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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.
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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.<sels a it
engaged in smuggling liquor. Can
Held said, with from 20 to oo an
« hored oft New York and vicinity.
“Ding" VI«»l«tiii|c < )h 11.
1 >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 <id. there was no indi
The pro*e« > '«>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:
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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 fs<e
scarred and bruised from impact With
the frame of the windshield.
For four hours Babcock lay deavl
beside the highway unobserved by the
drivers of hundreds of cats. None
saw him. none could see him unless
lie traveled at a snail's pace. -\lid
the Dodge road here L- straight and
smooth.
It was not until Wlllner Filkens,
Klkhorn. drove over the road at 8:S0
Sunday morning that Babcock Was
discovered. Filkens drives a truck
for the John Denker Transportation
company. As he drove slowly over
the ulvert he saw the car in the ditch
below. Jts top was turn off, its radi
ator smashed, and its fenders crum
bled.
Died of Heart Failure.
A hasty examination, and lie fetmd
he could do nothing for the crum
pled figure which lay behind the
wheel. Marshal Gharles Pnrkennin-?
of Klkhorn vvaj* notified: so was Paul
Steinwender. county coroner, who
sent Harvey Hauler from Omaha to
take charge of the examination.
Hauler found tiiat Babcocks car
hud left the pavement at a point 120
feet east pf the ditch and culvert on
the left side of the road: that it trav
eled on the grass which fringes tl.e
brick highway on the left hand side
until it descended an almost i>erpeii
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
| .<ltd kajft by women.
Atnonv. the ft s» n - and director* of
the nvkf., i,i n an Mis- Anne M •
mm. Mi> \*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\;#