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Coal Strike
Takps Mnrp:
Grave Turn
British Government Puts All
Emergency Measures Into
Force Food Depots Be
ing Organized.
. Will Cut Train Service
By JOHN STEELE.
Chicago Tribune fable. Copyright. JS11.
London, April 2. The coal min
ers' strike took a more serious turn
today and the government is im
mediately putting into effect, all the
emergency measures planned long
ago for such a crisis. Food depots
are being organized in Regent's
Park from which London will be
supplied and road transport plans
are being worked out in case the
railways are seriously affected.
All trains to the race tracks, ex
cursions and other luxury travey
have already been stopped and be
ginning Wednesday passenger traffic
will be cut down 20 per cent.
y-t Railway men and transport work
ers, forming the other two members
of the triple alliance, will meet in
London on Wednesday to decide on
a course of action and it is feared
now that they may decide to strike
in sympathy with the miners. ,
All workmen in England have got
the idea that the mine struggle is
the beginning of an" attempt by ,the
employers to reduce wages and they
are decrmined to resist if possible.
The miners are also bringing the
heaviest pressure on the allies to
join the strike, as they know that
in view of the present state of trade
hey cannot win a long strike? with
out assistance.,
. Pumpmen Working Out.
A serious feature of the situation
is. the fact that the pumpmen and
afety men, who failed to strike at
first, are now coming out. Some
of the Monmouthshire and Lanark
shire pits are already flooded and
two are said to be ruined beyond
repair. This is particularly the. case
in Forestdean districts, but they are
small pits which were already Hear
ing exhaustion.
A sensation was created by a re
mark made by James Sexton, who
is the secretary of the Dockmen's
union, and who is one of the most
conservative labor leaders. ,
y'Hie coming weeks arc fraught
yr J grave issues : for industrial
pee," he said, "and Iuvould not be
at all surprised if in sheer .despera
ation, the fiery cross of the triple al
liance was raised for the first time
in ."defense of the common cause
should there be no. .other iyay out oi
the present deadlock." '
ilr. Sexton's statement is re
stricted in government circles by
preparations to issue a national call
lor volunteers to take up the work
ot trie strikers, its present intention
. is to employ men with naval ratings
to unload ships in case' the dock em
ployes and other transport workers
should strike. This step depends on
the attitude the English gobs take
and a careful sounding of the Jackies'
opinions is now being made. At the
time of the last coal miner's strike
it was known therew as a decided
opposition on the part of the sailors
to occupy positions as strike-bearers.
Scotland Yard Prepared.
Scotland Yards, the home office
and the military authorities do not
anticipate any general outbreak of
violence, but they have a complete
scheme of precautions in readiness
should a necessity arise. However,
there is an admitted fear of .v out
break of violence in the Lanarkshire
district embracing Glasgow, where
there is an extremely strong ele
ment of "reds."
One of the sensations of the day
was the appearance of a display ad-
veriiscmeui in uic i mica vj
"Colliery v Investment. Trust of
America." New York with Euro
' pean offices in London, Swansea,
France, italy, and Switzerland, of
fering "U. S. A. gas and team
coals c. i. f. to any port in the
world." ,
Within the last few weeks a great
quantity of American coal has ar
rived at London and other English
ports. ' ' '
Dakota Authorities
To Enforce Blue Laws
Pierre, S. D.. April. 2. 1 he cru
sade to make South Dakota a blue
law state is due to begin tomorrow.
Acting under the genesal direction
of Attorney General Payne, states
attorneys in various counties propose
to beaiu enforcement of almost for-
onttpii statute"! for the observance of
Sundav. Base ball, moving pictures
and all other public entertainments
are to be under the ban..
Throughout the state today inter
est was high in .what may be the out
come of the effort to enforce the
statutes to an extreme never before
undertaken. Moving picture ex
hibitors declared the proposal absurd.
In addition to enforcing theTaws
against Sunday amusements, the at
' torney general proposes ."Rid en
forcement of a law forbidding the
showing of moving pictures sugges
tive of crime or immorality.
Oil Operations Decline
A9 Prices of Product Drop
Oil City. Pa.. April 2. Reductions
in the price of crude oil during the
last three months were marked by
declines in new operations through
out the country, according to the
monthly review of the oil industry,
- compiled by The Derrick and made
' public here todav.
The report showed that during
March there was 2.094 wells com-
l-.-J . J....... f let .nmnann)
with February. Work tinder con
struction at the close of the month
nnr.ilJ 7 711 ram init Hrillinc
.wells as compared with 7,830 for the
previous month. New production
wax224,351 barrels, an increase of
31.137. There were 488 dry holes
Z20 gas wells.
Reduction in Steel
Prices Expected Soon
Chtraa-o Trlbnnf -Omaha Be Leaaed Wire.
New York, April 2. A reduction in
prices, accompanied by a decrease in
wages on the part of the United
States Steel Corporation, is expected
to be announced shortly after the
return of Judge Elbert Gary from
his trip t othe west, which is ex
pected to be within the next few
davs, possibly on April 7.
The reduction, according to today's
reports in Wall street, will amount
to about 12 1-2 per cent which
in the case of steel plates, will amount
to a decrease of from $2.60 a hun
dred pounds to $2.15. Reductions of
prices in other grades of finished
steel will be in proportion. The re
duction in wages will probably
amount to about 25 per cent and will
be effected through a reduction in
the present working hours to an
eight-hour a day basis.
Citizen Coppers
Swoop Down oh
Omaha Autoists
Traffic Violators on Principal
Downtown Streets Spotted
By Amateur Sleuths in
Concerted Drive.
A triple-barreled raid 6n traffic
violators was started at 7 o'clock
Saturday night by three companies
of the Citizen Safety Traffic Offi
cers on the three principal down
town cast and west thoroughfares.
Wholesale "arrests" were made.
Some 60 citizen cops lined the
Douglas, Farnani and - Harney
streets, above Nineteenth street,
working a signal system whereby
all speeders and other violators were
halted before they had gone a block
after they had first been spotted.
Halt All Violators.
The citizen cops stopped all au
toists guilty of speeding, no tail
lights, one headlight, no license tags
and all forms of reckless driving.
"Lookouts" spotted violators as
they came along the streets and a
series of "heys." "hold on there,"
"stop .that car," etc., brought
frightened motorists to a speedy halt.
The nature of the offenses were then
explained with instructions to correct
them at once. In extreme cases,
"golden rule" summons were issued.
"Arrests" Thick and Fast.
Captain A. D. Peters of the
Douglas street company, had the
honor of making the first "arrest"
when he stopped A. N. Howland,
4612 North Twenty-second street, for
"no tail light." Howland was es
corted into a nearby garage, where
he purchased a little bulb and gave
the assurance that he wou.ld not let'
it happen again.
The "arrests" were made thick and
fast as the "raid" was first started.
Many motorists had neglected to
turn on their tail lights.
The raiders plotted at the Omaha
Athletic club before their big swoop.
"It looks like a big night," was the
declaration of Captain Peters.
Time of Sentence
. Set for Slayer of
Des Moines Grocer
Dcs Moines,' April 2. (Special
Telegram.) For the fourth time
since he confessed to slaying George
A. Fosdick, 'Orric L. Cross appear
ed in the division of the district
court presided over by Judge Hu
bert Uttcrback this morning. The
purpose of his appearance was to
set a new time for the sentence that
is to be meted out. to him. After
a conference between the judge, the
attorneys for the state and counsel
for Cross, the time of sentence was
set for 11, Monday morning.
Man Kills Self.
Thomas Slattcr, 24, despondent
because of ill health, shot and kill
ed himself in the home of his fa
ther, J: J, Slatter, at Give today.
Demand for Field Seeds
In March Is Below Normal
Washington, April 2. Demand for
field seeds from farmers during
March was on the whole, below nor
mal according to reports tabulated
today- by the federal bureau of mar
kets. More farmers than usual were
said to have seed of their own, but
others were declared to be curtailing
their purchases this year because of
inability to finance their farming
operations or because of a disinclina
tion to plant as extensively as usual
on account of the low price of farm
products.
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of
The Sunday Bet
Dodging The Blight of the Deadly
Jinx in Omaha Part 4, Page 1.
The Reporter Finds Much Is
Bared m New Spring Styles for
Omaha Women Part 3, Page 10.
Camera Shots at Crow Indians
Rotogravure Section, Page 1.
American Speed in Interviewing,
by George K. Chesterton Part 4,
Page 8. '
"Are Divorce Tendencies Inher
ited?" . by Margery Rex Part 3,
Page -10.
Further Adventures of "The Can
ary Kid" Part 3, Page 1. .
With The Amateur Photograhers
Rotogravure Section, Pag 3.
Events of The Week in Omaha
Cartooned Part. 3, Page 10.
Married Life of Helen and War
ren Part 4, Page 8. .,
Sports News and Features Part
3, Pages 1 and 2.
Letters From a H ome-Made
Father to His . Son Part 4, Page 2.
Heart Secrets of A Fortune Teller
Part 3, Page 3.
"How to Put It Over," by Mon
taguePart 4, Page 2.
Tohn Burroughs' Last Message
ICame to Omaha Part 3, Page 4.
Universityrfe'pi,
Profep
Murdered
Note Left by Slayer Indicates
Act Was Premediated
Refers to Unjust
Treatment.
Takes His Own Life Also
By The Anorlated lras.
Syracuse, N. Y., April 2. J. Her
man Wharton, dean of the College of
Business Administration, Syracuse
university, was shot and killed by
Holmes Beckwith, professor of finan
cial and insurance subjects in the
college, this morning. Beckwith
then turned the gun on himself and
committed suicide.
The shooting occurred in the of
fice of the school of administration
in the College of Agriculture build
jig, the new half-million structure
ionated to the university by Mrs.
Russell Sage, in memory of her
father, Joseph Slocum, and named
for him.
Prof. Beckwith had been unpopu
lar with the students, it was said, and
petitions had been circulated among
the student body asking for his re
moval. Tried to Prevent Act.
In a statement Issued soon after
the shootins. Chancellor Day de
clared that it was his belief that
Dean Wharton died trying to pre
vent Prof. Beckwith from commit
ting suicide. .
"This was indicated in a note left
for Dean Wharton by Professor
Beckwith," the chancellor said, "in
which he intimated that he was go
ing ,to kill himself and referred to
alleged unjust treatment of himself
based on the fact that he had been
dismissed, the dissmisbal to take ef
fect at the end of the year.
Dean Wharton's chair, a stout one.
was broken. He evidently leaped
from it when Beckwith tried to kill
himself, the gun' was turned on him
and the dean was shot through the
head. . Beckwith was shot in the
chest. He also stabbed himself to
make death certain."
Dr. .Holmes Beckwith was a first
lieutenant of field artillery in the
world war. He joined the Syracuse
university faculty last September.
He was head of the department of
finance and insurance. He formerly
taught at Colorado college. Colorado
Springs, Colo.; Iowa college, and
Northwestern university at Evans
ton, 111. He was given an LL. D by
the University of California and. Ph
D by Columbia. He was a bank
cxamineriu California.-
Graduate of Syracuse.
Dean Wharton was a graduate of
Syracuse university and has .been an
instructor there for the last few
years, his first service having beai
with the engineering school, in
which he was head of the English
department.
Two years ago he conceived the
idea of a college of business ad
ministration and he was appointed
by the chancellor to carry out the
plan. He organized the college and
last fall was made its dean In two
years the college has grown rapidly,
having an enrollment of 900.
League Amendment
Commission to Meet
At Geneva Wednesday
, Geneva', April 2. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The league of na
tions commission on amendments to
the league's covenant will meet here
Wednesday to organize . and prepare
for the work of considering changes
in the covenant.
The meeting will be a preliminary
one, no specific change being con
sidered. The commission will adjourn after
having discussed the juridical ques
tions bearing on its work and will
meet again .after having been put in
possession of all the suggestions for
amendments that have been made in
any quarter.
The meeting of the amendments
commission will be followed by ses
sions of the league commissions on
disarmament and blockade on dates
not'yet fixed.
Prosecuting Attorney Is '
Convicted, of Malfeasance
New York, April 2. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Edwin P. Kilroe and
Attorney Louis E. Swarts early this
morning were found guilty of con
spiracy "to impede and defeat the
ends of justice by failing to prosecute
Napoleon Arthur Bourasse," an al
leged bigamist.
The jury recommended mercy for
the convicted men. They were con
tinued in bail until next Thursday
when sentence will be imposed. The
maximum penalty is three years' im
prisonment or $1,000 fine, or both.
The prosecution contended in the
trial that a bigamy charge made
against . Bourasse by Mrs. Helen
Montrose Bourasse was dropped by
Kilroe on the ground of insufficient
evidence after the defendant had paid
the woman $13,000. Swarts, it was
claimed, received $1,500 for his serv
ices. Nebraska City Man Heads
' Teachers of District Two
W. G. Brooks, superintendent of
schools at Nebraska City, was elected
president of District No. 2 of the
state teachers' association at the con
cluding meeting of the convention
yesterday. .
Bertha Bishop, supervisor of
schools in Sarpy county, was elected
vice president and O..L. Webb, prinr
cipal of the high school at Columbus,
was made secretary-treasurer.
Belle Ryan, assistant superintend
ent of schools in Omaha- was elected
executive committee representative
from the Second district.
fjit, April 2. County authon
uW and police of Wyandotte, in
vestigating tjie murder last night of
Rev. Leo Jarecki, rector of Our
Lady of Mount Carmel church, took
one man into custody today for
questioning, and were seeking an
other said to have quarrelled with
the priest recently. ,
Origin of a telephone call to the
rectory about an hour, before the
priest was shot down in his door
way also was being traced today.
An appointment with Father Jarecki
was made over the telephone by an
unidentified man, according to Miss
Knopf, his housekeeper.
She told the authorities the door
bell rang and Father Jarecki opened
the door. As he did so, Miss Knopf
said, a shot was fired and Father
Jarecki fell.
Former Emperor
Will Return to
Switzerland Home
Coup of Charles to Again
Exile Self Without Formally
Abdicating, Is Paris
Report.
Paris, April 2. Reports that for
mer Emperor Charles has finally
given up his attempt to regain the
Hungarian throne and will return to
his exile in Switzerland without,
however, consenting formally to
abdicate, as requested by representa
tives of the Hungarian government
were not confirmed here this morn-
! ing. These reports emanated from
exactly the same source as the news
received la.te Thursday that he was
marching toward Budapest with a
force, varying from '1,500 to 15,000
men. They are, therefore, received
with considerable caution.
Dispatches relative to the failure
of the attempted coup d'etat come
from Vienna, which has an old repu
tation as "Europe's imaginative news
center."
Coup Is at End.
' Vienna. April 2. (By The As
sociated Press.) Newspapers of this
city appear to be certain that the
episode resulting from the attempt
of Former Emperor Charles to re
establish himself as king of Hungary
is ended. They today printed alleged
details of the manner in which
Charles would be taken across Aus
tria to Switzerland and some de
clared that the former monarch had
left Steinamanger last night.
Reports from Hungary, however,
failed to show matters have reached
such a final stage. It has been
learned that arrangements were com
pleted yesterday for Charles' return
from Hungary to Switzerland and
what he would be escorted by British,
i'rencn ana .Italian army officers,
who would be in command of pf.ked
forces of gendarmes.
Has Bad Effect.
The attempted Hapsburg coup,
which at one period last week, it is
admitted, had a chance of success,
promises to have a different effect.
The social democrats plan to intro
duce in the national assembly resolu
tions demanding that thci govern
ment take steps to hurry ratification
by France and England of the
Trianon treaty, providing for the
surrender of West Hungary to Aus
tria and making provision for the
protection of Austrian frontiers by
the entente.
Tfc y declare this action is certain
to prevent -further royalist attempts
at restoration.
The three leading political parties
have agreed. to make separate state
ments betore the assembly placing
themselves as being opposed to the
return of the Hapsburgs.
Londonderry Scene
Of Serious Disorders
Belfast, April 2 Serious disorders
occurred in Londonderry last even
ing. Constable Wiggins was shot
and killed by assailants who escaped,
two bombs were thrown at the elec
tric light station and two soldiers
were wounded and in rifle firing fol
lowing the attack two civilians were
injured. The station property was
not damaged by the explosien.
An attack was made on the police
barracks on Lecky Road, and two
constables were wounded before po
lice reinforcements, which arrived in
an armored car, beat off the attack
ing party.
Rifle firing could be heard during
the night-, and great excitement pre
vailed, it is said in a dispatch re
ceived here.
Searching Parties Seek
Victims of Ship Collision
Seattle, Wash., April 2. Search
ing parties left Seattle and Port
Townscndt Wash., today for the vi
cinity of Point Washington on the
Strait of Juan De Fuca in an effort
to recover bodies of the victims of
the sinking passenger liner Gov
ernor yesterday. The missing list
of 10 was unchanged. Federal in
spectors continued their investiga
tion into the collision between the
freighter West Harlland and the
Governor, in which the Governor
was sunk. -
Boy Scout Plunges in Bay"
And Saves 3-Year-Old Girl
North Bend, Ore., April 2. James
Dingman, a young boy scout, plunged
into the bay here and saved 3-ycar-old
Theresa Bacon w'ho had fallen
through a hole in the wharf, it was
learned today. The tide fast was
carrying the child away when the
boy reached her and swam to a pier,
holding hor above water until safely
landed.
Cuts Finger Making Garden;
Columbus Woman Dies
( Columbus, Neb., April 2. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Jennie Gossard died at
her home here of blood poisoning
caused by a scratch on the finger
while making garden.
KaxT " back to
Still
Nature Lovers '
Pay Tribute to
John Burroughs
Men of National Prominence
Mingle With Boy Scouts
At Funeral of Noted
Naturalist.
Westparkv 'N. Y- April - 2. In a
ruitic 'house, the retreat of John
Bmrougs for nearly half a century,
150 representatives of the thou
sands of nature' lovers who admired
his outdoor life and writings gath
ered today at his funeral. The cere
monies were short, of great sim
plicity and reminiscent of the career
which the great naturalist pursued
among the hills and streams and
flowers or beside his rugged stone,
hearth, with volumes of Emerson",
Whitticr and Wordsworth.
By train and by automobile the
little groups arrived throughout the
fcreiioon at Riverby, the naturalist's
home, situated among the pines and
maples where the Shawangunk
mountains meet the waters of the
Hudson.
Scientists and manufacturers of
wids prominence mingled m sorrow
with Boy Scouts and the neighbor
hood children. Publishers and hor
ticulturists bowed with, religious
men from the Holy Cross mon
astery. The mouners came from
among the rocks and rills of t
England, the batiks of the Poto
mac, the shores of Lake Michigan,
the miows of Canada, the great
bujldings of New York, to look for
the last time on the patriarchal cduu
tenance of the venerable naturalist.
Childhood Chum Prrerr.
Amor g them were Thonws A. E1
ion Henry Ford and Harvey S.
Fjrestor e, who, for ser:.a) ye?:i
have spent their vacation outdoors
with Ut. Burroughs.' Xe:;t to Mr.
Edison stood an aged and gray
haired man who had pedalled his
bicycle from Binghampton, more
than 300 miles away, to witness
the final ceremony. This man was
C. C. Branhall, an acquaintance of
the naturalist since childhood.
The sun was shining brilliantly
and the pints at Riverby murmured
sadly in the breezes from the Cat
skills when the funeral service be
gan. From a muffled phonograph
came the soft violin strains of Pin
sutis' "Rememberance." The Lord's
prayer was said and then slowly a 1
reader spoke some lines written by i
Earl W. Williams, which Mr. Bus-1
roughs felt characteristic of his own
self.
"The forest nods in fellowship,"
they read, "the winds, my playmates
the; the waters lisp the sign cf
brotherhood, and in the thunder's
voice, I hear a tongue which is not
wholly strange. The stars are kind
ly counsellors to me; I claim a kin
ship with the worm that crawl, and
with the clay wherein the simple
talc of its dim life is written."
Old Friend Leads Prayer.
Rev. F. D. Elmer, pastor of the
Collegiate Baptist church at Col
pate university, likewise an old
friend, led the prayers and made -:
few remarks.
'There are here to pay him
tribute." he said, "those who have
come f roni ' the woodland and the
field, the shop and school, the church
and offices of state, the mart and the
ocean's shore. This man, O Lord,
has taught us the beauty of your
creations, of the rivers, the sky, the
valley, birds and beasts."
Wlicn he had finished the soft
(lute and violin ' notes of a cradle
song were heard. Then the mourners
filed by the bier for a last look at
Mr. Burroughs. Some picked wild
violets fro mthe coffin to keep as a
remembrance. There were many
floral offerings, but they were wild
flowers, gathered from the fields and
hillsides.
f
Cartoons of the Day
OottTTifU: 1W: BrTtoCftfenavTrfbano.)
the throne " mment will hmee one
He km remd mtere entertaining reports-
tempering the winJt te the ekern lambe.
Fight on Tobacco
Is in Full Swing
Four Carloads of Propaganda
And Car of Speakers Pass
Through Nebraska.
(Special.) Four express carloads of
literature for furthering the anti-tobacco
campaign ' passed through
Grand Island for the west On the
passenger train following was a spe
cial Pullman, car fcpni New York
laden with men . and women and
more literature for California points.
One of the members of the dele
gation stated that 500 carloads of
literature had been sent out for dis
tribution throughout the United
States. The literature deals with tlie
physical and economic evils of all
forms of tobacco and urges the pas
sage of laws in every state to mke
the growth, sale and use of the weed
a penitentiary offense.
In Utah the use in public places
has been forbidden. In Wisconsin
a woman may obtain a divorce front
an habitual user, the latter being also
refused marriage license in that
state when the physical eugenics, ex
amination takes place. In Delaware
the use in the presence of ladies is
forbidden and, if the lady asks it.
the culprit may be punished in the
stocks or at the whipping post. A
law in Mississippi abolishes the
smoking car, smoking rooms m clubs
and all smoking in public plaees,
makes the tobacco store pay a $2,
000 a year license and forbids the
production, Use and sale of cigarets,
snuff, pipes, and chewinsr ' tobacco,
leaving the cigar untouched. This
information is contained in the pro
paganda being distributed.
An effort will be made in the near
future, one of the men said, to ask
the . Methoduts, Christians, Presby
terians, Baptists, and others to unite
with them in raiing funds to promote
a movement to amend the constitu
tion so as to prohibit the production,
sale and tiS'i of tobacco in the United
States and territories.
One of the women on the car
showed a statement signed with the
names of 38 congressmen and 27
senators, many of whom are them
selves users of the w.-cd, signifying
that they would support the move
ment wholeheartedly when the time
same.
Among the delegates was Mrs.
Hale Francis, whose husband is a
prominent tobacco wholesaler in
San Francisco.
15,000 Are Made Homeless ,
By Great Fire in Manila
Manila, P.-1,- April 2. (By The
Associated Press.) Fifteen thousand
were rendered homeless here today
in a fire last night, the most de
structive here in more than 20 years,
which destroyed 3.000 houses in the
northern section of the city, a native
quarter known as the San Lazaro
district. Two bodies were found to
day jn the ruins.
Chauffeur Confesses His
Part in $446,000 Bond Theft
New Yprk, April 2. Feter J. Duf
fy, a chauffeur, has confessed, Dis
trict Attorney Lewis announced last
night, to disposing in Washington of
Liberty bonds, valued at- $466,000.
when were stolen from Keen, Taylor
& Co. here last November. Duffy
and JameCarrell, another chauffeur,
are being held.
ifxecution of Sentence
On Lindsey Set for Monday
Denver, April 2. Execution of
sentence on Judge Ben B.' Lindsey
cf the juvenile court for contempt
cf court was postponed today until
Monday. The judge was fined -$500,
and the supreme court at Washing
ton recently refused to review the
case.
intereeted obeeroer.
Fake Signature
On Draft Exposed,
Man Arrested
Paper Deposited in Bank by
Omaha Moterman Returned
Unpaid; Police Prob
ing Affair.
T. W. Cole, alias Ben Wenda, 40,
2408 St. Marys avenue, was arrested
at his home yesterday afternoon by
Detectives Herdzina and Morgan and
is being held in the South Side jail
for investigation on complaint of W.
A. Rathsack, president of the Secur
ity State bank.
According to Mr. Rathsack, the
man, who gave his name as T. W.
Cole to the police, visited the bank
Thursday morning and asked to open
an account, depositing $150 in cash
and a draft on an Oklahoma City
bank for $750. At the bank Cole
gave the name of Ben Wenda. Fri
day morning Cole presented a check
for $52S for paymeoit and was told
by President Rathsack that the check
would not be honored until the draft
had been declared good by the Okla
homa City bank.
Cole was asked to come in Satur
day and in the meantime Mr. Rath
sack sent the draft to Oklahoma
City with instructions to wire if the
draft was good. Yesterday noon a
telegram was received stating, "Draft
returned unpaid, signature not gen
uine." ! ',
Detectives were told by street car
company officials that a man bv the
name of T. W. Cole, 2408 St. Marys
avenue, w.as in their employe as a
motorman having started to work
March 7. Cole is married and has
two children.
'When Cole was searched at the
station, a clipping- was found on him
telling of a fraud in Des Moines,
where $6,000 was secured on a "bogus
draft by two men.
Members of Retail
Credit Bureau Will
Hold Banquet Soon
Members of the credit departments
of the .435 firms which are affiliated
with Associated Retail Credit Bureau
and Credit Men have been invited to
attend a banquet to be held in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms Tues
day night, April 12.
President E. II. Ward will reside
as toastmaster. Addresses will be
made by representatives of the medi
cal profession, retail merchants and
wholesalers.
Auto Trip Grand Island
To Omaha in Four Hours
W. R. Lane and G. L. Moore of
Grand Island decided yesterday
morning to make a little trip into
Omaha by automobile. J
They made the 155-mile run in
three hours and 59 minutes. They
left Grand Island at 8 a. m. and
reached Omaha at 11:59. Two stops
were made enrov'e.
They reported the roads all the
way to Grand Island in good condi
tion. The Weather
Forecast
Sunday, fair; not much change in
temperature.
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U. S. Stand
Is Clearly
Outlined
Germany Warned Not to In
terpret Refusal to Ratify; t
Treaty as Endorsement j
Of War Debt Policy. V-
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I Press Knox Resolution
Chicago Tribune-Omaha il l.cad YVlr.
Washington, D. C, April 2. The
foreign policy of the new administra
tion, particularly in relation to ths
Versailles treaty, became mote
clearly outlined today, through two
developments of far-reaching conse-:
quence. They were:
s 1. The dispatch to Germany
through the United States commis
sioner at Berlin, telling it in effect,
not to interpret America's refusal to
ratify the treaty .as an endorsement
of her efforts to escape punishment
for causing the war. On the con
trary, the note makes it emphatically
plain that the United States expects
Germany to pay to the fullest ex
tent of her ability.
2. A three-hour conference at
the White House between President
Harding and Senator Knox, alter
which it was stated that nothing had
occurred in the foreign situation to
alter the status of the Knox peace
resolution, and which the senator said
he would press to an early vote at
the new session of congress.
The resolution, it was said, prob
ably will be amended to include a
declaration of the principle that the
United States stands ready to take
any action it deems wise and proper
to meet any situation threatening the
peace of the world.
Stand by Campaign Pledge.
Thus the administration, in effect.
j is about to serve notice on the allies
that it stands on its campaign pledge
to end the technical state ot Avar'
. with Germany and to remain aloof
from the entanglements of the Ver
sailles treaty, yet at the same time.
it bluntly informs Germany that the
American government will not toler
ate its effort to evade responsibility
for the world war nor to escape the
payment of its obligations to the
allies.
The restoration of this policy was
received with considerable satisfac
tion. It gave encouragement and re-,
assurance to the allied governments,
who had begun to fear that the
United States was going to quit them.
It also met with the approval general
ly of that influential group of re
publican senators who arc opposed to
involving the United States in the
Versailles pact. .
- President Harding and Senator
Knox lunched together. While neith
er the senator r.or White House of
ficials would discuss the conference,
it is understood that Mr. Knox and
the president, who have been on in
timate terms for years, arc in accord
as to the necessity for prompt action
on the Knox resolution, with amend
ments which will serve to encourage,
the allies in their present difficulties
with Germany over reparations.
May Modify Plan.
It is quite likely that it may be
modified to embody a declaration
along the lines of the note just sent
to Germany. There has been some
talk of holding up the resolution for ,
(Turn to Page Two,' Column Two.)
Visiting Nurse Body J
; Reports 3,000 New f
Members in Campaign
The Visiting Nurse association of
Omaha reported Saturday that the
membership campaign, wlrich was
started last week, yielded 3,000 new
memberships at $1 each. ' The as
sociation started out to obtain not
less than 5,000..
"We will continue the campaign
on Monday morning," said Mrs. W.
E. Rhoades, chairman of the mem
bership committee, "and we will
keep at it - until the goal has been
teached. We wish to state that if
women who have not been visited
during the, house-to-house canvass
wish to obtain memberships they
are requested to communicate with
the association's office in the city
hall. The memberships ard $1 each
for the ;ar."
Judge orge A. Day of the state
supreme V iurt sent a membership
fee by ma.' for his wife.
Court Action to Stop Sale
OfD.&R. G. Road Set Aside
Denver, April 2 Ancilliary action
brought by stockholders to set aside
the sale ' of the Denver and Rio
G;ande railroad to the Western Pac
ific Railroad company, was dismis
sed by Judge Robert E. Lewis in
federal district court here. Permis
sion, however, was granted James L.
Beers, representing stockholders, to
bring- an amended complaint ancilli
ary action to annul the same action
oir allegations of fraud and conspir
acy on the part of officials of the af
filiated roads to defraud the stock-
holders.
Sioux City Man Guilty
Of Murdering His Wif
Sioux City, la., April 2. (Special)
Charles F. Christiansen charged
with killing his wife, Ethel Chris
tiansen, was found guilty of second
degree murder by a jury this after
noon. Christiansen shot lijs wife at the
home of her parents, January 15,
last.
Mail Pouches Stolen
San Francisco, Cal., April 2. Two
mail pouches were stolen from the
Southern Pacific station at Palisade,
Nev., Thursday night according to a
telegram made public today by S.
H. Morse, chief postal inspector in
charge of this division, forse stated
that the amount of the loss could
not be determined until a further
check-up of the mail is made.
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