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The Omaha Daily Bee !,V i i) .9 UK i I. VOL. olr-NO. 28. owa Man Named In "Sox" Trial 'Mysterious Bennett" Pointed Out by "Bill" Burns as Man Who Helped Frame Conspiracy. 1 Identified Before Jury By G. D. M'KINNEY. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be laard Hire, , Chicago,. July 19. With the de fendants on their toes for the first time since the "Black Sox" trial opened and the fans in the crowded court room hanging breathlessly on his every word, "Bill" Burns, for mer White Sox pitcher, told the jury his story of how the 1919 world's series was thrown for $100, .000. His testimony, the most drama tic yet entered in the records, was climaxed as he finished the details f the purchase" and sale of a world's series by rising dramatically to his feet at the end of the day's session and pointing out one of the defend ants as the "Mysterious Bennett," 'll al1CTr4 1ititt, n ! r( A -.i-ll i yrKothstein, New York gambler, who, the state says, financed the conspi- Names Iowa Man. David Zelser. an alleged samblcr j . from Des Moines, was the man 'named. All afternoon Burns had spoken repeatedly of "Bennett" as lie man who worked with Abe Attell. the former pugilist, and Arnold Rothstein in framing the conspiracy. As the hands of the clock ncared 5, the hour of adjournment. Asist- ant States Attorney Gorman sudden ly asked if Bennett was in the court room; . '"He is," answered Burns. A buzz of comment ran through 'the court room. . "Do you see him?" "Yes. He's behind that post," and the former , big leaguer pointed ' toward one of the pillars on the west aide of the court room. "He's the man in the yellow shirt." . Judge Friend ordered that the man designated arise and be identified before the jury. Max Lusker, attorney for the three I gambler defendants, jumped to his feet and protested against the iden tification of Bennett. He was over ruled. The attorney, then told the jury that the man pointed out was lis client, David Zelser. . x Stormy Session Expected. V : Burns will finish his direct testi- jnony sometime - tomorrow morning, T then he will be turned over to the JWpilefense for cross-examination. A siormy session is c.tpcviea, as mt attorneys must break down his story it they are to destroy the. web of evi dence .already woven around their Clients by the state. His testimony is expected to take up the whole day. S The other high lights of the ses sions was the failure of Burns to mention Joe Jackson, former Sox outfielder, who made a confession last fall as one of the . players present when the conspiracy was formed, and a ruling by Judge Friend that evidence of meeting between the Ramblers and players in New York City prior to the Cincinnati meetings ( could not be entered as evidence. k Attorneys Prindeyille and Tyrrell for the state, declared that the omis f ion of. Jackson's name had little s'ciiificnnce, as other witnesses would forge his name together with the oll;cr conspirators.. They . were jubilant at the end of today's ses sion, declaring that Burns' testi mony was a crushing blow for the defense. . , " Burns Nervous. . . Rums, dressed in a dark-green checkered suit and wearing a lav ender shirt, soft collar and bow tic took the stand at 2 '35 o'clock. He appeared nervous at first, wiping his face rencatedly with a white hand kerchief and rubbing his hands over the bald spot on his head. When he began talking, However, he leaned forward ; with his chin resting on his right hand and talked in a low voice that only constant ompting made audible Malt way across the court room. k He discarded his coat a few min utes after his examination began. Attorney Gorman delayed only a few moments placing Burns' record as a base ball player, contractor and oil operator before the jury, then plunged into the details of the conspiracy. In spite of countless ob jections, he ruthlessly bared the de tails of the alleged plot. Montana' Politician Dies Following Brief Illness Helena. Mont.. July 19. A. E. Snriggs. former lieutenant governor of Montana, died here early today after a brief illness. He was born in Wisconsin 55 vears ago and came to Montana in 1888. He served in the state legislature in 1894 and in 1896 was elected lieutenant governor on I the democratic ticket. For the past nine years he had been chairman of the "state compensation board. , A widow survives: ' "Wyoming Cowboy Nearly Ties World Roping Record Chicago, Julv 19. Mike Hastings of Cheyenne. Wyo.. yesterday came within two-ntths ot a secona oi ine world's record for the tim aken to "bulldog" steer at the ai boy championship contes time being 9 4-5 seconds. al eow- iere, his ould Probe Ku Jf -A. Klan Austin, Tex., July 19. 'A resolu tion proposing investigation into ac tivities of the Ku Klux Klan jn Tevaa i hr-inir nrenareit for intro duction in the state legislature, now in special session, rvepresemauve a,. J. Rountree of Brazoz county said today. ; EMmi' M Sanaa-CliM Mtttir Mur it, I MM. ( Oahi f, 0. Una Act f link i. U7f. Identifies Iowan In "Black Sox" Scandal r Severe Drouth Iii State Broken By Heavy Rains Crops and Buildings Damaged By High Winds; Big Barn Near David City Burns. . Randolph, Neb., July 19. (Spe cial.) Drouth here was broken by precipitation of more than an inch of rain. The rain was accompanied by severe electrical display and a high wind. Several buildings on the Henry Druhe farm, southwest of town, were demolished by the storm. The corn was badly blown over, and oats still standing was flattened to the ground. Broken Bow, Neb., July 19 (Special.) The prolonged heat wave was broken by 1.55 inches of rain. The storm was accompanied by an electrical display, which was al most continuous for more than three hours. Two transformers at , the electric light plant were put out of commission, which left many of the patrons without light the rest of the night. Damage was done to stock and buildings in various parts of the county. David City, Neb., July 19. (Spe cial.) David City was visited by a heavy rain. ; Dunns: the storm the large new barn on the farm of J. L. Sobotka, one and one-half miles east of David City, was struck by lightning and burned to, the ground. Two of 14 large wheat stacks were burned also. The loss is estimated at about $3,000, partially covered by insurance. Ogallala, Neb., July 19. (Special.) A greater part of Keith county received a heavy rain, averaging about two inches all over the county. Some parts were visited by small cloudbursts which damaged wheat fields, w ashing the shocks out of the fields and bending over uncut grain. York, Neb., July 19. (Special.) York county was visited with a rain which averaged from one to two inches. Corn and alfalfa never looked better at this time of year in York county. Ord, Neb., July 19. (Special.) A heavy rain fell here. Corn pros pects were never better. Oats are practically all in the shock and threshing is to begin next week in parts of the county. Crete, Neb!, July 19. (Special.) This vicinity was visited by a heavy rain, about one and one-half inches falling. The storm was accompanied by high wind, but did no serious damage. , Beatrice, Neb., July 19. (Special.) Some damage resulted to wheat and oats in shock from the heavy rainfall. A large number of Gage county farmers have deemed it ad visable to stack their grain in order to save it. $3,000,000 Damage Is Result of Asphalt Fire Linden, n! J.. July 19. The loss from the fire which destroyed 33 of the 34 oil tanks and 15 asphalt stills at the plant of the Waruer-Quinlan Asphalt company, near here, was estimated today at $3,000,000 by mimunv officials. In addition, the entire plant was ruined with the ex ception of several small structures. Fvnlnainn continued throughout the night. Three hundred thousand barrels of oil were burned, mucn oi it flowing in flames over nearby meadows and yater. While the fire was under control today, firemen estimated that some of the oil might continue to burn for three days. WORSE THAN penniless, her engagements broken, her expectations shattered, her future a void and nothing left but an upper berth. This is the start of Playing Safe By Henry C. Rowland k fina BLUE RIBBON story in Next Sunday's Bee w am Blest Man Urges Life Term For Slayer Stepfather of Murdered Girl, Facing Prisoner Seeking Parole, Tells Pitiful Story to Board, Many Seeking Pardon Lincoln, July 19. (Special Tele gramsMark Kent, 60, faced the man who murdered his 14-year-old stepdaughter, bankrupted him and transformed his wife from a robust woman to a nervous wreck, at the state penitentiary today and de manded that this man remain be hind the walls until he breathes his last. His demand was made before the state board of pardons and pa roles at it monthly hearing when the application for pardon of John J. Hamblin, murderer of Rachel Engle, stepdaughter of Kent, came up. , "IS I had snapped my finger this man would be dead today," Kent told the board. "For three days men stood in groups with ropes in their hands at Grand Island, ready to take the law in their hands and avenge my little girl if I said the word. "But I always was a peaceful citizen and believed the law would protect me. And I am demanding today that it continue to protect me. Paralyzed Before Death. For nine months after this man shot the girl she lay on a bed of pain in a hospital, paralyzed from the wound,, before she died. . The expense "broke" me and the trouble made my wife a nervous wreck. , "If this man should be pardoned my wife wouldn't stay in the house a minute unless some one was with her. Since the shooting I have had to call a doctor for her two and three times a week. I can get 3,000 Grand Island citizens to sign a pro test against the application." Hamblin asked that consideration oi the application be postponed until his attorney returned from a vacation in October. Hamblm claims the gunshot wound was not the cause of death. He was sen tenced to death, but the supreme court lightened the sentence to life and recommended that he-never be set free. Murderer Seeks Release. Henry Burroughs, 71, serving life for the murder of his best friend, E. B. Sayles, at. Plattsmouth nine years ago in a drunken brawl, begged to be pardoned and go back to his old home in England. "I have relatives over there who writcto me and want me to return," he said. They don t know I am in prison." Burroughs is in charge of the greenhouse at the penitentiary and seldom talks to any one, excepting the flowers he tends. "They're my only friends on this side of the ocean now that Jim's gone," he said. John Wcllodson, 76. Nemaha county farmer, cried today as he Tnra to Fairs Two, Column Two.) Youth Accused of Girl's Death Freed Bitterly Contested Murder Trial Results in Acquittal Verdict Corunna, Mich., July 19. Forrest Higgins was acquitted of a charge of having murdered his fiancee, Lucy Wittum, by a jury in circuit court here last night. The jury de liberated on the evidence less than two hours and took but two ballots, the first being 10 to two for acquittal. Judge Collins instructed that the verdict must be either conviction of first degree murder or acquittal. Higgins, the state charged, forced Miss Wittum to take poison when he learned of her delicate condition, and Judge Collins warned against possible prejudice, explaining that Higgins was on trial for killing the girl and not for leaving her, when, as the defendant testified, he saw her swallow poison. The court added that all evidence against Higgins was circumstantial, but added that facts may some time be proven on such evidence. Bandits Raid Wholesale Liquor Store in Tiajuana San Diego, Cal., July 19. In typi cal "wiild west" fashion three ban dits astride horses late Monday rode to a wholesale liquor store in Ti juana. Lower California, on the bor der, 18 miles from here, held up sev eral customers and robbed a safe of a sum reported to be $2,300. The bandit trio was pursued and overtaken near the hills east of Ti juana by Mexican soldiers and oth ers, and in a revolver battle in which more than 100 shots were ex changed one of the robbers was killed. The other two escaped, but one of them is believed to have been wounded. Business Man Is Held for $50,000 Ransom by Kidnapers Sharon, Pa., July 19. Thomas D. Randolph, a ' leading business man here, was kidnaped last night and is being held for $50,000 ransom, ac cording to information given police by Mrs. Randolph today. Mr. Randolph did not return home last night. This morning his' wife received a note signed "kidnapers," demanding $50,000 for the man's re turn and giving instructions as to how the money was to be paid. A second note from Randolph told of his carjtivitjr, OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1921. Mrs. Bergdoll Officer With Tak . Mother of Slacker Says She Paid Major Camp bell $5,000 for Use Among 'Higher Ups.' Washington, July 19. The direct charge that $5,000 was paid to Maj. Bruce R. Campbell, an officer of the army, for use among "the higher ups" to obtain the release of Grover C. Bergdoll, her slacker son. was made today by Mrs Emma C. Bergdoll of Philadelphia, to a house investigating committee. The committee developed that on February 10, 1920. about 10 days after Mrs. Bergdoll swore the money was paid, Campbell deposited $4,500 with Wassermann Brothers, mem bers of the New York Stock ex change, and $2,000 more on March 3, all of which and more, was. wiped out by the end of June in market transactions. The money was de posited to the joint account of the Major and Laura E. Campbell, sup posedly his wife. Major Campbell, who served over seas with the Rainbow division, and who was Bergdoll's counsel in court martial proceedings, was not pres ent. He previously had testified that he did not get one dollar of Berg doll money. At the direction of the committee, the War department has ordered him here from Camp Pike, Ark., to answer the charges. Stands on Rights. Called back to testify after gov ernment agents had picked up the Campbell clue in a renewed effort to fix responsibility for Bergdoll's es cape while hunting for a buried tube of gold, Mrs. Bergdoll stood firm on her constitutional rights and refused to answer questions. But when assured of immunity . from prosecution, she began her story, de claring Campbell first demanded $100,000. 'I told him to go to hell," she exclaimed. "He had tortured me into believing that my boy would be shot unless the higher-ups were paid." - Questioned by John H. Sherburne of Boston, committee counsel, Mrs. Bergdoll tcld how she had taken the money to Governors Island, turned it over to Grover, who met the major and delivered it. Later,! Murder Mystery Baffles Police Man, Six Feet Two, Weighing 250 Pounds, Is Found Assassinated . Chicago, July 19. With the find ing of a body of a man six feet, two inches in height, and weighing more than 250 pounds, in a patch of brush six miles from Libertyville, 111., po lice pf that city and Chicago have a new and absorbing murder mystery. . The man had been shot four times and his skull had been crusHed. In dications point to his having been killed in Chicago and his body trans ported via automobile to -the spot where it was found. The dead man, besides being of unusual height and weight, had brown hair and blue eyes, he had new underwear, blue serge trousers, a blue and white striped silk shirt, brown silk sox and low tan shoes. In the pocket of his trousers were two $20 bills, seven $1 bills and $2.69 in change. On one finger was the ring. In a pocket was the card. There was no coat or hat. He bad been shot once in the temple, twice in the base of the neck and once in the back, the last bullet penetrating completely through the body. A .38 caliber bullet was found in his clothes. War Department Names. "Distinguished Schools'4 Washington, July 19. Thirty-four educational institutions in the United States were named by the War de partment today as the "distinguished colleges- and honor military schools, respectively, for the year 1921." The recognition gives each college and university the right to appoint ment, virtually without examination, of one student to the regular army each year, while each of the honor schools is permitted to maintain one representative candidate at West Point. The "distinguished institutions" in clude the Agricultural and Mechani cal college of Texas, Colorado Agri cultural college, University of Cali fornia, University of Washington and Oregon Agricultural college. The honor military schools includ ed the New Mexico Military insti tute. Fireman Killed, Two Hurt As D. & R. G. Trains Crash Glenwood Springs, Colo., July 19. Earl Dittman, fireman of Grand Junction, Colo., was killed, and Pat Holland, a traveling man of Glen wood Springs, Cole, and Chris Si monson, engineer, were injured near here today when eastbound passen ger train No. 2 on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, crashed head- on into westbound freight train No." 63. Only meager reports of the wreck had reached here at noon. The passenger train was enroute from Sault Lake City to Denver. MacMillan Expedition Finally Quits U. S. Lands Booth Bay, Me., July 19. The MacMillan Arctic expedition took final departure today from American shores. The explorer's , auxiliary schooner Bowdoin, which came here Saturday night after formal Godspeed from Governor Baxter at Wiscassct, went away at dawn, cheered by townspeople. The Bowdoin will make a short stop at Sydney, X. S., on her way north. Charges UJ s j pfo J - I if ' I Hr Emma, C- BergeJcl! she swore, Campbell told her he had received the money, but that under the law he could keep no part of it and had givven it to an officer whose name she could not remem ber. It was her understanding, she testified, that it was to go eventually to a member of the court trying her son for evading the draft. Refuses to Answer. Mrs. Bergdoll said she had not told the committee of the transac tion before because she had forgot ten it. Grover, she added, recently had urged her to tell of it. "Have you still got that $150,000 in gold buried?" she was asked. "I refuse to answer," Mrs. Berg doll snapped. Presenting a stack of big ledger sheets, Joseph F. Houlahan, book keeper for Wasserman Bros., told the committee the records showed that Campbell had an account with the firm in 1919, which had been closed prior to reopening the larger one in 1920. Campbell, according to testimony, maintained an account in a New York bank, depositing only his monthly pay check, against which he drew. The monthly balances, it was stated, sometimes ranged as low as $7 and never higher than $60. Retail Food Cost Drops .3 Per Cent Farm ' Products Wholesale Quotations Slump Three Per Cent Washington, July 19. The retail cost of food to the average family declined three-tenths of 1 per cent in June as compared with prices in May, while wholesale food prices de clined slightly less than 1 per cent, according to statements today by the Department of Labor. "Declines were noted in the retail priies of sugar, plate beef, cheese, butter, rib roast, bacon, canned salmon, fresh milk, bread macaroni, baked beans, canned tomatoes, coffee and prunes. Among artihles which increased in retail prices were potatoes, flour and ham. Wholesale prices of farm products showed a decline of 3j4 per. cent. Wholesale fuel prices dropped equally, while declines in the whole sale prices of clothing and miscel laneous commodities were less than 1 per cent. Frear Urges Action on German Dye Patents Washington, July 19. Representa tive Frear, republican, Wisconsin, made public today a letter to Attor ney General Daugherty urging ac tion on his resolution requesting the Department of Justice to enter suit to annul the sale of German dye pat ents through Francis E. Garvan, while alien property custodian, to the Chemical foundation, of which Mr. Garvan now is president. Considera tion by congress of the resolution is doubtful, Mr. Frear said in his letter, in view of the proposed recess, and "was offered only to secure added support for your action in the nat ter." Mr. Frear reiterated his charges "that the sale was fraudulent and simply amounted to seizure of alien patents. Woman Identifies Body As That of Her Husband Roseburg. Ore..' July 19. Testify ing that she believed the headless body found beneath her husband's wrecked and burned automobile last week was that of her husband, the missing dentist, Mrs. R. M. Brum ticld was a witness before the coro ner's jury, which has the task of deciding whether the victim was the dentist or Dennis Russell, a la borer whom he is accused of kill ing. Mrs. Br-umfield identified a ring found on the body as that of her husband. A watch and chain, burned portion of a necktie, -scarf pin, leather key case and a knife found in the wreckage also were identified. "I viewed the body in the morgue, and it is most certainly my husband," Mrs. Brumficld testified. "I know every line, every curve and the gen eral build of the body and the body is like the doctor's even to the callous the ring made on his finger. He was of athletic build, although his legs were rather slender.". Bride Pleads Complicity In Burglary and Goes to Pen Leavenworth, Kan., July 19. Al though Carl Mick attempted to shield his bride of a year from com plicity in the burglary of a farm house in Allen county, Mrs. Mick in sisted that ' she was equally guilty and the court accepted her plea. The pair was received at the Kan sas prison yesterday to serve from one to fjve years. nil (I )Mf). Dally anl Into, I7.M: Oilly Ml. $S: Sunday. 12.90; to lU Id Unltii Stitta, Caaada Mailca. Daniels Is r. j In Report Ex-Naval Head and Assistant F. D. Roosevelt Scored for Methods Used in War time Scandal. Pastors Make Charges ll.v The AMwIutfd Prets. Washington, July 19. Former Secretary Daniels and former As sistant Secretary Roosevelt of the navy are denounced for the methods used in investigating the war time scandal among enlisted men at the Newport Training station, in the majority report of a senate sub-committee made public today. The charges made by clergymen of Newport, R. I., and the Provi dence Journal, the report says, "have been proved to the satisfaction of the committee" and both the clergy and the Journal, says the report "de serve the thanks of the people at large." At the same time today Mr. Roosevelt issued a statement declar ing that Senators Ball of Delaware and Keyes of New Hampshire, the two republicans who constitute the majority of the investigating com mittee had issued their findings without giving him a. hearing after nromisine to do so. which Mr. Roosevelt in his statement contended "shows a premeditated and unfair purpose of seeking what they mis takenly believe to be a partisan po litical advantage." Has Minority Report. Senator King of Utah, the demo cratic member of the investigating committee, will file a minority report later. Most of the details of the Newport scandal, as it is disclosed in the in vestigation, are of an unprintable nature. The crux of the majority report charges is that with the knowledge of Mr. Daniels and Mr. Roosevelt, enlisted men of the navy were improperly used as participants in immoral practices for the purpose of securing evidence on which to dis miss offenders from the navy. Mr. Roosevelt, under whose office the investigation was conducted, was held by the majority to be "morally responsible" for the orders. The findings of a naval court-martial which investigated the scandal are introduced in the. record for the first time. It held the action of Mr. Roosevelt "unfortunate and ill-advised." Secretary Daniels disap proved the portion of the findings which condemned the method of in vestigation and on that point the committee report today says: "The committee agre.J that Frank lin D. Roosevelt's action was not only 'unfortunate and ill-advised,' but most reprehensible, and Mr. Daniels' disapproval of this opinion of the court is to be "severely con demned." Ignorance Is Pleaded. Mr. Roosevelt in his statement said that at no time was the work of in vestigation supervised by himself (Torn to Pairs Two, Column One.) Nebraskans Hurt As Car Overturns Monroe Farmer May Be Crip ple for Life From Crash In Mountains. Denver, Colo., July 19. (Special Telegram.) A. Bigley. 36, a farmer living near Monroe, Neb.; his wife, 32, and their son, Henry, were se riously injured in an automobile ac cident in the mountains last night, according to reports received today from Idaho Springs. Bigley is prob ably crippled for life. The Bigleys recently arrived over land from Nebraska to spend their vacation in the Colorado Rockies. They were driving along a moun tain road 12 miles above Idaho Springs late last evening when their car suddenly plunged down the side of the mountain, turning completely over several times in its rapid de cent. All of the occupants were found pinned beneath the wreckage at the base of the mountain by a passing motorist,. who extricated the family with difficulty. According to surgeons, Bigley sus tained a broken pelvis bone, was in jured internally and will be a crip ple for life. Mrs. Bigley incurred a broken ankle, cuts on the face and body. Their son received a broken leg and severe body oruises. Bigley states that his steering gear suddenly refused to work and he was unable to stop the car. They were all brought to the county hospital in Denver. Saloon Keeper Accused Of Drinking Evidence Milwaukee, July 19. Albert MuU terer, Milwaukee saloon keeper, drank the evidence seized by state prohibition agents wl ile the raid on Multerer's place was i:i progress, ac cording to a report to the district attorney today. "Whiie Ajfcnt Hen ning was writing a label to be placed on a bottle of whisky, seized in Multerer's saloon, Mukerer drain ed the contents of the bo.tia," the report said. Japanese Secretary Goes To Siberia on Business Tokio, July 19. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Announcements bv the press that Hajime Matsu Shima, permanent secretary of the foreign ministry, had gone to Siberia in con nection with iicgotiaf!ons for a gen eral agreement with the government of the far eastern republic at Chita, and also for the evacuation of Siberia by the Japanese received today what ii cared to hi ofiiual confirmation. f! . Heads Committee On Appropriations Washington, July 19. Repre sentative Martin B. Madden, repub lican, Illinois, today was elected chairman of the committee on ap propriations in the house, succeeding Representative Good of Iowa, who recently resigned from the house. House Upsets Provisions In Tariff Measure Action of Committee in Fram ing Bill Overruled Asphalt Placed on Free List. Washington,' July 1,9. The house finished consideration of contested schedules in the Fordney tariff bill today by placing asphalt on the free list and in four of the five para graphs open to separate votes, over ruled the action of its ways and means committee m framing the measure. . Dye control provisions as drawn were in the only section of the five not upset. After disposing of the asphalt amendment which rejected proposed duties ranging from 50 cents to $3 a ton, the house began consideration of the numerous "perfecting" amend ments which the ways and means committee deemed necessary. It raised the proposed duty on dried beans froni 11-4 to 1 3-4. cents a pound, and increased duties on shell ed almonds from 8 to 12 cents a pound, and shelled walnut from 5 to 7 1-2 cents a pound in rapid order. 'The business of "perfectinjr" the bill then was stopped by a long preliminary fight. It was a recur rence of the controversy of yesterday ranging about claims of the demo crats that the repuhhean members of the ways and means committee had not allowed the minority to pass on the amendments before they were offered. Finally Representative Campbell of Kansas, presiding, ruled that the amendments could be offered. The decision wac immediately appealed by Representative GaTner, demo crat, Texas, but the house sustained the action. Mr. Campbell'f de cision allowed the house to proceed on some 60-odd "perfecting" amend ments. t Several democrats pressed Chair man Fordney of the ways and means committee for a statement as to when they would be permitted to offer amendments. When the de mands became insistent, he shouted: "Just as soon as the democrats get control of the house, they can amend the tariff. They can't do it liere." The democratic fight embraced a wide . range, with . little or no re sponse .from the republican side, ex cept from Mr. Fordney, but charges tiiat the tariff bill was down in .the interest of "the trusts" kept crop ping out continually. Steel, alumi num, dye "and several other "trusts" were picked out as beneficiaries of the bill, but Mr. Fordney contend ed none, would derive more protec tion than the smallest "infant" in dustry. Soldier Relief Bill ; Encounters Delay Washington, July 19. The Sweet bill, for the relief Of disabled veter ans, encountered new delay today trom an unexpected quarter. Secretary of War -Weeks wrote a letter to Senator Smoot of Utah, suggesting several important amend ments which he asked the finance committee to consider carefully be- tore it reported the bill. The committee, therefore, made no effort to take the bill up today, but will do so tomorrow. - The Weather - Forecast. Nebraska Fair Wednesday and probably Thursday, becoming nn scttled Thursday , ir west 'portion; somewhat warmer Wednesday. Iowa11 Fair Wednesday and prob ably Thursday; somewhat warmer Thursday and in extreme west por tion Wednesday. Hourly Temperature. 8 a. m a. m 7 a. m a. m t a. m in a. m It a. m IS noon m. m. m. ......a Si .....ft .....SI W M .....? SO . ..no . . so ...si Highest Tuesday. Chejrnne '.M rarblo . . Itarenport M Kaplil City Vmvrr M Salt Ijke .. I Molnm Nanta t . . Hodta City 00 Nhrridnn ... LanriVr (Hi Nloiu t tr North Pintle ....00 Valentin , .... ....! . ...4 ,...7 . . . . . .,. ....! THREE CENTS Separate Peace Pact Proposed Independent Agreement With Germany Said to Be Plan Of United States Government. Sounding Out Allies By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. I'hirago Trlbnne-Omaha Be Leoard Wlro, Washington, July 19. Negotia tion of a separate peace treaty with Germany, embodying such provi sions of the Versailles treaty as are acceptable to the United States is projected by President Harding as the next move in carrying out his peace program. - That the United State, is sound- -ing the German governrnent on the proposal through Ellis Dresel, Amer ican commissioner at Berlin, was authoritatively confirmed today. Administration officials declined to affirm or deny a report that the al lies are also being 3ounded on their views of this mode of effecting a peace settlement between Germany and the United States. If the move for a separate treaty succeeds, the United States will set tle war accounts with' Germany in dependently of the allies, but on vir tually identical termg, so far as they go, and the Versailles- treaty will not be resubmitted to the senate. Move in Mind. Presumably President Harding had this outcome in mind when he stated, according to a republican leader, that he did not contemplate resubmitting the Versailles treaty' to the senate for ratification, even with reserva tions. If the effort to negotiate a separate treaty incorporating some of the terms of the Versailles treaty should fail, -the administration would be confronted with the problem of ef fecting a settlement with Germany in some other manner. The only alternative then, according to the op ponents of a separate treaty, would be the resubmission of the Versailles treaty to the senate for ratification with reservations withholding Amer ican acceptance of the league of nations covenant and all other pro visions except those involving Amer ican rights and interests. Germany , signed the Versailles treaty under a degree of compulsion which the United States cannot ex ert . to procure German acceptanct of identical tetms in a neparat treaty,. ; Advantageous to German. While some believe that Berlin will resist and hold Out for eonte' sions, it is contended that .German? will find it advantageous to yield The United States has SOO.OM.um' of German properly, more than suf ficient to' satisfy all American wai claims against Germany. and can refuse to resume diplomatic ano. commercial relations until a satisfac tory treaty is signed. If Germany rejects a separate treaty she will drive the United States toward the last resort ol ratification of the Versailles treaty which would impose the same terms, and moreover, join America formal ly with the allies in the enforce ment of the terms America accepts, If a separate treaty should be signed the United States would be only informally associated with the allies, as at present, in the enforce ment of such terms as America agrees to impose upon Germany. The allies are being sounded on the president's plan, not only be cause a settlement with Germany involves an agreement between the United States and the allies, on the joint interest in German reparations and former German properties, but because the allies, under the Ver sailles treaty, virtually control Ger- ' many and have it in their power to veto any traditional obligations the Berlin government might undertake, Gompers Protests Admission of Coolies Washington, July 19. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor visited the Wliite House today and protested to President i Harding against a resolution pend ing in coneress whirh wrvnM ui.. president authority to admit Chinese lapor into Hawaii. Mr. Gompers said the measure would admit 50,000 coolies into the islands. "The charge that only Chinese labor can be used in Hawaii and that white labor cannot be obtained " wrr- GTmpers said after leaving the White House, "and the charge that the sugar industry there will not support decent wages are untrue, and those most active in trving to secure the passage of the bill know they are untrue." Mr Gonmfr. A. dared that report'on labor conditions in nawaii made by government of ficials had been sunnrrcH "U high in our government." General Pelisacietas, Mexican Rebel, Defeated Vera Cruz. July 19. General Pelisacietas, the revolutionary lead er, has been defeated at Chinampa. and his troops dispersed by federal soldiers under command of Gen. J. Guadalupe Sanchez, chief of militarv operations in the state of Vera Cruz. The federal forces captured arms and ammunition from the insurrec tionists. . Man Said to Have Forged Brother's Name to Check Held Clye R. Gilbo, arrested in Omaha Friday for forging his brother's name to a government check, was ordered back to Council Bluffs for trial by Federal Judge Woodrough yester day. Gilbo's bond waa set foe $1,000, which he was unable to fur nish. V
