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Druggist Is
Murdered
In His Store
Body Lies Near Looted Cash
Box; Loaded Revolver In
dicates Victim Attempted
To Defend Self.
Police Hold Two Negroes
Frank W. Fogg, veteran pharma
cist, for 30 years in business in
Omaha, was shot and killed in what
the police believe to be an attempted
holdup in his drug store at 2802
Farnam street at midnight Saturday.
Mr. Fogg was found lying in the
back room of his store with blood
flowing from a wound under the
left arm, by C. R. Hunter, 2510 K
street, and Miss Violet Mullen, 405
South Twenty-fifth avenue, who
were driving past the place and went
in to investigate when they saw two
negroes run out of the store. They
called police.
One of the negroes, Matt Hurt, 111
South Twenty-seventh street, waited
until police arrived, but the other
one, R. Rice, 1212 South Thirteenth
street, attempted to escape but was
captured.
Deny snooting.
Hurt claimed he went into the
drug store to call police in regard to
a suspicious character he had seen
on Douglas street near there, whom
he suspected of being a ,holdup man.
Rice denied all knowledge of the
shooting.
: According to W. F. Barnctt, clerk
at the Fogg Pharmacy, he left the
store at 6, leaving Mr, Fogg in
charge. Mr. Fogg usually closed
about 12 on Saturday night. He had
taken the money out of the cash
register, put it in a tin cash box
and had gone to the back room
where, the "box was found by the
police. Beside the body was an auto
matic revolver fully loaded, indicat
ing that the victim had made an at
tempt to defend himself when held
up, but did not get a chance to fire.
"Mr. Fogg was not a man to sub
mit to a holdup if he had any chance
to defend himself," Mr. Barnett said
&fter the shooting.
Thwarted Holdups.
According to Mr. Barnett, Fogg
shot and seriously wounded a man
who attempted to hold him up in his
store at Twelfth street and Capitol
avenue three years ago.
On that occasion two men entered
the store and asked for cigars.
When Fogg turned to get them, the
holdup men drew a gun and had the
drop cn Fogg, but th latter shipped
out his revolver .as he turned and
shot the bandit through the body.
lie held both men until police' ar
rived and they eventually received
sentence of 15 years each In the
istate penitentiary. ;
Frank Fogg, who lived at 3116
Dodge street, was 53. He is survived
by his widow and two daughters.
Mrs. Fogg' and Miss Addelaide Fogg,
well-known Omaha dancer, are now
in New York. The other daughter,
Mrs. lone Pangle, lives at the Hospc
apartments, 740 First avenue, Coun
cil Bluffs, : ;
Two negroes, Thomas Wagner and
George Jensen, both living at 211
Clark avenue, notified, .p.olicc that
they had seen a man answering
Rice's description-, and another taller
negro peering into, a.wipdov,' of the
Rusccka drug store, Twenty-ninth
and Farnam streets; an hourbeiore
the murder at .TVvnty-.cighth. and
Farnam was discovered.
The negroes, - afterwards eame to
the police station and, identified Rice
as the man they had seen looking
into the drug stora
Jap Firm Offers $10
Per Ship for Fleet
Of Wooden Vessels
CM rata Tribune-Omaha BM lM Wire.
Washington, July 31. For the
whole government fleet of 287 wood
en vessels, the shipping board re
ceived a bid of $10,000,000 made by
R. A. 'Thompson & Co. of New
'ork. The envelope containing the
bid, however, . was minus the re
quired 10 per cent deposit check for
$1,000,000 and' the board is endea
voring to find out about the check.
Five of IS bids received were from
Seattle. The bids averaged from $10
per ship, offered by one of five Ja
panese films, to $7,500 offered by the
C, S. Hutchison company of Cleve
land for the ship Sturgeon Bay.
The Ship Construction and Trad
ing company of New York offered
$2,100 each for the whole fleet.
The board took the bids under
consideration. .' . -
Canadian Government
Steamer Goes Aground
Astoria, Ore., July 31. A wireless
message received by British Vice
Consul Cherry 'today said that the
Canadian government steamer, Ca
nadian Exporter, was ashore off
Willapa Harbor, Wash. The tug,
Wallula, left here at 9:30 a. m. to give
assistance. Captain Bradley of the
Canadian Exporter reported that the
sea was smooth and he believed the
vessel would be . floated. He had
dropped anchor and water ballast was
being pumped from the vessel's
tanks.
Cambridge Girl Seriously
Hurt When Struck by Train
Cambridge, Neb., July 31.(Special.)
"Nettie Shaw, daughter of Roy
Shaw, living about one-half mile
west of town, was struck by a train
and severely hurt. She was return
ing home from a carnival nate at
night when the accident occurred.
She lost consciousness after crawling
to the home of a neighbor and telling
them of the accident.
French Vacationists Raise
Cry Against High Prices
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Parisians Complain Even Louder Than Americans
Over Exhorbitant Hotel Rates Tipping Nui
sance Keeping Tourists Away From Capitol ;
Many Returning to Own Countries. "
By HENRY WALES.
(hltafo Tribuna fable. Copyright, 1931,
Faris, July 31. American tourists
whose protests against excessive ho
tel prices and the extortionate tip
ping nuisance have been filling the
Pans press,' are now finding sup
porters among French vacationists.
Professional Franco-American
boosters have been defending the
hotel and restaurant proprietors,
stating the prices are necessarily
high and asserting that the same
rates are charged the French peo
ple as the Americans.
Now when the French people ar
beginning to take their vacations
they too are complaining even loud
er and more enegctically than the
Americans.
Senator Lcroux yesterday pub
lished a column and a half on the
first page of the Echo de Paris re
garding the "hold-up of American
tourists." When a French senator
writes at length on the subject it
indicates the seriousness of the sit
uation and that the French them
selves realize its gravity. The sen
ator warns the hotel keepers that
200.Q.OO American tourists should
have visited France this year instead
of the 60,000 who came.
Admits Justice of Complaints.
During his vacation the senator
said he underwent experiences that
forced him to admit, the justice of
American -complaints that their bills
were excessive, they being required
to pay a 10 per cent luxury tax, a
10 per cent municipal tax, a 7 franc
daily head tax and tips amounting to
from 30 to 40 per cent of their bills,
Certain hotels send literature to
City Rocked by
Sewer Explosion
Fire Follows Series of Blasts
At Minneapolis 28 Per
sons Injured.
Minneapolis. July 31. Twenty
eight persons were hurt, several se
riously, and much damage done by
a series of explosions iii sewers and
cable manholes late last night and
early today.
At 1 o'clock one of the largest
department stores in tpwn caught
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, The fire is believed to have started
from a short circuit in an electric
power cable. The first explosion oc
curred shortly atter 1U:jU p. m. m
the heart of the loon district.
Several thousand persons quickly
gathered and police had difficulty in
keeping the curious ones out of the
danger zone. Many persons were
knocked down by subsequent explo
sions and others were cut by flying
glass.
Fear was expressed by firemen
rnd police that the fire would spread
through the entire sewer system of
the city. . '
Crowds forced their way to the
scene of the explosion in spite of
efforts of police to keep fheni back.
Men finally assisted the authorities
and a fire line was formed. Hardly
had the crowd been driven away
from the blaring manholes when a
second explosion across the street
wrecked a cigar store and -injured a
score of men and women,...
One man standing near a manhole
when the top blew out was throwri
several feet and severely bruised. Two
other men standing near vere
thrown down by the force, of the ex
plosion and fell into the manhole,
from which the flames were" shoot
ing. Firemen pulled themvout be
fore being seriously injured.
Funerals forTwo
Yanks field at York
York, Neb., July 31. (Special.)
A double military funeral was held
in the Methodist church for Harry
W. Fassnacht and Irvin Bolton, who
were killed in action in France i"
1918. Rev. George W. Webber of
York officiated at the Fassnacht serv
ices, while Rev. L. R. DeWolf, for
merly of Fairmont, conducted those
for Bolton.
The funeral was in charge of the
York and Fairmont posts of the
American Legion and the National
guard companies of orok and Fair
mont, who attended in a body. All
flags in the city were at half mast.
Hundreds of people were here from
Fillmore as well as York county.
The First regimental band led the
cortege to the cemetery.
Sly Farmer Thwarts
Runaway Cows That
Won't Co-operate
Upland, Neb., July 31. (Special.)
John Schafer of Upland has dis
covered a unique way of keeping cat
tle from getting out of the pasture.
A few years ago he had two cows
that would go over, under or through
any fence he could put up. ' He used
every device that others suggested,
but with poor success. The pasture
was good, but the cows kept very
poor. .
At length he decided to try chain
ing the two together with a short
chain around their necks, so short
that neither could step over it. .
Eureka 1 He had found the se
cret.; The cows never learned co
operation when they wanted to get
over the fence.
Since then Mr. Schafer has used
this device many , times. This sum
mer he has two pairs yoked together
with chains and they are doing welL
America, promising room and. board
for 80 francs daily. When the client
arrives he often .finds this pric ap
plies to the smallest -and hottest room
in the hotel and that fruits and other
dainties 'and coffee arc not included
in the meals. Thus the 80 francs
daily are swelled to 12S francs, even
if the guests ' occupy the poorest
rooms and eat the same table d'hote
meals, day after day, and drink no
wines. .
Although many hotels add 10 per
cent extra on their bills for tips, the
guests must tip besides. At the end
of each week and when the guest
leaves, an imposing lineup greets him.
Runs Gauntlet of Help. '
First there is the chambermaid and
her assistant, then the valet who
shines shoes and presses clothes and
then the waiter and bus boy who
serves breakfast, as the dining rooms
are never open for breakfast. Then
there is the head waiter and the lead
er of the orchestra.
Finally there are three different
porters who handle trunks and bag
gage, besides the head porter, , the
concierge and flunkeys, grooms and
the omnibus driver.
Thus there are about 20 persons
to be., paid. .A ZU-franc note is the
smallest tip that can be given for a
week's service and a head waiter or
concierge would scorn anything less
than 50 francs.
Hundreds of Americans who came
to Fiance last June, expecting to re
main until September, are already re
turning to the United Mates because
the excessive prices and the continual
tiooinir has already consumed tue
amount of money they had decided
to spend and which, they have been
told, would carry them until autumn.
War Hero Buried
At Plattsmouth
Unusual Honors Accorded to
First Cass County Man to
Fall in Action.
Plattsmouth, Neb., July 31. (Spe
cial.) Greatest demonstration ever
shown here at a similar occasion at
tended funeral services for . Private
Edward C. Ripple, jr.. first Cass
county man killed in action in
France. Over 2.000 people vere
present at services in Garfield park-
and fully, 3,300 gathered around tne
grave at .the cemetery where 600
automobiles were 'parked-' " .
Full military honors were ac
corded the veteran, under auspices
of the Plattsmouth post American
Legion. Rev. M. Pontius officiated
at the funeral , services and Atorney
W. G. Kieck delivered the eulogy
at the grave. - i
Procession to the cemetery was
headed by the Elks' band. " The
casket was carried on art army cais
son. Three' hundred ex-service men
in uniform and nearly 100 Legion
auxiliary members . marched in the
parade. Florat tributes , covered the
grave to a depth of three feet. :
All business houses w-ere closed
for the day and every flag in the
city new at half mast.
Young 'Ripple,' wTib' Was a mem
ber of Company I, 168th infantry,
Rainbow division, was killed at day
break July 28, 1918, while charging
a machine guh'nesf at Hill No. 212
riear Chateau-Thierry; The body ar
rived in Plattsmouth 10 days ago and
had Jain in . stae until the funeral
under constant guard of Legion men.
Ri'ppte wis the sort of Edward Ripple
ST., Plattsmouth -merchant.
Conferees Work Out
. New Amendment to
Farm Credit Bill
Washington, July '31. While the
senate was' fn' recess, amndments to
perfeet the pending agricultural cred
its bill were .worked put at confer
ences of rpublicans and democrats.
The principal change in the com
mittee substitute for the Norris: bill,
said to have been agreed upon to
day,, was for elimination of the pro
vision authorizing loans to foreign
Kovernments or any subdivisions
thereof. The pending bill proposed
advances to foreign governments by
the war finance corporation, but a
powerful group of senators were said
to be opposed to any more foreign
loans for any purpose, at least un
til funding arrangements covering
existing loans are negotiated.
"Passage of the bill early nest week
was planned by the bi-partisan
group in charge of the legislation.
New Party Is Organized
To Search for Stone's Body
Calgary. Alta., ' July - 31.AnOther
searching party of Swiss guides was
beleng organized to recover the body
of W. E. Stone, president of Purdue
university, who plunged to his death
from Mount Eanon; July 16. '
This information was received by
the Calgary Herald, from its corre
spondent at Trail Center camp with
the rescue party returning to Banff
with Dr. Stone's widow.
Mrs. Stone was resting comfort
ably in camp after having been car
ried on a rough stretcher for miles
ever a narrow mountain trail. She
was recuperating rapidly.
Homecoming Festival.
Beatrice, Neb., July 31. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the business
men of Liberty it was decided to
hold a homecoming festival there
September 1 and 2. .W. T. Gore
was elected chairman and W. T.
Eberhart, secretary. Committees
were appointed to take charge of
the affair.
Sen. France
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With Russia
Says Lenine Regin i Starting
Line of P; x Which
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V -mem."
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American Woman Freed
'By The Amoelatad Praia,
Riga, July 31. Soviet Russia has
agreed to release American prisoners
and to accept famine aid from the
American Relief association, just at
the moment Senator Joseph I. France
of Maryland has returned here from
Moscow, determined to advocate re
newal of trade relations,' and per
haps diplomatic relations between
Russia and the United States and
bringing with him one of the pris
oners, Mrs. Marguerite E. Harrison
of Baltimore, who wis freed by his
efforts.
Senator France, who entered Rus
sia skeptical of the advantage of
immediate diplomatic relations with
the Soviets, but believing trade re
liations were advisable, has returned
an enthusiast for both. -Start
on New Tack.
.While American officials here spec
ulate as to what effect the release
of the prisoners and the entrance of
the American Relief association into
Russia will have in clearing up the
Russian situation, Senator France de
clared that the Lenine government
was starting a new line of develop
ment in Russia which "cannot back
slide into radical communism."
In reply to a question as to
whether the Moscow bolsheviki were
trying to revolutionize the world,
Senator France said:
"I know nothing about the Third
Internationale. But no man worthy
of any attention ever believed pro
paganda could start revolutions.
Conditions are not propaganda, his
tory shows."
Interviews Leaders.
The senator talked with' both Len
ine and Trotzky and was impressed
by them.
"I found that the Russian govern
ment is handling the situation in a
statesmanlike way," he said.
"Lenine is much interested in
American relations. Russian fac
tories have not all ceased operating,
many are working well. They are
short of raw materials. Farms are
prosperous where jhey are not in the
famine and droutH,, belt."
The senator mentioned .furs as a
possible-product .dl trade 'with the
VUllcu ,jiai - Jjti
there . would - be ptftnty of exports
when factories weie equipped and
agricultural neeeds were, supplied
from abroad..1 He thought a com
mission of American experts would
be welcomed, but Contended that
Russia should have the right to send
one to America. ,
"I am convinced Russia will carry
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Woman 'Dry Worker
Predicts Prohibition
In Foreign Countries
Chautauqua, N. Y., July 31.
South American countries eventually
will join the United States in its
"blessing of prohibition," Miss 'An
na Adams Cordon, president of the
National Women s Christian lem
perance union, predicted in an ad
dress. '
Miss Gordon, who has just, re
turnedfronv South America, assert
ed prohibition was a live issue in
many Pan-American countries, es
pecially , Chile, Argentina, Brazil,
Paraguay and Uruguay.
VVe prophesy that not many
years hence," she said, "the blessing
of prohibition will come to the 20
sister republics of the Pan-Ameri
can union, will come to the orient
with its unawakened millions, will
come to Europe, will come to Great
Britain, because the United States
will have made good in the enforce
ment of the 18th amendment."
Condition of Norris
Steadily Improving
Washington, July 31. Continued
improvement in the , condition of
Senator Norris of Nebraska, who
collapsed in the senate several days
ago, was reported tonignt, Dut it
was , stated it would be some time
before he would be able to resume
woric. ' .
Ovens Will Be Constructed
At Gothenburg Tourist Park
Gothenburg, Neb., July 31. (Spe
cial.) An average of 20 cars a night
are stopping at Gothenburg's new
tourist camping grounds. Because
of this increased patronage brick
ovens and other improvements are
to be installed.
Chapman Needs Cars to
Move Grain ; Elevators Full
Central City, Neb., July 31. (Spe
cial.) A car shortage is reported in
Chapman. All the elevators are full
and the shortage is proving a handi
cap to the farmers. .
. Drought Hits Corn.',.
Upland, Neb., July 31. (Special.)
It has been over seven weeks since
this part of franklin county has sad
a good rain. . There have been a
few slight showers, enough to lay
the dust. Some corn is suffering
badly.
Noted Scientist Dead
St. Paul. July 31. Professor C.
D. Cory, 64, internationally known
scientist and sportsman, is dead here
following a short illness,
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Bluffs Girl Tells
Of Work Overseas
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'The Jane Addams
Of Toulon," Home
For Short Visit
Miss Laura Matthews of Coun
cil Bluff 8 Returns After
More Than Two Years'
1 Work in France.
"The Jane Addams of Toulon,
France," is- the sobriquet earned by
Council Bluffs girl, Miss Laura
Matthews, who returned for a visit
Sunday, after .more than two years
overseas service.
Miss Matthews is executive head
of the Foyer de . la Familie, a set
tlement house maintained . by the
Methodist centenary fund in France
and is . besides the only Americarn
woman in Toulon, the large naval
port on the Riviera. ;
Her foyer, a six-story building, in
cludes all the best settlement fea
tures classes in cooking, , sewing,
stenography, English, a cafeteria,
choral society, working girls' club
and most interesting of all,, a "birds
nest," o.r creche, where mothers in
the industrial district leave their
infants daily while they go out to
earn the livlihood.
Will Return Overseas.
When she returns to fler work in
September, Miss Matthews hopes to
install a clinic.
Her personnel is all French, with a
large group of French society "buds"
for her volunteer staff, quite as it is
done in this country.
, France is settlinsr down in earnest.
tter the
DOStwar Dcriod ' of 'chao.a
and rt!smrft.-ir. nrrnfvtin, Vl-io
cir jsiuns Brin
There is no more, bolshpvism m
France and not a railroad strike fn
almost a year now. .The government
has clamped on the lid with most
satisfactory results and last May I,
generally a day of big- labor demon
strations, passed with scarcely a
mirry, tor- the hrst time in years,
she said. 1
While women are still' noticeable
in industry, a marked decline in the
numDer to something like prewar
cays, is beginning to be aooarent.
sne saia. -
Will Go to California. '
Miss Matthews ' arrived vesterdav
to visit Miss Agnes Wickham, 616
soutn seventh street, in time to at
tend the triple funeral in Bayliss
park for soldiers returned from
f ranee. She will remain a few davs
before going on to California to" visit
her lather, now living there, but plans
to stop in Council Bluffs again the
latter . part of August, en route back
to Europe.'. . 1 ' . ,
Miss Matthews went over as one of
two lowa girls sent over by the Gen
eral Federation of Women's clubs to
do recreation work; served at Dinard
on the Brittany coast:! in Chateau-
ihterry, where the Methodist have
erected a splendid, foyer as a me
morial io American soldier dead, and
was. then transferred to Aoulon.
Her return: assignment will be for
three years.' - , , .
Owner Seeks Woman
Who; Smashed Truck
Fremont. Neb.. Tulv 31. (Snpclal 1
J. M. Riser, North Bend, filed com
plaint this. morning at the police sta
tion against, a woman drivinir a rar
from Iowa bearing-- license No.
3,165,062.
While Riser's-truck was standing
along the. road way the Iowa woman
smashed into and severely damaged
the front end of his machine. She
told, him to-drive to Fremont .where
she would await hin at a. local ga
rage ana settle tne repair bill.
When Kiser arrived in Fremont the
woman was )iot to be found. Po
lice in v alley, and Omaha. were noti
fied to be on the lookout for the Iowa
car and it is believed that sheT will
be stopped . at the Council Bluffs
bridge. She .was accompanied bv a
young man, about 18, who acted as
cnauttcur when the -roads were bad.
She explained that-she was returning
to lowa from a. visit-at Columbus.
Senate Leaders Hope for
Action, on Railroad Debt
Washington, July 31. Considera
tion of the .administration railroad
debt , funding is to be begun next
week by senate "and house interstate
commerce' committees.; Republican
leaders hope; it may be passed 'by
the house aheadlof the tax revision
bill and reported to the senate be
fore the recess '.of consrress. Thev
say they had been advised by treas
ury omcials that such a schedule
would meet! the' situation. '
Youth Burns Feet.
Central City. Neb.. Tulv 31.
(Special.) Paul, 10, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Brings, sustained serious
burns about the feet and ankles when
he walked into ' a smouldering pile
of straw,
Edison Asks New Questions
for Youth to Puzzle Over
Former Princeton Student "Thinks" He Answered
90 Out of 150 CorrectlyKnows He Muffed
Others List Includes History, Current Affairs,
Dash of Science and Whiff of Geography.
Chlcafo Tribune-Omaha Ite Lmnti Wire,
New York, July 31. Edison is at
it again. He hus dug up an entirely
fresh set of questions to test the in
tellectuals of our college youth. In
a renewed effort to demonstrate his
assumption that college boys don't
know enough to come in out of the
rain, he invites Stephen Sap to solve
another 150 problems of human ex
perience history, current affairs, a
dash of science,- a whiff of geography.
A former Princeton student, with
three years experience at Old Nas
sau, batted against the latest Edison
questions and .whiffed struck out
competely. Out of the full set of
150 that was handed to him, with the
dictum that there could be only one
session and that, no longer than 45
seconds .could be indulged per ques
tion, he solved, or thinks he solved,
90. The rest he knows he muffed
horribly.
Here are some of the questions
brought to the New York Herald by
the former Princeton student:
What is the hardest substance
known? , '
Bound Finland.
Who was Mollie Pitcher?
Who was Enoch Arden?
Why does the shape of the moon
Chicago Pageant
Of Progress Open
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Replica of World's Fair Gets
Under Way When Coolidge
Presses Button.
Chicago Tribnna-Omaha Bea iatA Wire.
Chicago, July 31. Chicago opened
its Pageant of Progress, a replica of
the famous old world's fair, with a
din that was not surpassed by that
which marked 'armistice day.
Vice President Coolidge pressed a
button in Boston, setting in motion
all the vast machinery on the muni
cipal pier, and turning loose thou
sands of whistles, bells and gngs.
Bands blared, crowds shouted them
selves hoarse, gigantic airplanes
skirted through the air, playing na
tional airs on music boxes supplied
with amplifiers and an industrial
parade, miles in length and contain
ing floats of every description began
winding along Michigan boulevard.
James J. Davis, secretary of labor,
represented President Harding and
delivered the presidents address from
a balcony overlooking the gaily dec
orated ier t- - i : - . "f. .
. More than a- half million specta
tors, packed tightly along the avenue,
perched in skysrapcr windows,
balconies and elevatod railway plat
forms, cheered the long parade which
required two hours to pass. Oa the
municipal pier there are three and
one-half miles of exhibits, arranged
in four streets. There is a perfect
replica of Lincoln's cabin in Ken
tucky the first railway locomotive,
the first automobile and the first air
ship. Along with these relics are
the final word in locomotives, auto
mobiles and other inventions.
Chicago Mob Demands
Life of Noted Gunman;
Driven Back bv Police
t'hicflg-o Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased W ire.
Chicago, July 31. Tommy O'Con
nor, alleged murderer of four men.
who had sworn he would never be
taken alive, was brought back to the
city, heavily guarded by a picked
squad of detectives.' The North
western railway station and streets
leading to it were packed and as
O'Connor alightd, the crowd surged
towards him, hissing and demanding
that he be lynched. - Several women
were knocked down and trampled
on in the crush and the officers in
charge of O'Connor, after they had
been reinforced by special squads of
policemn, had to fight their wav
through the angry mobs.
The four men in direct charee of
O'Connor carried automatic pistols
in their hands and had any attempt
been made to rescue the prisoner by
his gang tnends, the order was. to
first shoot O'Connor and then at
tend to his friends afterwards.
Along with O'Connor and in cus
tody of .another squad of heavily
armed detectives was James Gal
lagher, notorious gunman and . safe-
blower, who is charged with slaying
two men.
Bandits Stage TJnsuccesful
Uprising in Vladivostak
Vladivostok, July 31. (By The
Associated Press.) Partisan bandits
have staged' an unsuccessful revolt
against the government, being imme
diately overcome by the militia.
There were a few casualties in the
street fighting. The uprisals were
followed by a declaration of a gen
eral strike, which is supportedd by
radicals.
The Japanesec ommand partici
pated in the fighting as a result of
an attack by the revolutionists near
Nikolsk in which several Japanese
officers, including .Colonel Hiwa, di
visional chief of staff, were killed.
The revolutionists dynamited a
bridge derailing a Japanese troop
train.
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vary at different times of the month?
Who was Liebig? '
Name eight fruit trees found in
the United States.
Who was Rostand?
In going from east to west, ' do
you set your watch ahead or back?
Who was Major Andre?
Name four birds which migrate
from the Arctic to South America
seasonally.
Who was Tascal?
Where is Montauk Point?
Who was Lord Kelvin and what
did he do?
Where does camphor come from?
Who was Watt and what did he
do?
Where is Cape Race?
Who was the wife of Napoleon
III.?
What is the name of a famous
present day .racehorse?
In going from America to' the
Mediterranean 'is the rock of Gibral
tar on the right or left going through
the straits of Gibraltar?
What are the elements of am
monia and from what is it made? .
What is chewing gum made from?
How far is it from New York
(Tom to rata tiro, Column Two.)
Jail Delivery
At Valentine
Three Prisoners
in
Cherry
Bars
County Jail Satf
And Escape.
Valentine, Neb., July 31. Charles
Doty, William Doty and Earl Pear
sall, alias E. C. Smith, alias E. C.
Clayton, inmates of the Cherry coun
ty jail here, made a sensational es
cape at 9 o'clock when they over
powered the jailer, who had un
locked the jail door to give them a
pail of water. Two weeVs ago the
same three all hut escaped by saw
ing the bars of their cell. No trace
of them has been found up to a
late hour tonight. James Bailey,
held on the charge of killing his sis
ter, refused a second time to join
the other three. .
Pearsall is nationally known as a
forger and the Dotys were held on
a charge of horse stealing. It is
believed they will seek shelter in the
fastnesses of the Niobrara river.
Two weeks ago they delivered to
friends outside the jail a quantity of
home brew that had b:en, jlaced. .in
the jail for safe keeping. V
Pearsall once before escaped from
the Cherry county jail. .
J
azz Lures moth
ier:
Father Seeks Home
For Two Small Sons
Fremont,- Neb., July 31. (Spe
cial.) With his home in Wyoming
broken . up when his wife was at
tracted by the lure of dance halls.
after 12 years of connubial bliss, R.
W. Vosler appeared at the Fremont
police station, hoping, to locate a
home for his two sons, Orville, 6,
and Ernest, 7. He had succeeded in
finding parents for two older daugh
ters in Wyoming.
He brought his sons with him to
this vicinity, where he has found
work, but not enough to establish
a household and give his offspring
proper care.
"Is the mother dead?" Vosler was
asked.
"She might better be," answered
the father, as he gazed with remorse
upon his kiddies. Vosler stated that
he had secured a divorce last June
after a year's separation from his
wife. Mrs. Vosler became attracted
to the jazz and ragtime of the dance,
halls two years ago, Vosler said.
The two lads for whom he seeks
a home are bright, healthy little
chaps, with blonde hair and blue
eyes. The father desires to find a
pleasant home where they can be to
gether, if possible.
Motorcycle Strikes '
Bike; Three Injured
Ed Duff, negro, Thirty-eighth and
Kedmond streets, and Dematto
Tomasso, 3709 Brown street, were
riding home from work on a motor
cycle when they collided with De-
Witt Green, Is, 1915 Emmett street,
at Thirty-first street and Ames ave
nue at 7:30 Saturday.
Duff and Tomasso received severe
bruises and lacerations, Tomasso los
ing several teeth m the collision.
Green suffered a lacerated ankle.
They were taken to Immanuel hos
pital. Longer Run for Mail Clerks
On Omaha Division Refused
Washington, July 31. (Special
Telegram.) Railway mail clerks of
the 14th division, with headquarters
at Omaha, were denied their appeal
for a run between Omaha and Colo
rado Springs, instead of dividing
the line at Phillipsburg, Kan. In
announcing his decision Second As
sistant Postmaster General Shaugn
nessy said there were 23 clerks on
the east end ot the run, 11 of whom
signed a petition protesting against
the proposed change, and IS clerks
on the western end of the run who
refused to favor the proposal.
Mannix in Queensland.
London, -July 31. Archbishop
Mannix, returning trom hngland,
landed at Thursday's island, Queens
land, without hinderance, according
to a Melbourne dispatch to the Lon
don Times. Irish enthusiasts at
tempted to hoist the Irish flag, but
were prevented by the officials.
Grave Time
Ahead For
Tariff Bill
Hearings on Dye Embargo
Scheduled for Wednesday;
Definite Action Planfted
American Valuation.
May AdoptDayisScheme
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chlcavo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire.
Washington, July 31. This will
be a critical week in the considera
tion by congress of the provision of
the Fordney tariff bill for the valua
tion of imports, not at the lower
price abroad, but at the higher pricS
oi sucn articles m mis country.
At the senate finance committed
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hearings tomorrow and Tuesday
hearings tomorrow and Tuesday
porters against this provision, whicl
would oroduce an endless spiral o
increasing prices, not only of thn
foreign, but of the competing articles:
of American production,
After hearings on the dye embargcJ
Wednesday the committee wil
spend the remainder of the week in!
executive session to take definite ac-j
lion on the dye and American valua-!
tion questions. The prospect is that!
the committee either will eliminate
the American valuation provision or! !
modify materially the form in which 1
it was passed by the house.
Favor Davis Plan.
Members of the committee wanfe '
to ascertain the views of both man-
ufacturers and importers on the pro !
posal made last week by George C
Davw, special agent of the customs
service in charge of the New Yorkri
district, relative to a modified form
of the American valuation. plan. Sev
eral of the republican members ol
the committee who favor the prin
ciple of American valuation are in--clined
to the belief that the Davis
scheme is feasible.
Mr. Davis was strongly opposed
to the adoption of the American val
uation as contained in the Fordney
bill because of the administrative
difficulties involved. His suggestion
was the foreign valuation system
should continue, but that if any man
ufacturer makes an article which
has its counterpart in a foreign arti-cle,-iie
shall be given the opportun
ity to establish its comparability
before customs officials. After; the
fact of comparability has been es
tablished, appraisers would be in
structed to appraise the foreign ar
ticle as the price of the domestic ar
ticle at ihe price of the dynestic$r
enatge - ai.U" expenses "and profit.
Mr. Davis suggested tentatively that
the profit be limited to 8 per cent
and miscellaneous expense items to
8 per cent.
Additional Provision.
Mr. Davis' plan involves another
feature. This has to do with con
signed goods when foreign markets
are elbsed to the American, buyers.
In such cases the agent or branch
house is situated in this country and
all business has to be transacted with
the foreigner in this county.
Mr. Davis suggested that this class
of merchandise . should take the
American selling price of the im
ported article after substracting the
duty, freight and insurance and in
case of a commission, not more than
6 per cent, or for actual purchase by
the agent, not to exceed 8 per cent
for expense and 8 per cent profit.
Thus far no importers have been
heard on this scheme. The argument
advanced in its favor is tliat in such
cases as it is applied, the exchange,
factor is eliminated, but without
causing administrative difficulties or;
turning the customs machinery up-
side down. The chief argument ad
vanced for the American valuation
plan has been that it w ould meet the
exchange situation, making it pos
sible to equalize duties on similar ar
tides from foreign countries, whiie
the strongest objections have ettn
phasized the administrative ditiicui
tics involved.
In case the Davis . suggestion it"
approved, it will be necessary to re
vise the ad valorem rates back to the
foreign valuation basis. The ad
valorem rates in the Fordney bill
were scaled down about one-third be
low the level which was considered
necessary under the fore
plan. Adoption of the Davis schema
would mean an increase of the ad
valorem rates, but in cases where th
duties . would be . assessed on thel
American value less deductions thi
same degree of ptotection wcmld bJ
provided. ,
Mayflower Drops Anchor
At Entrance to Cape Coo
Buzzards Bay, Mass., July 31.-
The yacht Mayflower, bearing Presi
dent Harding and party to the PiU
grim tercentenary celebration at
Plymouth, anchored late today of$
Wind's Neck, at the western en
trance to the Cape Cod canal. Th4
yacht will proceed through tha
canal tomorrow to Plymouth.
Rain Near B unveil Puts
Ground in Shape for Plowing
Burwell, Xeb., July 31. (Special.)
An inch and half of rain here
puts the ground in fine shape for
fall plowing and assures a fine corn
crop. Corn never looked better in
the Loup valley and wheat is turn
ing out fine. Tom Banks threshed
a field this week that avrat ta
bushels1 to the acre.
Sheriff Has Warrants for
Arrest of Wife Deserters
Beatrice. Neb.. Jnlv 31.
Sheriff Emery states that he has
five warrants for the arrest of wife
cesertcrs whose home? are in
Beatrice and elsewhere in Gage
county. He expects to make a num
ber of arrests within the next few
days. r
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