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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 305. t.t.r4 m Smcf-CltM Mtltar Nu . '. OmtHt P. 0. Art f March I. IS79. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1921. Until Jum 21, y Mill (I Vr ). Dtlly A OaMfe 41k 2m (I DVl, nil. Mj DDI Only, :: K Daily Only. Ill; Only, It THREE CENTS punr Ml , 5S1 avers Will Seek Clemency Two Omaha Murderers Among 31 Convicts to Appear Be fore State Pardons Board Tii no 1 A Ask For Commutation . Lincoln, Juno 7. (Special.) Five convicted murderers will be appli cants for parole, commutation of sentence or pardon, before the Ne braska state board of pardons and paroles at its next hearing June 16 at the state penitentiary. s Two of them are from Omaha. In addition, there are 12 other Omaha convicts applying for parole at this hearing, out of a total of 34 applicants. Floyd Fuller, who shot and killed Dorothy Rader Carberry during the Christmas holidays of 1916 at Twen ty-sixth and r amain streets in Omaha as she stepped from a street car, isx asking for commutation of sentence. Claims Self Defense. He began serving life sentence in 1917. He pleads the Carberry wo man threatened to prosecute him for violation of the Mann act when he left her to return to his wife and children in York and that the crime for which he was convicted occurred when he was under the influence of liquor. William Fouse, Omaha negro serving life for killing a Fort Crook soldier with a brick during an early morning fight in the old tenderloin district in 1908, scek9 commutation. Fouse was first sentenced to hang. He always claimed he slew the sol-, dicr in self defense. 'Prison Librarian. ' R. G. Lukins, serving life for murder in Cheyenne county in 1916, is seeking pardon. He holds a let ter to the pardon board from Gov ernor Sproul of Pennsylvania urging Clemency. Lukins is prison librarian and is iiow earning $250 a month as ad vertising specialist for a Lincoln fur niture firm. Lukins was arrested by a posse rear Sidney while with Frank Con nell, who slew several of the posse pursuing him for the robbeiy of a bank. Connell is also serving life. Lukins protests total innocence. He has a letter from his prosecuting at torney urging clemency. Jumps Parole. Walter G. Rifenburg, sentenced to life from Brown county in 1911 for dragging his body into a barn, is seeking commutation of the 25-year sentence assessed at a new trial. After Rifenburg served several years of his sentence he was paroled, jumped his parole to Denver, en listed in the Canadian army for a year and a half, returned to Denver and became night clerk in one of the leading hotels there. His lust for publicity, however, led him to tell a lurid tale of the Ar gonne drive, Flanders fields and the Eke to a Denver reporter, and when his picture was printed witlt the story prison officials saw it and got him. ' Asks Commutation. Halite J. Blevins, serving 10 years for, second degree murder in Butler county, asks commutation of sen tence. Blevins' wife went to a dance one night, leaving htm at home with the children. . Jealousy filled his breast, he got a gun and went to the corner to wait for the man who was to bring her home. The man got out of the automo bile two blocVs away and another woman with Vernon Gooden rove Mrs. Blevins home. Blevins leaped on the running board , and slew Qooden. When he learned his error he gave himself up to the authori ties.. ' Douglas County Convicts. The other Douglas county convicts who are seeking parole are: " Emisley F. Andrews, sentenced in 1921 to one to 10 years for breaking and entering; Ferdinand Branden burg, 1919, forgery, 1-20; Levi Deer ing, 1920, larceny from the person, J-7: Gladis Haroer. 1919. toreerv. ceny, 1-7; John Johnson, 1920, re ceiving stolen automobiles, 1-10; Al bert Presi Preisner, 1918, assault with intent to rob, 2-lS; Loretta Price, 1919, larceny from the person, (Tor to Pan Twa, Column Six.) Pullman. Wage Fight Taken to Labor Board Chicago, June 7. The wage dis pute of the Pullman company and its employes, who are taking a strike vote over a proposed wage reduction, was brought before the railroad labor board today, as the linil submission . by transportation lines in their move for lower wages. Objections of lat or leaders, prevent ed a full hearing of the dispute, the board taking tits question of whether the dispute was properly presented tttdcr consideration.-. The .company may be allowed to proceed later The Pullman company brought up its case after mass meetings of the employes failed to agree to a pro posal that wages be returned to the basis prior to the wage award' of Julv, 1920. Union representatives declared no attempt was made with labor organizations to settle the dis pute. Two Flying Cadets Killed When Plane Strikes Tree Hampton, ' Va., - June 7.--Noel JThompson of Jacksonville, 111., and C A. Rowen of Quitman, Ga., flying cadets, were killed today when their airplane struck a tree top and caught fire during a bombing flight at Langley field. Three of the four bombs carried exploded and the m khinc was demolished,! G.0. P. Committeeman From Kentucky Dies Suddenly at Capitol .(I ) Washington,' June 7. Alvin T. Hert of Louisville, Ky., republican national committeeman from tha,t state, died suddenly today at the New Willard hotel here. Mr. Hert, who was 56 years of age, had come here to attend the meeting of the republican national committee. He was taken ill on a train Sunday night. Only recently Mr. Hert had de clined to consitfet appointment by President Harding as an ambassador or as the president's representative on the government reorganization commission. During the last presi dential campaign he was a member of the republican executive commit tee of five. ' He had . also been prominently mentioned as a cabinet possibility and later as the next republican na tional committee chairman. In the 1916 campaign he was western manager for the republican party. He had remarked that he was feeling better and started to sit up, it was said, when death came. House Sends U.S. Naval Measure To Conference No Specific Instructions Given Regarding Amendment Party Lines Closely Fol lowed in Vote. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be. Leased Wire. Washington, June 7. By a vote of 232 to -tiO, closely following party lines, the house today sent the naval bill to conference with . no specific instructions to its managers regarding the Borah disarmament amendment unanimously adopted by the senate. The house members of the confer ence, however, will go into the par ley prepared to insist on the scrap ping of the Borah amendment and the substitution of the Porter pro posal. . The Borah amendment asks the president to enter into negotia tions with Great Britain and Japan for curtailment of naval building programs while the Porter substi tute merely' concurs in the presi dent s expressed hope of general dis armament, . , , . . .. ; Representative Mondell, majority leader in the house, conferred with President Harding today and found him well pleased with , the Porter plan. Senator Poindexter, acting chairman of the senate naval affairs committee, also conferred with the president and it was learned after ward that the senate conferees would insist to the last ditch on the Borah amendment. No explanatory state ments were , forthcoming from ad ministration circles, but it is under stood that President Harding, while personally preferring the Porter sub stitute, will not directly intervene in the controversy and will be content to leave the two houscsof congress to work out a solution. . In the house debate preceding the sending of the bill to conference, the democrats " made t. clear that they will stand almost to a man with the -senate and against the Porter plan. They demanded and received tentative promises of the right "to vote separately on the Borah amend ment They expect to have the sup port of many republicans if such a vote is obtained. ' Daughter Is Returning Home From South America Superior, Neb., June 7. (Special.) Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Butler are in receipt of a telegram stating that their daughter, Mrs. Earl Miller, and husband, have arrived in New York from Lima, Peru, where Mr. Miller has been, engaged the last two years as mining engineer, erecting machin ery for a' Chicago firm. The tele gram was signed by Frances Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miller, whom the grandparents have never seen. Mr. Miller , will be sent to France for an indefinite stay by the company this summer. , Commander of North Atlantic Coast Artillery District Dies Brookline, Mass., June - 7. Brig. Gen. John W. .Ruckman, 63, in com mand of the north Atlantic coast artillery district, died today. He had served in 'Cuba, in the Philip pines, on the Texas border in 1916 and during the world war he held the rank of major eeueral in the national army, - 20 Million Is Pueblo's Flood Loss Committee of Real Estate Men Estimate City's Damage Fol lowing Careful Inspection And Appraisal. Known Death List 55 Br The Amioclated Preaa. Pueblo. Tune 7. A committee of real estate men today estimated the property damage in Pueblo from the flood at between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. This damage is an ap praisal of . the buildings and con tents. The known dead from the flood today totaled 55, three bodies being taken to the Fountain school, according to reports of Red Cross officials. Forty-two bodies were at the morgues and 10 had been recov ered on the St. Charles Mesa. No burials will be held for several days, it was said today, because of the impassable conditions of the roads to the cemeteries. Clean Up Progressing. With the recession of the flood waters of the Arkansas river to a point which made most of the down town streets and railroad yards ac cessible, considerable progress was expected to be made today in the work of clearing up the streets and buildings and searching for dead bodies. "The list of known dead probably will take a big jump today," Captain O. L. Dennis of Denver, commander of the Colorado rangers, said. Major Harris of the quartermaster corps, in charge of installation of a food convoy system, had a corps of men active today unloading: trucks and getting them started back to Colorado Springs for a food supply. The military order requiring all able-bodied men to report for work brought out a large force of men early today and they are being put to work in various capacities, unload ing food trucks and cleaning up the city as fast as a gang of men is re cruited. Send Parties Down River. It was planned today to send a rescue party down the river in boats in an effort to recover bodies along the river. Early today the expedition had not started, but it was expected to get off before noon. Clear weather today would make possible recovery of many bodies which .have been found, but which could not previously be extricated from the debris, officers said. Check 'on The Associated Press totals of yesterday on the number of bodies recovered showed that . this figure of 52, of which 42 are in the city, was as nearly accurate as possi ble. Identification has been difficult because refugees have been scattered to widely separated sections of the city. Dead Will Reach 500. Red Cross officials at a meeting last night estimated that the death (Tarn to Pare Two, Column One.) Second Suspect In Murder Held White Man Accused of Being Accomplice in Slaying of Teacher. V Des Moines, June 7. (Special Telcgram.)-r-William Whoop, 45, a white man employed as foreman at the cement plant, was arrested to day, suspected of being an accom plice in the murder of Miss Sarah Barbara Thorsdale last Thursday in a lonely wood near Valley Junction. It was in Whoop's home that Mrs. Elizabeth Winger, 24. was assaulted Monday afternoon, the third victim of a degenerate since Thursday. Whoop is alleged to be a close friend of Tom Lewis, negro, suspected of kjlling Miss Thorsdale. . He and Lewis were "pals" on fishing trips and on sorties in the negro section near, the cement plant. "That was a two-man job," Whoop is alleged to have said re ferring to the r Thorsdale murder. Those who quoted him said he was drunk Thursday, and again Sunday when he is said to have made the statement' " Former German Submarine Is Sunk in Lake Michigan Aboard U. S. S. Wilmette, June 7. (By Naval Radio to The. Asso ciated Press.) The German subma rine U-97, was sunk at 11 o'clock this morning in Lake Michigan, some 30 miles off Chicago by the four-inch guns of the U. S. S. Wilmette. The sinking was under the di rection of Captain Wurtzbaugh, un der a provision of the treaty of Ver sailles. Two hundred naval "reserv ists from Indiana and Illinois took part in the action. This was the submarine that tour ed the Great Lakes during the Vic tory loan campaign. It had a rec ord of , having . sunk seven allied ships. ' . ' ' ' ' , Read Admiral Sims Warns Against "Propaganda" London, June 4. Read Admiral William S Sims, U. S. N., advised Britons and Americans to disregard "dangerous propaganda circulated in America by your enemies and ours," in addressing a luncheon of the Eng lish Speaking union here today. Lantz Bill Advanced Springfield, III, June 7. Oppo nents of the Lantz bill to regulate grain exchanges allowed the measure to advance to the order of second reading in the Illinois house today without opening their attack on it, .thu. saining another day's delay. Guarantee Fund Must Pay $232,000 to Long Pine Bank Depositors Lincoln, June 7. (Special.) An order by the Brown county district court was served on J. E. Hart, sec retary of the department of trade and commerce, today to pay $232,000 to depositors in the Brown County bank at Long Pine which has closed its doors. Hart immediately proceeded to is sue drafts on the 1,000 state banks in Nebraska who operate under the state guarantee fund for their share of the loss. Part of fhe money, Hart states, will be returned when the bank's affairs are finally wound up. Banks operating under the guaran tee fund law must set aside suffi cient money so that there is a state fund representative of 1 per cent of the deposits of the 1,000 banks. However, the banks may keep their proportionate share on deposit un til the money is called for to pro tect depositors in failed banks. A special assessment must be made in a short time to brinfe the guarantee fund up to 1 per cent of the deposits, Hart stated today. New Wage Cut Asked By Packers Chicago Firms File Petition With Judge Alschuler Re -questing Reduction of 5 Cents an Hour. By The Aasoclated Preaa. Chicago, June 7. A further wage reduction of 5 cents an hour for all packing house employes paid on an hourly basis and' proportional cuts for piece workers, were asked by the Chicago packers in a petition filed with Federal Judge Samuel Alschul er, federal arbiter. The reductions, granted, would ef fect approximately 60,000 workers in all parts of the country. The petition asked that a full hearing be held before June 19 and requested that the reductions be made retroac tive to that date. Ask Relief From Penalties. Relief from the penalties imposed on the packers in the form of work ing hour restrictions also was asked. With the eight-hour day in force, it was explained, the packers were guaranteeing 40 hours work a week and paying overtime after eight hours. ' It was suggested that this be changed to a guarantee of 48 hours work- and the agreement -obliging them to pay overtime after eight hours be abolished. Thus overtime would only be paid after 48 hours work a week. - The minimum rate now paid is 45 cents ,per hour, to whicH it was cut from S3 cents in March, following the abrogation by the packers m February, of a wartime agreement under which Judge Alschuler was the mediator. At that time the packers, after conferences with President Harding and Secretary Davis, aarreed to continue the abri- tration agreement until September 1 and the employes agreed to accept wage reductions averaging about 15 per cent. Uperate at .loss. The packers declare that despite the last wage cut and reduction of their forces, they have continued to operate at a loss and that they can not continue to exist under present conditions. They declared that while" labor continued to receive from two to two and one-half times as much pay, as it did before the war,- farm ers and live stock growers are get ting less for their product and are being forced to operate on a basis ruinous to the producer. Lasker Expected to ' HeadShipping Board; Names to Senate Soon Washington, June 7. President Harding's long delayed nominations of members of the shipping board are expected to go to the senate within 48 hours, as a result of conferences between officials here and A. D. Lasker of Chicago, who has been selected for the board chairmanship. Mr. Lasker had two long conver sations with the present and al though he said a final conclusion was to be reached, the impression in administration 'circles was that he would accept. He will call at the White House again tomorrow- and an announcement is expected to fol low; - Names of all seven members of the board, it is believed, will be included in this announcement and all of the seven nominations will go to the senate together.. The president has found the choice of a board difficult and he is said to feel that submission of the appoint ments in the immediate future is a necessity. . ' ' 17-Year-Old Shooter Wins Iowa Competition Des Moines, June 7. Lu Verne Jenkinson, 17 years old, Shelton, la., youth, won the 100-target handicap shoot here today with a score of 99. Jene Pope of Moline, 111., and Fred Etchen, Coffeyville, Kan., were tied for second place with 97, C. M. Anderson of Estherville, la., won the state doubles cham pionship with a score of 92 out of 100. Chinese Government Ready To Reduce Armament Bills London, June 7. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Dr. V. K. Welling ton Koo, Chinese representative in the league of nations, has notified the secretary of the league that it is the intention of the Chinese gtv ernment to give effect to the league assembly's recommendation con cerning timilnlion of exuendituri on at.mauii.uls. Marriage f IT MAS' AND 1 iyv TKmy asvaf to mun tkwm But nf tJUr mrm mutltd I ftjn. ' ; ThU iuf toba a toltmn Boy Describes Fatal Joyride at Herdzina Trial Francis Welsh Denies Any of "Booze Party' Struck De- tective or Spoke to Him Before Shooting. A "booze party,'' in which six young men consumed not less than four gallons of home-made beer in various places on the South Side, preceded the fatal shooting of Jo seph Howard and the wounding of three others of the boys by City Detective John Herdzina at Thirty third and L streets the night of April 9, according to testimony of Francis Welsh, one of the boys, yes terday at the trial of Herdzina for manslaughter in District Judge Les lie's court yesterday afternoon. Welsh testified that, after the boys had spent some time at the C. C. C. billiard parlor, they drove in a touring car to the Suth Side and went to a frame house on Twentieth street just north of Q street.- - . Imbibed Much Beer. . ' - "We went in and Joe Howard asked the woman for some beer," he said. "She brought it' out in a jug, I think a five-gallon jug. We stayed about an hour and drank about half the jugful. We each put a dollar on the table before we left. I had two quart bottles of the beer in my overcoat pockets when we left. "We drove to Twenty-seventh and Q streets, where we went into a barber shop and I got another drink from a man. Then we went to the place at Thirty-third and L streets." Welsh testified that the only word he heard said by Herdzina or any' of the six boys before and . during the -shooting was "stop," which Herdzina shouted as the car was driving away from the soft drink parlor at Thirty-third and L streets. Jumped on Running Board. , Welsh did not . pronounce . the name "Herdzina" during all his tes timony, but referred to him as "this man." Ht ' testified that "this . man" jumped on the running board of the car and drew his revolver from his right-hand pocket. He said none of the youths struck the detective or took hold of him or said anything' to him during the shooting or be fore. ' ' Herdzina's revolver, a .38-caliber Remington automatic, was intro duced in evidence. Opening of the trial' was delayed yesterday morning,, when the de fense ' informed the court that one of the furors, Ray Queen, 208 Park avenue, had expressed opin ions adverse to Herdzina the previ ous evening-after impaneling of the jury. George Wr. Hibbler, negro, 1715 Jackson street, was drawn to take Queen's place. ' Omahans in Capital on Automohle Tour of East Washington, D. C, June 6. (Spe cial Telegram.) Fred A. Seiverling, president of the Owl Moulding and Art "company of Omaha, accompanied by Mrs. Seiverling and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Booth, is in Washington on an automobile tour of the east and Canada. After leaving Washington on Wednesday they will visit New York, Niagara Falls. Buffalo and then enter Canada for a stay of s'V- Vcral ecks i VowsOld and Modern ICopyrtMli91l Br The Chicago Tribune.) ' vottf - But now it ha littlm tolmnitf tor thooo wkm mado tt Mwral Hmot, Northern Ireland Parliament Opens Congress Elected Under Home Rule Measure Convenes At Belfast. Belfast; Ireland, June 7. (By The Associated Press.) The Parliament of northern Ireland,' elected last month under i the new home rule measure, was opened this morning amid impressive scenes iti the coun cil chamber of the city hall here. The ceremony occurred in the presence nf a distinguished gathering. None of the nationalist or Sinn Fein mem bers elected to the Parliament was present as the 40 unionists took their seats and proceeded to the organiza tion of the house. Hugh O'Neill, son of Lord O'Neill, was unanimously elected speaker and Sir James Craig, the premier, announced the following cabinet: ' , Home "Secretary Sir Dawson Bates. . - Minister of Finance H. M. Pol lock. - Minister of Education The mar quis of Londondery. : - Minister of Labor J. M. Andrews. Minister of Agriculture Hon. E. A. Archdale. i ' - Elaborate police precautions were taken against disorders. Many per sons against whom there were sus picions were arrested Sunday and Monday. Viscount Fitzalan, lord lieutenant of Ireland, reached Belfast from London early this morning. The company in the little gal leries, gathered to witness the open ing ceremonial appeared thoroughly representative of the northern pro vince, the only notable absentee, it was commented,- being Cardinal Logue. . . . The party of high functionaries attending was received I at the city hall by Lord Mayor Ccates. . After the luncheon which- fol lowed the opening of the parliament, Sir James Craig, the premier, " read a message from King George, -announcing his majesty's intention of opening the parliament in person on Wednesday, June 22, ' ilippirie Bureau Is Aroused at Igorrotes Washington. June 7. Recent dis patches from Manila declaring that several Filipino business men were preparing a memorial urging defer ment of independence and that Igor rotes were voicing opposition to in dependence" to the Wood-Forbes mission are attacked in a statement issued by the press bureau of 'the Philippines mission here. , The statement declares that the Manila business men opposing in dependence are Americans and. not Filipinos, and that the Igorrote tribesmen who appeared before the Wood-Forbes mission were not rep resentative. The bureau has been advised from Manila that the Igor rotes who appeared were acting at the instance of American mission aries. ' Girl Commits Suicide. Lead, S. D., June 7. (Specials Information has been received by Black Hills friends of the suicide of Miss .Agnes Rupp at her father's ranch, seven miles from Hulett, west of the Black Hills. A postmortem examinatibn revealed the cause of death as poisoning, the circumstances indicating suicide. No cause is as suzned for htt act , ft : l Him l ' mo iL I Bee's Free Milk And Ice Fund Is Opened Today Every " Penny Contributed Goes to Supply Milk or Ice to Poor, Suffering and Small Children. The Bee opens today its Free Milk and'Ice fund for the summer of 1921. The money contributed tothis fund every cent of it goes to sup ply milk or ice to poor, suffering babies and very small children in the homes of the poor where hot weath er usually makes a dreadful fight to crush out little lives. ' No "overhead" expense to .'this fund. Every penny you give actually goes to buy milk or ice for those in desperate njed. ' . Contributions from 10 cents to $5 are solicited and acknowledged : in this column. Visiting Nurses, who are in daily intimate touch with these homes of poverty, draw oh this fund for the needed milk or ice for the little suf ferers. There is no other .way of providing these necessities. : If you can spare something, mail or bring it right now to The Bee of fice. Address it ' "Milk and Ice fund." ; The Bee $5.00 Pershing Says Press Doesn't Give Enough , Space to University Lincoln, June 7. (Special.) Ne braskan s don't "blow . their horns enough," Gen. John J. Pershing told members of the Lincoln Rotary club today. He criticised Lincoln and Omaha newspapers for their failure to give sufficient space to the big university. "I wonder how many of you recog nize what a tremendous university you have in your midst. I know of only three or four other universities in America which compare with it. '; "Yesterday .you had a great com mencement in your city. I wonder how many knew about it. The news papers had little to say about it. For 10 days' previous to the com mencement festivities at the great eastern universities, the press is filled with nothing else. That is what makes the universities great." English Miners to Meet to Discuss Strike Situation ; London, June 7. (By The Asso ciated . Press.) The executive body of the coal miners' union today- is sued a call to the delegates of the organization to meet in conference .Friday to consider the strike situa tion. - The Weather - Forecast Nebraska Unsettled weather Wednesday and Thursday with prob ably, showers; not much change' in temperature. Iowa Unsettled weather Wednes day and Thursday with occasional showers, rt much change in temper ature. Hourly Temperatures. S 10 1 1 a. 71 p. m ..MS HiS n. m XI M! p. HI 7 1114 p. m. SI 4 5 p. m aa a. m. a. m, a. m. a. m. a. m. a. m. noun p. m ...iO .7 7 p. .MJ p. Showdown Demanded In Mexico Government Must Guarantee American Property Right! i , To Gain Recognition, Hughes Declares. Outcome Up To Obregon By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINo! Chlcnto Tribune-Omaha IW leaned Wlr, Washington, June 7. Mexico, to obtain recognition by the govern ment of the United States, must enter into a treaty of amity an commerce in which it will guarantee American property rights within Mexican territory against confisca tion. Secretary of State Hughes, fol lowing cabinet discussion of Mexi can relations, today made public the administration's policy, which calif upon Obregon for a showdown as to the exact intent of the Mexican con stitution of 1917 with respect to property acquired by Americans and other foreigners within its borders prior to that enactment. Path Pointed Out. If President Obregon will enter into negotiation of the proposed treaty safeguarding from confisca tion American property acquired be fore the adoption of the new con stitution, Mexico would automatic ally acquire recognition by tha United States and a restoration o international relations. If the Mexican constitution of 1917, concerning which there has been so much controversy, was in tended to inaugurate a policy of con fiscation of the property of foreign ers acquired before that time, then Mexico will not enter into the pro posed treaty with the United States and her refusal will be an admission of the Mexican government's confis catory intentions. Up to Obregon. It is up to Obregon to show clearly and definitely that the new Mexican constitution does not in augurate such a policy, which Secre tary Hughes declares "strikes not only at the interests of individuals but at the foundations of intetna tional intercourse." The question between the United States and Mexico, Secretary Hughes made clear, is not one of personalities or of the recognition of " any particular administration. Thq fundamental which concerns the r i r . ' :u .. . I saieguaraing oi viiicrnjui ngms "u upon Mexico's showing as to its intentions in this regard, depends upon her future relationshiu with, this government. ' There, can be no dodging the issue. Obregon must say that he can negotiate a treaty such as the United States proposejKV and that he will do it. , If the constitution precludes such a course, if Mexico cannot make a solemn and binding agreement to that effect, then Mexico has not at present a government with which the United States can associate. It was this proposed treaty which George T. Summerlin, American charge d'affaires in Mexico, took to President Obregon two weeks ago. The treaty also contains stipulations (Tnra to Pace Two. Colnma Tout.) Former Iowa Woman And Children Killed ' In Flood at Pueblo Shenandoah. la., June 7. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Carl Davis, for merly of Riverton, la., and her three children were drowned in the Pueblo flood Wednesday night when the spillway dam of North Sterling res ervoir broke. ' . if. t - : i ! j j.var. javis was senousiy injurcu,. but is expected to recover. According to the report received by Mrs. Davis, , brother, Everett Mortimore of Shenandoah, the. bodies of the two older children r i it c i w c i c iuuhu tunc iium mt:ir iiuiuv the day following the flood. The youngest child was only seven months old.' Mrs. Davis formerly was Misi Maude Mortimore. She was a' daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Orley Morti more. Bodies of the four victims were accompanied to Riverton by Everett Mortimore, who went to Sterling immediatelly after learning of the tragedy. Funeral service were held today. l Yank Soldiers in Germany. Are Killed by Highwaymen Coblenz, June 7. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Two American soldiers have died as a result of wounds inflicted by a highwayman Wednesday. "--' Private S. H. Sniff hauer, Company C, Fifth infantry, was shot dead, and Private Clarence Leavell of the same company succumbed to his wound Thursday. Army detectives are investigating the shooting. i . .i i in i i Woman Badly Burned When Boiling Tobacco Explode! Hubbell, Ncl., June 7. (Special.) Mrs. M. J. Farrell of Hubbell suf-i fered a peculiar, as well as pain ful accident. She was boiling some tobacco for use on plants when the tobacco exploded, throwing the scald ing liquid over her face and arms and severely burning her.. -.. Discrimination Charged ;' Chicago, June 7. A resolution al-, leging discrimination against music dealers and asking that they b given the privileges of parcel post, with C. O. D. provisions, was adopted by the National Sheet Mnsie Dealers' association. E. P. Little San Francisco,' was elected tieej oresideot, - i