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Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Hunger Victims Fire
Homes in Russia. Report

London, Aug. 3.-Hunger stricken
people in the famine district OF
Russia are setting FIRE to their vii
lages before deserving them for
other parts of Russia, according to
4 Helsingfors dispatch to the Central
News agency today quoting persist
ent reports said to have been re-
ceived this morning from the inter-
or of Russia. Many villages are
said TO be in flames.
From the same source it was re-
ported that great preparations were
being made to deal with the masses
of peasants now moving toward
Moscow. Many trenches have been
dug about the city, and much war
material including field guns, has
been installed, the reports said.
Other kilograms received at Hell
singfors reported that the Petrograd
garrison had mutinied again.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Senators Will
Not Push Loan
OfTents to Vets
Hitchcock and Norris State
Veterans Have No Chance
OF Obtaining Equipment
For Their Reunions.
BY E. c. SNYDER.
Mnshincton Core spOndent Omahn Ree.

| Washington, Aug. 3.-(Special Tel.
cgram. .)-EfortS of certain members
OF the house of representatives tc
secure for the SSth Division assocla-
ton the loan of tents, cots, blankets
and equipment for the annual re-
union in Des Moines the latter part
of this month will come to naught
according to statements made by
Senator Hitchcock and H. c.
Thomas, secretary to Senator Norris,
i'll letters to Congressman Jetferis,
who had urged both senator's from
| Nebraska to use their best efforts
to obtain the passage of a Joint reso-
luton which was adopted by the
house July 21.
Regarding this resolution and the
one introduced by Congressman JET
ferris to loan equipment to the Sand
storm division for its reunion in Om-
aha during AkSar-Ben week, Sen
ator Hitchcock writes:
Il regret to say that there is no
chance of securing the passage of
such a resolution in the senate, at
least the senate military committee
has taken the position, on the rec
ommendation OF the secretary of war
that it will not favorably report any
Of these resolutions providing for a
loan OF equipment to divisional re-
unions.
The only occasions on which the
committee will favorably report or
the War department will act are
those Of national character, such
as national encampments of the G.
A. r. or Confederate veterans or
veterans of some other war. | am
rather surprised that the house
passed resolution rs in face OF the
attitude taken by the War depart
ment"
Senator Hitchcock points cut that
the War department will supply tents
under the existing law without any
special acts, but this is denied in
letter to Congressman Jefferis from
Secretary of War Weeks.
Big Jeff formally requested the
loan of the temporary barracks at
Fort Omaha and equipment there.
LII reply, OeCTetdTy weeks states
there is no legal authority for the
loan of War department buildings or
supplies, except tentage which may,
under an act of congress, be loaned
to certain veteran organizations.
However, he states, the terms of
the act not being mandatory, the
War department has adopted the
policy of not authorizing the loan OF
tentage for the reason that the stock |
on hand is not in excess of the needs |
of the army and the period OF great
est demand for loans is coincident
with the period OF greatest employ
ment by the army. The secretary |
adds that the passage of laws auth
orizing the issue or loan of equip
ment is opposed for the reason that
while such loans are secured by bond,
there must be some deterioration of |
the property loaned which will ul-
result in additional pur-
chases and increased appropriations.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Danger Of Flood
AT Pueblo Passed
River Within Three Feet Of
Levee Top, But Quickly
Recedes.

Pueblo, Colo, Aug. 3.-The Ar
kansas river in Pueblo was within
three feet of the levee top at 2:30
clock this morning but danger of a
new flood is believed past. The
fcod stage of the river was the re-
suit of cloudbursts yesterday in, the
Royal Gorge and surrounding hills
above Canon City.
A cloudburst between Lime and
Fisher, southeast of here, sent the
St. Charles river over its banks and
washed out a highway bridge on the
Santa Fe trail at the junction of St.
Charles and Arkansas rivers. Power
lines and telephone service between
here and La Junta was out of COM
mission early today as the result of
the food.
Canon City and Florence, both
above Pueblo, were flooded partially
by the Arkansas rivers high waters.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Probe Of Revenue
Bureau to Be Made

CONTINUED From Page One.)
individuals to reduce their tax of one
character or another. /.
Other charges relate to employees
in the prohibition enforcement wing,
involving them in aiding persons to
get possession of liquor for illegal
purposes and in suppressing evidence
that might lead to detection and
prosecution OF offenders.
In announcing his determination
to conduct sweeping investigation
Commissioner Blair said:
Certain charges and some OF them
of a serious character, have been
made against the conduct of affairs
in the bureau of internal revenue.
Many OF these charges have en-
anated from within the bureau, While
others have been made by persons
not connected with the bureau.
Subject for Probe.
"Manv circumstances or facts that
will tend to support a charge that
income tax cases or other matters
handled by the bureau are not dis.
posed OF according to the law and
regulations is proper subject tor
the most sweeping investigation.
After a cursory investigation myself,
| have decided that thorough probe
is necessary and have directed that
hearings be held. Each witness will
be examined under oath and a tull
stenographic record will be made of
the proceedings. When the time
comes / shall review the record and
determine what action is necessary
az have issued instructions that the
investigation be full and impartial,
as | want to get the exact facts re-
gardless of consequences.
THE findings will be made public
on the completion of the hearings
and my review of the testimony. 1t
is impossible at this time to give
even a tentative date because OF the
large number of witnesses.
"Thc investigation will not be
confined to the headquarters IN
Washington, it is declared. but will
branch to other cities. The COM
missioner would make no statement
as to what cities will be involved.
In Washington during the last few
months, there have been several
cases OF individual employees investi-
gated and a few prosecutions have
developed. These cases involved ir-
regularities in both the income tax
and prohibition enforcement sections
of the bureau.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Man Asks Police to Find
His Missing Wife and Son

Warren Norman went to work
Tuesday as usual.
His wife, Cora. u, and their son.
Arthur, II, were at their home, l407
Avenue f, Council Bluffs, when he
left, he told Omaha police.
But when he returned both were
missing, he reported, and he asks the
Omaha police department to assist
him in trying to locate them.
Norman has no idea why or how
they left or were taken away from
his home, according to police. and
is thoroughly baffled by their dis
appearance.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04

ishing vigorously. Suddenly Major
Nagliati appeared, listened and ,hsn
inquired; What is your protession?'
Stammering, muttered: I aspr,
tc sing in opera
Without word he left me and |
imagined he had not heard my mum
bled reply But that same evening
he told me he had found me a sing
ing master and that during my re-
naming IS days in Rieti could
continue my studies.
"A little later my major arranged
that my brother should take my
place and thus it happened that in
1895. at the age of p, ! made my
cebut III new opera at the Teatro
Nuevo Naples.
Il was not success. nor was the
opera.
Great Day Dawns.
My master, Nergme, encouraged
NE to go on studying and singing at
every opportunity in various the
aters. In this way my voice i'm
proved in timbre. strength and tone,
and at last my great day dawned--
though nearly spoiled my own
success through obstinacy
"Sonsogno. manager of the Tea
tro Liroco. Milan, asked me if !
would study the role Of Marcello IN
Ia Boheme, to sing at hi theatcr.
Accordingly. with Vergine's help. |
began to study this role, but after
few days decided it did not suit
me and returned it with many re-
grets.
"A little later l visited Milan and
there Sonsogno came to me with
request that would change my
mind and consent to study the role,
as he was certain it would suit me
and that | should make a success
in it.
Strange was it not, that he
should be convinced OF my success
when | felt confident of failure?
"Spurred by his belief in me. |
learned the role and 1r Tuesday,
November s. 1898, appeared as Mar
cello at the Teatro Liroco, Milan.
and made, if / may say so in all
humility. my first success.
On November 9, l awoke to find
press and public in agreement that
| had not mistaken my vocation"
Singer Always Cheerful.
A victim of robbery, bombs and
several physical collapses. all with
n a few months, Caruso never fal- |
tered in his optim site certainty he
would overcome the LINK" which
seemed bent upon pursuing him
during 1920 This is what happened |
to the worlds greatest tenor during
the last months he was in America:
June 8, l920-Summer home at
Easthampton, L. l., robbed of $780, /
600 in gems. !
June IS, 192O-Bomb set in Ma
tlonal theater, Havana. exploded Just
before the tenor's entrance in the !
second half Of Aida.
December 8. 1920-Strained side
after singing famous aria. Vesti Ia
Giubba in Pagliacci. al Metropolitan
December II. l920-Bur blood
vessel in throat during first act of
'Elisir d'Amore at Brooklyn Acad-
.,ny of Music.
December %, lo2O-Confined to
bed from ailment diagnosed as in
crcostal neuralgia"
December "a, l920-Sang Elezar
Ii LaJ Juive. his last performance. /
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Death of Mother Turning
Point in Life of Caruso
Became Great Tenor Despite Whippngs of Father
To Make Him Good, Sober Mechanic
Great Stage Triumph in LA Boheme"
At Milan, Italy, in 1898.

New York, Aug. S.-Enrico Ca
ruSo became the greatest tenor IN
spite of a humble birth and his
fathers whippings to make a good
sober mechanic out of him, and ii
was his mothers death when En-
rico was IS years old, that sent him
to the stage.
His own intimate lie story was
told in an interview recently and
is published for the first time to-
Gay,
Caruso, beginning his story, told
OF his fathers efforts to whip him
into a sober, industrious mechanic.
i wanted to be sailor and
haunted the docks for days." ex-
planned Caruso. Il broke most of
the rules and regulations at school
and lived in constant disgrace.
BY the time | was II years old
| had developed a great love for
singing and had, believed, a fine
contralto voice.
"One day the organist of the
Church OF St. Anna, Naples, heard
me singing some popular melody
and my youthful efforts delighted
him SO much that he engaged me to
sing i'll his choir. And | received
tor my labor each Sunday the large
sum of 10 pence weekly-the first
money | ever earned.
Turning Point in Career.
THE turning point in my life
came at the age of IS, when my
dear mother died. Had she lived it
is probable l should have continued
my mechanical studies to please her.
$50 | became a wanderer with no
weapons to aid me in the fight for
success but a. remarkable physique
and tremendous optimism which, /
thank heaven, has never failed me.
Somehow | managed to pick up
roor livelihood by singing at church
festivals.
Il was often hungry but never
unhappy, and thus | went on until
at the age of Is | was faced by this
fearful problem. was l a tenor or
baritone? My voice at that time
was SO thin that it resembled the
wind whistling through a gaping
wisdom and my fellow students
laughed at my hopes OF an operate
career. Undisturbed. | worked on
until my studies were curtailed by
military duty.
Attracts Majors Attention.
"One morning | was polishing tAe
buttons on my tunic and singing
Tor sheer JOY with an open thr >at.
can picture the scene IN my nlinn
At this moment and see the 81 )rious
sunshine streaming in as | sat pol
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Importers Fight
Valuation Plan
In Tariff Bill
Witnesses Appear Before Sen
ate Finance Committee
Manufacturing Interests
Urge Adoption.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Repre.
sentatives of importing interests OF
New York and New England op-
roscd the American valuation plan
CT the Fordney tariff bill before the
senate finance committee today.
Witnesses also included several
manufacturers who urged adoption
of the plan as the only way to meet
tic exchange situation.
Thomas J. Dohcrty Of New York.
representing the National Council OF
American Importers and Traders,
described the scheme as mon
strous." He declared it was ut
terly unworkablc.
Joseph S. Lockett OF Boston. at
tcrncy for the New England I'M
porters' and Traders association,
made similar attack upon the plan.
1t was said that the importers
would much prefer some scheme by
which the American valuation plan
is put into effect gradually if it is
tc be adopted at all. This would be
in line with the suggestion of
George {. Davis of the customs
service, that the foreign valuation
plan be retained, but that manufac-
turers be given an opportunity to
prove American values of products
comparable to imported goods and
that duties be assessed upon these
values, m nus duties. transportation
costs and other expenses and
profit.
Mr.. Lockett, in opposing the
American valuation plan, denied that
under-valuations have been as preva-
lent under the foreign valuation sys-
tenn as claimed. Mr.. Lockett se-
verely criticised the manufacturers
who have been urging the adoption
of the plan.
A delegation of toy manufacturers
urged the adoption of the American
plan. w. 0. Coleman, manufacturer
OF toy trains, declared that his COM
pany had been forced to close its
plant as a result of German compe-
tition He said that the American
valuation plan would help the COM
pany to meet the exchange situation
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Revolt Breaks Out in
Lisbon, Says Report

London, Aug. 3.-A Reuters dis
patch filed in Madrid yesterday
states that following rumors from
Vigo that a revolution had broken
cut in Lisbon. A telegram received
direct from the Portuguese capital
said extensive precautionary meas
ures had been take in that city.
Troops had been brought in from
the provinces, the dispatch added.
but all was quiet in Lisbon and
throughout the country. The troops
in Lisbon are said to be confined to
their barracks.
British official circles and the
Portuguese legation in this city were
not able, today to throw any light
on the reports of disorder in
Portugal.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Bankruptcy Asked for
Co-Operatiye Society of US,

Chicago. Aug. 5.-.An involuntary
petition of bankruptcy against Har-
rison Parker, n. A. Hawkinson and
John Coe. named as co-partners in
the Cooperative society OF America
was filed in United States district
court today. The petition was in
behalf of three persons claiming they
had been induced to buy stock in the
society and who said the stock was
worthless.
William Hartman, Sarah Smith and
Alec c. Friedman, the complainants
allege that they bought the stock
through fraudulent m;srepresenta-
tions and seek to recover the amounts
they paid.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Peking to Shanghai
Air Service Planned

Peking, Aug. 3.-Airplane flights
from Peking to Shanghai with sew
eral stops enroute to accommodate
passenger and mail traffic have been
planned to begin this month follow
ing the successful inauguration re-
Gently of tri-weekly air postal and
passenger service between Peking
and Tsinanfu in Shantung province.
The initial flight to Tsinanfu, 257
miles from Peking, was ac-
complished against head wind in
two hours and S. minutes.
A corps OF Chinese students is IN
training and it is anticipated that
natives eventually will take over the
business of plotting the big ma
chimes.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04

Twenty-Five Brooklyn families
pulled up stakes and rolled away to
the west in a colonists' caravan, a
modern edition of the old Forty
Miners" wagon train. The purpose
and the spirit is the same, but the
old prairie schooners have been re-
placed by automobiles, trailers and
service trucks. William d. Scott of
Brooklyn is at the head of the car
avan, which is enroute to a tract of
5000 acres, just south of Buhl, Ida
no, where they will clear away the
brush, build themselves clapboard
bungalows and start to grow alfalfa.
All the families in the caravan are
100 per cent Americans. They own
their own automobiles, hold their
own purses and have no debts. After
receiving send-off from Borough
President Riegelman, Mayor Hylan
gave Mr.. Scott letter to be deliv-
cred to Governor Davis Of Idaho.
The illustration in the upper left
hand corner shows one of the units
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Twenty-Five japanese Are
Indicted for Conspiracy

Honolulu, T. H., Aug. 3.-(By The
Associated Press. )-lwenty-one Jap
anese, many of hem prominent,
we're indicted here today on charges
Of criminal conspiracy in connection
with violence incident to the strike of
sugar plantation workers last year.
The indictments are based on evil
dcnce that has been obtained through
investigations that have continued
since the strike.
The eliminating act Of violence
during the strike occurred June 5,
1920, when the house of japanese
who refused to join the strikers was
dynamited. The laborer, his wife
and three children were asleep in the
side of the house opposite the blast
and were uninjured.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Missing Banker
Now Is Believed
Secure In Mexico
Chicago Authorities Confident
That His Apprehension Is
Imminent, Following Re-
ports From Texas.

FL Paso, Tex, Aug. 3.-fmmigra-
ton officers along the border today
believed Warren c. Spurgin, missing
Chicago banker, is somewhere in
Mexico, probably with friends he is
known to have been associated with,
who used to make El Paso head
quarters.
Posing as a mining man. person
who answers the description OF the
missing banker, got off the train at
Maria, Tex, July 70. hired an auto
mobile drove to Presideo and on July
20 crossed the river into Mexico.
This was confirmed by immigration
men at Presideo and Maria.
Presented a Passport.
The report received here said that
the stranger, who answers Spurgln' S
description, presented passport
made out in the name of Scott" He
said he was a mining man. His only
baggage was a large suit case.
The report also said. that after he
had passed inspection, he hired a
Mexican in a row boat to take him
across the river. Persons coming
from the Mexican side to the Ameri-
can reported that the stranger left
Ojinaga, Chihuahua, the border town
across from Presideo, in an auto
mobile, presumably for Chihuahua
CIV
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Reds Start Negotiations
To Recognize French Debt

Paris, Aug. 3-Negotiations rela-
tive to the recognition Of the Rus
sian debt to France, were COM
menced last night by Louis Louch-
eur, French minister of liberated
regions, and Leonid Krassin, Rus
sian soviet minister OF trade and
commerce, says the Paris edition of
the New York Herald. The news
paper declares it has received its i'll
formation from most reliable sources
Before the collapse of the czarist
regime in Russia, that government
had contracted a debt to France ap-
proximating $5,000,000,000. The boil
sheviki refused to acknowledge this
debt
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Omaha Blau Gas Company
Sold to Former Auto Man

Plans to enlarge the Omaha Blau
Gas to twice its size and make it
one of the biggest manufactures i'll
this city were announced yesterday
by w. Z. Foshier, former auto
mobile man, who purchased the plant
two days ago.
The Omaha Blau Gas company
has its plant at Twenty-eighth and
Boyd streets and is capitalized Tor
81 100000, The company manufac-
lures gas for use on farTis. schools
and sulall towns.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Barber Held by Police
In Cooley Holdup Case

c. NJ. Beard, barber, 5l+ South
Sixteenth street, who reported car
he had rented was stolen from Forty
ninth and P streets Monday evening.
is now held for investigation by po-
lice into the robbery of Judge"
Julius Smith Cooley at his home,
2724 Ames avenue, that night. The
car Beard reported stolen was later
found abandoned near the Cooley
home. Cooley was on duty at Central
police station Tuesday despite the
beating received from he robbers.
He now totals his loss at $1,000 in
cash and negotiable paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Moonshiners Due for Shock;
Coal Oil in Fruit on Dump

Modern moonshiners who have
been in the habit of slipping down
to the city dump in the north river
bottoms to swipe condemned canned
fruit for its Preventative uses, are
due for a shock.
DR.. c. c. Hall, chief food inspec-
tor, left his headquarters in the city
hall yesterday, bound for the
warehouse OF an Omaha wholesale
grocery firm where he expected to
condemn $4,000 OF canned fruits.
These fruits are loganberrles,
strawberries and blackberries,
shipped from Oregon, and make
wonderful material for moonshine,
according to DIR. Hall.
He. said he was going to take the
$4,000 worth OF fruit to the dump
himself in the afternoon, punch a
hole in the cans, and inject coal oil
therein.
The largest slate quarrles in the
..a-Il 900 - ha found in Wales
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
100000 Worth
OF Postal Loot
Has Been Found
, Man Said to Be ''RTains" of
Gigantic Robbery Trust
Arrested by Govern
ment Agents.

Chicago, Aug 3.-That the gov
ernment made no mistake when its
agents arrested John w. Worthing-
ton, alleged brains and head OF a gi
gantic mail robbery trust, was proven
today when the seizure of two large
suitcases, from his office in the
Central Securities company" yielded
bonds and securities worth at least
100000.
Some of them have already been
identified as some of the Dearborn
street station loot, some were stolen
in the Toledo raid and it is said
there are some OF the oil stocks re-
Gently stolen from the Sinclair
company's office in New York.
I'VE absolutely have the goods on
Worthington," said Col John V.
Clinnin OF the government forces.
"In addition to the Toledo, Sinclair
and Dearborn station bonds, we
found considerable number of
war saving certificates and cancelled
internal revenue stamps, washed by
an illegal process so they could be
used second time.
Ask New Indictments.
I'm order to make the case against
him ironclad / will ask the grand
juryfor additional indictments against
him and Evans, his partner, SO that
no loop hole for their escape can
exist"
Bonds for Worthington and Evans
have been set at $4,000 each. Under
a new federal court regulation, real
estate worth four times this amount
must be scheduled before the men
can be released. When additional
indictments are returned, it is
planned to increase the bonds.
Lefty" Lewis, said to be one of
Worthington's lieutenants, is said to
be under arrest in Detroit. He re-
Gently made a sensational escape
from a jail in San Francisco while !
awaiting trial for murder.
In Bad Humor.
Worthington was brought in from |
Waukegan today. He had forgotten
his false teeth and was in ugly !
humor. To reporter who sought
to interview him he replied:
"Fade away boy, fade away; you
give me a pain. These charges are
bum. They haven't thing on me-
More evidences of Worthington's
activities came to light when the
Alma Development company OF
Alma, Mich, petitioned the tedera'
court to declare Warrington bank
rupt. 1t is claimed he failed to turn
over $4,000 for first mortgages he
had sold for the company.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
NeQy-Beer Drinkers
Must Keep Feet Off
Brass" in Wisconsin

Madison, Wis, Aug. 3.-Drinkers
OF Misunderstanding liquor in Wiscon-
sin must stand far enough away
from the bar to be unable to place
their foot on the rail or to set their
glasses on the counter in order TO
keep from violating the law, accord
ing to an opinion of ]. f. Messer-
chmidt, assistant attorney general,
made public today
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-04
Cothenburg Country Club
To Hold Golf Tourney

Gothcnburg, Neb.. Aug. 3.-(Spe-
cial)-The Country club is staging
its first golf tournament here Thurs
day. Thirty-six members are en-
tered, three are playing scratch
There will be four prizes; namely, ),
first and second handicaps, le%
medalist, and BOBBY prize for high
est medal score.