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The Omaha Daily Bee v i V I - I VOL 61 NO. 238. (f ' 1 f kp.TTrl n 1UP rliers Die in Practice Sir Hom Smith ami Lieut. J. M. Unmrit. Who Planned Flight Around World, Killed in Fill. Plane Drops 3,000 Feet London. April U.-fHv A. IM ir Ki imiitli, the Australian aviU tor who, miiIi hi brother, bir Keith, had plamifd to start (rum Croydon Anril 25. on a lliaht around tlie world, was killfd when hi plane i i relied in a practice flight it Brook li'iiHi today. Licul. J. M. Bennett, an engineer, hIio was pt. lining to accompany Sir Kos and Ins brother on their around-thc-world Might, alio was kilM. 'I lie inacliine which crashed was tlie one the Smith intended to use in their flight. Capt. t'onkerill oi t le Yiikrrs company had previously flown it (or a half hour, then handed it over to Capt. Smith. At the machine was approaching tlie airdrome to land it got into a jin and the crash followed. Sir Xeith Too Late. The accident occurred 15 minutct at'ier Capt. Smith and Lieut. Bennett hi-gen their flight. Sir Keith Smith had intended to make the trial flight with them, but arrived at the air drome too late and was among the crowd that witnessed the tragedy. The machine had climbed graceful ly to a height of more than 3,000 feet when suddenly her nose dipped and she went into a spin. The spec tators thought at first that the air men were attempting to a stunt, but it soon became apparent that the plane was out of control. Sir Ross was killed instantly and Lieut. Bennett died a few minutes after the crash. , "Safety First" Motto. Capt. Smith yesteroay entertained at the Vickcrs works in Wcybridge a large party of friends, who came to wish him luck on -his attempt at world flight. He had completed all of his arrangements and talked io his visi tors with modest confidence in his chances for success. Sir Ross was a pilot remarkable for his skill rather than for feats of the dare-devil type. He neever took chances beyond the necessary opes. "Safety first," with due regard to the accorhplishment of the task before him, was his motto in the air. Distinguished Service. apt. Sir Ross Smith sprang into prominence in my., wnen accom- - "Tauied. by his brother, Sh .Keith, he made - a flignt Trom fc.pg;iana to Australia 11.500 miles, jwinning a prize of 10,000 pounds from , the Australian government. Both avia tors were knighted for the feat. ' Captain Smith saw distinguished rvi;! in the world war, first with the Australian forces in Egypt and Gallipoli, and later with the Austra lian flying corps in Egypt and Pal estine. He was one of the British army aviators, who, in December, 1918. made the first flight from Cairo to Calcutta. Route of Flight The route of the flight around the world which the brothers expected to start from Croydon, near London, April 25, -was by , way of France, Egypt, Asia Minor, India, China, lapan and Siberia, thence jumping to North America at Bering Straits, with landings on some of the Aleu tian islands and at Unalaska, in Alas ka, thence -across Canada to the Soo, swinging there, to the southeast to New York and continuing along the Xcv England coast Jo Newfound land for the jump across the At lantlc to Ireland. - Weather Delays Portuguese. i Lisbon: "April 13. (By A. P.) Bad weather prevented a start today '. by Captains Sacadura and Coutinho, the Portuguese aviators, "on the third stage of their, flight to Brazil from the Cape Verde islands to St. Paul, in mid-Atlantic. The aviators ca bled here today that the conditions would make it impossible for them to leave before Sunday. Jap Troops Drive Chita ," , ' Forces From Neutral Zone Tokio, April 13. (By A. P.) Japanese troops have driven '"the Chita government forces out of the . neutral zone between them and the. Vladivostok government troops, says a dispatch received in Tokio today from Vladivostok. - The Japanese have forced the Chita troops as far north as Shmakovka, about 150 miles from Vladivostok and are approaching the Usuri sta tion, a few miles farther north, says the dispatch. The Vladivostok government troops have occupied the town of . Olga. . - ." ' '"' Japs Kill Chita Troops. ' Riga, April ll-(By A. P.)-A dispatch from Chita says that troops of the republic while attempting to parley with the Japanese in com mand at the village of Brussifka in order to request permission to pass with the purpose of pursuing the "white" forces, were fired on by Japanese artillery, infantry and air plane, losing 30 men killed and wounded. Irish Peace Meet Starts. Dublin, April 13.-(By A. P.) The peace conference summoned by t - - j i rvx--:tt r r..ui: 4-.ora ju.jtui -f item ui xyuuini uc- tran its sessions in the mansion house at 3 o'clock this afternoon. with leaders of all factions present The conference adjourned late m th afternoon until Wednesday next without anv agreement having been reached. It is reported the earnest Uh was exoressed by all the par ties represented that no interference occur with pfplK meetings. - . Sauaa-Cl Hw t, V 4 ft an Around-World Airmen Kiiy as Plane Falb Rom Smith. Lieut J. M. Bennett. House Factions Prepare for Test on 1923 Navv Bill First Showdown on Measure Expected Saturday With '. Both Sides Claiming , Victory. Washington, April 13. House fac tions upholding and opposing the 1923 naval bill with its provision for an enlisted iorce of 65,000, were Knt i, n tfinicrtit frtr til first slinw down, probobly on Saturday, with both ides claiming victory, . There was no session today be- nnu n( th Hpath nf f?(nrisf nta- tive Benson of. North. Carolina, and meanwhile the roundup of members for and against the bill continued. Satisfied the house would stand by it as framed, Chairman Keeley, who is handling tne out on ns lempcs tious voyage, announced he would not agree to the proposal put for ward in some quarters, to delay until after the taster noimays ine voie nn an amendment increasing the strength to 80.000. With easy sail ing in the early stages, tne ennstea personnel section ought to be reach ed late tomorrow, with enough de bate under the five-minute rule to prevent the first roll call before ad journment for thenight. Twenty-five of the 36 members of the Pennsylvania delegation voted at a conference, to stand for the 80, 000 amendment. Two of these re served the right to change, if con vinced later that the committee fig ure would maintain the 5-5-3 ratio. Under house procedure the amend ment will be adoptedor rejected by the committee of the whole without a roll call. Should the "big navy" men win, the amendment would go to the house and would probably fall by a record vote.. 6,000,000 Russians to Have Died of Famine by Harvest Geneva. April 13. Between 6,000, 000 and 7,000,000 Russians will have died of famine before the next crops are harvested, according to a report receive'd today from Capt. Quisling, representing the international relief organization headed by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. Capt. Quisling estimates the number of sufferers orl May 1 at 500,000 in the region of Odessa and at 1,000,000 in each of the following Nirolaieff. Ekaterin- oslav, Donetz, Kharkof ,, - Kremen- tchoug and Poltava. -. ' Fremont "Blind" Man Makes Successful Run for Train Fr.mnnt Krh Anril 13. (Spe cial.) Anxious to catch a train out of the city, , an alleged blind man, ,i,Vi Viae hitkincr the sympa thetic, in Fremont for a few days, suddenly "regained his signt, as nis train' started to pull out. The "blind" man. carrying his cane in one hand and suitcase in the other, dodged the crossing watchman and ran diagonally across the treacher ous tracks, making a straight line for the outgoing train. r ' i Sell that v furniture through a Bee "Want" Ad .-v. 17th and FanUm AT Untie 1000 mm F. 1ST?) i 14 MM. M k ttl Lenine to Journey to Genoa Meet Will Replace Chitrhcriti ai Head of Runs Delegation "When Conference Reaches Proper Surc." Wirth to Quit Meeting tirnoa. Anril 11 (Hv A. While rumor of a ideational nature wcrt Using thickly about cunfrrencc I circle today, inot of than bring promptly ditavOMed. the one fact that ' kppcarrd to stand out in the some what clouded atinosilieic was that neither the dikjrmamcnt nor repara tions q notions would he brought up for sprrilic action against the posi tion of France. The disarmament discussion had centered in rumor that Prime Min ister Lloyd tieorge wovld proone a military holiday for a fixed lime. litis was flatly disavowed this after noon by members of the British dele gation. t Other report were that the Rus sians and tlie Germans were prepar ing to leave the conference unless reparations and disarmament were made part of the agenda. These were also officially denied. Genoa, April 13.-(By A. T.) Xikolai Lenine, soviet premier, will come to Genoa to replace George Chitchcrin as head of the Russian delegation, when the negotiations at the economic conference reach the proper stage, . says the newspaper Secolo. Two currents of opinion seem to have arisen in the delegation here. One is absolutely intransigient in favoring the proposals contained in the report of the allied experts. The other favors acceptance of the report as a basis for discussion on the fol lowing fundamental points: Liberty of Commerce. "First, liberty of commerce to be insured to foreigners; second, the granting of juridical guarantees; third, acknowledgement of the debts accrued by Russia under the czar ist government if the allies are ready to indemnify Russia for dam ages suffered from the Kolchak, Dcn ikine and Wrangel armies. According to the Russians, the in demnity they claim far exceeds the debts of the czarist government. The entire Russian delegation agrees on rejection of all measures aiming to introduce capitalization in to their .country or to. reduce it juridically to the status of a colony. They chiefly object to the suggestion of the experts that the verdict of a Russian law court against a foreign er cannot be carried outwithout the consent of a consul representing the country of which such a foreigner is a citizen. , Marshal Joffre . to Start Capitol French Warrior to Turn Spade of Earth for $5,000,000 Building Is Lincoln Plaji. T.inrnln. Anr il 13. Marshal Joffre of France will break ground for NokraeWa'c nrw $5,000,000 Capitol. under plans adopted today by com mittees representing tne state, cuy, University- of Nebraska, civic or ganizations, American Legion anu veterans of Americas earlier wars, following rccepit of a message from the French hero now touring the country, -that ho would stoo off in Lincoln for a few hours Saturday afternoon. ' , , A demonstration will be accorded the marshal at the railroad station and later he will be escorted to tne capitol grounds by military and civil units,, heading a paraae. i to gether with other officials, Marshal Toff re will turn aspade of Nebras ka soil. Following the ceremonies. a public reception is planned. The -"Pershing Rifles," the crack rmmt nf University cadets named after General Pershing, whom Lin coln claims, will act as otnciai mili tary escort. , Miners-Operators' Attempt to End Coal Strike Halted New Yerk, April 13. Efforts of the anthracite miners-operators subcommittee on wage contract ne-gotiations-to settle the strike will be temporarily abandoned after today's session, to perrnit members to re turn to their respective districts, it was announced at union headquar torc psinns nrobablv will not be resumed until next Tuesday, it was said. ; , Return to Work. Mactivillp Tenn.. Anril 13. Miners of the Bon Air corporations, which operates mines at Bon Air. Kavcns croft, Eastland and Clifty. Tenn.. are said in advices today to have all re turned to work on the 1917 scale with an agreement that whatever scale is adopted by the miners and operators in their negotiations eventually will be effective. Deposed Minister Who Baptized Dog Rc-Elected Brookline. Mass.. April 13. The Rev. Edwin Curtis, who., some ff his flock asserted, baptized a dog and asked a blessing on "French fried potatoes," was last night re-elected pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this town by the members. The action was taken in defiance of the Boston Presbytery, which ruled that Mr. Curtis, who was on proba tion as oastor of the . church, was not eligible and had refused to in stall him two weeks ago. , For the last two Sundays the pulpit was filled by the Presbvtcrv and Mr. Curtis sat in the auditorium V OMAHA, FRIDAY, Flood Damage Serious in Two Illinois Towns ntrdton, HI. April 13 The Illinois river was rising rapidly hers hut night and flood damage grew more serious its niter worked hsvoc to building, many of which settled, breaking window pane and strain ng doors. Ninety blocks of I' , ity were affected by th ' tA "torn and tlirateri cW' .A The river reached v, ..,t$ Stnrrt f fatit - ' 9" than the highwster rec?,0' ' . The drainage district ,.t, pro tecting 5,000 acres of Urm lands, broke tonight. Cairo, 111., April 13. AH hope of saving the levee protecting Fast i'ape Girardeau and the Clear creek drainage district, approximately 12, UK) acren, was abandoned late last ni;lt. when a forecast of 37 feet for the Mississippi river was made by W. li. Barron of the weather bu reau. This would be the highest stage since 1844. Gen. Scmenoff Surrenders to N. Y. Sheriff Search for Anti-Bolshevik Leader Ends Maryland Company Formally Can cels Bond of $25,000. New York, April 13. General Gregorie SemcnofT, former ataman of the Cossacks, for whom deputy sheriff have been searching for two days, surrendered in Sheriff Naglc's office today. The Fidelity and Deposit company of Maryland formally cancelled its bond of $25,000 under which Scme noff had been out on bail since his recent arrest in bankruptcy pro-1 ceedings. The surety company announced that it had cancelled the bond for "patriotic reasons." The company returned to Mrs. Scmenoff her neck lace and diamond rings which she had put up for security. Although she claimed the necklace was worth $60,000 and her rings worth $20,000, an appraisal showed them to. be worth only $12,000 and $2,000. re spectively, according to officials of the company. General Semenoff waited uneasily for another bondsman to appear. It was said several surety companies were considering giving a bond. Nabbed for Carrying Gun. New York, April 13. While dep. uty sheriffs were hunting today for General ' Gregorie Semenoff, former ataman of the Cossacks, to furnish a new bond in the bankruptcy pro ceedings against him, his aide, George W. Prousky, former district attorney at Pctrograd, was arrested at , Broadway and Chambers street charged with carrying a pistoL with out -a permit. -x . Prousky latcn produced a regula tion permit to carry a pistol and was released. . Co-Operation Refused. . Washington, April 13. Allied sol diers in Siberia were greeted with, insolence and were refused co-operation by the Semenoff forces, the sen ate labor committee was told today in its investigation into the activities of General Gregorie Semenoff, anti bolshevik leader, whose deportation i? sought by the committee chairman, Senator Borah of Idaho.- The wit ness was Captain Edwin L. Earle of St. Paul, a former officer of a British engineer corps. Fire Destroys v Over 100 Houses Flames Sweep Suburb of Nor folk, Va. 500 Families . Made Homeless. . Norfolk, Va April 13. Berkley, a suburb of Norfolk, was swept by fire today which destroyed . . more than 100 houses, covering an area one mile in length and average from two to four blpcks in width. Five hundred families are estimated to have been made homeless and the damage will run to nearly a mil lion dollars. The blaze originated in the Tunis' lumber mills on the southern branch of the Elizabeth river, and three steamers in the river were burned, catching-from spafks.. The fire spread quickly to the north, the sparks being carried 100 yards or. more. Most of the houses in the path were negro homes of wooden construction. The Carrier's Own Poem ' MY ROUTE. ' I never loaf, I haven't time, 1 deliver my papers rain or shine. I love my patrons, and they love me; 1 That's why I hurry to deliver The Bee. It strengthens my nerves and im proves my form, To come in from the rain, Where it's nice and warm. . I collect my money when my money is due, I never have trouble with the folks of "Little Soo." My little route is very scattered, But with a bomb could not be shattered. Another line and my story is told, I want to earn money before I am old. ' Lloyd Petersen. , . Little Sioux, Iowa. APRIL II. 1022. jjpt t Good. Will Delegation Endorsed by President Women Elected . From Omaha Bee Territory to Be Members of Party Arousing International Interest Paris Papers Carry News - of Election. Work of the American Committee for Devastated France is receiving highest commendation from states men on both sides of the Atlantic. In a letter to the committee. Presi dent Harding says: "The strong ties of friendship ex isting between France and the United States, aside from, the real need which exists for the ministra tions of your organization, make this effort one which lies close to the hearts of the American people. "I alii glad, therefore, in .this way to add my word of endorsement and commendation to the work in which yon are engaged." . The history of the American Com mittee for Devastated France dates back to 1917, when 10 American women were stationed by, Gen. Pe tain at Blerancourt to look after the physical and moral . welfare of the small civilian population still living there and to help make the region' habitable for refugees who desired to return. Mrs. A. M. Dike and Miss Anne Morgan were leaders in this band; their work was entirely successful and the committee now is helping to reinstate approximately 50,000 persons on a self-supporting basis. . . Interest Aroused. , The Good Will Delegation of "the American committee . is arousing great interest throughout the coun try and, is taking on a national sig nificance. ' Louisville closed an election April 1 in which three girls were named to go. .with the delegation. The papers of Paris carried the news and sent cable congratulations, to the city as being the first to send three dele gates. ' . Child Dies After Eating v What Believed Mushrooms Los Angeles, April 13. Gilbert Hen-man, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Herrman, died in the county hospital here today after eat ing what his parents believed were mushrooms. His mother is critically ill fram the same case. The father, sick for a time, recovered sufficiently to go home. . . . , r. Opening Season Dates - for. National Parks Set Washington, April 13. Opening and closing dates of the tourist sea son in the national parks for 1922 have been announced by Secretary Falls as follows; Crater Lake NaHonal park. Orpron. July 1 to September 20: tieneral Grant j National rnrk. California, May 24 to Octo ber 10; Glacier National park, Montana. June 15 to September 15; Grand Canyon National park. Arizona, open all year; Hawaii National park, Hawaiian ialands, open all year: Hot Springs National park. Arkanaaa, open all year; Lafayette Na tional park. Maine, June 1 to November 1; I.asaen Volcanic National park, California, June 15 to September 1: Mesa Verde Na tional park. Colorado. May IS to November 1; Mount McKlnley National park, Alaska, no official season (summer only); Mount Rainier National park, Washington, June 15 to September 15: Rocky Mountain Na tional park, Colorado. June 15 to October 1; Sequoia National park. California. May 14 to October 10: Wind Cave National park. South Dakota. June 1. to September 50: Tellowstone National park, Wyoming, June 10 to September 15; Tosemite Na tional park, California, open all year; Zlon National park, Utah, May la to Octobelf " . II will f4 ka Another Mysterious Stranger Harms!. !; - "-. ll,T RBBi Nominations of candidates to run in the Good Will election will open Sunday for 10 days. At the close of nominations voting will begin. Every 10 cts, contributed to the work of the American Committee for Devastated France will count as one vote for a designated candidate. These five rules govern the nomi nation: , ; V Each candidate must be above 18. She must live in Iowa or Nebraska. . She must be partly or wholly self supporting. ' She must be of good moral char acter, r, She must be of acceptable educa tional standard. ' All Expenses Paid. Each winner of the. election w ill re ceive a trip to France with all ex penses paid. This tour will include the railroad trip to New York, the voyage across the Atlantic and rail road -trip direct to Paris without the usual formalities oi passport and customs inspections. On arrival in . Paris, the delega tion will be welcomed officially by the French, government and then sent on a threerweeks' tour of the battlefields "and' devastated areas of France and then through the beauti ful, regions of Brittany and Norman dy which were untouched by the war. .Thea- back to Paris for eight days 'Ssightseeing as guests of the Arnericaia" committee and the French government. All expenses of dele gates will be paid and first-class ac commodations .. for steamers, rail roads, hotels ,and automobiles have been arranged. All communications regarding the contest should be addressed to The Good Will Delegation, 320 Peters Trust Building, Omaha, Neb. 107 -sm. i ii v n . . Man Injured b Train Is Awarded $3,000 Damages Fremont Neb.. Apr 13. (Spe cial.) George W. Hall, Fremont, won a' verdict of- $3,000 . damages from the? Union Pacific railroad in district court for-an accident which occurred in 1916. Hall received the full amount requested as damages in his-petition. The-accident" occurred on a rail road crossing within tlie city limits. Halt and his witnesses testified that the passenger train, which struck his automobile, 'was traveling at an excessive rate of speed and that the engineer failed to sound a. cross ing signal. The jury was out about an hour. . Fremont "Gang" Leader to Escape Reform School Fremont, Neb., April .13. (Spe cial.) Judge Button rescinded his sentence -ordering Edwin McClus key, '16. to the Kearney reform school, following his arrest as ring leader of a band of youthful chicken thieves. He is the last one to secure his parole of the half dozen who were entangled in the juvenile band. Mrs. McCluskey, proprietor of a rooming house, promised to take her sort to Iowa, where he will be kept from the influence of evil compan ions and attempt to reform his hab its. . 1 L t. U: ... II I American Relief Workers Slain by Faming Sufferers Starting Russians Seize and Devour Horses After Kill ing Drivers Men Quit ' ting Their Posts. ' . (By the AmoWMed Pma.) Paris, APril 13. A number of American drivers of relief wagons in Russia have been killed in the streets by the famished populace who seized the horses for food, ac cording to reports received today by American relief organizations in Paris from the Ufa,- Bashker and Tchyliabui famine- districts. ' Two drivers for the American relief ad ministration were killed this week the reports say ' ; ' Several other employes of the re lief administration, fearing their lives, have quit their posts, the reports added. The danger has become so great that it is no longer safe to venture into the streets. People are being killed every day, it was said,, and the natives, maddened from star vation, strip the clothes from the bodies of their victims. The reports said the Americans were feeding 150,000 sufferers in the Ufa district. but that the death rate was continuing unabated. Cholera, smallpox, typhus and dysentery are raging and the hospitals are destitute of supplies and extremely-short of helpers. BiKer cold and the com plete absence of. fuel are adding to the sufferings., , The hospitals are choked with pa tients suffering from serious intesti nal disorders due to. the eating of poisonous iobd , in their desperate impoverishment. The reports said people were eating bark, roots, hides, dogs, cats and even human flesh. Danville Man G. 0. P. Choice in "Uncle Joe's" District v" Danville,' III., April 13. Complete official returns from the 18th' con gressional district today shoV that John H. Lawman of Danville was nominated as republican candidate for congress at Tuesday's primary ovcrW. P. Holaday of Georgetown by a majority of. 4 votes. "Uncle Joe", Cannon,- the ,'rescnt congress man', will retire at, the end of his term. . '. . War Finance Body Approves " Loans of $18,000 in State Washington. D. C, April 13. (Special Telegram.) The War Fi nance corporation announced today that from April 10 to April 12 it ap proved advances of $18,000 for agri cultural and livestock purposes in Nebraska, and $50,000' jn Iowa. The Weather Forecast. Friday fair; not much change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures. S a. m . . . at. m . . . 7 a. m . . a. m... S a. m . . . 1ft a. m... II a. m... It noon. . . 1 p. m. . 2 p. m.. S p. m . , 4 p. m . . 3 p. m. . 5 p. m. . ....SI s . . .V52 ... M ....SI ....S3 ....Si ....SI ...TO ...40 ...411 ...it ...43 ... ...49 ! a p. m... p. Highest Thursday. Cheyenne ' . . .3s j Pueblo . . .6! I Rapid City ...44 Rait Lake . ...4S Hants K . . . . I Kherldan . .. .38 1 b'luux city Iavenport . Denver . . . . Dea Molnea Dodge City Lander .... TWO CENTS Daugherly Attacked in Air Probe jOuUide litfltifinc (Iued At ! torncy General to HjIi ,r. tiuii on 0rrp)iueut, j Investigator Mi arse. I ' j Newberry Also Involveo j Itmaaa Itaa 4 It Ira I Wellington, April !.'.-( Iiji iu' tut powerful oiitnilr tniluriiiei vucd Attorney Oner! lljughrrt; to halt rll.trla f force uvinciit le tii government ( million of dol lars of overcharge in .'rrrsft ron tr.cu were made by I.. I Scaif who recrntly rcaigned a iVpart inrnt of Justice agcut. Secretary ol War Vecl. 5ena torNnsberry. Michigan. and Seiutoi 'I'oh iiicui, Michigan, were named 1" Ss'tc a hainK played a part it holding up government actior ftgainH tin Lincoln' Motor com pany, recently fiirrhacd Uj lleirj l ord, and the Wright-Martin Air craft corporation. Senile's auicmcnt ma made pub lic by Rcprecntative Woodruff, ' Michigan, who on Tuesday an nounced in the hoiue that he would I move the impeachment of Attor !nry General Daugherly unless he jtook prompt steps against the Lin I coin Motor company. Contractors Overpaid. Scaife, up to a few days ago, wa engaged in investigating aircraft contracts made during the- war. l.'ae were discovered in which "cer tain contractors had been overpaid enormously." Scaiie stated. Among these case were those of the Wright-Martin Aircraft corpora tion, in which the government ac countants reported overpayments to the amount of $5,267,476, and the Lincoln Motor company, in which case the report of the audit stated the overpayments to be $9,188,561. "After these cases had been regu larly placed in the hands of the United States attorneys, with in structions to proceed to protect the government's interest." the report says, "both were withdrawn from their hands, not on the initiative of any person connected with the De partment of Justice, but because of influence exerted by persons outside of the Department of Justice. The documents presented to congress by Mr. Woodruff will show that the case of the Wright-Martin Aircraft corporation was withdrawn from the hands of the -United States attorney in Kew York at the- Instance of Charles Hanideiu a director of the . corporation, .. through the influence and assistance of the .secretary of war. . Newberry Involved. "When the audit of the Lincoln Motors company developed its dis closures, the papers were placed in the hands of Assistant Attorney Gen eral Crim who, after a conference with Col. Goff, assistant to the attor ney general, immediately wired, the., United States attorney, in Detroit, placing the case in his hands. ' "I am reliably informed that the next person to appear on the scene was Senator Truman H. Newberry, who telephoned to Mr. Crim, re questing him to withdraw the case from the hands of the United States' attorney in Detroit and return it to the Department of , Justice. My in formation is that when ' Mr. , Crim positively refused to be a party to such .procedure. Senator Newberry look the matter up with the attorney general and his' purposes were ac complished. I also understand that Senator Townsend invaded the pre cincts of the Department of Justice in the matter and that his telegram in this behalf is a matter of record." Sixteen Teachers Resign ; '; " in Alliance Public Schools Alliance, Neb.. April 13. (Spe cial.) Sixteen out of 42 teachers in the Alliance public schools have failed to sign renewal .contracts for next year and their resignations have been accepted by the board of educa tion. ' ' . . , : ' Five of those who will not return . are high school teachers, ten ' are grade teachers and the other is the penmanship supervisor. Supt. W. R. Pate, who has been head of the schools here for 14 years, and- F. C. Prince, high school principal, are among those who Will remain. Mr. Pate has, been given a three-year contract at a salary of $4,000 a year, the same as , he is now receiving. The salaries of all teachers will be the safne next year. as they are .this year. ,. ; . .. 15 Alliance School Pupils -Pass Music Memory Test Alliance, Neb.. April 13. (Spe- cial.) Fifteen of the 52 pupils of the Alliance schools, who took part in the musical memory contest, sue-. cessfully passed the examinations at a public program. . The winners were decided by their ability to recognize a composition by hearing it played or sung, tell something of the composer and his nationality and correctly spell the title of the composition. The program was directed by Mrs. . Inice Dunning, supervisor of music in the oublic Schools. ' L. A, Muny Movie Fails. Los AiiRcIes, Aoril J3. Los An geles' municipal experiment in con ducting a motion picture theater has resulted in a deficit of $723 in four weeks, and the city council's finance committee has recommended that the "curtain be rung down" on the en terprise. ', -, Cronna .Goes Under Knife. Rochester. Minn.. April 13. A. J. Gror.na. former United States sena tor from North Dakota, underwent an operation for an abdominal trouble here today and - an hour after the operation his condition was reported as "very favorable," i " ' 11