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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
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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.
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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-
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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.-
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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.
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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-
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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
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