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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
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yrKothstein, New York gambler, who,
the state says, financed the conspi-
Names Iowa Man.
David Zelser. an alleged samblcr
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Daniels Is
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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.
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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.
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