The Omaha Sunday Bee
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VOL. LNO. 45.
Attempt to
End Session
Is Blocked
Appropriation and Revenue
Bills to Come Up Again
Monday Members Must
Be Present.
Omahans Thwart Plans
Lincoln, April 23. (Special Tele
gram.) The Nebraska legislature
adjourned late today with the im
portant revenue and taxation bill
and the $25,000,000 appropriation
bill still in the air.
.' Before adjournment the senate
passed a revised Senate File 65, the
, revenue and taxation bill, and put
"that buck" in the hands of the
house for consideration at 9 Mon
day morning.
The revised appropriation bill
was not mimeographed when the
two bodies adjourned, although the
appropriations embodied in the bill
by the conference committee, which
worked for 18 hours straight, were
general knowledge.
Refuse Road Fund.
The big increases in the university
appropriations ' were approved , in
most instances, it was understood,
while the conference committee ab
solutely refused to countenance a
$125,000 appropriation for a hard
surfaced road from the Sarpy county
line to Fort Crook.
The news of the deleting of the
Fort Crook appropriations and giv
ing Lincoln practically everything it
wanted led the indignant Omaha
delegation to blpck concurrence on
Senate File 65 or the appropriation
bill and keep the members in Lin
coln for many days to come. Omaha
members declared that their vote as
a unit, together witli votes of tried
and true friends, were sufficient to
block concurrence and also adjourn
ment, because passage of the appro
priation bill would be absolutely
necessary to carry on the state gov
ernment. Farmer members "threatened to
take "French leave" unless business
was disposed of today. But an ad
journment was forced through and
resolutions adopted which empow
ered the speaker to force all mem
bers, not ill, to be in their seats Mon
day. Meantime, a "peace at any
price'' propaganda is being circulat
ed in Lincoln.
Day of Excitement.
Senate File 65, as it was trotted
out late today, provides for a tax
on Intangibles equivalent to 25 per
cent of the tax imposed -on tangi
bles. It also provides for an "aver
age capital invested tax" ton grain and
hay brokers, sugar factories, oil com
panies and motion picture distribu
tors.' xTJit following articles struck
out by the house committee on rev
enue and taxation were reinserted:
"Rules governing taxation on rail
roads, local taxation of railroads for
municipal purposes, franchise tax on
common carriers, gublic utilities and
insurance companies."
Adjournment followed a day of
anxiety and excitement. The con
ference committee on appropriations
and revenue taxation worked until
3 this morning, met again at 8 and
continued to work until noon. Anx
ious lobbyists maintained a close vig-.
il. endeavoring tutilly to gain some
knowledge of the committee's ac
tion. . Members of both committees swore
''to absolute secrecy and accurate rt
ports of their actions were not fortn-cc-ming
until nearly noon.
Gage County Sheriff
Under Fire on Uquor
Charges Resigns
Beatrice, Neb., April 23. (Spe
cial Telegram.) John L. Scheek,
against whom ouster proceedings
were filed recently by J. W. McKis
sik, former- member of the legisla-
ture, who alleged the illegat sale of
intoxicating liquors, extortion and
the taking of money from Fred Van
boskirk for protection from arrest,
submitted his resignation as sheriff
to County Clerk Mumford this aft-
; ernoon.
The sheriff had until Monday to
file his answer to the complaint re
cently filed by Attorney General
; Clarence Davis upon instruction
from Governor McKelvie. The
governor was informed of Scheek's
resignation by the county clerk.
Scheek's resignation is brief, ask
' ing the board of supervisors to ac
cept the same, effective at once.
The sheriff, who was serving his
third term, was ousted by Governor
McKelvie temporarily some weeks
ago, following the filing o fthe Mc-
Kissicfr charges. I. C. Wery is act
ing as sheriff, having been ap
pointed for the term by District
Judge L. W. Colby.
Amendment to Esch-Cummins
Bill Urged by Fruit Men
Chicago, ' April 23. Amendment
of the Esch-Cummins railroad act so
that priority would be given ship
"e ments of food and reduction of
', freight rates was urged in resolu
tions adopted at a meeting of the in
' ternational apple shippers and na
tional league of commission "mer
chants. :
The resolutions said that this
' would result in release of enormous
quantities of foodstuffs no:v held in
storage and in lower prices to con
, sumers.
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Germany Proposes" to Ban
Gold Export Until October
Paris, April 23. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Germany instead of
either agreeing or refusmg to trans
fer the gold reserve of the reichs
" hank to occupied territory in , the
. . Rhincland, as the allied reparations
commission had demanded, has of
fered to agree not to export or per
mit the export of gold From uer
aunjr bsfjgt Otlabet 1 ajg)
Fattrt mmCIiu Miltar
Onaha f. 0. Ilafar Act at
Elected President of
Women's Federation
QXa&10fatk
Miss Mabel Hall of Omaha was
named president of the Nebraska
Federation of, Business and Pro
fessional Women at the annual
meeting held in the Y. V. C. A.
yesterday.
Miss Margaret Lewis of Lincoln
is the first vice president, Miss Dora
Carriker of Hastings, second vice
president; Miss Hazel Butterficld of
Beatrice, recording secretary; Miss
Anna T. Olsson of Omaha, corre
sponding secretary, and Miss Ada V.
Garmire of Grand Island, treasurer.
Lincoln will entertain next year's
meeting.
Howell Throws
Monkey Wrench
In State Senate
House Roll No. 2, Waterway
Project Bill, Sent to Ir
rigation Committee and
Hearing Held.
Lincoln. April 23. (Special Tele
gram.) R. B, Howell, republican
national committeeman, arrived in'
Lincoln late this afternoon and threw
his monkey wrench in the already
perturbed machinery of the Nebraska
state senate.
Howell, through his spokesmen,
the Omaha senatorial delegation, de
clared that House! Roll 2, the water
way project bUl, bad been pushed to
third reading' h the seuare without
giving him a hearing.'
This resulted in pulling the bill
back to the committee on irrigation,
where Howell was given a hearing.
Howell declared that provisions of
the bill, which called for the repeal
of the present statutes concerning
waterway projects, interfered with
projects already under way.
"I believe it is only fair that you
permit us to continue our projects
under the existing law by taking
out the clause repealing the existing
statute and then go ahead and pass
House Roll 2 if you want to," Howell
said.
He pointed to a section of House
Roll 2 which provides that if citizens
wished to present petitions calling
a special election for a waterway
project those signing the petition
would be obligated to pay the cost
of the election if the project failed
to receive approval of voters at the
polls. ,
''In other words," Howell de
clared, "there is a plot underfoot to
defeat extension of waterway proj
ects in Nebraska."
The committee postponed a de
cision until Monday at 10, when Mr.
Howell and Representative Lundy
of Custer, the owner of a small
waterway project, and others will be
heard again. - .
Mother Travels All
Way From Brazil to
Rejoin Her Son Here
Saturday was "Mother's day," at
the home of Gabriel A. Shaddy, 3112
North Fifty-eighth street.
Sultana Shaddy journeyed all of
the way from Para, South Brazil, to
rejoin her son whom she had not
seen since she bid him God-speed 16
years ago, when he took his leave in
Syria to go to the United States.
The mother beheld an accom
plished American citizen when she
arrived at Union station yesterday
morning. The result of 16 years of
hard - work and application was re
flected on the bright, happy face of
her "Garbiel."
- Mr. Shaddy was born at Fenzul,
20 miles from the city of Bethlehem.
He applying himself assiduously in
this country, he . obtained a liberal
education and now holds a responsi
ble position in the Union Pacific
headquarters.
Mrs. Shaddy wjll remain with her
son indefinitely.
Three Alleged Border Rum
Runners Taken at Billings
Billings, Mont., April 23. Three
men believed by the police to be
Willie McCoy. C. A. Hoban and
William Enright, alleged members
of an international, band of liquor
thieves and smusrarlcrs for whose ar
rest warrants are said to have been
issued at Chicago, were arrested here
today. '
The men told authorities their
names were George Green, C A.
McBride and W. M. Reimers.
Oldest Member of Chicago
, Board of Trade Is Dead
Chicago. April 23. Capt. I. P.
Rumsey, 87, the oldest member of the
Chicago Board of Trade, died at his
Lake Forest , suburban home last
if
May It. IN(. at
March I. U7I.
Japs Spend
Millions on
Navy Plans
Every Effort Being Concen
trated on Extension of Pro
gramExpect to Double
Strength by 1924.
Buy Hundreds of Planes
By CHARLES SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leand Wire.
Washington, April 23. Is Japan
preparing for war with the United
States?
This question has been brought to
the fore of late by the feverish naval
building activities of Japan that have
developed concurrently with the in
creasing friction between Tokio and
Washington, particularly in connec
tion with the interests of the two
nations in the Pacific.
The movement for curtailment of
naval armament has been coldly re
ceived in Tokio, while all the avail
able resources of the island empire
have been concentrated on naval ex
pansion. Japanese ship ways teem
with warships under construction,
while numerous battle craft are be
ing built in the British , isles for
Japanese account. Japan has pur
chased hundreds of airplanes from
England and " British aviators are to
train the Nipponese in the art of
aerial warfare.
Double Naval Tonnage.
To double its naval tonnage and
make it nearly equal to the American
navy within six years, is believed to
be the aim of Japan. Reports at the
Navy department indicate that the
Japanese navy will be strengthened
50 per cent by 1924, while the Ameri
can navy will have increased 19 per
cent in that time. In 1927 the Jap
anese navy will be double its present
strength, or nearly equal to the
American navy. This does not take
into account the secret navy con
struction in Japan, the extent of
which is not known.
On April 1, 1921, the great naval
powers of the world stood in this
relation as to fighting ships:
Ships. Tonnage.
Great Britain 533 1,854,140
United S."s 450 1,221,763
Japan .:V. 88 508,389
Some Work Hidden.
In the coming six years Great Bri
tain's naval construction will be in
consequential, according to its pres
ent plan; the United States will have
increased its naval strength by 19
per cent, and Japan, with a tremen
dous spurt, will have reinforced its
naval power by more than 103 per
cent,, with work -now in sight That
is, on construction, concerning which
the secret service agents of the
L'nited States have information. Na
val officers feel that they are well
within the truth when they estimate
that the true increase in Japanese
naval power will be more than 125
per cent, since an immense amount
of building is of a character that
Can be hidden from the anxious eyes
of foreigners or that can be digest
ed. The figures that have been sub
mitted to the American government
and which show that the naval power
relation will be in 1927, according to
building programs now laid down,
arc as follow:
i , Shios Tonnage.
United States 535 2,036.870
Great Britain ....640 2,103,520
Japan 179 1,276,268
Unknown Quantity.
In every estimate of Japanese na
val strength, present and planned,
that is transmitted to the president
of the United States, the secretary
of state, the secretary of the navy
and others with a right to the knowl
edge, the "plus" symbol always is
attached to the figures for Japan,
for it represents the unknown quan
tity in the Japanese dash for sea
power, the building that is going
on under cover.
The percentages of increase set
down here, 19 per cent for the United
States and 103 per cent plus for
Japan, are based on the number of
ships. If the percentages are to be
set forth on tonnages they show
that while the strengthening to be
done by this country is about 67
per cent, the Japan increase amounts
to about 112 per cent "plus."
. "We would feel a great deal better
in this business," said a high naval
official today, "if we knew just what
this 'plus' represents. Japan plans
her greatest spurt between 1924 and
1927. in the three-year period for
which neither the Lnite
ted States nor
England has planned a ton of con
struction." Bandits Rob Jeweler
Lawrence, Kan., April 23. Three
masked men held up Arthur Marks,
a jeweler, in his garage here last
night, took a diamond valued at
$2,000 from him and then forced
him to go to his home, where they
held up his wife and mother and
obtained jewels totaling $3,000 in
value.
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of
The Sunday Bet
Sensational Details of Cudahy
Family History Part 4, Page 1.
Prise Pets in Omaha Homes, a Full
Page of Dog Pictures Rotogravure
Section, Page 1.
The Married Life of Helen and
Warren Part 4, Page 8.
Temperament, by Jack Lait Part
4, Page 2.
Editorial Comment Part 4, Page 4.
Gibson Cartoon Part 4, Page 8.
The Motorist's Handbook Part 4",
Page 2.
Sports News and Features Part J,
Pages 1 and 2.
Letters From a Home-Made Father
to His Son Part 4, Page 8.
For the kiddies Part 4, Page 4.
Heart Secrets ot Fortune Teller
'rim 4
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1921.
Hotel Owner Sued for
$50,000 as Result of
Automobile Crash
"Dick" Kitchen, head' of the
Kitchen Hotel company, owner of
the Paxton hotel, was sued for
$50,000 damages in district court
Saturday as the result of an alleged
accident on September 26. 1919, at
Thirty-eighth street and Ames
avenue.
Gertrude Purshouse, guardian of
Thomas Purshouse, alleged incom
petent, is the plaintiff. She charges
that Kitchen took Purshouse for a
ride in his car and that he drove at
50 miles an hour "head on" into a
street car, causing injuries which
will make Purshouse mentally and
divsicallv ineonioctcnt for the rest
of his, life.
Purshouse was a Union Pacific
dining car inspector and is 50 years
old. He has a wife and children.
Many New Names
Entered In Bee
$25,000 Campaign
"Help Yourself Club" Already
Narrowing to Active Mem
bers as Competition Gets
Under Way.
Scores of new names have been
added to the membership list of The
Eee's $25,000 "Help Yourself club"
since the club was officially launched
a week ago today.
Representatives of the club, who
have been calling on all members as
rapidly as possible, report finding a
lively interest in the prospective club
benefits and the competitive cam
paign is getting under way under
auspicious circumstances. The club
already is narrowing down to active
members. During the last week
names have been dropped from the
list as soon as representatives of the
club were informed those members
did not intend being active in the
competition. This policy will con
tinue throughout the campaign, so
as to give earnest working members
the full benefit of all votes to be
gathered from the localities in which
they live.
Now Is The Best Time.
"If you are not already a club
member, enter now and take ad
vantage of the special offer of 100.000
extra votes for $25 in subscription
payments," is the advice of the club
managers.
Full details of this offer and other
information on the "Help Yourself
club" y."' found in a full page
ad in toaa 4 )ee. This offering of
100,000 extra votes is the best vote
offer to be made during the entire
tampaign, the manages point out.
The offer will close at 10 p. m. Satur
day, May 14.
To enter the club competition all
that is necessary is to fill in the entry
blank included in the page ad in this
edition of The Bee. Persons may
enter either their own names. or those
of friends whom they believe should
have the opportunity to secure the
$7,800 home, the $4,400 Cadillac
automobile, the $1,500 building and
loan deposit, or one of the 24 other
valuable awards offered.
Chance At $866 a Week.
Some one. either entered or to be
entered in the competition, will ave
rage $866 a week during the next nine
weeks, the club manager suggests.
"Prospective members should not
imagine that because the values of the
awards are so great it will be a diffi
cult thing to win one of them," he
says. "A few weeks' agreeable work
. (Torn to Vast Two, (Jolomn Six.)
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Girl Flyer Enters
In Air Tournament
An Omaha air-mail plane will take
part in the airplane tournament at
Holdrege, Neb.. May 5-7, if Uncle
Sam permits. The request was for
warded to Washington by Superin
tendent W. I. Votaw, Friday.
Jack Knight will probably pilot
the ship if permission is granted.
Elsie Allen of Grand Island, the
only licensed aviatrix in the state,
will participate. Miss Allen received
her pilot's license through the Grand
Island School of Flying.
The Central Aircraft Company of
Holdrege. sponsoring the tourna
ment at the aerodrome there, has 15
planes already booked. Two para
chute jumpers and three wing-walkers
are engaged.
Private Funeral Held
For Late Jack Cudahy
Los Angeles, Cal., April 23.
Private funeral services were held
here today for John P. Cudahy,
who killed himself Wednesday. The
body was placed in a vault pending
a decision as to its final disposition
Cudahy left no will, according to
his attorney, who stated it was un
necessary as his income of $100,000
a year, from a trust fund provided
by his father, the late Michael
Cudahy, Kansas City packer, would
automatically co to the widow and
' children.
Pullman Conductors Get
Place on Nominee Board
Washington, April 23. The Inter
state Commerce commission has
given representation to the Order of
Sleeping Car Conductors on the sub
ordinate official group of railway em
ployes, which is authorized to submit
nominations to the resident for reo-
resentation on the railway labor
board.
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Chauncey Depew Observes
His 87th Birtbday Today
New York, April 23. Eighty
seven years old today, former Sena
tor Chauncey M. Depew said he did
not think the occasion worthy of
much comment, but that he looked
forward "with enthusiasm" to enter
ing kit 100th year,
Officer of the
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I'nlrrraal gerrlra Special Correspondent.
Tha followlnir atory 6y a well-knoan
tuff correspondent tor a London nawa
pitppr purporta to Klva tlia flrat ral atnry
BolvInK th myatery of how T.ord Kit
chener rums to meet hia death In the
smiling of lta Huinpsliim Obviously, the
reaulta of hia Investigation ara given for
what they ar worth at face value.
By GORDON STILES.
Berlin,' March 23. No greater mys
tery has survived the war thar the
sinking of H. M. S. Hampshire, with
Lord Kitchener and his staff on
board, in June of 1916.
For a long time, and even to this
day, you will hear the opinion ex
pressed that Kitchener did not meet
his death when the ship, which was
carrying him to Russia, went down
off the Shetland isles. The story was
that the British war secretary would
reappear before the war would end.
arrangements had been made for him
to disappear for a time at least. Many
bets were laid at Lloyd's in London
that British war secretary would re
appear before the war would end.
The general opinion was held that
the Hampshire had been sunk by an
infernal machine placed inside the
ship as the result of German activity,
That is not true. Bt Kitchener did
die as the result of German activity,
and. after a long and patient investi
gation in Germany during the last
two years, I am able to give the solu
tion of ( the mystery and reveal in
sequence the events which lqd up to
the death of the British war chief.
Ex-Spies Reveal Story.
I have the story from the lips of
certain of the German agents who
were concerned in the plot and the
fact that two independent accounts
which had been given me check per
fectly, in addition to the logical as
pect of the tale, has convinced me of
the truth of the statements made. I
may add that my informers have even
now no idea that their revelation will
see the light of type.
In a little flat in Munchcner
strasse here in . Berlin, I first
came into the knowledge of the as
tonishing story that I am about to
relate, it came to me in bits, in
spired, at first, by sundry nips of
brandy on the part of the narrators,
and later by the confidence bred of
a long series of social evenings when
many ex-agents of the German secret
Soft Drink Bar
Near Shooting
Scene is Closed
Ringer Will Ask That Permit
5 Be Revoked Following In
formation That Liquor
Sold There.
The soft drink parlor of John S.
Kozial, 3232 L street, South Side,
which gained notoriety following the
shooting affray near there the morn
ing of April 10 in which. Joseph
Howard, 717 South Thirty-first
street, was killed and three com
panions wounded, was closed Satur
day by South Side police on definite
information that liquor was being
sold, according to Commissioner
Ringer.
Mr. Ringer said that he w'ould file
a resolution before the city council
Tuesday asking that the permit of the
soft drink parlor be revoked. The
commissioner said that reliable auth
orities had informed him that Kozial
was selling liquor.
The party of youths in the shoot
ing affjray had just left the soft drink
parlor in an automobile when Detec
tive John Herdzina jumped on the
running board of the car and ox
dered them to stop. According to
the detective they refused to obey
the command and began mauling
him. He then fired several shots,
one of which is alleged to have re
sulted in the death of voung Howard.
John Welsh, 3561 Howard street:
Paul Kane, 3106 Marcy street, and
Clifton Hannon, 3424 Jackson street,
were wounded by shots said to have
been fired by Herdzina. Two other
members of the party escaped in
jury. "
Herdzina was bound over to the
district court on a .charge of man
slaughter following his preliminary
hearing.
Broken Trolly Wire
; Causes Near Panic
i
Pandemonium reigned among
pedestrians at Sixteenth and Harney
streets Saturday afternoon when a
"live" trolley wire broke and fell to
the pavement within a few inches of
Traffic Officer Thalen, who narrowly
missed electrocution. The fright
ened crowd fled in all directions as
the wire sputtered and coiled about
the street. ,
VA hurryup call was sent to the
power company headquarters and a
gang of repairmen soon had the wire
in place again.
Governor of Vermont Given
Scott Medal for Invention
Philadelphia, April 23. Governor
James Hartness pt Vermont was the
guest of honor today of the Ameri
can Philosophical society, which will
conclude its three-day general meet
ing here tonight. He was presented
with the John Scott medal, awarded
for useful invention in recognition of
his flat turret lathe, used in making
artillery. The medal is provided for
in a fund established by John Scott
of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dr. H. Neguhu of the Rockefeller
institute told of the fight agiinst yel
low fever, declaring use of vaccine
furnishes a rapid means of eliminat
ing poisons from areas where the dis
ease is epidemic.
High School Banquet
Lodgepolc, Neb., April 23. (Spe
cial.) The annual junior-senior ban
quet of the high .diuul w as held last
fight,
Br Mail it rar). laiiac 41k Zona, Dally SitMw. Ml Dalit Oaly. IS: 8u, 14
Oulilila 4th Zoac (I year). Dally and Sunday, H; Dally Oily. Sit: uaa'ay Oaly. I)
Staff of Lord
Unwittingly
Ended Career of the Warrior
service were present. They have be
come less reticent in regard to their
former activities of late, and are in
clined rather to boast of their deeds
than to conceal them.
Widow of English Officer.
The flat in question Was occupied
by Frau El by Boeckcr, widow of an
English officer who was killed in the
Dardanelles. Frau Boeckcr is a
German woman of the black-haired,
dark type, with brilliant brown eyes
and most attractive in appearance.
She is about 35 years old.
After my husband's death in 1915,
she found herself at loose ends in
London and naturally her nationality
did not tend to make her path easy.
Also her supply of money was fast
becoming exhausted. Nevertheless,
she had a good many friends and
was seen almost nightly at one or
another of the West End restaurants.
One of her especial companions was
Frau Ritz. Needless to say, neither
of these names is that bv which its
owner was known in the British cap
ital. ...
Qni evening at the Cafe Royal, in
Regent street, Frau Boecker was in
troduced to a Spaniard named Al
varez, who appeared to be profundly
impressed by the lady and sought
permission to see her again. A
meeting was arranged in a tiny Soho
house and, after carefully sounding
his companion, Alvarez put it to her
bluntly that he was in German pay
and asked her if she would under
take certain minor work for which
she would be well rewarded. See
ing no other means of a livelihood
at hand,. Frau Boecker consented and
was given 500 marks as a retainer.
Met Another Agent.
Soon she came to know that Frau
Ritz was employed in a similar ca
pacity and often the two would be
assigned to pump British officers
who were home on leave. The sys
tem was the time-honored one of
inducing their prey to drinTi freely
and picking up what they could.
Owing to her dark skin, Frau
Boecker easily posed as a Spanish
woman, while Frau Ritz, who spoke
English without an accent, let it be
understood that she was a native of
England. ,
According to Frau Boecker, it
was Frau Ritz who actually turned
Entries in Elks'
Contests Pour in
Committee' Already Flooded
With Names of Popularity
Contest Candidates.
Entries for the women's popularity
and babies' contests, which will be
conducted at the Elks' indoor circus,
at the Auditorium, May 7 to 14, are
beginning to flood the committee in
charge.
One of the first women to be
nominated was Dr. Jennie Callfas,
903 Mercer Park boulevard. She
was nominated by Judge Willis G.
Sears. Others to be nominated up
to Saturday noon were: Miss Eleanor
Murray, from the Missouri Pacific
railroad company, and Miss Esther
Cunningham, 3210 North T'wenty
first street, an employe of an Omaha
newspaper. '
The contest is scheduled to open
April 30, but , nominations will be
accepted as presented.
Besides the automobile which will
be given to the most popular woman
in Omaha, there will be two diamond
rings given away to the second and
third most popular women.
Through an error it as announced
that a season ticket would allow the
holder to vote on the popularity con
test. Instead, votes for the most
popular women will be sold at 10
cents each, while votes for the baby
contest will sell at 1 cent each.
' There will also be three other
automobiles given away on the last
night of the show, besides the one
to the most popular woman.
The first baby to be nominated
was Robert Walter Nelson, 1-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Nelson, 3136 Haskell street. The
baby was entered on the anniversary
of his birth, April 22.
There will be dancing, six circus
acts and a half dozen, other features
at the circus.
Harding to Officiate
At Memorial Ceremony
Washington, April 23. President
Harding late today will put aside
matters of state to turn up the first
spade of earth in the ground-breaking
ceremonies for the National Bap
tist memorial to Roger Wiiliains and
religious liberty. Prominent Bap
tists from throughout the country
are hcr'e.for the occasion.
The campaign for the erection ot
the memorial was started four years
ago by the joint action of the north
ern and southern Baptists, number
ing more than 7,000,0H), and is ex
pected to cost about $500,000. The
site, a part of which now is occupied
by Immanucl church, was dedicated
a year ago when the Southern Bap
tist convention was in session here.
The building will be of colonial
classic type and in front will be lo
cated a statue of Rbcer Williams.
Extend Train Service on
Burlington to Wymore
Wymore; Neb., April 23. (Spe
cial.) The combination passenger
and freight train which formerly
ran between Fairmont and Endicott
now runs between Fairmont and
Wymore. The train Icavei here at
9 a. m. and the one from Fairmont
arrives at 2:30. The meeting point
is Endicott. at 11:50.
Feeling High in Fiuuie
. Fiume, April 23. Feeling is run
ning high in connection with the
local elections to be held Sunday
and four bombs were exploded to
day, injuring several persons.
Kitchener,
Gave Tip to
the trick in the Kitchener case and
it came about in this manner:
A certain officer of Lord Kitchen
er's staff became violently infatuated
with Frau Ritz and for many
months before the sinking of the
Hampshire the pair were together
almost every evening. The officer
in question will not be named be
cause he went to the bottom with
his chief and no good purpose
would be served by disclosing his
identity.
Was Indiscreet When Drunk.
However, it is certain that when
he had bcen drinking he was in
clined to be indiscreet and many a
useful bit of military' information
was dropped into eager ears and
thus conveying to Alvaret or some
one designated by him for its re
ception. And at last a hint was
dropped that the war secretary
was planning a long trip abroad.
Kitchener's destination was not
mentioned at first and both Frau
Ritz and Frau Boecker were too
clever to ask questions, but the fact
that the officer had said he would
be separated from his friends for
some time made it clear that Kitch-,
ener was bound for somewhere be
sides France. When this was re
ported to one of Alvarez's lieuten
ants, he became intensely interested
and cautioned the women to use the
utmost tact in the matter and to
concentrate upon obtaining de
tailed information in regard to
Kitchener's proposed journey.
So well were his instructions fol
lowed that, on a June evening, in
the Imperial restaurant, London, the
staff officer actually told his. com
panions that he was to accompany
his chief to Russia, and named the
date as well as the ship and point of
departure. All of which was' passed
on before the next morning.
Tried to Correct Story.
Evidently the officer realized next
morning that he had made an indis
creet admission because he made it
a point to invite his two friends out
that evening and mentioned that
Kitchener was going to Italy, giving
tne same date that he had set the
night before for the departure from
iscapa 1'Iow tor Russia. But the two
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Prowler Routed
From Basement
By Lone Woman
Intruder, Who rAttempls to
Gag Intended Victjin, Flees
In Haste as She
Kicks Him.
Alone and unarmed, Mrs. Lottie
Milbone, 28, 4646 Nicholas street,
repulsed a prowler who had entered
the basement of her home late Satur
day afternoon and landed several
well-aimed kicks which put the in
truder to flight.
Mrs. Milbone had returned to her
home after a trip downtown. WTien
she went to the basement an un
identified man leaped out from be
hind a post and attempted to gag
her with a strip of cloth.
"I want your jewelry and I'll get
it," the man said, according to Mrs.
Milbone.
As he attempted to gag her, the
woman put up a desperate fight, in
flicting severe scratches on the
prowler's face and kicking him in a
vital spot. . ?
With a howl of pain, the man re
leased her and fled at top speed from
the basement. Mrs. Milbone said
that he limped as he ran and she be
lieves he will bear the marks of the
encounter for several days.
Police were summoned by the
woman, who gave them a good de
scription of the prowlor. Officers
are confident that they will arrest the
man within a few hours.
Mrs. Milbone's husband, -who is a
plumber, was absent at the time of
the attack.
Raiders Attack Irish
Barracks; One Killed
Dublin. April 23. (By The As
sociated Press.) The police and mil
itary barracks in Kilrush. county
Clare, were attacked last midnight
by a large party of armed men and
a fight ensued which lasted three
hours, in which one police sergeant
was killed and two soldiers wound
ed. The attackers withdrew with
out capturing either barracks. '
Two hundred raiders held un a
j train between Glaslough and Mon-
aghan, made prisoners of the. train-
men and set fire to the train. The
1 fireman was forced to set the train
in motion and jump. The train,
with no one on it ran half an hour
before stopping.- A large quantity
of flour meal, groceries and machin
ery on the train was destroyed and
the mail bags stolen.
Nicaragua Quits League
Due to Very Heavy Expense
Managua, Nicaragua, April 23.
a icaragua has given up its member
ship in the league of nations, this
step 'being due to the expense at
taching to the holding of a place in
that organization. Announcement
that the government was considering
withdrawal was made some time ago.
The Weather
Forecast.
Showers and cooler Sunday.
Hourly Temperature.
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TEN CENTS
Mother of
Defendant
Collapses
Excitement Runs High in
Thedford Court Where Ex.
County Treasurer Faces
Emhezzlcment Charge.
Big Shortage A 1 1 e g e d
Thedford, Neb., April- 23. A
prairie fire alarm and the collapse in
the courtroom of Mrs. Heilman, aged
mother of J. L. Heilman, former.
Thomas county treasurer, on trial for,
embezzling $15,000 in county funds,
furnished additional excitement for
the packed courtroom, in the closing,
hours of trial here.
It is a peculiar coincidence that '
Heilman's father lost his life in a
prairie fire near here in 1916,
Shortaffei Charred.
A shortage of $11,732.59 exists on
Heilman's books from 1916 until his
resignation, November 3, 1920, ac
cording to George Anthes, state
examiner.
A shortage of $5,800 was dis
covered by C, D. Robinson, stata
examiner and formerly county treas
urer at Red Cloud, before the burn
ing of the courthouse, the night of
October 14, 1920, Robinson testified,
but Heilman replaced that amount.
He was overdrawn something like
$4,000 in salary at that time also,
Robinson said. - 1
Owned Two Cars.
Anthes accounted for errors by
overcharge of commissions on school,
district money, crediting rather than
debiting moneys transferred to road
and school district funds, and to a
payment of $721.58 on taxes on cat
tle. Testimony showed Heilman
used county money to finance the
Loup River Telephone company and
that he owned two cars.
Heilman himself took the stand in
his own defense. He conceded the
$5,800 shortage, which he said he re
placed when requested to do so by
Examiner Robinson and admitted
he had overdrawn his salary. He
said he thought he had a right to
draw ahead on his salary and ex
pected to put back what he had over
drawn. He remained unmoved throughout
the hearing, even when his mother
was carried fainting from the room.
Checks Turned Over.
- N. J. Wirz, who replaced Heilman
as county treasurer, testified that tha
defendant turned over to him $40 in
personal taxes and checks on fouf
a uuuiaa vvuuij uailRS 3 1UUUW9I
1742.85, Thedford bank; $2,84430,
Citizens State bank, Thedford
$3,200, Stockmens bank, Seneca, and
$2,698.40 on the Seneca State bank
which latter check was not honored,
and postage worth $27.36, making a
total of $9,554.92. The check on th
State bank at Seneca was later re
placed by a new check for $1,638,401
or $1,060 less than the first on
given. The total amount received
by the new treasurer totaled
$8,489.52.
W. A. Prince, Grand Island attOM
ney, is conducting the ease for thsj
state.
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German Reply to Last
American Note on Way;
U. S. Officials Sflent
Washington, April 23. Germany's'
new note to the United States on
the reparations question had not ar v
rived in Washington tonight a ''
though press dispatches from .Be5
lin said it was dispatched during th
day. ;
Officials at the State department,',
in abscence of the official text, 4t
clined to comment on a Berlin dis
patch received by way of London -saying
that Germany had rejected
the proffer of President Harding and
Secretary Hughes to take under con
sideration any reparations 1 plan
made by Germany with a view to
bringing it to the attention of tha
allies.
One thing appeared certain in con
nection with the reparations quen
tion so far as concerns Washington
That was that should a reply b
considered necessary to' the new
German note the nature of the re
ply would be laid before the diplcw
matic representatives of the allied
governments before its dispatch.
Omaha Men to Attend Big
Chamber of Commerce Meet
Robert S. Trimble, president, J,
David Larson, commissioner, J. A
Sunderland, Henry A. Thompson
and David Cole will represent the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce at
the ninth annual convention of the
United States Chamber of Commerce
which is to be held at Atlantic City
April 26-29.
The meeting has been called to
discuss questions of public interest
particularly business methods in
government and less government
management of business.
Printers to Discuss 44-IIour
Week With Davis Next WceK
Washington. April 23. Officers of'
the International Typographical
union have engagements with Secre.
tary Davis of the Department of La
bor for a conference next Tuesday,
Information here is that they wish
to discuss the movement for a 44
hour week for printers.
Motorists Cross Andes
Santiago, Chile. April 23. Several
Argentine automobilists have ar
rived here from liahia Blauca after
having crossed the Andes by the
soul hern pass, the distance covered
by the party being about 1,100 miles.
The journey was taken for the pur
nose ot cni'ouracing motor com
mur.icatioii between the .Atlantic j
and Pacific . coasts of South j
Amenta.
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