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Denby Asks
Navy Force
of 90,000
Secretary Begins Fight to Pre-
ftit Congren From Mak
ing Reduction! in
Personnel.
Requests $350,000,000
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Washington, Feb. 13. Secretary
of the Nsvy Denby today began the
light to prevent congress from mak
ing drastic reductions in the navy
personnel.
The tecrelary, in asking (or an
enlisted personnel of 90,000, which
means an immediate release of 10,-
OlX) men, and for 6.000 apprentices,
Mid that $.150,000,000 would be
necessary to sustain the navy in the
fiscal year, 19:3.
Some members of the house naval
committee before whom Secretary
Denby made his proposals, appeared
to be staggered by his figures. Sev-
era) said 'that congress never would
stand .for such a sum under exist
ing circumstances ana mat it was
preparing to cut the navy budget
to 5150.000,000. Representative
Thomas Butler of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the committee, said:
; "That will never do. Before the
war in 1916, the cost of maintain
ing the navy exclusive of construc
tion, was $107,000,000. As we have
taken out most of the construction
by the naval limitation agreement.
the people will never support a vote
by us for three times this prewar
cost of the navy.
Would Release 10,000.
.Mr. Uenby sought to impress
upon the committee that his rec
' ommendations ; were absolutely
. necessary for the welfare, of the
navy and the country. He proposed
a reduction of 10,000 enlisted men,
0,400 to be released by placing 100
destroyers out of commission and
3,600 to be cut off in contemplated
economies at shore stations. These
cuts, he said, would effect a saving
of $20,000,000. .
"If it is found at any time," said
the secretary,. "that we can dispense
' with more men with due regard to
the proper insurance of the United
States against that possible attack
from which even treaties do not
absolutely guarantee us, the men will
be withdrawn and the ships disposed
a of." . ...
Secretary Denby sought to con
vince the committee that it is not
the vast -naval exnansion occasioned
ny the. warVll,',-,:-v.,..,;
Personnel Reduced.
"We had In the service December
1,-1918," he said, "10,590 regular and
temporary officers and 21,618 re
serve officers, a total of 32,208 of
ficers and 213,431 regular enlisted
men and 267,292 reserves, a total of
480,723 enlisted men and 1,362 ves
sels.' There were still on the ways a
great' number of ships, 1 most of
which have been completed and
added to the navy list. The person
nel has been reduced from that figure
to 6,163 total commissioned officers
and 100,999 men on January 1, 1922.
The number of ships has been re
duced from 1,362 to 900.
X ne aiicniion ui inc wut iu na
been focused upon the great confer
ence recently closed which had for
its purpose the limitation of arma
ment. The net result of that confer
ence was that Great Britain and the
United States are each to have in
their navies 525,000 tons of capital
ships, Japan 315,000 tons and France
and Italy 175,000 tons each. These
figures are to be reached and main
, tained after the obsolescence of cer
tain ships and their replacement dur
ing the life of the treaty. The net
result today is that Great Britain is
to have 22 capital ships until by ob
solescence and replacement she
comes down to the same tonnage as
the United States; the United States,
18 capital ships, and Japan, 10. The
treaty made no provision for con
trol by tonnage or otherwise of aux
iliary combatant craft,-making in re
gard to such auxiliary Craft only the
limitation that no ship shall be built
exceeding 10.000 tons displacement
or have guns exceeding eight-inch
caliber.
"It is quite clear that the navy,
both in enlisted and commissioned
personnel, ' is undermanned today,
the total - personnel consisting of
6,129 commissioned officers and
96,300 enlisted men."
Prince Narrowly Escapes
Injury When Pony Falls
London, Feb. 13. The Prince of
Wales narrowly escaped injury at
Gwalior, central India, last Saturday,
when his polo pony reared and fell
backwards. ' says a dispatch to the
London Times today from its cor
respondent' who is with the prince
on his Indian tour. The prince was
knocking the ball about the polo
grounds, riding a pony which ob
jected to approaching a dead balll
The pony reared and fell, but the
prince was able to slip from under
his mount and was only slightly
shaken. .
That same afternoon he rode in
four races, finishing respectively sec
ond, third, fourth and unplaced.
Urge) Beer Tax for Bonus
Washington, Feb. 13. Payment
of a soldiers bonus by means of a
tax on beer and light wines, avas ad
vocated today by Represeatative
MacGregor, republican, New York,
who declared during an address in
the house that millions of people,
disgusted -"with prohibition, would
cheerfully pay such a tax.
Vigorously attacking prohibition,
Mr. MacGregor said it was time for
congress to end the "saturnalia of
crime, disorder and disregard for
law which he .said had resuled
from attempts- to enforce the 18th
amendment.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon to
Retire From Congress
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Washington, Feb. 13. Announce
ment of the decision of Representa
tive Joseph Cannon, former speaker,
to retire troin public lite was made
oil the floor of the house today by
Representative auli. republican.
Massachusetts, a close personal
friend of the Illinois representative.
In a brief eulogy Mr. Walsh said
that members of the house would
"learn with regret, tinged with sor
row," ci Mr. Cannon's intention to
leave the house. Regret over the ap
proaching retirement of "L'licle Joe"
would be shared, Mr. Walsh added,
by the country at large.
After Mr. Walsh had concluded,
members of the house rose and ap
plauded for a moment or more.
Many 111 the galleries joined m the
ovation. .
The former speaker was the only
one on the floor to remain seated.
His eyes were brimming with tears
and he clutched in his tap .the hat he
had been wearing a few moments be
fore. Move Is Planned
Against Heads of
Irish Government
May Deport
Volstead
Violaters
in
Kinsler Will Demand Exiling
of Aliens Convicted
Federal Court of Liquor
Offense.
Michael Collins Cable Ameri
can Association for Recog
nition of Irish Republic
Not to Aid Plot.
By Tho Anorlated Frru.
London, .Feb. 13. Michael Col-
ins, head ot the Irish provisional
government, has sent a cablegram
to the American Association for
Recognition of the Irish republic not
to assist or countenance a coup
d'etat which he declared was being
planned against the Irish provisional
ffovernment. ' savs a Dublin dis
patch today ' to . the London Press
association. - ' ,
Mr. Collins' cablegram was in re
ply to a. message" from Thomas
Lyons, secretary of the American
association, the Dublin dispatch
adds. Mr. Lyons asked the elucida
tion of statements made in a prev
ious message from Collins and con
cluded: '
Collins' Reply. .
"Do you deny that England
threatens war if the treaty; is re
jected. If so, can you obtain con
firmation from the English govern
ment?" .
. Mr. Collins reply stated:
"You know well that the alterna
tive to the treaty, sooner or later, is
a reversion to war conditions. That
is the issue I want the people to de
cide. If they decide for war, none
of you need doubt where I shall
stand. . -,; ',
"Meanwhile, do not torpedo us. I
warn vnn not to assist or counte-!
nance the coup d'etat being planned
against the new government, as wit
ness the affair at Cork, where 'he
departing British police had their
arms seized by De Valera's support
ers. '
Curfew Regulation
Restored in Belfast
aaaaaaaa
Belfast, Feb. 12. (By A. P.)
Beginning tonight . the curfew ex
tending from 9 o'clock in the evening
until 5 o'clock in the morning will
be reihiposed. This action was de-
cided upon today in a conference be
tween the lortT mayor, the military
commander and the police commis
sioner as a result ot renewed dis
orders yesterday which continued
sporadically today.
,Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon a
. .. Tnm a Paa Two. Column Cue.)
Posse Hunts Slayer of
West Virginia Dry Agent
Dunlow. W. Va., Feb. 13. Wil
liam Mead, 45 state prohibition offi
cer, was shot and killed at the Nor
folk & Western railway station at
Wells branch, two miles from here,
last night. The shots came from the
direction of thickets nearby. Mead
was about to board a train to Wayne
to deviler to prohibition headquar
ters three stills which he had confis
cated earlier in the day.
The entire countryside was imme
diately aroused and a posse organized
for. the purpose of capturing the as
sassins. Officers also went to Hun
tington ' to obtain bloodhounds ' for
use in the hunt.
30 Days for Theft. J
Frank Smith was sentenced to 30
day's in jail by Police Judge Foster,
when J. Stein, proprietor of a store
at 101 South Thirteenth street, testi
fied Smith entered his store,- picked
up a watch and backed out the door,
with' the warning, "If you move I'll
shoot" . Smith denied the charge.
To Ask Jail for Others
Deportation of men found guilty of
violating the federal prohibition law,
tihrn the offender is tit alien, will be
demanded by J. C. Kinsler, United
Statei district attorney.
Jail sentences for violators of the
prohibitory act also will be asked,
Mr. Kinsler announced. Ifis an-
ouncement was made late yesterday,
following the dismissal of 31 old
liquor cases. These cases were dis
missed with the sanction of the pro
hibition enforcement oflice.
Decks Being Cleared.
'We are clearing the decks for
more efficient action against liquor
violations," said Mr. Kinsler. ''From
now on a man arrested on a liquor
charge is to have his trial within a
week of the time of his arrest.
"Judge Woodrougln I. believe, is to
help us facilitate these trials. It
seems that jail sentences are the only
means of teaching bootleggers that
violation of the law is not a joke.
Most of them, it would seem, are wil
ling and able to pay large fines; but
a jail sentence is different."
Mr. Kinsler expressed the opinion
that in the future liquor law violators
who have already been fined or sen
tenced in state courts will not be
prosecuted in the federal courts here.
Old Cases Dismissed.
The cases dismissed yesterday had
been filed before the present prohibi
tion enforcement officer. U. S. Rohr-
er. took office. Many of the cases
already had been tried in slate courts
and the evidence destroyed according
to state laws, it was explained.
Others were started under the old
revenue law, which has been super
seded by the Volstead act.
Textile Workers
in East Strike
Witness in Arbuckle
Case Eludes Police
New Orleans, Feb, 13. A pretty
young woman, thought by police to
be Ity I revot, tlu."ting Ar
buckle it"C .. Sin a hotel
" rl.' Ll J lor au-
At i $ V---"Co to take
njUVl, She. wit id to
ntl. jered herself on 1 rope from
a third-story room to a court yard
peiow.
The woman, who rrgintcred at the
hotel last Wednesday at Mrs. Za-
brlle tlruy, placed no address upon
the rrguter. According to a state
ment made by hotel employes to
the police, since coming to the hotel
the had kept closely to her room.
When approached tarlicr in the
day by local newspapermen and ad
drctard as Mist J'revost, "Mrs.
I'truy stoutly maintained that she
was not the missing actress. She de
clared tier intention of leaving to
day tor Cuba.
Mrs. Sclireincr to
Fight for Son, 8,
Taken by County
Woman Who Fasted in Fre
mont Jail Leave to Place
Girl Twin in Kansas
School.
Many Mills in New England
Closed in Protest Against
Wage' Cut.
Boston," Feb. 13.-Coffbn l&iillop
eratives in New Hampshire and
Rhode Island, with few exceptions,
were on strike today in protest
against wage reductions averaging 20
per cent and restoration of the 54
hour week. There were no disturb
ances in either state.
Many of the New Hampshire mills
suspended operations before - noon
when it was seen that the plants
could not be run with the workers
who reported. ' ' . i'
The number of employes .thrown
out of work by strike in New Hamp
shire was estimated at between 25.-
000 and 30,000, while in Rhode Island
the list of persons affected was
brought to more than 20,000.
The situation in . Rhode- Island
marked time today, with - the state
guardsmen who have been ordered
to be in readiness for possible duty,
still in their armories. ,
In New Hampshire the great
Amoskeag mill, which with its 15,000
hands is said to be largest cotton mil)
in the world, closed when officials de
cided that the plant was not justified
in operating with the reduced force
that reported for work. '
Pastor Absolved of
! Blame in Marital
Trouble by Bisbop
Miners to Fisht
for Retention of
Present Scale
Howell Paged Again
' Washington, Feb. 13. Secretary
Hoover announced today - his ap
pointments of members of tbe' con
ference which has been called to meet
February 27 for the control and de
velopment of 'radio telephone. The
J names include R. B. Howell, Omaha.
,The following statement was given
out by Bishop Homer C. Stuntz
yesterday:
Bishop Homer C. Stuntz yesterday:
"Believing that the Omaha pub
lic has a right to know the facts
in the suit for divorce which was
begun by the wife of Rev. Edgar
Merrill Brown, the following
statement is made: .
, "1. After investigation by my
self, by Dr. Kirkpatrick, superin
tendent of the Omaha district, and
by the official members , of the
Dietz Memorial church, nothing
has been ascertained which reflects
upon 'the moral character of Mr.
Brown.
" "2. A growing lack of sympathy
with his work, a bequest of sev
eral thousand - dollars from her
grandmother about a year ago and
more or less bickerings in the
home show incompatibility, ' but
nothing more.
"3. I ' personally have made
every effort, correspondence
and by attempts to see Mrs. Brown
at her brofher's . home in Dcs
Moines, to bring about the recon
ciliation which Mr. Brown most
ardently desires. Her relatives
refuse to let him see her, and for
some reason I was unable to se
cure the interview I sought,
"4. At a fully attended meeting
of the official board of Dietz Me
morial church last Tuesday even
ing a unanimous expression of con
fidence that its pastor was without
serious blame and that it desired
his continuance for tbe immediate
future in the same relation in
which he has served them in the
past was voted with considerable
enthusiasm. This has been con
sented to by Dr. Kirkpatrick and :
myself, so that for immediate fu
ture his appointment as pastor of
Dietz Memorial church will stand.
"HOMER C STUNTZ.
Resident Bishop Methodist Epis
copal Church."
Fremont, Neb., Feb. 13. (Special
Telegram.) Mrs. Loretta Schreiner
left for McPhcrson, Kan., this after
noon, where she will place her 8-
year-old daughter, Levisa, in a pri
vate sectarian school, according to
her sister, Mrs. Cromer Butler, late
this evening.
Mrs. Schreiner, recently released
from the county jail after nine days
of fasting, w here she was ordered to
spend 10 days for refusing to send
her twins to school, was scheduled
to appear before County Judge Win-
tcrsteen again to fight for the
possession of her children.
County Wants Children.
Last Saturday County Attorny J
C. Cook filed a petition asking that
the twins be taken from Mrs.
Schreiner and placed in a state in
ttitution, charging that they were
subject to cruel treatment at the
hands of the mother. He also
charged the mother is a religious
frantic and that the children are in
danger while under her care.
The hearing to determine whether
Mrs. Schreiner was to retain the
care of her children, scheduled for
Tuesday morning, was postponed
late this afternoon following ar
rangements with Cook for the tem
porary absence of Mrs. Schreiner to
place her daughter. in school.
' The son, Leross. has been in the
custody of T, P. Wmtersteen, coun
ty school attendance officer, and
will remain in his care until Mrs.
Schreiner returns and is ready for
the hearing.
Will Put Boy in School
Mrs. Butler, the sister, stated to
night that Leross will also be en
tered in the private school where
the girl was taken, as soon as they
can recover him from the county of-.
finals. She expressed the hope that
the matter would be settled out of
court and that the charges would
not be pushed. -
Mrs. Butler and Mrs. L. L. Moore,
mother of Mrs. Schreiner, left this
evening for their home in Wyoming,
due to Mrs. Moore's health being
affected by the low altitude.
Mrs. Butler said that her sister is
expected to return from Kansas in
about four days, at' which time the
hearing will be held.
Politicians Active in
Bank System Charge
Philadelphia, Feb. 13. Politicians
are attempting to control the fed
eral reserve hanks svstem. Georee
W. Norris, governor of the Phila- Theological Instructor
Kr SfSS Delivers Scout Address
2 of the Pennsylvania's banking sys- At a number . of Protestant
tern Pnlit!r either wrr trvinw to churches of the city Boy Scouts
rnntrnt the HUrnimt rate nr tn alter acted as ushers at the Sunday morn
the composition of the federal reserve ig services and sermons of several
board pastors dealt with Scoutcraft. ,
"The fear which manv persons had At the Lutheran Church of Our
ti-lipn fliA fprlpral resere -tvstim was Redeemer. Twenty-fourth and Lari
rreateA " he said, "was that nolities more avenue, Sunday night,' Troop
mieht creeo into the system. ' For 40 attended in a body, Scoutmaster
free nf nolities O. E. Schellberg in charge. The ad
anrl it ; etill free in the nartisan dress bv Dr. J. F. Krueger of West
sense, but recently members of con- ern Theological seminary, Fremont,
cress have been endeavoring to in- Neb., dealt with the work of the
iert nnlitir tntn it hv efforts to Con- SCOUtS.
trol its discount rate or to alter the The services at the Church of Our
composition of the 'federal reserve Redeemer were in comection with
board not in accordance with any the 12th anniversary of the Boy Siout
sound or recognized banking princi- movement. This church has one of
pie. but in the interest of certain the most active Scout troops in the
1 ' St Valentine's, Day
No General Increase in Wages
to Be Asked Little Like
lihood of - Strike Ex
o pressed by Lewis.
Indianapolis, Feb. 13. No general
increase of wages for soft coal min
ers, but the direction of all efforts
toward retaining present wage scales
was the policy adopted today by the
scale committee of the United Mine
Workers of America for submission
to the union's special convention that
begins tomorrow, according to semi
official information received by con
vention delegates.
The committee s report of wage
demand to be sought as the basis
of new agreements, with operators
effective April 1, was adopted finally
at a long afternoon session.
Despite the announcement of the
committee, which included the 27 dis
trict presidents of the union, their
report was understood to include no
proposal of a strike and likewise
made no demand for adoption of the
six-hour day, five days a week, as
proposed by - the demands of 1918.
The only comment on the possibility
of a strike was that of International
President John L. Lewis, who issued
this formal statement: "The United
Mine Workers of America do not de
sire a strike. We propose to do
every thing possible in a proper way
to prevent such an occurrence; I
feel sure when the convention has
finished its work, the .public will
realize this fact." '
classes or sections.'
city.
Grand Jury to Investigate
Lynching of Texas Man
Texarkana. Tex.. Feb. 13. The
Bowie county grand jury set Feb- i Telegram.) C
ruary 20 as the date for an investiga
tion into the lynching of P. Nor
man, shot to death by four men
Saturday night. The lynching came
as a climax to four days of activi
ties . by hooded men during which
period, in addition to the lynching,
five men were flogged, one man
seized and warned, and one notified
in a note signed K. K. K.. to leave
the city as a big cleanup was in
progress.
Norman who was being escorted
from Ashdown. Ark., where he was
arrested on minor charges, was be
Head of Good Samaritans -
Held on White Slave Charge
Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 13. (Special
A. Daily, former
commander of the Good Samaritan
army, was arrested here today on
request of federal authorities who
say he is wanted for a violation of
the Mann act- Daily recently de
serted his wife and family, it is
charged. His wife died while he was
away. Daily came into the limelight
when he rebelled against the Samari
tan army of Chicago and organized
an army of his own in Norfolk.
Score Deputy Game Warden
in Fur Prosecution Cases
Norfolk. . Neb.. Feb. 13. (Special
iieved by police to have been taken Telegram.) A deputy game warden
for a man wanted for murder.
Flu Decreases in N. Y. .
New York, Feb. 13. A falling off
in influenza and pneumonia cases
v-as reported by the Board of Health
today. Influenza cases numbered
356 as compared with 598 yesterday.
Cases of pneumonia totaled 102, a
decrease of 82 over Sunday.
i
who admitted he induced Battle
Creek men to buy furs from him
and then arrested them for buying
on the grounds that they had no
license, was forced to return money
collected from the men by County
Attorney Tyler in justice court here.
The deputy game warden was
threatened with prosecution if he
I persisted in such methods . -.
Launch Anti-Dry
Move in Nebraska
Opponents of Prohibition to
Put Office Seekers on
Record at Elections.
Organization of an anti-prohibition
campaign in Nebraska is about
to be undertaken by the National
Association Opposed to Prohibition,
according i to Sidney C: Legg, its'
field secretary, who is in Omaha.
' "We . will organize- a branch of
our association in Nebraska," said
Mr. Lcgg, "and wfc will participate
actively , in the congressional prim
ary and election. We propose in
fact we will demand that every
candidate for congress make known
his position on this issue. We be
lieve that public opinion has now
reached a point where it will sup
port our views."
The association. Mr. Lcgg de
clared, is not in favor of the restor
ation of the saloon. It favors 2 3-4
per cent beer and 12 per cent vinous
liquors.
Wounded Captain's j
Leg Is Amputated
The left leg ' of . Police Captain
James MacDonald was amputated
between the knee and hip yesterday
at Lord Lister hospital, where he has
been confined since December 26,
when he was injured m a fight with
robbers at the Isaac Xvoyes phar
macy. Fdrtieth and Dodge streets.
MacUonald s injuries were at hrst
thought -not to be serious, but they
failed to heal and, for the last two
weeks the possible necessity of am
nutation was known.
Loss of the leg will not prevent
him from serving on the police torce
as captain, to which he' has been pro
moted from sergeant since the bat
tle in which he -was injured.
Nine Men Held in Murder of
Man and Wife in Texas
Waco, Tex., Feb. 13. A dragnet
hv county and city officers around
Concord, a village near here where
W. H. Barker, merchant, and his
wife were slain- Saturday night, and
Homer" Turk. -13-year-old-son of a
neighbor, dangerously wounded, had
resulted today in "the arrest of nine
F . . . i -
men. iwo ot tnem correspond vj
descriptions given by the Barkers
four-year-old daughter. ' '
Barker had been shot through, the
head and his wife's head had been
cleft with an ax. Homer Turk's
skull ' was crushed and his condi
tion is critical, Willie Lou Barker,
the little daughter, was an eye wit
ness to the tragedy. '.
The little girl remained in bed and
alone in the house from the time
of the attack,-; about, 10 Saturday
night, until after daylight Sunday.
The ,wounded boy lay on the floor
beside her, bed unconscious and she,
hearing, hiin come in, thought he was
one of the assailants and was afraid
to move. She was in bed when J.
L.: Turk, the boy's father, entered
the house and discovered the crime.
Majority of Cardinals
; .' .Leave Rome for Homes
Rome. Feb. 13. (By A. P.) The
conclave is ended, and the cardinals
have already comenced to : leave
I Rome. - Hordly had the coronation
concluded when many of the mem
bers of the sacred college prepared to
depart for their homes. All the
French cardinals departed this after
noon, tvhile throughout the day the
Italians were dispersing to their vari
ous dioceses throughout the kingdom.
1 he American cardinals are expect
ed to stay in Italy for two or three
weeks. The Spanish cardinals will
depart during the present week. , j
Harding Approves
Appropriation to
Aid War Veterans
t
President Favors Bill Calling
for $16,000,000 to Pro
vide Additional Hospit
als for Disabled Men.
Washington, Feb. 13. Approval
has been given by President Harding
to the bill 'authorizing an appropria
tion of $16,000,000 for the construc
tion of additional hospitals forwar
veterans. Chairman Langley . of the
house public buildings and grounds
committee, author of the measure.
announced today.
Passage of the bill is also ad
vocated by the federal board of hoc
pitalization with the reeorMsVmdation
that a clause providing tbsft $500,000
be expended in enlarging Moqnt Alto
hospital, Washington, D. C, he elim
inated.
A copy of a resolution unanimous
ly adopted by the board which has
been studying the government hos
pitalization program and approved by
the president, was transmitted to Mr.
Langley. The committee chairman
announced that he would, seek to have
the committee report the bill im
mediately so it can be taken up by
the house at any early date.
In addition to authorizing an ex
penditure of $16,000,000 for hospital
facilities, the bill provides that all
construction work shall be under the
supervision of the director of the vet
erans' bureau instead of under the di
rection of the supervising architect
of the Treasury department who in
the past has had charge of hospital
activities. ' - - 1 .
Stockholders Must Pay
for Subscribed Stock
Sioux City, Ia.i Feb. 13. A deter
mined effort to collect all unpaid sub
scriptions for stock in the defunct
Midland Packing company will be
made in court in which $3,000,000 is
in-olved by H.- G. McMillan, the re
ceiver. Judge James D. Elliott of Sioux
Falls, S. D., has signed an order
authorizing Mr. McMillan to file suits
in the federal court against all stock
holders having . outstanding notes
which were given in payment for
stock in the Midland Packing com
pany. Mr. McMillan also is author
ized to start suit against all banks
and trust companies holding -such
notes.
Judge Elliott signed the order
upon application of - Mr. McMillan.
The Midland stock is held by thou
sands of investors m this territory.
' , Oklahoma Bank Robbed. '
Pawhuska, Okl., Feb. 13. Two
unmasked men this afternoon robbed
the American National bank here of
about $100, locked the cashier and a
number of other persons in the vault
and kidnaped the assistant cashier.-
Ponzi II
Scored by
U. S. Judge
Scrgeant Brcrkenridge,
Known in Omaha, Tells
Story of Operations in
Chicago Court.
Short Over $4,500,000
Chicago, Feb. 13. Smiling ind
without visible cinbarraninent, Ray
inond J. Iiischoff told Judge Landis
today the story of his financial ven
turesmaintaining throughout his in
nocence of any iutentional wrong do
ing. "I have always loved adventure
and loved to take a chance,' he said
in reply to questions from his receiv
ers' attorney.
"While employed at a local pack
ing concern, I dabbled in the stock
market. Then, just at a time when 1
was about $10,000 to the good, a
friend asked me to raise money to
pay interest on a mortgage on bis
home. He put in $260 snd adding tn
equal sum I gambled in stocks. We
won won big.
Besieged by Friends,
. "Dozens of friends then brought
me money to invest for them. I de
cided I was wasting my time In a
packing plant and opened an office,
announcing that I would deal in
finances generally.
"My friends and their friends
brought me their money and in re
turn I gave my personal promisiory
note. I gambled in stocks mainly
oil and frequently won big returns
for my investors. I played absolute
ly fair with them.
"Then I tried to obtain control ef
an oil well in Louisiana. I put hun
dreds of thousands into it, and just
when I thought I had won, I learned
I had been double crossed by bucket
shop brokers and that I was not
even close to controlling the well.
My money my investors' money-
was gone.
Decides -to Reorganize.
'T decided to reorganize my com
pany, use different methods in in
vesting and fight .. my best to get
back the money my friends 'iad
trusted to me. They continued to
come, in with their savings, but for
many days I have refused to take a
cent for investment. I told them
they would have to wait until I
completed -reorganisation. I was
honest with them. .
"Then a few got uneasy and filed
receiversliip proceedings. Sunday
night they told me they would drop
'the-proceedings hV. I wished. I re
fused. X want all ot this to come m
the open, for I have been honest
although unfortunate and I have
nothing to fear." '
Judge Landis questioned Bischoff
closely as to whether he had dealt
with the Bolan syndicate of El Paso.
Tex. He said he had not and the
judge ordered investigators to get in
touch , with the syndicate. Then
Judge Landis took personal charge
of the examination, shooting rapid
fire questions at Bischoff. The
judge then called Mr. Davis and
learned trom htm that. Bischoff had
sapplied the money for their $20,000
home and three expensive automo
biles. - 4
"Whered You Get That Coat?"
"And where'd you get that fur
coat?" the judge asked.
"Raymond gave me the money,"
was the reply.
"And he got it from hundreds of
poor nara-worKing. tamilies whom
he swindled," bitterly shouted the
judge. "That coat that keeps you
so comfortable represents swindled
money that would have kept many a
poor child warm this winter."
The judge' issued Injunctions
restraining anyone from disposing of
thj Bischoff home or automobiles, al-
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Lincoln Eulogized by
Iowa Representative
; ' "- . ,
Washington, Feb. 13. Abraham
Lincoln was eulogized as a "marvpl.
ous man" by Representative Green,
republican, Iowa, in a prepared ad
dress to the house todav. H h.
dared that the civil war president
"never varied his policy, never
....,sh yiuivipie, never mis
judged the needs of the hour and
never so mucn as thought of shap
ing his course for his own political
interests." .
Despite bitter and unfair criti
asm, the people, Mr. -Green as
serted, had unlimited confidence in
Lincoln's rusrged honestv and hi
wonderful power of clear expression.
"He was denounced as a tyrant
and even ridiculed as an imbecile."1
said the sneaker, addintr that in unite
of such attacks his memory today
gives "the worker hope, the states
man courage and the patriot forti
tude." Man Condemned, to Hang
Is Forced to Take Food
Chicago. Feb. 13. Harvey
Church, condemned to be hanged
next Friday for murder, must live
to die on the gallows, county jail
officials decided today, so they broke
his hunger strike by forcibly feed
ing him through a tube. "Church
will die, but it will be the rope
around his neck and not the belt
around his waist that will be
tightened," said Warden Westbrook
in announcing that the prisoner had ,
been forcibly fed.
German Sea Line Resumed -
Bremen, Feb. 13. The North Ger
man Lloyd Yard resumed its sailings
for New York, interrupted by the
war, the steamship Zeydlitx depart
ing with 125 passengers and a mixe4j
cargo. The company ' will supple
ment the United States line service
with semi-monthly sailings of its ov
steamers. .
