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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 31 NO. 233. OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1922. a. Mall (I null .. W; Mn, I; M, n. mm 41k . ! Ml, k MM (I IWOI tit iHtll, tUt Ml,, It, TWO CENTS 1 1. i ) ( Henry Ford Will Fight for Shoals Sa. He Will Kmt Every In. flucnce to Keep Hand of "Wall Street Off Gov eminent Project. Tragic to Delay Action Detroit, Mich.. March 17. De claring that "if it's the list tiling I !o in tliii world I'll exert every re source and influence at my com mand to keep the hands 'of Wall trcel off Muclc Shoa1," Henry Ford todav broke his silence tnain tained during the last two months with regard to his offer to lease and operate the government water power project in Alabama. .Mr. Ford made the statement to the Detroit New in response to an intimation reaching hint to the effect 1 that, because of his silence, the peo ple of southern states had btKun to wonder whether he had lost interest in the project. "Tell those people of the south," Mr. Ford said, "that Wall street will have no part either in financing or operating Muscle Shoals if I can help it. If it's the last thing 1 do F1I exert every resource and influence at my command to keep the hands of Wall street off the shoals project and pcrpertuate it as a great example to the American people a living ex ample of what they can do if they wli, safeguard the country's water po.er and develop it." Freedom of U. S. Industry. "In Muscle Shoals lies the free dom of American industry," Mr. Ford continued. "During the war the country turned its every re source to help free the world from militarism a militarism fostered by jn international money power. Now, in the, same way, we are going to tight to the last ditch to free Ameri can industry and American agricul ture from that same money power. If the American people once can catch the idea of what water powder means how it can be put to service in a thousand ways, witting the cost of industrial power to a minimum and thus,' through better service, make possible a higher standard of living for all people, at a greatly re duced cost they never again will submit to the proposition that to get power they must pay tribute to Wall street.. A Nation's Power. 1 "All the people need to catch the idea is an example. A potential example lies at Muscle Shoals. In a sense the destiny of the American " people for centuries lies there on the . Tennessee river, because who ever j controls a nation's power controls V that nation's people. "America's power today is depend ent on the steam power of coal. The great private financiers own the bulk of the company's coal mines. . These financiers, centered in Wall street, have a stranglehold on the industry and transportation of the country. "If Muscle Shoals is developed along unselfish lines it will work so splendidly and so simply that in no (Continued on Togo Two, Column On.) Work on Tariff Bill j Nearing Completion Washington, March 17. Chair ' man McCumber of the senate fi nance committee, said it was the hope to have permanent tariff bill ready for the'scnate within a week or 10 days. . ' Aside from the question of alu ation, three important matters re main' before the committee. They arc whether there shall be an em bargo upon the importation of dyes and tlv; wool and sugar schedule. There were further hearings today on the dye embargo question, on w hich the committee was represented as being very much divided. Four members were said to be opposed to an embargo and three in favor of it, with three others doubtful. The woolen schedule was to.be taken up tomorrow, Senator Smoot of Utah, the ranking republican, hav ing been asked to prepare the sched ule tonight. Attack on Governor Reily Is Aimed at U. S., Charge Washington, March 17. The re cent attack on Governor Reiley of Porto Rico by Felix Cordova Davila, resident commissioner of Porto Rico, was declared today by Representa tive Strong, republican, Kansas, speaking in the house, to have been for the purpose of carrying out "the rolicy of breaking the governor and to permit politicians dominating the island to continue their eifort to sep arate the island from the American government." McAdoo Named General Counsel for Frisco Bank San Franciisco. March 17. Ap pointment of William G. McAdoo as general counsel for the Bank of t.,i.. . f (,. largest banking in- Jiaiv, unt v iiiv ' o stitiitions in this state, was announc ed todav. Mr. Mc Adoo bad been counsel for the bank while he was practicing in New York, the an nouncement said, and his removal to California gave opportunity for the more important ijpviuiii".. Soviets Are Preparing to . Renew Terrorism Policy London, March 17. (By A. P.) The labor party today announced -that Arthur Henderson, labor .mem ber' in the house of commons, had received telegrams from the party's Russian foreign delegation alleging that the soviet government was pre paring to renew its policy of ter rorism against the social revolution ary party, "Funeral Burglar" Walks Into Trap Set by Chicago Sleuth ChUaiio, March 17. "The funeral burglar," whose leads ere supplied from the death notices in the news papers, was tapturrd today. For three liu.nl hi hi burglar h carried his (Uthhght and juniny tn the wake of death on the weit side. In more than IS instance, mourners returning fioni funerals would find their houe plundered. Yesterday the police learned there would be a funeral in the district in which the burglar operated. They decided to take a ihance of cap turing1 liini. Alter the funeral cortege had left the houp two policemen remained behind. Hefore the heare wis out of sitflit the telephone bell rang, Later the door bell rang. The polite answered' neither. A little later they heard a back window open and the burglar had walked into the trap. The man gave his name as Ben Shernicri.ky. 21. Auto Show Proves Stimulant for Omaha Business Many Visitors to. Motor Ex Libit Liven Trade in Other Lines Dealers Are Enthusiastic. That the annual automobile show is one of Omaha's foremost "go getter" institutions was the sentiment expressed yesterday afternoon by one of the leading distributors of the state. And it is the opinion of automobile men and business men general! that this 17th annual Automobile show leads all others held here from the standpoint of stimulating business, not alone in the automobile industry, but in general lines of business in Omaha. There seems to be something pyschological in the fact that the automobile show gives a new impetus to business; it transmits a new tone, and particularly is this true just now, according to the statements of busi ness diagnosticians. Trade Best in Months. This has been the best week, from the standpoint of business, Omaha has had in months, and the automo bile show is credited with a large share of this condition. Guy L. Smith, an exhibitor, stated yesterday afternoon that the Auto mobile show is a big thing for Omaha and he believes that this city should "cheer and boost it." "There always has been a feeling that the Automobile show stimulates not only the automobile business, but other lines ofbusiness. said Mr. Smith, who handles the Hudson and Essex lines. There has been more than the us.ual number of out-of-town people here this week and I know they have been buying automobiles and other lines. I was talking with two men from Genoa, Neb., and they told me they had a few hours before train time and intended, to do some shop ping here. We have had many in terested people at the show. We know that the Automobile show has stimulated all lines of business and the automobile men are pleased over the prospects for this season. ' Says Buying Stimulated. T. P. Redmond, vice president of Burgcss-Nash company, said: "We feel that the Automobile show has been a great help to business gener ally. It has brought many visitors to the city and buying, has ncen stimulated. The business outlook is encouraging." Lee Huff, -vice president ot the Ne braska Buick Auto company, assert ed that the Automobile show has brought hundreds of dealers and prospective buyers to his exhibits and he considers this as a fair criterion of the far-reaching influence of the show.- "The improvement in prices of the natural products of this territory has stimulated business during the last (Continued on Togo Two, Column One.) New Traffic Manager Named for Shipping Board Wachinortnn. March 17. George H. Wells of New York has been appointed freight traffic manager of .i,. Tioitoft States lines. Vice Presi dent Love of the shipping board an nounced today. Mr. wells wm as sume his new duties March 27 and will have-as an assistant. Stewart Robertson of Chicago. Both offi cials have had long experience in tne European trade, Mr. Love saiq. Julian S. Carr, Jr., Dies TWha,n W C... March 17. Julian S. Carr, jr.,. president of the Dur ham Hosiery Milts and known throughout the south as the "hosiery king" who died today in New York, was a son of General Julian S. Carr, commander-in-chief of the ; United Confederate forces. The father has been seriously ill at his home-here tor some time. Father and 2 Children Found Dead Mother Dicocr Lifclo Bodies on Kitchen Floor With Gas Pouring From Seven Jets. A better place for you to live is listed in The Bee "Want" Ad columns' 17th and Farnam AT Untie 1000 Police Told of Quarrels William M. McGill. 5tf, a shoe maker, and two of hit children, Roy, 7. and Katherine, 4, were found dead from gas Asphyxiation in the kitchen i the McGill home, 35-4 Charles street, late ye.terday afternoon. The mother of the family, who hat been employed on a job downtown, made the discovery. The children were lying across the body of the father. Seven Jet Open. Seven jets in the kitchen Move, including the oven, were wide open. Police have not determined wheth er McGill induced the children to lie beside him, or whether they dis covered him unconscious in the kitchen and had themselves become unconscious trying to revive him. Son Tells of Quarrels. When Mrs. McGill found the bodies she screamed for help. Neigh bors came, and police were called. Police Surgeon Kinyoun said the three had been dead an hour and a half. Henry McGill, 19, a son by a for mer marriage, told police his fathfr and stepmother frequently quarreled. Budget System Should Reduce State Expenses Benefit of Plan Evolved by Code Officers Shown by Special Session of the Legislature. By PAUL" GREER. Some families keep a budget. Each member makes a record of his ex penditures, and they are all totaled up at the end of each week or each month. This results in domestic economy, for when a man or a wom an knows that he has to report some where, he will naturally be. more! careful. -' ''""'.! n With statesmen it is the same. Charles G. Dawes, as director of the federal budget, has made a remark able showing. And, to put it mild ly, the budget system which went into full force in Nebraska in 1921. has contributed more than the people realize to the efficiency of oiir gov ernment, t During the special session of the legislature, A. E. Buck, a representa tive of the New York bureau of mu nicipal research, went to Lincoln. He watched the process" by which state taxes for 1922 were cut down $2,051, 755. He saw a budget- presented which reduced the prospective state levy for general purposes one-third, from three mills to two mills. It is his business to study the workings of government, and he dug into the causes that made this revised esti mate possible. His answer was that through the operation of the central ized and responsible system of ad ministration established by the code and the budget the state officials were able to get at the facts without de lay. Through the daily and mothly check of state expenditures it had become apparent that the state busi ness could be run on less money than had been previously appro priated. Many Use Budget. Many states are now running on the budget system. . However, in most of them the governor is put in the position of saying to the legisla ture that a certain amount of money is needed "to support the various de partments, and. though the legisla ture may appropriate it and -the tax gatherers bring it in, .there is no cen tral control to keep the expending agencies from paying it out too soon and winding up with a deficiency. In many budgets there is no provision for art adequate estimate of revenues so that the legislature can know the state's resources as well as.its needs. Under Nebraska's system, on the other hand, a uniform fnethod of accounting leaves nothing . missing. Every expending agency makes monthly reports to the department of finance. These show not only the actual amount paid out, but out standing obligations as well, so that the unexpended balance is always knovn. . Quartely estimates are sub mitted to the governor for approval, and in this way extravagance is checked. Before the legislature con venes each department submits an estimate of its needs, which the chief executive has power to increase, re duce or investigate. This budget is then submitted to the legislature. Much old-fashioned log-rolling is prevented by the constitutional pro visions that, the . legislators cannot increase the estimates except by two-thirds vote. Reduce Deficiencies. One of .the hardships of being a taxpayer comes from the deficien cies which the state departments often wind up the year. This oc currence is reduced to a minimum by the budget system. State taxes were high last year. Although they have been cut one third this year, they are still burden some." The prospect for further di minishing the strain on the taxpayer is brightened by the fact of the bud get system. At the very least this centralized report from expending agencies scattered all over the state (rwanthiMMt m face Two, Column Two.) Proceedings of House Temporarily Halted by Green Neckties Who Gave Him His Driving License? Washington, Marth 17. Green neckties worn by several representa tives precipitated so, much St. Pat hik'f day hilarity in the house today that buiiies was suspended tem porarily. Representatives Kearns, Ohio, and Xanueyrr, Iowa, strolled down the center Ule arm in arm, both of their cravats of the most verdant hue. They became the target for so much haniering from their colic- fk'ilt members who had the h,,i not make themselves hearif J.iuvv'U Acting Speaker Walsh of'' chusetts finally obtained on .- nn the admonition that "celebrations of today can be held better outside the chamber." Mail Order Head Called to Stand in Boycott Probe Robert F. Smith Testifies Firm Was Boycotted by Brokers Tells of Al leged Threat. MM tN Testimony against John Mclhop, jr., secretary-treasurer of the Ne braska - Iowa-M innesota Wholesale Grocers' association, was given by Robert F. Smith of the Bradley Merriam-Smith company, a mail order house, to the federal trade commission, yesterday. Smith testified that Melhop pro tested against the change of the Bradley company in 1914 from a farm implement house to one carry ing grocery lines. "He said thev would 'act us.'" Smith declared. "That we shouldn't! have engaged in the grocery busi ness; that they knew who we dealt with and they would put a stop to it." Denies Statement Was Joke. Smith denied there was any joke to Mclhop's statement. "There was considerable animus in Melhop's words when he said it; that was a threat to ruin my busi ness," Smith reiterated. Most of the local brokers refused to sell him because, they said, the wholesale grocers would object, Smith testified. He said this con dition still continues, though a few brokers here and there and some in other cities sell him. "The Meinrath Brokerage com pany explained they could not sell to me because they were selling reg ular wholesalers. Mr. Patrick of the Russell brokerage said he would not sell to me unless compelled to. Others assigned no reason at all." '. Emmet Tinley, counsel for-vthe. Nebraska-Iowa association, then asked Smith to tell who the local brokers were who did sell him. This Smith refused to answer on the grounds that it would injure both him and the friendly brokers. Shields Friendly Brokers. "If I divulge the names of those who have favored ore in the presence of th's audience of wholesale groc ers and brokers who have refused to sell to me, they may . bring pres sure to bear on theni that will hurl both them and me,'' Smith protested. "If any pressure is going to be brought to bear, that may be perti nent to this inquiry," interposed the presiding examiner, E. M. Averill, "you ought to answer that question." But Smith stood on his rights not to reply until he had consulted an attorney, so the answer was tempo rarily waived. Tinley Makes Charge. Emmet Tinley made a counter charge of sugar speculation in 1919 1920 against the Cullen Brokerage company, one of the complaining witnesses. "All sugar business was specula tive, in those days," replied T. W. Cullen, who was on lire stand. He denied Tinley's allegation of "shuttlecock" sugar transactions a policy of selling, rebuying and re selling carloads of sugar on a rising market. ' - "We bought from some of your own jobbers, Mr. Tinley always according to correct merchandizing ideas," said Cullen. He stated that his company did buy back several cars of sugar from the Bakers' Specialty Supply com pany, then acting as jobbers, but de nied the transactions took place five and seven times, as Tinley alleged. Snow in Bakersfield, Cal. Bakersfield, Cal., March 17. For the first time in the history of Bak ersfield people here awakened today to see the city covered under blanket of snow. "Building the Irish Free State". This series of ar ticles by Frederick Palmer, appearing in The. Sunday Bee, con tains information of value to every reader interested in progress of the fortunes of the' new Irish state. The series is offered as covering compre hensively and fairly the events, policies and personalities of the present important, epoch of Irish history. The third article will be published tomor row in The Sunday Bee, Larse Amount of Loot Cached in Council Bluffs Iowa Secret Service Agents Declare $8,000 Recovered .Wednesday Only Small; y Jart of Hitiden Spoils. ' - One of the largest headquarters in the middle west for crooks, gunmen and bandits is Council Bluffs ac cording to members of the Iowa state secret service department, who state that the $8,000 worth of stolen travelers' checks recovered Wednes day night is but a small part of the quantity of loot concealed in caches in this vicinity. It became known yesterday that this particular loot, which was found buried on a farm near that on which the Lena Schneider bandit gang made its headquarters, is part of the $15,000 worth of bonds, securities and checks taken in the holdup of the Drake Park bank in Dcs Moines last year. Clue Came From Cell The information on which the re covery was made came to the sta,te department from W. II. Stephenson, who was the cell mate of Merle Phillips while the latter was in jail at Des Moines for complicity in the $3,500,000 Burlington mail train rob bery in Council Bluffs in 1920. Phillies told Stephenson that some of the bonds taken in the mail rob bery were buried on what he de scribed as the "Bailey farm." He agreed to a split with Stephenson and a girl named Lulu if it was found possible to dig up the securi ties and dispose of them. In search ing for the mail robbery loot on this tip, state agents found the stuff stolen from the Drake Park bank.x 32 Members in Gang. Probably the largest gang to hold rendezvous in the Bluffs was the one with which officers staged the gun battle last fall on the Lena Schneid er farm. State agents say that there were 32 members of this group of gunmen and bank robbers, including such celebrities as "Lucky Tommy" O'Connor of. Chicago and Babe Emerson, the bandit nabbed in Des Moines and now serving time for participation in the Drake Park rob bery. Major in World War Given Life for Murder Talbotton. Ga., March 17. Lee H. Coart, prominent farmer who served during the world war as a major, was sentenced , to life imprisonment here for the murder -last fall of A. B. McNiece. former superintendent, of Talbot county school. The jury returned a verdict , of ' guilty with recommendation of mercy after de liberating over 14 hours. - Major Coart. in his testimony, al leged that McNiece had wrecked his home, while Mrs. McNiece. for the prosecution, asserted that the defen dant had made advances to her which she had spurned. Downhearted Over Losing Job, Farmer Ends Life West Point, Neb., March 17. (Special Telegram.) Levi Heller, 50, committed suicide by hanging at his farm notheast of this city. No rea son is known for the act other than being downhearted because another man bad been appointed ' overseer of roads of his district, a position which he filled for many years. Tt is thought that that weighed on his mind. No coroner's inquest was held. He is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter. He was j quite a large land owner. Big Liquor Haul Made at Lincoln Consignment of Whisky Valu ed at $12,000 Is Taken From Burlington Train. Lincoln, March 17. (Special.) Federal and state officiate seized $12, 000 worth of bonded whisky from a Burlington boxcar. The whisky, in pint bottles, encased in ' 50 boxes holding 24 pints to the case, had been sent from Ahtertonville, . Ky., and was consigned to a . drug com pany at Butte, Mont. The cases were plainly marked "whisky" and another inscription reading, "For medical purposes." The whisky had been loaded in a boxcar containing merchandise and billed to Billings, Mont., at Hamil ton, Mo., officials declared. The mode of conveyance to transport it from Kentucky to Hamilton is not known. A large truck was used to trans port the liquor from the Burlington station to the office of State Sheriff Gus Hyers, where a safe is used to keep confiscated booze until it is de stroyed. Hundreds of citizens gath ered as the liquor was unloaded and offered assistance to carry the cases anywhere or any place the officials desired. Prohibition Officer Tom Carroll and Deputy State Sheriff . Karl Schmitt, jr., directed the raid on the boxcar in answer to a "tip" from an unknown source that the whisky cases, bidden in a boxcar with mer chandise, would be in Lincoln in a short time. Obenchain Jury Asks to Rehear Part of Evidence D. A. R. Delegates Are Guests at Banquet Lexington, Neb., March 17. (Spe cial.) The D. A. R. delegates were given a banquet at the Presbyterian church. Mrs. C. F. Spence of North Platte, regent, was toastmistrcss. The following responded to toasts:" Mrs. Keith Neville,- North Platte; Mrs. M. S. Moore, Gothenburg; Mrs. E. H, i Wescott, Plattsmouth; Mrs. M. .R. Jones, Omaha; Mrs. J. .E. Jacobson, Lxington ; Mrs. York A. Hinman, North Platte; Mrs.' C. S. Paine, Lincoln, and Mrs. Hester Bronson Copper, Omaha. Lincoln w-as the only city sending an invitation for the 1923 convention. No election was held this year, as all officers are elected for two years. . . Delegates to the continental con gress to be "ield in Washington, i-. C, April 13-19. include Mrs. C. F. Spencer and Mrs. W. J. Hendy of North Platte, Mrs. Sarah Estover and 'Mrs.' W. S. Whitten of Lincoln, Mrs. Max A. Hostettler of Shelton, Mrs. J. B.- Reynolds. Mrs. Maynard C. .Cole and .Mrs. R. E. McKclvey of Omaha. . Californian Jests as He - '" Faces Sentence of Death Sacramento, Cal., March 17. George Donnelly, a prisoner at Fol som penitentiary, today faced sen tence of death as the result of the. verdict of a jury yesterday,' finding him guilty of first degree murder for stabbing fatally Earl Morse, a fel low convict, last November.- - Donnelly jested with the prosecut ing attorney after the verdict was re turned and invited the attorney to attend the execution. The killing of Morse follcAved a quarrel Donnelly will be sentenced March 21. ' The law provides only the death penalty for such cases. Start Spring Plowing Beatrice, Neb., March 17. (Spe cial Telegram.) A few farmers start ed their spring plowing, and if the weather remains favorable they will begin planting their oat crops the I first of the week. Doubt Expressed as to Portion of Testimony of Prosecu--tion Witness Regarding -. Lights on Car. v, Los Angeles, March 17. The jury in the case of Mrs. Madalynne Oben chain, charged with the murder of J. Beiton Kennedy, after deliberating about two hours and a half, returned to court shortly after 4 this after noon and asked to have a portion of the testimony read. Judge Sidney N. Reeves directed that this be done. The foreman of the jury said at least one of the jurors was in doubt concerning the testimony of a prose cution witness regarding automobile lights he saw in Beverly Glen on the night Kennedy was slain. The uncertainty, the foreman said, was whether the lights came from the car in which Mrs. Obenchain and Kennedy drove to the glen, or from one which the state chaOed was left in a side road by Arthur Burch, co'defendant in the case. Burch, the 'prosecution alleged, had hid in a clump of bushes, wait ing for Mrsi Obenchain to- bring Kennedy within gunshot range after parking his car. The reading of the testimony show ed that the witness said she saw au tomobile lighTs flittering on the trees in the Rlen, but did not lo cate them definitely. He said, how ever, he did not see any lights shin ing in the place "where it was con tended Burch had left his car. The jury retired again after the reading. Noted Austrian Surgeon Holds Last New York Clinic New York, March 17. Dr. Adolf Lorenz, famous Austrian orthopedic surgeon, held his farewell New York clinic today. Tomorrow he will leave for Detroit, to remain there until March 26, when he will return to this citv to sail' for home, April 12. " . ' i His assistants said that since his arrival he had conducted 25 clinics in this city, examining 2,203 crip ples and operating on 20. "I am sorry I am unable to per form all of -the operations that I think necessary," said the surgeon sadly. - State May Offer Reward for Slayer of Circus Man Riverside. N. J.. March 17. Prose cutor J. H. Kelsey of Burlington county, announced last night that he would petition the board of free holders and Governor Edwards to offer rewards for the capture, dead or alive, of the slayer of John T. Brunen. circus proprietor, killed in his home last Friday. The Weather Forecast. Saturday fair; not much change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures. S a. m M t p. m.. a. m St t p. m.. 7 a. m ...St 3 p. m.. S a. m. . .St 4 p. m.. a a. m M 6 p. m.. 1ft a. ... ........ .& a p. m.. It a. m..'... M I 7 p. m.. It noon SI I I p. m.. ...t ...1 ...at ...M ...M ...as ... ...si Highest Friday. Phyenn 6! TUpId City S2 Lvinport 4!:8alt Luke 4 Denver Si8anta Fe it roI: City 4-SherlUn ........ SH Ind-r h" Ploox City North Pltl M'Valentin. ft Pueblo til Solons Flay Allies Over Rhine Pay l.od;e and Underwood De rlare Allies Set-ling to Op . ie Payment for U. S. Troojn by Technicality. Morris Calls it Unfair Washington, March 17. DccUia tion that the United States should iiiMut upon payment of its bill of S-Ml.fXlO.OOO for keeping American soldiers in Germany, were made in the senate by both party leaders Senators Ledge of Massachusetts and Underwood, Alabama, and Sen ator Horah, republican, Idaho. Mr. Underwood also urged appointment of an American representative on the allied reparations commission. "Entirely Unwarranted." Both Senators Lodge and Under wood charged the allies with at tempting "by a technicality" to op pose payment of the bill for the American troops, whil? Senator Borah said the allies' attitude wa "entirely unwarranted.'' Senator Underwood asscrled the republicans were responsible fur not having a member on the reparation commission. Thi, the democratic leader asserted, was the only wav in which the occupation .claim coulct he collected. Senators Lodge and Poindexter, republican, Washington, denied this contention, declaring that the obligation to pay for the Amer ican soldiers rested upon the armis tice agreement and not upon cither the treaty of Berlin or that of Ver sailles. Senator Borah brought up the question today in the Dcnatc. He called attention to reports that Pre-. micr Poincare of France .had de clared that America has no legal right to collect for the keep of American troops in Germany. To Benefit Allies. "I have no doubt that Secretary Hughes will work out some method of securing payment," said Senator Borah, adding that he was, however, primarily interested in having all American troops brought: out of Germany. ' , , . "Our army was left in Europe sup posedly to benefit the allies." said the Idaho senator. "Certainly it was no! for the benefit of the American peo ple directly or particularly. It now appears that our army is no longe; needed in Europe. It seems to mi, that the attitude of our allies is en tirely unwarranted and warrants w bringing home, all of our soldiers." Senator Borah added that the at titude of the allies in maintaininf what he termed an cxdessive nunv ber of troops in Germany was "un just" and calculated to prevent eco nomic recovery of Germany and also of Europe. Senator Borah saic the question of the return of the troops would be a "live issue" when the army appropriation bill comes before the senate. Senator Underwood said he con curred in all that Senator Borah had said. Into Another Channel. The argument momentarily was turned into another channel when Senato'r Robinson, democrat, Arkan sas, put into the record a statement reported to have been made at Na- (Torn to Page Two. Column flTt.) Two Suspects Cleared t in Murder of Brunen Riverside, N. J.. March 17. Two more leads in the investigation of the murder of John T. Brunen, circus owner, at his home here a week ago were exhausted today and resulted fn exoneration of two men who had been sought in connection with the case. George L. Werner, former chef of Brunen's circus; and "who had been sought for questioning, and Carl Ward, a ballyhoo man formerly em ployed by Bruner. were exonerated of connection with the shooting ot the circus owner. Neither could throw an light on the mystcrj', authorities said. - . '' .. Tonight County Detective Parker was awaiting word from authorities at Jersey City, whom he had re quested to examine the contents of Ward's room there," with a possi bility of finding letters written to him by Mrs. Brunen. Ward was said to have admitted that he had written to Mrs. Brunen at Palmyra. N. J., under the name of Mrs. Paul Nolan. ' American "Lost" in Russia Reaches Riga on Way Home Riga.' March 17.--(By A.' P.) Fred Keyes, American horse trainer of Elyria, O., the last officially "lost" American in Russia, arrived in Riga today on his way home after an absence of nine years. He came to Russia under a con tract with Count von Vorontzoff. Dachkoff, former viceroy of the Cau casus, as manager of the count's horse farm. After the revolution, Keyes became manager of a soviet stock farm near Moscow, which was conducted as a model and shown to distinguished visitors. He said he gave up this position because the minor officials there did not like the idea of having a foreigner as boss. ' France Will Pay Debts" Paris. March 17. Premier Poin care told the finance committee of the senate yesterday that France will pay all its debts, as has been its cus tom. This declaration is interpreted by the press as intended to correct the impression made by Louis F. Louchaur's speech in Lyons last month, in which he said it was his belief that France never would bi able to pay a fn of it debt to the United States I