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    The Omaha Daily Bee
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VOL 51-NO. 267.
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OMAHA. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1922.
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TWO CENTS
Marshal
Outshoots
Mob of 250
Officer Kills Constable ami
Wound 2 in Ma-kcl Band
Raiding Alleged Boot
legger'a Home.
Ku Klux Klan Suspected
Lot Angelea, Cal., April 24 An
inquctt overhc body of M. B.
Mother of Inglewood, who wi shot
and killed by town marshal late
Saturday night when the marshal at
tempted to halt a raid by masked
men on an Inglewood home, will be
held at Inglewood tomorrow morn
ing. The district attorney an
nounced that William Scoburn.
grand goblin of the Ku Klux Klan,
nd W. G. Price, king kleagte, would
be summoned to testify.
One phase of the affair cugag
iia attention of official here was
the connection with the raid, if any
connection existed, of the Ku Klux
Klan. Cohurn arrived on the scene
within a half hour of the shooting,
Uthough it was near midnight when
it occurred, lie explained his
promptness by saying that lie had
been told of the affair by Trice, who
in turn had heard of it from the
Imriff's office.
Negroes Alarmed.
A further development n a M.itc
mcnt of the leader of a negro colony
of 45,000 persons here that members
of his race had designated groups for
defense and were arming to prevent
any mob aggression. A spokesman
raid that the negroes feared that the
next move of the masked raider
illicit he directed against them.
William F..- Moslicr, sun of the
.'a in constable, and who was shot
in the arm by Night Mrashal Wocr
ner, in a statement to officers exon
erated Woerner of all blame for
slaying his father and declared if he
had not been wounded he , would
have killed Woerner. lie also ad
mitted that the crowd had gathered
to talk over a matter of law enforce
ment which, according to him, had
rot been handled by the authorities
in the proper manner. .
Probe Centers on Inquest.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 24. "The
fullest investigation" which county
officials promised would be made of
the raid at Inglewood, a suburb,
early yesterday morning, when one
man was killed and two -wounded,
one possibly fatally, was expected
....center about an inquest over the
body oi the dead man either today
or tomorrow. While members of the
staffs of the district attorney, the
sheriff and the coroner,' combining
forces for the investigation, declared
they were convinced the raid upon
the residence of .Mathias and Fidel
El Duayen was the work of a well
organized band," W. S. Cobiirn, Los
Angeles attorney and grand goblin
of the Pacific domain, the Knights
of the Ku Klux Klan, told newspaper
men, in answer to direct questions,
that if any members ot that organi
ration participated they had done so
without official sanction.
Dead and Injured.
, The .dead and injured men, all
peace officers, were declared by
Eugene Biscailuz, under-sheriff, to
have been members of the masked
and armed band, estimated at from
200 to 250, which raided the El
Duaven home because of the report
ed belief that the El Duayen brothers
were bootleggers. The band subject
ed the household to fear and brutal
ity; two young girls to indignities,
and the men to kidnaping and threats
of death.
Frank Woerner, night marshal at
Inglewood. responding to calls from
neighbors of the El Duayens, was
halted by masked men. An exchange
of shots - followed, M. B. Mosher,
constable of Inglewood, was mor
tally wounded, dying six hours later
in a hospital. His son, Walter, also
his ' deputy, was shot in the arm.
Leonard Ruigg, a special deputy
sheriff, was shot in the abdomen and
may die. -
Marshal .Woerner had responded
to call for help from T. Shitara, a
Japanese neighbor of the Elduayens.
He went to the scene on a motor
cycle driven by Clyde Vanatta.
Three Shots Fired.
The marshal ordered thre masked
men .to throw up their hands. r-
One ' of the men answered:
'"Throw up your hands of we will
blow you to "hell 1"
Three shots were fired. .
"He's shot one of our boys,"
came a cry from the darkness.
"Get the 1"
A fusillade of shots followed. The
marshal ' fought coolly and alone.
Whenever a flashlight showed
among the band he fired.
One man felt. Vanatta said he
tore off his mask and found it was
Constable . Mosher. Two others
dropped to the ground. They were
Walter Mosher and Leonard Ruigg,
according to Vanatta.
Investigating .officials declared
Walter Mosher declined to explain
how he and his father had been
among the alleged raiders.
According to the investigating of
ficials, Mathias Elduayen, with his
brother, Fidel, were threatened with
death by hanging and shooting and
finally dragged from their home
and carried six. miles, where they
were left, tied.
Next, ft is charged, Bernada and
Mary Elduayen, 13 and 15 years of
age, respectively, daughters of Fidel
Elduayen, were compelled to dress
before the raiders.
Lord Mountbatten Dies.
London,- April 24. Lord Leopold
Mountbatten, youngest son of Prin
cess Beatrice and the late Prince
Henry of Battenberg, and brother of
Queen Victoria of Spain, died today.
Lord Mountbatten underwent an
opcragon aaturuay ana tailed to
rally. He was 33 years old and serv
ed throughout the European war,
Schumann-Heink
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Mme. Schumann-Heink.
Dcs Moine. April 24. (Special
Telegram.) The modern "flapper"
is a menace to .society, in the opinion
of Mme. Schumann-Heink, opera
contralto, in Dcs . Moines today.
"She paints, she powders. She
spends her time on the street. She
wears her skirts to her knees. She
learns none of the household arts
which a woman'should know. When
she marries, she knows none of the
joy of doing her own work, sweeping,
cooking, washing. .She is afraid of
the responsibilities of having a home
and children."
Mme. Schumann-Heink, known as
"Mother" in many of the soldiers'
campl during the war, and famous
for her exceptionally domestic tastes,
while she has been one of the world's
greatest singers, thus denounced
"flappcrdom" in her statement at Ho
tel Fort Dcs Moines Monday morn
ing. "But I do not blame the girls,
after all. It is the parents' fault," she
added. . -.i
Mary Garden Quits
as Opera Director
"Reason Bade Me Resign,'
Says Prima Doniia Sea
son Loss $1,000,000.
Chicago, III., April 2.4. Though
Mary Garden- announced nothing
definite concerning her future, follow
ing her resignation last-night as gen
eral director ot the
Chicago Opera
association, it was
expected that she
would leave for
New York some
time today, osten
sibly for a confer
ence ;: with her
concert manager,
Charles Wagner,
who is reported to
have offered her
$250,000 for a
concert tour next
season. Later she
may. go to Europe Mary Garden
for a soiourn. ;
Miss Garden's withdrawal from
the leadership of this city's . opera
was .quite as dramatic as her entry.
She sookc spiritedly ot Americanism
tmd American ideals in opera, main
taining that her "fighting blood
nnred her to . stay but ' her reason
bade her go. '
Miss Garden's tenure , of office
was marked with considerable tur
moil. It began January 13, 1921.
when at the suggestion of - Harold
McCormick, the position was offered
her. ."
During the year, the organiza
tion's losses have been almost $1,000,
000, the largestin history.
In explaining the deficit Miss Gar
den said that Mr. McCormick had
told her to make his last year as
backer of the company a gala season.
Many new singers were imported
and the attendance for' the season
broke all records. . , " .
Accepts Tabor Presidency.
Tabor, la., April 24. The Rev. Mr.
S. E. Lynd of Des Moines and Chi
cago has accepted the presidency of
Tabor college, Charles E. Howard,
chairman of the board of ' trustees,
announced. '
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Smoot Explains Bill
Washington. Anril 24. There was
! 4ii old-fashioned tariif debate today
in the senate. It marked the real be
ginning of the weeks and perhaps
Months of battling over the adminis
tration measure, which the finance
committee reported two weeks ago.
The dicniou was opened by
Senator ' Smoot, republican, Utah,
with a detailed explanation of the
elastic proposals written into the bill
at the mgttesiion of President Hard
ing, and it included an attack on
those proposal by Senator Jones,
democrat. New Mexico, and the
opening of a general assault on the
whole measure by senator King,
democrat, Ltah. ,
. Scores Measure.
Characterizing the measure as
"more iniquitous'' than the I'ayne-
Aldrirh and Dingley measures, Sen
ator King charged that it was a bill
to "increase the price of everything
the people buy" and was framed in
the interest of the "dye trjist. the
steel trust, the chemical trust, tfce
wollen mill trust, some of the cotton
manufacturing trusts, and the mul
titude of great organizations that in
the past have preyed upon the peo
ple and that in the future will con
tinue their policy of exploitation."
Senator King charged that the ad
dress of Senator McCumber of the
finance committee in calling up the
measure last week was "an appeal
to the predatory interests of the
United States to he" more merciful to
the poor consumer," and said that
when the nation was at war and the
very fate of civilization seemed to
be at stake, some of the same vul
tures that dictated schedules in this
bill were robbing the American peo
ple and the American government.
McCumber Denies "Appeal."
Chairman McCumber later denied
that his address was "an appeal."
He said that in discussing conditions
in the world and in this country
he thought the time opportune to
call attention of manufacturers, re
tailers and factory laborers that the
America public could consume only
as much as it could purchase and
that if production was to be in
creased prices would have to be
brought down to within the reach
of the -conrunicrs pocketbook. .
Reading from an announcement of
the Southern Tariff association that
it had laid its appeal for higher rates
than contained m the senate bill, be
fore the "tariff bloc," Senator King
demanded to know what had be
come of the "able senators who con
stitute the finance committee and
who are supposed' to write tariff
bills."
"The tariff bloc is. supreme," he
added, "and I suppose the manu
facturers and tariff bloc squeezed the
finance committee as a strfwg man
squeezes clay in his hands, o. sought
lo do so.
In his prepared address explaining
the elastic tariff proposal. Senator
Smoot declared they not only offered
a solution of the particular tariff
problem now before congress, but
also suggested a practical basis for
a continuing scientific adjustment of
the tanft in the future.
Pionee; Crete Editor
Succumbs in Hospital
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Crete, Neb., April 24. (Special
Telegram.) Col. C. J. Bowlby, one
of the oldest democratic editors in
the state, died in a Lincoln hospital
after a short illness. -
He came to Nebraska in 1871 and
located at Crete, where he made his
home until the time of his death.
The body was broueht to Crete.
The funeral will be conducted from
the Congregational church, and bur
ial will be beside the body of his
wife in Riverside cemetery.
Pirates Raid Rum Ship
Disguised as U. S. Boat
New York. Aoril 24. A boot
legging scheme whereby liquor was
smuggled into this country from
Bermuda and Cuba on former sub
marine chasers commanded by offi
cers wearing , the uniform of the
United States navy has been un
earthed, it was announced today 'at
tne customs house, l he former
chaser 101, renamed Fidus. has been
seized with its commander and crew
of seven, the announcement stated.
Custom officials claimed to have
received from the crew . a story to
the effect that pirates held up the
chaser yesterday afternoon. 20 miles
off Montauk point, Lone Island.
boarded the craft with drawn re
volvers, bound the commander to
the mast and seized the chaser's car
go of liquor. ( '
Ex-Omaha Air Mail Man
Transferred to Germany
William Votaw. in charee of the
local air mail hangar until he was
transferred to the sea post service
between Porto Rico and New York,
will make one more such trip before
transfer to Germany, according to
letters received by Omaha friends
yesterday. -
Landis' Brother Dies.
Ashville. N. C, April 24. Charles
B. Landis, former member of con
gress from Indiana and for a num
ber of years an official of the Dupont
Powder company, died early today
at a local hospital. He came here
a week ago from Chicago for his
health. Judge K. M. Landis, his
brother, was en route to hi bedside
J when death came.
'Cudahv Fackinir Comnanv anil Union Stockyards
Plarhc: Last-Minute
voting to
Towns Hold
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re are unit? to iijii teiiiumim
" erU and women to be noniiiutcij
'"f Omaha lire Umh Will ton-
Xmnuialion clo. at noun
Wednesday.
Nominee arc bring wlected for
Idkt-uHimciit entry at the t'uiLliy
Tacking company, at the Omaha
tttK-kyard and by itiran of primaries
in Mienandoah and Beatrice. Several
girls desire the nomination from the
city of Ked Oak and will determine
tonight which one of their number
li.il be entered a the candidate
fiom that city.
Mystery Shrouds Campaigns.
Among the friends of the girls al
ready uninitiated an air of mystery
prevails and ni.tiiv hint have come
to the Good Will Editor of blunts be
ing planned. The greatest secrecy is
being maintained, and while plan are
freely dicuscd with the Good Will
Editor it is with the understanding
that thry will not be announced in
advance.
Thursday morning candidates wilt
meet at Hotel Fontenelle where bal
lots will be distributed, moving pic
tures shown, final instructions given
li the nominee, and a complete ex
planation of all details connected with
the securing of votes. Nominees from
out of tovn have been invited and
will have tbeir expenses paid by The
Omaha Bee. The local committee
will act as hos-tcsscs and at the con
clusion of the meeting, which starts
a: 10, a luncheon will be served,
after which the candidates will have
their pictures taken in a group and
start work of securing ballots.
Bootha Being Opened.
Several stores in Council Bluffs
are opening booths fur the reception
of votes for Miss Face and Miss Ella
Fenn. Council Bluffs is determined
that one of these girls shall win, and
Irish Labor Men
Protest Strife
AH Means of' Communication
' in Dublin Suspended
for Day.
By PAUL WILLIAMS.
(CupyrlKbt 18M.)
Dublin, April 24. At 6 this morn
ing labor began its dramatic pro
test against militarism "in the 26
counties.
All means of communication will
be suspended from 6 a. m. until 9
p. m. I hose persons who do -Qi
own automobiles or "carts must walk,
for no public vehicle of any sort will
be permitted to turn a wheel. Ac
cording to plans, the only exceptions
to the general laying down ot tools
will be the usual delivery ot milk,
funerals previously arranged, drug
stores open as on Sundays and po
lice and fire protection.
i To Shut Down "Wires.
' If a person is hurt on the street
he must be carried to a hospital on
a stretcher or a passing vehicle, as
there will be no telephone to sum
mon - an .ambulance. Telegraph
wires will be silent and trains, trams
and taxis dead. Trains from the
north can come as far as the border.
The day and night may bring ex
traordinary developments - accom
panied by violence, but the world
will not hear of it until the post
office reopens and the operators man
the keys.
Hotel guests, not arising before
10, will have to make their own beds.
They must prepare to serve their
own lunch, tea and dinner, or go
without. An Irish major, residing
at the Shelbourne hotel, has made
ud a duty roster, including all the
guests, to form an emergency staff.
Governor Small of
Illinois on Trial
Waukegaii: III., April 24. (By A.
P.) Governor Len Small of Illinois
went on trial here today, charged
with conspiracy to embezzle state
funds. At the close of the first day's
work one juror had been tentatively
accepted by both state and defense,
one tentatively passed by the defense
and 22 dismissed for causes that
ranged from inability to understand
English to , the opinion as to the
governor's guilt or innocence.
Cheered by what they considered
a successful opening day, both sides
were predicting that a jury can be
obtained within a week or ten days.
instead ot the earlier , estimates ot
three or four weeks.
Governor Small, his son Leslie, and
a number of personal friends attended
the opening day's ' session. Judge
Cloir C. Edwards announced it will
not be necessary for - the governor
to remain in court throughout the
trial. '
National Clean Life Week
to Be Observed April 13-30
Chicago, April 24. The appeal of
the National Anti-Cigaret league for
the observance of an anti-cigaret
Sunday" and a "clean life week,"
April 13 to 30,' has met with a coun
trywide response, according to re
ports made public at the national
headquarters here.
Pfedges to abstain from the use
of cigarets, tobacco, alcohol and "to
lead a clean life -morally Will be
sougnt during the weeic by cam
paigners in all parts of the country.
To Test Mrs. Raizen's Sanity.
New York. April 24. Trial of Mrs.
Lillian Raizcn, charged with the mur
der of Dr. Abraham Glickstcin in his
Brooklyn office, has been indefinitely
postponed pending the report of a
commission which has been examin
ing her sanity. District Attorney
Rustcu announced today.
Candidate in Field
Start Friday-Two
Primaries.
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Grinnell College Nominee.
Miss Elizabeth Pace is a senior at
Grinnell college and is planning to
use the Trip to trance as a finishing
course. Grinnell students state that
they are determined to see that Miss
Pace wins one ot the tnps;
elaborate plans arc being made to
boost the voting for these girls.
No votes are to be solicited tint
after the meeting of all candidates
(Turn in I'ntt Two, Column Thrra.)
Keeline Sued tor
$50,000 Alimony
Bluffs Bank Director's Wife
Charges Cruelty and
Misconduct.
John B. Kcclinc. director 'of the
Council Bluffs Savings bank, was
sued for divorce and $50,000 alimony
by his second wife in district court
in Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Keeline was Zclma E.' Shel
lenberg before her marriage in Chi
cago December 4, 1916.
His"' first wilt, Jlargaret Coyle
Keeline, died six years ago. .
In her petition Mrs. Keeline ac
cuses her husband of cruel and in
human treatment of a nature to en
danger her life and health, exces
sive use of intoxicants and improper
association with other persons.
Keeline has real and personal prop
erty worth in excess of $75,000. she
alleges, asking $'50,000 alimony, $5,000
attorneys fees and an absolute decree
of divorce. ' .
She also requests $250 a month
temporary alimony, $500 temporary
attorneys fees and $200 suit costs.
Keeline filed a resistance action
against the last named three items.
declaring he is not worth anywhere
near $75,000."
- Hearing on these items was held
in district court yesterday and Judge
Wheeler awarded Mrs. Keeline $100
temporary monthly alimony and $2s0
attorneys fees.
Man Seeks "Beautiful
Death" of Conan Doyl
Toronto,' Out., April 24. After
reading a newspaper article quoting
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as declaring
that death was "painless and beauti
ful Percy Brown, 7V, committed sui
cide yesterday by asphyxiation. On
his bed was found a newspaper clip'
ping detailing a recent lecture by
the English spiritualist. Near it was
a note in which the aged man had
written : "I am 79 and blind, or very
nearly so, and if this clipping is true,
why should I linger here?
Seattle. Wash., April . 24. The
body of Bert Hobson, former church
singer of Seattle and well known
on the Pacific coast, was found In
Elliott bay here today. Friends said
he had been despondent because he
had lost his voice through a slight
attack of apoplexy.
Man Killed as Shooting
Resumed in Belfast
Belfast, April 24. (By A. P.)
shooting was renewed m the Bally
macarrett district of Belfast early to
day. John Scott, a' youth, was killed
and William Johnston was wounded
iatally. ; r
The hospitals have laree casualty
lists as a result of the recent shoot
ings, but even these do' not indicate
the full number of injured as many
cases are being treated in the homes
ot the victims.
The police barracks at Manor
Hamilton, an important center in
county Leitrim, have been captured
by Free State forces. A motor re
turning from Sligo was seized and
the occupants, all of whom were
armed, were made prisoners. A sec
ond car was disabled by gun fire
and the occupants threw their rifles
into the road.
Jails Nicaraguan Liberals.
Mexico City, April 24. (By A. P.)
The arrest of more than 300 mem
bers of the Nicaraguan liberal party,
because of revolutionary activities,
has been ordered by President Che
morro, according to private advices
received here.
The liberals are reported to have
been unusually aggressive during the
last week and a coup against the gov
cruuicnt was feared
V. v I Si
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Proposes
Bonus Plan
Senator From North Dakota
Laiiiuhri New Scheme,
Said to Be Leu Costly
Than House Bill.
$100,000,000 First Year
By GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
Omaha IW wlr.
Washington, April 24. A , brand
new soldier' bonus bill, said to be
much lets costly than the one paed
by the house, was brought forward
as a basis of agreement at a con
ference behind closed doors between
the senate finance committee and
Representatives of world war veter
an' organizations today.
The new measure is the handi
work of Senator McCumber. North
Dakota, chairman of the committee.
Other members of the committee
look upon it with friendly eyes. Thev
have high hopes that it will furnish
the long-sought bridge to span the
gap between congress. and the ad
ministration over the bonus issue.
1 he feature of the new measure
which has won favor particularly
with members of the finance com.
mittee is the fact that it would re
quire an estimated outlay of about
$100,000,000 next year, compared
whh the Treasury department's es
timate that the bouse bill would cost
about $300,000,000 next year.
Would Spread Cost.
The McCumber plan would snread
the cost lightly over a long period
of years and considerably reduce the
strain upon the treasury. The de
tails have not been disclosed.
Hanford MacNider. national com
mander of the American Legion, and
Robert' G. Woodside, commander-in-chief
of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, were present at today's con
ference. Thev told the committee
at the outset that they favored the
nouse bill. .
Senator Watson. Indiana, who con
ferred with President Harding about
the boims last week, told them point
blank that it would be futile to con
sider the house bill, as the president
certainly would veto it. At this junc
ture the McCumber substitute-was
laid before them. They were ask
ed to consider it carctully and to
report their views to the committee
tomorrow.
Disabled Men Ask Aid.
"The American Legion knows that
congress believes this adjustment of
compensation is' a just and valid ob
ligation," MacNidpr said. "The so-
called opponents, oi this legisation al
ways endeavored to have it appear
that disabled men are not in favor of
adjusted compensation.
for ; the considcrataion of this
committee I desire to insert at this
time in the record, petitions from 15
hospitals, totaling more than 2,000
disabled men, one of which alone has
544 names upon it, all praying for
the immediate passage of this legisla
tion. The originals of these peti
tions were directed to the president
of the United states.
"I cannot conceive that any, mem
ber of this committee believes there
will ever be a congress elected by
the people of American that would
neglect the men who were disabled
through wearing the uniform, no
matter -what the financial condition
of the treasury happens to be in the
future.
"Opposition comes from a small
minority, constituting what may be
termed the big business and financial
interests. . .
Wecostal Pastor
Acquitted of Charge
M. B. Long, a Pentecostal Church
of God pastor with a mission at 937
Isorth Twenty-lourth street, was
found not ' guilty of disturbing the
peace' by putting his arms around
little Bessie Curtiss, 1815 1-2 North
Eighteenth street, by a jury in Dis
trict Judge Day's court yesterday. -
Ihe jury deliberated less than 1U
minutes. Long denied he had ever
hugged any little girls. He had 'ieen
sentenced to 30 days in jail when
arraigned in Central police court, and
appealed the case to the district
court. ' ,.
Morgan to Offer $100,000,000
Loan for Dominion of Canada
New York. April 24. J. P. Mor
gan & Co. announced today that it
would offer tomorrow, a $100,000,-
000 government loan for the domin
ion of Canada.
The bonds will , bear 5 per cent
terest and will run for a period of
30 years, the Canadian government
eservine the right to recall them
in 20 years. Tlfey will be offered at
par and interest.
ihe proceeds will be used by tne
Canadian government to refund the
existing debt of the dominion.
Grandparents Take Girl
One Reported Kidnaped
Mr. and Mrs. James Jardine, jr.,
Ashland, Neb., grandparents of
little Geraldine Du Rell, who was al-
lejed to have been kidnaped by her
father, Minor S. Du Rell, taken to
Denver and later recovered by her
mother, Bertha Du Rell, now suing
for divorce, were given temporary
custody of the child by Judge Scars
in district court yesterday.
To Tell Farmers of Soviet.
Riga, April 24. (By A. P.)
Thousands of Russian farmers in the
American middle west, northwest.
California and Canada, who are de-
lared to be selling their farms and
planning to return to their native
lands, are to be told in plain words
the true conditions that prevails, so
that they will not be shocked when
the enter soviet Rusila,
Emma Calve Falls III
on lexas Concert lour
Emma Calve.
Dallas, Tex., April 24. Mine. Em
ma Calve, concert singer, who has
been touring this section following
early engagements in New York, has
canceled her engagements because of
illness. Mme. Calve took ill Satur
day in Waco and w-as unable to till
her engagement. She will return to
New York.
Colorado Editor
Killed by Rival
Argument Over Stand on
Prohibition Ends in Slay
ing at Durango.
Durango, Colo.. April 24. William
L. Wood, 35, city editor of the Du
rango Herald, was shot and killed
here today by Rod S. Day, 47, editor
of the Durango ' Democrat. The
shooting occurred on Main street in
the business district. Day gave him
self up and is being held at the
sheriff's otficJ. No witnesses to the
shooting have been found.
The trouble between the men is
said to have begun when the Herald
printed a clipping from another Colo
rado newspaper which, declared the
Democrat was' one of the few news
papers in the country fighting the
eighteenth amendment to the consti
tution. The exchange of editorial
comment had been going on about a
week. It finally grew personal.
When Day and Wood met today,
the latter is alleged to have started
an argument. Wood then is alleged
to have struck Day with some un
known weapon, breaking Day's nose
and inflicting other . injuries.. Day
then is alleged to have drawn a re
volver and to .have fired two shots.
Wood died in a hospital an hour '
later.
Day declined to make a statement.
Wood was married , and came here
from Montrose, Colorado.
Dawes Says Busincaa Men
. Should Walk to Keep Fit
Washington, April 24. General
Charles G. Dawes, the . president's
economy engineer, keeps "fit" ' by
taking long hikes. I : .
A long walk in the early -morn
ing air of spring is the best tonic on
earth," said Dawes.
What the jaded business - man
needs is more, hiking and less riding
according to Dawes. ....... r
Too many jaundiced business
men are sweeping themselves rapid
ly toward the grave-by liyfng lives
of ease and luxury," Dave's, said. -
General Dawes; before breakfast
each day, whets his appetite by
stretching out for a four or five-mile
jaunt , through the parks and bridle
paths that extend for miles through
Washington's speedway. It s his
chief recreation..
Habeas Corpus Writ for
Erwin.Bcrgdoll Denied
Washington, D; C, April 24. The
supreme court today denied the ap
plication of Erwin R. ' Bergdoll of
Philadelphia for a writ of habeas
corpus. . Erwin, a brother of Urover
C. Bergdoll, is now serving i
sentence of four years in Leaven
worth for failure to perform military
service during the war and contended
he was unlawfully confined.
Steamer and 17 Missing.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., April 24.
Ihe steamer .Lampden of the Cana
dian lighthouse service, carrying
crew of about 17 men. is believed to
have sunk southeast of Michipicoten
island, in Lake Superior, during the
storm of last week. ,
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Frenchmen
Threaten to
Quit Genoa
Poimare Announcrt it Will
Be Nereiiary to Withdraw i
if Delegation VnabU
to Gain Knd.
Secret Treaty Rumored
Pr.mlr Poincare announced in a
I speech here todsy that if tht French
deleiation at uenoa couia noi v
ahead with its work under tht afrced
cenditioni France would regretfully
have to ceatt participation in the
conference.
To Execute Treaty.
London. April 24. A Central New I
dupawh from ticnoa today says:
"It it learned unofficially that the
red. (oviet Runian representa
live) are negotiating a secret treaty
with Hungary, giving mutual sup
port against Roumania and the little
rnlente."
IJar-Le-Diic. France. April 24
(By A. I'.) France will, if neces
,arv. undertake alone to see that the
treaty of Versailles is executed if
the Germans default in their repara
tions payments, Premier Poincare
intimated in a speech before the
general council oi tne ucyiuncui vi
the Mcuse today.
The 31st of May when the Gcr.
mans must either accept the condi
tions laid down by the reparations
commission or default in their pay
ment, is an important date for
France, said the premier. It is
France's duty, he added, "in full in
dependence" to assume the duty of
maintaining the integrity of the
treaty.
Imprudent to Disarm. '
Referring to the charges of mili
tarism and imperialism made against
France, M. Poincare said.
"The imperialism of France is a
current theme in some countries, in
which we are charged with ulterior
motives of conquest. I do not know
of a single French public man who
has ever dreamed of territorial an
nexation. But who does not under
stand today after the Rapallo ac
cord (the Russo-Gcrman treaty)' the
imprudence there would be-in our
disarming too rapidly." .
"That accord brings out into the
full light the sympathies which had
developed in the darkness between
the bolsheviki and the Germans.
How many persons, wrested from
their confidence of yesterday, will
not now admit that the cabinet was
right . in desiring to insist for the
moment on ... 18 . months military
service."
. Jap Warning on Soriet' ".
Genoa, April 24. (By' A. P.) -Japan,
through Viscount Ishii, added
her voice to the discussion of the
famous memorandum of the Russians
in reply to the report of the London
experts, wnicn orew a protest irom
the French delegation when it, wis
circulated last week in Genoa. - t
The Frenchment and others called
attention to the fact that this memor
andum was in exact contradiction to
the note addressed to the allies ' in
which the soviet delegates accepted
the allies' terms for future discussion
of Russia's problems.
' Viscount Ishii said that Japan had
had plenty of experience with soviet
methods during the negotiations be
tween Japan and representatives' of
the Chita government at Dairen. A
majority , of this Chita government,
he declared, was of distinct soviet
coloring, and Japan learned during
the pourparlers at Dairen, which she
recently was compelled to break off,
that care must .be taken in getting
the bolsheviki to say exactly what
they mean, because they are apt to
return tomorrow claiming the con
trary,. : '
Vatican Denies Pact."
Rome, April 24. (By A. P.) The !
Vatican denies the existence of any,
treaty between it and soviet Russia."'
It was learned at the Vatican today
that there has been re-establishment
of diplomatic relations with Russia.
Hired Man on S. D. Farm
Held in Murder of Employer
Huron, S. D., April 24. Clifford
Chambers, hired man on the Will
Monroe farm, near Faulkton, is in
jail at Redfield this morning charged
with the murder of his employer,
who was shot twice as- he entered
his home with his family after, re
turning from an entcrtainmefltvin
Faulkton Saturday night, i 'V
The bloodhounds brought , from
Mitchell Sunday found a-glove near
the scene oi the murder and traced
the murderer to a place nearbv
where a horse had been tied. The
horse's trail was followed into Faulk
ton, where it turned and led back to
the Monroe-stable. The mate to the
glove found near the scene of the
murder belonged to Chambers. A
shotgun and some-silverware taken
from the Monroe home, were found
in a creek. ...
Greek Forces Capture Two '
Towns Near Smyrna
Constantinople, April 24. (By A.
P.) The capture of Sokia and Scala
Nova, about 40 miles south of
Smyrna, Asia Minor, by Greek-
troops, was confirmed in a Turkish
nationalist communique received here
today. The Greek army has begun
its advance southward. The Turks
are rushing up troops jm great num
bers and heavy fightirrf is reported
in the Italian zone.
Shriners to See Volcano.
San Francisco" ; April 24. Shriners
who make the pilgrimage to Hawaii
June 16 will see the Kilauea volcano
at its most active state, according to
report received by the Matsoit
Navigation comnanv " from -. Dr.
Thomas A. Jaggar. head of the Ha
waiian volcano ooservatory. Dur
ing the last week the lava lake in the
volcanic tire pit has risen four or fivt
feet a day,:the report said.