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f THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 27. 1920. WILY MEXICAN i REBEL VICTIM OF DECEPTION Chieftain, Credited With Kill ing Bandit Leader Zapata j by Ruse, Is Put to : Death. Monterey, Mexico, Aug. 25. Gen eral Jesus Guarjardo, who treacher ously tricked and slew the wily rebel leader, Emiliano Zapata, himself fell a -victim of deception when he was captured by government troops and executed here July 18 last. The tale of his latest and last adventure is tlfiis tnM hfrp- i thirteen months ago Guaiardo, "colonel in Carranza's army, at tacked a detachment of his own fac- tion s troops, killed . and wounded 1 several of them and convinced Za pata that he had a new adherent. Theivas Zapata greeted him in sa lute, he had ordered Jiis men to fire on Zapata and the noted rebel chief was blown out of his saddle, dead. 5 Made New General To reward this act, Carranza made the double dealer a general and a little over a year later he turned upon his benefactor and joined the successful revolution of . Obregon and De La Heurta, v t After many misgivings they ac cepted him as a general in the new army and gave him the command of a brigade and he started for Torreon on a campaign against Villa. While enroute he stopped his trains, as sembled his regiment commanders and explained that he had resolved "not to recognize" the.Dc La Heurta regime any longer, but to go into the hem for the newest revolution and join Ozuna. Ricardo Gonzales and the others fighting to the eastward around Monterey. But several col onels, his chjcf of staff and half his command desetted him. Revolted From Chief. Filially Guajardo abandoned the trains and started to march for the ! mountains of Nuevo Leon. Soon he learned that Amaro, leaving the j chase of Vila for the time, was on his j track and that the risings around Monterey had been failures. The , remnant of his command melted I away under attacks of government ' troops until there remained only i one faithful colonel and an orderly. Dressed in civilian clothes, Gen ' eral Guajardo hid in the home of a i relative in Monterey. S Ex-Adherent Arrests Him. Meanwhile Col. Antonio Cano, one of. tuajardo's colonels who had aban- : rosed him, had been captured, by fecferal troops, taken to Monterey anj released there. Next day Col onel Cano called at the house where Gqajardo wa$ hiding to visit the owner, who also was his relative. To his surprise he found there his late commander, General Guajardo, who asked him not to reveal his where abouts. Cano, however, revealed Trtjiajardo's hiding place, an order for hit arrest 'was issued and with sev eral other . colonels Cano was sent to execute it." ' ano again . was admitted'to see Guajardo and pretended to unfold to hunt plan's fof the future. While they were talking the federal cono nels entered and arrested Guaiardo. He was taken a prisoner to the state j penitentiary. . 1 Tried by Court-Martial. jDrders came from Mexico City directing that he should be tried by court-martial, which was done that night, July 17.,, With practically' no defense to offer, he was found guilty, thji sentence was approved by Gener al -oi Division Eugenio Martinez at Monterey, and early in the morning Gn. Jesus Guajardo stepped out of 1 his quarters in the old barracks at the Plaza de Armas, where he had been tried and said farewell to a few "' faithful friends, r - Then he stepped in front of. the firing squad and paid, with his life the final penalty of his treachery to the new government. J Howard Figg, Assistant I Attorney General, to Wed Salinas, Cal., Aug. 26. A marriage license was issued here yesterday to Howard E. Figg. assistant United States attorney general, and Edith Claire Strauss. They were believed to have gone from here to Del Monte, Cal. ' Del Monte, Cal-Aug. 26. How ard E. Figg, assistant United States attorney general, who obtained a license today in Salinas to marry Edith. Claire Strauss, said last night that the wedding would take place ' "within two or three days"." His bride-to-be is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strauss of New York City, he said. ' The wedding is to" be a quiet, in formal affair, Mr. Figg said, to be attended on)y by the bride's parents nd a few intimate friends. " ' Former Manager for Potizi Offers $10,000 Held in Trust "" Boston, Aug. 26. Robert De Ma-ellis,-who for two months acted as general manager for Charles Ponzi, voluntarily offered to turn over to the receivers of the Securities Ex thange company a fund of $10,000 which Ponzi had placed in trust for him, Attorney. General Allen, an nounced tonight. He protested ignorance of Ponzi's business methods. , - Sheriff Stops Funeral 4 And Arrests-Girl Widow Denver, Aug. 26. The funeral of Raines Thompson of Westminster, five miles from this city, was stopped late this afternoon as the casket was beting lowered into the grave at Crown Hill cemetery, Denver, and hii. 16-year-old widow, Mrs. Virginia Tliompson, was placed under arrest byf Sheriff A. E. Gormley of Adams eotmty. iftn autopsy is being performed. Walt an Wire SitfCEsr WE AIL CO TO. SOME Coop resort hot? l For our s vacation and cutout) e I HIS CAMPING IDAHO DEMOCRATS NAME TICKET FOR FALL ELECTION -.: . Senator Nugent Renominated By Unanimous Vote Wal ters Named for Governor. Idaho Falls. Idaho. Aue. 26. Can didates for the democratic ticket at the November elections were chosen yesterday by the Idaho state demo cratic convention, in session here. United States Senator John F. Nugent was unanimously renominat ed tor that office by a rising vote within 45 minutes after the conven tion. c6nvened. For the governorship. T. A. Wal ters of Caldwell was chosen unani mously on the second ballot, and for lieutenant governor. Nathan Pet tibone of Idaho county was named on dlie first ballot. Pcttibone lost out to Walters in the race for the governorship nomination. For congress, Mrs. Nell Irions of Sandpoint was nominated for the rirst district and Mayor W. P. W-hiuker of Pocatello for the Sec- i Ti i r T . i r . . ona aisiricr. ivirs. inons, me nrsi woman ever to be nominated for congressional office in the state of Idaho, won on the first ballot and Mayor Whitaker on the first ballot by unanimous vote. Other nominations' were as fol lows: Chief justice supreme court. J. H. Forney, Moscow, for six-year term; provisional long-term justice supreme court, John N. Flyn, Sand- point; short-term conditional justice supreme court, Edward M. Hollien, Idaho rails; secretary ot state. George H. Curtis. Cassia county; state auditor, Egbert Jones, Boise; state treasurer, Mrs. Sarah E. Mel vin, Lemh county; attorney general, Ross W. Bates, Pocatello; state su penntendent public instruction, Oliye Petrashek, Kellogg; mine in spector, W. A. Snow. Gilmore. The convention adjourned shortly after Polish Reply to Note Of Secretary Colby - Due at. Capital-Soon By PARKE BROWN. New York Tlmrg-Clilar Tribune Cable. Opyrlght, 1830. ' Warsaw, Aug. 26. Within the next few days, through its repre sentative at Washington, thePolish government will reply formally to the recent note sent by Secretary of State Colby on the Russian situa tion. Prince Sapisha, the Polish minister for foreign affairs, said this corn- munication would express the grati tude of hjs country tor the moral support assured by the United States during the war crisis. "We ha've every-reason to expect," he said, "that Secretary Colby's note will have the effect of bringing other nations to an anti-bolshevist atti tude." , . The prince atso suggested that the note would have trenfendous effect in Russia if it were published there. As there is no free press in Russia the Polish government may itself, or through some other agency, attempt to place the document in the hands of the Russian people. Col. Penrose Returns From Conference On Coal Shortage Col. George Penrose, commandant of the United States army quarter master depot . in Omiha, returned yesterday from Chicago, where he has been in conference with quar termasters from Chicago and St. Louis overthe coaLsituation. Procuring of coal necessary for government use, best methods of de livery and securing set cars for ship ment comprised the discussion, i Colonel Penrose Said while Omha has been fortunate in receiving coal at present, both Chicago and St. Louis have been meetigg with diffi culties. ' ' . Two Boys Held On Charge Of Breaking Into House Charles Carlson, 14 years old, 1916 Burdette street, and Walter Moore, 14 years old, 2011 Leaven worth street, were turned over to juvenilejauthorities yesterday by Omaha ifclice for attempting to break into the home of Mrs. E. F. Anderson, 2204 Ohio street. Wednes day. ' Carlson was caught by Mrs. An derson as he was crawling into a rear window. , . v . - Hero of Transpontinental Airplane Race Is Injured Douglas, Ariz., Aug. 26. Lieut. Alexander Pearson, famous for his victory in the first transcontinental air race, was injured, possibly inter nally, and Lieut Frank IL Paul suf fered several cuts about the head and face when their plane crashed 30 feet to the ground in a nose dive. Artist . Commits Suicide New- York. Aug. 26. Henry Martyn Hoyt,. a well known por- jtrait painter, committed suicide last night by inhaling iiiuminaung gas in his studio apartment in West Tenth strteet. Hjs body. was dis covered by William R. Bennett, an rte. who shares the anartment. GASOLINE ALLEY im Came f"OR WHAT Ths Punch HANTS DOC NAVY TO PROTECT U. S, INTERESTS IN HONDURAS Cruiser Sacramento Ordered To La Ceiba Officials Fear Revolutionary Movements In Central America. By The Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 2G. Announce ment today that the gunboat Sacra mento had been ordered to La Ceiba, Honduras, to protect American in terests, if necessary, revealed that officials here have been watching with growing concern the revolu tionary movements developing in several Central American countries. While the situation in each repub lic is local, political unrest in Guate mala, as well as Honduras, is'known to be viewed here as serious, inter woven, as it seems to be, in each country with the sorcalled unionist movement, said to. have fiad its origin in Mexico during the presi dency of Carranza and which con templated a federation of all Latin American republics. - ' - A strong opposition party has arisen in Honduras since Gen. Lopez Guiterrcz succeeded in overthrowing the government a year ago and was elected president. , Charges were then made that his election had been forced by the army. An agent of the opposition party was in Washington recently to as certain the attitude of the United States. He said it would Be impos sible to avert, for many months, a revolution against Guiterrez. The situation in Guatemala was said to be almost as. bad. The church party, which controls the government under President Her rera, faces a powerful opposition in the liberal party, which has two can didates in the field for the election now being held. . At the time of the overthrow of Estrada Cabrera, arms and nuini- Utons were secretly distributed among the peons and workmen'and are still in their hands, it was said. . In Guatemala the church party is accused of using the unionist move ment as a blind, while the liberals J are openly favorable to it. , ,in Hon duras, uuiterrez is cnarged with op posing the movement, although the country is describedas a stronghold of 'unionist sentiment. In Nicaragua, where election trouble is reported, the government is said to be hostile to the , movement. Salvador and Costa Rica are adhercnts-tiof movement. . S the Floods Sweep Principal , Island of Japanese' Group Honolulu, Aug. 26. Tremendous floods are sweeping portions Jof -the islands of Kyushe and Shikoku, southwest of Honshu, the" principal island of the Japanese group, over whelming towns and villages, with an enormous loss of life reported, ac cording to cable advices to Nippu Jiji, Japanese language newspaper here. Parts of the western section of Honshu were also reported inun dated. The floods followed torren-4 tial rains. Bridges in the path of the flood have been ' demolished, rice crops destroyed and the railroads of Kiu shu paralyzed, it was stated. Sev eral battalions of the army engineer forces have been ordered out to aid in restct'ing communications, the ad vices said. Farmers Adjacent to Omaha Will Make Tour of County llnake a tour of the county Septem ber 1 under the direction of E. G. Maxwell, county farm agent. Mem bers of the agricultural committee oi the Chamber of Commerce have been invited to accompany them. Luncheon will be served at the Ja cob Sass farm near Chalco. Among points of interest to be visited are places specializing in' Shropshire sheep, Duroc and Poland" China hogs and Holstein cattle. A soil-saving dam and a field where soy beans and corn are growing to gether for silo purposes also will be viewed. Coolitige to .Make Two Talks ; Outside Massachusetts New York, Aug. 26. Two excep tions to Governor Calvin Coolidge's rule of making no speeches outside Massachusetts were announced by the republican national committee here Wednesday. Governor Coolidge will speak in Portland. Me., Septem ber 8. His second address will be at a large republican mass meeting it Manchester," N. H., the date of which has not yet been announced. . Pickpockets Rob Woman As She Boards Street Gar As she was boarding a street car at Elmwood park Wednesday, pick pockets robbed her of $18,- Mrs. L. G. Grieve reoorted to police yester day,- Victor Feterson, JUlo lLocust street, reported pickpockets stole his watch while riding a North Twenty ' fourth street car. . - WALTS TOUR IS SOCIALIST PAPER WINS LAWSUIT FOR MAIL PRIVILEGES Court Decides Burleson Ex ceeded Authority in Suppress ing New York Gill. Chlrago Tribune-Omah nee Leaxpd Hire, Washington, Aug. 26. The New York Call, a socialist newspaper, which was denied the use of the sec ond class mails December 6, 1919, for alleged unpatriotic utterances, won its fight today in the District ofJ Columbia supreme court to compel Postmaster General Burleson to re store this'privilege. Justice Hitz, who heard the appli: cation of the Workingmen s Co operative Publishing company, owner of the Call, for a writ of mandamus, decided that the postmaster general had-exceeded his authority in specu lating on what sort of matter the New York Call might carry in its Columns in the future and using the assumption that such utterances and printed matter may be objectionable. Mr. Burleson acted on what he as sumed was contained in the espion age act in shutting off the second class mailing privilege from the paper. But Justice Hitz staled that this act, even as amended, contained no express grant of authority to the postmaster general to exercise what ever power the act gives him by a blanket order operating in the future upon issues of a perpetual publica tion not vet in existence. I . v Dancing Masters of U. S. Declare War on The Shimmy and Jazz New York, " Aug. 26. Dancing masters in convention here today decided that two things are neces sary for the improvement of danc ing in the United States. Cut out the shimmy and the jazz. Cut out the Methodist taboo 'on dancinc. Unceasing war has been waged by the National Association of Danc ing Masters against the rag-tag and buck-and-wing typeof dancing. To- Gay 'resicieni r.- i. on aeciarea that their struggle" ta stifle this type of ball room dancmg is a practical success. 1 - ' " Mr. Botf declared against the short suggestive half-steps, the neck hold, quivering shoulders and movements general. He held forth with par ticular vigor against jazz music whose choppy barbaric rhythms pro voked suggestive dancing. - The association unanimously adopted .a resolution urging the dropping of the ban on dancing con tained in the book of discipline of the Methodist Episcopal church. In stances were related of men and women being expelled from the church because they danced. This' ban, it was stated, wosld mean that circus and theatrical 'people and dancins- instructors would be barred Hrom membership in the church. Film Passes Critical Eyes Of Public Welfare Board Omaha's first movie board of cen sorship which cast its official eve on "Parlor Bedroom and Bath" during a private screening in operators' un ion hall Wednesday afternoon 'failed to see anything sensational or de moralizing in the film and it will be shown as scheduled at the S,un next week. Dr. Jennie Callfas pronounced the picture "silly," but when Dr. Fred erick Cohn brought forth 'the logic that the film was not supposed to be educational but entertaining, the board refused to denounce the film. Man Who Scored Police With Hand Bills Taken to Asylum Frank William's, North Sixteenth street habitue, who through handbills sought the protection of the public at large from theI'Bla.cli-hand so ciety and police," was taken to the insane asylum at xmohoik, wen., yesterday. He was examined by the county board of -insanity. Attorneys for Williams protested against the ac tion taken by the board, as among the members jt was said there was doubt as to" Williams' alleged in sanity. s - Thousands Irr Prizes for r Best Exhibits, of Grains Ten thousand dollars in prizes have been joffered by the Chicago Board of Trade for the best exhibits of grain, hay and seeds at the Inter national Grain and Hay show at the Union stock yards November 27 to December 6. Desire to aid in improving the duality and quantity of grain y"elds prompted the voting of the $10,000 prizes. " i Gompers to Speak. Wheeling. W. Va.. Aug 26. Sam-N uel L. Gompers, president of Amer ican Federation of Labor, and John L. Lewis, president of the Mine Workers' union, will be the princi pal speakers at a Labor Day cele bration here, it was announced to day. ' - PROGRESSING VOJ wets J BARRISTERS PLAN ENFORCEMENT OF TREATY RIGHTS I Enactment of Legislation Guaranteeing More Ade quate Protection to Aliens Is Recommended. St. Louis, Aug. 26. Enactment of federal legislation guaranteeing more protection to aliens in their treaty rights was recommended at today's session ot the convention of the American Bar association by its committee on jurisprudence and law reform. This subject is "entitled to very serious consideration in the- penn ing congress, iu the opinion ot the committee. Its recommendation, according to the report, results from various complaints that have been made to the Unitfd States by other nations that the rights of the citi zens of those nations, under exist ing treaties, were not sufficiently protected by laws of this country." I he proprosed legislation provides that the "president be authorized to direct the attorney general, in the name and behalf of the United States, to file a bill in equity in the proper district court ot the United States against any person or per sons threatening to violate the rights cf a citizen or subject of a foreign country, secured to such citizen or P E We are this v . OMAHA Mm rcpili subject by treaty between the Unit ed States and such foreign country; and that this provision shall apply to acts threatened by state officers under the alleged justification of a law of the legislature of the state in which such acts are to be com mitted." In cases where aliens are, brought to trial in state courts for violation of state statutes, which are deemed by the president to be contrary to the rights of the defendant, the gov ernment, under the proposed law, would have" power to file an inter vening petition for -the transfer of the action to federal court. The committee also suggested am plifications of the judicial code to clarify laws governing .the removal of causes and advised changes in the rules of the supreme court so that lawyers would not have to journey to Washington to file mo tions. Alimony Must Be Paid Before Husband May Petition for Baby When Clarence Zepp, Western Un ion employe, appeared before Dis trict Judge Sears yesterday to give evidence of a motion -filed two days ago for the custody of Clarence Zepp, jr., 3 years old, now in possession oi his divorced wite, he was ordered to pay his alimony before the motion would be heard. ' Trial of the Zeno divorce case four months ago created a sensation when Mrs. Zepp fainted twice in the court room in herjight to gain pos session of the child. R M A The unusually large attendance of Omaha's finest citizens at our Enclosed Car Salon, shows the continued, permanent" interest in the product of the Cadillac" Motor Car Company. f - The unusual demand for this car, .known for so long as the car of "perma nent value," makes it impossible for us to s ecure a sufficient number of cars to satisfy the demands of our buyers. "; The stability of the Cadillac Motor Car Company known permanenpy of our ownrganization the number of ordersvalready on hand from both retail and wholesale buyers of Cadillac cars, prompt us to again urge upon you to anticipate your wants for this fall and let us have your orders now. -' ... ; At a meeting in Detroit recently, alJ distributors of Cadillac cars from the entire world were assembled, and it was found that the factory could not product all of the cars already sold. . j - We are fortunately situated, having secured a certain number of cars in addition to our allotment for this fall, and we are going to endeavor to make de liveries as promptly as possible, but to avoid any'disappointment, to assure yourself of the great satisfaction derived from the use of a Cadillac car, . PLEASE ORDER NOW week offering an unusual display of the following enclosed Town Brougham 1 Imperial Limousine Limousine Suburban Sedan ' Victoria 'E would be very much pleased ception, both afternoons and evenings all this week. New cars come and new cars go, Old cars wear out, and some are discarded, But the Cadillac rnains the " Standard' of J. H. Hansen O A D I NEW MAIL PILOT MAKES FAST TRIP FROM WINDY CITY Successor to William De Wald Arrives In Omaha Before ' , 10 O'clock. r Irwin S. Amberg, new pilot on the Omaha-Chicago air mail run, landed in Omaha Yesterday at 9:50 a. m. after making the flight from Chicago in three hours and 55 minutes.' Mail which he carried from Chicago at 5;55 a. m. was being dis tributed by carriers in Omaha at 10:30 a. m. 'Amberg's flight, while one of the fastest, was not the record trip from Chicago. The speediest air mail run was made in three hours and 31 minutes. Amberg took the place of William De Wald, who resigiTed. The new pilot is a Detroit man and has been in the air mail service but a short time. William E. Votaw, superintendent of the Chicago-Omaha air mail divi sion, returned to Omaha from Wash ington yesterday with word that the service from Omaha west will be completed as soon as possible. The radio station recently in stalled at the Omaha ail mail land ing field will be put in operation within a few days; Chicago Is Now Twice As Far From New York As It Was Six Years Ago Chlrato Tribune-Omaha Ba ImwA Wire. Washington, Aug. 26. "Chicago sjnore than twice as far from New York as it was, six years ago," was a declaration made here by S. A. Thompson, secretary of the Na tional Rivers and Harbors congress, who is seeking to awaken the people of the country to action in demand ing that inland waterways of the United States be made available for transportation.- Mr. 1 hompson does not mean that the distance between Chicago and New York has been stretched, but , Miat the cost of transportation be tween the cities has doubled. "Geographically," Mr. Thompson said, "Chicago is 1,000 miles from New Yorkr. but. because of the in crease made in freight rates during the past six years, the city is now, commercially, 2,100 miles from tide water, and every community in the country has been pushed back until it is twice as far away trom the markets in which it either buys its supplies or sells its products as it was in 1914." N EN to have you 'attend our re the World n Cadillac Co, LINCOLN I L. L. A C TITLE TO MUCH OIL LAND TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT Claims to.Practically All Hold ings Under Old Placer Min ing Laws Relinquished to United v States. Washington, Aug. 26. Claim to virtually' every acre of withdrawn oil land held under the old placer mining law has been relinquished to the government at the close of the six months period within which such relinquishment could be made to secure prior leasing rights to the property under the land leasing act. Officials of the Interior department estimated that the government thus had secured clear title to more than 60,000 acres of the most valuable oil land embraced within the public do main, claim to which never ( had been perfected under the oil mining law before the land was withdrawn. v In addition to coming into dis puted possession of this acreage, the government also will collect, it was estimated, about $10,000,000 in back royalties, this royalty under the act . amounting to one-eighth of the oil produced during the life of each well. Its payment is made a condi tion of lease in each case. Of approximately 100 claims on naval petroleum reserves relin quished up to the end. of the six month? period to secure leasing rights under the act.-the Navy de-. partment, it was said by officials, will contest, through the Interior de partment, about 25 per cent. It n believed that this percentage of the claims will be found to be fraud ulent, in that the wells for which lease is sought were not producing wells -at the time the leasing act went into effect, or that the claims resulted from "dummy" operations, in violation of past law.' Virtually all the naval reserve claims are lo- . cated on what is known as No. 2 reserve, in California.' Mexican Supreme Court Reverses Campeche Decree Mexico City, Aug. 26. Orders is sued by the supreme court today reversed the decree of the Campeche state legislature of last October or dering the seizure of all stocks of sisal hemp belonging to the Henne quen regulation commission. These stocks were to be taken over by the state as a. pledge that the company would retire paper money issued by it and fy the Yucatan government. C Y cars:
