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    TKS BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, --MAKUH 8, 12U,
RIOTS IN JAPAN
URGE SUFFRAGE
- FOR ALL MALES
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Dissolution of Diet Follows
Longest Sustained Agita
tion in Constitutional
History of Country:
London, March 7. Delayed Tokio
dispatches to the London Times
give an outline of the agitation for
universal manhood suffrage which
led to the dissolution of the diet on
February 26. In a dispatch dated
February 15 the correspondent says:
"The longest sustained agitation
in Japan s constitutional history is
utmgc vut III HiC UICU I Ul
fottnight past widely organized dem
onstrations in favor of manhood
, 'uffrage have been carried, out in
Tokio, accompanied by maiy dra
matic incidents, including attacks on
official residences and personal at
tacks stTch as usually do not distin
guish popular demonstrations.
Many Men Idle.
"The agitation is preliminary to
the debate in the diet on the suffrage
intension bills, three separate meas
ntf extendiriB' the Dresent limits be
ing presented by the Kensei-Kai and
other onnosition oarties. The state
of oopulcr unrest, of which the agi
tation is a symptom, combined with
a serious strike in the .arovernment
steel works, involving the closing
down of extensive foundries and
Niifnvy national loss, with 20,000 men
idle, plus a renewed outbreak of dis
affection among the Tokio tramway
tvorkers, indicate social unrest, more
common in the west than in the east,
agamsi wnicn inr jovcrnmem
seem helpless."
A-dispatch under date of February
- 2( says: '
Answer to Premier. .
"The dissolution of the diet came
in the midst of a debate on suffrage,
Pfemier Kara, who had declared
that he questioned whether the de
mand for universal manhood suf
frage was the voice Of the people at
large,-1)iit must be submitted for
jiuigmeui, suuucniy yrouaciug wc
rescript. It was a real bolt from the
blue,a truly Harasque example of
v adroit avoidance of an impasse. '
"Outside -the diet this evening
there is an extraordinary scene of
police activity, showing how well
prepared the government was for all
eventualities.
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iweniy reuowsnips
In Scandinavia to Be i
Awarded Americans
. 'i .. . - ' . . , ;
New York March 7. Twenty ieU
lowshios. each with a stipend of at
least $1,000 and in Some cases $1,200,
will be awarded in May to American
studenta, men and women, for tech
nic! rcpcartii uuu uuuikiubuu aiuuy
in the University of Sweden, Den
mark and Norway, the American-
Scandinavian Foundation announced..
In audition to the 10 fellowships for
Sweden and established last year,
five students will be sent to Norway
and five to DenmarV.
Students to whom these fellow
ships are awarded will be permitted
to study tinder Svante Arrehenius,
AVMIIUI V V IHVUI I V vivvi' J .
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director f operations on the great
iron mountains at Kiruna. i ne sub
ject to be studied include chemistry,
physics, hydro-electric engineering,
metallurgy, forestry, agricultural
sciences, language and history. Fel
low appointed to Norway will havt
an opportunity to study oceanog
raphy, the new science of the sea,
and- weather forecasting.
These 20 fellowships for American
students are one-half of 40 exchange
fellowships between America and
the Scandinavian countries, financed
on One side by 20 American individu
als end corporations and on the
other , side by 20 Scandinavians.
The selection of fellows from
America will be made by jury of
university professors and technical
experts appointed by the American
Scandinavian Foundation.
Female of Species Less
- Shiftless Than Males
Cjiicago, March 7. 'The male of
the humand species is more shiftless
than the female, according to H. L.
Bailey, general superintendent of the
Cook Countv infirma'.
There are 1,707 men and only 612
women wards in the infirmary a
male preponderance of almost 3 to 1.
"The women, although they earn
smaller wages than -the men, are
more likely to put by a penny for a
rainy day" aaid Mr. Bailey.' "And if
they have lost all they had, they
manage in some way to earn their
living: -
Bleiched Bones in Shell Crater
Eheims, March .7. Nearly a hun-
UICU KCICIU1I9 VI liiuac vtiiu l vil
SKtaSXlffl
fr6m here in the advanced trenches
near the canal lock at Sapigneule.
The bleached bones were found in a
shell crater and also in territory
which "was ' left unscarred by the
great German shells, but where the"
thick underbrush had hidden them
from view.
r
The Average Peraort
Uoeo SuarOnHis Cereal
Bccauce It Needs It
JNj is umecessarywhen ct& eats
This food is naturally sweet
tor it "Contains its own pure
, cereal eu&r, developed from
its own grains.
0zcpcNuts is a Sugfer Saver
WIFE OF FIRST
WIISON BACKER
ASKSDIVORCE
Additional Light Thrown on
Marital Troubles of Major
Irving Shuman.
Cbiiof Trtfewto-Oaali BN Vtvi Win.
Chicago, March 7. Additional
light, tinged with a hint of tragedy,
is being thrown upon the marital
troubles of Maj. Irving W. Schuman,
former sub-treasurer in Chicago,
Original Wilson man and now
serving with an army in Poland. His,
wife, who is here with their two little
daughters, has filed suit for separa
tion, sayingTie has refused to return
from Europe. v
After Mr. Schuman, then con
nected with a bank in a small Illinois
town, had done tuch valiant work
for Mr. Wilson, the president
offered him the comptrollership, but
Mr. McAdoo vetoed the proposition.
Mr. Schuman was then given the
sub-treasuryship in Chicago as his
political reward. Jfe resigned about
three years ago. When the war
struck this country he jumped into
military service and Was speedily
granted a commission as major.
After the war he was dismissed from
the army, but did not return.
Letter to Girls.
, The following letter, from some
point in Poland, throws some light
on the affair;
"Dear Pearl and Girls Only one
letter from each of you this month
is surely in keeping with my record
for not writing, or possibly the
mails are to blame. I expect fo re
sign from the Polish army on
January 1, but my resignation, ac
cording to contract, would not be
effective until March 31, but I will
try to shorten it, as I am still think
ing of Russia.
"I cannot return fo America and
to you for several reasons, the prin
cipal one being that I am not as
clean as I was when I entered the
army.
"Another is they will not leaVe
me alone long enough to get started
again financially, even over here, and
it would finish me up quick to go
against thcin in America in my
present physical condition.
"I would rather the girls would
remember me or forget me as I was
when they last saw me, than to have
tliem later realize my condition. My
present condition regardless ot wnat
brought it about, as you would not
believe what I might tell you, will
rapidly take me theway father
went ,
This is the latest word from a
man once prominent in Illinois
affairs and it tells its own story of
a life that appears to be hopelessly
broken. His present whereabouts
are unknown.
President Expected to
Name Men at Once in
Rail Wage. Demands
Chlcaf Tribune-Ontaha R limati Wire
Washington, March 7. President
Wilson is expected to name Mondav
or Tuesday the "experts who wi.Il
compose a bipartisan adjustment
board to work out a plan for the
settlement of the wage demands of
railway employes which have been
pending since last August.
The railway executives have sub
tr.itted to the president a list of nine
names and the employes a list of 17
names, .from Vhich the personnel of
the board, which is to be composed
of six i members three from each
group will be selected, and the
work of perfecting a plan for the
adjustment ofhe grievances will be
begun immediately. The. board will
function irt practically the same
manner as the president's coal com
mission named to Settle the griev
ances of the Coat miners.
Aged Man Says He Lived on
Total of Nine Cents a Oay
Albany; Ore., March 7. That he
had lived, on an average of nine
cents a aay for four years, was
the statement of William Buzzard,
89, in the county court here in a
proceeding to inquire his sons, M.
Bussard and D, Bussard of Albany
and M. L. Bussard of Oregon City,
to support him. He said he had
lived principally on beans, potatoes
and crackers. He asserted he had re
ceived only one '6hirt and one pair
of trousers in this time. The sons
dispute his testimony.
As a result of the ' hearing the
county court will look after the old
man's support hereafter, charging
the expense to the three sons.
Asked to Relinquish Benefits.
Denver, Colo., March 7. Thir
teen public land states of the west
are to be asked to agree to a plan
to relinquish future participation in
benefits of the United States rec
lamation service revolving fund in
return for cession by the government
of all public domain, a committee
from the governor's conference, de
cided here. I
Approve Withdrawal of Japs,
Tokio March 3. The cabinet has
approved the withdrawal of the
Japanese troops from Siberia in
April, after the repatriation of the
Czecho-Slovak contingents has
been completed. It is expected that
the Czechs will all be on their way
home by March 20.
ASSERTION OF
NITTI SAME AS
AMERICA-URGED
l
Premier's Stand That German
Must Be Allowed Materials
Identical With U. S.'
Peace Commissions.
Mw York Timat-Cblrar Tribune Cubic,
coDrricht, im
Paris, March 7. Premier Nitti's
assertion that Germany must be
allowed raW materials if she is "ex
pected to pay reparations, is exactly
what the American peace commis
sioners argued a year ago when the
Treaty of Versailles was in the
making.
All five American plenipotentiaries
took up the point that Germany must
not continue to be blockaded and
boycotted, if she was to pay -the
reparations demanded, but they were
criticised by the UrenClr press. The
English press also criticised . the
Americans severely for "aiding Ger
man interests."
American financial experts pointed
out that Germany could not pay
reparations unless she was permitted
to work. It was because the allied
powers,, chiefly France and Great
Britain, would not agree to let Ger
many begin to produce that no
figure was set on the amount of
reparations which must be paid. The
French and British named fantastic,
sums which Germany could never
pay, especially if the policy of boy
cotting and blockading German
goods was maintained, and the
Americans refused to accept these
figures. "
Left Sum Unnamed.
Rather than revise the, figures to
a" reasonable total which Germany
Could pay, the French and British
preferred to leave the sum unnamed,
to be set by a reparations commis
sion at a future date. It is already
being, whispered everywhere that
Germany will never pay anything.
Italy and Great Britain are begin
ning to realize this f hence Nitti's
suggestion that Germany must be
helped with a loan and credit for
raw materials even before France is
aided to reconstruct the devastated
areas. Both British and Italians are
believed to be influenced somewhat
irt this decision by the failure of
France to rebuild her war shattered
districts quickly. ,
Scandals concerning the French
failure to reorganize and recon
struct the devastated areas fill the
press daily.
Tardieu, formerly minister of the
liberated regions, was received with
hisses at a tlieatcj, presenting a re
vue with a scene of a war ruined
village which received the Croix de
Guerre but no material help.
American army stocks were
bought by the French government
for aiding the devastated regions.
Instead they have been looted, sold
and given away to profiteers, who
have soli mncn of the material in
Germany. Little or nothing has
been done for the population of the
old war zone.
SAVIDGE ASSERTS '
PASTORS' CELLARS
- CONTAIN BOOZE
Omaha Preacher, Victim of
Highjackers, Discusses the
Business From Pulpit.
"All the highjacking being dof.e
in Omaha is engineered by one man,
who lives in the fashionable district
in a fine residence, according to in-
l. f.
lormaiion given me over me tele
phone yesterday by a man who has
made considerable money in this
way," declared Rev. Charles W.
Savidge in a sermon at the People's
church last night on "Omaha High
jackers." Rev. Mr. Savidge told of the visit
of highjackers to his home. 2228
Maple Sktreet. last Mondav uieht.
and of a 'conversation by telephone
with an alleged highjacker, who
called him up after 12 Friday night.
"Yesterday morning another man
called me up at my office," said Rev.
Mr. Savidge. "He said that ins'.. ad
of their being only six highjackers
in Omaha, as my first informant
said, there are eight gangs totaling
about 100 men, engaged in this
work.
Has Fine Home.
"The master mind who directs the
business and ttves in a fine home, is
a man of brains and ability and is
considered by the community to be
a man of good morals.
"He said booze is being sold with
comparative safety and at unbe
lievable prices to rich men in Omaha,
particularly those who live at clubs.
Most of the highjackers are men be
tween 20 and j0 vears of age who
are out for the money.
"Women are co-operating with the
gangs, my informant said. They drive
the nne cars which haul the robbers.
Some of these women carry guns
and can shoot with accuracy and
deadly effect. They sleeo bv dav and
do this deviltry by night"
"Out to Win."
Rev. Mr. Savidge said his tele
phone informant told him that this
type of robber is called a "high
jacker" because the "high jack" card
wins and the highjacker goes out
to win. j
He declared that, according to his
information, the police have not
arrested any of the real gangs of
highjackers, but only "boys and
nondescripts." - ' j
"I think that, as the robbers have
gone through my basement, they
ought not to weaken now but visit
the homes of bishops, priests and
ministers of both Catholic and
Protestant churches. Then they
ought to make a truthful report, it
would be interesting. In the cellars
of some ministers they will find
something." i
Boys Try to Save Chum's
Body After Shooting Him
Ogden, Utah., March 7. Thinking
Wayne Butler, 14, had fainted, Evan
Nix and Terry Burns, both 13, swam
the Ogden river with the limp body
to get aid. '
But Wayne was dead. He had been
killed by a bullet from Nix's gun
when Nix raised it to shoot at a bird.
Cupid Divides Fortune ,
Left Vanderbilt Heirs
i ' if X fcVW A "A fx If
Every Time Arrow Pierces
Heart of Commodore's
Descen dents Chip
Knocked Off Estate.
New York, March 7. Cupid. is
playing hob with, the fortune left by
Cnamodore Cornelius Vanderbilt,
founder ' of the XVanderbilt family.
Every time Cuptd's arrow pierces
the heart of a member of the Van
derbilt family it knocks another chio
off the hundred million dollar es-
vl'JHJ'SSr Commd7e?in the Vanderbilt set, and He? en
Vanderbilt died in 1877 ' gsgtn,tnt l0 th, ,,', ead ot lh,
One recent marriage and the an
nouncement of two engagements of
descendants of Commodore Van
derbilt have served to emphasize the
fact that romance is breaking up one
of the greatest fortunes ever ac
cumulated in America. Deaths and
marriages have divided and subdi
vided the original fortune, but de
spite this it still adheres in sufficient
amounts to make the Vanderbilt
heirs desirable matrimonial catches,
both in this country and abroad.
England Gets Chip.
The marriage in London recently
of the Marquis of Blandford, eldest
son of the Duchess of Marlborough,
who is the daughter of W. K. Van
derbilt, to the Hon. Mary Cadogan
is assurance that a large part of the
Vanderbilt fortune will remain per
manently abroad. The Marquis of
Blandford is the first to marry of
the great-great-grandchildren of the
original Cornelius Vanderbilt. There
are 59 of them living.
Following closely on the an
nouncement of the Marquis of
Blandford's engagement, - young
Cornelius Vanderbilt, son of
Brigadier-General and Mrs. Vander
bilt, startled the Smart Set by an
nouncing his engagement to Rachel
Littleton, younger sister of Martin
W. Littleton, the well-knowil law
yer. While Miss Littleton had lived in
New York for a number of years,
she was not particularly well known
Legion Posts Urged
To Join in Campaign.
Against Illiteracy
New York, March 7. Co-operation
of American Legion posts
throughout the country, with every
effort to stamp out illiteracy, was
advocated by the legion's national
Americanism commission in a re
port to the national executive com
mittee, made public today.
Arthur Woods, former police com
missioner of New York, commission
chairman, stated it had decided to
confine itself to definition of "gen
eral principles" and to leave Jhe ap
plication of these principles to indi
vidual posts.
"All posts should make plain to
the community that they are not as
suming any monopoly of patriotism,
but that they wish to work vigor
ously and effectively for all that is
best in America, and that they are
eager to join forces with all others
who have the same aim," said the re
port. "The American Legion should en
courage, support and help the
schools in teaching to the children
ths origin and development of Amer
ican institutions and the opportu
nities of American life. The legion
should assist schools by offering to
provide qualified speakers from time
to time to every school in the nation
to preach Ameficanism, especially
on our great patriotic days."
U. S. to Permit Resumption
Of Trade With Russia Soon
Washington, March 7 Virtual de
cision has been reported by the
American' government, it is said, to
permit resumption of trade relations
with soviet Russia as soon as the
allied governments have outlined a
definite policy.4 '
The first step by the allies toward
dealing commercially with Russia,
since the decision on January 17 to
permit trade with the Russian co
operative societies, was the an
nouncement last week of the
appointment of a commission to be
sent there to study the situation and
report to the league of nations
council. Whether the United States
will act upon the invitation of the
allies to. send a representative, as is
yet uncertain, but at any event is
believed this government will act as
soon as the commission has re
turned and reported, probably early
in the spring.
' Cervantes Hall.
Madrid. March 8. King Alfonso
has inaugurated a "Cervantes Hall"
in the National Library in which a
collection of copies of all the edi
tions of Don Quixote, numbering
more than 800, will be kept.
rut;j
ro.MfhLir.
anderbilt family upset the care
fully laid plans of several match
making mothers of marriageable
daughters. t
Heir to Double Fortune.
' On top of all this came the an
nouncement that Flora Payne Whit
ney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney, was to be
come the bride of Roderick Tower
a son 'of Charlemagne Tower of
Philadelphia.
Miss Whitney's mother was for
merly Gertrude Vanderbilt, a
daughter of the late Cornelius Van
derbilt, and she will at some future
time inherit a considerable portion
of the family fortune, in addition to
that which will come to her from
the estate of her paternal grand
father, the late William C. Whitney.
The Hon. Mary Cadogan, who
will some day be Duchess of Marl
borough, is the fourthdaughter of
the late Viscount Chelsea and Lady
Meux. She is a stepdaughter of Ad
miral Sir Hedworth Meux, who is
in command of the garrison at
Portsmouth, and who played a
prominent part in the relief of Lady
smith, in the Boer war,- about 20
years ago."
The bride is a goddaughter of
Dowager Queen Alexandra. Her
three sisters, all noted for their
beauty, are Lady Hillingden, Lady
Stanley and Mrs. Humphrey jie
Trafford.
EXPECT WILSON
TO FIGHT THRACE
AWARD TO GREECE
Thunderbolts of Protest Are
Awaited From White
, PJouse in Paris
By H$NRY WALES.
New York Timm-Chlcago Tribune Cable,
Copyright, 1920.
Paris, March 7. Reports that the
London conference of the supreme
council has agreed to give Thrace
to Greece and Bessarabia to Rou
mania is expected' to loosen a thun
derbolt of. protests from President
Wilson, just as did Lloyd George's
and Nitti's attempts to despoil
Jugo-Slavia by shifting the Wilson
line in Istria or applying the secret
pact of London resulted in a vigor
ous American protest.
Wilson is just as squarely on rec
ord aganist granting Thrace to
Greece and Bessarabia to Roumani
as against granting the imperialistic
Italian aspirations in the Adriatic.
Last autumn, when Frank Po!k
tentatively agreed Greece could
have East Thrace and part of West
Thrace, maintaining an interna
tional state in the center, including
Dedaghatch, giving Bulgaria access
to the Aegean sea, Mr. Wilson over
ruled him peremptorily. He cabled
he would flot consent to give Greece
anything in Thrace except a small
portion at the extreme westerly end
of Caballa on the frontier . to the
Bay of Lagos.
Venizelos protested, cabling the
White House direct, butwas turned
down.
Great Britain, France, Italy and
the United States, all refused even
to hear Roumania's claims to-Bess-arabia
last year, as it "was regarded
monstrous to consider despoiling
Russia of its richest grain province.
Rouniania militarily has been oc
cupying Bessarabia for more than- a
year, and the reported agreement tc
place Bessarabia under Roumanian
sovereignty is believed to camou
flage a clever move in old secret
diplomacy to apply pressure against
Lenine and Trotzkjr in the forth
coming peaccpDurparlers with the
Soviets. , .
Mr. Wilson will reply with a vio
lent protest against the decisions
when he is advised officially is the
belief in American circles. -
fi McAdoo Stands Pat.
New York, March 7. William
Gibbs McAcjoo, former secretary of
the treasury, tonight reiterated his
determination not to permit use of
his name as a candidate at the presi
dential primary to be held in
Georgia, regardless of the fact that
various Candidates have entered the
race there since his withdrawal was
announces1 I
NO HARM TO NAVY
FROM A WARD1 ROW
DANIELS ASSERTS
Morale Unimpaired by Senate
Controversy, According to
Statement Issued by
,s Secretary.
Washington, March 7. The
wrangle over awards to navy of
ficers of .war decorations dftw near
er a conclusion tonight when Chair
man Page, oi the senate naval com
mittee, made public the trio of reports-
the investigators of the suo
committee produced.
The three republican members
joined in the majority report, which
sharply criticised Secretary Daniels
in some respects, while the two dem
ocrats submitted individual reports
defending the secretary's course and
directing their attack, in turn, at
Rear -Admiral William S. Sims, the
most prominent figure in the con
troversy. In one respect the three reports
are unique. They are agreed on two
points: That no permanent harm
has come to naval morale as a re
sult of the awards of the contro
versy and that enlisted men received
too small a share of recognition foi
their services.
Criticise Secretary Daniels.
The majority "report, signed by
Senators Hale. McCormick and
Poindextcr, arraigns Mr. Daniels for
not having fully advised officers as
to his plans in making awards and
asserts that his policy of decorating
officers who, lost ships would be de
trimental to the navy.
Senator Pittman, in the first
minority report, characterized the in
vestigation as a tempest it) a tea
pot "too ridiculous to be mentioned"
in connection with morale of a fight
ing navy. In the second minority
report, Senator Trammell, asserted
that Mr. Daniels followed estab
lished naval custom in changing
recommendations of Ris subordi
nates as those officers themselves
had done with proposals of their
juniors.
The majority report reached the
following conclusions:
That Secretary Daniels did not
make known to the service his
policy as to awards especially with
regard to the relative importance
of duty on shore and afloat.
Insufficient Consideration.
That the secretary did not as
certain from the officers who
recommended honors, the relative
order of merit and did not himself
givel sufficient consideration to that
question.
That Secretary Daniels did not
require a sufficiently high standard
of meritorious conduct in conferring
honors on officers who lost ships
and was "more zealous to further
the interests of commanders who
lost ships than of other commanders
who destroyed, or seriously damaged
enemy ships.
v That the statute governing naval
awards should be amended to avoid
further controversy.
The majority report laid stress
on its statement that no attempt
had been made to ascertain the order
of merit among those recommended
for decorations.
Senator Pittman contended that
the investigation was unnecessary
because the naval award matter was
being reinvestigated by the Knight
board by direction of Secretary
Daniels when the investigating com
mittee was appointed.
Admiral Sims believed, the sen
ator said, that the distinguished ser
vice medal should only be awarded
to a few of the highest officers in
the navy and that it would be
cheapened by awarding, it to junior
officers and enlisted men.
Says Award Justified.
" Criticising Admiral Sims for hav
ing made a special point ot anegea
injustice to six members of his staff,
Senator Pittman declared that the
award of a distinguished service
medal to Commander D. W. Bagley,
Secretary Daniels' brother-in-law,
about whotn much of the contro
versy centered, was justified. .
Senator Trammell, democrat,
Florida, in a separate report said
that Secretary Daniels in changing
recommendations made by com
manding officers and the. Knight
board was following established
naval custom and the same policy
was pursued by Admiral Sims with
regard to recommendations made to
Admiral Sims' criticism of Secre
tary Daniels, Senator Trammell said,
implied also criticism of Admirals
Mayo, Gleaves, Grant, Niblack, the
members of the board of awards and
ether naval officers.
The report said those officers
whose duty it was to initiate recom
mendations were recreant in their
duty insofar as enlisted men were
coi.;erned. It added that no differ
ence of opinion existed between the
majority of naval officers and Sec
retary Daniels regarding the deco
ration of officers who lost ships, but
performed heroic or meritorious
service. .
Burglars Dine, Wine, Smoke
Before Robbing "Host"
Greenwich, Conn., March 7.
Burglars who dined well, drank, sev
eral bottles of sherry and smoked
stolen cigarets while members of the
family slept on the floor above
robbed Mr. and Mrs. Clifford D.
Mallorv of silverware and yachting
ing made a special point of alleged
trophies valued at $10,000 in thejrj
Home m ureenwicn. air. aiauory is
the head of the Baltimore Oceanic
Steamship company.
Mr. and Mrs. Mallory entertained
in observance of'their ninth wedding
anniversary that night. Mrs. Mallory
had most of the pieces of a large
collection of silverware in use. They
were left in the dining room and
pantry. The burglars entered after
Mr. and Mrs. Mallory retired at mid
night. For Cold, Grip or Influonsa.
nd an a Preventative, take LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE Tablets. Look for E.
W. GROVE'S alienator on th box. tOe
No Soap Better
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Brief City News,
Pocketbook Is Stolen Two. pick
pockets Jostled themselves Closely
against 2. t. xrumbo of Pon
tiac. 111., at the Union station, Satur
day night and sneaked his purse con
taining $60 from - his Dockets.
Trumbo discovered his loss after he
had boarded a street car. He told
police of two ''young men keeping In
clone contact with him during his
walk through the station."
Hold for Allcccd Forgery V. TC
Reed, alias Harry Httrvey. and Ed'
ward Tobin, both of Minneapolis, are
being held at central police station
In connection with the alleged
forgery of a draft for $20 on the
Hotel Paxton on February 28. When
arrested. Heed had a draft for $420
on a Minneapolis bank. Detectives
are Investigating.- Chief .Eberstein
had given orders to arrest Reed on
signt.
Start Lectures The dead are
neither dead nor sleeping, according
to L. W. Rogers, national lecturer
for the Theogphlcal society, who last
night in Hotel Castle, began a course
of three lectures on psychological
topics. His subject was "The Soldier
Dead.',' After reviewing the evidence
gathered by Investigating scientists
to support the hypothesis that there
is really no death at all, the ncturer
took up the work of those he re
ferred to - as "scientifically trained
and developed clairvoyants."
THREE SHIPS OFF
AMERICAN COAST
IN SORE STRAITS
Two of the Steamers Are Aban
doned Menace Navigation.
Crews Are Rescued.
Boston. March 7. The shipping
board steamer Guilford, Norfolk to
Boston, which was reported disabled
15 miles off Nantucket Shoals early
today, was abandoned later and had
become a menace to shipping,, ac
cording to wireless messages re
ceived from the steamer Pocahontas,
which stood by during the day. The
captain and crew, who were taken
aboard the Pocahontas Sunday fore
noon, later transferred to the de
stroyer Dale and were taken to
Newport, R. I.
Schooner Abandoned.
New York, March 7. The Amer
ican schooner Eva B. Douglass,
from Buetios Aires for New York,
Sunday was abandoned at sea ISO
miles east of Delaware capes, ac
cording to a radio message received
here from the British steamer
Vasari. The Vasari. from Rio de
Janeiro for New York, picked up
the captain and 11 members of the
Douglass' crew. Radio warnings of
the abandoned schooner's position
have been sent out with information
that she was a derelict and a menace
to navigation.
The Eva B. Douglass came into
prominence in June, 1918, when she
rescued 250 survivors from the
coastwise steamer Carolina which
was sunk off the New Jersey coast
by a German submarine.
Barely Escapes Destruction.
Halifax. N. S., March 7. riven
before a 70-mile Kale, and oowerless
i to aid herself because of a broken
propeller, the shlooinir hoard stesm.
er Lake Ellithorpe, Sunday narrowly
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Sable island. .
The steamer, a craft of 4,000 tons,
sent out an S, O. S. in the afternoon
in which her captain said she was
drifting helplessly toward the island.
The steamer Maplemore, 120 miles
away, answered her message and
started toward her at 10 knots an
hour. The coast guard cutter Seneca,
aiso started trom Hew York.
Before they could reach her. how.
ever, another message was received
stating that she had been able to
Clear the island and was out of im
mediate danger.
"Baby Doctor" Puts Ban
On Children in His Flat
Scranton, Pa., March 7. Dr. D.
B. Hand, known throughout Lack
awanna county as "the baby doc
tor," and who manufactured baby
iooqs ana DaDy medicines tor years,
has
nounea tenants m the Hand
apartment house, owned by him,
that no families with children will
be allowed to live in the buildihg
henceforth.
There are three children in the
family of H. J. Downey and C J.
Durning, tenants of the Hand apart
ment building. "Although I am fond
of children, yet I do not think an
apartment house is the place for
them," stAtes the doctor in his let
ters to the Downey and Durning
families.
"I have no fault to find with vou
as tenants, but I have decided to get
rid of every family which has young
children."
Memorial for Kolchak.
Washington, March 7. Memorial
services attended by representatives
of the diplomatic corps were held
at the Russian enlbassv here in
honor of Admiral Kolchak. who
was executed February 7 by the bol
sheviki at Irkutsk.
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TAXICAB DRIVERS
IMPLICATED . BY
SENTENCED BOYS
Lay Systematic Thefts of Silk
Shirts to Omaha Chauffeurs
-$3,000 "Job" Saturday.
Four members of the boy bandit
gang who were sentenced to Kiver
view detention home in juvenile
court last Friday for the robbery of
the Negeath Stationery company,
1421 Farnam street, implicated four
taxicab "drivers in systematic thefts
of silk shirts and other men's fur
nishings from downtown depart
ment stores during the last three
months, according to their confes-,
sions yesterday to J. L. Sexton, su-
perintendent of Riverview home.
Two Arrested Saturday.
Two of the taxicab drivers were
arrested yesterday. They gave their
names as Robert Mortensoii, 614
South Eighteenth street, and Steve
Teramiros, 426 South Ninteenth
street They are charged with 're
ceiving stolen property.
Other arrests are expected today,
detectives say. .
The four boys who openly volun
teered information concerning the
thefts of silk shirts, hosiery, under
wear and ties from various stores
were Sam Bonacco, 12 years old, the
only one of the boy bandit gang
sentenced to Kearney Industrial
home; Marion Butera, 1502 South
Fifth street: Gust Terzicos, 1308
South Sixth street, and Joe Belfiore,
iM aoutn seventh street.
Mortensoii and Teramiros denv
that they knew the stuff they bought
from the boys had been stolen.
Systematic Thefts.
Bonacco told the detectives they
continued their systematic thefts of
goods from Browning-King and
company, Brandeis' store, Heyden's
and Burgess-Nash after school
hours during the past three months.
tvery time we d sell stuff to the
men they'd tell us to get more silk-
roods, vnnncr Konarrn tolH Arter-
ives. '
$3000 Robbery Saturday.
Burglar used the tire escape in
the rear of Leon Brother's ware
house at 1005 Farnam street, Sat
urday night, when they broke into
the place and stole silk shirts and
traveling bags valued at $3,000,
from the third floor of the place.
coxes that contained the shirt3
were found strewn about the floor
when Sam Leon, head of the firm,
went through the building yesterday. ,
Evidence showed the burelars
crossed from a third stcry window r
of the Baker's Speciality company '
building. A "jimmy" had been used
to open a window on the third story
of Leon's building.
Entrance to the Baker s Special
ity company was gained through a
rear door. Nothing is missing; from.
that place.
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