181. OMAHA^MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1925. * TWO CENTSIaMa^ HHl__ Diplomatic Corps to Be Rearranged Coolitlge Gives Attention to Task of Filling Vacancies in Service Resulting From Cabinet Changes. Promotion to Be General Washington. Jan. 11.—Having ac cepted the resignation -if Secretary of State Hughes and selected Ambassa dor Kellogg at London as bis succes sor. President Coolldge will give attention now to the task of filling the vacancies in the diplomatic corps resulting from these changes in his cabinet on March 4. Meanwhile the senate will give consideration to two appointments by the chief executive of equal impor tance. those of llnrlan F. Stone of New York to be an nasociate juRliee of the supreme court and Charles R. Warren of Michigan, to succeed him as attorney general. Favorable ac tion in both is expected. In line with tlie promotion of Am bassador Kellogg, the president is understood to have in mind the ad vancement of Ambassador Houghton at Berlin to the court of St. James. With such a policy carried to a logi cal concern there would be a general adtanrement of those in the diplo matic service. Although Ambassador Herrick at Paris might be considered next in line for the London post, the understanding here Is that he prefers to remain at. the French capital, ■where he has had many years of serv ice. Moreover, his desire for early re tirement from the diplomatic corps baa been reported. Four Others Mentioned. Besides Ambassador Houghton, oth ers whose names are mentioned 1n connection with ambassadorship to Great Britain are Ambassador Fletcher at Rome, Under Secretary of Slate Grew, Solicitor Genera! James At. Beck and Senator Medlll McCor mick of Illinois, who retires from the senate on March 4. ^ Before that date other eha'nges in the cabinet are in prospect. Secre ^^0 rrrv of Agriculture Gore must retire on or before March 4 to become gov ernor of West Virginia, to which office he whs elected last November, and Secretary -of Labor Davis has asked to lie retired at that time, al though he may accede to the execu tive's request that he remain. With the retirement of Secretary Hughes there will remain only four of the 10 cabinet officers who began service in the Harding administra tion. Hayes retired and Albert B. Fall, as secretary of interior, retired before the death of President Harding. Since C'ooltdgc succeeded to the presi rlency. Fdwin Denby ha* resigned as secretary of the navy. Harry M. Daugherty was forced to resign as attorney general, and Henry C.mWal lace . secretary of agriculture, died in office. Confirmation Expected. Stone, whose nomination as a su preme court justice is now before the senate, succeeded Daugherty. While confirmation of his new appointment is held up pending examination by a senato judiciary subcommittee of court records submitted by .lames A. Ownby of Boulder, Colo., favorable action within a short time is forecast Since Warren is named to the of fice which Stone is to vacate, senate consideration of his nomination Is (Ex pected to await final action on that of the present attorney general. The rumination has been referred to the Judiciary committee, at least, but so (Turn to rate Two. Col a ran rtre.) . STATISTICS ON K^WORLD WAR MADE By l nlrmHl Service. Geneva. Jan. 11.—The league of na tions is issuing- an official report giv ing the statistics of the world war. According to the figures, the total mobilisation in the various countries was 70,000,000; of these Russia had 15,070,000; Germany, 13.025,000: Aus tria Hungary, 9,000,000; France, 7,935, 000; Great Britain, 5,SIB.000, and the United States, 4.272,000. The killed and dtsiipjienred num bered: Germany, 2,000,000; Russia, 1.700,000; Austria Hungary, 1,542.000; France, 1,400,000; Great Britain, 744, 000; Italy, 750,000; United States, «S,000. lVe Wit) Today Robert C. Barbour, Assistant Manager of North British Mercantile Insurance Co., Ltd. New York City. Mr. Barbour la enroute to the west en a visit to agents of his company that are located In principal cities of the country. Ills company includes writers of fire, automobile and tor nado insurance. Mr. Barlmur on his trip makes a check of general con r .options In the insurance field and oth •r fields of business. He Is nrcompa.nled on the Inspec tton trip by George II. Batchelder, • Iso assistant manager of the com pany, with headquarters In New Yolk city. ELECTION ROW GOES TO COURT Albuquerque. X. M., .Tan. 1 l.— Quo warranto proceedings have been filed by Attorney General Armstrong In district court here contesting the election of A. T. Hannett, democrat, as governor. The action came as a surprise to republican attorneys who believed that the attorney general would re fuse to file the suit and permit them to file It on behalf of Manuel B Otero, republican candidate for gov ernor, In the election last November. The attornej general In a letter to A. B. Kenehan, attorney for Otero, says he has examined the Otero com plaint and has decided to file It In the plaintiff's home county. Klan Is Outlawed in Kansas Under , Decision of Court Judge Rules Organization May Not Conduct Business for Profit Without Charter. B.v International .News Service. Topeka, Kan. Jan. *10.—The Ku lvlux KJnn is an illegal organization in Kansas. This was the decision handed down here this afternoon by the Kan sas supreme court in the ouster suit filed by the then attorney general. Richard .1. Hopkins, three years ago. The court upheld the finding of S. M. Brewster, master, that the klan was an organization for profit, not a benevolent institution, and that it wan doing business illegally in that it had not charter in Kansas. The master had held and the court con curred that the klan could apply for a charter, which. If granted, would make i< legal. I'nder Corporation |,aw. The opinion, written by Justice Marshall holds that the fact that the klan was selling lodge paraphernalia and supplies brought it under the corporation law and made it neces sary to have a charter. The fact that the court did not rule on that portion of the state's case which charged the klan with re sponsibility for numerous cranes in Kansas, led to the belief here tonight that If the klan applies lo the state charter board it would be refused a charter, end that the fight would then again l>e carried to the supreme court, klan opponents basing their ob jections to a charter on tlmt part of the case which the court today ig nored. • May Refuse Charter. The fact that one of the main is sues in the November election was the klan fight against Attorney Gen eral Charles F., Griffith and Frank J. Ryan, secretary of state, avowed «n ti-klan members of tfi* charter hoard, led observers to the conclusion that the boanl would refuse a klan ap pllcatlong for a charter. Today's decision affects eve. - lodge in (lie state which Is selling lodge supplies and has tail a clear title to be ranked as a purely benevo lent institution. FASCIST POLICE MAKE MANY RAIDS Bf 1,'nlmMl Service. Rome, .Tan. 11.—Wholesale arrests and imprisonment of political lead er* and others opposing the Musso ilni government are believed Immi nent. Fascist police raide<l opposi tlon bureau* at Rome, Florence, Tu rin, Milan, Genoa and elsewhere Iasi Right seising hundreds of documents and making numerous arrests. The opposition to the fascists in parliament having struck and refused to resume their seats, Premier Mus solini has issued a warning that there will he grave consequence* unless they*again take up their parliamen tary duties. Omaha Insurance (.’oncern Docs $70,000,000 Business The State Farmers’ Insurance com pany, with headquarters at ”*15 Har ney street, Is closing Its 30th year with 170,000,000 of business in force. J. F. McArdle, secretary, stated that during 1021 more than *4,000,000 of new business was added. This Is said to be the second larg est assessment Insurance association In Ibis country, the first being lo ot ted at Lincoln, Thera are nearly 7.500 members In .the association, of which James Walsh Is president, J. M. Gates of Sarpy county is treasurer and J. E, McNally of Schuyler la vice president. OmahanR in Rcldeu. Relden, Neb., Jan. 11.—Tam pro fessional men, a physician and an at torney, have located here recently. Dr. E. E. Miller of Omaha, gradu ate of the Nebraglta university and the Creighton Medical college, has opened an office tn the Farmers State banking building and his family will come here later. Eugene Miles, a yobng attorney of Omaha, has en tered Into partnership with Attorney J. T. Murray here. KiimU Solicited. M|>«clitl IHupAtrli to Th* OmoHj* ||»e Columbus," Neb., Jsn, II. The ac tive campaign for the soliciting of memberships and funds for the com log summer* Mid-Nebraska expo»l lion will be begun next week. Warrant to BeServedon DavisToday Governor of Kansas and Son to Be Arrested on Bribe Charge Before Inaugur ation Exercises. Pollman Will T estify By Associated rresi. Topeka, Ivan., Jan. 11.—Warrants will be sworn out in the court of To peka tomorrow, charging Governor Jonathan M. Dtvis and his son, Rus sell G. Davis. 28, with soliciting and accepting a bribe of $1,250 in pay ment for a pardon issued Fred IV. Pollman, it was announced late to day by Tinkham Veale, county at torney of Shawnee county. Agreement was reached at a con ference of county and state officers this afternoon that charges will be preferred and a warrant served on the governor and Ills son before the inauguration citercises tomorrow, when Governor Davis yields his chair o& executive. The accusations will be based, Mr. Veale said, on an alleged payment of *1,250 to the younger Davis by Poll man, convicted forger, who formerly was president of the Dlnn county bank at Da Cygne. Kan. The money was said to have been exchanged last Friday in a Topeka hotel when Russell delivered a par don, signed by his father, to Poll man, later returning the money when he was confronted by witnesses who' had ''listened in'” on the transaction by a telephone arrangement. In conference with County Attor ney Vesie were his assistant, Ralph H. Gaw. bounty Attorney-elect Paul Heinz and his assistant, Ed Rooney, who assume office tomorrow noon, and ('apt. VV. A. Smith, assistant state* attorney general. During the conference, Mr. Veale said, the offi i ials were ill constant touch with Charles H. Griffith, attorney general, by telephone. There was talk of calling a special grand jury, it was said, hut no acGon was taken. Such a grand jury would be limited to investigate affairs vylG1' In Shawnee county. Mr. Veale said that the county marshal or sheriff would serve the warrants immediately, the governor and his son would lie given a prelim inary hearing and placed under bond. The prosecution would then fall to the new county attorney. No witnesses were consulted or tes timony taken today. The charges were based on accounts of the episode published in the newspapers, but Mr. Veale said that Pollman would return to testify for the state. Pollman is now in Missouri. he said, an’d could not he reached today. Friday afternoon Young Davis, ac cording to hlr own story yesterday, look the monev to his room In the executive mansion snd returned to the hotel with the pardon, which his father declared hs had already decid ed to sign. Roth Governor Davis and his son, In formal statements to the press, have asserted thst the elder Davis knew nothing whatever of the alleged illicit transaction until told of It by his son at 6:30 Friday evening. Young Davis said last night that he regret ted, for his parents' sake, letting himself “be caught In a trap." blit emphasibzed that his father was not involved. While talk continued among the solons who are collecting here for the legislative opening tills week, no pro posal for a legislative investigation •of the pardon records has been made openly. Board lo Take I'p Bond*. Newcastle, Neb., ,lRn. 11.—The time for filing objections having elapsed, the village board of trustees here has passed the ordinahee au thorlzlng the taking up and paying off of water bonds now due and the Issuance of water refunding bonds to the amount of $6,500 which'provides for a levy and collection of taxes for their payment. The new bonds, nunv tiering from one to 13, will he issued In the denomination of $500 with 5 per cent annual interest coupons at | (ached. ,“/ Had to Kill Him,” Explains Girl-Wife Who Slew Intruder __ 0 By Vnhrrul Ben lee. Huntington, W. Va., Jan. It.— Nineteen year-old Klsle Cobb, wife of a succesaful realty nian here, wua Boated In her living room, her baby In her artna, when there canto a knock at the door. She opened It and C. la. Hlce, 42, connected with the Ohio Valley I.urn her Co., naked her If her husband waa at home. She aald he waa not. Rice entered the houee, closed and locked the door. "He Insulted me—X had to kill him,” aald the pretty Mrs Cobh to night after she had been hound oxer to the grand Jury and liberated In ♦ m ono tinII. mio continued "Ho closed the door and locked It. 1 became frightened. While I hold the baby he came toward me and grabbed me. He wss hurting Hie I uby. X screamed and his hold loos 4* enod. I ran Into the bedroom and grabbed nty huabanda revolver front a dreeeer drnwer. Me cante Into the bedroom door. I told him 1 would ahoot tf he came Innlde. Me ontne In. Then ehota rang out- I don’t know how many. “The next thing I knew I had the platol In mv hand. It wo* emoklng. Rice xxi on the floor. Me wax bleed lug. “I had to kill him. Me Inaulted me onre before while I worked In mi huahand’e office, and a» a rennll my h unhand etoptied bualnea* relatione with him ” After *lie came out Of hri da . Mr Cobh railed lo her mother In law, w ho l!\e* next door. and told her to roll the police. Her luiahand waa down town and did not know ahe wa* ar rente,1 until ld« mothai found and told him. Mystery Girl in Chicago Hospital Is Identified by St. Louis Relatives •f Young Woman Found in a Faint in the 1 nion Station Had Been Without an Identity for Two Months; Aunt • * and Cousin Come for Her. Chicago, Jan. *11.—Radio Rod newspaper publicity today brought know ledge of her name and home to Charlotte "Norris," the mystery girl jn the county hospital, who has .been unable to remember anything about herself since sh« was found in a faint two months ago in the union station here. She was identified as Charlotte Maguire, 20, of St. Louis, by Mrs. George Griffiths, an aunt, and Miss Genevieve Sullivan, a cousin. She left with them for St. Louis at once. When they entered the hospital this morning, the girl, whose de description lias been widely printed and who appealed for aid In learn ing her name over the radio througli Station WEBH of the Kdgewater Beach hotel and Chicago Evening Post, Friday night, looked at them blankly for a moment. “Auntie, cousin," she cried, and embraced them. Sheriff Wanted for Kidnaping Returns Brings Prisoner to Beatrice Despite Habeas (iorpus Writ in Denver. Special trt*pat<-h to The Omaha Be*. Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 11.—Although some anxiety was felt by his friends for hia safety . Sheriff John R. Sail ing reached home todav from Den ver. bringing with him A. J. Wvatt, charged with violating the »t.ate blue sky law. Sheriff Sailing had obtained extra dition paper* from Governor Sweet for Wyatt’s return to Nebraska and when he learned that a writ if ha beas corpus was in the making to hold him there, the sheilff slipped out of Denver, with hi* prisoner, driv ing by car to Cheyenne, Wyo. After the officer's departure a kidnaping charge was filed against him, but he »ays be knew nothing of the court proceedings until after he had reached Nebraska. He came by train from Cheyenne. The eheriff ahould hava arrived here Thursday and. owing to the de lay in making the trip, his friends thought he had been taken back to Denver to gnawer to th* kidnaping charge. PEDESTRIAN HIT BY AUTOMOBILE Charles Stanley, 4611 Farnam street, was severely Injured Saturday nleht when he was run down s’ Forty third and Dodge streets hv an automobile driven by J. F. Hostettler, 4479 Douglas street. Witnesses told police that Stanley stepped from behind a parked car Into the path of the Hostettler nia chine. Hostettler said that he wss unahel to stop after he saw the man Stanley was removed to the St. Joseph hospital. He suffered a free tured collar bone and severe gashes about the legs and body. Hostettler was arrested on a teehnl cal charge of reckless driving and later released on bond. Columbus Hanks Eighth in Sale of Hailwav Ticket6 ■perlal Dispatch ta The Omaha Dae. Columbus, Neb., Jan. 11.—Colum bus, 14th city In population In the state, ranks eighth among all the cities In Nebraska In railroad ticket sales according to figures with ref erenre to railroad revenue* for the last fiscal year. Total railroad rev enues front all sources amounted to $G60,9S9. -»-— Dunraii Man Pie*. Special Dispatch tn The Omaha Wea. Columbus. Neb,, Jan. 11 -Stricken With blights disease, Michael Kant poviex of Duncan died st St. Mary hospital yesterday following a nine weeks’ Illness. Horn In Poland In 1476 he came with his parent* to America, and Plalle county In 1479. lie leaves a mother and two slsteis. I The relatives said that the girl disappeared from St. Louis Novem ber is, after she had left the home of her parents, .Mr. and Mrs. Francis Maguire, to attend class at Wash ington university. "I remember leaving home to go to the university," Miss Maguire said after her relatives told their story. “I was walking on one of the shaded paths leading to the campus, the next tiling 1 remember Is that I was In the hospital here.” She said she could recall nothing more. Through an Item In a St. Touts newspaper about Chicago's "mystery girl, the relatives were led to come to Chicago. Charlotte had always been a home girl, the aunt said, and there was no reasoi that she knew of for her to run away from home. Mrs. Griffiths would give no idea of what might have happened to bring her to Chicago. Farmer Co-Ops to Meet Here Throe-Day Session lo Start To 'morrow; Marketing to Be J Discussed. Marketing of farm products, and the matter of increasing the activity of the finance corporation which was organized by the association two years ago, are among the subjects to be discussed at. the 12th annual con vention of the Farmers Fducatlonal and f'o-operative State union of Ne braska which will convene at the Cit> Auditorium Tuesday morning. il>r a three days session. More than 1.000 farmers of the state are expected tu attend the convention. Tlie Farmers union was admitted t*» membership in th« Omaha K\ change last August, and this to get her with the operation of Hie fi nancs corporation formed two years ago, irilt necessitate change* |n the aasoctatlon's constitution and by lawn J. W. Shoemaker, secretary, state l yesterday, Memlier organization of the union which wK be represented and make reports at the convention arc the Farmers Union Fonper.it ive Insur ance company. Farmers Union Live stock commission. Faj-mers Union State exchange. National Grain Com mission companv. Nebraska. Union Farmer, Farmers Union Audit depart rnent and Farmers Union Co-operative Flnsnce corporation. At the opening session Mayor James C. Dahlman will giw the ad drc«s of welcome and Hoy Hickman of Kaglr. Neb., th« resj>on*-e The re mankier of the session will l*e devoted exclusively to buslneva nf the union and will conclude Thursday afternoon with the election of the president and two directors and appointment of delegates to the national comc-ntion, TWO GALE-SWEPT SHIPS MAKE PORT New York. .fun. 11. Two Rale swept liner*, the I^iplnnd and the F'ranoe, made port la*t niRht. 4S hour* overdue from Kuropean port* The France and her llffft pa»*eiiRer* Rot a had *h.iktn(T up and were pre ty well huttered when tlie 1>1r *hlp nosed her way toward the renter of a hurricane that swept art-os* her path just off the flraml Hank* early last Thursday The l.apland skirt ed the eamo hurricane, but vessel nnd puseciiRfr* escaped with minor hurta. WARRANT ISSUED FOR BANK CHIEF T*mai s la Jon. 10.—A. warrant was issued tod a\ for tha arrest of V. J. Martin, president of the dosed Ply mouth Fountv Savings hnnk, who has been missing since December 11 ll« is charged with forgery. Mrv Martin, reported to he prostrated b\ her husband absence- and develop ments, has left for Denver, Foie, where her husband's parents reside. No statement has > et been Riven out ns to the condition of the l»ank. by the examiners in charge. \ Hit* Shown l.urk ot Interest in Dance Plan Wvnot, Neb., Jnn. 11.—In nil prob ability public dances will he held here In the new school building, although a large miml»er of the itatrons of the s< hool has objected strenuously. The l»a Hot nt a recent special election favored using the building for dances by the narrow* mat gin of five vote*, the vote l>eiug .'*7 to 6". Tlie light vole Indicated that more than half of the p it rone w ere not interested in the matter. Knrmrr Police llrwl Dio*. Speeiwl IMipuii it to The Omaha Hw. Fall bury. Net*. Jan li Fhsrles Frants, fit*, for 10 v ears chief of poltee of Fnlrbury, died Friday night at his home hem after an Illness of a week. He Is survived hv his wife, a daugh ter. Florence, who is a nurse at the Lincoln sanitarium. nnd two sons, t ail and Ckutucc, living m Fair bury. War Drunk China Again in Turmoil Enemies of Peking Govern ment Seize Outposts of Shanghai in Surprise At tack at Dais'll. French Marines Landed IIj- Associated Fr^«. Shanghai, Jan. 11.—All the Chinese territory surrounding Shanghai wan captured today by Chi Hsieh-Tuan and his ally. Sun Chuan-Farg. and outlying villages were looted, aa a gesture of defiance to the provisional government at Peking. The attack was aimed particularly to prevent the return to power of l.u Tung Hsiang, former tuchun of Chekiang province, who was reported proceeding from .Nanking toward Shanghai with Fengtlen 'Manchuriam troops. The soldiers of Obi and Sun made ;■ surprise attack this morning. By night they were in complete control of the region surrounding the foreign settlements. Fighting in the J,ung wha district had subsided, leaving Sun Ir. undisputed possession of Lutigwha and the arsenal there. Chang Tung-Min, the defense com missioner appointed by Peking, has taken reluee with his subordinate commanders in the foreign settle ment-. ' hangs troops mad* an un successful resistance. Foreign Fulls on fiuarri. Foreign uefen.-e units »i> e.xuard Ing the barricaded approaches to the settlements tonight. Chi Hsieh-Tuan was mllitar- gover nor of Kiangnu province, in which Sbankhai is fduiated. and a Pekigy mandate was isMied Pwrenaber 12 tils missing him from that ]>ost and ap pointing l.u l ung Hsiang. pacifica tion commissioner” for Kie-gs.i sod Anhwei pro- inces. S*:n t'l.uan Feng was oil Rdiierenr of (leper*! TV U Pei Fu, the ousted cctiminntjee of the Peking military force-, Ikon Chi and Hun neie getivu In besieging Sliar.g hai Ins' fail. Vt that time thev were .-tilled with the Pekin i-egiire of President Teao Kun l.u Y ung-Hslong. defending Shanghai, vrns defeated and fled to Nagasaki, Japan, but returned to China after hts political friends had ccnie into power. Bj I niifTwil Cerva-r. Shanghai, Jan. 11.—Shanghai was again unexpectedly plunged Into civil warfare when S.dOo troops of Hun Chuan Fang attacked Sleoawei In the Frerch concession on l he outskirts of Shanghai in sn effort to dislodc-i Chang Tung.Min from the l.ur>e j TVhsr arsenal. Thete was heav; firing thi» morn ing shell- ahing in the v.einlt;. ofl (Turn tc Pp**- Two. ' olumo llnr.l CHAMBER TO OPEN TODAY IN ITALY llj \MK»rUl#(1 rp-M. IU*mr. .Ian. 11.—Th* political ai;* of ltal> is mr< hn 8srl with expect ancy *» the time draw* near For the reopening: of the sessions of the chamber «*f deputies tomorrow. This session is expected to mark or* of the most Important mile stones of the fa me i st i regime. The generals of both the govern Intent and opposition camps spent Sun day going ove* their plana of bat tle Karh aide was careful not to re veal the tactics It intends to adopt. Premier Mussolini was secluded most I of today 4n the Chlgi palace, study* ing crlti< lams of his new electorinl bill, whl«'h he expects to have intro duced and rushed through parlia ment . .fudging from the fates: statements, the premier does not Intend to make: u>e of his power and appeal to the, olHuitry immediate!) as every one ■ had l>een le«! to assume. Therefore j the people are guessing at what was Mussolini a motive for adopting the reformed election procedure so fst in odvame of putting It into practice W ifr Seeks lo Attach Husband** Rank Funds In n divorce petition filed jester dav i>v Millie Tturndl, her husband. Joseph, I. charge.! with threatening to lake l.e life end to a..atilt he with a chair. An attachment on her hiintotnd'a auto and hank account Ir sought, hy the woman. Thev were married In June, 1931. James K. itenshoff Is accused of be ing addicted to the use of liquor In n suit filed by hi* wife. Mabel. They were wed at Council Bluff a June 19. I:»23. and lived together until l>e cefnber, 1924. Central City Editor Die*. Central City. Neb.. Jen. 11—Mia* Margaret Klee, until recently nsec . late editor of the Central City Re publican, passed away at the home of her ulster, Mrs. F C, Ratcllffln ihls city, early Saturday morning she le survived by her mother. Mrs TV. II C. Rice and three brothere Itev John TV Rice of Portland, Ore TT'llllan Rice of St Joe Ark and l ldlio - Robert Rl, e of the Centtal City Krpul*ltrnn. and two -latere. Mre F c Ratellff »nrt Mr. Minor Herd of Central City. Iter fether, Judge TV Tt C Rle* pa-sed ewey about two month* ego. . STRIKE THREATENS CHICAGO’S MOVIES Chicago, Jan. It.—A strike threat ens to darken Chicago a 800 moving picture theater*. Operators demanding a further In creaae In salary met -with representa tive* of exhibitor* in a last-hour at tempt to settle the wage Question. Harry Miller, president of the ex hibitors’ association, declared tonight that' the picture houses would fight the strike move and planned to em ploy non-union operators. “The average salary paid to oper ators for six hours’ work In Chicago theaters Is 886 a week.” Miller said. "The minimum Balary in outlying picture house*1 is $65 and ranges up wards to $100 a week for the larger theaters.” * Thomas Malloy, business agent of the operators' union, declared that his men were willing to sign indi vidual contracts g;ith exhibitors on the union's terms.' Russian Assassin Oil Trial for Act of 45 Years Ago Member ut Band ^ hit'll Kill'll Mexander II in 1881 Charged With Be tra)ing Comrades. fly t**orlat«a Frew*. Moscow . Jan. 11.—On# of the most extraordinary trials in the criminal history of Russia opened here tonight In a court roc i crowded with com munists. re olutionlats and foreign •. labors. The defendant is Ivan Ok ladsk!, So. who participated in the xsea-s ration of Alexander IT, in 1881. Okiadakl is on trial for his life on the charge of having turned traito/ and be-ra; ed his accomplices In that famous murder which shocked two continents. Hi? confession following the slaying caused the death or exile c? all h> assistants. Nikola Kryl-nko, Soviet Russia s cio.:t rui views prosecutor, is conduct ing the -i.se for the state and. al thyugli pearl; 45 years ha\e passed since he killing of Alexander, a for tn..table array of surviving revolu tionists of the 1881 period and thou rends of documents will be produced In court in .how Okladski'a disloy alty to his brother revolutionists and anarchists. Okl»tl»ki J’.'.td iieen in the employ of the czar's se ret service up to 191* and ir later years worked as a clerk in a government Institution. Several thousand tickets to the courtroom have been issued to work ers. peasant* and others and the communists ,re seizing the hearing as a good medium for propaganda. HUGHES POPULAR MAN IN GERMANY *> *-'Wl«W Pres*. r. I.—The new; of the 1 <« i' -ei »-nent of Secretary of S ' '’it ’■ - eachad Berlin shortly te id was printed only • ->f ;>■ .n in this minings newapupecs, « T'hile «ion of Hughe* to re turn to pi . ;life had been reflect ed in carliei i porta the announce ment that he ««* to be succeeded by Frank B Kellogg came as a surpr.se to the Amre ■ n colony here. In the German official and popular mind Hughes always will ratik as the man who first suggested strictly economic orientation in the adjust ment ot the reiutratlon problem and to whose initiative was due the sub sequent ena. tn ent and ratification of the Dr,wee plan. The .Hill ns retirement of Hughes already is stimulating German curi osity in the fat lira attitude of the t idied state* inward Russia. FORMER SWIFT" FOREMAN DIES Gusto - V Blohn, M. Sill South Twenty •> \tit -ireet. a resident of South f our ‘ t 4b yeyirs and for merly .i i •>■ n of Swift A t'o died late Sat : day night at a local hospital, follow ng a four-year Illness lie is survived hy one son, Albert 1 of Omshe one brother, Amos Blohn of Cumberland. la., and one alater. Mrs diaries 1‘ttermlller of Danville, Pa.. . I two grandchildren. Funeral services will he held Tues day morning « 8:4ii from the Heafey A Heufev chattel, South Omaha, to St. Bridget . hurt-it at r. Burial w ill he in GracOland i*ark cemetery. Man Arrrst«*«l in Bluff* Taken in Custody to Boone C. L. Johnson, alias H. A. Ander son, held In the Council Bluffs city Jail e i no Thursday on forgery charges, was turned over to police of Boone. la., Saturday afternoo'n. He la wanted at Boone on forgery chargee. 11 tv is token to that citv hy Klmei li. Meyers of the Bhone police department Johnson was ar-j rested In Council Bluffs at the Good rich hotel hy Detectives Callaghan ami Botin. The Weather | ^— ' Vcr ?• ♦'our* «* . r* T r T*nu*r\ It Pi r*'t*? cn hi'Iim • ^v:I irnlths Tot»t I* f tot*' *in»# .>**•»* * t!#r!ct»nc> i' 1 HihiHi • ■ nt \ p m .... V • • in • ? p »v ? » m * t ,t p tn | I *” 8 • • m t * » > »*s l* * m 11 * p »■' \ \ * m J t ,• p tn U aaoa I p. .. j Protection for Women Demanded Storm of Protest F roin Re ligious and Civil leaders Rages Around FFead of Major Devcr. Revolting Crimes Staged By WILEY S. SCRIBNER. Uniremal lien Ice Staff ConMpoaidMtt Chicago. Jan. 1J.—Protection for women and children against criminals was demanded of the authorities to day by religious and civil leaders. Crimes of this nature have become so frequent that the public has be come alarmed. The authorities are under fire. Mayor William E. Dever, around whose head the storm is raging, de clared tonight that more police offi cers are needed. He denied that the pol.ee are giving all their attention to enforcement of prohibition. The charge that the police depart ment was negle< ting the enforcement of laws other than that covering pro htbiUon was made by Rev. Dr. John Thompson, pastor of the First Metho dist church. The church is one of the strongest in Chicago. It occupies a big skyscraper in the- business dis trict. Dr. Thompson claims to be fa miliary with conditions In Greater Chicago. “The police are too busy reforming our morals to give much attention to safeguarding life and property,” Dr. Thompson said. “The first duty of the police force is to protect our daughters and our wives and our mothers. ' * Many Sordid Crimea. Mayor Dever said crimes against women and children were being pun ished without fear or favor. “I haven't the record before me. but 1 11 bet these sort of offenses haven't shown any exaggerated up-" shoots this year when compared with other winter months. The police »r* constantly on the hunt for burglars, pickpockets and every class of crim inal.” Chicago has been stirred hy crimes against women. These have been of the most shocking form: many of them passed with little publicity be cause of sordid details. There is on the records the story of a young wife snatched from the side of her husband as the couple returned late at night from an entertainment. Bh* was found dying in a vacant lot. Women alone In their homes have been attacked, slain when they fought for their honor. Little Chil dren have been attacked in the moet brutal fashion. Mayor Rlamcs law. Down in Chicago's black belt shocking stone- of attacks on white women are told. But not all the as Milan! s of women hRve been negroes, In only a few instance* have the a aailants been captured and moet of these have escaped punishment through the law's delay. Mayor Dever blames the law. “The Illinois criminal code k* In adequate.” he said. “It Is a refuge of crooks. It must be revised “Here we are—alert Chicagoan#— with an honest, hard working police force, an excellent system of munici pal courts and a group of Judge# whom I know to be conscientious, efficient men, delayed and hampered —not to say impotent—because of an antique criminal code of laws that clutters up the court dockets, en ables criminals to secure unlimited continuances and makes it Impos sible f. r the police to keep them off the streets, where they prey upon our citisens." Auto Dealer Released. ' ^prrtiU IMaputth to The Ornette TV*. Columbia. Neb.. Jan. 11 —Glenn Provost former auto dealer her*, against whom charges of issuing two no fund checks have been pending in county court as remitted to county judge jv ' mail funds sufficient to make go.v.1 the checks and liquid*la the court costs taxed against him “Movie” Bandit Is Puzzle at Prison Authorities at the Anamosa reform atory where Kay M Snodderly. Ik. confessed bandit, started serving a f5 year sentence last week "just for the fun of It." are in a quandry over the youth, according to Sheriff P. A. t-alnaon who returned home late Fri day from taking the hoy to prison. l-alnson declared the officials sr* undecided whether to assign the youth to work in the prison and aie hesitating In outfitting him in a penitentiary uniform, believing that he will be able to gain his fiecdom soon M hen the bc\ wv« revived st t!,» prison he was the most talked of and discussed prt*on«r. holding the center of attention for ws'vtens guards and other b ., r», the sheriff said Counsel for vo log S 1 .Aider !v '* bus' preparing an vpp-wl >0 'he governor In vn effort to obtain hie early rs least
