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Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
BERLIN RIOTS
PROVE FATALTO
DEMONSTRATORS
Plundering on Large Scale
Occurs When Men Storm
The Reichstag,

Berlin. IAN. 13.-Plundering on a
large scale occurred Monday in the
occupied upper house. Men stormed
the town hall, seized arms, threw
the archives into the street and
stripped the adjacent shops. The
disturbances spread to places in the
vicinity where the plunderers used
firearms against the police.
Ten dead had been brought into
the court of the Reichstag building
when the national assembly ad-
journed, according to an announce
ment made by President Fehren-
bach.
London, jan l3.-The mob made
rush against the troops guarding
the Reichstag building in Berlin and
tried to disarm them. The troops
fired and several persons were killed
or wounded. Order was then re-
stored.
Basel, Jan. 15.-Many persons
were killed or wounded in Berlin
when the troops fired upon or bay
oneted demonstrators who tried to
rush the RefSbstag entrances, in pro-
test against the exploitation law,
says a despatch from Berlin.
The dispatch adds that, since
noon, crowds have paraded the
streets, following an appeal from
Die Freiheit, radical socialist organ
for workmen, to demonstrate in pro-
test against the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
THREE BROTHERS
IN ST. PAUL JAIL ON
HOLDUP CHARGE
Chief of Police and Witnesses
Will Return for, Hearing
January 20.

Three Finn brothers, William,
(Thomas Mckay, Mike and John,
are still in Jail at St. Paul, Mimi,
under heavy bond, charged with
robbing the Farmers and Merchants
bank at Benson of $l05,000 on the
morning of December 81, Chief of
Police Eberstein said yesterday up
On his return to Omaha from St.
Paul, where he had been since Jam
uary 5, in an effort to extradite Will
liam and Mike.
Upon receipt of telegram from
Police Chief Eberstein Monday,
telling that John Finn had been ar
rested and identified as one of the
bandit gang, Chief of Detectives
Dunn filed a charge of robbery
against the accused man. Finn's
bonds were set at $4,000, Chief
Eberstein said, and his hearing set
for January 20, when habeas corpus
proceedings for the other two Finn
brothers will be heard before a dis
trict court judge in St. Paul.
The FIVE bank robbery victims
who identified the Finn brothers as
members of the bandit gang will
be recalled to St. Paul to attend the
hearing and also to attempt to posi-
lively identify the last Finn ar
rested, the police chief stated.
Chief of Police Eberstein, to-
gether with Detectives Dolan and
Hagerman will also return to St.
Paul to attend the hearing.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
U. S. Government Objects in
Principle to Settlement Made
By Supreme Council in Regard
To Sinking of Warships.
DOES NOT WANT ANY
SHARE OF INDEMNITY
Division of Ships Among
Other Powers Would Make it
Necessary for America to
Enlarge Naval Program. /

Washington, Jan. 15.-The United
States government has refused to
accept any part of indemnity to
Be paid by Germany for the destruc-
ton of the German fleet in Scapa
Flow, because it objects in princi-
pie to the settlement made by the
supreme council, it was said today
at the State department.
Germany, in compensation for the
destruction of the surrendered war
ships, is required to deliver to the
allies certain inland steamer and
harbor facilities, such ,as floating
docks and tugs, and the council had
decided to allocate per cent Of this
material to the United States. Am
bassador Wallace today informed
the council that if its decision with
respect to the award was final, the
United States would waive its claim
to any part of the indemnity,
State department officials would
not explain the American govern
ment's objection to the settlement,
but it was recalled that from the
first the American representatives
at the peace conference have favored
the destruction of the German ships
on the ground that their division
among the powers would make it
necessary for this country to pro-
ceed with much larger naval build
ing program than would otherwise
be regarded as necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
Wins Battle Against
Odds With Thugs and
Saves $500 in Cash

After an unequal struggle in which
A. Sirian, 1889 South Thirty-second
street, shot three times and is be-
lieved to have wounded one of his
assailants. he succeeded in defeat
ing the efforts of two thugs to rob
him of about $500 in cash at the
corner of Twenty-hrst and Pierce
streets about 7:30 last night.
Sirian is the proprietor of soft
drink parlor at 1902 South Twentieth
street. He had been home for sup
per and was on his way back to his
store when the attempted holdup oc-
Cured.
The two highwaymen jumped
upon him, he says, and attempted to
throw him to the ground. Sirian
had his hand on his revolver when
attacked and he fired il three times
during the melee.
The thugs struck him twice in the
face, leaving bruises and cuts. ST.
rian's finger was cut by the trigger
of the gun, which the bandits at
tempted to wrest from his grasp. He
did not relinquish his hold, however,
and fought so desperately that the
robbers gave up the attempt to OBJ
tain his money and ran away,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
SCORED
BY RAILROADER
AFTER ADDRESS
Farmers Union Delegate Starts
Near Riot at Auditorium
+ Meeting.

Richard Bucknole, rs years old,
veteran railroad man of Washing
ton, Neb., precipitated scene which
for a moment threatened to become
a riot by bitterly denouncing the
Plumb plan as outlined by its
author, Glen E. Plumb, at the Audi
torium last night.
At the close of his speech Mr..
Plumb offered. to answer questions.
Bucknole tottered to the stage
hastily and in a high shrill voice
demanded: who's goin' to rum the
railroads if you have your way?'
Plumb started to reply, but the
old man interrupted him.
Shakes His Fist.
you're just one of these lawyers
that'll talk if you get paid to talk"
he shrilled, shaking bony fist
under Plumb''s nose. "The labor
unions of the country are making
every member put dollar in your
hat.
when l came here tonight l
thought you were a railroad man.
You couldn't even get job on a
railroad. You're one of these here
fellows that stand around with
your hands in your pockets and
hand out smooth talk 1t started
railroading when I was 8 years old
in England and / kept it up when
l came to this country. You can't
tell me about railroads"
Plumb turned his attention to
other questioners and the old man
hobb1ed away protestingly. He is
in Omaha attending. the convention
of the Farmers union, he said.
Opposes Rail Bills.
Mr.. Plumb, in his speech, bitterly
opposed the return of railroads to
private ownership March l, de-
nounced the Cumins bill now in con-
gress, and advocated the adoption
of his plan for railroad management
which provides for local board Of
directors, one-third of which should
represent the people. one-third- the
employees and one-third the officials
of the roads.
The officials would be retained
to manage the road, but would be
directly responsible to the other
two sections of the board, he said.
In this way he would run railroads
efficiently.
Mr.. Plumb spoke under the
auspices of the Farmers union, now
in convention here. During the
afternoon session ofthe union res
olution to neither commend nor
condemn Plumb's speech was
passed. The Auditorium was half
filled. Mr.. Plumb left for the east
at midnight.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
TIRE EATY C0mPR0m|SE uEA
NEW CASE GOES
TO JURY SOONER
THAN EXPECTED
Brief Plea by Defense-Dis-
trict\ Attorney Closes Argu-
ments for State.

Los Angeles, Jan. 13.-The case
of Harry New, alleged murderer of
his fnancee, Freda Lesser, tonight
was in the hands of the jury.
Thomas Lee Woolwine, district
attorney, closed the arguments. for
the state this afternoon. Superior
Judge Gavin w. Craig occupied 20
minutes in reatffng his instructions
on the legal points involved and the
jury then retired to deliberate
whether New wasjnsane, as the de
fense contended, when he shot and
killed Miss Lesser on the night Of
July 4, last, or whether, as the pros
ecution contended, the killing was
a cold -blooded murder and as such
punishable by life imprisonment or
death.
The case went to the jury much
sooner than had been expected,
largely because of sudden change
in plans by the defense. This re-
suited in the elimination of argu-
ment by John L. Richardson of the
defense counsel, and the shortening
of the final argument by LeCompte
Davis, leading defense counsel, to a
little more than 20 minutes.
The district attorney charged the
defense with trickery in that the
sudden change in its procedure left
him unprepared.
Mr.. Woolwine denounced New as
a cold blooded murderer" and de-
clared there was no foundation for
the defense contention of insanity.
He characterized the defense of in
sanity as last ditch Defense" en-
ployed by guilty men who have
nothing else to advance in their be-
half
The prosecutor, shortly before he
closed, placed a picture OF Miss Les
ser on the attorneys table close to
the jury and also showed it the re-
volver with which New is alleged ta
have murdered the girl, and articles
of bloody clothing she had worn.
This brought bitter protest from
Davis, who charged it was miscon-
duct on Woolwine's part
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
Committee Named to
Plan for Democratic
National Meeting

Washington, Jan. l3.-Appoint-
ment of a committee of II, including
two women, to arrange for the dem
ocratic national convention at Sail
Francisco on June % was announced
today by Chairman Cummings of the
national committee. This will be the
first time women have had a hand
in the preliminary arrangements of
a presidential nominating conven-s
ton, Mr.. Cummings said.
Chairman Cummings will head the
committeeman the members will in
clude: Wilbur M. Marsh, Iowa, and
Arthur F. Mullen, Nebraska.
The first meeting of the arrange
ments committee will be held in San
Francisco. probably within the next
90 days. Mr.. Cummings said. The
committee will be divided into seven
subcommittee dealing with specific
phases of the e>convention.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
Meeting Of League
Marks Beginning Of
New Era, Says Wilson

Washington, Jan. 13.-Assembly
of the council of the League of Ma
tons in Paris, next Friday, will
mark of the beginning of new
era in International cooperation
and the first great step towardss the
ideal concert of nations" President
Wilson declared in issuing the call
for the meeting, as provided by the
Treaty of Versailles.
"It will bring the league of ma
tions into being as living force,
devoted to the task of assisting the
peoples of all countries in their de-
sire for peace, prosperity and happi-
ness" the cablegram, addressed to
Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan,
Brazil, Belgium and Spain, said.
The president is convinced that its
progress will accord with the noble
purpose to which it is dedicated"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
WANTS CANAL ALONG
THE NICARAGUA ROUTE.

Washington, Jan. 15.-Construc-
ton of another interoceanic canal
along the Nicaraguan route has be-
come a necessity in the opinion of
Representative Charles Fl. Randall
OF California, who announced that he
will shortly introduce bill on the
subject. Mr.. Randall has just re-
turned from a visit to the Panama
canal with a party of other congress
men.
The bill will provide for surveys
of the Nicaraguan route and the
preparation of estimates of cost. In
asmuch as there are only about Is
miles which will have to be exca-
waited between Lake Nicaragua and
the Pacific ocean, it is Mr.. Randall's S
opinion that the cost of constructing
the canal will be considerably less
than the cost of the Panama canal.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
New Thrift Director
Advocates Style of
Plain Clothing Here

Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 15.-Mrs.
Charles c. Ryan of Grand Island,
Neb., assumed a recently created
office of director of a state wide
thrift campaign designed to reduce
the high cost of living.
Elimination of useless buying,
greater production of necessities,
and reduction in consumption of ar
ticles the prices of which are con-
sidered unfair, are objects of the
campaign.
"We hope" said Mrs. Ryan, ito
make it stylish to wear plain clothes
and practice thrift"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
CLOTHING PRICES WILL
BE HIGHER, DEALERS SAY.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-Clothing prices
next spring will be from Is to 40
per cent higher than at present,
according to H. R. King of Seattle,
who addressed the National Retail
Clothiers' association.
Mr.. King said that the increase
would come from a complexity Of
causes, chief of which was increased
pay to workers. Labor had gone
up 275 per cent since 1914, he said.
Mr.. King also cited the decrease in
working hours and the increase of
Australian wool from Sl.fS pound
in 1914 to S4.l0 pound now.
"The coming year will be most
.rucial one for clothing merchants,
le declared. 1T will not be so much
a question of making money as to
keep the business from going on the
rocks
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
Frenzied Attempts of Attor-
neys to Stop EIeCtroCution of
Cole and Grammer Were
0verruled Yesterday.
ELECTRIC CHAIR IS
TESTED BY OPERATOR
Writ of Error for Cole Appeal
Denied by Supreme Court
Hearing Is Held Legal in At
torney Generals Ruling.

Lincoln, Neb, Jan. 13.-(Special
Telegram. )-Another attempt to
save Alison B. Cole from the cleo
trio chair has failed. Shortly afesr
2 this afternoon Attorney J. M.
Priest in the supreme court asked
for permission to allow a writ OF
error to be issued to the United
States supreme court in the original
kabeas corpus action filed some time
ago with the state supreme court,
which had been denied, but after
taking the same under consideration
the state court denied the applica
ton.
What the next step may be Attor-
ney Priest would not say, but inti-
mated that there would be further
action taken Wednesday morning.
but refused to answer questions as
to what the steps would be.
Electric Chair Works.
If no stay of execution is obtained
both Cole and Allen V. Grammer.
who is charged with hiring Cole TO
kill Mrs. Vogt, the mother of Mrs.
Grammer. will go to the chair some
time Friday.
Executioner Hubert of New York
arrived at the state penltentlary late
yesterday afternoon and tried out
the newly installed electric chair.
As he threw in the switch which will
send the binding blue flash through
the bodies of the two convicted men
next Friday he said briefly:
at works"
Says Hearing Legal.
The attorney general today mott
fled Attorney Sterling Mutz counsel
for Grammer, that his accusations
against the final hearing before the
governor was illegal are unfounded,
and that his office has been unable
to discover any irregularities leading
up to the hearing.
Mr.. Mutz cited state statutes re-
curing publication of norice of such
hearing at least three months in
advance and charged that such was
not done.
y The attorney general today ruled
that due notification was made and
that the final hearing, which was
held at the state prison last Monday,
was regular in eykry way.
Blasts Final Hope.
This ruling by the attorney gen
eral blasts the final ray of hope for
Grammer, unless proceedings for ha-
beas corpus, considered by his attor-
neys. prove successful.
Meanwhile the two convicts grim
ly watch the days fit by, as they
await the fatal day of January TO-
Frenzied efforts of attorneys have
so far proved to no avail in secur-
ing stay of execution and time
alone remains between the two
youths and the electric chair.
Visits Husband Daily.
Daily Mrs. Grammer, working IN
Lincoln to be near the prison, visits
her husband in the death cell And
daily she repeats her avoWal OF Il
deity and trust,
Throughout the long legal battle
waged in the Nebraska courts to
save her husbands life she has re-
NAMED steadfast in her belief that
he is innocent.
At the final hearing before the
governor she turned from the mem-
bers of her own family, who de-
manded the execution, to sit with
her husbands relatives.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
TWENTY-THREE WARS
STILL IN PROGRESS.

Washington, Jan. l5,--Peace on
earth is still far from being an actu-
ality.
After taking an Inventory" Gen.
Marlborough Churchill, chief of the
military intelligence division of the
War department, announced that
there are still % wars in progress
abroad.
The most important Of these wars
or states of war are those of bolshe-
vik Russia against every country in
Europe except Germany, and the
case of the United States, which is
enjoying only a cessation of arms as
against Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
SHINE OWN SHOES AND
SAVE. DEALERS ADVISE.

Boston, Jan. 13.-"Have shoe pric-
es reached the limit?" A committee
of the Boston Retail Shoe Dealers
association, after canvassing the sit
uation, says mo" The question
and answer are contained in a re-
port given out in connection with
the annual convention of the Ma
tional Shoe Retailers association, in
session here.
Explaining what higher prices are
to be expected, the report says:
"Shoes now on sale were made
from leather costing 80 cents to 81
q foot. Shoes now being made for
spring are from material costing 80
cents to $125 a foot, plus higher
costs for other materials and addi-
tional grants to labor, with less pairs
per man produced"
Prices will 90 down, it said, when
there is more leather and less de-
mand for it," and when Strikes
cease and labor connected with
shoes buckles down and produces
more"
Shoe dealers advise people to
shine their own shoes. Aside from
the saving, the report says, 1T is i'm
portant to know that the heat of
friction burning off the savage on
shught of the professional shoe
sinner is responsible for most Of the
uppers cracking"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
Democratic and Republican
Senators Endsavoring to
End Deadlock and Avoid
Campaign Fight.
LODGE AND HITCHCOCK
GETTING INTO ACCORD
Two Leaders Visited at
Capitol by More Than Score
Of Representatives Of vaN-
~ Gus Organizations.

Washington. Jan. l3.-.Assurances
that democratic and republican SEN
ators were united in endeavoring to
end the senate treaty deadlock and
to avoid carrying the treaty issues
into the coming political campaign
were given by Senators Lodge OF
Massachusetts, and Hitchcock of Ne
braska, republican and acting DEM
ocratic leaders, respectively, to
spokesmen of organizations claiming
to represent 20,00000O people de,
sirous of early ratification of the
trea y.
The two leaders were visited sepa-
rately at the capitol by more than
score of representative of various
organizations, including societies
working for ratification of the.
peace treaty, labor unions. church
and other religious societies, and
agricultural and educational bodies.
The calls on the senate leaders fol-
lowed a meeting to urge Immediate
ratification of the treaty with such
reservations as may be necessary to
secure the requisite twothirds vote,
Consider Notifications.
Senator Lodge told them he would
be "g1ad" to consider any modihca-
tons of the treaty reservations which
tie democratic minority might pre-
sent and that there was being
evinced "a general desire" to dispose
of the treaty promptly SO as to avert
its injection into the elections. Re-
publicans and democrats in the SEN
ate, he said, now were attempting @
reach a common ground" with that
end in view
Calling at the Office of Senator
Hitchcock the delegation wasNurg'ns
| immediate ratification.
"We urged immediate ratiflcat. Il,
the petition recited, with such res
ervations as may secure i'll the sen
ate the necessary two-thirds. ever
though this may require from the
treaty-making powers the same spirit
of self-denying sacrifice which wor
the war. The world should not wait
longer for America to conclude
peace.
| Both Senator Lodge and Senator
| Hitchcock in their statements to the
delegation admitted that concessions
must be made in the controversy.
No Change in Conditions.
In their conferences with the
early ratification advocates, neither
/ Senator Lodge nor Senator Hitch
cock indicated any change in the
| positions they have taken recently
| Their callers, however, said they
had been encouraged by the assur-
ances from both senator's that real
effort to compromise the senate dis
pute over reservations was being
made.
The ratification delegation sub,
mitted to Senators Lodge and
Hitchcock and sent to President
| Wilson. what their spokesmen
termed manifesto"
What Senator Lodge Said.
Senator Lodge said:
"I think there is very general
desire to avoid delay which would
necessarily ensue from renting the
whole question to the election in
November. / can only repeat that
<Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
Of.
MAYOR AMUSES
JURY IN COURT
Difficulty Encountered OBJ
tanning Men to Hear
Testimony in Cases of
Alleged Rioters.

The crowd in District Judge
Redick's court room laughed yester-
day when Mayor Smith testified to
the blows he received from the mob
at the court house the night of the
riot.
The mayor was the first witness
at the second trial of George Davis,
charged with assault to murder and
assault to do great bodily injury to
Mayor Smith the night Of the riot.
Several times the court bailiff had
TO rap sharply for order as the
crowd and some members of the
jury laughed when the mayor told
of the punches the men in the mob
gave him.
Tells Same Story. r
The mayor told the same nara
tive as he did in the first trial of
Davis, of his arrival at the court
house, and his experiences inside
the building until the crowd at
tackled him and dragged him-out.
How many blows did the crowd
in the rotunda give you before they
dragged you out?" asked Attorney
O'Sullivan for Davis.
"Oh, | wasn't counting the
pokes," said the mayor. 4
"Outside the building when the
mob had you, you were the stellar
attraction, weren't you?" asked the
attorney.
Was the Goat"
"Well,fe the mayor laughed, I'D
say, rather, that | was the goat"
Davis attorney tried to show that
the mayor was dazed by the blows
and therefore could not make an
identification of Davis.
my faculties were 100 per cent
until the moment Davis struck me-"
the mayor declared, "and before
God, | know Davis is the man who
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column Two,)
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
n { W HEADS ARE
NAMED FOR Three
BANKS OF OMAHA
Three Presidents Retire at
Own Request and AS
sistants Are Elected
Their Successors.

The annual meetings of Omaha
bank stockholders in Omaha yester-
day resulted in the election of three
new presidents with the resultant
retirement or partial retirement of
veteran presidents, and the addition
of a number of new stockholders
on board of directors.
Walter w. Head was elected pres
ident of the Omaha National bank,
succeeding Senator ]. H. Millard,
who became chairman of the board
of directors.
John L. Kennedy, first vice pres
ident of the United States National
bank, succeeded Milton T. Barlow
as president Mr.. Barlow became
first vice president.
F. E. Hovey, former vice presi-
dent of the Stock Yards National
bank, was elevated to the presi-
dency, succeeding H. c. Bostwick,
who was made chairman of the
board of directors.
The changes in all three cases,
were made at the request of the
retiring presidents, all of whom are
veteran Omaha bankers, that they
might have lighter work. None of
the three ex-presidents retired from
the business completely, and they
will still spend considerable time at
their desks in their respective banks,
but in less rigorous positions.
Old Officers Reelected.
Stockholders of the First Nation
al bank elected David Cole and Will
lard D. Hosford as new members
Of the board of directors and re-
elected all old members. The addi-
tional directors were elected to bet
ter handle the increase in business.
All officers of the First National
were reelected.
Directors of the United States
National bank were al reelected
((0ntinued nm paon Tno CcIuvou r,v.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-14
Noted Pastor to Lead Big
Anti-BoIshevist Campaign

New York, Jan. 13.-Dr. Newell
Dwight Hills, for years pastor of
Plymouth church Brooklyn, rem
dered world famous by Henry Ward
Beecher, is about to relinquish his
pastorate to assume leadership in
countrywide anti-bolshevist cam
paign, it was reported today DIR.
Hills could not be reached to con-
firm or deny the report. The CAM
paign is to be hsanced by large
fund subscribed in the west, accord
ing to the report