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Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
MAYFIELD ASKS
TO Be RELIEVED
Of BOARD DUTIES
Commissioner Tenders Resig-
nation After Legislative
Committee Asks for
His Removal.
From Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln Neb.. April 9.-(Special
lelegram.) Special Commissioner
f 0. Mayheld of the State Board
-: Control, whose immediate re-
movaf~ by the governor was re-
quested o. the joint legislative in
vestigating committee in a report
made public yesterday, this morn
ng rendered his resignation to Gov
slnor M,kelvie and it was inme-
diately accepted. Mayhclds letter
= resignation follows:
April 9 1919. to Governor Nc
Kelvie. L;rcoln Neh
Dear Sir: Since January /. 1919,
| have been desirous Of severing
my connection with the board of
commissioners of stat> institutions,
and now. regardless of any recon-
'ilendatio7s made by the legislative
Investigating committee. the time
seems oppoTtune to notify you that
| wish to be relieved OF my official
duties on July |, next.
in doing this/permi: me to point
n the fac tnat while this board has
landed 1ciilions of dollars of the
peoples money, and has kept the IS
institutions under its control in as
good condition as circumstances
md appropriations Of past legisa-
lures would permit, that in its re-
port the Legislative committee has
Continued on Page Two, Column Five.)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
Miss Irene Mcknight,
Popular Young Woman,
Is I'll of Pneumonia

Miss Irene Mcknight, only dargh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Nc
Knight, is critically i'll of bronchial
pneumonia. at her home, 116 North
Fortieth street. Miss Mcknight has
been i'll for more than a week, her
illness becoming serious Sunday
night
Miss Mcknight is one of the pop
u1ar members of the younger social
set, and among the first OMAHA
women to drive her own car. She
is most attractive in appearance and
personality and is active in the Red
Cross, canteen corps. Her Knitting
record made during the war, sur
passed that of any other young
woman, and she also served in the
civilian relief home service section,
and the motor corps of the National
League for Woman's Service.
Miss Mcknight is member of
the Omaha Woman's Press club,
having at one time conducted the
social columns of the Omaha Ne
hraskan.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
Exchange Of Notes
Will Smooth Over
Japanese Incident

Washington, April 9.-Exchanges
between the United States and Japa-
nese governments regarding the re-
cent clash al Tien Tsin, China, be-
tween American soldiers and Japa-
nese are expected to result shortly
in satisfactory understanding clos
'ng the incident.
The ftill report of American Con-
sui Genera, Heintzleman has been
received q! the State department, it
was learned today. and the investi-
CATION by The American authorities
kas been practically completed: A
few details remain undetermined,
however, and until this is done, it is
unlikely that any statement will be
made by the department.
1t is known that the trouble began
in the French concession in clash
between soldiers of the American
and Japarcse forces at Tien Tsin.
The following day soldiers clashed
again and it seems that both the
Japanese and American concessions
were invaded during the fighting.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
HUNS LAY ALL BLAME i,
ON ENGLISH AND FRENCH.

New York, April 9.--The Ameri-
can steamship West Humhaw, the
first allied merchant ship to enter a
German port since America declared
war, returned here today from Dan
zig. 1t left the Baltic port on March
25 with cargo OF pork products
sent from the United States for the
relief of the Poles.
Captain Hatfield, commander, said
that everything was very quiet i'll
Danzig during IS days that his ship
was there.
The Germans" he said laid
themselves out to fatter US Ameri-
cans. They were all friends OF the
United States, according to them
selves, and blamed their troubles on
the English and French. AS far as
] could see they did not seem to
have many troubles. | have been
many times in German ports, but |
never saw people looking more pros
porous or better dressed than in
Danzig. Nobody was doing any
work, but as the government paid
them eight marks a day for doing
nothing; they did not seem 20 think
there was any necessity for work
ing. The two things they appeared
very short of were soap and sug-
ar. If man had a piece Of soap
he locked it up in safe and they
would steal anything sweet if i: was
not nailed down"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
Marvin De Lore Arrested
by Kansas City Police

Marvin DeLore, wanted in Omaha
for an alleged attempt to kill De-
tectives Franks and Murphy, was
arrested yesterday afternoon in
Kansas City. heavily armed, accord
ing 10 a telegram from Chief OF De-
tectives R. E. Phelan of Kansas
City last night DeLore is being
held there on the charge of carry
ing concealed weapons, but will be
sent back to Omaha, if Omaha
authorities desire.
During the latter part of Febru-
ary, DeLore and Sergeant Dan
Pugh staged a fight in local cafe
in which Pugh was struck over the
head with a revolver. When De-
tectives Franks and Murphy at
tempted to arrest DeLore in house
at l715 Clark street, DeLore opened
fire on them and pierced Franks
coat twice before escaping.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
GIRLS CLOTHES
CATCH AFLAME;
FAMILY BURNED
Harriet Lund, II Years Old,
Near Death From Burns;
: Three Others of Family
Suffer in Flames.

Blazing clothes, set on fire by
contact with a hot stove, caused
probable fatal burns on Harriet
Lund, l2-year-old daughter of Her
man ]. Lund, yardnaster for the
Illinois Central railroad in Council
Bluffs Wednesday afternoon. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. LunI and their other
daughter, Marie, aged IS years, re-
ceived painful burns while tearing
the flaming garments from the little
girl. They constituted the entire
family, and all were taken to Mercy
hospital for treatment
The accident occurred while Mr..
Lund was at home for luncheon at
their residence, 3l2 North Ninth
street. The family had been col
lecting rubbish about the house as
part Of the duties of cleanup week
and burning it in heating stove.
The little girl was standing with
her back to the stove when pro-
truding piece of cotton cloth near
her caught fire. In moment her
clothing was in flames and she ran
screaming through the house.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10

career to be disbarred under such
circumstances shouted Moro-Gaf-
feri.
In summing up the long discus
sion, the whole trend of Moro-Gia-
ferris argument was TO show that
President Poipcare was anxious to
have Humber deposed from~-the
prominent poeit ion he occupied in
the French political world.
Lawyers Puzzled.
The question of hearing President
Poincare puzzles the legal men, the
French law providing that during
cases under investigation the presi-
dent being the first magistrate OF
the republic. must be heard at Ely
see palace; but no provision is made
for the hearing of such testimony
while the case actually is under trial.
Humbert's lawyer declared this
afternoon that he intended to de-
mand to be present when President
Poincare was heard as a witness.
While he would not insist upon
bringing the president TO the court
house, he said, the latters testimony
must be handled the same as that
of any ordinary witness.
Senator Humbert asked % be con-
fronted with the president, whether
at Elysee palace or in the court.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
HUGE sum ASKED
OF PACKER FIRMS
BY TWO WOMEN ]
Louie Ferson and Grace Osborn
Sue in District Court for
Hundred Twenty Mil
lions Damages.

Louie Osborn Ferson and Grace
Osborn former Council Bluffs wo-
men. filed suit in district court yes
terday for $l20,000,000 damages
against ID defendants, among whom
are Armour and company, Swift
and company, Morris and company,
Standard Oil company. John D.
Rockefeller, jr., Guaranty Trust
company of New York, Iten Biscuit
company and several large banks.
1t is a suit for the largest amRunt
ever fled in Nebraska.
A "pork-and-bean biscuit" lies
beneath the whole trouble. Louie
Ferson and Grace Osborn allege in
their petition that they invented
pork-ard-bean biscuit and had the
new confection patented in January,
1901, and that 1he defendants named
appropriated the invention and
ignored the patent rights. Since
that time. Louie Ferson, it is alleged,
has been confined to her bed as a
result, and must depend solely on,
her sister, Grace Osborn. for sup
port.
In the course of the petition the
Union Stock Yards company of
Omaha is named a defendant and
IS defined as "a corporation con-
trolled by Armour company" John
@ Yeiser is attorney for the plain
titfs. 1t is alleged the biscuit en-
tered into army rations used i'll great
quantities during the European war
The same plaintiffs filed suit
against the Loose-Wiles Biscuit
company last January for $3.0W000
damages on the same grounds of
patent infringements.
Grace Osborn was fined SIS in
police court on complaint of the
I7ontenelle hotel for alleged non
payment of her bill, December 9.
I'he case was appealed and is set
for trial today in district court.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10

President Poincare, in view OF the
bitter attacks to which he was sub
jected by Humbert's lawyer, asked
today t. be heard anew, and Colonel
Masseiin, after reading the presi-
dents letter, 'acquiesced, as the
president; wished to explain further
regarding his relations and inter
views with Senator HumBert.
Advised Humbert.
President Poincare's testimony re-
lated to the conversations he and
Humbert had haC regarding Pierre
Lenoir,- defendant, and Bolo
Pasha. He said he had advised
Hhmbert to make a charge before
the military tribunals, which Hum
bert had refrained from doing, as
serting that he had informed /. the
first magistrate of the republic and
that the latter had promised him
that action would be taken.
perhaps one politician found it
to his advantage to have another
prominent politician disappear from
the public eye" shouted Moro
Giaferi. Thereupon Captain Nor
net asked the counsel to withdraw
his remark. threatening him with
disbarment.
'It will be to the glory of my
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
ROPER ISSUES WARNING
ABOUT TAX PROFITEERING.

Washington, April o,-Warning TO
dealers against increasing prices OF
taxable articles more than enough
to cover the tax and misrepresent-
ing the amount of tax to the custo-
mer, was given tonight Dy Daniel {.
Roper, internal revenue commis-
sioner, in an address before a group
of Washington business men.
The interest the government
has," he said, "is that the amount of
tax shall be collected and that the
price of the article shall not be mis-
represented to the purchaser so as
to make the purchaser pay a larger
amount than the actual price of the
article plus the amount of the tax
under the guise that the increase is
due to the tax. Penal provisions
are contained in the law for such
misrepresentation"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
MORE 0MAHANS
REACH new YORK
ON TRANSPORTS
List of Soldiers Who Have
Reached This Side With
Two Regiments From
Overseas.

Twenty-Five Omaha boys arrived
in New York, from overseas, Mon
day, with the 337th and 338th in
fantry detachments of Nebraska and
Iowa troops. The units will be sent
Immediately to Camp Dodge for
discharge. Nebraska boys with the
contingents that arrived from over
seas on the same vessel numbered
l42, many of whom will be sent to
Camp Funston for discharge. Some
of them are casualties. The Omaha
boys who arrived in New York are
Sergeants John w. Garman, 4816
Pierce street; Albert R. Andrews.
1920 South Thirteenth street;
Wayne E. Beahm, 201l Writ street; !;
Julius A. Simoens, 1929 u street;
George H. Schmidt, 907 North
Seventeenth street.
Privates Michael Tomko, 5034
South Thirty sixth street; William
A. Schnitz, 3465 Grand avenue );
William Tamms, 1885 South Twen-
ty-fifth street; Walter Sorenson,
3l02 Potter street; Frank Shimek,
SIPS South Twenty-first street !;
Frank A. Tuna, 2420 South Twen-
ty-third street; John H. Hanson 31O2
North Twenty-fourth St; John Men
zies, 21ll Grant street; William A..
Kennedy, 2620 South Eleventh
street; Jesse L. Cope, 1923 Harrison
street; William Sherlock, 8l6 North
Forty-first avenue; Earl A. Kruger,
4005 North Twenty-sixth street;
Arthur S. Duszynski, 1926 South
Twenty-sixth T street; Martin Sym
kiewicz, 3l49 T street; Lincoln P.
Tailey, 3ll0 Hamilton street; Will
lis c. Smith. 2432 Emmet street;
William O'Donnell, 1905 Corby
street
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
Will Address Foreigners
On AmeriCanizati0n Work

"Americanization of Foreigners
in Omaha" is the subject OF an ad-
dress to be delivered tonight
by Professor Pokin at "a meet
ing of the Armour Packing
company's employees and The Greeks
of Omaha and South Omaha in the
Union Pacific headquarters build
ing. Mrs. A. c. Troup will explain
what the different night schools have
accomplished in assisting the FORE
igners to become Americanized. ].
E Smith will. give an illustrated lee
ture on the districts west of the
Missouri river. The Greek choir of
St. Johns church will furnish music
for the occasion
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
Sixteen-Year-0Id Boy Held
for Stealing Automobile

Bert Justice, 10, was arrested yes
terday evening and charged with
grand larceny. He is accused of
stealing a Studebaker automobile
from Nineteenth and Farnam streets
on the night of March 81 The car
was the property of H. Rachman,
1919 Lothrop street, and was recov-
cred the next day at Seventeenth
and St. Mary's avenue. Justice lives
1t 3l3 North Twenty-hfth street. Ed
Daugherty, Shelby court Twenty
second and Leavenworth streets,
was arrested with Justice and book
ed for investigation. He admits be
ing with Justice, but says he did
hot know the car was stolen
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
Mexican Papers Report
a Revival of Banditry

Washington, April 9.-Mexican
newspapers reaching Washington
today report a revival of banditry
in the state of Vera Cruz, immedi-
ately south of Tampico, and record
six serious attacks on trains since
the middle of March. This is large
iy the territory where Felix Diaz,
recently reinforced by General Au-
reliano Banquet is reported to be
operating.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
Mrs. Grady to Start Crusade
AGAINST Immoral Movies

New York, April o.--Mrs. Ellen
A. Grady, deputy commissioner, an
nounced tonight that she had or
dered crusade by women detec-
tives against proprietors of moving
picture theaters displaying such
suggestive, immoral and filthy
films" as she observed on a tour of
movie houses today.
THE clergy. educators, judges
and welfare workers." declared Mrs.
Grady, might as we'll lock up the
churches, shut the books and close
the courts, if they are going to per-
NIT the filthy motion pictures that
are being shown in New York and
throughout the country"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
Two CoIoneIS Ordered
To .0in Force in Siberia

Washington, April S-Col. Robert
H. Silln7an, and Joseph D. Leitch
have been ordered to report to Ma
jor General Graves. commanding the
American expedition in Siberia. 1t
wa SAID at the War department that
they probably will be assigned to
relieve officers of equal rank who
commanded the units of General
Graves forces drawn from the Phil
ippine;, Colonel Sillman has been
on duty at Camp Travis. Tex. and
Colonel Leitch at Camp Lewis,
Wash,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
CALIFORNIA VOLCANO
RESUMES ERUPTIONS.

lRedding, Cal, April 9.-After
lying dormant for about a year,
Mount Lassen. in the Sierras near
here, resumed volcanic eruptions to-
day.
A steady stream of white sulphur
Gus smoke is issuing from the peak
crater.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
Powder King Forms
Corporation to Take
Care Of Foreign Trade

Wilmington, Del, April 9.-Alfred
|. Dupont of this city has organized
a $l200C,0O0 corporation to take
care Of domestic exports and i'm
ports. The Nemours trading cor
poration, as the new organization is
known, 1has been formed for the
purpose of taking over the French
American constructive corporation,
the allied industries corporation,
New York firm. and the Merchants
and Manufacturers Exchange of
New York, owners OF the Grand
Central Palace.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
ROLSHEVIST AGITATION
FINANCED BY WOMEN.

I Washington, April 9.-Reports
that bolshevist agitation in the
United States is being financed by
a number of wealthy persons, par
ticularly women, have reached the
Department of Justice, but have not
been taken seriously.
One report related that wealthy
American woman had undertaken to
pay the expenses of agitators to
work among negroes in the south
to get them to organize sovie. COM
mittees.
No evidence of this agitation has
developed.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
RAISE IN PHONE RATES
STOPPED BY COURT.

Chicago, April 9.-Judge Charles
NJ. Foel, in the superior court, to-
day made permanent an injunction
issued few weeks ago restraining
the Chicago Telephone company
and the American Telephone and
Telegraph company from raising
their rates in conformity with tile
schedule issued by Postmaster Gen.
eral Burleson. In his decision Judge
Foel held that the state had the ex-
clusiye right to regulate 'ntrastate
rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
0 mAHA.N
ON
CHARGE OF
N j R D { R
Realized Tragedy Was I'm
pending and Stepped Outside
House; to Be Tried for
Violating Liquor Laws.

Lincoln, April 9.-(Special Tele
gram. because he was sober
enough to realize tragedy was im-
pending, and stepped out the door
to avoid its consequences, Homer
Anderson, giving Omaha as his
home, will not face murder charge
lit the courts of Brown county,
Kansas.
He will be prosecuted on charge
of violating the bone dry" laws OF
Kansas, and his two companions,
]. II. Banker of Falls City and ]. c.
Hanker of Preston, Neb., are being
held on charge of murder.
The preliminary hearing of the
men has been set for Tue esday
April IS, at Hiawatha, Kan.
Engaged in Bootlegging.
Anderson, who refuses to give his
Omaha address, was engaged in the
bCotlegging game with Hanker and
Banker. They were returning from
St. Joseph, Mo, last Friday with a
Ford car loaded with booze, and
when on the White Cloud reserva-
ton, i'll Kansas, and near the Ne
braslla line at nightfall, their car
broke down.
The three men went to the home
of ]. c. Heikes, near by, and tried
to make arrangements for lodging
for the night, there was no room
for them there and they were re-
ferred to the home of an old hermit
named Beiler, a half mile away. The
men went to the latter place and
were accorded accommodation for
the might.
Quarrel Sequel to Spree.
The next morning, shortly after
breakfast. Heikes and his son ar
rived at the Beiler home and, il
was alleged. were invited to drink
some of the whisky which the
bootlegging party had provided
their host The men all drank
heavily and soon we're in a quarrel
some mood. A fight ensued which
resulted in the killing of Beiler.
Anderson, it is alleged, saw that
lliS uudldCl WOulu tilu fatally dlU
he was sober enough to step out
side and the killing occurred after
he had closed the door.
The three Nebraskans admitted
that they were engaged in trans
porting contraband liquor into the
state of Nebraska and the load they
had at the time the trouble oc-
Cured was destined for Omaha
where they had been regularly
operating.
Anderson has a wife living in
Omaha and since his trouble has
been visited by his brother-in-law
an Omahan, who bought him some
clothing.
Banker has been convicted oi
bootlegging in the Otoe county
courts and Hanker is said to have
been recently released from the
army. Hispeople are respectable res.
idents Of the southeastern part oi
the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
Big Crowd Sees Guy Hinman
Take Mayorship of Fremont

Fremont, Neb., April 9.--(Special
Telegram. Mayor Guy Hinman
and his council took charge of the
city government last night. The fol-
lowing appointments were made and
approved: City attorney, w. M.
Cain; chief of police, Martin Fred
erickson; fire chief, Harry Morse;
street. commissioner, T. A. Adams;
city physician. J. c. Agec. No light
and water commissioner was ap-
pointed
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10
~ R 7 E F
.<R IG HIT
LIZ EEZY
BITS OF NEWS
LOOK OVER ARRANGEMENTS
FOR SIGNING TREATY.

Paris, April 9.-Representatives Of
the peace congress again have visit
ed Versailles to look after arrange
mcnts for the signing Of the peace
treaty in the pa.ace there. The
commission which has the work in
hand is composed of M. Arnavo,
secretary to Paul Dutasta, general
secretary of the peace congress;
Messrs. Harrison and Patchin of the
American delegation; Messrs. Nor
man and Sylvester of the British
delegation; the Marquis of Durazzo
and the Marquis Palermo of the
Italian delegation and Mr.. Kavai of
the japanese delegation.
The newspaper correspondents
will be accommodated in the north
ern wing of the palace. New tele-
phoni: arrangements were ordered
for the Hall of Mirrors.
The enemy delegates probably
will be lodged in villas in the neigh
borhood of Versailles.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10

court-martial at Governors island,
Mrs. Gerard identified him as the
man in German uniform she had
seen i'll Berlin, and Frank Hill, Mr.
Gerard's valet, corroborated her
statement,
Bode, native of Germany, had
for years been a soldier of fortune.
He was a Russian spy during the
RussoJ Japanese war; served in the
United States navy; was member
of the intelligence service in the
Philippine constabulary and won a
lieutenant colonelcy in the Mexican
army during the Madero regime
for gallantry i'll action.
Early i'll his career Bode married
Miss Barbara Steuer in Dayton, O.,
but they separated in 1905.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-10

Paris, April 9-The responsibility
OF the German emperor for the war
and the means for bringing him to
trial by one of the allied govern /,
ments, probably Belgium. have been
definitely determined upon by the
council of four.
This follows the decision OH the
terms of reparation for war dam
ages, whereby $5,000,0000 must be
paid within the next two years and
an inter-allied commission assesses
the remaining damage for a period
of 80 years, beginning May ], 1921
Remove. Two Obstacles.
Thus two of the great obstacles
which stood in the path of the rapid
attainment of peace have been re-
moved within the last "a hours. and
the period of extreme tension over
the inaction and the failure to Sc
cure tangible results is succeeded by
revived confidence over the great
advance made towards permanent
settlement.
How far these results are due to
the intlmations conveyed by the
summoning to France cf the United
States transport George Washington
by President Wilson is only con
jectural. But it is at least a CO.
incidence that the main difficulties
began to dissolve from the time that
this decision became known
Differences Minor.
The exact nature of these differ.
ences are not disclosed. Friends of
the president maintain that they
were largely of a minor character, not
involving large principles, though
the presidents adherence to his IA
points" as the rigid limitation of the
scope of action appears to have run
all through the deliberations during
the tense period of the las: few days.
While the tension has been great
ly reduced, it is not entirely removed
as much depends on the continue
ton of progress with respect to the,
remaining obstacles. notably the
Sarre valley, the Rhine frontier, the
Adriatic issue and a number of les
ser issues which are still short OF
final agreement.
Ex-Kaiser May Save Neck.
The agreement on responsibilities
for the war is understood to have
been compromise between divided
reports presented by the commits
sion of which Secretary Lansing is
chairman. There was a practical
agreement on the responsibility of
the German emperor for bringing
on the war, but division occurred
on whether it was feasible to bring
him to justice before an interna-
tional tribnal. ....
The French and British view
favored a tribunal, but the American
view, it is understood, favored
moral indictment without recourse
to prosecution owing to the lack of
an international law as basis for
trial before an international court.
Belgium, on which the war fell
first and heaviest is reported to
have taken view much similar to
that of the United States, while
Japan and Italy were partially in
accord with the American view.
Devise New Plan.
1t was owing to these divergent
points that the council devised a
new plan, whereby one of the allied
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