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Daily Bee MA HA 1JHK J VOL. 50 NO. 283, (tart Swornf-Clau Mtter Way 21, I9M. t Omaha f. 0. Under Act of March 3. 18T9. OMAHA, FRIDAY, . MAY 13, 1921. Until Jiim 29. by Mall (I YD, Dally 4 Sun.. J7.50: Dally Only. : Sun.. UM 0utildt4th Zona (I yair). Dally and Sunday. SIS: Dally Only, tlf: Sunday Only, IS THREE CENTS .S.ToKeen Clear From All Tangles Administration Replies to Criticism of Senators Who Feared Outcome of Euro pean Conferences. Situation Is Now Easier By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Trlbunc-Omaha life Leased Wire, Washington. May 12. The Hard ing administration wants it to be dis tinctly understood that the resump tion ot American representation in allied councils is not going to involve or entangle the United States in af fairs of purely European concern. For example, when the settlement of the Silcsian boundary question is taken up by the supreme council. v.,olonrl Jtarvey, the .American am bassador to Great Britain, who has been delegated to represent the presi dent. in that body, will not participate in the discussion. The Silesian and si! other boundary questions are regarded by the admin istration as matters of purely Euro pean concern, it was stated authorita tively on behalf of the : administra tion. It has been the traditional -American polity, it was pointed out, to refrain from participation in European affairs of no concern to the United States and the president may be relied upon to carry out his pledge to disentangle the nation from such participation at variance with this policy as would have resulted from unqualified acceptance of the Ver sailles treaty. , - . i Reply to Criticism. This is the answer of the adminis tration to those republican senators who have been criticizing the presi dent for resuming representation in allied councils and have been utter ing jriv.ve forebodings of the en tanglements in European affairs to which s,uch a policy they thought would be sure to lead. The administration takes note also ef certain senatorial suspicions that the president's step represents a covert effort to carry the nation.be-. yond the line of disentanglement from European affairs to which the republican party is committed and in volve us in the settlement of Euro pean questions .that would make withdrawal difficult. , The administration pronounces these fears and suspicions whollv i i , i, ii i , , r- e in inn - rx . r i n n mi-o them so, made known its intention to take no part in the Settlement of the Siles'art 'situation. ; - v-Jlns disclosure f policy tends to J rllmn tlx. K.lif 4l,ot tl,o o.l . . , . f " . t erwriting any of the boundary pro- iiiiic-i(-ii-ii iiaa lit iiv-'un VJ i ,iii- i istons ot the V crsail lies, treaty ana that if any part ,of,thc treaty is ac cepted it-will be mainly the eco nomic sectioh's. . -Fear Future Move. The principal fear of the irrecon cilable senators has been that the administration is proceeding with the intention ii resubmitting the Versailles treaty eventually for rat ification with reservations. "They were inclined to look upon the re sumption of representation in the allied councils as a step in this di rection, particularly as it- is well known that several of the most in fluential members of the cabinet arc III latui v a-v-iu-i-. v. treaty with reservations. x- , Some of the irreconcilable lead ers lost no time in sounding Presi dent Harding as to his intentions ana reponeu incy nau .k-wivtu suranees from the executive that he does-not contemplate a resubmis sion of the Versailles treaty. ' What the, president apparently has in mind, according to this report of his views, is the negotiation of treaties with Germany and the al lies embodying such provisions of ihe Versailles, treaty as the United States is willing to accept. . The surrender of Germany to the allied on the reparations terms has cased the situation produced by the criticism - of the administration .in the senate because it has removed, fnr ihe time hem? at kast, the pos- ibilitv of involving the r United States in the reparations settlement ' vfyp sv Princess Fuueral To Be Held at Sharin, Pa. Shariu. Pa.. May 12. The body of Powonia Miller, gvpsy princess, draped in a silk and satin burial robe, today rested on a catafalque in a tent mortuary awaiting burial late this afternoon. Among the mourners , was the 84-year-old father of ' Powonia, Louis Mitchell of Chicago, known as the king of all American gypsies. t Shortly after daybreak the mourn ers, seated on the ground in the vicinitv of the bier, partook of the solemn funeral breakfast. They were bareheaded and following tra dition bad been neither washed nor havH for three davs. ' ' Three. Given Life Sentences For Murder During Hold Up Toledo. O... May 12. Three men were Sentenced today to life im prisonment ' in the penitentiary for ' murder in a holduo in which the amount taken from the victim was 38 - t On April 2 last Edward Smith, a laborer, was held -up while riding a bicycle to work. -Before suc cumbing to a blow on the head Smith is said to have feiven the names pf his attackers, two of whom were his neighbors. French End Preparations For Occupation or Ruhr sociatcd Press.) General Degoulte. commander of the allied forces on the Rhine, arrived here this moraine from Mayence and immediately VflUllCU ,11-. . ... v.. - " lion of the Ruhr cease. It was intimated, however, that the jbrder said "operation has been post- n .nhi,lti h9nti-int Bryan to Run for Senate-But Where? "BroUier Charles" Professes Ignorance of Plans of W; J." Florida Expects Him to Be Candidate There Nebraska Democrats Talk of Him Here. Is William J. B.ryan going to be a candidate for United State senator? And if so, where will be be a candi datein Florida or in Nebraska? Democrats in Nebraska have heard rumblings lately that Bryan may try to wrest a renomination from Sena tor Hitchcock in the democratic pri maries next year. But democrats in Florida arc said to be all agog over the report that Bryan plans to become a candi date in that state. - Brother Charles Cautious. Charles- W. Bryan of Lincoln, brother, of the three-time candidate for the presidency, told The Bee by long-distance telephone last night that there's nothing in either report- yet; that is, not as far as he knows. He insisted upon adding that signifi cant phrase, "as far as I know." In times past, Brother Charles has not always been so cautions. When he is cautions, knowing democrats begin to look for a big wind; the rent of cyclone cellars in domestic neighborhood rises. "Mr. Bryan is still a citizen of Ne braska," said Brother Charles, "in answer to a question as to the Florida candidacy. "But do you know whether or not he is considering a change?" he was asked. "Why, he would have to make some public announcement of a change of residence in order to make it legally effective," countered "C, L W." "Has he any such intention?" per sisted the interviewer. Woman Sought for Death of Husband Held in Honolulu Lyda Meyer, 28, Charged With Slaying Fourth Mate at Twin Falls, Idaho, in September, 1920. Salt Lake City, May 12. Lyda Meyer, charged with the murder of her . fourth husband, Edward F. Mever, at Twin Falls, Idaho, Sep tember 7, 1920, was arrested at Homdulu today, according to a dis patch received by the Salt Lake Telegram, V. 11. Ormsby, deputy sheriff of Twin Falls, at present in T im Ai7.-p1.i v.aii! that he was avait- ing extradition papers being pre pared at Twin Falls to bring her back to Idaho for trial. . The deputy sheriff also: intormed the paper that Mrs. Meyer married Vincent Southard of the U. S. S. Chicago November 20, last. Prosecuting 'Attorney Frank L. Steohaai of Twin Falls county, TfiaK,-, -eoirl Al Southard's matri monial record was being investigated for the purpose ot determining me cause and responsibility for the deaths of three other .husbands, an infant child by Robert Dooley, her first hirsbaud and Dooley's brother, Edward. Insurance in which Mrs. South ard was the beneficiarv, was car ried on the lives of all five men. Stephan said, and of which she is said to have collected at least $9,s00. Mrs. Southard, who is 28 years old, worked for a time as a waitress at Twin Falls after Meyer's death. She departed for California last winter. Her. parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Truebloo'd, who live on a farm at Kimberly, Twin Falls county. Evidence of Poison. Presecutor Stephan said he had in bis possession evidence which would establish that poison caused deaths of Robert C. Dooley, Wil liam G. McHaffie, Harlan C. Lewis and Eward F. Meyer, respectively her first, second, third and fourth husbands, and Edward Dooley, brother of her first husband. Ste phan said the bodies of these mien had been exhumed and the contents of their stomachs analyzed by Her man Harms and Edwin F. Roden baugh, state chemists, respectively of Idaho and Utah, and that a dead ly poison had been found. The (Turn to Tage Twn, Column Thref.) Industrial Executives to . Hold 3-Day Conference Pittsburgh, Pa., May 1 12. A na tional ! conference of industrial ex ecutives will be held at East, Aurora. N. Y., May 26-27-28 by the Industrial Cost association, it was announced here today by A. A. Alles, national secretary. ' ' Qi-n,i nf ihp stiliiects to be dis- cussed are "Measuring Human Cost" and "Uniform Cost systems ana Their Weaknesses." ' The conference will work out a plan n-lmn-Kv manufacturer who does ; not know his cost can receive assist ance from other manufacturers. Some Dreams Come True We often read of some incident where chance played a large part in a person securing something they greatly desired. But, more often we hear of cases where the individ ual who wanted something obtained it by going out and working, for it. The He!p Yourself Club combines both of these ele ments and is therefore most interesting. See the particulars of the offer on page 5. "Well, not insofar as I know," said C. W. Bryan. "Me hasn t tola Of course, 1 don t know ever he has in his mind. C. W. Brvan was equally is of his brother's plans in Ncbralk "the election is a long way be said. "'XV. !.' was here Sunday, but we didn't discuss it. , Present information from demo cratic politicians is that no one of the Bryan wing of the party cares to contest Senator Hitchcock's renomi nation unless Bryan himself tries it. Many Bryan democrats and many farmers, who were aroused by Hitchcock's refusal to vote for agri cultural relief legislation desired by farmers' organizations, have ex pressed hopes that "V. J." will offer nimsclf. Campaign Started. -Senator Hitchcock's newspaper re cently revived a campaign of unfa vorable publicity directed against the Bryan family. It even printed two stories on the front page of a single issue recently, both telling of Brother Charles"defcat for selection as mayor of Lincoln. Ordinarily one story on a given subject is considered suffi cient in most newspapers. Stories that W. J. Bryan plans to be a candidate for senator from Florida include statements that be has made inquiry as- to the steps necessary to establish a legal resi dence there. He owns a fine estate near Miami and has lived there much of the time the last few years. A year's residence is sufficient to be come a citizen of the state. Battle Raffing in The Mountains Of West Virginia Fighting on Kentucky Border Reported to Be Severest in History of Coal Mining Region. ' - ,i Charleston, W. Va 'May 12. Governor Morgan tonight responded to the reqiest of county officials'of Mingo county and asked the Waf department for federal troops to restore order in Mingo county. Williamson. W. Va.. May 12.--A gun battle on ihe West Virginia Kentucky border in tjie vicinity of Merriraac and . Spring, . adjacent mining towns, was reported -to Sheriff Pinson of Mingo county to day. One man is reported killed and reports to the sheriff indicat: that the battle still is in progress. The man reported killed is said to be, Harry Staten, a former magis trate and a witness for the state in the Matewan gun fight trial earl this year. He is said to have bcot shot while standing m front of his store at Sprigg. - The fighting is said to be the se verest in the history of Mingo county .and Sheriff Pinson is sum moning a number of special depu ties for immediate service at the two towns. ' A later report stated that Merri mac also was being fired on from the Kentucky side. Capt. J. R. Brockus and a squad of state police were reported hemmed in by firing parties at Merrimac. It is' reported that the slate po lice's supply of. ammunition is low. Captain Brockus has 10 men at Mer rimac and in addition there .are six deputies there. Norfolk & Western passenger train No. 8, which left Williamson shortly after noon, was reported fired on by men concealed in the mountains when it stopped at Mer rimac. Six state police, who have been on duty east of Thacker. reached Wil liamson" this afternoon. " They de scribed the firing at Sprigg as a "continual roar." They added that the fire came from houses and ether places in the village as well as from the mountain side. Goodyear Company To Be Reorganized ' Columbus, O., May 12. Incorpora tion articles providing for reorganiza tion of the Goodyear.Tire and Rubber company, Akron, O., with $150,000, 000 of preferred capital stock and 1,500,000 shares of non-par common stock, were filed today with the sec retary of state. , ,- The. 'reorganization plan provides for $30,000,000 8 per cent, 20 year first mortgage bonds and $30,000,000 8 per cent 10 year debentures. The preferred stock is divided into thre classes: $40,000,000 8 per cent prior preferred; $100,000,000 7 per cent ordinary preferred and $10,000, 000 6 per cent management preferred. i In all there are 2,910,000 shares r- e t r i i oi uoin classes or siock. , Twenty-Six Attacks Made on Crown Forces During Week Dublin, May 12. There were 26 attacks on the crown' forces in Ire land during the last week resulting in 28 casualties, of which 18 were mortal, says the official weekly sum mary of conditions issued here to day. There were 73 courts martial, re sulting in 58 convictions. Another hcadquarter's report says that an engagement occurred between troops and "military reb els" near Kilbrittain, County Cork, in which one of the rebels was killed and six captured: The crown forces suffered no casualties. Bidders for Reformatory. Lincoln, May 12. Special Tele gram.) Superior and Ogallala are I new bidders for the new .$300,000 istate reformatory, the state board of I control announced, V " ' njjasr Cabinet of Germany Ner Fall itfu Government arfTeeling Blows From Political Hammers of Op posing Parties. Collapse Expected Soon By GEORGE SELDES. ( lilcaKo Tribune ( able. Copyright, 1921. Berlin. .May 12. (Ry Wireless.) All political hammers are out and the new German coalition govern ment, which was not built out of the strongest materials anyway, is al ready feeling the blows. There is every indication that Chancellor Wirth's cabinet will crack shortly and probably collapse. The cabinet is now standing on three legs, the Catholics, socialists and democrats. But the democrats are already wobbly and inasmuch as it is a minority government, depend ing on the good will of the inde pendent socialists and others, its life is not expected to last very long. Dr. Cuno, a director of the Hamburg-American line, has been' offered the foreign ministership, but his re fusal is expected. Dr. Cuno is on bis way to the United States and by the time he reaches New York the cabinet probably will have collapsed, thus making his decision worthless. Meanwhile, the junker nationalist and conservative newspapers are at tacking Dr. Wirth for signing away Germany's liberties and worldly pos sessions. The papers say acceptance of the allied ultimatum means slav ery. Some say that France will oc cupy the Ruhr basin within five months anyway. - Girl Killed By Auto While on Way From School Only Child of Street Car Con ductor Struck own by Car About to Park; Say Acci dent Unavoidable. Alice Elizabeth Dauford, 7, only child of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Danford, 3927 South Twenty-fourth street, South Side, sustained injuries from.which she died 15 minutes later when she was knocked to the pave ment bv an automobile driven by Walter "W. Fisher, dry gdods mer chant, 2210 T street, shortly after 3 yesterday afternoon. The accident occurred on E street between Twentv-fourth and Twenty fifth as Mr. Fisher was about to park his car near the Grace M. E. church, where the Sunday school convention is Icing held, preparatory to taking a lead of children on a parade. Head Strikes Pavement. According to witnesses, Alice, who was roller skating on her way home from the Lincoln sclioot, was struck by the left side of the car and knocked doVvn, the back of her head striking the pavement.- Frederika King, 5, 2316 E street, was on her way home with Alice, each of the girls using one of a pair of roller skeites. Fisher picked up the injured girl and rushed her to her home, where she died from concussion 'of the brain before doctors arrived. Mrs. W. B. Routt, 3902 - South Twenty-fourth street; Mrs. F. W. Ingersoll, 2731 B street, and Rev. C, C. Wilson, pastor of Grace M. L. church, who witnessed the accident from the church steps, said that it was unavoidable on the part of the driver. ' Driver Grief-Stricken. Fisher, who is proprietor of a dry goods store at 4814 South Twenty fourth street, is grief-stricken. "I didn't see the little girl until she screamed," he said. He was arrested on a charge of reckle4s driving and released on $2,500 bond. His hearing was set for Saturday morning. Mr. Danford, father of the victim, is a conductor -on the South Side street car lines. The mother is prostrated. ' . ' The coroner was notified of the accident and an inquest probably will be held today. Constantinople Declared Neutral by Ally Commission Paris, May 12. Allied high com missioners, generals and admirals have decided to proclaim the neutral ity of Constantinople, the Bosphorui and the Dardanelles while the war fare between Turkey and Grce e continues, says a Havas- dispatch from the Turkish capital. As a consequence Greece will be unable to use Constantinople as a base any longer. Kansas City Police Seek Chinese Merchant's Slayer Kansas City, May 12. Pol'.ce here today are searching for'an unknown Chinese, who last night entered the haberdashery store of S. K. Young, also Chinese, and shot him to death and wounded seriously, Young's 10-months-old daughter, who was in his arms. According to friends Young came here from San Francisco last Sep tember. Views of Fremont. The roto section of The Sunday Bee will contain a full page of view's of Fremont, Neb, This is the first of a series of views taken in the larger cities of Nebraska that will be accorded a place in the only roto issued by a Ne braska newspaper showing home views. New York Police Use Woolworth Tower As Lookout for Yeggmen New York, May 12. The Wool worth tower has been unsuccessfully used by the police, equipped with field glasses as a lookout for safe robbers, it became known today when the robbery of six safes in the Gibbs building was reported to po lice headquarters. The theives escaped with money and jewelry of unknown value. The visit was one of a series in w hich in the last three weeks have puzzled detectives and in which 22 safes, all within the shadow of the world's tallest building have been attacked. While the total thefts are not ex pected to be large, the victims re ported that the safes had been damaged to the extent of $15,000. in every instance, thoy explained, the robbers had entered the building be fore the workers left for the day. and at night went about the task of opening the strong boxes. Tot of Gold" Is Traced to Kitchen OfBergdollHome Former Servant Tells of Mak ing Trip to Washington to Get Coin for Paper Currency. ChirnKO Tribune -Omnliu Bee i.tei Wire. Washington. May 12. The mys terious $100,000 pot of gold around which revolves the circumstances leading to the escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the millionaire draft dodger, was traced by the house investigating committee to the kitchen table in the Bergdoll home in Philadelphia. Within a day or. two the commit tee hopes to get closer to the present location of the treasure and estab lish definitely whether the story of the burying of the gold in the moun tains near Hagerstown was merely a hoax to enable Bergdoll to 'escape from serving his sentence for draft dodging. James E. Romig, better known as the "judge." the round-faced and jovial handy man of the Bergdoll family for the past 27 years, was the principal witness at today's hearing. Romig was present in the Bergdoll residence in Philadelphia when Berg doll made his escape. He told how. in the fall of 1919, he c line to Washington from Phil adelphia in an automobile with Mrs. Ennr-a C. Bergdoll, mother of the escaped slacker, with numerous bundles of gold certificates and ob tained the gold coin which figures in the cas.e. "'"Rornig "did not know' where' Mrs.' Bergdoll got the bills, he said. The first he saw of the bills was at the Bergdoll residence. ; Made Two Trips. On one occasion. Romig said, he and Mrs. Bergdoll carried $45,000 in gold to Philadelphia. Later they took $60,000 more. It was done up in bags of $5,000 each. When they arrived at the Bergdoll residence, he helped Mrs. Bergdoll carry the gold into the kitchen, he said. The last he ever saw of the money was when it w-as standing unguarded on the kitchen table, he said. He never even heard of it again until Berg doll, then a prisoner at Fort Jay. told him the War department was going to parole him long enough to go hunting for gold. Bergdoll was described as "a Coward" and as having "a yellow streak" by John J. O'Connor, an agent of the Department of Justice who captured Bergdoll when he was first eluding the draft law. O'Connor told the committee that the common impression that Berg- (Turn to P(te Two, Column Three.) Germany's Acceptance ; Of Terms Stimulates Inquiries on Trade , Washington, May ' 12. Germany's acceptance of the allied reparation demands has stimulated interest of American business possibilities in Germany. . There has been a marked increase in - the . inquiries reaching the State department con cerning trade restrictions, to which Secretary Hughes has replied that except a few articles and a few re strictions.' Americans may carry on trade with German houses freely. The same feeling apparently -was felt in reports to allied capitals in exchange conditions. Reports made to administration of ficers of the allied plan for the col lection of reparations caused them to declare that they could see no se rious flaws in it. Florence Nightingale's Memory Celebrated in U. S. Washington, May 12. The birth day of Florence Nightingale, pioneer in modern nursing, was celebrated today for the first time as a "national hospital day" in neatly 8.000 hos pitals throughout the United States. Those who cannot visit their dis abled soldier relatives or friends in these hospitals today might "say it with flowers or smokes," the public health service bulletin suggested. Professional Applauders in Buenos Aires Want Union Buenos Aires, May 12. Claqueurs, boys and men whose vocation is to create applause in the Buenos Aires theaters, have demanded the right to be unionized as a regular part of theatrical profession. Authors are accused of owing a debt of gratitude to their 'humble supporters. Norway Plans to Secure Loan in United States Copenhagen, May 12. Norway has received assurances of obtaining a government loan of 150,000,000 kroner in New York, it is under- istood in'Danijh.financiaLcircles,. V, "Life For a Life" Asked by Nebraska For Slaying of Stale Prison Guard; Striking Officers Are Replaced Negro Is Calm as Information Charging First Degree Murder Is Read To Him. "God UnjujstJ His Plaint Lincoln, May 12. (Special.) Ne braska today took its first step in exacting a "life, for a life" when James L. King, negro convict and self-confessed murderer, who stabbed R. L. Taylor, penitentiary guard, to death last night, was taken,, to the Lancaster county district court this afternoon, where information charging him with the deliberate, premeditated murder of the guard, was served on him. Officers first planned to arraign King before-a district judge, but dis covered that the Nebraska law de manded that a man be given 24 hours after information is served on him to decide whether or not he shall plead guilty. Before being taken to the Lancaster county court house, King, shackled and handcuffed to Warden W. T. Fenton, was taken to the office of State Sheriff Gus Hyers. Admits Killing Guard. There he admitted killing .Taylor as the latter was watching prisoners as they marched to supper. "He didn't say a word as I drew the knife across his throat and slashed the jugular vein," King said. "He started up the stairs and I sprang after him and stabbed him in the back. Then he fell. "I went to my cell and waited." "My God. King, you are a .brute. Don't you believe in a God and a hereafter?" Warden Fenton asked. "If there is a God he isn't a just God or he would have given me more sense and wouldn't have made a brute out of me," King replied, n Officers scoff at King's plea of inferior mental caliber. King, they say, is one of the smartest negroes in the penitentiary and his ignorance lies in his alleged degenerate mind in holding a grudge and planning revenge. Death, they say, was : courted by him and. was a constant thought on his mind, while in other respects, he was above the average. Wanted .to Die. . " Officers stated today that one mo tive King had for killing the guard was t& iusurchis own death. They -say that he told them he wanted to die and had tried to take his own" life with au overdose of aspirin while in prison. "I dreaded pain and couldn't get j enough nerve to kill myself in. a j sure way," King said. I According- to a theory held by officers, Kink insured his o'wn death and at the same time settled a i grudge against the guard ' who a j few days ago reported King for (Turn to Page Two, Column Two.) Protest Defeat of Bryan for Mayor Recall Proposed in Lincoln Because of Election of -7 Zehrung By Council. Lincoln, Neb., May 12. (Special Telegram.) Black-frocked minis ters, workingmen in overalls and numerous women, forming a crowd estimated at 200, met here tonight in protest, at the action of the city commissioners in . electing Frank Zehrung mayor instead of Charles W. Bryan, who polled a .higher, vote in the election. The meeting branded the action of the council as reverting to feud alism and a disfranchisement of the voters of Lincoln, who, they claim ed, had indicated their choice for mayor,- The meeting advocated the recall of all of the present commissioners-' and -the naming of an entire new slate. A report was made that several hundred names had been obtained on petitions protesting the action of the council. It 'was decided to con tinue circulating the petitions of pro test pending a legal ruling on the recall. It was decided that this method would give the best indi cation of the sentiments of the vot ers on the recall. Pilot and Passenger Die -When Plane Falls to Earth La'wton. Okl.. May 12. Sgt. Algoti Bloomauist. 23. and C. 'E. McCullough. 45, cotton broker of Oklahoma City, were killed and Sgt. iB. Grogan. Atlanta. Ga., 22, was probably fatally injured in an airplane accident near the military reservation at. Fort Sill, Okl., late 'yesterday. A tail spin is be lieved to have been the cause of the accident. . Bloomquist has a sis ter in New Mexico, his army ac quantance said. Motorman Stops Street car . To Rescue Tot From River Ogdcm Utah, May 12. Stopping his street car on the Ogden river bridge at noon today, W.- J. Johan scn, a motorman, plunged into the swollen stream and swam out with Victor Marshall, 2, who had fallen intn the river while playing. The child was unconscious when rescued, but was revived by the motorman. Heads Randolph Schools. Randolph, Neb.. Ma.v 12. (Spe cial.) Superintendent Edwards of the Stapleton schools has been elect ed superintendent of the Randolph schools at a salary pf $3,000 a year, Convict Killed Guard As Plan for Suicide i Robert L. Taylor. James B. King, Vote on Tincher Grain Measure in Representative Walsh Blocks Action by Demanding Read ing of Engrossed Copy First Business Today. Washington. May 12. A final vote on the Tincher bill to regulate dealings in grain futures was block ed by Representative Walsh, repub lican, Massachusetts, Who demanded a reading of an engrossed copy of the bill, which was not available. Vote on passage, however, had been ordered by the house and it will be the first order of business tomor row. -. . " , Representative Tincher, republi can, Kansas, author of the measure, said he was confident it would be passed despite evidence of opposition which crept out during consideration of the proposal today. Opponents contended it would authorize un warranted governmental interfer ence in business and declared many of the provisions were too drastic. Proponents held that ; the measure would check manipulation of grain prices and would prove beneficial to farmers. Amendments offered were either' voted down or ruled out on points of order. Several making minor changes, however, were approved. Favorable action was advocated by Representative -Mondcll, republican leader,, who declared that "it meets the expectations of those who desire to stop gambling in the grain mar kets and , does not unduly curtail those operations which are essen tial, to the welfare of farmers. Representative Blanton, democrat, Texas, declared that the bill would license gambling in grain and Rep resentative ' Jefferis, republican, Ne braska, asserted ' the proposal was camouflage that "won't help the farmer." - General Strike Looms in Mexico; Phone Men Walk Out . Mexico City, May; 12. Threats of a general strike,' here are being made in connection with the walkout of virtually all the employes of the Ericsson Telephone company last week. Telephone communication is seriously crippled and the strikers are alleged to have cut various lines leading into the suburbs. Jugo-Slavs to Prevent Meet Of Peasants of Croatia Vienna. May T2. A peasant's con gress called for, the purpose of pro claiming a Croatian republic, will meet in Agram next Monday, says a Belgrade dispatch received here. The lueo-Slav eovernmcnt. nnon j learning of the proposed meeting, or- oerea tnat measures be taken to prevent it. The Weather , Forecast. Friday fair; not much change j iv. tuiJti ti ui Hourly Temperatures. . m. it ; l p. ni n. m .,H ! 3 p. m . . . . . m 51 T a p. m. . . . . m 5? I 4 p. m. . ... a. m AN K p. ni a. m H I j p. m , . . . ft .Hit .SJ B.I .A4 .83 . .60 m ..,,, . . I 1 p. m. SMB.. jius.... ,...' I 8 V. B. Delayed Volunteers Come to Aid of Warden When Guards Walk Out No Out- break Attempted. Demand Shorter Hours Lincoln. 'May ,12. (Special Tele nrain.) Sufficient guards will be or. duty ' tomorrow to offset the 11 guards who struck this morning at the state penitentiary following the murder of Robert. L. Taylor, r. guard, last night by James B. King, a negro prisoner. "Not a one of those fellows will ever work in this prison again while 1 am .warden," Warden W. T. Fen ton said tonight. "Thanks to the loyalty of Lincoln people ;ind my friends in the state we will have 11 more guards on duty tomorrow. In fact, it wasn't more than four hours after the strike until men had applied for the job." Although the strike occurred at a time when the 632 prisoners were ex cited, nervous and apprehensive over the murder, there wasn't at any time during the day any ostensible attempt to make a break. The warden promptly ordered that all visitors be barred for the day and some of th-: farm work was curtailed.. Trouble Was Expected. After being up all night clearing up , the murder. Warden Fenton, who suspected that perhaps trouble, which he knew had been brewing for some time, might break out, went to the dormitory where the guards slept at 6:30 this morning. He faced 14 guards. One of them aired their de mands: Shorter hours, time off to match Sunday work; guarantee of frequent search of negro prisoners. "I am running this prison," the warden said. "Those who want to work, follow me. The prisoners are going to breakfast this morning in an . orderly fashion, the same as usual." , . Three men followed him. The others remained in the dormitory, until an bout later Warden Fenton ordered them to pack their grips and leave. For a short time there were enly ' two men on the prison walls. Later, other guards volunteered . to work overtime and in a few hours most of the routine of the prison was under way as usual. Places Are Filled. Deputy United States Marshal Tom Carroll and State Sheriff Hyers hureied to the prison and aided for a short time. Bookkeepers dropped their books and shouldered rifles and ex-Deputy Warden Harmon ap peared ready to help out the warden. The local post of the American Le gion also offered its services. The guards are said to resent the prison base ball games, which, it is alleged, they claim makes them work overtime. ', The striking guards are: E. L. King. J. Auch, M. O'Donnell, J. M. McNcal, J. IT. O'Donnell. J. Chris tensen, IT. Shukoff. M. Squires E. Truatt, A. V. Fisher and W. A. Pickens. Later in the day J. Rice and Henry Pillard turned in their resignations, which were promptly accepted by the warden. i Guards receive from $60 to $100 a month, with board and room free. Warden Fenton was at a neighbor ing town attending a funeral yester day when the murder occurred. He arrived in Lincoln a few hours later m answer to a telephone call. Woman With Broken Hip Lies Unaided for 2 Hours in Her Home Suffering excruciating- pain from a fractured, hip received when she lost her. balance and fell from the top step of a stepladder while doicg her spring housecleaning, Mrs. J. S Reynolds, 1801 Avenue A, Councii Bluffs, lay for two hours on the floor in her home yesterday. Her husband returning: home from his work, found her lying there and summoned medical aid. She was taken to the Mercy hospital in the police ambulance. Mrs. Reynolds' condition vas re ported serious by the hospital author ities because of the extreme pain she suffered while lying unaided -n the floor. She was unable to crawl into the next room to reach the telephone. Her cries were unheard by neighbors. Xed Agents Are Actively at W ork 1 hroughout Angora Angora, May 12. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Much activity is being displayed in Angora by agents of the Russian soviet government. Suppres sion of an attempt to proclaim the nationalist administration a soviet republic has created some tension with the Moscow government. The army of Kiasim Kara Bekir. which arrived here recently from Armenia to take the field against the Greeks, has been sent to the Armen ian frontier, where suspicious move-, ments by bolsheviki troops are rc ported. Bavaria to Seek Authority To Have Civilian Guards Paris, May 12. Bavaria will ini tiate negotiatisns direct with France regarding the question of civilian, guards in that German state, savs a Berlin- dispatch to the Journal, which adds that this step will be under taken by Bavaria with the consent of the federal government of Ger many. It is asserted Bavaria would give guarantees by placing militia forces there under, the control of French authorities, A " . ... J ' '