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s_VOL. 54-NO. 252. OMAHA, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1925. *_TWO CENTS»■ S^cffiS '- -—^
Courts Rap
Oil Scandal
Prosecution
Jail. Sinclair amt Dolieny
Indictments Dismissed;
Government Will Take
Appeal. v
i —-y Call New Grand Jury
■Washington, April 3.—The govern
* ment suffered a reverse today In its
criminal prosecutions growing out of
the oil scandal.
Indictments returned last June
against the central figures in the fa
mous senate investigation—Albert B.
Fall, former Interior secretary, and
Harry F. Sinclair, Edward I.. Doheny
and his son, Edward I.. Doheny, jr.,
independent oil operators—were die
missed in the District of Columbia su
preme court hecause of the presence
in the grand jury room of an assist
t0 ant to the attorney general.
Through District Attorney .Gordon,
special government counsel in the
oil cases, it was announced that an
appeal would be taken to the District
of Columbia court of appeals. Should
the government finally loso in this
fight, the way still would be open for
presentation to a new grand jury of
the conspiracy charges in connection
with the lease of Teapot Dome naval
reserve to Sinclair and of California
oil reserves to Doheny.
New Charge Doubtful.
Whether a new grand jury could
consider the bribery charges against
Fall and the Dohenys is not so clear.
Counsel for Sinclair contend that the
three years’ statute of limitation will
become effective next Tuesday, but
government counsel are not con
vinced that the special act of con
gress In 1322, extending the limita
tion to six years in certain cases,
would not he applicable in this in
stance.
The bribery charge grew out of the
delivery to Fall here while he was
interior secretary, of $100,000 in cash.
The fund was advanced by the elder
Doheny and brought here from New
York by his son in the now celebrated
"little hlaOk satchel.” Fall gave his
personal note for that amount and
Doheny, in disclosing that he had ad
vanced the money, said it was a loan
to a friend and had nothing to do
with tile leases.
The indictment returned here and
ordered dismissed by Chief Justice
McCoy arc wholly apart from the
civil suits which have been brought
by the government in Wyoming and
^■California for the recovery of the
Teapot Dome and California naval re
serves. *
i’otitempl Court Pending.
Nor is there involved in today’s
il • ision the contempt indictment re
tuvned against Sinclair because of his
refusal to'answer certain questions
put. to him by the denote oil com
n .It tee.
A demurrer to that indictment has
been filed and is pending in the Dis
trict of Columbia supreme court.
In dismissing the criminal indict
ments. Chief Justice McCoy upheld
the contention of defense counsel that
the senate resolution taking prosecu
tion of the oil cases from the Depart
ment of Justice and placing them in
ihe hands of special counsel, removed
tlie right of the attorney general or
any of his assistants to appear be
lore the grand jury.
The special government counsel.
Atlec Ponterene of Cleveland and
t >wen J. Roberts of Philadelphia, were
tailed Into the grand jury room to as
sist Oliver E. Pagan, an assistant to
(Torn to Pair Thirteen, Column Five.)
OFFICERS CLEARED
OF LIQUOR CHARGE
Ruth Galloway denied to Chief of
Detectives lien Danbaum Friday
st ter noon that city policemen had
ever drank at her place or offered
her "protection.” Miss Galloway was
brought to central station by Defec
tives Francl and Geisleman on the
1^^ order of Danbaum.
Danbaum- and other detectives
questioned her for 20 minutes behind
locked doors. Danbaum then an
nounced lhat she had denied her
charges and that his investigation
into the case was concluded.
Miss Galloway finally admitted, he
said, the only ones that offered her
protection” were two men, whom
rhe has reason to believe were only
posing as officers.
Omaha Man to Kngagc
in Husin<*f>» at York
Tork, April 3.—The York Produce
company, founded in 1911 by Bert
Smith, ha* Jjeen sold.to J. P. Sheeran
of Omaha.
Kay Butterfield has purchased the
Schroeder grocery stock and will
conduct a grocery store at tlio same
location, Mr. Butterfield has been a
traveling salesman for a shoo firm.
IV, \V. Moomey, who for sonic
years conducted a grocery and meat
market In York, hut has for two.ycars
been a resident of Hastings, has r<
turned to the city and has purchased
the grocery and meat market of J.
J'. Egan.
We Have
With Us
Today
A. E. Ayers.
^ V holesale Grocer,
ftlntix Falls. S. II.
Mi Ayers has been attending the
d slrirt Kola - conference. He la one
of ihe leading wholesale grocers of
the tniddlewest and Is a past district
gffiveraor of ths Botaxy club
H# is registered at ths Hotel Eon
fpnells.
LINDSEY LOSES
GROUND IN FIGHT
Denver, April 3.—Judge 1*£l'J
I.lndsey of Denver’s juvenile **&nj
1* losing ground In »lie elect
count being made today In
court In connection with the ou.»
suit being pressed by Jtoynl B. Gra
ham, who was declared defeated by
the election commission lust Novem
ber.
With a recount complete In seven
out of tlm 211 precincts in Denver,
Graham bad gained 151 votes on the
noted juvenile judge.
I.lndsey s original total In these
precincts w as 2,469. but was cut down
to 2.3S9 by the recount. Graham's
original total grew from 1,462 to 1,533
by virtue of the recount. I.lndsey
was declared elected by 117 votes.
Every ballot cast in the race for
the juvenile judgeship last November
will be recounted. Judge Julian H.
Moore, who is hearing the case, ruled, j
Omaha Recluse
Fatally Burned
iu F ire at Home
John McGinty, 96, Pioneer.
Found Unconscious, Clothes
in Flames; Neighbor
Makes Heroic Rescue.
John McGinty, 96, a pioneer in tiie
development of the west. Was fatally
burned Thursday night at Ills home,
4529 South Twenty fifth street, where
he had been a recluse for many years.
It is believed that his clothing
caught fire front an overheated stove
in his kitchen, where he had fallen
asleep. He fell unconscious on the
floor and the fire spread through the
room.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Zaloudek dragged
McGinty from the house in an heroic
attempt at rescut, after Mrs. Zaloudek
had discovered the fire at S:45 p. m.
McGinty was rushed to St. Joseph
hospital, but he died early Friday
mornlnk.
McGinty'a clothes and hair were in
flames when the Zaloudeks carried
him from the house. They hastily
smothered the flames with a hla.nket.
He did not regain consciousness be
fore his death.
McGinty was a foreman for the
Union Pacific when it built its first
main line. By slow saving he had
accumulated 420,000, his will disclosed
Friday.
Shunning the attention* of rela
tives and repeatedly refusing their
invitations to leave Omaha and live
with them either in Toronto, Ontario
or Brooklyn. New York. McGinty i
during the last 25 or 30 years of Ills
life, lived anil thought alone. Most
of his business dealings were with 1,. O.
Gibson, a South Omaha real estate
and Insurance man, who served in
the capacity of business adviser. Mc
Ginty owned six houses in the
neighborhood of his own and the
rontnl* from these easily met all ex
penses with some left over each
year for the hank. During the years
It Is believed these annual profits
grew to a neat sum.
Will Is Opened.
When Ills will was opened in coun
ty court Friday It revealed that
Joseph J. O'Brien. South Omaha at
torney. was named administrator of
the estate. Mr. O'Brien said he be
lieved the total value would be about
320,000.
The will disposed of his estate as
follows:
Elisabeth McMullen, wife of his
neplipw. Neil McMullen, $3,000.
•lames and Dennis McMullen, neplt
fas, $100 each.
Nell McMullen, nephew, $.500.
Margaret Koach, a friend, Toronto,
$300.
Nellie lit spat rick, now Mrs. Janies
Hanford, Hronklyn, $300.
Mrs. John Fanning, Brooklyn. $100
Mrs. John Fox, South Omaha. $200.
John O'Brien, old-time friend and
co-worker on the Villon Pacific rail
road, who lives at 2810 South Thirty
second street. Omaha. $200.
Mrs. John TVnuton, Twenty-fifth
and K streets. South Omaha, $200.
Itellglous ond rharituble institutions
were remembered as follows:
St. Bridget church, Twenty-sixth
and F streets, $300. It was at SI.
Bridget church that McGinty always
worshipped.
St. Joseph hospital, where he. spent
his last hours, $300.
St. Michael church, Toronto, $300.
Sisters House of Providence, Toron
to. $300.
Sisters of the Academy of Preclopj
Blood, Toronto, $300,
Ht. Agnes parochial school, Omaha.
$200.
st. Joseph home, Jersey City. $100.
St. Augustine seminary for flic edu
cation of young men for the priest
hood, Toronto, $300.
To each of the children of his
nephew, Nell McMullen, $200.
The will directed that the residue
of his estate l>r given to Nell McMul
len and his wife, share and share
alike.
The will was witnessed by Uaolpius
M. Begley, 4 tl$ jth Twenty third
street, and J. M. Lewis Schmidt.
The will directed that hi* body be
sent to Toronto to be burled alongside
those of his parents and two sister*.
South Sioux City Chosen
for \\ oini*ii*rt Club Mpptinp;
Norfolk, Neb., April 3.—The 22d n"
nual convention of the third district
of the Nebraska Federation of
Women's Clubs yill meet at South
Sioux City, April 7, 8 and 9. The
convention headquarters will be the
high school auditorium. The conven
tlon hostesses will be members of the
Woman's rlub and the Ladles'
Literary rlub.
Mellon Duhbetl Distiller.
Kingston, N. Y., April 3—Arthur
.1. Davis, state superintendent nf the
Anti Saloon league of New York, re
fined to Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon as ‘'America's most dlstln
qulshed distiller ' In an address be
fore the Toymen's association of the
New York conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. I
Jury (»i\t*h Indication of Tak
ing Albii of Famous Ban
dit Into Serious (iou
sideration.
Examine Time Tables
By JOHN K. WINKLER
l niversal Service Staff (orrcAiionilent.
Hartford, Conn., April 3.—The jury
of tiard headed Connecticut natives
wrestled into the night in its effort
to determine ■ whether Herald Chap
man's gun snuffed out the life of Po
llceman Janies Sksllcy in New Brit
ain.. Conn., last October 12.
A glow of hope flooded the pallid
features of the manacled imndii two
hours after the jury had retired when
the first request of the 12 arbiters
of his fate seemed favorable to the
defense. A few moments before four,
the jury requested it he furnished
with a time table of train schedules
from Springfield, Mass., to New York
City on the afternoon of October 11,
1924.
This indicated the jurymen were
seriously discussing the alibi set up.
Again the jury came in at 5:30 to
have read the testimony of Lillian
knell, waitress at the Old Colony Inn,
and Louis Kubeo, the proprietor.
They both claimed that Chapman and
Shean were at the Inn at the time
the alibi witnesses claim • Chapman
was in Brooklyn.
Jury Seeks Mure luinnnntinn
At 6:10 the jury was sent to din
ner with instructions to resume de
liberations at 7:30.
Tlie defense alibi placed Chapman
In a tiny stationery store conducted
by Lyle Chastain, formerly a fellow
convict in Atlanta federal peniten
tiary, between 8:15 and 8:30 on the
night of Saturday, October 11.
Chapman's story on the stand was
that ho had left Springfield about 4
that afternoon and headed for a ren
dezvous with Chastain and not on the
motor reconnoitering trip to New
Britain as asserted by the state's
star witness, Walter E. Shean. In
his terrific summing up assault upon
Chapman. State's Attorney Hugh M.
Alcorn asserted:
“Tf Chapman went to Brooklyn,
where he was conveniently located
that Saturday night lie vvouM have
had to go by airplane.''
“He had three hours and SO min
utes in which to get from Springfield
to Brooklyn.”
Examine Time Tables.
Examination of time tables of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad show Chapman could have
hoarded train No. 8lt, a Boston. New
York at Springfield at 4:10 that af
ternoon and arlved at Brand Central
station at 8:02 that night. He could
hare arrived at Chastlan's store, No.
231 Albany avenue. Brooklyn, before
6:30 by taxi or subway and taxi. The
jury g initial “request showed they
were going in a most painstaking
manner Into an analjsis of the evi
dence: showed too the 12 men had
not accepted Alcorn's almost casual
brushing aside of chapman's alibi.
It presaged a late, iicrhaps over
night consideraliop of the case. The
presiding jurist, Ilevvell Jennings, an
nounced he would remain at the
courthouse until midnight.
Hope Surges Higher.
As the hours wore on hope surged
higher In Chapman. At dusk after
eagerly receiving each crumb of gos
sip, be remarked to bis chief coun
sel, Frederick J. Groehl. of New York:
"Judge, we've got more than a
gambling chance.”
This was the Spirit, too. In the
crowds that surged about the old
fashioned red brick building, pro
Chapman sentiment has grown to
such an extent In this lovely old cltn
del of New England conservation that
oltizene stop you on the street *nd
Inquire hopefully if you think “Chap
man has a chance.”
PERJURY CASE
TO GRAND JURY
New York. April 3.—Unitcfl State*
Attorney Emory H. Buckner was as
sembllng records- today preparatory
to Instructing the grants Jury to take
up the perjury charge# against
Charles H. T)uel1, motion picture pro
ducer. whose Injunction Milt against
Lillian Gish, screen star, was thrown
out of federal court by Judge Mack
yesterday. Buck liar announced he
would present, the evidence to the
grand Jury early next week, and
would prosecute the cas« himself In
an Indictment.
The charge grows out of the suit
In which Ituell sought to make Lil
lian Glah act upon the screen for him
alone. The trial ended abruptly
when Judge Mack dismissed the case
and held Duel! In $10,000 hall on a
charge of perjury.
Shipment <»f Candy Hauler
l-'.pje Seized at Liverpool
t.lverpool, April 3. Thotiennda of
Liverpool ymnm*tfr*i have had a nar
row eacape from Knater lllnee* or
worse, It wa* diacloaed today when
the authorltfe* condemned more
than 9,000 candy Ranter crrb nhlpped
here for the holiday hualnenn.
According to official* an analy*1* of
tli« chocolate In the eRRS dtacloacd
partlclea of quartz, minute fragments
of Rln*« and al*o trace* of lead, cop
per, zinc anil a woody material re
tembllriR nnwduat.
Married in Council Bluff*.
Tha following p*ran»ia obtain** Tn*
rlaa* Ur*tu>*« Tn PounH! Bluffs v*ai*»
fia>
W f* \frM*nua. Omnhi ... ?!
Plant hs Young. Omaha .
G*nrg# Oa/ldirg*. Omaha 4r<
Anna Bmltn. Omaha , X"
1j©uta Pannta Suth*riand Bae-in# Wla JT
• harloft* Gl*a**rt W*- e- - N*b ’ll
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Estranged Wife Discovers Missing
Mate After Search Lasting 19 Years
I limit) of Mother ami Brother of Young Husband Caused
Separation in St. l.ouis IN early a Decade Ago: He*
conciliation Follows in Chicago Hospital.
By \. .r. IjOBKN'Z.
I niv«*r«nl fiervhi* Staff (orresponilrnt.
Chicago, April 3.—The circle of
life took I he share of a Mlnoan
labyrinth fur Mrs. Mae 1’urdy. In
its mazes she constantly sought the
husband from whom she had be
come estranged 19 years ago—only
to find him almost her next door
neighbor for six years.
James H. Purdy, jr., member of
an Influential and prominent fam
ily In St. Louis had married a
pretty young concert ptaniste of
growing fame after a, brief court
ship. according to Mrs Purdy, who
today told of finding her husband
In the Illinois Central hospital.
"We were married 19 years ago
and he took me to visit his par
ents." she continued. "He is re
lated by marriage to tlie Busch
family of St. Louis and the famous
Airs. Letup, known as the 'Laven
der Lady' of St. Louis society.
Airs. Letup is his first cousin.
His Mother Opposed.
"His people welcomed me royal
ly. His father called me .'Jim's
Irish girl,' and It remained a term
of afeetion for me as long a» my
father-in-law lived, but Jim's
mother and older brother, Francis,
opposed oitr marriage. They had
planned his marriage t" a wealthy
St. Pouts heiress.
"They worked to such goqd pur
pose that a year liter, after the
birth of our son. I found myself
adrift and penniless, my husband
estranged front me. T obtained a
decree of separate maintenance and
a small alimony grant, which never
was paid."
Returning to Chlcag-o, Mrs. Purdy
said she kept uji iter search for her
husband, hoping that they might
again become reconciled.
Accident. \ id ini.
Two days ago she opened a news
paper and read the pccount of an
accident in which the name "James
IT. Purdy, jr„ was mentioned as
one of the victims. 8he sought out
the hospital, and was Informed the
man had been registered ns un
married. .She was refused admis
sion.
Today she obtained a. warrant
calling for surveillance of the man
she is certain Is her husband, be
cause his brother, Francis, is visit
ing him.
"I love him. and I want him for
my own,” declared Mrs. Purdy.
"I want to help him rebuild his
life and my own and start tho
home that we planned, but never
had together.”
Weeks May Leave
•>
Post as Result of
Paralvtic Stroke
Misfortune of Secretary of
Vi ar May Force Retirement
From (lahinet; Condi*
lion Not Critical.
| _
II.' t niversnl NptiIm.
Washington, April 3.—Secretary of
War Weeks lias suffered a stroke of
partial paralysis, it was learned to
day. It may force his retirement
from the cabinet.
Weeks has been absent from his
desk at the War department for sev
eral days but until today i| hail been
announced that he was merely “in
dls|Kisecl.“ A bulletin issued by his
physician today was rhe first public
notice of the seriousness of his con
dition.
Weeks' ill ness is described a s
thrombosis, or clot, of a small artery
in the brain, on the right side. It
has caused nil obstruction of the
Mood circulation, leading to partial
paralysis of the left nrm and side.
An informal siatement given out
at the War department late this af
ternoon said:
"Mr. Weeks* condition is entirely
satisfactory and shows improvement
over this morning.”
In spite of tlie ostensible optimism
of the physician's statement, it is be
lieved that the symptoms revealed
are of sufficient gravity to induce
him to retire from active duty as
soon n« President Coolldge will ac
cept ids resignation.
The secretary will pass hit Gath
birthday next week.
Mr. Week's health has not been of
the. best for many months and he re
, oently took a 10 days’ vacation to
recuperate front the Inroads made
upon his constitution by the grind of
official routine. Ho returned on Sat
urday morning from this trip, dur
ing which lie took a complete rest in
the south.
The secretary still was confined to
his home today, and no statement ns
to the plans could be obtained.
160 AT NORFOLK
LODGE REUNION
Norfolk, Neb., April 3.—The tenth
annual Jiornecomlng of the Norfolk1
lodge No. -16 of the Odd Fellows or
der, held today, was attended by 160
members of the order, including BO:
\islting members from other chapters
in northeast Nebraska towns.
Six grand officers of the state ere
here to take part In the homecoming
activities. They are W. H Van Flove,!
Tekamnh, grand master; K f*. Davis.
North Platt®, grand secretary; J. W.
Pittman, superintendent of the Odd
fellows' home at York; Paul C Ly
anna, Stella, giamt patriarch; A FI.
Hanna, Hlair, grand high priest;
George It. Jackson, Holdrege, grand
junior warden.
Special degree work was put on by
members-of the organization, most
of whom have been connected with
the lodge 25 years or more. A class
• >f candidates was Initiated.
The veteran's jewel was presented
to W. If. tTark, Norfolk, who has
been n member of the Norfolk lodge
25 years.
(Jovernor Not Alarmed
liv Dimini'liid Treasury
ftperlnt t«i I l»c Oimtlni !*••«*.
I.lucoln, April 3 Governor Me.Mill
h*n announced today there was noth
Ing alarming over the fnct that tem
porarily the state treasury Is nt low
ebb. All hills will he paid In due time
and no harm will he done anyone, uc
cording to the governor.
"I am Informed that F. I>. Ttobln
son, the state treasurer, that the real
reason for the Condition Is the fact
that, the levy lest year was made so
low that expenses could not he met
and as a result we have unpaid hills
on hand,” the governor said. "Our
tax money will he In In a few weeks
and then all hills can he paid.'*
Jewelry Store l{ol>lie<l.
Chicago. April 3 bandit*
west Ing *ilk handkerchiefs for masks,
today held up the M J. Harris
Jewelry store hsrs ®nd escaped with
uionty and jtwthy worth III,000.
Judge Sets Aside
Verdict in Favor
of Mrs. Dennistoun
l
Decision of Kritish Jurist
Forces Former W ife of
Army Officer Into
bankruptcy Court
n.v ItOHEKT J. PKKW.
London, April 3.—Justice McCardie
today hamletl down a Judgment, de
priving Mr*. Dorothy Dennistoun of
the % 000 damages awarded her last
week by the jury which heard her
‘■ase against her former husband who
is now the husband of the Dowager
Countess Carnarvon. The Judgment
is also tantamount to depriving her
of half of the legal costs, leaving her
I to pay something likp SIUO.IJOO with
the result tlpit she will he forced to
file a bankruptcy petition.
1 Judge McCardie made no secret of
the fact that he disagreed with the
verdict of the jury in favor of the
plaintiff, saying:
"The letters concerning Sir John
Cowans affected the Jury who were
also affected by counsel'* appeal, de
spite my wanting, for heavy addi
tional damages because of Mrs Den
nistoun's ordeal In the witness box
and the accusations against her.”
The substance of the judgment is
that the Jury found in favor of the
plaintiff on an agreement which is
legally void and unenforceable.
The outcome of the case is likely
to lead to a discussion of the util
ity of Juries if a judge Is able to up
set a verdict on purely legal grounds.
Justice McCardie said that the
agreement which the jury found had
existed by which Colonel Dennistoun
was a "conjecture upon their i>art
and not supported by the evidence."
A fashionable crowd filled the court.
Mrs. Dennistoun and Lady Carnar
von were both jwesent. The former
was fashionably dressed and wore a
bell-shaped hat described as the ' last
word from Pnrls.*'
Before rending his decision Justice
McCardie took occasion to say thnt he
agrees with Justice Shearman, who
tried the Waterhouse case, that
"thpse cases do not represent the gen
erat life of the well-to-do In Eng
land.”
"These enses.” he said. "give a
wholly false Impression of English
family and social life.”
BANDITS ABDUCT
CHINESE WOMEN:
I,ontlon, April S.—A thousand worn
<>n and girls were carried away by
bandls who looted towns In the
province of Bhsnsl. I'hlna. according
to a Tien Tain dispatch today to the
t'entral New*.
Shensi Is one of (he vast provinces
lying south of Mongolia.
I I'agtir <»f Nation* May
Assiimt- Control of Radio
Ity The UMrUlnl Prees.
Geneva, April :r Kept* (tentative*
• *f the principal private radio enter
prim*** of Ktirope met under the aus
pices of the league of nation* today
ami decided to organize an interna
tional union f«>r broadcasting, with *
central bureau at Geneva. The par
ticular objective Is to tradh a com
mon understanding concerning the
transmission of concert* between the
different capital* and to establish
collaboration among European nation*
tilt all of radio transmission.
N»r*f** Suit fur Hrcacli
of Promise I* Si-tlli-il
New York, April .1.—The breach r»f
promise atilt brought by Mis* Flor
ence lleddlngtnn, profe**lonal nur*e,
asking damages $150,000 from
Hoi. Isaac M. Fllman. corset
manufacturer* and republican leader
of New Haven, Conn., was dlacon*
tinned In the supreme court after
counsel for Colonel t’ilman Informed
Justice Guy that a settlement had
been reached
\\ in-oiiMi) lolitor Dio.
Kanoaha. Mis, April 3 — Wallw
Thomas Marlalt, 51, adltorpubllshar
of lb* Kenosha leaning Nawa and
Talaftfcpb Ceuitar, disO.
Coolidge lo
Stay Out of
Ship Fight
Declines to Intervene in Pa
cific Mail-Dnllur Line
Squabble Over Sale of
Five \ csself.
Court Holds Up Transfer
Washington, April 3.—Conclusion
of the sale lo the Dollar interests
of the Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany's California-orient line was
blocked temporarily today in the Dis
trict of Columbia supreme court.
Granting a petition of the Puclfh
Mail. Justice Hit* issued a temporary
injunction against the shipping board
kind set April 13 for a hearing on
making ihe order permanent.
Kx tended litigatiuii is in prospect,
regardless of tills hearing, with the
probability that the supreme court of
the United .States will have to pass
upon provisions of the merchant 111a
fine act of 1920.
Meanwhile, the Pacific Mail will
continue to operate the five shipping
hoard vessels at stake in the service
from San Km mi sen to Manila, un
less the board should take action to
terminate the operating contract en
tered Into more than four years ago.
Chairman O'Connor of the board de
clared today he personally would be
in favor of terminating that contract
If tlie Injunction was made perma
nent.
( oolidge Stays Out.
Commenting upon that statement,
former .Senator George K chamber
lain of Oregon, counsel for the Pa
cific Mail, interpreted It as a willing
ness to drive the Pacific Mail out of,
business in any case, lie would not
say what legal steps, if any. might be
taken if the board should adopt such ;
a course. The action of the Pacific
Mall in resorting to court proceedings
was taken as the result of the au
thorization of the sale of the ships
to the Dollar Interests by a four to
three vote in the board
The controversy has Involved ques
tions of government shipping policy
and a fight lietween competing ship
ping interests, and lias been charac
terized with sensational charges that
a monopoly Is being developed on the
Pacific coast.
Tile reverberations .,f the fight
reached such a point it was sug
gested tlie White House might be
.called upon to take a hand, but this
became a remote possibility today
when it was learned President Cool
tdge feels thai responsibility for the
decision rested entirely with the
tioard. He assumes the board had
acted as It best saw fit. and has
taken ho part In the matter.
Court Takes Over Controversy.
The controversy is now expected
to rest in the hands x>f the court un
til arguments are heard on why the
Injunction should not be made perma
nent. Gale H. Carter, president of
Ihe Pacific Mall, and his New York
counsel returned, to New York to
night, and it was indicated that R.
Stanley Dollar, vice president of the
Dollar lines, probably would leave
for San Francisco soon. —
The Dollar Interests made an all
cash bid of $5.<20.000 for the ships
while the Pacific Mail, the only otb*.
bidder, offered K.TMbOOO, part in cash
and the rest In steak of a proposed
ports-ration in which the shipping
board would hold an interest and ap
Iiolnt a majority of the directors.
PACKING PLANT
TO GO ON BLOCK
TV* Moines. la . April .1—Sale at
public HU lion of the Iowa l’:u king
company fur not leas than SoO.OOO
was ordered by Federal Judge Martin
Wad* today.
The order, issued on application of
F. T. Fuller, president and temporary
receiver, appointed Rulfe O. Wagner
and K. B. Smith as masters in chan
cery with power to consummate the
sale, which is tjihject to final approv
al by the court. It la understood that
the Morrell Packing company of Ot
tumwa. and Swift A Co. of Chicago
are Interested In the sale of the plant,
Mr. Fuller was dismissed as tem
porary receiver.
MARX NOMINATED
BY THREE PARTIES
|l» Tit* %*»<*«'Int#«t rr**«.
Berlin. April 3 A Joint conference
of the centrist, democratic and social]
democratic parties today nominated I
I»r. Wilhelm Mri*x a* their candidate
for the German presidency.
Salem Kxlemls (.lad Hand
to Traveler ami llis It title
Stella, April 3.—Bernard llasen
yager ami bride arrived at Salem this
week to visit bis aunt. Mrs, Belle
Wickham, and oilier relatives. Mr.
Haaenyager grew to manhood Just
over the Nebraska ltrrv at Hern. Kan ,
ami for a year had been traveling
over various parts of the country.
Alaska and 1 somloti, I'.ngland, being
In his Itinerary. Ipon returning
home, be was married to Miss Grace
Kelt re l <>f Waterville. Kan., with
whom he became acquainted when
both were In attendant's nt the col
lege of Manhattan. Kan. Salem
friends and relatives gave them a
hilarious welcome upon their arrival
at the station.
I’jmiI Thompson Vppointrtl
i fltlt'l Ml \\ Point Vmtlcmv
Mllance \prll .1 Paul * Thompson. I
IV *«»n of Mr. ami Mrs s \\ Thump j
v,,n of Alliance lm> been honored l»\ ,
mpjH.»intment as a cadet at West IVdnt I
.Military Academy, ms a representative I
of the Sixth district of Nebraska .Mis
Thompson |s president of the xe
Krtuka Federation of Women * Club*
iur the telaUi Oiitrict. V
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MISUSE OF FUNDS
BY ROAD ALLEGED
Washington. April 3.—t'se by the
Northern Pacific Railroad company
of a part of the money derived from
the sale of land granted it by the
gov eminent in tiie purchase of branch
lines was discussed today by the con -
gresslona! commission investigating
land grants to llie company.
The Interior department has eon
tended that it was the Intent of nm
glens in granting the lands that the
n.iit). y received from their sale shook!
lie used in the construction of tRe
main easi-west line of the railroad.
James B. Kerr of Portland. Ore.,
counsel for tii> Northern Pacific Hall
way company which succeeded the
railroad company, defended this
action and declared the purchase of
branch lines was expedient and "good
business" on the part of the com
pany.
Lincoln Invites
Meeting There
v
< unferetice Lt»ok> Favorably
on Capital; Sioux City
.Man Fleeted Di-lrirt
Governor.
Ruiton Saxton of the Sioux City
Rotary club was unanimously chosen
governor of the 10th Rotary district
for the ensuing year at the Friday
morning session. His selection Is sub
ject to the approval of Rotary Inter
national convention at Cleveland next
June,
The conference was Invited by Lin
coln members to hold its next session
at the capital. Selection of a confer
ence city will be definitely decided by
the executive committee at a meeting
this summer, but it yvas said last
night that the sentiment of the con
ference favored acceptance of the of
fer.
After the noon luncheons at Hotel
Fontenelle ballroom and Brandeis
grillroom the afternoon session opened
with an organ recital by John Hay
at tlie Elks' club auditorium. The
conference was called to order at 2.
The feature speaker of the sessiou
was Alien Street. Oklahoma City,
on "On to Cleveland," the meet
ing .place of the next International
Rotary convention.
Three-minute talks by Harry B.
Coffee. Chadron. Neb : Harry E. G:tnz,
Alliance, O Bill Kathke, Glenwood.
Ia.: L. F. Parker. Cherokee, la : Joe
A lean. York. Neb.; C. C. O'Hara,
Rapid city. S. 11., and Jack True.
McCook, Neb., followed.
Smith 1-ast Speaker.
At 3:23 the committee on resolu
tions reported and business was
discussed. The conference clos-d
after Or. Frank G. Smith, Omaha,
spoke on "Something to Take Home
With You.” „
It yvas announced at the morning
session that 38 of the 3s clubs in til*
l»th Rotary district were represented
at the district conference being held
here. Of the vs votes in the district
88 were represented at the confer
ence.
The Importance of boys' play as well
a* their work was discussed by a
as their work was discussed at the
district Rotary convention today hy a
man who has qualified asNan expert
tn that line. He is T. A. Harmon.
tTurn to Faso Fire. Column One.)
RUSH NEW OMAHA
TO-LINCOLN ROAD
Lincoln, April 3 —Opening a new
highway between Omaha and lJncoln
to relieve heavy traffic now in exist
ence on the D. L. P. between the twd
cities will be one of the first tasks un
dertaken by the S^te highway depari
ment. according toiloy Cochran, state
engineer.
The new route will run from Lin
coln to Wahoo find from Wahoo to
Omaha over the Yutati bridge, which
will lie completed during the summer.
Cochran stated that bids for paving
front Omaha to the bridge will be
awarded In the next two of three
week*.
t; raveling from Wahoo to the
bridge will be completed during the
summer a* will graveling on the
Cornhusker from Havelock to Cere so©.
The road from Gereaco to Wahoo has
been graveled.
The new route will be longer. How
ever, It will have fewer turns and
curves than the P. L. P. Cochran
also expects to have the P. I 1’
graveled all the way from Lincoln tc
Omaha during toe summer.
O. F. Waller Made Head
of ( oliimluik F. of < .
Columbus, April 3. count > \ttor
ney Otto I-'. Walter, appointed to fill
a vacancj on tbe directorate last
July and elected for a three year term
si tbe annual meeting last week, was
made prelident of the Columbus
Chamber of Commerce. Pr. C. II.
Campbell was elected vice president.
II VV Phillips, treasurer, and llerliert
Hahn, secretary. Pr. Charles K. Llpp.
superintendent of tbe criminal tribes
settlement at Cokak Kails. India, and
Ur. .1. K Cottlngham. superintendent
of Hie Manila distrkt of liicMnniirj
work for the Methodlst church In tIn
Philippines, gave Interesting talks on
the orient,
W oman \rlist Dios.
Cincinnati. April S Mrs. Irene
Rishop Hurley, 43. who was consid
ered one of tbe greatest painters of
ntlnatures tn America, died.
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Her riot May
Be Forced to
Resign Post
Pressure <»u Present French
Mini'll) So Great I hat
Successor to Premier
Is Being Discussed.
Coalition Support Spill
By The Associated Pres*.
Parle, April 3.—Premier Herriol
since yesterday has lost his minister
of finance* and all members of Ills
maj rity in the-French chamber of
deputies. He lias found another man
Senator Analole do M utzie. to grap
ple with tlie task of unruveTting
French finances. Political observers
believe that the printer will have a
.hard time tilling up 4He gap in the
ranks of his supporters.
Added to other difficulties, a break
In the coalition that has lieen solidly
buck of the premier occurred t/ds af
ternoon when the group known as
the "radical left," led by Louis
Loucheur. decided it no longer could
support the policies of the llerriot
government.
M. Loucheur already had hinted he
would ..'stndon the co tlitionship ev en
before he refused the portfolio of 0
finance last night. It is understood
liis decision Is due to the tendency of
the Herrlot government to lock with
favor on a capital levy.
"Resign." Enemies Shout
When Premier llerriot left the
chamber after a stormy session this
afternoon he was followed by the
same cries he heard in the lobbies of
the senate yesterday, “resign! re
sign!"
The Herrlot cabinet, however. It is
said in official circles, will go ahead
with the program it has in view and
will retire only after a battle. Nev
ertheless. odds against the present
ministry have grown so in the past 48
hours that speculation in the lobbies
of both houses has turned to a prob
able sui i-essor for M. Herrlot.
The deflection of the Loucher group
will bring the government's coalition
strength in the chamber down to
about 3"b out of a t"tal of 584 mem
bers, which is a smaller margin than
tnany preceding premiers have re
quired to remain In power. Loud
outcries from the socialist group are
adding to the general disturbance,
their latest protest being against the
■ trance into the Herrlot ministry ©i'
or* 1 )e Monzie. who is opposed
to the suppression of the French em
bassy at the Vatican.
Vatican Embassy Restored
The minister of Interior. M. Chau
temps. announced after the cabinet
meeting today that the ministers had
decided to abandon the paragraph in
the budget which by reducing appro
priations for maintenance of the
Freni h representatives at the Vatican
amounted to the suppression of the
embassy there. Strong pressure ts
being brought to hear on the irrecon
cUabli« of the s-. ialist group to In
duce them to accept this change of
front in order to make it possible for
the government to put through its
financial measures which largely were
Inspired by the socialist leaders, Leon
Blum and Vincent Auric!.
Foremost among Its project*, the
Herrlot government Is expected to
propose a capita! levy, details of
which still are incomplete, according
to the best official information, but
which It is said will be limited in
duration. The socialists are standing
out for a 10 year limit, while certaii
Influences in the cabinet are insisting
on a single levy to tide over the pres
ent financial difficulties, leaving the
question of further demands on cap
ltal to l>e decided later. On the is
sue of more paper money the govern
ment has been silent today but there
has been nothing In official declare!
tions to Indicate the abandonment c."
the scheme pr posed by- M. Clemente!
who last n.ght resigned as minister
of finance,
ONE MAN DIES
IN HOUSE FIRE
N>w York April 3—John Bauman,
a roomer, was burned to death and
two women were injured today in a
fire which destroyed the top floor a?a
hoarding house at "10 l.enox Rvenue
Charles Marko, the landlord, and
Mrs Anna Met Yea n ere bunted
f—
Summary of
the Day in
Washington
John Van A MacMurray. assle
tout sicretary of state, was select
ed as minister to China.
President t '-olldge. It was an
nounced. e\im is to attend tha
Not -e Ai- erican celebration at St
Paul, June >
S. retail \\ ks * itfered a mild
thrumhostal stroke and reports
v ■ evil, i l; it lie e on would r*
tire fi-om the cabinet.
V paraphrase of the Peruvian
nieutoi .il on Tama Arte* became
available. containing assurance*
that tha arbitral award will be ac
cept ed.
Short line ralln-ad* were author
Ised by the Inierstai* commerc*
com mission to Intervene In the pro
posed Nickel Plat# railroad merger
hearing*.
\ temporary injunction Mocking
the sate , f Hie t*»!if-rnia Orient
shin* S-> the shipping l»u»rd was
ued In the IMttrkH of Columbia
supreme court
Ttie I'lelrlei et Columbia supreme
mini unaahed the Kail Ivheny
Sinolsli * Htuiiui) 11M
..-lernmeii i-out.se announced ai
appeal wo4-U be taken.