The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 279.
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Receiver of
Lion Firm
Is Ousted
Amoi Tbomn Loin Post
Nebraska Creditor! to Get
No Preference in
Settlement
Court Decision Reversed
Receivership of tiie Lion Bonding
and Surety compiny hat been taken
away rom Amos Thomas, working
under the state department of trade
and commerce, by decision handed
down by the United Slate circuit
court of appeal at St. Louis. The
receivership is given to A. J. Hertx
and John I. Levin, Minneapolis.
.Hallcck Rose and Mr. Thomas
have received notice of the decision.
They have not yet received copies of
the text.
"It looks as though we will have to
give up the receivership," said Mr.
Thomas. "The transfer will Involve
an enormous amount of work and ex
pense. May Appeal
"Other circuits of the United
States court have held just the oppo
site opinion from the one expressed
by the St. Louis court, and it is pos
fible that, on this ground, we may
appeal td the supreme court."
The decision reverses that of Fed
eral Judge YVoodrough, w hen, on
September 24, 1921, he dismissed a
motion of the Minneapolis contest
ants to enjoin Thomas from with
holding company papers from them.
That contest was. in effect, to get
.possession of the home office of the
company here.
Judge Woodrough's decision was
on the cround that the matter shotild
have to be brought up in the district
'court instead of in the federal tri
bunal. Confuses Activities.
' The decision is of tremendous con
sequences because, it is said, it will
nullify all the nuze of activities in
winding up the company's affairs,
since the state and Mr. Thomas took
charge in April, 1921. Numerous law
suits have been filed and a vast num
ber of other activities are thrown
into confusion.
In addition, the decision completely
knocks out the preferred standing of
Nebraska creditors. With a Nebras
ka receiver operating under "the di
rection of the state, creditors in this
state had hopes of receiving 100 cents
on the dollar. Now. with a federal
receiver In charge,, Nebraska credi
tors will have no more standing than
those in other states, and will re
ceive, it is estimated, not more than
50 cents on the dollar. ,
. .Trouble Began Last Year.
Mr., Thomas said hetlid not think
the compensation . he has received
will be involved. " ' '
The Minneapolis receivers were
represented by Bruce Sanborn of
t i:. .
iuimicapuiis. '
. The Lion Bonding and Surety
company's difficulties began. in. April,
1921. W. B. Young, state insurance
commissioner, took over the affah
of the concern.- . Attorney General
Davis at first sought to avoid a re
ceivership by creating a "guardian
ship? -; ' '
Mother Sees Train
Kill Infant
Woman of Rogers, Neb.,
Working in Field, Too Late
to Rescue Tot
Fremont, Neb., May 9. (Special
Telegram. )The 3-year-Old son of
Mr. .and Mrs. George French,
farmers living two miles from Rog
ers, Neb., was instantly killed when
he wandered away from the home to
' the railroad tracks, where tne mtic
body was cut into three pieces by
'Union facmc passenger train iiu.
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The mother discovered the child's
presence on the tracks while the train
was approaching. She dashed wildly
towards her child but was too late.
She dropped unconscious in her
tracks as she saw tne wneeis or me
- engine pass over the body.
The infant had been playing in
' the cattleyard with a little brother
" and sister while the parents were
working in the fields nearby. Just
learning to walk, the babe toddled
i away unnoticed. Mrs. French sud
denly discovered the absence of the
child and was horror-stricken to see
him playing about the railroad tracks
a short distance away. i- :.; ;
The mother was about 75 feet
away when the mass of steel crushed
the child. .' " ,.
Mrs. French is in a serious condi
tion with physicians in attendance.
Veteran Lutheran Pastor
at Smyrna, Neb.," Expires
Nelson, Neb, May 9. (Special
Tclegram.)-Rev. George Gundel
died at his home at Smyrna this aft
ernoon of apoplexy. He had been in
the ministry in Nebraska for 35 years
and had this charge the past nine
years. He was president of the For
eign Missionary committee of the
Lutheran churches of Iowa and oth
er states. Funeral will be held Fri
day. -
Arrest Russian as Rum
Maker at Kimball, Neb.
Kimball. Neb., May 9. (Special
Telegram.) Sheriff Forsling arrest
ed Henry -Green, a Russian farmer
living three miles east of Kimball,
last night and has him in the county
jail here. He will be charged with
illegal possession of mash.
Famous General Is
in U. S. for Visit
Field Marshal Lord French, commander-in-chief
of , British forots
during the early part of the war and
former Viceroy of Ireland, has ar
rived in Sew York for a visit in
America.
Co-Operation Is
Keynote of Grain
Convention Here
i
Marketing Problems Taken
Up at 11th Annual Session
Elevator Site Rentals
Criticized.
Co-operation, not only among its
own members, but with members of
other farmers' organizations, was the
keynote of the 11th annual conven
tion of the Farmers' National Gra't
Dealers' association which opened at
Hotel Rome yesterday.
Ten of the 12 grain producing
states having membership in the asso
ciation were represented by delegates
at the convention.
"The most truly representative
meeting that this association has held
since its organization in Minneapolis
in 1912," said J. W. Shorthill, Omaha,
national secretary.
Routine business occupied the
morning session. In the afternoon
the meeting' was thrown open to the
delegates from the different s'ates
for the discussion of problems in
connection with grain marketing in
the various localities. The consensus
of opinion was that the association,
the farmers and- the farmers' ele
vators making up its membership are
passing through the most critical
period, financially, in their history.
'Criticize War Finance Aid'
Much criticism of the functioning
of the War Finance corporation and
its refusal through Eugene Meyer,
jr., to lend money to farmers' eleva
tors to tide them over the depression,
was given, esfecial'y by delegate j
from the strictly wheat producing
districts of North and South Dakota.
Applications of elevator companies,
of directors as individuals, and of
stockholders, were in. every instance
refused, it was said.
In North Dakota, according to P.
A. Lee, Grand Forks, 10 farmers
offered mortgages on their farms as
security on a loan 'to the elevator,
and it was turned down. ;
Say Rentals excessive
' Another complaint taken up in the
convention by delegates from Illinois
and Iowa was the exorbitant rentals
charged by the railroad companies
for elevator sites on their rights of
way. 'The farmers contend that the
elevators are a depot-for the receipt
of grain for shipment and are "s
much a benefit to the railroad com-:
nanies as thev are to the shippers.
It was said that a number of suitsy
... a a .. ... JT
win De orougnt against tne roaas in
this connection.
Delegates were . entertained last
night at luncheon at the Rome,, and
a theater party at the World theater,
by Martin Bros. & Co., local insur
ance men.
National President Speaks.
In his opening address yesterday
morning John Miller, Galva, 111.,
president of the national association,
(Turn to Fin Two, Column Four.)
Harding' s Bonus Views -to
Be Given in 2 Rays
Washington. D. C, May 9. Views
of President Harding on the, soldier
bonus legislation, described today at
the White House as unchanged,, will
be transmitted within the next two
days to Chairman McCuntber and re
publican members of .the senate fi
nance, committee, v , ... :
Many a valu
able article has
been recovered
because the
owner used the
t( Lost and
Found"
column on The
Bee "Want"
Ad page
17th and Farnam
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Harding to
Push Ship
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Call ConltVVt White
House Indicate He Is
Restive Over
Situation
Jefferis in Attendance
Washington, May 9 (Special Tel
egramsRepresentative jefferis of
Omaha was one of the republican
leaders in sympathy with the ad
ministration summoned to the White
House for conference with the presi
dent tonight
The conference was preceded by a
dinner at which the leaders were
the president's guests.
Before the dinner tonight Presi
dent Harding made it clear that he
is restive over the lack of consid
eration given by congress to recom
mendations by the president.
Heretofore, it was explained at
the White House, it has been cus
tomary to regard recommendations
by the president as of little moment.
The object of the present confer
ence is to convince the republican
leaders that on the subject of the
merchant marine the administration
is 100 per cent in earnest and pro
poses to use every bit of influence
k has to see the merchant marine
bill through.
Considers Marine Imperative.
The president holds that there
never was a time in the history of
the country when it was more import-to-
build up an American merchant
marine and he believes the only way
this can be done is by methods in
cluded in the so-called subsidy meas
ure. It is well understood that the
leading merchant marine nations of
the world are banded to prevent the
building of an American merchant
marine, and to wreck what has al
ready been done. The administration
is. equally determined that the
American flag shall not be driven
fiom the high seas.
The administration is encouraged
by the fact that the middle west,
which has heretofore been the cen
ter of objection to any merchant ma
rine subsidy, seems favorable to the
present measure. The middle west
is reported to want the St. Lawrence
waterway project, and realizes it will
not furnish its greatest value un
less the American merchant marine
is salvaged.
Symposium Keenly Regarded.
The recent symposium of Nebraska
opinion, published in The Bee, which
showed sentiment in Nebraska - ra
favor of these . two projects, has
been read here with keen interest by
administration representatives as
showing the trend of western senti-
'Action by the president in sum
moning: this conference is regarded
also as an announcement of con
tinued leadership of congress by the
The'president is convinced that the
country, expects him to assume this
leadership, and his action in con
nection with the merchant marine
bill indicates he is determined to
accept this added responsibility. Just
as the whole force of the administra
tion was thrown into winning the
fight over the navy personnel, so it
will be thrown into the scale in the
fight over the merchant marine.
The president explains he had
hoped the merchant marine problem
would be regarded as so important to
the whole country that it would be
elevated above partisan politics.
Representative Jefferis announced
tonight he will be unable to be pres
ent at the Lincoln republican meet
ing Thursday, owing to the press of
congressional business. He had hop
ed to attend. He now hopes to be
able to return to Nebraska some time
next week.
College Student Slain -by
Fellow Collegian
Stillwater, Okl., May 9. Beckham
Cobb, 23, of Birmingham, Ala., a
student at Oklahoma Agricultural
and Mechanical college here, was
shot and killed on a street, bordering
the college campus at noon today.
Earl E. Gordon, 25, of Miami, Okl.,
also a student, was arrested and
placed in jail.
, Gordon was standing by Cobb's
body when Sheriff O. R. Lillie ar
rested him. He made no statement
other than that "Cobb was after
him." . A revolver was found . on
Cobb's body, according to the sheriff.
Cobb was shot four times, dying in
stantly. He. was married and had a
son, 18 months old. Both Gordon
and Cobb were former soldiers who
had been sent to college for voca
tional training by the federal govern
ment. ;
No charges have been filed.
Wealthy Lexington Man ,
Held in Psychopathic Ward
Omaha Be Leaard Wire.
Chicago, . May 9. Frank W.
Olive, a wealthy resident of Lex
ington, Neb., ran into the St. Joseph
hospital shortly before noon today,
without coat or hat, and told attend
ants some one was chasing him. At
tendants failed to see anyone and
called the police. Olive was taken
to the psychopathic hospital for ob
servation Ira Olive, a brother, also
residing in Lexington, was notified.
Swift Firm Denies Victim
of Robbery Is Employe
E. V. Arnold of Swift & Co., in
the general manager's office, denic
D. B. Brysee, who reported he was
slugged and robbed while on the
way to a high-class bootlegger s
joint Monday night, is a Swift &
Co. salesman, as reported to po
lice.
Father Gives Life to Save
Children in Burning Home
Scream of MDaddv. Oh Daddv. Save Us!" From Four
ots Trapped in Attic by Flames Causes Railroad
Man to Make Supreme Sacrifice on Altar of Pa-
ternal Love Wife and
Omaha flea UwH H tra,
Marengo, III, May 9. August
Borke, jr., a railroad employe, quali
fied early this morning for a Car
negie hero medal, but he lt hi
Inc in the effort. He nude the su
preme sacrifice tin a flaming a'tar
of paternal love, alter saving his
wife and two of his children by
bundling them in blankets and throw
ing them out of the windows of
hi burning home,
Horke could have followed them
and saved himtclf, but, screams of
"Daddy, oh daddy. aa u! came
from the attic where four nther chil
dren were trapped by the flames.
Borke, already weak from the heat
and smoke, clashed into the attic.
What he found will never be known.
Hint Given Omaha
That Railway Fares Will Be Cut
Chairman of Interstate Commerce Commission Tells
Jefferis Reduction in Passenger and Freight
Rates Is Being Considered.
Washington. May 9. (Special
Telegram.) There have been numer
ous indications of late that the Inter
state Commerce commission will
shortly announce a general reduction
in railroad rates, both freight and
passenger. This relic is strengthen
ed by the tone of a letter received
today by Representative Jefferis from
C. 0. McChord, chairman of the
commission.
The Omaha congressman wrote
Mr. McChord suggesting that the
high cost of transportation was the
one remaining obstacle on the high
road to returning prosperity in Ne
braska and the middle west. The
chairman replied that the commission
is devoting all its time to the case
and that there will be no unnecessary
delay. His letter is:
Extensive' Hearing Had.
"As you already know, the com
mission some time ago entered into
an investigation upon its own motion
with a view to determining whether
artd to what extent, if any. further
general reductions in rates, fares and
charges of carriers by railroad ap
plicable in interstate or foreign com
merce can lawfully be required by
order or orders of the commission
under section 1 or any other pro
vision of the Interstate Commerce
Elizabeth Kaufmann Takes Second
Place in Bee Good Will Contest
STANDING OF THE CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES.
Miss Nellie B.,Donn, Union Pacific
Miss Elizabeth Kaufmann, livestock exchange ...
Miss Ella F'enn, Advo girl
Miss Kathcrine O'Brien, Burlington
Miss Kathleen Rossiter, Orchard-Wilhelm Co.
Miss Anna McNamara. M. E. . Smith & Co....
Miss Elizabeth Pace, Coirncil Bluffs
Miss Gladys Hitchcock; York, Neb..
Miss Agnes Hall, Missouri Valley, la
Miss Myrtle Wood. Wabash, Neb
Miss Anna Funk, Salon de Beaute
Miss Grace Endres, Nebraska City
Miss Irene Rice, Alliance limes....
At the close of voting yesterday
in The Omaha Bee Good Will elec
tion, Elizabeth Kaufman, candidate
of the Livestock exchange, went to
second place, displacing the "Advo
girl," who has held second place
during the greater part of the elec
tion. .5
Employes of the Union Pacific had
a special car in which to travel to
Conservation of
; Timber Is Urged
Secretary Wallace Approves
Pending Bill Introduced by
Senator Capper of Kansas. '
Washington, May 9. Legislation
to protect the nation's timber sup
ply, . both on the national reserves
and in private ; hands, was recom
mended by Secretary Wallace of the
Department of Agriculture, in a 'let
ter to Senator Norris, republican,
chairman of the agriculture .com
mittee, made public yesterday.
Stating that we are steadily eat
ing up what is left of our forest
reserve, Secretary Wallace approved
the pending bill of Senator ..Capper,
republican, Kansas, for protection of
timber reserves and also specifically
recommended extension of federal
co-operation with the state in forest
protection, federal distribution of
forest trees snd seeds and extension
of national forests. ( Five-sixths of
the original American forests have
bee tulled out, cut over or burned,
Secretary Wallace said, .declaring the
problem of conservation and protec
tion to be a national one affecting ev
ery citizen..
Mother Fails to Intercept
Kidnaped Babe at Woodbine
.Mrs. George Birks, 23. 322 Dart
moor apartments, made a desperate
attempt to intercept the "kidnaping"
of her 2-ycar-old baby boy Monday
night. ' Hearing that her husband
had taken the child to Woodbine, la.,
she hurried there only to find that
he had left. Attorney C. W. Scars
stated that .she was determined to
leave for Chicago, believing she will
be able to intercept her husband
there.
Two Babies Rescued.
From the position of the bodies, he
had gathered all the children in his
arin, but while he was trying to
grope his way through the smoke
nllrd attic, the floor gave way and
all five prrithed.
Mrs, Horke, 4o, and Marie, six
months old. escaped with a few
bruUcs when thrown out of the win
dow. Walter, 9, struck on h! head
and will likely die of a fractured skull.
Those who died, beside the father,
were Harold, 8; Helen, 6; I'Vter 7,
and Verne, i years old. The house,
a Story and a half frame structure,
stood off the new Grant highway 20
miles northeast of Klgin. A paing
automomihle saw the flames and
aroused Borke by hammering on the
door.
Congressman
act. Subsequently, extensive hear
ings were had at which . testimony
was introduced in reference to the
rates on practically all commodities.
This proceeding is now submitted
and while I cannot advise when a de
cision will be rendered, I might say
that the commission is devoting its
entire time to the case and I can as
sure you there will be no unnecessary
delay in the disposition of it."'
McLaughlin Leads Fight.
The continued delay of the house
interstate .commerce commission in
the consideration of pending rail
road legislation is taken as another
sign that the committee is looking to
the commission for a rate cut in the
immediate future. This legislation
includes a bill for the issuance of in
terchangeable railroad mileage script
at a reduced rate. One of the leaders
in the tight for this measure is Rep
resentative McLaughlin of Nebraska.
Chairman Winslow of the committee
is opposed to the bill but is under
stood to be under considerable pres
sure from his home district.
M. Weil, a Lincoln banker,, was
here on business today. It is under
stood that his return tonight was
hastened by the illness of Mrs. Weil,
whom he left in a Chicago hospital.-
Total Votes.
,. 21,722
,. 16,740
... 15.768
6,904
6,532
5,711
2,988
1,823
1,350
1.350
.; 888
277
151 '
Columbus last evening to a' dance
held for their candidate, Miss Nellie
B. Donn. - ,
On the ground floor of the Union
Pacific is a tiny booth which is
silently and steadily at work to in
crease the size of the Union Pacific
coffer. , A collection box on, the top
of the counter is filled with coins at
(Turn to Pace Two, Column Six.)
Chauffeur Freed
of Murder Charge
Fined on -Assault and Battery
Charge Following Death
of Fare. ,
O. T. Fairman, 3410 Sixth avenue,
Council Bluffs, who died in Mercy
hospital Friday night following an
altercation over taxi fare with Clyde
Elering, taxi driver, died; as the re
sult of a blood clot on the brain due
to a chronic diseased condition, ac
cording to the verdict of a coroner's
jury which held an inquest today. -
Eldering, who has been held under
first degree murder charges pendiit g
the inquest, was recommended held
on a charge of assault and battery,
to whioft he pleaded guilty and was
fined $100. . . ,
Fifteen witnesses were examined,
among them three doctors who per
formed an autopsy on Fairman's
body. . ' ,
The jury was composed of F. C.
Fullberg, J. Smith and C. 2.
Tyson.
High Wind Wrecks Farm
Buildings; Hurts Family
Bigspring, Neb., May 9.-(Special
Telegram.) A windstorm did con
siderable damage last evening on the
farm of Max Krems north of Big
spring, destroying several outbuild
ings, blowing a haystack against the
house, and'slightly bruising some of
the family. '
Reporls of Negro Uprising
'Fail to Materialize
Mexia, Tex., May 9. Reports that
an uprising was imminent among
negroes of Freestone county as a
reprisal for the' lynching of four
negroes there since Friday had not
n-atsriJjijd ?ir'y today,
t .
Cow Kills
Woman in
Milk Barn
Mother of Five Trampled to
Death When She Attempt
to Milk Young
Animali.
Mate and Son Find Body
Crete, Neb., May .( Special.)
Mrs. Joseph Richtarik, mother of
five children, was trampled to death
by cows in the milk barn this morn
ing. Her mutilated body was found on
the floor of the barn when her hus
band and son returned for breakfast
after having prepared the horses to
go to the fields.
While they Mere attending the
horses, Mrs. Richtarik went to the
cow barn to do the milking.
Kicked Over and Trampled.
There were two cows in the barn
that had never been milked before.
It is believed one, of them must have
kicked over the woman and then
trampled upon her as she had fin
Uhed milking two of the other cows,
the pails indicated.
As she was not in the kitchen
when the husband and son appeared
for breakfast, they knew something
was wrong and went to investigate.
Medical Aid Summoned.
Medical ajd was summoned, but
the mother was beyond help. At
tending physicians said she had died
from being trampled by the cow.
She was but 34 years old.
The Richtariks' farm is five miles
south of here. They are among the
wealthy farmers of the vicinity.
Norris Opposes
Ford Offer for
Muscle Shoals
Nebraska Senator Raps Farm
Bureau Representative for
Favoring "Unconscion
able" Contract.
Washington, May 9 Henry Ford's
proposed contract for purchase and
lease of the government's power and
nitrate projects at Muscle Shoals,
Ala., was denounced today by Chair
man Norris of the senate agricul
ture committee as "unconscionable"
and a "cinch" by which he would ob
tain "unregulated control of valuable
properties" and cause those who
negotiated the contract "to be con
demned by future generations."
The Nebraska member declared
that "no corporation" would get the
Muscle Shoals properties with his
consent. , -:
"That applies to any damn corpor
ation," the sctiator exclaimed. "I
don't care if it's Ford or any other."
' Turning to Gray Silver, Washing
ton representative of the American
Farm , Bureau federation, who had
spoken in favor of the Ford offer, the
senator said: 1
"You know that if Rockefeller or
the International Harvester com
pany was making the same proposi
tion' Ford makes, you would be here
condemning it, charging that con
gress was giving away the peoples'
property to a corporation.
"Why, you could take the Ford
offer to Wall street and get an ad
vance of 1,000,000 per cent on it as
a valuable contract, if it was' accept
ed. .
"We will be condemned by future
generations just like, those are being
condemned , now who gave away
lands to corporations in the past.
It's a cinch . and I : don't propose
that any corporation shall get- Mus
cle Shoals with my consent."
Advance Scored Here
in Prices for Cattle
A load of choice steers, mostly
Shorthorns, was brought to the local
market yesterday by .C. K. Corbit of
Wayne, which averaged 1,170 pounds
and sold for $8.70 a hundred, just a
nickel less than the top price for the
day. The price was the highest paid
for that class of cattle in the past
two months.
A shipment of 19 head of 1,360
pound Shorthorns were marketed
here yesterday by W. F. Bessert of
Winnetoon at $8.60 a hundred. Mr.
Bessert said there was quite a scar
city, of cattle in his locality. Corn
planting has just started, according
to Mr. Bessert, and there will be the
same acreage as this year.
Two loads of Shorthorns that aver
aged around. 1,150 pounds were
brought to market yesterday by J.
M. Brown of York who received
$8.35 a hundred. Mr. Brown said he
was quite satisfied with- the results of
his cattle-feeding operations and the
price he received. . .
Farmer Opening Gate Run
Down by Horses and Disc
Ben Nation, farmer, living near
Lake Manawa. south of . Council
Bluffs, sustained injuries at his
home Monday evening which may
result in his death, at the Mercy hos
pital, where he was brought for med
ical attention following the accident.
When four horses he had been driv
ing to a disc during the afternoon
ran away, he was caught beneath the
disc and severely cut and bruised.
Nation was compelled to cross a
railroad track in returning to the
house from the field at the con
clusion of the day's work. It was
necessary for him to leave his horses
standing and walk ahead of them to
open the pate which shut off the rail
road right of way. The animals
bolted, knocked him down and pulled
Jhe diss asrSJS hj? body,
Roosevelt May Run
for N. Y. Governor
na
TkeoclcItbovalt
Theodore Rooevelt, assistant sec
retary of the navy in President
Harding's cabinet and son of the il
lustrious former president, will be a
candidate for the governorship of
New York, according to rumors cur
rent in the Empire state. He was a
lieutenant-colonel in the American
Expeditionary Forces during the
war.
Men Returned to
Seward on Bank
Robbery Charge
Two of "Motor Row Beggars"
Arrested Here Accused of
Robbing Bank at
Staplehurst.
Two men arrested by Omaha de
tectives were taken to Seward, Neb.,
yesterday afternoon to face charges
of robbing the Bank of Staplehurst,
Neh., of $60,000 worth of securities
They are Tommy Burns, alleged
two-gun man of Streeter. III., and
William H. Martin of Pittsburgh,
Pa., who were arrested by Detect
ives Trapp and Munch when the
"motor row beggars" were rounded
up here a few weeks ago.
That the men were wanted 'for
bank, robbery became known after
the detectives seized $700 worth of
war savings stamps in their rooms.
Following their arrest at that time
the men were sentenced to jail for
vagrancy,, but they were pardoned
yesterday and rearrested on charges
of breaking, entering, and robbing
the Staplehurst bank.,,. The warrants
were issued at Seward upon com,
plaint of John J. Jorgensen.
If the men are cleared of the bank
robbing charge, they will be arrest
ed for tampering , with government
securities, detectivpa said.
Fire Threatens
Fort Worth, Tex.
Flames Break Out in Heart of
Business District in Flood
Stricken City.
: '
Fort Worth, Tex., May 9. Fire
broke out this afternoon in the heart
of the business district, threateninn
a wide area; The firemen were handi
capped by lack of water.
Trinity river was out of its banks
todayV inundating sections of Fort
Worth for the second .time in a
period of two weeks.
' Warning to' the- residents in the"
lowlands prevented loss of life today,
but property damage is expected to
approximate the .figure reached by
the destructive flood of late April.
; Municipal water supplies are cut
off, steam and electric transportation
is stopped, and the city's gas and
electric plants are partially crippled.
The river continued to rise during
the morning with government fore
casters unable to determine when
the crest of the flood, caused by
heavy rains throughout the territory
during the past few days, will reach
the. city. . . , .
Dallas Tex., May 9. Two hun
dred residents of West Dallas aban
doned their homes today and took
refuge on nearby hillsides from the
waters of the rapidly rising Trinity
river, which had reached a stage of
40.9 feet. . .
; . ' Fresh Break in Levee. '
. New Orleans. La., May 9. Flood
ing of Jonesville, La., with a popu
lation of, about 1,500, by a fresh
break in the levee today, had swelled
the total of Louisiana and Missis
sippi's homeless and increased the
tremendous property' damage in the
inundated sections. Following the
break in the levee protecting about
two-thirds of the town late yester
day, the water today was reported to
be two to four feet deep in the
streets.- -
Seven Hurt in Storm
Tulsa, Okl., May 9. Seven persons-
were injured here yesterday by
a severe windstorm. Heavy property
damage was caused. Trees in ail
parts of the city were uprooted.
The Weather
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Daugherty
Reports on
Profiteers
Promises to Name "Influential
Pmonages" in Wilson Ad
ministration Who Pro
tected Contractor!.
Lively Row in House
By GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
Oats Itf Imm4 Wlr.
Vahinftton. May 9. Diulosur
of the name of "influential per
sonagek" in the Wilton a-lminutra-tion
who protected contrsctora
charged with defrauding the govern
ment of million of dulUrs during
the war and who "were personally in
terlcd in concealing them." wa
promised today by Attorney General
Daugherty in a report to President'
Harding, erplaining delay in prose
cuting war contract frauds.
Prridcnt Harding tranmitted
Mr. Daughrrty'a report to congress
with an expression of hope that it
would prove helpful to the house in
acting on the Woodruff resolution
for an investigation of Mr. Daughter
ty's failure to proceed against those
who robbed the government in war
contracts. Representative Mondell,
Wyoming, republican leader, had the
report read to the house. A lively
row ensued during which charges
were made that the president's ac
tion was designed to kill off the
proposed investigation.
Cleanup Is Demanded.
Representative Woodruff, Michi
gan, republican, sponsor of the reso
lution, asserted that the war con
tract scandal "smells to high heaven"
ana acciarea mac tne republican
congress could not afford to face the
country at th approaching elec
tion without "-cleaning it up.". Rep
resentative, Garrett, Tennessee, dem-cratic-
leader, called . upon Repre
sentative Mondcl! to state whether
the- president's letter and Mr.
Daughcrty's report meant the death
of the Woodruff resolution, but Mr.
Mondell did not reply.
The attorney general laid the
blame for failure to prosecute upon
congress and promised an energetic
campaign against war profiteers as
soon as necessary legislation is en
acted. He called for prompt ac
tion on the measure creating 23 ad
ditional federal judgeships, the bill
establishing a special grand jury in
the District of Columbia to grind
out indictments against accused con
tractors, and an additional appropri
ation of $500.00 to enable the De-
r.srfm.nf n . I.l,.. 4a ..a ........ --
inquiries.
' Has Made Progress.
Mr. Daugherty insisted that , the
Department of Justice has made
"very substantial progress" in - war
contract cases, "notwithstanding the
lack of adequate facilities in funds
and men."
"All patriotic citizens are agreed
(Torn to P Two. ColanmTwo.) .
Woman Slayer
Seeks Pardon
' r ' .
, ' - :
Omaha Mother Denies She
. Fired Fatal Shot at
Party.
Lincoln, May 9. (Special.) Mary
Newell, 37, born and reared in Oma-,
ha, mother of a boy, IS, and wife of
Ray Newell, acetylene gas welder,
appeared before the state board of.
pardons and paroles today to 'ask
for a pardon. . .
She is serving a term of from lS
months to five years for the slaying .
of Jess Sillik on North Thirteenth
street in Omaha September 5, 1920.
Her husband told the board he did
not care about dancing so he. per
mitted his wife to go to dances. She
went to the Lathrop home the after
noon of September , 5, he said, and
Sillik jid Orin Wiggins were there
drinKng and dancing. ,
7.?ere was a quarrel. .Someone
shot Sillik. Wiggins was tried first
for his death, and acquitted. Mrs.
Newell was tried next, and convict
ed. She contends" she merely was an
innocent bystander.
Throughout the hearing, her boy
sat beside her. ,
Fire Destroys Plant
of pes Moines News
Des Moines, la., May 9. Fire of
unknown origin, starting in the pa
per storage room of the. Des Moines
News shortly before 3 o'clock this
morning, wrecked the newspaper
plant and gutted the entire Newt
arcade building. Lost to the News
plant is estimated at $200,000.
Judge and Reporters Roll
; Dice to Fix Prisoner's Fate
Chicago, May 9. Judge Prindi
ville and newspaper reporter. "shot
crap m the court room in the
South Clark street station. But
not far pastime. The little black
spots on the ivories were to deter
mine the fate of a prisoner.
The dice rattled across the judge's
bench, while a score of policemen
and court attaches watched with in
terest. Thv only one present who
did not enjoy the proceedings was
Ambrose Levins. Ambrose had jus
told the judge that he was the mak
er of the dice, which were crooked.
On pair had only sixes, fives and
threes on them. Two other pair
were "loaded." . '
wnc rou was cnougn lor the
judge. . 5
"Twenty-five dollars and cost.'-,
he Said when the "game" was over.
"You're worse than a gambler. You!
furnish the tools with which crook
dupe their victims,- . -A
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