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Evening star., 1921-10-05
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT
FOR JAILED WORKERS
United Miners Ask q. S. to Pro.
tect Rights of Men Imprisoned
in West Virginia.

The United Mine Workers of America
laid before President Harding yester-
day reuqest that the federal govern
ment aid in protecting rights of coal
miners held in Jail by West Virginia
authorities as a result of the recent
strike disturbances in that state.
The committee appointed by the Mine
Workers convention in indianapolis
spent an hour with the President ad-
vising him Of their understanding of
the West Virginia situation. They told
Mr.; Harding they believed the men
under arrest were in jeopardy and that
it was the duty Of federal authorities
to take steps for their protection.
NO conclusions Of the conference were
made public. but John Moore Of Ohio.
who is representing President Lewis OF
the Mine Workers at the unemployment
conference here. and who introduced
the committee to the President, declared
he was satisfied that some means would
be found to protect the rights of the
prisoners. Except for this statement
all OF those present at the interview
maintained silence and were unwilling
to indicate what specific steps they
had asked the administration to take.
Evening star., 1921-10-05
SECOND ROBBERY IN WEEK
OCCURS IN McLANE HOME
Theft Of Money Followed by Miss
ing Jewels-Maid Under
Suspicion.

Allen McLane. secretary to a men,
Der OF the Shipping Board. residing
az !7Z3 Connecticut avenue. who re-
ported the theft of pocketbook con-
tanning $50 Sunday afternoon, yes
terday told the police of the taking
OF 5ewelry valued at $9.050. The po-
lice are seeking a young woman
who was in the employ of the Nc
Lane family when the theft was COM
mitted.
1t appears that the young woman.
who fs said to speak with a decided
foreign accent was employed by the
McLane family as an upstairs maid.
producing letter of recommends
ton which. it is stated. were forged.
The McLanes went to Baltimore Sat
urday. leaving the maid in the house,
and Sunday when they returned the
maid had disappeared.
Disappearance of the pocketbook
contaiqing the $50 was noticed and
the police were asked to investigate.
Yesterday afternoon a member Of the
family noticed that a key to q closet
in which the jewelry was put for
safekeeping, was not in it's accus-
toned place. 1t was found and then
the jewelry was missed.
The police were furnished a de-
scription of the maid and jewelry.
and the police of other cities have
been asked to assist in. efforts that
are being made to apprehend her.
Evening star., 1921-10-05

feet at So, 500. 900. 900. which. he said.
could be entirely written off. as one Of
the major factors in the victory over
Germany. without owing one penny
to the American people"
''It was because of this fleet" Mr..
Lasker asserted. that we were able
to move the enormous volume of Ameri-
can manufacture and raw materials at
a time when there was shortage o:
world tonnage. 1t was because of these
ships that our factories, farms and
mines were able to operate at top speed
when the boys returning from the front
were seeking employment"
The speaker predicted that the ship
ping feet would no longer be a bur-
den to the American taxpayer" Losses
had been checked. he said, and not
more than $1,000. 900 month would be
the fiscal year.
THE liquidation Of the three and
one-half billion dollars of the corpo-
ration's assets will. at any time. real
izc but fraction of the original cost
because the feet was built with un-
derstandable waste and high expense
during war pressure" Mr.. Lasksr con-
ceded. The money loss in liquidation
need not be considered. since 1t has
already been written off in the cost OF
the war, and. as here outlined, served
a function in full value.
One Of Greatest Assets.
What remains, though. are the
ships-potentially one of the greatest
assets America has to insure its eco
nomc future, which means 10 insure the
pursuit of happiness by its people"
The shipping of all nations. he said
has suffered as result Of the de-
crease in trade and the increase of
construction since MAY. 1920. which
has had the result of placing IAN ex-
cess of 10000, ,000 tons of shipping" in
the ocean-carrying market. Half the
tonnage now laid up is under foreign
flags. he added
Mr.. Lasker said the Jones ship bill
had been framed with the evident pur.
pose of removing disabilities suffered
nv American vessels as result of the
higher cost of construction and highe,
standards Of maintenance in this coun.
try.
do not wish the status quo changed
the speaker demanded that these
hostile forces from within and with.
out. sowing seeds of discord and dis.
trust. be met and vanquished."
Evening star., 1921-10-05
Flyers Forced Do,p1,
As First SnO,u Falls
For Hour IL, Tirginia
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROANOKE. October 5-The
first snow of the season fell in
Biuefield and surrounding Sec
tfOns for about an hour yexter-
day morning, according to a
report reaching here last night.
MOUNDSVILLE. w. w., Oc-
tOber 5.-DOn Campbell and
Dallas Spears. flying circus
avfatOrs, who left MeCOok Field,
Dayton, yesterday for WASH
fnEtOn, ID. c., were forced 70
land their airplanes At LanRin
Field here yesterday afternoon.
after encOunterinx n heavy
snowstOrm 5000 feet In the air.
Campbell md Spears are en-
route to Richmond 10 do stunt
flying at the Virginia state fair.
Evening star., 1921-10-05
TRANSFERRED TO NORFOLK,

Commander John F. Hatch. Naval
Supply Sorps. at the navy yard, Bos-
ton. has been transferred to the navy
yard, Norfolk, Va.
Evening star., 1921-10-05
Key to the Deca,,ter
Zealoltsly Guarded
By Careful Hostess
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October g.
Tiny keys are beginning to
hnd their way onto the key
rings Of the careful hOstess.
These are not the means Of
entry TO jewel caskets, but
guard something almost as pre-
ciOus these days.
They are the keys to the de.
canters.
One Of the latest novelties In
cut glass and 1liEree introduced
here In n decanter with q locked
stopper, which cannot be re-
moved without the key. Even
this device does not afford COM
plete protection, however. tor.
as the old gentleman caught
without his cOrkxcrew remark-
ed n he knocked the neck
from a bottle, "LOve will find n
way"
Evening star., 1921-10-05
GIRL KILLED IN VAIN JUMP
FROM AUTO TO AIRPLANE

LONG BRANCH, ". J., October g.
While attempting to make a flying
leap from a speeding automobile to
an airplane late yesterday Miss
Madeline Davis was SO badly injured
that she died from fracture of the
skull in hospital here. Her home
is in Fort Pierce. Fla.
Miss Davis lost her balance as she
reached for the bottom rung of a
rope ladder suspended from the air
plane and fell from the automobile,
landing on her head. She was prac-
ticing the stunt under. the direction
of Ruth Law. well known aviatrix.
when the accident occurred. She had
appeared at fairs in the west in
parachute drops, her companions
said
Evening star., 1921-10-05
GOES TO ATLANTIC FLEET.

Rear Admiral Frederick B. Bassett,
ir has been assigned to the command
of base detachment. destroyer squad
rons, Atlantic &eet.
Evening star., 1921-10-05
REPORTED BEARING
OFFER TO MEXICO
Elmer Dover of Tacoma,
! WASH, Said to Be President
| Harding's Envoy.
UNKNOWN TO SUMMERLIN
Will Be Adviser to Lamont, News
paper Declares, in Highly
Important Position.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associate Press
MEXICO CITY, October 5.-Reports
that Elmer Dover of Tacoma, Wash.
had been named personal representa-
tive of President Harding in Mexico.
which were current some time ago.
were revived here today by the news
paper Excelsior. Information ''ob-
!; tanned with the greatest difficulty
from high Mexican sources" accord
ing TO the newspaper. indicated that
"overtures from the State Depart
ment in Washington. expected 10
pave the way for speedy recognition
OF the Obregon government by the
United states. were being brought to
Mexico City by Mr. Dover. who was
expected to arrive here this afteS-
noon.
SnId to Have Letter.
Mr.. Dover was said to have been
given an autographed letter to PreSi-
dent Obregon by MIR. Harding, this being
the fourth in an important series of
pc rsonal communications between the
two executives. The Excelsior. in
it's report. gave the impression that,
by instruction from President Hard
ing. all negotiations concerning
American recognition had been COM
mitted into Mr.. Dover's hands. The
newspaper statements. which bore
the O1ncldl stamp, OF which dppedieu
to be at least semi-officially inspired.
were not in accordance with general
belief here that George T. Summer
lin. United States charge d'affaires.
had been designated sole spokesman
and representative of the United
States government in the negotia-
t:ons preliminary to recognition. Mr..
Summerlin said last night he had
received no instruction from the State
Department relative to Mr.. Dovers
visit to Mexico.
In Important Position.
Mr.. Dover : been placed in
highly imr":ra position" the EN-
celsior declar being sole inter
med;arv b"tws the National Palsca
and Washine.a.. HeSwas designated
by the American State Department
and President Obregon to be escort
and financial adviser Of Thomas W.
Lamont, who will arrive here today
and who will probably be introduced
to President ObregoE late this week.
Dover indicate he has not only sue
ceeded in his mission in obtaining
recognition, but that. In all prob
ability. he will remain here as rep
resentative of the internationa!
finance committee and take fuli
sumption of the payment OF the MeNi-
can foreign debt.
MIR. Dover will act as Mr.. Lamonts
Spokesman, and the New York fnan-
cier will not receive newspaper men
while in Mexico city Mr.. Dover. who
has acted as consulting attorney Ior
the NeAica1 Embassy in Washing
ton. is said to have made all ar
ranrements for Mr. Lamont's tria
and to have presented him oinclaii!
to a Mexican delegation at Laredo.
Tex. on Monday.
Evening star., 1921-10-05
REPORTS HERE FOR DUTY.
Maj. c. F. Thompson to Head
Military Press Bureau.

Maj. Charles F. Thompson of the
General Staff Corps, assistant chief
Of STAFF of the 5th Corps area. at
Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind. re-
ported at the War Department yester-
day for duty as chief of the press
bureau of the military establish
ment: He relieved Maj. George 4.
Lynch. infantry. who resumed his
former duties in the Office of the
chief Of staff of the army. Mai
Thompson is from North Dakota and
was graduated from the Military
Academy in June. 1904 During the
world war he served in Europe as
a colonel of infantry and was award
ed the distinguished service medal.
Evening star., 1921-10-05
ocean-tioing ships Number 1.450,

The American nation today is pos
sessed of 1850 oceangoing steel ships of
abou: 10000. .O00 tons deadweigh;, the
speaker said adding that he had con-
sidered only steel bottoms, since "eradi-
cation Of all concrete and wooden
bulls had been determined upon. He
estimated the cost Of the, available
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-20
World War Veteran
Learns to Talk in
St. Louis Hospital

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bes Leased Wire
Washington, June lo.-Ralph NJ.
Bowman, vocational education stu
dent, whose vocal chords were de-
stroyed in the world war, can talk
again, after being speechless for two
years.
Restoration of Bowmans voice
was announced by the federal board
for vocational education, it having
been accomplished through the train
ing of auxiliary muscles.
Bowman was wounded in France,
December 3, 1918, by shell fire. His
vocal chords were destroyed, and
part of his chin tore away by a
shell fragment lodging in front OF
the vertebra at the base of the neck.
The unfortunate soldier was sent
to St. Louis for treatment and train
ing in an institute for the deaf and
dumb. There his jaw was set straight
with metal casts. A perfect set OF
teeth with imitation gums were
made. A plastic operation on the
chin left only a trace of scar, almost
unnoticeable, and best Of all, the pa
tient learned to talk again.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-20
Nation Drive to
Unionize Steel
Men Postponed
Campaign to Be Held Back
Until Conditions Improve;
Thousands Of Employees
Out of Work.

Denver, June 9.-The opening OF
the actual nationwide campaign to
unionize the steel industry has been
postponed indefinitely, because'of the
industrial depression, it was officially
announced tonight.
This action was decided upon to-
day by the executive council of ma
tional and international organizations
in the steel industry affiliated with
t..c American Federation OF Labor.
THE campaign will be held in
allegiance" said William Harmon,
secretary of the council, until we
see more hopeful signs Of improve
ment in the industrial situation.
Reports received today by our
committee indicate that conditions
throughout the country in the steel
industry are the worst in many years
and thousands of workers are out of
employment. The United States
Steel corporation plants are only op-
Grating from 80 to IS per cent OF
their capacity.
AT the first encouraging sign of
improvement, however, the commit
tee will be called together and the
active campaign Immediately launch
ed. Funds are available and no time
will be lost in getting the work un-
der way"
The council discussed wage reduc-
tons in the steel mills, Mr.. Harmon
said, and decided that another at
tempt at wage reduction would prob
ably result in the committee throw
ing its resources into the fight to
help the workers"
Plans for educational work"
among the steel workers, he ex-
planned. had been worked out by the
council and within a few weeks a
bureau may be opened4in one of the
steel centers.
Besides representatives of unions
in the steel industry, the meeting of
the council today was attended by
more than dozen other officials of
national and international unions,
who are attending the American
Federation of Labor convention.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-20
Wolnens Clubs to
Start National
News Bureau
Will Furnish Publicity Of In.
terest to Women to News
=. Fa,s
J. papers-Will Incor.
porte for 100000.

Salt Lake City, June l9-Final
meetings OF the board Of directors of
the General Federation OF Womens
clubs in conjunction with state presi-
dents were held at Ogden, following
the conclusion Of the council meet
ing. in Salt Lake.
A plan to establish, a national
woman's news bureau for the pur-
pose of giving publicity to the ac-
tivities of women, proposed bw Mrs.
Ida Clyde Clark. contributing editor
of the Pictorial Review, was started
with stock subscriptions from club
women from 20 states. The amounts
of subscriptions amounted from $50
to $500. Mrs. Thomas G. Winter OF
Minneapolis, president Of the general
federation. and Mrs. Robert ]. Bur-
dette of Pasadena, CAL, were among
the subscribers. The company will
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-20
Across Ocean Aged Woman Awaits News Of Stllman
Case; Traits Which Prompted Mrs. Potter to Brave
Husbands Ire for Stage Found in Daughter Fiji
Gave Up Life as Social Leader
In New York to- Take
Up Dramatic
Art.

ceived the brilliant idea OF an exclu-
sive summer colony in the Berkshire
foothills This was the year after
the birth of little Fiji Potter. Mrs.
Brown Potter was then the recog-
nized leader OF younger society in
this country.
To her went Pierre with his plan.
Mrs. Potter, with characteristic en-
thusiasm, took it up and pushed it.
In two seasons she had created
Tuxedo park. the most fashionable
summer place in America with the
possible exception OF Newport.
But social triumphs did not con-
tent Mrs. Potter. She had been
much abroad, and was guest of Ed
ward VII and Queen Alexandria OF
England, the Prince and Princess of
Wales. She wanted cosmopolitan
career as all artist of the stage. Her
drawing room recitals had been one
of her greatest social assets for some
years; she decided to make the best
of them.
Goes Abroad With Fiji.
+, In 1886 she went abroad, taking
,lttle Fiji, then years old, with her.
They were accompanied by Mary J..
Doran, the faithful Irish woman who
was yith Mrs. Stillman throughout
her childhood.
Mr.. Potter remained in America.
He knew his wife's artistic ambitions
and opposed them with all the pre-.
judice of "old New York" against the
stage.
Her answer to his opposition was
stage debut at the Haymarket
theater in London, in the chief role
of Wilkie Collins ME and Wife"
1t was brilliant occasion, and
only the first of q brilliant series OF
such occasions during the years that
followed.
But brilliant stage careers were
rot for the Potters of old New York.
When Mrs. Potter returned to
America in 1888 she was met by her
husband with a demand for separa-
ton and the custody of'little Fiji She
was given the alternative to abandon
ing her stage career.
Her answer. wired to Mr.. Potter,
tTurn to Page Two, Column Four.)
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-20
Welter
sider Blazing
J Sun in Omaha
Citizens Seek Relief at Parks /;
Automobile Riding a Very
Popular Means of Cool.
ing Off Yesterday.

Fans, automobiles, bathing suits,
swimming pools, lakes, the river,
soda fountains, soft drink parlors,
shade trees and lawn sprinklers were
in great demand all day yesterday. :.
Twas a hot Sunday, with the ac-
cent on Sum-" most of the day.
And sweltering humanity sought
surcease from heat by use of all the
aforementioned devices and insti-
tutions and many others besides.
Parks, both public and amusement
varieties, were full of folks, thirsty
crowds hung around the drinking
emporiums and fountains all the day.
On many front porch the kids
sat dressed in nothing but their
bathing suits. And more than one
automobile party was observed in
the same comfortable state of desha.
billie.
The thermometer travelled UP into
the sweltering Cos and men, women
and children did all they could to
escape the torridity.
Professor Einstein and Thomas A.
Edison, if they had been here, might
have combined on a pleasant little
problem of the number OF miles trav-
eied by automobiles in the city dur.
ing yesterday.
There is 'relativity" between
heat and automobiles. Now, yester.
day everybody who had car seemed
to be out in it, chugging over the
streets and roads. And everyone
who hadn't car hoped some friends
would call and ask EN- to go riding.
Prof. Cornelius Biggentippler stood
at the corner of Florence boulevard
and Writ street at 5 p. m. and counts
ed the automobiles. He reported that
u passed in one minute, more than
one a second.
He made further. calculations: !,
Assuming that there are 10000
pleasure. automobiles in Omaha,
which is a low estimate, and assum-
ing that $4,000 OF them were out
yesterday and travelled an average Of
only Is miles each, they covered
$4,000 miles. In other words. COM
bine them into one automobile and
this Omaha car yesterday drove.
from here to, the moon, 24O,O00
miles. and back again, and then went
around the world six times, $4,000
miles each trip and still had 5000
miles to spare with which to go to
San Francisco, Portland, Ore, and
back to Omaha.
Yes, il was hot. 81
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-20

be incorporated with a capital stock
of 100000 and is to consist entirely
OF women and headquarters will be
established at Chicago.
Regional research stations will be
established all over the United States
in charge of women, where news Of
interest to women will be gathered
and sent to headquarters. As be-
ginning, it is the purpose OF the news
bureau to supply 100 daily newspa-
pers in cities with populations from
10000 to 100000.
The bureau will be in operation in
September. Mrs. Clark said today.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-20
Youths Halt as
Officers Shoot
Copper Perforates Fleeing
Flivyer; Boys Accused Of
Attempted Robbery.

When Policeman Zict called
halt" to two youths who were
escaping in a dilapidated car Satur-
day night near Twelfth street and
Capitol avenue, they didn't heed the
order.
Wang! Wang!"
The trusty copper" from the seat
of q rickety wagon fired twice al
the fleeing hivver and
Well, he literally perforated the
left tenders and the right running
board of the car. Both shots tore
gaping holes in the tin. The boys
halted.
At Central police station William
Ferguson, fruit peddler, 708 North
Eighteenth street. introduced HIM
self as complaining witness against
the youths. 1t was his cries for
help that prompted Officer Zich to
fire the shots.
The two youths, who gave their
names as Ross Irwin and Bert
Black, 3723 South Twentyfourth
street, were booked for disturbing
the peace.
Ferguson told police the boys
were attempting to rob his son.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-20
Minnesota Man
May Head Joint
Probing Body
Congressional Co m m i ttee
Will Organize Today for
The Investigation Of the
Agricultural Situation.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington, June l9--Represent-
ative Anderson OF Minnesota is ex-
pected to be named as chairman OF
the joint congressional committee
authorized to investigate the agricul-
tural situation when the five sena-
tors and FIVE representative COM
posing the body meet to organize
Monday.
Representative Anderson outlined
his views on the scope of the in
quiry as follows:
81. What is the relative position oc-
cupied by agriculture with respect to
industry. and commerce. Does it
occupy the position to which its i'm
pcrtance as basic industry entities
it. and if not why not, and what can
be done to bring it into its appropri-
atae relation with the industry and
commerce of the nation; in other
words, what is the matter with agri-
culture and what can be done about
it,
y. Is agriculture receiving its fair
proportion of the consumers dollar,
and if not why not, and what can be
done about it? What is the relation
OF the credit, marketing and trans
portation facilities of the country to
agriculture? Are they fully adapted
to serve it as we'll as the interests of
the entire country and if not how
cat, tlreu he yr1ode CO.
"3. Is the system through which
farm products are distributed from
the farm to the consumer through
the various processes of marketing,
manufacture and distribution, eff
cient or wasteful, and what can be
done to make it more efficient and
less wasteful and expensive"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-20
CrownArn1s
AreThrown
From Ship
Guerilla Warfare Is Con.
tinued in Ireland With
Many Casualties or.
Both Sides NJ
Republicans kin
by The Associated Press.


Dublin. June l9.-The Sim Feir
campaign against steamers carrying
supplies to crown forces continue:
unabated.
The steamer Rosteilan Castle, with
supplies consigned to crown forces
on Spike island, was boarded a
Blackrock, County Cork, and thu
cargo thrown overheard.
Four coast guard stations in Coun-
ty Doublin were burned, the Wex-
fore county court house was bombed
and destroyed and Ravensdale castle
in County Louth was set afire.
Constable Shot.
Constable L. E. Campbell was shot
near Dundalk and armed men enter
cd saloon and shot two sons OF
the proprietress.
Armed civilians were discovered
laying road mine at Coolbawn, by
soldiers who opened fire. killing one
and wounding two of them.
A police patrol was ambushed
near Newmarket-on-Ferg One
policeman was wounded, one of the
attacking party was wounded and
captured and another is believed to
nave been killed.
Aged Woman Wounded.
Phillip Duggen was dragged from
his home at Grangeshigen, County
Kildare, by eight armed. fhen and
sfct dead. His mother, 20, was
seriously wounded.
TIE body of Patrick Darcy, school
teacher, was found near Corraoler
labeled, Sooner or later we get
them. This spy was tried, convicted
and executed by the Irish republican
ar,nv."