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fj The Omaha Daily Beb VOL. 60 NO. 9& tutor at Bwi-CIm Mttttr May it. ItM. it OaM P. 0. Ui4w Aet Hnh 8. 1171. OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1920 By Mall .r), ImM 4th !, Daily u Simtiy, t: Dally Oaly, U: Suaday, M OgMCt 4th Zaa (I yaar). Daily and Suatay. Dally Oaly. 112: Suaday Oaly. It THREE CENTS warnings Ignored by President General Board of Navy Urged ,' Againnt Granting of Pacific r Islands to Japan at 1 Peace Conference. Grave Menace in Wai 3y Ar""HUR SEARS HENNING. Chleat !; nil O-.mlia He LfMcd Wire. Washington, Oct. 1. How Presi dent Wilson, In the face of impres sive warning from his own admin istration, surrendered to Japan, at the peace conference, the Pacific Island outposts, possession of which might decide a war '. between the United States ' and Japan, was re vealed here today. . It transpired that on the eve of the assembling . of the peace con ference at, Paris, the general board of thr navy, the highest authority on," strategic police for external de K.iso of the nation, prepared a mem orandum setting forth the menace o Uw United States, of permitting Japan to retain possession of the , Marshall group of islands in the ! North Pacific, which belonged to Germany prior to the war. .The memorandum pointed out taat tlwa islands, which cross the mt of communication: between the United States and the Philippines, . etmstttute a screen behind which th Philippines could be seized and occupied, with impunity unless im ptrnably fortified and defended, d envelop the American island f Gaum, which is not only a vital Raking point e-f American trans-Pa-, crtic communications; but the site of a prospective great American aval base. ApprehtMtW Expressed. The board viewed with grave ap prehension, the possession of these island strongholds by an aggressive power which has already been noticeably reaching out for domina tion of the Pacific. ;, a nower with which the United State might come co mows. ; Even before the development in Japan of popular agitation to press the racial eaualitv demands nn the United States to the point of war, if accessary, n was reported tnat tne Tokio had begun the fortification of tue Worth Pacific islands. T T a . ine japenese eraoassy lias em phatically denied any violation of tie covenant enjoining on manda tories, the "prevention -of the estab lishment of fortifications or military and naval bases c and Of military training of the natives for other th3n police purposes and the defense of territory." ; This provision is con trud by some, however, as permit ting fortifications for the defense of the islands, and such bases might easily be 'expanded in time of war into a formidable ocean barrier. Form Menace to U. S. American 'naval authorities agree that in the event of war between the two nations, Japan would seize the Philippines, which we could not pre vent unless a large part of our navy were on the scene well ahead of time, and then entrench herself behind the North Pacific islands and await an American attack, a prodigious un dertaking for an American fleet 4,000 miles or more from home, without adequate bases at hand. . The fact that Japan had been promised the islands by the secret treaties of 1917, with Great Britain and France, was aot deemed insep arable by the American naval authorities viewing' the question from the standpoint of vital inter ests of the United States. It was conceived that in the bargaining at the peace table, and in the diplomatic maneuvering behind the scenes, the president would be able to command the award of the former German Islands to the United States. . Every move was made to impress the presi- (CoatiwS rr Two, Colmna Sia.) Newsboy Rewarded For Heroism With Oil Stock Wins Wealth By I'almial Service. Springfield. Mo., Oct" 1. William "Hos" Faach, 33 years old, a news boy of Springfield, today is cele brating his rise from a home in the street to wealth and ease and is won dering how it all happened. Yes terday he was selling papers and to day he is undecided on the car he will buy. "Hos" as he is known to bun , dreds of Springfield residents, came to wealth through the medium of the oil game, although he was inno cent of speculation and knew noth ing of his fortune until the first semi-monthly check for $1,500 came Jesterday from a Dallas legal firm, he check was the first dividend on n interest in a 3,000-barrel well in the Bull Bayou field in Louisiana. Stock in the company which holds the lease;, which for a time was be lieved to be worthless, was given to Faach several years ago. Nine years ago Faach rescued 11-year-old Mary Roberts from a burning bouse at Claremore, Okl.. and won the friendship of the fam ily. J. J. Roberts, the girl's father deeded the oil stock to Faach as a reward. Oil was struck on the land this month and to put a "movie" climax to his fortune Faach said to day that he was to marry the girl and the wedding has been set for October 24. Whisky Still Found in i North Carolina Prison Raleigh, N. C, Oct l.r-A whisky Etill was discovered today in the asement of one of the buildings at the state prison by officials during their daily round of inspection. A negro prisoner, serving a life sen tence, confessed, they said, .that hB bad built and attempted to operate the plant while working as a trusty fa the prison shop. , J .Will Not Bar Harding From Band , 11 i i - i i i i . ii i a Drum Major of Omaha Legion Musicians Brands Move to Prevent G. 0. P. Candidate From Play V ing As Political Intrigue. Senator Harding will jazz a meVtu trombone in the American Legion band when he conies to Omaha next Thursday. So says F. C. Shafer, drum major of the Douglas county post band. And he ought to know. Shafer brands efforts of Leo Bozcll, legionaire, to keep the sena tor from playing in the band, as political intrigue. Bozell declared invitation of the band officials to Senator Harding to play at least on tune with them as efforts to embroil the legion in poli tics, contrary to the action taken by the national convention in Cleveland last week. , - Drum Major Shafer declares there is no politics in the invitation. "If Jim Cox could have played a snare drum or a cornet, he would have been asked to play with, us when he was in Omaha," said Shafer, ' Cok Couldn't Play. "But his supporters in Omaha didn't hire the. whole band for the meeting and Cox can't play. "The republicans have hired the entire band of 47 pieces ' to play Thursday night. But 22 men were at the Cox meet"ng. "I want the distinction of having been one of thj few drum majors who lead a band in which the presi Fremont Leads In Infidels, Says Healer's Aide Asserts There Are More Un believers in Town Where Mrs. Etter Was Arrested Than Other Places. "I don't believe that there are so many infidels in any one place as there are at Fremont," exclaimed P. L. Robinson of Fremont. Sunday school worker, from the-platform at the tent meeting of Mrs. M. u Woodworth-Etter. "divine healer, yesterday afternoon at Twenty-first and Paul streets. This hot shot from one of the fol lowers of Mrs. Etter at the town in which she and her assistants were arrested ; Wednesday on charges of Dractisine medicine without know! edge of it was one of several made at the afternoon meeting. Robinson decla'ed that he had wit nessed many wonderful cures at Fremont despite the $500 oflpr of the county auorijey tnerc lor icsumuuwi of jus-one...?-."--. - c ' - " Robinson later soliened the blow at his native hearth by declaring that he knew of no place where there were so many saints. William Craig of Union arose and declared that he had recovered the sight of one blind eye following treatment by Mrs. Etter at Winne bago recently. Sars He Is Recovering. Carl Larson. 2215 Mason street, declared that he is recovering rapid ly from tuberculosis following treat ment by Mrs. Etter at Fremont. In the morning six persons, Fred Elphlin, Randolph, Neb.; Vera Eaton, IS, Union; Mrs. Herman Steckelbrrg, Osmond, Neb., and three others who refused to give their names said that they had been cured of various ailments. Assistants and converts of Mrs. Etter started the afternoon session with , more than an hour of . hymn inging. Then Mrs. Etter took an other hour for her sermon. "Hell's loose l"i she shouted, "Heaven's looking down on the fight of the army of the Lord against the hosts of hell. ' He will not force you 'to join His army in the fight with the hosts of hell, she declared. ( Rev. , Savidge Agrees. "Amen," cried several in the au dience. "God savs that to him that over comes shall be given that he shall sit with me on my throne, contin ued Mrs. Etter.. "Hallelujah!" shouted. August Feick, her chief assistant. "It's true!" exclaimed the Rev. Charles W. Savidge of the People's church, who is sponsoring the meet ing. "Jesus is coming to this earth (Coatbwed ea t'f Two. Coliina Eight.) Terence MacSu iney Enters 50th Day of His Hunger Strike London, Oct 1. Terence Mac Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, pssed another very bad night at Brixton prison, where' he this morning began the 50th day of his hunger strike. He slept a little before midnight, but not after that hour, said a bulletin issued by the Irish Self-Determination league this forenoon, and during the morning wa3 sueffring severe pains in his arms and back. Miss Mary MacSwiney sent a letter Wednesday to Cardinal Bourne, archbishop of Westmin ster, in which she said: "When the forces of' the spirit are sustained in such a fight against the forces of injustice and tyranny we' naturally expect to find your eminence on the side of the spirit. I, therefore, ask you plainly to call together your bishops in England to condemn the action of your government in their attitude towards my brother and his comrades in the Cork jail and in the name of Christianity to demand their instant release. Even yet it may not be too late." Miss MacSwiney also sent a lct te." to the archbishop of Canter bury, couched in , similar strain, asking him to "call together the bishops of your church and in the name of Christianity and civiliza tion demand from your govern ment the instant release of my brother and his comrades." r ' dent of the United States Bozcll is a democrat. t,n , III 5, OliaiCI LlttllllS me ui ,,-utn ,1.T ci...... .1 liv .i!tti by him m tnis exigency 'can mean but one thing that he desires to in ject politics into the American Le gion and cover his act by accusing the baid of the same motive. "We are hired by the county re publican committee to play at the meeting. Part of the band was hired for the Cox meeting. Is that poli tics? Changed Politics. "I admit I'm a republican. But I was rocked in a democratic cradle. "I was a . democrat until I was promised something I did not get" When asked what he had been promised, Shafer referred to his military service in the war. V "They told us they'd be behind us. They were 3,000 miles behind US." I - : - Marshal Craig, leader of the band, is also in favor of Senator Hard ing's place in the band next Thurs day, according to Shafer. The drum major, declares the American Legion band is recognized by the musicians' union in Omaha aiid is paid union wages when they play. He fails to see any foundation for the charges made by Bozell. by him in this exigency .h"nieai Phone Company Asks Increase In State Rates Ten Per Cent Advance in Ex change Charges and Up to 10 Per Cent Increase in Toll Charges Urged. Lincoln, Oct. 1. (Special.) Thjc Nebraska (Bell) Telephone company asks for another general increase of telephone rates in a pe tition filed with the State Railway commission Friday. E. M. Mors man, counsel for the company, pre sented the application, after a confer ence with Railway Commissioner Taylor. The commission will hear the application November 4. The company asks for 10 per cent increase in all exchange rates, to gether with an adjustment of toll rates which will make "person to person" calls cost 40 per cent more than "station to station" calls, in stead of 25 per cent more. The pe tition also requests that the scale of charges for report calls, messenger calls and time calls be advanced ac? cordingly. It is set forth in ihe petition that for the first eight months of 1920, net earnings -were less than 5 per cent on the capital investment and nothing on the surplus. On account of increased wages to employes, the company claims it will not be able to net 4 per cent on its capital during the entire year under present rates. Roosevelt Day Will Be Observed AH Over Nation October 7 ., Chicago, 111., Oct. 1. (Special.) Senator Harry S. New, chairman of the speakers at republican Read quarters, announced today that plans were being made for nation-wide ob servance of Koosevelt day, uctooer 27. This is the anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt. Senator New has sent out a letter to every state chairman calling his attention to the date and requesting that a re publican meetinjr be held on that day in every county in the United States 'It is oroDosed that prominent re publican speakers shall deliver ad dresses on the anniversary in mem ory of Roosevelt, giving emphasis to the idea at "America first." ' "It will be AH America Day or America First Day," said Senator New. "We propose to have it ob served fittingly , throughout the United States." Confesses to Obtaining $20,000 From Phone Boxes Chicago. Oct. 1. Confession of Joseph Counsellbaum disclosed that $20,000 had been obtained from coin boxes of the i Chicago Telephone company within the last six weeks, until " the robberies were finally stopped by a burglar alarm attached to the lock of the coin box, which rang a gong when a key was insert ed. Counsellbaum is said to have con fessed that he was a member of a gang,- each of whom possessed mas ter keys to any coin box in the city. The burglar alarms- were installed in telephone booths most freauented. and Councillbaum and Harry Behr ens were arrested after they had set an alarm going that was attached to coin box in a theater lobby. Canadian Delegation to League Assembly Named Ottawa, Oct. 1. Canada's dele gation to the first assembly of the league of nations will consist, it is understood of Sir George Foster, minister of trade and commerce; Hon. C J. Doherty, minister of jus- t'ce, and Hon. N. W. KowelL for merly president of the privy council. Canada is entitled to send three dele gates to the assembly, but in com mon with other states, members will have but one vote. The as sembly ' meets in Geneva, Novem ber 4. Strikers Move to U. S. Huelva, Spain. Oct. 1. More than SKX) miners who have been on strike in the Rio Tinto district have de cided to emigrate to the United Mates, and" will leave Spain about the middle of October. Another party of 400 is leaving for another Spanish province. Fire Chief NearDeath; ;. - irt 'Mui $S: 1WO .imc 1 Lincoln Fireman Orders the Driver to Hit Truck to Pro tect Women- Crowd Sees Heroic Act. Six Others , Are Injured Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 1. (Special leiegram.; Swerving his automo bile to avoid running down two women pedestrians, Val Blockowitz, driver for Fire Chief Neil T. Som- nier, deliberately collided with a heavy fire truck and wrecked both machines. Chief Sommer is at the point of death in a hospital, from in juries received, and Blockpwitz, on an adjoining bed, may not recover. Five other firemen, including a brother of Blockowitz, were serious ly injured. . . The accident occurred at Eleventh and O streets, in the heart of the business district, at Z:30 o clock. Ihe streets were congested with auto- mooiies and pedestrians. . The two fire fighting machines were going to a fire and traveling about 30 miles an hour. When he saw the two women crpssing their patn as they attempted to turn a cor ner and avoid a collision, the chief ordered his drive rto take the big chance and save the women. The chief's car was crushed like a' paper box and its occupants thrown 25 feet in the air. The force of the crash threw the two men from the center of the street intersection to the sidewalk. Chief Sommer landed on his head, fracturing his skull at the base of the brain. He is also in jured internally. The driver suf fered internal injuries. , The five firemen riding on the truck were all thrown off and in jured. They wil lrccover. The in jured men are: Steve Blockowitz, brother of the chief's driver, William Cox. C. Kidney, W. B. Lake., and William O. Driscoll. Heads of Farmers' Bodies to Confer On Drop in Grain Prices Seventeen heads of farmers or ganizations, including C. H. Gus tafson of Omaha, president of the Nebraska Farmer's Union, are to meet at Chicago Monday and Tues day to consider the situation result ing from the sharp decline in the prices of wheat and corn. Mr. Gus tafson will also attend a - similar meeting at Kansas. City later in the week, ; at which the wheat situation alone will be considered. Farmers are much disturbed over the market situation which, they de clare, has brought the price ot corn below the cost of production. Par ticularly in districts where it was necessary to replant last spring do the farmers complain that $1 a bushel or less is not a compensatory price. According to ofticers of the farm ers union the whole . question ot maintaining what they consider a fair price on corn will be taken up at the Chicago meeting. , , No Action Is Taken Against Agitators at Pilgrim Tercentenary New York, ' Oct. 1. No official action will be taken against agitators who interfered with last night's meeting of deelgates to the tercent enary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims, Alton B. Parker anr nounced tonight. Mr. Parker, who presided at the session, which was invaded' by mem bers of the American women pickets for the enforcement of America's war aims, said ihe disturbances were not of a nature to demand prosecu tion of the offenders. In a statement issued tonight, Mrs. Gertrude Corliss, president of the Irish pickets' organization, denied that women under her direction were responsible for the disorders. "There were only six of us," she said. We merely displayed ban ners, pursuing our policy of silent protest against what we consider an attempt to Anglicize America. We intend to show up the other side of British propaganda. U. S. Destroyer Damaged. Riga, Oct. l.The United States destroyer Kane suffered damage to her engines while outside Kiga, but is not in need of assistance, accord ing to a wireless message. The Kane expects to reach Riga tomorrow, the message said. T.R. The late Colonel Roose velt's onn views of men and events during his active ca reer, as told by him to close friends for publication only after his death. The first installment tvill appear in The Bee next Sun day. . Also Omahans nho rvere born , in Omaha and have lived here sixty years or more. These two special features, in addition to all the usual news and features of THE SUNDAY BEE Warning Against Reprisals Given Of f icers in Erin Founder of Sinn Fein Declares Reign of Terror Is Part of Calculated Policy of Government My Thm AtMclated Pre. Dublin, Oct. I. Charges that the reprisals in Ireland were a Calculated polky of the "government, that the occasion for them was often af forded by the provocation of agent and that a plot exists for the assas sination of the Irish republican lead ers were made today by Arthur Grif fith, founder of the Sinn Fein or ganization. Mr. Griffith preferred these charges in a long statement to Amer ican, English and continental news paper men. Warns Against Reprisals. Warning against reprisals, no mat ter what the provocation, was given the Royal Irish constabulary today by Sir Hamar Greenwood, the chief secretary for Ireland, in a speech on the occasion of a distribution of medals. He dwelt upon the provo cation, which had been given the po lice, with J03 of their number mur dered and 170 wounded, but de? clared no reprisals wounld be coun tenanced ; by the authorities. He congratulated the men upon their general maintenance of discipline. "Your duty and mine," he said, "is to arrest criminals and endpavor to prevent further crime. I appeal to all Irish people, men and women, whatever their creeds and policies, to unite in this endeavor. , "In the meantime it is necessary to repeat with emphasis that re prisals will ruin discipline.. They j cannot be countenanced by those in j authority." Patrol is Ambushed. Belfast. Oct. 1. A police patrol was ambushed yesterday near Tub- bercurrv. County sligo. by a large part of armed civilians. District In spector Brady was shot dead, tne head constable gravely wounded and another constable less seriously wounded. Unconfirmed reports say several houses have been burned in reprisal for the attack. While searching a house in Lis carroll, County Cork, on Tuesday, a oartv of the military was tired on by civilians. The Soldiers returned the fire, killing one of their assail ants. Limerick, Ireland, Oct. 1. Two constables were shot and killed near O'Brien's bridge last night when a police patrol was fired upon. ' Cabinet Discusses Situation. London, Oct, 1. Members of the British cabinet met today to discuss the situation in Ireland and to learn from Gen. Sir Frederick Nevil Mac- Ready, commander of military forces there, details of conditions in the island. It was forecast that it Was likely the cabinet would require tan explanation from the commander of a recent interview . which . has been interpreted by the newspapers here as condoning reprisals by "black and tan" police. Ponzi Indicted for Using ' Mail to Defraud Many Boston, Oct. l.The federal grand jury today indicted Charles Ponzi, promoter of the scheme by which millions of dollars were obtained from investors on promises to pay 50 per cent profits, on a charge of using the mails in a scheme to de fraud. The indictments, of which there were two of 43 counts each, were . the longest returned here in years. Ponzi now is a federal prison er at the Jbast Cambridge jail and is under indictment on state court charges of larceny, . .. A Hard Row -'(ConrrlfM: 1020: Br The Chlcaro Tribun. ' Farmer in Jail And Must Pay Fine Wealthy Richardson County Man Evokes Wrath of District Judge. . Auburn, Neb., Oct. 1. (Special.) A sensation was created in the dis trict court of Richardson county when Judge Raper called Elza Shaw, farmer, reputed to be worth $125,000, to the witness stand, found him guilty of contempt of court and or dered him io.p.ay a fine of $500 and serve 30 days in the county "jail. The action took place in a crowded court room and was tense with dramatic interest. ' Itwas the culminating event in lawsuit in which a check, which was alleged to have been raised from $50 to $500 was the principal exhibit in evidence. Recess had been taken and the attorney for Shaw asked for the check used as evidence. The ex hibit was handed to the attorney, and he and Shaw retired with it in their iiossession. When court resumed the check was called for and the attorney said his client had it. Judge Raper, with considerable asperity, called Shaw to the stand, "Haven't got it," was the reply. "What became of it?" queried the judge. J. put it in mv coat pocket when I went home to dinner and the check dropped out of the pocket to the floor, was swept up and burned." It was then that the judge imposed the heavy fine and jail sentence on Shaw, who is one of the best known farmers in the southeastern, part of the state. Six Million Loaned To Lower California Government Is Loss Washington, Ort. 1. Six mil lion dollars .loaned ,by American bankers to finance development and construction work in Lower Cali fornia is a total loss because of the fact that former Governor Estaban Cantu was forced to leave his coun try by the De la Huerta regime in Mexico City, according to friends of Cantu who are now ir. Washington on a tour of the United States. Los "Angeles bankers loaned the government of Lower California $12,000,000 to finance cotton devel opment, road construction ami other progressive, work planned by Gov ernor Cantu, and of this amount $6,000,000 had been repaid before the change in administration which re sulted in Governor Cantu leaving his office and his country. The balance is still, unpaid, and the swelling treasury left by Cantu has been looted and the territory is now call ng in vain on the central, govern ment to send funds for payment even of troops. Mercer Motor Car Drops $1,000, Says Announcement New York.' Sept. 30. The Hares Motors, Incorporated, operating company for the .Locomobile and Mercer concerns, announced today the price of standard Locomobile cars had been reduced $1,350 and Mercer models $1,000. The reduction is due to "our be lief that the spirit of the times de mands a reduction in prices so that the. purchasing value of the dollar may be increased to a noint where there is sufficient buying power to properly tinance the business needs of the country," the announcement said. Meet Mr. Pappa, Etc. Greenville. S. C. Oct. 1. T. L. PappageorueakoDouias. a Greek. called upon the United States district clerk of the court to issue him a certificate of naturalization 41? Reds' Defeat On Northern Pole Front Complete Soviet Troops Are Reported Fleeing Eastward In Dis order to Avoid Being Sur rounded hy Poles. Warsaw, Oct. 1. (By The Asso ciated Press.) The defeat of the Russians on the Polish northern front ,seema virtually completeThe soviet troops are reported fleeing eastward in disorder in an effort to avoid , being surrounded ! by the Poles, who are in close pursuit. Ihe result of the Polish victory is declared by the military experts as elinimatirg any chance of. the bol sheviki launching the fall offensive which War Minister Trotzky was credited with planning to drive back the Poles from the territory they oc cupied after the failure of the soviet attempt to capture Warsaw. The advices from the front report that one Russian division surren dered to the Poles after having murdered all the commissaries with it who tried to compel the troops to offer resistance. The commander of the Third bolshevik army committed suicide, it is asserted, when he real ized - that his command had been completely smashed. ' Last night's communique reports that Posen troops, sweeping east ward, took the railway junction of JJaranovitchi, north -of the Pinsk marshes, the key to the old German irench line. With it a quantity of war material was taken. South of the Pripet the Russians have been pushed back across the River Slutsch. Polish cavalry has occupied Novo- gorad-Volynsk, about midway be tween Lutsk and Kiev. i esterday s.fternoon s reports shew that the Poles are less than 35 miles from Vilna. the Lithuanian capital, and their advance is con tinuing. - - Texans Vote for Industrial Law Applying to Ports Austin, Tex.. Oct. l.The house passed today the bill proposing more stringent law relatin to industrial troubles at ports by a vote of 86 to M. ihis was nine votes less than the number required to . give the measure the emergency clause. The bill was amended on the third reading to provide that only when violence of force is used in violation of the act shall the offense be a felony and to provide that the change of venue section shall not abridge the defendant's right to ap ply tor a change of venue. Nehama County Farms Sell for High Prices Auburn, Neb.. Oct. 1. (Special.) This has been an active week in the sale of Nemaha county real estate. F. M. Anderson sold a 200 acre farm to George Behl for $50,- At public sales 165 acres of land belonging to the Titus estate sold to E. E. Moore and Marshall Pryor tor $378 an acre. This is the record price for land in this county sold at public outcry. Twenty acres of land in the Smelser estate brought $351 an acre. An 80-acre tr3ct of the same estate realized $315 an acre. The Weather Forecast. Saturday fair with rising tempera ture. Hourly Temperatures. S a. m.. ft a. m.. 7 a. m.. S a. m.. B a. m.. 10 a. m.. It a. m.. 99 1 P. n 63 p. m g S P. m (1 P. m .. S P. m . p. m l 1 P. m. n S p, m....IMU1,.&8 88 !tt 44 41 M .At Boon , . Move Made To Clean Up Base Ball Plan Proposed for Tribunal of Disinterested Men, Whose Decision on All Questions Would Be Final. Four Leagues Included By The AuocUtrd FrrM. Chicago, Oct. 1. Representatives of four major league base ball clubs tonight started a movement designed to "clean up base ball forever" by taking control of the game out of the hands of men financially inter ested, and placing it under a "civilian tribunal" to be composed of men "o uik uestioned public standing." A letter was sent to every major league club and dozens of others in terested, asking their approval of the plan which was characterized as a means of "giving professional base bal to the American people where it belongs and taking ownership of it away from club owners and play ers." . .. . - . Signed By Four Club Heads. . The letter was signed by William Veeck, president of the Chicago Na tional league club; Charles A. Co miskey, president of the Chicago American lcasrue club: Barney Drey fus, president of the. Pittsburgh club, and Tohn McGraw. vice sresi dent and manager of the New York National league club. It oroooses that the national com mission be abolished because "in it : present form it cannot be impartial"!. and that in its place there should be a tribunal whose members would re ceive higher salaries than any one now connected with base ban. oen. ; Pershing, Maj. Gen. Wood, former President William Howard Taft, ; Senator Hiram Johnson, Judge K. M. Landis and William u. AlcAdoo are some o'f the men proposed for the tribunal, but the letter adds that none has yet been approached on the subject. Tribunal Decisions Final. Salaries for members of the tri bunal and its secretaries and clerks . ould be oaid from a fund set aside fn.ra major league and world's se- , ne- receipts. The tribunal would be in abso lute charge of all organized base ball leagues, of the players. ,the . managers and owners and league presidents, and its decisions would be beyond appeal or dispute. Ihe letter declared that sucn a plan must be worked out immedi ately if base ball is to continue as the national game and points out the gambling and betting evils re- ' vealed mthe past two years, i1- Ihe plan was worked out by A. ; D. Lasker, of the Chicago National League club and received full ate " ' . proval of President John Heydlei of the National league. The let- ter says: " "The National commission bas ball's supreme body consists todaj " j' of presidents of the National and '' American leagues. Regardless ol the desire of these men to be tm. partial, they could not be, at least , . subconsciously, unmindful of thr special interest of the individual league they represented. It wal felt,. therefore that the third mem ber of the commission should not be connected with the game. Th shock just received by the base iall world, the blacklisting of majof league players and the indictments and suspension of some of the greatest stars on a world champion ship team, has caused the owners to look within themselves as, undtr (Contiancd on Paga Two, Column Tw' j Man Who Claims He ,.i Knows Bomb Suspect Taken Into Custody New York. Oct. 1. A man civint the name of Joshua Greenspan, who, was arrested early today fol" loiter ing in a Brooklyn buildinsr. was said by the police to have stated he knows tne identity of persons responsible tor th( Wall strep frnlnilnn " , ... . Greenspan was sent to a hospital , for observation, while members of i V w.w vwi'i' o'iuou ou Audita VI U1C Department of Justice began check ing up ms record and story. Radical papers were said bv tin- police to have been found in Green- span's pockets when he was ar rested and a search of his room in Brooklyn revealed more. kdwin Fischer, tennis player, who sent warnings of the disaster, wai committed to a sanitarium at Amity ville, Long Island, after he had been under observation at Bellevue hos pital for two weeks. Willys-Overland Plant .Will Reopen Next Monday Toledo. O.. Oct. I. Clarenc A Earl, vice oresident of ihr WilK.c. Overland comoanv. has announcpr! 'hat all departments of the plant will be reopened Mor day. The announce ment followed one of Wednesdav, '.hat for the" remainder of the cur rent week all departments, but sev "' eral devoted to farts would be shut down. Nome-to-New York Airplane Pilot Hurt in Landing Vancouver, Oct 1. One aviator- was slightly scratched about the V forehead when three United State army airplanes enroute from Nome. AtiasKa, u iew lone, landed at Hazelton, B. C Wednesdav. ac cording to a message received her irom iiazelton. the plane broke a propeller and landing gear. Pork Prices Drop. Wichita. Kau., Oct.- 1. Wichit packers announced a reduction ef-' lective immediately, of from 2 to 4 cmts a pound in the w holesale prices of pork or a cut of about 10 per v cent. i :lt. n I', 1 l' ; Vk...,-."-,