The Omaha Daily Bee
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VOL. 51 NO. 8.
ATariff Lav
Fight to Be
Launched
Fordney Bill Will Be Intro
duced Wednesday Valua
tion Provision and Lum
ber Duty Cause Battle.
Clash Over Hides Likely
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Triblin-Omh B Leased Wire.
Washington, June 26. The great
battle in congress over permanent
tariff revision, the first big construc
tive measure on the Harding admin
istration legislative program, will be
gin this week,
, Chairman Fordney of the ways
and means committee promises to
introduce the voluminous . bill
Wednesday in the form agreed upon
hv the republican membership of the
committee. lne next step will be
to'determine whether any of its pro
visions are unacceptable to any large
proportion of the republican mem-
iership of the house, which will be
lone at a republican caucus Thurs-
ay night
If any provisions are disapproved
by the caucus, changes therein will
be made by the ways and means com
mittee before reporting it formally
for passage.
Controversial Features.
Indications are that the major con
troversial features will be the pro
vision for American valuation of im
ports, the duties on lumber and
wool, which are alleged to be higher
than those of the ill-fated Payne
Aldrich act, and the provisions of
the chemicals schedule for protecting
American manufacturers from the
destructive competition of Germany
dyes. ,
Advocates of American tyistead of
foreign valuation of imports subject
to advalorem duties, which would
mean increased protection on such
articles, claim they have enlisted the
support of President Harding to
force the provision through the sen
ate, which rejected it in the emer
gency tariff bill and which will be
the scene of the crucial contest this
time. Opponents of the plan are en
deavoring to win the president to
their side or induce him to hold
alooj from fhe controversy.
Plan Rejected.
The plan suggested by the treasury
officials of introducing the American
valution provision of the bill in ad
vance of the provisions containing
or duty has been definitely re-
The fisht aeainst the proposed
duty on finished "'"lumber has
veloped greater momentum than in
the case of opposition to other
schedules. It is considered quite
probable that the opponents will win
out in the caucus and that finished
lumber will remain on the free list
in the bill as formally reported to the
house;
Fearsv that the duty of 25 cents a
pound on scoured wool content may
prove tod high in the case of some
wools have caused the committee to
insert a proviso that in no case shall
the duty be more than a certain ad
valorem rate. ; The cfuestion as to
whether the wool duty is too high
will be one of those brought up at
the republican caucus.
Other provisions against which a
fight will be made in the caucus in
clude those which leave hides and
crude petroleuem on the free list.
Wellesley College
Address Delivered
By Gutzon Borglum
Gulzon Borglum, sculptor and for
mer Omahan, was orator of the day
at the Wellesley college commence
ment exercises Monday, when Ma
dame Marie Curie was given an
honorary degree, the first time in the
UtVory of the school. : .
Borglum is a brother of August
and Arnold Borglum and of Mrs.
Alfred Darlow of Omaha.
TT a lif ninr A J Jsi a lirtvAf tliVn 1 1
Wj . lie uiavussu mi iai gti iiaiiuiiai
interests of the American women of
today, urging women voters to hold
aloof from partisan commitments.
; "If the women divide up with the
men and vote as the parties have been
voting," he said, "there will be but ose
result the printers' bill for ballots.
Even as a minority your power can
determine the course of government
for good if you remain free," he de
clared. Tariff and Revenue Bills
Will Be Taken Up at Once
Washington, June 26. Passage of
the tariff bill by the house before
fuly 20 was predicted both by
Representative MondeH) republican
house leader, who conferred with
President Harding, and by Chairman
Fordney of the ways and means com
mittee. They also agreed the rev
enue bill would be taken up on pas
sage of the tariff measure and Mr.
Mondell added that the special ses
sion of congress would end when
the tax bill was enacted.
Representative Fordney announc-
cd that the tariff bill would be pre
sented to the house next Saturday
after democratic committeemen had
been given an opportunity to con
sider the measure framed by the re
publican members.
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Beef Should Sell at Lowest
' Price in 10 Years, Packers Say
Chicago, June 26. Good pot roasts
and boiling beef should te available
to the consuming puonc at the low
est price in 10 years, according to an
announcement made by Armour &
Co.. Chicago packers.
"It ought to "be possible for con
sumers to obtain good pot roasts at
. 10 to 12 1-2 cents a pound at any re
tailer," the announcement laid,
Cetma SmuJCIiu
Oaalta p. 0. Uw
Women Prisoners Riot
In Attempted Escape
Marysville, O., June 26. A
number of prisoners and attendants
at the Ohio reformatory, for wom
en here were stabbed and beaten
as a result ol a riot designed,
according to officials, to effect the
escape of 25 prisoners. Three em
ployes were severely cut with butch
er knives in the hands of the in
mates. Two inmates are in the hos
pital. '
Sheriff Collier and a deputy were
called to aid the reformatory offi
cials in subduing the rioters, 10 of
whom escaped, but were later appre
hended. .
The trouble is said to have started
over inmates obtaining tobacco, one
of them being punished tor the or
fense.
Conspiracy In
Miners' Strike
In South Charged
Labor Committee Chairman
Says Northern Miners and
Operators Conducted
Outrages.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire,
Washington, June 26. Charges
that the coal miners' strike in West
Virginia and ' Kentucky, which the
senate has just voted to investigate,
is the result of a conspiracy by the
United Mine Workers and the coal
operators of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
and west Pennsylvania, was made
here today by Harry Olmsted, chair
man of the labor committee of the
Williamson coal operators' associa
tion. Olmsted, after welcoming the
senate investigation, said that evi
dence would be submitted to the
senate committee to show that work
men have been murdered and wound
ed by the Mingo strikers, and added
We will show by confession of
strikers arrested that assaults were
planned at meetings of the local
branches of the United Mine Work
ers and conducted by men affiliated
with that organization. We will
show that the strike was, not the
spontaneous or even the planned act
of the workmen living and working
in this field, but came in the nature
of a siege contrived and conducted
by state and national officers of the
mine workers' organization; that its
origin really dates back more than
20 years, to a tune when the United
Mine Workers entered into a con
spiracy, which has run ever since,
with the coal operators of Indiana,
Illinois, Ohio and western Pennsyl
vania, to organize the West Virginia
coal fields, by any methods and. at
any cost, for the purpose of driving
the West . Virginia, coal from the
western-' markets that conspiracy
being directed against the West Vir
ginia miners and operators, alike,
and so, necessarily, affecting the in
terests of every citizen in the state.
Fourteen Arrested
In Raids on Suspected
Disorderly Houses
Three raids by police moral
squads on alleged disorderly houses
netted a total of 14 arrests.
In the first raid staged by Ser
geant Murphy's squad at 2923 North
Sixteenth street, Helma Classen was
arrested, charged with keeping a dis
orderly house, and Nick Goodheart,
142 Jaynes street; Herman Haloff,
1330 Ogden street, and F. A. .Os
borne, 1403 Brown street, as inmates.
In the second raid by the same
squad, Peter D. Fcras, 816 Pierce
street, was charged with unlawful
possession of liquor and keeping a
disorderly house. Melvin Bakke,
4616 South .Twenty-second street;
Roy Brandt, Thirty-sixth and Cur
tis;; Leonard Richards, 2402 ' North
Thirtieth, and E. W. Mackey, 4J8
Charles street, were booked as in
mates. .The third raid was made by Ser
geant McDonald's squad. At a room
ing house at 1308 Capitol avenue,
police arrested Ruth Lovelace on a
charge of keeping a disorderly
house, and Stella Williams, 1528
North Sixteenth street, Bessie Mar
tin, 1308 Capito avenue, A. C. Da
vis, 1308 Capitol avenue, and Vic
tor Casperson, Keen hotel, as al
leged inmates.
Mme. Curie Returns
Home With Radium
New York. June 26. Accom
panied by her two daughters, Mme.
Marie Curie sailed for home
bearing many degrees from Ameri
can universities and two preciS
packages presented her by American
women.
One package is a steel-lined ma
hogany box, wcighine more than 250
pounds and holding a gram of rad
ium, valued at $110,000. -
The other package contains half
a gram of mesothorium,' valued at
$30,000, which the scientist will use
in connection with the radium in her
search for a cancer cure.
Conveniences of "Home"
Found in Vacant House
Chicago, June 26. Police dis
covered what was termed the most
convenient house since prohibition
went into effect. In this dwelling
they saw no signs of habitation, but
in drawing in what was to be a tank
of water from a faucet, they re
ceived wine, and further investiga
tions revealed three barrels of wine,
connected to the pipes. Govern
ment authorities were notified. .
Return Soldier Bodiesx
New York, June 26. The trans
port Wheaton has left Antwerp for
New York with the bodies of more
than 4,000 soldiers, the graves regis
tration bureau announced .today, ,
Hitter May M. ISM. at
Act l Marah . 1(7.
Norris Bill
Is Opposed
By Hoover
Secretary of Commerce Sees
Failure in Prdposed $100,
000,000 Farm Export
Corporation.
Private Firm Is Advised
By The Aaaoclated frets. v
Washington, June 26. Secretary
or Commerce Hoover opposed the
Norns bill authorizing the formation
of a government $100,000,000 corpor
ation for the financing and market
ing of exports of farm products to
day before the senate committee on
agriculture. Mr. Hoover said that
while he sympathized with the pur
pose of the measure he hesitated, "to
suggest or approve any plan that
would involve the government
further in any undertaking which
might result in failure, and which
should be left to private business.
Mr. Hoover suggested, however,
that it might be feasible to broaden
the scope of the war finance corpora
tion somewhat. Under the terms of
the Norris bill, the proposed agri
cultural export corporation not only
would aid in financing exports, but
would act as selling agency, finding
markets for farm products abroad.
The . secretary of commerce cited
the shipping board as "a terrible ex
ample of the failure of attempted
government operation." He said that
work of the nature proposed should
be left to private business as much
as possible.
One of the chief difficulties in
making such a corporation a sue
cess, Mr. Hoover said, was the
problem of finding men to take
charge of it who had had sufficient
business experience. He said that a
man capable of earning $100,000 a
year in private business should be in
charge of such a corporation in or
der to insure its success.
"It is hard to induce a man capable
of earning a salary of $100,000 a
vear to make the personal sacrifice
accessary in order to direct the ac
tivities of a government enterprise
8uch as is proposed here, said Mr.
Hoover. . "It is easy to secure the
services of a $5,000 a year man, but
hard to get one of the other kind.
Mr. Hoover said a man like Julius
H. Barnes, former United States
wheat director, would be needed in
order to make the corporation a suc
cess. Labor Union Law
Halts Funeral
Husky Gang of "Educators"
Nearly Precipitate Riot
Band Is Dismissed.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee LeuseJ Wire.
Chicago, June 26. -Labor union
laws, backed up by a gang of husky
"educators," today halted the funeral
of a woman and nearly precipitated
a panic. It appeared for a time that
the dead woman would be barred
from her grave or that her inanimate
body would be kicked and tumbled
about the street in battle.
Mrs. Nicola Laduca, for many
years a prominent figure in Italian
society, was to be given a funeral
in keeping with her position. Her
son had employed a band, made up
of Italian musicians, who are em
ployed as shoemakers, peddlers and
in other occupations. The band.
resplendent in new uniforms, marched
up to the residence of the late Mrs.
Laduca and began to play.
Ralph O Hara, business agent of
the musicians' union, appeared im
mediately and notified Peter Laduca,
the son, that he would have to hire
a union band or there would be no
funeral.
"YouH dismiss this band or
there'll be no funeral," was the final
dictum by O'Hara.
. Ihe crowd had grown to thou
sands and matters looked very threat
ening. A riot call was sent in and
the police told the agents of the auto
livery chauffeurs' union they would
have to get away from the home and
let the funeral proceed, whereupon
all the drivers leaped from their
seats and left the carriages and
hearse deserted.
On advice of the police the fami
ly finally dismissed the band; the
union chauffeurs then returned and
the funeral proceeded.
Omaha-Bluffs Debate
Lands Sextet in Jail
"AH was serene among a sextet
of acquaintances yesterday afternoon
at Ihirteenth and Alarcy streets
until .John J. O'Grady, 2418 N
street, boasted that Council Bluffs
didn't "quite come up to the stan
dards uv Omehaw.
That riled Thomas P. Robertson
of the Bluffs. It also began a free-
for-all fight among O'Grady, Rob
ertson, John Kelly, Twenty-fifth and
M streets; John Howard, Park hotel;
Dan O'Rourke, Chicago, and
Thomas Murphy. Buffalo, N. Y.
At Central police station all were
charged with drunkenness and fight
ing. .
Plymouth Rock Pieces
Are Now Stuck Together
Plymouth. Mass.. June 26. Ply
mouth xRock was put together again
today. The boulder took on some
thing of its original aspect when, the
three pieces into which it had split
since the forefathers landed on it,
were taken out of n nearby building,
and joined on its former site.
The rock, now entirely exposed for
the first time in years, will be covered
with a canopy, . ,
OMAHA, MONDAY,
New York Curb Market
Ends Outdoor Career
New York, June 26. The New
York curb market eneded its outdoor
lite Saturday.
Wrhen the noon hour came, the
babbel that has marked the curb
operations on Broad street, died to
a murmur after a final roar. Monday
the curb will have a roof over its
head. '
But the final roar was unprece
dented. Brokers multiplied the
shouts, the furious wigglinsr of fin
gers, the waving of arms, the swing
ing of caps and the mad milling that
have made the curb seem more like
a band of deaf mutes than a busi
ness body.
Up into the air went scores of
vari-colored caps and bizzare jack
ets curious habiliments by which
brokers perched . beside telegraph
wires in windows above had been
able to tell their representative from
the other fellows.
Nobody agrees on the date when
the business of dealing in unlisted
securities on the curb started, but
1873 marked organization of the as
sociation. Its members transacted
business in rain or snow, sleet or
sunshine.
Four Lincoln !
Disabled Vets
Go to Detroit
Will Attend National Meeting
Of Disabled Sol hW Or
ganLzation as Delegates ;
Legion Backs Them.
Lincoln. Tune 26. The Lincoln
post of the Disabled American Vet'
erans of the World War will send
a four-man delegation to the first
national convention which opens in
Detroit Monday, July 27. At the
regular semi-monthly meeting of the
local post Tuesday night John Davey,
Kalph . fsreitenstein, John W,
Schmolz and C. S. Royer were elect
ed to represent the Lincoln post.
While the post has been organized
only a short time; it numbers more
than 40 ex-servjee men who were
partially or, totally disabled during
the war. Regular meetings are held
in the American Legion club rooms
the second and fourth Tuesday of
each month. A number of local mat
ters affecting disabled veterans have
been" satisfactorily handled by the
post. , .
, It was made possible for the dele
gation to go to Detroit through the
kindness of the Lincoln Chamber of
Commerce, which donated $20 a man
to the delegates. The post is putting
up another $25. With reduced rail
road fares the men will have to spend
very little of thr own 'money. , :
The Lincoln men will hold a pre
liminary meeting and also meet with
the post before leaving, to receive in
structions as to the measures to sup
port. It is practically certain that
the plan advanced by the Seattle post
of introducing a bill in congress to
give the disabled vets a loan when
they have finished their vocational
training and are ready to set up m
business, will receive the local order's
endorsement. The delegates will
also boost for some middle west city
as the seat of the next national con
vention. '
Hears Child's Cry
Nine Miles Away
Jailed Mother's Assertion
That Son Calling for Her
Proves to Be True.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
Chicago, June 26. Although she
has no knowledge of the occult or
thought transference, Mrs, Burnice
Soble, heard the cry of her sick
child, Henry, in the Isolation hos
pital, nine miles away, and was
committed to the hospital ward or
the county jail in the belief she was
afflicted with hallucinations.
She and her husband had been
sent to jail by Judge Horner be
cause they could not produce a note
of $700, necessary to the settlement
of an estate. Neither husband nor
wife can speak English. Through
an interpreter they denied knowledge
of the note and the judge sentenced
them to jail until one of them con
fessed. -
A month dragged by and there
was no one to care for the three
children, aged 6, 4 and 2. Social
service workers finally took them to
an orphans home. Last Friday night
Henry, aged 4, became ill and was
taken to the Isolation hospital. At
about the same hour his mother, un
aware of what had been done, be
came hysterical in the jail and de
clared her child was dying and call
ing for her. Jail authorities thought
her demented and transferred her to
the jail hospital.
Social service workers went before
Judge Horner today and told him all
three children would die unless their
mother was restored to them and he
ordered her immediate release.
Chicago 19th Ward
Feud Victim Killed
Chicago, June 26. The Nineteenth
ward political feud claimed its fifth
victim today when Joseph Laspisa,
wealthy contractor and lieutenant of
Anthony D'Andrea, slain political
leader, was shot and killed.
The victim was driving his auto
mobile through the Italian district
when two men riding in the tonneau
of the machine stood up with drawn
psitola and fired several shots into
his head. They escaped.
With the dead man's fingers still
gripping the wheel, the car continued
50 feet, swerved and wrecked itself
against the curbing and a telegraph
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JUNE 27, 1921.
All Pleasant Jobs
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ting tm tra
Father of 'Fifi'
Stillman Will
Help Daughter
James Brown Potter Says
Guy Was Always Recognized
By Supposed Parents'
' As Legitimate.
Chlrazo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
Ww York, June 2b. When James
Brown Potter, father of Mrs. James
A. Stillman, takes the witness stand
in the defense of his daughter, he
will swear: . .
"I affirm that Mr. and Mrs. Still
man have always acknowledged to
me Guy Mulman as their child
everywhere and at all times, in' their
homes, in Newport and in New York
City."
This was . ascertained when.
for the first time, the father's atti
tude and views in the suit of the
former president "of - the National
City bank against the former "Fifi"
Potter became known.
Attacks Stillman 'Lawyers. ' '
"From press reports it was appar
ent that. Mr. Stilhnan's lawyers and
himself were concentratinsr on their
I annot help from so staling it
unmanly and ungentlemanly attack
on an innocent baby and an assured
ly neglected wife," Mr. Potter said
today.' "With reference to the mat
ter of the legitimacy of my grand
son, Guy Miiiman, 1 aftirm that Mr.
and Mrs. Stillman - have always
acknowledged to me Guy Stillman as
th'eir child everywhere and at all
times.
"I have criticized Mr. Delancey
Nicol's attack in 1 a public court on
behalf of his client as 'outrageous,
because real men and true gentlemen'
do not attack women' and "children
under any circumstances, but always
strive to defend them, and because
the Stillmans constituted a family
which good citizenship should seek
to defend and not destroy, just as
patriotism seeks to protect the
greater family and aggregation of
families.
Too Much Alone. :
"That my daughter was much
alone, too much alone for marital
happiness, I know, but I never knew
that outside attractions in New, York
City were wrecking a family and the
first I knew this was so- was in a
letter from my daughter, which -was
written to me from the Stillman
country place at Pleasantville, N. Y.
The letter was dated May. 1, 1920.
".Nothing in this letter or anything
which came to me abroad hints at
Mr. Nicol's charges: which, .even if
they were true, should never have
been made publicly for the honor of
the James A. Stillman- family,: of
every individual member of it. and
of the honorable connected families
on both sides." . v '
Mr. Potter at present is living in
Westchester town. He and his
wife, the second Mrs. Potter, will be
strong for the defense when the pre
sentation of its evidence begins
probably during the second week of
uly.
Due to the death of John ' B.
Stanchfield, chief of counsel for the
defense, hearings in "the case were
postponed . from next Tuesday until
Wednesday to give attorneys in the
case opportunity to attend the fu
neral. Dry Laws Mean Nothing in
Young Lives of 13- Souses
lice arrested 13 nersons for HrnnW-
enness yesterday. ,
on "cornola," the , favorite alley
arinic, ponce .said.
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Unclad Bathers
Annoy Residents
Vigilante Committee Formed
To Protect Beach From ;
Moonlight Frolics.
Chicago Trlbane-Omaha, Bee Leaeed Wire.
Chkagcyi June: 2u.-A "vigilante
,committee has been formed to pro
tect the beach between Seventy
first and Seventy-eighth streets from
the frolics of the moonlight bathers.
For ' seven years citizens - along
this stretch have been bothered by
men and women who come thither
to swim and spoon and sing and
dance and cool themselves unattired
in the breeze.
. The. matter came to a head the
other night when one of the long
suffering citizens broke up a sugar
barrel and prepared to paddle the
annoyers. r .
Saturday night the Vigilante com
mittee held its first meeting at the
home of John T. Russell, 7238 South
Shore drive.' At this meeting- $500
was pledged for attorneys' fees and
the first step will be to secure an in
junction to restrain ,Tat and ;Hey
worth from erecting a prospective
dance hall on the beach. '
- "It is -becoming absolutely un
bearable," said P. J. McDonagh,,
who acted as spokesman for the
vigilantes. "We have been fighting it
for seven-years. ; . '
' "They come to the beaches clad
in the scantiest of bathing suits
sometimes at night entirely without
covering. They dance obscenely, use
profane and obscene language."
American Soldiers
On Rhine in Germany
Don't Want to Return
Chicago, Tribune-Omaha' Bee eatd. Wire.
Washington, June '26. American
soldiers on the Rhine don't want to
come home. Many- of them insist
on re-enlisting and as it is the policy
of the War department not to refuse
re-enlistment of men with good rec
ords, . the practice is proving em
barrassing in the face of the absolute
necessity, of reducing the strength
of the army to the size decreed by
congress. ""
The number of . officers in the
American army of occupation has
been reduced to that required for a
force of about. 7,500 enlisted men, but
the enlisted strength in Germany re
mains at about 12,000 men. . The
original intention was to have an en
listed strength- on the Rhine of ap
proximately 8,000. .' -
Secretary Weeks explained that it
was expected that the enlisted force
on the Rhine would be reduced to
about 7,500 by July 1. Those who
oesire to return are for the most part
soldiers who have married German
woman and who do not care to re
enlist. There has been, an epidemic
of these marriages.
Jack Johnson Arrested as
He Hides With Loaded Gun
Jack Johnson was arrested earlv
Sunday morning by Detective Bug-
lewicz. -
Johnson was booked for investi
gation.
When arrested at the end of the
Albright car line, he had a loaded
gun and a flashlight. According to
a report made by the arresting of-
ncer, Johnson, was hiding behind a
sand box, evidently waiting to hold
up a street car crew.
Johnson is a negro, but not a rela
tive of the noted pugilist.
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Sharp Curve in
Boulevard Makes
Mess of Joyride
Two Girls and Three Men Ar
rested .on Intoxication
Gharges n When Z Car . .
' s Turns Turtle. .'
Two girls, young and' pretty; three
young men, all having partaken lib
erally of , liquor,' so police said; a
brand new touring car and a sharp
turn on Happy Hollow boulevard,
three' blocks south of Dodge street,
combined in forming' a mess which
required the efficiency of two police
men ' and a police : surgeon to un
scramble. '
' The party" was joy riding. The
driver of the car, so he told the desk
sergeant, '".was just rambling along
the boulevard" when' he came to a
turn which , he did not know ex
istedJ ';;;.''. ' -
"I slammed on my brakes and the
car turned turtle," he said.
The driver was hurled through the
windshield. The younger girl lost a
wrist watch and most of her clothing
was tdrn to shreds and the others
suffered scratches and bruises on all
portions of their anatomy. A third
girl, so the others said, was in the
car, but ran , for' home after the ac
cident. The demolished machine
stopped on the brmk of a 25-foot
embankment. ' ; -
At the police station, those in the
party gave their nanies and address
es as Julia and Emelina Johnson,
1548 South Twenty-fourth street;
Harry. Harkins, : 1415' ' Missouri ave
nue; C. J. 'Regan, 4722 1-2 South
Twenty-fourth street, and L. Lone
ran, 5316 ' South Twenty-seventh
street. All were charged with intox
ication' and the driver of the car
was charged with reckless driving. 1
50,000 Observe Second
Anniversary of League
, London, June 26. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Crowds estimated at
50,000 observed the second anni
versary of the birth of the league of
nations , by demonstrations in
Hyde Park. The coal strike caused
a modification of plans for- pilgrim
ages from the United Kingdom,, the
demonstration being confined to the
London area. . .
Parades marched to Hyde Park,
where 20 : speakers, including Lord
Robert Cecil and the Archbishop of
Canterbury, addressed the . crowds,
which included representatives of the
48 nations an the league.
Viscount Grey declared that the
league could not be scrapped, but ex
pressed the belief that ' the president
and people of the United S, fates de
sired world peace as much as those
in this country, who were the strong
est supporters of the league.
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Mysterious
Fire Burns
11 to Death
Bodies of Two Families,
Charred Beyond Recogni
tion, Found in Ruins
Of Home.
Evidence of Foul Play
Cbh-ato Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
Mayfield, Ky., June 26. Charred
beyond recognition and with only
parts of limbs, trunks and skulls re
covered, the bodies of 11 persons,
representing two families, were found
burned to death early this morning
at the home of Ernest Lawrence, six
miles north of this city near Hickory
Grove. The fire which destroyed
the log and frame three-room farm'
house started about midnight and
lasted until nearly 4 this morning.
When the fire had subsided enough
for neighbors to reach the victims,
there was hardly enough flesh and
bones left to identify the dead. They
are: .
Ernest Lawrence. 35.
Mrs. Lora Lawrence, his wife,
Fred Lawrence, a son, 5.
Ethlyn Lawrence, a daughter, 4.
Ralph Lawrence, a son, 11 month'.
. Otis Drew, 26.
His wife, Ola Drew. 23.
. Harry Drew, son, 5, : V
Otis, jr., son, 4. - , .'. , . '
A 4-months-old baby of the Drews
and : Delma Drew, 14:year-old
nephew of the Drews.
Drew and Lawrence are brothers-"
in-law and the Drews were spending'
the night with Lawrence and his
family. Neighbors to the north of
the lonely, f.lmost isolated little farm
home, stated under oath at the coro
ner's inquest that they heard women
and children screaming and heard
six or seven shots.
rtt A a. a
; ine discovery or a ,u caliber
rifle, pistol, shotgun, ave and oil can,
all in. the front room where the fam-
or the work of some maddened
maniac. Searching far and near, not
the remotest motive for the act could-
oe gieanea toaay. rsieitner family
so far as is known had a single. en
emy and scores of people attested to
their genteel relaf.ons. ,
The most pitiable, episode of . the
day was when the aged mother of
the two cremated women, Mrs. Net
tie Riley, appeared on the scene. She
almost went , into hysterxs and had
to be removed from the scene.
was mat pans ot piotning wr -clinging
to the' charred flesh of tht
two men and it is supposed they
had not gone to bed. A theory is ad
vanced that sudden insanity on tin
part of some member of the house-,
hold prompted the act. .
Certain of Murder.
Sheriff Marion McCain said to
night, after spending the day work-.
ing on the case:
There is no doubt every oersor)
Itl ' tfip fimiCA ttr-ie mil fAVMA Tli.
dress of one of the babies wa
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drenched in blood, which prevented
the clothing from burning. An ax
was found in a bed with one of the
women. A five-gallon coal oil can,
usually kept in the kitchen, way
tound just inside the room where
the H were sleeping.
"Four shots had been fired from a
pistol. ,
"The only plausible theory -I have
is that Lawrence, who was struck a
blow on the head several years ago
and since has been addicted to occa
sional spells, became insane. He
never had shown violence when he
was delirious before, however."
Compensation Claims
To Former Service Men
Total $226,486,891
Chlottfu Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaeed TCfre.
, Washington, June 26. The gov
ernment has to date made a total
disbursement of $226,486,891 in meet
ing, compensation claims of former
service men disabled by reason of
wounds, injuries or diseases incur
red in the World war and death
claims of dependents, according to
an announcement by Director C R.
Forbes of the bureau of war risk
insurance.
Disbursements for disability have
aggregated $192,677,589.48 and death
disbursements. $33,809,301.86. For
the 'month of May alone the total
amount disbursed by the bureau for
compersation purposes was $10,
5.75,416, the monthly payments on
disability compensation claims for
that period amounting to $9,145,288
tnd the monthly payments to the
dependents of deceased soldiers
amounting to $1,430,128.
Between June 1 and June 15. the
bureau maileo 221,612 checks to co- .
er this disiuisement of former serv
ice men.
Fluctations of Retail
Coal Prices Are Compared
Washington, June 26. The- aver
age retail price of anthracite stove
coal April 15. was $14,872 as com
pared with $15,631 March 15 and
$12,588 January 15, 1920, according
to Labor department figures.
Prices of chestnut coal averaged
$14,859 April 15; $15,661 March 15,
and $12,768 January 15. 1921 and on
bituminous coal. $10,577, April 15:
$11,147 March 15. and $8,808 January
15 1920. : . . :
In Denver prices on Colorado an
thracite stove coal were: On April 15
was $16; on March 15, $17,167 and
on January 15, 1920. $14, while Bos-,
n users paia $10 ana ?l.5.
j Open Irish Parliament
j Belfast, June 26. A vice regal prr,
clamation issued fixed . June 28
'as the date for the opening of the par
liament for southern Ireland
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