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MANY SAD MEN AT
BETTY INCH'S TRIAL
Fair Defendant Led to TOmbs
in Her New Silk Stockings
From Mysterious Donor.
GETS VEXED AT A STARER
Wife of Complainant Falls in
Faint as She Goes on Stand
to Testify.

A large number of sceptical but will
ing to be convinced gentlemen crowded
themselves into the court room of the
Criminal Branch OF the Superior Court
yesterday to see for themselves II there
was any merit in the justly celebrated
calf pen, or spite fence, or juror binder
that had been erected about the witness
stand to keep the minds OF the jurors
from wandering during the extortion
trail OF Mrs. Betty Inch, who has been
variously described as beautiful
actress" a "bewitching Young woman"
and so forth.
The sceptical gentlemen were much
disappointed, because at no time did Mrs.
Betty Inch ascend the witness stand and
at no time was there any exhibition OF
what the calf pen was built to hide.
But being full OF hope and not having
much OF anything else to do, the gem
/, tlemen will attend each and every SEES
sior OF the trial until next week, when
Mrs. Inch will testify--inside the en-
closure.
But one woman entered the pen yes
terday-and she tainted after she had
been cross-examined for a few minutes.
She was Mrs. Anna Herman. wife of the
complainant in the case. and she was so
completely shut off from. the outside
world by the calf pen that the court at
tendants had to climb up and over the
gate in order to give her a drink OF
water.
The sun., 1919-03-14

ers notified John II. Kehoe, city Com
missioner, that they would not accept
the wool manufacturers tender of a
forty-eight hour week and time and a
half for overtime unless II was accom-
panied by acceptance Of the closed shop
principle.
Commissioner Kehoe, who has been
acting as last resort mediator an
nounced that he was through with the
business and will make no further efforts
to bring about settlement.
The strike has run six weeks with
n loss in wages to the workers OF
S1,6O0.000. The Mayor the Governor,
a citizens committee and Federal
mediator have failed to settle the
grievances The mill owners say they
never Will recognize the closed shop.
The strikers nave only $4,000 in the
union treasury to continue the fight.
The sun., 1919-03-14
BOOM WOOD FOR PRESIDENT.
Colorado Republicans Organize to
Press Nomination.

DENVER. March IS. 49, Thlrty-elght
prominent Colorado Republicans to-day
filed articles OF Incorporation of the
Leonard Wood Republican club Of
Colorado" the object being to promote
the candidacy OF the commander Of the
Central Department OF the army for
the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent next -ea-.
John +. Vivian, former State chair
man. Allison Stocker former Progress
sive party state chairman; Samuel n.
Nicholson OF Leadville. president of the
Roosevelt Club. and J. :. Temple. sec
rotary of the Roosevelt Club are among
the incorporators.
Leaders In the organization said to-
day Republican leaders throughout the
Rocky Mountain States have agreed to
fobm similar organizations Nine Of
the fourteen Republican Senators of the
LEGISLATURE are included in the list Of
incoTporators
The sun., 1919-03-14
ENGINEERS TO PROTEST.
LayoT of 100 by Service board Is
Denounced.

The Union OF Mechanical Men met
yesterday in the Pulitzer Building to
draw up a formal letter OF protest
against the action of the Public Service
Commission in laying off 100 engineers
In January and announced that meet
Ing will be held Tuesday night in the
auditorium of the Pulitzer Building, to
which the Public Service Commission
will be invited to send n representative.
Louis Waldman. former Assemblyman,
and Samuel Beardsley will speak for the
union.
The letter charges the city with an act
that would bring down severe condem-
nation II It had been committed by n
private employer in Withholding pay 10
members OF the union for the latter part
of December. The members have been
re-employed. The layoff was caused by
a miNup between the Public Service
Commission and the Board of Estimate.
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BRADY's DOCTOR ASKS $4,000.
sues Executors for His Attendance
on Diamond jim"

Robert L. Gordon. Richard c. Crow
ley and the Columbia Trust Company,
as executors OF the estate Of the late
James Buchanan Brady, were made de-
PENDANTS in a suit to recover $4,000
which was filed yesterday in the Su-
preme Court by Or. Hugh y. Young of
Baltimore. Md. DR.. Young alleges this
amount is due him for professional ser
vices rendered to Diamond Jim for five
years before the latter's death.
Dr. Young in his affidavit states he
attended Mr.. Brady in New York At
lantic City and Baltimore, frequently
being called into consultation, giving
advice, making examinations and aiding
in surgical operations. A claim for
$4,000 was fled with the executors
on March IS, 1918, the complaint al
leges but payment was refused. Dr.
Young depands judgment and interest
from April I, 1917, the date OF Mr.
Brady'B death.
The sun., 1919-03-14

or the man CLuciano) was guilty OF
gross negligence in not stopping the
train There is no evidence to show
that he did not know how to stop the
train
"The duty owed by Blewltt 10 the
passengers was the highest degree OF
care that human forethought could
provide" he said, yet he sent this man
he knew was not qualified to take out
train during the rush hours with hum
dreds of passengers"
The sun., 1919-03-14
MEXICO ASKS U. S. FOR RIFLES
VIII he Used to Guard Property
Threatened by villa.

Ell pAso. Tex, March l3.-Following
the expectation Of 10000 rounds OF am
munition to Juarez yesterday for the
Mexican Federal army under a special
permit from the state Department, a
formal request has been made by Next
can authorities for 1000 American made
rifles and the permit for their exporta-
ton is expected from Washington soon.
These rifles will be used to guard
American and other foreign owned mines
and mills in northern Mexico which
ware threatened with destruction bv
Villa unless a million dollars tribute was
paid
The sun., 1919-03-14
PASSAIC STRIKE DEADL0CKED.
Last Mediator Fails to Bring
About Compromise.

The Passaic textile strike was dead
locked again last nisht after the work
The sun., 1919-03-14

Even though they are supposed to be
used to going through swinging doors,
tho Slated gate OF the calf pen kept
swinging back and forth and humping
them on the legs in a most annoying
manner. Finally Mrs Herman was re-
vived. and after Il recess OF an hour she
resumed her testimony
Mrs. Inch did not seem at all put out
about the fact that Alfred ]. Talley, AS
sistant District Attorney-or whoever it
was--had considered II his Christian
duty TO erect the fence for the protec-
tlon OF the Jurors. She grinned broadly
when she entered the court room and
saw it, and then sat down beside her
counsel. carefully smoothing her skirt
down over her ankles. so that all infor-
nation to the effect that she wore silk
stockings !s purely hearssY. However,
It is really a little better than hearsay.
II was verified by Mrs. Inch herself, In
fact.
THE funniest things have been said
about my clothes" she Informed the re-
portens during the recess. ITS really
quite remarkable the way you men look
at things, but then that's the reason
they built the fence. isn't II? For look
ing at things, l mean. Now, here's the
way I'm dressed to-day. Take It down.
"A blue hair hat trimmed with natu-
raj ostrich: blue serge suit with skirt
heavily brocaded black skunk fure
The sun., 1919-03-14
Filipino Envoy Mt Honolulu.

HoNoLuLU. r Il, March 13.-The spe-
c!al Filipino commission seeking closer
relations with the United States has ar
rived here en- route to Washington. Re
gardng Filipino independence tho
spokesman declined to talk, saying that
Manuel Quezon. a member OF the com
mission, now in the United States, was
the only one authorized to do so.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
DENY AMERICAN
FAILED TO HEED
MEXICAN SENTRY
Claims of Carranza That Wal
lace Was to Blame for His
Own Death Not Proven.

Washington, Dec 28.-Claims of
the Mexican government, as recently
presented to the American embassy
in Mexico City, that the killing near
Tampico late in November of James
Wallace, an American citizen, re-
suited from his failure to heed the
warning of a Mexican sentry. are
denied in an~account of the incident
which reached Washington today
from the Aguila company of which
Wallace was an employee.
The killing of Wallace caused the
State department to make an urgent
inquiry of the Mexican government
as to the circumstances. The Mex
lean foreign office in its reply
charged that Wallace, while intox-
icated, passed a sentry stationed at
what was characterized as dan
gerous spot" and, failing to halt was
shot and killed.
The Aguila company's report
which was presented at meeting in
Tampco of oil company managers
and which is the first detailed &C
count of the Americans death to
reach Washington, says:
Horse Kicks Machine Gun It
"On the morning of November 26,
James Wallace, employed by us as
foreman on our earthen eservoirs
at Potrero DeLlano, was riding from
the office down to the tank farm. a
distance of about $50 meters. On
the road was an outpost of four gov
eminent soldiers with a machine
gun. AS far as we have been able to
ascertain Wallace's horse reared
while passing this outpost and kicked
the machine gun, whereupon one of
the soldiers shot him, killing him
instantly. None OF our men actually
saw what happened. Some of them
had been talking to Wallace a min
ute or two before, and hearing the
shot, they ran out of the office and
found Wallace lying on the ground
dead.
"The soldiers gave the explana-
ton that Wallace insisted on passing
between the machine gun and sentry,
that his horse refused to go for
which reason one of the soldiers
beat it several times with the butt
of his rifle, and that Wallace then
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
Pershng Addresses Boys
and Visits Injured Hero

: Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 28.-In a short
address to boy scouts of Lincoln
Sunday evening, Gen. John ]. Per-
shing highly commended their eff
forts during the war, and told them
the future held opportunities for
continued activities. He mentioned
the work of the scouts in France,
and also had praise for the Y. M.
C. A., whose efforts abroad, he said,
were worthy of highest commenda-
ton and the results accomplished,
particularly after the war, hard to
overestimate.
General Pershing was voted life
membership in the Lincoln Y. M.
c. A. Tomorrow he will address
the local G. A. R. veterans.
During the afternoon General
Pershing visited a Lincoln hospital
and spent some time at the bedside
of Fred N. Alexander, Lincoln
boy who served two years on the
fighting front in France as men,
Der Of the 18TH infantry of the 35th
division. Alexander was badly
wounded in the battle of the Ar
gonne, beng struck five times by
machine gun bullets and his leg
nearly severed.
General Pershing congratulated
him on his valient service and ex-
pressed hope for his speedy recov-
cry.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
Denies That Rivalry
For Her Affections
Cause Of Murder

Mount Clemens, Mich, Dec. Is
Statements that rivalry for her af-
fections had led to threats of vio-
lence against ]. Stanley Brown,
killed in his automobile near here
last Tuesday night, were denied by
Mrs. Dolly Peck Bennett. Mrs. Ben
nett, brought here from Sandusky,
O., was questioned by Sheriff Cald-
well, and held for further interroga-
ton. Meanwhile the sheriff was
checking up statements of her move
ments before and after the discovery
of Browns body pitched over the
wheel of his automobile, on the road
between here and Detroit.
Two men, one taxicab driver and
The other a soldier, sought by the
authorities, have not beer located
1t was the taxicab driver, according
to statements previously made to the
authorities, who had threatened
Brown. Mrs. Bennett told the sher-
if she knew a chauffeur acquaint-
ance of Browns, but emphatically
stated he was not on friendly terms
with her.
The soldier, it was learned is be-
ing sought to substantiate story
that Brown had armed himself fol-
lowing the alleged threats against
his life. According to this state
ment, Brown fearing that in an I'M
FASHIONED moment he might use his
revolver, turned it over to the sol
der. The names of both the taxi
cab driver and the soldier are being
withheld.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
By Forbes Fairbairn.
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
Special Cable Dispatch.

London, Dec. 2S.-"If Lloyd
George insists upon forcing bis pet
home rule scheme on Ireland. he
will give us the greatest opportun-
ity for the realization of an indie
pendent Irish republic. The first
session of the so-called southern
parliament will result in declara-
ton of independence and the sever
ance of all ties with England, set
ting up a republican form of gov
eminent" ..
This was the statement to me to-
night by one of the most prominent
Sim Feiners, now in London, whose
identity cannot be disclosed at pres
ent because he is on Dublin's BLACK
list and fears arrest would follow
if his name were mentioned in this
connection. He is being closely
watched.
when the proposed parliament
for the south of Ireland is called
it will be Overwhelmingly republican
in sentiment-the first motion will
be for a declaration of independence
from England. We shall then take
it over. introduce the republican
form of government and go ahead
and run the country.
Will Be No Revolution.
"The motion is sure to be adopt
ed unanimously and all parliament
tary power will promptly be trans
ferred to the Dali Eireann. Britain
has suppressed and outlawed the
Dali Eireann, but this will be a
good substitute.
There will be no revolution in
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
Lincoln Bureau 6 8 ns: Bee
p. A. Barrows Correspondent--
Several Suggested
I As Successor to the
Late Judge Sedgwick

Lincoln, Dec. %. - (Special) =
Who will be the new supreme Judge
to be appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Sedg-
wick on Christmas day, is the ques-
ton which is in the minds of many
people at the present time.
There have been a number of
good men mentioned, among the
number E. P. Perry. recently re-
signed as judge of the Fourteenth
judicial district, Judge Jack Martin
of Central City and former Attor-
ney General Grant Martin of Lin
coin, all of whom were candidates
in the primary for supreme Judge
last year.
There is quite sentiment to-
ward sending the office DIP into the
Third congressional district, which
has not been honored with a justice
ship for so long that no one can
remember. In connection with this
the name of John A. Davies of
Butte, a member of the constitu-
tional convention and one of the
best known lawyers in northeast
Nebraska, has been mentioned.
On account of the press of work
before the high court it is not sup
posed that the governor will wait
very long before making the ap-
pointment.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
WANT
AGREEMENT WITH
"BIG FIVE" UPSET
Call on Wilson to Replace
Palmer With Heney in
Quashing Compromise.

Washington, Dec. 28.-Members
of II western cattle growers asso-
Citations have appealed to President
Wilson through Former Secretary
McAdoo to upset the arrangements
made by Attorney General Palmer
to compromise the governments
antitrust proceedings against the
meat packers, John Miller of Fort
Stockton, Texas, president of the
Panhandle Cattle ASSOCIATION, an
nounced.
The growers, Mr., Miller said. sub
mitted to the president, through Mr..
McAdoo, series of charges to the
effect that the compromise does not
give them any redress for their chief
grievance which. they allege, is the
control of stock yard markets by
the packers to the disadvantage of
the producers. They ask that the
prosecutions be taken out of the
hands of the attorney general and
that new suits. be brought with
Francis ]. Heney of San Francisco,
former attorney for the federal trade
commission, as special prosecutor.
According to Miller, the matter
was laid before the president last
week.
"We adopt the unusual course of
getting the matter before Presi-
dent Wilson," Mr.. Miller said, DE
cause we thought it unwise to put
CUR evidence at the disposal of the
attorney general, in view of his at
titude as demonstrated by the settle
ment with the packers"
Mr.. Miller said that in addition to
several Texas cattle associations,
similar organizations in Colorado,
Oklahoma and adjoining states had
been joined in the presentation. Con-
ferences with McAdoo upon the sub
ject were held by the growers rep
resentatives in New York last week,
and then the matter was brought to
Washington.
Heney Refuses to Talk.
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. Is
Francis ]. Heney, in a long distance
conversation from his Santa Monica
home. told The Associated Press the
request of group of western cattle
growers associations to President
Wilson that Mr.. Heney serve as a
special prosecutor in new suits
against. the meat packers, was news
to him."
He added that "'in the circum-
stances, it would he inadvisable' for
him to discuss the matter further.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
AND
new YEAR THEME
IN CITY PULP|TS
Turn Over New Leaf Every
Day." Text of Rev. {. H.
Jerks Sunday
Sermon.

The themes We'd for expression
in Omaha pulpits yesterday. One
was the great Christmas holiday
of rejoicing which has just passed,
marking the birth of the Saviour
into the world. The other was the
coming of the new year.
The new year, though it is not
concurrent with the church year,
was the subject of many sermons.
Rev. E. Fl. jerks at the First Pres
byterian church, preached on this
theme. "A Tale Is Told was his
subject, taken from the Psalmist's
philosophical homily upon life, in
which he exclaims, I'VE spend our
years as a tale that is told" and
then goes on to that widely known
verse, THE years of a mans life
are three-score years and 10; and if,
by reason of strength they be four
score years, yet is their strength
labor and sorrow; for they are soon
cut off and we fly away
The beginning of a new year is
an arbitrarily set time said Rev.
DR.. jerks. THE year could as ap-
propriately start in July or in Sep
TENDER or at any other time. The
custom of making good resolutions
to be put into effect at the beginning
of new year is all right so far as
it goes. But usually these resolu-
tons are soon broken.
eve should turn over a new leaf
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
threw his horse over on the sentries
nearly upsetting the machine gun.
Claim he Used Axe Handle.

NldlIIl TIC OScu Axe I1dliulc.
"They also claim Wallace hit the
soldier. with an axe handle he was
carrying and furthermore, make the
statement that Wallace was intoxi-
Gated. These statements are not
substantiated by, facts. Apart from
the circumstances that we have
never known Wallace to be intoxi-
Gated during the 10 months he was
employed by US, and that it is in
any case very unlikely man would
be under the influence of liquor
when going to his work at 8 o'clock
in the morning, we know positively
that Wallace was absolutely sober,
as several of our men were talking
with him a few minutes before he
was killed.
"As regards Wallace having as
saulted the soldier with an axe
handle, the lack of foundation for
this statement is proved bv the fact
that the axe handle, which he was
carrying down to the tank farm, was
still found strapped to the saddle
when the horse Wallace had been
riding was brought back to the
corral. Furthermore, it is extreme
ly unlikely, to say the least that
man armed with only a stick should
attack four soldiers with rifles and
machine gun. Another circum-
stance, which proves the soldier who
killed Wallace did not act in self
defense, is that the nature of the
wound, according to medical evil
dence, shows beyond any possibility
of doubt that Wallace was shot from
behind"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
NEW YORK GIRL
WEEDS SON OF
POLISH PRINCE
Miss Frances Lawrence Be-
comes Bride Of Andre Ponia-
towski at Paris Ceremony.

Paris, Dec. 28.-Miss Frances
Lawrence, daughter of Mrs. Francis
c. Lawrence, New York, was mar
ried Saturday to Andre Poniatowski,
a son of Prince Andre Poniatowski.
An elder brother of the bridegroom,
Prince Stanislaus Poniatowski. a
staff officer in the Polish army, and
Marquis De Brantes, acted as his
witnesses. Ambassador Wallace,
who was detained at meeting OF
the supreme council, was represent
ed at the ceremony by Joseph {.
Grew. counselor Of the American
embassy.
The mother of the bride, before
her marriage was Miss Susan Will
ing, daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward S. Willing of Phila-
delphia, and sister Of Baroness
Ribblesdale, who before her mar
riage to the baron last June, was
Mrs. John Aston, once the wife OF
the late Col. John Jacob Astcr.
Andre Poniatowski's parents,
Prince and Princess Andre Ponia-
towski, are we'll known in New York
and San Francisco, Princess Ponia-
towski was Miss Elizabeth Sperry
of San Francisco. Andre, who was
born in San Francisco, served with
his father and two brothers i'll the
French army during the wars. Since
the armistice he has been in the Po-
fish army. The ancestors of the
Poniatowskis were kings of Poland.
Two London chauffeurs have in
vented brush to be suspended on
the outside of an automobile wheel
to prevent it Smashing mud.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-29
FAIL IN EFFORT
TO GET PERSn|NC
T0DECLARE SELF
Wouldn't Even Wink an Eye
to Indicate If He Will
Take Presidential
Nomination.

Lincoln, Dec. 2s.-(Special) ALI
attempts on the part of local boost
ers for "Pershing for President to
smoke him out and make him deny
or affirm that he will allow his name
to be used as a candidate for the re-
publican nomination for the presf-
dency failed at the banquet given
him.
The promoters thought they had
oim Saturday night when, after he
had been given round of applause
that would have caused heart of
flint to unboscm itself, 500 men stood
loudly cheering while flags were
waved in his honor, but the general
refrained from dropping a hint as to
his future action.
Pershing Was Silent.
In TIE speech of introduction
Chairman Hardy of the club referred
to General Pershing as the great
leader of the American army abroad,
and said he hoped to see him the
leader of the American people at
home. While the heart of the gep-
Ieral must have throbbed madly at
the reception given the words of the
chairman, the words were not spoken
which the banquetcrs looked for. and
the letter that they longed for never
came"
When Mayor Miller was called
upon by Chairman Hardy to say a
few words, he also used his elo-
ouence to try and say something
that would cause the general to give
some sign, but Pershing never even
winked an eye, ard it is now ex-
pectcd that the mayor may call upon
his police department to give the
general the third degree" for Lin
coins mayor has never been known
to acknowledge failure in anything
lie undertakes.
Some See a "Sign."
Some see in his act of purchasing
the old home of his sisters in this
city and the letting of contract to
have it remodeled for his use as his
tuture home, chance that he might
have in his mind the very thing they
are longing for.
As usual General Pershing spoke
very briefly in acknowledging the re.
.eption given him After speaking of
Ills early life and then OH work in
France, he spoke of the Eishty-ninth
division, which was composed most
" Of Nebraska men, and said:
"The men of the Eighty-ninth dl-
vision did you proud. No set OF men
made such an impression on the
allied commanders as did those Ne
: braska boys of the Eighty-ninth. !
selected this division because | knew
could rely on the performance of
every duty. | told the division COM
manders Of the importance OF the
task and>advised them what could be
expected. | was fully assured that
they would carry forward our lines
without hesitation. Everywhere the
Nebraska boys went they carried
WITH theu the spirit of the Nebraska
people whom they represented"