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.
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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
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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.