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V BRIEF I RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS BEE WANT ADS WILL HELP YOU TO THE JOB YOU SEEK OR TO THE MAN FOR THE JOB. The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER; Fair Thursday; warmer in i portion; Friday probably fair continued warm. Hourly trniirrnturri: 8 . ni .". ; 1 p. n a. ni . ........ l S p. m 7 a. HI 3 p. m S a. m .V 4 . in , 1 . m 7 5 . in Ill a. m 7(1 I p. n 11 a. m 75 I 7 p. m IS m 71 H p. in 'St and SO HI 83 NINES REPORTS EXCELLENT PROSPECTS FOR BUSINESS. Washington, May 28. Highly fa vorable conditions and an outlook for excellent business were reported today by Director General Hines of the railroad administration after an extensive trip through the west. He expressed a belief that tli nmn. struction process now under way would create a big industrial revival, because of the arrested demand for many products not produced during the war and the large buying power of the public due to high wages and high prices for record farm crops. PRESIDENT TO SAIL FOR HOME EARLY IN JUNE. Paris, May 28. President Wilson expects to sail for America by or before June 10, and possibly as early as June 5, according to present plans. The date of his departure is regarded as dependent upon the signing of the peace treaty by the Germans, and it is confidently be lieved they will sign some time be tween June 1 and June 10. The president's departure is not to be delayed by the Austrian com plications regarding reparations and the Italian-Jugo-Slav boundary, it was declared today. HIGHWAYMENNROB MESSENGER OF $25,000. New York, May 28. Two high waymen slugged a Wall street mes senger in the heart of the financial district yesterday afternoon and robbed him of $25,000 worth of Lib erty bonds -which he was carrying in a satchel on his way to the Fed eral Keserve bank. Dennis Forrest, the 18-year-old messenger of the brokerage firm of Hartshorne & Battle, could give no description to the police of the men who attacked liim when he had. regained con sciousness. TROOPS AND POLICE GUARD CAMPUS AT YALE. New Haven, Conn., May 8. Two companies of the Connecticut State Guard, 200 policemen and two-score of military police were patrolling the streets in the downtown and Yale sections of the city tonight as a precautionary measure against a renewal of last night's rioting among mobs of city men and boys and Yale students. Four more companies of state guardsmen were housed in the local armory with motor trucks near at hand for emergency calls. Police were placed on guard at two newspaper offices, following re ports of threats against the papers for the manner in which they de scribed the rioting. FORTUNE LOST 10 YEARS AGO FOUND IN OLD SAFE. San Francisco, Cal., May 28. Ten years ago E. O. McCormick, vice president of the Southern Pacific company, lost between $25,000 anad $30,000 in bonds, due to the failure of his office safe to follow him in his many changes in office rooms for merly in the Flood building here. Today Francis J. Mannix, attorney, who had inherited the safe when he moved into the building, came upon a strong box that no key would fit. A locksmith was called and the strong box revealed the missing bonds. CENTENARIAN TAKES RIDE IN AIRPLANE. Wabash, Ind., May 28. Jack Hig gins, a native of this city and who was a sailor for 35 years, believes he is the oldest man yet to have ridden in an airplane, and he says the ride he took today is enough for him. He will celebrate his 101st birthday on July 15 next. NATIONAL DRY GOODS MEN DENOUNCE REDS. St. Louis, May 28. Bolshevism and I. W. W.'ism were denounced and congress was called upon to take "prompt and vigorous action to rid the country of alien and dis turbing elements," today in a res olution adopted by the National Dry Goods association. Other resolutions requesting con gress to complete immediately Mis sissippi and Missouri river projects approved in 1910 to establish joint rail and river transportation and urging the United States shipping board to furnish more ships to han dle traffic at the port at New Or leans, also were adopted. FIRST "BRICK" SHIP TO BE CHRISTENED TODAY. Oakland. Cal., May 28. What is known as the first "brick" ship in the world, and the largest of concrete type ever constructed is to be launched here tomorrow under direc tion of the LTnited States shipping board. It differs from previously constructed concrete ships in that a mixture of terra cotta, or brick, pul verized, is'mixed in the concrete to lessen its weight. An oil tanker, the vessel to be christened the Palo Alto, is 7,500 tons deadweight, 435 feet long, and has many compartments for fuel carrying 6,400 tons total capacity. The side launching system will be used. ALTITUDE RECORD BROKEN BY FRENCHMAN. Paris, May 28. Adjutant Casale a French aviator, today, in a flight for altitude, ascended 31,000 feet. This constitutes a world's record. The former altitude record was made by Captain Lang of the Brit ish army in January of the present year, when he flew to a height of 30,500 feet. Lang carried one pas senger. EX-KING OF BAVARIA MAY BE GOING INSANE. Geneva, May 28. The aged Lud wig. former king of Bavaria, is showing signs of insanity, which is lereditary in the former royal fam ly. An expert in mental diseases irrived Tuesday at Zizers, near Coire, from Munich. The aged mon arch has been residing in Switzer land since the'middle of last month. Ludwig, during violent fits, de clares that ' Bavaria won the war, and says he wants to return to Munich in triumph at the head of his , victorious army, j VOL. 48. NO. 296. LTU JV GERMANY WILLING TO REDUCE LEGIONS Refuses to Accept Punishment Fixed by Peace Treaty; Will Hand Reply to Allies Today. (By the Associated Press.) With the hour at hand when Ger many must make known to the at lied and associated powers Ger many s intentions with regard to the peace terms, the only impasse in the way of letting the Austrians know what their penalty is to be tor having been associated with Germany in the war, has been breached. Thursday at Versailles will wit ness the ceremony of the German peace delegation handing in their reply to the allied terms. The re ply will consist of a volume of counter-proposals and acceptances aggregating 108 pages of printed matter. Friday at St. Germain the Aus trians, who have been clamoring for an early presentation of their peace treaty, will be called before the peace congress and handed the doc I'liieut. It is reported the Germans in an endeavor to offset the entente claims for reparation will put in a counter claim for nearly 13,000,000 marks for alleged damages suffered because of the blockade laid by the allies against Germany. Proposals Published. London, May 28. The German counter-proposals to the allied peace terms were published in Berlin to day, an Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Copenhagen says. The reply asserts the willingness of Germany to reduce its armament to a greater extent than demanded by the allies. Germany, the reply says, refuses to accept the punishment terms fixed by the peace treaty and it is declared that the allies cannot both accuse and sentence Germans guilty ot responsibility tor punishable acts. To Disarm Battleships. Germany offers to disarm all of its battleships, on condition that part of its mercantile fleet to be re stored to it. It proposes that there be no ter ritorial changes without consulta tion of the populations affected. The cession of Upper Silesia and the claims to East Prussia, West Prussia and Memel are emphatically rejected. It is stipulated that Danzig shall become a free port and the river Vistula neutralized. Occupied territory is to be evacu ated within six months. If the league of nations is estab lished with Germany as a member, Germany shall continue to admin ister its colonies in accordance with the principles of the league as its mandatory. Germany offers to pay 20,000,000, 000 marks in gold by the year 1926 as indemnity, and to make annual payments from 1927 onward to a total not in excess of 100,000,000,000 marks in gold. Based on 14 Points. Berlin, May 28. (By Associated Press.) The German counter-proposals to the terms of the treaty of peace will in the opening section argue for the existence of Ger many's contractual right to a peace based on President Wilson's 14 points, because the entente nations agreed to a peace on that basis, and neither Mr. Wilson nor the repre sentatives of any other allied gov ernment have since demanded that peace be established on any other basis. i The second section will deal with the contradiction between the draft of the treaty and previous assur ances from entente statesmen and the general ideals of international right. The counter proposals will declare (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) Allied Armies Set to Enter Rhineland if Huns Fail to Sign London, May 28. (British Wire less Service). The allied blockade couifcil at Paris has completed all arrangements for putting the block ade ot Germany again into force in case ffie German delegates refuse to sign the peace treaty, while com plete plans have been worked out for the fullest co-operation between the military and economic forces which will be employed in case of necessity. Immediately following a failure of the Germans to sign the treaty, Ger many will be given seventy-two hours' notice of the termination of the armistice. On the expiration of this period the British, French and Americans will advance into German-. Simultaneously the blockade will be enforced as tightly as possible. Eaton n aacoaa'-elau aiattar May 28. (90S. it Omaha P. 0. uaa'ar act at Mirth 3. 1879. (Ml U. S. AVIATORS POSTPONE LAST LAP OF RIGHT Lieutenant Commander Cables That Start From Lisbon Will Not Be Made Today. Washington, May 28. The Ameri can naval seaplane NC-4 will not start tomorrow on the final lap of the flight from Rockaway Beach. Long Island, to Plymouth, England. the Navy department was informed late tonight in a dispatch from Lis bon, Portugal, where Lieutenant Commander A. C. Read and his crew of the NC-4 are awaiting fav orable conditions for resumption of the overseas flight. The dispatch, which was filed at 9:10 p. m., Lisbon time, and was received by cable, did not explain the reason which impelled Com mander Read to postpone the last leg of the flight. Previous dispatches from Com mander Read and Rear Admiral Plunkett, at Lisbon, received shortly after 3 p. m. today had brought the announcement that the American seaplane would resume its flight to morrow morning. In the absence of more definite information, naval of ficers were inclined to believe that unfavorable weather conditions had developed over the 775-mile route to Plymouth, the real end of the trans continental flight. American Crew Decorated. London. May 28. The crew of the American seaplane NC-4 which made the first transatlantic aerial pas sage, landing at Lisbon last evening from the Azores, has been decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword, says a message to the Wireless Press from Lisbon. The decoration was pre sented by the Portuguese foreign minister. Hawker and Grieve Honored. London, May 28 Harry G. Hawk er and Lieutenant Commander Mac kenzie Grieve, who reached here yes terday from Thurso, Scotland, after being rescued in mid-ocean when their airplane in which they were attempting to cross the Atlantic alighted near the Danish steamer Mary, were received by King George at Buckingham palace today. King George bestowed on Hawker and Grieve the insignia of the Air Force Cross. They are the first ac tual recipients of this order. lhe cross is a new honor which is bestowed for "devotion to duty." DENIES LEAGUE WILL ENDANGER THE WHITE RAGE Senator Robinson Defends Covenant; Says It Will Be "Our Agent, Not Our Master." Washington, May 28. Support ing the league of nations as a prac tical step toward the prevention of war, Senator Robinson, democrat, of Arkansas, replied in the senate today to many of the objections that have been brought forward by senators against the proposal. Far from creating a super-gov ernment, the speaker declared, the league would be "our agent, not our master." It would not be incon sistent with American traditions, he asserted, and could not involve the United States against its will in for eign quarrels. He denied the validity of consti tutional points raised by Senators Sherman, Illinois; Knox, Pennsyl vania, and others on the republican side, and replied at length to the contention of Senator Reed, demo crat, of Missouri, that the league would endanger the destinies of the white race. There were few interruptions dur ing the two-hour speech, and the exchanges which did occur lacked much of the bitterness which here tofore has characterized the debate. At adjournment, the resolution which brought the subject before the senate a proposal by Senator Johnson, republican, of California, to ask the State department for the complete treaty text remained the unfinished business, and will come up again tomorrow. Charge Patients at Army Hospital Put in Strait - Jackets Denver, May 28. Formal charg es, backed by affidavits, ranging from complaints regarding improp er food and insanitary living condi tions to charges that patients at the order of physicians have been put in strait-jackets . at the United States army general hospital No. 21, at Aurora, Col., have been for warded to Washington. . the affidavits are directed to Sen ator Chamberlain, former chairman of the senate committee on military affairs. Officers at the hospital today de clined to comment on the charges. The affidavits allege that as a dis ciplinary measure patients were placed in strait-jackets. It is al leged some of those so treated were suffering from tuberculosis OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1919. ALIENISTS DISAGREE ON ISSUE OF SANITY Testimony Completed at iria! of Mrs. Van Ausdell; Love Notes Introduced in Evidence. Testimony in the case on trial in district court before Judge Redick and a jury, wherein Mrs. Blanche Van Ausdell is charged with shoot ing Mrs. Viva Ijams, was completed yesterday afternoon. Today the at torneys will begin their arguments and it is probable that the case will be submitted to the jury this fore noon. "Was Mrs. Blanche Van Ausdell insane when ,on the night of Feb ruary 16, 1919, she shot Mrs. Viva Ijams at Twenty-second and Leav enworth streets because she be lieved Mrs. Ijams had been 'prac tically living with Mr. Van Aus dell'?" Dr. G. W. Dishong, specialist in nervous and mental diseases, says she was. Dr. G. A. Young, specialist in nervous and mental diseases, says she was not. Specialists Fail to Agree. The two specialists were on the stand as expert witnesses all yes terday afternoon at the trial of Mrs. Van Ausdell before Judge Redick and a jury, on the charge of shoot ing with intent to kill Mrs. Viva Ijams, whom she believed had stolen the affections of Mr. Van Ausdell. A hypothetical question was asked each of the specialists, this ques tion containing the material facts brought out in the case. The read ing of the question took 10 minutes. An objection by County Attorney Shotwell that the question contained many statements not in evidence was sustained by Judge Redick. The question was put again by the at torney for the defense and finally, after nearly an hour, Dr. Dishong was allowed to give his answer. He based his answer largely on an examination of Mrs. Van Ausdell which he made a month ago rnd his observations on that occasion were ruled out. When finally pinned down to the hypothetical question, he saic he believed she was suffer ing from hysterical insanity at the time she pulled the trigger. Not Insane, Says Young. Dr. Young testified, in answer to the hypothetical question that Mrs. Van Ausdell, in his opinion knew what she was doing when she fired the shot. The fact that she told the police, following the shooting, that she had "shot the woman and wished ' e had shot her husband, too," lie said, proved that she was not suff r ing from any hysterical insanity when she committed the act. "If she had been suffering from hysterical automobism," he said, "she would have had no memory af terward that she had committed the act." Lon van Ausdell, lineman for the Nebraska Power company, did not appear at the trial. He was not called By either side. Mrs. Van Ausdell testified yester day morning that she did not re member anything about the shoot ing of Mrs. Ijams. She said she didn t even remember telling Desk Sergeant Rose and Police Captain Heitfield, a9 they testified, that she "shot Mrs. Ijams once and then lhe gun jammed" and that she was "sorry she didn't get her husband, too." "At the morning session of court, (Continued on Page Two, Column Five.) Fear of Hun Attack On Poland Worries Premier Paderewski Paris, May 28. Fears of a Ger man attack upon Poland were ex pressed today by Ignace Jan Pad erewski, the Polish premier, who arrived in Paris from Warsaw last night. He said the Germans were active in a preparatory way and might strike in several places. The reports of programs in Po land were denied by the premier. He said such reports were purely Car man propaganda. With regard to the Ukrainian situ ation the premier asserted that the recent fighting was brought on by the Ukrainians who signed the armistice May 11 and then attacked the Poles at two places, May 12. Greek Troops Said to Be . Advancing on Magnesia Paris, May 28. Informatibn has been received in French circles that Greek troops are advancing from Smyrna toward Magnesia and Aidin, the Turks retiring before them. The statement is made by the Greeks that their purpose is to re store order and to take a census. Two Police Detectives Accused of Accepting Bribe of $1 10 In Au tomobile Ring Theft Case Deny They Are Guilty William McKenna and L. C. Jones, Confessed Auto Thieves, Whose Testimony Was Used to Convict Katleman and Neal, Make Statements Involving Detectives Murphy and Pszanowski McKenna Declares He Accompanied Officers to Hastings at Request of Chief Eberste in to Point Out Alleged "Fence," But Charges Detectives Instead of Arresting Men Accepted Bribe He Told Police Chief About it, He Says. Two Omaha detectives, James Murphy and John Pszanowski, are now accused of accepting bribes in connection with the McKenna-Jones automobile thefts', according to jhe statement Tuesday of William Mc Kenna, confessed automobile thief who, with Lowell C. Jones, have just been sentenced to the penitentiary for terms of from one to seven vears I each by District Judge Redick. r r T T a -a iucjs.enna ana Jones pleaded guilty to grand larceny Monday and imme diately upon receiving their sentence were locked up in the county jail. When placed in their cells both men asked permission to talk to a Bee reporter. McKenna made the state ment involving Detectives Murphy and Pazanowski, charging Murphy as being the principal in the alleged bribery case. Pazanowski, he says, was present all the while, but that Murphy was the man who took the money. Reported to Chief. Jones substantiated his compan ion's accusations. The two city detectives, they charge, allowed an alleged automo bile thief and ' fence" his liberty for $1 10. McKenna further declared he reported the matter to Chief of Po lice Eberstein. Both McKenna and Jones, star witnesses in the recent trial of "Red" Neal and Maurice Katleman, the latter an Omaha business man, insist they were promised immun ity by Chief Eberstein if they would testify against Neal and Katleman, recently convicted of aiding and abetting automobile thefts. The men, who have been kept at the city jail since last January, declared they were led to believe they were to obtain their liberty in considera tion for testifying at the Neal and Katleman trials. "Eberstein came to the jail," said Jones, "and told me that he would NEBRASKA BOYS TO ARRIVE IN OMAHA FRIDAY Committees Complete Details for Parade, Reception and Entertainment of Sol diers During Stay. Three special trains carrying 1,400 offices and men of the 341st ma chine gun battalion and 355th in fantry, 89th division, "Nebraska's Own," will arrive Friday morning at 8 o'clock from Camp Upton, N. Y., and Camp Merritt, N. J., for their half day's visit as guests of Omaha. Several Omahans last night re ceived telegrams from members of the 341st machine gun battalion that unit had arrived in Chicago last evening and would be in Omaha this morning. Railway officials explained that the unit did arrive in Chicago last night but that it would be held there until noon today in order that it might be welcomed in Omaha with the oth er troops of the 89th division on Fri day morning. The senders of the telegrams were doubtless expecting that there would be no delay in Chicago, the officials explained. Delegation Meets Train. Governor McKelvie and the Ne braska delegation to New York City where the troops were first greeted when they stepped on shore from the transport Leviathan, will join the troop train at Chicago. The committee will ride into Omaha with (Continued on Tag Two. Column Two.) States Formed From Old Austrian Empire to Help Pay Indemnity Paris. May 28. The states form ed from the old Austrian empire have virtually agreed to pay part of the Austrian indemnity, not as ene mies of the entente, but in recogni tion of their liberation, and also to redeem proportionately their shares of the 40,000,000,000 kroner Austrian paper currency still in circulation in these states. . Austria's indemnity payment will be about 2.500,000,000 kroner. An other 2,500,000.000 will be propor tioned among Hungary, Czecho-Slo-vakia, Jugo-Slavia, Roumania, Po land and Italy. A peculiar feature is that Italy is sharing the cost of Austria's war against Italy. This results from the acquisition by Italy of the Trentino, Triest and other sections which share in the total amount assessed against Austria, By Mall (I yaar), Dally. $4.50: Dally aad Sua.. W.50: sutilda Nab. be unable to carry out his arrange ment with us." Ready to Tell All. "We did what we agreed to do," said McKenna, "and would have sat tight If we had not been thrown down, but now we are ready to tell the whole dirty deal." McKenna declared he accom panied Detectives Pszanowski and Murphy to Hastings, to point out to the officers some automobiles he had stolen and disposed of in that sec tion of the state. "Before leaving Omaha with the officers," he continued, "I told them of one Roy Kennedy, to whom I had sold a stolen car. Chief Eber stein and Captain Briggs said they wanted Kennedy and I was to point him out to the iletetives, who were instructed to arrest the man for re ceiving stolen property and aiding and abetting automobile thefts. "We went to Hastings and locat ed Kennedy, who was called aside and asked how much money he could raise. They told Kennedy they had it on him, but if he could raise enough money he would be al lowed to get away. ' Saw Money Passed, He Says. "I saw Kennedy reach in his pocket and draw out $110. He hand ed the money to Detective Murphy, and said that was all he had. The man was told to get away and keep out of sight. "The chief of police at Hastings previously had been communicated with regarding a man in Hastings wanted by the Omaha police, and Murphy and Pszanowski declared they would have to smooth the mat ter over with the chief at Hastings, whom they feared would grow sus picious. We then went to the sta tion in Hastings and the detectives told the chief they were looking for a man Wanted for receiving stolen automobiles. A description (Continued on rage Two, Column Four.) TROOPS OF DIAZ KILL MEMBERS OF TRAIN GUARD Rebels Threaten to Stop Traffic Between Mexico City and Vera Cruz; Blockhouses Destroyed. Washington, May 28. Revolu tionary outbreaks bulked large in ad vices today from Mexico City. Gen. Ernesto Damy, a major, four other officers and 40 men composing a train guard on the Isthmus of Te huantepec railroad were killed re cently in an attack by rebels under Felix Diaz's command. The train was dynamited by the rebels. In written notices scat tered broadcast, the rebels say they intend to stop all traffic on the isth mus line and the line from Mexico City to Vera Cruz, but that they do not wish to kill or injure .innocent men. Blockhouses built along these lines to protect transportation are destroyed by the rebels as fast as they are built, according to these reports. The troubles in the south, coupled with the fact that Villa's activities in the north have necessitated send ing troops to campaign against him, have reacted in the capital serious ly, it is reported. Military guards in Mexico City have been doubled and machine guns have been placed on the roofs of the national palace and the cathedral. Cosgrove Suspected Being One Who Beat linger, E-Detective Jimmie Cosgrove, 2873 Binney street, was arrested last night and held for investigation. According to Detectives Murphy and Haze, who arrested him, he is suspected of being one of the three men who "beat up" John Unger, former city detective, the afternoon of Tuesday, May 20, near Benson. Unger was driving along the Key stone park road when his machine collided, with an automobile driven by three men on their way to Omaha. An argument followed in which Unger was severely beaten by the three in the other car. Passers- by were held off from helping Unger by one of the three, who drew a re volver. Unger says he thinks he could identify any of his assailants. Cosgrove is also wanted on a capias issued by the county at torney's office for his failure to ap pear on his bond in district court last week in answer to a grand lar ceny charge. He denies that he had anything to do with the Unger case.; Suaday. 12.M; TWO PPMTQ autaaa aitra. V7 .1 D. POLICE CHIEF DOES NOT DENY GRAFT CHARGES Eberstein Reserves Statement Regarding Accusation That Detectives Released Man After Taking Money. Chief of Police Eberstein yester day afternoon did not deny that he had been informed by W:illiam Mc Kenna, confessed automobile thief, that Roy Kennedy paid $110 to De tectives James Murphy at Hastings in the presence of Detective John Pszanowski and Lowell C. Jones, the latter McKenna's partner in crime. The chief was on his way to the depot to take a train for Climax, Mich., where he will visit for a few days. He was given the details of the story as related in The Bee. Questioned Regarding Charges. "Have you heard anything of these charges made by McKenna and Jones in conection with the alleged payment of money by Kennedy to Murphy?" was asked of the chief. "I have nothing to say at all at this time on this matter. It would be improper," the chief replied. "Will you make any statement as to McKenna's assertion that he re ported the matter to you? Did Mc Kenna tell you about it?" were the next questions put to the chief. I will not make a statement at this time on this subject," was the chief s response. Chief Eberstein would not deny that he heard of the affair, nor would he deny that McKenna informed him. "You are at liberty to interview Murphy and Pszanowski on this. What do you say about it?" were the -next words of the chief. "McKenna and Jones insist that you went to see them in jail and promised them their liberty if they would testify against Katleman and Neal. What do you say about that, chief?" he was asked. Made No Promises. "No promise whatever was made to those boys," was the chief's reply. Detectives Murphy and Pszanow ski called at the chief's office late yesterday afternoon as soon as they had read The Bee. "All I care to say," said Murphy, "is that the charges are absolutely false. I did not receive the money." "I will not say anything more about this case except that there is nothing to the story about the money being paid," said Pszanowski. British Volunteer Units Replace U. S. c i f r ooiaiers in missia Archangel, May 28. The Amer ican cruiser Des Moines arrived here Monday simultaneously with transports bringing new British vol unteer army units to relieve the American and other troops who have been fighting since last August. Rear Admiral McCully, com mander of the American naval forces in Russian waters, is on board the Des Moines. The gunboat Yank ton is expected to arrive here within a few days. The ships on which the new forces arrived will transport the first unit of American infantry, which, it is expected, will be homeward-bound in one week. The last American infantry on the Vologda railway front has just been relieved, after nearly eight months service. The Americans received a rousing farewell from the British and Russian command at Obozers kaya. Denver Bank Closed for Investigation by State Examiner Denver. Mav 28. The Citv Bank & Trust company, at Seventeenth and Arapahoe streets, was taken over today by Grant McFerson, state banking commissioner, who ordered the institution closed pending inves tigation. The bank s deposits, according to its last statement at the close of business May 12. 1919. were $1,076.- 408.46. W. J. Galligan. former state treasurer of Colorado, and former tuel administrator for Colorado, is president. ( M .8 SLAYER OF SHERIFF LYNCHED AT LAMAR Confessed Murderer of Mis souri Man and Son Taken From Guards After Re ceiving Life Sentence. Laniard Mo., May 28. Jay Lynch, confessed slayer of Sheriff John Har low of Barton county and the sher iff's son, was hanged today by a mob which took him from the hands of officers in the courthouse and lynched him in the yard of the building. Lynch had pleaded guilty to the charge and had been given a sentence of life imprisonment by Judge B. G. Thurman. The murcTer of which he was convicted took place March 8. Lynch had been brought here from Butler, Mo., where he has been in confinement since being arrested at La Junta, Colo., several weeks ago. After sentence was passed Judge Thurman, fearing violence, had the prisoner taken into his private office. About 50Opersons were in the court room. Lynch was guarded by seven officers. Shortly after 3 o'clock, 24 men came into the private office of the judge, overpowered the guards and, putting a rope around Lynch's neck, dragged him into the yard of the court house and hanged him. The courtyard was filled at the time of the hanging by persons who had come out of the court room. Taken From Relatives. Lynch's wife, baby, mother and sister were in the judge's office when he was taken out by the mob. His handcuffs had been removed so that he might hold his baby and he had just given the child back to its mother when the men entered. Lynch is one of few white men to be lynched in Missouri. Capital pun ishment is not possible under a law enacted by the legislature in 1917. Lynch was first confined at Lamar on the request of St. Louis authori ses, where he was charged with box car robbery. March 3, Sheriff Har low, in response to a request of Lynch to use the long distance tele phone, opened his cell. Lynch drew a revolver and shot the sheriff, kill ing him instantly. The son of the sheriff came to his father's rescue and was also shot by Lynch. The son died two days later. Wife and Mother Held. While Lynch made no confession as to where he had obtained the weapon which he used to kill Sher iff Harlow and his son, his mother and wife were supposed to have smuggled it to him. They were held immediately after his escape on the charge of being accessories to the crime. The two women were released on bond and their case is still pend ing. That Lynch came to his death at the "hands of parties unknown" was the verdict returned by the coron er's jury. No warrants had been issued this evening, the authorities said. None of those who participated in the hanging was recognized, according to the coroner. Lynch's wife and mother were re moved from Lamar bv the author ities immediately after the lynching. Statement of Governor. Jefferson City, Mo., May 28. Governor Frederick D. Gardner re ceived his first information of the hanging of Jay Lynch at Lamar from the Associated Press late to day and said he was extremely as- tonisnea at such proceedings in Missouri. "This is the first I have heard of it," declared the governor. "I will communicate with officials of Bar ton county immediatelv to see that the dignity of the law is upheld and that the perpetrators of the crime are brought to justice. That is all 1 can say at present. Democrats Defeated in Effort to Split Republican Ranks Washington. Mav 28. Reneated efforts of the democrats to force separate votes on senate commit tee chairmanships failed today in the senate by solid party alignment and the republicans finally put through their slate of committee as signments, including Senators Pen rose, Pennsylvania, and Warren. Wyoming, as heads of the finance and appropriations committees, re spectively. The vote on the republican com mittee assignments was 49 to 42. and was reached after three hours of sharp contest between republi cans and democrats, the latter fail ing to secure separate votes on chairmen. After the republican commitee slates were approved, the democratic minority assignments also were adopted.