The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 50 NO. 305.
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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1921.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.) '
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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
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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.
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10
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HiS n. m XI
M! p. HI 7
1114 p. m. SI
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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
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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. '
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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.
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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
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