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The Omaha Daily Bee gill I VOL. 51 NO. 7. THREE CENTS ttUni at SmcM-CIim Matltr May 1. t9M. at Oaiaha P. 0. Uadir Act at Martk 3. I7. OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1921. Uatll Juae 28. by Mall (I Vr ), Dally Sua.. $7.50: Dally Only. IS; 8u.. V i OuUlda 4th Zuaa (I yaar). Dally and Suaday. tii: Dally Oaly. 112; Suaday Oaly. & eprimand Punishment Of Admiral Sims Publicly Rebuked by Denby for Utterances Be fore English Speaking Union. Admits He Spilled Beans By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Trlbune-Omaha Leaned Wire. Washington, June 24. Secretary of the Navy Denby today adminis tcred a public reprimand to Rear Admiral William S. Sims for state incuts in his recent speech in Lon don reflecting upon the activities of Nun 1'e.n sympathizers in America and upon the houses of congress, leg islatures and other puhlic bodies which have adopted resolutions at tacking England and . expressing sympathy with the Irish republican cause. The rebuke was conveyed to Ad nidi oiiiia di ma imill in a unci from Secretary Denby disapproving two paragraphs of the correct text of the speech furnished by the ad ililtldl UI1C I'tll UK dl'I IJIdllUlUK lliv: Sinn Fein element in America as the tnciny of both Britain and America 'and attributing Irish republican res ... ..i, i 1: .u olutions to the influence of jackass votes, and the other paragraph pre dieting that the English-speaking peoples will yet be united m a com radeship which will enable them to run this round globe. The secretary pronounced the of fense of Admiral 'Sims aggravated by his disregard of the warning in volved in his reprimand in 1911 by President Taft for a speech in Lon don in which he said that if their empire ever was seriously menaced - by a "European coalition" the British could "count upon every man. every dollar, every drop of blood of your kindred across the sea. ; I Action Is Unavoidable. "The department deplores the fact " at it is necessary to rebuke a flag fticcr in public, but you have made i action unavoidable, the Denby ter of reprimand declared. The reprimand will be added to tnc admiral's record and "published to the fleet." Secretary Denby said. "Was this reprimand administred at the direction of the president as in the case of the reprimand of 1911? the secretary was asked. "This is the secretary of the navy's case," replied the secretary. "Then the president had nothing to do with this reprimand?" "No," , replied Mr. Denby grimly. This Case was handled by the sec retary of the navy." -v Calls on President. After receiving the reprimand Ad mltal Sims went to the White House by appointment to pay the presi dent a call of courtesy. He was greeted cordially by Mr. Harding, but what was said at this meeting, which lasted only a few minutes, was not revealed. There is reason to believe, however, that the ad miral expressed his regret that he had occasioned the administration any embarrassment. "Did you have a pleasant call?" the admiral was asked as he emerged from the executive office. 1 "Ycy pleasant," he replied. "The president is an execeedingly pleasant man. as you all know." "Was this your first meeting?" "Oh. no; I once sat between Sen ator Harding and Governor Cox at a Liberty loan drive dinner at Co lumbus, 0." When asked if he had any com ment to make on his reprimand, Ad miral Sims replied: "I was reprimanded. I got what was coming to me. I spilled the beans. I am sorry to have caused the administration any embarrass ment. The fact is. I didn't know it was loaded at least, so much." The admiral departed tonight for Newport to resume his duties as president of the. naval war college in which position he is to remain, "so far as I know," he said. Secretary Denby's Letter. Secretary Denby's letter of repri mand follows: "Washington, D. C, June 24, 1921 From the Secretary of the Navy: Rear Admiral William S. Sims, United States Navy. Subject: Reprimand. On June 8, 1WI, there ap peared in the public press through out the country a report of certain statements alleged to have been made by you on the occasion of a luncheon given in London on the previous day, at which you were the guest of the English Speaking union. s "2. These public statements, if correctly reported, dealt with mat ters "which properly should be the subject for comment by nohigh gov ernmental official other than one to whom the care of our foreign policy is entrusted. - Confirmed in Statement. "3. Your letter or June 22, in which you furnish the department with an abstract of the speech de livered Uy you on the occasion in question confirms in essential points the aforesaid press reports and shows that on a public Occasion in a foreign country yon gave utterance to the following statements: "I don't want to touch on the Irish question, for I know nothing about it, and have not run across anybody in England who does. But there are some people in our country who technically are Americans, some of them naturalized and some native born; but some of them are not really Americans at all. Some of the ueople are now trying to destroy the OOa rcutiwus utiuu uur iwu ountrics. They are Americans when hey want money, but Sinn Feiners hen on the piauorm. incy are enemies of ours and yours. They are like the zebra either white horses with black stripes, or black horses with white stripes. We know that they are not horses and some lam t Paw Xwa, Col ana Ose. Boston Girl Marries Duke of Marlborough ST ff? ' ' ) Gladys Deacon Becomes Duchess Of Marlborough Boston Girl Weds Duke, Sec ond American Girl to As sume Title Consuelo Vanderbilt First. Faris, June 24. Gladys Marie Deacon of Boston, this morning be came the duchess ot Marlborough, the second American girl to assume the title. The civil ceremony, which asted three minutes took place in the British consulate-and was performed by H. G. McKaiei. the British consul. There were two witnesses tor the duke, Judge Walter Berry, president of the Chamber of Commerce here, and J. T. B. Zewcll, the duke's iegal adviser. I .rrm. Penan It former minister of the interior, acted as witness for Miss ! Doncnn Kho wa attended hv. Countess Du Bois Rouvray and tne only other , persons present were Eugene Higgins, a cousin ot iviiss Deacon, and several American and British newspaper men. The du'.:e gave his age as 49. The bride did not give her age. The first duchess ot Alarlborougr., before her marriage to the duke, was Consuelo Vanderbilt of New York. She obtained a decree of ab solute divorce from , the duke May 13. last, i - The hour originally set for the civil ceremony was 3 p. m., but tne tme was changed at the last minute in order to avoid a crowd of spec tators. A luncheon for the wedding party followed at the home of Mr. Higgins where the religious ceremony will be celebrated at noon tomorrow. The duchess wore a costume ot good luck" blue, consisting of a implc silk dress of deep blue and laree blue picture hat. the shade having been selected by her to bring good fortune. Police Barracks at Cork Object of Attack Corks Ireland, June 24. Police barracks were bombed and " there was general street fighting in this city last night, one woman being killed and three girls and three men wounded. The disorders began when four civilians in a motor, threw a bomb at a police station. Two other barracks also were bombed, but little damage resulted. The, casualty occurred in subse quent fusillades between the police and civilians. Because of the dis turbances all persons are ordered to remain indoors after 8 p. m. University Place Falls From Grace; 'Seegar8' Now Sold Lincoln, . June 24. (Special.) No public dances. No tobacco sold. No pool halls. For years these were the three , distinctive features of University Place, a college town of 5.000 popu lation a few miles out of Lincoln. But now there are just two of these features left. The war with its free cigarcts to the soldiers, the hard times forcing the merchants to make every nickel possible, or something has made Uni versity Place a wide open town, so far as the sale of tobacco is con cerned. They are selling cigars there in some of the stores. A few continue to refuse to sell 'em, but five or six of the stores do it. There's no ordinance in the town against the sale of tobacco. Neither is there an ordinance agianst pool halls or dance halls. It has just been a matter of local pride with the residents and a mighty good drawing card for papas and mammas who wanted to send their children to school Slaver of j Ziegler Is Acquitted Jury Returns Verdict of Nut Guilty in Trial of Mrs. Orthwein After One Hour's Deliberation. Climax of Wild Parties Chicago Tribunp-Onialia Hee Leaned Wire. Chicago, June 24. Cora Isabella Orthwein, slayer of Herbert P. Ziegler, was declared not guilty by a jury this evening, after deliberat ing ait hour. Mrs. Orthwein wept with joy as the verdict was read: "We, the jurors, find the defend ant. Cora lsabelle Orthwein. not guilty as charged in the indictment." This does not mean she did not kill Ziegler, for she admits the slaying, but condones her act as the necessity of self-defense. Widow Avoids Testifying. The case has attracted wide at tention and has been followed close ly by people in Chicago and else where. The testimony showed that Ziegler, an able and companionable business man when sober, became a beast when inflamed with liquor, and he drank heavily and often. The fact that his widow and daughter left the city to avoid testifying, led the public, and possibly the j,ury, to believe that his actions in his own home were not such as to endear him to his family. His wife had become estranged from him and had been in California. She returned just before the tragedy, and it was said that love for his daughter had influenced Ziegler to break relations with Mrs. Orthwein and return to his family. Twice Divorced. Mrs. Orthwein, whose maiden name was Landrum and who came from Kentucky, was first married to Jack O'Connor, then manager of the St. Louis Browns. She after wards divorced him and became the wife of Harry Orthwein, president of the club, who introduced her to St. Louis society. She was divorced from him on the charge that he had a violent temper and had threatened her life. Then she went to New York, where she met Ziegler, who represented liimself as a single man and induced her to come to Chicago. He maintained an apartment tor her and his automobile was at her call. They were familiar figures at the cabarets and in the wild life of Chi cago. Injury in Wreck 3 -.. . Years Ago Fatal to Veteran Engineer Alliance, Neb., June 24. (Special 1 elejrram. ) t uneral services ior uanici r iizpau ick, tcinou uunuig ton engineer, who died Wednesday in a Lincoln, hospital, will be held here Saturday morning at 9 at the Catholic church. Fitzpatrick was in "the service of the Burlington for 28 years, most of the time as an engineer on the Alliance division. He was engineer of passenger train No. 43, wrecked at Birdsell, near here, in 1918, in which he sustained an injury to his spine. He never recovered from the in jury which was given as the direct cause of his death. He was 53 years old. About two months ago he received a judgment, affirmed by the supreme court, for $22,800 as damages from the railroad company for his injuries. A year ago he moved from Alliance to Lincoln, where he had considera ble property interests. He is sur vived by one son, Jack, and two daughters, Thelma and Bernice, all of Lincoln. They accompanied the body here. Bakers Increase Weight of Loaves Increase of about one-third in the weight of a loaf of bread beginning Monday was announced yesterday by the Petersen-Pagau Baking company and Jay Burns Baking company, to apply in the same proportion to hard rolls. Reduction in the costs of materials is given as the reason for this in crease by P. F. Petersen and Jay Burns. The 10-cent loaf will be increased from ar. average of 10.2 to 16 ounces and 15-ccnt loaf from 16 to 24 ounces. Pioneer of Madison Dies Suddenly of Heart Disease Madison, Neb.. June 24. (Spe cialsAndrew Spence, pioneer, died suddenly of heart failure while tak ing care of the poultry. Funeral services will be held at the residence Saturday afternoon, Rev. Allen Chamberlain of the M. b. cnurch ;n charge. Burial will be in Crownhill cemetery. Mr. Spence was born at Peter borough, Ontario, Can. He was married to Ellen Peters there on March 31, 1868. In 1874 he moved to Stanton, Neb., and in 1887 came to Madison where he has since re sided. For many years he was pro1 prietor and owner of the Madison house. He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Lillian Frederickson, Harlan, 'la., and one son, William, living at Madison. Five Draft Deserters Are Arrested in San Antonio San Antonio, June 24. Five al leged draft deserters were delivered to military authorities at Fort, Sam Houston here today, making the first arrests since the publication of the War department list was started iere about two months age, h $10,000,000 Losses in Nebraska Live Stock Lincoln, June 24. (Special.) Loss of live stock in Nebraska an nually amounts to more than $10, 000,000 a year, according to a state ment issued today by Leo J. Stuhr, secretary of the department of agri culture. "More or less of these losses of course arc from accidents and natural causes, but it is safe to say that a large percent of the annual loss is caused by diseases that arc controll able," Stuhr said. Losses enumerated for 1920 arc: Horses. $2,423.2o5; mules, $317,376; milk cows, $1,057,900; sheep, $165, 856; hogs, $2,828,336; other cattle, $4,347,386. A. F. L. Will Elect Officers at Meet This Morning Convention Calls on President To Investigate Strike Riots And Subsequent Killings At Hammond, Ind. Denver, Colo., June 24. The con vention of the American Federation of Labor today called upon Presi dent Harding to investigate the strike riots o' the Standard Steel Car com pany, Hammond, Ind., in September, 1919, and fix the responsibility for the "issuing of guns" and the death of four steel car workers. The resolution charged that the workers were shot down with riot guns furnished by the United States government. All organized labor in the United States was rvquested to unite to "as certain the fattual facts in relation to the use of.tnese barbarous weapons, and to fix the responsibility upon such individual officers, servants or representatives of the government who shall be found personally re sponsible for this great outrage against legal and natural right." Enactment of legislation by con gress providing "strict federal con trol of the production and distribu tion of natural resources now pri vately held and privately developed" was demanded by the convention. The secretary of war and the secre tary of the navy and civil service commission were called upon by resolution to immediately discharge from the government service, alien employes who fail to qualify for citizenship. The convention voted to make the election of officers a special order of Dusmess for 10:30 tomorrow morn ing Electioneering on the. floor of the convention -during the morning ses sion today again threatened to in terrupt the proceedings and President Samuel Gompers had considerable trouble to keep order so the commit tees could report. He issued a warning from the platform to federation organizers that they must not interfere with the election of officers. "No organizer has a right or privilege," he said, "to espouse the candidacy of any aspirant to office in the American Federation of La bor. To whom it may corcern, I say, take notice.1' Stepmother Held 1 When Youth's Body Is Found in Well Carlinville, III., June 24. The mu tilated body of Thomas Harmon, 19, was found, weighted down in a shal low well near his home at Grenndge, near here, late yesterday. Blood stains on the kitchen walls at his home and the report that Harmon had quarreled with his stepmother, Catherine Harmon, aged 36, led to her arrest. She is in jail here with a 14-months-old baby. Officials investigating the case de-clared-they found Evidence which in dicates the youth was slain in his stepmother's home and his body dragged to the well. An old axe bearing signs of having been in the fire to remove stains was found. Young Harmon's father and his stepmother are said to have sepa rated a week ago. The Bee Offers for Next Sunday A combination of news, news features, light fiction, rotogravure pictures and sport articles, with a sure and comprehensive ap peal for all sorts of readers. HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OF THE SPECIAL FEATURES: WORLD'S CHAMPION COWGIRL, by Jack Bristol, a human interest tale of the rise from obscurity of Lorena Trickey, champion woman rider, who will de fend her title at Cheyenne, Wyo., in July. THE MIDNIGHT MURDER ON TOP THE SPHINX, by Nazarienne Daan Kannibelle, expert crime investi gator. First of a series covering the world's greatest detective cases of recent years. THE ITINERANT LOVER, a Blue Ribbon short story by May Edginton. The narrative of a male flirt who finally fell in love. MARRIED LIFE OF HELEN AND WARREN, by Mabel Herbert Urner. , A NOBLE ANIMAL, by James J. Montague. The Rotogravure Section for next Sunday will include a full page of photographs of officers and members of the executive committee of the Nebraska American Legion, a page of "Mack Sennett Pets" for the movie fans, and a page of photos from Kearney Neb." The Best . . . The Sunday Bee When the Admiral Visits Sinn Feiners Use Mines to Blow Up Soldiers' Train Three Killed, 20 Injured by Blast Special Returning From Guarding King Is Wrecked. Belfast, June 14. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Three soldiers and a train guard were killed and some 20 soldiers and an assistant train guard were injured when a troop train car rying soldiers from.jTdclfast to Dub lin was wrecked by thf explosion of Sinn Fein land mines at Abervoyle, near Dundalk, today. An official statement issued this afternoon giving the number of casualties, said that about 30 horses were killed in the wreck or had to be destroyed owing tc their injuries. Soldiers who saw civilians run ning away from the scene of the wreck fired at them, shooting to death two unidentified persons. Two mines were employed. Evi dently they had been placed after the passage of previous troops trains. A rail also had been raised. Two special trains with soldiers and horses who had participated in the reception of King George and Queen Mary on the state opening of the Ulster Parliament Wednesday had passed over the spot safely. The third train was wrecked at a steep embankment when the mine ex ploded, most of the carriages falling over the embankment. Physicians were immediately rushed to the scene. Large forces of police and soldiers also were dispatched to the spot, which is in a lonely mountainous dis trict just beyond the Ulster boun dary. Street Paving at Aurora . To Be Finished This Week Aurora, Neb., June 24. (Special.) This week will see completion ot paving which has been under way in Aurora for more than a year, i he total cost is about $350,000 and three miles and a half of the streets have been paved with brick. Bonds will soon be issued to take-up the out standing warrants. (Copyrifht: 1931: Br TUa Chicaco Tribune.) ' Big Cut Made in Taxes on Property Farm Property Assessments In Loup County Drop From $9.17 to $7.76 an Acre. Lincoln, June 24. (Special.) Big reductions in assessments are noted in returns received today by W. H. Osborne, state tax commissioner, from Loup, Platte, Chase and Wheeler counties. Assessment on farm property in Loup county this year is $7.76 an acre against $9.17, representing a re duction of 15.3 per cent. Personal property is assessed at $830,280 this year against a valuation of $1,226,180 in 1920, or a' reduction of 33 per cent. Farm assessments in Tlatte county dropped 33 per cent this year. Farm land last year was assessed at $18,- 633,550 and this year it dropped to $15,788,851. The total value of all property assessed in that county is $63,057,611 against a total valuation last year of $73,000,000. In Chase county real estate assess ments have dropped 11 per cent this year and the assessment on personal property was reduced 22 per cent. Wheeler county returns a total value of $5,931,135 this year against $6,000,000 last year. Farm land in 1920 was valued at $15.37 last year, while this year it is valued at $13.23 an acre. Pioneer Rancher of Western Nebraska Drowns in Small Lake Alliance, Neb.. June 24. (Special Telegram.) John Englehorn, 78, pioneer rancher and resident of western Nebraska for 35 years, was drowned in a small lake on his ranch seven miles west of here. The body was -found by his son, Elmer Englehorn, after several hours' search. The father tiad been missing from the house since noon. His hat, overalls and shoes were found on the bank. He had not re moved his shirt or underwear. It is thought that while undressing for a swin in the lake he may have suf fered an attack of heart failure or apoplexy and fallen forward into the water. The body was found floating in shallow water 20 feet from the bank. Englehorn was born in Baden, Germany, and came to this country when a boy. He came to western Nebraska in 1886 and amassed a con siderable fortune, owning about 800 acres of land where he lived. He is survived by his son, Elmer, and two daughters, Mrs. Ode Scoficld of Salt Lake City, and Hattie Englehorn, living at home. Funeral services will be held in Alliance Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Socialist Committee Ready to Submit Report Detroit, June 24. The retiring socialist national committee tonight completed its report for submission to the national convention, which opens here tomorrow. Forty-six delegates, representing 26 states, five foreign language fed rations and the young people's socialist league have registered for the convention. Relations between the socialist party and the Russian bolshevik government is holding the center of attention among the early arrivals. A check of the delegates, according to party leaders, shows the majority opposed to the communist demand for. affiliation with the soviet gov ernment. Fog' Delays Flight. Riverside, Cal., June 24. Heavy fog prevented flight today of David K. Davis of Hollywood and hnc Springer of Ocean Park in their projected non-stop aerial dash for New York. They announced at March field that they would not un dertake to start until tomorrow, the Secretary Yale Crew Wins Annual Regatta By Scant Margin Harvard Crosses Line 3 1-5 Seconds After Eli Oarsmen Crimson Lead Blue For Two Miles. New London, Conn., June. 24. In a titanic battle of blades the Yale varsity crew defeated the Harvard crew on the Thames river here this afternoon by a scant three-quarters length in a gruelling four-mile race in which open water never once showed between the shells. Only 3 1-5 sec onds separated victor and vanquished at the end of what was one of the closest and most spectacular equatic duels ever staged by the two ancient collegiate rivals. The official times were: Yale. 20 minutes, 41 seconds; Harvard, 20 minutes, 44 1-5 seconds. Tonight Yale adherents are cele brating with exceptional fervor, for the defeat of Harvard marked an epoch in Yale rowing history. The Blue once again leads in the record of Victories, today's triumph placing the Elis ahead of Harvard by a mar gin of one. The score stands: Yale, 27 conquests to Harvard's 26. The blue oarsmen emerged trium phant after a season of reversals, which included the dismissal of Coach Guy Nickalls three weeks ago and the installation of P. J. Corderry, who was Nickall's assistant in the place of the famous English coach. The exceptional showing of both the ireshman and 'varsity eights to day lifted Yale enthusiasm to fever pitch and tonight New London is witnessing a revival of the famous scenes of celebration which in recent years have been absent. The crews shot away together. Harvard's rowing form was perfect and she led at the half-mile mark. At the two-mile mark Harvard was leading by a half length. Do what she could. Harvard could not throw off her adversary and gradually Yale forced the bow of her shell ahead of the Crimson craft ?nd gained a lead of about a length. Harvard spurted and cut down Yale's lead to half a boat's length, but the men from New London held to their task and swept over the finish line three seconds ahead of Harvard. 13 Arrested for Selling Shipping Board Cargo Hoboken, N. J., June 24. United States Commissioner Staton today issued warrants for the arrest of 13 men charged with having illegally dry docked the shipping board steamship Lake Elkwood in Rio de Janeiro in 1919 and sold her cargo The defendants include Arminius T. Haeberle, then acting as agent for the shipping board and as United States consul at Rio; Archibold H. Price, a shipping agent employed by Haeberle; five officers of the ship crew and several Rio de Janeiro business men. Price was arrested on the shipping board vessel, Martha Washington, which docked from Rio this morning. Fire Destroys Town. Quebec, June 24. The village of Ville Ray, Lotbiniere county, was a smouldering ruins today. Every one of its houses was demolished by a forest fire that swept down upon it yesterdny. All the inhabitants es caped by fleeing to the vilage of Lotbiniere. - The Weather Forecast. Possibly showers Saturday; much change in temperature. not Hourly Temperatures. I a. .17 1 p. m. 2 p. m. ....7 ....7(1 ....74 .. ..7 .,..78 ,...7 ....7 ....? n a. m. 7 a. m. S a. m. a. m. 3 p. m. 4 p. m. fi p. m. p. in. 7 p. m. I p. m. 10 a. m. 11 a. m. 42 noua Revolt on Mellon Bill Is Manifest Refunding of $10,000,000,000 Debt Owned by the Allies To U. S. Ic Received Reluctantly. Refi Bonds use Uerman Clilrnffo TrlbwiF-Omuhii IW I.rflnril Wire. Washington, June 24. Symptoms of revolt were manifest in congress today against the broad and almost .unlimited powers asked by the ad ministration for the refunding of the $10,000,000,000 debt owed by the al lied governments to the United States. The chief cause for reluctance lies in the fact that the legislation sought gives the secretary of the treasury authority to accept bonds of Ger many and Austria. Notiwthstanding this attitude in congress it was made clear in an authoritative quarter that the government seeks this authority deliberately, for it may be absolutely necessary to accept bonds of the central powers from some of the smaller debtor nations and also nec essary to accept them from Germany and Austria in payment of their debts to us for expenses of our army of occupation. May Ask Revision. That there will be resistance to the grant of this authority is certain and and it is not unlikely that some will insist upon a revision of the bill be fore it is passed. The fcel'.ng of oppoosition was. brought out today in senate debate. Senator Smoot of Utah, one of the republican wheelhorses and one of the, most active members of the finance committee, declared that the bill went too far and assured demo cratic critics that the finance com mittee would call upon Mr. Mellon for a most careful explanation of his' plans before it made any report on the measure. Senator McKellar of Tennessee, democrat, precipitated the debate by declaring that "no more unwise, un just, impolitic and unfair thing to the United States could have been de vised than the Mellon bill." McKellar Explains Bill. "Blanket authority is given under this bill to take German, Austrian and Turkish bonds as par for Eng lish, "French, Italian and Belgian bonds," said Senator McKellar. "The result would be in the end that we would pay $11,000,000,000 of the Ger man indebtedness. Wc loaned our money at par to the a!l:cs when their bonds were selling at 50. to 60 cents on the dollar. We loaned that money at what we had to pay for it 3yi to 5 per cent. It is now pro posed that we shalt swap this in debtedness, guaranteed by the sol vent nations of Europe, and take in their place German bonds that I don't believe are worth 20 cents on the dollar." "Frankly, I think this bill gives the secretary of the treasury too much power," said Senator Smoot, "But there are not many German bonds in circulation. Germany is issuing paper money." "Before we report this bill," said Senator Smoot," we will have the secretary of the treasury before the finance committee and will know exactly what he has in mind for refunding the foreign debt." Michigan Lawyer Is Named Ambassador From U. S. to Japan Washington, June 24. Charles B. Warren of Detroit, a lawyer of in ternational reputation, was named today by President Harding as am bassador to Japan. ; ' Mr. Warren is now in New York and is to sail soon for Norway with his family for a vacation of several weeks. He plans to return to Amer ica in August and is expected to leave soon afterward for Tokio. He will succeed as ambassador Roland S. Morris of Philadelphia, who was appointed in 1917, but who returned to the United States some months ago on leave of absence. The new ambassador to Japan ii a lawyer with an international rep utation and is senior member of thi law firm of Warren, Caddy, Hill and Hamblen of Detroit. Spanish War Hero Freed on Fraud Charge San Francisco, June 24. A federal indictment charging Maj. John J Jeffery, Spanish war veteran and holder of the congressional medal oi honor, with using the mails to de fraud in connection with activities oi the California Council of the Nation al Defense league during the last war, was dismissed today in th United States district court. The jurj was unable to agree and the court said the indictment should be drop ped since the government did not in tend to try the case again. Jeffery won his distinction in the Philippines for notable services. He was for merly a newspaper executive in Chi cago and other midwestern cities. Nationwide Marine Strike Today Is Declared at End New York, June 24. The nation wide strike of affiliated marine unions called May 1 today was declared at an end. A referendum vote taken by local unions of firemen and sailors showed the men in favor of returning to work without an agreement with the own ers. The marine engineers brought their part of the strike to an end re eeMiy when they accepted the agree mesH signed by their national presi dent with the hipping board,