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The Omaha Daily Bee ! VOL. 50 NO. 245. Iittnl at SstsH-CtaM Mtttat Mi 21. ISM. it Ostthi P. 0. Uinsr AU ( Mirth . 1(7. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH CO, 1921. Ry Mill (1 y.iri. IstlCs tt Zsnt. Dallv ia Suadir. ft: Billy Only, J: 8unair. St Outala 4th ZM (I ).r), Oalty fi (4). lit; Dally Only. US; udj Only, h THREE CENTS Burroughs Dies on Way Back East - Death Occurs at 2 A. M. While Nature Lover Is Returning to His Home From California. End Comes on Pullman New York, March 29. John Bur roughs, famous naturalist died at 2 o'clock this morning on a New York Central train at Kingsville, O. Word of Mr. Burrouglfs death was received here by New York Central officials. He was returning east after spending the winter in Pasadena, Cal., where he was re ported to have been slightly ill with afflictions incident to old age. He was in his 84th year. Body Taken East. New York Central headquarters received a report from their super intendent at Erie, Pa., that John Bur roughs died on train No. 16 near Kingsville, O., early this morning,, apparently from heart disease. The report says a' woman physi cian who was accompanying Mr. Burroughs took charge of the re- mains and continued east. Mr. Burroughs boarded the train at Chicago, and was bound ior Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ' ' Mr. Burroughs left Pasadena, Cal'., last Friday for his home at Went Park, N, Y., where he planned to pass his 84th birthday, April 3. A short time before his departure he had ltft.a hospital there1, where he had received treatment for an ab scess on' the chest. He had divided hissime during the winter between La Jolla, near San Diego, and a cabin in asadena Glen. Dean of Nature Writers. John Burroughs was the venerable dean of nature writers in the United States. Through a score of bo Da si he shared with countless readers his life-long ' intimacy with birds, bees, flowers and the whole out-of-doors. His highly developed powers of ob servation and the cltarm of his i n terpretations were the, marvelof lis critics. His ' flowing whit, beard, his kindly nteis, his whole habit of life, and hit literary style were rather rerainis.ent f that famous New England school of essayists a gen eration or two before him. His earliest writing, on "Expression," was at one tjme widely mistaken for the work of Emerson, a 'close reader of whom Burroughs had been from youth. His later works v on nature suggested something of Thbr eau, but, critics said. Burroughs was the more sociable writer,.. - Dullard in School. He learned to love nature when he drove cowa at his . ; birthph:e farm, Roxbury, among the Catski'.l?, in New York state, but anything like a literary composition wis a bugbear, to him as a youth. The story is told of how when he was 14, in ; common with the rnembvrs of his class at school, he-was re quired , to write 12 lines of original composition. He "copied something out of a comic almanac. His thift was detected. Again in desperation upon his second trial he paid Jav Gould, his class mate, 60 cents for a 12-llne verse which he handed In as his own. ' He was born in 1837. In 1863 he (Torn to Pas Two, Column Two.) Baltimore Cathedral Filled at Second Mass For Cardinal Gibbons Baltimore, Md., March 29. Mem bers of the different Catholic orders, male and female, filled the Cathedral this morning at the second of the series of special requiem masses for the repose of the soul of Cardinal Gibbons, who died last Thursday.' The Rev. Ehjgene J. Connelly, chan cellor of the diocese, was the cele brant and the music was sung by e students of St. Charles college, atonsville. After the services the public re sumed its slow march past the cardinal's bier. All day yesterday until 11 o'clock last night, when the edifice was closed, people of all creeds and stations 4n life filed past the catafalque to take a' last look at the benign and familiar features of the dead prelate as he lay' in state, clad in the purple vestments" of his j high office. ' . " I Daylight Bandits Rob St. Paul Bank of $40,000 St. Paul, March 29. Five melt walked into the City bank of St. Paul shortly after 1 p. m. today, struck dow n the cashier and a wom an teller with the butts of their re velvers, and escaped with cash and bonds valued at between $35,(100 and $40,000. '.. The bank is in the center1, of an outlying business district.- Three pa trons were lined up against the wall but were not otherwise molested. The usual automobile escape was made, but this time a truck, driver caught the number f jhe fleeing car and notified the police1. Trail of the bandits car was lost in the midway district between St. Paul and Minneapolis. Head of Iowa V. C. T. U. Gets Threatening Letter Des Moines. la... March 29. Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith of Cedar Rapids, state president of the V. C. ,Tv U., .Received an anonymous letter today -r i4iui(f nci iiirti u sue ma not cease i her campaign acainst cisrarets anril boxing she would not live until Wednesday. . "It reminds me of the old davs of the fight against liquor." Mrs. Smita wid. "I will still be hero fightfr.s AVednesday." 4.1. Naturalist Dies on Train on His Way Home New Woman Is Found In Stillinan Suit Limousines arid Luxurious Homes Play Prominent Part In Latest Development Of Divorce Case. By A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Chicago Trtbune-Oiimhtt Itew laei IVira, New York, March 29. More de tails of James A Stillnian's alleged recent past with other women, yet to be related to the court trying his sensational divorce suit against Mrs. "Fifi" Stillman, came to light to day. " The new deails involve- a first "other woman" and liniQusiues, lux urious homes and all the lineries .afforded by the ' inultimillions of the bank president. ' Just the other day, recalling Mrs. Stitlman's'disclosures of "Mrs. Flor ence Lawler Leeds," one-time chor us girl, came the mention of still another woman. . The details today are about this Mother woman" whose experiences almost parallel the case of "Mrs.-Leeds." She is described . as even more beautiful than. "Mrs. Leeds.". Used Assumed Name. For two or .three, years, it isrf- laiea, . snc was mainramcu in an the luxuries and,' fineries.'.' She as sumed . a name, just as Florence Lawler did,, for her life wjth Still man. ' ' Instead of a villa at Miami, Fla., where "Mrs. Leeds" and her baby were at last accounts,- there .was an expensive home at Garden City, L. 1. Discarded for "Mrs. Leeds," this first "other woman" 'is said to be ready to go on the witness' stancj for Mrs. Stillman and relator 'her past with Mr. Stillman. A X:--, John- E. Mack, guardian appotnt- (Turn to PaTwo, Colomn Thrfe.) ProtestMade on Legislation Plan - - - i, ' " . Opposition Develops on Fix ing Taxation on Anier ican Valuations. . Washington, ' March 29. Protests against the legislation agreed on by republican leaders to provide for tariff taxation at American instead of foreign valuations are being re ceived by members of the senate finance and house ways and means committee. ' Those criticising the American valuation system contend that Amer ican values of merchandise differ at Boston, New York, San Franciico, New Orleans and other ports ofxn try and that no inflexible standards of valuation arc feasible. The price difference, it is contended, would be greater in the middle of the country because of the transportation dis tances from the seaboard. Prominent republicans of the con gressional ta. ition committees con cede that there is some merit in tht objections to the valuation legisla tion, but. believe that its benefits would be much Sreater, than r.nv harm hich ..-ould result. - Damage to Fruit by Cold . Wave in East Undetermined j Washington, .v.-rcn , zy.-kxtent of damage - suffered by fruits and vegetables last night and today by the cold wave in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana. Virginia, Maryland, Penn sylvaliia and New England, had not been determined by the Department I of Agriculture tonight. Reports -were-slow in coming in, officials . said, and in addition, any exact, determi nation of the, damage would have o await a warm day when 'discolora tion on frozen fruit buds and blos soms would appear. . ; " Meager reports , indicated ' that there had been some' . damage to fruit tree in blossom in Maryland and Virginia. . Ex-Captain Given Release On Bonds for Major's; Murder New York, March 29. Robert Rosenbluth. former United . States army captain, charged with having' caused the murder of MajorAlexan der( Cronkhite at ' Camp Lewis. Wash., on October 25, 1918. was re leased today by Federal Judge John C Knox on a $25,000 bond. He agreed to return to "Seattle to -answer the charge peadinga against him there in the United States district lourt. . ; V; T a n In n c r li V " AV 1 11 " " Mav Be In WinrlO5 airman qf Body tc V lllUy' ; ,0vInquire Into Needs Said to Have Wired Financial Backer From Chicago; O'Brien Denies Report Of Being Broke Prosecutor Disappears Robert L. Jenkinson, much sought for promoter, erstwhile pastor, may be in Chicago instead of the wild and woolly west, contrary to inteir tions expressed by him before, leav ing Omaha last week. A telegram from the Windy City, signed by the youthful "high fi nancier, -was received by I . E. O'Brien of Chicago, "niillionair'e" backenof Jenkinson, who is in Lng Pine, Neb., according to word 're cewed -yesterday from that town. O'Brien, who has admitted invest ing thousands of dollars -in the promoter's oil shale project, but was said to have gone "broke" in Lonic Pine, characterizes reports of his fi nancial embarrassment as pure bunk." The telegram from ' Jenkinson asked as to O'Brien's financial sta tus, it is understood. The latter says that he is trying to find his friend and protege and that he intends to remain in Long Pine for about 10 days. Prosecutor Missing. Chester Stalcup. complaining wit ness against Jenkinson, has disap peared, according to his sister, Letha stalcup. f His disappearance makes prosecu tion of the passing checks witiiout sufficient fund charge against Jenkin son almost impossible, attorneys say. 1 oung Statcup was one of the score or so of youths who joined the boy preacher-promoter in his enter-) pnse here. (Jn his advice and the advice of his sister, their father Rob ert L. Stalcup, advanced Jenkinson several thousand dollars, accordm to the sister. Discouraged by Failure. "Chester was only 20 years old," his prtlty young uster said yester day. "He was discouraged by the failure of Jenkinson's plans and left town with his wife without telling me where he was going. "That was about three months ago Neither I flor mv father have heard from him since. But the county at torney needn't be afraid to prosecute Jenkmson, for father and I will ap pear .'against him." Chester's girl wife was Fanchon Ranfome, of Omaha, according to Miss Stalcup. . At Liberty on Bond. ) Jenkinson,- who wasj bound over to district court from police court -on the complaint of young Stalcup,' is now St liberty on a bond signed by his father-in-law, W. C. Peterson, of Omaha. tie gave stalcup a check on a Denver bank in part payment for a car which he used for his honey mdon, according to the testimony of Stalcup. Charles Pipkin of the Pipkin De tective ag-ency was unabl to tell just where Jenkinson is. O'Brien Seeks Loans. "1 haven't heard from him since he left here last week with T. E. O'Brien of Chicago' said Mr. Pip kin, "lie said he would be back about April 1, then." , Man Demands $5,000 And Commits Suicide When Police Arrive .. San Francisco, March 29. A man identified as J. Elton Moran of Chi cago, entered the private office of R. A. Crothers, publisher of the San Francisco Bulletin, today, de manded $5,000 and then committed suicide-by shooting himsclf'through the head -when the police arrived to arrest him. Mr. Crothers said he had never seen the man before. When Moran threw open the office door and made his demand, flourishing a revolver, Mr. .Crothers told him to wait a few minutes while he' sent for the money and then y-alkcd into the main editorial roorrt to send, a call for the police. , : Moran followed the publisher, but was stopped by three employes of the newspaper. ' He held them at bay with his revolver, but they man aged to engage his attention by con versation until the arrival of the police when he turned the weapon on htmseit. Resignation of Ambassador Holland Morris Accepted , Washington, March 29. -Resignation of Rolland S. Morris, as am bassador to Japan was accepted by President Harding, according to an nouncement by the. State depart ment. Mr. Morris was appointed ambas sador to Japan in 1917. For about a year, however, he has ieen in Washington, where lie conducted in formal conversations with the Japan ese ambassador, looking to the for mation "of new treaty agreements with Japan. Two Reporters Convicted For Contempt of Court New York, March 29. R. O. Scallan and W. P. Beazcll, reporters for the New York World were found guilty of contempt of court by Su preme. Court' Justice McAvoy. 'The charge grew out of a story carried by the newspaper, which in timated that an agreement had been entered into by an attorney associat ed" with the Lockwood committee, investigating the so-called "Builders Trust" and counsel for certain de fendants Whereby the latter were to escape jail sentences by pleas of guilty. - 4 j ' Harding Names Commission ,SXCharles Daw Of Service Men. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bte leased Wire. ( Washington. March 29. Brig, den. Charles G. Dawes or' Chicago, was drafted by President Harding today to head a commission of 11 to investigate the whole problem of soldiers' relief, with a view to formulating a definite policy for dealing with theTieeds of ex-service men. Another member of the commit tee' will be Col. 'Milton J. Foreman of Chicago. The other members of the. commission are: John L. Lewis of Indianapolis, president of the United Mine Work ers of America. Mrs. Douglas Robinson of New York, sister of the late President Roosevelr. Franklin D'Olier, former com mander of the American Legion. Col. Thomas W. Miller of Dela ware, recently appointed alien prop erty custodian. Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of navy. F. W. Galbraith, jr.. national com mander of the American Legion. Mrs. Henry B. Rea of Pittsburg. Col. Henry S. Berry of Hender sonville, Tcnn. . T. V. O'Connor of Buffalo, pres ident of t he Loiigshoremens union. The first meeting of the commis sion will be held on April 5. The appointment of the commission is a result of the president's conference with General Dawes and others upon whom he called for advice as to the proper method, of dealing with the question, of soldier relief. The commission will investigate specifically thadministration of the war risk insurance bureau aim tne vocational training 'board and inquir; generally into the facilities that may be required during the next few years for care and treatment ot nisaoica veterans. It probably -will give at- Charlie Chaplin's Mother, Demented, Admitted to U. S. Famous Movie Star Prepared To Spend Entire Fortune To Cure Parent of Mental Illness. New York, March 29. Mrs. Han nah Chaplin, mother of Charlie Chaplin, the motion picture star, whe, was detained by the 'immigration officials-en herArrival in "this cbuntry Saturday nendrmr a rhedical examina tion for an alleged mental disorder was temporarily admitted today. Thomas Harrington, secretary to Mr. Chaplin, who accompanied Mrs. Lhaolm from lingland, nira tne necessary bonds with the immigra tion authorities. The two left last night for Los Angeles. Mrs I'haolin and Mr. Harrington arrived Saturday on the Celtic but their names did not appear upon the passenger list. Secrecy surrounded hier arrival and transfer - to Ellis Island and it was not until today that it became publicly known she was in this country. Negotiations for brmgirrg Mrs. Chaplin have been pending for two years, it was learned, and Mr. Chap lin has made -several trips to Wash ington in connection with his moth er s case, ye toid government om cials that he would spend any amount of-money within his power to have his mother cured of her mental ill ness, according to his friends. While Dcnutv Commissioner Lni did not go into particulars in dis cussing -tjie case, it was said. Mrs. Chaplin was a victim of shell shock, the result of the frequent bombing of England during the war. Ar rangements have been made to have her treated by noted specialists, it was; said. Charlie Chaplin at present is in Los Angeles. Endorse Purchase of Hotel for Hospital Scottsblut'f, Neb., March 29. Spe cial Telegram.) Citizens who have pledged money tor tne Methodist hospital to be built in Scottsbluff have unanimously endorsed the pro posal for the purchase of the North hotel, begun hut not completed by the Bankrupt North American HuK-1 company. v v The building, which is six stones high, is valued at $159,000, but could be purchased for 30,000 and finished for hospital purposes within eight months.: If the Methodist hospital board approves the project, which already has the approval of the church architects, work will begia at the earliest monent. Dawes Heads Committee to Probe Vocational Training Washington, March 29. A com mittee of 11 headed by Charles G. Dawes'of Chicago, wJio served as a brigadier general with the American expeditionary forces, was appointed by President Harding today to con duct an inquiry "Into the admin istration warrisk bureau board for vocational training and care and treatment of wounded or impaired service myi generally." 7 Bodies Taken from Mine; Killed in Fire Last Month Dowell, ' III., March - 29. The bodies of 'seven men, entombed in the Katleen mine here February 2.i, when fire broke out in the colliery, were taken from the pit today by rescue workers. The bodies were' not burned and death apparently was caused by asphyxiation, follow ing scaling of the mine 12 hours after discovery of the fire to prevett the flames from spreading. tcntion fo the suggestion that the various agencies of the government having to do with- soldiers' relief be consolidated. It undoubtedly will inquire carefully into the charges, of democratic statesmen that the ap propriation allowed by the republi can congress during the last session for hospital facilities was wholly in adequate. V The commission will hardly have time to cover the ground outlined for the investigation and make its recommendations before President Harding lays his program before the next congress. Its recommendations may be the subject of a later mes sage by the president to congress, after the needs of . the service men are fully deicided. There has been so much doubt and so many contradictory state ments regarding the extent and ne cessity of soldiers' relief that Presi dent Harding decided upon the Ap pointment of the commission as the best means of clarifying the situation and formulating a policy that would prove beneficial to both ex-service men and the government. Communists Take Two Additional German Cities Red Movement Reported Spreading in Rhineland and "Westphalia Railways Seized by Rebels. London, March 29. While police in central Germany are reported to be stamping out' the-revolt,' says a Reuicr dispatch from . Berlin, there are indications of a Spread of the red movement in the Rhineland and Westphalia. Communists from El berfeld and Dusseldorf have occu pied Mettmann and Velbert. At Mettmahn, according to the dispatch, insurgents raided .the Reichsbank and occupied the police station and then came into conflict with the special police. The railway between Elberfcld and Cologne and Elberfeld and Dus seldorf has been seized by the rebels. At Dortmund communists attacked the police and killed one and wounded another. Six attackers were arrested A state of siege has oeen aeciarea in inc districts oi juun ster and Arnes berg and the unoccu pied part of Dusseldorf. In occupied Duesseldorf, the en tente has returned arms to the po lice to defend themselves. The dispatch says Sanguinary fight ing occurred yesterday at Essen be tween the nolice and the reds. Ac cording to the Montagspost, two po-1 lice were killed and several wotinde i. j while 10 reds were killed and 20 wounded. According to the -correspondent, passenger traffic between Colog te and Hagen has been interrupted. Leaders of Abyssinian Riots to Die April 22 Chicago, March; 29. Grover C. Redding and Oscar McGavick, ne groes, convicted leaders ' of the Abyssinian riots of last June, were today sentenced to be hanged on April 22. The sentences came after Judge George Kersten had ovt, ruled motions for new trials. Attor neys for the men indicated there would be no appeal. The meirwere found guilty of the murder of Robert L. Rose oi Phila delphia, a sailor, stationed at Great Lakes naval training station, who was shot when he rushed to the de fense of the Unitf d States flag which was being burned as a part of. the ritual of the "Abyssinians." . Redding who has been feigning insanit-, turned his back on the judge when the latter pronounced ' sen tence. McGavick declined to ' make a statement. Typographical Union to Aid Printers on Strike ! Binghamton, X. Y., March 29. President John McParland of the International Typographical union today reviewed the situation in this city brought about by the strike of the members f the Typographical union on March 8. He announced that the International union '.would support tne strikers with a fund of $3,500,000. created tor such a pur pose. Newspapers which were affected by the strike are 'publishing normal editions under the open shop plan. Man Given 60'Days in Jail For . Illegal Possession . McCook," Neb., .March 29..- (Spe cial.) Elmore Thayer was sVi.tenced to 6j) days in the county jail for possession of liquor. The driver ot the automobile m which 1 liayer was riding was fined $100 and costs and I Us car confiscated. ' ' P .-''. IHardiiiff ToiMovieStarFaces Investigate Railroads President Calls Conference to Discuss $700,000,000 Def icit, Following Meeting Of Cabinet Members. Present Rates Too High ! By ARTHUR' SEARS HENN1NC. Chlcafo Trlhune-Onvaha Be Wire. Washington, 'March 29. President Harding began an inquiry into the plight of the railroads, following a discussion of the situation at the cabinet meeting which revolved around what was termed "the $700, 000,000 deficit" of the carriers. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon called the attention of the cabinet to the inability of the railroads to show a profit on the basis of present freight and passenger rates and in creased wages. Following the meeting it was -in-nounced that President Harding has asked E. E. Clark, chairman of the In terstate Commerce commission, and R. M. Barton, chairman of the rail road labor board, to confer with him on the situation. The conference will be held as son as Judge Barton can arrive from Chicago. It was made known that the president and cabitTet members in their discussion viewed the railroad situation as of great concern to the administration. The poiition was taken "that the government should do something to help facilitate the return of the railroads to former con ditions. Rates Too High. That the present freight and pas senger rates are too high it was as serted. High freight rates as affect ingthe movement of agricultural products, were uppermost jn the dis cussion. Instances were cited, where in it costs more to ship agricultural products from the middlewest to the east than it does to bring them from foreign countries. " This situation, it is felt, is of vital importance in con nection with the foreign trade prob lems, as well as with reference to the protection of agricultural products. Just what cat be accomplished by the administration is a matter of speculation. A significant feature of the president's plan for a conference with the chairmen of the Interstate Commerce commission and railroad labor board is that it is a step to ward a co-ordination of the activit es of the two bodies which has not ex isted hitherto. It was the intention of congress, in framing the transportation act, that die railroad labor board, with authority to pass on wage dispute, should be kept entirely separate from the Interstate Commerce commission, with its control over fteight and pas senger rates, the labor board basing wages on living costs regardless ot the earnings of the carriers. May Find Solution. It would seem to be the view of the administration that both the In terstate Commerce commission and the railroad labor board could best help to solve the situation by acting in accordance with each other and an exchange of views between the chairman of the two boards-with the president, it is felt, might lead to a solution of the problem. t : 11-1. U- T,-r-UU h:ommerce commission has said that. in certain particular instances pres ent freight rates are higher than (Turn to Pane Two, Column Four. Files Appeal From District Court Order . Reviving Damage Suit Lincoln, March 29 (Special Tele gram.) Louis Musser. administra tor of the estate of Carl T. Schmidt, proprietor of the Paxton Hojel Pharmacy in Omaha and the Rich ardson Wholesale Drug" company, has appealed to the Nebraska su preme court from a Douglas county district court order revising the $30,000 damage suit brought against them by Ida Levin, as .adnvuistn trix of the estate of her late husband, Louis S. Levin. s She charged that on December 31, 1918, Schmidt sold her husband a tottlc of oil of murbane, 3 poison, from the effects of which In died. She cnarges the bottle was not marked poison and in fact was not what he thought he was buying. Meanwhile Schmidt died, and the w:dow filed a motion to revive the rction against the estate, which was sustained. Nationalists Hard Hit By Greeks at Karahissar Athens. March 29. Turkish na tionalist troops suffered heavily in the fighting which preceded hc capture of Afiun-Karahissar by the Greeks, an official statement issut:'! here said. Previous dispatches regarding the J taking of this city indicated the .bulk. f thet, rur!VV' for!J rf- uwicu ijwi mu cw uf luwdi u rvuuayjii, but the . official statement declares that the Turks were driven to the southeast in the direction of Konh. Occupation oi Afiun-Krahissar, it is declared By newspapers lure makes the Greek march to Angora eas- Minsk Has Been Captured By Russian Revolutionists London. March 29. Minsk, an important city iri western Russia, has been captured by revolution aries, says a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph com pany, quoting Helsingf6rs advices. The eighth bolshevik army is de clared to have joined the revolu tionists, who have formed a demo cratic White Russian republic. ' . Kiev is said to be surrounded bj 'rebellious reainti snrl the mm. rmmisrs there are adopting" tcrrori.-t measures. t 10-Day Jail Term 6E6E OAM I ELS Santa Ana, Cal., March 29. Bcbe Daniels, motion picture star, was found guilty of speeding by a ;.iry in Justice John B. Cox's court Mon day afternoon and sentenced to 10 days in Orange county jail after n. new trial was denied. An apnr-1 was taken to a higher court. Bcbe, according to the arresting officer, was speeding along the boule verds at a 56-mile-an-hour clip. Conference to Discuss Farm Issues Called War Finance Corporation Sends Invitation to South ern Bankers to Meet in Washington April 4. JBy The AMoelntrd Fret. Washington, March 29. The war finance corporation tonight issued a call for a conference here April 4 of southern bankers to discuss methods by which the exportation of southern agricultural p.roducts may best be financed. Announce ment of the conference followed dis cussion of the farmers' problems by the - cabinet today, after which it was said definite plans for farmer relief probably soon would be put forward. The call in the light of the. day's developments was regarded as the first step by the new administration, looking to a solution of the farmers' difficulties. - Several other such meetings are planned, it was stated. Secretary Hoover expects to meet with repre sentatives of the agricultural indus try to talk over their problems. Leaders of several farmers' or ganizations' are also "prePar'"if carry their problems to the White House. ' . , Officials of the finance corpora tion desire, it was said, to explain to the southern bankers just how far the ' federal agency can go irt supplying the money they seek. Negro Slayer of Nurse Convicted Navy Deserter Found Guilty of Murdering Woman at Academy. .. Baltimore, March 29. Henry Brown, negro, navy deserter, was found guilty of murder in the first degree last night in federal court. He was charged with robbing and killing Miss Harriett M. Kavanaugh, a nurse at the United States Naval academy, on the night of January 14. Moundsville, W. Ya., March 29. A verdict of guilty of murder In the first degree with a recommendation of life knprisonment and five months solitary confinement, was returned last night by a jury which heard evidence in the case of W. H. Grif fith, a convict in the West Virginia penitentiary. He was charged with killing a fellow prisoner. Florence, S. C, March 29. Ed mund Bigham, was convicted of murder today by a jury, for the kill ing of his mother, brother, her sis ter, and the latter's two adopted children, and was sentenced to 'die in -the electric chair April 6. The defense announced they would ap peal. ' The murder victims were- found on Bigham's farm, all having been killed with a revolver. The crime was said to have been occasioned by financial troubles. At all times Big ham ha6 asserted his innocence. North Nebraska Teachers' Body Will Meet at Wayne Oakland, Neb.. March 29.. (Spe cial.) The North Nebraska Teach- icrs' association will meet at Wayne, rAnril 1 unH Tl, -l, ,,... contest for this district will be held in the auditorium of the Wave State Normal, Thtirsdav evening, " March 31. Some of the principal speaker for the association meeting will be Ex-Governor Harding of Iowa, Er nest Raymond Misner of the Mi ner School of the Spoken Word Omaha, and Leon O. Smith will ad dfess the association meeting. Reduced railroad rates have been soured for teachers attending thi? meeting. The Weather Forecast. Wednesday, fairm and warmer. Hourly Trmporaturrn. 3 a. : 1 p. m. . . .M . .(.7 ..89 . m. '.'8 1.: n. T a. m 29 ! S p. m. a a. ni : p. m. an a. m M. A p. m AO 10 a. m ,v; p. m .17 11 a. m .47 f 1 p. m M 13 noon 52 I p. m M nippers ItuUrHn... Shipments tn : dlrctlorii! hKnd! l iturlnir th no.vt : t S heura mav fce mitia lately. 10 Killed In Chicago. osion Fie Bodies Are Removed From Debris by Rescuers While 10 of Injured Are i Treated at Hospital. Parts of Bomb Found B.v I he Aitsoelated trewu Chicago, March 29, An cxplosioa which wrecked a warehouse buildinjt at 779 Barber street today caused 10 deaths and injuries to several score other persons, according to first re ports received by the coroner's of fice. City police and firemen' said th;y could see bodies in the ruins of the building. The cause 'of the catas trophe was not made known by the first reports. Effect of the explosion were felt for blocks away. A big department store at Twelfth and Halsted streets was the scene of a panic when the concussion shattered plate glass win-, dows and startletr clerks and shop pers. Building Is Wrecked. The neighborhood confusion ham pered the police and firemen untiLthe lire lines were established, men and women running about the streets screaming about "bomb." Of the building where the, blast uiiKiiiiucu incre was jctt only a pile of broken timbers and plaster. Half an hour after the explosion, three bodies were taken from the ruins and four persons, badly in jured, were sent to the county hos pital. A dozen others were treated at a neighboring drug store Five Bodies Removed. Two more bodies taken' from the ruins brought the known death list to five . Parts of another body were also recovered -but the corpses were so badly mangled that the coroner's assistants were uncertain whether this -latter discovery actually in creased the death list. The police were informed that the warehouse contained a , wholesale grocery stork, including considerable starch and flour. That the explosion was caused by gas or a bomb were the early theories of the polio ' Bomb Cap Found. The warehouse was a one jtory brick structure with a 35-foot front age and about 150 feet lr. l.-ntrth. The explosion apparently occurred in the rear of the building. Substance was given the police bomb theory when a percussion cap was found in the rains 'and firemen searching the ruins were repGTtctS'Tr' have found- parts, of a supposed ' bomb. ' ' ''..:." One Man Arrested. Searchers continued to take from s the ruins parts of bodies. The up per half of a body, so mutilated that it could not be identified, was taken out, and a mutilated leg was also found and removed to an undertak ing establishment. A branch ,of the Chicago public library was convert ed into an emergency hospital and 29 men, women and children were quartered there. Harry Weil, son of Joseph Weil, proprietor of the Weil & Sons paper house, was taken into custody bj- the police and taken to a police station for questioning. Mrs. Pullman, Great Believer in Teaching Old Fashioned Arts Chicago, March ;29. Mrs. George M. Pullman, leader of Chicago's so ciety, one of the wovld's richest wool en, who with her husband ' was .vk-. of the founders of the present Chi cago, and who died in Pasaden.i cs terday, believed in teaching chi'drco old-fashioned arts. Cooking. siwii: and housekeeping were- the best foundations for a girl's education," in her opinion. -" " ' At the farm of the former covertio- of Illinois, Frank O.' Lowden, her son-in-law, she installed a compl-ic small house with little cook sto-.s and pantries complete, where W" granddaughters were tuught to their home work. Among her activities as a p?,.ro-i of art was the employment of men occasionally to wash the black if Chicago soot-laden statuary Bodies of Seven Workers v Taken From Illinois Mine Dowell, III., March 29. The bodies ; of seven men entombed in the Kath leen mine when fire broke out on February 23. were recovered todiv Expl i by rescue crew. The. bodies were not burned and death apparently was caused by smoke. The bodies were found within 20 feet of where the men. had he?n working. The tire originated 225 feet below the surface and 2,000 feet from the mouth of the shaft. T!-e men were imprisoned between tl:i flames and the rear of the mine. British Lahor Party Votes 'To Join With Socialists Southport. England, March 29. (By the Associated Press.) The majority section of the independent labor party today 'decided to aftili ate with the international socialists workers union, recently formed in Vienia. on the understanding that the party retained freedom to pur sue its own national policy as laid down in the conference here. ' It was made clear in the reso lutions that this was nor an interna tionnle. x - -. ' x Rail Men to Lose Jobs Chicago, March 29 -Orders laying off approximately 1.700 employes oi the Chicago Great Western railroad, to take effect April 2, have been is sued from the general offices here.' was announced today.'