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V r- The Daily Bee VOL. 51 NO. 18. (utort M ! Clt MKUr May H. IN. M 0M P. 0. W Act of Hank I. I7t. OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY , 1921. Mill (I ytur), Dally Sunday. 17.58: Bally only, J: aaday. I2.S0; t aolaU la Ualti Stitat, Canada aad Mulct. THREE CENTS Omaha 1-.4.1-kr.1- -Psy,. u u w a i ua Irish Peace Is Hopeful JAM Participants Mark Time Awaiting Conference To day Betwen De Valera And Unionists. Jmuts Received by King London July 7. (By The Asso ciated Press.) The prime minister, Mr. Lloyd George, stated in the House of Commons today that he understood Gen. J. C Smuts, the South African premier, went to Ireland on Tuesday last on the in vitation of Eanionn De Valera, the Irish republican leader. Asked whether he had conferred with Gen eral Smuts before the latter went to Ireland, the prime minister replied laconically that he was seeing Gen eral Smuts constantly. , In answer to another query Mr. Lloyd George said none of the dominion premiers would attend the proposed Irish conference in Lon don to which Mr. De Valera and Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, had been invited. Smuts Meets King. Aside from this statement there " cate what progress had been made a virtually nothincr today to indi- by the Big four comprising Air. Lloyd George, General Smuts, Sir James Craig and Earl Midleton, a prominent southern unionist, toward Reaching a solution of the Irish question. .There was, however, of ficial re-affirmation of the statement that the outlook was hopeful and that nothing . had transpired which seriously jeopardized the prospects ' of a settlement. General Smuts was received in au dience this morning by King George, the latter having shown a keen de sire to be informed of every move in the direction of peace in Ireland. General Smuts gave the king the imoressions he gathered while in1 Dublin, the audience lasting half an I hour, General Smuts has been invited to attend Friday's meeting in Dublin between Mr. De Valera and the southern unionists, but thus far has not definitely answered yes or no, merely observing that he failed to see what useful purpose his attend- (ance would serve. , May Meet at Palace. In an authentic quarter it was de clared today that recent utterances and acts of the Sum rein leaders were considered to indicate a reces sion from their demand for an inde pendent Ireland and to imply a will ingness to accept as a talking basis a "united -Ireland," its legislative and governing machinery to incorporate unrior a riittprpnt name than tne Ulster parliament, which would have ctal assembly. A similar . body, un Apr Mich an arranc-ement. would be V created in the south, with some form ( of "all Ireland" assembly consisting of upper and lower houses, which would serve as a co-ordinating body. The king, it was stated today, has placed Buckingham palace at the disposal of Mr. Lloyd George for holding there the proposed Irish con icrence. . , , All Nations Turning To United States for : Help, Herrick Says iXew York, July 7. The need for America to apply its great power for world betterment in a concr te way was emphasized by Myron T. Herrick, reappointed ambassador to France, at a luncheon given in his honor by the France-America so ciety! Mr. Herrick sails tomorrow for Paris. "Even those who are closest to af fairs, at the center of things, do not seem to understand how all nations are turning to us for a solution of their problems, the solution of which alone will bring the world to a high er plane," the ambassador- con tinued. In a message, President Harding said: ' . "I desire to join in spirit with ftk. The favorable impression he has made leaves no doubt of the suc cess of his present mission and is an assurance of the promotion of good understanding and most cordial relations between the United States and France." Berlin Municipal Workers Threatening General Strike Berlin, July 7. The strike of the laborers employed on lands con trolled by the municipality of Berlin, in progress for some time, is threat ening to develop into a general strike of all the municipal workers in sup port of the agricultural laborers. Their leaders state that partial re turns of a vote show there will be a two-thirds majority for a strike. The communist organ, Tlje . Red Flag, declares, that as . far as the electric and tramway .. workers of Greater Berlin are concerned, the two-thirds majority necessary for a general strike already has been ex ceeded. ' Sugar Rate Case Re-Opened By Commerce Commission Washington, July 7. The Inter state Commerce commission re opened the case involving difference in rates on sugar to Chicago and Missouri river points from New Or leans and Pacific coast points. Per centage rate increases of last year : j i . . . ji'cn uiu fo nave micrrupicu vuui- "yetitive schedules prevailing since 1914. The sugar tariff will play a part, as Hawaiian sugar carries no duty to the Pacific coast, whil Cuban sugar imported largely through New I TAa4 Acts as Intermediary i , Irish Conlrovers Killing Ordered By Wife, Kaber Said When Dying Testimony to Show Husband Suspected Mate of Hav . ing Planned Death Given by Officer. By The Associated Frrnt. Cleveland, July 7. Testimony tending to show that Daniel F. Kaber, for whose murder his widow, Eva Catherine Kaber, is on trial, suspected her of having planned his assassination, was introduced today by the state through two witnesses. "My wife ordered this done. My God, my wife ordered this done." These exclamations were uttered by Mr. Kaber to Police Lieutenant L. B. Miller of Lakewood, , soon after Mr. Kaber had been stabbed, according to the lieutenant's testi- . ! mony. "My God, doctor, my wife must have done this," Dr. W.'J. Qmgley, who was called to attend the wound ed man, said Mr. Kaber exclaimed. In addition, testimony was of fered by two women witnesses that Mrs. JCaber had told them she want ed her husband murdered. Mrs. Mary J. Wade, an alleged medium, testi fied that Mrs. Kaber had said to her: "I want you to try to get rid of Dan Kaber for me." Wanted Husband Killed. Asked by Mrs. Wade how, she was to go about it, Mrs. Kaber was al leged to have replied: "I want you to kill him any way to get rid of him. The man I love has no m6nv, only brains, and Mr. Kaber has $50,000 life insurance." Mrs. Bertha Miethke, grandmother of the little Patricia" whom the Kabers had adopted, testified that Mrs. Kaber said to her: . f "I hate Dan Kaber and am going to get rid of him within six months." Dr. Quigley and Dr. Alfred Mashhke said they had treated .Mr. Kaber and made examinations of him several months before his death, They asserted he was suffering from neuritis and secondary anemia. Based on a hypothetical question asserting that an analysis' of Mr. Kaber's internal organs disclosed the presence of arsenic in quantity "suf ficient to kill four men," both physi cians said they would diagnose the cause of the anemia and neuritis as arsenical poisoning. Attempts to Prove Alibi. Attorney W. J. Corrigan, on cross examination, sought to establish that the poison might have been ab sorbed from powders sprinkled over the organs by the undertaker. Dr. (Turn to Pan Two.' Column One.) ' Mrs. Pullman Estate Placed at $3,474,353 Chicago, July 7. Personal proper ty left by Mrs. Hattie' Sanger Pull man, widow of George M. Pullman, has been appraised at $3,474,353, ac cording to the report of a commit- p nf annraisprs filed tndsv. Mrs. Pullman died in Pasadena, Cal.. March 28. The in . utory contains an apprais al of the Chicago home at $188,876 and the residence at Long Branch, N. J., at $26.517.. ' Stocks valued at $2,361,400 and bonds valued at $457, 761 also were listed. A pearl necklace, including 49 gems, was valued at $100,000. Do You Know Jerry? He's the office boy,- philoso pher and dispenser of tickets and good cheer at that bus tling way station, just this side of New Monia. There are .depths to Jerry's na ture not vet plumbed, by his boss. In fact, he furnishes Mr.' Givney with many a juicy thought morsel on which to masticate and cogitate. You're missing "a. laugh a day" if you're missing this comic strip. "Jerry on the Job," 'drawn for The Bee by Hoban, is a daily fea ture of . The Evening Bee s U.S. Will Loan Roads Half Billion Mellon Announces Additional Advances Will Be Given Carriers Under Refund ing Arrangement. Many Claims Involved By The Aaaociated Freas. ' Washington, July 7. Treasury Sec retary Mellon announced today that under a provisional refunding ar rangement with the railroad execu tives the carriers would receive ap proximately $500,000,000 in additional advances irom the federal govern ment within the next six months. Mr. Mellon' said the negotiations with the railroad executives probably would be completed within two days and that the advances contemplated would give to the railroads, in cash sums of money equivalent to those which the government spent in cap ital betterments during the period of war-time control. Will Get 6 Per Cent. The government will receive for the advance 6 per cent security, evi dencing the indebtedness of the par ticular railroads which receive the advances, it was explained. All of the claims and counter claims between the railroads and the government arising out of main tenance expenditures during the con trol period are involved in the ne gotiations, Mr. Mellon indicated, and where arrangements for an ad vance yare completed some sort of a compromise agreement will result. Mr. Mellon indicated that addi tional appropriations would be sought from congress to make the advances. Will Aid Business. He said he believed the advances to the roads would be beneficial to the general financial situation and might assist in a resumption of busi ness activity. In the long run, he added, the gov ernment would obtain a net profit from the advances since the money necessary could be borrowed at a lower interest rate than railroad se curities would bear. Railroad se curities now held by the treasury, he said, amounted to approximately $400,000,000 and interests and capi tal payments had been regularly met on all of them, giving the govern ment an income of about $18,000,- 000 a year. Kidnaper Is Shot To Death By Posse Ex-Convict Who Wounded Oregon Man Killed After Chase By Officers. Hood River, Ore., July 7. Luther Fagan, who shot T. J. Miller here today and kidnaped Miller's wife, son and daughter, was shot and kill ed early tonight by a posse after he had been surrounded in ' a thicket. His prisoners were not injured. Fagan recently was given a par don from the state . penitentiary where he was serving a sentence for attacking Miss Louise Watkins, Miller's stepdaughter. After shooting Miller and kid naping the others, Fagan was pur sued closely and early tonight was reported surrounded in a thicket southwest of here. The possemen feared to advance because of possible danger to Pagan's prisoners at his hands. While most of them debated their course, Herman Preggel of Oak Grove, crept up close to the thicket and 6hot Fagan through the head, killing him instantly.. Miller was able to give an account of the day's happenings. Accord ing to him, Fagan appeared at the Miller home and said he wanted to see Miss Watkins and "get a re lease" from her. Miller believed the man wanted to have the girl ask for a parole. He told him Miss Wat kins was out of the city. The man then shot Miller in the breast. When Mrs. Miller rushed out, attracted by the shooting, he told her to call a doctor. Dr. McCarney responded to the call and Fagan stood over him witti his revolver while he examined the J fallen man. When the doctor said Miller needed hospital treatment, Fa gan told him to bundle Miller into his automobile and take him away. This the doctor did, bringing Miller to the hospital here and giving the alarm. Fagan then forced Mrs. Miller, her daughter and the Anderson boy into Miller's automobile and drove off with them. Miller is not seriously hurt. Arizona Forest Fire Is . Reported Under Control Roosevelt, Ariz., July 7. The for est fire which has been burning over 3,000 acres in the region of Mazatzal peak, 40 miles north of here, today was reported under control by For est Supervisor W. H. Goddard. The fire was thought to have been due to electrical storms. One hundred men from Roosevelt subdued the fire. No official estimate of the damage to standing timber had been made today. . ' Medicinal Beer Permits . To Be Held Up Two Weeks Washington, July 7. Action on permits, to manufacture medicinal beer will be deferred for at least a week or two, Secretary Mellon said today. The house bill to prohibit the sale of such beer has been fa vorably recommended to the senate by the judiciary committee and Chairman Sterling expects to bring h VP in. the sepate within a few days, New York Leads All States In Payment of Tax Returns Total Receipts by Government for Fiscal Year End ing June 30 Given as A f 13,933,248 Pennsyl- vania seT ntW. Washington, Ji . receipts bv the Kovernmi-.tior the fiscal year ending June 30. totaled $4,593. 933,248, of which $3,212,713,489 was derived from income and profit taxes, the bureau of internal revenue an nounced today. The statement was based on collectors' telegrams of June 30, it was said, and it was ex plained it might . be necessary to make some slight changes. The statement showed that of the total collected. New York with $1, 124,351,706 paid more than one fourth and led all other states. Penn sylvania came second with $487,711, 269 of which $351,383,599 was from income and profits tax. Illinois, with a total of $387,763,982, of which $260,300,282 was collected from in comes and profits, ranked third. Others in the order of which their payments ranked with the total col lected and the amount from income and profit tax were: Ohio, $284,532, 398 and $203,208,385: 'Michigan, $271,997,771 and $183,862,453; Massa chusetts. $258,902,844 and $214,062, 847; California, $181,313,722 and $127,423,338; New Jersey, $142,800, 951 and $97,380,694; Missouri, $125, 451,231 and $86,121,143, and North Carolina, $124,510,451 and $38,669, 057. Other states in their alphabetical order follow: Profits State Income Tax Total. Arizona $ 2,780,166 $ 4,129,131 Arkansas ... 8.245,750 10,323,205 Colorado ... 5,043.693 33,960,357 German Officer Scored at Trial For His Defense Conticted Major Told He Should Have Known Lieu-' tenant General Couldn't Give Order. Leipsic,, July 7. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Dr. Schmidt, presi dent of the supreme court, in an nouncing the acquittal of Lieut. Gen. Karl Stenger of the charge of having ordered the execution of wounded French soldiers and prisoners, and the conviction of Maj. Bruno Crusius on the same charge said that, an ex perienced officer like Cruius should have known Gemral Sfengerwas in capable of . giving such orders. Crusius was sentenced yesterday to two years' imprisonment and was deprived of the right to' wear the German uniform in the future. "It has not been established that 1 Stenger, gave the order of which he i is accused," said Dr. Schmidt. "The executions, which undoubtedly oc curred, cannot be imputed to him. "Crusius was not responsible for his actions' on August 28, owing to mental derangement, but on August 21 he knew quite well what he was doing. The actions of Lrusius were due to ' negligence; he thought Stenger had given the order to finish off the wounded and prisoners. An experienced officer like himself, how ever, should have known Stenger was not capable of giving such an order." . . During the course of the trial Dr. Sernau, an alienist, testified that Crusius had been sent home from the front a nervous wreck and repeated ly had told him that "his soul col lapse was chiefly due to the ghastly scenes witnessed on the battlefield incident to General Stenger's order to shoot wounded men and prison ers." Thousands in Want as Result of Pueblo Flood Denver, Colo., July 7. One thou sand, seven hundred families or 7,000 persons are in absolute want as a re sult of the flood at Pueblo, Governor Oliver H. Shoup of Colorado an nounced today in a proclamation in which he urered the oublic to render ,110re assistance to the stricken city. The flood destroyed 659 homes, the proclamation said.- "The figures, the governor said, were obtained from a report made to him by the Red Cross and other public and private agencies. The governor recommended a fund of not less than $500,000 be raised for the purpose of rehabilitat ing the sufferers. He urged dona tions to such a fund be sent to the Red Cross. Taft Will Take Oath as Chief Justice on Monday Washington, : July 7. Former President Taft is to be sworn in Monday as chief justice of the United States. The ceremony, it was said today, will take place in the of fice of Attorney General JJaugnerty. California Sunshine Cease 8 to Be Blessing As Mercury Climbs San Francisco, July 7. California sunshine ceased to be a blessing and became.-onerous in many places to day, when the thermometer con tinued it flight toward record alti tudes throughout the state. Little relief from yesterday's tem peratures, which topped 100 degrees in many cities, was promised today by the weather bureau except in the San Francisco bay region, where a slight decline was forecast. Imo prostrations had been reported to this afternppnj ri- ontriDutor ana oOS : vjird Place. Connecticut . 49,188,288 Delaware .. 9,848,541 Hawaii 18,859,082 Idaho 3,492,870 Indiana 49,785,173 Iowa 28,886,189 Kansas ..... 26,855,764 71,372,388 11,827,831 20,676,778 4,463.801 77,354,934 36,954,509 38,139.783 Kentucky ... 25,090,385 r 50,391,608 Maine 14,468,384 17,822,985 Maryland and Dist. of Co. 52,974,617 Minnesota .. 53,881,989 Missouri .... 86,121,143 Montana 3,924,709 Nebraska ... 15,821,201 Nevada 715,429 New Hamp're 8,302.934 New Mexico. 1,306,020 North Dakota 2,072,634 Oklahoma .. 21,243,813 Oregon ..... 21,970,012 Rhode Island. 35,920,483 South Dakota 3,638,544 Texas 52,122,825 Utah 7,181,381 Vermont 4,803,179 Washin g t o n 'and terri- tory of Alaska .... 29,446.225 West Virginia 35,802,975 onfia7 7i' 77296297 125,451,231 5,340,702 23,345,909 1,169,094 10,231,498 1.697,820 2,934,831 26,993,357 27,927,734 42,218,480 4.874,715 76,549,433 10,494,762 6,255,231 36,403,924 41,551,661 73,724,537 3,183,75(1 Wisconsin .. 56,932,474 Wyoming ... 2,534,603 Philippines (9 months ... 897,296 bales ot in ternal reve- ' nue stamps . ;( by post masters (11 months) .. 19,390,823 Mother Opposed ! Return of Son's Body to Glidden Spot Where He Gave Life Logical Resting Place for . First Iowa War Victim, . Mrs. Hay Declares. Glidden, la., July 7. (Special.) A grave in the poppy fields of France, where he fought, bled and died , for a principle, is the wish for a last resting of Merle Hay,' one of the, first three Americans killed, in the world war, of his mother, who resides in this city. The body of the Iowa soldier is now in New York where services will be held Sunday after which it will be sent here for burial.. - "Why couldn't they have left him in France?" Mrs.' Hay bemoans. ."It was my wish that he should remain buried in France where he fell.. -.1 think that would have . been best. Why couldn't they have left him. there in peace?" The mother, who was closest in the affections of her son, feels that it would have been the wish of her soldier boy, as well as herself, that he be buried in one of the beautiful little cemeteries beside his com rades.' The body was returned on orders of the War department. - Mrs. Hays says she feels confident that could his body have been left in France his crave; would always have been kept green-by loving hands of those who have seen the ravages of war and feel grateful for the timely arrival of the Yankee troops paying their debt to Lafayette. The whole town of Glidden and countryside will take part in . the burial ceremonies. Full military rites will be accorded him.- He was a member of the Sixteenth infantry.. First division, and was killed on the night of November 3, 1917. At the same time Thomas R. Enright; Pittsburgh, and James D. Gresham, Evansville, Ind., were killed. Mother Threatens to Bob Hair, So Girl Leaves Home Chicago, July 7. Gladys Ramey, 14, for whom squads of detectives searched all night, in the belief she had been kidnaped, was found this morning, asleep in a doorway of a garage. . She is an important witness against two men charged with crim inal assault. The trial began yester day and it was feared she had been kidnaped to prevent her testifying. She had accused Harry Monahan and Thomas Daly of dragging her into an automobile, carrying her to a western suburb, where they kept her all night. "I ran away from home," she sobbed, "because I did not want my hair bobbed. I wanted to put my hair up because I'm a big girl, but mother would not let me and said she intended to bob it." Forest Fires Continue to Rage Unabated Near Quebec Quebect July 7. Reports from the area in this province being swept by forest fires continue to be anything but reassuring, ' Premier Taschereau and Honore Merciere, minister of crown lands, said today after a con ference last night with forest rangers throughout the province. The situation in Abitibi was re ported particularly grave and latest reports indicated that a number ol villages in that vicinity were almost hemmed in by the flames and. their destruction teemed imminent. No Trace Has Been Found of Earl of Bandon or Kidnapers Belfast, July 7. Although num bers of the police and military are scouring the country in search of the earl of Bandon, who was kidnaped at Bantry,: County Cork, June 21, when his residence, Castle Bernard, was burned, no trace has so far been found of him. ' It is believed here that the place of his detention is changed daily and that he is being held as a hostage for the safety of sows condemned republicans, July 21 Set For Vote On Tariff Bill Consideration of Measure Started in House General Discussion Will Be Limited to July 14. Denounced by Democrats Washington, July 7. With the of the general tariff bill today, the re publican majority has fixed July 21 as the- date for a final vote on the measure. Under a program of pro cedure agreed upon at a republican conference last night the period for general discussion will be limited to July 14, debate thereafter to be un der the five-minute limitation when the house will consider the specific schedules, which the conference agreed shall be open to amendment from the floor and voted on sepa rately. These are the hides, cotton, dyes and oils schedules, . all other schedules to be subject to amend ment only by the ways and means committee. Scored by Democrats. Democratic members of the ways and means committee in a minority report filed today denounce the ad ministration tariff bill as a "con spiracy to benefit a few favorites at the expense of all humanity." The report declares the tariff was not an issue in the last campaign and that this is not the time to write a tariff law. They assert that the problems- which "confront our peo ple, cripple our industry, stifle our commerce and perplex, an amiable administration have nothing to do with the tariff." , Rap Republicans. Criticizing the republican majority of the committee for withholding the bill from them and from the house membership generally and for permitting only a week for its study, the " democratic, members . declare there has been insufficient time to draft a substitute. They do not un dertake any detailed discussion of the schedules, confining their 27 page typewritten report to general indictment of the whole measure and the manner of its preparation. Churches Plan To Extend Work Crusade in Behalf of Chris tianity Mapped Out at' Endeavor Convention. New York, July 7. Determination of a world policy for the Christian, Endeavor was began tooday by the Sixth World's Christian Endeavor convention. . Conferences- were held and plans made to extend the crusade m behalf of Christianity in all countries. . ' . Word was received from Russia that the Greek church would wel come Christian Endeavor t'..ere. The people of Finland, Esthonia, Letvia, Germany, China, Mexico, South America, India and elsewhere were also . reported . bidding for the help of the society. Rev. Dr. S. M. Zwemer of . Cairo, Egypt, in an ad dress, urged that a great evangelistic campaign be started to Christianize every Mohammedan land and every section of the Moslem world. ' He said that thousands of Mohamme dans were anxious to become Christians and were flocking to the missionary stations already estab lished. He urged that new forces be sent into the Near East and other Moslem countries. One of the features of the conven tion is the singing by a choir ot 1,000 voices. All the song service programs are led by Homer Rodc- heaver, Billy Sundays well-known song leader. The first world convention of the Junior World's Christian Endeavor opens tomorrow. More than l.auu children have registered as delegates. Two young delegates, Froves Kil bourn of Waxahachie, and William Gray of Ferris, Tex., made the trip by hiking. They were 24 days on the road and claimed to have spent but 58 cents. ' , Two cities have entered the race for the 1925 convention. They are Portland, Ore., and Des Moines, la. Canadian Indians Said To Have Turned Cannibals Fort McMuray, Alta., July 7. Canadian mounted police left here to investigate reports that starving Indians in the Caribou tribe have been eating human flesh. The re port states that human bones were found, showing evidences of canni balism. A few years ago, officials state, caribou were so plentiful that the Indians ate only the tongues of the animals, Which they held as a deli cacy. They slaughtered the animals m thousands. The prophecy' was made at that time by officials of the Canadian province that the caribou would soon disappear and starva tion would face the aborigines. , r Loaded Revenue Freight . Cars Show Big Falling Off Washington, July 7. Railroads of the country loaded with revenue freight 775,061 cars durinar the week ending June 25, or 5,680 less than for the week previous, according to a statement today by the American Railway association. - I he reduction includes decreases in all commodities except ore, which showed a slight increase. The num- er ot cars loaaea wun gram was 38,821 or 2,173 less than the preced ing week, while merchandise and miscellaneous freight loadings were 468.107 or 1,416 cars under the previ pus week, To Succeed Wolcott As Delaware Senator "7 k " i - HI & M , T. COLEMAN DU PONT. Dover, Del., , July 7. Gen. T. Coleman Du Pont today was ap pointed United States senator from Delaware by Governor Denney to succeed Josiah O. Wolcott, who re signed ' last . week to become chan cellor of Delaware. Classics Must Be Retained Is Plea Of Vice President Coolidge Tells League, Science and Social Culture Could Not Advance Without Them , Philadelphia, . July 7. Science, commerce and social culture could not progress if our educational sys tem dropped the classics of : ancient civilization : from its curriculum, Vice President Coolidge today told the American Classical league m ses sion at the University of. ' Penn sylvania. Education is primarily a means of establishing ideals, the vice president said, its first duty being the forma tion of character, which is the result of heredity and training. It is the ancient classics, he declared, that in spire the ideals toward which all men and nations are striving today. "The most pressing requirement of the present hour," the speaker as serted, "is not how-are, we to solve our economic problems, but where are we to find the sustaining influ ences for the realities of life? "The progress of the present era gives no. new answers to these prob lems." ' There are no ' examples of heroism which, putrivaK Leonidas at Thermopylae, or Horatius at the bridge. The literature "'iV-Greece and Rome, is, from beginning to end, an inspiring plea for patriotism. "Unless Americans shall continue to' live in something more than the present, to be moved by something more than material gains, they will go down as other peoples have gone down before some nation possessed of a greater moral force. Convict Who Has Four Escapes to His Credit Nearly Makes Fifth ProsscT, Wash., July 7. After es caping from prisons four 'times with in a few weeks, Louis Lafrinire, a fugitive convict from the Montana penitentiary, was thwarted yesterday as he was trying to effect his fifth escape. He was arrested here by Sheriff L. C. Rolph and had been in jail but a few hours when he wrenched . strips of " steel from his bunk and pried loose bars from the cell door. He was almost out when the sheriff discovered him. The sheriff slept in a steel .cage last night handcuffed to the prisoner, who was shackled with leg irons. Jap Government Preparing To Discuss Naval Limitation Tokio. July 7. (By The Asso ciated Press.) According to infor mation obtained here the ground is being prepared for formal negotia tions later with the United States and Great, Britain ' regarding naval limitations. Indirect conversations, considered of the most important nature, are in progress, and recent special meetings of the elder states men in Tokio have led to the im pression that they were participating in deliberations on naval questions and other matters having to do with the relations between Japan and the United States. . 1 Woman and Son Arrive in Utah Express Package salt Lake City, Utah, July 7. A woman and a 13-year-old son hvlt reached Provo,' Utah, as au : express package following consignment from Constantinople, Turkey. , Mrs. Thero .arati and son were expressed to the formers husband, . who is a farmer. Sarafi left his nativve land a few months before, his son was born. The "express package." was detained at Ellis Island for a month, but the. "contents" were rleased through the intercession of Senator Reed Smoot. -, ' . .- The Weather - - ' , . Forecast. - . Friday Fair; not hiuch change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures. " ' a a. m .78 l p. a. m.... .V ... .70 I t p, 7 a. m 75 13 p. S a. m... ........ 77 4 p. a. m an I ft . m. m. , m. . m.. W( . m. . m . . 87 M ST .....tit M . ....$ .....8 ...'.. 6 ;o ..... 12 II M a. m an I p. II a. m M 7 p. is noon .as I p. m.... HlchMt Tliumdajr. , Pheywine no I ltapld city Davenport 2 Salt LV . Dmvr I Hunt F .. ! MolnVa 2 I HhrlUn .. Doric City .2 I "(mix City Lander Valentino .. Pueblo ........,. President Asks Delay On Bonus Harding Urges Senate to Post pone Action Until Financial Condition of Govern ment Is Clarified Suggests Recess Soon By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Trlhunr-Omali Hr l.faiird Wlr.' Washincion. i"!u 7 .PV.l!iu.!nr i - i up Secretary of the Treasury Mcl- lcn's warning letter, President Hard ing took vigorous action today to halt the passage of soldiers' bonus legislation at this session of con gress. The president went to the senate, and in conferences with a score cr more of senators, urged postpone ment of the legislation which he fa vors in principle, until the' winter session or until the revenue and tar iff bills shall have been passed and the financial condition of the gov ernment clarified. Having allowed the bill to reach the "floor, of the senate without ef" fective administration protest, the president found it a difficult task to halt the legislative machinery, which is grounding out the bonus grant so ardently sought by the ex service men. ' " ,t Plans Message to Congress.' Republican leaders bluntly in formed Mr. Harding they could not hope to obtain a postponement of action unless he would assume the responsibility formally therefor. This he expressed willingness to do in the form of a .message to congress, . possibly tomorrow, re questing that action on the bonus bill be deferred. Mr. Harding, who had dropped in at the senate unexpectedly and lunched with a party of senators at his old table in the cafe, ; estab: lished I'Sjelf later, in' the president's room ji called in senators. witn whom e discussed not only the bo nus, but the general program of legislation and handed out some presidential advice thereon. Affably, but frankly, the president reminded senatorial leaders that he had summoned congress into special session for the definite purpose pf re vising the tax and tariff laws." He gave them to understand that he thought if was time to drop ex traneous measures which have been pushed forward, and to concentrate on the main objectives. To this end he suggested , that congress, after the house passes' the tariff bill, take a recess so that the committees har ing charge of tax and tariff legisla-... .... tion might be enabled to draft more speedily the new bills. , ' Senate Leaders Hostile. fl.-" Mr. Harding's program was re.-r j ceived with considerable hostility on the republican side, as well as among the democrats. Only two days ago, the senate, by a vote of 46 to 4, decided to make the bonus bill the unfinished business, thereby clearly indicating its intention of passing the measure. Only, one re publican, Senator Warren of Wyom ing, was recorded against taking up the bill. It was generally agreed (Turn to Face Two, Column Two.) Four' Persons Injured In Blimp Explosion Washington. July 7. The naval Blimp C-3 exploded at the naval air station at Hampton Roads, Va., to day burning and injuring the four persons who were aboard, according to reports to the Navy department. None of the persons aboard the C-3 were seriously injured, accord ing to the reports to the department, but two were painfully burned. The big gas bag had just been released for a photographic flight and was ( rising slowly at about 75 feet when the explosion occurred. Those aboard jumped with parachutes. 'The blimp was destroyed. The explosion was caused by the carrying away of the rip panel of -the balloon, the vibration setting fire to the craft. ' , I. C. C. Orders Rate Probe of North Dakota Express Rate . Washington, July 7. An, investi gation to determine whether . rates . maintained by the American ' Rail- , way Express company within the state of North. Dakota are prejudi cial to interstate commerce was or dered today by the Interstate Cora- . merce commission. The date and place for hearings were not an nounced. . . The inquiry grows out of a peti tion filed by the express 'Company charging that the North Dakota rail, road commissioners had denied the company's request to increase jU rates for state traffic to the level of . those in interstate traffic. . " " ', ' " American Burlesque Will Adopt Open Shop Policy New York, July 7. Directors of the American burlesque circuit to day decided to adopt the open shop ' policy. The circuit will receive the co-operation of the Columbia cir-. . cuit which, has' already declared for the open shop, it was announced. The mote was made at a special ' meeting after the officers had waited for friendly overtures from the r union organizations. . ,: Noted Actor Is Bankrupt ,j $15 and Clothes Only Assets New York,' July 7. Raymond Hitchcock, actor, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy today in fed eral court. . " . His only listed assets were $15 and . clothing on which he claimed ex- emotion-. He cave his liabilities $8,944, and named three credtaii.