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Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Des Moines Policeman
Exonerated for Death
Of Woman by Jury

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 2l.-(Special
Telegram. Police Officer Don Par
rott was exonerated of the death OF
Mrs. August Hast. August 10, by a
coroner's jury. Mrs. Hast was
killed by a revolver shot fired by
Parrott at 3 in the morning as she
was standing at the window OF her
home.
Parrott was firing in the air to
stop M. I. Jones, bus driver, who
ran when Parrott accosted him from
the police car. Jones thought Par
rot and Officer Hardenbrook, who
was with him, were holdup men. The
verdict of the coroner's jury was that
Parrott was at the time in perform
ance Of his duties as an officer, that
the killing of Mrs. Hast was acciden-
tai and that no blame attached to
PARROTS action,
Mrs. w. A. Crozier had a mar
row escape from being shot at the
time of Mrs. Hast's death. Like
Mrs. Hast, she ran to her window,
attracted by the shooting just as a
bullets battered the window Janlo
where she was standing.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
No Estate Left by Wife
OF "Bin" Haywood

San Francisco, Aug. 2l.-Mrs. Jane
Minor Haywood, wife of William D.
Haywood, former leader of the In
dustrial Workers of the World, who
fed to Russia to escape 20 years
prison sentence and $4,000 fine for
conspiracy to obstruct she govern
ment's war efforts, left no estate when
she died at Winnemucca, New, two
years ago, it became known here to-
day. This would dispose of any
chance that United States District
Attorney F. Clyne of Chicago might
have had in attempting 10 collect the
hne from her estate.
News dispatches last Monday from
Chicago said that Mr.. Clyne was con-
templatitng action to recover the fine
because Mrs. Haywood died without
leaving a will and under such cir
cumstances the Nevada law awards
one-third OF the estate 20 the hus-
band. Haywood left his wife and
two children many years ago, but so
TAR as known they never were di-
yOrced.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Lone Bandit Rifles
Bank Vault Of $l7,249
In Daylight Holdup

Bay City, Mich, Aug. 2l.-A lone
bandit held up the Farmers State
Savings bank at Kawkawlin, about
FIVE miles north of here, shortly be-
fore closing time Saturday after
noon, locked the cashier and his as
sistant in the bank vault and es-
capped with cash and Liberty bonds
amounting to $l7,249.
The robbery occurred few mill
utes before 3 o'clock. The bandit,
a stranger who is said to have ap-
peared in the bank on one previous
occasion about a week ago, asked
to have dollars worth of nicke1s.
As the cashier turned to accommo-
date him, he found himself facing
two revolvers. The bandit made his
way into the cashiers cage, forced
that official to tie the hands of his
assistant and marched both into the
vault, where he put all visible cash
and the Liberty bonds into suit
case. He then locked the vault door,
with the two bank employees inside
and made his escape.
The robbery was not discovered
until nearly three hours later and
the cashier and his assistant were
nearly suffocated.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Steamships

Arrivals.
San Francisco, Aug. 20.-Kiyo Maru,
Karatsu; Buckeye State. Baltimore.
Genoia, Aug. 16--San Giorgio, New
York.
Plymouth, Aug. so.-Minne Kahada.
New York.
cherbours. Aug. co.-oympic, New
York.
Yokohama. Aug. 17.-saleir, San Fran
cisco for Batavia.
Adelaide, Aug. 1s.-west Hlxton, Seat
tie.
Liverpool. Aug. 1s-Meiwu Maru, Port
land, Ore. ~.
Hankow, Aug. ls.--siberia Maru. San
Francisco.
Boston. Aug. .o.--Andrea F. Lucken-
Philadelphia. Aug. 2o.-Clemence c.
Norfolk. Aug. 2o,--Raifku Maru. Port
land
Southampton, Aug. 90 Olympic.
New York.
St. Michaels, Aug. 1s..Asia, New York
Constantinople. Aug. 2e.-Gul Djemal.
New York, Aug. 2o.-Albany, Liverpool
Noordam. Rotterdam; Algeria, Glasgow
Celtic. Liverpool; Lapland, Antwerp;
Stockholm. Gothenberg; Niagara, Havre;
Patria. Naples and Marseilles.
Liverpool. Aug. 3o.-Cedric, New
York.
Honskong. Aug, l7.--city Of Spokane,
Tacoma.
shanghai Aug. if.-Tai Yomaru, San
Francisco.
cisco.
New Orleans. Aug. 2o.-pramatist. San
Francisco; Steel Exporter. Seattle.
Pensacola, Aux. 2o.-Abertsteila TX
Genoa
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Final Vote on Senate
Farmers Relief Bill
Scheduled for Monday

Washington, Aug. q. - General
debate in the house on the senate
agricultural relief bill was completed
Saturday, with a vote on passage
scheduled for Monday.
When the house adjourned mo-
ton by Representative Wingo, dem
ocrat, Arkansas, to recominit the
measure was pending. He contended
provisions should be added to author
izc the war finance corporation to
purchase $200000,000 OF farm loan
bonds and to make loans directly to
agricultural producers.
The bill would make Sl,000,000,000
available to the corporation for facili-
tating the expectation of farm pro-
ducts. A number of changes have
been made in it by the house and if
passed, the measure will go to con-
ference.
Representative Luce, republican,
Massachusetts, assailed the bill,
charging that it would work out to
the benefit of the German manufac-
turers in their new commercial war"
fare"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Harding Replies
To Criticism of
Shipping Board
President Says Present Tangle
Is Wholly Inheritance From
Previous Administration,
In Letter to Jones.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. u. - President
Harding today went to the aid Of
the shipping board and undertook
to answer the storm of criticism
which broke in the senate, largely on
the democratic side, against he man
agement OF the American mercantile
marine.
He wrote a letter to Senator
Jones of Washington. chairman OF
the senate commerce committee, IN
which he conceded the existence OF
"an intolerable state OF affairs" and
bluntiy charged that it SIS wholly
an inheritance from the previous ad-
ministration." The letter was read
into the record in connection with
the debate on the pending bill ap-
$4S,s00,000 to begin
cleaning up the deficit in the ship
ping administration financial situ-
alton.
At the same time Chairman Las
ker of the shipping board wrote a
letter to Senator Mccormick of llli-
nois, in which he responded to the
demands OF senators for redetl-
milton of the administrations mer-
chant marine policy.
Mr. Lasker insisted that his orig
inal estimate that the shipping board
needed $500000,000 to clear up debts
inherited from the previous admin
istration was correct.
President Harding praised Mr.
Lasker's work highly and defended
his practice of employing capable and
costly legal talent to defend the gov
ernment in the pending claim suits
aggregating $200,000,0O0. He also
insisted that "overpayment" had been
avoided in the selection cf experts to
advise the shipping board. He de-
clared that the shipping board would
require the services of the most ca
pable shipping men tina. could be
found to help untangle the condition
of affairs, (which have shocked the
country and given the congress such
great concern"
Following the reading of the presi-
dents letter, the senate adjourned
until Monday without acting on the
shipping bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Ohiowa Holdup
Mystery Solved
By Woman inC Case
Signing Lovers Name to
Checks Give Police Tip
Revenge for Refusal to
Marry Says Man.
Geneva, Neb., Aug. 2l.-(Special.)

Geneva, Neb., Aug. 2l.-(Special.)
-Cherchez la femme.
This motto of French detectives
was overlooked by sleuths seeking to
obtain the $500 reward offered by
Chris Claussen, 80, for information
leading to the arrest of the man who
robbed him of $l6 October IL, 1920.
1t remained for Lincoln police TO
connect the links of evidence that re-
suited in William Staritz OF Ohiowa
being bound over to the district court
by Justice of the Peace Hamilton
here in connection with the robbery
nearly year after it happened.
Anna Stejskal is the woman in the
case. Two homes have been broken
by her and now on her testimony her
former lover is in jail.
The tangled threads OF the mystery
began to unravel in Lincoln when
police questioned the right OF Anna
to sign the name OF Staritz to checks.
Questioning by police brought out
her life story and ended with the ar
rest OF Staritz charged with the rob-
berry.
Anna first separated from her hus-
band, Frank Gerard. On her account
Staritz and his wife then separated,
dividing their property.
At Staritz' hearing she testified
that she accompanied him in an auto
mobile to the home OF the aged
bachelor, who was reported to have
a large sum of money in his posses
sion. 1t is said he deposited the
money on the day of the robbery.
She testified that she attempted to
prevent him going into the house,
but that he ordered her to remain in
the car and started toward the house
alone. Before going, she told the
court, he tied a handkerchief over
his face.
Staritz claims that the woman
made up the story out of revenge.
because he refused to marry her.
All OF the principals reside near
Ohiowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Huge Sums to Be Spent
In United States For
Russian Relief Work

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug. 21. - Under
American relief plans for the starv
ing people of Russia, large sums of
money are to be spent in the United
States Immediately for cereals and
other foods, according to am an
nouncement by Secretary%of Com
merce Hoover who has charge of
the American Relief administration.
Most of the food supplies for the
great undertaking will be purchased
. this country and it is estimated
that the final outlay needed will total
$l0,000,000. which include the expen-
ditures of administration abroad.
Officials of the relief administra-
ton were arranging today for the
charter of several steamships at New
York to carry the food cargoes.
Plans are being made by Secre-
tary Hoover for a meeting next week
of representatives of principal Amer
ican organizations that are to CO.
operate in the Russian relief plan.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Prayers for Famine Sufferers
Offered in All Moscow Churches
Religious Holiday Turned Into Gale Occasion by
Inhabitants of Russian City-Maimed Soldiers
Line Streets, Asking for Aims.

As yet / have received no au-
then,ic news from the famine area.
The American and English depart
ment of the soviet foreign office says
no news has been received. Re-
quests for permission to travel TO the
Volga region during the last two
days have all been deferred, await
ing action, but the foreign office is
not able to promise a date for de-
parture.
Railways in Bad Shape.
The government attributes the de-
lay to difficulties of transportation.
However, government officials ex-
press fear that when the actual FAM
inc conditions are witnessed by for
eign observers and published, the
world will quickly attribute the en-
tire tragedy to the bolshevist gov
ernment, which is now taking pains
to point out to the correspondents
that famines have been the rule in
Russia for centuries. They declare
that the situation is especially bad
now because of the condition of the
railways which were not able to
cope with the country's needs be-
fore the war, while at present they
are only a shadow of their former
selves by reason of seven years OF
and external fighting.
Opposed to this view of the sit
uation is the fact that as far as |
am able to ascertain, no American
observer has yet inspected the FAM
inc area to discover whether condi-
ticns are as bad as reported, or
worse.
Although the workers in the gov
ernment offices in Moscow are turn
ing in their gold and silver orna-
ments to help the famine sufferers,
have found that the official circles
are more interested in the political
situation All discussions of the
famine question, are coupled with
the subject of Americas future re-
lation with Russia.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Money Found Among
Papers Of Bank Teller

Denver, Aug. 2l.-Two thousand
dollars in currency was found today
in an envelope among some old
papers belonging to Edwin F. Morse,
former head teller at the lnterna-
tional Trust company here, who IS
missing and charged in federal
warrant with having absconded with
more than $4,000 of the banks
funds.
The money was found by Mrs:
Morse, the missing teller's invalid
wife, according to John Evans, pres
ident of the trust company, who
said the young woman came to the
bank and returned it. Mrs. Morse
said the envelope containing the
money had been given to her by
Mr.. Morse along with other per-
sonal effects.
The finding Of the $4,000 today
accounts for more than $4,000 of the
funds Morse is accused of having
stolen.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
BY FLOYD GIBBONS.


Chicago Tribune Cable. Copyright, 1921.
Moscow. Aug. 2l.-Prayers for the
relief OF the famine and cholera suf-
ferers were offered today in all the
1000 churches in Moscow. Today
was a religious holiday and the gov
ernment Offices were closed. Crowds
packed the streets, parks and
churches. Everyone was arrayed in
his best gala attire, the men with
clean white shirts worn outside the
trousers, and the women in white
dresses, waists and mems half hose,
which seem to have become regular
feminine attire, due to the shortage,
if not total absence, of long stock
ings.
Manned soldiers, cripples and beg
gars in rags were lined up in front
of the churches, asking aims. Old
men and women carrying trays sold
chunks of black bread, few white
rolls, apples, plums, pears and eggs
along the streets. Everybody seemed
to be munching something, but in a
two-hour drosky ride around the
city, costing $4,000 roubles, my
driver was not able to find single
restaurant at which a meal could be
obtained, although two or three were
reported in existence since the gov
ernment lifted the ban on the private
sale of food.
Absence Of Drinking Noted.
While thousands of bells, chimes
and gongs pealed out their tidings
from the gilded domes and towers,
thousands took advantage of the
warm sunshine by bathing in the
Moscow river, which was dotted
from bank to bank through the cen
ter OF the city with cleaning pink
bodies, undaunted by the bathing
suit famine. Old residents remarked
on the total absence of drunkenness
or drinking, which was the fashion
in the old days before prohibition.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Further Arrests
In Death Ring"
Expected Soon
Confession by New York Pris'
oner Likely to Lead to APP
prehension of Six Muir
derers at Detroit.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 2l.-The next
blow at the Camorra in this country
will be struck at Detroit. where il
is believed that six murderers will
be rounded up within the next "a
hours, according to a statement is
sued late today by Acting Captain
Michael Fiaschetti, head of the New
York Italian squad
Lieut.. Bert Mcpherson, head OF
Detroit's Italian squad, who with
Fiaschetti, questioned Bartolo Fon-
tano. today wired his chief informa-
ton that is expected to lead to the
campaign against the death ring
there.
1t is said that a number of murders
were explained today, including those
of Lieut.. Joseph Petrosino, head of
the Italian squad here, who was
killed in 1907, and Sergt. Emmanuel
Rogers of the Detroit police, who
was slain there several years ago.
Authorities are not convinced that
confessions made by Bartola Fon-
tano concerning the activities OF the
Bonventre gang of good killers"
are true in all respects. Lieutenant
Mcpherson, who has had several
conferences with Fontano, said that
Investigations in Detroit bear out
Fontano's disclosures in practically
every respect. In addition to the
numerous murders in and around De-
troit, the Bonaventre gang engaged
in arson on a large scale. Merchants
whose business was languishing,
would insure their stocks or alleged
stocks, for all they could get and
hire members of the gang to burn
the stores
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
New Evidence in
Kennedy Murder
Case Expected
Attorney for Defendants Pre-
diets Burch Will Be Able
To Establish Com
plete Alibi.

Los Angeles, Aug. 2l.-Prediction
that a complete alibi" would be es-
tablished for Arthur c. Burch, in
dicted with Mrs. Madelynne Oben-
chain for the alleged murder of J.
Bolton Kennedy, was made by
Richard Kittrelle, of counsel for
the defendants. The attorney did not
go into details, but said he was con-
fident Burch would be able to ac-
count for every moment of his time
on the night of August S, when Ken
nedy was shot to death.
The case against Mrs. Obenchain,
he said, would fall because there
was no evidence to convict her."
A conference between Kittrelle,
his partner. Paul w. Schenck, and
Ralph R. Obenchain, former hus-
band and attorney for Madelynne
Obenchain, will be held tomorrow,
it was stated, to prepare for the ap-
pearance of the defendants in court
Monday to plead to the indictment.
Another development was the an
nouncement of Obenchain that he
would demand that the prosecution
produce letters he declared were in
the possession of J. D. Kennedy,
father of the dead man. He did not
indicate what the letters were, except
to say he believed they had an "inl-
portant bearing" on the case. At
the district attorneys Office it was
said no information had been re-
ceived Of any letters OF this kind.
r. c. King, a gunsmith who was
reported to have identified a gun
stock found on the beach at Santa
Monica as one repaired in his shop
July 2, said he had discovered there
were discrepancies and he believed
the two we're not Identical. Plans
to have him confront Burch were
abandoned by the sheriff's Office. The
prosecution contends Burch was
seen the night of the shooting near
the point where the gunstock was
found on the beach.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
State Attorney Wins
First Skirmish In
Chicago Bank Case

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago. Aug. 2l.-States Attor-
ney Robert Z. Grove today won the
first legal step in the fight to de-
termine whether certain officials OF
the Michigan Avenue Trust COM
pany should be held criminally liable
along with Warren c. Spurgin,
missing bank president. for the EN-
bezzlement of $l,250,000 from the in
stitution.
All books and records OF the
bank, together with correspondence
and kilograms, some OF which may
have been received since Spurgn
departed, were ordered turned over
to assistant states attorneys by
Chief Justice Mcdonald.
In petition filed early today
before the chief justice, Mr.. Grove
declared he had reasonable and
probable grounds to believe that
number OF crimes have been COM
mited by persons other than Mr.
Spurgin and that an investigation
was being made to detective the eX-
act persons guilty.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Cautious Citizens Ask
To Have Liquor Tested

New York, Aug. 2l. - Cautious
citizens bearing samples of their
private stock flooded the govern
ment's liquor testing laboratory in
the federal building today and, i'm
plored the chemists to test the stuff
at once. They had heard reports
that the government was to place
its facilities at the disposal of citi-
zens to save the public from the
consequences of drinking wood al
cohol and the like. None was bold
enough to bring more than an
ounce or two in bottle.
Chief Chemist R. A. Edison told
them that he had received no au-
thority from Washington to make
such tests and turned them away.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
New Trolly Franchise Is
Proposed in Des Moines

Des Moines, Ia. Aug. 21.-F.
c. Chambers, receiver for the Des
Moines City Railway company, and
representatives of its bondholders
met with members of the retail
merchants committee and submitted
a draft OF proposed new franchise
written by attorneys for A. w.
Harris interest at Chicago. Charn-
bers declined to discuss the pro-
posal, but said that it anticipated
a new 25-year contract with the city.
It is generally. predicted that Des
Moines will be without street cars
for several more days at least.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Deputies and State Troops
Guard Knoxville City Jail

Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. Nl.-With
the vicinity of the court house and
county Jail under heavy guard OF po-
Ice, deputies and National guards
men, the authorities expressed conn
dence that there would be no repeti-
ton of disorders when at least 2S
persons were wounded as a crowd
advanced upon the Jail with the
avowed purpose of demanding a ne
gro prisoner held as suspect tor
assault on white woman.
OF the % persons known to have
been wounded 2o were sent to hos
pitals. One was discharged and two
others were able to go to their homes.
OF those remaining Clarence Leak
and |. E. Hull were reported i'll Sc
rious condition.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Reds Working to Bring
About Revolt in u. S.
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county, New Jersey. Stumps were
used for seats. Before it ended the
66 delegates engaged in free-for-all
fight.
Recruiting Members.
Since then meetings have been
held in lofts, old warehouses and
boarding houses patronized solely by
foreigners. Care is being taken to
admit no "boobs" to membership,
meaning anyone who is bothered by
scruples or loyalty to the United
States by family ties, bonds OF
friendship or anything else that
would cause him to hesitate to obey
the orders to destroy.
The Wall street bomb explosion
and bombs, sent through the mails
recently are examples of the perils
of complaceney. Close watch is be-
ing kept upon these plotters, but it
is admitted they are growing
stronger all the time. The bolshe-
visits are not gaining many recruits
among the negroes, the great ma
jority of whom remain loyal to the
United States, but the cities are
proving fruitful field.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22

According to Mrs. William Col
gate, who, at San Diego, Cal, sued
the Soap King" for divorce, charg-
ing desertion, 'it was too much
mother-in-law, too much Mrs. VIII
liam Hoyt Colgate, sr."
Il felt she was hostile" said the
youthful but sad-faced complainant
as the chubby William Hoyt Col
gate, Sd, played on her knee, so |
decided to ask her the reason, and
she said: II hate you because you
stole my sons love from me-
The fair divorce-seeker alleges
that the -inlaw "nagged" her
on every occasion. Mrs. Colgate
says she has not seen her husband
for two years. Although she is prac-
tically without funds, she wants none
Of the Colgate money, excepting $50
a month to support her son.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Tourists Camping Park
Planned at Plattsmouth

Plattsmouth, Neb., Aug. 2l. -
Especial. 1.-The city council is ar
ranging to purchase additional acre
age adjoining its undeveloped park
on Washington avenue, over which
cars passing through town on the
K. T. travel. and providing a tour
ist camping ground as we'll as a
municipal children's playground
Garfield park. located in another
part Of the city, will also be con-
tinued. A movement is on foot to
name the new park Edward Ripple
park in honor OF Cass county's first
soldier killed in the world war.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Man Leaps From Fast
Train to keep Word"

Clinton, Mass, Aug. 2l.-Because
"a Welch always made good any
statement he made" John Welch,
once noted as a distance runner,
leaped 80 feet from a railroad bridge
into the Nashua river. He was taken
to the hospital, where he was found
to be suffering from fractured ribs
and internal hurts to his chest.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Mike Wren Held in Clarinda
On Charge of Murder

Clarinda, Ia, Aug. 2l.-Raymond
(Mike) Wren is in the county Jail
here charged with the murder of
Ross Hammond of Baker, Gre, near
Bradiyville, three weeks ago. He
was ought from St. Joseph, Mo,
by f Harry Borland on re-
qui papers charging simply
"mul r." Wren's attorneys had
fought first degree murder charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Iowa Rail Commissioners
Nephew Killed in Plane

Waucoma, Ia, Aug. 2l.-(speeial
Telegram. Ross Bright "a, and the
pilot of an airplane in which he was
riding were killed at Preston. MINI.
Bright was the nephew of State
Railroad Commissioner Charles
Webster. He was the proprietor OF
moving picture theaters at Waucoma
and Preston. His neck and both
arms were broken in the fall.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Postmasters Appointed

Washington. Aug. 2O.--(Speciai Tele-
gram. )--Postmaster have been appoint
ed as follows:
Nebraska-Louis W!nkley at Burress.
Fillmore county. vice D. d. butcher re-
signed.
son county. vice r. l.. Scott, resigned :
Jay F. Batten at Olmitz, Luce county,
vice Leila Kirkman, resigned.
wyomng-Ruth l.. Burnett at Crow
heart. Fremont county, vice A. Darnell,
resigned,