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Film Star
Succumbs
In France
Mrs; Olson
Files Suit
For$25,000
Starvation
Threatens
Russians
Visit Abroad Ends Fatally
i , For Mrs. Jade pickford
Some Undertaking
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Wife of Jack Pickford Dies
Following Heroic Efforts of
Poison Specialists to
, , Save Her.
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Took Dose by Mistake
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Paris, Sept. 10. Olive Thomas,
formerly widely known on . the
American musical comedy stage and
for several years past a motion pic
. lure star, died at 11 b'clock this
morning in the American hospital
at Neuilly. She -was taken to that
institution last Sunday, suffering
from a slow poison, having swal
lowed a poisonous solution early
that day by mistake, according to
Dr. Joseph Choate, the American
physician in charge of the case.
z Recently Miss Thomas, who came
to Europe with her husband, Jack
J lcktord. had sun creel trom nervous
, depression, it was said. First aid
Mas promptly given her by Air. 1'ick-
ford when he returned Sunday to
the hotel where they were stopping
and found his wife in a serious con
dition, and every possible effort was
made at the hospital to counteract
the effects of the poison, but with
out avail.
Dies of Poisoning.
The fatal illness of Olive Thomas
resulted from an overdose of "med
icaments" prescribed for her for a
breakdown occurring after a , "too
strenuous seeing of Paris,1' accord
ing to friends.
Several night ago Benjamin Thaw
of New York and Pittsburgh, gave
a big party and all-night dance for
Miss Thomas. lie refused to say
anything following the party, but it
is understood that the strain .of re
peated gaieties brought about the
breakdown for which the "medica
ments," the exact nature, of which
is undisclosed, .were prescribed.
Called Most Beautiful.
Olive Thotnas, who was once
; heralded by the late Raphael Kirch
ner as the most beautiful girl in
America, put up a desperate battle
for her life at the Neuilly hospital,
following the swallowing of an al
coholic solution of bichloride of mcr
'cury Sunday morning.
She. did not speak after she was
stricken. Several of the ablest phy
sicians on the continent were called
to her bedside. Screen stars who
have appeared before millions waited
snxiously to hear from their friend
but they were not admitted to see
her. They included Owen Moore;
the former husband, of Mary Pick
ford, now" Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks;
Dorothy Gish and Norma Talmadge.
. The sensational rumors that sprung
up about the incident were denied
from all sources. ,
Doctor Tells of Illness.
Doctor Joscph Choate of I.os
Angeles, Lai., who was chief phy
ician for Miss Thomas, today gave
the following account. or the in
cident: "At 4 o'clock Sunday morning
Olive -Thomas, by -mistake, took a
(Contiooed oa Pare Two, Column Thrrt.)
World Champ Booze
Prescription Blank
Writer Uncovered
Chicago. Sept. 10. If Dr. M. H.
Fash, 2300 West Madison street,
spelled his . name Flash he would
be running .true to jform, for
he is the world's champion "booze"
prescription writer, according to his
if.wn admissions before the prohibi
tion authorities today. ,
' When arraigned to show why his
permit to write liquor prescriptions
should not be revoked, he' smilingly
admitted that he had, in four days,
written-700 prescriptions calling for
liquor and in' addition had "exam
ined" each of the patients.
"But." added tlic doctor, ''there
wan out dav when I reallv had to
work hard. That day I wrote 308
prescriptions and it was necessary
to have inv lunch brought in to me
rv ioo dusv io-ko uui, you svc.
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I rioi-tor receiver! z tor eacn
prescription, each one of which took
him three and one-half "minutes to
complete. ,
Decision as to revoking his per-
mft permanently was taken under
advisement.
' League Candidate Ahead
In Gubernatorial Race
Milwaukee, Sept. 9. Attorned
General J. J. Blaine, . candidate foy
governor of Wisconsin on the re
publican ticket and having endorse
ment of Sen. Rk'M. LaFollette and
the nonpartisan league, leads Roy
P. Wilcox of Eau Claire, his near
est competitor, in the race for nomi
nation by several thousand votes,
according to returns from Tuesday's
primary in all but three sparsely set
tled counties. ,
Sen. Irvine L. Lcnroot continues
in his lead over lames lhompson
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- votes. Thompson vas supported by
LaFollette.
, George Comings , for lieutenant
governor and Elmer If alt for secre
tary of state, also LaFollette ad
herents, have been nominated.
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Prudential Trust Bank
Of Boston Closed Friday
Boston. Mass., Sept. 10. The
Prudential Trust company of this
city, with a capital of $200,000. was
taken over by Bank Commissioner
Toseoh C Allen today. .
The troubles of the bank are rot
connected in any way -with those of
ether banking institutions recently
closed by him, the commissioner
said. He added that the hank- had
been subject to steady withdrawal of
deposits for some time.
"Their loans are not irt good con
dition, and include many bad and
slow-Jous" he said. '."
Mrs. Jack
Lord Mayor of )
Cork Must Die
Is Final Worjv To September 22
Ministers Decide Definitely
That Government's Atti
tude Will Remain
' Suffering Pain.
London, Sept. l6. Terence Mac
Swiney, lord mayo)- of Cork, passed
a bad night in Brixton prison, where
he is continuing "his hunger strike,
which began August 12 says a bul
letin 'issued this morning by the
Irish, self-determination league. He
is suffering great pain in his arms,
legs and back and complains of a
feeling of dizziness and numbness,
but is still conscious. '
The following written statement
of the attitude of the British gov
ernment, in the case of Lord Mayor
MacSwiney was handed out by the
executive offices of the premier in
Downing street last night:
Acts Bordered on Treason.
"The lord mayor of Cork was con
victed by a courtmartial and he ad
mitted specific charges-Tacts tanta
mount to treason. He .was sen
tenced not to death but to two Vears
imprisonment without ' hard labor.
He lias refused food and is appar
ently1 determined to commit suicide
by self-starvation. . If he- were re
leased, two consequences' would in
all probability follow.
"(1.) Fresh attempts would be
made, as happened on previous oc
casions when hunger strikers were
released to continue with added acr
tivify the long series of murders of
policemen. ' .
"(2.) Itwould open to any person
imprisoned on any similar offense
the use of the case of the lord ayor
as a precedent with good hope of
securing release and the opportunity
to repeat the acts which led to the
incarceration, 'j
Campaign Unnecessary.
"Unless the aim of the lord mayor
and those associated with him it to
secure secession of Ireland, as a
completely independent sovereign
state from the commonwealth of
British nations jn which case no
compromise between them and the
British government is possible the
sufferings of the lord mayor, , to
gether with the whole campaign con-
(Contlaned on race Two. Column Two.)
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Expects Settlement
Of Oil Controversy
Washington. Sept. 10. An ulti
mate settlement of the petroleum
controversy between the Mexican
and United States government, (satis
factory to both countries, is ex
pected by Dr. A. Torre Diaz, re
cently appointed Mexican minister
to Brussels, now in Washington on
his -way to his new post. Dr. Torre
Diaz, who -was confidential agent
in Washington of the revolutionary
movement that overthrew President
Carranza, said: ,
"I am convinced that a satisfac
tory agreement based upon a rea
sonable and sound interpretation of
the law will ultimately be. reached.
President de la Huerta has no de
sire to inflict imposition of any sort
on foreign interests and only wishes
to safeguard the rights of Mex:co
and prevent speculative exploita
tion." The New Constitution
1Th Be continues today It cxplana
tlona of the varioua amendment to the
state constitution, proposed by the atatv
constitutional conrontton tj submitted
to a vote of the people at a special elec
tion to ba held September II. This elec
tion la In many respects the most im
portant held in Nebraska In a feneration.
An Intelligent ballot can ba cast only
after a clear understanding1 of the vailoua
proposals submitted. There are 41 pro
posals and each la submitted for separata
vote.)
1 PROPOSITION NO. 35. f
This new section undertakes to
guarantee the use of water from -Nebraska
streams for agricultural pur
poses in preference to manufactur
ing, Where there is not sufficient wa
ter foj both purposes. PrioH use
establishes the preference of partic
ular users for the same purpose.
PROPOSITION NO. 36.
Forbids the sale of water rights
for power purposes, but provides.that
mey may.DCi Kajea,
Pickford.
Campaign Probe
To Take Recess
Sentae Investigation to Close
at Chicago Today Fred
Upham Wanted $10,000
Limit on Funds.
Chicago, Sept. 10. The senate
committee at the noon recess an
nounced that the investigation of the
charges by Governor Cox would be
completed tomorrow and that the
committee would then recess to meet
in some eastern city on September
22.
Chicago, Sept. 10. Fred W. Up
ham today, told the senate commit
te investigating campaign funds
that lie took full responsibility for
the proposal to raise the limit of re-
?Ublican campaign contributions to
10,000 from $1,000.
1 was voted down by a large' ma
jority at a meeting iu New York,"
he' said. ' - ,
He said "form 101." -the; so-called
"Blair plan,", was brought about byJ
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nis aavueacy oi a larger cumnuu
tion limit and was prepared after
he had "told Harry M. Blair, his as
sistant, that he believed the $10,000
figure would be adopted after the
national convention had ended.
' ' ' Was Overruled.
.."I hoped the lid, would be raised
and I did recommend $10,000 as a
limit," said Mr. Upham. "I pre
sented this proposition at a meeting
in New York attended bv "yf ill Hays,
Charles Hollis, Alvin T. Hert of
Kentucky William Doughertv of
Ohio and Col. William Boyce
Thompson of New York.
"They voted mc down by a big
majority, and I stepped from the
room and told Mr. Blair to 'tele
graph lys' men in Chicago notj to
send out form 101."
"Two days later," continued Mr.
Upham, "Colonel Thompson went to
Washington and saw Senaton Har
ding and the candidate gave 'out a
statement to The Associated Press
that he had instructed the republican
national committee not to accept
Contributions of more than $1,000
each, promising that if any change
was made in the plan the public
would be notified .before it was put
into effect. . V 1 - 1
Didn't Write "Form 101." '
Mr. Upham said he did not write
form 101 and, that it contained so'me
expressions and ideas which he
would not have approved.
"But form 101 was and is dead'
(Continued on Page. Two, Column One.
Enormous Sums Wagered
Jn Gambling at Deauville
Paris, Sept. 10. The astonishing
figures revealing the extent of the
gambling ' "brgies1 at Deauville are
available today from the report cf
the race track and the Casino.
I he total receipts of the paru
mutuel machines through -which the
race track betting was done, are
86,000.000, showing that more than
$65,000,000 was wagered during the
few days of the racing.
The profits of the Casino for the
season were $5,000,000, indicating
that a total of $100,000,000 crossed
the baccarat tables, the - rakeoff of
the house being 5 per cent.
Settlement Is Expected
Now in Metal tTieup
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Rome, Sept. 10. Belief exists in
political circles that an agreement
which will end the conflict between
Italian metal workers and their em
ployers, -which resulted in the oc
cupation of more than 400 plants by
the men during the last week is
imminent. It is pointed out that
Premier-Giolitti must leave Satur
day for Aix les Bains, where he
will meet Premier Millerand of
France, and that he could not go if
the situation in Italy was not cleared
up. s
Wilson Refuses to Reopen
Miners' Wage Scale Award
'Washington, Sept. 10. President
Wilson, in a telegram today to rep
resentatives of the anthracite mine
workers in Pennsylvania, refused to
grant their request to reconvene the
joint scale committee of operator!
and miners for the purpose of conv
Mrs. Sophie Lueken Charged
With Alienation as Jury
Starts to 'Consider Fate
of Confessed Lover. 1
Letters Read, at Trial
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 10. (Spe
cial.) As the district court jury re
tired to consider the-fate of John
Olsen, charged with attempting to
murder Harm B. Lueken May 12,
Mrs. Florence Olsen, wife of the de
fendant, filed a suit for $25,000 dam
ages against Mrs. Sophie Lueken,
alleging alienation of her husband's
affections. 1
In her petition Mrs. Olsen declares
that she was married to Olsen four
years ago. That in 191?) and 1920
Mrs. Lueken wrote letters to him,
arranged meetings with him; and
had illicit relations with him, in an
effort to alienate hini from his wife.
Mrs. Olsen blames her husband's
arrest and confinement in jail to
Mrs. Lueken's conduct. She de
clares she had no knowledge of the
love affair between her husband and
Mrs. Lueken until after Olsen's ar
rest, when she discovered the letters
Mrs. Lueken wrote him.
Jury Now , Deliberating.
The suit was filed for Mrs. Olsen
by attorneys of Albion, Neb. She
is said to be living at Hastings. Sub
poenaed as a witness in Olsen's
cae, the wife did not appear. The
jury began its deliberation on the
fate of John Olsen, at 5:45 o'clock.
Producing part of the letters
during the trial this morning. The
rest are in the mail between Omaha
and Fremont, he said.' With no ob
jection from the state, reading of
Mrs. Lueken's letters to Olson, be
gan. t
The first-message, dated April 3,
1919, was headed "Dear John," and
ended "with lots of love and kisses
from your Elizabeth."
Extracts from other letters fol
low: "So, my dear, till we meet I
will be loooking for you. with lots
of love and kisses, from your
Sophie."
"Kiss to John."
"No use of living if I can't enjoy
myself once in a white."
"A kiss to mv dear John."
A letter written June lJ. 1919,
told of her efforts to raise money on
her house.
"I guess now John you must do
the best you can until I can help
you," it .said. , "If you love you will
wait. I guess some day I will share
it with you."
Another letter written in July said:
"Did you take Harm's suspenders
by mistake?"
"I don't like to say anything about
money, but I have none," is an ex
cerpt from another.
Trial Nears End.
The trial should end today. Olsou
gave his preliminary testimony yes
terday afternoon He corroborated
much of Mrs. Lueken's evidence, but
insisted that she was the one that
had arranged their meetings, and
not he.
She came to him at Omaha, Coun
cil Bluffs and Grand Island, he as
serted, and also invited him to visit
her at her home in Fremont on sev
eral occasions.
He said the last time he had been
at the Lueken home was about last
Christmas. Mrs. Lueken gave him
$5 for railroad fare on one occasion
when, lie visited her. although he
had not asked for it, he testified.
He denied he had ever seen Lue
ken's will, or that he had ever talked
to Mrs. Lueken about it.
r A letter written by Mrs. Lueken
to Olson after aixalleged visit, which
he denies, had a reference to the pos
sible death of the aged husband.
It read:
March. 17. 1920.
"Dear John : How did you ' get
home? I heard the, train coining in.
I guess yon had to run to get there
iu time. The next lime I-will get
up sooner, but I laid so leng wait
ing for a smack but did not get none.
Well, I was glad you came anyhow.
Harem is up today again, and is get
ting some better. I don't know
what to do. can't be with you,
and I can't be without you, either,
so dear, I don't know what. So if
you think of going away, maybe it
is best for you. Then get me out
of your mind and forget me. I know
you get tired to wait for me like
you said, and, I can't live either
nor do something to him if his time
came. He will go maybe sooner or
later."
c WHO
wears the most expensive shoes
in Omaha? , j
They cost $33 a pair '-and
the wearer isn't a millionaire,
at that. 4 '
Circus Days
Some "inside stuff" about
what happened when the cir
cus was in Omaha, things
"which weren't out in the ring
under the "big top."
Movies
Two beautiful moving pic
ture pages in the rotogravure
section a work of real art for
movie fans.
v.
All of these, in addition to
the regular features, in the
next
SUNDAY. BE
Three Speeders
Are "Doing Time"
T
Several Days in County Jail
Bring Repentance to
Traffic Violators. ,
Automobile speeders who are iiiNt
actual custody of the sheriff at the
county jail are: Ernie Ryan taxicab
manager, 1505 Farnam street; Max
Cosgrove, brother of the ubiquitous
Jimmie Cosgrove, and John Schu.
Ryan was "assigned to the county
jail a week ago by the police judge.
Cosgrove, held -in the puvenile ward
of the- jafl, yesterday renounced
speeding for the rest of his life.
Schu was sentenced to 15 days, wich
was increased o 25 days by Judge
Sears in district court. -
V Roy Smith, another speeder, was
sentencea to ju days. by the1 police
judge and that sentence was af
firmed yesterday in district court.
He has taken an appeal to the
state supreme court rather than
serve the dreaded sentence at this
time, 1
1 District Judge Troup expressed
the opinion that 30 days in jail is
the best remedy to impri'ss the
speed demons with the seriousness
of their offense. "With 19 fatalities
on account of automobhe accidents
since January 1, it is high time to
put some of these speeders in jail,"
said the judge. This is the first time
in the history of Douglas county
that three automobile speeders, have
been serving sentences at one time
in the county jail. -
Believe Girl, Who
Is Missing, Went Over
Rocks in Rowboat
Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 10. Miss
Louisa 'Fletcher, 17 years old,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stough
ton A. Fletcher of Indianapolis, was
sought by the police today. The
girl, who had been in the care of a
governess 'at the family home at
Grapevine cove, in the absence of
her parents, disappeared vesterdav.
, ' A fisherman said he had seen a
young woman cut off her hair and
change her clothing, apparently put
ting on a pair of overalls. Others
on the water front reported that
they saw someone in overalls with
a pair of oars going over the rocks
near a point from which a rowboat
disappeared overnight.
Kentucky School Teacher
Found Murdered in Woods
Harlan, Ky.. Sept. 10. Miss Em
ma Parsons, 25 years old, of Lan
caster, Ky., . a teacher of domestic
science in the Pine Mountain set
tlement school, near here, was mur
dered Tuesday on a lonely . moun
tain trail Vear Dillon, Ky.
Apparently she first had . been
beaten with a fence rail, then, as
saulted and finally her throaf was
cut. The body was found under a
ledge near a convict camp of 70
negroes by searchers who had been
looking for her since Tuesday, when
she lcf a train at Dillon.
Negro, Dockmen Repiace
striking Longshoremen
2Cew York, Sept. 10. Negro
workers replaced the Irish long-
shoremenjvho deserted White Star
liner piers two weeks agd in pro
test against the treatment of Arch
bishop Mannix and Terence Mac
Swiney by British authorities.
- The incoming White Star liner
Adriatic had a suspicious case of
illness in the steerage which pre
vented her 2,168 passengers from
landing, i
Search for Steamer
Mobile, Ala., ept. 10. The reve
nue cutter Tallapoosa left here to
search for the' steamer El Varado
which left Progreso, Mexico, Au
gust 31, and which has been overdue
at .New. .Orleans siatfi lait Eridav.
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Records Broken
By Attendance
At State Fair
Prosperity Exposition at Lin
coln Viewed by 8.206 More
People Than Last ear
Hold Stock Parade.
Lincoln. Sept. 10. (Special Tele
gram.) The most successful state
fair in the history of Nebraska closed
this afternoon with a total attend
ance of 270,664. Frida3r's attendance
was 29,372, breaking the 1919 rec
ord for the corresponding day.1
The 1920 attendance records ex
ceeds the mark set by last , year's
fair by 8,206.v During the six days
of the fair tail's year 31.458 autq
mobiles passed through the Seven
teenth street entrance, showing a
tremendous increase over last year
and evidence that motor transporta
tion is probably bringing more peo
ple to the annual exposition than the
trains do.'
The attendance record of the 1920
fair is as follows: Sunday, 15,243;
Monday,' 5802; Tuesday, 44,407;
Wednesday, 61,427; Thursday, 68
413; Friday, 29,372.
State fair officials are very much
pleased over the record smashing
1920 exposition. The increased ad
mission charge at the main, outer
gate will mean a peat sun). Roughly
estimated the receipts will be in the
neighborhood of$70,000 more than
last year.
Friday's program was featured by
the live stock parade, nearly a mile
long, and one of the most elaborate
in tlie history of the. fair. "We are
pleased with the outcome, that goes
without saying," commented Presi
dent J. F. McCardle of Omaha.
Aviator Harry McLauglin, stunt
flyer, made his, final thrilling per
formance in the air Friday after
noon and left immediately by train
for Minneapolis, where he has an
engagement Saturday.
Californians Start for
Visit With Harding
San Francisco, Sept. 10. -Two
score California republicans indi
cated their intention to begin a pil
grimage today to the home of Sena
tor Harding in Marinn, O. A special
section of .the, Southern Pacific's
Overland Limited had been engaged
for the party. A questionnaire in
viting Senator Harding to set forth
.his views on matters of particular in
terest to the west will be drafted en
route. , ' ,
Ex-Convict Is Rearrested
At Gates of U. S. Prison
Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 10.
James Donovan, who was released
from the federal prison here after
serving a five-year sentence on con
viction of robbing a postofficc in
Coeur d'Alcne, Idaho, was arrested
at the prison gate by Sheriff John
N'olan of Brookings, S. D., on a
charge of bank robbery.
Find Officer Blameless
For Escape -of Bergdoll
New York, Sept. 10. Court-martial
of Sergt. John O'Hare, one of
the guards from whom Grover C.
Bergdoll, wealthy Philadelphia
draft evader, ended on Governor's
Island when the court failed to or
der O'Hare takeH into custody. Un
official reports were that he had
been acquitted. ' "n
The Weather
FORECAST.
Saturday fair; not much change
in temperature.'
Hourly Temperatures.
5 s. tn. ......... 65
t a. m 65
1 p. m 83
2 p. tn.... 84
i p. in ....A3
4 p. m.. ....... .to
5 p. m. ...... ...85
fi n. m. ..R4
7 a. m 6(
8 a. m. ..68
t a. m ,70
10 a. m .....73
11 a. m 70
I 1 p, m. Si
12 oooOwwvv..S2 tip, Duv:,;i
Earthquakes in
Italy Continue
Rescuers, Injured by .Fulling
Masonry : Fresh Shocks
j Throw People in Panic.
Rome, Sept. 10. Earthquake
shocks continue, causing victims
among' the rescuers owing to, falling
masonry. Today there were shocks
as far south as Cassino, near Naples.
Apparently tjiere was no serious
damage nor victims, but the shocks
produced great . panic among the
population.
Survivors Stupifled.
Fivizzano, Italy, Sept. 10. Sur
vivors of Tuesday morning's earth
quake, which laid the once flourish
ing town of Fivizzano in ruins, are
coming to realize more and more
the extent of the calamity, and they
seem stupefied with the horror of
the disaster. (
The work of rescue went on all
last night, and doctors, sanitary as
sistants, sailors from the Italian
dreadnought Cavour, students,
nurses and volunteers wore them
selves out in,- their efforts to bring
comfort to as many sufferers as pos
sible. Motor lorries are beginning to
arrive regularly, bringing food and
tools for the men engaged in the
work of excavation.
Entire Families Wiped Out.
As in former earthquakes, , some
families have been rescued almost
without injury from the ruins of
their homes, while, in other cases
every inmate of shattered dwellines
was killed. One little girl whom no
body recognizes, wanders 'about the
town with her frock torn and tears
running down her begrimmed face,
asking piteously for "mama mia.
Her family probably was wiped out.
Farmer Convicted of
Killing Small Boy
Defiance O., .Sept. 10. Joshua
Botkins, Noble .township farmer,
was found guilty by a jury last night
of second degree murder in the death
of Arthur Gerald Bullock, his house
keeper's 3-year-old boy. The jury
was out about six hours.
Botkins was charged with hold
ing the boy by the ankles and beat
ing him witli a heavy harness tug
at the Botkin's farmhouse the night
of last July 8. . 1
The defense gave noticy of 'mo
tion being, filed for a retrial of the
case.
The jurymen were charged by
Judge Hay early last night and in
structed that the evidence did not
warrant a first degree verdict, which
under the laws of Ohio means death
in the electric chair.
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Son of TacomMan Killed
During Riots in Ireland
Tacoma, Wash., Sept.1.10. James
K. Ma'.onc, .local merchant, has re
ceived 4 cablegram announcing the
death of his son from a gunshot
wound received in a clash involving
Irish factions at Watertown, Ireland.
The boy, aged 19 years, was visiting
in Ireland with his mother. The
cablegram said death resulted from
a shot over his heart inflicted by
a British soldier. Mr. Malone has
asked Congressman Albert Johnson
to lay the matter before the State
department.
Sues "Jesuit Order" of
' Catholics for $10,000
St. Louis, Sept. 10. Suitvfor $10,
000 was filed in circuit court by Leo
Stachowiak of this city against the
Society of Jesus, "the Jesuit order"
of the Catholic church. Stachowiak
asserts .he was accepted as a lay
brother of the order 10 years ago
and during that time performed
"hard labor," sometimes working 18
hours, a day. He recently left the
order and asks the amount named
as remuneration for tU- b al
leges he Bsrjormc tfgJJJJji .
Soviet Government Destined
To Undergo Sovcre Test of
Power During Next 1 '
Six Months.
Food Markets x CJoseirJ
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING,
tiiii'Hiro Triliune-Omaha lire leased Wire
Washington, Sept. 10. Facin(
famine conditions that presage t '
terrible winter for the Russian peo '
pie, suffering from military disastci
tnd more thoroughly discredited
abroad than ever before, the Le-nine-Trotsky
soviet government it
destined to undergo a severe test
its power in the next six months.
Extraordinary conditions in con
nection with the food scarcity ii
soviet Russia are reported in a tele
gram which the State department re
ceived today from a Baltic source
Smuggling of food supplies is com
mon and the food situation in Pctro
grad, the old capital of Russia, is
growing steadily worse.
The Petrograd soviet has issued a
decree that private individuals are
forbidden to transport food and the
decree serves notice upon all con
cerned that a sentence of three years
at hard labor will be imposed upon
all persons found carrying as much
as a pound cf notatoes.
Pursue Merciless Policy.
The bolshevik authorities regard .
civilians who seek food for them- .
selves as "food speculators" and the
extraordinary commission at Petro
grad, vested with absolute powers
in keeping with its title, has adopted
a merciless policy in handling such
cases, the Department of State is
infbrmed. The markets and food
shops in Petrograd continue closed
by order of the bolshevik regime.
There are many complaints on
the part of the population of Perto-.
grad against the drastic policy in
lorce. ' .. ,
Even capital punishment has been
evoked under the arbitrary powers
of the soviet to deal not only with
spies and .those charged with count
er revolutionary activities, but also
with "confirmed-. speculators'.' and
"thieves." Peasants whft seek
to recover grain requisitioned from
them b' the soviet are . punishable ,
by execution, the department is in
formed. Other offenses are punish
able by imprisonment at hard tabor
The State department was advised
today that a small amount of ba
con smuggled into Petrograd has
been put on sale there at a price of
8,000 roubles per pound. t -
- Passing Through Crisis.
A Russian authority in contact
with dependable sources of intelli
gence from Russia said today:
"The - bolsheviki are passing
through a serious crisis. They were
cheered by the attitude of Great
Britain when Premier Lloyd George
and other, members of his cabinet
received the bolshevik emissaries,
Krassin and Kameneff, some weeks
ago. That marked the climax and
high water mark of bolshevik suc
cesses and coincided with the bolshe
vik successes in the field against Po'
land." r"'
"Then everything was changed.
The bolshevik armies were beaten
before Warsaw, America's note to
Italy clarified the international at
mosphere. France followed the Am
erican policy of refusing, to deal
with the bolsheviki and extended rec
ognition to the Wrangel government.,,
while Premier Lloyd George himself
issued a statement from Lucerne de
nouncing the bolsheviki on account .
of the peace terms they proposed to
Poland and charging them with bad
faith. The bolsheviki are greatly dis-
heartened now, having obtained
nothing essential in the wayof con
cessions from the powers, and cx- '
pecting nothing.
Wanted Prestige.
"From the very start of the bol
shevik maneuvers to obtain foreign,
especially allied recognition, the
Moscow government's aim was not
mainly to arrange for an exchange,
of. commodities or Jhe opening of
Russia to foreign trade, because
none knew better than the bolshe
viki themselves that there were not
in existence in Russia raw materials
in sufficient quantities to be ex
ported; and also the bolsheviki' knew
that there Yvas not enough gold to
pay for commodities which might
be imported into Russia, notably so
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Men Freed on Charges
Of Violating Injunction
New York, Sept. 10. Justice
Mitchell directed that no punish
ment ber imposed on W. Avenll Har
riman, president, and two other of
ficers of the American Ship and
Commerce corporation, who yester
day were judged in contempt of the
state supreme court for "disregard
ing an order" enjoining them from
interfering with the operation of the
former Austrian steamship Kerlew.
The order was issued after the de
fendants stated that the libel levied
against the steamship by the de
fendant corporation had been raised.
Wife of Francisco Villa
Leaves U. S. to Join Husband
San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 10. Mrs.
Luze Corral de Villa, wife of Fran
cisco Villa, who has presided in
San Antonio four years, departed
Friday for Parral, Mexico, to join
her husband. There were 20 others
in Mrs. Villa's party. The Villas will '
be established on the Hacienda Del
Canutillo, one of the ranches set
aside for demobilized Villistas.
Cruiser Not in Danger.
Washington, Sept. 10. the ar
mored cruiser Pittsburgh, aground
in the Baltic sea three miles off the
Couiiand port of Libau, is in no
"immediate danger," although sev
eral sections of her double bottom
are flooded with water, the Navy
department was advised today in a
dispatch from Vice Admiral Hnse,
on. board the Pittsburgh. " j
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