The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 24.
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OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1921.
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DeValera
Confident
Of Success
President of Irish Republic,
In First Interview in Lon
don, Declares Peace Out
look Brightest Ever.
Resume Meeting Today
(By The Ataoetattd Prcu.)
London, July 14. (By The Asso
ciated Press.1) Eamonn De Valera
K and Premier Lloyd Gtorge con-
' ferred (or more than two and a half
, hours iodav over the question of an
Irish settlement. The republican
leader arrived at the prime minis
ter's official residence in Downing
street at 4:30 p. m. and left at 7:10
n m
At the conclusion of the confer
ence Art O'Brien, president of the
Gaelic league in London, stated that
it had terminated amiably.
As has been agreed upon, a com-
muniaue regarding the conference
was issued and stated that a free ex
change of views took place be
tween Mr. Lloyd George and Mr.
De Valera and their relative posi
tions were denned.
The conference will be resumed
at 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Outlook Bright.
The outlook for a lasting peace in
Ireland is brighter than it has ever
been in history, said De Valera, as
he was about to enter into confer
ence today with- Mr. Lloyd George,
the British prime minister, in an at
tempt to find a basis for an adjust
ment of the -Irish problem.
"I am sure" he added "that the
atmosphere in England and Ireland
is right for peace. The only thing
that is necessary now is for us to
get down to rock bottom."
De Valera arrived at No. 10
Downing street at 4:30 o'clock for
the conference. The republican
leader's first appearance at the prime
minister's official residence was
punctual to the minute. Mr. Lloyd
George was awaiting him, and their
conversations over the peace ques
tion were begun immediately.
Notwithstanding a drizzling rain,
a great crowd which had gathered
at the entrance to Downing street
waited patiently for some announce
ment from the momentous meeting.
Shortly after Mr. De Valera entered
the prime minister's house, the crowd
knelt in Whitehall and began to re
cite the rosary. - , .
The Irish republican leader drove
directly from the hotel in Bucking
ham palace road used as headquart
ers by the Irish delegation to Down
ing, street in a motor carHe was.
accompanied by ' Arthur OBrien,
president - i of . the Gaelic league in i
London. , ' . :. ; ' ' ' .
S , U First Interview.
It was the first time Mr.' DeValera
had spoken for publication since his
arrival in London Tuesday evening.
- "This is simply a private confer
ence with Mr. Lloyd George instead
of a long range bombardment to see
what can be done at close quarters,
said the republican leader, who was
in a bright and cheerful mood in
talking with the correspondents
"I have been told," he said, ' that
you have been rather disappointed
in my not talking more freely with
you, but I am sure you quite under
stand the difficulties of the moment.
1 have come to tell you that it is
not that I do not wish to say a
number of things to the people of
Great Britain, but that the moment
is not opportune for it.
. Should Know . Conditions.
"As far as I can see from your
press here.' which I have studied very
carefully, there is no country in the
world which needs more to under
stand, the aspirations c4 the Irish
people and the right and logic of
their case than your own people
here. ,
"I- shoufd be very glad, indeed, to
put the case before your people, but
as I am putting it. before the rep
resentative of your nation, I think
it unwise to put it before your pub
lic." Reports published today that an
agreement was reached at the recent
Dublin conference between Eamonn
De " Valera and the southern
unionists regarding the terms which
would be demanded from the British
government at the . conference in
London were categorically denied at
De Valera's headquarters this morn
ing by Secretary Childers of the
visiting Irish party.
"There was no discussion, direct
or indirect, of any such terms,", said
Mr. Childers. "The conference con
fined itself exclusively to discussion
of Mr. Lloyd George's invitation to
a conference and of the arrange
ments regarding the truce."
Harding Sends Bastille
Day Message to Millerand
Washington, July 14. A message
on the occasion of Bastille day was
sent by President Harding to Pres
ident Millerand of France.
"On this occasion which com
memorates the independence of
France," the message said, "I send
you, Mr. President, my friendly
greetings and I voice the sentiments
of my countrymen in expressing the
earnest desire that the French and
American peoples may continue the
most cordial friendship and that the
traditional bonds of sympathy and
esteem may ever be strengthened."
Marine Corps Colonel
Dies at San Franccsio
Washington, July 4. Col. Al
bert C, McLemore, United States
marine corps, died today at the
naval hnaniral. San Francisco. He
11? was assistant adiutant and inspector
of the department of the west, a
native of Franklin, Tenn., a grad
uate of the naval academy, and saw
service in the Spanish war, Philip
pines and West Indies,' winning
brevet rank for distinguished con
duct during the Spanish mt at
Bandits Get $25,000
In Messenger Robbery
Seattle, July 14. Two bandits to
day snatched a bag containing $25,
000 in currency from a messenger
for the Northwest Trust and Safe
Deposit company, and escaped in an
auiomoDiie.
Lelond C. Higby, 19, the tnessen
ger who was carrying the satchel,
was accompanied by Curtis Fisk, 18,
another messenger for the bank.
Higby said he had come from the
federal reserve bank and had walked
30 feet down Second avenue when
the two men approached.
One of them gripped him around
the neck, pressed a pistol against his
ear and told him to "drop it." Higby
dropped the satchel and the two men
jumped into their automobile. Higby
and Fiske, according to Higby,
shouted lor a taxi and attracted the
attention of the driver who took up
the chase.
The car in which the two men es
caped bore a Washington number
and was reported to have been
stolen.
Packers' Request
For Reduction in
Wages Refused
Judge Alschuler Holds Drop
In Living Costs Not As
Much As Claimed by
Employers.
Chicago, July 14. Employes of
middlewestern and western packing
houses, parties to the arbitration
agreement with the government,
will continue to receive their pres
ent wage rate probably until next
September, when the agreement ex
pires. Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler,
arbitrator under the Department of
Labor, today refused the petition of
the packing house companies for a
5 cents an hour cut in wages. The
number of men affected by the order,
is estimated to exceed 100,000 in the
packing plants of Chicago, Sioux
City, Omaha, Fort Worth, Milwau
kee and Oklahoma City alone.
The action of the Chicago stock
yards in cutting wages of its stock
handlers 8 cents an hour, however,
was confirmed. The judge pointed
out that the stock handlers are paid
on a monthly basis and as a rule re
ceive more than common labor in
the packing plants, where hours are
irregular. About 1,000 stock handlers
are affected. . ' .
In the packing house decision, the
arbitration declared the recession in
the cost of living is not as great as
the packers contended, and in some
instances there has been no decline.
At' the rsame--time;-' taxe are on-,
stantlv mountintr." street car fares re
main 60 per cent higher than pre
war prices, while gas, electricity ana
fuel continue at high rates, the judge
days. f ' -
Judge Alschuler said 11 per cent of
the employes of Swift & Co. receive
less than 45 cents an hour; 30.7 per
rent rpt 45 cents: 27.3 oer cent from
45 to 47 cents; 12 per cent from 47
to 50 cents, making 81 per cent of all
employes who are paid 50 cents an
a . . 1 n
hour or less. Ui tne remaining
per cent, he added, two-thirds re
ceive less than 60 cents an hour and
the number being paid 70 cents or
more i neelieible. This analysis, the
judge added, is typical of all plants
anected, witn tne exception i
common labor at Fort Worth and
Oklahoma Gity is 3 cents an hour
lower.
Attempt Made to Wreck
Valuable Express Train
Cleveland,' O., July 14. An at
tpmnt to wreck an American Rail
way Express company train of 14
cars, carrying a cargo valued at
nearly $1,000,00, was made two miles
west of Willoughby, J early to
day, according to officials of the
New York Central railroad after it
was discovered that more than 15
spikes had been pulled and plates
removed from the rails.
Railroad detectives report that the
comoanv tool house near Willough-
bv was broken into and tools re
moved witn wnicn tne pixes were
puled. I he train jumped tne tracic
after plowing along for ZOO feet be
fore it was stopped. No cars were
overturned. 1
Sioux City Territory Is
Refreshed by. Inch of Rain
Sioux City, Ia.,Ju1y 14. Nearly
an inch of rain last night gave Sioux
City relief from the severe heat of
the last two weeks. There was a
drop of nearly 40 degrees in the
temperature. The mercury reached
the 92 mark but the humidity made
it one of the hottest days of the
year. The rain was general in this
territory.
World's Greatest
Detective Cases
How John Wilson Murray,
Canada's most brilliant de
tective, solved the baffling
mystery of "Dead Man's
Swamp" is told in another of
the thrilling stories by the ex
pert crime investigator,
Nazariene Daan Kannibelle.
The "Dead Man's Swamp"
case began in England and
ended in Canada. The details
of its unravelling filled
European newspapers for
many weeks while the crime
was under investigation and
later during the trial of the
perpetrators.
This story in the series on
the "World Greatest Detec
tive Cases" will appear com
plete in
Next Sunday' Bee
"Inside", of
N.P.League
Demanded
Attorney General of Nebraska
Wants to Know Who Op
poses Paving Fort Crook
Road and Why.
Asks Property Showing
Lincoln, July 14. (Special.) The
"inside workings" of the Nonparti
san league in Nebraska, how much
money it has at its command, wheth
er it is a corporation and numerous
other facts about which the public
has expressed curiosity may be
learned at the order of the Lan
caster county district court.
Attorney General Clarence A. Da
vis, in a motion filed today, asks
the court to demand the following
information from organization of
ficers: . .
Whether the "Nebraska Nonparti
san league is a corporation or
ganized and doing business in Ne
braska, legally organized to trans
act business in the state and wheth
er or not it is a taxpayer in the
state.
Seek "Executive Board."
The precise location of the "exec
utive board" of the league and
whether its suit against the $75,000
Fort Cropk road appropriation was
brought oh behalf of the league and
by its authority.
In what county, if any, the league
has been lawfully incorporated and
upon what property, if any, it pays
taxes.
The residence of each member of
the board and property owned by
each member upon which he pays
taxes.
These demands front the attorney
general following the filing of the in
junction suit of the league against
the $75,000 appropriation for the Fort
Crook road comes in - the form
of a motion demanding more definite
and certain information about the
plaintiff, the Nonpartisan league.
Question Appropriations.
Davis also requests the court to
demand the "league" to show
whether Sarpy" county has provided
$25,000 as its share of the cost of
paving the Fort Crook road, and
whether the federal government has
appropriated $150,000 as its portion,
in accordance with the legislature's
requirement that $175,000 be raised
from those sources before the state
fund of $75,000 becomes available.
In addition, Davis requests that
the "league" show wherein its charge
that the"$75,000 is :o vbe 'Ostd tior.'
'purely local purposes and for the
direct benefit of a particular locality,
as well as the extent of the benefit."
This motion was looked tipon here
as important in that if upheld by the
court would torce tne. Nonpartisan
league to lay all its cards on the
table and give the public at large
an opportunity to learn the "who.
why, what and where" of the organ
ization.
Navy Yards to Go on
Five-Day Week Basis
Washington, July 14. All , navy
yards and shore stations will be put
on a fiye-day week basis of opera
tion temporarily, Assistant Secre
tary Roosevelt announced today, in
an effort to prevent so drastic a re
duction of personnel as otherwise
would be necessary under the re
duced appropriations now available.
Saturday has been selected as the
enforced holiday, though some pro
test had been voiced on the ground
that during the summer most sta
tions were permitted to give half of
Saturday as a holiday, under normal
conditions without deduction of
pay. ,
"Th department hopes this order
will be accepted in the spirit in which
it is promulgated," Mr. - Roosevelt
said, in his letter explaining the
purpose of the action.
Changes in Federal Court
System Under Discussion
Washington, July 14. Reorgani
zation of the federal judiciary sys
tem was discussed today at a con
ference attended by Attorney Gener
al Daugherty, Chief Justice Taft and
the special committee of judges and
district attorneys, headed by Judge
John E. Sater of Columbus. Mr.
Daugherty said that a plan was be
ing worked out for a scientifically
organized judicial system, which
would be framed as a bill for pre
sentation to the president. . He in
timated that consideration was being
given to legislation permitting the
assignment of federal judges from
one district to another to clear up
temporarily crowded , dockets.
Myron Herrick, Ambassador
To France Reaches Paris
Havre, July 14. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Myron T. Herrick,
the new American ambassador, ar
rived here today on board the liner
France. He was greeted by a com
mittee of French government officials
and Americans.'
Later he left for Paris, where he
will this evening be received bv Pre
mier Briand. ,
Broker's Wife Taken
Recently as Thief
Tries to Kill Self
Chicago, July 14. Mrs. Etta Heil,
wife of a prominent broker, who was
placed on probation recently after
her husband had made good nearly
$60,000 worth of household furnish
ings taken by her after securing em
ployment with prominent families as
a maid, attempted suicide last night
at a railroad station here by swallow-
jns i JS? fluaaiitX fit Stoffi loiM,undjsi a SiflKU.SSMiYfiJiead.
Nebraska and Iowa
Welcome Cooling Rain
Heat conditions through eastern
Nebraska and western Iowa have
been alleviated by a rain which was
welcomed in this section.
The maximum rainfall in Nebraska
was 1.53 inches at Blair and in Iowa
it was 1.2S inches at Atlantic. The
precipitation in Omaha was .93 inch.
The average maximum tempera
ture during the first 13 days of this
month in Omaha was four degrees
higher than any correspondingperiod
during the last 40 years.
House Concludes
General Debate
On Tariff Bill
Members Ready to Begin Con-
sideration of Amendments
Under Five-Minute Lim
itation Rule.
Washington, July 14. The house
concluded general debate on the
Fordney tariff bill late tonight, after
the longest session of the six days
since unlimited discussion began. It
is ready to start tomorrow on
seven-day stretch of consideration of
amendments and of debate under
five-minute limitation.
Schedules open to amendment from
the floor will be taken up according
to announcement of Chairman Ford
ney of the ways and means commit
tee in the following order: Hides, dye
stuffs and dye control, oil, cotton,
and asohalt.
J. he committee which, by special
rule, is permitted to offer amend
ments to any paragraph, has many
changes to recommend in correction
of errors.
Representative Chandler, republic
an. Oklahoma, a member of the com
mittee that drafted the bill, charged
that attempts to compel withdrawal
of the duty of 35 cents a barrel on
crude and 25c a barrel on fuel oil,
were traceable directly "to propa
gandists for the Standard Oil com
pany." He declared also that the
Standard was responsible for "the
nation-wide impression that there is
a shortage of oil, and that American
oil deposits must be preserved.
A tariff, he contended, was neces
sary to maintain American suprem
acy in oil.
Representative Treadway, repub
lican.. Massachusetts, also a member
of the drafting committee, inveighed
against the schedule because of the
discrimination which he said would
result from an oil duty. He de
clared it would cost Massachusetts
industries $5,000,000 a year in extra
manufacturing expenses while at the
same time there would be an addi
tional demand for coal throughout
New England.
Haywood Fighting
ToSaveLW.W.
Communists Try to Wreck Or
ganization at Internation-
ale Meet
Riga, July 14. (By The Associated
Press.) William D. Haywood, the
American radical, is making a fight
before the congress of the third m
ternationale at Moscow for con
tinued support by that organization
of the American Industrial Work
ers of the World, according to Mos
cow newsoaoers received here.
Against him are representatives of
the communist party of America,
who desire to follow the plan ad
vocated by Leon Trotzky and Karl
Radek, which involves working
through organized unions.
Haywood made a vigorous protest
on July 6 against an attempt in the
congress of communist trade unions,
which is now meeting in Moscow, to
break up the Industrial Workers of
the World organization.
The fact that 25,000 members of
the Industrial Workers of the World
had been either arrested or killed,
said Haywood, was proof that the
organization was ' persisting in the
class struggle. He argued that it
always had been the policy of the
Industrial Workers of the World to
educate the workers and prepare
them not only for revolt but to lead
in the industrial life of the country.
Had the Russian workers been so
prepared, he declared, there would
be no paralysis of industry such as
now existed in the country.
Rioting Breaks Out Again
In Cork Street In Belfast
Belfast, July 14. (By The Asso
ciated Press.)-rRioting broke out
again in the Cork street area this
morning. A bomb was thrown and
damaged a grocery store, which also
was looted and another house was
set afire. A number of people were
slightly injured by snipers.
Several windows were broken.
The police managed to restore or
der without being compelled to use
firearms.
Scotia Girl Killed When
Run Over by Automobile
Scotia, Neb., July 14. (Special
Telegram.) Lavenna Ammerman, 7,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Am
merman, was killed here when an
automobile driven by Roy Shoe
maker, a merchant, struck her and
passed over her body. Shoemaker
was driving slowly witnesses say.
Mr. Ammerman is manager of the
telephone company.
Government May Combine
War and Navy Departments
Washington, July 14. The gov
ernmental reorganization committee
is understood to be giving serious
consideration to a proposal to com
bine the War and Navy departments
Boy Is Rescued
From Kidnapers;
Father Murdered
Kansas Child, Missing Since
May 1, Located by Police at
Globe, Ariz. Abductors
With Him
Globe, Ariz., July - 14. Orval
McKinstry of Laktn, Kan., who
was kidnapped from Syracuse, Kan.,
told newspaper men here today fol
lowing his rescue . by jdeputy sher
iffs, that Walter Hudson, a former
employe, of his father, kidnaped him
after the elder McKinstry had been
killed.
The boy told newspaper men that
he and Hudson met 1. C. (Skinner)
Eddington at Albuquerque, N. M.
Both Hudson and Eddington are
under arrest here waiting'word from
the Kansas authorities.
The boy said the two men were
directed by Mrs. Eva , Miller, cook
on his fathers ranch, to take him
to his uncle, Jim Hayes, in Arizona.
Boy Talks Freely.
"Mrs. Miller just put one over on
them," he added. "Jim Hayes is not
mv uncle.
The boy talked freely concerning
the murder of his father and his
own abduction.
He said his father was killed at
his ranch, 12 miles from Syracuse
last February by Bill Vise, a tenant
on McKinstry's land.
Eddington said he too, was pres
ent at the killing and both he and
the boy discussed it freely.
Killed in Argument
The elder McKinstry, the boy
said, had an argument with Vise over
rent from thee land occupied by
Vise. Finally Vise pulled a revolver
and fired just as his father threw
up his. hands, the boy said. He said
the bullet went through the hand
and his father turned to run, where
upon, Vise fired again the bullet
entering McKinstry's back, killing
him.
- "On the afternoon of Sunday, May
1," the boy said, "Mrs. Eva Miller,
cook on my father's ranch sent me
to Syracuse to get some medicine
she said I needed.- I went and wait
ed for the dooctor at his office until
5 o'clock, but he never showed up
and when Walter Hudson came
along in his automobile1 and said,
'come on let's take a ride,' I went
with him. . -
Made Colorado Town
"I asked him where we were go
ing and he said he didn't know. We
tried to make Holly, Colo., the first
night but had to camp out. Walter
worked on the Z ranch, which be
longed to my father.
"A few days out from Syracuse,
hee told me that Mrs. Miller had paid
him to take me to my uncle, in Ari
zona and gave him $35 to make the
trip. The money played out in Al
buquerque. The second day in Al
buquerque we met Eddington and
he had $6. . .
"At the first town out of Albuquer
que we pawned our- watches and
got $9.50 and that lasted until we got
to Solomonville."
Blue Law Ordinance
Unconstitutional,
Is Judges Decision
Los Angeles. July 14. An ordi
nance of the city of Pomona, near
here, prohibiting Sunday amuse
ments for which an admission fee
was charged, was held unconstitu
tional today by Judge Burnell of the
superior court. The judge declared
the draft was class legislation be
cause while prohibiting theaters and
similar enterprises from operating on
Sunday it allowed churches to take
up a collection, which he said was
virtually an admission fee at Sundav
service
The Armistice Paves
tCopjrif&t: M81: Bar The Chloafo Trifcuna.f
Four Killed When
Airplane Crashes
Ship Returning From Trial
Trip at Time of
. ' Accident.
Oakland, Cal., July 14. An air
plane from the Jacuzzi Bros.' air
plane factory in Berkeley fell at
Modesto, killing the pilot and three
passengers, today, according to word
received by the Oakland Tribune.
The airplane was piloted by "Bud"
Coffey, a commercial pilot, and the
passengers were Gioconda Jacuzii,
builder of the machine, and John
Kauke and . A.r MacleishT employes
of the Jacuzzi works'. ip war due
to- return here today from Yosemite
valley from a trial trip ' that began
yesterday.
The machine caught fire in mid
air and in falling struck a high vol
tage electric wire. The occupants
of the machine were burned almost
beyond recognition.
Negro Suspected of
Woman's Death Sought
Police are searching for Toe Lum-
kin, a negro, suspected of having
been implicated in the death of Edna
Coats, who was found dead with a
bullet wound through her head in
her apartments at 1516 North
Twenty-fourth street, where she
conducted a. hair dressing parlor.
.Police visited the Coats home
I uesday night in response to a
call that the woman had quarreled
with a negro. It is alleged that
Lumkm was seen running from the
scene of the shooting yesterday
morning.
England Wrote Wilson About
Cancelling Allied War Debt
Washington,' July 14. A letter
from Premier Lloyd George to
President Wilson dated August 8,
1920, dealing with a proposal for
cancellation of inter-allied war debts
was placed in the record of the sen
ate finance committee today by
treasury officials during hearings on
the administration s allied loan re
funding bill.
A cablegram on the same subject
from the British chancellor of the
exchequer to R. C. Lindsay, repre
senting the British treasury in this
country, which was transmitted to
then Assistant Secretary Leffingwell
of the Treasury department also was
presented.
Man Drives Cattle to Market
To Avoid High Freight Rates
Denver, July 14. For the first
time in about 20 years, a herd of
cattle was driven into Denver by
their owner from the Elk river dis
trict 200 miles navy, arriving at the
local stockyards today. The herd
consists of 66 steers and was driven
to Denver by A. E. Sager. who was
accompanied by his son and a hired
man. . i
Sager said he drove the cattle in
"to .save paying the heavy freight
rates. The steers, according to
cattle men,: are in the best condition
and they predict the practice of driv
ing stock to market will be revived
by men in the mountainous districts.
Big Reduction Reported
In World Ship Building
New York, July ' 14. Merchant
ship building in all countries fell off
nearly 900,000 tons for the quarter
ending June 30, as compared with the
previous three months, according to
a report made public by Lloyd's
register of shipping. This decline,
the report . said, is the sharpest
recorded since construction reached
its height in the fall of 1919.
American shinpinir dropped nearly
400,000 tons and British about 270,000
tons, with all other countries about
250,000 tons. No report was ob
WJSSfl mm vengao
the Way
Woman Drowned
In Cloudburst
Near Andrews
Five-Foot Wall of Water Rush
ing on Crawford Rail
roads Tied Up As Bridges
Are Swept Away.
Alliance, Neb., 'July 14. (Special
Telegram.) One life was lost, much
live stock was drowned, several
bridges were swept away and a num
ber of homes destroyed as tht result
of a cloudburst early today near An
drews, a small station on the Chicago
and Northwestern, about 17 miles
west of Crawford, Neb.Y
Mrs. John Barrett, an elderly worn
an, who lived alone on a farm near
Andrews station, was drowned. Her
house was swept away in the flood
and her body was recovered later in
the flood waters some distance be
low, where the cloudburst struck.
Damage to crops is jecorted as ex
tensive uiougn no estimate has been
made of the loss.
The town of Crawford, which is
located on the White river, is mo
mentarily expecting a five-foot wall
of water to rush down the river. The
waters from the cloudburst sepa
rated a short distance below An
arews station, one wall of water
rushing down White river comolete-
ly filling its banks, and the other
going down Kyle creek. The first
flood waters reached Crawford ahout
5 this evening and apprehension is
felt and precautionary measures are
being taken to prevent loss of life
and minimize the damage when the
five-foot wall of water, reported to
De rusning down White river,
reaches the town.
Five bridges were reported sweot
away on the Northwestern railroad
between Crawford and Andrews and
trains have been tied up in Crawford.
Several wagon road bridges were
washed out over a territory of sev
eral miles between Andrews station
and Glen, a flag station on the North
western. Several farmhouses are
reported to have been sweot awav.
Telephone and telegraph poles and
wires were swept away for some dis
tance along the railroad tracks.
French Warship Fires Salute
To Yanks on St. Lawrence
Montreal, Canada, Tulv 14. (Soe-
ciai.; American visitors to Mon
treal, members of the St. Lawrence
expedition, were oaid a nrettv tri
bute today by the French warship
Dys,' which is anchored here. The
commander obtained ' permission of
Canadian authorities to fire a royal
salute of 21 guns as the boat carry
ing the Americans passed down the
harbor. I his he did, he said, in
recognition of American aid given
France. . .
In return an impromntu chorus of
Americans, including ' Congressman
Jefferis of Nebraska, sang the Mar-
seiwaise.
The Weather -
Forecast
Nebraska Generally fair Fridav
and probably Saturday; not much
cnange in temperature.
Iowa frair Fridav and orobablv
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Japanese
Agree to
Conference
Formal Invitation to Attend
Disarmament Meeting
Is Received at the
Capital. '
China to Send Delegate
By Th Axftorlntfd Treu.
Washington, July 14. Japan's ac
ceptance of President Harding's
suggestion that a conference to dis
cuss limitation of armaments was
received at the State department to
day but made no reference to the
question of the discussion of the far
eastern question.
Unqualified acceptance by the Chi-.
tiese government also was received.
State department officials would
make no comment on the form of the
Japanese reply which was not made
public in text.
Silence of the Japanese govern
ment as to discussion of far eastern
problems was not believed, however,
to have interposed any serious ob
stacle to the carrying out of the plan,
It was indicated that the formal in
vitation would be forwarded to Japan
as to the powers which have trans
mitted full and unqualified accept
ance, and in the end, officials be
lieved Japan would agtee to partici
pation in the dual program.
It was not indicated whether the
United States would make further
inquiry, formal or informal, as to the
attitude of Japan.
The Japanese . reply was made
through the American embassy at
Tokio. which is understood not to
have supplemented it with any ex
planation. Unofficial dispatches from
Tokio and from London have creat
ed the impression that Japan would
be willing to join in a frank discus
sion of the far eastern questions,
although other informal dispatches
also have indicated that the Tokio
government must move with caution
on account of the political factions
and schools of thought in Japan.
Communists Vote
To Wage Class War
Resolution Passed Declaring
Necessity Exists in
World.
London, July 14. Resolutions de
claring it a necessity that class war .
be intensified in all countries were -adopted
by the congress of commun- .
ist trades unions at Moscow on Mon- .
day, says a despatch from that city,
to the Daily Herajd, organ of labor.
The vote of the congress on the res
olutions was 282 to 32, and this
action was taken, according to the
dispatch, with a view to "ending
capitalistic control of labor and con
sequently the political power of capi
talism, by establishing closest unity
between the various sections and
forms of the revolutionary labor
movement."
The congress also decided to take
Steps to unite all trade unions into
one fighting organization, with the ,
congress of communist trade unions
as the international center.
Close contact would be established
with the Third Internationale by
joint representation on executive
committees and in joint conferences.
It was asserted the connection thus
established would prepare for revo
lutionary action. , ,
Condemned Men Stage
Free-For-All Fight
Chicago, July 14. Eugene Geary,
sentenced to hang for the murder oi
Harry J. Reckas, is. occupying a new
apartment at the county jail fol
lowing a free-for-all fist battle in . ,
murderers' row.
The fight is said to have started
when Geary chareed Harrv Ward. .
who is to haiyj Friday, with being
a spy for the Yellow Cab company
and attacked him. Geary was ac
quitted of the murder of a cab driver
three months before he killed Reckas
and since that time he has ascribed
nearly all of his troubles to the cab
company.
The men were all in court when
the .trouble started and Frank Li
gregni, convicted of killing his wife,
came to the aid of Ward. He was
felled bv a blow from Gearv's fist.
Other prisoners joined in the fracas
and it was not until a score of guards
had been summoned that quiet was
restored.
No Disclipinary Action
For Three Balloonists
Washington, July 14. The naval
court of inquiry on the free balloon
flight into the Canadian wilds last
December by Lieut. Louis A. Kloor,
pilot, and Lieutenants Stephan A.
Farrell and Walter Hinton, pas
sengers, called for no disclioinarv
action and. held that differences be
tween Lieutenant Hinton and Lieu
tenant Farrell, which came to blows.,
were adjusted in a manly manner."
The court filed its report during
Secretary Daniel's tenure of office
but was not accepted until Secretary
Danby approved it and made it pub
lic' Ships Flying Danzig Flag
Arrive at Newport News
Newport News, July 14. The oil
tankers Baltic and Zoppit, both fly
ing the flag of the tree city ct
Danzig, are at a shipyard here for
repairs, but their German crews
have not been allowed to go ashore.
The steamers, each of them about
17,000 tons, are owned by the Stan
dard Oil company. They are the
first ships to entef this port flying
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