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The Omaha Sunday Bee t VOL 5!NQ. 43. Naval Bill Reported to House Measure Would Cut Enlisted Personnel to 63,000 Bud pet ' 181,000,000 Less Tliun Lat Year. Carries Out 5-5-3 Ratio Mr Ts AmtImH frrw, Washington, April 8, The 192J rival hill, carrying out the 5-5-3 ratio, wat reported today to the house. It carries a total of or $181,000,000 less than appropriat ed last year. There remaini to be appropriated in a separate measure later, however, about $60,000,000. -ttima'ed the Navy department pie cost of cancellation of con y's for ships not completed and 't i .i Hricfly this i what the hill does: Cuts the enlisted personnel from 05.(100 to 65.000, plus 2,000 appren tices. Leaves officer total substantially Intact, except for the dropping of iW) reserve officers on active duty. Authorizes commissions for only 200 of the 535 first clas men at Annapolis, to he graduated in June. I tin 251 vicila nf "nollllf. script character." Eighteen Ships Alloted. Eighteen battleships are alloted the. United States under the naval treaty. In rounding; out a fleet the bill reduces the number of destroy ers in commission fro i 278 to 103; authorizes 84 submarines, al) the cruisers and lighter auxiliary craft. Out of the 67.000 enlisted person nel it provides for 50,000 for ships afloat. Provides for the same number of officers in marine corps and 19,500 enlisted men. a reduction of less than 1.000. This number, the navy advised the committee, will be cut to 17,000 -with the withdrawal in the next year of 2,000 marines from Santo Domingo, who will not rc enlist. Representative Kcllcy of Michi gan, chairman of the subcommittee on appropriations which framed and reported the bill, made public with the bill the following statement, ex plaining its provisions. Ratio Not Disturbed. "The bill reported to the house today carries an appropriation for the coming fiscal year of $233,224, 000. This amount is $193,000,000 $1es than the naval estimates and "'il.OOO.OOO less than the sum car Wd in last year's bill. It has been possible to make these heavy reduc tions without . disturbing the 5-5-3 ratio established by the treaty. "Three important reasons form the basis of this great reduction. "First, because of agreements reached by the conference on the limitation of armaments, stopping all work on 14 capital ships under con duction and providing for the (Turn to Paso Eight. Column Six.) Ford Says Union Leaders 'Sold Out to Interests' Toledo, O.. April 8. Shown Chi cago despatches quoting toward j. Evans, vice president of the Inter national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, as saying he was "con ferring a curse" on his workers" by hitrhlv snecializine work done at his factory, Henry Ford said yesterday:. "That man will be made to come to Detroit to see that what he says is- not true." -f - - - - - Ford characterized Evans' remarks as "labor union, propaganda" and ' said the labor union leaders have ''sold out to the big interests." ; Accompanied by his wife,. Mr. Ford is returning to Detroit from the south." . Governor's Proclamation , , . Sets Aside Clean-Up Week r Lincoln, April 8. (Special.) Gov, McKclvic today issued a proclama tion setting aside the week of April 10-15 as clean-up week. ft "I trust the week will be so spent that Saturday, April 15, will ' find Nebraska in "her best attire, all ready for the celebration of Easter Sun day." the governor said. "Remove the ashes, old cans and all rubbish from the backyard and make the kitchen as tidy as the par lor: paint the house, trim the trees, brighten the door knobs, varnish the inside woodwork. i r . "Money and labor spent in this way is a good investment and will bring rich returns, both as to in creased value of property and satisfaction-derived from ; comfortable surroundings." ."' i Seiae Cars in Garage of Violator of 'U. S. Dry Law " - Lincoln,. April (Special.) El mer Munson was found guilty of violation of the federal prohibition act by a jury in federal court here. E. S. CrKch field,, deputy internal revenue ' collector from Omaha, seized H ears in a garage owned by Munson and will offer them for sale at public auction April 22. Critch field stated the seirure was made to cover a retail dealers' license which Munson's conviction proved he was . liable to pay. - . . - Rail Commission "Will Not , Attend Chicago Hearing Lincoln. April 8. (Special Tele gramsThe Nebraska railway com mission will aot intervene in behalf of Nebraska grain growers and shippers in a case to be heard Monday at Chicago before the Interstate Com merce commission, it was announced today. The commission declares it bis received definite assurances that Nebraska rates will not be affected It was feared at first this case might affect rates on corn from Nebraska points to -the west coast -. ... t i.' ', 4 m imt-eum mn om , 0. m m Equitable Failure Stirs London Financial Circles! Chairman Flees to Paris in Airplane Daily Mail I Offers Reward for Arrest Vast Sum In- vested in Ranches in Brazil Total Loss Is Large. Mr Ik AMrlol4 rs. London, April tf. Revelations concerning the recent diatrou fail ure of the City Lquuahle Fire lnur jame company. whose chairman, Ger- aid Jievau, disappeared in an air plane (or Paris when the bank ruptcy was announced, have stirred London financial circlet deeply. The vital point of interest is the alleged responsibility of the com pany's directors. Illumination wai thrown on the F.quitahle't affairs at a meeting of the creditors and shareholders, where the official receiver made ac cusations of at least negligence against the directors and one direc tor confirmed the receiver's cen sures. Apparently it was the old story of trusting to one man, considered a business genius, all the power of the concern power which it is ex plained he used for financial jugglery on a large scale. The receiver told the creditors that the financial com mittee of directors allowed itself to bvcome a machine for the registra tion of Chairman Itcvans' decrees. Duped, Director Sayi. Director Mifligan told the meeting that when the revelations began in January "we found to our amaze ment and our profound regret that we had been duped and misled and that a considerable part of the assets of the company had disappeared." Last November the Equitable Slayer of Army Aviator Tells His Story at Inquest Wealthy Oil Operator Says Lieut. Col. Beck Had Long Been Friend of Family. By Tlio Associated Frns. Oklahoma City, Okl., April 8. Holding that Jean P. Day, promi nent attorney and oil man, was jui tified in the killing of Lieut. CoL Paul Ward Beck at the Day home early last Tuesday, a coroner'i jury returned a verdict here tonight rec ommending -that .no. charges be pre ferred against Day. The crowded courtroom Was silent as it heard the verdict read. M'. and Mrs. Day displayed no emotion as it was made public, and after it had been read, they arose, Mr. Day shook hands with Coroner McWil- liams, and the party walked slowly from the room without a word be tween them. Courthouse, Oklahoma City, Okl., April 8. Jean f. Day, wealthy oil operator,-waiving all immunity, took tne stand at the coroners inquest here early this evening and relateo how he killed Lieut. Col. iaul Ward Beck in his home early last Tuesday morning. In a low voice, Day be gan to tell his story -without inter ruption, irom attorneys. ' Airs. Day prepared to take the stand following her husband. County Attorney Hughes, atter concluding the questioning of state witness, asked if Day or Mrs. Day had any voluntary , statement to make. The defense announced both desired to be heard. Before Day be gan his testimony the county attor ney warned him that anything he might say, could be used against him. ' Day -began by describing his ac quaintance with Lieutenant Colonel tleck. We said he had known the officer since last fall. He met him through Lieutenant Kenneth Walk er of Fort Sill, who, he said, had long been a friend of the family. Une day last tali, Day said, Walker came to Oklahoma City with Colonel Beck. Walker had known my daughter, Doris, for some time and Tie called at my home to see ii she could get another girl for Beck to accompany them on a motor trip tq Norman. - ; - - They arranged the ' party and Mrs. Day accompanied them as chaperone. Since that time has had the free run of my home. I had always con sidered him a gentleman beyond re proach and lovef him like a brother. I told him numbers of times that 'my home is yours.' Rain at Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., April 8. (Special Telegram.) Rains fell in this sec tion this afternoon , and evening. While the moisture is not needed, it will help the wheat and oat crops and put the ground in fine shape for spring work. . Read the real estate news in tne "Want" Ad section today 17th and Farnam, AT Untie 1000 1 . ism st u a, . company paid-a six month,' i ------J- -- - ". .,, .,, - of 41 per cent on preferred stvVo'A mill 75 h am fAiiiHiin lii January it applied for a rece .vr. According to the receiver' statement the stock broking linn in which Bevan was a partner owes the Kquit able 350,000 pound, for which there is small security. The sum of 450, 000 pounds had beeu invested in Brazilian ranches, of which little was known, and the directors had lent General Manager Manscll 1 10. 000 pounds. The atockholders asked whether the directors were not re sponsible (or the firm' losses, to which the receiver replied that it was difficult to enforce responsibility for negligence unless they profited by their action. Among the directors are the Earl of March and Sir Henry Grayson, both of whom were for some time absent from England on military service and Lord Rihblesdale. an aped peer, who married the widow of Col. John Jacob Astor. The Daily Mail has placarded F.urope with an offer of 25.000 francs for informa tion leading to Sevan's arittst. Bcv an has not been found. Light Operas Reviewed. The most remarkable event in London's theatrical season has been the revival of the Gilbert and Sulli van operas. London producers long had maintained that these perform ances were back numbers except for (Turn ts Fata Eight. Column Tiro.) Wray for Senate Movement Makes i More Progress Uncertainty Persists as to Whether Norton Will Be Democratic or Progres sive Candidate. Br Staff Correapondrnt. Lincoln, ' April 8. (Special.) Further definite steps were made to day in the plan' to make Arthur G. Wray a third party candidate for United States senator instead of for governor, as forecasted by The Bee earlier in the week. .; .Uncertainty persisted, however." as to whether J. N. Norton of Polk county, president of the Nebraska Farm bureau, will succeed Wray as the progressive candidate for gover nor, or will seek the democratic nomination for that office. "Mr. Wray will be a candidate for the senate, and" J. N. Norton will be the third party candidate for gover nor," said J. H. Edmisten, chairman of the progressive party's central committee. Norton Refuses to Tilk. Edmisten's statement was . made despite Wray's denial yesterday that such a plan was contemplated. Mr. Norton declined to commit himself when questioned over long distance telephone. I will have a statement luesday or Wednesday," he said. Meanwhile, C. H. Koper of David City, ardent Bryan democrat, con tinued to insist that Norton will be a candidate for the democratic rather than the progressive nomination for governor. Charles .W. Bryan issued a t.Wv word statement in which he declared that Wray's contemplated withdraw al means the death of the third party. He based this opinion upon the report that, if Wray seeks the third party senatorial nomination, he will with draw in favor of R. B. Howell in case the latter should be the repub lican nominee for that office. Bryan urged third party followers to join the democrats' and promised them "progressive leadership." 1 Bryan Is Undecided. "Will you be a candidate for gov ernor?" Mr. Bryan was asked after the issuance of his statement. "I do not care to say at this time," was his reply. T. he tendency to tie up the third party with one or the other of the older parties is generally ascribed to the activity of C. A. Sorenson, for mer attorney of the nonpartisan league, who has- worked perstsently to that end since A. C. Townley, president of the nonpartisan league, opposed an independent third party movement in his speech here several weeks ago. Sorenson visited Wray at lork during the week. Roper, always a consistent Bryan supporter, is demanding that Charles W. Bryan sink his own ambition t ' be governor and support Norton. Six Hawkeye and Cornhusker Swains , Answer Plea of Eastern Miss for Mate City Clerk C. F. Bossie is confi dent he will succeed in finding a husband for the Providence (R. I.) miss who wrote a few days ago for aid in her matrimonial quest for a western mate. A Minden (la.) man wrote in re ply to the announcement which ap peared in The Bee: "I am a hard worker and a good saver. I don't gamble nor drink. My trade is run ning a barber shop. Have a good home and a good income" From a Council Bluffs man: "My age is 27 and I am not a siss nor a rough neck. As to beauty there is none; not wealthy but making a good honest living in a decent way. There isn't much use in telling my life history just now, but will if so required. I am most sure everything will turn out fine." From Clarks, Neb.: "Please send me name and address and picture of OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 0, 10: N a t i 0 11 a 1 i? 1 t iLxpense is Problem llVV" . ul4 - ..... J ' IndJpn, the Vi'atcltiloc, Mut t.liop wiiiions from miti gt to Be Recognized. Is Being Aided by Dawes By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINQ. Omaha B LM4 Wlr. Washington, April 8. Watchdogs of the treasury we have had, such at William S. Holman and Uncle Joe Cannon, but none whose task approached in magnitude that of the latest of the line Representative Martin B. Madden, Illinois,, chair man of the house appropriations committee. Where his predecessors won fame by paring millions from the budget, Mr. Madden must chop billions oif the national expense acco'iut to earn even honorable "mention. He has tackled the job with vigor and en thusiasm and already is beginning to achieve results, much to the satis faction of 1'residcnt Harding, who believes that he can do the people no greater service than to eliminate wasteful expenditures and extrava gant methods of administration. With nearly $1,000,000,000 of In terest on the war debt to be raised annually, it will be a long time be fore the government will get back to the $2,000,000,000 budget of pre war years, but Mr. Madden cal culates that it soon will he possible to hold expenditures within $3,500, 000,000. a reduction of $1,500,000,000, effected through the vigorous slash ing of appropriations. Helped by Dawes. Mr. Maddcn's task 1ms been made easier by another Illinois man, Gen. C. G. Dawes, director of the new a t.aSaa k budget system, who has gone the limit in the reorganization of gov ernment business methods and in holdinc down administrative de mands for appropriations. Like General Dawes, Mr. Madden is a successful business man and has a keen eye for possibilities of achiev ing economies and also of increasing the revenue of the government. An interesting illustration is af fordefl by the Panama canal tolls. In scrutinizing the Panama canal ac counts, Mr. Madden was amazed to find that cargoes above the decks of ships passing through the canal were escaping payment of tolls. Charges vvere assessed on the por- I tson -f y.e cargo below -decks, D''t not on the portion above. Inasmuch as 1'imber constitutes a large part of the cargoes going through the canal and as lumber is loaded largely (Turn to Pare Klbt. Column One.) Thirteen Killed ' in Texas Storm Reports 'From Stricken Area Meager Property Dam age Probably Heavy. Dallas, Tex., April 8. Deaths in the storm today numbered 13, ac cording to reports from various north central Texas and south central Ok lahoma points at 1 o'clock. Early estimates of the property damage were that it would be heavy. Six deaths were reported from Runnels county and four in Callahan county, Texas. Reports from both places are meager. By way of. Abilene " came word that among the dead at Oplin were a Mrs. Cundiff, her daughter, 16, and a son, 3. Another report said four persons were killed in this .vicinity. This afternoon the deaths reported from Cisco, Electra " and Lawton, Okl., remained One at each place. Nothing had been heard here from Lawtoit since 9:30 when it said ef forts were being made to reach the district damaged, but the heavy rains interfered. The storm was variously described as "twister" and gusts. In the path where the fatalities and most dam age occurred, it moved in a general northeast direction, but on the east ern side of the storm the damaging gusts blew northwest. File Edgerton Petition for University Regent . Lincoln, April 8. (Special Tele gram.) A petition calling for Frank E. Edgerton of Aurora to be a non political candidate for university 're gent in the Fourth congressional dis trict was filed today in the office of the secretary of state. Edgerton's consent is necessary. It is under stood he is contemplating being a candidate for this position. 1 the woman who wanted to marfy a man from the west. I am a will ing worker, am farming 160 acres near Clarks and am 35 years old. I have been waiting many years for a companion." A Vest Point (Neb.) man wrote: "Having read in The Omaha Bee that you have received a letter from an eastern miss and she wants a western man, she is just the kind of girl I like to meet. It has been lonesome out here on the farm since I came back from the army. So if you please be so kind and send me her address, as I wish to write to her." . Mr. Bossie is sending the name and address of the young woman to all who have asked for the informa tion in good faith. The city clerk will endeavor to arrange for the nup tials to occur in Omaha. Six men have expressed an in terest in the woman. Everybody Pro-Treaty Meets Banned by Chief Of DeValera Force Third Division Commander of Republican Army Issues Order Griffith Meet ing Hit. ' rJubiiii, 'April 8 (By ' X. ' P. Commandant Gen. Pilkington, com manding the third division of the Irish republican army and acting un der the executive appointed by the recent insurgent army convention, has prohibited all public meetings in his area, says the Irish Independent, He declared his action was taken "in the interests of the citizens," the meetings being regarded as "creating civil strife and embitttering feeling." The proclamation affects the anti treaty meeting announced for Sligo tomorrow, as well as Arthur Grif fith's plans for a protreaty meeting there on April 16. Armed men held up a freight train at Templemore, County Tipperary, today, and de stroyed goods from Belfast consigned to Fermoy and Waterford. Capture Barracks. London, 'April 8. Irish republican army mutineers last night captured the barracks at Rathfamhan, south of Dublin, which the Free State troops recently..' occupied, according to a dispatch to the Daily Mail. . . Attempts at Harmony. . London, April 8. Reports persist of attempts to harmonize the rival Irish parties. . The Dublin corre spondent of the London Times un derstands an earnest effort is being made to arrange some Sort of modus vivendi between the free, state and republican leaders , during the next two months. The suggestion is"that the two parties agree to protect free dom ot elections and to employ the united military forces in discourag ing lawlessness. ' Errors in Notices. Dublin, April 8. (By A. P.) Comdant Rory O'Connor of the staff of the independent Irish republican army,' stated today that, the notice issued yesterday prohibiting publica tion of any matter relating to the army unless it was first submitted to the publicity department was sent in error to the English and foreign cor respondents. It was meant to apply only to the Irish press, he said, . Sister of Ax Slayer Victims Poisoned by Cup of Water Concordia, ' Kan., April 8. Rose Bacband, 10-year-old daughter of Joseph Bachand, was seriously' ill last night with symptoms 0t poison ingaccording to physicians. .' The little girl drank from a cup yester day at a well where officers believe L. J. Tremblay, -who died here yes-, terday, drank poison. Physicians reported last night that the girl might not recover. Five sons of Tremblay were at tacked Tuesday one being killed and two others seriously- wounded. Tremblay was also wounded but not seriously, according to physicians. Albert, 14, one of the boys, was able to talk a short time today. He said he was struck with a hammer, according to the sheriff. "HappylancT . The Bee's Sunday page for the children is the last page of Section Three of this issue. 7 , Malt II iwll 8M UMS M M4 it Ought to Feel tOtinitit, Officer Slashed by Crazed Woman Wounded in Subduing Trolly Passenger Who Threw Car in Terror. A woman, said by the police to have been crazed with "moonshine" whisky, yesterday afternoon ter rorized passengers of a west-bound Cuming street, trolley car and cut a policeman, Robert Bowers, with a knife when he attempted to take her from the car . at ' Eighteenth street The policeman's left hand and arm were slashed when he warded off a blow aimed at his throat . Cop Subdues Her. ' The woman was finally subdued by the wounded policeman and tak en to the police station tor sale keep ing. She gave her name and address as Mrs. Ruby Johnson, 2121 Seward street. The woman boarded the car in the center of the shopping district, short ly after -5 ' Saturday afternoon, ac cording to the conductor. The car was . crowded almost to the doors when, the woman suddenly became violent and began , to threaten.-the lives of other passengers. The con ductor attempted .to -.quell her and was unsuccessful, and the passengers were in terror. At Eighteenth and Cuming street the conductor sighted Policeman Borers. The car was stopped and the ' policeman called. Attended by Doctor. ' After getting the . woman under Control and disarming her, Bowers submitted to . medical attention by Police Surgeon Ranee and was then taken to his home, 2205 Monroe street. His condition, the police sur geon said, is not serious. . 1,100 Men and 52 Officers , Leave U. S. Rhine Ranks Coblenz, April 8. Six more units of the American forces j in Germany said farewell to Europe today, 1.100 men and 52 officers leaving Ant werp on the steamship Cantigny. Eighty-five soldiers' wives and 28 children also sailed On the Cantig ny, the largest number since the de parture of the "honeymoon detach ment" last May. The" organizations leaving today were the headquarters company of the First brigade, ambulance com pany 56, hospital company 57, motor transport company 63, service office supply company 20, and the third bat talion of the Fifth infantry. This reduces. the strong American army on the Rhine to 2,600, or one sixth, of the number, -here a year ago.;- ' .' ' ; WHERE TO FIND The Big Features of THE SUNDAY BEE ? ' PABT ONE. AWnt Ranker Elected Merer of David , CUT .r WrlHnc In NaaM Pac , Cedar Kapida (la.) Coapl Cclehrats 60th Wcddbir Annlvmary Pa S. " PABT TWO. Society and Newi for Women Paaea 1 ta 4. , Shopping- with Pollr - rata 5. "So Dramatis FerMna." Blna Ribbon hort story by J. Frank Davis Fate 8. . "Tha Wanted Han," serial by Harris Dickson . Pats 7. Editorial Comment Pace 8. "The Married life of Helen and War ren" . Pace t. Amosemsnta ' Paget 18, 11 and IS. Mania Kews Page IS.' PABT THBEE. Sports News and leatares . Paces 1 and S. Of Especial Interest to Motarlsta . Page . Want Ads Pages I It I. Markets and financial Page S. "Heppytand." an hoar of pleasure for the children . Page 10. BOTOCBAVCBE SECTION. Omaha Brides In Their Kitchens BattUng Snow jB the 1'eHewsteae. M4 l II: t M. . (Ml, M , I'i ItMtl M, H- Improved Mother Conducts Long Campaign to Free Her Son Mrs. Margaret Erickson Back ' From Walk to Washington En Route to Leavenworth Son Wat Veteran. . Fremont, Neb., April 8. (Special Telegram.) "I won't give up. I'll just keep trying and - trying and maybe I'll have my boy out soon," was. the determined statement made by Mrs, Margaret Erickson, 63, who .started out from Fremont on foot today ' headed for Leavenworth, Kan., where she hopes to secure the release of her stepson, Joe Anderson, 21, wounded veteran of the A. E. F. Mrs.' Erickson arrived in Fremont today on her return trip overland from a ; personal interview with President Harding, concerning a pardon for her son. She left Fremont last September, and went to Huntington, Va., on foot, excepting when autoists would give her a lift. At Huntington, she met a former buddy of another step son, Don Anderson, who died in France." The dead soldier's former pal, gave Mrs. Erickson a ticket to Washington. ' Accompanied by an Airedale dog, the devoted mother resumed her worry journey once more, this time to Leavenworth. President Hard ing ordered the boy's release on a previous occasion, according to Mrs. Erickson but before he had inhaled a breath of free air, he was rear rested on a,charge of forging a post office money order. The mother says she has taken steps to secure his freedom from the two-year sentence on account of his ill-health. He suffered gas wounds in the Argonne, says Mrs. Erickson, and is. in a critical condition. " ' -. Undismayed by the red tape and delay that faces her at every turn, the patient mother speaks well of the kindness shown her throughout her trips. She stated that she visited the president's father, Dr. George Hard ing.' Dr. Harding had been her father's family physician years ago, Mrs. Erickson said, and she was ac corded the best of treatment while in Marion. - v . , Her only son, who is being held at Fort Leavenworth, ran away at the age of 16, and joined company K, 139th infantry. He took part in three offensives, says the mother, and upon his discharge was held for fraudulent enlistment. ; Burglars Get $1 ,000 Loot ' From Haberdashery Store (Over $1,000 worth of shoes aiid men's furnishings were stolen from the C. J. Carlson haberdashery store at 1514 North Twenty-fourth street some vtime after midnight Friday night. . Employes Saturday morning found empty, cartons strewn ovet the floor of the store and displays 'in disor der. The front door had been jim mied with a crowbar, they said. Ac cording to Carlson, the robbery took place after 12 when the lights were turned off in the windows. The Weather ? Forecast. Sunday-r-Rain and colder. ' Hourly Temperatures. S a. m... 61 1 p. m SA a. m sa s p. m l 1 a. ai SI S p. Ml S a. m SI 4 p. m no a. m St S p. m 7 18 a. m .....M 8 p. m M It a. m M t p. m St It noon 61 8 p. m. ,.68 FIVK CENTS Little Girl Kidnaped at Ashland Police Searching for Wealthy Young Fanner, Father of Child. Who Took llrr From (truiiilpareiiU. Mother Is Frantic Here While police of three states spent a watchful night srekiug the arrest of Minor Durell, 22, wealthy young farmer, formerly of Ashland, Neb., lately of Denver, on a charge of kid naping his daughter Grrahlmr. 5, his estranged wife, Mrs. Pcrtha Durell, prut a sleepless night in Omaha. The couple separated a year ago. Geraldme was sent recently to her grandmother, Mrs. James Jardiue of Ashland, of whom the little girl was very fond. Yesterday afternoon the little girl, clad in rompers, was playing shout the front yard of the J. inline homa when a big automobile drove m. One of three men sprang from tlx running board at the command of "There hc is!" ran into the yard and grahhrd the little girl. He raced hark to the big car. the door slammed ' and the machine whirled away at high speed. j I Al 1 ' uranamoiner uivcs niarm. Mrs. Jardine witnessed the kid naping from a front window. It took only a few seconds, she said. She gave the alarm and neighbors started in pursuit in automobiles. The chase led in the direction of Omaha, hut the big machine con taining the kidnappers dwindled al most to a speck in the distance, and the pursuit was abandoned, t Police are ot the opinion that tne trio reached Omaha in safety and took an afternoon" train for Denver. Mrs. Jardine called her daughter by telephone and told her of the kid naping. Thcycould scarcely un derstand each other for weeping. Mother Pleads for Child. From her home, 2146 South Thirty-fifth street, Mrs. Durell went to the office of her attorney, Tom Sheehan, and with him to the police station, where she sobbingly pleaded with the officers to find her child. Mrs. Durell told police she tiled suit for divorce last week, and thinks her husband, fearing permanent loss of the child if she should win the suit, decided on the kidnaping. The Durell marriage was the out come of play days of childhood. The Jardine and Durell farms adjoined. Bertlfa and Minor were the same age. They were in the same classes in cn(.oi, ai.u ai me age or i incy won their parents over and were married. Mrs. Durell cried in tell ing of the first quarrels. Both families are wealthy and are well known in Nebraska. Kinkaid Makes Fight to Keep Land Offices Washfr.gton, April 8. (Special Telegram.) "Uncle Mose" iKnkaid, making a last ditch fight to save the Alliance and Broken Bow land of fices Saturday,' filed a bill in the house which would authorize the continuance of these offices. Under the approprfations for the Depart ment of the Interior it has been con strued that the department would maintain but one office in Nebraska, and that one in Lincoln. Congress man Kinkaid asserts that there is still need for the Alliance and Brok en Bow offices and is bending every effort to have thein retained. His bill has been referred to the com mittee on public lands. Passing of the land offices in the state empha sizes the fact that much of the land has been settled,' where but few years ago millions of acres were open to the homesteader. ? Precautions Taken to "i Guard Liner Leviathan Washington,. April 8. Unusual precautions have been, taken to guard the safety of the giant ocean liner Leviathan on its trip from New York to Newport News to be ' re conditioned at the plant of the New port News Shipbuilding and Dry dock company( William Francis Gibbs, who- will supervise the job for the shipping board announced. The trip is to begii "early tomorrow. K suitable berth at the Newport News plant has been "dredged and a special examination has been made of the Thimble Shoals and Newport News channels, through which the Leviathan will have to pass. -The trip is to begin at dawn to-, ?.t- a morrow wun nooa nae. ine snip is expected to make the 271 miles from Sandy, Hook to Cape-Henry in IS hours at a speed of 15 knots. Exservice Men Are Urged for Postmasters by McLaughlin Washington, April 8-(Spe-cial Telegram.) Last -week was ex service men's week for Congressman McLaughlin. He recommended five world war veterans for postmasters in his district. Saturday the Fourth district congressman urged the ap-. pointmentof Ray Surber as postmas-i ter at Davenport and Fred Herrlein In, tlvi rhnrcrr ' nf tti. nncfnfli. or Deshler. Both, are exservice men. McLaughlin also recommended John TAerbower for postmaster at Glit- A II .1 . I ' I hit. nil inree canainaies success fully passed civil service require ments. Beatrice Newspaper Man , Files for State Senate Beatrice, Neb.. April 8. (Special Telegram.) T. B. Fulton, city edi tor of the Beatrice Daily Express and a newspaper correspondent of this city, filed today as a republican candidate for state senator from the Sixteenth senatorial district, com prising the counties of Gage and Pawnee. v