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VOL. 60 NO. 302.
Jlystery of
Mize Death
Is Solved
' State i Sheriff Says Man and
i Wife Confessed to Murder
And Throwing Bound
Body in River.
Robbery Given as Motive
" O'Neill, Neb,, June . 3. (Special
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county and Deputy State Sheriff
i O. ,D. Hedge as suspects in the
murder of John Mize of Platte, S. I).,
i wiihsc noay was jounci, nouna, in
, yie Niobrara river near here last
Saturday, have confessed, according
to a telegram sent by Hedge to
state Sheriff, Ous Hycrs.
..Hedge alleges that the couple
confessed that they murdered Mize
May 11 in order to obtain possession
of his team 6f horses and wagon' and
a quantity of money he had in his
possession. Alter .killing him they
are alleged to have confessed that
tncy bound Mizcs coat around his
head and threw the body in the Nio
brara river.
Taken to O'Neill Jail.
The couole were caotured near
Bur well and driven overland to the
' county jail at O'Neill. No mention
V. ) made whether the crime was
Committed in Holt or Boyd county.
( State Sheriff Hedge was assigned
J assist Sheriff Duffy in identifying
the body when it was found, and
the two men continued the search
for the slayers. 1 Suspicion centered
upon Dehart and his wife who were
jast seen with Mize.
Mize left Platte with the couple
5 in a wagon May 1, crossing the
Missouri river at the Wheeler ferry,
found for Wiuncr. From Winner
' the trio were' traced to Bonestcel.
! They left Bouesteel May 11, the day
! they are alleged to have killed Mize.
1. Camped on River Bank,
f. Dehart and his wife were seen
'. camped on the banks of the Nio
t brara river in Holt county May 17.
The -ranchers who saw them were
1 unable to tell whether or not there
was a third member of the party
and notified the sheriff.
. The Niobrara, where the body was
found, is the dividing line between
Holt and. Boyd counties. This is
but one of the many murders at
tempted to be covered up by the wa
ters of the Niobrara river. Ten
miles below where the body of Mize
was found, the body of Barrett
Scott, Holt county treasurer, was
- taken from the river in 1894. He
.was murdered by vigilantes and the
.-... Mrrrtity of tte meu implicated v iha-
Jj.nchiiig has" "never been learned,
icott ,was convicted of embezzle
ment of county funds, but murdered
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Hav Snnw Pntal
Aldp ijuuwa & usiai .
f$ Shows Postal
Workers How to Write
"Humanized" Letters
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. Washington, June '3.-Postmaster
General Hays wants different ofh-.
f iU twotfice dcoartmcnt to
humanize their, letter writing. He
is averse to the old, stiff, stereo-
v.rf . . T-
typed forms of a .department letter
f writing and has set out to show his
subordinates how to put some life
;The postmaster general knows of
no better way to institute a reform
than to demonstrate what should be
done and he did it today. He took
an old form letter which starts out
like this, "Postmasters in the fu
ture will give prompest' attention to,
etc."'! This he marked "taboo" and
submitted the humanized form thus:
"I will be grateful if the prompt
est attention possible may be given
by all postmasters, supervisory offi
cial and bureau pcaas 10 me con
sideration of suggestions and com
plaints on the part of "employes.'
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(JieDrasKa war mouicis
meet in iorm i.wnc
-Nolrth Platte, Neb., June 5. (Spe
cial I clegram.-The state conven
inn i-,f the Nebraska War. Mothers
was held in this city with delegates
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"mc JOmalia . Forenoon and atter-
; snoots sessions were held and in the
evening a banquet ; was given the
delegates, by the young ladies' so
ciety) ot the ' Episcopal church.
- Officers elected were: State war
mother, Mrs. O..D. Shancr, Maxwell;
firitjvice. Mrs. WV A. Wrikox,
" Omajia; stcond.vice, Mrs. Charles
- Boguie, North Platte; treasurerMrs.
C. J.Stevens, Ainslcy;. recording sec
retary, Mrs. W.-H. C Woodhurst.
Norfli Platte; chaplain, . Mrs. -J. E.
Evaris, North Platte; historian, Mrs.
Kensie. Omaha; . parliamentarian,
Mrs. W'. C Elder, North Platte;
.state organizer. Mrs. E. James, W al
lace. 1 he 1922 convention will be
held in Omaha.'- '"
Negotiations to Settle
j. Paper Workers Strike Off
f Albany, N.'.Y.,' June 3. The con
ferences of representatives of 4,000
members of ihe International Broth
erhood of Paper Makers and the In-
ternational Pulp, Sulphite and Paper
Mill Workers' union, who have been
on strike since early in' ifay, ended
today without any peace being con
cluded with the employing compa-
- nies. ' . ,
Honor System at Penn State
College Ordered Suspended
r State College, Ta., June 3. After
six years the honor system at Penn
State college was ordered suspend
ed by unanimous vote of the faculty
last night. More violations have
been dealt with by the student honor
court since the war period than in
the p-ecedinir four years, it was re-j
ported. s ..... - .
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Ontl P. 0. Uatw Act
Children Pay Tribute
Ui Music and r lowers
To President and Wife
igton. June 3. A tribute of
Washin
music and flowers was raid the
president and Mrs. Harding by the
school children of Washington, in a
ceremony in the White House bring
ing to a climax the city's "music
week." .
, More than 50,000 children gathered
for the occasion and sang patriotic
songs which the president character
ized in a short response as "the su
preme music of all my life." After
the serenading was over hundreds of
bouquets were taken to the stand in
the center of the ellipse and heaped
at the feet of the president and Mrs.
Harding.
"1 may, say," President Harding
said, "that in the closing of music
week, you have brought to me the
most remarkable climax I have ever
known in music. have heard music
in its various forms. 1 have heard
the croon of the young mother to her
hopeful in the cradle; the . great
choruses with their trained voices,
the great bands and orchestras, but I
have never heard such music as from
the sparkling voices of the children
of the capital city. It is the supreme
music of all my life.'"
Council Bluffs
Ouster Hearing
Set for June 15
Efforts to Retire Aldermen
From City Council Will Be
Fought in District Court
They Allege Politics.
Ouster proceedings agajnst Lee
Evans r.nd Charles Campbell, Coun
cil Bluffs aldermen indicted for con
spiracy to solicit and accept bribes,
will come up for trial in district court
June IS. Bonds of $2,000 each have
been filed in the district court for
their appearance to face the criminal
charges, which carry a . penalty of
three years in the state penitentiary.
The ouster proceedings arc
brought under the Cosson act, a
statute which Attorney General
Cosson - induced the legislature to
enact It provides for the summary
removal from public office of any
man indicted for malfeasance in of
fice, and the removal is permanent,
regardless of-the outcome of the
criminal procedure. -
John P. Tinley, attorney for the
two aldermen, yesterday issued a
statement in which he alleged that
"there is nothing, to the charges but
a mess of dirty politics, engendered
by discredited and discarded poli
ticians,," He said his clients were
anxious-o have th case come to
trial ascrtas3ssiMe' tmti
some startling testimony would be
introduced in their behalf.
Tinley stated further that '"if Bob
Wallace had been reappointed to the
M'atAi KnarH flirrp rtovrr wntflH riavi
I been anything done about this mat-
M WaIlace whose term on
the water board expired Junel,
qualified Tinley's statement as
"bunk" and a ' trick to draw atten
tion from his clients by attacking
someone else. He flatly denied any
rcsp&nsibility for the investigation.
In the indictments, Evans and
' Campbell are specifically charged
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Willi dUUluaitllllK JlctlL l UUMII , uu-
ferenf men m as many dmcrent
business transactions between the
city and private firms or corporations
to solicit bribes ,' :
Anti-Soviet Forces at
: Vladivostok Beaten
Stockholm, June 3- Anti-bolshevik
forces' at Vladivostok have been
annihilated . by soviet troops, it is
asserted in a dispatch sent out by
the Russian official telsgraph agency.
The dispatch asserts the anti-bolshe-viki
" were ' aided by. the Japanese
government. ? '
General , Budcivy, the bolsheviki
cavalry leader, Who played a promi
nent part in the campaigns Hgainst
the Poles and against 'General
Wrangel, has reported that Ukranian
troops, which were threatening to
attack the bolsheviki ' in southern
Russia, have been scattered.-- ,
Clerk of V. S. High Court
; Since 1914 Dies at Capital
Washington, June J. James D.
Maher, clerk of the United States
supreme court since 1914, died at
Georgetown hospital this morning.
He was operated on several days ago
for stomach trouble.
; Mr. Maher had been connected
with the court continuously since
1866 when he was taken on at the
age of 11 as a page. . .,., ,
Father of Bernard Baruch
Dies at His New York Home
New York, June 3. Dr. Simon
Baruch, noted physician and father
of Bernard M. Baruch, financier,
died at 1:10 this afternoon from an
ailment of the lungs, complicated
bv heart disease.
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Of Children
PHOTOGRAPHS on page'one
of the rotogravure ' section
for tomorrow's Sunday Bee
represent excellent work of
amateur camera enthusiasts of
Aurora, Fremont, Genoa, Mem
phis, Ravenna and Omaha.
The photos present a series of
unusually clever poses of chil
dren. It is a page you will want.
Also, it's worth telling your
neighbors about, if they happen
not to be regular subscribers for
The Bee. .
Sunday's roto is a "wicked" is
sue for the movie fans. There's
a full page of pnotos of the most
desperate and degenerate villains
of the screen.
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AtThedford
Affair Result of Factional
Fight Following Sentencing
Of County Treasurer for
Embezzlement.
Raiders Led By Official
Thcdford, Neb., June 3. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Differences over
the seating of J. C. Ewing, wealthy
rancher and former county commis
sioner, as a member of the county
board resulted in a mob led by
County Attorney F. A. Reisncr and
a constable seizing the books of the
county clerk. County Clerk Bivens,
following the seizure of the b6oks,
closed the office pending action by
District Judge Paine of Grand Island
and state officials.
Alleged irregularities in the con
duct of county affairs is said to be
the primary cause of the action.
Ewjng has been active in denouncing
the work of the board in connection
with highway construction in 1920.
A bitter factional fight has been ex
isting since the burning of the court
house some time ago and it was ac
centuated by .the conviction of
County Treasurer J. L. Heilman.
Object to Ewing.
Chairman Albright opened the
meeting of the board and Alvin
Clark, a member, objected to the
seating of Ewing, asserting that he
had not been legally appointed to fill
the vacancy which occurred in Feb
ruary. Lwing was appointed May
31, at which time the county attorney
refused to meet with the board or
concur in its action.
Chairman Albright sided 'with
Clark on his objections and the, two
members with Reisner moved to the
county attorney's office where Reis
ncr alleges he was ordered by the
two members of the board to bring
in the records. Bi-ens refused to
give up the books and they were
seized., ,
Judge Paine was notified by
Ewing that a "mob headed by the
county attorney" seized the books.
He stated-that he was unable to
visit Thedford at once, but ordered
Sheriff Nick Schreincr to maintain
peace at any cost and if necessary to
call on the governor for troops.
County Seat Fight.
A recent county scat location fight
and the conviction - of Heilman for
embezzlement, of county funds, have
added to the factional feeling that is
rocking Thomas county. Following
the 'sentencing'. cf Heilman a . mass
meeting , at . Seneca . demanded the
ouster of the county attorney. Some,
demand ' has been voiced for the
prosecution of the county clerk, who
is also clerk' of the district court.
Reisncr is a former minister and
was a member "of the lower fiousc
of the legislature in 1917, after which
he was admitted to the bar. Reisner
prosecuted Heilman; .
County Attorney. Reisner in a
statement . said tnat tnere was no.
mob violence and that all was quiet
and orderly. He said that when
the-county clerk refused to bring his
books into the county attorney's of
fice, when asked to do so. 'he CReis
iier assisted by a constable carried
in the records. . -.
Reno Sheriff Is Shot
As He Pursues Bandits
Reno, Ncv. June 3. Sheriff James
Smith of Churchill county was se
riously injured this morning in a gun
f ght with bandits he was pursuing
following the robbery of a hardware
store at Fallon, . near here; The
sheriff, in company -with other offi
cers, had been trailing the robbers
for , several miles when they were
fired upon from behind a sand hill.
The officers returned the fire and
during the melee the . sheriff , was
wounded. The robbers made their
getaway while first aid was being
rendered the injured Sheriff.
' Posses have been formed from va
rious', towns in the vicinity of Fallon,
who are scouring the hills for the
bandits. : ' . '
Strikers and Ship Board .
r Break Off Negotiations
, Washington, June 3. Negotia
tions between marine engineers and
the shipping board for a settlement
of the dispute on wages and work
ing conditions have been broken off,
V. S. Brown,, president of the Ma
rine Engineers' Beneficial association,
declared today. . " :
The failure to reach a settlement.
Brown said, was due fb the refusal
of' the ship owners and the shipping
board to include a clause providing!
for the reinstatement of striking en- i
gineers. ' - .
e could not sign an agreement
that would force our men to 'work
with the strikebreakers who had
taken the jobs of union men," he
said. - '
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Floods in Illinois Drive
i 400 Persons From Homes
j Peoria. 111.. June 3. The entire
'population of Urbandalc, about 400
' persons, were driven from their
I homes for the greater part of the
', night and lesser numbers were made
shelterless temporarily at Washing
j ton and Farmdale by the ovetflow
jing of Farm creek caused by the
j cloud burst last - night. , Many
'gardens and small live stock were
lost in the flood.
f ' Spanish Suh Launched
j ; Cartagena, - Spain,' June 3. The
; first 'submarine ever constructed in
(Spain was launched here today. The
! vessel's displacement is 713 tons, her
! calculated speed submerged nine
miles an hour and surface speed 16
; miles. She is one of a group of six
similar crafts to be -ordered for the
j Spanish navy,'
OMAHA, ( SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1921.
Revolvers Arrive
For Arming of Mail
Employes In Bluffs
Postmaster George F. Hughes of
Council Bluffs ' received yesterday
from the War department the first
consignment of revolvers to be used
in arming hII mail employes en
gaged in handling ..United States
nitl in transit. The revolvers will
be issued to all railway mail clerks,
drivers of mail trucks and clerks
engaged in handling mail at trans
fer stations, particularly at the Un
ion Pacific transfer.
The weapons are new model
Colt, ,45 caliber. They are provided
with a clip that will permit the in
sertion of six cartridges at one time.
Postmaster Hughes announced
yesterday that target grounds will
be secured at once and a school of
instruction Started for training the
men in the use. of the weapons.
The 'short course in shooting" will
especially prepare employes for
quick action individually and team
work collectively. " .
George Entrikin,
Freight Agent of
Wabash, Dies
Ptomaine Poisoning Fatal to
Weil-Known Railroad Man
Who Served Here for
32 Years.
George M. Entrikin, S9l 428 Lin
com boulevard, commercial ireigni
i . - . . i.e.,.
aeent of the Wabash railroad for
the last 32 years, died yesterday aft
crnoon at the Methodist hospital fol
lowing an illness of two weeks. Sick
ness is believed to have been brought
on by an attack of ptomaine poison
ing.
Mr. Entrikin entered the railway
service with the Wabash, St. Louis
and Pacific road at Des Moines, Jan
uary 1, 1882, as a ticket and freight
clerk. Later he worked for the Den
ver and Rio Grande railroad at Den
ver as chief bill clerk, after which
he served for three years as traveling
auditor for the Western Trunk Line
association.
He was appointed commercial
agent for the Wabash line. February
1, 1889, later being made division
freight agent, which position e oc
cuoied at the time of his death.
Mr. - Entrikin was born at Cam
bridge. 111., and was a graduate-of
the Lake Forest academy, Lake For
est. 111. He was married to Ona
Griffith at Kansas City in Novenr
her. 1889.
In addition to being a member of
the Omaha Elks club, he was affili
ated with the Chamber of Commerce,
Omaha Railway club aad ' Omaha
Field club. Si'
He is survived by his wife, a son,
Harry, of Holstcin, la. three daugn
ters. Evelvn. Katherine and Mrs
George L. Tobey, all of Omaha, and
a brother, Ralph, city commissioner
of Moline, 111. ;
Poison Gas Is Latest
Protection Against
( Robberies of Banks
Chicago, June 3. Poison gas in
the newest weapon m the war
against crime, according to Prof. W.
Lee Lewis, who demonstrated a de
vice for the protection of bank
vaults at Northwestern university.
The device shown by Professor
Lewis, who was connected with the
chemical warfare service during the
war, depends for its effectiveness on
the breaking of three glass . tubes
concealed "behind the combination
lock by 'any violent attack upon the
vault door. The liquid contained
by the ' tubes produces .- a dense
smoke intermixed- with a noxious
irritating vapor .which causes violent
coughing, . sneezing and lachryma
tion. "If the first ' discharge does not
discourage the robber, a reserve
supply is released automatically
within the vault, when the door i3
opened," said Professor Lewis. "Gas
masks do not effectively protect
against the mixture, as smoke passes
through the , ordinary cannister.
Moreover these vapors burn and ir
ritate the skin unendurably."
Two Masked Bandits Stage
Four Holdups in Bluffs
Two masked bandits staged four
holdups in .Council Bluffs Thursday
night, collecting four watches, a rail
road lantern and two bunches of
keys, but no cash.
Lon Kennedy 739 Avenue G, was
stopped on Eleventh street between
Third and Fourth avenues. He lost
his watch and a bunch of keys. Leo
Marcus . lost his watch when the
same gunmen stopped him near the
Illinois Central station.
George W'yrick, 2211 Eighth av
enue, and W. C. Hook, a Union
Pacific switchman, Were held up at
Thirteenth street and Fourth aven
ue by two bandits who answered
the , same description. Both lost
their w'atches. Wyrick contributed
a bunch of keys and Hook was re
lieved of his railroad lantern.
Fish Jump From River;
Farmhands Kept Busy
Throwing Them Back
1 Rochester, 'Minn., June 3. Men
and boys . lishinc in the Zumbro
river, about two miles north of here,
were startled today when hundreds
of bass, cfoppics. suckers and sun
fish suddenly leaped high out of the
water and lauded on the banks.
At one farm four men worked an
hour tossing fish back into the water.
Many of the fish died before they
could- be thrown back.
The belief was expressed that a
poisonous substance poured into
the river through Rochester's sewers
was responsible
A box of the fish j
was sent to the state game and hshihad been maintained
department for eaminati ",
FOREIGN INVASIONS THAT PROMOTE
A Frtnehmnn invaJtm
fcAri
Probers Fail To
Find Models of
'Student Life'
Committee of Professors Rec
ommends That Degrees Be"
Refused Editor Landale ; ,
And His Associates.
Lincoln, June 3. (Special.) -Jack
Landale of Omaha,' editor, of the
Cornhusker. University of Nebras
ka annual, will- not receive his dc
gree and will be requested not to
return to the university, it Chancel
lor Averv acts upon recommenda'
tions made to him today by an in
vestigating committee consisting of
three university instructors.
The same punishment is recom
mended for Hugh Carson, business
manaerer of the Cornhusker: Will
iam McCorkle, art editor, and Uayle
Grubb, editor of. the "student lite
section of the Cornhusker.
The investigation followed a se
ries of complaints from students who
objected to pictures in the "student
life section of the Cornhusker, de
picting sorority girls in pajamas and
"teddy bears and cartoons and ar
ticles described as "vulger."
The committee also recommended
to the chancellor that a. director of
publications shall be appointed, and
his duty shall be to supervise an
student publications. ,
In its report the committee says:
"Some of the contributions were
written by students . whose identity
cannot be traced." f ",
The committee , declared that a
majority of the' contributions re
sulted from 'efforts of the persons
involved in the punishments recom-
nxnded. : . . ; '
The - renort makes - absolutely no
mention of any effort being made to
locate the sorority girls; whose pic
tures appeared, or of -learning how
the pictures were, taken and how
these pictures fell into the hands of
the Cornhusker staff.
The ' investigation committee was
composed of Dcart Warren A. Sea
vey, Dr. -E. H. Barbour, and Prof.
Clara Conklin. ,
Six Police Officials Are
Killed by Armed Patrols
Cork, Tune 3. District Inspector
Stevenson, a police sergeant and
four constables wcrt killed and four
officers were seriously ; wounded
when a police patrol .was ambushed
by 100 armed men at Carrowken
nedy near here last night. Arms and
ammunition carried by the police
were taken and three motor cars in
which the officers were riding were
burned. - 1 v.
Four Constables Killed
.In Attack at Kylebeg Cross
Dublin, June '3. (By. The As
sociated Press.) Four constables
were killed and five wounded in an
ambush by 200 civilians at 10 o'clock
this morning in Kylebeg Cross, near
Borrisokane, County Tipperary, says
an official statement issued here to
day. , .
Another Sugar Company
Passes Regular Dividend
New -York, June 3. The Cuban
Cane Sugar corporation today passed
its quarterly dividend of -1 3-4 per
cent on preferred stock. This rate
since April,
1916. ' .
K.r" . . . A, a Win""' 1 ' I . . . I 1 I'V -A X . . Jim I
UalH lun !S. k Mill (I Yr ). Dally
Onttldi 4th Zom (I Mr). Oally aid
(Coprrif M: : 1921 : Bj The Cblcaro Tribune.)
Th American invasion of England.
America to match hit fittt with thm
Tho Japanmo invasion of America.
Tulsa Released
From Martial Law
Military Rule Withdrawn by.
Authority of Governor
Plight of. Negroes Pitiful.
Tulsa, Okl., -June 3. Martial law
in Tulsa and Tulsa county, invoked
Wednesday morning to . quell race
rioting, was lifted in an order signed
Portly after 5 o'clock this afternoon
by Adjutant General Barrett, under
authority of Gov. J. B. A. Robert
son.' The plight of many negroes still
remained, pitiful. The Y. M. C. A.
building, where the Red Cross has
established its identification bureau,
was the scene of mingled emotions
as hope for lost loved ones remained
unfilled or disbanded families were
reunited.
There remains no trace of race
hatred.
, Many pitiful tales of the misery
and suffering of the negro refugees
are told. In a prominent hotel yes
terday, the day . porter along in the
afternoon, being passed by the man
ager, summoned the courage to say:
"Boss.'-Pse gcttin' kinda weak."
It was found he had been shot
through the side at the smal!,of the
back and for 24 hours had feared to
reveal his injury lest he be taken for
one of the rioter; and summarily
executed.
First White House of
Confederacy Opened
Montgomery, 'Ala.,' June 3. The
south of the 60's and its children
dedicated here today one of ijs most
precious shrines, the old mansion in
which Jefferson Davis, as the presi
dent of the confederate states of
America, first took up his residence,
the first white house of the confed
eracy. ; ' , .'- ' '.
l ne ceremonies consisted ot a
parade of civic organizations to the
state capitol, where Davis, took the
oath-of office. This was followed by
an address by Senator Pat Harrison
of Mississippi. Other exercises of a
historical nature were set for tonight
at a hotel located on the spot where
DaVis held his first cabinet meeting
ahd where decision was reached to
fire ' on Fort Sumter. ':-
Armour Leather Company
; To Pass Regular Dividend
Chicago, June 3. The quarterly
dividend on the $10,000,000, 7 per
cent cumulative preferred stock, due
July 1,'will be passed by the Armour
Leather company, it was announced
today. ,:.'..'. ..- , ..
British Coal Miners Will "
Not Accept, New Proposals
London,. June 3. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The executive body
of the , striking- coal miners today
finally rejected the government pro
posals for a settlement of the coal
strike.
Madam Curie on Way West
Chicago June 3. Mine. Marie
Curie, co-discoverer of radium,
passed through Chicago today on
her way to Colorado, where she will
view the Grand canyon. She was
accompanied by her two daughters
and will return to Chicago on June
13, whtre she will be entertained
i for three days by Chicago women.
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GOOD RELATIONS
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King Is Moron :- ' .
Alienists Sav;
Life Is Traced
Theft of Cheese and Crackers
Crime for Which He Was
Convicted Say Brother
Is Wealthy.
Lincoln, June 3. (Specials
James. B. King, negro convict,
charged with the murder of Robert
L. Tavlor, penitentiary guard, has
been the victim of "irresistible mor
bid impulses" since - his : youth, ac
cording to statements of alienists,
called to the witness stand here to
day by attorneys defending King.
"King is a moron, a type of the
criminally insane who grow to the
stature of man, often more than the
ordinary in physical strength, who
have the mind of a child of 12 or 15
and who believe that the world is
against them," an alienist said.
"Their morbidness grows and their
impulses for viciousness increase
with age."
- King's life was traced by the de
fense. The claim was made that for
years he had contemplated and at
tempted suicide and murder.
"Would proper treatment help
him?" was the question as'ked alien
ists time and again by the defense.
The court sustained objections to
the question and it was never an
swered.
' The deiense docs not deny that
King killed Taylor, but has stated
that he should be put in an institu
tion and cured by the society, which,
originally, the defense claims, was
the cause of his present state of
mind. . -
Theft of crackers and cheese from
a store at Ogallala, Neb., . caused
King s conviction and sentence to
the state penitentiary on a burglary
charge, according to testimony
brought out today.
A new story was told today as to
the source of the extra money being
used in King s defense today. It is
to the effect that King has a well-to-do
brother, who employed Harry
Reese to defend him and keep him
Jroin the electric chair. The other
story is that those opposed to capital
punishment have united and raised a
fund in an endeavor to keep Ne
braska from ' taking the life of an
other man in the electric chair.
Dayton-Wright Company
Wins Navy Aircraft Award
Washington, June 3. First award
in the Navy department's competi
tion for designs of aircraft to be
used on board naval vessels goes to
the Dayton-Wright company, Day
ton, 0.. it was announced todav.
The winning design will be pur
chased for 16,000 and a contract let
for the construction of experimental
planes.
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Fight Over
Borah Plan
Warms Up
Hot Three-Cornered Contest
Develops in House on ,
Question of National
Armaments.
Democrats Raise Outcry
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING
Chlraxo Tribune-Omaha Ite Lraaed Wire.
Washington, June 3. -The ques
tion of the reduction of national
armcment for war developed today
into a three-cornered contest.
The senate wants the president to
negotiate an agreement with Great
Britain and Japan on the reduction
of navy building- The republican
and democratic leadership in the
house took a stand today for the ex
tension of the proposal to the re
duction of military as well as naval,
armament by all the great powers.
President Harding, while favoring
the movement, is opposed to any
legislation on the suhjeel at this
time, preferring a free, hand to han
dle the matter in the manner most
conducive to the advantage of the
United States in settling certain
pending international controversies,
notably with Japan.
In deference, to the wishes of the
president, the . house excluded the
disarmament amendment from the
naval appropriation bill. When the
nutter was pressed in the senate the
president yielded and the Borah
amendment was included.
Democrats Start Fight..
When the bill came back to the .
house the democrats raised an out
cry over the position of coolness to
the proposition in which the house
had been placed. Acting Minority
Leader ' Garrett moved that the
house conferees be instructed to ac
cept the Borah amendment broad
ened to include all powers on naval
and land disarmament.
Republican Leader Mondell op
posed any instructions to the con
ferees, but agreed that the Borah
amendment should be expanded to
include land disarmament and alt
powers on naval disarmament . and
was immediately accused of trying
to kill the whole scheme by mking
it impracticable if not to bring about
the elimination of the amendment
from the bill altogether as the presi
dent desires. Replying to Represent
ative Garner of Texas, who thought
the Borah amendment better than
none at all, Mr. Mondell said:
"I do not thfcak the gentlemen
from Texas himself is for passing
Vpon the question of recommending
action to the president on the ques
tion of disarmament in'the narrow
and restricted way that . the Borah
amendment does. If we are to act
upon that matter we should act upon
it, not in concert with one or two
nations that may arrogate to them
selves, supremacy in the world, but
after discussion with all the nations
of the world interested in those mat
ters, and furthermore, when we con-
sider the question, of disarmament
we should consider the ques
tion of disarmament on land
as well as on sea. and . when
we consider the question of naval
(Turn to Face Two, Column One.) ,
Hardings Will Spend
Week-End at Home of
Philander C. Knox
Washington, June 3. President
and Mrs. Harding will leave .Wash
ington tomorrow by automobile "to
spend the week-end at the- country
home of Senator Philander C. Knox'
of Pennsylvania, near Valley Forge. ,
They expect to return to Washing
ton Monday. :
The ride of 120 miles is expected ,
to take most of the dav. but the
president hopes to reach his destina
tion in time for a game of coif late
in the afternoon. The party ,will take
a picnic lunch, which they ptart to
cat by the roadside.
On Sunday, Mr. Harding will at
tend services at Valley Forge Me
morial church and may make a -short
address. Besides Mrs. Hard
ing, those in the party will include
Brigadier General Sawyer, the pres
ident's personal physician, and Secre
tary Christian.
Senate Expected to Pass
Own Packer, Control Bill
Washington, June 3. Chairman -Norris
of the senate agriculture com
mittee said that the senate probably
would pass its own packer control ,
bill and send it to conference for
adjustment with the house bill
passed yesterday.
The -house measure provides for
regulation of the meat industry by
the secretary of agriculture, while
the senate measure would create a
new live stock commissioner as the
administrative officers.
Major General Edwards
Made First Corps Area Head
Washington. June 3. Maj. Gen.
Clarence D. Edwards was ordered
today from Camp Di.x to command
the First corps area with headquar
ters at Boston. Maj. Gen. William
M. . W right, assistant chief of staff,
was ordered to the command of the
Ninth corps area at San Francisco I
and Maj. Gen. . Charles D. Morton,
commanding in Hawaii, was or
dered to command the Third corps
area with headquarters at Baltimore.
New Massacres Reported
In Samsun and Trebizond
London, lune -3. The A
respondent of the Exchange Tele
graph says under date of Thursday
mat u is reported trom Constanti
nople new frightful massacres of ..
Christians havr neritrrrA at 1 Com.
- - n K n 111 ,
sun and Trebizond on thf Black sea
coast of Armenia. The streets are
Strewn with the hnHirt nf f:,ie h
adds,