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The Da : v VOL. 50 NO. 32. t.l m twoaf-Clan Mtttn May 2. ISM, it Oman P. 0. UaaV Aal al March 3. 7. OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1920. By Mall (I mr). Inatit n ZoM. Dalit Daailu, 19: Dalit Onlj.-M: Siwiat 14 Outilda 4th 2aaa II vaar) 0iv aad Suadat Dall Only. Ill: Saada Qui U TWO CENT? OVTSUm OMAHA AND H'H. ca uium. nyii CE.M. A JdEE ... .' i ? . - X- x -f .-. . ... U. S. AGAIN FACES IRAVE FUEURISIS Government Officials Are De luged With Appeals for Re lief of Coal Shortage in New England States. ILLINOIS MINES NOW TIED UP BY WALKOUT President Wilson Considering Reincarnation of Certain Phases of Wartime fuel Administration. . By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. thltttffo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. Washington, July 23. With the coaV mines of Illinois td uo, by a strike, a -fuel shortage in the north west and NewEngland and the ex port trade draining the country of desirable grades, the nation again .faces a crisis which all the govern ment Yegulatipn 1 of the last three years appears to have been power less to prevent. . The administration again is being deluged with appeals from the oper ators, the miners and the public ito ,do something to see that industry gets enough coal for continuous operations and that householders are enabled to lay, in their winter's stores.. President Wilson has under Consideration pleas to reincarnate various phases of the late fuel d rnnistration, and Attorney General Palmer is goingi.to try his hand at. a solution in a eonfefence with the coal men in New York on Tues , day. . .;'..' ' : Chicago Near Famine. . That Chicago j,nd the middle west are threatened with a famine of high grade industrial and household coal vnless an embargo on export of the Pocahontas grarit of eastern bit uminous is imposed, was revealed in the following, telegram received by government officials today from William Rourke of Chicago, secre tary of the Independent Coal Deal ers' association of that city: "The Independent , Coal Dealers' Association ok Chicago protest on. the shipment of Pocahontas coal for export, as the foreign countries are A outbidding the dealers in the United , States on llits grade of .coal, and Hterefore raising prices to such an ex,teht that causes the American " public to -suffer with 'high prices, If an embargo was placed against foreign export of this grade of coal .- the ltyof Chict) and the middle west would be able to obtain their - requirements, as Chicago must have specified amount of Pocahontas coal to keep from suffering this" win ter. Praying that some action 'may be taken by the 'Interstate Com merce commission at once that we may be able to keep the suffering public of Chicago warm this win ter." f . y Walch Sounds Warning. Just before congress adjourned Senator Walsh , ot Massachusetts , voiced the outcr of New England against the shortagi nd exorbitant prices of coal resuinng from the op erations of the export trade, he advocated an embargo by congres sional actidn but congress did not , consider the matter The Interstate Commerce commission wais appealed to athat time by New England in terests fo embargo 'the movement of ' coalfor export. The federal trade commiss'on JOade public a bulletin reporting"' the cost of mining bituminous coal last April which shows that the opera' tors margin took , jump of 17 cents a ton that month' over thc-previous .,- juarter. -. v , . ' ; The' average . sales realization "of the 812 operators reporting to the committee for April was $3.26" per ' ton while their total reported Lm I b. mine cost amounted ta$2.76.. Of this latter amount $2.04 reprisentcd labor costs per ton; 31 'cents the cost of supplies and 4t cents general ' expense (or overhead.) The differ encebetween the sales, realization and the, I.' o. b. mine cost .per ton is.the'marsrin" which was 50 cents per toil. The conrlnission empha size , the point that this" "margin," is not the same as profit. "Not ell of the margin is profit. In order to arrive at the Amount available for in - come and excess profits tares, divi- ' dends, Or surplus, there must ,be de ducted certain items, such as sell- . ing expenses and interest ttn bor rowed caoitat,4id there must be sadded certain items, such as income Rom outside investments." ' , Figures For 1920. ',. Along with the April iigures, comparable information is shown for the first three months of 1920 , and for the year J918. The average (Centlnued Page Two, Column One.) Thayer County Wheat Yjeld Nets Farmers $100 an Acre Hebron, Neb., July 25. (Sper cial.) Reports show the wheat yield in several sections of Thayer coun ty is making 100 an, acre.- J.- L. Currier, living southeast of Hebron, had 18 acres which made 40 bushels an acre. This wheat sold for $2.50 a bushel. ' ; John Daringer of Hebron, "and Sse Deaver of Gilead, both owning Vs in the pastern part of the , vv. report a yield amounting to iiOO.an acre. . Corn is doing well, 'being clean and ot good size and color, out h beginning to need ram. Crops are : suffering considerable 1 " nthe 'iouthera part of the county along the? Kansas line for want of rain. The wheat crop has been cut short and corn is. already' hirt. Chinch bugs are damaging "many crops ra this portion, Agents of Reds Try to Sell Crown' Jewels in Holland Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. Chicago, July 25, Agents of the bolshevist government of Russia are attempting to sell the imperial Russian crown jewels to dealers in 'it je Holland. ' accoraine to .. Miss Kath erine Dokoochief a. refugee from Samara, Russia, where her father was one of the' largest land own ers. After many thrilling adven tures, -including being captured by pirates while at sea, Miss Dokoo chief has arrived in Chicago and is the guest of Mrs. Edward W. Ev erett. "The Lenine government hopes to realize many millions of dollars from the sale of tliegorgesap gems, stolen after the flight of-theunfc-tunate family," said Miss Dokoo chief. "Holland, however,, will have nothing to do with the jewels, real izing that their- purchase might be construed as openly countenancing bolshevismj POLICEEXPECT TO SOLVE TRUNK TOTERYSOON Clues From Series of Letters May Prove Identity of v r Body Found in Ex- . ' pressroom. - ,., New York, July 25. Clues obtained yesterday from handwriting con tained in a series of letters which passed between Detroit and New York are expected to reveal the identity of the woman whose muti lated body was found in a tfunk here yesterday, police investigating the case announced tonight. Thcletters were produced by An drew J. Branjc, a local express man. Branic also . told officials of two South Americans for whom he stored a trunk in 1918, and one of J wvhom later ordeKd the trunk shipped to Leroy,-care ot tne x. M. C. A. in Detroit. The name of Leroy is that of the person .reported as having occupied an apartment at 105 Harper street, Detroit, the ad dress on the trunk in which the body was found. Told to. Get Trunk. ' The most recent letter, to which the police attached importance, was one received by Branic June 11 from a. man in Detroit. It was signed A. A. Tatumand ordered him to get a trunk sent from there June 10, ; He tried to locate , the trunk. but was not able to had it. it was last January, Branic told the police, that-he received the let ter directing the trunk be sent to "E. Leroy.";- That letter, he said, was in - the; same handwriting as the Tatum letter, but was signed O. J. Woods, the name which, the ex pressman said, was used by one of the two South Americans. No Use for Basement Stop in Courthoilse Since Booze All Gone Springfield, 111., July 25. Recall ing the clays ot the distant past Charles Comb9, who has as "many tips and dowys as anybody in Springfield as elevator man at the courthouse here, said: "Was a timewhen we used to run thjs old cage down to the basement, but not any more. The hooch, that was confiscated by local a-uthorities from bootleggers and stored down thew is all srone. But I remember when they raided the Windsor liotel jast after Springfield went 'dry. I went down to the "cellar next morn ing and a mouse was hopping around on the floor. He looked at me and said: ' , ' "'Where's the-cat now?"' Bring him oh.' v ', " "Yep them were the good old days," Beatrice Woman Injured In Automobile "Accident Beatrice, Neb., July 25. (Spe cial). Mrs. Lucy Stratford of this city .was severely cut and bruised In an auto accident which occurred be tween Beatrice and Wilber when the car went, into the ditch. Mrs. Koy Kelly and her, two brothers, who were in the aUto cn route to their home in Beatrice, escaped with slight injuries. - The car was badly smashed, ' : ; , , Two Babes Left to Die iniAbandoned Well Ajp Brother and Sister, Physicians and Nurses Sa) Somewhere in Omaha there is one Avoman and perhaps one man to whom the identity of the twa foundlings left in an abandoned well at Thirty-third and California streets Saturday evening is na'mystery. Vo thiswoman and this man the amazing" itory of parental indiffer ence, chronicled in Sunday morn ing's newspapers, wal not news. To them it brought no shock ofbut raged humanity, no surprise, mayi be not even pity. ; n This -woman is the mother of the foundlings, this man their father. ' : v Perhaps perhaps there - are two such -women and two such men; physicians and nurses disagree as to 'whether or not the little' mites are twins, with the predominant opinion ,' that thev are, - - - - While policf seek in vain for so"ie chjr o'Xobin the nustia' cruelty of th' double aandome". some rwpv t-ncw-4h( "whv." What the trsffpfiv ot ham r, what brute fcdiffcreace 1 cruelty of ccUih "I have since heard that the eems. which constitute one of the finest collections in the world, arc now in Germany and that negotia- ;. si! :ons tor their sale are being secret- y carriea on tnere. , . . -1 Miss JJokoochief was visiting witn friends in Tiflis, whcji a friend ar rived with the information that the 'jolshevists had seized all. Her fath- . i 1 1 if hii iqxiouS heard whvsor-U rc, peacefully." she. in Russia conditions are most distressing. Seventy-five pec cent cjf the population thev is either suffering from terrible dis eases or massacres. The churches have been subjected to the vilest ndignities, the least of which is the stabling of horses and cattle iu them, 1 while starving refugees huddle in the barns and outhouses or cold, damp cellars." " SHERIFF FROM AURORA GOBIES FOR CHECK IAN Nebraska Official Says Sev eral Good Cases Are Pend ing Against Slater, Arrested in Bluffs. Sheriff J. E Howard of Aurora, Neb., arrived in Council Bluffs Sun day afternoon and took charge of John A. Slater, wanted there for the alleged passing of several bad checks and said to be wanted by bankers' associations all over the country on similar charges. j H Slater was arrested by 'Detective Tom Callaghan and Emergency Of ficer -JEd Barritt at the Goodrick ho tel in Council Bluffs. Pinkerton agents had been following the map at the request of the Nebraska Bank ers' association. The Bluffs dfficers, however, had made the arrest be fore the word was received from the bankers' assoeiation. He was .want ed in the Bluffs., in connection' with the passing of three had checks, one at the State I Savings "bank, one at Manawa and one at the Liebvitz grocery on West Broadway. The telegram from Aucora was at the station when Slater was arrested. Sheriff Howard 'saidthere were several good cases against rthe man in Hamilton county and others in various pafts of Nebraska and "that the bankers' association of the state is anxious to prosecute bun; vigor the Bluffs were for small kittounts and do not involve forgery, as do those passed in Nebraska. Slater was willing to return with' the sheriff without formality of le gal requisition. . He said the $50 check found. in his possession was given to him in a poker game and that he didn't attempt to, cash it when he1 found it was bad.' It was written, ' however, in' chirography that corresponds exaqtly with the ad mittedmitted writing of Slater. - British Dye Manufacture Exceeds Total Before WaH London, July 25. "The present putput of the British dye industry exceeds the totaf. prewar consump tion." . ' .( - This was- the statement made Jy Sir H. Birchenough, chairman of the British Dye Stuffs corporation, in a review of the industry at the annual general meetingof the cor poration. C -: - , "Consumers have the right to ask that supplies from other countries shall only be imported under a sys- tern which will guarantee that the danger of complete or even partial foreign monopoly shall not reap rwar." . . tu. i,.v, r.:A tu.-. .a- J. in . vuau luau oaiu itici naa 3LiikL a, great nortage ana that the unit ed States could supply certain classes of dyes, but vthat the ex change conditions and present prices in the British market prevented this relief. . .. ... Well Waters Stock a Year; Then Offers to Oil Them Hume, Mo., July 25. J. G. Hol latid, a farmer living near here,v re ceived rather -a pleasing shock the other day when he went to water his stock. ' ' "Ayater well dug on his place heafly a year ago gave pff a steady sircars of crude o'A as he worked the pump lever. - V stifled a mother's love, the mother, at least, knows. Out at the Methodist hospital yes terday the two tots, all innocent of the hard fate which left them' with out a mother's care, gurgled and slept after the fashion of their ind. Every ofice in a while, down in the office of the hospital superintendent the telephone rang. More likeljrl tnarr not, was an inquiry as to the health of the two mites whose story- had touched the hearts of thousands of people. Three times it was more than, that some kind heart was ted tar an offer of adop tion, promising love and attention to the baandoned babes. . -Thesee in quirers were referred to the proper public authorities. . . Police yesterday failed to make progress toward a solution of the mystery, according q reports at Central station.' . Nurses and phy sicians who viewed the babes yes terday diifered somewhat ,in; their opinions as to -age, but the majority tended to believe that they were c-niy a few hours -old when found, rather than a dav :of more as at first was believedi - 1 . , r . .' EATH IN WAR ETRAYSWIFE AS UNFAITHFUL Soldier-Husband Finds Her Photograph Among Effects OfHVIarine Killed in Bat- y tie Aks Divorce. . . , ' .. Chicago, July 25. Out of "one of the most terrui battles of the Ar gonne forest a wounded marine was carried to an American field hos pital. He died there.? On the hos pital records he was' classified sim I'lyas "Carliss, Sixth company, fifth marines. On duty in the hospital was Wil liam G. Schoenwald, seVgeant first class, medical department, U.' S. A. Part of his many duties was to care for the effects of his comrades who fell in battle. , t - In time Schoenwald came ,to the case of "Carliss, Sixth company, J'ifth marines." The meager effects of the -comrade. ' who had "gone west" were spread on a table before JiimA ' ' Cpmes Upon a Photo. There wt,re a few francs, a jack knife, a wrist watch, ! its crystal shattered, letters bound wuth a rub ber band, and a photograpH. The grim hardships and sosrows of war had not yet hardened Sergt. Schoen wald. His throat tightened as he picked Itp the photograph and ex amined it. It was the: likeness of a young, attractive woman. Across the small room the chap kin was first, to hear the involun tary cry (of Sergt. Schoenwald. When the kindly chaplain reached him Sergt. SchoeawaM was uttering queer, inarticulate scAyids. " "What is it, old man?" the chap Iain asked kindly; Sergt. Schoenwald held up the photograph that had been among the effects of "Carliss Sixth com pany, Fifth marines." ' -Was His Wife.. "It's the picture of my wife," he explained brokenlyv : . " So much for. the early history. The sequel came yesterday in the superior court when Sergt. Schoen wald, still serving with the Ameri can army of occupation ;5n Coblenz, Germany, filed suit to divorce Ber tha Harper Schoenwald through Attorney Charles E. Erbstein. The" bill, although chargingmis conduct, does not'accuse the wife of impropriety with "Carliss, Sixth company, Fffth marines." The - affidavit made by Sergt. Schoenwald before Lieut. W D Wilso n in Coblenz reads: He Goes Overseas. "About Tanuirv. 19T? ..at Vrt r A., Russell. Wyo,, I wasVtold by a crht - - On September 4, 1917, my compa)ywas ordered overseas. I sent my wife to my parents in Chicagd, gave her all the money I had in the bank, insured myself or $10,000 and made an al lotment, so as to -give her $65 a month, retaining $8 a month. "In France I received letters from my brothers and a cousin that my wife s condcTlas not all it should '. Other Men Blamed. "At Bezu le Guery, France, one of my comrades named Ferguson, told me I .should never live with mv wife again because of misconduct. He implicated a soldier named Dawes, Who was Vounded in Bellean WnnH "In October. 1918. m that she had run away from the home of my parents in Chicago be cause t attempts to control her ac tions. She was In Cambridge, Mass. "On November 3, 1918, a wounded marine was brought into the field hospital at Landreville, Franoe (Ar gonne), and died therfe. , A mnnor hie effectswas found the attarHpd ture of my wife, clothed as it was not possible to clothe herself on the ciwuuiii oi money .-was able to al lot to her. The man's name was Carliss of the Sixth company. Fifth niannes, Nearly Half Million " Permits to Cross Line ' Are Issued at El Paso El Paso. Tex.. Tnlv25 500,000 border permits and identity tarus entitling nomers to cross to Mexico were issued durinar the first year, of prohibition in the United states, it was announced here. Of the455,963 permits and cards is sued durinir the fiscal July 1, according to the report of r. w. isertcshire, border supervisor of , immigration, 418,735 went to tourists. 1 - Ahc remaininor 37.228 were issued to Residents along the border. Tourf ist travel across theborder during the fiscal year preceding the one just closed amountedto only 1-29 ot wnat'it waj last year. v Only 14,130 persons who called them selves tourists asked permission to go temporarjJyjnt6 Mexico during the last 12 months this, country was wet. To wartime restrictions dur ing that period is attributed some of the great difference in the figures. Atlantic CityMakes Bid J . For 1 924 Olympic Games "Atlantic City, July '5 Mayor Bader announced today that Atlan tic City hotel men will guarantee $500,000 to bring the Olympic games here in 1924. The offer has been made to Justice Bartow S. Weeks of New York,, a member of the American Olympic Games commit tee. " , ' Banks Increase Capital. Washington, July 25. Special Telegram.) The comptroller of the ciyrency has approved the increase of the capitat"of City National Bank of Lincoln, Neb., from '$300,000 to $500,000, . and the Citizens National Bank of Norfolk"Neh from $50,000 to $100,000 The Patient Public Will Pay It SWITCH ENGINE KILtSTOURIST EN ROUTE WEST Body Identified as W. M. Lane Of Milwaukee by Some . Letters in a - v . Pocket. ' , W. M, Lane, 45 years bid, living in Milwaukee, Wis. , was , instantly killed shp.rtly bejQt 'clock "y ester- was sfrucS by a Unioh 'Pacific railroad engine at Eleventh and Jones streets. Lanes identity was established by a letter found in his pocketX A rail roE d ticket to Lander, Wyo., with a stopover at Casper, and 17 cents were also found among his effects by the police. . r The locomotive was in charge of Omar Cotton, engineer, 1410 South tiKhteenth street, and Fireman Tc Walker, 1926 South Fourteenth street. Walker, the only witness of the accident told the police that Lane quickly., stepped frornbehind a boxcar and plunged in front of the engine as if he intended to commit suicide. , Cotton did not see Lane until he iad been run down. " Police, on a partial investigation, doubt the suicide theory until a com plete investigation is made. They believe that Lane, .who was to leave on a 4:32 westbound train, was a stranger in Omahaand apparently was making his way to the station and got lost in the railroad yards. Lane was well-dressed and had a let ter in his pocket from a bother, A. D. Lane, living in Lander. The engine was known as a "try out" locomotive and was only a few hours out of the shops after being repaired and was setting" passen ger coaches in the yards when the accident occurred. -, The body was taken to the F. E. Fero undertaking parlors Police sa an inquest will probably be held today. The brother was notified of the accident by the police. Jazz Makes Kicking . Cow Shimmy; Soothed By "Rock of Ages" Greensburg, Pa., July 25. Cows are being milked to the calming strains of the bid hymni "Rock of Ages," by John Leighty, wealthy dairyman of East Huntington, who purchased two highly bred Holsteins a few days ago. iHe found he had two of the worst kickers in the country on his hands. How to re form them kept him awake nights until he saw an old Austrian worn-, an swarm bees to a hive by placing a phonograph oa top of it and grind ing out jazz music. Leighty started a jazz tune on his phonograph and began to milk one of the new cows. Tossing her head, the cow began to prance." Leighty then tried the old hynv-, "Rock of Ages. Bossie, settled comfortably 6n her feet and a great calm came over her. f , -j : , Place Value of $25 Quart On Whisky in Damage Suit New York. July 25. A value of $25 a quart W placed on 2j7 quart t .,- -f J .1. . . 1- ! L. 5 .L. Domes oi wnisicy wnicn ioriu uic basis of a damage suit filed here by J-W. E. D. Stokes against the im porters', Warehouse ,Cq Inc. The action is brought to recover $8,925 1or the alleged 16& of the whisky from a warehouse m which Mr. Stokes 'claims he stored 600 cases in 191 2." " '- . Shortly before the prohibition 'aw went into effect in 1919. Mr. Stokes alleges, he called for the' liquor and discovered the Josf : . ' ; PLENTY 0F1MPTY FLATS FOR RENT IN WINDY CITY Many lahiilies Move to Farms And Small Towns to Beat H. C. L Cliico Tribune-Omli Be leased Wire. - Chicage,- July ; 25. Two months ago Chicago people .:were running around .in circles, vainly trying to finds a flat or a house in ; which to live. ""Meanwhile the landlords were constantly .boosting the prjee to unheard of rates aad coldly ins forming homeless tfne iney could take-jt-pr leave A' '..J';. -,". Sfeice " "rthett "conditions "Tiave changed rapidly. Real estate) men admit they have between 6,000 arid .8,000 vacant flats; the result of the' "back to the farni" movement. Prob ably the number of vacant apart ments' is much larger -than the ad missions' indicate, -i . Several .factors enter infc this con dition. Owing' to the" extreme high cost of " materials and labor, more . than 50 per cent of the building pro jects planned for this season have been abandoned. This has resulted in hoVork for thousands of trades workers,: who have been forced to go to other cities to find employ ment. There is a remarkable' exodus of the families of soldiers who came to Chicago to reside , durjng the period of $he war and are now get ting back to the farms. Staggering taxes, (imposed by the government, state, county and municipality and other sources are proving too heavy a load for the men of limited in come to carry, along with the high cost of food products and many of these aye getting out of the city to farms or small villages where they can grow their own food. Confirm Reports That Many 'Herman Officers Ate Active in Red Army . ... t. By PARK j? BROWN. , New York Tmles-Chtcacn Tribune Cable, Copyright. Mm , Warsaw, July 25. Reports that large numbers of German officers are active in .the bolshevik Narmy have been reliably confirmed during the advance of the reds into Poland. According to trustworthy informa tion, at least 50 German and Aus-' trian officers, some of the former wearing old Prussian uniforms, were engagea in the battles in Beresina. Among the -names cited is that Jf Gen. Parsky, who reorganized the red -intelligence department; ..Lieut. Baron Von Briythausen, who was given charge of .the air forces: Col. Beck, and .Lieut Col. Schmidt, ap pointed to Jhe revolutionary . staff. Among the air squadron command ersappear the names of Von Below, Bergen, Schieltz ahd Obersdorf. Still others listed are Dempke, Von Griese, Von Karadoff and Von But lite. Several of these are on the general statf. ... - . Woman Attempts' Suicide. Mrs.xE!beqpShinek, 27 years old, 1523 Grant street, attempted suicide at her home early yesterday morn ing bydrinking a weak solution of carbolic acid." The police surgeon was called Her condition is not serious. Mrs. Shinek has been suf fering from ill health for some time. The Weather i v . ' Forecast . Nebraska! Mostly etfiWy today and somewhat warmer; probable showers in west central portions. Hourly Temperatures: 5 a. m. .11 1 p. Hi . . 6 a. m .09 t p. in. , T tm., ...17 p. m. . 8 B. m.... .,... 4 p. m., 9 .m,.. -.AS S p. m. , 10 a. m. i...4 I p. m.. M .M .M .63 ,S .4 It a. m s. . .M T p. IX noon ...I..J....M v .91. SOARING PRICES StRIOUSMENACt TO PUBLISHERS More Suspensions Inevitable, Due to. High Cost of Nevis Print, Western Editors . ' ' ' ' "Forecast. y Chicago, 111.,, July 25. Advancing costs rtiotlu'flf less , than Staggering confronted publisher of 50 middft wfern newspapers who met here during the last week in conference -with paper manufacturers in an ef fort to reach some understanding as to next gear's supply and price of news print.- "t The. manufacturers claimed- that production costs have soared beyond previous belief and quoted coal at $8.50 to $11 a ton, as compared 'ith $4 and $4.50 a ton last December, pulpwood at $25 and $35 per double cord, as against $15 to $18 last fall, with the question of a sufficient sup ply even at that price a serious prob lem. Other, raw materials, they de clared, had advanced in about the same proportion. . .Manufacturers, further maintained that there is a ser ious shortage of labor, particularly to secure the pulpwood. Publishers present at the confej ence Considered then problem at most, critical one. The prospective increase in paper costs would amount to from $200,000 to $600,000 a year for individual papers represented here. . Additional suspensions of Newspapers unable to. stand the strain or, consolidations were -forecasted. Increases of price possibly to fWe cents for we"ek-day papers and 10 cents for Sunday, were thought likely. While new" mills under construction promise some re lief, this will have little 'effect be fore 1922. . Liberal Rainfall Makes North Dakota Crops, B6om ' Fargo, N. D., July 25. Flourish ing crop conditions throughout North , Dakota -are reported by Edgar Olsen, superintendeit of the experimental department jf the North Dakota Agricultural college. "Rain in liberal quantities 'fell in all parts of North ' Dakota in the latter part- of June and early in July," said Mr. Olsen. , "This had a wonderfully stimulating effect .on the cr6ps,- bejng especially notice-able-in the rapidly increased growth of wheat - -1 Refationships Fail to Turn Justice From Duty Hays, Kan., July 25. Just be cause it happens to be ."in the family" doesn't interfere with the -decisions of Justice of Peace F"B. Bumgardt, of this place. The other day Bumgardt fined his son-in-law. his brother-in-law. five other pEoduce dealers and himself $1 and costs for failure tOvCandlel eggs. . Wheat. Tets High. , Beatrice, Neb., July , 25. -(Spe-cial)-John Horsky, living east of Barneston, finished threshing 70 acres of wheat which yielded 27 bushels to the acre and tested 63 to 66 pounds to the bushel. Glen Gar rison of the Liberty vicinity reports a yield of 49 bushels- of oats to he acre. r: : ."."-. . Rain Helps Cora. Beatrice, Neb., -,July 25. (Spe cial). One of, tha worst electrical storms in years visited this section Sunday morning, doing consider able damage to telegraph, telephone and electric wire3.' About aiv. inch of rain fell which practically in sures a bumper, crop in Gage county. RED FORCES PLAN WORLD 1 1 Jl ft I KtVlLUIIUII i . . ' Third Communist Congr-ess-at Moscow Working Out Details For an International Revolt Against All Governments. ;? . AfticDiPAM nci CftATinM nifiuiuvnii ubLLunnvii ATTENDING MEETING Practically Every Nation With Grudge Against .Allies Sard! Jo Be Represented German Forces Mobjlized'on Border. By GEORGE SELDES. f . New York Tlmw-t'lilct Tribune Cable, Copyrltht, lJd.' - , ,i Berlin, July 25. The third inter- uationaie or communist congress, wViirh met at Petrncrrad anrf i now in session at Moscow, is really plan ning a world revolution and over throw. One hand discusses pacific, measures, such as propaganda. The other hand .favors military alli ances for achieving the goal. , Most significant in the congress is the participation, of delegations' from the British possessions, espe; cially East Indians, Egyptians, Turks and Irish. . - I Keliabie persons arriving irom Moscow informed me that there is an American communist delegation which came over secretly, on Amer ican passports through Esthonia and Roumania. .Crossing-" the bor ders the men assumed high-sound-; i ing, mouth filling .Russian names. They are living in Russia incognito and jJan to return to America. John Red worked his way to Finland' as a stevedore. i Irish Commission Secret. . The Iy-ish comi'ssion. also cam secretly. One of the members is ..o.vt XfAlnJn' Th. Turkish egates consist of Bedri Bey, Bc" haeddin Chakim Bey and Chakim Bey, who really are representing the grandtvizier, Talaat Pasha-,- in a great scheme for a Turko-Rus-sian military alliance to free the Islam world from British "and French dominion. The first mili tary steps are to" be seen inMCemc.I Pasha's army and Caucasus af fairs, i . ( ; ' ; " -. :.; I am informe'd that practically every race or nation which, has as pirations or a grudge , against the allies i4 represented at Moscow; where open conferences discuss. mif- ! itary and Marxian Socialism and" theoretical communism, but the sc rct conferences discuss military; measures for upholding the world's . stability and bringing about a so viet of the world. All Germany's available forces. su.uuy- to 60,UU0 men, are mobilized along the Prussian gorder await ing eventualities in ; the Russo; Polish1 battle Mow raging. Prus sian force poses. unlimited mine throwers and rifles, plenty of cannon and ammunition and are ordered to disarm the Poles opposed to the Russians if their promise with respect to' neutrality is broken by Mhe allies. IV This new situation is Causing in terest in. the attitude of 200,000 Rus sian prisoners j withiii the country, who are influenced by Soviet's prop aganda and are joined in spirit by a common hatred of the Poles and eager1 to assist Russia in completing Poland's downfall,, ! - Situation Critical. ' German guards are afraid that should a leader ,arise among the ririscmers, they would break out, arm themselves, march Russian ward and surround the Polish forces " ..i s Another--" critical situation . is caused by Germany's inability to strengthen the Prussian forces on account of the Danzig corridor through which ths allies refiise them the right to transport tro,ops aofl materials. Berlin finds it is top .late fo'r sending reinforcements by Baltic and besides here is't enough trans portation facilities. Meanwhile war's fever again is feltjn Berlin. News paper extras are' eagerly bought an5 crowds read the bulletins and dt$ cuss the conflict.. The thunder of artillery is heard from the Prus sian border. . s. W Ratherje Chaplain Than E Pastor; Escape Old Maids Bosto,, July 25. Episcopal . mil isters who have served as tempor ary chaplains in the army and who seek to be made permanent chap lains were up for examination at army headquarters. ; One of these ministers when asked instead of a rector of a church re plied: . "Tnere are severak reasons. A chaplain in the army is free to do what work he thinks best. ' He' is not beset by a lot of old maids in his parish who ar'e all the time making-life miserable for him when he ! plans." "" ' . . Wymore Man Asks $10300; Damages .for Auto Wreck Beatrice, Neb'., July-25. (Special,) Harry M. Haskill , of Wyoming filed suit for $10,500 damages against Sherman Taylor and his son, Edwin, for injuries received in. aaiauto ac cident at Wymore last winter. In his petition he charges that Edwin Tay lor, vNo was in. charge of the ma chine, was driving in a careless aid reckless manner when the machine struck the buggy in which the plain tfTFjmd William Corbiu were .riding, completely wrecking it and injuring both occupants' Mr. Corbin a few days ago -fjled a imilar suit in tkt district court against the Taylojr , m......., y. i 1 s: