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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1920)
r THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 4, 1920. ANTI-RADICAL WORKERS LEAVE OMAHA QUIETLY No Forwarding Addresses Left by Members of Northwest nr a . . . warriors' committee in Sudden Departure. . The Northwest Warriors com mittee, which entered Omaha amid a blare of patriotic trumpeting early in February, hat "gone west" to the accompaniment of a muffled dirge from its financial contributors and a chorus of dentals from prominent Omaha men who were reported as directly interested in the commit tee's campaign for cash support. John W. Bryant, editor of tfie Northwest Warriors' magazine, who headed the committee in its work here, and C. E. Swazee, Jack O'Brien and E. J. Galway, imported solicitors, who worked with him in efforts to garner funds for an anti ffd organization outlined in glow ing terms, occupied $5-a-day rooms at the Hotel Fontenelle during their sojourn in Omaha. Promised to Return. Leader Bryant left Omaha 10 days ago, with the announcement he would return in time to welcome hrre yesterday ex-President Taft, who was to have come here under Warrior auspices. ' C E. Swazee, whom he left in temporary charge of Omaha organization and solicita tion work, disappeared a few days later and was said to have gone to Kansas City. O'Brien and Galway checked Out of their Fontenelle quarters, the same day, the former leaving with Bryant. fone of the four left forwarding addresses for the pile of mail and telegrams that has, accumulated for them at the hotel during their ab sence. ' . Department of Justice officials here admit affidavits have been tiled charging Bryant with viola tion of the Mann act, but refuse to divulge the woman's name. C. E. Swazee was reported in Omaha Thursday, but is said to have quickly taken a train out of the city when he was informed of the sit uation here. Among prominent Omaha men, who through devious methods were induced to lend 1 temporary en couragement to the Warrior com mittee's efforts to solicit funds and establish an organization here, are listed: Dr. E. C. Henry, commander of Douglas county post American Le gion; Walter W. Head, president of the Omaha National bank; David Cole, W. B. Belt. Hird Stryker. and Declare Misrepresented. All of these men declared yester day' they had permitted their names to, he used in the Warrior Omaha "finance committee" through mis representations by Warrior solic tors,,' 4 ; " ( i - v. Df. Henry said he -first became suspicions' when . he was informed one of the solicitors was using his name as "chairman of the Warrior Nebraska organization." Mr. Head, after urgent solicita tion, agreed to serve as Omaha treasurer. The Warrior solicitors agreed to turn over to him half of all funds collected, the other half to be usedjto pay for subscriptions to the Northwest Warrior magazine, copies of which were to be furnished to employes of the business firms contributing to support of the i Books Not Available. , ' He said today Bryant and Swazee had reported to him .collections to talling $424 and had left half of that rr Mint in the bank in accordance with their agreement. So far as is known, there is no shortage in the funds, though whatever books were kept by Bryant and Swazee are not available. Bryant, as editor-in-chief .of 'the Northwest Warrior magazine, is said to account only to himself for funds collectefl for .magazine subscrip tions. R. A. Hayden, Paxton building, Nebraska circulation manager for the magazine, said yesterdayhe had been wiring the main office in Min neapolis for 10 days for information concerning Bryant and instructions on continuing his work in the state for magazine subscriptions. Hehad received no replies. Mr. Hayden dis claims connection with the solicita tion of funds for organization pur poses in Omaha. Tickets Are Sold. He also declares he had no knowl edge" that young women and chil Hron hntd hell hons and others in Omaha and Council Bluffs had been enlisted to sell at $1 each tickets for admission yesterday to ex-President Taft's speeches in the two cities, which had been advertised as free. The ticket sellers were to get 50 per cent commission, the re mainder "to be used in Americaniza tion campaign," according to an nouncement on the tickets. At a meeting of the executive committee of the American Legion yesterday E. K. Bruner and Phil Trochlenberg jepoted 200 tickets for Mr. Taft's Council Bluffs speech had been sold in the Iowa city and that they were holding the funds pending disposition by the , Cham ber of Commerce. It was under stood yesterday the cash would be used to defray expenses of Mr. Taft's appearance in Council Bluffs. Bruner and Trochlenberg were absolved by the Legion committee of bad faith in their connection with the YVarrior committee. Among the firms contributing to the Northwest Warrior committee fund are named the Nebraska Tele . . - t r:.-....: pnone company, uic ira uhvuii company, Betnis Omaha Bag com pany, and David Cole, head of the Cole interests in Omaha. The Nebraska Telephone com pany contributed $200. the largest subscription obtained by the War rior solicitors. Mr. Cole said today he backed the Warriors to the ex tent of $20. . No ' business establishment in Omaha was too small to escape the .indefatigable solicitors and none too large for them. Most of the larger firms, however, refused support and only small returns were obtained. -J Questionable metnoas usea dv solicitors and a general objection to supporting a movement that savored of commercialization of patriotism were given by business men today as their reasons for refusing finan cial backing. Endorse Magazine Only. Endorsements given the Warrior efforts, Omaha men said today, were meant to refer to their maga zine, rather than the Americaniza tion campaign here. Dr. E. C Henry said that was the only sort of endorsement he had intended to give. "When I found these men were selling patriotism, I resigned from their v committee immediately," he said. Solicitors, it is claimed, at various times told "prospects" their cam paign -was endorsed by the Cham ber of Commerce and American Le gion. They also used a letter from Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, which ex pressed approval of the announced aims of the Warrior magazine. Collapse Becomes Known. The collapse of the Warrior Americanization and anti-red cam paign was brought to the fore by the visit of Former President Taft to Omaha today. Editor Bryant yesterday wired from Milwaukee the Warrior committee lacked funds to back up its invitation to Mr. Taft to appear here under Warrior auspices. The necessary expenses were later guaranteed through ac tion of the Concord club and a committee of business men. Editor Bryant's absence from the Taft receiving line today is all the more regrettable, his1 acquaintances say, because of his personal ac quaintance with the former presi dent. He told companions that while serving in the marines he had accompanied Mr. Taft to Panama as an orderly on the Taft military staff. U. S. Destroyer Bammed Honolulu, T. H., April 3. The United States .destroyer Chaunccy arrived 'here yesterday morning in convoy with a hole in her stern, having been rammed by the destroy er Aaron Ward while enroute from San Diego to Honolulu. The Chauncey was convoyed by the fuel ship Cuyama. EX-PRESIDENT OF URUGUAY KILLS EDITOR Jl DUEL Opponents Meet In Midst of Pouring Rainstorm , and Wait Three Hours Before Engaging In Battle. Montevideo, Uruguay, April 3. Political excitement prevails in this city today as a result of the death of Washington Beltran, editor of the newspaper, El Pais, in a duel with former President Jose Batlle y Ordones -Friday -morning.' After the last elections in Uruguay, the nationalists accused the "Batllistes," the party headed by the former president, of frauds. Beltran's news paper, in an editorial discussing the elections, called Batlle the "cham pion of fraud." It was this utter ance that led to the fatal duel. The opponents met in the midst of a pouring rainstorm and waited for three hours for the rain to cease. Because of the rain the two men decided to keep on their hats, but Beltran changed his straw hat for a felt, so that both might be on even terms. Standing 25 paces apart, the duel ists were given the word to fire, both missing on the first exchange. Before Beltran couli fire, a sec ond shot, he was struck by a bullet from Batlle's pistol and sank to the ground mortally wounded. There is a law against dueling in Uruguay, but it is understood that one of the conditions agreed ti by Beltran and Batlle was that neither would prosecute the other in case of injury. Duels are infrequent in this country. Paris scjiool teachers have been granted a 25 per' cent increase in salary. , Three More Republican "Possibilities" to Open Chicago Headquarters Chicago, April 3 Three more republican candidates for the presi dency are planning to open head quarters and join the Wood and Lowden forces on "presidential row" in a downtown hotel, it was announced today. Rooms have been reserved by friends of Nicholas. Murray Bu'Jer, president of Columbia university; Governor Coolidge of Massachu setts and Senator Miles Poindexter. The Harding and Hoover forces also are expected to open their headquarters here prior to the con vention June 8. Minister Makes Tombstones. Stroudsburg, Pa., April 3. Rev. C. A. Sellers, pastor of the Evan gelical church, Sailorsburg, has re signed to go into the tombstone business. He was pastor of the church for three years. RIVER TRAFFIC IN NEW YORK CITY STILL IS TIED UP Ferry Lines, However,-Are Op erating On Nearly Normal SchedulesFood Supplies Being Delivered. New York, April 3. Traffic in New York harbor was still curtailed today by the strike of harbor em ployes, but the ferry lines, except those of the' Erie and West Shore railroads, were operating on virtu ally normal schedules. Railroad officials claimed that all danger of interruption of the food and coal supplies had been averted. Union officials reasserted that the h.irbor would be tied up t before nightfall, claiming that a misunder standing in orders yesterday had prevented all the workers from join ing the strike. More than SO per cent of railroad owned tugs are being operated by nonunion crews recruited from oth er cities, according to H. L. Joyce, chairman of the associated marine departments of railroads. He added additional recruits would be se cued. The walkout spread today to the ferry service cf the Erie Railroad company, completely tieing up the boats for 3everal""hours. Emer gency workers, however, were re cruited and two boats were in operation. (POLDS Head or chest- " externally " with! 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