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Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
MANS DEATHbED
TALE uNC0vERS
CASE OF MURDER
Authorities Investigating His
Statement Discover Body Of
! ! Woman In Deserted
Antioch House.

Antioch, Neb, April 7.-(Spscial.)
"A woman, known here as "Rose," !"
was found murdered in a shack
south of town by authorities investi-
eating the story told by Sam Bart
lett, who is lying fatally wounded
as the result of an attempt to escape
from the town marshal after his ar
rest upon larceny charge.
Bartlett was taken into custody
Saturday night in connection with
the theft of FIVE gallons of alcohol
from chemical laboratory. When
heing lodged in Jail he made a break
for liberty and was shot through
the right lung by the marshal. Be-
lieving that he was about to die, he
told the marshal of the body of the
woman in the shack
Before his arrest Saturday night,
Bartlett said, he, the murdered wom-
an, man named Jackson and an
other women had held a drunken
spree in the house with the stolen
alcohol. Following an argument, he
said, Jackson shot Rose" through
the head and made his escape.
Bartlett told the authorities that
Jackson stole an automobile from a
local garage and drove east. 1t is
believed that he headed for Sioux
City, his home. He was last seen at
Lakeside, Neb.
The body of the murdered woman
was found in the house when au-
thorities Investigated the story. A
bullet hole through her cheek indi-
Gated the course the shot had taken.
Sheriff Bruce at Rushville was
notified of the murder and posses
searched the vicinity in unsuccessful
attempts to apprehend Jackson or
the second woman implicated in the
affair.
Bartlett is not expected to recover
from his wound.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
|INDICATIONSPOINT
TO REJECTION OF
TRAINING MEASURE
Fight on Army Bill Opens in
Senate With Sharp
Debate.

4 Wasl,ingtons April THE big
fight against universal military
training opened in the senate with
indications that the final vote, prob
ably tomorrow, would result in its
rejection.
Leaders on both sides who for
nally canvassed the senate vote re-
fused to comment on the probable
outcome. 1t was said. however. that
40 democrats and IS republicans
were against the training plan. In
this situation a movement will be
begun aiming at the substitution of
a program of voluntary training.
There was sharp debate on the
training scheme, which was COM
mended and condemned. but the
sum total of action was the decision
to postpone from 1921 to 1922 the
cate on which the plan would be
put into force. This was done with
less than a dozen senator's in the
chamber.
Senator Wadsworth, republican of
New York, in charge of the bill. de-
clared the regular army would never
be big enough to defend this coun-
try. Urging adoption of the train
ing plan, he contended the senate
bill, including the training scheme,
would cause an annual maximum ex-
penditure OF $700,000,000, or ."but
one-twentieth as much as spent for
the army alone during l8 months of
the world war"
Senator Pomerene. democrat,
Ohio, opposing immediate adoption
OF the plan because of the expense,
declared the tragedy of unframed
men being sent into battle was not
due so much to unpreparedness as
to the negligence of officers who
sent them into the fight"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08

New York, April 7.-(Special.)-
Movements started by friends and
political admirers of Herbert
Hoover to have his name written in
on the republican ballots in Illinois.
Nebraska, Ohio and other states do
not meet with the approval of the
former food administrator, it was
made plain here today,
Hoover himself i'll a statement
said:
Having refused to allow my name
to be put into the primaries hitheto
at every place where l have been
consulted, SO far as l know it has
only been done in Michigan and
California and in one solitary dis
trict outside. As there is little or
ganization in lny-bthalf except the
clubs that have sprung up spontane-
ously over the country, and as most
of the primaries are closed and at
this late date no organization is pos
sible that could compete with other
organizations, ! do not consider my
friends will find any advantage in
uldl ulI CStlOH III OtiCI primaries.
Those who think I should be nomi-
mated will. I believe, find their en-
orgies better applied to promotion
of their views to the country and
the delegates already named. with
full respect to their prior pledges" ?"
Playing Careful Hand.
Hoover's carefully worded state
ment that efforts be centered on the
delegates already elected with full
respect to their prior pledges re
moves all doubt that the former
food administrator believes that
none of the four actively competing
candidates for the presidency
Lowden, Johnson or Wood can be
nominated, that the convention will
dea adlock, and that by actively boost
ing the Hoover candidates before
the delegates already selected and to
be selected, the convention might
turn to Hoover to break the dead
lock. R.
Backers of Hoover are determined
that his followers do not make the
the Wood forces made in
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Brotherhood Chiefs Say
Chicago Strike Is IIIeuaI

Cleveland, O., April Wv. S.
Carter, president of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, had received no official report
early today of members of his or
ganization joining the strike OF
switchmen in Chicago.
$50 far as this organization is
concerned, the Chicago strike is il
legal and will be treated as such,"
Mr.. Carter said.
Warren S. Stone, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, issued the following statement
regarding the Chicago switchmen's
strike:
THE strike of Chicago switchmen
is illegal and will be SO considered
by the engineers brotherhood"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Special Rule Provides for Six
Hours Debate on Proposal in
House Today and But Five
Hours Tomorrow.
FLOOD CHALLENGES
POWER OF CONGRESS
virginian Characterizes Sec
tion Five as Attempt to Pre-
serve Something Out Of
Wreck of American Rights.

Washington, April Final de-
termination was reached today by
republican leaders in the house to
bring to a vote in that body late
Friday the resolution to declare the
state OF war witt, Germany at all
end. A special rule reported today
by the rules committee provides for
six hours debate on Thursday and
five hours on Friday. after which
opponents of the resolution may Of
fer only motion to recommit.
Completion today of the minority
report presenting views of demo-
cratic members of the foreign af-
fairs committee on the resolution
cleared the way for the long debate.
Representative Flood Of Virginia,
ranking democratic member of the
committee. presenting the minority
report. challenged the power of
congress to bring the war legally
to an end and characterized section
OF the resolution as IAN attempt
to preserve something out of the
wreck Of American rights which
have been SO outrageously surren-
dered in former sections of the reso-
luton"
Says Proposition Confused.
From whatever angle this reso-
luton is viewed" he continued. "it
presents itself as proposition not
only ineffective in achieving its pro-
claimed purpose, but as sure
method of confusing our foreign re-
lations, injecting new and compli-
Gated questions into an already diff
ficult situation and involving sur
render Of American rights and an
Impairment of American prestige
and honor"
The minority report took particu-
lar exception to the statement in the
yesolution's preamble that the presi7
dent had informed congress the war
was at an end.
"At no time and under no cir
cumstances has the president made
any such assertion" the report said.
1T is true that, on theN>Signing OF
the armistice, the president, i'll the
course of an address to congress,
used the words. the war thus comes
to an end But he spoke Of actual
hostilities, as every one knew, and
not of the technical state of war.
1t takes treaty to epd war.
THE drafters of the resolution
and the members of the committee
on foreign affairs who voted for it.,
knew that this was the case.
Cite Kentucky Case.
by quoting this statement of the
president as the basis for this resolu-
ton. the authors of the resolution
lay themselves open to the charge
of insincerity and sharp practice.
The supreme court recently de-
clared that what the president had
done did not announce the legal ter
mination of the war, the report de-
clared. citing the decision in the
Kentucky distil!eries cases.
"RepresentatiN Flood asserted that
sections of the resolution restricting
trade with Germany or seeking to
repeal war time legislation were
within the powers of congress. but
cited many authorities to sustain his
contention that 80 far as it seeks
to direct the president to issue
proclamation to the German gov
ernnent, it cntrenches upon the
treaty-making powers and is not
within the power OF congress"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Mexican Agent Has Been
Summoned to Washington

Washington, April 7.-George T..
Summerlin, charge OF the American
embassy at Mexico City, has been
summoned TO Washington. State
department officials said today his
visit had nothing to do with Mexi-
can affairs and the impression was
gained that Mr.. Summerlin was
slated for transfer to more impor-
tant post. Secretary Hanna is act
ing as charge at Mexico City now.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Occupation Of Hamburg
Ends Move of French Army

Frankfort, April 7.-Occupation
of Hamburg by French troops vir-
tually completes the operations out
lined 10 General De Gbutte in charge
of the occupation movement, in his
oSders from the war Office. The en-
tire plan has been carried aut with
out any significant incident The
inhabitants of Frankfort arc accept
ing the occupation with complete
outward indifference
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Widespread Plans for RevoIu-
ton Against Mexican Gov
ernment Nipped in Bud by De-
partment of Justice Agents.
YOUNG NIECE OF VILLA
ARRESTED At BORDER
Papers Seized Said to Reveal
Plans to Cross Into Lower
California and Later Attack
Sonora and SinaI0a.

FL Paso, Tex, April "A wide
spread revolutionary plot fostered
by agents in the United States to
overthrow the presept government
in Mexico is being investigated by
the United States grand jury, in ses-
sion here, it became known We'd
resday. Three alleged participants
in the plot are in jails in this coun-
try, while fourth was arrested by
Mexican federal authorities at Mexi-
cali, Lower California, while at
tempting to smuggle munitions of
war to the revolutionists.
The plot became known when
United States army authorities in the
Big Bend district arrested Andres
H. Villegas. a Mexican boy, and
Conception Perez, young niece of
Francisco Villa, when the pair at
tempted to cross from this country
into Mexico. Military authorities
seized from the pair much CORE
spondence from Villa agents in this
country addressed to Villa.
Federal authorities here said the
correspondence revealed plot of
Villistas and other revolutionists to
cross into Lower California, seize
that state with the large quantities
of arms and ammunition available
there and then attack the state of
Sonora and Sinaloa, Mexico, while at
the same time Villa was to aggres-
sively open a revolutionary cam
paign in Chihuahua.
+ Indians to Help.
The correspondence purports also
Is show that an agreement had been
entered into with the Yaqui Indians
of Sonora. whereby the Indians
were to have returned to them rich
tribal lands in exchange for assist
ing in the revolution.
Lambert Chevez. colonel III
Villas army, was. arrested by De-
partment of Justice officers at Los
Angeles and he is said to have con-
fessed.
The Mexican arrested by the Mex.
ican authorities at Mexicali was
said to be A. Barbea. another Mex
Jean revolutionary army officer.
Villegas, Miss Perez and Chevez,
it was said are accused of violating
the United States neutrality laws
by conspiring to foster a revolution
against government recognized by
the United States. ~. -
Mexican authorities and American
officers are open in their comments
that revolution is ar immediate
probability in Sonora. Mexico, where
the entire operating personnel OF
the Southern Pacific railroad OF
Mexico is on strike.>
Another revolution, fostered by
the Free Men of Mexico also is
brewing. it was said today.
A demonstration by "The Free
Men of Mexico" has been set for
MAY 5, next.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Michigan Vote Criterion,
\ According to Edwards

Jersey City, N. j., April 7.-Govs
ernor Edwards before leaving for
Trenton today, declared the vote for
him in the Michigan primaries "in-
dicated an awakening of the peo-
pie to the dangers of an invasion
Of their personal liberty" He was
enthusiastic over the result, not
withstanding that latest returns in
dicated he ram behind Herbert
Hodver. ;
"It was not opposition to prohibi-
ton so much as opposition to being
deprived of a personal right with
out an opportunity to pass upon the
question that brought out the vote
for me in Michigan" he said. 1T
was spontaneous. / did not lift a
hand for it and no one campaigned
for me in that state"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
200 Shares of Stutz Motor
Stock Are Sold at Auction

New York, April 1.-Two hun
dred shares of Stutz Motor stock.
trading in which has been suspend
cd by the New York Stock ex-
change. brought $40 at auction.
The purchase was made by lawyer
acting for client.
The last quotation on the ex-
change before trading was suspend
ed was 1891, the stock having risen
to that figure from 500, so rapidly
that officials of the exchange ex-
pressed the belief that there was a
corner. Since the suspension the
stock has been quoted at $3.50 bid
and $3.50 asked over the counter,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
5000 Troops of Mexico
Land on the West Coast

Aqua Prieta, Sonora, Mex, April
7.-According to statement made
At military headquarters here today
by federal officials, the Mexican
transports Guerrero and Chapac ar
rived at Guaymas. the principal west
coast port, Tuesday night and. un-
loaded 5000 troops, the majority Of
which were infantry and the balance
artillery units.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
No Assets Found in Estate
Of California Promoter

San Francisco, April NO as
sets have been found in the estate
of Robert G. Hanford. one of the or
ganizers 'of the United Properties
company Of California, with hold
ings valued at $200,0O0,000. accord
ing to an announcement in the su-
pcrior court by counsel interested
in the settlement of Hanford's af-
fairs. Hanford died in New York
January 5 at a time when he was
said to be endeavoring to effect a
merger of surface railways there.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
New York People Favor
Pershinq Instead of Wood

New York, April 1.-THE New
York World today continued its
poll of downtown sections for straw
preferential president sentiment. A
surprising feature of the poll is that
General Pershing. passive >-candi-
date, led Gen. Leonard Wood i'll a
poll at the Commodore hotel and
had more votes than johnson, Low
der or Harding at the Hippodrome
theater.
Many of those voting for Perish
ing in the poll to date are demo-
Gratis who express a willingness to
vote for Persking on any ticket.
Governor Edwards of New Jersey
is far ahead of all candidates. This
is accounted for Ny the fact that
Edwards is an avowed wet.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Resume Air Patrol.

Washington. April 7.-The air
plane forest fire patrol of the west
er; states is to be resumed this year
and the Ninth aero SQUADRON at
Rockwell field. California, will be
assigned toi this work, General
Menoher, director of air service, an
nounced.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Dedicate Grand Canyon
National Park ApriI &C

Washington. April edication
OF the Grand Canyon national park,
created by act of congress February
26, 1919, will take place April 80,
Secretary Payne announced. The
ceremony will mark the end of the
great task for its creation begun 50
years ago by President Harrison,
then senator from Indiana.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Seattle Editor Cleared
Of Criminal Libel Charqe

Seattle, Wash, April "A d.
rected verdict of acquittal was or
dered in superior court for f. B.
Ault. editor of the Seattle Union
Record, a labor daily newspaper,
charged with criminally libelling the
memories of the four former SOL
diers killed by alleged Industrial
Workers of the World at Centralia,
Wash.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Roumania to Ratify Treaty.

Bucharest, April 1.-THE council
of ministers has decided to ratify
the treaty of Versailles. The rati-
fcation will be by royal decree. as
the parliament is not i'll session,
making Rumania's approval of the
treaty similar to that of Italy.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Wilson Grants Permanent
Rank to Major Generals

Washington, April 7.-Charles
P. Summerall and Henry ]. Jervey
were nominated today BY President
Wilson to be major generals in the
regular army. Both now have the
.enref fgencY rank OF major pencral.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Wood Petition Filed.

Salem, Ore. April THE presi-
dental nominating petition for Gen.
Leonard Wood was filed with secre-
tary of state here. The petition
places Woods name on the Oregon
ballot as a candidate for the repub-
lican nomination.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Bandit Is Wounded.

albuquerque. N. NJ, April "a
rlan who gave his name as Fred
Repka, and his address Buffalo, n.
", was shot and dangerously
wounded while attempting to hold
W an automobile between Albu-
QuerQue and BernaliNo, !
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Clemenceau Seriously III

Cairo, April 7.-(Havas,) y
Georges Clemenceau, former pre-
nuer of France, has been suffering
from bropchitis since his return to
this city from Luxer and his con-
dition causes some apprehension.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
Nomination Confirmed.

Washington. April 7.-Nomina-
tion Of Hampson Gary OF Texas, to
be minister to Switzerland was con-
h-med by. the senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-04-08
The Weather

81. Forecast.
Thursday unsettled and slightly
Arizona republican., 1920-12-31

CTS with a view of cooperation in the defense of civilization.
 The passage of this resolution, as it IS proposed to be amended the mem 9randum contended, would provide a simple and customary method of ad- Just1ng our relations with Germany. The declaration of a policy such as in dicated, followed by similar declara- tlon by other nations, would constitute an association of nations, bound to- gether by a common purpose, that neither parchment, sealing wax, sig natures nor blue ribbons could make more obligatory or effective.
 Such a declaration of policy would not interfere with the qualification Of international law, the creation of a court to decide international differ ences of 9 justifiable character, nor the appointment of commissions to in- vestigate critical questions that threaten war. On the other hand, it would stand in the background as a great moral force, whose tendency should be to encourage nations to agree.
 If this had been the avowed and un- derstood policy of the United States before July, 1914, it is in my judgment very improbable that the war would have occurred"
Arizona republican., 1920-12-31
ARREST Z WOMEN FUR CONSP|R|NC
 TO GET WHISkEY
TRepublican A. p. Leased WireI

NEW YORK, Dec. 30-Two women, clerks in the federal prohibition di- rectors office here, and three men to- day were arrested charged with con- spiracy to defraud the United States through the use of liquor withdrawal permits obtained by bribery and by forgery of telegrams and permits.
 The women are. Mary Perkins and Regina Sassone, clerks in the office, and the men are Edward Donegan, a Brooklyn contractor; Sigmund (Bean- sy) Rosenfeld and George R. Stibber son.
 Donegan, Rosenfeld and the women were arraigned tonight before United States Commissioner Hitchcock, who held Donegan under S100,000 bail and each of the others under $50,000 bail. Stibberson was not arraigned
 Besides the charges of fraud in use of permits and telegrams, complaints sworn to by agents allege that Done s25,o00 to destroy evidence and re- lease them and the women and that S6500 was paid to the agents.
 Operations of the alleged conspira- tors were described in four complaints. They charge that beginning Sept 15 last, the defendants agreed to obtain from the files of the prohibition di- rector Tor New York state telegramS from distilleries in various parts of the country, inquiring about the gen. uineness of withdrawal permits pre- scented by the distillers. By means of forged teiegraphic replies and fraud ulent permits, the complaints allege, the defendants planned to obtain liquor.
 The charge is made that Miss Sas- sone was to remove the telegrams from the files for which she was to receive S100 a telegram, and that she received $3000 from Donegan. The complaint alleges that during the last week an attempt was made to carry out the scheme against the New York and Kentucky company.
 The complaint against Mrs. Perkins charges she took envelopes from the office and that she received $250 from Antonio Pappano, said to be under ar rest in Washington. D. C., in connec- ton with the issuance of a with drawal permit
 The investigation resulting in the arrest was due to the discovery ot hundreds of forged withdrawal per mits.
 Bonds were furnished and the de fendants released. A hearing was sci for next Thursday
Arizona republican., 1920-12-31
RESOURCES OF BANKS IN THIS STATE REACH TOTAL IF S104, 240,OO0

Resources of Arizona national and state banks, as shown by the state ment of condition prepared by all banks as of Nov Is, on call bv the superintendent of state banks, totaled S104,24O,6S2.62, according to con densed statement of banks reports made public today by Jesse l.. Boyce. superintendent of state banks. The figures represented an increase of S9,- 166,S73.32 over total resources shown in the statement of Nov r. 1919.
 Total resources of state banks in todays statement were given as S6S.- s11,215.37 and those of national banks. $35,329, 467.25. The gain for state banks over the 1919 statement was S6,- 17S,646.4S, and for national banks $3,- 5S8, 326.S9.
 Total loans and discounts of state banks were given as $42,S76,6T007 Those of national banks were $21,2T3,- 104.19. Increase in state bank loans and discounts over Not. r last year was $10,4S9,s ,s03.44. and in national bank loans and discounts. s5.s27, ,31219.
 The statement covered 66 state banks and 21 national banks.