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: THE BEE: ': OMAHX: ' SATBPAY 'JUNE -' H, -1919. N
V.
RUSSIAN SOVIET
: HEADQUARTERS
INN, Y. RAIDED
AH Documents Taken to Serve
V as Evidence Before Lusk
-Bolshevism Investigating
Body. ;j.
f " (By VBlvenal 8vUw.)
" New York, ; June t l&V-Bsineis
;. was "interrupted" yesterday after
. noon at the headquarters of ' the
Russian soviet bureau where a
squad of detectives invaded the of
' fices, took possession of all the. rec
- ords and other papers and served
'". subpoenas on, A. K. S. Marten,
v head of the soviet embassy nd four
" of his assistants to appear as wit
. noses before the Lusk committee
which opened its investigation of
4' bolshevism in the city hall yester
r day."'
The men subpoenaed with Mar
tens were: A. A. Heller. I. A. Hour-
v wich, S. N... Nuertova and Gregory
i VYeinstein, each of whom, according
: to Sidnev R. Fleisher. their attor-
ney, were heads of departments of
the soviet bureau.
., - The detectives, descended- upon
the headquarters, in the five-room
" .' suite on the fifth floor of the World
- Tower building, 110 West Fortieth
?; street, shortly before ' 3 o'clock.
After they had taken possession no
one was permitted to . leave the
buildinsr from that floor and all per
sons entering the headquarters
yere "requested to remain.
Consul-General "Stays.
: ' Among those 'Wight in the. net
t was John Recti, Eastwhile consul
' general of the bolshevist govern-
: ment In the United States. Mr.
,s Reed's name was taken and he
. asked: "Am I to be detained here?'.'
one of the detectives replied;
"You'd better stay a little while,"
' "But, am I held here?"'1 i 5
"We'd like to have you stay," was
the reply.' ' - o
- r , Mr, Reed remained but finally was
". permitted to leave, as were all hands
5 after pedigrees had been taken and
" an inventory made of the records,
: ant papers which were removed to
be laid before the Lusk committee.
J Tht invasion of the headquarters
caused very little perturbation
; among the members of ' the. office
force. The stenographers and
clerks, under the orders of the de
, tectives, went calmly about the work
i of drawing ' up inventories', prepar
! ing lists of names, etc. Those, who
'. wished to telephone their, relatives
were permitted to do so, with a de
, ? tective operating the ' switchboard
.i. and another standing by to note the
!( trend of the conversation. One
' young lady telephones a friend: ,
"Listen, Esther, Mame and I were
coming over to you house tonight,
but I won't be there." I can't tell
i' why, just now. Tell you tomorrow
, maybe."
' Circumstances Alter Cases.
f,', . A' clwk telephoned:- "Circum-
. Unces over which I "have, no con
"" wl make it impossible for me to
t, keep my-engagement . I cannot"n-
piain now. - .j ; , -
Martens, the soviet "ambassador,"
' a tall, rather well built man of about
't 35, with ' blue eyes, light hair and,
" Might .moustache looking more Teu-
tonic than Russian seemed' to be the
calmest of all as he left, the building
, accompanied by a detective! ' Before
, taking up -the duties of representa
tive of the soviet government about
' 'two months ago, he was connected
. with a New York importing house.
The subpoena , under which the
seizure of papers, and records was
made . was issued by . City . Magis
trate Brough.- No statement re
garding the nature of the documents
seized was obtainable in advance of
their production before the Lusk
. Committee. '
An executive session of the Lusk
committee was held following the
raid on the soviet headquarters.
- .After the session Senator Lusk is-
sued a' statement in explanation of
the action taken. J
' Russians Who Reused
: to Contribute to Fund
Forced to Walk ; Plank
New York, June 13. Hundreds
, of Russians who refused to con
tribute to a levy of $1'1. 000,000 im-
Eosed on the city of Odessa by the
olsheviki, were forced to "walk the
plank" from a yacht formerly, owned
by the czar, according to, August
Danner, representative in southern
Russia ojihe International Harvest
er company, who arrived here Jri
' day with Mrs. Danner as refugees
- on the America narmy - transport
- , 'Englewood. v v, . J .-' ' --
Mr. Danner, who for a year was
virtually the only American left in
-'. Odessa, said that nearly 500. bodies
later, were recovered from the water
' where the piratical form of , death
, was inflicted. v Unprovoked murder
and pillage were rife in the city, he
said, until German troops drove out
the bolshevik and restored order.
Simpson College Prexy
Will Resign From School
y Des Moines, la., June 13. (Spe-ciaL)--Presidenf
James W.x Camp
bell of Simpson college announced
to the student body today that he
would . resign as president of the
institution t$ go into Business.
His resignation is to take effect
' . August 31. President .Campbell has
been at Simpson since 1915.
. Confidence Men Obtain
. . , : $15,000 in Copper Swindle
t Chicago, June 11 -Warner Roehl
of San Francisco, reported to the
' . police Friday that h had been
s indled out of $15,000 by two con
; fidence men. He . said the swindle
was in a . copper " proposition at
.Madison, Wis Roehl is' said ,to be
, superintendent of hospitals at San
, t Francisco. . . " ;
: Banker Guilty of Accepting
:' ' Funds at Insolvent Bank
'v Minneapolis. Minni, June 13.
J - Charles F. Wyant of .Minneapolis,
" president of the Mortgage Security
'. company and of 14 affiliated state
' bank, Friday was convicted of ac-
' rep ting deposits in a bank which Jhe-J
knew was not ' " " '
Wilson To Use "Unofficial'!
Influence for Irish :Cause
sioners stiA" here, ' in an interview
today. . ';":-.". !" V -: '
. (Not: Th prald6Dt' ttmnt
umahlj- ntn only to the lrlh question
atltatl d rpreantd by JMMsr.
Wish and Dunn in an unoftlcUl wayJ It
do not apply. It 1 bllevd, to tho
ate resolution which, ot course, la an of
ficial matter.)
. Messrs. Walsh and Dunne urged
the President to bring all his influ-
ihe two Irish-American commis-Tente to near towara winning mc
Paris,- June 13. Officially Presi
dent Wilson can do nothing with re
gard to the Irish question, but un
officially Jie will do everything in his
power to -lay. it before the ; other
peace delegates. . ' '
Mr. Wilson thus personally in
formed Frank P. Walsh and Edward
F. Dunne ex-governor of Illinois,
British government's approval of the
chosen representatives of the Irish
republic coming to- Paris and laying
their country's case before the peace
conference. 'i"rv
President (Wilsoa was further Re
quested' by the twQ delegates o
force an investigation of the Brit
ish treatment of Irish political pris
oners. They urged that the Amer
ican peace commission carry out to
the fullest extent both , the letter
and the spirit of the senate resolu
tion regarding Ireland. . v ' .
Mr. Walsh, before going to see
the president, made the following
statement to Universal Service: i
, "We ahall . ask President ,Wilson
pointbla,pk as to his stand on the
senate resolution for a' hearing of
Ireland's, case by the peace confer
ence. ' ,
i UW shall 1 ask the president
whether in view of the actidn of
the' American congress he intends
o permit"us to go home without
presenting the case of Ireland to
the peace congress. ' , ; .
, VWe intend further to recall his
remarks abouf the rights of small
nations for self-determination and
point out in this connection the
overwhelming popular vote in the
whole of Ireland at the recent elec
tion for freedom from English domi
nation." t .. a ;',.
Charges Husband Bit Her
On Arm; Sues tor Divorce
' Kate Negbrin alleges " in f peti
tion for divorce filed, today in i dis
trict court that her husband, .Peter
Negorin; bit her on the arm May 10
so severely that it h lefr her in a
helpless condition. -They were mar
ried in 1914. She asks for thehthise.
hold goods and all 'their- personal
fl real property, .v f, :: '
Bee Want Ads'Produce Results.
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Friday the 13th Has
; No Terrors for This
v Motorclf Officer
The spell of Friday .the 13th may
bring ill luck, to some, but George
Emery, motorcycle officer at the
Central station, believes that he has
broken the spell. '
' As proof of the fact he points to
the fact that he is still alive and that
no particular harm has befallen him.
although he was born Friday, June
13, 1883, at Thirteenth and William
streets- v: . i ",r. -- ;
' His .badge number is 13, and the ' v
telephone number at his home is
Colfax 1313. , Recently Officer Em
ery arrested 13 persons in one day. '
Representative for Suffrage. .
. State Representative Grant Meare
of Wayne county, stopped off in
Omaha yesterday on way to Lin-
coin. I am ready for a special ses
sion, of the legislature to consider
the suffrage amendment any time -the
governorVdesires to call it," said
Mr. Mears. . ; -
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