' The i imaha N’orning Dee niKch change In temperature. ^ •** M. A ■*■ T ‘ *1 ^▼ 'wr ^ will draw nramr in rarlt other a* thr world advam-ra in intrllwt and good ■ ________ __ _ _ _ , ..... —ne*«.—David Swing. V CITY EDITION yny rJ—\m 9fi3 ~ OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1925. * TWO CENTSln ^ ---' French Bankj Blamed for Crisis There Serious Conflict Between Bank of France ami Go\ em inent Responsible for Pres ent State of Affairs. Luxury Tax Now Planned By C. K. BERTKI.M. t nivernal Service stsff Correspondent. Bails, April 5.—That the present French crisis is the result of serious conflict between the government and the Hank of France is information fiom the highest source. According to a strung rumor the Rank of France entered into a secret agreement wflfh Premier Herriot sev eral months ago through which the circulation was to increase by a bil lit n francs without the authorization of parliament. According to Deputy Candaco member of the commission on fl nance, there are now not 41,000,000, 000 but actually 46,000,000,000 francs issued although >>,000,000,000 of these are not circulating because they ate stuffed in the stockings of peasants v ho are no longer buying state loans. Following' the reported agreement, Director Rohineau of the Bank of France, who looms as the veritable financial dictator of the country, went to Premier Herriot and insisted that the premier reassure the nation regarding inflation. Before the cham ber Premier Herriot made the decla ration:. "No Inflation Necessary." "No government of France Will ever have recourse to Inflation.” s!ix weeks later Hobineau demanded 1 lie urgent retmbursal of 1,500,000, 00n francs from the treasury to re duce circulation. This Was the demand which pre cipitated tile crisis. According to' re port Hobineau has stated that he will not stern next, week's Bank of France statement unless formal assurances arc given that the 1,500,000.000 francs will lie repaid with short delay. Added to other embarrassment* of the treasury, which Include bonds to tiling 2,500,000,000 francs due at the end of April, the tank's demand has evidently plunged the government Into a morass. According to indica tions the new plans which the new finance minister, l»e Monzie, will pre sent Tuesday, will be a disguised capital levy or forced loan, combined ^^jith greatly Increased taxes. It is considered almost impossible that the llerriot government can live another week, after which it is likely tiie solution will he a coalition of all parties except tile extreme right and left, under, "the premiership of De Monzie or Hriund. Km lunge for Bond. The forced loan proposal is for a 15 per cent addition to be made i.» all "de luxe" articles, to be paid by ihe purchasers, and to be called a "loan tax." The purchaser will re ceive a government obligation or coupon for the amount. When these coupons mount up sufficiently they may be exchanged st a hank or poet office for a treasury bond, payable without interest 10 years hence. Thu*. If one buy* a dozen bottles or champagne, for example, at 600 francs, the actual payment would be i«tu francs, including a coupon for to francs. When a total of 1,000 franc* in coupons has tacit sated they would he exchanged for a 1,000-franc treasury bond dated 10 years from cute of issue. In government circles it is con tended that this unique form of taxa tion would not be a "compulsory loan,” but a "compulsory savings" tax. Tt would oblige consumere of luxury articles to save considerable ■urns. Being without interest, the only charge to the government, would be the expense of,Issuing the coupons and bonds, which would be more than compensated by the free use of the money over the "savings" period. Yield Would Be large. In reply to the objection that a bond of 1,000 francs taken now might have to be reimbursed In Id years when the franc might have Increased liy 100 per cent In value, thus caus ing a loss In Its reimbursement of 3,000 francs, It is suggested that the coupons be in gold francs. In other words, Instead of a coujMin for 90 paper franc* for an expenditure of roo francs, the coefficient of 3.333 would be used, making a gold frace coupon of approximately 20 francs. The coefficient would ta altered monthly—as st present in regard to cable rates and other gold hasls pay ment*—according to the value of the paper franc, jYouth Is Convicted of Hlackmail Vttcnipt Cambridge, Mass., April I.—Ken neth Wiltshire of North Cambridge. 39 years old. was convicted today of having written threatening letters with Intent to extort money from .Mia- Alice Bongfellew, daughter oi the lwet, We Have With U~ Today W . J. Bit liter, < hirago, III-, President of the \V. J. Kichtef company. Mr. Richter 1* In Omaha visiting packers of the city- Th# company of which he I* the head deals In pack Ing house machinery and equipment lie arrived in Omaha Haturday niff •pent th* week end with his brother »n law, Frank Blair, and Mrs. Blah *t 625 J.ineoln boulevard. lie will leave Monday night foi 4 hie, 1*0. Gerald Chapman Sleeps, Eats and Reads Calmlv in Shadow of >ioose m Art'll Criminal. Under Death Sentence. Carefully Guarded in Old ^ eathersfield Prison. ^ here He ^ ill Die on Gallows June 25—Ner\e Is Unbroken. n> JOHN K. W1NKI.HR. I nurr-al Service Staff Correspondent. Hartford. Conn., April 3.— Guarded liko a bottle of his own nitroglycerin in old Wethersfield prison, Gerald Chapman today re turned to the normal routine of the life behind walls' that he has known for 14 of the last 18 years. In his new condemned man’s cell In the drab uniform he will wear until he marches to the gallows, the center of somber company at one minute after midnight, on the morning of June 23, next. Chap man was the same cold-eyed, com posed individual lhat passed through the ordeal of a terrific trial. He remarked laconically: “1 didn't get the breaks. State's Attorney Alcorn did. That's all. "It looks like a tough wriggle, but I am not yet out for the count. And if the worst comes to the worst, I can die without fear. Strange, [ like life, but am not 111 the least afraid of death." Reads Anatole France. Guards pacing ceaselessly before Chapman's cell reported the con victed murderer of Policeman James Skelly slept his usual six hours atal enjoyed the customary prison break fast. Then he turned to his pet passion, reading. An hour after breakfast he was deep in Anatole France's “Revolt of the Angels." He asked also for other books from the prison library. His unbreakable nature was shown by an incident today. Hear ing that Chapman once had Roman Catholic affiliations, prominent Cath olics In Hartford sent a silver cruci fix to Weathersfleld through Chap man's lawyer. It was beautifully wrought, flanked by angels and hung upon a long chain of silver. Declines Crucifix. Tlie lawyer told Chapman ».f the offer. The prisoner remarked In a tone of finality: "Very pretty, 1 am sure, but please he good enough to return It to the gentlemen who sent It, with my thanks.” Then apparently recalling that It was Palin Sunday and the begin ning of holy week, he added with a satirical smile: "Von know I am not the repentant thief." Repentant thief not Chapman. Those who knew him beat say the bandit will go to the gallows with no attempt whatsoever to awake the usual mawkish sentimentality. There will lie no “sob stuff" aland Gerald Chapman's final earthly tableaux, not it Gerald Chapman can prevent it. K so ape from grim old Wethers field seems a practical Impossibil ity for Chapman. The walled build ings are set In a cove in the Con-* j nectlcut river, some three miles below the city. Chapman Is watched by picked men, men who have had the confidence of War den Scott for years aryi who are held to be incorruptible. Denying placidly that be slid entertains dreams of freedom by escape Chap man remarked dryly during his trial: "Tough !*»tif to Spring.” "As the men of the underworld say: 'Wethersfield is a tough stir to spring.' " Chapman's own mental analysis of the trial and the evidence that convicted him was obtained by t’ni versal .Service through an attorney who talked to him after the ver di*-i. Chapman said: "That little waitress, Lillian Knell, was believes by the jury." Xdllian, 17-year-old. lisped out an identification of Chapman and Shean as the men who had stayed at the Old Colony Inn in Meriden five ndles from the scene of the murder on the night of Saturday, October 11. Chapman said: "That little girl's testimony out weighed iny alibi. Also, it made t lie jury believe all of Shean's story. It Is rather curious, isn't it. that the great Gerald Chapman should be handed over to the gal lows through a village waitress." Lillian Swayed Juror. Strange to say. a member of the jury said today little Lillian bad done more than any single witness to convict the bandit, with the pos sible exception of the two men who saw Chapman fleeing from the New Britain store. Chapman has but one possible avenue of escape. This lies in the admitted resourcefulness of his partner in crime of years, George (Dutch) Anderson. They met in Sing Sing 1- years ago, developed warm mutual admiration and re maineii together, so far as engage ments with the law permitted un til the morning of January 17, last, when Chapman was surrounded by police officers in Muncle, Ind., and Overpowered. Strange lights recently have been observed in the lonely South Had ley (Mass.) house which Chapman and Anderson bought from a min ister for the purpose of establishing headquarters for their crime syn dicate. Apprehension of neighbor* has communicated itself even to Walter J5. Shean. chapman's con federate, who' turned against him. Shean, it is said, fears the fate of a squealer. However, State's Attorney Alcorn said today the low will protect Shean. for he. Alcorn, intends to see that a substantial jail sentence is given Shean. wlto admits he accompanied Chapman on the New Britain foray. Treasury After Dodge Sale Tax Experts Study Affairs of Motor Concern to Insure - Collection of Full Sum, • Washington, April S.—The treas ury Intend* to make sure- that It get* all of the tax due the govern ment from capital gain in the sale of Dodge Brother*, Inc., to the New York hank syndicate. In order to avoid a situation aim! lar to that w hlch has developed from the sale of minority holding* In the Ford Motor company, It I* explained, experts Ipive begun a study of the Income and corporation tax affairs of the Dodge company. Treasury officials Insist that the work Is "routine" but It is regarded generally as meaning that every phase of the value of the company's stock and Its sale will |,e examined before a settlement Is made between the government and the former stockholder*. The Investigation, in stituted as a result of published re jtorts of the sale, will Involve re view of every tax return made by the Dodge corporation since Its or ganization In 1914. Depredation charges have been car ried In every return, it is said, and these charge* will have a vital hear ing on the net capital gain made by the holders of ihe stock. Practically all that the treasury knows about the rase now, it Is explained, is that the corporation had outstanding In 192S a total of 5,000,000 shares of a par value of $10, That represented *50.000,000 in capital hut the sale price was several ilme* greater, so the treasury faces I lie task of ascertaining Ihe v alue of the stock at the time of incorporation and annually since. Including the true value as reflected In the purchase price. Capital gain* arc taxable at 12 12 per cent. Argue Packing Merger Today. fly !'*•!% I Nfn Iff. WaaftiiiiKton, A lull oral nrtfii nomt on the validity of the Armour H lul lompany MoitIm and company merger will start tomorrow before Secretary Jardlne. the nicrirultural department announced today. The hear Inf* are for the purpose of enabling Secretary Jardlne to reach a derision on the legality of the meat paek»r» merger under the packers and atoekvardw act. Davis (rets Office. New York, April 5 John W Davis, Who resigned ns president nf the Kngllnh Mpenklng Colon of Ihe Inlted Htstes when he entered I lie presidenllRl campaign ns democratic candidate Inst summer, line been re elected, it wns announced todnv William H. Taft preceded Mi Dii'is eg president. v»l the union. Craig Defeated in North Ireland Supporters of l Ister Premier \ ictorious in Only One of Six Belfast Precincts. r Uj DKMS OTOWKI.I.. I niter«Hl Hertire ^tnff ( orrr%|»ondent. Dublin, April 5,— Latest results an nounced of Friday *! election in north j ern Ireland show remarkable defeats for Kir James Crnlg, tlie Vinter pre mier. Figures thus far indicate that in only one of the. six Belfast con ' stltuencles a Craiglte headed the poll —Joseph Devlin, old time nationalist leader, scored an unprecedented na tionalist victory by heading the poll in his own constituency and winning the highest individual \ote of all can didate*. Colonel Woods. Independent, union ist. "hot blonder" against Craig, re reived an iminen«f\votp. The returns show that 10 official unionists were returned, with four independent unionists, two national ists, and two labortt.es, and one town tenants’ candidate. The results in the famous Tyrone Fermanagh constituency will not ho known until tomorrow, but tlie na tionalists fully expect to head the poll and to secure af least five of the eight seat*. Kamonn 1 >e Valera was returned unopposed for one of the eight seats and is the only republi can elected on the returns thus far received. The votes show’that <'nth olios in northeast Ireland, though still staunchly anti unionist, ate also against De Valera. Should all the nationalists elected take their seats in the northern par liament, Premier Craig will have only a bare, majority. the issue was fought mainly on the border guest Ion. OMAHAN IS HELD ON CHECK CHARGE Fremont, Neb., April I A mun giv ing hi* name as Joseph Ifiitle, .14, of UM»r. Bintie> street, Omaha, has been returned to Fremont from Dunning. Neb., where lie was arrested on a forgery charge. I'sing the name of D. B. Dyckson, Kith* is said to have forged two checks on banks at Hooper and Winslow. The checks, totalling $100, were drawn on the “(late City Kales company" of Omaha. The signature of Henry Hehlmmel of Hooper was u*ed as an endorsement, little told {Sheriff Johnson of this • nunty that he had l>een convicted before f>ii n similar charge and was paroled later from the state penltan t ia ry. p«-ii< mis Hold Nab to Tic. Mobile. Mn , April 4 — The world's champion Kens tor* met their match here todn> when the Mobile Southern league leant held them to a I •• inning, tie acurc. $ i Storm K vV \k^>ri(la v»>:_ Wind a..t1 Mail Sweeps Couu lr\ Near Miami, W reeking Homes and Buildings; Bain'' Follows. Roofs Raised 300 Feet Miami, Fla.. April 5.—Three persons were killed and 23 Injured, three seri ously, this afternoon when a tornado struck the White Belt dairy, located a few miles west of Miami, Westwood Inn, a roadhouse near Little river, and continuing northwestward, demol ishing about 73 houses. Three hundred to 400 persons are homeless. The dead: John W. Simpson, 8. Westwood Park. Mrs. Fathilda Shull/, 70, White lielt dairy. F. K. Sullivan. Westwood Inn. The storm formed near Haileah, six miles west of Miami, and struck with greatest force at the White Belt dairy, wrecking homes and buildings and do ing damage estimated at between $150,000 and $200,000. It continued in a northeasterly direction and passed out to sea about 15 miles north of here. Reports reaching Miami say that rain and hailstorms were felt along the east coast of Florida this after noon and Homestead, 20 miles south of Miami, to Fort Lauderdale, 23 miles north of here. I.arge hailstones were reported along the southern fringe of the storms path. Some were solid ice, clear as crystal. In the path of the storm, houses were unroofed and debris carried to a height of several hundred feet. Ar tliur Pryor, bandmaster, who lives a* Hvaleal), near where the storm started, said he saw roofs of houses raised 200 and 300 feet in the air. The noise of the storm was terrific, he said, similar to hundreds of cannon being fired. Thousands of automobiles choked roads to the scene of the greatest damage. A number of accidents and collisions were reported, one ambu lance was wrecked in Miami. A heavy rain fell here. jTURKS NOW HAVE BOOTLEG HAREMS By O. 11. TOLISf Hl <4. I niterstfri Vr, Ire Stuff Cutfl lliylilimr, Berlin. April 5.—"Bootleg wives” are the latest product of prohibition —the prohibition of polygamy In Turkey. Financial reasons nlsdlshed the harem rather generally throughout Turkey even before the law pro hibited plural wives, hut the actual prohibition of polygamy is beginning to cause a revival of the harem among those who can afford It. It is j»ow becoming sfnart to hat e several wives, the existence of such bootleg harems is sometimes re vealed by unexpected happening-. A report from Bartln, on the Black Sea. tells of one Turk with three wives who became the father of seven children on ihe -ame day— two sets of twins and one set of triplets. ! MEMORIAL SERVICE IS HELD BY U. C. T. Rev. Allen Keith, pnetor of Pearl Memorial Methodist church, delivered rlie mtniprial sermon before the Oma ha council of t’nlted Commercial Travelers of America at their annual memorial service Sunday afternoon at the Hotel Castle. The keynote of his sermon was the big part played by men who are not in the public eye but who contribute as much fh the welfare of the world—lhe orifi nary citizen. Names nf those belonging to the Omaha council who filed during the last year were read and Mrs. J. <\ Kd wards sung. J. H. Rnbel, senior counsellor, pro sided at the services. BODY OF MISSING FARMER IS FOUND Atlantic. Ia., April 4—The body of George Berg. M. prominent farmei who had been missing from home for mori than a week, w \* found Saturday In the hayloft of •« barn on his farm near here. A ha.t filled bottle of poison bay by his Mile. A coroners Jury returned a ver flirt of suicide. Kvidence sh. overt that Itcrg had returned to the home Kri day night and'had sle pt in the barn. Worry over financial matters la said to be cause of hla act. “Mon O' II or* (Ht'rs \oiut• to Frvifiht New York. April f»—Fast through freight trains on the Pennsylvania railroad are to be designated in the future by names instead of numbers, offh inis of the railroad announced today. This will be thi fi rat time In American railway 1^ tory, officials said, that freight trains have been officially named The old designation "Slur l.’nlon Bine* has l»eeii revived for the freight to Chicago from Atlantic seaboard points to perpetuate the name of the first through fast freight line ever operated between the east and the west and the first to carts i efrigri nlor cat* Among the f‘t ivmn - alt* \d\ f.'liosan wen “The Gas Wagon, ’ which car ries largely automobile freight: "Man o’ W ir * "Spark Plug" and "The t Vunet. y ... - -.- - Coroner to C o n t i n u e Death [’robe (.lit‘ini*tn .* Kt-pori of Poison traces in Two Bodies W ill Be Laid Before Jury Wednesday. Defense Lawyer Is Calm Ip Innor-nl Vn Irr. Chicago, April 5.—A chemist's re port showing traced of poison hail l.oen found in the bodies of Mrs. Em in;! Nelson McClintock and Dr. Oscar Olson is expected to tic laid before the coronet s jury that was impanelled to investigate* the death of William X. McClintock when it reconvenes here Wednesda y. Announcement that traces of poison had been found was made by William D. MeXnlly, chemist employed by (‘or oner Oscar Wolff, iri a preliminary report. The bodies of Mrs. McClintock and Dt. Olson were exhumed at the re quest of Judge >lurry Olson. who launched the investigation into the death of young “Billy" McClintock that resulted in the indictment for murder that was returned against \\ illiam D. Shepherd. Shepherd was ^McClintook’s foster father. Detailed ID-port Bending. Judge Olson, apparently, was in vestigating with a view to determin ing whether Shepherd was responsible for the deaths of his brother, Dr. Olson, a friend of the McClintock fam ily, and Mrs. McClintock. the mothei of “Hilly,” as well as that of “Billy" Mc(’llntock, whose million dollar es tate goes to Shepherd under his will. The importance of the chemist's dscovery will not be fully known until his detailed report is submitted to the coroner. The body of Dr*.Olson s said to have been found to contain mercury w hile the body of Mrs. McClintock contain ed mercury or some other mineral poison. Both Dr. Olson and Mrs. McClin tock were believed to have succumbed to heart disease. They had been ill a long time before their death. Pre scriptions written by physicians that attended them were being traced to night to determine if the poisons found in the bodies had been pre scribed as medicine. Lawyer Not Excited. William Scott Stewart, attorney for Shepherd, was not excited over the announcement that traces of poison had been found in the bodies of Mrs. Mcdlntock anil Dr. Olson. “It is probable that mercury was given as medicine but e\en if the poi son was administered In quantities sufficiently large to cause death there is nothing to show that iny client,ad ministered it," he said. Stewart said he was preparing a writ of habeas corpus to submit to the Illinois supreme court next Tues day with a petition for tail. He contends that Shepherd is entitled to liberty on bond until the indictment hanging over him has !>een disposed of by the court*. Shepherd I* ready to make *500,000 bond should such a large amount be require!]. Lose* Eight For Bend. Shepherd lost a long-drawn out fight for band In the criminal courts of Chicago last week when Judge Jacob Hopkins ruled that the indict ment charging murder in the first degree for the death «>f William M (Unlock had been properly drawn ami that widen e supporting it whs suffi cient. Xo effort i* being made to secure bond for Dr. (\ (’. Kalman, who waf jointly Indicted with Shepherd. Kal man confessed that he had given Shepherd typhoid germs. The stale charges Shepherd killed McClintock by feeding him the disease germs. Doctor to Be Witness. The coroner's Jury when it con \enes Wednesday is expected to hear witnesses describe the death of Mr*. McClintock ami Dr. Olson a few years later. Dr. Charles Kruesmarck. phy sician who attended Mr*. McClintock, D living in Chicago. He will prob ably be h witness. Ho had pronounc ed Mrs. McClintock a victim of rheu matism nf the heart. According to Dr. Kruesmarck, Mr. ami Mrs. Shepherd were in Texas when Mrs McClintock whs taken ill. When sin feared her illness would re -ult in death she summoned Mrs. Shepherd, a school girl chutn, and asked her to care for “Billy." li r sun, then B years old. Dr. Olson, an ..Id friend of Mrs Mi ('Unto. k s. whs . harged with guarding the boy's health, according to Dr. Kruesmarck. (SO CONTESTANTS TO BE HONORED Six! \ dm i li.i women entered the Klli*' popularity content wlH aitend a dinner given In tlielr honor Mon day evening at the new I'.lkw home. The contest I* n feature of the Ktks fashion show and exposition to hr |eld at the City audllorliltn May 2 to !>. The four winners are to be given a flic irl|i*t.> tho grand lodge convention at Portland tills summer I'ai Kxalted ltuler Herbert W. J( tiiison "III pta side at the dinner and Intrislma- the contestant*. Chair 11.an lleckiiinn of the fashion who" committee "HI speak. pnlntleet and best tilings that have hecn worn by women since the 14th lentIII \ "III l»* exhibited during the big show. I ih Ii*’ llciuv l)(* l.imc (iuesl of Blair Historian "t'liilo" Henry HoLong. 99. Council Muff* "marrying parron" who claim* to In*vo cMl;ihhshet1 » rrconl by t> ins tho nuptial knot for 1.490 coup!** hi the lout 10 month*, will h** the tftiept Ml dinner today of "Uraintud" Woods, Washington count;. N* htn»kn historian, nt Blair. "Unrlr" Mrnry l* uchrdul^d to dr liver ik arrmon to th* congregation of thr Blair Methodist church to* night In ct.rmccllcn with hi* vlalt *t tho home of 'Gmndud Wood* 4 Nudity Has Abolished Art on Stase • ^ Savs Fitzinaurice: Defending Movies Faniour> Star Declare* World I* (Getting Sick of kegs—For mer Kiki Outline Will Weil Again -Jazz I riumphs Oter Opera and IN early Causes Riot. Tb) (. F. BERTEIJJ, lllReriitl IfPvkp Staff i ortt-Maiadent. Fails. April 5.—The world is get ting sick of legs, so says George Fltzmaurlee, French-born Irishman, who declares that nudity has prac tically abolished real art on the stage. •‘When f think how much more the movies are attacked than Is the stage, 1 have to laugh,” said George, looking his handsomest as he lunched with another Irishman, Dudley Field Malone. "The movies are the only really decent dramatic art in existence. We alone are upholding ihe ver itable traditions of the theater.” tm the other side of the room at Giro's sat Mae Murray, very blonde and youthful, telling friends ihnl: "Friendly IWvorre.” "Mr. lpeonard is really the very dearest man, but just hard to live with. Relieve me, if there ever was a friendly divorce, this is one.” Rivaling the opening of the Iaingcliamps races today, two mat riages scheduled for this week are claiming the attention of the restricted number of fashionable folks who have been let into tile secrets. Mrs. Horace Allen, tiie former lviki Gwynne. noted for her dark, eccentric beauty as much as for her two handsome children, will mat i y Jerome Preston, probably Thursday, tm Saturday Mrs. Mil tier Kenalds goes to the altar with John Curley of Boston. Ijist night the Metropolitan tenor, Swartz, obtained a literal triumph in opera, getting 10 curtain, rails. Next Thursday Mary Lewis opens in the title role of Yolterra's re vival of the "Merry Widow," sing ing opposite llenri De Krenne, a ho was the original Prlnre Danlllo. .lint Triumphs. American jazz signally triumphed grand opera and thereby nearly causing a riot at the premiere of the Champs Klysees music hall on Keith lines in Ganna AValska's theater last night. Hilly Arnold's so-called millionaires' hand from Deauville and Cannes was placed on the program just before Nina Korhllz, famous print,a donna of the Paris opera. The hand practically stopped the show, receiving so many curtain calls that partisans of Ko'chitz be gan howling "shame" and calling for iter by name. Jazz lovers accepted the defi and kept up an uproarious applause drowning the orchestra until Ar nold was recalled for the eighth time. Many of the Kochitz support ers left the theater in disgust and when site finally appeared she re ceived but three recalls. Wild Auto Thief Excites Boston Kei-Jxlt*r* Mulornrli' Men l)e lailnl to Capture Box Who Drixe^ at Terrific ^peetl. IT'Ston, April f».—Six 1 not* *t‘cycle officers, among them the most reck le.«* riders i nthe Boston police depart ment, had been aligned tonight to capture James I,. Sheehan. 1."-year old youth, who. a»*« urding to the au thorities. has stirred the « ’h* .lestown district by his w lid rider in stolen au tomobiles since last Tuesday The youthful driver today ex panded his nightly program of dashes through the uistrict and surrounding territory to include an afternoon per forma ice which l-i ought thousands ot perj**ns to the Mi nets. lie appeared rtpenudiy. tearing through centr*,' portions of « harlcstow n t.* a break neck pace, lie ha* been fired upen by the police several times without effecr. l ast night he was su*o by |mi||«*c to have stolen fopr automobile*-. driving ea» h until Itgasoline supply was ex hausted. Tonight he was said t*» have l»ecu seen in three difTerent car* in the coin*.' ..f hi* wild dashes through the city. He signalized his coming last night and today by the roar of the engine with throttle wide open and ckxm* sionally with the horn in full blast. Crowds cheered and vhmjted as he dashed through the street*. The po lice received word today that the au to mobile thief intended to appropi in ♦ a patrol wagon tonight and procgii Hons were taken to prevent thi-. ELLINGSON TRIAL WILL BE RESUMED San Francisco, April 5.—The sanity trial »*f Dorothy KUingson. the 17 year-old matricide, will be resumed before a jury in superior court here tomorrow. Dr. Jau 1 H)ii Ball, an alienist called by the defense, which is seeking to have the girl adjudged insane, coin pleted his direct examination Friday night. He will 1m? cross-examined to morrow moining The defense then is expected to close its case. The stale has called alienists and other witnesses in uti effort to show that the defendant is sane. Miss Kllingron lias been under :»r i rest since the middle of Januui'. when slit* was apprehended in a hotel and confessed that she hilled her mother in the bedroom of their home jtwo days before, after the girl had been ordered to give up her night life land seek empioxmvnt. ARMY FLYER FALLS INTO PROPELLER Houston. Tex . April f». Lieut. John s. Broussard, 24. aviator at Klllngton I field, was injured fatally today when his foot slipped -is he was dismount ing fr um the cockpit of his plan near Fleur Lake, about fixe miles from the flying field and he plunged headlong Into the whirling propeller. IIt-iiatim-'l Vlcohol Sol,I in X ork a* Liquor New York. April C» Five million gallons of ledistilled denatured alco hol, “do. ttired. ' flavored and colored 1m Mold annually as bootleg liquor in New York clt> and vicinity. Fulmer iFanfleld. prohibition director for New York stale, estimated in a state infill on prohibition enforcement con dhloits issue.! toduy. lie estimated there were at least y 000,000 countn fell prescriptions in the hands of re tail druggist permittees in the city. • More than 300 major x e.es Moines A|>rtl 7> Report# from (he tvedside of J N (Ding' Darling, vuld the cartoonist's ronditlon xxas 'quite satisfactory*’ hut that no no t teen Me progress had been made to da\ Mr Darling has been ill with peri 1 tonliU since March i-. Death Demanded for 5 Communists I rial in Germany of Men (bar^eil Willi Terroristic Vet- W ill Em! Soon. It> The \'mh luted I’re**. Leipzig. Germany, April 5.—At the trial of 1C communists charged with murder anti terroristic acts, the at torney qenei-al yesterday demanded the death penalty of five of the pris oners and i»enitentiary sentences ranging from six months to 15 years for ibe remaining 11 defendants. The trial, v iiich lias been in progress for nine w^e': " III rnd during the pres ent w?ek. The li.eu r iiu were named l\v the at torn** -enet I n* deserving the e\ | tretne ptn;>Ity of th law were Alx nder Prior HUoblevsky! » Kuss‘an | uofhenlc Ttito at**n li known tinder [the hUo of llolltnuth; Felix Neumann t typ* ‘•♦‘tier: Krnst Foegr. ■ rarjien c. Kudolf Margies, a factory work and Johannes szon, a locksmith All fi»*' iien. the prosecutor declared were implicated in the murder in Her lilt of 3 Itarber named Haunch, who wo alleged to have been slain for di vuigihg to ti»r jMdii-o facts aln>ut ship ment* of crnwi to the communists. The atto.n-N general charged that the ling leader* were liberally financ ed bj the communist Internationale at a time when German working men were without work and food and that the' were able to devote large sums to the purchr- of arms and ammuni tion. These facts had been plainly i - _;h: ut in she testimony. He re ,iv* ed a?* not having been substantiat ed u plec that the communists were » tnii'g t*> • *i |h.sc a fascist! uprising, t • hi* h lie '«>r also charged that II* K »■ > ten. a rei* h.-t^: deputy, n -i Uip- :i h the sessions of the l*ud • ?ie communist terror squads SECRETARY WEEKS IS RECUPERATING fly I MnW. Was Ui -i"1 April 5.—Secretary ofj War Wf s> is rapidly recuperating| from the effects of the stroke he suf ' fered last week, it was announced to-j I day. His physicians believe Weeks' con-j | billon no lonis<-r is of sufficient grav i j Ity to issue bulletins, but the follow | lng informal statement was given out at the secretary's residence. “The secretary continued to make great improvement and both the phv si.dans and the family are much grat ified nvei Ills condition." Weeks ^1111 la confined to his bed. ! but it is hoped he may l>e able to en | gage In mild forms of outside activ ! It y by the end of this week. His phy ; si- tans. however, are not expected to i«erm‘it him to t ike up the full burden of his War department duties for an other fortnight, at l ast. Meantime. Dwight L*. Davis, assis tant <*e« retary ..f war. is acting head of the department. l>a\t*. with Post master tleneral New. is one of those moat prominently mentioned as W eeks’ **ucoessot IEALOUS OFFICER ' SLAYS YOUNG GIRL tl> InivrrmU srn Iff, Manila. April — l.ieut. John Thompson, well known at West Point, shot and instantly killed MUs Audrey Hurlelglt. I'', a talented mem ber of the army social set. here to day The shooting was due to a fit of ualousy on the part of Thompson, following an army entertainment in which Miss L-iuvleigh was the out standing star. Thompson fireii five shots at the gill at close range. | The Weather | V- J F*»r *4 hour« ending 7 r m Vrrtt & Precipitation >ii< hen *n«l hutoneUth* Total. GO tetal itm-fi .1 m n \i m \ 41 defbUncj '*.? Honrty Trm|^rnhirf« •. W 4 4 | |* m * • *. ’Tl 4 S 2 p ....... ' • W 4 .* * |v tn »* 4 *• re . 4 4 p »m a: ••O' .. 43 »f* ..4.* ’ «v • m U • r » ■ <* H «. w *£ T r m i f II. m>e* . .. I H-. . ... „ Driver Dies, Car Plunges Into Ditch W recked Machine Lies Be* neatli Lulvert for Four Hours Before Passing Motorist Sees It. Victim of Heart Attack Death seized the wheel of Gilbert Babcock's light roadster in the gray dawn of Sunday and turned the car into the deep ditch a half mile east of Elkhdrn. That is the theory of Douglas coun ty authorities who found Babcock. '2;. year-old resident of Schuyler, Neb., lying huddled in his machine. Ills fserpeii dicnlar pitfall 10 feet deep, in crash into the cully and opposite embank ment leeide the concrete culvert. First examination led to the belief that Babcock had fallen asteep at the wheel: that death had come from con cussion. That wa« before It was learned that Balieock suffered from heart attacks. Then grew the theory that the man had died at the wheel. Both theories are logical; both ac count for death. And only an an toper could- solve the puzzle. leaves Wife, Infant t hild. From papers In Babcock's |*otKtI• his identity was learned and it was found that he leaves a wife, Edna, | whom lie married less than tw.> years ..go, and a child. Dean, born six months ago. Babcock brought them to Omaha yesterday to the home of his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. IV. H. Lord, 2919 Mason street. Friends said that he did not leave Omaha until 4 Sun day morning and it is presumed he was driving fast through the faint j half light that he migh.get a day ., | rest and be at his job nkh the Stnr I Durant automobile company early I Monday morning. Babcock was a mechanic therp. 1 After Hauler had completed his ex I amlnalon the bodv was removed to j ilie Javslie Moore funeral jvarlors. It , will l>e taken today to S hinder for j burial Tuesday, Babcock, besides hi* wife and in | fant daughter, ts survived by his 1 parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Bab cock, Schuyler, and by two brothers I arn^, four sisters. HERRIOT BLAMES PREDECESSORS By I nlicf^ai s^rrlrv. Paris April 5.—In a magnificent rratrirk'nl effort Premier Herriot bit j terly atta< kcd his opponents in a j speech at Fontainebleau this after | noon. He charged that the present j financial difficulties of France -ace due solely to the culpable policies ■ < j the governments preceding his own. I "When I arrived in power,’’ be said, "the perpetual deln of France was 146.u0ooo0.00* francs and the 1<> tal del>t of ihe country was 2 7 S, 0*6, 6*0.000 francs. This year along «t hare to meet loans totaling 21.000 - 600.0** franca which are coming due, all of which were Issued bv the pre ceding governments. Vet they blame I us." ^ omen's IsMH’iatmn Plan»r $3,000,000 l.lutf Building Now York. April V thousand uiid professional women* of the American Wohmi'i Axjsoi wiioM t o n U h t. Inaugurated plan# w her* by they expect to build ; !■« re n eJuh huildn * for women which will N the Inrwrst in the world—a 1$« Imwv structure. to com I built by women, financed by women | . \*w.«*inb i'*rlto»». Mn» NV. K. Vand«**hilt. Mi- KAiUei t*uggen« »I » m Mrs 1 (ilmbel And Mr?. | Kobert l.ow Iherrepont. The plans ptxixide for a dub hone* containing \ mm lteh\Kvm* which will t»e rented to meculer* for consider* , Hbly Ic# *th*n hotel rates. W ales iu I riimi|ilwil l our. llv Hm XeMhliilnl rrree Hat hurst iiamhm West Africa, April l The bet tie ulner Kepol**. I with the prince of \Y.de# on N*ird | left here from Sierra Peon at S 50 j .'iaturday eventi k The priiue finished hi* day At !*..thur*t ' -'•*!« ! ■ \\! den | party And a tiiumphul tour through the street* of the town He wreiH mi jfiH't the h?t Mnb on hr# w*> tv* ot-.h htvr\;#