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Meeting On
Armaments
Is Proposed
President Suggests Conference
Between Four Leading Na
tions to Settle Question
"Of Limitations;'
China Asked to Attend
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO.
Chiracs TrihuM-Omaha Ba LeaMd Wirt.
Washington, July 10. President
Harding has proposed to Great Brit
am, France, Italy and Japan, the
holding of a conference in Washing
ton on the "limitation of armaments"
and on the Pacific; and Far Eastern
problems.
The fact that he has approached
the four powers with a view. to issu
ing a formal invitation to participate
in the conference if they find the
suggestion acceptable, was formally
snnounced by the State department
tonight. " , .
The president takes the position
that' a settlement of the issues aris
ing among the nations bordering the
Pacific ocean would remove many
obstacles to an agreement on a re
duction of armament and he there
fore has proposed that an effort be
made to reach a solution of these
problems, to pave the way for favor
able consideration of the curtailment
of expenditures for preparedness for
war. V
China Asked to Attend.
China has been invited to partici
pate in the discussion of the far east
ern question , which is evidently
viewed by the president as of the
" boardest scope, doubtless involving
the whole question of Japanese ag
grandizement on the Asiatic main
land. ' ,
The State department s official an
nouncement follows: , ,
"Rv direction of the nresident, the
State department makes the follow
ing announcement:
"The oresident, in view of the tar
reaching importance of the question
nt limitation or armaments, has.ap-
- proached with informal, but definite
inauiries. the group of powers here
tofore known as the principal allied
and associated powers, that is. Great
Britain. France. Italy and Japan, to
ascertain whether it would be agree-
ableto them to take part in a con-
ference on this subject to be held in
Washington at a time to be mutually
agreed upon. If the proposal is found
to be acceptable, formal invitations
for such a conference will be issued.
"It is manifest that the question of
- limitation of armaments has a close
relation to' PaciSc and Far Eastern
problems and te president .has sug
gested that the powers especially
interested in these problems should
undertake, in connection' with: this
conference, the consideration : of VI
matters bearing upon their solution
with a view to reaching a common
understanding with respect to princi
ples and policies in the Far East.
This has been communicated to the
powers concerned and China has also
been invited to take part in the dis
cussion relating to Far . Eastern
problems,"
Forestalls Congress. .
By taking this action the presi
dent forestalled the immediate pros
pective action of congress on the
question of reduction of armament.
The naval appropriation bill, which
may be finally approved by congress)
tomorrow, contains , the Borah j
amendment requesting the president
to negotiate with England and Japan,!
in agreement on a naval holiday.
When Mr. Harding was at the sen
ate last week he old Senator Borah
he wanted to discuss the question of
procedure on this matter with him
at an early date.
Unwilling to narrow the negotia
tions to the extent proposed in the
Drah amendment, the president, on
the eve of his receipt of the measure,
has transmitted his proposal -to
Fiance and Italy as well as England
and Japan and has. not limited tJie
scope of the conference to the reduc-
lion of naval armament Under the
terms of his proposal, the reduction
of military as well as naval arma
ment would be Subject to considera
tion. ...
Congress Reject Plan.
I This broadening of the proposition
was rejected by congress during con
sideration of the Borah amendment.
It was contended that France and
Italy, whose armament is primarily
military, would never consent to a
reduction of the size of their armies
and that their inclusion in the con
ference would only result in failure
to reach an agreement. Mr. Mon
dell, the majority leader of the house,
proposed to amend the Borah amend
ment in the terms of. the presidents
proposal, but he: was overwhelmed
i v.ith the opposition and the Borah
amendment was accepted as it was
. na-sed hv the senate.
Senator Borah did not conceal his
iiinazement when apprised of the ac-.
von of the president in forestalling
congress with a broader proposal,
which he deems certain to defeat the
naval holiday movement but he de
dined to be quoted until he coutd
cive further consideration to the sit
uation. .
May Abandon Regiments
.In Reduction Program
Washington, -rjuly 10. Some army
regiments may be disbanded rather
Iian skeletonized, and a number of
livisions merged, Secretary Weeks
aid, in discussing the method of re
lucing the enlisted strength of the
i. -rmv from approximately 220,000, to
50,000 men, as directed by congress.
- It was estimated that-six : of the
ulitary encampments constructed
.'uring the war and still maintained
firing the war and still tnaintaieed
army posts will be abandoned,
t he army would retain title ,to the
and, water and sewerage systems of
the reservations, it was said, so that
they may be made available without
delay in case of emergency,
Hot? One Man Barely Stopped Merc
From Smashing Top of Thermometer
If the gentleman who likes to fry
eggs on the pavement was in Omaha
yesterday he found it easay to per
yesterday he found it easy to pcr-
any pavement exposed to the sun in
all this great city. Even the sides
of. houses, floors of . porches and
rails of street car tracks ,wcre too
hot to touch.
Resorts from the center of the
Great Desert of Gobi are not at hand,
but if it was any hotter there than
it was in Omaha, the Gobians have
our sympathy. ,
Even the official weather bureau
thermometer, in its cool perch on
top of the federal building, felt and
registered the thermal torridity oi
scorching, parching atmosphere at
96 degrees at 4 yesterday afternoon.
And down on the streets, on pave
ments and amid brick walls, it was
like a fiery furnace in which coatless,
collarless, sleeveless men and lightly
clad women gasped for breath. The
asphalt paving, melted, retaining the
impression even of automobile tire
treads in places.
Tale of Thermometer.
A citizen living in a house on
Twenty-second and Leavenworth
streets, surrounded by trees and
much grass and fanned by whatever
breeze was lazily stirring, found that
the thermometer .in his north room,
Tidewater Body
Assemble? for
Trip on River
East Shows Surprising Inter
est in Project Power Fea
ture Magnet to Manufac
turing Centers
By VICTOR B. SMITH.
Niagara Falls, Ontario, July 10.
Today is assembly day for the party
of business men, engineers and pub
lic officials of the United States xwho
are to embark tomorrow on a week's
inspection tour of the St. Lawrence
river and of canal and power pro
jects tq this vicinity.
The oartv represents the Great
Lakes-St Lawrence Tidewater asso
ciation, which is advocating the de
velopment of a waterway trom J-aKe
Erie to the Atlantic ocean to permit
ocean steamers to enter the Great
lakes and to convert Chicago and
other lake cities virtually into ocean
ports. ; v
Amoriar todav's arrivals was Con
gressman, A. Wv Jefferis of Omaha,
who came from Washington to
represent the Nebraska delegation in
congress. Nelson B. Updike of Oma
ha, reoresentine Nebraska on the
executive, council of the association,
will arrive early tomorrow. ,
A surprise of the gathering, inso
far as middle-westerners was con
cerned, is the interest shown by
New Enirlandcrs. There are approx
imately 100 westerners here but New
England has an additional delega
tion of 75. While the westerners are
interested in the project, because of
the orosoective savinir in transpor
tation costs on export agricultural
products, the New Englanders are
interested in the incidental devel
ooment of electric power. Present
plans provide for the development of
the lareest hydro-electric plant in the
world as a side-line of the shipping
proa-ram.
This interest in the eastern states
is important because it means val
uable assistance to the agricultural
interests of the west in getting finan
cial and political support for the un
dertaking. .. . "
In addition to some of the biggest
business men of New England, the
eastern delegation includes former
Governor James Hartness of Ver
mont, Governor San Souci of Rhode
Island, Governor Lake of Connecti
cut and former Governor Milliken of
Maine.
Former Governor Lowden of Illi
nois is here from the west, as also
are Governor Henry J. Allen of Kan
sas and Senator Lenroot of Wiscon
sin. '
. Secretary of Commerce Hoover is
expected to cover a part of the tour
with the party.
Americans Sail for
Celebration in Peru
New York, July lOv-The American
commission to the centenary celebration-
of Peru's independence left to
day for Callao, Peru, on a special
battleship' sequadron consisting of
the dreadnaughts Arizona, Oklahoma
and Nevada, - under command of
Rear Admiral John D. McDonald.
The squadron will stop at Hampton
Roads to take on Rear Admiral Hugh
Rodman, naval member of th; com
mission. ,
.The Peruvian ambassador, Senor
Don Federico Alfonzo Pezet, came
from Washington to see the commis
sion off. The Peruvian flag was
run up on the flagship Arizona and
a salute of honor fired as the Peru
vian national anthem was played.
Santiago Bedoya, second secretary of
ihe. embassy, and German Aramburu,
attache, joined the commission as
aides. : 5
Total of 4,630 Ex-Soldiers
Admitted to National Homes !
Washington, July 10. National sol
diers' homes for disabled volunteer
soldiers admitted 4,630 former serv
ice men during the last fiscal year,
Gen. G. H. Wood, president of the
homes, told a senate investigating
committee today. ;
The national homes at Marion,
Ind., and Johnson City, Tenn., arc
now used exclusively for the treat
ment of world war veterans, he said.
Veterans are admitted, General
Wood said, upon presentation of
honorable discharge papers and vo
cational trng is given w'jen re
quested t vZpderai board.
which is sheltered from the sun, reg
istered 90 at 2 p. m.
He bore the heat-measure out on
the porch and set in it the shade.
It quickly rose to 98. . v
Then he set it in the sun and the
mercury galloped up to 122 degrees,
which is as high as the thermometer
registered. The citizen grabbed ' l.
instrument and rescued it
heat before the sun sho&
glass.
vr f'M'
At Sever" " V streets
about 3 o't.YV -rf'a loud re-
port TiwXMV . ' Dig automobile
had burst. ,as a new tire. The
heat of the &in, beating directly
down, had expanded the air inside the
tire, causing the explosion.
Innumerable automobiles rushed
hither and thither, laden with human
ity which .sought to assist nature in
stirring breezes. Picnic parties by
hundreds were in the public parks
and in many places outside the city.
Ihe amusement parks were packed
with crowds of people who sought to
forget' the heat in diversion, pop.
near beer and ice cream cones.
The muny beach. Riverview park
pool, and other substitutes tor the
ol' swimmin' hole" were filled all
day and half the night. And in many
home, tis said, members of the
family sat in the bath tub and read
the and hours away,
to
Stand Solid for
New Tariff Bill
Democrats Center Attacks on
Amercan Valuation Plan
Final Vote to be Taken
On July 21.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
Washington, July 10. While stiff
fights are in sight over several fea
tures of the-Fordney tariff bill, pros
oects are that few if any house re
publicans will vote against it on final
passage. The contests over, the five
paragraphs specified in the proposed
special rule will start r nday.
General debate, already mi progress
for two days, will be resumed to
morrow and will run until the close
Thursday. The special rule approved
yesterday by the rules committee
provides for a final vote on July 21.
While the democrats are centering
their fire upoh the American valua
tion plan, this feature probably will
not be subject to attacks from the
republicans.
,-. Importers Against Plan.
Although importers generally are
against theplan, they have failed to
stir up sufficient adverse sentiment
among house republicans to cause
the party, caucus to arrange for a
special vote on that provision.
The importers have recognized
that it was useless to fight the propo
sition, but are counting on different
action by the senate finance com
mittee.
The expectation :s that two or
three of the amendments to be pro
nosed on the floor will be adopted.
The five subjects on which the re
publican caucus ordered special votes
are hides, dye stuffs, oils, cotton and
asphalt. . -
- Favor Duty on Hides.
The agriculturaHriterests strongly
favor a duty on hides, which, with
shoes and leather, have been left on
the free list. It is considered prob
able a dutv will be imposed on hides
and compensatory duties put on shoes
ana leather. ,
Elimination of duties on crude, pe
troleum and fuel oil by the house is
regarded as likely. The . duties pro
vided are 35 cents and 25 cents a
barrel, respectively. Up to the day
the bill was introduced, both were on
the free list, but a change in the vote
of two committee members enabled
the duty advocates to win out.
This is a controversy between the
small producers and the large oil
interests, the latter being. against any
duty. The small producers claim that
under the present market conditions
a tariff ' barrier should be imposed
against Mexican oil.
Move to Extend Highway to
Mexico Meeting Success
Chester, Neb., July 10. (Special.)
Attempt to internationalize the
Meridian highway by extendine the
road into Mexico is meeting with
great success, according to word re
ceived here. A party of Meridian
highway boosters returned from
Mexico City, July 22, where they had
been conferring with President Obre
gon and the governors of the Mexi
can states rega-Hlmg extension of the
highway from Laredo, Tex., to Mex
ico City. They report great en
thusiasm in each of the. various cities
visited.
Elk Horn Votes Bonds to
Purchase Light Plant
Elk Horn, la., July 10. (Spe
cial.) Voters of Elk Horn at a
special election approved the pro
posal to issue $9,000 of municipal
bonds for the purchase of the elec
tric power equipment here.
Elk Horn gets its electrical cur
rent from Kimballton over a trans
mission line. The plant at Kim
ballton has been sold to the town,
contingent upon the voters approv
ing a proposal to issue $20,000 in
bonds for the purchase and im
provement of the plant.
Modern Woodmen Plan
Republicans
District Loe Rollinelthis Mme. breathing spell to prepare
Tecumseh, Neb... July 10 (Soe.
cial.) The second annual Modern
Woodmen of America district log
rolling and picnic will be held in
Auburn July. 20. The district com
prises several counties. A business
program in the forenoon will be fol?
lowed by an afternoon of sports. The
first picnic was held in Tecumseh
j
President
Facing Test
Of Strength
Demand That Congress Side
track Bonus Bill and Other
Measures to Bring First
Real Showdown.
Members Evenly Divided
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be leaaed Wire.
Washington, July 10. President
Harding faces the first real test of
his leadership as a result of hie de
mand that congres sidetrack the
soldier bonus bill, pigeon hole other
pending legislation . and give its
whole-hearted attention to the pur
pose for which the special session
was called, namely tat iff and tax re
vision.
rolls indicated that the out
come will be a 50-50 affair. Admin
istration leaders were confident that
they would be able to shelve the
bonus bill until next winter, al
though they admitted that the re
suits would be close. - It was gen
erally conceded, however, that the
president would have to gain new
strength from unexpected source
betore he could carry into ettect ms
desire that the senate take a recess
as a means of facilitating committee
action on the tax and tariff bills..
In Defiant Mood.
The bi-partisan senatorial comb!
nation known as the agricultural
bloc, mustering 30 votes, appeared
to have control of the situation, bo
far as the bonus is concerned, it is
taking no stand and its members will
be widely divided on the question of
recommitting the bill. On the ques
tion of taking a recess and abandon
ing all other legislation except tax
and tariff, however, it is in a defiant
mood.
Far from agreeing to this portion
of Mr. Harding's program,, the bloc
was busily engaged today, seeking
new methods to hold the senate on
the job until the farmers' relief
program is put through.
The old law of 1850 was dragged
out from the musty archives and
prepared for application in the drive
for additional agricultural legislation
Under the provisions of this act, sen
ators who absent themselves without
good cause are liable to. a fine of
$25 for each day of their absence.
This law was invoked several years
ago in the house and vastly im
proved attendance resulted. It is
believed that enforcement of the law
in the senate now would lessen the
difficulties of securing a quorum
these days. '
": Leader Confident. '' v y
The most sorely perplexed ele
ment in the senate is that group of
n senators who come up for re
election next year. Prospects are
that the administration will receive
little support from this class of
senators, either on . the republican
or the democratic side. Notwith
standing such defections, administra
tion leaders felt certain they would
be able to round up . 50 or more
votes in favor of sending the bonus
back to the finance committee after
the president delivers his address
next week.
The' suggestion that the senate
proceed to pass the bonus and then
have the house assume responsibil
ity tor sidetracking it until next win
ter has been received with indigna
tion among representatives. They
declared emphatically that they did
not propose to be "made the eoat"
and they have made it plain to sena
tors that it the bill comes before
them they will pass it just as soon
as the opportunittv presents itself.
Shipbuilding firm .
Awarded $1,028,458
Against Australia
Seattle, uly 10. . The Patterson
McDonald Shipbuilding company of
Seattle has been awarded $1,028,458
in ship construction claims against
the Australian government, by the
board of arbitrators appointed by the
Australian government and the com
pany, which was filed today with the
master in bankruptcy here;
Claims of the company rose-out
of the construction-of nine 4,200-ton
wooden ships for Australia.
As a result of its differences with
the Australian government the com
pany .went into bankruptcy last
year.
A. M. McDonald, president of the
company, declared that the corpora
tion's total liabilities are not expected
to exceed $50,000 and that the com
pany will be able to pay its creditors
in full
Communist. Stand Approved
, ' By Third Internationale
Riga, July 9. (By the Associated
Press.) According to an official
Moscow radio message, the congress
of the third intemationale. after a
speech by Nikolai Lenine, the soviet
leader, adopted a resolution approv
ing the policies of the Russian com
munists. ' .The resolution also ap
proved "concession in order to keep
the dictatorship of proletarian Rus
sia, until our western brethren can
come to our aid." .
Soviet Russia, Lenine says, is re
building her own industries, during
a breathing spell in the struggle with
capitalistic states who still want.
but do
not dare... to -attack her.
Meanwhile the communists must use
countries, he said.- .
Man Arrested for Failure
To Assist Drowing Boy
Chicago, July 10. John Collins is
under arrest here because he is al
leged to have 'stood by while Annie
Holdt, 10. drowned in shallow water
without offering assistance. .
Will They Come to An Agreement?
Matters Serves
Only 44 Days of
5-Year Sentence
Former" Legal Advisor of. Sut
ton; Bank Released From
Federal Prison tn Presi- j
dent's Pardon.
Forty-four day was all Thomas
H. Matters, Omaha attorney, served
of a five-year sentence in the federal
prison at Leavenworth.
He . was released ' Saturday after
noon on a pardon from President
Harding. : -
Matters received his pardon ahead
of M. L.'Luebben, whose application
for release received, the endorsement
of Judge Woodrough who sentenced
him.
Luebbeu was president of the First
National bank of Sutton, Neb., and
Matters, was -legal adviser. It was
because of the failure of this bank
in 1915 that Matters and Luebben
both received five-year sentences.
For six years Matters fought in
the courts against conviction. When
the courts ruled against 'him ' he
sought pardons from former Presi'
dent Wilson and then President
Harding. Bot hattempts failed and
on May 26 he' surrendered himseli
at Leavenworth, presumably to es
cape the humiliation of being taken
to prison by officers trom Omaha
Prison authorities report Matters
was a model prisoner during his
pnet stay. it is said he had nothing
to do with Luebben while the two
were prison mates.
Sultana of Kabul to
Call at White House
New York," July 10. The Princess
Fatima, sultana of Kabul, who has
arrived here from San Francisco on
the way to England with her three'
sons, expects to , visit Washington
next week to pay hct respects to
President Harding. An immense
white.' sapphire, set in the left- side
of her nose, has attracted attention
at the hotel where the family is stay
ing. ; . ' -" i
Prince Mohammed Hashim Khan
and Prince Mohammed Azim Khan
intend to enter Oxford. Twelve-year-pid
Prince Mohammed Akbar, Khah
will study at Eton, Harrow or Rug
by. 1 The- sultana is -a first xcousm
of . the Emir of Afghanistan.' She
has' been giving her sons education
by travel since, last spring. They
visited " China J and - Japan before
crossing: the- Pacific and will sail
fdr England July. 15.
Secretary Denby, to Review i
Pacific Fleet in September
; San Francisco, 'July 10." The, Pa
cific fleet, with, all its 207 vessels
present, 'will rendezvous in San
Francisco bay fen or about Septem
ber!, -for review by Secretary of
the " Navy Denby, according to an
official ' order-' issued - by Admiral
Eberle, fleet commander. .The ships
will pass in review, be fore Denby in
battle formation; it was said, and the
demonstration will be one of the
greatest displays in the navy's his
tory. ; : - , ,
Secretary Denby will review the
fleet from the battleship New York,
upon his return . from Alaska and
Honolulu, . . ,. . ,
ICatvrtsat: lMt: Br The Ckicaco Tr4fcoe.T
Cellmate Stops
Suicide Attempt
Man "Determined to. Cheat
. Law" Prevented From
" 4 Slashing Throal. v
Grand Island, Neb., July 10.
(Special Telegram.) Harold Mur
phy, alias Jones, alias Johnson, held
in the county jail to await trial on the
charge of forgery, seems determined
to cheat the law
Murphy was caught in ' the act of
cashing a check by Assistant Cashier
slichem of the Peoples state bank.
He attempted to escape, but was-fol
lowed by the cashier, the latter firing
several shots.
Later he was arrested by police,
He tried to escape from the lattter
and was brought to a halt by five
shots. A week ago he was caught
picking a hole through the walls of
the. jail. His latest stunt wasan ef
fort to commit suicide by slashing
his neck. With a razor.
A younger man named Rice, held
on the charge of horse stealing, di
vined Murphy's intention just in time
to prevent a second slash. The first
one, though almost across the entire
throat, did not go deep enough to
sever the jugular vein, and Murphy is
on the way to recovery. He declares
that he doesnot want to disgrace his
wife and child. The latter, he says,
are in Missouri, but there is reason
to believe they may be in Lincoln.
Capture Welcomed j
By Boy Auto Bandits
Lost in Imperial Desert
El Ccntro, Cal., July 9 Madden
ing thirst- ; and , helpless isolation in
the wastes, of the Imperial desert
made capture welcome for five boys
arrested - near here, following their
purported confession of the theft of
four automobiles and the robbery of
a- store.
The. boys ranged in age irom- 16
to 1& years and ; included Michael
Donovan, 17,. of Chicago. They are
charged, with burglary and larceny.
According to-the sto "they left
Los Angeles, in a stolen automobile
and obtained gasoline and oil by rob
bing, cars along the highway. In
one instance they set fire to an auto
mobile from whiolf they attempted
to purloin, gasoline.' At .Calexico
they abandoned.- the automobile In
which they were riding and took an
other in front1 of the customs house.
A rancher found them in the desert
arid brought them to Holtville near
here, where -they were arrested.
Witness in Murder Trial , ,
' " Tells of. Suicide Pact
Corumia, Mich..' July 10. Forrest
Jliggins and .Lucy .YYittum, his fi
ancee, with whose . death t he -.is
charged, had entered into ' a suicide
pact which the girl carried out, ac
cording to Joseph Sheridan of De
troit,; who took the , stand for the
prosecution at Higgins trial here
today. ...
Sheridan was in a cell with vHig-
I gins for four days, leading the latter
to believe he also was a prisoner,
in order to collect evidence.4
Higgins, according - to the "wit
ness, told him "Lucy beat me to it,"
and added he became terror-stricken
after. Miss Witt urn had taken poison
and collapsed in his arms, and fled
front the scene.
The state rested following Sheri
dan's testimony,
IS
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Omaha Elks "Own"
Salt Lake City
For Four Hours
LodgeQivenJTrip to Salt-
air Nebraska Bunch Pro
nounced ""Most : Gingeiry''
Delegation. '
Salt Lake City, July 10(Special
Telegram.) Omaha and Nebraska
Elks dwned ' this cky today and
through the fraternal courtesy of the
local lodge enjoyed every second of
the four hours between the arrival
and departure of the 11-car special.
After a triumphal parade through
western Nebraska and alt of Wyo
ming, where each important station
meant entertainment galore, the 150
Omaha and Nebraska Bills and
their ladies were convinced that the
grand lodge headquarters will cer
tainly Te voted to the Gate City at
the Los. Angeles convention.
The Nebraska delegation was pro
nounced the most gingery of all the
outfits now trekking to southern
California. A special train chartered
by Salt Lake Elks took the Omaha
delegation to Saltair for a swim this
forenoon, while a few of the tourists
attended an organ recital at the tab
ernacle. Judge Willis G. Sears, past
exalted ruler and delegate, has rela
tives in Salt Lake and was therefore
very much at home.
Judge "Go to Hell" .Babcock of
Chadron is making a big hit every
where With his lecture on the Vol
stead act. :
' Harry McCannon of No. 39 lost his
straw hat on the trip to Saltair this
morning. .When he reached the spe
cial train later in the day he found
his hat safely in his compartment, .
Boy Scout had found it and made a
trip into Salt Lake, to "do a 'good
turn." He knew. where to go with
the "lid" because of the purple and
white hat band and "Omaha -TWrty-
The. Omaha special will reach
Los Angeles Monday afternoon. An
hour will be spent at San Bernardino.
Greek Offensive Against
Turks Opens in Usliak Sector
Constantinople, July" 10. (By the
Associated Press.) According to an
unconfirmed report emanating from
Greek - official circles last night the
Greek offensive against, the -Turkish
nationalists began this morning in
the Ushak sector. . . v
1 This sector lies just to the vttst
of the -Bagdad railway, about mid
way of the Anatolian peninsula.
Ice Cream Factory Shuts
L Down, Due to Ice Shortage
Boomfield, Neb., July 10. (Spe
cial) The Bloomfield Butter com
pany has been compelled to suspend
the7 manufacture of ice cream-owing
to the scarcity of ice. An artificial
ice plant is now being agitated.
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Nebraska: Continued fair and
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Five Killed
50 Hurt in
Air Crash
Bombing Plane Plunges Into
Line of Automobiles at Lan-,
gin Field Explosion and
Fire. Follows
Sixteen Cars Are Burned
Moundsvillc, W. Va., July 10.-r-Five
persons were killed and "ap
proximately 50 injured at Laiigin
field here, late today, when a Martin
bombing plane fell on a group of
automobiles parked on the grounds.
An explosion followed, setting fire
to the machines. The dead were all
spectators.
Lieut. C R. Mclve, pilot, ana
Lieut. T. H. Denton, assistant pilot.
were rescued -by Carl Miller, coach
of Bethany coUege.
The known dead are: ' '
Carl Pettet. Fred Edge, Ralph
Hartzell. Mrs. George Long, 65. and
an unidentified child, age about 9
Most . of the injured were taken ta
the Glendale hospital, where it wat
reportod five were in a serious con
dition. The dead are of Moundsvitle, with
the exception of Edgf, whose home
was at Round Bottom, W. V.
Lieutenants Mclve and Denton
were taking off in the government
plane from Langih field. They had
risen about 30 feet, according to thf
report, when the plane swung sharply
to the left and seemed about to hit a ,
i.anga. txii cuui L was iliftuc,
was said, to throw the plane into tha
Ohio river, but it was flying too low
and crashed into a line of auto
mobiles lined along the river bank. '
Sixteen automobiles were burned
and the dead, in most instances, were
trapped in the machines;
i he pnoots arrived at Moundsvilla
Saturday afternoon from the Martin
factories at Cleveland, and wera
leaving Langin field for Langley
field, where the plane was to be put
into service. . ...
Earl of Craven Loses
Life in Solent River; x
Body Is Recovered
By The Annorlotrd Pim.
Cowes, Island of Wight, July 10.
The Earl of Craven was drowned in
the waters of the Solent late last
night or earlv today. He disanmarrt
mysteriously from .his yacht during
the night and at 3 o'clock this after
noon nis Doay was touud on trie
rocks two' miles from Cowes.
The Earl of Craven, in 1893. mar
ried Miss Cornelia Martin, daughter '
of the late Bradley Martin of New .
York. He was an enthusiastic
yachtman and had taken the Solent
Lodge, belonging to the Marchioness
of Ormonde, for the Cowes regatta--in
August He arrived yesterday on
board his yacht, the Sylvia, paid a
VICtt frt flip Prtuol rafl, esii.n .4 fii:
..... j u . j u v. . i . OYiu KfK
and then returned to the yacht.
A strong tide runs at the point,
the Sylvia was moored, and it is
surmised that after having tripped
over a rope or other obstacle and ,
fallen into the water he was carried
away by t sp crrent. " . " '
Speeding Car Turns i
Over Twice; Driver
But Slightly Hurl
.
Although the automobile in which
lie was riding at a terrific rate of
speed turned turtle twice and was
practically demolished 'af Thirty
first and Evans .streets Saturday
night, Richard Randall, 3328 Madi
son street, escaped serious injury.
Randall was driving . north On
Thirty-first street and. according to
Mrs. Arch Harvey, 3116 Pinknev
street, lost control of the automobile "
while he was speeding.
Just in front of her home, -Mrs.
Harvey told police, the car turned
over twice and landed on the park
ing. Randall was picked up stunned,
but later recovered consciousness.
Mrs. -Harvey declared another man
had accompanied Randall, but police
pould not find him. '
Kandall was taken to his home.
Plan to Reopen Milling
Paint at Nebraska City
Nebraska City, Neb., July- 10.,
(Special.) A meeting of the stock
holders of the Wash-Co. Milling
company was held here in an attempt
to reopen the plant which has been
-closed down for some time. Ar
rangements were made for the liq
ifidation of the company's indebted
ness and it is thought the plant Will
be put in operation in a short time
a the present stockholders have sig
nified their intention of financing the
concern. - The mill employes a large
number of men when running at
capacity. ,
Davenport Shipping Body '
Quits After 18 Year
Davenport, Neb., July 10. The
Davenport Shipping association dis
continued busitiess after serving the
community for 18 years. Lack of
business is given for the abandon
ment of the organization.
Good Wheat Yield.
Davenport', Neb.. July 10. (Spe
cW.) Wheat in this section is mak
ing from 18 to 36 bushets an acre
and is of very fine quality. The heavy
. rains of last week stopped shock
threshing tor a few days. ...
Tramps Crowd Trains.
, Tecumseh Neb., July 10. (Spe
cial.) Northbound Burling ton
f i eight trains through this city are
carrying hundreds of tramps. Over
5C were counted on one freight train
this week, 27 of the number sitting on
top of a single box car.