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The
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VOL. 60 NO. 105.
trim m Swwrf-Cliw Matttr May 71, IMS. tt
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OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18,
1920.
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Comptroller of Currency De
clares Existing System Re
sponsible for Shrinkage
In Security Values.
Public Opinion Remedy
By The Amoelated I' ma.
' Washington, Oct 17. -"Unjustii-
uuie interest enacted on ' demand
loans" by New York City banks, has
been an active contributing cause of
the huge shrinkage" in all security
values during the last.
troller of the Currency Williams
declared, in a statement, fie charg-
j inai can money rates. in New
York were the highest in the world
j .7 icinrwat races increased
daily by small coterie of stock ex
change brokers governed the nrices
ot brokers loans in nearly all New.
iorx oanns.
"The raising or lowering of the
reJcwal rate on the exchange,"
aia air. Williams, "is frequently
accompanied by upward or down
ward movements in stocks and se
curities and those responsible for
the fixing of the rate therefore have
the opportunity, exercised or not,
ttf profit largely by the operations
,pf the stock market which is so oi
ten and directly effected by the call
money , situation, ' ,
. "Certainly all, prudent and think
ing business men Will' agree that
there' is , danger in the concentration
of such opportunity and power'in the
hands of a few persons. Tempta
tion to use this, power for individu
al profit must arise, and human na
ture is not changed1 by ' high posi
tion in the financial world.
Grip on' Commerce. i '
, "Power to fix money rates for
all, or nearly 'nil, of the banks in
New York City and to change them
daily, is a grip on the heart of our
commerce, It'permits such inter
ferences as fallible human judgment,
whim or interest may - direct,1 with
the natural and orderly, movements
of money, the life blood of business.
The 'matter of arbitrarily fixing
money rates at the money center,
possibly-reversing the" natural and
healthy flow and effecting, directly
or indirectly, ibillions of dollars of
security values and other property,
is left to a small and varying num
ber of private citizens without offi
cial responsibility, deciding in a mo
ment and in secret,
V "Tli -.evils "and dancers of. such
method cculd ncrt fe- recited in
ilefinite1.'Tnev reach to the ' re
motest corners of the union and is
possessions, - and touch narrotuuy
every class' of people. The direct
tendency is io reverse one . of the
fundamental purposes of the federal
reserve act, which is to promote
orderly distribution of money
through the country to meet the
needs of commerce and agriculture.
, Excessive interest rates offered in
New York, artificially drlw money
away, from , outside communities
'trough their banks.; and often leave
legitimate enterprises starved or
pinched, while -feeding speculative
movements which.'iwy be adding
nothing to real industrial or com
mercial wealth.; v
Causes ; Big Loss. ; .
"I reiterate that excessive rates on
call money, arbitrarialy - fixed and
tolerated in New York, in my opin
ion, have been a potent influence in
depressing seriously the prices of all
investment bonds and . standard
shares, the shrinkage of which, in
the last 12 months, has amounted,
including the depreciation in Liberty
bonds, to several billion dollars."
As to a remedy for the situation,
Mr. Williams saw only the hope that
"public sentiment will be strong
enough to bring about "reform," and
expressed the belief that "the tre
mendous responsibilities' of the
New York bankers and financiers
would sooner or. later be realized
by those who carry those responsi
bilities. H said that "some of them
. honestly and conscientiously" ob
serve the. obligation to- the general
ublie now and that they realize tne
direct -and distinct duties" which
Ihey owe to all communities. .. ,
Salesman Arrested,
1 Charged With Theft V
; . Of Caruso Jewelry
Eye-Witness Describes Atrocities
Committed Against Poles By Reds
American on Trip to Battlefront Finds Bods of
Soldiers Horribly Mutilated By Russi Mu -V
munists Force Unwijlinjr,
were ?LV iaians for 14
hours.' t..auy the Polish line
By The Amoclated I'rtaa.
Tha following lettar la (Wen tax
tually aa received from Wiruw aa the
simple but vraphlc report uf an Amer
ican eye-wltneaa'a viali to the battle
front and hie etatement as to extreme
- crueltlea atalnat Follah troops. The
letter la accompanied br a number ot
photoarapha showing the Polish vic
tims of these atrocities. The letter Is
written on the letterhead of the
Polish Mechanics Co., Inc., having
branches In New York, Chlcaso and
Detroit, and was signed by the presi
dent of that company.
Warsaw,. Sept '23. "We left
United States under the impression
that most what has been written
about bolsheviks was full of lies,
Stories of Polish soldiers, describing
cases of the most refined cruelties
practiced upon captured Polish com
missioned and noncommissioned of
ficers and soldiers could not change
our point of view, t '
"On August 25 we had an oppor
tunity to be convinced by seeing and
touching' the deeds of red knights.
"Our truck, loaded with bread, un
derwear, sweets, cigarets and soap,
left Warsaw with decision to reach
fighting columns. Wc ' passed
through Jablonna and Serock and
stopped in Pultusk, where a crowd of
women surrounded a policeman and
a spy, disguised as a woman. In
the middle of the market we found
the grave of a bolshevik chief, who
captured Pultusk, but was killed at
the end of the battle.
Evidence of Brutal Murders,
"Next day we approached the bat
tle line in Chorzele. We met the
first killed man by the road, a red
army soldier, lying on his back with
eyes looking towards Warsaw. He
wore the coat of a Polish soldier, but
was robbed of everything else by his
own comrades.
"A few yards further .we found
four Polish soldiers, captured by the
red army, undressed and then mur
dered in the most beastly manner.
One thousand Polish, infantry, men
was bt Russians began to yell
Comrades, stop fighting, ydu are
surrounded.' A group of 45 Polish
soldiers were captured, undressed
and every one was murdered in the
most horrible way with sabers.
"In Chorzelle we met a group of
bolshfrik prisoners; 15 per cent of
them were baretootea, poorly dress
ed, many of them in Polish uniforms
and sick of fighting. Every one of
them claimed that he was forced to
fight by communists, and there was
one among them who brought with
him o0 Polish prisoners.
Reds Promised Plunder:
"Large groups of Russians, usually
commanded by commissaries, fight
very well, but small bands and sin
cle soldiers throw down their arms
and surrender. They were brought
into .Poland under promises , that
there will be universal uprising of
workers and peasants and easy cap
ture of Warsaw. Bolsheevik com
manders promised their men seven
days of freedom in Warsaw, sp that
everybody would have a chance to
rob and plunder 'unlimited treasures'
stored in the Polish capital.
"The attack upon Warsaw cost the
bolsheviks 70,000 men in killed and
wounded, 100,000 captured, 80,000
disarmed by Prussians. The war is
not over. The Siberian army was
rushed anainst the tired but en
ihusiastic Polish legions and another
supreme effort 01 a. heroic nation
will be needed to protect democracy
and liberty. ,
"Polish citizens condemned the
Jewish attitude, but have sjiown no
desire to do them any harm. From
our point of view the population and
the government are too careless and
too lenient with criminals acting
against the government and country
which gave them shelter and unlim-
3,
New; York, Oct 17. Harry C
Toback, a salesman of Brooklyn,
, was arrested last night charged with
having committed the $500,000 jewel
theft from the home of Enrice Ca
ruso several months ago. Accord-
- ing to the police, Toback has admit
' tea possession of some of the stolen
gems. - ' '- .
The arrest, detectives declared,
was the result of a carefully laid
trap. Police give full credit for To
. back's capture to two" sisters, Mrs.
Catherine Smith and Charlotte
Poillon, -in whose apartment . the
suspect was taken at the pbin't of a
revolver.
; Receiving Toback: in a room m
which recording f tographs had
been installed, the( ,'vrs led him on
to make an offer o Je of "jewels,
the proceeds of the Caruso jobbery,
for $30,000 cash." Concealed in a
room overhead sleuths "listened in."
- Traveling Auditor f or ;
Union Pacific to Retire
- Columbus. Neb., Oct 17. (Spe
cial.) W. H. McEver, traveling su
itor for the Unian racihc tor near
ly 34 years and one of the most
popular men on the system, is to re
tire from service unaer the com
pany's plan for faithful employes.
Fifty-two years ago, before he was
14 years old, he accepted a position
with the Graad Trunk line in Detroit,
where he spent 18 years. From there
he went into the office of the Unian
Pacific as traveling auditor. He
lived iirtColumbus 23 years, v
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Expected at Big
Meet In Omaha
State Convention to Be Held
November 3-8 Fight to Be
Made to Disband 'Associa
tion by 12 Counties.
"We estimate that; 8,600 school.,
teacher A from outside Douglas
county will ylslt jpmaha for the Nej-
braska State Teachers' convention;
November 3-e," Harvey Milllkeil,
chairman of. the Chamber of Com
merce publicity bureau, announce!.
, An effort is being , made by
twelve counties; in the South Platte
district to, disband the association.
This will increase attendance, be
cause every teacher in the tate '
who can get to Omaha, yll'. want
to be in the "scrap.'' t
For several years an effort haa
Veen made to get a ne4V constitu
tion adopted, in order that there
might be sectional meetings held,
instead of one big state-wide meet
ing. . s
Among th prominent speaKere
who will appear at the Omaha con
vention are Lorado Taft the sculp
tor ; Professor Thomas H. Brlggs,
of Columbia university; Will C.
Wood, state superintendent of Cal
ifornia; Iee Ik Driver, director of
rural education in Pennsylvania;
Dr. P. W. Maroney, director . of
physical training in Ne-v Jersey;
C. G. Sargent, director of vocation
al education in Colorado, and Hugh
S. Maglll, field secretary of the Na
tional Educational . association.
On Tuesday evening, November 2,
the convention opens;, and the
teachers who are in town will be
invited to come to the Chamber Of
Commerce and listen to election re
turns. The directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce will be asked to
serve as an informal reception
committee, j ;
Friday evening, November 6, the?
bureau of publicity will give a
concert at the auditorium for
teachers only. The talent will in
clude Mary Jordan, famous con
tralto; Professor Henry 'Cox, well
known violinist of Omaha, and the
maha Stringed orchestra of six
teen pieces.
Arrangements Completed
Final arrangements for the con
vention of 'Nebraska county com
missioners, supervision and clerks,
were completed at a conference at
the Hotel Rome, Friday, attended
by P. J. Kennedy, Tork, Neb., and
C A. Hblmqulst, secretary of the
county supervision, and O". E.
Haase, president, and Harry E.
Scott, secretary of the county
clerks. Headquarters will be at the
Hotel Roibe, December 7 to . An
attendance of S00 is expected.
Railsback Grain Company -Sells
Last Line Elevator
The Railsback Grain company of
Ashland, Neb who have operated a
line of elevators on the Burlington
in Nebraska for nearly 40 years, have
sold their Ashland house, which .is
recognized as one of the best
equipped and substantially .con
structed country elevators in Ne
braska, to George N. Kieffer, banker
of Onawa, la., having recently dis
posed of their either houses, and an
nounced the dissolution of their cor
poration and retirement from the
grain business. . The will devote
their time to looking after their
farms and other interests.
Christensen's Name Not
On Ballots in Oregon
Portland, Ore., Oct. J 7 Receipt
here of official sample ballots for
the coming election brought the dis
closure that , the name of Parley
P. Christensen, farmer-labor party
candidate for president, will not be
on the ballot in Oregon. This is
due, according to information from
the office of the secretary of state,
to the fact that the farmer-labor
party has no organization in Oregon
and that no names of candidates for
presidential electors representing
Christensen were filed in his office.)
Girl Bride and
Tramp Husband
Held by Police
. '"' ' .,''
Former Soldier and Young
Wife Attested In Bluffs On
Vagrancy Charges May
Be Released. ; .
Wallace J. Copeland, former sol
dier, and Jasqueline, his pretty 18-year-old
-gud-bride, are held at Coun
cil Bluffs police headquarters on va
grancy charges. Mrs. Copeland was
wearing a uniform of her husband's
when they were arrested -by Patrol
man Earl Allen near Seventh street
and First avenue . Saturday.
, Copeland told police that he met
his bride in Cheyenne, Wyo.v-He
was 'bumming" at the time, he said,
with a pal named Albert Hill, who
was arrested with them. -Jacqueline's
mother and - father
we're divorced and the mother-: had
married again. The girl did not like
her stepfather and willingly agreed
to taarry Copeeland and tramp
across country to: Chicago with
him. He bought her a ticket and
sent her- to Greeley, Uio.,f.!tnen
"rode the rods" with his pal to the
sameiown, where he and Jacqueline
were married. -
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Former Soldiers and
Sjdlors Don Uniforms
To Boost Bonus Plan
. , .
New York, Oct. 17. Thousands
of former sailors, soldiers and ma
rine yesterday put on uniform again
to let the country know they want
the national bonus. .'
Parading- up Fifth avenue with
flags and military bands, the vet
erans farmed the largest column of
uniformed m$n that has assembled
here since the division's home-coming
from France. Tens of thousands
lined the gayly decorated thorough
fare. ". "
Leading was Capt. R. G.- Wood
s:de, , commander-in-chief of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Amer
ican Legion posts and other organi
zations of world war -veterans were
followed by taxicabs carrying
wounded and disabled fighters. 7
Further Reduction
In Coal Prices Expected
aaanaBaaaH - '
New York, Oct. 17. Prediction
that the recent decline in the price
of lY-imious coal is to be followed
by a "much more decided drop
within1 a short time" was made by
Charles S. Allen, secretary of the
Wholesale Coal Trade association
of New York.
Mr. Allen said his statement was
"based on a consensus of opinion
of members of that association,"
which, he added, was due to the ac
tion this. week of Attorney General
Palmer in calling upon the coal op
erators to take steps "to reduce
prices and eliminate profiteering."
Northern West Virginia coal op
erators, at a meeting here, adopted
resolutions which reduced the price
of coal at the times there not al
ready under contract at low figures,
from $14 to $6.
Teachers' Association
To Hold Meeting1 at Chadron
Chadron, Neb., Oct. 17. (Special).
The Northwest Nebraska Teach
ers' association will be held at Chad
ron. October 22 and 23. Between
200 and 300 teachers are expected to
attend.-
- Principal speakers will be State
Superintendent John M. Matzen,
Deputy Superintendent I. N. Clark,
Prof. W. E. Seatdck of Nebraska
university and Professor Greirv of
Wesleyan university. All session
will be held at the sate normal.
Bankers Meet
In Convention
At Wasiington
Cabinet Officers and Noted
Financiers to Discuss Lead
ing Money Matters at
Convention.
Bjr Th Associated Treat.
Washington, Oct. 17. Bankers
from all parts of the country meet
here tomorrow for the opening of
the 46th annual convention of the
American Bankers' ! association,
which will continue through the
week. The program calls for con
sideration of all questions of finance,
ranging from problems of the coun
try bankers to international rela
tions. Cabinet officers, as well as bank
ers of national prominence, are' to
address the meetings to be held
morning, afternoon and night, some
simultaneously, in three downtown
hotels and a theater. The program
a'.so calls for a daily round of enter
tainment arranged particularly for
women visitors.
More th. a score of committees
of the association meet tomorrow,
each to consider the particular
problem assigned to if, with a re
port to be made later to the conven
tion proper, which will hold ses
sions Tuesday. Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday mornings.- The
committees will consider questions
of federal and state legislation, pub
He relations, education, gold, Amer
icanization and thrift, insurance and
numerous other suoiects,
-Vice President Marshall will de
liver the address of welcome to the
bankers at the opening session of
the convention proper on Tuesday,
The annual address of President
Richard S. Hawes of the associa
tion will follow. Secretary Meredith
of the Agriculture department also
will speak on "Banking and Agri
culture, and John J. fulleyn ot
New York will discuss , Transporta
tion and Its Effect on Credit."
Secretary Houston of the treas
urv. with an address on uovern-
ment Finance,' is to be the princi
pal ' speaker Wednesday. Thurs
day's convention program calls for
addresses by Joseph ti. Uetrees,
president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, on bervice
Organizations," and Sol Wexler of
New York o "Financing and Un
derwriting Bier Business.
On Friday addresses will be made
by H. W. Robinson of Los Angeles
on "Commodity Financing;" Oscar
Wells of Birmingham. "Federau Re
serve Banks." and ' George Wood
ruff of Joliet. 111., on "The Country
Banker 3 Problems.
Particular oroblems of the bank
ers will be considered at sectional
meetings neia eacn aiicrnoon
Why Taxes Are High
ICopTTtcht: 1030: By The Chlcao Tribuoa.l
-great Scott
TAXES
1
'WHAT'S Tmi?! VE SPENT ftl,05l, 11. lift FOR
AIRPLANES AND ONLY 7V0 ALU TOLD WERffUWD
ON THE AMERICAN FRONT . AND OF THESE $21 WEM
BOUGHT FROM THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH ! "
, Th United Statu spenf in on year almott at
much at Franc or England spent in four ymart.
This h one rwrtdn why your faxes arm nou high,
The daily entertainment program
wifl end on Friday with a golf tour
nament at the Chevy Chase club.
Barkeep Millionaire
Claims Bankruptcy
After Slump in Wool
1
Chicago Tribnne-Omha Be teased Wire,
Chicago, Oct. 17. Stephen Danko
was a . bartender IS years ago. He,
had among his patrons men, who
knew about wool, and in their cups
they talked freely to the sympathetic
barkeep. He went into the wool
business on a "shoestring" and ran
his bank account up into many thou
sands.
Yesterday he filed an involuntary
petition in bankruptcy in the United
States district court, but his credit
ors intimate that he is attempting to
defraud them, and in a suit to be
filed today they will ask that a re
ceiver be appointed to recover
money and property transferred to
others. The petition will charge
that on October 1 Danko transferred
property worth $2S,000 to Sam Pap-
bank, both transactions, according
was , turned over to the Security
banw, both transactions, according
to the comolaint of the creditors,
being for the purpose of defrauding
them. They say more than $100,000
in property has been thus trans
ferred. Danko's assets -are said to be
$2,000,000 and liabilities $1,500,000.
When the price of wool and hides
recently underwent a sensational
drop, Dauko is said to have been hit
especially hard.
Increase irt 6)al
Production Shown
C hirers Tribune-Omaha Be Ideated Win.
Washington, Oct. 17. Production
of bitumious 'coal went above the
12,000,000-ton mark for the first time
since January 17, during the week
ended October 9. The total output
is estimated bv the geological sur
vey at 12,075,000 net tons. This
was an increase of 224,000 tons over
the week of September 25 and 106,
000 tons, or 6.2 per cent, over the
week of Octiber 2.
Twelve million tons has been the
weekly goal set by the National
Coal association in its drive to fur
nish a'ample supply before the be
ginning of the winter. This is the
first week in which this otal actu
ally has been reached.
Believe Negroes Arrested
Here Fled Penitentiary
Two negroes, arrested yesterday
by detectives as suspects in recent
holdups, were identified as escaped'
convicts from the state penitentiary
of Pennsylvania.
One man, who gave his name
as Jack Brown, confessed 'that he
was William Armstrong of Youngs
town, O. The other is George Tur
ner, alias William Rhodes. Both
men said they would waive extradi
tion. Eugene Union, another negro, ar
rested with Brown and Turner, will
probably be tried on charees of high
way robbery, detectives said. Detec
tives Graham, Franks, Bolar and
Troby. who arrested the trio, stated
that the men are responsible for a
number of holdups.
JwH
it 11 x s t y v
IX. "N. . s. V
"$3,000,000,000 FC
AkTILUEkt mo AMMUNITION
AND OMIT 72GUN5,0uTSIDE
the naval cuns, ever.
reached the front.
$116,000,000 FOKGAS
SHELLS AND NOT ONE
COT OVER,
2,000,000 HAND
GRENADES SENT
OVER AND DISCARDED
BY PERSHING- AS .
' SUICIUfc DOMR3
" ' . .
"VfE HAD
HORSES FDR WHICH
we Bought
QHS.OOO -SADDLES
115,000 BRANDING-.
IRONS
2,?HJH5 HALTERS .
523,553 SADDLE BAGS
i,iu,m HORSE SAGS.
1,111, OS? HORSE
" COVERS AND
l,n,oqi HORse
BRUSHES
And hrw U another.
1
And thU i what you ore paying tor.
(52,000,000 BALES OP
COTTON BOUGHT FROM THE
SOLID SOOTH -AN ESSErSTAL
WAR. MATERIAL PURCHASED
WITHOUT THE PBCE KE5U?icT-
I0N5 WHICH WERE" PLACED
ON WHEAT AND OTHER.
NORTHERN AND WESTERN
war essentials.
all this cotton was
Rotting- in nitrocitt
A YEAR AFTER Tiff
1 ARMlSTick .
C 7 S9
V I fia "WW i y rT
And you ore taxod to bring protpority to tho toUd
Sent A. -
And than mr amkmd to koop tho DomoeratM fa
power.
New Angles to
Prohibition
Snarl Revealed
Three Departments and Mem
bers jit Diplomatic Corps
Involved. In Latest
Developments. '
By Ths AMOclattd l'rrm.
,Washington, Oct. 17. Disclosure
of a new prohibition snarl in which
three government departments and
members of the diplomatic corps
are involved was made when the
State department issued a state
ment saying it "assumes no, official
of the government would attempt to
pry into the baueaee of a foreism
diplomatic officer."
The unusual course of the State
department in making what ap
peared to be a public appeal to other
government' officials was adopted, it
was learned, after- the treasury had
amended customs regulations to re
quire baggage of diplomats to be
examined and liquor removed.
lsack ot the action of the treas
ury, it was disclosed, was an opinion
rendered by the attorney general.
It was said to hold that the Vol
stead act withdrew from diolomats
the exemption from customs exami
nation of their baggage heretofore
accorded.
Diplomats have made no formal
protest. The State department,
however has seen evidence of irri
ta'tion among them here. Since the
opinion of the attorney eeneral
failed to sustain the department's
contention that examination exemp
tion be continued it sought recourse
through the public statement, the
text of whicli follows:
."Foreseeing the inossibilitv of em
barrassment, the State department
obtained a delay in issuance of the
new restrictions. Late in August,
however, Assistant Secretary
Miouse, whose resignation was an
nounced" only this week, applied to
Attorney General Palmer for an
opinion interpreting the Volstead
act That opinion was said to hold
all importation of liquor was barred
by the act. . The State, department,
however, is said to have made rep
resentations against the rigidity of
the 'finding on the ground interna
tional comity and law worked to the
contrary. A second legal review by
the Department of Justice resulted
and the State department again was
defeated in1 its contentions, it was
said.
On receipt of the attorney gener
al's opinion, said to have been writ
ten and signed by Solicitor General
Fricrson, as acting attorney general.
Mr. bhouse amended the customs
regulations to require "examination
of baggage and effects permitted
free entry" into the United States.
Mr, Shouse also sent confiden
tial instructions to the customs au-,
thorities to remove all liquor stocks
found in the oersonal effects of vis
iting diplomats and hold it for per
sonal delivery to a member of the
diplomatic household. This caused
particular concern among State de
partment officials, who fear diplo
mats will construe it as unfriendly."
Lincoln Pastor Resigns.
Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. 17. Rev. L. D.
Young, for six years pastof of the
First Presbyterian church of Lin
coln, today tendered his resignation
to accept a call of the City Temple
church of Dallas., lex. Hi will be
gin his new pastorate the first Sun
day in November- r v j
Body of Messenger
Found in Woods
Bank Runner Who Dis
appeared Oct. 5 -Murdered
By Highwaymen.
Chicago Trlbnnc-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
Mount Holly, N. J., Oct. 17.
The body of David S. Paul, 60, a
Camden bank runner, who disap
peared October 5 with a satchel con
taining 10,000-in cash and $12,000
in checks, was found yesterday in
the woods 25 miles east of here.
The old man was murdered by
highwaymen, the police believe, and
his body carried to the depths of the
pines and buried.
Thousands of persons in. Burling
ton and Camden counties knew the
victim, both as a bank messenger
and as a member of the Broadway
Methodist Episcopal church, Cam
den. ' . '
James Cutts, whjle walking in the
woods, stumbled across a fresh
mound of earth. He dug until he
uncovered a man's foot.
Burlington county officials report
that Paul was murdered, his head
having been split open with an ax
or similar weapon. The condition
of the body indicated that burial had
taken place not later than Thursday
afternoon. A stout rope held the
legs together at the ankle and they
were doubled up to the chin. The
face Was clean-shaven, showing
death to have been within 24 hours.
The murderers had evidently under
taken .to conceal the body by throw
ing it in a stream. Their tracks
were discovered at the water's edge,
but the water was not deep enough
and interment was resorted to.
Serious Fighting
Between Japanese and
Koreans Reported
By J. B. POWELL.
' New Tork Hmts-Chlcago Tribune Cable,
Copyright, 1920.
Shanghai, 'Oct. 17. Koreans here
in statement issued today, declared
that serious fighting had broken out
between , Japanese troops and
Koreans' in the Chien Tao district of
Manchuria and added that 15 Japa
nese were killed. "
The Japanese, the statement says
are employing airplanes in their op
erations and rushing troops in a
hurried effort to occupy the entire
district cast of Kurin and between
Siberia and Korea. . '
The stateninet concludes by de
claring that the recent disturbances
along the Korean border have given
Japan a long desired excuse to oc
cupy this desirable area of Chinese
soil.
Youthful Husband Unable
To Escape Marriage Vows
- Chicago, Oct. J7. Mrs.' Margaret
Snyder, after the death of her first
husband, t had a longing to ."remain
in the family," so, it is alleged, she
proposed to her 20-year-old brother-in-law,
Charles Chester Ellison.
She urged, he objected; she
begged, he reasoned; she pleaded,
she won and he lost.
These details are set forth in the
testimony of the youthful husband
before Superior Judge Lewis.
Ellison said they were married
December 8, 1918. and separated
March 6, 1919. "The morning of
the day we separated," he testified,
"she attatnpted to stab me with a
pair of scissors. She was seven
years older, than
Gov. Coolidge
To Make Tour of
Southern States
Vice Presidential Nominee
Predicts Overwhelming Vic
tory for Republicans Re
fuses to Discuss League.
Washington, Oct. 17. (Special
Telegram.) Bubbling over with en
thusiasm regarding the prospects for
republican victory in ' November,
Governor Calvin Coolidge of
Massachusetts, republican nominee
for vice president, arrived in Wash
ington this afternoon preparatory
to beginning a week's tour of Ken
tucky, Tennessee, North Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia and Mary
land. '
The tour starts tomorrow and the
governor will be accompanied by
Governor Lowden of Illinois, Gover
nor Morrow of Kentucky and Jobe
Hedges of New York. "A large pro
portion of the American people gen
erally want a change from the demo
cratic administration, said Gov
ernor Coolidce. ' "Dissatisfaction
with democratic administration is so
widespread -I entertain no doubt that
the republican victory in November
Will be overwhelming," he added, j
"We only have one republican con
gressman from Virginia at present.
We expect to elect several additional
this year. Governor Coolidge de
clined to enter into a discussion of
the league of nations issue or the
irisn question, l he league issue
is too big a one to be talked of off
hand," he said. "I have stated my
attitude towards it in speeches I
nave delivered, l Deiieve there is
an overwhelming sentiment through'
out the country against the Ameri
can people being committed to the
Wilson league. I am in accord with
Senator Harding's views regarding
the necessity of an 'association of
nations and I agree with him we
should not go into the Wilson kind
of a league.
"Have you not found most people
are ,ore interested in the high cost
of living and kindred subjects than
in the league issue?" the governor
was asked.
"Yes, I have, although they are
very much interested in the league
issue, involving as it does, so vitally,
the question of American indepen
dence and sovereignty." ,
-"Have you any solution to offer
for the economic situation confront
ing the country?" 1
"That is too broad a subject to be
taken up in a few words," said the
governor.
Pocket Picked on Car.
Jack Ritter, 1612 Martha street,
was the victim of a "dip," who took
his purse, containing $27, on a South
Side street car yesterday.
Harding's
Position is
Made Clear
Senator Johnson Comes to De
fense of Republican Candi-,
date on League of
Nations.
Raps Certain
Papeil
Chicago, 111., Oct. 17. (Special
Telegram.) Senator Hiram John
son of California gave the following
statement this afternoon regarding
Senator Harding's attitude toward
the league of nations: nt
"The men and newspapers who
pretend to be friends ot Senatoe
Harding and who assert that he la
to take this country, into the leagt
of nations do him a distinct dis
service, and pay him a sorry complN
ment." , r.
"I speak of course, solely from the
public utterances of our candidate;
but these utterances make plain
beyond .cavil that when , Senator
Harding is president, he will not
take the United States into tha
league of nations. ' "?
"In his speech of acceptance fie
characterizes the league as 'a mili
tary alliance which menaces peace
and threatens all freedom.' He
called it the 'supreme blunder,' and
asserted that he would leave Amer
ica free, independent and self-reliant,
but offering friendship to all the
world.'
Senate Saved Day. ii
"He instanced the war betweer
Poland and Russia as indicating
what we would have been let in for1,
in the language of Secretary of Stats
Lansing, but for the action of the
senate. 71
"Again, he referred to America fci
a member of the league as 'one in "a"
pitiful minority among many states
1 1 j .j
111 met j$cu wuuu guvcuiuicni
included himself among those who
had -opposed what we sincerely re
garded as betrayal of our owri coun
try to the interest .of others.' '
He deprecatedji his vote fe
reservations and said that conditions
had changed now. Experience had ,
brought enlightenment and he sol
emnly added: 'We know now that
the league constituted at Versailles
was utterly impotent as a preventa
tive of wars. It is so obviously im
potent that it has not even been
tried. The original league mistaken
ly conceived and unreasonably in
sisted upon, has undoubtedly passed
beyond the period of restoration.
The maturer judgment of the world
will be that it served to pass for the
simple reason that contrary to all of
the tendencies" 'developed by " (he
civilizing processes of the world it
rested upon the power of might and
not of right .'
Harding's Stand Clear-Cut '
"I am unable to understand the In
tellectual processes which can misin
terpret or misconstrue these words, '
and I do not appreciate the friend
ship of individuals who, in the teeth
of declarations describing the league
as 'a military alliance menacing
peace and (threatening all freedom,
the supremj; blunder, obviously im
potent, resting upon the power of
might, not of right,' wilt still insiit
that the words-are meaningless, and
that Senator Harding intends some
thing else than he says, --
"To make doubly plain his mean
ing, in his soeech of acceptance ffc
said: 'I am opposed to the very
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thought of our republic becoming a
party to so great an outrage upon
other people who have as good right
1o seek their freedom as we had'fn
1776, and the same right toidevelon
eminence under the inspiration of
nationality as we had for ourselveV
"And yet, men and newspapers
who claim to be friendly assert
that Senator Harding 'Is going into
the league,' and so would, have him
guilty of the very outrages he de
Proprietor of Candy
Stores Badly Injured ;:;
In Automobile Crash
Nick Petrow, 38, Flomar hotel,
was seriously injured when he losi
control of his automobile on the
West Dodge .road, just south of th
peony farm, at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. "h
After turning turtle, the machine
landed in a ditch. Petrow wai
pinned beneath the wreckage. Jamci
Zodalis, cousin of Petrow, living at '
the Loyal hotel, jumped from the
car and escaped uninjured. l
J. W. Munchoff, John Mulvay. 3224
Harney street, and G. G. Thornier.
2818 Spaulding street, who were
passing, extricated Petrow and were
on their way to the hospital whfrh
they met the police ambulance 'at
Sixty-first street and Military ave
nue. Police then took Petrow and -rushed
him to the Methodist hos
pital, where police surgeons said the
man would probably recover. K
Petrow was on his way to Fre
mont He is one of the proprietors
of several candy stores In Omaha.
General Obregon Is
Guest of Texas Fall
Dallas, Tex., Oct 17. Gen. Af
varo Obregon, president-elect 6!
Mexico, was the guest of Texas l
the state fair. From early morning
when he was met at Fort Worth by
a motor convoy until tonight at an
international banquet the general
was met by a constant ovation.
Only once did he make an address,
however, and that was In his native
language, to approximately 3,000
Mexicans.
General ObreKon declared that
after December 1, when be assumes.'
the presidency, peace and stability
will be maintained by "justice to
all."
"Mexico is at peace." he said.
"and neace will continue bv nrovid.
inn justice 10 everyone. t
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