The Omaha Sunday Bee
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I)pera Lure
Lays Hand
On Ex-Star
Paris Sees Divorce as Result
Of Mme. Walska's Re
awakened Ambition for
"Career" on Stage.
Hubby Cruises Al
one
By C. F. BERTELLI.
I nlrrrwl rVrrlre Staff Correnpondrnt.
Upeclal Cable DUpatch.
Paris, July 30. The lure of grand
opera and the insistent voice crying
"career" have apparently won the
battle for the temperamental and vi
vid Anna Walska over her husband,
Alexander Cochrane, New York
millionaire, and the luxurious ease
which his millions gave her.
There is the inevitable talk of a
divorce action, but there is absolute
ly no confirmation of this anywhere
ia Paris.
Here are the developments lead
ing to the rift in the family lute,
according to what could be learned
'ere today.
McCormick Started It.
A few days after Harold McCor
mick of the Chicago opera, arrived
at the Hotel Du Rhin in Paris, bear
ing a pocketful of blank checks
- v needing only the signatures of Mme.
YWalska and Mary Garden, impres
7areuse, the peaceful wedded life of
the Cochranes in their magnificient
t.ew mansion at 14 Rue Lubeck suf
fered several abrupt and disconcert
ing charges. t
First Mr. Cochrane cancelled all
his engagements, quit Paris, start
ing in a hurry for Scotland, where
his yacht was tied up in the Firth
of Forth. He is now cruising lone
somely somewhere in the Nfcrth sea,
deaf to even appeals by wireless.
Receives No One.
The next day Mme. Wa!ska hur
ried, bag and baggoge, from the
connubial home and fluttered down
to Dieppe, where she is living in
stately solitude in an expensivi suite
of the Hotel Royal, receiving nlbody.
Sounds emanating from theWiva's
drawing room, however,' cAipled
with the fact that her first acl was
to order a grand piano instilled,
lend strength to the report thtf she
has finally decided to defy heij hus
band and return to grand opera!
It will be recalled that lime.
.: Walska was about to appeal in
"Zaza" in Chicago and that she
withdrew very mysteriously at the
last moment.
nusDana vpiEu.
ReDort has it here that her hus
band was opposed to her appearance
on the stage, even if it were in grand
opera.
Floating through the windows of
Mme. Walska's suite at Dieppe, I
learn, come the strains of "Manon,"
which is most significant in view of
the fact that McCormick's contracts
concerned that opera.
In Paris the opera circles even go
so far as to state positively that Mme.
Wclska will sing "Manon" next win
ter in Chicago, but so far as con
firmation goes the dazzling diva is
is mum as the sphynx.
May Seek Divorce.
Meanwhile there comes the still
more startling report that Mr.
Cochrane, sadly concluding that his
millions and his attractive personal
ity weighed for nothing against the
call of the opera and the intones of
"career" has decided to institute di
vorce proceedings in Paris. This
cannot be confirmed owing to the
secrecy with which all divorces are
surrounded, but no Taris lawyers
v ill admit receiving the case.
Indicted White Sox Lay Plans
For Long Barnstorming Trip
Chicago, July 30. Plans for a
"barnstorming tour" by former
White Sox players charged with
conspiring to throw the 1919 world
series were being made today as
Edward Prindiville addressed the
jury in the prosecution's closing
argument in the base ball trial.
The o avers elected Eddie ucotte
captain of the team and began work
on an itinerary which would include
most of the larger cities of the coun
try. Weaver was the only playr on
trial who refused to consider the
tour. The players who expect to
make the trip are Cicotte. Jackson,
Williams, Gandil, Risberg and
Felsch. -
Gen. Wood Again Offered
Philippines Governorship
Washington, July 30. Formal of
fer of the governor generalship of
the Philippines has been cabled to
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, now
making an inspection of the islands
' as the personal representative of
President Harding. The preferred
V appointment went forward through
( Secretary of War Weeks, it was
fc learned today, and urged General
" Wood to accept it, so that he will
not have to return to the United
States ard then make the long trip
back to t.ie islands. General Wood
recently accepted an offer to head
the University of Pennsylvania, but
the administration is hopeful that he
will reconsider this and remain in
the Philippines.
Deputy Sheriffs Find
Booze in Baby Carriage
Milwaukee, July 30. Two deputy
.ViorifF. rmlcinff around on motor-
cycles in search of prohibition viola
tors, stopped to admire Mrs. Frances
Opacinski's children. After patting
4-year-old Victoria they asked to see
the baby, but the mother refused to
turn back the perambulator's cover,
saying the child was sick. Not to be
denied, the deputies drew back the
coven and found twins two two
gallon jugs of moonshine. The wom
an, her hcjband and the baby carri
age were "dken to the police station.
Mrs. Dorothy Jobst
Files Divorce Suit
Mrs. Dorothy Jobst, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Morton, filed
suit in district court yesterday for a
divorce from her husband, H. R.
Jobst.
Mrs. Jobst alleges cruelty, dating
from May 1. She offers to cite ex
amples of her husband's alleged
cruelty, should he so demand.
Besides reasonable alimony Mrs.
Jobst asks the restoration of her
maiden name, Dorothy Morton.
Ihe Jobsts were married at All
Saints church June 25, 1919. Mrs.
Jobst is known for ability as a pianist.-
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Rum Smugglers
Busy in France
Huge Quantities of Liquor
Taken Across Border From,
Great Birtain.
By HENRY WALES.
Chicago Trtbun Cable, Copyright, 1021.
Paris, July 30. Although France
is not "dry" it is believed there is
just as much whisky smuggled into
the country as there is into the
United States.
Since 1916 the importation of
whisky has been prohibited, but
nevertheless an average of 500 bottles
daily are being consumed. All this
whisky is smuggled across the Eng
lish channel into Dieppe, Havre and
other small seaside resorts in yachts,
fishing boats and other small craft.
Then it is sent to Paris for distribu
tion. Although the importation of
whisky is prohibited there is no law
against selling it and contraband
whisky is hawked openly all over
Paris.
Since the whisky agents pointed
out that France was losing millions
of francs in customs duties through
smuggling, Minister of Finance
Doumer has been investigating and
it is reported he will issue import li
censes to hotels, only refusing to per
mit the socalled American bars to
import whisky.
Smuggled whisky now costs from
150 to 200 francs a bottle and 20
francs a drink, whereas if it were al
lowed to be brought in it could be
sold for six francs a drink.
One Killed and One Injured
When Auto Turns Over
Sioux Falls, July 30. Thomas R.
Walsh, 40, an insurance agent, was
killed and Ray Fleming, a traveling
salesman, suffered a broken arm
and other injuries when their auto
mobile overturned at 1 o'clock this
morning on the road between Hart
ford and Sioux Falls. Both men
are residents of Sioux Falls and are
well known locally. Walsh is sur
vived by a wife and two children.
Iowa Poker Different
From Chicago Brand
Hawkeye Shark Learns
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, July 30. Out in Iowa
where Jesse Lee resides, they play
poker with 52 cards, all of them dif
ferent, and there are only four aces.
Jesse had saved up $62.37 and came
to Chicago. Out in Iowa Jesse was
no mean shark at poker, so he did
not hesitate when invited to sit in
a game. When he emerged he had the
37 cents of his capital left.
He happened to look under the
table and saw five aces, three deuces
and two kings, held between the
bare toes of one of his opponents.
He remonstrated, whereupon the
other players propelled him swiftly
to the street
"You were lucky they threw you
out," said the sergeant at the police
station. "You still have 37 cents. If
you had staid there any longer they
would have taken that and also your
pants. Belter get back to old Ioway
before they cut off your ears."
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Bomb Tests
Show Needs
ofU.SJNavy
Planes With More Carrying
Capacity, Larger Bombs
And Better Armored Ships
Necessary for Warfare.
Change Urged at Once
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chlcat-o Tribune-Omaha Bee Leawd Wire.
Washington, July 30. That no
time should be lost in strengthening
the navy for aerial offense and de
fense is the general conclusion of
the officers who witnessed the sink
ing of the former German battleship
Oestfriesland with the one-ton bomb
loosed by General Mitchell's army
aviators.
The remarkable series of bombing
tests which all the powers were
closely watching is regarded as in
dicating conclusively the trend of fu
ture development in naval warfare.
Gigantic bomb-hurling plants capa
ble of sinking battleships will be
perfected, it is believed, while capi
tal ships will be strengthened and
equipped to resist and ward off aeri
al attacks.
Here is a summary of the projects
being considered as a result of the
observations of the experts? at the
bombing tests:
1. Building of eight airplane car
riers for the navy, for one of which
Secretary Denby is to ask congress
at once, despite the recent refusal of
congress to appropriate for any. The
collier Jupiter is being transformed
into an airplane carrier, but its speed
is only 15 knots, compared with the
30 knots of the British carriers.
Gas and Smoke Bombs.
2. The adaption by the chemical
warfare service of noisonous gases
and the smoke screen effect to light
weight bombs which can be dropped
by speedy pursuit planes upon the
enemy and thus prepare the way for!
the slower going bomb planes witn
their destructive freight.
3. The urgent speeding up of ex
perimental production by the air
craft industry of still heavier planes
which would carry at least two of
the one-ton bombs at a trip, with
nnssihlv reachine out as far as a
mammoth plane that could carry a
10-ton bomb, able to destroy the
modern battle ship, such as the
Pennsylvania, at one blow.
The navy already has in tne . .
type of bombing plane wnicn can
carry twice as heavy a load as the
Martin hombcrs which destroyed the
Oestfriesland and they will build an
other type, the "Giant," which will
be twice as powerful as the N. C.
and four times as powerful as the
Martin bomber. On July 18 the army
air service issued a call for new de
signs of extremely -powerful and
speedy bombing types which will
stimulate the best work the country
can produce.
Heavily Armored ships.
4. Rush production of a battle
ship type with heavily armored pro
tective decks, and possibly an armor
ed belt extending from main deck line
to keel.
5. Experimental development of
some device for battleship ventila
tions which would eliminate mus
tard and poison gases from the in
take air, thus safeguarding all in
terior compartments which are ven
tilated by forced draft.
6. Development ot anti-aircrau
gunfire which would be highly ef
fective up to high altitudes. The .30
caliber machine gun used during the
war for low flying aircraft will prob
ably be replaced by . a .50 caliber
gun of the same type, using tracer,
armor-piercing and explosive bullets
in alternation for ranges up to 3,000
feet. And a 4.7 anti-aircraft type
will probably be rushed through
production to replace the 3-inch gun
used chiefly during wartime (for
ranges up. to 25,000 feet) and pro
duced in large numbers for the
trained "archy" personnel, which
must now be developed. Ordnance
officials also will probably develop
a 37 millimeter machine gun type
which can discharge one-pound
projectiles in a steady automatic
stream against armored aircraft.
Development of Bombs.
7. Development of a 4,000-pound
bomb in the immediate future and
experimental work on still larger
types (up to the 10-ton size) in the
course of the fiscal year. Especially
will experiments be directed toward
the perfecting of an armor piercing
aerial bomb, one of which was all
ready for test on the Oestfriesland.
8. Rapid increase and organiza
tion of a larger air service to sup
plement the coast defense organiza
tion and protect our great length of
sea coast from all kinds of attack.
9. Production of amphibious air
craft, which can land either on land
or sea with equal ease and safety.
Unsuccessful Attempt Is
Made to Rob Mitchell Bank
Mitchell, S. D., July 30. An un
successful attempt was made to rob
the Security State bank at Ethan,
10 miles north of here, about mid
night last night. The bandits at
tempted to enter by prying loose a
number of bricks from the back wall
of- the bank with a crow bar but failed
when they struck the steel wall of
the vault.
The would-be robbers are believed
to be two harvest hands.
Novia Scotia Villages
Threatened by Flames
Sidney, N. S., July 30. Forest
fifes continued to rage in northern
Cape Briton, threatening the village
of Ingonish with its 1,000 people and
ether fishing communities. Without
rain niere appears no prospect of
checking the blaze.
Already flames have swept an area
more than 20 miles long and five
miles wide,
Parliament Members
Find Prohibition Is
On Job in America
Xew York, July 30. Lord North-
rliltes jocular attitude toward pro
bibition as indicated by his question
"Where is it?" shortly after his ar
rival here is not shared by two Brit
ish members of parliament who ar
rived on the Baltic last Monday
They report having found it every
where on a diligent tour of investi
gation.
J. E. Davidson ol Smetwick, in
Birmingham, and C. H. Schick of
Staffordshire, came primarily to in
vestigate American labor conditions.
One of the first matters into which
they enquired was whether the work
ing man could get a drink when he
wanted it.
"Your Volstead law is most effi
cient," was their comment at their
apartment in the Biltmore.
Telephone Girls
Close Ice Fund
With $100 Check
Stenographers for Woodmen
Of the World Also Slip
Contribution Under
The Wire.
Telephone company employes
made a grand closing for The Bee
milk and ice fund, with a gift of $1UU.
The 1921 total is close to $1,200.
The check was delivered Saturday
by Miss Mollie Jones, welfare super
visor for the "hello" girls.
"A 5 cent levy was agreed upon
in all the exchanges and a girl in
each appointed to make the collec
tions," Miss Jones explained
To Continue Movement.
The substantial gift will go a long
ways toward continuing the daily
provision of milk in the homes of
poor kiddies of Omaha, long after the
hot summer days are past, accord
ing to Miss Florence McCabe of the
Visiting Nurse association, which ad
ministers the fund.
Girls of the First M. E. church of
Osceola, Neb., also sent a $16 do
nation, the proceeds of a sale of
baked food and home-made candy,
held in the public square' there Wed
nesday night.
"I watched The Bee fund grow
from day to day, but I saw no names
from Osceola and decided it would
not do to let this fund close with
out Osceola to help," wrote Glenna
Matheson, secretary of the class.
Girls Draw Posters.
The girls who managed the sale
and drew attractive posters to ad
vertise, it range from 14 to 17 years
in age. ' "
Stenographers of the Woodmen of
the World, who have already donat
ed to the fund, "came under the line"
with another $5 gift yesterday. A
$10 gift for "Our Baby Boy" came
from an officer stationed at Fort
Crook.
The total showing of the 1921 fund
is as follows:
Previously acknowledged . .
$1,037. M
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A. Friend, Cltr
A. Friend. Center, Neb
Friend. CWy
To. Kabourek
IS. 00
2.00
2.00
S.00
1.00
rnknown
2.00
1.00
100. 00
10.00
10.00
A Friend
Telephone company employes . . . .
"Onr aty Boy"
Girls of Osceola, Neb., M. JR.
church
Stenographic dept., IV. O. W. ..
Evelyn Smith and Virginia KI-
lenberr
6.00
1.00
5 on
A Friend
Total $1,192.58
Condition of Norris
Reported Improved
Washington, July. 30. (By the
Associated Press.) Improvement in
the condition of Senator Norris re
publican, Nebraska, was reported to
night. The senator, who collapsed in
the senate Thursday and whose con
dition has been a matter of concern
to his friends, was able to take some
nourishment late today, and it was
said he is better in other respects.
Whether he will be able to return
to the senate next week was said to
be still in doubt.
Park Rangers Seek Missing
Boy Who Tried to Climb Peak
Estes Park, Colo., July 29. Na
tional park rangers are searching for
Gregory Aubuchon of Michigan
town, Ind., reported to have been
missing since last week. He told his
parents he was going to climb
Long's peak. They had planned to
leave for Cheyenne the day he start
ed on the climb, but postponed de
parture, thinking their son would re
turn. Rangers found no trace of
the youth around Long's peak.
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of
The Sunday Bee
"The Oak From The Acorn," A
Blue Ribbon Short Story Of Comedy
and Near Tragedy Part 4, page 1.
"The Bogie of Fear," Arthur
Somera Roche Serial Part 4, page, 3.
World's Greatest Detective Cases,
"How Inspector Fowler , Caught
Brinkley, The Poisoner" Part 4,
page 8.
, Beautiful Summer Homes of Oma
hans at Lakoma and Carter Lake
Clubs Rotogravure Section, page 1.
Sports, News and Features Part
3, pages 1 and 2.
Society and News For Women
Part 2.
Editorial Comment Part 4, page
4.
For the Children Part 4, page 2.
"Going Through," by James J.
Montague Part 3, page 8.
Photos from York, Neb. Roto
gravure Section, page 3.
"The Married Life of Helen and
Warren" Part 2, page 6.
French Cook Gets Himself Elected
Head of Russ Kingdom Part 1,
page 7,
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HEARTS FIND COMFORT
The thought that a
grateful country will
NURSE THEM BACK To
HEALTH AND STRENGTH.
To discharge This snceeo
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Missins Chicago
Banker Believed
To Be in Detroit
Detectives Abandon Search in
Southern States Think
Fugitive Planning to Cross
Canadian Border.
Chicago Tiibnne-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicaso. Tulv 30. Search for War
ren G. Spurgin, fugitive president of
the wrecked Michigan Avenue Trust
company, centered today in and
around Detroit. The search at Mo
bile and Irvington, Ala., has been
abandoned and it is regarded as cer
tain that if Spurgin had been in that
locality he departed several days ago.
The fact that letters addressed to him
and delivered to a man of his de
scription is now considered as evi
dence that it was part of the scheme
to throw detectives off the trail.
It is now said that a man who
has been positively identified as Spur
gin rode through the streets of De
troit last Wednesday in a taxicab.
It is the theory that he has been
unable to slip into Canada and may
be' hiding in Detroit, growing a
beard and otherwise disguising him
self before he attempts to get across
the border.
John A. Conrad, vice president of
the wrecked bank, accompanied by
his attorney, went into conference to
day with the state authorities. Con
rad rose from the position of a $90
a month clerk to that of vice presi
dent in a very short time. He says
he had the utmost faith in Spurgin
and always obeyed his orders with
out question.
Another woman friend of the miss
ing banker was located today. She is
a divorcee and Spurgin wanted to
give her the position of bookkeeper
in his Ouray mines. For this purpose
she frequently accompanied him to
the bank after business hours, where
he gave her courses in bookkeeping
to fit her for the proposed position.
There is still hope that the de
positors will fare better than at first
supposed, but the stockholders of the
looted institution will be hard hit.
Wealthy New York Woman
Commits Suicide on Coast
Santa Barbara, Cal., July 30. Mrs.
Charles Slawson wealthy New York
woman, whose body was found on a
pleasure pier at Miramar, near here
today, committed suicide by shoot
ing, according to a coroner jury's
verdict. Mrs. Slawson had been in
ill health for some time.
Prior to taking her life, Mrs.
Slawson was driven to the beach
near the pier where the chauffeur
was ordered to return home.
Maurice F. Lowenstein of
Frisco Dies in Boston
San Francisco July 30. Maurice
F. Lowenstein. San Francisco mer
chant, who has been active in far
eastern trade, died in a Boston hos
pital last night to which he was
rushed tor an operation owing to
sudden illness developing on a train.
according to private advices received
here. He was president of the Pa
cific Commercial company with
headquarters in New York, and was
51 years old.
Burlington Fined $900 for
Working Men Over 9 Hours
The Burlington railroad yesterday
entered in federal court pleas of
guilty to nine charges of violation of
the interstate commerce laws bv
working telegraph operators more
than nine hours in 24. Federal Judge
Woodrough fined the road $100 on
each count
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Cmngreman Flapdoodle nearly three
Pigeon Brings
Harding Message
President Sends Note to White
House as Yacht Steams Up
Atlantic Coast.
Washington, July 30. Communi
cation with Washington by naval
carrier pigeon was maintained today
by the presidential yacht Mayflower,
as she steamed up the Atlantic coast
with President and Mrs. Harding,
en route to Plymouth, Mass., where
on Monday the president will speak
at the ceremonies commemorating
the tercentenary of the landing of
the Filgnms.
Before the Mayflower left yester
day, Lieut. A. J. McAttee, director
of the naval pigeon serVice placed
five carrier pigeons aboard. At 4:55
p. m. today one of the birds returned,
bearing a message from the presi
dent. The pigeon had left the May
flower at 11:30 a. m., when the yacht
was about 25 miles northeast of Cape
Henry light, about 250 miles from
Washington.
The president's message said:
"Executive offices, White House:.
"Fine voyage. All well. Mrs.
Harding greatly refreshed. Making
over schedule amid . excellent condi
tions. Inspection this morning re
vealed fine crew aboard the May
flower. Greetings to all the office
force.
"WARREN G. HARDING."
Pageant of Progress
Is Opened in Chicago
Chicago, ' July 30. Chicago's
Pageant of Progress, hailed as the
city's greatest industrial exhibit
since the World's Columbian expo
sition of 1893, opened this morning
at the Municipal ' pier. . Vice Presi
dent Coolidge in Boston pressed a
button which set the exposition in
motion.
i Secretary of Labor James J.
Davis was to deliver the principal
address and a radio greeting from
President Harding aboard the May
flower, enroute to the Pilgram cele
bration was to be a feature.
Three miles of exhibits, showing
the strides that have heen made in
various branches of industry and
business within the last few years,
feature the exposition, which will
last for two weeks.
Mount Blanc Is Conquered
By Air Pilot of Switzerland
Chamonix, France, July 30. (By
The Associated Press.) Mount
Blanc, the highest summit of the ,
Alps, was conquered today by an
aviator.
The successful airman was Dura
four, a Swiss flyer, who had previ
ously failed in two attempts to land
on the summit. Today, setting out
from Lausanne, he rose to a great
height and ultimately effected a land
ing on the mountain peak 15,782 feet
above the sea level
Taking off from the summit Dura
four made a favorable descent, finally
landing at Chamonix.
Woman Asks $2,000 for
Hot Cinder on Neck
Des Moines, la.. July 30. A hot
cinder blown by the wind down the
back of her waist caused the filing
of a personal injury suit in district
court here against the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy Railway company
by Nellie Geiselhart She asks $2,000
damages.
According to the petition, a cinder
from the engine struck on the back
of her neck and lodged in the waist
of her gown, the object burning so
deeply that an operation was neces
sary to remove it.
Veterans
ADDRESS
HON. JAMES J
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MEMBER OF
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Former Soap Box
Orator Now Big
Figure in Russia
Ex-Organizer for I. W. W. in
America Minister of Trans
portation-Communication
In Native Land.
By CHARLES DAILEY.
ChlcaRo Tribune Cable, Copyright, mi.
Chita, July 30. One of the reddest
of the reds during his 10 years in
America, Vladimir Shatoff, who was
an I. W. W. organizer, an inmate
of many jails and who was arrested
14 times in Detroit alone, has come
back to his native land and now
holds the most important job in the
tar east republic.
i.nis araent communist is more
American than Russian and his one
regret is that he is classed in the
United States as an undesirable alien.
Now, at the age of 35, he is minister
of transportation and communica
tions, which is a man-sized job.
He told the Chicago Tribune's cor
respondent that his whole ambition
was to make the far east republic an
other America.
"We have taken the American
constitution," he said, "and brought
it up to date. People call me a
communist. There are many uses
ot tnat term, but never in my mind.
I am a social engineer, interested in
economics and a graduate of the
greatest university in the world, the
American Lite university. I have
found that if you do not play a square
game you get nowhere."
Detailing his travels when he de
livered soap box orations from coast
to coast and from the Great Lakes to
Florida, from the time of his arrival
in New York in 1908 until the out
break of the Russian revolution, he
told of his return to his native land.
He was the commander of the sixth
division of the Russian army cover
ing -Petrograd when General Una
ditch attempted to take the capital.
"He ran before me like a dog,"
said Shatoff. For his success at a
general he received the highest honor
in the red army the decoration of
the red banner.
"Then Lenin sent me to Siberia
and in 1920 I became commander of
Siberia. I took up my work at
Omsk, trying to reorganize the rail
roads. Then I heard my old friend
Krasnotschotoff was at Verkne
Udinsk trying to establish the far
east republic. So I came here in
June.
I became war minister and foucht
the Japanese and Semenoff armies
and negotiated a treaty with Taoan
through General Takiahagi by which
the Japanese promised to withdraw
from all the far east provinces. Re
turning to Chita, I became minister
of communications and here I am,
trying to rebuild the railroads and
prepare for the traffic and prosperity
which is sure to come, trying to get
men to work men who have not
been paid for nine months. Not a
cent of money and not a pair of
shoes, but they are dragging along.
I am dreaming of the time when I
shall be able to pay them a month's
wages equal to that of the American
railway men." .
- The Weather
Forecast.
Fair Sunday; not much change in
temperature.
Hourly Temperature.
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Two Killed
In Denver
Air Derby
Pilot ami Observer in Race
Die as Plane Falls IS Feet
Bodies Crushed by
Engine.
Hundreds See Accident
I)y The Amorlatrd I' red. '
Denver, July 30. While hundreds
of spectators looked on at an air
carnival here this afternoon, Pilot
Ross E. Poland of Cameron,' Mo.,
and George W. Linger, prominent
Denver automobile man, were al
most instantly killed when their
plane crashed scarcely 15 feet to the
ground at the take-off of an air
derby.
Both were in an Italian plane, one
of the six participating in a 24-mile
handicap race, one of the features of
the three-day air carnival, given un
der the auspices of the Sons of Colo
rado at a local aviation field.
Struck by Motor.
Pilot Poland had banked his plane
just after the take-off and it settled
quickly, lost speed and crashed, nose
first, into the ground. The heavy
motor was thrown against the bodies
of the pilot and Linger, acting as one
of the judges of the race. Poland
was dead when spectators reached
the demolished plane. Linger lived
a few minutes. Their necks were
broken and both were terribly
crushed.
Poland, a former service man, had
been employed as an instructor at
the local aviation field for several
months, coming here from Colorado
Springs. He was about 30 years
old.
Victim Widely Known.
Linger, who was 61 years old, was
a member of a local automobile sales
agency and was one of the six citi
zens who accompanied the pilots in
the air derby to keep a record of the
altitude at which the planes were
supposed to fly. He was widely
known throughout the west as a cat
tle man.
The other pilots, not noticing the
accident, continued the race, which
was won by Pilot Paul Meng.
The body of the plane was splin
tered as far as the back of the sec
ond seat.
Samson Gives First
Matinee Performance
For Elks of New York'
Ak-Sar-Ben held its first matinee
show at the Den yesterday after
noon in honor of 100 New York
Elks, members of lodge No. 1 of that
city.
The New Yorkers are passing
through the city from Los Angeles
to New York. They remained here
several hours.
Besides initiating a number of
them into the mysterious realm o
King Ak, actors with leads in the
1921 show put on a sketchy per
formance of the production, without!
the aid of the chorus. The visiting
Elks were fed at the TVn unA
at Hotel Fontenelle in the evening
Deiore leaving on their eastward
journey.
P. T. MYGmth W.m Vrt
assemblyman, and grand exalted
1 ! .
ruier or tne ioage, was among the
notables from America's metropolis.
Carl Wanderer Is Kept Busy
Driving Spooks FVom Cell
Chicago, July 30. Carl Wanderer,
who would have dropped through,
the gallow's trao Fridav mnrninm
but for intervention by the Ameri
can region, Kept 'murderers row
in an uproar all day with hysterical
shouts and effort
his cell door.
He clambered un th harr4 c,M
of the cell, screamincr mnA va1i;,
and carrying on an imaginary cci-
. .... i
nioauuu WIUI gnosis. At tllTOS
he addressed his murdered nuifi.
begging her not to be disappointed
because of his failure tr "mrmt v..-
in Heaven." At other times ho
ordered intruding spirits out of hist
ceu.
Wanderer's guards mereW 1irrhA
and shrueeed their shnulWc k
these manifestations. They say ha
is pretending madness in order to;
strengthen his chances when the su.
preme court reviews his claim of in-
sanity.
Ku Klux Klan Believed to Bell
ODeratine in Salt J.ocn ,
Salt Lake Citv. Tulv :?nAn
tack on Mr. and Mrs. John Skola'i
by five white masked men ot J
home last night has led the police! j
to believe that members of the Kuif
Klux Klan, who have created 4 !
reign of terror in the southern;'
states, are beginning to operatei '
here. Both Mr. and Mrs. SkolaJ j
were knocked uneonscinn 1w tVi :
thugs, according to the report to thai J
police today. The house was ran-tf
sacked, but no valuables were takeni
and the victims are at a loss to acJ
count for the obiect of the sparrl J
ot tneir assailants.
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Father of Slain Maior AV
If Slayer Will Be Tried
lacoma. Wash., lulv 30. Mai
'1
Gen. Ade bert Cronkhile. fathpr rv
the late Mai. Alexander P. f!rnnk
hite, today telegraphed District At-
torney aeiaen oi tnis county asking
what action Mr. Selden proposed to;
take against Serg. Roland R. Pothier,
who has confessed that he shot andj
killed Major Cronkhite.
Because Pothier later repudiated
the confession and for other reasons
Mr. Selden telegraphed back that his
office is awaiting further investiga
tion of the case by federal official
before taking any action.
