THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. MAY 11, 1920.
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MOTHER FORGETS
PAINS IN GRIEF
FOR SON KILLED
Mrs. Valien in Critical Con
dition From Injuries Re;
. Reived in Fatal
Auto Smash.
Mn. Ethel Valien, 66 year old,
lying at Methodist hospital in a
critical condition from injuries sus
tained in an automobile crash Sun
day, Rives little heed to intense
pain from a fractured hip, internal
injuries and severe cuts across her
forehead.
Her own injuries mean little to
her in the face of the tragedy of
the loss of her son, Magnus Valien,
21 years ol. instantly killed when
an automobile in which the Valiens
were riding was struck by a police
patrol Sunday at Lincoln boule
vard and Cuming street.
Was the Family'a Pride.
Magnus was the "baby" of Jhe
Valien family and in recent years
almost the sole support of his
mother and father. The knowledge
tint he died in yesterday's collision
has thrown the mother into a semi
delirious condition which physicians
j have been unable to relieve.
Hour after hour at the hospital her
aged husband has been sitting by her
bedside, holding her hand and trying
to calm her while she cries con
stantly: "Mag," Mag, why don't you come
back?"
The death of Magnus Valien is the
fourth of a series of misfortunes
with which the family has been
stricken.
Death Took Four Children.
It was four years ago that the
first serious sorrow came into the
family with the death of a daughter,
Mrs. Marie Wearne. A few months
later the eldest son, Oscar, who was
acting as the chief support of his
parents and youngest brothers, be
came blind. Greater responsibilities
immediately devolved on a second
son, Harry Emil Valien, another son,
was married and busy with caring
for his own family.
A year ago Harry died and Man
gus, the "baby" became the only
son left at home. He gave up school
studies and became a steam fitter
to provide for his parents.
Awaits Inquest Verdict.
The verdict of a coroner's jury at
an inquest into the cause of the auto
mobile accident Sunday which re
. suited in one instantaneous death
and injury to eight persons will de
termine what action County, Attor
ney Shotwell will take against the
police department, he stated yester
dsy following an investigation of
the accident by Special Investigator
Michael Dempsey.
A speeding police patrol, driven
by William Anderson, 3137 South
Seventeenth street, crashed broad
side into an open touring car, carry
ing six occupants, in the center of
the street intersection at Lincoln
boulevard and Cuming street at
noon Sunday."
Accident in Bluffs.
Another automobile crash oc
curred at Benton and Harmony
streets in Council Bluffs, in which
William J. McAleer, Eighth avenue
and Sixth street, received dangerous
injuries. McAleer, who is a me
chanic for the Bernstein Ford livery,
was lying on the running board of
a machine adjusting a carburetor
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and traveling about 10 miles an
hour when his car was struck broad
cast by a machine driven by John A.
Larson. 928 Third avenue.
Another accident was reported at
Twenty-seventh and California
streets, when two cars collided head
on. The identity of the occupants
was not learned. No one was in
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Howe Gils Meeting
Of Skinner Company
(Continued From lint 7i.)
pany checks outstanding, aggregat
ing over $100,000. This was the most
vicious stab which a concern could
have made against it, and meant a
stab at each of the stockholders.
"As to Mr. Howe's statement
about his being surprised at our
holdings in the company, this is an
absolute lie, as he was entirely fa
miliar with every detail of the com
pany before any contract was signed
Sy him. In fact, the statement on
which Mr. Howe made his contract,
it was estimated that 385,000 shares
would be issued, and the basis of
the deal with Mr. Howe was that he
would, within five years, make this
stock have a book value of $100 per
share.
Will Meet Every Question.
"As far as our stockholdings are
concerned, we will meet that ques
tion when it comes up. Mr. Howe
is simply trying to cover up his own
misdeed by assailing us.
"When he first went into court,
he made the statement that as soon
as we paid up the notes he would
step down and out and return his
stock to the company that had been
isSued him."
His attorney made a public state
ment to this effect. Now he is try
ing to back up on this. I say, let
the stockholders decide. As far as
running this plant is concerned, 98
per cent of the organization are with
us, and with us strong, "and Mr.
Howe is not a factor in running1 the
plant, and I have become convinced
that he does not know enough to
run the plant.
. "The books of the Skinner com
pany are audited by Arthur Young
& Co. of Chicago, and will show
the exact standing of the company.
"In regard to the publicity about
Mr. Tuvelle of the State Securities
commission not having all the books
of the company, this is an absolute
falsehood, as Mr. Tuvelle will tes
tify. There is not one book of any
kind, or any description, that anyone
is not welcome to, and this statement
is simply propaganda, made out of
whole cloth, and I am surprised and
disappointed that Mr. Brogan, Mr.
Howe's attorney, would issue such a
statement as an individual, but more
especially his attitude on account of
the fact he now holds the exalted
position of president of the Chamber
of Commerce of Omaha. This is
done to create an impression we
have something to hide and is
simply propaganda.
"In final answer to Mr. Howe's
bombastic statement, we wish to as
sure the public that we will defend
and preserve the independence of the
Skinner company as against the
packing trust at all hazards."
Pirates Hold Up French
Steamer and Rob Three
American Women
Constantinople, May 10. (By The
Associated Press.) Pirates held up
the French packet Souirah, which
left Batum on May 6 enroute to Mar
seilles, and after robbing the pas
sengers of the steamer, went ashore
in boats which they compelled mem
bers of the crew to man.
Among those on board the vessel
were Mrs. Haskell, wife of Col. Wil
liam Haskell, director general of
American relief in the near east, and
Mrs. Daly and Mrs. Booth, whose
husbands are connected with relief
work in Armenia. They were flee
ing before the bolshevik advance
and were forced to give up their
valuables.
The pirates boarded the steamer
at Batum, either as passengers or
members of the crew. On the night
of May 6, IS men sprang from va
rious parts of the ship,- covered of
ficers and passengers with pistols
and shouted warnings they would
kill any one who opposed them.
A French destroyer took the
American women aboard and later
transferred them to the American
destroyer Cole, which arrived here
today.
Farm Paper Editor Dies
Philadelphia, May 10. Wilmer
Atkinson, founder of the Farm
Journal, died today of pneumonia.
He was 79 years old. Mr. Atkinson
was a pioneer in journalism.
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CASE ARGUED
Supreme Court to Decide
Whether Secretary Lost
Right of Appeal in
Mandamus Suit.
Lincoln, Neb., May 10. Oral ar
guments completed in state supreme
court today in a mandamus proceed
ing appealed by the secretary of
state from a decision of the Lancas
ter county district court d Lincoln
ordering a referendum on the state
legislature's ratification of the fed
eral prohibition amendment.
The lower court nearly a year ago
ordered the secretary to accept and
file petitions for a referendum after
he had refused to- do so. He con
tended the legislature's action was
not a referable act under Nebraska
referendum provisions and that to
refer the question to the people
would be in contravention of the fed
eral constitution.
Whether the secretary of state
lost his right to appeal because he
failed to carry the case to the su
preme court within ten days of the
district court's decision was the only
question involved in the arguments
presented to the high court.
Council for the interests seeking
the referendum argued the secre
tary's appeal was void because it was
not taken within ten days and asked
that it be dismissed. The secretary's
attorney, on the other hand, con
tended that the legislature's action
was not a referable question and that
an appeal at any time within three
months was permissable.
Nebraska's legislature ratified the
amendment January 16, 1919. It was
the thirty-sixth state to ratify and its
action at that time was said to have
furnished the requisite number of
state endorsements to make nation
wide constitutional prohibition ef
fective. Former Beatrice Man Weds.
Beatrice, Neb., May 10. (Special.)
Announcement was received here
from Denver, announcing the mar
riage of Samuel Moore, formerly of
this city, which occurred at that
place May 5, to Mrs. Phyllis F.
Barr. Mr. Moore is in charge of one
of the large creamery plants in
Denver. t
Nebraska Schoolmasters to
Hold Meeting at Fremont
Fremont, Neb., May 10. (Spe
cial.) The Nebraska Schoolmasters
club, the "inner circle" of educators
in the state, will meet in Fremont
Friday, the first time the annual
meeting has not been held either in
Omaha or Lincoln.
"Americanization From the School
and College Standpoint" will be the
principal subject for ' discussion.
Those taking a leading uart will be
Prof. H. B. Alexander of Lincoln,
C. A. Fuller, former chancellor of
Wesleyan and now United States vo
cational instructor for Nebraska, and
A. H. Waterhouse, superintendtn of
Fremont's schools.
Farmers Organize to Wage
Fight on Union Pacific
Central City, Neb., May 10. (Spe
cial.) The farmers of Merrick coun
ty have organized for the purpose
of fighting the Union Pacific Rail
road company in its attempt to take
valuable farming land along its
right of way. At a well attended
meeting held Saturday the decision
was unanimous to organize this and
adjacent counties and wage a legal
fight to uphold the uniform right of
way law enacted by the last legist
lature.
Hearing Is Resumed on
Stock Yards Rate for Corn
Lincoln, Neb., May 10. (Special.)
The postponed hearing before 'the
state railway commission on an ap
plication of the Union Stock Yards
company of Omaha' for a raise of
rate on corn furnished shippers, was
resumed Monday.
The application is for a specified
margin of 60 cents a bushel, irre
spective of what the price may be.
Heretofore the company has been
limited to $2 a bushel, irrespective
of what it had to pay.
Well Known Farmer Dies.
Beatrice, Neb., May 10. (Special.)
John Epke, a well known farmer
of the DeWitt vicinity, died yester
day from blood poisoning caused
from having four of his teeth ex
tracted. He had been ill but three
days. The deceased was 66 years
old and leaves his widow and a large
family of children, all grown.
NAVY HEAD SAYS
ADMIRAL SIMS
IS PROJRITISH
Daniels Answer to Charges in
Senate Does Not Refute
But Is Tirade Against
Subordinate.
By The Associated Fress.
Washington, May 10 Secretary
Daniels, before the senate' investi
gating committee, today made. liis
long awaited reply to the criticisms
of Rear Admiral Sims on the navy's
part in the war.
The naval secretary let go a
broadside which included charges
that Sims lacked vision, belittled the
work of the American navy in con
trast to the British, coveted British
decorations and aspired to become
an honorary member of the British
admiralty. He declared that officers
supporting the Sims' charges were
largely "people with a grievance."
The testimony of other officers, in
possession of first hand knowledge,
Secretary Daniels testified, "shoujd
be accepted by all open-minded men
as an absolute refutation of practi
cally all of Admiral Sims' charges."
Makes Six Counter Charges.
Sims, Secretary Daniels told the
committee, did not measure up to ex
pectations in various ways, of which
he mentioned six, as follows:
"He lacked vision to see that a
great and new project to bar the
submarines from their hunting
grounds should be promptly adopted
and carried out, no matter what the
cost or how radical the departure
from what ultra-prudent men re
garded as impracticable.
"He seemed to accept the views of
the British admiralty as superior to
anything that : would come from
America and urged those views eveh
when the Navy department pro
posed plans that proved more ef
fective. "In public speeches and other
ways he gave a maximum of credit
to British efforts and minimized
what his country was doing.
"He coveted British decorations
and seemed to place a Irfgher value
on honors given abroad than on
honors that could be conferred by
the American government.
"He aspired to become a member
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of the British admiralty and wrote
complainingly when the American
government declined to permit him
to accept such a tender by the king
of England.
"He placed protection of merchant
shipping as the main operation of
our forces abroad, failing to ap
preciate that the protection . of
transports carrying troops to France
was the paramount naval duty until
I felt impelled , to cable . him
peremptorily that such was our main
mission."
So far as bis own acts were con
cerned, Secretary Daniels said, he
would be willing to let the case rest.
The judgment and ability of the 11
other members of the general board
had been brought under public
criticism by one of their own num
ber, however, he said, and these of
ficers . . looked to the civil
ian secretary to defend them.
The portion . of Admiral Sims'
celebrated letter that shocked the
public more than any other, Mr.
Daniels said, was the statement that
he had been told at the Navy de
partment "not to let the British pull
the wool over your eyes. We would
as soon fight them as the Germans."
Assails Sims' Letter.
"I must confess that it shocked
me," declared the secretary, "for
in all my years of association with
officers of the navy this was the
first time I had ever known one to
make public any confidential con
versation with a superior officer. I
did not believe it was possible for
an officer of our navy to do such a'
thing. The people could not under
stand how anv patriotic American,
who put the good of his country
first could possibly spread broad
cast a statenjent which reflected
uoon his own government and
might tend to disturb the cordial
lations with a triendly power,
violate the confidence reposed in.
and publish a statement which
evidently believed would damage
fellow officer and cast doubt upoti
the navy's wholehearted espousal of
the allied cause."
D. J. Ellen Is Married.
Beatrice, Neb., May 10. (Spe-cial.)i-Announcement
has been re
ceived here of the marriage of D. J.
Killen, formerly of this city, and
Miss Hester May Babb, which oc
curred at Chicago recently. They
will make their home at Marinette,
Mich. Mr. Killen represented Gage
county'in the legislature' some years
ago. He was formerly engaged in
the drug business here and at
Omaha.
Legion Carnival Nets $2,400.
Holdrege, Neb., May 9, (Sp-cial.)
The Martin Horn camp, American
Legion, big indoor carnival closed
last night. Big crowds were in at
tendance and the camp will have a
net balance after all expenses are
paid of $2,400, with which they will
fit up commodious club rooms.
Neligh School Head Leaves. "
Neligh, Neb.. May 9. Prof. J. W.
Skinkle, superintendent of the Ne
ligh schools, has been elected super
intendent of the schools at Blair at
a salary of $3,200 a year and has
tendered his resignation to the local
board of education. The board here
had raised his salary to $2,700.
Lieutenant Governor's Wife (
Undergoes Fourth Operation
Lincoln. Neb.,' May 10. (Special.) .
Mrs; P. A. ' Barrows, wife of ,.
Lieutenant Governor Barrows, was
operated on at a local hospital for
the fourth time yesterday in hopes to
give her at least temporary relief.
Their daughter, Jane, Y. W. C. A
secretary at Salt Lake City, arrived
yesterday and will remain indifnite
ly. The lieutenant governor, who
esufefred a broken rib three weekt
ago, had an X-ray taken tqday in
order to discover the cause of .th
failure of the injury to mend.
Seek Chef Who Works for
"Eisenbahngesellschaft" ,
' Police Commissioner Ringer has
been requested by a correspondent
ift Germany to locate Arthui
Lachelt, who js believed to be em
ployed in or near Omaha as a rail'
road cook. n
A letter received yesterday said
that Lachct probably is employed a
a cfcef by a "cisenbahngesellschaft,"
which Mr. Ringer has learned refers
to a "railroad company."
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Three Killed in New York
Tenement House Blaze
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were burned to death and another
probably will dic(as the result of a
lire in an East Side tenement house
early Sunday. The fire, the origin
of which is unknown, started in a
hallway on the ground floor.
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