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The Omaha Daily1 Bee 9 VOL. 50 NO. 218. . dtntl al SaeaM-Clau Matlti Ui 21. I'm at Qnaha P 0. Caddr At I af March J. II, . r u OMAHA. SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1921. Bv Hall 1 1 ". miHt 1th ant. Oally d Sunday tl; Dally Onlt. J: Simda., U Outaida 4th Zona tr.aar). Oalcj and Sunday. Sit; Oallj Only. IIJ: Suaday Only, $ THREE CENTS i ankei,lo;aA2s:Stateiiieiit Payf90,000 As Alimony Mrs. Stillman Given $7,o00 Monthly Together With . $12,300 for Expenses by ; Judge's Decree. Letters Are Ruled Outi Poughkccpsic. N. V., Annl I. j Temporary alimony ot $7,500 a i nioiuh, cuunscl fees of S35.0UO and !12,500 for expenses wcre"ticd to-' day tor Mrs. Anne U. Stillman b) supreme ; Court Justice Josepn ; .iorsctiauct. in tlio stilt tor divorce r divorce d)liC x Vati..:ai ' instituted l her agaiv.xt Junes A Stillman. Ln-iilent oi flic Nationa City' bunk '.of New York. Mrs. Stilliim-n had ulid alipiouv of $10,000 a month and S75.UDU , counsel lees. Justice Mursehauser made public hi, decision at' tor lie had transmitted it to t he court clerk at White Plains along with affidavits i and pleading presented in the case. J lu his decision the justice ruled cut of the divorce uit as coiifideu tial and privileged the alleged "con fession" letter written to Mr. Still- man by his wife. He also ruled out Utters alleged to have been written to Mrs. Stillman by Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide who was named m the banker's complaint as co-respondent and accused of being the father of, Mrs. Stillman's infant son. Guy. ' Wife Pleads Recriminations. ' j The deeision set forth that Mrs. "'Stillman had pleaded recriminations in her- answer to the bunker's com plaint and that both husband and wife made charges "founded upon an allegation of adultery." A husband or wife is not com pe'.'iit to testify asainst the other en such allegations, the decision said. The justice decided that the affi davits to which the letters were ap pended contained matters that Mrs. Stillman could not testify to and it ras on this ground that the com munications were barred. Justice Morschajscr pointed that his inhibition against admitting I nounced that a complete and careful the alleged messages from P.cauvais recount of survivors from the steam to Mrs. Stillman applied only to thslcr Governor, sunk off Point Wilson motion uider consideration and that jear'v today aftei a collision with the they might be offered again in co:i-! steamer West Hartland. showed that nection with later motions. i.sevcn passengers and three members Letter Is Confidential. j of the crew wcrc unaccounted for: -Referring to the alleged letter ; written to Mr. Stillman bv his wife. ' to the admission of which her at- s;i. ; - . : I "CVvLimunic-aii.ms and transactions ,heween fcusbanU and wife were earlv ! torneys objected and which it was charged by counsel for the banker ! v jvuis she wrote "in moment of hvsteria. ci i recoghutd as privileged and neither u,,s,8. could be compelled to discloSe what! . Woman Fatally Injured, took place between them and neither j Mrs. Susan Crane, 60. of l.os An was a competent witness to testify geles, was so badly injured that sh as to audi transactions or communi- i cations of a confidential nature or in dueed by marital relation. I roin expenence it was tound ; that fir less evil would result troni I The West Hartland strucK the the exclusion ef such testtmonv thao'! Governor in a slanting direction, ac from its adtitisston. It may,, m .- j cording to ship's officers. The Gov divtdual cases, work hardship, but ; cnlor v.as struck 01, t!)e s,arboard the destruction oi confidence be; ; sile amidshii. and cut almost in u . "usu " "e - wou'a - cauoc inucii iiiiscij dim auecieu m ( (Turn t Fa Two, Column Four.) Chairman Penrose Sounds Optimistic Note in Tax Question :; , Washington, . Avril 1. Congress "may find it unnecessary to provide any considerable number of new taxes in revising internal revenue legislation. Chairman Penrose of the senate finance committee sajd today. "The tax requirements may rot be as . large us sonic people now arc disposed to think," the senator said. "The question is being studied by our financial experts and it is entirely possible that the excess profits tax can be repealed w ithout resort to a"y iiew extensive taxes lo take U place. ' ti.. . ... i- i ... ' tic siaicmciu was uiaue uuring , soldiers were killed and two others I ! uuc -vuuenreid to acquit the d rirseussion of the proposed sales tax 'and a civilian-employe 'at Camp I !cndant on the indictments charg es a substitute tor the excess profits Grant were seriously hurt in a colli-! ,nS n"""dcr and manslaughter alter tax. The sales tax question. Sen- j ator Penrose satd. will be the first subject betore the senate finance ; committee at hearings on internal! .revenue revision to start immediately i auici luujicss LUllcucs. Senator fenr said there fvvas; ' strong prorrrit" in favor of the sales tax. but he and other commit- tee members- had yet to be .convinced that it is practical or desirable Auti-Bolshevik Forces Attack Russian Militia Tokio. March ol. (Bv the Associ ated Press.) Anti-bolshevik troops, j . formerly commanded by the late ! leu by tne late armed with four : ed an engagement tilitia in Y&&Wo. ' us. .Giieral Kappeli machine runs oDcneil with the Russian milit to!: at 4 o'clock this tnoruing dispatch from Nichi .Shiinbuc ttat city to the Nichi ot this cit v. : i ifriuuig was said to be in orares in thei strecK and the city v.-as in confusion. 'I he Japanese garriAm in ! Vladivostok has announced its neu trality, it is said. - The Kappcll forces are reported ', to have seized Nikolak. a city two miles northwest of Vladivostok. - Mexico City Strikers Fail To Forcibly Seize Factory . Mexico City. April 1. Striking! workmen attempted to enter forci bly a shoe manufacturing plant to-' day for the purpose of ousting strike- ! breakers and operating the plant un-i A nr- .1 : . : ci:-- x! ...v.i vmt uuLuuii. a: once re-t ITT L prevented the successful carrying K J" out of the plan. Vm- "Thc ndustrial situation . in manyi df i! ' 4nt tivi.w - .. . . . . i -. M mihli. K v. av. .1 . . . . - .... Uy and commerce. psiiji" : "" .. i J M0nl George Haryevr " ' "" ''' lH.i Washington. April 1-pcnir.te an- no:t:...r:ve:it ot luc selection of Col. tieorji Harvey oi New Y ork to be ambassador to i.ircat Britain was made at the White House. 1 lie choice, which if understood I to have been determined some time j ago. was made known formally as S an incident of Colonel Harvey's visit here to confer with the president. ! it was understood that lie had i 'been summoned by Mr. Harding to talk over details of his mission at the court of St. James. Ten in Ship Col l is i on A "lI all 1 e iVllSftl 11 0j Passenger Steamer Sinks Ater Being Hammed by Freight er in Strait of Juan de Fuca Off Seattle. Seattle, Anril The P:i rt fir Steamer companv. at 1:30 n. m.. an- ' J..u !.u A"". th- ?.,nP"y " ' omc.at was: . ' " 'l?.":' V.i:.u f;nur 1 ,ana luuKinvis. oauir, i, anu ione, i-f, seina, San Francisco. San Francisco. -atty. i-os Atigeiej. f AJfrtd. Kaseau. Los-. Angeles. 1 nr?e .n,c ,1,icr$ oJ t,le crcw als was taken t a hosmt:il bri. unnn the arrival of the West Hartland. ; Xo other . serious injuries were -rc- norted two by lnc C0lis,on o uy inc couision, - - i According to passengers the West! i Hartland partly supported the Gov-! Pernor with her nose driven deeulv I ' into said one officer. "Theviust land we got off as. quickly as possi- .jblc."- ! '. ; . Records Lost. PuTser Holzer ' of - the Govcrno'-. saved only the log and the pay roll of the ship's papers. All records, in cluding the passenger list, went down in the purser's safe, which also con tained a small ajnotmt. of money. An anxious crowd gathered at the pier -as the Wes.t Hartland. her (Turn to la Tiro, Column Two.) Two Soldiers Killed Til Automobile Crash ! TJo.-L r.ii-,1 lit Anrtl -t T-n the Governors side, but as soou i " oy ihe JJntish ! fart Th, ur,Uh WrrV, it,i apoiis nu as inc irciznier nacKen cicar. Tie . '. . . r-.-j--. utiduu nave : .....,.- 1 1 i f n " .. . f ........ ... i .... .. suiuiers. till neon t ri i .... , - -v .v..v.. ....v. . i.,,ii ... passenger Vessel began to sink! P5! r small hoards of m u' " "H , Friday. "We don't know how it happened ." j tJl ''','"c al,lis; .the hope that t.,-nmtr nf t1lr ". , p the ... ' '""ii,.j.. .oVm.v.u m sion of an army ma'il car and a mo tor bus last night on the outskirts of the city, The- )tra,l- Walter Baker Sixth Motorcvclc COmpatlV j0:,epj HarvfV Fifty.third fantrv. . ' ' In- Ira Brvant.' driver of '.i- 1 ...1. " - ------ ."V- l-U, 1 0nh- nercn.i ,"n tU., .. ' t 1m..' I J . :i:i-. . .. . . .fury. Responsibility for the .neiflent has not beeii placed." ' i Anti.Japanese.Land-BiU - Js Massed in Colorado i ' Denver. Anril M The jnti.i,., ! nes bill, to prevent persons ineligible i for ci,izens,.ip trouiHc,Wlil,J n b the stat i.-, ,j .i 1,1 Jc e- e-al" L K. T .house 01 lnL 8-"l as-cmbly touav anrt . Shouts ml a "!, c wi.i sit,n it. . HAVE YOU a pet super stition ? , Do you walk around lad ders and avoid black cats? A lot of Omahansgo to much trouble in fighting against hoodoos. Miss Ella Fleish man tells of their tabula tions in a feature, story on Dodging the Jinx You'll Find It in The Bee For Suhday. A remarkably fine collection of Crow Indian pictures by an Omaha photographer is the big feature of Sunday's Rotogravure Section. There's a more than usually interesting page for the movie fans, too. Of Getldes Cliallennv Frank P. WaUi Calls aS? lious of British Amhassador On Irish Investigation "Perversion of Facts."1 Demands to See Proof By Tlie Asioti.itcl I'rm. Washington, April 1.- Frank I'. Walsh, as "counsel for the republic : of Ireland" issued a rejoinder to the ' statement of the British embassy made in reply to the report of the i commission of the Committee of 100 investigating conditions in Ireland. Me characterized the British state- mtlt 'i C i "ofnee ni'fViM'sliMl rt tarts' ; ana challenged Ambassador Geddcs ' j to appcar before the commission or some international tribunal and pre- , i commission's findings on penally of being branded by Mr. Walsh as "a : wilful and malicious falsifier." "The gross perversion oi facts in Mr. Geddcs' statement, Mr. Walsh ' said, "is proved, not only by the pub lic statements of distinguished Brit- ish statesmen who have investigated conditions in Ireland, but also by th : admissions of Premier Lloyd i George and Sir Hamar Greenwood in the house of commons. Demands Evidence. , ''The British ambassador has se 1 lected the public press for his an j swer to the evidence of eye-witnesses whf appeared before the com mission. Neither the ft ! sador nor any other defender of Brii- ish terrorism in Ireland dared to ap- i pear uetore the commission nttd pub- iicly present their testimony in open I cotirr . i ! "The Tjriti-.li' ambassador now , states that he has in his posses-iou. ' evidence which disproves the find ; ings of the commission. 1 am readv I to join w ith British Ambassador Ged I rjes in a request that the commission l'c linmeuiateiy caned together to hear the evidence he claims, lie has h his possession, or lo meet him Nn the presentation of evidence regard ing the British atrocities in Ireland before any properly constituted in ternational tribunal. , "If the British ambassador refuses to present his evidence before such I a tribunal where it may be chal- 1 - J t .1.-11 I . ii and malicious falsifier. lu.igcu i Miau urana mm as a wil- Charges Victims Tortur-rt "Ort behalf of the republic of Ire- land." ihf ct3t, ..r am nrenareft tn nm,., .t .1,. ish forces in Ireland have reoepterliJ tortured helplesa prisoners andS combatants. English' officers have puuea out the tmger nails of pris oners with pincers. They have man ufactured a refinement of torture known as the 'crown of thorns.' an instrument with sharp protruding nails which is pressed downs upon the head of the helpless victim to torce him tfi triv einfnrniut;.,.. other atrocities which are too re volting even to describe." Keterring to the citation bv the embassy statement of Jrish bank deposits. Mr. Walsh cnirt " I'l tacts with regard to the increased .i.r r ,ui Ule .lns" uaks are that . . s , wunuiawn -.".tls. ,rom British banks and i"v uisn Deon e iavp ....os,tea lnem ,n. the" own country V,0.r? ""Portant. robbery by British officers and sol- Woman is Acquitted In Connection With .a . . . r hi arte nriia Mn .v.aiaai.4 1IIU1 UCI ; ; I Inladelphia. April 1. Mario ' (boots) Rogers was acquitted toda , by a jury of the charge of being al, i accessory after the fact in connec- Peirce last November uou wiin tne killme of 11 -Ihe lurv had lien. ;..,,.( i .1... ine aetense had failed in its nlea to take the case out of the jury's hands MiriA 1? -.. A a... aid - wkci was me last ot three defendants to be tried for the kill ing. Peter D. Treadwav. the first to go on trial, was sentenced to 19 to 0 years m the Easton peniten tiary. j Joseph A. Moss, who pleaded guil ty luesday to bcinc- ,.ter .,lie Iact was sentenced to 18 months m the county prison, .dating i commitment JJecember o Ultho ;, ?use of the actual killing of Peirce s still being soucht bv the i.n,- it -i rr-r; : I 'nidentified Woman Drowns in Denvc 1 1 -, . . r Lake f ' " ) navy )ic appeal e( floatin" uii- oinan, clothed i ed for tlii riili. ; cuics oi an April j'ool icke to "oy , : fishers in City park lake carlv to : day. ! The joke appeared to be Tn Sam i Schlesinger. watchman, as he waded ; into tne waters and brought the form To shore. The boys yelled ' with glee. j The form was of a woman about i j 35 years old. Police immediately j j began a check of city and county i institutions in an effort to cstabhrii ( her identity. $10,000 Stolen From Safe Of the U. S. Shipping Board ; Philadelphia, April 1. Officials ot ,tlie United States shipping board ; placed on the ticket at thc city clec ! reported today ?10,UOO had been j tion next Monday. stolen trom the sate of the bureau : ox investigation at llog Isfaml and S torney general ruled. It no candi that they are of the opinion it was I date annears blsnt. ballots will lir i in msiue joi. i ne sate snow ca no signs of having been tampered Willi, The Omaha Charter The biggest single thing which Omaha desires jf the present lec- agr of the Onia- -or is Omaha this bill passes. to adopt ft a? inc. charter and tree tn- .'gislatures from the tiecrs ty 01 giving time to prob'ftns en tirely local. Yet this bill is in danger. The legislature is about to adjourn. The bill has soie ways to go. Omaha citizens have p retimed ar guments for and against certain of its features. The legt.lators particularly those representing Douglas county -have the power and the right oi" decision, t'pon theny rests the duty of deciding w hat is to be done, what proposed amendments are to he adopted, what to be cast aside. Let the legislators now pro ceed lo use their best judgment and give Omaha the basis of "home rule." Allies Send Ulti malum To Hungary CJ Warding Against Attempt to Restore Hapsburg Dynasty Issued Through Council Of Ambassadors. Paris, April 1. Warning was given .Hungary today by the allies that the , .restoration ot the Jlapstuirg uynasiy would entail disastrous consequences . for the Hungarian nation. This warning issued through the : council of ambassadors, constituted ! a virtual ultimatum from the chief i allied powers, including Orcat Brit ain, France. Italy and their lesser associates. It was given an addition al point by the fact that it was com municated officially to the allied itates by wlncli Hungary is sur rounded Czecho-Slovakia. Jugo-! lavia. Koumania and Poland, at j least Ihe fust three of which, com prising the "Little entente" have de- clared themselves ready to take mili- tary action against .the ' Hapsburg ; restoration. 1 Negotiations in Progress. Meanwhile advices reaching Paris i through official and other reliable j 1 .-hannels give no confirmation ot the j rumors that former F.mpcror Charles i i xvas marching on Budapest at the 1 ! r'ead of a Iar of.trqops to re-.J i place himself on the throne. Official advices to the French for- jcign oflice emphasized that Charles : w as still at Steinamangcr, near the j Austrian frontier, that negotiations ! w ere in progress , for his removal ! from Hungary, presumably back to i Switzerland, through Austria and hat quiet prevailed at Budapest, the Hungarian capital. Direct Budapest advices carried of f.cial denial of the report that Charles was moving on the capital with troops and declared he was ! safely guarded at Steinamangcr 1 Granted Safe-Conduct Vienii Vienna, April 1. Austria has i a -sale-conduct to lormer! ': F,nrrn nmeror Charles to en to Switzer- Hapsburg restoration. Over-mcht deve onments nre-! saged an earlv curtain on the last ict of ihe drama of Steinamaneer 1 and the way is all prepared for the lormer emperor's departure. Re ports from inside political sources in 11 Piitdapcst indicate that persons who c "Promised themselves in the ad eiiture already arc seeking a way out. I he firm altitude of the entente .nd the menace of the military power of Czecho-Slavakia, Jugo slavia and Roumania are said to have brought even the maddest mon archists to sanity. Although mili tarily impotent, Austria's uncompro mising attitude showed thfin thev could look for no aid there. It is learned that diplomatic circles lances from Budaoest that Charles now realizes the futility ot his hopes and is prepared to return to his Swiss exile. It is understood he will await the action of the Hungarian parliament this afternoon and bow as gracefully ns possible to its constitutional de cree against him, which already has been foreshadowed in the Vienna -.lonarchist organs. Plane i on Virgin Islands Flight Arrive at Da lona JJaytona. r,la.. April . Ihe two! manne corps, airplanes which arc on i a ilieht from Watliinurtr... at... I Virgin Wands and which left Paris i stands, C. this atternooirat 1:30 o clock, arrived here at o:4t) o'clock. The flight wa without incidcit. The autaiors arrived at Paris Island from l aycttcville. N. (.'.. yesterday, and will leave here tomorrow for .Miami, Fla. Kansas Town Unable To Get Candidates To Run for Office Topeka, Kan., April 1. The city clerk of Kiowa, Barber county, to day asked Richard J. Hopkins, attor- jncy general, it a city election could j be dispensed with this year if the ' present ofiiccrs can he induced to I. 1 I . i- i who arc willinir to have 1 Jhe election must be held .the pruned and votets will write n name of persons for whom they de irc vote, " ' j-Iature is" ,' 7. - - all '. - ......, v-' sir leanilG' tlnH nr.t- nnfir in nrmrmtt hiif 111 ! ICooyriihl: 1901: Br The Chictf o Tnbaa.l J ' ri -ft rv U x Youthful Mail Bandit Says He Spent Week Here ' ' ..' .', BoyWl0 Fatally . Wounded Mail Clerk on. Northern Pacific lo Be Tried for Murder. Minneapolis, Minn., April' 1. (Special Telegram..) Delbert Smith, Iti, confessed mail train bandit, who led a small army of secret service operatives a chase of more than a month in the middlewest cities before being caught in Salt Lake City. Utah, Mast week, said today he had spent a week in Omaha just before going to Salt Lake City. Smith is to be returned to St. Paui r i r .,. . . "",!u,, 'V lacea inarSe oi mur iit cierK, wnom ne admits ounding on the night of February 18, when he held Aorth Coast Limited mail I. - A - ., T" ?f' ! 1 n 7m" v". Will Waive Robbery Charge. . F'ederal authorities temporarily will waive prosecution on a charge of robbing the mails, although , his loot came to more than $50,000. In Salt Lake City today, Smith attrib uted his ca.pturc to a betrayal of his hiding place by tlip woman ho loved. Mrs. Grace 'McDonald, now under arrest in St. IJaul with four oilier women and the husband of one, as an alleged accomplice. Evan L. Jackson. St. Paul postal inspector for the northwest district, however, declared here that Smith's hiding place had been "tipped off" by a mail .and , that Mrs. McDonald had been as' "faithful , as she could.be." I nothing from her. Smith was arrested in the- Sal Lake City postofftce while calling for mail from Mrs. McDonald, a former Denver woman and now a divorcee. Blames Woman. "She knew of my plans," he said. "I told her while I was drunk that 1 intended to hold up thc train, f showed her thc substitute mail clerk's pass that I was to 'use in gaining access to the car. She did j not believe I would do such a thing. ( Site thought I was only joking, i i imagine that she cave the informa tion which led to the search for me." Smith said he had conceived the i i(iea. oi ,1,e r.obucr-v through his ac- uuamtaiice with the business of Mrs. McDonald's brother. Patrick Hen dricks, whose wife is one of thc women also under arrest and who is in the mail car service. He had familiarized himself, with the meth ods of railway mail duties in conver sation with McDonald, he said. i Witnesses in Bribery Case 1 ( Missing; Trial Postponed ! When the case of Jesse Alexander. lormer policeman, charged with accepting a, bribe, was called in dis trict court yesterday the county at torney's office learned that two principal witnesses for the state had disappeared, necessitating postpone ment of the trial to the May term of court. 1 Steve and Mary Toth. 1207 . Izard street, are said to have bribed Alex ander and William J. Willkenintr, also a former policeman: It was re- at-!norteH that th Tntli. twm tn r-.i; fornia three weeks ago The county attorney will investi gate the absence of these witnesses and it is hinted that 'other prosccu lions xnay iouow. .. Without Destroying ttye Tree Iiiquiryin Elvvell Murder Reopened Ex-Governor .Whitman Will Handle Prohe From New Angle. New York. April l The inquiry into the murder of Joseph Browne Ehvell, whist expert, has been re - opened, according to word today. Jt nminaieu m;i uneresimg de velopments are e.wctcd shortly. Mention was made that Charles S. Whitman, former governor, would probe the mysterious murder from new angles. Mr. Whitman, however, denied knowledge ot anything new. Elwell's body was. 'found early June 11 last year in a chair of the living room of his handsomely fur nished house on West' Seventieth street by his housekeeper. The night previous. he had been a member of a gay party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lewisohn. Miss Viola Kra'i?, formerly the. wife of Victor Von Schlegcl, and Octavio Figuerca at dinner at the Ritz Carlton. Later the ' party attended the Ziegfeld Frolic on the New Amsterdam roof. ' Early in the morning Elwood was killed. In this investigation follow-j ing it developed mat tie nad many af fairs with women and immediately after his murder it was declared that he cither was murdered by a woman or because of a woman. English Coal Miners Out on General Strike London, April 1. Work ceased in the coal mines of the United King dom at midnight with the exception of a few districts, and approximately 1,200,000 miners were idle today as a result of thc controversy over the wage issue. In only two collieries in Yorkshire, one in Northumber land, one in Scotland and one in North Wale's1' the. men have promised to ' continue at their posts without prejudice, to any terms that may be agreed on, but all other pit workers, including mechanics, pump men, ven tilating men and pony men, came out with the miners. -Danger that the mines may be flooded threatens and many may be irretrievably ruined from the inrush of water. Strenuous efforts are being made every where, to enroll volun teers. Sioux City Trades Workmen Are Out on 'Technical' Tieup Siou City, fa.. April.. 1. There is a technical strike in thc building trades in Sioux City today. Builders announced a 20 per cent cut in wages and union men refti-i-d to accept it. The reduction goe3 into effect today. Owing to a stag nation of building operations here caused bv unstabilitv of labor con ditions, thc walkout was oulv -on i "Paper" 1 Chicago Editor Will Aid In Trade Promotion Worki Washington, April 1. A. W. Shaw, Chicago, editor of a business magazine, who was head of one of the divisions of the war industries board during the war, has been en rolled by Secretary ot Commerce Hoover as a volunteer assistant in I tne organization ot a committee representing various groups of in dustry to co-operate in foreign trade promotion work. Omalians at Washington Washington, April. 1. (Special Telegram.) Edgar H. Scott. Omaha attorney, and his wife ami daughter are guests at the Hotel Lafayette, Russian Envoy Still Hopeful Of Trade With U.S. i Tt i t -it .. v . I Bolshevik Representative INot! j 'Discouraged by Recent Note A ...;,.... 1. 1 rom American Government. By The Assorintid Prl London, April 1. Despite the un compromising tone pt the recent note of Secretary of State Hughes in reply to representations Dy Kussia for the opening of trade relations with the United Sfates, the principal objective of the Russian soviet gov ernmcnt's foreign policy is, and will continue to be. the establishment of relations with thc United States, according to Leonid Krassin, bol shevik representative. He refuse. to recognize the. attitude of Wash ington as an insurmountable diffi culty to the establishment of rela tions with thc United States where by trade would be possible. I M. Krassin gave these views, when interviewed by Thc Associated Press todav. He stated that the admission to America of Russia commercial rep resentatives was the first require ment; the initial transactions would then be carried out by means of cash payments, with the question of credits, naturally, arising later. "In its relations with foreign gov ernments the soviet government is fmt -.Lr,. iin ni-:,i-:..!r. oi private property and act upon the policy of exchange of equal . 1 ! values in trade," said M. Krassin. 'Tf these guarantees are insufficient, deposits will be placed, acceptable to financial institutions. insuring against violation of contracts." No predictions or promises of any great volume of trade were made. He expected, the immediate diffi culties would be transportation. Concentration of thc Russian peo ple's energies for three years on defensive warfare has reduced pro duction to a minimum and the only remedy, he declared, was the open ing of relations with foreign nations. The fact that trade' has been car ried on by soviet Russia with the Baltic states for a year, the Russian representative pointed out, was proof of its practicability. It was inevi table that commercial relations would be re-established with Amer ica. The sooner they were started, the sooner Russian construction would get under way and this would mean an earlier economic peace for F.nropc and thc world. There would be 'no peace tn Europe, he added.. until there was a peaceful Russia. . rr- Returning From Capital . -i , r,c Telegram. P. Mvers and wife rtMi.iiSiu.i, .-.! ii i.-i.in.i.u and daughter of Omaha, who have been in Washington during the; master uonoays. ictt tor tne. west toclay The Weather Forecast. Fair Saturday; not much change :n temocrature Hourly Temperatures, S a. K a. m . ,..S1 s .... 4-4 ....4 1 l. Ill . . t i. in , a p. in . . A p, 111.. A p. in . . ft p. ni . , 7 a. m . S a. m. ! a. in. Ill a. ii 1 I H. Ill . I. noon. ys in. . m. . .65 ! 8 II. Milofr' llullrtin. Sluiiliir.l tn ;. .J,r"?!tm hnii.if fnne 1"" 111.1 ,t mado aafely. 6 IK'UIS miv bf , ' U. S. Holds Germany to War DehLs Administralion' Insist Full Reparations Must Be Made To Devastated Countries Of Europe. Cannot Accept Treaty By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. ( Iilmgo Trlliunr-Onmlm llrti l.rnnrri W irt, Washington, April I. The United States holds Germany responsible for the war and will insist that (jeituany make all the reparation in its power for the devastation and suffering of innocent peoples wrought by its iuc.NCiisablc act ot aggression. This is thc attitude of President: Harding and his administration, made known loday., Presumably t was communicated to former Pre mier Viviani of Fiance in his talk with Secretary of State Hughes, if not during his audience with thr president. Germany Held Responsible. Whatever peace program the ad ministration evolves is to be mad', consistent with this fundamental declaration. Thc United States will do nothing that would permit Ger many to escape fall responsibility for the war. Germany, movcovev, the admin istration holds, must admit respon sibility for the war and must be compelled to pay damages to the full extent of its ability in a fair and just manner. Any suspecion in an;' quarter that thc United Slates, after spending its blood and treasure in the war would do or say aught that would enable Germany to escape full pay ment of its just obligations to tn; victims of agression, its not only absurd, but distinctly repugnant lo thc administration. Reply to Allied Fears. I This is the answer of the admin istration to the fears entertained among the allies, that the United States contemplates a course of ac-. tiou' which would encourage Ger many to resist the payment of rep arations and to German hopes that the United States can be relied upor to help Germany escape paying tht penalty for causing the war. Whether the reparations exactef of Germany by the allies under th terms of the Versailles treaty are more than Germany is able to pay and .whether thete reparations have ucitnnuivo aai a uin ana just manner, axa questions upoi. vhico U-.. j.a :....J - . ... j the administration is ' not stating j its position at this time. Presum j ably they are matters which -will be ; dealt with if occasion should arise, i M. Viviani, who has come to sound j the American government on its contemplated course and to obtain, j if possible, tho co-operation of the .tuted States with, the allies in en- jorcing the ternls of pcace jmposed j upon Germany, is pleased over this oluntary exposition of the govern ment s position. Seen by the cor respondent, he expressed himself as being greatly moved by this typically (Turn to l'Bce Tiro, I oliimn Oar.) Chicago Theater Men Forced to Pay Fines To Building Unions Chicago, April 1. Information concerning an alleged graft system through which Chicago theater own ers were forced to pay labor unions t fines of from $1 to $5 for each non union made seat installed, was placed before the Dailey legislative commit tee today when it resumed its in vestigation into building condition?. Williain B. McKinley, former speaker of the state house of repre-; ! sentftives and now attorney for the A : E n i-i a r! T-k,.:i Jim.. I'LL.. ?. ' i lonueu inc committee tnat lus ganization would submit do.-innet.- tary evidence to the committee wh:h would prove, that the unions had maintained what he termed "an enor mous system of graft." " Railroad Signal Men Reject New Wage Offer New York, April 1. The proposal to reduce wages of the railroad sig nal men employed on the New York Central lines were rejected today by representatives of the employes, in conference with company officials. Both sides agreed to make, a joint appeal of the case to the railroad labor board, the railroad representa tives assuring the men there would be no w;age reduction until thc board makes its decision. Condition of Ex-Empre6s Reported Very Graw; Doom. Holland. Anril 1 lr R t- Associated Press.l The condition of ) jornier juiipress Augusta ictona or ; Germany took a" turn for the worse ! today, according to a .statement i- , sued irom Doom castic this evening. i1 statement says: the condition ot the former em ,,,, s wt. 'I n U..:.. iC?.. " SLS! -Yry .VUS cr?' f"":"pa c.n.i!rs;'1' ., . L rrr n Total of 235 Airplaucs Washington, April 1. The first .important move since thc armistice. toward rehabilitating thc army s air service, was taken today when the War department placed orders fnr 200 Thorns Morse type pursuit air planes and .13 .wartm bombers. ij! Bank Cashier Sought U j Crow ley, Colo., April 1. Wa. 1 rants were issued today for the arrest -liloi James Shipler. 21, cashier of the M I Crowley county state hank, charged ! with embezzlement oi between S.vOrtO I inil dJlll mtii ".-Ot.,.. vv.:-..- j- . uy.ii 1 ui;- appearance c-tcrday, r
