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MAKE USE OF THE BEE'S NEW QUESTION AND ANSWER COLUMN SEE EDITORIAL PAGE. THE WEATHER; ' Generally . fair Monday and -Tuesday; cooler Mon R1EF RIGHT REEZY AILY Omaha day. . Hour.. !. HiHir. Or. A a. in i.1 t l. in I'l n. m ill, p. in t 1 n. in J il p. in t H h. m.. !U' 4 p. hi ..V H n. in Sit 5 , mi 'i III H. 111.... NX, tl l. Ill II II Mm 111 tit- 1 1. Ill .lit 13 ni 4.' '1 J BITS OF NEWS EITEL' FRIEDRICH FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE. Amsterdam, March 16. Eitel Friedrich, second son of the former (ierman emperor, has commenced divorce proceedings against , his wife, charging infidelity before the war, says the Kleine Journal of Ber lin. When the former prince at tempted to begin proceedings before the war his father vetoed the plan, the newspaper adds. "Eitel Friedrich was married in 1906 to Grand Duchess Sophie Charolette of Oldenburg. They have no children. MULHOUSEN CELEBRATES REUNION ANNIVERSARY. ' Mulhousc'n Alsace. March 16. Mulhousen was beflagged Saturday in celebration of the 121st anniver sary of the reunion of the citv with ) France. Great and enthusiastic crowds witnessed a review by Gen- leral Gouraud, who decorated Bur The burgomaster, in thanking the general, pointed out inai mis was the first time in 48 years that me 1 morial day could be celebrated with freedom. GOVERNMENT SELLS WHEAT TO MILLERS. Minneapolis, March 16. Five million bushels of wheat have been sold to Minneapolis millers by the United States grain corporation, in the move to prevent an increase in the price of flour and bread. The price averaged reached $2.36 a bush el, 14 cents above the fixed wheat price. There are more .than 23,000,000 bushels of government owned wheat stored in Minneapolis elevators. Un der the plan adopted the sale will continue until further orders are re ceived from Washington or until the supply runs out. WILL OPEN TRAINING CAMPS FOR WOMEN. Washington, larch ' 16. An nouncement was made here today of the establishment of the United Mates training corps for women. The object is better health for women to be gained through semi military training. The War and Navy departments have been asked to lend some of the vacated camps in the different sec tions of the country where women may go for the coming summer for health training., " SALVATION ARMY TO EXPAND ITS SERVICE. New York, March 16. The Salva tion Army, which has been send ing trained workers overseas since the signing of the armistice, is now preparing to meet "new and in creased responsibilities at home during peace," according to a state ment isMicd here today by Col. Will- , iam Barker, in charge of all Salva tion Army workers in France, who lias just returned to this country to give an account of his stewardship. ' "Asserting that the "hundreds of llidusands of new friends" of the Salvation Army, made during the war, "expect to remain in contact with the Salvation Army after they !)ct back to America," Colonel Bark er saidT "That means an expansion of ev ery branch of our relief work and a strenuous effort to match up with the 'new need. It means large in stitutions for employment bureaus, for hospitals where the wives and daughters of ex-service men can find good care and. not have to worry about paying for it if they are with out funds. It means larger orphan- ages, -bigger fresh farms, more free coal and ice for the poor and more' milk to feed little sickly babies. -"It means permanent places for the ex-service men in America, big ger lodging houses for the poor and far bigger and better facilities for giving, sensible and quick help for the man who is down but never out." WORK MAPPED OUT FOR JUNIOR RED CROSS Washington, March 16. An . riouncemenr was made today by the American" Red Cros that the Jun ior Re4 Cross, an organization of 9,000,000 members, would play an active part inthe rebuilding of the world by aiding children in the war stricken countries of Europe. Particular attention's to be given to education and in advisory board of representative educators will be selected to supervise the program which includes the bringing of the school children of America into closer relation with the customs and characteristics of the other. LAWYERS ASKED TO AID IN BLOCKING SWINDLERS Washington, March 16. Attorneys throughout (he United States were asked by the federal trade nmis- x sion today to aid the government in J" protecting holders of Liberty loan ' bonds from fradulent stock invest ment schemes by sending to ythe. commission at once the names and addresses of men seeking to obtain t'le'bonds in exchange for question 6le securities. ELKS CONTRIBUTE TO TRAINING FUND Washington, March 16. Coutfibu tion of $150,000 by the Elks War Re lief commission for extension of the work of vocational training for dis abled soldiers, sailors and marines was announced tonight by the. fed eral board for vocational education with the statement that if necessary further financial assistance would be jiven. - - t SHOTS FIRED AT PREMIER , LENINE DO HIM NO HARM. Copenhagen. March 16. Another attempt has been made against the i:r- T An.n l?Mccian life of Nikolai Lenine, the Russian bolshevik premier, at Moscow, ac cording to reports received here Shots were fired at Lenine, but he was not injured. His chauffeur was wounded. , BELGIAN KING TO BE GEN. PERSHING'S GUEST : BrusseU, March 16. KingAlbert will visit American headquarters at Chaumont this week, according to an nouncement by the Brussels newspa pers. He wilt be tlie guest of Gen f ashing, VOL. 48. NO. 233. JAPANESE AT FAD U INiHNHT HEM v. " American Marines Incensed ' By Maltreatment of Two Prisoners and Stoning of U. S. Consul, r" Peking, March 16. While early reports from Tien Tsin suggested that American marines were to blame for the disorders there, later reports would show that the Japa nese were also at fault. It is claimed that Japanese mili tary guards" entered the . French concession and there seized two Americans and when American of ficials inquired of the Japanese po lice authorities if any Americans were being detairred they were given negative answer, accordingvto a report., " Sick Prisoner Neglected. Later American officials found two Americans in a 'police station, 'one of tlfem lying almost naked in the yard, calling for jwater. The Japanese were induced to send the injured man to a hospital ana an American consul refused to leave the station until the other man. a corporal had been released. This demand was finally granted. The American consul was stoned by Japanese as he drove away from the station, it is said. When the American marines en tered Jhe Japanese consulate they at- reported , to have attacked a visitor. ' On Thursday evening American marines were attacked by a crowd of Japanese armed with, sticks. They managed to enter the theater. The proprietor then telephoned fprthc French police, who dispersed the Japanese., ... The situation at' Tien Tsin is said to be tense. The matter has been referred to the French legation here. Soldiers In Fight Washington, March IS. Col. Theodore P. Caine, commanding the American legation marine guard at Peking, reported today that marines were not involved in the disturbance at Tien Tsen which the American minister is investigating. He said the trouble was between soldrrS''and Japanese, which ac cord! with the assumption in of ficial quarters here that members of the Fifteenth regular infantry sta tioned at Tien Tsin were confused with marines jn early accounts of the affair. The state department is awaiting further advices from Minister Reid before taking any step in regard to theNreport that the Japanese- con sulate was raided. The minister cabled yesterday that he had sent First Secretary Spencer to Tien Tsin to report. "Red Hag" Editor Shot Down in Mpabit Jail While Resisting Guard Berlin, March 16. Leo Jogisches,1 one of the editors of "Red; Flag," and permanent communist leader, has been shot down in Moabit jail while resisting the prison guard. Jogisches was arrested in "a street demonstra tion. 1 Y The Vossechas Zeitung is in formed that a similar kilhng oc curred in Moabit recently, although the identity of the Spartacan leader who was the victim is not known. Feiheit makes a sigitificant refer ence to the fate of Radek, the Rus sian agitator, who, it says, was re quested by the jailer to abandon his daily, walks in the prison yard, as the jail authorities could not vouch long for his personal safety. Police Find Stolen" Auto And Now Seek the Owner ' ' ' ' -' " ' " " t See Car Covered With Missouri Mud and Jump Aboard ; Two Arrested Cannot Tell How They Gained Pos session and Are Held At the Station. Detectives Murphy and Pszanow ski are claimants for the crowns - fand laurels of famous sleuths of fic I t Al- c tional fame since their recovery Sun day afternoon"' of an autorpobile which they allege was stolen and yet they have no way of tracing the rightful owner. ' .Two men, Frank Sinclair, Coun cil Bluffs, and F red Martin, Creston, la., were riding in the car at the time of its recovery and are under arrest for investigation. The ever watchful sleuths sighted the machine, a Buick touring car, at Twentieth and Capitol avenue It" was mud from he tail-light to the radiator Uft ' fntar.4 lerendclm mitur M 2. 1906. Omaha P. 0. under act el March 3. IS79 J LI' Military Authorities Are . I Probing Myster in Death -Of Nurse From Fort Riley Major Charles H Brown, Kansas Editor, Refuses to Say Whether He Sent Money Order to Miss Inez Eliza beth Reed, Found Dead in California, or To Answer Any Questions Regarding Case. V ... Kansas City, March 16. (Special Telegram.) A military investigation is in progress tonight Regarding the alleged connection of Major Charles H. Brown, of the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth dpot brigade, with the death of Miss Inez Elizabeth Reed, Fort Riley nurse, whose body was discovered a week ago Saturday near San, Francisco. , -' ' Major Brown tonight refused to make any statement regarding the case, or to qualify one made Saturday morn ing that he did not know Miss Reed. He declined to say whether he? had sent her a money order by tele graph for $73, had known her before she left for California late in Feb ruary, had known her condition then, or in fact anything at all about her. "My lips are seated, military in vestigation," was his answer to all questions. "I would like to say some thing that I think might put me in a clearer light jn this case, but I can not say a word." - He asked many questions regard ing the finding of the body of tli woman, whether it was mangled and who identified her An investigation is being conduct ed it Fort Riley, where the dead nurse was stationed, but no state ment, can be obtained as to with whom she had talked concerning hen condition. Her associates among the nurses were cautioned to say 'PliOflE GIRL WHO IS DESPONDENT TRIES SUICIDE . V ' Attempt to Kill Herself Un successful, as Bullet Lands in Her Shoulder; Mow ' 7 in Hospital. ' " Mrs. Jean Miller, 19. telephone operator, !at the Loyal hotel, shot herself Sunday morning with a .32 caliber revolver in an attempt at sui cide which failed when the only bul let in the revolver missed its mark. She was taken -to the Lord Lister, hospital where physicians said she would recover. The bullet lodged in her left shoulder as revealed by an X-ray photo. At the time of the shooting Mrs. Miller was alone in her room at 222 North Nineteenth street. Police said the motive for her act was despondency. Anna French, ancrther foomer at the place, found the Miller woman semi-conscious, lying, across the bed in her room. Miss French said no one had heard the shot fired. A note addressed to' Mrs. Miller's fatker; U. W. Fitt, 117 North Twen tieth street, was lying; on a dresser in the room. "Goodbye folks," it read, "every body has been1 good to me. Goodby rJjKtdy," you have been awfully good to me. Tell everybody goodbye." Mrs. Miller was, divorced from her husband, Dwight Miller, about a year ago. Miller, who Was a former street car conductor, is now in the navy. Mrs. Miller was., formerly an usher at the Orphetrm and "Empress theaters. . v ' Labor Unions Launch , Free Speech Campaign , Pittsburgh, .Pa.i March 16. A campaign for the ' "right of free speech and free assembly" was launched hcr today by delegates representing unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. This is part of a movement to or ganize iron and steel workers of the country, it was stated. It was announced at today's ses sion that as soon as 5,000 pledges of support to the campaign are ob tained, meetings will be held in com- munities where permits to hold such gatherings have been refused. "Looks like" Missottri mud," said Murphy to Pszanowski, thinking of St. Joe and other damp spots in that territory, and linking whisky running with stolen cars. "Npthin' .different," said Pszanow- j ski quickening nis pace ana climb ing aboard the car just as the driver was preparing to pull away from the curb. Then the two sleuths scraped mud (-from the motor numbers and found them tampered with. At the police station Sinclair and Martin could give no account of how they came to possess the car. Murphy and Pszanowski are hop ing a "squawk" will come in for the car, OMAHA, MONDAY,. MARCH 17, 1919. nothing on penalty of a military in vestigation. ' Major Brown is editor of the Horton, (Kan.) Headlights and is prominent in newspaper 'circles in Kansas City. He served with the Thirty-fifth division in France and has been in Funston since Septem ber. It is said that the facts con cerning his alleged ' relations with the nurse are known to the" army '.officers but they refuse to state that sucn is me case. The army officials are known to be- tracing down all Major Brown's movements within the past tivree or four weeks, but they decline to make known their findings. While the case since it became public has been common talk in certain quar ters, yet no one in .authority will make a statement. i, DOCTORS FIND HS.BLAZMET VIOLENT JEATII i Jury Impaneled at Valentine and Inquest Will Be Held Today; Excitement " " Runs High. - Valentine, Neb., March .16. (Spe cial Telegrajn.) The body of Mrs. Josef Blazka, who is alleged to have been beaten to death by her husband last 'week in her home near Ells worth, Neb., arrived here 'from Hy annis this morning. The coroner's jury was impaneled immediately and the inquest will be held tomorrow. Physicians who examined jthe woman's body declared it to be their opinion she met her death as a re sult of the wounds inflicted by an instrument of torture in the hands of her assailant. The body was a mass of cuts and bruises. Blazka, who is being held in jail here, spent a restless night and fear for his safety is entertained by the authorities, as thc.feeling against the, prisoner is bitter. Because of the high prevailing pitch of excitement it was announced, that the inquest tomorrov would be held behind closed doors. - i Admits Beating Wife. Blazka has maintained silence since admitting that he beat his wife with a harness tug with a neavy buckle on the end of it. He insisted he did not kill his wife. The man's three young sons have refused to tell the authorities anything which will enable them to substantiate a charge of murder against the dead woman's husband. It is believe'd the children know the details of the affair which led to thei? mother's death, and out of Hear of their father have remained silent. It is believed the hoys later will decide to make a detailed statej m'ent. Volunteer Medical Service Corps to Be Dissolved April. 1 Washinetonr March 16. Dissolu- j tion on April 1, of the volunteer medical service corps, with its mem bership of more than 56,000 physi cians, was announced today by the Council of Naticmal Defense under which the corps was organized. The names of ' all physicians whose applications for membership in the corps were approved will be turned over to the surgeon general of the public health service and thus will be accessible should need for their services arise in the future. To the about 13,000 physicians whose applications were on file at the time of the signing of the arm istice a letter' recognizing their of fers ,of service i to be sent. ' - Three Persons Killed I in Tornado in Oklahoma " Oklahoma City, Okl., March 16. Three persons are reported killed and several others injured in tl tor nado in Kingfisher county last night. Wires are down and the ex tent of the damage is not known. Flu Again Epidemiol Sapola, Brazil., March 16.-Influ-erlza again has appeared here in epi demic forirK The government is tak ing steps to prevent the spread of the disease,.. v IlJ ...... ,.i Sisif Japanese Gendarmes Fire Up on Mobs, Killing Many Civil ians Taking Part in -Demonstrations. By'Associated Press. Shanghai, March 16 Thirty per1 sgns were killed and 40 wourraed at Sung Chun, Korea, March 4, ac cording to a translation of an ac count of the disorders in that coun try published in a Japanese news paper at Seoul and translated by the Reters agency. At the village of Suhcung, south of Ping Yang, four gendarmes fired on a mob until their ammuni tion was exhausted, 51 persons be ing killed, the account states. The mob eventually killed the gend armes. . i At Yangdok 20 rioters were slain in an engagement. s Girl Students Active. The activities of girl students throughout the independence de-i monstrations iiv - Korea arc em phasized by the newspaper, which makes particular mention of the fact that at Anju, v two Korean gendarpies discarded their uni forms, joined a crowd and stouted' "Long live Korea.'' The Japanese guards-thereupon fired, eight per sons being killed and 30 wounded, four mortally. The demonstrations which' have been going on in Korea have been more general than has Jieen report ed by the Japanese, according to information reaching this city from across the iKorean frontier. It is said that all classes of thg popula tion are taking part. Plans Suddenly Changed. The outbreak was plamred for March, 4, the day of the funeral of Former Emperor Yi Hetii, it is re ported, but the nationalists sudden ly changed their plans and began demonstrations before that date. The Japanese gendarmes in the in terior of the country had been sent to Seoul for duty during the funeral and the movement gained consider able headway before any measures j could" be taken to break it up " It is claimed by the Koreans that all schools and churches have been closed and that native pastors and elders to the estimated number of 1,000 have been arrested. There have been a number of rumors of a sensational nature current here in connection with the outbreak, but they have not been confirmed. It !s declared that the movement for the independence of Korea has been go ing on secretly ever since the coun try was annexed by Japan in 1910. Ask Wilson's Good Offices. Washington, March 16. President Wilson-has been asked by .the Kor ean National association to initiate action at the peace conference look ing to independence of Korea with the country to be guided by a man datory thitil such time as the league of nations shall decide that it is fit for full self-government. The copy of the letter to the presi dent was made public here today by Syngman Hhee, who, with Henry Chung, are the authorized delegates of the association in the United States. At the same time there was also given out a letter adressed to the peace conference asking that Korea be forced from the domina tion of Japan and given full free dom eventually. This letter was sent to nie State department for i transmission to Paris. Both letters asert that Japan- es- tablished a protectorate over Korea indirect violation of treaty obliga tions to Korea and that since that time the'eountry has been misruled, its natural resources exploited for the benefit only of Ihe Japanese, its literature suppressed and its re ligious worship supervised. Mr. Ktiee also announced today that on behalf of the Korean asso ciation, representing all Koreans living abroad, he had sent communi cations to the American and British governments asking that they use their good offices with the Japanese government to see that he Koreans arrested ii the 'independence dem onstrations this month be not cruel ly treated. American "Ace" Killed in Fall at Dayton Beach SeaBrccze, Fla., March 16. Majoj David M. K. Petersen, one' of America's- officially recognized "aces." was killed today in the fall of his airplane at Dayton Beach. Major Petersen's home address is Honesdale, Pa. The airplane piloted by Major Petersen, and in which Lieut. F. X. Paverskk was a passejiger, dropped nose forward after reaching a height of about 75 feet. Major Petersen was killed instantly and Liuetenant Pav ersick was injured seriously. Previous to his enlistment with the American air forces Major Petersen was a member of the LaFayette es cadrille where he was unofficially credited with bringing down 18 Ger man machines', x By Mall (I vtar). Dally. 14.50- Sunday. ?.5fl-' Daily and Sua.. SS 50: autatda Nna. ou trt Peace Treaty and League Separated in Absence of Wilson From. Conference , Influenced By Bolshevist Peril Delegates Undertake To . Bring War Formally to End as Quickly1 as Possible In Order to Feed Germany and Check Spread of Anarchy Which Is Menacing All Europe. s - By JAMES J. MONTAGUE. Staff Correspondent of Universal Service Recently Return ed From Paris. New York, March 1G. The necessity for the immediate feeding of Germany in order to check the spread of bol shevism has been apparent for months to all who have lived either in France or on the borders of Germany. Mr. Lansing's warning at the recent dinner in Paris did not surprise anyone. v It was merely a repetition of what he has been saying privately for more than twd months past. As a -matter of fact, all the members of the American mission, with one conspicuous exception, have been openly lor the earliest possible peace. It may be that the estimable old ' gvptlemen who comprise the lesser members of our mission to Paris were enamoured of the league of na tions idea. I never hard any of them say anything against it, and I was present at many of the gatherings of newspaper men held for the avowed purpose of obtaining1' information from the mission. Influenced by Bolshevik Peril. But I am sure that Mr. Lansing, Mr. White and Mr Bliss all felt that the most important thing to ,do was' to get a peace signed and get Ger iany on a footing that would enable her to pay the indemnity that is to be exacted of her. The trouble was that none of the three I have men tioned had very much weight in the deliberations. It is now clear that the bolshevik peril has had a profound influence on the action of the conference. YANKS DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKI Oil : DVIIJA AIID VAGA - - . w ' Determined Attack Between American "and Allied Col umns .. Repulsed With Heavy Losses. Archangel, March 16. Bolshevik forces made a determined attempt - Friday to' cut the communications between the American and allied col umns on the Dvina and Vaga rivers but their attack was' repulsed with heavy losses. The enemy lost 57 dead and four prisoners. The allied cas ualties were one soldier wounded. Lets Capture1 Frauenburg. Stockholm, March 16. Lettish troops captured Frauenburg, north east of Libau, from the bolsheviki and took a great quantity of war ma terial, a large number of machine guns and many prisoners dispatch from Libau said. The bolsheviki re tired in the direction of Mitau. The Letts also a'dvanced west of Frauenburg and drove the bolsheviki from the region of the Baltic port of Windau. Stockholm, March 16. A Lithuan ian scout detachment of IS men sur rounde'd at Jerge by 100 bolsheviki, refused to surrender and fought to the' last, the Lithuan press bureau announced today. Fifty of the bol sheviki were killed. The enemy, according to the bu reau, threw the Lithuanians, many of them still alive, into one big grave. The bodies were" dug out by their countrymen next day. Dr. Schiller, Former N. E. A. President, Dead at Age of 70 Lancaster, Pa., March 16. Dr. Nathan Schiller,, superintendent of the state department of public in struction, dicd'at his home here last night, aged 70 years. He was for merly- president of the National Education association and secretary of the national council of education. Dance, Delayed by Raid; ' Men and Music Lacking . C . . Mysical Instruments Locked Up and Man With Key in 4ail; Victims Arrested for Gambling Arrive After Being Released on Pond and The Dance Goes On. When a score or so of pretty maids had arrived at the Osthoffs hall, 513 North Sixteenth street, last night "just dying to try that shimmy" no throbbing jazz greeted them and .worse still men were as scarce as after the third draft. They were alarmed and puzzled. -Jn a; short time men beganto arrive, single and in twos. There was something -mysterious about (t all, but (Tie girls didn't mind a little mystery. " Still there was no music. It de veloped that the, musical instru ment were locked in a small room, and the only man who had the keys was' not present. One of the male contingent finally admitted that the man who had the keys was held in jail tor gambling. His bond was TWO CENTS. l i'f r Despite Jhe president's belief that the threads. of the covenant were so mtermingiea witn tue treaty that they could not be sepafated, the . . t. ... . conference managed to separate them in his absence, and now ap pears Ho be preparing to get , the treaty over and done as quickly as possible. If this can be done it may avert calamity. I believe that it would have been far better i f it had been done long ago. Conference Plan Abandoned. Such few witnesses as managed to get out of KiiSjia have repeatedly pointed out in Paris that the strength of the bolsheviki lay in their control of the food and money supply. For a time these witnesses kuade a deep impression. It was because ot tneirlestimony that t,he (Contlnufd on rage Two, t'olunia Two.) GRAND ISLAND E1UISMA9ET0 KISS THE FLAG ' v Road House Proprietor Forced By Returned Soldiers to ' Lead Parage Through Town and Fly Emblem. Grand Island, March 16. (Spe cialsJohn Hann. proprietor of Lion Grove, a road house two miles south of Grand Island, this after noon was taken frim his residence, brought to the city, made to kiss the flag and to head a short parade up and down the principal streets. Later he took the flag handed him and promised to fly ifc on his prop erty. The" incident was orderly through out, about 20 soldiers returned from service managing the affair. A large crowd witnessed the incident which was without any rough treatment of the road' house man and unattend ed by any rough language'. As long as this continued to be the condi tion the officers did not interfere The demonstration is the out growth of some trouble at the road house about a week ago when Mr. Hann threatened a returned soidier with a shotgun after an altercation about protGermanism had arisen. After the completion of the trial in the county court pn Saturday and the fining of Hanit in the sum of $15 for assault, there was some criticism on the part of the return ed soldiers that the xfin was too light, especially sa since the evi dence showed Hann to have pre viously threatened a deputy sheriff wiHi a gun. Others believe the incident was the result' of a general conviction that the man was pro-German. Week's Enlistments 1379. Washington, March 16. The Navy' department announced today there were 1,379 enlistments daring the last week. - Hera was a chance to be a hero not to be overlooked. "Get him released with this," shouted-a man, "sfnd let the dance go on." " The dance was given by the Teanister and Chauffeurs' union. A number of the men had assembled early in the evening, and according to members of the Morals squad were engaged in a poker game when the .hall was raided. The officers arrested 22 men, and hold money and cards as evidence, f 1 Nearly, all of the men wire re leased o bond in time to attend the dance. One of the victims of the raid gave the reporter the story, but requested that' names be left out so the "women wouldn't know who was late on purpose aiwl who was iae- fejcaua.e Ihejr cuulduH get puU" A 0 CIJSE 0 Marks on Prisoner's Face Believed by Police to Be Scratches Inflicted by Mrs. Glassman. After arresting 35 negroes in an attempt to find the assailant of Mrs. Eleanor. Glassman, Captain of De tectives Dunn stated last night that he believed he had captured the right man. The suspect is Henry Cul pepper, a negro,' giving his addre.i as Council Bluffs. The arrest wis made lae yesterday afternoon. ' Culpepper was taken to the Class man home for identification, but ow ing to her nervous -condition, Mrs Glassman was not permitted by phy sicians to see him. Umaha anc Council Bluffs women, ' victims ol -recent - attempted assaults, will at tempt to identify him today. Answers Description. Marks on Culpepper's face are be lieved by police o'have been inflict ed by Mrs. Glassman in her struggle Friday night, Culpepper is a large negro, 'and police say he answer? the description! given by Mrs. Glass math He was arrested in.the Burlingtoi yarns Dy ueieciivcs oioicy am Brinkman. The detectives say hf was confused as to his whereabout! on the night of the assault. "He first said he worked at the Henshaw hotel on Friday night.' declared Detective Brinkman. -'Thei he said he was at the Orpheum. II third story was that he had slept ai night with a friend, hut he couldn1' give the name of the friend. He said he was going to take a trail out of town just as we got him." v Refuses to Talk. ' 1 Captain Dunn said he refused V. talk when questioned at the sta tion. At the time of his arrest de tectives say he as wearing a sol dier's uniform. Mrs. Glassman' toh police her assailant was wearing 8 uniform. ' ) The Councir Bluffs address givei by Culpepper leads police to brjicv that he may be implicated in the as saults recently perpetrated in that Another buspect Ariestea. Another suspect arrested y ester day afternoon was Homer Collins 150J Cuming street, negro, v oi- lins was wearing an arniy coat whci. arrested. Captain Dunn believes lit may be an associate of Culpepper's. As a result of the Olassman as- xault, police patrols and emergency cars are kept busy answering calls from all parts of the city. Uozcn- of calls from frightened -women were answered Saturday and last ftight. Invariably the women re ported that someone was bieakinn into their house. . 4 ... Italian Sailors Use Knives in Fight With' Spalato Inhabitants ' Taris, March 16. The Jugo-Slav committee in Paris has issued a statement in which it says it learns that grave disturbances have, occur red at Spalato, Dalmatia, where, ac cording to information reaching the committee, Italian sailors fought the inhabitants with knives, killing or wounding-several persons. Even tually the sailors were driven back aboard their vessels, the statement adds. H The Jugo-Slav authorities have asked that the inter-allied commis sion open an inquiry into the matter. It is announced from Belgrade that Italy has recalled its newly ap pointed minister" froifi that city, but it is stated that this has no con nection with the Spalato disturbance. Lever Opposes Selection of Champ Clark as Leader Washington, March 16. Repre sentative Lever 6f South Carolina in a statement made . public today through the democratic reorgani zation committee, announced his op position to the selection of 'hauif Clark as democratic leader in th next house. "1 will support no man who will jxy that, a conscript is synonymous with a convict," declared Mr. Lever's statement. "It isof utmost importance," he continued, "to the future success of the democratic party that the minor ity leadership in the Niext congress shall he strong, aggressive and in the fullest sympathy, not an enforced sympathy, with the plans and pur poses of the president of the Unit ed States." ' ' n Church Leader Dies. Philadelphia, March 15. The Rev. John R. Davies, aged 64. general secretary of the Presbyterian board of ministerial relief and suten' tion ami wiflrk- L-twtu-iv in !it i uuiuiuatUju. digu tudik
