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, .
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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"
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J M0nl George Haryevr
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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.
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Bolshevik Representative INot!
j 'Discouraged by Recent Note
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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.
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Returning From Capital
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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
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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
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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
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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