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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1920.
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THREE CENTS
Janitor Is
Murdered
In Church
r Wilson to umana Drancn 01 JMormon Ull -in s a b 1 e d
Capital and Labor
Dedicated by President Grant
Ignore Plea
Of Ireland
Soldiers
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Head of Sect From Salt Lake Tells of Contentment
Brought by His Faith Predicts Rapid Spread
Of Mormonism Here.
Neglected
V
President lias No Intention
Of Granting Recognition
As Asked in Appeal of
De Valera.
Tests Not Satisfactory
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
hl-aa-a TrlbiiM-Orunka tVr I.caaed Wire.
Washington, Nov. 28. Fre sident
W ilson, it was learned today, has
do intention of recognizing Ireland
s an independent nation as a result
of th, appeal submitted to him by
Krmonn De Valera, ''president of the
Irish Republic."
The attitude of the. administration
nill be based on. the view that the
tests of recognition have not been
satisfied by the actual establishment
of an independent government.
De Valera sent his appeal tt the
president following the official as
sertion that it would no be enter-
lained by the state department. Mr.
tVilson transmitted it to the state de
partment where it awaits his in
structions as to its disposition.
Whether the appeal will be re
plied to remains to be seen. The
communications of Martens, the
soviet envoy, never have been hon
ored with a reply. The expecta
tion at the state department, how
ever, is that there will be cither a
reply to De Valera or an official
statement setting forth the reasons
that recognition cannot be extended.
Wilson Quoted.
In his appeal De Valera lias
quoted President Wilson liberally,
the following being examples:
"Shall people be ruled and domin
ated, even in their own internal af
fairs, by arbitrary and irresponsible
t .' ...:f1 l
lorce or oy ineir own win auu
choice?
"National aspirations must be re
spected; people may now be domin-
k ated and governed only by their own
V consent. Self-determination is not
a mere phrase.
"Every people should be left free
to determine their own policy, own
way of development, unhindered, un
thrcatened, unafraid, the little along
with the great and powerful."
De Valera sets forth the Irish dec
f, laration of independence draws par
allels between the Irish and the
American revolutionary cause and
quotes nearly all the presidents of
ihe United States in support of his
arguments. He asserts that there is
vtajraaaa.ie British ctvil government in Jre-
f land, adding:
'Rv their own act of parliament,
Foe-land has ruled out all the Eng
lish courts throughout the Irish re
public, resorting exclusively to mil
itary courts martial and the courts
of the republic are the only courts
functioning there today."
Government Illegal.
De Valera contends that British
government in Ireland is illegal be
cause Great Britain renounced the
right to legislate for Ireland under
the Grattan resolution in 1782, while
the act of union subsequently was
put through the Irish parliament un
der the coercion of 129,000 British
soldiers. . .
Precedents for the "recognition ot
.he Irish republic without interven
tion," by America are cited by De
Valera in President Monroe's recog
nition of the South American re
publics. In all these cases, however,
recognition was not, extended until
the Spanish forces had been com
pletely expelled, independent gov
ernments, had been in existence for
several years and there appeared no
prospect of the mother country being
enabled to reconquor the states. Re
plying to a protest against such rec
ognition by the Spanish minister,
Secretary of State Adams said:
Two Principles Involved.
"In every question relating to the
independence of a nation two prin
ciples are involved, one of right and
the other of fact; the former ex
clusively pending upon the determi
nation of the nation itself, and the
latter resulting from the successful
execution of that determination. In
4- ronflicts which have attended
these revolutions the United States
has carefully abstained from taking
any part, observing wherever it was
a contest of arms, a most impartial
neutrality. But the Civil war in
which Spain was for some years in
volved with the inhabitants of her
colonies in America has, in sub
stance, ceased to exist.
"Under these circumstances, the
government of the United States, far
from consulting the dictates of a pol
icy questionable in its morality,
yielded to -an obligation of duty of
the highest order by recognizing as
independent states, nations which,
after deliberately asserting their
right to that character, have main
tained and established it against all
the resistance which bad been or
could be brought to oppose it."
In the case of Ireland, it is the
lest last mentioned of maintaining
an independent government against
British forces that is held wanting
of fulfillment up to date.
Veteran San Francisco
Chief of Police Dies
San Francisco. Nov. 28. Chief of
Police D. A. White died here after
an illness of 10 days.
He had held the position of chief
for nine years continuously, longer
than any other appointee ever had.
White received many recommend
ations from various parts of the
country for efficient handling of the
crowds at the democratic national
convention here last June.
. Former Empress Worse.
Doom, Nov. 28. A turn lor the
worse in the condition of the former
impress. Augusta Vic4ri.VO:curred
late, this evening.
An Omaha branch of the Mor
mon church was dedicated yester
day afternoon at Tenth and Pierce
streets, President Heber J. Grant of
Salt Lake City, delivering the prin
cipal address. The building is that
formerly occupied 3y the Dietz Me
morial church.
Services were held morning, aft
ernoon and night, at all of which
President Grant spoke. Others who
participated were John M. Knight
cf Denver, president cf the Western
States mission of the Mormon
church; M. J. Melius, president of
the Ojnaha branch and H. H. Ellef
sen, superintendent'of the Sabbath
school.
Twenty-three active missionary
ciders of this church, who put in
all their time disseminating the Mor
mon doctrine, were present. These
are all very young men and women,
trained for this work.
Speaks of Contentment.
President Grant is a man 64 with
white hair and beard. He spoke
of the happiness and contentment
which faith in Mormonism brings.
"My sainted mother, when a young
woman, went to hear the Mormon
doctrine preached," he said. "That
night she prayed to be forgiven for
having listened to what she believed
was false doctrine. Later she em
braced the faith. Her brother of
fered to give her a great sum of
money, guaranteeing her an income
of several thousand dollars a year,
if she would renounce it. But she
preferred bitter poverty with the
faith that made her happy.
"Utah's best croo. when it was
occupied exclusively by Latter Day
Husband Brands
Wife's Charges
As Ridiculous
North Bend Contractor, Sued
For Divorce, Says Allega
tions of Affair With
Widow Mere Gossip.
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 28. ("Special
Telegram.)-"-Branding his wife's ac
cusations as all "rot and ridiculous,"
Martin Rees, city councilman and
weathy contractor of North Bend,
Neb., has issued a statement in re
gard to the suit of Mrs. Clara Rees
for divorce. Mrs. Rees, North Bend
society leader, is also suing Mrs.
Emma G. Johnson, wealthy widow,
on a charge of alienation cf affec
tions. - .
The two suits were filed in the dis
trict court in Fremont Saturday.
Mrs. Rees, who is president of the
North Bend Woman's club, alleges
that during the two years of friend
ship between the defendants long
automobile rides were enjoyed along
moonlit lanes. She s charges her
husband with cruelty and infidelity,
and asks $50,000 alleged personal
damages from pretty Mrs. Johnecn,
twice widowed and mother of four
children.
Will Not Fight.
"The charges against Mrs. John
son and myself are all rot and ridicu
lous," Martin Rees said. "I will not
fight the divorce proceedings and will
be satisfied with a separation and
giving the child to Mrs. Rees. I am
willing to pay a reasonable alimony.
As far as Mrs. Johnson is concerned
I am very sorry, that her name was
dragged into the caSe.
"About three years ago, while her
husband, Joseph 'Johnson, was liv
ing, I remodeled the farm home
II miles from North Bend. That
was the first time I ever met her.
It was necessary on account of the
distance to remain there a few days
with the carpenters. Naturally we
became friends and have been ever
since then. She has only been a
good customer. I have done car
penter work at the town Jiome.
"Gossip1 and small town scandal
are causes for the various charges.
None of the allegations are true and
she can never get a cent from Mrs.
Johnson.' She has always been of
a jealous and susyicious nature be
cause of this distrust. When I left
the house at different times I did
not care to explain where I had been
or where I was going. I have been
worried lately with serious business
troubles besides the domestic up
heaval." Other Names Mentioned.
Mrs, Johnson said, "I believe Mr.
Rees has told evet"ything that is nec
essary and it is the truth. I have
known him for over three years,
but only as a friend and member
of the same club, the Jolly Fifty.
All the accusations are absolutely
false and groundless. Thank God
I'm not guilty of the charges, and
if my name must be dragged through
the mud why not those of Mrs. A. R.
Pearson of North Bend, and Mrs.
Arthur Leach, now in Omaha? Mr.
Pearson worked for Mr. Rees. Gos
sip implicates them with others as
- (Turn to Pae Two. Colaaia St.)
Youth Kidnaped and
Stripped of Clothes
By His Jealous Rivals
Los Angeles. Nov. 28. A youth
giving the name of Tom Santor and
clad in nothing at all, shivered his
way through the cold dawn to a sub
urban home near here and tapped
for admission and succor. He got
both and then reported to the sheriff
that some rivals, incensed because
of his assiduous attentions to a young
woman here, had kidnaped him from
her home last evening, taken him
into the country, stripped his cloth
ing from him, and set him afoot on
the highway.
"Story sounds like scenario,"
said Sheriff Cline, "but it's stand'
iug-up under investigatipi'
Saints, was children. We obey that
biblical command which tells tis to
'increase and multiply'."
Big Faily Reunion.
President Grant told of a recent
reunion at his home where 48 ol
his immediate family were present,
including eight sons-in-law.
Speaking of the recent "discovery"
that alcohol is not goqd for man in
ternally, Jut of value as an external
application for the sick, he said:,,
"Joseph Smith had a revelation di
rect from the Lord, three-quarters
of a century ago, which told tts that
alcohol is not good for internal use,
but is of medicinal value when ap
plied externally."
The Mormon church or the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, as it is also called
teaches not only total abstinence
from alcoholic liquors but also from
smoking and chewing tobacco and
from drinking tea and coffie. Its
members indulge In none of these
things. Dancing, however, is not
under the ban.
Communion Observed With Water.
, Yesterday the sacrament of holy
communion was observed, but not
with wine or grape juice as in all
other Christian churches. Glasses of
water were passed through the con
gregation by young boys and each
communicant took a sip of water.
President Grant expressed the be
lief that, with the new church prop
erty, the Mormon church will grow
even more rapidly than heretofore
in this part of the country. Con
ferences were held yesterday of the
missionary elders, with reports and
plans for the future.
State Officers
Order Bank at
Verdon to Close
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Likely to Be Placed in Re
ceiver's Hands Worth
less Notes Responsible.
Lincoln, Nov. 28. The Farmers
and Merchants State bank of Verdon
will probably be placed in the hands
of a receiver, according to informa
tion coming from the state banking
bureau. The prospects up to Friday
were that the bank might be able
to get back on its feet, but the load
ing up of the institution with about
$16,800 worth of bad paper and the
attitude of some of the stockholders
stand in the way of readjustment of
its difficulties.
The bank has a capital stpek of
$18,000 and owners of two-thirds of
its stock were favorable to putting
up 100 cents on the dollar in order
to put it on its feet, but the rest of
the stockholders did not care to ad
vance the amount. It is said that this
minority stock is owned by stock
holders in the rival bank.
Ordere3 Bank Closed.
Wheft it became apparent that
nothing could be done, Secretary
Hart of the Department of Trade
arid Commerce instructed the pres
ident of the bank, E. E. Auxier, to
close it and send Bank Examiner R.
O. Chase to take charge. Attorney
General Davis has also been re
quested to institute proceeding , for
the appointment of a receiver.
D. E. Lower, formerly of Lincoln
but now living in Oregon, is the
largest individual stockholder, hav
ing $6,300 invested, while the rest
of the stock is owned by President
Auxier,, $800; Vice President H. N.
Timmerman, $800; Cashier L. S.
Johnson, $2,500 J. J. Parons, $S00;
?nd J. L. Orr, Crowlev, Colo. $1,000.
C. H. Hall. George E. Hall and C.
H. Weir of the opposition bank own
$5,800, the balance of the stock.
Deposits Are $80,067.
Deposits of the bank aggregate,
$80,067. Undivided profits are
given as $1,573, guaranty reserve
fund, $1,308, and these, with the
capital stock, make liabilities of the
bank $101,808. .The book assets are
loans. $73,120; bonds. $10,974, cash
and due from other banks, $10,966;
overdrafts, $275; banking house,
furniture and fixtures, $5,713.
D. , E. Lower, the largest stock
holder, is father of R. A. Lower,
responsible for the failure of'ithe
Valparaiso State bank about a year
ago and recently convicted of illegal
loaning of funds to himself. Ac
cording to Secretary Hart. D. ' E.
Lower was the man who delivered
the $16,000- of bad paper which the
bank is holding, to the bank; while
one of the notes held by the bank
for $4,315 was given .by R. A.
Lower, but, is said to be covered by
sufficient collateral to make it good.
Teachers for Affiliation
With Organzied Labor
New York. Nov. 28 A resolu
tion urging affiliation with organized
labor was adopted by the second
semi-annual conference of teachers'
unions of eastern states. The reso
lution declared teachers cannot serve
society well without "adequate pay
and democratic working conditions,"
and that "it was inevitable that
teachers should join organized la
bor." A recommendation was made by
the committee on education that
steps be taken to educate communi
ties to the need of a $2,000 minimum
salary for teachers and as near as
possible a uniform method of com
pensation. Cheyenne County Crop of
Corn Left to Rot in Field
Lodge Pole, Neb., Nov. 28. (Spe
cial.) With the price of corn so
low that farmers do not feej like hir
ing nien to husk it. a large part of
the biggest , crop Cheyenne county
ever nroduced remains in the field.
iLUtjc or no wheat is. being niarLted.
T. N. GALBRAITH, JR.
American Legion Commander
Scores Government for Poor
Care of Wounded World
War Veterans.
Officials Admit Charges
t nlraio Tribuae-Omaha Rea 1auid Wlra
Washington, D. C. Nov. 28. The
LTnited States is neglecting disabled
veterans the World war, Col. T.
JNi. Galbraith. ir.. national comman
der of the American Legion, charged
here. Responsible government cm
cials did not deny the charge.
Gailbraith's accusa.ion was made
in connection with the conference
of the lesion hospitalization commit
tee, which it the end of a day's work,
had prepared a tcntave bill to be
submitted to congress, whereby all
federal activities connected with dis
charged disabled veterans of the war
will be co-ordinated unaer one head.
The legion hope? 'o cut the red
tape which now surrounds the dis
abled soldier. It w'.U recommend to
congress a plan whereby the needy
veteran will get acuon instead of
letters which pass responsibilities to
some other government bureau.
Heads of government bureaus con
nected with the rehabilitation of sol
diers attended the conference. .They
offered no objections to the proposal,
realizing that it would have been
useless to combat the storm of in
dignation among World war veter
ans at the alleged, shabby treatment
their rnfortunate comrades are re
ceiviag." .
To Use AH Pressure.
That the legion intends to bring
to bear all of its influence to have
congress adopt the proposed legis
lation was made clear. The co-ordi
nation bill will be given precedent
over all other American Legion rec
ommendations.
"The American Legion is going
to make the people of this country
realize ' that the men who offered
their lives, cave of themselvesa and
their blood for the security and the
welfare of their nation, are returned
heroes to whom they owe a big debt
of gratitude, Galbraith said.
"The condition of these disabled
men is frightful, and we propose to
take immediate steps to see that they
are personally cared for by their
debtors the people of the United
States;
"The government has not laid a
brick, nor set up a bed for the care
of the 30,000 disabled men, although
the armistice was signed two years
ago..;.. ...
" "Conditions frightful'.' :'T' '
"Conditions in the temporary,
makeshift hospitals that have been
provided by the public health service
are simply frightful. The tempor
ary hospital at Markelton, Pa., is a
disgrace to the nation and should be
abandoned at once as unfit for a
dog to live in.
"Ten thousand disabled men are
quartered in cellars, poorhouses and
insane asylums. Thousands of men
are breaking down mentally arid
physically as' a result of the hard-1
ships they endure in the service ot
their country, and they are entitled
to the best tare that this wealthy na
tion can afford."
Colonel Jones, head of the war
risk insurance bureau, was present
at the conference of the legislation
committee, but they carefully .void
ed making any protest at Galbraith's
complaint.
Dr. C. W. Lavindcr, an assistant
surgeon general, in charge of hos
pitals for the public .health service,
admitted that Galbraith's charge is
true, but he blamed congress, insist
ing that economical legislators are
responsible.
The American Legion committee's
bill .will provide that the examina
tion, treatment, hospitalization, com
pensation and rehabilitation training
of solders be under one cabinet de
partment, and directly under an as
sistant secretary. At present these
functions are distributed among the
treasury, war and navy departments
and independent bureaus.
Supporters of Ousted
Governor of Tabasco
Seize Government
Mexico City, Nov. 27. Supporters
of Gen. Carlos Green, who recently
was deposed as governor, of - the
state of Tabasco, forcibly disamed
the police at Vjlla Hermosa, the state
capital, and appointed Tomas Gar
rido as governor.. The seizure of
power was carried Out without loss
of life. . ' ,
After an entire new official per
sonnel of Green supporters had been
named, a letter was directed to the
state senate stating that the seizure
was in retaliation for General
Green's deposition.
General Green was deposed several
weeks ago after soldiers, allged to
be acting on his orders, killed two
members of the chamber of deputies
and wounded several spectators,
while attempting to arrest De"puty
Lascano, who had fled into the cham
ber after shooting an army captain.
General Green is now in a Mexico
City prison awaiting trial.
Chicago International
Opens With Crowded House
Chicago, Nov. 28. The Twenty
first International Live Stock expo
sition opened with more than 10,000
entries from every state, Canada,
South America and several Europeon
rations.
The judging of entries will not
start until Monday, today and to
morrow being given over to visitors,
minor contests and special features
Attention ha.s been given to fea
tures of interest to women, home
economies.' demonstrations and lectures.
RMM fcyi.L Together?!
Mesopotamia Oil
Situation Likely
To Cause Trouble
Britain Has-' No Desire to
'Hog" Rights, Man in
Close Touch , With
Lloyd George Says.
By JOHN STEELE.
New York Tlmes-Chloat-o Tribua table,
London, Nov. 28. A map in closer
touch with Mr. Lloyd George de -
clared that the oil situation in Meso
potamia is the one question above
all others most likely to cause Anglo-
American trouble if indiscreetly
handled. . Great Britain, he declared,
has no desire to "hog" Mesopota
mian oil.
Most of the Mosul oil field, which
is the largest proved field in Mes
opotamia, is now 'held under an
old Turkish concession to a British-
German group by the British-French
group, the French having taken over
the German interests.
The British government has not
decided whether to work these in
terests itself, or to allow the com
mercial holders to exploit them, but
it has determined not to allow the
field to be spoiled by competitive
boring.
America Free to Enter.
America is perfectly free to enter
any deal with 'the holders of these
concessions for a share of the pro
duction or to prospect ajiy new
fields, having all the rights accorded
British subects or any other tor-
cigners, the oniciat said.
It was also learned that Manaara
Oil representatives from America
have been interviewing British offi
cials trying to secure concessions.
A hifjli official m the British tor-
eicn omce aeciares tnai xne main
point in the American note to Britain
011 the Mesopotamian oil situation
is the claim that mandates for Ar
menia and Palestine ought to be
submitted to America for approval.
Up to League.
A theoretical answer to that de
mand, he said, would be that under
the constitution of the ' league of
nations mandates drawn up arc to
be submitted to the league council.
This is in accord with article 22, and
America, not being a 'member of the
league, strictly speaking, is not en
titled to be consulted.
1 The informant, however, says
Great Britain recognizes the fact
that America-helped win the war
and is entitled to have a say. even
though she 'has not joined her for
mer associates in the league.'
The probability is that mandates
will be shown to America before
being confirmed and her suggestions
will be considered.
District Attorney Named
In Vice Investigation
Ballston, N. Y., Nov. 28. Indict
ments charging conspiracy and
bribery against District Attorney C
B. Andrus of Saratoga were re
turned by the extraordinary grand
jury investigating vice conditions.
City Judge M. E. McTygue and
Police Superintendent E. T. Car
roll of Saratoga were jointly indict
ed with the district attorney. "
John E. Gaffney, Saratogi com
missioner o public safety,1 and his
deputy, Benjamin W. Wilson, were
also indicted, charged with negle--t
of duty. Charges against the offi
cials alleged that they had knowl
edge of gambling, but took no steps
to abate it.
Rob Fei-nald Stores.
Fernald, la., Nov. 28. Residents
of Fernald awoke to find their. town
had been robbed; Seven stores were
robbed of .$25 or $30 eacl
! President-Elect
j Inspects East I
! End of Canal!
i Harding Completes Visit With
Calls on Military and Naval
Stations on Atlantic
Coast.
Cristobal. Nov. 28. President
elect Harding completed his inspec
tion cf the Panama: canal today with
a visit to' the fortifications at its
1 eastern entrance and calls 011 several
military and naval stations in the
vicinity" of Cristobal.
As in the examination of the de
fenses at the Pacific end of the canal
yesterday, the president-elect took
great interest in small details, ask
ing many questions to familiarize
himself with the strategic situation.
During a visit to the naval air station-
at Cocosolo, Mrs. Harding ac
cepted an invitation to make a flight
in a seaplane, spending 15 minutes
over Limon bay, in one of the
largest NC type planes used by the
navy. The plane attained a height
of about 1,000 feet, and though it
was her first experience at flying,
Mrs. Harding appeared to enjoy it
immensely.
Tonight the president-elect was
the guest of honor at a dinner ten
dered him by the merchants of
Colon and Cristobal. The iffair
was the occasion for renewal of ex
pressions ' of' comity between the
United States and Panama and
pledges of co-operation1 to promote
particularly : the commercial value
of the canal.
Senator Harding 1 qxfe , assur
ances' of his interest in the devel
opment of Central and South Ameri
can trade and expressed belief that
the canal would form an influential
factor in development of world
commerce.
The . steamer Pastores, on which
the Harding party will return to the
United States, is expected to sail
about, 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
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i St. Louis Flat '.Building
Wrecked by Dynamite Bomb
St. Louis, Nov." 28. Residents of
the fashionable west and apartment
houses' were routed out of their beds
at midnight last night by threii
charges of dyhamite which wrecked
an apartment building in the course
oJ: construction in the heart of the
west end district. The building was
being put wp by nonunion labor, but
the owner of the apartment asserted
he had no previous labor- trouble.
Three more charges which had faifcd
in vr1r1. 4mtA Ki. .tl,A r,r1ir
in ine Dasemeni ot tne DUiiamg.
Plan Campaign Against
Medicines With "Kiik"
Chicago, Nov. 28. Plans which
it was announced would "drive from
the market manufacturers ,of medi
cines and toilet articles of such high
alcoholic percentage that they are
used as beverages" were completed
by the propriatery association.
The association agreed to gather
evidence of violation of the law by
medicine manufacturers a'ud pledged
their "full resources to aid the gov
ernment hi; driving out of business
the firms 1 selling beverages as med
icine." ' . . .
American Geologist and
Interpreter Murdered
London, Nov. 28. An American
geologist named Howell . and his
Hindi! interpreter have been mur
dered while prospecting in the Lor
alai district of Baluchistan, says a
Renter message from Delhi under
Friday's date. It is believed the five
men who attacked them were Path
ans tribesmen. The bodies have been
recovered and the tribesmen arc he
irs pursued.
Police Rescue
Alleged Insane
Man From1 Mob
! Police Charge William Bush-
j man, Who Made Improper
Advances to Girl, Is Much
Sought ' Degenerate, ,
William Bushman, 28, 1.529 South
Thirty-sccondstreet, son pf a prom
inent Omaha-business mauvms fts
cued by police from -a nljb of a score
Of persons .yesterday morning on
the eighth floor of the City Na
tional Bank building, after lie had
made - improper advances towards
Miss Mabel Underwood, 20, 1224
Arbor street.
Miss Underwood, who had been
on a business trip with her broth
er, Don L. Underwood, left hirti at
Sixteenth and Harney streets, while
she went into the bank building.
Bushman met her here. She ran
to the corridor, and screamed. The
elevators were immediately stopped
and M. F. Gallagher, 405 South Six
teenth street,' and W. C. Estes
grabbed Bushman. !
In a few minutes a mob gathered
and threatened Bushman with vio
lent action Police took him to jail
and held him for investigation.
Police accuse Bushman of de
generate actions toward many w .mi
en. They tay he is the degenerate
who has been terrorizing Omaha
women for three month.;. '
Last week Commissioner Ringer
retailed two detectives to watch the
movements of Bushman after receiv
ing an annonymons tip that he was
the man who had frig'.'tcned wom
en. '
'. Police asserted last night that
Bushman would probably be given
an examination beforj tfte insanity
board.
Jury Says Oklahoma . - '
Man Committed Suicide
' Ardmore, Okla., -Nov. 28. A coro
ner's jury returned a verdict that
James E. Lamb, fin oil drilling con
tractor, whose body was-found near
Ardmore with a bullet in the heart,
died as a result of a gunshot wound
self inflicted.
Testifying at the inquest Mrs.
Lamb said her husband "kissed the
family good-bye," at 4 p. m. yester
day and asking his wife to prav
for him said: "Be sure to meet me
in heaven." He also asked for his
revolver, according to his widow.
and said, as he took it,' "You never 1
can ten 1 may have use tor it. ;
Ex-Wife of "Peach King"
Is Charged With Murder
Fort Valley. Ga., Nov. 28. Inves
tigation by a coroner's jury into tle
death of Fred D. Sheppard, Georgia
"peach king," brought testimony
from the physicians that a postmor
ten examination showed presence of
poison in Sheppard's viscera. Mrs.
F. E. Elmer, former wife of the
"peach king." was "arrested as she
left the court room, on a warrant
charging illegal appropriation of her
husband's property. Later a war
rant charging her with the murder
of Sheppard was served.
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Assailant Uses Sledge Ham
mer on Aged Man Body
Found by Dr. Frank
Smith and Secretary.
Robbery Was the Motive
G. F. Lung, 50, janitor at the Coir
tral Congregational church, under
construction at Thirty-sixth street
and Dewey avenue, was found bru
tally murdered in the boiler room of
the church at 9 Sunday momitiK.
The murderer used a sledge hammer
and a pocket knife. Robbery was
lite motive, police say. Lung had
been dead 10 hours when found, ;ic
cording to Dr. Glenn Miller, a police
surgeon.
A safe in the shanty office of the
James Black Construction company
outside the church was found
smashed open and the contents
thrown about. Nothing was taken.
The nature of the robbery and mur
der indicates the murderer was ac
quainted with the surroundings,
Robbery Was Motive.
Lung's purse, emptied, and his
spectacles, smashed by a blow of the
siedge hammer, were found 0:1 top
his body, lying on its right side in
the doorway of the coal room.
Wounds on Lung's head show he
was first stunned by a blow of the
fledge hammer then slashed to his
death. There was ho evidence of a
struggle. One of seven ugly slashes
pierced Lung's skull. Evidently ti
be sure of death, the murderer made
two piercing jabs in his victim's
throat, severing the carotid artery.
The murderer wiped his bloody
hands on a piece of paper found
near Lung's body and on a canvm
covering over a side doorway to the
boiler room.
Seek Finger Prints.
The only chance of obtaining fin
ger priiits of the murderer was in
the finding of the pocket kn'fe cov
ered with blood. Detective Arthur
English found the knife on a win
dow casing near the coal bin yes
terday afternoon.
The murderer evidently broke in
to the construction company
shanty first, then ransacked Lung's
trunk in his room before commit
ting the murder,, as no blood spot
were found about the saf; or in
Lung's room. A wheelbarrow load
ed with slack' coal, standing ne;n
the body, showed Lung was wheel
ing slack to bank the boiler fire fof
i the night. The murderer evidently
stood near the doorway of the bin.
hammer in hand, awaiting his vic
tim. '
...Safe Smashed Op?n.
The murderer 'used a steel b.it
taken from ihe tool chest of L. A
Angus, stone cutter, ro smash opor
the safe.
Because Lung was in the abit o
boasting to workmen about th
building that his uncle had giver
him "a valuable watch and Sl.'JW
for his birthday two month- ago, do-
(Tnrn to Face Two, Column Four.)
j Shipping Board
To Ask Large Sum
Deficiency Appropriation ol
One Hundred Million Need-
r ed to Pay Expenses.
(hlraico Trihun-Omaha Bee Ltaard Win
Washington, Nov. 28. Deficient
appropriations totaling probabh
$100,000,000 will be asked by the
shipping board before the end of the
present fiscal year.
The additional money will be nec
essary, officials of the board say, be
cause of the action of congress in
limiting expenditures to revenues ob
tained by the board from the opera
tion of ships, the sale of ships, ant
the settlement of claims. Expendi
tures for the present fiscal year art
fxpected to total about $325,000,000
Revenues will total not more than
$225,000,000.
If the War department had set
tled all the claims which are pend
ing, the board probably would have
sufficient money to go through th
year without asking a deficiency
appropriation. So far. however, the
War department has paid the shin
ping board onlv $40,000,000 out of' a
total of $200,000,000 which is in dis
pute. There are no indications thai
the balance of the claim will be dis
posed of in the near future.
Officials of the shipping board will
appear before the subcommittee of
the house apropriations committee
which is preparing the annual sundry
cn-il appropriation bill probably nc.vt
vvcanesaay.
Interior of Steamship
Is Destroyed by Fire
Bilbao, Spain, Nov. 28. Fire dis
covered on the Spanish liner, Al
fonso XIII, destroyed the interior
of the vessel. The damage is esti
mated at 12,000 pesetas.'
The colnpany owning the dock
yards where the steamer was lying
recently dismissed 200 workmen and
had received anonymous letters
stating an attack would be made on
the liner.
A number of workmen have been
arrested.
Itii'kcnbacker Sets New
Airplane Speed Record
San Francisco, .Nov. 28. Eddie
Rickenback ,, American ace, flow
from Los Angeles to San Francisco
in three hours and 10 minutes, said
to be a record for a northward flight
over' the 341 miles. He bucked a
neavy wina an tne wav and made
jjjj! forced landing at San Jose for gaso
m ! line. A mark of three hours and one
j minute was set for the southward
flight over the distance yesterday hv
M I Lieut. E. L". Batten, an army flyer.
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