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=-=■=: The Omaha Corning Bee _ tdwiMl* i» llt<* p; til in truth— 9 " CITY EDITION • s>ro" 2— - VOL. 54-NO. 262. OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1925. * TWO CENTS* te&IP*-* Army Revo It Plot Nipped With Arrest l’rhate Sentenced to 40 Years Imprisonment Enlisted to Spread Communism, Court Reveals. Involved Six Others Washington, April 15.—Additional light on the recent army court-mar tials at Honolulu was given the War department today In supplemental reports from Major General Lewis, commanding, which explained tlmt Indications of a plot to foment revo lutionary movements, both among the garrison and civil population, had been disclosed In the trials of Privates Paul M. Crouch and Walter M. Trumbull. A 40-year sentence im posed o'n Crouch created something of a sensation in this country and ^grf’-'ne department had sought an ex ^ pla nation. The summary of testimony at the trials was not made public by the department, but It 1* known to have pointed out that both Crouch and Trumbull, who was convicted on s’ lar charges by a separate court, weu educated men and to have added that Crouch had planned, when he enlisted, to attempt the organization of a revo lutionary society In the ranks and among the civil population. One a College Graduate. Crouch, who gave his former occu pation as '‘journalist'’ when he en listed was described gs having sub scribed to the doctrine of the third Internationale-, which Included a pro posal that world revolution be for warded through the spreading of dls affection and disloyalty In the mili tary and naval services of various governments, Including the United States. Half a, dozen or more other men of the Hawaiian garrison were Involved with Couch and Trumbull, but have rot been brought to trial as vet, so far as the War ’department knows. At least one otbir of these is re ported to be a, college graduate and nearly all of them yvere members of the headquarters company of the 21st Infantry. What has impressed officials here as at least unusual is that two or three or more educated men of com munistie leanings should be found in n group as enlisted men In the Hawaiian garrison engaged in spread ing revolutionary doctrine. Recruits wmtt*' foietgn service In tne army only on their own application and as far as possible are sent to the par t'ruUtr overseas garrisons in which they yvlsh to serve. No Court-Martial for Others. The additional reports from Honolulu show that there yvas a more serious offers* under consideration by the Crouch and Trumbull court martial* than merely the writing of inflaroatovy letters to a Honoluju paper. Whether the Idea of stirring up a revolt against the garrison and spreading it to the civil population as Crouch Is accused of having planned when 1)0 enlisted, also ac tuated Trumbull or any other to join the army is not known. »It is indicat ed. however, that some of the group are regarded by army officials In Honolulu as victims of the chief agitator*, ft is expected they will not be court-martialed, but merely be discharged and sent home. Details were not contained In the telegram and the War department issued no statement, but officials are satisfied that the revolutionary plot never reached any serious- propor tions and that It did not succeed in stirring up unrest among the troops to an extent that justified any ap prehension. The idea of expanding it to include formation among the civil population of revolutionary so cieties did not get going at all so far as known. Disclosure that the Honolulu court-martial was dealing with a deliberately conceived attempt to start such a movement, however, e^^explains th« drastic nature of tlu sentence Imposed on Crouch. We Have With Us Today Frank Clark. New York I ilj. Globe trot ter. A former newsboy, Frank Clark has managed to travel across the Continent nine times and around the world twice without paying out a penny railroad or steamship fare, he • says. 71* arrived In Omaha Wednesday from Ran Francisco by automobile, but sit wasn't his. Ills gray hair and his lore, gained through wide travel, Influences motorists to pick him up, he believe*, lie reeounts mgny ad ventures, Including a trip through Spain as a beggar, riding a decrepit horse and begging without dismount ing by using a tin can tied to a long stick. Sidney Ii. Willson, Holyoke, Mase.. President, American Writing Topic C'o. Mr. Wlllaon was a resident of Omaha sway back In 1S#6. At that time lie was connected with the * arpenter Paper Co. He still looks upon Omaha largely as home. "It is a wonderful city, he says.” Thoss who live here now are to lie con jdt gratulated upon the opportunity they have to make It an even more arunderfill city. This Is the first time Mr \t illson has had " rhance to v 1stt Omaha for thr»* i»ar* He didn’t get * chance to play golf • hlle he ws* here hut he did look •round through the retail di rid He Is carrjlng h.o k so*1 "l'-h hlic gLt, cutbusuuUc report on Ozoa-ba. TWO INJURED AS BUS LEAVES ROAD j Special Olftpatrh to Th« Omaha Bff. Fremqnt, Neb., April 15.—Two peo ple were hurt when an Interstate bus left the highway at the Dodge Dougias county line of the Lincoln Highway east of Fremont late Tues day night. ' Blinking lights from an approach ing car made it Impossible for the driver, Thom a s Hooper of Fremont, to see the toad. To avoid upsetting In making the corner, Hooper steer ed. for the ditch, bringing the bits to an abrupt halt. Mrs. Bernard Book of Fremont suffered a sprained shoulder as a result of the accident and an Omaha man, whose name was no available, suffered a broken finger and minor bruises. Mrs. Book was to undergo an x-ray examination today to de termine the extent of other possible Injuries. Fight passengers were in the bus, en rome to Fremont. The bus was extricated from the ditch and con tinued its journey into Fremont with the passengers. Scott, ^ai ting in Death Cell, Says He Will Not Hang Former Wealthy Man Pins Final Hopes on Appeal Jo Supreme Court; Friday Fatal Day. By ( nlvernal S*nir*. Chicago, April 15.—Russell Scott, once rated as a millionaire bridge promoter 1n/Detroit and Windsor, was placed In the death cell today to' await his execution for murder Friday. All efforts to obtain a reprieve from Governor Small failed, and only the Intervention of the supreme court Thursday afternoon or the sentenc ing judge can sa\e him from the gal lows. Both efforts will be pressed, his attorney declared today. The su preme court has fjeott’s lengthy peti tion before it. but failed to consider it today, recessing to Thursday, the eve of the execution. I nder Heavy Guard. Scott, high In hopes, even in the face of Ids sentence, blanched when Informed that Governor Small had re fused to intervene. He grew nervous and sought to steady himself in cig aret smoking as he prepared for his removal to the death cell. Because of Ids threats that he never would hang, it wa» feared that Bcott would attempt to end his oAvn life. Tt was this fear that prompted the authorities to put him under heavy guard for a, longer time than the usual 24 hours before execution. "I'm confident the supreme court will give me a stay," Scott remarked tq his two guards, who are constantly with him. ' Hr made no request for a spiritual adviser for what appeared to be his last hours. Pleaded Guilty Once. Scot; was convicted of participat ing with Ids brother in the holdup of a drug store opposite the city hall and detective bureau a year ago. Both Scott and his brother escaped after killing the clerk, but Russell was traced through the raincoat he left behind. At his first trial he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death. Then he managed to withdraw his pica and obtained a jury trial which rendered the same verdict. MIDLAND STUDENT WINS ESSAY PRIZE .Fremont. Neb.. April 16.—Johannes Klotsche. Midland college student, was awarded first prize In the essay contest conducted by the Dodge Coun ty Bar association, Judge Waldo Winteraten announced today. Second priz.e was won by Phillips M. Bieswanger and third was taken by Ran<er Dunkel. The essays were on the subject. ‘‘The Federal Consti tution and the Courts," and will be entered In the state contest sponsored by the Nebraska Bar association. The judges were District Judge F. IV. Button, S. S Sidner and Frank Oolezal. First priz.e was $15, second prize $10, and third prize $5. Girl ho Strangled Rahy Names Alleged Betrayer Fort Morgan, Colo., April 15.V— F.lrner A'an Metre, alias Klem MaW sten. 23, charged by I.a verna Artis Ington with being the father of hty trangied baby, will have hi, pr,\ limlnary hearing this week in justii A court. Van Mutre was brought bn here from Mlnatare. \'eb., wlie , het was Working on a farm, after the! girl had named him ns her betrayer In her confession after her arrest for killing her baby. Miss Arthlng ton Is also In jail here and both she and A'an Matre will probably be bound over to the district ooun. Rail I rack lies Reiug tint oil Farms Around Table Rock Table Rock, April 15. A community saw mill rigged up from an old tree t Ion engine and a raw and carrier apron is moving from one farm to an other to cut track ties for the railway from the native oak, walnut, ash and elm timber. Ties net the farmer'' from TO rente to $1.20 each. Denver Company Offers to Refund Chappell Rood* Chappell, April 15.—An offer from the T’nlted State* Bonding company, Denver, to refund Die city water bonds af a rate of T» per rent Indicate* faith of Investor* In western Xe braska. The city board made a fur ther reduction In the light snd water rates at It* 1*«t meeting Church Destroyed by f ire. New Vork. April 18 Holy Trinity Protestant ftfriseopat church st l.ennx r*.' »nne and I2?d street wa* jdtgttnwcj ip tire with an e*Um*iCc I UAffiAM °l *600,00(1, Oma-d&fffsK Govern mein Cost Given Expenses ior 1923 Were $76. 10 Per ('apita: School Bill $2,151,001. U. S. Figures Show. Per Capita Debt $153.28 Washington. April 15.—The Depart ment of Commerce announces that the total payments for expenses. In terest and outlays for the city govern ment of Omaha. Neb., for the fiscal year ending December 31. 1923, In cluding the Independent school dis trict of Omaha for the fiscal year end ing July 31, 1923. and the independent public utilities district for the fiscal vear ending December 3t, 1923, amounted lo $13,614,430, or $76.40 per capita. Of this total, $5,861,816 represents the expenses of operating the general departments of the city government; $2,151,001, expenses of operating the public service enterprises, such as water works, markets and similar en teprlses; $1,659,945, interest on debt: and $5,941,668, outlays for permanent Improvements, Including those for public service'enterprises. In 1922 the total payments for the city were $13,479,455, and In 1917, $6,130,091. a per capita of $67.15 and $33.59. re spectively. The totals Include all pay ments for the year, whether made from current revenues or from the proceeds of bond Issues. Revenue* *13,513.893. The total revenue receipts of Oma ha for 1923 were $13,543,893, or $66.27 per capita. This wag $3,871,181 more than the total payments of the year exclusively of the payments for per manent Improvements, but $2,070,537 less than the total payments Includ ing those for permanent Improve ments. These payments in excess of reve nue receipts were met from the pro ceeds of debt obligations. Property taxes represented 54.9 per cent of the total revenue for 1923, £9.5 per cent for 1922. and 63.4 per cent for 1917. The increase in the amount of prop erty taxes collected was 167.6 per cent from. 1917 to 1922 but. there was a decrease of 8.7 per cent from 1922 to 1923. The per capita property taxes were $35.38 In 1923. $40.58 In 1922, and $16.68 In 1917. Ku rnlngs of public service enter prises operated by tlie city represent sd 26.4 per cent of the total re-enur for 1923, 24.8 per cent for 1922, and 16.4 per cent for< 1917. Indebtedness *31,3*7.781. The net Indebtedness (funded and floating debt less sinking fund as tefsi of Omaha on December 31, 1923, was $31,327,782, or $153.28 per capita. In 1322 the per capita debt wag $149, 41. and In 1917, $99.57. For 1923 the assessed valuation of property In Omaha subject to ad valorem taxes for city corporation was $328,203,722. The levy for all purposes for 1923 wag $3,849,008, of which $3,183,748, or 36.4 per cent, was levied for the city corporation: $3. 736.381. or 43.2 per cent, for the In Impendent school district; $652,407. nr 7.5 per cent, for the state: and $1, 075,472. or 12.4 per cent, for the coun ty, The per capita tax levy for city, school, state and county was $42.32. In all of the data shown for thi« r-ity, the financial transactions of the Independent school district for the fiscal year closing July 31. 1923. and of the Independent public utilities dl* trlct for tb* fiscal year closing De cember 31, 1923, are included. This treatment seems desirable because It puts the data on a basis compa,rnble with those cities In which the schools and public utilities are not Independ ently administered. School Kxpense*. The total payments for the school district amounted to $5,441,103, Of thfs total $3,074,867 represents the expenses for school maintenance: $439 968, interest on debt of school district: and $1,922,528. school out lays. The total payments for the public utilities district amounted to $4,080,435. Of this total $2,042,360 represents the expenses for tnaln tenance of the district: $561.300, In terests on Its debt; and $ 1 ,476,775, outlays. The revenue receipts of the school district] amounted to $4,514,275, or $926,888 less than payments for maintenance. Interest, and outlays. The recenue receipts of the public utilities district amounted to $3,811, 367, or $469,178 less than payments for maintenance, interest and out lays. * >f t!ir total net indebtedness of tile city at the close of the year. $8, 137,.28 wus for the Independent school district, and $10,432,950 for the Independent public utilities district. tridgcport School Head I'dected Member of I*. B. K. Hrldireport. April 16. For merit'r| »na work it the lumratr school last <*nr. HuperlntemJent O. Kollev of hp Bridgeport schools bus .lust been honored by membership In the !\ It. [K a national honorary scholastic fra temlty. This Is an honor conferred on only « few educators each year, and seldom does It ro to s city a« small as Bridgeport. f all* City Paving Contract Awarded Monarch Company Fall* City, April 16—Th* Monarch Fnglneering company of this city, with a bid of $104,700.13, was the successful bidder for the 3* Mocks of pi in It paving to J*e laid this summer. Work la to b* started with In |0 day« and Is In be completed hj Feptember 1. This additional pav Ing will give Fills ritA about 14 miles of pa \ 11:g HOW % HI lOI H HVttkl 1.** HS' • |*rta ftfiiKi* 1 i hast i ai?a Ka anp* tha^ l'ir|vr t. I Aui» •Itt'tjt rri n*dlt .IU I4u. j ■Mr «6—Adv«ril».ni«»t 1 7aC arian Kinjr Faces Bullets of Assassins Calmly, Escapes I nhurt I lhitmimhered. King Boris and His Attendants Flee to Safet\. luit the Monarch Returns to Spot in (!om mand of (>roup of Soldiers to Fight Bandits. , It) The \wool«!ed ftotia, Bulgaria, April 15.—King Boris nf Bulgaria probably owes bia life to the fact that he is ail expert automobile driver. Yester day when his car was attacked from ambush by a band of alleged communists and the chauffeur wounded the king seized the wheel and attempted to steer the machine out of the danger zone. The steer in*' gear was damaged, however, and in a moment, the car hit a tele graph post. Meanwhile the king's six assail ants continued to fire on the occu pants of the automobile, and they, in turn, retaliated with revolvers, but their shots apparently were without effect. Realizing the only chance of escape lay in flight, the king and three of his attendants ran to cover in a little copse a few raids down the road, which leads from < trchanie to .Sofia. King's Retreat Covered. M. iltcheff, director of the Sofia museum, already was bleeding pro fusely from a body wound but he continued to defend the king. Almost Immediately a servant was shot through the heart and Iltcheff became unconscious. The chauf feur was some distance from the. .king and the others, so Captain .Stanatoff, aid de camp*. urged Boris to make a bid for safety and run towards an auto bus carrying mails, which the royal car had passed a few minutes before reach ing the ambuscade. Stanatoff cov ered the king's retreat, although Boris wished to attempt to carry off Iltcheff’s body with him. The king and his aide ran towards the auto bus, the driver of which was endeavoring to turn back but was hampered by the nar row road, Tho king took the chauffeur's place, turned the bus and speeded off down hill, pursued by the bandits, who fired and hit the bus. but without success. Arriving at Orchanle the king hastily mobilized a platooh of troops and, remaining at the wheel of tlip automobile bus. hurried back with an officer and 2S soldiers, to the place of the ambuscade. The bandits were robbing the bodies of Ilteheff and the servant. They were surprised and one was wound ed. The others fled and, aided by small wiry horses escaped. The king's calmness during the affair was related with admiration by those who witnessed the at tack. One passenger on the auto bus admitted that on hearing the shots he hastily threw a large sum of money into tlie bush beside the road. On returning several hours later he failed to discover the place, but the king, wiio had re mained ns the spot directing oper ations. showed him where it was. Finally, after all had been cleared up, the king drove another 'car back to Sofia and reported to the government what bad occurred. Holiday Declared. The king's sister. Princess Ku doxla, was not a member of the party, although site usually accom panies her brother everywhere. Boris spends much of his time mo toring about Bulgaria, visiting the peasantry and searching for wild flowers and plants. He was on one of these expeditions when his car ran Jnto the ambuscade. Who the bandits were, whether they planned to kill the king or whether they wished only to rob the automobile bus Is a mystery. After a thanksgiving service this morning, an unprecedented mani festation took place In Sofia. Thou sands of persons of ail classes ac claimed the king who appeared on the balcony of the palace. The march past the building lasted two hours. When the premier com municated the news to the So branje the members made a gieat display of sympathy for the sovereign. The diplomatic corps called at the palace to congratu late the king: the town was be flagged ati| shops were closed. Cosmopolitans Plan for Meet Frank Runyon. H. R. Ryner son, C. B. Darlow, V. H. \mlerson on Committees. Plan* were outlined at the Co* mopolitan olub meeting Wednesday noon to send one-fifth of the mem tvrahip of the Omaha and other X» braska Cosmopolitan eiuhs to the an nual convention of Cosmopolitan In ternational, in Tulsa. Okla., the first week in June. Frank Runyon was appointed chairman of the convention committee and C. R. Irarlow, chair man, 11. R. Rynerson and A. H. Anderson were named to handle the publicity work. Omaha Cosmopolitan* believe tbl* state will have a record attendance, in proportion to the total member ship. A rally of the various » braska eluhs will he held Tuesday night in Lincoln to complete the plans. Fifty member from Omaha will attend the rally. Judge Frank Pineen. who talked on the rehabilitation bureau of the American Legion, said there are 11,000 disabled veterans of the world war in this district, comprised of parts of Nebraska and Iowa. The local post. Judge Pineen said, I* tak ing care of a number of these boys and haa assisted some In securing compensation. WALSH WILL ASK OIL LEASE PROBE By The AeenfM-leted Fee##. Great Falls. Mont., April IK.— Senator Thomas J. Walsh will "press for a senate Investigation," of how the Midwest Refining company gained alleged domination over the Salt Creek Oil field In Wyoming »by acquiring leases from the department of the Interior, he announced here tonight. Senator Walsh, who I* here as the chief defender of hi* colleague. Sena tor Burton K. Wheeler, In tbs case which goes to trial In federal court tomorrow, declared that he will urge adoption of an Investigation resolu tion in !h* upper branch of congress Immediately after It convenes In I >e cember. Hkhmomu Oil (ioncrriiA Delay Postal Hearings l.ns Angeles April IT. Tan nkln hnnin nil companies, known ns the "Invader Intarasts" charged with misuse of tha malls. which appeared in fadaral court hat* today lo racist s government demand thnt their! books b» submitted to the federal1 grand Jury of I,ns Angelas, had their casa postponed until Saturday. Tha companies Involved deny the charge and also assort that tha court' order for examination of (hair books! la too sweeping Their headquarter* ate in Muskogee, (ikla. I iii. Students Srll Their Blood to Go Through School Ann Arbor. Mlrh., April l.V-On* hundred *nd fifty unlv*mlty of Mlc*hljj»n vfudtnt* nr* k'lvlnsr th*h blood in tr.inafunion* in h*!p p*> tb*!r way Ihrntigh ruling*, In .lohn L. n*rv*y, oh Inf r*»l<|ftpt phyflcton of 111* unlv*r*lty hospital muirl Nrw t.liliHll \ mli.i--.idol Washington. April 1 •> Hsfel bancher Ahalll will he the next 1‘ubsn ambassador to Washington tt was announced lonlgbt to succeed Pen i'cams Ue Is Torrlsnts w ho re vainly rtiignad Sewer Gas Is Fatal to Man Boilermaker Found l'neon* sciou« in Basement After Attempt to Open Pipe. Sewer gas, deadly in effect, ciah od a life In Omaha late Saturday night, according to a death certificate filed Wednesday. The victim was Otto J. Staral. boilermaker. P6S4 Mayberry avenue. H» wan found unconscious on the liasement. floor of his home by his wife, after he had gone down to open a clogged sewer pipe. He was dead less than two hours later. According to Dr. Ben F. Kwlng, who attended him, the gag caused him to vomit from nauseation, thus causing strangulation. F. S. Garhart and K. B. Mayberry, neighbors, as sisted Mrs. Staral in moving the man from the basement. Had he been found sooner his life could have been saved. \t was stated. Staral went to the basement about 7 p. m. and when his wife became worried after his long absence she In vestigated. Tt was about 9 w hen she found him at the foot of the stair way Unconscious, after he had at tempted to open the congested sewer. Staral was 39 and had lived in Omaha ahout J3 years. He was em ployed hy the Brake William* Mount company as a boilermaker. Funeral services, in charge of the Masona, were held Tuesday at the residence, with burial In West Lawn cemetery. ARMOUR LEATHER EARNINGS SMALL Chicago. April IB.—Although the Armo'ur leather company made sales that totaled $40,000,000 last year, the company’s annual report, submitted to stockholders today, showed ti»t earnings of only $50,000. Pales showed an Increase of $5,000,000, com pared with 1923. “The results are not altogether pleasing, except Insoff.r as they Indi cate Improvement In a very unsatis factory situation which has prevailed In tlie entire leather Industry since the war.’’ sold the report. Tlte report showed an increase of about $3,000,000 In the company's working capital during tbs year < urh Markrt Asked Id Bar Stork of (iopper Concern Bulge Idaho. April IT. Pttwarf A'ampbell, Idaho Atate mining inapec tor. toda; in a public Atatement ad dredged to Ihr Boaton Curb Exchange, declared that “the Atatement a am! recommendation! concerning the stock and mine of the Idaho Copper cor pom! Ion are ao groeelv misleading and extravagant that they are dlx i•milting the good name of the Atate Idaho regret* that your exchange la being uaod a* a medium In holatlrg the h!i rk upon the public, and xxe frutt that in hehalf of the Boaton Curb Exchange that you will accede to mir refill eat that the stock of the company should he barred from the curb.*' The at a lenient al*o wm made a va li able in the pre** and a cogv 3* a* Men! to the \f AAAiu'huAef t a cominleAbfher of corporation* Mr«. Hurl Improves. I h'llyw ond i'sl April 15 The • >ndl!lo?i .ff Mia Winifred WrMove* Hart former aotreae and wife of the ecreen ectm, AVilliatn 8 Hart wo ■'r’eatlj Iniproxed toda> brt oh> j UgUt nui'.inmtui ai ucou. Doctor Upon Stand Bares Attack Pale • Details of Alleged Kxpcrienre of Indiana Cirl \\ itli l'\ Klau Official Related in Court. She Planned to Kill Man Indianapolis, Ind.. April 15.—Dr. John K. Kingsbury, first witness to day at the inquest into the death (it Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 2S, re lated the details, as told to him by the young woman, of the alleged at tack made on her by D. C. Stephen son, former grand dragon of the K’i Klux Klan. Miss (>t,erhollzer died yesterday after a long illness at tributed to poison taken following the alleged attack. Miss Oberholtzer s story, as re peated by tiie physician, told lion she had been Induced to visit ’ Ste phenson’s home a few doors from her own residence in the Butler college district, how she had been attacked and how she had threatened at one time to kill Stephenson with his own revolver and then end her life with the weapon. Funeral Arranged. Arrangements were completed to day to hold funeral service* tomor row for Miss Oberholtzer. The serv ices will be held at her home which is only a few doors from the Ste phenson residence. Stephenson is at liberty under *25. 000 bond pending a ruling on motions to quash the indictments against him. Eph Inman, attorney for Stephenson, has indicated that he "ill not ask time for arguments on the motions. In event that lie adheres to tiiis course. Judge James A. Col lins Is expected to make his ruling on the motions tomorrow. Dr. Kingsbury said lie had been summoned to the oberholtzer home by a woman employed there who told him Miss Oberholtzer had been in jured in an automobile accident. Describes Bruises. "I went upstairs to her room." Dr. Kingsbury testified, "and found Miss Oberholtzer lying on the bed. Her dress was open In front exposing lacerations and bruises on her chest. There also was an apparently bruised -ires on her right cheek. "She was In a state of shock. Her Indy was cold and her pulse rapid. ".She told me that oa two evening* before—Sunday evening previously— ■she had been summoned by telephone m I he home of 1>. f\ Stephenson and had been escorted from her home to his place by some on# whose name, I don't remember. She said that on entering the house she was sure site had been trapped, "She said she w*« 'o,-oed to drink three drinks, t don't know what it was she didn't say. She said shortly she felt weak and nauseated and sank Into a ,-hair; (hat site felt unable to offer resistance. "She said she was then taken to the Cnion station by Mr. Stephenson and two other men and taken up to I the train and put in a drawing room or compartment.'’ i'pon arriving at Hammond. Ind., Miss Oberholtzer. according to Dr. Kingsbury, said ehe was taken to a hotel and there compelled to occupy a room with Stephenson. It was there that she decided to kill Stephen ■on. the physician said Miss Ober holtzer told him. PEACE SOCIETIES IMPERIL SECURITY New York. April in.—The growth of peace societies. especially thoee among women who seek to obstruct preparedness. (n thejr main effect, la to Imperil the national security. Rear Admiral Bradley A Flake, re tired. said today |n an address before the Brooklyn chapter of tbeNSoci*ty of N»w England Women. The requirements of women have been the main basic causes of war. Admiral Fiske asserted. In describ ing the desire of men to give their wives and families greater comfort and safety. "B ara seem Inevitable," he said. "Thinking men have realized that ail of the ill effect* of war. the worst effects bate come to thos# who were Unprepared for war. "The best way to prevent war la not to keep raising the standard of living, hut to lower It. "Be do not need to live herded together in enormou* cities and live the purely artificial and Ivemeu.h'iis lv expensive life that we live now. But so long as wo do lend that life «e must enter Into competition with foreign nations to get the money that life costs, and theretyvre we must dwell In the continual shadow of war." Canadian Wheal Crop In Qd IVr ( cut Merchantable Ottawa, vprll 15 — N’lnty five per cent, or 2SA.OSA.AOO bushels of the estimated Canadian wheat crop of 1MC totaling 262.9S7.WH1 bushels. Is reported l>y crop correspondents as having proved to be of merchantable quality the dominion bureau of eta tlaftrs announced today. Fast year s corresponding figures weie H per rent, or 4S4.Sn4.00a bushels out of 474.1 59.000 bushels. Married in Council Bluff*. lb* frtllnwlpir pa*n«« • * • l •'#**** n Count'll B!\if« v#ne •* Vi • fin4 AddrtM AS* 1 h*n«1 ®r* s-.ftlh* f'vrS* |'*tt#r*on. »>tu*h* i* 'V t \'mn B ooklln t'r*lfh' - , \ t f.tti# Kttibhiit, «>#lffhton s*h fQlm* 1 uhn*w Tthic* V*h ..... ?' H*i ’ fin* *r^dr*s lt»,* „ .].!!. *■' F rjnk Hi •••w \ t inn h* ** 1 ltaft*l \ I jt <» A tlniihn |* H • n r V l.i* m S f * \ t«; | \*h :i» M*rt*||, S*h r. V , - .-t* UP I o.l*n V .* | V|f'1 I ■*’*» \\ t i»1»vt'i>Qt1 In n*' l__rn vii'11 jr u,»i.w cod, 'i» '• laser Foster. tiuu* is -,ni-rl- i.j CONVENTION FUND DRIVE IS STARTED Business leaders of Omaha me' yesterday afternoon In the Hotel | Kontenelle at the call of Eugene Fp pley and arranged to raise $15,000 tor the Disabled Veterans of t lie World War convention here June 2 Mr. Eppley presided and the senti ment was unanimous for raising the money. George Brandeis represented the retailers, Fred Warden the whole salers, H. A. Jaeobberger the laun dries, I,. J, Millard the lumbermen, [■:. S. Waterbury the packing houses. John Fitz Roberts the livestock ex change, Mac Harding the creameries. John E. Kennedy and Ford Hovey the banks qnd John Welch the restaurants. It is expected that the convention will bring 8,000 to the city. • Shipping Board Prepares Fight l pon Shij) Sales Members W ho Dissented From I Sale to Dollar Line Also ^ ill File Answers in Injunction Suit. Washington, April 15.—Shipping board counsel planned tonight to file in the District of Columbia supreme court tomorrow their answer to the petition of the Pacific Mail Steam • Ip company for hn Injunction stay ing consummation of the sale of the fee vessels of the California-Orient line to the Dollar Interests. At the same time answers of mem bers who dissented from the sale are expected to he filed. All have been made defendants in the action as commissioners and the hoard has in structed Its general counsel. Chaun oey G. Parker, to represent it in the proceedings. Dissenters Refused Counsel. Final touches were put on the an-! swers todap. Including those of the! three dissenting members, Commis sioners Plummer, Thompson and| Benson, who previously, by a vote | of four to three, ln the board, had | he^n refused the assistance of law-! yers in its legal department ln pre paring them. The vote was the eamej as the one authorizing the sale. The position of the dissenting members iw understood to be that, while the board, as a group, shotild file answer through its general coun sel as a matter of firm, this should not be construed a» setting forth the position of aii the eornmisMoners in dividBally. They intend to file rhelr view- Ir. detail, separately. It was said. May tin to High Court. A motion tet dismiss the preced ing* was made by Parker yesterday and will 1-e taken up with the peti tion of th« plaintiffs hr the court Monday, when hearing will lie begun on making the temporary injunction, previously issued, permanent. In the dismissal motion, the jurisdiction of the colin was challenged in the case, hut If it decide* to take Jurisdiction, all phases of the many controverted questions are expected to be exam ined with the possibility that the lan guage of the merchant marine act of 1820 may he given judicial scrutiny for the first time. Whatever the Im mediate outcome, the probability ex ists that the supreme court of the Fnited States may eventually be called upon to pass upon Issues pre sented. REVOLUTION IN HONDURAS QUIET Managua, Nicaragua. April la —An apparent schack to the Honduran revolution was reported today when a party of revolutionist*, en route to Honduras, was detained at Ocotal. Nicaragua. by authorities of this country. Ocotal i* A3 miles south east of Tegucigalpa, capital of Hon duras. Nicaraguan reports yesterday said that Gen. Gregorio Kerrera. Hon- j dtiran revolutionary leader. bad started a revolutionary movement! j with SPA followers, and that the gov et nment had declared martial law . The Honduran government recent ly bought 3.aaa rides. 20 machine1 guns and 2.000.00A rounds of strum:-1 nition in the I'nited State-, wl'h the consent of th* State departn ert \* : suran-e was given these would be used only in support of the regular ly constituted government and to protect foreign, live* and property. Ha«ting« \«i Cluli Back' Madr-in-Hasting; Show Hastings April J.V- Hasting* \d’ - luh will sponsor a fall trade ope inc | for All retail store* of HA*Mng« Tbi*-! decided tn hen the ornatjlfA• l<»rJ retie wed the eucceee of the eprtngj op#n!njr which It promoted. The Ch:h *l*n decided to Ndd n mn.lein H*.«t!ns* •h^w et the Muni.'! t>nJ Auditorium. The exhibition will I he restricted to product* of home induet ry. Minimum of 18 Drill' National (.nurd Basis Washington. April i.V- Kxpendl ture. for national guard armory drill pay from the J1.SS2.opo deficiency ap proprlatlon will he based on the minimum of 4$ driila during this fiscal veer for each guard organlan tlon No oldlgatlon fir drill pav will be created In excess of the amount : apportioned to each atate for thr,'1 purpose. The Weather v"-' " at *, |- ns <» U T» »%l a Jinmo t ., |‘ I <t* fl.utni’j e >« Hwtrh Tcmpmiiiirf* ♦ • m m \ j> v> .. * * J»s •»! - -.>» * * * AO** mmmmmmrn* ^ * * *uuk*4«|M I* 1 Debt Ridden French Turn to Caillaux Man I Ailed as Traitor Five ^ ears Ago Now Offered lJo»t as Minister of Finance. Painleve Made Premiei France has turned to Joseph Caillaux, its expatriate, to guide it through the financial storm which threatens to engulf the currency of the country. Five years ago Caillaux was ordered from France, which dis owned him. And an exile he re mained until 1924, when an amnesty was granted him. A on; he has been offered the all-im portant portfolio of minister of finance, a trusted servant of the country, which, called, him "traitor." 7 he financial ability of this stormy petrel of hrench public life has never been questioned He is France's strong man of finance and would long ago hen-e la!(cn the helm had his past not risen up to bar his path. Five years ago he Was dead politically. Sow all Paris buzzes with conjecture as to when Cail laux will be supreme, the prime rmnister of the country which rejected him. That his rise to the highest office in the gift of the nation is now only a question of time is generally agreed by observers well acquainted with pinwheel antics of French poli tics. B> The Associated Tree* Paris. April 35.—Joseph Caillaux* acceptance of the poet of minister rf finance In the cabinet row being formed by Jiul Painleve overshadow ed all oilier development* in France's political crisis today. The return to power at the head of one of the most important ministries of the mao who five years ago was regarded a* politically dead for all time has caused varied but strong emotion* In the French political world, accu* tomed ss it is to spectacular coupe and dramatic up* and downs rf it' statesmen. M. Painleve. on whom devolves the task of tie premiership from which Kdouard Herriot was deposed, called on President Doumergje at 11 tonight and informed htm tha' negotiations for the constitution of a cabinet were progressing *s not malty as could be expected and that he would be in a position to present his ministry to the president late to morrow afternoon. - The ministerial declaration w~.ll be read in the chamber on Friday arc a vote of confidence demanded. W Painleve will himself take the office of foreign affairs, but beyond the appointment of M. Caillaux the other cabin** posts hav* no* >e been announced. liaise t urrency Until Throughout the day the coming of I'alllaux had thrown ail other cabinet talk into the background. There *».' far more discussion a* to w he:he; he had been, or was going to be asked to take the ministry of ft nance than whether M. Briar.c would take the foreign ofT.ce. When M Painleve te'ephoned to film « Man.tr this morning. M Caillaux said he would l glad to come but his automobile was out of order; whet* upon M. Painleve s*nt one of the automobiles to the presidency chaw her to fetch him. A MU authorising the Bank et France go raise the legs! limit of cl; rulation from 13.000.000 noo to 43.(*fC ooo.pop fraros and advances to ths state to IS.OdO.f'Pb.Ofta franca, was passed by the chamber after alight nrxv'.lfi, a lions bv a vote of 3t5 to “? The senate met in special session u night and also ratified the Nil. IPS l" a';**’, mi) members of the oppvs* lion abstaining frem voting. hooialiets Suppoit Painleve M >!* Monde sponsor for the b.« *a d that when the Bank of hTance lr*w« t.p it* weekly statement men w h f u II legal sutheoi be m ttarlinn’ert the figure* of pap* '.Ti.rn In I’m. Tun l slims Two.' r ■■ ■■ "■ ■ ■ 1 - v Summary of the Day in Washington Oldfield, Arkansas. niiS persted on for a.-ute append*-! a President! Fleet Maohadce of Cuba was received in iVashlngton with *l»e^uM! honors Hearings were opened before the Interstate Commerce commission or :be Nicklr Plate merger plan. AtrcraJft bombing dfmorstrayon at ^•'.ant co na.* said by officials to !v«ve produced satisfactory results The first woman member of the “ • Miss I.uciHe Atch * s*'n of \ oiumbus f> wee assigned [o the Herne location 1 .’C 1\ A - * Ml <•!( vt(Sa'h>*od **M ' xa:e« court c'arMaled a 1 ‘ ohib 'r-mved to have *• ' ■ of foment; ; •xu* ^4^
