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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Lumber1nen Asked
To Assist in Solving
Housing Problems

Chicago, May 18.-President Har-
ding has asked the American Whole
sale Lumber association to do its
utmost to help the nation solve the
housing problem, according to let
ter addressed to the president of the
association, and read to the member
ship in convention.
"The wholesale lumber industry
he wrote, occupies so important a
position that it can perform a useful
service at a time when stabilization
and liquidation are so much a part
of our reconstruction problems.
There is need for the largest
measure of mutual understanding
and federation among all elements in
business and l feel that the efforts
of your organization to establish ar
bitration of the differences in the in
dustry deserve commentator"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
+. K. Lane
Dies After
Long Illness
Former Secretary of Interior
In Wilson's Cabinet Is Vic.
tim of Heart Attack at
Rochester Hospital.
Resigned Early in 1920

Rochester, Mimi, May lS.-Frank-
lin X. Lane, former secretary of the
interior, died at a hospital here al
o:l0 o'clock this morning. Deatl,
was due to an attack OF angina pee
toris.
Mr.. Lane was operated on here
May 6 for gall stones and ap-
pendicitis and was said to be rccov-
ering, when heart disease, from which
he had suffered from time to time
during the last eight months, de-
veloped. Hospital physicians ex-
pressed the belief that the operation
would relieve the heart affection, but
an attack early today developed fa-
tally.
Immediately after he had re-
covered from the influences of the
anaesthctic, Mr.. Lane said:
II am surprised to be alive. l
hope to be able to live long life
doing good things for everybody"
Left No Estate
Mr.. Lane left no estate.
Following his resignation from
the Wilson cabinet, Mr.. Lane
sought to recover his health and
came here in January of this year.
He was advised to spend the win
ter in a warmer climate and visited
i'll California, returning early this
month. His condition was favor
able for an operation and continued
improvement was noted until the
heart attack which caused death.
Death Was Unexpected.
Mrs. Lane and George w. Lane,
a brother, was called to the former
secretary's bedside shortly before
5 a. m. today and were with him
when he died. Last night it was
thought that Mr.. Lane was much
improved.
Although Mr.. Lane said following
the operation that he was sur
prised to be alive" his improvement
recently had been so marked that
his death was unexpected. His son,
Franklin X. Lane. jr., and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Philip Kaufman, of f>Wash-
ington, were at their homes when
their father died, as was his sister,
Mrs. M. "A. Andersen Of Oakland,
Cal.
George Lane said this morning
that his brother left no estate what
ever.
Mr.. Lanes body will be taken to
Chicago tonight accompanied by his
brother and widow.
1t was often said OF Franklin K.
Lane that if he had been born in the
United States instead Of Canada he
would have been presidential tins
ber. After serving seven. years in
President Wilson's cabinet as secre-
tary of interior. he resigned his
sl2,0W-a-year post in expensive
Washington early in 1920 '.in justice
to his family to become vice presi-
dent and legal adviser of the Mexi-
can petroleum companies, controlled
by Edward L. Dolen.
Born near Charlottetowu, Prince
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Death of White
Matter Of Hours
Chief Justice Of Supreme Court
Not Expected to Last
Through Day.

Washington, May lS.-The death
OF Chief Justice White was consid-
cred only a matter of hours by his
physicians tonight. Hope for his re-
covery of complications that devel-
oped after an operation was aban-
doned last night. 1t was said that
only his vitality had enabled him to
live through today.
The last rites of the Catholic
church were administered when he
revived from state of coma, but
he soon lapsed into unconsciousness
again.
The following bulletin was issued
late today by the physicians attend
ing Chief Justice White:
"The chief justice is gradually sink
ing. He IS unconscious and his heart
and respiration are progressively fail
ing"
At the bedside were Mrs. White
and other close relatives, while dur
ing the day and evening, attaches
of the supreme court and others went
to the hospital to inquire as to his
condition. Associate justices were
among those who called.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Stock Ring
Head Flees
To Mexico
Postoffice Inspector Seeks 10
Uncover Leak Which Made
Possible Escape Of Pot
ash Promoter.
Two Partners Arrested

Two federal officials are under in
vestigation following the escape in.o
Mexico of William A. McWhorter,
wealthy stock promoter of Omaha,
who is under indictment for using
the mails to defraud in connection
with the sale of stock in Nebraska
potash companies.
News that McWhorter escaped TO
Tampico, Mex, came to Postal In
spector w. M. Coble and Assistant
United States District Attorney
Frank A. Peterson shortly follow
ing receipt Of information thar
Charles S. Wohlberg and Jacob
Masse, who are under similar indict-
ment, were arrested at Los Angeles
Tuesday.
Leak" Is Charged.
Open charges that "therc was
leak in the federal building" welc
made yesterday by Postal Inspector
Coble. He declined to name the
federal officials involved in the al
legged leak"
The Inspector expressed conf
dcnce that William G. Chipley, the
fourth man in the alleged conspiracy
to use the mails to defraud, would
be arrested in New York within a
few days.
Indictments against the four Oms-
ha men were supposed to have been
held secret until they were arrested,
Postal Coble said, bat McWhortcr
learned of them and fled.
Tale of Frenzied Finance.
The indictments tell a tale of
frenzied finance that began with the
promotion of the Missouri Valley
Land and Cattle company and ended
with the flight of the four men from
Nebraska with, according to the
charges, thousands of dollars.
"We had our hands on those
men," Coble stated yesterday. I'VE
knew exactly where they were, but
bone-headed officials bawled up the
matter"
The postal Inspector warmed up a
bit when he learned of McWhorter's
escape.
There's leak in this building"
he emphasized, 'and I'm going TO
find it."
Attorney Appears.
Mr.. Coble stated he was much
surprised when Judge A. L. Sutton
walked into his Office few days
after the indictments were returned
against the four Omaha men aid
asked that "McWhorter's bond or
$25,000 be lowered"
"How did you learn of this?" Coble
declared he asked Sutton.
The attorney refused to commit
himself, Coble said.
The postal inspector declared that
Sutton assured him he would not
notify McWhorter that federal Of
ficials were looking for him.
"And two days later McWhorter
went over the Mexican border" We
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Stillnnan Still
After Compromise
Offer Presented Last Friday
Banker Denies Sons
Legitimacy.

New York, May 18.-Mrs. James
A. Stillman has rejected the offer
of her husband to withdraw his di-
vorce suit on certain conditions, it
was reported today.
Mr.. Stillinan's offer to compromise
was presented last Friday, it was
said, the day that hearings in the
case were ordered postponed,
The current story is that Mr.. Still
man agreed to her getting a divorce
in Paris and to give her an income Of
$500 month. In return he de-
manded that she must never come
back to the United States or Cana
da, and also that she should relin-
quisll any claim Of the child, Guy, to
share in the trust fund belonging
to the Stillman children.
Mrs. Stillman denied the stipula-
ton applying to the child on the
ground that it was admission of
Guys illegitimacy.
Mrs. Stillman might have con-
sidered some conditions, it was said.
in order to avoid further publicity,
but she regards the name of her son,
Guy, as the most important element
in the case and she will never con-
sent to compromise on that.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Bergdon Lawyer
Held for Contempt
Refusal to Tell Regarding
Fees Causes Action of
Committee.

Washington, May 1S.-Harry
Weinberger, of New York, counsel
for Grover c. Bergdoll in court
martial proceedings, was ordered be-
fore the bar of the house of repre-
sentatives today for contempt after
refusing to testify before the house
investigating committee regarding
fees paid him by Bergdoll's mother.
Weinberger challenged the right of
the committee to investigate the
escape of Bergdoll on the ground
that he never had been inducted into
the army. Chairman Peters brushed
aside the contention, declaring it was
entirely aside from the question at
issue.
Asked how much money had been
paid him by Mrs. Bergdoll, Vein
berger refused to answer, contending
it was not relative and was privileged
matter. When the witness refused
to produce his books representative
Johnson, democrat, Kentucky, moved
that he be held in contempt. There
was no objection,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Poles Informed
us. Not to Mingle
In Silesia Tanggle n!gl
Secretary Hughes, in Formal
Note, Declares Country
Will Stand on Policy of
Glands Off,

Washington, May 1S-(By The
Associated Press. )-Poiand's re-
guest for American support in the
settlement of the disposition of Up
per Si1esia has evoked a formal an
sweH from Secretary Hughes, that
the American representatives abroad
would take no part in the discussions
concerning the Silesian question.
Poland was informed further in
the reply delivered to Prince Lubo-
mirski, the Polish minister, that so
far as at present may be seen" the
American Representatives on the SUI
preme council, the council of am
basssadors and the reparations COM
mission would not so much as ex-
press an opinion as to the settle
ment.
In explanation of the American re-
fusal. Secretary Hughes pointed ito
the traditional policy of the United
States" not to become involved in
matters OF purely European con-
Germ,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Former Wife Of Chicago
Doctor Takes Own Life

Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright, 1921.
Chicago, May 18.-Tragic ending
of marital relations with DR.. 0. W..
III. Rasmussen, former Chicago ply
sician, and the reported breaking Of
her engagement to wed another man,
said to be Mr.. Parker, weather
Pittsburgh man, are incidents the
police are investigating in connec-
ton with the death of Mrs. Adele
Rasmussen, 49, in her rooms in the
Surf apartment hotel.
She was found dead in bed early
this morning with a cloth saturated
with chloroform over her face when
her sister, Miss Helen Singer, who
made her home with Mrs. Rasmussen,
went to her room. Miss Singer told
the police that her sister remarked
last night that she intended to use
chloroform to produce sleep, as she
had been experiencing sleepless
nights since she suffered nervous
collapse April rs,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Economists
WinBouton
Bill
Total of $l,OOO,OOO Pared
From Appropriation Meas.
ure in First Test Of
Strength in Senate.
Amendments Adopted
by Tho Associated Press.

Washington, May 18.-Economy
advocates won the first bout in the
senate on the $5OO,0OO,000 naval ap-
preparation bill. After the agree
ment yesterday by administration
forces to- support the Borah amend
ment requesting the president to call
a disarmament conference attack
turned today on appropriation items
and on the first test of strength,
100000 was pared from the bill.
Throught a combination OF re-
publicans with democrats the senate,
by vote of SO to 81, cut the ap-
preparations OF $4,500,000, recon-
inended by the naval committee for
transportation and recruiting Of men
to $2,500000. On the next vote,
however, enough republicans
changed to sustain the committee in
crease, from $7,sO0,0O0 to $9,500,0OO
for navy yards and docks.
Another economy move was in
the adoption of amendments on the
Charleston Is. c., dry dock project
until July /, 1924. By vote of 40
to %, the senate adopted a commit
tee recommendation prohibiting the
dry dock expenditures.
Amendments Adopted
Therefore however, a number OF
the committee amendents were
adopted. These included appropria-
tions of ST, 100000 for development
of submarine and destroyer base
at Guam; 100000 for the Sand
Point (Wash.) naval airs station,
81 100000 for development of a
submarine base at San Pedro, Cal,
and $l5,000,000 toward the construc-
ton of two airplane carriers.
Committee amendments autoriz-
ing the secretary of the navy to ac-
cept a tract of land from the city
of Los Angeles for use as site for
a naval submarine bas and a tract
from King county, Washington,
for use as site for an aviation base,
were approved. Action on accept
ance OF tract near Camp Kearney
Cal, for an aviation station went
over by request of senator Borah,
republican, Idaho. He also OBJ
tanned postponeinent of action on the
(Cal.,) supply base pro-
ject and on committee amendments
which would permit a naval per-
sonnel of 10000 men instead Of
100000 as provided in the house bill.
Cost Limits Raised.
Committee recommendations to
increase the cost limits of the battle
ship California, four other battleships
and several submarines now build
ing, also were approved. The total
increase amounts to approximately
Sl2,00O,000.
The only extended speech was de-
ivered by Senator Reed, democrat,
who advocated a strong |
navy '.able to meet all comers."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Express Mail Car
On Union Pacific
Rifled in Wyoming
Dispatches Report Eight Sacks
Stolen-Robbery Discovered
AT Green River-Car
Loaded Here.

A sealed express car carrying mail
from Omaha to San Francisco on
the Union Pacific was broken open
and eight mail sacks were rihed
sometime after the tran left Chey-
enne, Wyo., Tuesday night, accord
ing to dispatches received here yes
tcrday afternoon.
There were no mail clerks on the
train.
Tuesday night was the first time
all clerks running east of Cheyenne
were armed. Men going west of
Cheyenne were still unarmed.
J.. H. Musgrave, superintendent Of
railway mail service here declared
he had received full report of the
matter, and that no registered mail
was involved.
Loaded In Omaha.
"The train, No. 9, was a through
express carrying storage mail to the
west coast" said Mr.. Musgrave.
THE car which was rifled was load
ed in Omaha, sealed and locked.
Part of the mail was from Omaha
and part had been relayed here from
Chicago and other eastern cities"
According to reports received by
Mr.. Musgrave, indicate no mail was
stolen. The car was found broken
open at Green River, Wyo., and the
mail scattered about the car, his in
formation states. Associated Press
dispatches state eight sacks were
stolen, however. Another dispatch
stated the car contained $40 in regis.
tered mail, which was missing.
No Clues Reported.
~ believe the robbers thought
they were getting into registered
mail car" said Mr.. Musgrave.
when they discovered their mis-
take they probably left the mail in
the car.
ut was fast train and made only
three stops between Cheyenne and
Green River, but no clues have been
reported to ME as yet. The train lett
Omaha at 1925 p. M, yesterday.
The car was untouched when it left
Cheyenne"
Mr.. Musgrave says investigation of
the case is in the hands of the chief
Inspector at Denver. Union Pacific
officials had heard nothing Of the
case.
Postoffice inspectors said an Office
east of Cheyenne had been robbed
Tuesday night, but declined to give
its location.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Officer of British
"Picks On" Poles Who
Seek to Hold Hin, Tn


Beuthen, Silesia, May 1S.-Col-
onel Cockerill, British control Of
fcer, lectured, disarmed and sent
home IS Polish insurgents who
halted him at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing and attempted to examine his
papers and give him orders.
The colonel jumped out of his
automobile and shouted: What are
you boys doing out at this time
with guns! Give me your Names"
The insurgents, who were mostly
youngsters. were non-plussed. The
leader finally handed over his rifle,
and the colonel boxed his ears. He
then made the others give UP their
guns and sent them home
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Wage Reduction
ToExtend to All
Rail Employees
No Intimation of Probable
Extent Of Cut Given But
1t Is Expected to Be Last
20 Per Cent Granted.

Chicago, May 1e.-The general
reduction Of wages for unskilled
railroad employees, effective July l,
which was forecast by the railroad
labor board, in an announcement last
night, will be made the basis of re-
drctions extending to all classes OF
railroad laborers, it was understood
today.
Although only the Chicago Great
Western, the Chicago & Alton and
a few other roads have requested
that the wage reductions be extend
ed to ali classes, provision was made
by the board in its announcement
for the filing of other petitions up
to June E, and it is believed that
others of the 1870 class A roads will
amend their applications to include
shop, train service and other classes
OF employees. The new applications
filed up to June s, the boards an
nouncement said, will be decided to
take effect also on July /.
No intimation was given in the
boards announcement as to the
probable extent of the cut. Last
July the board increased wages of
unskilled labor and some other
classes 20 per cent. making it re-
troactive to May l, 1920.
"The general effect of the deci-
sion will be to retard track work"
said S. M. FELTON,, president of the
Chicago Great Western. Disappoint-
ment was expressed by various rail-
road executives that the cut was to
be delayed until July !, as by that
time, it was said, the heaviest part
of track rehabilitation work is gen.
orally completed.
The decision last July affected ap-
proximately 100000 men and
granted increases totaling nearly
5000, 100000 a year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Man Named in Scandal in
Des Moines Held for Trial

Knoxville, Ia, May l8.-"Hank"
Hankins. whose name has figured
prominently in the Des Moines po-
lice scandal, today was arraigned i'll
district court here on a charge OF
robbing the bank at Pleasantyillc, Ia,
He pleaded not guilty.
A total Of Sol 900, most of it in
Liberty bonds, was obtained in the
Pleasantville robbery. The burglars
burned through the vault with
blow torch.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
U. S /. Bankers Get Lease OH
lO.OOO.OOO Acres in Russia

Los Angeles, May l8.-Ihe syndi.
cate of Los Angeles bankers and
business men represented by Wash
ington D. Vanderlip. has secured a
50-year lease on 100000 acres OF
spruce land in the Archangel district
OF Russia, according to a message
received by the syndicate FROM Van
derlip.
]. H. Coverley. secretary of the
syndicate, said Vanderlip lett last
January to change details of con-
tract previous secured from the
soviet government for concession
in Kanchatka and to work out plans
for orders he had obtained for
American goods.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Naval Academy Midshipmen
Will Visit Foreign Ports

Washington, May l8.-The annual
summer cruise of the naval academy
midshipmen will take the officers-to-
be to Christiania, Norway; Lisbon,
Portugal; Gibraltar and Guantana-
mo, Cuba; this year. The prac-
tice squadron will consist of the
battleships Connecticut, South Caro-
lima, Kansas, Michigan and Mime
sofa, according to plans. The squad
ron will leave Annapolis June 4, and
return August 20.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Man Commits Suicide
After Testing His Gun


New York, May 18.-An uniden-
titled man killed himself in Van
Cortlandt park last night after first
firing two shots to test the weapon.
James A. Austin, park employe, saw
the man press the revolver to his
head and ran towards him.
What are you trying to do, kill
yourself?" asked Austin.
"Yes," answered the stranger as
he examined the revolver. "but the
thing won't, work"
He then fired two shots in the air,
saying to Austin:
Seems to be all right now"
He then turned the weapon on
himself, firing a bullet into his head
before, Austin could disarm him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Newsp1nt Prices
Rise Sharply With
Calling Of Strikes

New York, May 1S.-Newsprint
spot market prices rose sharply this
week with the calling of strikes in
several mills of large producers. Pa
per brokers were naming prices $50
to $40 ton higher than two weeks
ago.
"The capacity Of the North Amer
ican newsprint mills on the basis of
their 1920 production plus new pro-
duction now available. is 5000 tons
a day." said William j.. Pape, pres
ident of the Publishers Buying cor
poration. "Of this tonnage, 3,420 tons
are now out of the market because
of strikes and 4.580 tons is available"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Surgeons Recover Radium
Swallowed by Patient

Quincy, III, May l8.-SiX thous-
and dollars worth OF radium. which
was accidentally swallowed by a
patient in a hospital Tuesday, was
recovered by surgeons in two hours
by a stomach incision. The patient
was an elderly man being treated for
throat trouble and while the radium
container was being applied. he in
voluntarily gulped and swallowed it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Soldiers Plead Not Guilty
To Numbering Taxi Driver

Tacoma, Wash, May 18.-Four
soldiers, George w. Sharp, Edward
Filion, James Sparks and Carl c.
Perrin, pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned in court on charge of i1av-
ing murdered Karl limbs, taxicab
driver.
w. w. Hastings of Talequah, Okl.
appeared in defense of Sharp, half
breed Cherokee Indian. Others were
given until Friday to obtain counsel,
after the court had ruled the four
should be tried together and the at
torney who had represented them
withdrew. Filion's father arrived
from Ontario. Canada, and Perrin's
relatives in Illinois are arranging for
his defense.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
l. ". W. and Communists
Invited to Internationalt

Riga, May 1S.--Both the United
Communist party and Industrial
Workers Of the World have been in
vited to participate in the third con-
gress of the Third Internationale at
Moscow in June as American rep
resentatiyes, according to the lrzyes-
tia of Moscow.
The Industrial Workers of the
World, it is understood, will be
represented by William Haywood.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Wife Slayer Released
From Illinois Prison

Chicago, May 1S.-William c.
Ellis millionaire harness manufac-
turer of Cincinnati, was released
from Joliet penitentiary today. He
was sentenced to Is years in pris-
on in 1914 after. he had been con-
victed of Staying his wife. His SEN
tence was shortened by good be-
havior.
Ellis pleaded emotional insanity
when he was tried. He admitted
staying his wife. He claimed he
was insane with rage when she dis
covered he was victim of mall
ady with which he was affected.
The tragedy occurred in the Sher-
man hotel, Chicago. on October Is,
1918.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Dog Makes Successful
Descent of 1900 Feet /.
With Aid of Parachute

Rantcul, ILL.,, May 1S.-"Bing," a
fox terrier, made descent of / 500
feet in a parachute from an airplane
at Chanute field today. When "Bing"
Tended, he worked himself, free from
his harness, overcame another dog
sent to prevent his onward journey
and ran to headquarters with mes
sage carried in pouch suspended
from his neck.
The performance was to show the
practicability of using dogs to carry
messages when an airplane is un-
able to land. "Bing' was dropped
off wing of the ship by Sergeant A.
G. Shoemaker. The dog is owned
and was trained by Lieut.. Harry
Weddington, who piloted the air
plane
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-05-19
Hearst to Build New Home
For All His Periodicals

New York, May 18.-William r.
Hearst, it become known today, has
purchased property in West 58tl
street, just off Columbus circle, on
which a 25-story building is to be
erected to house his newspapers, the
American and Journal, and his maga-
zines, news services and film COM
panies. The building will be ready
for occupancy in about year.