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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1920. BAKER DEFENDS LEAGUE AS KEY TO WORLD SANITY ? America Always Will Need I Big Army for Protection If "Covenant Is Re jected, He Asserts. i vi, .mt.ua n Am? 17. Formal i announcement of his purpose io dis- cuss during the presidential cam paign 'some ot tne oojecuoii!. ; which have ben urged against American participation in the league ; of nations," was made today by Sec retary of War Baker, speaking.be- tore tne unio oiaie ucawuiiu. w ; ventioii. ' 'When the suggestions based on partisan feeling have been swept ' aside," Mr. Baker said, "there re j main but two or three points which , really deserve serious consideration. The mos: important of these, is that ' which is addres-sed to article 10 of I the covenant, which article the 3 president has said is the heart of i t!ie whole matter. . Since Senator Lodge and Senator i Harding have both repudiated the Lodge reservations for which they both voted, it does not seem likely thar these particular reservations will figure in the campaign except las illustrations of the tactics used to defeat ratification of the treaty. Asserting that the whole question hinged upon article i0, Mr. Baker devoted himself to the discussion of that section of the covenant, t-aying that he did not believe that there could be any league or peace or disarmament without "the equiv alent of article 10 in the covenant accepted as a common principle and obligation by all nations of the earth." ... ... m "Those who criticise article iu, he said, "misread into it some sort of fear that it places the military power of the United States at the disposal of the council of nations and will require American armies to be settt overseas to enforce guar antees of article 10 without consent of the American people; but there is nothing whatever in the covenant which seeks to change the pow.er given by the constitution to con gress alone to declare war. Article 10 Is Essential. "Wbile it might well be that in the earlier stages of the operation of so great a principle, it might be necessary for the great Powers to show the sincerity of their adher ance to it by actually enforcing it, any such occasion, so far as the United States is concerned, would have to .be addressed to the sound wisdom of congress. Meanwhile the league, without congressional action, would be able ip all human likelihood to make the guarantee ef fective by mere weight of its moral Ttul economic power.' ' nVithout article 10." Mr. Baker said, "the league is vain, while with it the league becomes a great, mod ern, civilized agency," working to bring the woWd into '.'just relation ship . . .:' "If America'!'.! psfjifipate in -intern a don a I affairsMrBaker said, "the hcginniir pwst be made before the cement 4s set. which binds the rest of the wrrld into a family m which she is not a member. Na tional interest as well as moral duty clemrmded," he sa.;dr"that we now decide." ' . i Practical Plan Needed "Our ac'ion. will -throw the de termining1 weight into the scale pan for America as well as for nun kind." he said. , "The question is whether America being in the world, shall be of it; whether it shall co operate with other civilized people in the maintenance of peace, or shah draw itself exclusively aside, al low the rules of the game of Me to be made by others and by failing to eert in advance its economic and moral power be again obliged at even more frightful cost, to sus pend the orocesses of its life and end its' sons to die in a struggle wlvch the weight of its word give.t in advance wculd have sufficed to prevent." ' . When the next war might come "depends ;n large measure upon us and our actio.' in this campaign Mr. Baker said. , , "If we make it the business of statesmen to avert war and equip them with agencies whereby war may be averted it may never come,' he .dded. 15,558 Vessels Cleared U. S. Ports in Six Months' Xew York, Aug. 17. A total of 15,558 vessels, carrying 37,398,184 tons df cargo, entered and cleared United States ports during the six months ending June 30. the United States shipping board announced to day. Among these were 9,550 ships of the American registry, which car ried 60.8 per cent of the total cargo, as compared with 42 per cent during the same period last year. , Man in Insane Hospital Is Strangled by Cellmate Topeka. Kan., Aug. 17. Carl Smith, 32, aft inmate of the state hospital for the insane, was found by guards today beaten and stran gled to death in a locked room which he shared with Josiah Bach ellar, a former soldier. Bacheller, suffering " under a delusion that Smith was a German spy. killed his roommate, according. to Dr. H. L. Clark, acting coroner. 7 Steamships ' ArriTkln. Montreal. Aur. 1. Tunisian, Liverpool! Marantic. Liverpool; Clrcastan, Liverpool. Rotterdam, Au. IS. Noordam, New York. Naples, Auf. t. President Wilson. New York. Yokohoma, Aug-. IS. Douel. Seattle. Hamburg. Aug. 11. Manchuria, New York. . Avon Mouth. Aug. It. Montcalm. Mont real. 1 New Ynrfc, Auir. 1. T. Toralne. Havre; Bergensford, Chrtetlania; Frederik VII. Copenhagen. Sailing. Arditf. Aug. 15. Bermuda. Puget Found. Shanghai. Aug. It. Shabona, Sao Fran cis. - Taung Sau. Aug. IS. Bell Flower. San Franoieco. j Manila. Aug. 11 Tenyo ilaru. San Franctaoo. Yokohama, Aug. It. Siberia Maru, San Franeiaeo. Cherbourg, Aug. 14. Aquitania, New York. ' Chrhrtlania, Aug. II. United State, New York. ft. Michael Aug. 14. Roma. 'New York. - ' r 1 R.lTr)w- 8n Ray Chapman, Shortstop of Cleveland Indians, Dies as Result of Being Hit by Ball Ball Player Fails to Rally From Operation After Skull Is Fractured By Pitched Ball. New York, Aug. 17. Raymond Chapman, shortstop on the Clever land American base ball team, who was hit on the head by a baU thrown by Fitchcr Carl Mays in yesterday's game with the New York Ameri cans, died in the St. Lawrence hos pital at 4:50 a. ni. today. He never regained consciousness after an op eration, which was hurriedly decided on shortly after midnight, when a portion of his fractured skull was removed. Shortly before it was decided to operate Manager Tris Speaker tele phoned' news of the accident to Chapman's wife in Cleveland, who immediately started for New York. Gloom in Ball World. News of his death cast gloom over the members of both teams, and the base ball world in general, and to day's game between New York and Cleveland was called off. Carl Mays was overcome with grief when the news was told to him. The accident occurred at the out set of the fifth inning. Chapman was the first batter and was hit by the first ball pitched. So terrific was the blow that the report of the impact caused spectators to think the ball had struck his bat. Mays, acting tinder this impression, fielded the ball that rebounded half way to the pitcher's box and threw it to first base in order to retire Chap man. Collapses at Home Plate. Then it Was noticed that Chapman had collapsed at the home plate. He was lifted to his feet by other play ers, then he stood dazea tar a mo ment, staggered and crumpled up at their feet. Physicians were immedi ately called from the grandstand and they admi-istered first aid, still not knowing that he had suffered a frac tured skull. Two players, with Chapman's arms about their shoul ders, started to walk him off the field, i He appeared to walk at first almost unaided, but a few moments later his legs became limp and he had to be carried bodily to an am bulance. Manager Tris Speaker and Busi ness Manager Walter McNichols of Cleveland were at the hospital when the operation was performed. The surgeons made an incision three and one-half inches long through .the base of the skull on the left side. They discovered a rupture of the lateral sinews and a quantity of clot ted blood. A small piece of the skull was removed. Hampers Indians' Chances. The physicians at first entertained' a faint .hope that the ball player would recover, but he failed. to rally. Mays said that tlie ball he threw was a "sailer" one that breaks sharply on one side, due usually to a rough spot on the cover. He asked for another ball before pitching to Speaker, who followed Chapman, and the ball which fatally injured the shortstop was thrown out of the game. In base ball circles it was believed that Chapman's death would seri ously hamper Cleveland's chance of capturing the American league pen nant. He was a veteran and one of the mainstays of the team. Mrs. Chapman Arrives. Mrs. Chapman arrived in New York today. She was , met by offi cials of the American league, includ ing Tris Speaker,, manager of the Cleveland team, who sought to com fort her. Speaker declared later in the day he would issue a statement dealing with the accident. At local heaquarters of the Amer ican league, records on former major league accidents were not available, but John A. Heydlcr, president of the National league, said that as far as he could remember. Chapman was the first player to lose his life in big league base ball through any kind of an accident, Will Hinder Yanks. . Followers of the sport were in clined to believe that although the loss of Chapman would' handicap Cleveland, the Yankees, too, would suffer. They pointed out that a few years ago. after accidentally hitting a player with a ball, Walter Johnson failed to show his usual form in suc ceeding games, so affected was he by the accident. The mosf" recent of the kind oc curred in the south last spring, when during the training, games of the Superbas and Yankees, a ball thrown by Jeff Pfeffer, the big Brooklyn pitcher, struck Chick Fewster on the head. Fewster was in the hospital for several weeks undergoing an op eration for a -fractured1 skull. Pfeffer was off form for several weeks, but improved when it became 'apparent that Fewster would recover. Jennings Once Hurt. Another widely tfnown case was that of Hugh Jennings, now mana ger of the Detroit Americans, but then a member of the champion ship Baltimore team, who was un conscious -for some time after hav ing been hit by a ball pitched by Amos Rusie of the New York Na tional1 v Another accident was that which befell Roy Corhan of the White Sox here in 1911. - Corhan, then a re cruit . shortstop from the coast, was hit on the head by Russell Ford, former Yankee star spit bailer. For three days Corhan was 'unconscious and, although he recovered, his career in the big leagues was cut short. Ford was so badly affected by the mishap that he could not sleep while Corhan was unconscious and later had to be sent to Atlantic City for two weeks. - - The district attorney's office in dicated today that it was not plan ning to investigate the accident . A formal police investigation, however, was started when a detective was sent to interview Pitcher Mays. Tigers and Red' Sox Move to Banish Mays From Base Bali Boston, Mass., Aug. 17. Players of the, Detroit rWrnn clubs-of J $ al (L J Ivit jij ,- 1 1 7 JBLMi I lawk , Ray Chapman. to draw up a petition asking for the banishment from organized base ball of Carl Mays of the New York Americans, whose pitched ball fractured the skull of Ray Chap man, Cleveland shortstop. Prob ability that the members of both teams would refuse to play in games in which Mays was the pitcher was expressed by some play ers. Red Sox Prime Movers. The Red Sox met yesterday when word was received of Chapman's injury. It was agreed, according to Outfielder Menoskey, that all would sign a petition to President Johnson of the league to have Mays ruled out of the game, if Chapman should die, and that the . players would not go to bat against his pitching again. With news of his death the players expressed their sorrow and then discussed the carry ing out of the plan for a petition. "Stuffy" Mclnnis. Red Sox first baseman, hurried from his seaside home at Manchester, to call a meet ing of the players. Z Members tof the Boston club who were teammates of Mays until the latter deserted the club prior to his sale to New York last year, said they .felt certain the Detroit players afeuld join in such action as might be decided'. ' Cobb Against Mays. "Ty" Cobb, the Detroit star, as serted that summary measures should be taken against! Mays, im mediately. August Stanage, veteran player of the Tigers, said the players had already 'discussed action. Mays has been a storm center of base ball controversy for years. 'First, because of his close pitching, as a result of which players fre quently ha3 tried to "dust" them off, arid later' when the aeal between the Boston and New York clubs,' by which. ,he , was transferred after- he deserted the Red Sox,- precipitated a factional fight among club owners and President Johnson which threat ened to disrupt the league. Pitcher Carl Mays Grief-Stricken at the Death of Chapman New York. Aug. 17. Pitcher Carl Mays, who threw the ball that killed Shortstop Chapman of the Cleve land Indians, 1arred himself even to his friends today, so inconsolable was he because of the accident. Ef forts of even mWnost intimate team mates to comfort him failed to allay his grief. ' Mays . later voluntarily appeared at the homicide bureau of the dis trict attorney's office, where he was examined by Assistant JJistrict -Attorney Joyce. After the interview Mr. Joyce declafed Chapman's death was due to accident purely, and indicated that mo further inves tigation would follow. - . . t Mays returned to his lodgings un escorted. - 1 President Hevdler of the National Lleague announced today . that all ! flags on the league's club fields will be flown At half mast this week. The league's players also will wear an nnsienia ot mourning, he saia. " T Chapman One of Fastest . Wfen Playing In Base Ball Cleveland, Aug. 17. Raymond Chapman was born in McHenry, Ky.. January 15 1891. He had been a member of the Cleveland Amer :ca league team since August 30, 1912, and was considered one of the hesv shortstops and most popular players in the game. Chapman played his first profes sional base ba'l in 1909 with Mount Vernon, Til. In 1910 he went to Springfield. III. and from there to Davenport, la., in the Three-I league. Went Up in 1911. Cleveland ' obtained Chapman from Davenport in 1911 and sold him to Toledo, in the American as soc'ation, on option. He was re called to Cleveland in 1912 and had played in mor than 1,000 games m an Indian uniform. Chapman was one of the fastest men in base ball. On September 27, 1917, Tim Murane Day. at Bos ton, he won a loving cup for the fastest time in circling-the bases, doing it in 14 seconds. V 1 Broke Sacrifice Record. In 1917 he broke all major league sacrifice records with a total of 67, and also led the American league in sacrifices in the following two years. He was married last ' year to Catherine Daly o: Cleveland, daugh ter of M. B. Daly, president of the East Ohio Gas company. . Former County Judge Is Held on Forgery Charge Abilene, Tex,, .Aug. 17. After wandering for several years in for eign countries to escape charges of forging warrants of Taylor county, Texas, Tom Bledsoe, former county judge here, was in custody today. Bled rnr- vv" -"rested at Gordon. FIND ADDITIONAL ASSETS OF PONZI EXCHANGE FIRM Checks - and Cash Totalling $11,081 Taken Over by Assistant State At- ' torney General. Boston, Aug. 17 Uncovering of some of the assets of the Old Con- ony Foreign Exchange company was a development in the federal and state investigations of financial concerns, promising abnormally large returns to investors. Three of its officers are in jail and an agent is at liberty under bonds on charges of larceny. Albert Hurwitz, assistant state at torney general, unearthed the as sets, consisting of cash and checks totaling $11,081, which he took over. At the United States Trust com pany he found $9,926 in cash be longing to the Foreign Exchange company. The remaining $1,155, in cash and checks, he obtained at the office of J. F. McCuen, a substi tute agent for the company. There he seized books and papers as evi dence. Assistant Attorney General Jay Benton announced some of the stories told him by note holders of the Old Colony Foreign Exchange company regarding claims by its agents. Mr. Benton said one note holder reported that an agent told him that the company was bonded tor $oU,000 and had $30,000 in a bank at Quincy, where the note holder lived. Claimed Receipt of Million. Another nota holder, Mr. Benton said, declared that an agent told him on August 10, that the companj had just received $3,000,000 from Europe and that it had turned over $100, 000,000 to the government to show its good faith. .".Many note holders of this com pany and of the Securities Ex change company, operated by Charles Ponzi, who is still in jail, continued to visit the attorney gen eral's office and others made re ports by mail. The office had examined enough unpaid Ponzi notes to bring his liabilities up to $2,100,000 and the tabulation was incomplete. Mr. Benton said a Somerville Italian had informed him that his mother-in-law had sustained a shock and had become blind after learning Ponzi's business had col lapsed. She had invested $2,000 Widow Asks Money. A sidelight of the state's deposit of $125,000 with the Hanover Trust company, Ponzi's chief depository, closed by the state bank commis sioners, was the appearance of a widow at the state industrial acci dent board today with a check for $10 on that bank.. This represent ed her allowance from a trust fund granted her under , the workmen's Compensation law. . She was in formed there was no way for her to cash the check until the bank's affairs were straightened out. t Ponzi's liabilities, as disclosed in the audit of his accounts, were set today at about $5,000,000, exclusive of the 50 per cent interest promised on loans. His assets are problemat ical. No move was made to produce bonds for the release of Ponzi or of the jailed officers of the Old Col ony Foreign Exchange company, Charles M. Brightwell, Raymond Meyers and Fred Meyers.' Tomorrow a hearing will be held on applications for a receiver for Ponzi's company. Reds Pushed Back at Polish Capital Gates (Continued From Pare One.) sudski directed the counter stroke that effected this relief. The statement said the bolsheviki, who had planned to cross the Vis tula southeast of Warsaw in the region of Maciejowice (35 miles from Warsaw), were forced back. The right wing of the Fourth Pol ish army, in breaking the soviet re sistance at Kock (32 miles south ofSiedlce), took 200 Russian pris oners and captured some cannon and 14 machine guns. Counter Attacks Win. Paris, Aug. 17. Several success ful counter-attacks have been launched by the Poles against the Russians who have been hammering against the gates of Warsaw. In. the neighborhood ot Uiolm, on the southwestern front, Russian forces, which had crossed the Bug river, have been hurled back across that stream, while in the region of Mod- lin, northwest of Warsaw, the Poles have begun a counter-offensive, di recting their attack in the direction of Mlawa. Military critics said the situation was better than for some time. The battle near Cholm may be a precursor of an offensive designed to draw southward soviet forces engaged against Warsaw, it was said. Little significance was placed in the Polish attack near Modlin, as critics considered that simultaneous attacks on both flanks of the soviet army would be rash. Reds Center Attack Near Novo Georgievsk, Report London, Aug. 17. The soviet forces are centering their attacks upon Warsaw- in the region north east of Novo Georgievsk, the power ful Polish fortress on the Vistula, and along the line southeasterly it is indicated by Monday's official statement from Moscow. The communique reflects the re cent Polish withdrawal cn the southern front and announces the occupation bv the Russians of Brody and Sokal. The statement reads: 1 "Northeast of Novo Georgievsk and Warsaw fierce fighting con tinues, in which we flung back the enemy with a bayonet attack and oc cupied a number of villages west of the river Vkra. "In eastern Galicia, after fierce fighting on August 14, we occupied Sokal and Brody. In the region of Tarnapol our advance is develop ing." " Hve Root Print It. Beacan Cattle Loan Company . Declared Bankrupt (Continued Front rate One.) ever, if we lose out now fiere is nothing like trying again, and that is what we will do. According to G. P. North of Cherokee, la., and M. L. Donovan Omaha National bank building, at torneys for the stockholders, legal proceedings against R. V. McGrcw, Charles Wolberg. Jake Massey, Mc- Horter, Jesse McNish and officers of the Missouri Valley Cattie Loan company will be started in interests of the stockholders as soon as the bankruptcy of the firm is declared complete. Two or three men, who are said to be the main cocrs in the company's stock selling machine, were reported to be financially able to refund the money lost bv the creditors, and it is with this object in view that At torneys North and Donovan expect to file suits against the men follow ing the bankruptcy proceedings, McGrew the Ringleader. The Missouri Valley Cattle Loan company was organized by Wol berg, Massey and McHorter, to gether with several other business men of western Nebraska. McGrew is reported to be the chief business man of the company, and is the one who is said to have started the ball rolling. From the evidence brought out at the hearing, it appears that approxi mately $2,000,000 worth of stock was sold to farmers and stockmen in this state. Since the organization of the company, last year, nearly $1 000,000 have apparently been ini;- apnropriated, according to Judge Woodrough. Failure of the defend ants to clearly state what the money was used for, resulted in the de- cison declaring the' firm in bank ruptcy. Asks Restraining Order. At the hearing Tuesday. G. P. North, attorney for the plaintiffs. called the judge's attention to the r-. ui c... irtv i iimi new I vpui IS Oil OUI1- day and Monday inferred that Frank H. Gaines was the attorney for the Missouri Valley. Cattle Loan com pany. .He expressed the opinion that the newspaper reporters ha-1 been purposely misinformed as a means of propaganda to draw away from the petitioners and from the defraudedystckholders the right to vot-j and elect trustees who will guard their interests. "1 believe that the propaganda, if allowed to be carried out, might re sult in the same identical people being put back into control of these; assests, without the court's knowl edge, as a-e now in control of the j assets, sa-.d North. "I ask the court that it issue an injunction, or any other order in the case wherein the receivers were appointed, order ;ng the two parties who have quali fied and ire acting as receivers in this case not to spend one dollar of the money of this corporation in senoing out letters to stockholders with a view to getting them to apply for other receivers, to to give their proxy to vote for trustees." -Officials of Women's League to Organize Branches In State Mrs. E. S. Rood, director of the Second congressional district for the League of Women Voters; Mrs Cooper King, state 'field organizer, and Mrs. L. B. Webster went to Bellevue Tuesday to organize the league there. Wednesday Mrs. Rood, Mrs, King, Mrs. M. T. Wil liams and Mrs. J. W. Welch. Doug las county chairman, will assist in the organization ah Millard. Mrs. Rood and Mrs. King 'will go to Flor ence Thursday and Benson Friday for the same purpose.. On Satur day Mr, and Mrs. E- W. Gunther will accompany Mrs. Rood and Mrs. King to Elkhorn, Waterloo and VaU Icy to perfect organizations there. The first of a' series of moonlight meetings in Omaha, under the aus pices of the league, will be held next Monday on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Gunther,' 320 North Fortieth street. Mayor Smith will speak on. the 41' proposed constitutional amend ments. Blair will hold a moonlight meet ing Thursday evening, when an Omaha speaker will deliver an ad dress there i Tanker in Distress. Tampa, Fla., Aug. 17. The Mex ican Petroleum company's tanker "Fuel Oil"is reported in distress in the gulf, about 150 miles south of Tampa, and the motorship Narwahl of Tampa is en route to her, ac cording to Phillip Shord, agent of the fl company. TROUSERS 3000 Odd Pairs and Oar Entire Stock Included Genuine Values Are $7V2, $10 and$12V2 ALL GO AT Yours II V s J J Now! BARKER CLOTHES SHOP Second Floor Securities Bldg. 16th and Farnam Sts. Twenty Feet Above High Rents . DEMO 25 YEARS JOHN G. MAHER RALLIES TO G. 0. P Nebraska Military and Politi cal Leader Swayed to Harding by League Issue. John G,1 Maher of Lincoln, and known in Omaha for his political ana military activities, nas an nounced himself unqualifiedly fo Senator Warren G. Harding, re publican presidential candidate and the republican platform. Mr. Maher s announcement, which comes in the torm oi a signea siaie. ment. is of particular interest in view of the fact he has been a life long democrat of Lincoln and was mentioned for governor on tne democratic ticket but declined to make that race. v He served in the Spanish-Ameri can war ana was department com mander for Nebraska, and organized the American Legion in this state and was their hrst commander, League Chief Issue. "The democratic candidate states specifically that he is in favor of the '.acme of nations as presented by Wilson to the senate and the repub lican candidate states that he is op posed to it. Thus that issue is clean cut, and as I view it, is the para mount issue in the coming contest,' states Mr. Maher. He adds that he has been aligned with thp democratic Dartv tor a years and now believes the issue of the league ot nations is too Dig io Kprmit of a nartisan spirit or to en list sunnort for a oartv solely be cause ot affiliation ot years ot stana- ng- In this withdrawal of his allegi ance to the democratic party he jus tifies his position by quoting the tol lowing words of President Wilson Wilson Contradicts Self. "We cannot form an alliance with those who are not going our way, anrl in our mieht and majesty, and in the confidence and definiteness of our own purpose we need not, and we should not torm alliances wiin anv nation in the world. Those who stiirlv their conscience in determin ing their politics, those who hold their honor higher than ineir aavan faces Ho not need alliances. Mr. Maher explains ne oecnnes io travel any longer with the demo cratic party on its present trail, yhich would lead him away trom principles upon which .the republic wrae founded and which have brought it to its present state oi development He charges tne aem nrratic nartv is drODDilie the Stand ard of national achievement "for an other wretched internationalism. . He anticioates many democrats .;n follow the dictates of their con science as he has done, which thono-rif- he exoresses in these words: ' . Follows Its Founders. , "While manv of us in seeking it (democracy as taught by its found ers), must leave comrades of many years and sever associations made dear through many struggles, yet it is with a patriotic satisfaction that we . are following in the footsteos snd adhering to the teachings of the founders of that party." Mr. Mahr adds the senators who led the fight and prevented the adoption of the league of nations will go down in history' as "preservers cf the idetls of our country in this third war for American independ ence." He believes if it had not been for these . patriotic senators American troops would now be on their way to Europe. "Therefore," he concludes, "in the coming contest I will cast my vote for Harding and Coolidge. You may call upon me at any time and I will help in any way I can." Allen Wins By Big Margin Iri Kansas Primaries Topeka,. Kan., Aug. 17. Gov Henry J. Allen was renominated by the republican party for governor of Kansas at the August primary, ac cording to figures made public by the secretary of state. Allen's vote was .leT'and George Sncw's 42, 027. - ' ' '1 J. M. Davis of Fort Scott won the democratic nomination for governor. He received 14..561 votes against 9,369 for his nearest opponent. Roy Stanton, socialist nominee for governor, received 811 votes. Store Hourti 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Saturdays Until 7 P. M. GERM GLANDS KEY TO YOUTH, SAYS NOTED SCIENTIST Youth Can Be Restored to Aged by Reviving Germ Glands. Vienna, Aug. 17. Some ' remark able particulars have been obtained from " Dr. Eugen Stewadi, th Vienna university -professor, with regard to his discoveries in the di rection of making old people young again. The revi'il of the germ ghnds is, he claims, made possible ly a simple operation, while a sun ilar result can be obtained by the repeated application ot the Kotitgcn ays and X rays. He is a typical scientist, with a long gray beard, sharp features and energetic eyes. Experiments with Rats. Dr. Steinach stated that he be gan experimenting on a rat 1U years ago. Alter two years ne discovered that senile rats Showed renewed youth within lour weeks alter an operation on the germ gland . -?or treatment with A' rays, lie showed many photographs of rats before and after the operation. Senile ani mals, after being treated, carried their heads high, their eyes were bright again, and their fur coats thick and woolly. Descendants of the rejuvenated animals developed splendidly. Dr. bteinach periormed 1 opera tions on three men on occasions when they were receiving surgical Ireatment for sonic other reason. He kept the fact of his having also per iormed this special operation - a secret, and the patients we;e and still are perfectly unaware of what happened to them. The three ex periments were succssful and after two months the patients regained their vital energy. He showed a letter frdm a 71- year-old man, who stated that he was feeling "rejuvenated in every way: my hair and nails are growing quicker than before, my appetite is similar to that of a JO-yeai-old man, and my general appearance is like that of a man in the 50s. The trembling of my hands has disap peared entirely." Women treated with A ravs showed similar results. The lifetime of an animal was in every case prolonged by one-fourth. the professor admitted that his tunds tor further experiments are exhausted, and tint he has oniy now made his discovery public in order that rich philanthropists may step forward and assist him. . He leaves further judgment and discussion re garding his work to his colleagues. 2,695 Visitors From O. . O 4401 T otateoee oky-low At Ak-Sar-Ben Den Cockrell brothers, 7 and 6 years old, of Fremont, shared honors with Sky-Low at the Ak-Sar-Bcn Den Monday night when Fremont held the inside track. The boy pugilists put on a match that kept the crowd of 2.695 souls on its feet.. the tremont band, .minus the famous woman drummer, gave a concert at the mouth of the Den. Delegations from Elkhorn, Water-" 00. Valley, Millard and Fremont filled the visitors' pews. George Wolz of Fremont, C. fc.. Byers, editor of the Valley En terprise, and Senator ' Hitchrock poke. Charles Black announced paid memberships at a total of 4,280, the highest ever. Seek Bostelmann "Release On Habeas Corpus Petition Hebron, "NTeb., Aug. 17. ISpe- ial.) Application for a writ of abeas corpus was hied yesterday for Fred Bostelmann, for w;hose ar rest the coroner issued a warrant on the charge of killing his daugh ter, Frieda, 20 years old, the day be fore her marriage, by J. G. Mc Ciiftion, attorney McCustion is also head of the in anity bosrd which today is con idering an application made bv Bostelmanr's wife to have her hus band declared insane. THOMPSON- BELDEN COMPANY The Silk Shop for Quality BLACK SILKS ' Tharwill be so unusually good this year will be found here in the greatest variety. We offer 3 selection of black silks, satins, crepe, meteors, charmeuse, crepe satins, crepe taffetas, and- other desirable weaves for Autumn. LINING SILKS We have never shown a more pleasing .array of unusual designs and colorings in silks suitable for the lining of cloaks, suits or capes. French Kid "Slip-On" Gloves Trefousse French kid of our own importation, in black, white, mode and pastel, with hand-embroidered backs, $6. Trefousse two-clasp suede, also an eight-button length, in gray and beaver, $4.75 and $6.75. PROBE POLICE AID IN SCHEMES OWNED BY PONZI .1 Gigantic Scandal Looms In Bpston Over Activities of Financial Wizard Italians Loyal. Boston, August 17. Loyal Italian friends, who continue to believe that Charles Ponzi is the wizard he once appeared, have found for him a new bondsman and the young sensation will be brought from the East Cam bridge jail tomorrow morning and released. His present bonds are $35,000. . But, according to the Drosram. the Italian's tour of liberty will be short. The state immediately will confront him with 53 new complaints on which he will be re-arrested. So unless his friends have found a bondsman who willine to nro- douce at least $25,000 more for bail fonzi will go back to jail. -j His continued environment has not made him tinhanov. however. and he seemed to be fairly cheerful, passing the time in reading the pa pers and smoking cigarets. Wife Visits Him. There was one bricht snot durinc the day yesterday for the prisoner, the visit of his young wife. Mrs. Ponzi rode to East Cambridge from the Lexington mansion in the fa mous limousine, accompanied by a pairf guards, who conducted her to the door of the jail office and waited there patiently for her to re appear., v , She carried a larsre bundle which contained an assortment of fresh linen. She was with her husband three-quarters of an hour, reappear ing at 4 o'clock. The curtains of the car were cloftly drawn. 1 Has Defense All Ready. 1 ' "Financial dementia" mav be set forth as the basis for the Ponzi de fense, accordine to a member of the Ponzi family circle. Today Edward L. Pride, federal auditor, and Postoffice Insoector Makin have been busv gome over the mass of papers taken .from the home of Miss Lucy Mcli, Ponzi's private secretary, in the secret "raid' upon her home late last n;ght. The officials are on a hunt for the large sums of money alleged to have been hidden away by the Italian. Police Scandal Looms. Much of the money taken in by the so-called rival concerns, the Old Colony Foreign Exchange company, is also alleged to be missing and it is feared that a mistake Was made to allow one of the members, G. W. Lindblad, to depart for Europe early last week, before the arrest of the three remaining officials and one of the company's agents. A police scandal of huge propor tions seems on the verge of break ing. It became known today that not only did a large number of members of the force invest with Ponzi and the "rival" company, but . that many of them were acting -as agents of the two concerns as well, it is stated, collecting large commis sions for their efforts. These activ ities were not confined to "lowly" patrolrnen, but a number of in spectors and other higher officials are said to be involved. French Envoy in America To Negotiate for New Loan New York, Aug. 17. While plan ning to pav its share of the- Anglo French loan of $500,000,000 when it matures October 15, France hopes to obtain another loan, Jean Par metitier, official representative ol the French ministry of finance, de clared 'in a statement on his arrival to confer with American bankers. M. Panr.entier admitted he had come to negotiate with several American bankers, including repre sentatives of J. P. Morgan & Co. Maurice Casenave, French high commissioner in the United States, who met M. Parmenticr at the pier, said that his countryman was inters eslcd in placing a new loan of ap proximately $147,000,000. Main Floor. Children's Hose at Reductions Half and three-quarter length Hose in a great va riety of attractive styles and colors. Greatly Reduced in Price Wednesday Mail Floor.
