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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 288. Iitwt H 8ii-CtaM Utttw Uty IMS. at Oatlw K 0. ) Art at Htrek (. 1171. OMAHA, THURSDAY,- MAY 19, 1921. Until turn 7$, kr Mall (I Vr.), Otlljr un.. Oillf 0ly. :" 0M 4U Jm (I )ttt), Dmlly Ml Saife. Ill: Dally 0b. Hi; Sua 00. U , . THREE CENTS i Stock Ring Head Flees To Mexico Postoffice Inspector Seeks to Uncover Leak Which Mad Possible Escape of Pot- ash Promoter. Two Partners Arrested Two federal officials are under in- F. K. Lane Ex-Member of Wilson s Cabinet Dies Suddenly Economists Win Bout on Naval Bill Death of White Matter of Hours Dies After Chief Justice of Supreme Court Not Expected to Last Through Day. Long Illness " Neglected . 1 Former Secretary of Interior In Wilson's Cabinet Is Vic tim of Heart Attack at Rochester Hospital. Resigned Early in 1920 Rochester, Minn., May 18. Frank lin K. Lane, former secretary of the interior, died at a hospital here at 0:10 o clock this morning'. Death was due to an attack of angina pec tons. Mr. Lane was operated on here May o for gall stones and ap . pendicitis and was said to be rccov cring, when heart disease, from which he had suffered from time to time during the last eight months, de veloped. Hospital physicians ex pressed the belief that the operation would relieve the heart affection, but an attack early today developed fa tally. Immediately after he had re covered from the influences of the anaesthetic. Mr. Lane said: "I am surprised to be alive. I hope to be able to live a long life uuing goua xnings lor cvcryuuuj Left Mo Estate Mr. Lane left no estate. Following his resignation from ,the Wilson cabinet, Mr. Lane sought to recover his health and came here in January of this year. He was advised to spend the win ter in a warmer climate and visited in California, returning early this - month. His condition was iavor- able for an operation and continued improvement was noted until the heart attack which caused death, Death Was Unexpected. - Mrs. Lane and George W. Lane, a brother, was called to the former secretary s bedside shortly before 5 a. m. today and were with him when he died. Last night it was thought that Mr. Lane was much improved. Although Mr. Lane said following the operation that he was "sur prised to be alive" his improvement recently had been so marked that his death was unexpected. His son, Franklin K. Lane, jr., and his daugh ter, Mrs. Philip Kauffman, of Wash ington, were at their homes when their father died, as was his sister, Mrs. M. 'A. Andersen of Oakland, Cal. George Lane said this morning that his brother left no estate what ever. Mr. Lane's body will be taken to Chicago- tonight accompanied by his brother and widow. It was often said of Frankiin K. JLane mat it tie jiaa oeen Dorn m me .United- States instead' of Canada he. would have been presidential , tim' her. After serving- seven, years in President Wilson's cabinet as secre tary of interior, he resigned his ?.12,OO0-a-year post in . expensive Washington early in 1920 "in justice to his family" to become vice presi dent and legal adviser of the Mexi can petroleum companies, controlled by Edward L. Dolen. Born near Charlottetown, Prince (Turn to Fate Two, Column One.) Prisoner Confesses To Denver Bank Holdup Los Angeles. May 18. A man giv in the name of Art Williams was arrested here, following an attempt to roI a jewelry store. According to the police department, the man told them he was a participant in a l oldup in Denver about six weeks aw in which $23,000 was secured. Williams said the Denver rob bery was on April 12, when he and h'i companions held up a messenger for the stock yards bank, securing $23,000 in cash. The police had a circular from Den-er giving particu lars of 'such a robbery and stating $43,000 -was found on Charles Cher? ry. one of the men arrested. . The third man named in the Den ver circular was Thomas J. Barr, who also was arrested. The circular offered a $2,000 reward for Williams' arrest. .The description in the cir cular tallied with Williams' appear ance. -"- - U. S . Hankers Get Lease on 10,000,000 Acres in Russia Los Angeles. May 18. The syndi cate of Los Angeles bankers and business men represented by Wash ington D. Vanderlip. has secured a 50-year lease on 10,000,000 acres of spruce land in the Archangel district of Russia, according to a message received by the syndicate from Van derlip. J. H. Coverley, secretary of the syndicate, said Vanderlip left, last January to change details of a con tract previous secured from' the soviet government for a concession in Kamchatka and to work out plans for orders he had obtained for American goods. I. W. W. and Communists Invited to Internationale Riga, May 18. Both the United Communist party and Industrial Workers of the World have been in vited to participate in the third con gress of the Third Internationale at Moscow in June as American rep resentatives, according to the Irzyes tia of Moscow. The Industrial Workers of the World, it is understood, will be represented by William Haywood. , Surgeons Recover Radium Swallowed by Patient Quincy, III., May 18. Six thous and dollars worth of radium, which was accidentally swallowed by a patient in a hospital Tuesday, was recovered by surgeons in two hours by a stomach incision. The patient was an elderly man being treated for throat trouble and while the radium container was being applied, he in voluntarily gulped and swallowed it. h i.l v i Franklin K. Lane. Express Mail Car On Union Pacific Rifled in Wyoming Dispatches Report Eight Sacks Stolen Robbery Discovered At Green River Car Loaded Here. A sealed express car carrying: mail from Omaha . to San Francisco on the Union Pacific was broken open and eight mail sacks were rifled sometime after the tra.n left Chey enne. Wyo., Tuesday night, accord ing to dispatches received here yes terday atternoon. There were no mail clerks on the train. Tuesday night was the first time all clerks running east of Cheyenne were armed. Men going west of Cheyenne were still unarmed. J..H. Musgrave, superintendent ot railway mail service here declared he had received a full report of the matter, and that no registered mail was .involved.'8"- ' : " . ' Loaded In Omaha. -::.' : The train. No. 9.. was a through express carrying storage 'mail to the west coast," said Mr. Musgrave. The car which was rifled was load ed in Onjaha, sealed and locked. Part of the mail was from Omaha and part had been relayed here from Chicago and other eastern cities." According to reports received by Mr. Musgrave, indicate no mail wa9 stolen. The car was found broken open at Green River, Wyo., and the mail scattered about the car, his in formation states. Associated Press dispatches state eight sacks were stolen, however. Another dispatch stated the car contained $10 in regis tered mail, which was missing. No Clues Reported. "I believe the robbers thought they were getting into a registered mail car," said Mr. Musgrave. "When they discovered their mis take they probably left the mail in the car. . " "It was a fast train and made only three stops- between Xheyenne and Green River, but no clues have been reported to me as yet. The train left Omaha at 12:25 p. m yesterday. The car was untouched when it left Cheyenne." Mr. Musgrave says investigation of the case is in the hands of the chief inspector at Denver. Union Pacific officials had heard nothing of the case. - Postoffice inspectors said an office east of Cheyenne had been robbed Tuesday night, but declined to give its location. Father Shot by Son When He Beats Wife Dies, of Wounds Peoria, 111.. May 18. Paul Weir, who was shot four times by his son, James, Sunday morning when it is alleged he ' threatened the youth's life because the latter intervened when fie was beating his wife, died Monday afternoon; in a -Canton, 111., hospital. A cororner's jury in vestigating the case today decided young Weir shot in self-defense. He is being held, however, pending ac tion of the grand, jury, which is in session. . ,..-.. Ex-Governor of Florida Indicted for Peonage Pensacola,. Fla., May 18. Sidney J. Catts. former governor of Florida, was indicted for peonage here late today by a federal grand jury. , Dog Makes Successful Descent of tfOO Feet With Aid of ParacMte Rantcul, III; May 18. "Bing," a fox terrier,' made a descent of 1,500 feet in a parachute from an airplane at Chanute field today: When "Bing" lended, he worked himself, free from his harness, overcame 'another dog sent to prevent his onward jQurney and ran to headquarters with mes sage carried in a pouch-suspended from his neck.. ... , . ' . The performance was to show' the practicability of, using dogs to .carry messages . when an airplane is 'un able to land. . "Bing" was dropped off a wing of the ship by Sergant A. G. Shoemaker. - The dog is owned and was trained bv Lieut. Harry Weddington, who piloted the airplane- " Total of $1,000,000 Pared From Appropriation Meas ure in First Te6t of Strength in Senate. Amendments Adopted By Tha Anoulatcd Fresa. Washington. Mav 18. Economy advocates won the first bout in the senate on the $500,000,000 naval ap propriation bill. After the agree ment yesterday by administration forces to support the Borah amend ment requesting the president to call a disarmament . conference attack turned today on appropriation items and on the first test f strength, $1,000000 was pared from the bill. Throught a combination of re publicans with democrats the senate, by a vote of 39 to 31, cut the ap propriations of $4,500,000, ' recom mended by the naval committee for transportation and recruiting of men to $2,500,000. On the next vote, however, enough republicans changed to sustain the committee in crease, from $7,500,000 to $9,500,000 for navy yards and docks. Another economy move was in the adoption of amendments on the Charleston (S. C, dry dock project until July 1, 1924. By a vote of 40 to 28, the senate adopted a commit tee recommendation prohibiting the 1 dry dock expenditures. Amendments Adopted Therefore however, a number of the committee amendents were adopted. These included appropria tions of $1,500,000 for development of a submarine and destroyer base at Guam: $800,000 for the Sand Point (Wash.) naval airs station, $1,000,000 for development of a submarine base at San Pedro, Cal., and $15,000,000 toward the construc tion of two airplane carriers. Committee amendments autoriz ing the secretary of the navy to ac cept a tract of land from the city of Los Angeles for use as a site for a naval submarine bas and a tract from King county, Washington, for use as a site for an aviaton base, were approved. Action on accept ance of a tract near Camp Kearney Cal.. for an aviation station went over by request of senator Borah, republican, Idaho. . He also ob tained postponement of action on the Alameda (Cal.,) supply base pro ject and on committee amendments which would permit a naval per sonnel of 120,000' men instead of 100,000" as provided in the house bill. Cost Limits Raised. Committee recommendations to increase the cost limits of the battle ship California, four other battleships and several submarines now duuq ing, also were approved. The total increase amounts to approximately $12,000,000. The only extended speech was de livered by Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, who advocated a strong navy "able to meet all comers." Newsprint Prices Rise Sharply With Calling of Strikes , New York, May 18. Newsprint spot market prices rose sharply this week with the calling of strikes in several mills of large producers. Pa per brokers were naming prices $32 to $40 a ton higher than two weeks ago. "The capacity of the North Amer ican newsprint mills off the basis of their 1920 production plus new pro duction' now available, is 8,000 tons a day," said William J.. Pape, pres ident of the Publishers Buying cor poration. "Of this tonnage, 3,420 tons are now out of the market because of strikes and 4,580 tons is available." Former Wife of Chicago Doctor Takes Own Life Chicago) Tribune Cable, Copyright, 1021. Chicago, May 18. Tragic ending of marital relations with Dr. O. W. H. Rasmussen. former Chicago phy sician, and the reported breaking of her engagement to wed another man, Pittsburgh man, are incidents the police are investigating in connec tion with the death of Mrs.- Adele Rasmussen, 49, in her rooms in the Surf apartment hotel. , , She was found dead in bed early this morning with a cloth saturated with chloroform over her face when her sister. Miss Helen Singer, who made her home with Mrs. Rasmussen, went to her room. Miss Singer told the police that her sister remarked last night that she intended to use chloroform to produce sleep, as she had been experiencing sleepless nights since she suffered a nervous collapse April 25. Kaiser's Second Son Found Guilty of Capital Export Berlin. May 18. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Eitel Friedrich, sec ond son of former Emperor Wil liam, was today found guilty of il legally, exporting capital to Holland through the firm of Phillippsohn, Grusser & Co. . " Trotzky Seriously 111. Riga, May 18. (By the Associated Press.) Information has reached Riga tending to confirm the report that Leon Trotzky, Russian bolshe vik war minister, is seriously ill. He is said to be in a sanitarium near Moscow suffering from cancer. Arizona Rates Up Washington, May 18. Freight rates and passenger fares within the state of Arizona were ordered today by the Interstate Commerce com mission to be raised to the level in effect in interstate traffic, effective ijulylo. Washington, May 18. The death of Chief Justice White was consid erc.d only a matter of hours by his physicians tonight. Hope for his re covery of complications that devel oped after an operation was aban doned last night. It was said that only his vitality had enabled him to live through today. The last rites of the Catholic church were administered when he revived from a state of coma, but he soon lapsed into unconsciousness again. The following bulletin was issued late today by the physicians attend ing Chief Justice White: "The chief justice is gradually sink ing. He is unconscious and his heart and respiration are progressively fail ing." At the bedside were Mrs. White and other close relatives, while dur ing the day and evening, attaches of the supreme court and others went to the hospital to inquire as to his condition. Associate justices were among those who called. Bergdoll Lawyer Held for Contempt Refusal to Tell Regarding Fees Causes Action of Committee. Washington, May 18. Harry Weinberger, of New York, counsel for Grover C. Bergdoll in court martial proceedings, was ordered be fore the bar of the house of repre sentatives today; for contempt after refusing to testify before the house investigating committee regarding fees paid hnn by Bergdolrs mother. Weinberger challenged the right of the committee to investigate the escape of Bergdoll on the ground that he never had been inducted into the army. Chairman Peters brushed aside the contention, declaring it was entirely aside from the question at issue. Asked how much money had been paid him by Mrs. Bergdoll, Wein berger refused to answer, contending it was not relative and was privileged matter. When the witness refused to produce his books representative Johnson, democrat, Kentucky, moved that he be held in contempt. There was no objection.- r Cable Measure Passed by House Bill Giving President Author ity Over Landings Now Goes to Conference. Washington, May 18. The .senate bill giving the president authority over cable landings on American shores .and empowering him to is sue licenses for cable operations, was passed today by the house. It goes to conference. . . The measure has been pressed by at least two administrations and is designed to remove any doubt as to the right of the executive to pre vent unauthorized cable landings. This right has been questioned for half a centua and several court ac tions have resulted. The latest con troversy arose last August when the Western .Union Telegraph company undertook to land at Miami, Fla., its cable connecting at Barbados with the British cable to Brazil. President Wilson refused to issue a permit for the landing on the ground that the proposed cable link would enhance the monopoly enjoyed by the British company over cable landings in the South American re public. A cable ship appeared at Mi ami, but American warships were ordered there to prevent, a landing. Later the Western Union company undertook td connect the cable with its Key West-Cuba circuit, but Pres ident Wilson revoked permits for those lines and substituted a modified permit which prohibited any con nection with a foreign line. U mendment Would Authorize Each Stale to Vote on Beer Washington, Maq 18. Sale of S per cent beer and wine with a 14 per cent alcoholic content would be permitted in states where voters ap proved such liberalizing of prohibi tion enforcement if a bill introduced today by Representative Ryan, re publican, of New York, became a law. The measure provides for a popular referendum in each state on petition of 15 per sent of qualified voters. Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Passes Regular Dividend New York. May 18. The Pacific Mail Steamship company passed its semi-annual dividend of 50 cents to dajr. Six months ago SO cents plus an extra SO cents was paid. Officer of British "Picks On" Poles Who .Seek to Hold Him Up Beuthen, Silesia, May 18. Col onel Cockerill, British control of ficer, lectured, disarmed and sent home 15 Polish insurgents who halted him at 3 o'clock in the morn ing and attempted to examine his papers and give him orders. The colonel jumped out of his automobile and shouted: "What are you boys doing out at this time with guns? Give me your names." The insurgents, who were mostly j'oungsters, were non-plussed. The leader finally handed over his rifle, and the colonel boxed his ears. He then made the others give up their guns and sent them home Poles Informed U.S. Not to Mingle In Silesia Tangle Secretary Hughes, in Formal Note, Declares Country Will Stand on Policy of "Hands Off." Washington, May 18. (By the Associated Press.) Poland's re quest for American support in .the settlement of the disposition of Up per Silesia has evoked a' format att swe from Secretary " Hughes, that the American representatives abroad would take no part in the discussions concerning the Silesian question. Poland was informed further in the reply delivered to Prince Lubo mirski, the Polish minister, that "so far as at present may be seen" the American representatives on the su preme council, the council of am basssadors and the reparations com mission would not so much as ex press an opinion as to the settle ment. In explanation of the American re fusal, 'Secretary Hughes pointed "to the traditional policy of the United States" not to become involved in matters of purely . European con cern. Woman Alone in Home Held. Up by, Bandits Who Get $2,400 Loot By a pretext of inspecting the house nrior to ourchase. two men forced their way intd the home of Mrs. H. A. Wharton, 3331 Harney street. Tuesday night, when she was alone. They held her at the point of a gim while they ransacked the house, securing $40 in cash and dia mond rings valued at $,400. When they left, Mrs. Wharton fell , in a faint. Her family found her when they returned from the movies. The burglars overlooked a $1,000 ring. - Bandits Roh Express Wagon; Guard Shot, Two Kidnaped Chicago, May 18. Six robbers armed with shotguns last night held up an American Railway Express wagon, shot one of the guards, kid naped two others, and escaped with a small safe , supposed to contain a valuable shipment of jewelry. The safe was being taken to the Union passenger station to be put aboard a train. U. S. Dry Agents Working in Nebraska to Be Furloughed Minneapolis, May 18. Thirty-five prohibition ' enforcement agents un der direction of Paul D., Keller, su pervising agents, vjill be furloughed from May 21 to July 1, in accordance with a nation-wide order received here today. The agents to be given vacations have . been operating in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. 700 Prohibition Agents Laid Off for Lack of Funds Washington. May 18. About 700 prohibition enforcement agents in va rious parts of the country have been temporarily laid off for lack of funds to pay their salaries, it was an nounced today at prohibition enforce ment headquarters here. Cuban American Sugar Co., Declares Quarterly Dividend New York, May 18. The Cuban American Sugar company today de clared quarterly dividends of 50 cents a share on common and $1.75 a share on preferred stock, payable July 1. The quarterly dividend on common previously had been ?1 1 Stillman Still After Compromise Offer Presented Last Friday Banker Denies Son's Legitimacy. New York, May 18. Mrs. James A. Stillman has rejected the offer of her husband to withdraw his di vorce suit on certain conditions, it was reported today. Mr. Stillman's offer to compromise was presented last Friday, it was said, the day that hearings in the case were ordered postponed. The current story is that Mr. StillT man agreed to her getting a divorce in Paris and to givelier an income of $7,500 a month. In return he de manded that she must never come back to the United States or Cana da, and also that she should relin quish any claim of the child, Guy, to a share in the trust fund belonging to the Stillman children. Mrs. Stillman denied the stipula tion applying to the child on the grouud that it was admission of Guy's illegitimacy. Mrs. Stillman might have ' con sidered some conditions, it was said, in order to avoid further publicity, but she regards the name of her son, Guy, as the most important element in the case and she, will never con sent to compromise on that. Man Commits Suicide After Testing His Gun New York, May 18. An uniden tified man, killed himself in - Van Cortlandt park last night after first firing two shots to test the weapon. James A. Austin, park employe, saw the man press the revolver to his head and ran towards him. "What are you trying to do, kill yourself?" asked Austin. "Yes," answered the stranger as he examined the revolver, "but the thing won't work." He then fired two shots in the air, saying to Austin: "Seems to be all right now." He then turned the weapon on himself, firing a bullet into his head before-Austin could disarm him. Naval Academy Midshipmen Will Visit Foreign Ports Washington, May 18. The annual summer cruise of the naval academy midshipmen will take .the officers-to-be to Christiania, Norway: Lisbon, Portugal; Gilbraltac. and Guantana mo, Cuba? this year. . The prac tice squadron will consist of the battleships Connecticut, South Caro lina; Kansas, Michigan and Minne sotat according to plans. The squad ron will leave Annapolis June 4, and return, August 29. r " Former Member of Carranza Cabinet Arrested in Texas El Paso, Tex., May 18. Candido Aguilar,. foreign minister in the Carranze cabinet and son-in-law of the late President Carranza of Mexico, was arrested at Marathon, Tex., yesterday, charged with viola tion of the passport law, it was learned here today. , Daylight Saving Ordinance In Denver Badly Defeated Denver, Colo., May 18. Official returns from 193 out of 211 precincts in Denver's ;city election yesterday indicated that the ; daylight saving law, Which had' been in. effect since May 1, had been voted down almost 2 to 1. -' ;x ' ; ' Maxwell Motor . Company Sale Finaly Confirmed Bay City 'Mich.. May 18. Federal Judge Tuttle today entered an order confirming the sale of the Maxwell Motor company orooertv and dis missed petitions, of certain first pre ferred stockholders protesting against the sale , i Wage Reduction To Extend to All Rail Employes No Intimation of Probable Erftent of Cut Given But It Is Expected to Be Last 20 Per Cent Granted. Chicago, May 18. The general reduction of wages for unskilled railroad employes, effective July 1, which Was forecast by the railroad labor board, in an announcement last night, will be made the basis of re ductions extending to air classes of railroad laborers, it was understood today. ; - .. Although only the Chicago Great Western, the Chicago &' Alton and a few other roads have requested that the wage reductions be extend ed to all classes, provision was made by the board in its announcement for the filing of other petitions up to June 6, and it is believed that others of the 180 class A roads will amend their applications to include shop, train service and other classes of employes. ' The new applications filed up to June 6, the board's an nouncement said, will be decided to take effect also on July 1. ' No intimation was given in the board's announcement as to the probable extent of the cut. Last July the board increased wages o unskilled labor and some , other classes 20 per cent, making . it re troactive to May 1," 1920. "The general effect of the deci sion will be to retard track work," said S. M. Felton, president of the Chicago -Great Western. Disappoint ment was expressed by various rail road executives that the cut was to be delayed until July 1, as by that time, it was said,, the heaviest part of track rehabilitation work is gen erally completed. The decision last July affected ap proximately 2,000,000 men and granted increases totaling nearly $600,000,000 a year. Wife Slayer Released . From Illinois Prison Chicago, May 18. William C. Ellis .millionaire harness manufac turer of Cincinnati, was released from" Joliet penitentiary today. He was sentenced to 15 years in pris on in 1914 after, he had been con victed of slaying his wife. His sen- 11 . .1.. i' i L tence was .snorteneo. Dy gooa oe havior. , Ellis pleaded emotional insanity when he was tried. He admitted slaying his wife. He claimed he was insane with rage when she dis covered he was a victim of a mal ady, with which he was affected. The tragedy occurred in the Sher man hotelChicago, on October 15, 1913: Hearst to Build New Home For All His Periodicals New York, May 18. William R. Hearst, it become known today, has purchased property in West 58th street, just off Columbus cirdle, on which a 25-story building is 4o be erected to house his .newspapers, the American and Journal, and his maga zines! news services and . film com panies. , The building will be ready for occupancy in about a year. The Weather "Forecast. Unsettled and probably showers Thursday; not much change in tem perature. Hourly Temperatures. ' B a. rn m i p. m 77 A a. m t p. m 7 a. m 2 S p. m M a. m S 4 p. m (: 'a. m . S p. m SI 10 a. m M p. m 79 11 a. m 70 7 p. m 7 13 noon ' 8 p. m ".i vestigation following the escape in'.o Mexico of William A. McWhorter, wealthy stock promoter of Omaha, who is under indictment for using the mails to defraud in connection with the sale of stock in Nebraska potash companies. News that McWhorter escaped to Tampico, Mex., came to Postal In spector W. M. Coble and Assistant' United States District Attorney Frank A. Peterson shortly follow ing receipt of information that Charles S. Wohlberg and Jacob' Masse, who are under similar indict ment, were arrested at Los Angclci Tuesday. "Leak" Is Charged. Open charges that "there was leak in the federal building" we3 made yesterday by Postal Inspector Coble. He declined to name the federal officials involved in the al leged "leak." . ; ' The inspector exprensed confi dence that Willam G. Chipley5 the fourth man in the alleged conspiracy to use . the mails to defraud, would be arrested in New York within a few days. " Indictments against the four Oml ha men were supposed to have been held secret until they were arrested. Postal Coble said, bt McWhorter learned of them and fled. -Tale of Frenzied Finance. The indictments tell a lale of frenzied finance that began with the promotion of the Missourf Valley Land and Cattle company and ended with the flight of the four men from Nebraska with, according to the charges, thousands of dollars. "We had our hands on those men," Coble stated yesterday. "We knew exactly where they were, but bone-headed officials bawled up the matter." The postal inspector warmed up a bit when he learned of McWborter's escape. "There's a leak in this building," he emphasized, "and I'm going to find it." ' Attorney Appears. Mr. Coble stated he was much surprised when Judge A. L. Sutton walked into his office a few days after the indictments were returned agailist the four Omaha - men ai.d asked that "McWhorter's bond of ?25,0O0 be lowered.". "How did you learn of this?" Coble declared he asked Sutton. The attorney refused to commit himself, Coble said. The postal inspector declared that Sutton assured him he would not' notify McWhorter that federal of ficials were looking for him. "And two days later McWhorter went over the Mexican border," ve- (Tnrn to Far Two, Column Three.) Lumbermen Asked To Assist in Solving Housing Problems Chicago, May 18. President Har ding has asked the American Whole sale Lumber association to do its utmost to help the nation solve the housing problem, according to a let ter addressed to the president of the association, and read to the member ship in convention. 11 "The wholesale lumber industry," he wrote, "occupies so important a position that it can perform a useful service at a time when stabilization and liquidation are so much a part of our reconstruction problems. "There is need for the .largest measure of mutual understanding and' toleration among all' elements in business and I feel that the efforts of your organization to establish ar bitration of the differences in the in- dustry deserve commendation." Soldiers Plead Not Guilty To Murdering Taxi Driver Tacoma, Wash., May 18. Four soldiers, George V. Sharp, Edward Filion, James Sparks and Carl C. Perrin, pleaded not guilty when ar raigned in court on a charge of hav ing murdered Karl Timbs, a taxicab . driver. W. W. Hastings of Talequah, Okl appeared in defense of Sharp, a half breed Cherokee Indian. Others were given until Friday to obtain counsel, after the court had ruled the four should be tried together and the at torney who had represented them withdrew. Filion's father arrived from Ontario, Canada, and Perrin's relatives in Illinois are arranging for his defense. - ' Man Named in Scandal in Des Moines Held for Trial Knoxville, 'la., May 18. "Hank" Hankins, whose name has figured prominently in the Des Moines po lice scandal, today was arraigned in district court here on a charge of robbing the bank at Pleasantville, la.' He pleaded not guilty. i A total of $61,000, most of it in , Liberty bonds, was obtained in the., Pleasantville robbery. The burglars burned through the vault with' a blow torch. ... Steamship Owners Never to Recognife Labor Unions . New York, May 18. The execu tive and wage committees of the American steamship owners today adopted a resolution setting forth ' that hereafter the organization would have no signed agreements with any seagoing employes' labor uniof J ' - ;