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c v... RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS LEGION ASKS PROBE , ' OP OBJECTOR'S PARDONS. St. Louis.'May 10. An immediate . investigation by congress of the War departments action in pardoning .'conscientious objectors who were convicted by courts-martial of Vio lating the articles of war was de--manaed by the newly formed Amer ican legion today at the final ses sidn of its three-day caucus. The resolution was passed unant- . tnnuslv anil wit fnllnurH K in. minute ovation. The Americanization program of the caucus was continued by adop r tion of a resolution demanding de portation of all aliens who evaded military service by surrendering first papers, all interned aliens, or ' any other person who evaded mil itary service.", , ' V .. A resolution asking congress to grant bonus of six months pay to every enlisted man who served in the war was almost unanimously de feated following1 a speech by Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who said the legion "did not want to take any thing out of the government but to put something into it." y ARMY DEMOBILIZATION PASSES 2,000,000 MARK. Washington, May 10. Demobili zation of he war army has passed the 2,000,000. mark,' General March, chief-of-staff. announced today, and the number of troops returned from Trance now exceeds l,000,000i SILVER GETTING NEAR OLD 16 TO ONE RATIO. . New York, May 10. Removal of the British government of silver ex port, restrictions resulted in another sharp advance of the metal in this market today, bar silver rising to $1.11, an ounce, against yesterday's price of $1.05 3-4 and $1.01 1-2 at the beginning of the week. whn the fed eral reserve board lifted, the ban against exports from this country. ; Metal brokers reported a very un settled market in London, due main ly to heavy purchases of silver for India, China aiid- the Scandinavian countries. ' y 1 ' In he Orient silver issued mainly tor comage, but in northern Europe, -where the supply has jeen very small, since the outbreak of the war, its chief use is for commercial pur poses. s y RUSSIAN DOWAGER ARRIVES IN ENGLAND. London, May 10. Dowager Em press Feodorovna oi Russia and her daughter, Grand Duchess Xenie, ar rived in England today on board a British warship. They were met in this city by King George and Queen Mary and Queen Mother Alexandria. WILSON TO BE BACK ' IN U. S. ABOUT JUNE IS. Paris, May 10. (Havas.) Among those close to.President Wilson, the Temps says, it is believed that; the i president will be back in the United States about June IS. "WEEK OF MOURNING" DECREED IN GERMANY. Berlin, May 10. (By the Asso ciated Press.) A "week of mourn ing" has been decreed by the gov ernment' to give expression to the '"sorrow and depression" called forth by the announcement of the peace terms. The week will begin Sunday. ; ' v The decree provides that public frivolity must be stopped for a period of eight days. Its provisions affect the first-class theaters as well as the popular cabarets. Dancing, horse racing and gambling will be suppressed and the occasion prob , ably will be used to put a definite : end to the gambling frenzy which is holding greater Berlin in its . tentacles. , - ; . .: A season of soul searching would seem to be the most probable reaction to the frivplity and gam ; Ming which his been in progress. : On the day tlie peace terms were published here the Karlshorst race track took in more than 13Q.000 marks in gate receipts, while the betting sheds distributed 3,500,000 . marks. ' , . - During the week of mourning the cabinet expects that the federated states will give loyal co-operation : to its endeavor to have every city, town and hamlet observe the oc casion. . ' ' V PALLIUM FOR J50WLING -ARRIVES IN ST. PAUL. ! ; St. Paul, Minn., May 10. The pallium to be conferred on Arch bishop Austin Dowling" arrived in ' St. Paul today from Rom and the Roman Catholic prelate will be in vested with the authority of his ' office at a consecration ceremony in the St. Paul cathedral May 27. It was announced at the arch- bishop's residence that Archbishop Keane of Dubuque, la., will confer the .pallium'' and that Bishop Thomas O'Gorman of Sioux Falls, S. D., will preach" the sermon, GOLD MEDAL GIVEN TO PRESIDENT WILSON. Paris, May 10. President Wilson, ; speaking at the ..session today of tne Academy of Moral and Political 'Sciences, of which he was elected a ' foreign associate last year, said that te United States came into the war in the cause of liberty. "Whenever we see the cause of - liberty imperilled," the. president added, "we are ready to cast our lot in. common with the lot of those N whose liberty is threatened. That is-the spirit of the people of the United States." . The occasion 'of -the president's Speech was the presentation to him of 4 .specially struck gold medal. PLAN TO DELIVER v STRUCK PARTS BY PLANES. LLLdcoln, May 10. A motor-truck company at Wabash, Irtd., has es tablished an aviation transportation division for the purpose of deliver ing parts of its products by airplane to -users in various parts , of the Country, according to a letter ,re- . reived here today by City Clerk Theophil Berg, from the secretary ' of the concern, who inquired as to privileges for making airplane land- B it -' VOL. XLVIII NO. 48. run YOUTH IS KILLED BY Albert Jackson Dog .Catcher, Shoots Down Roy Teeter, Who Interferes in Ar gument on Street., j Roy Teeter, 19, was shot and killed at 6:30 o'clock , yesterday evening by 'Albert Jackson, colored dog catcher, in a fight over an au tomobile accident at Thirteenth and Locust streets, East Omaha. ; More than 100 people gathered within 10 minutes a)ter the shoot ing, and angry cries , directed at the negroes were heard; from all parts of the crowd. Three, dozen or more ' women were scattered through the mob.- . i Detectives Anderson and Wavrin and Chauffeur Bosen hurried Jack son to the central police , station, where he was lodged, charged with murder., Strike Another Wagon. Jackson, the negro, and George Hockley, another negro, both dog catchers, were driving their automo bile truck up the approach to the Locust street viaduct at Thirteenth street. At a bend in the approach their car struck a wagon driven by Joe McColl, 2416 North Thirteenth avenue, and Bert Mitchell, 1409 North Thirteenth street. "After the accident," said McColl, "Jackson got out St his machine and came over to our wagon. He started an argument. I got down off the wagon and both he and Hockley drew revolvers. . - " Teeter Hits Jackson. ' : "Young Teeter saw what we were up against and he struck Jackson in the eye, knocking him down. Jack son staggered to his feet and shot once point blank at Teeter, who wavered for a minute and then fell face down." The bullet entered under Teeter's left arm and emerged over his heart. When the police arrived Jackson had a .38 caliber revolver and Hockley a .45. They are both al lowed to carry guns as dogcatchers. Hockley was held for investiga tion. McColl and Mitchell were held as state witnesses. Guns Not Displayed. A. L. Hildinger, 2602 Decatur street, a witness to the accident, says" he believes Teeter had no right to interfere. "I didn't see either colored man have a gun before Teeter struck Jackson," Hildinger said. i i Teeter, who Jires at Fifty-fourth and Mason streets, was an employe of the Standard Oil company and was-returning from ( work, when Jackson killed him. Teeter was for merly employed at the Alamito Creamery company. Before com ing to Omaha two years ago he lived in Iowa City, la., with his family. . , 1 ' Wife But a Girl. Teeter's wife of one year, Anna belle Teeter, who is in delicate health, was utterly prostrated when told of her husband's death. Mrs, (Continued on Tage Four, Column Three.) NEGRO IN QUARREL ' 'Old National Law Systems 1 Playpd Out," Says President Work of War May Be Completed, He Adds, By Giving to International Law "the Kind of Vitality It Can Have Only If . It Is the Real Expression of Our Moral Judgment." ' ' " Paris, May 10. In. a speech at a dinner last night of the International Law Society association President Wilson touched on the future role of international law in the de velopment of the new order of things. His address in part follows: -j International "law- has perhaps sometimes been a little too much thought of in the closet. Interna tional law has. (may I say it with out offense?) been handled too ex clusively by lawyers. Lawyers like definite lines. Thy like systematic arrangements. Theys are uneasy if they depart from what was done yesterday. They dread experiments. They ' like charted seas and if they have no charts, hardly venture to undertake the voyage., : '"i On Uncharted Seas. Now we must venture upon un charted seas to some extent in the future. In the new league of na tions we are starting out on un charted seas, and, therefore, we must have, I will nof say the audacity, but the steadiness of purpose which is necessary in such novel circum stances. And we must not be afraid of new things, at the same time that we must not be intolerant of old things. We must weave out of the old materials the new garments which it is necessary that men should wear. It is at great privilege if we, can - . -: . V- OMAHA, THE GATE HE Safer Mma'-elw Mttw May it. ISM. at Oaaka P. O. mt aat at March S. 187a, UYl Arm and Resist Mies' Peace Terms Is Cry la . Berlin, May 10. (By the As sociated Press.) Dr. Ludwig Haas, minister of the interior of Baden, in an article in the ,Tage blatt of Berlin, declares that un less the peace terms are altered, Germany s only salvation is to reject thefii regardless of con-v sequences. ! ' A dispatch from Bromberg to the Tageblatt says that the pop ulation of East) Prussia is de termined to use all its resources to prevent acceptance of the treaty. Demands are being made by some that the population of the eastern provinces be' armed.' The German people's council of West Prussia, it is added, has re solved never to submit to "an act of violence." Count Von Reventlow, in an editorial in the Tages Zeitung today, changes' his, customary at titude of anti-Americanism and advises the' German people not to rail at , President Wilson and Americans, saying: "America will be the only power in the world from which the German people can expect help and relief." 1 MEN WHO KILLED SHERIFF MAY BE HIDING IN OMAHA Auto Bandits Who Murdered Missouri Officer and Dep uty Came to City Last Wednesday. The three motor car thieves who Surday night, last, killed Sheriff John McDonald of Lafeyette coun ty, Missouri, and his deputy near Lexington are ' believed to have found temporary refuge in Omaha and to have escaped. -The men, who are of the most desperate criminal type, are' be lieved to have reached Omaha last Wednesday, since which time no trace of them has been found. Po lice of Kansas City yesterday an nounced credence in the report that the slayers fled from Kansas City to Falls City, Neb., and then to this city. ; The men were seen nearHia watha, Kan., May 6, and were traced into Nebraska by Sheriff Daniel . Ratekin of Richardson county. .... " The suspects stole a Reo car from E. Faunfeldt, a blacksmith, at Verdon, Neb.' They ran the car to Murraywhere it became stalled be- (Contlnned on Page Four, Column One.) Six Killed and Many Wounded in Race Riot at Charleston, S. C. Charleston, S. C, May 11. Two sailors and four negroes are re ported to have been killed and many wounded, eight severely, in a race riot, which broke out here late last night. The trouble was said to have grown but of the shooting of a sail or by a negro in a downtown pool room. ' In a short while bluejackets from the naval training station here and civilians joined in the fight. It was several hours before . the rioting could be quelled. do that kind of thinking for man kind; human thinking, thinking that is made up of comprehension of the needs of mankind. And when I think of mankind, I must say I do not always think of well . dressed persons. Most persons are not well dressed. , i " Heart of World Humble. The heart of the, world is under very plain jackets. The heart of the world is at very simple fire sides. The heart of the- world is in very fumble circumstances; and unless you know the pressure of life of the humbler classes, you kn6w nothing of life whatever. Unless you know" where the pinch comes, you do not know what the pulse has to stand, you 3o not know what strain the muscle has to bear, you do not know what trial the nerves have to go through to hold on. To hold on where there is no glee in life is the hard thing. Those of us who can sit sometimes at leisure and read pleasant books and think of the past, the long past, that (Coa tinned rge roar. Column One.) CITY OF THE WEST, OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1919. mm SUCCESS CROWNS LAST BIG WAR LOAN ..Jm V . ' V',, 1 Pledges of Six Billion Dollars American People's Response to Government's Appeal to "Finish the Job." Washington, May 10. The fifth and last popular war loan of the United States has been oversub scribed. Although the approximate total subscriptions will not be known for nearly two vweeks, figures avail able tonight showed that the Amer ican people had responded gener ously to the appeal to "finish the job." Like" all of its predecessors, the Victory loan suddenly jumped the last day of the campaign above the mark set as its limit. The day brought an avalanche of subscrip tions which (banks could not at tempt to count until next week. None of today's harvest was in volved in the total of $3,849,638,000 subscriptions officially tabulated to night by the treasury and officials would not be surprised to see the final figures go t nearly $6,000,000, 000. Only $4,500,000 will be ac cepted, i Announces Oversubscription. Late today Secretary Glass issued this statement:. ; . "While official . reports to the treasury today show only. $3,849, 638,000 subscribed up to noon, un official advices from the districts indicate that without any doubt the Victory Liberty loan , is already largely oversubscribed, . with 'every district making a determined effort to gather in every possible sub scription before midnight. "Thus for the fifth time the coun try has met the call of the Treasury department for the funds- and the great Liberty loan organization has once again proved its mf tal." " The only gauge by which officials could attempt to estimate subscrip tions not yet tabulated was pro-i vided by the record of the Fourth Liberty loan when $2,392,000,000 was reported after the subscription drive bad ceased. Storms interrupted communica tion in the Kansas City district and the district's report for tonight is the same as yesterday's. Banquet For Byrne. A banquet was given at the Om aha club latst .evening in honor of T. C. Byrne, state chairman of the Victory loan drive, by 92 of the leading men workers in the Omaha part of the drive. ' Edwin T. Swobe was toastmaster. Lysle I. Abbott reviewed the his tory of the last three weeks of in tensive work which has put "Omaha far "over the top" and the state also in that happy position. He pronounced a handsome ap preciation of Thomas C. Byrne, state chairman of the Victory loan drive as he has been also of the previous drives for funds in Ne braska to disappoint Herr Wilhelm Hohenzollern, and at the end he presented to Mr. Byrne a silver lov ing cup. Mr. Byrne responded modestly, disclaiming any extraordinary serv ice and praising the workers both in the city and state who have labored so successfully in putting the loan "across." - Given Ocean Liner. This was not all that Mr. Byrne was to get. 1?. A. Brogan presented Mr.Byrne wtth a handsome ocean liner. It is the good vesseL which has adorned the "Atlantic ocean" on the cornice of the courthouse dur ing the' Victory loan drive to show its progress. Frank Gaines then arose and said some very nice things about Sam Burns, banker and investment broker, - who has been in command of the Omaha workers. , Statue, of Liberty. And as a token of appreciation he presented Mr. Burns with the "Statue of Liberty" which adorned one end of the scene on the court house cornice during the drive Price Stabilizing Held 1 Illegal by Attorney General ; Washington, May 10. The aban doned price stabilizing plan of the Department of Commerce's indus trial board was declared "unauthor ized by law" in an opinion of At- torney General Palmer . to Secre tary Redfield, dated April 1, previous to the resignation of the board, and made public today. The plan was held to.beMllegal by the attorney general on the ground that it - constituted price fixing among producers in violation of anti-trust acts. v ' , i Makes New Record. Faris, May 10. Sadi Lecointe, a French aviator, yesterday estab lished what is believed to be a new height record for a monoplane by climbing 26,900 feet . OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. x TWO SEAPLANES REACH MARK FOR OCEAN TOP OFF' Start From Trepassey for Eu rope to Bfi Made This Week After NC-4t Re paired, Catches Up. Trepassey, N. F. May 10. The American naval seaplanes NC-1 and NC-3 were moored tonight in Tre passey bay, the "jumping off" point of the transatlantic flight, having completed the second "leg" of the coastal journey from Rockaway bay, New York, with a 460-mile flight from Halifax. The NC-1 swooped down into the harbor at 6:41 p. m., Greenwich time, having made the flight in six hours and 54 minutes at an average speed of 65 nautical or 74 land miles an hour. The NC-3, piloted by Commander John H. Towers, commander of the flight, arrived at 10:31 p. m., Green wich time, having been compelled to put back to Halifax for propeller repairs after flying 50 miles from that harbor. Its flying., time on the successful trip was six hours and 56 minutes. In Good Condition. Both planes appeared to be in the best of condition and officers and crews expressed confidence that the two 'hops" across the Atlantic to Lisbon, Portugal, would be made without difficulty. Weather conditions permitting, the flight to the Azores will be at tempted next week.,. The date orig inally fixed for the "big jump" was May 12 to 14. ; The N-C-l, which arrived nearly four hours ahead ofhe NC-3, the flagship, is the only one of the three giant planes which has not met with ','hard luck." ' The NC-4 is at Chatham,-Mass., awaiting favorable weatherv to re sume its flight, having been com pelled to alight because of engine trouble, The crew spent the night on the ocean before they were found by a naval destroyer and towed in to port. Success Believed Assured. Washington, May 10. Arrival' at Trepassey bay, N. F of two of the three American navy seaplanes which started ' from? Rockaway, N. Y on the transatlantic flight, in sures the success of the whole enter prise in the opinion of naval officers here. ' , The NC-4 is at Chatham, Mass., awaiting favorable weather to re sume its flight, having been 'com pelled to alight because of engine trouble. The crew spent the night on the ocean before they were found by a naval dstroyer and towed into pctrt.. v It may be some days before the men and machines at Trepassey bay are ready for the flight to the Azores. This is the longest leg of the journey, 1,200 tol,350 nautical miles, depending upoi the landing place selected. The American project, kept secret during he long period of-preparation, became known today when the cruiser Chicago arrived to act as a base ship for the dirigible. St. Johns will be the terminus of the 1,200-mile test run and the starting point, of the overseas flight if one is attempted, , v , iWmWsS'ra Mother's Day Zfiiess you. my cciidreit ! Police Think Negro Killed? by Overdose of Drug May Have Been Detectives Work on Theory of Joe Bradford: Man and Capitol Afraid to Joe Bradford, the negro, who after taking an overdose of morphine Wednesday afternoon, was found unconscious on the rear steps at 216 North Thirteenth street,' the home of Curley Stinson and Ruth Clark, alleged dope peddlers, and who later died at Lord Lister hospital, was murdered, is the theory the police are working on. Bradford is believed to have threatened to disclose some of the secrets concerning the operations of the ("higher ups" in the Omaha dope ring. He is known to have been a drug addict and close to many of the persons engaged in the traffic. Detectives Franks and Graham are. working on the case. Several days ago it is known- that Bradford went to St. Joseph at the instance of Omaha dope peddlers and bootleggers. He was given a large sum1 of money and returned, it is said, without the expected Con traband. N , Looking for Holt. Detectives are attempting to lo cate a man named Holt, 'who was heard to make the remark that he overheard a! conversation between two men when one of them as serted that he was going to "get Bradford." The man to whom this remark was addressed is alleged to have replied that he would help "do the job." ; - Detectives declare that they have been unable to learn for whom Bradford made the trip to St. Jo seph. , ' , x The body is at the Western un dertaking establishment. No friends or relatives have claimed it. tn the man's pockets at the time he was found dying on the steps were two grocery bills on the stationery of George Adams, 1027 West Broad way, Council Bluffs. The name of Lula Hall, Council Bluffs, was writ ten on one of them. V An attempt was made last night on the life of Nathan Shearls, an other negro believed to know many of the inside secrets of " the dope ring. Shearls was &'.vji; a "shot" ofMnorphine shortly -':er 6 o'clock at Eleventh street a- ' vCapitol ave nue. He walked only a few steps and 'fell to the pavement '.n an un Omaha to Entertain JO Conventions During the Present Month Ten conventions are scheduled, to be held in Omaha during May. They are. The State Grand Council of the United Commercial Travelers, Ne braska State DentaJ, society, and the State League of Building and Loan associations will have the largest attendance, each bringing from' 250 to 400 visitors- to the city. Other conventions booked for the month are: v Grand Connnandry Knights Templar: University Day; Military Order . Loyal '' .Legion; Women's auxiliary of Episcopal church; Knights of Columbus; Nebraska Children's Home society, and an nual convention of Episcopal church, diocese of Nebraska. five cCents. ' SlEElUir PLEAV v. I rnn nnrnnv V wry ntruatu m BY ALLIES Murder Victim in Cbnnection With Death Found Dazed at Eleventh Disclose Secrets of "Ring." J conscious condition. The man was; hurried to the Lord Lis. r hospital in the police ambulance. The at tending physician announced the pa tient was seriously ill a3 a lesult of having taken an overdose of a nar cdtic drug. . Afraid to TelL , Shearls still is confined "to his bed today. He fold .a reporter for the Bee that he believed an attempt had been made to take his life. The ne gro would not discuss the operations of the dope peddlers, but asseited he was positive that a strange man had given him a dose of "fixed" mor phine for the purpose of getting rid of him. ' "I am afraid to tell what I know," he,aid. "Those fellows would get me if I talked too much. Some one must, have snitched on me and' told the gang I was going to spill." Shearls has been working a a sec tion hand for the Burlingtoei rail road.' His home is at 1123 -South Thirteenth street. , "A man named George asked me if I wanted a "toot." I don't ,know the ' man by any other name. He was a well dressed fellpw and bright yellow. He knew my name, He knew I took dope and seemed to take it for granted that I would take a shot. I took the gun, wjiich con tained but a moderate dose. I know how to handle morphine and cocaine and am sure I did not take too much. I. have taken a great deal more of the stuff dozens of other tiniest" Shearls declared the men fled after giving him the dfug. ' Secretary Explains Why Hun Count Sat During His Speech Faris,, May 10. (By the Associ ated Press.) Count von Brock-dorff-Rantzau's will was strong enough to enable him to deliver his speech to the allies at the Versailles peace congress Wednesday, but he feared collapse if he stood. x This is on the authority of his secretary, who has been clipping and translating comments from the English papers, sharply reproaching the count for remaining sealed when speaking. , : - His secretary, being asked by a member of the delegation what Count von Brockdorff - Rantzau thought of this made answer: -"It was because he was master of his voice and not of his legs." THE WEATHER i Showers and somewhat cooler Sunday! Monday generally fair except possibly showers extreme east portion. - . , ' Hourly tqirMurai (s n ...88 S Hi., AS 1 m. m.l St 1 B. ltt,aaS5 S p. n. ,.. 67 I p. in. ....... .01 S p. m. ...... ,.60 S p. m a p. m... ......OS J p. m T..S6 S ft. M.........M 9 m, m., SI 10 aw Bi 0 11 , m 61 IS m Sfi President Wilson. Declines to Give Personal Interview .to Chairman of German v Peace Delegation. -London, May 1L (By the As sociated Press.) The Dutch gov ernment has decided to surrender . the former German emperor to the allied and associated powers,' according to a dispatch from The Hague to the National News. Paris, May 10. (By Associated Press.) The allies can admit of no discussion of their, right .to insist upon the terms of the peace treaty substantially as drafted.,' This is the reply to, Count von' Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the German peace delegatidn, who sub mitted a note to Premier tiemen ceau declaring that the peace treaty contains demands which could be borne by no people, and many of them incapable of accomplishment. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau " has also been informed, in answer to his complaint that Germany was . asked to sign the allied plan for a league of nations, although not among the states invited, to enter it, that tho. admission , of, additional' , member states has not been over-.; looked, but has been explicitly pro vided for in the covenant. Snubbed By Wilson. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau,, German foreign minister and chair--man of the peace delegation, tried -to obtain a personal interview "" President Wilson "for oral niiSXa'"" tions," but was refused, according to LTntransigeant ' President Wilson expressed the belief today that nothing would be heard from the German plenipoten tiaries for about a weeK Neither he nor the other members, of the American delegation has heard any- ' fhing regarding the published re- : port that trie German delegates were preparing to depart from Ver sailles.' . 1 ' , Jhe German delegation worked nearly the whole night in preparing counter-propositions. No commu- , nications have as yet been sent to the chiefs of the allied missions. , . The foreign office announced this afternoon that no preparations had been made by the Germans for a withdrawal from Versailles. Among, the subjects discussed by th6 council of four at its meeting, : today, was t-fie eventuality of Ger many refusing to sign the peace and what steps should be taken in that . event. ; ' j ( President Wilson will personally direct such answers as may be de cided upon concerning German in- - : quiries on the peace treaty differing from the president's 14 points, ' This was announced in high quar ters today in connection with the in structions vi-lnch Chancellor Schcide- t maim has given the German plenipo- 5 te,ntiaries at Versailles to address a note to the allies comparing the ; terms of the treaty with the 14 points andmaking a counter, pro posal for verbal negotiations. The view is held by the American delegation that Herr Scheidmann's objections are not well taken that the treaty is contrary to' the pres ident's fourth point on disarmament . and fifth point on colonial questions. It is explained that while the treaty contains a provision for Germany's disarmament, this is preliminary to the general limitation of armaments by other nations and that the coven-' Cantinnd on Pair Four, Column Tiro.) Involve Helen Gould v In Controversy Over Big Railroad Estate n r ii n n -New York. May 10. In the con troversy continued today in the state supreme court here over the residue of the $83,000,000--estate of - -the late Jay Gould, railroad finan- -, cier, attorneys for Frank J. Gould filed a statement declaring thatX George J. Gould, whose removal as chief executor of the estate is being sought , by some of the heirs, ap parently is endeavoring "to fix upon his sister, Helen, a responsibility for his own misconduct." Helen Gould - now is Mrs. Finley J. . Shepard. George J. Gould filed a personal - . . affidavit today in tthich he credited Helen Gould with many of the im provements made in the develop ment of the Gould line of rail- . roads. . . After Jay Gould's death, the affi davit said, George J. Gould wai accustomed to consult Helen Gould almost daily.i discussing plans and policies, and he regarded her as an astute and capable business woman, George Gould today filed also a .' pleading in which he questioned the jurisdiction of .the court to proceed twith the case.