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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
GRIM GAM BEING played In RUHR
Grew of italian Steamer
Sunk in MidOcean Saved
Thirty-Three Men Grain Vessel Rescued After
Heroic Battle With Mad Sea 400 Miles From
Port-Dog First Taken From the
Ill-Fated Boat

New York, Jan. 20. - The Giuseppe
Verdi steamed into port today. two
days late from Naples, with graphic
details OF the rescue of the crew OF
the Italian freighter Montello, which
succumbed to a mad mid-Atlantic
storm last Wednesday.
The rescued men-33 in all were
aboard. one of them in sick bay with
cracked skull and smashed feet. The
others had fully recovered.
Shot through with heroism was the
assengers-a story fervently attest.
ed by Capt. Francisco Sturese of the
Montello.
On January 10 the Montello sailed
from Philadelphia for Marseilles. the
wheatfilled hold pushing 1t far down
into the water. Two days later, about
400 miles north of Bermuda, it en-
conutered whistling nor'wester.
For three bleak days with the crew
never out of oiskins. straining en-
gines showed the Montelo ahead at
eight knots. On the night of the 18th
last Monday-the vessel keeled
over.
RUdder Chains Break.
The rudder chains mad jammed
Then they had broken.
Three Of the crew, lashed to stanch-
ions, manipulated a hand gear until
it too crashed under the sea s cudgel-
ing.
The vessel. its engines slowed down
to four knots an hour, was helpless
400 miles from the nearest land and
in hurricane sea.
Then the grain shifted and the ship
listed.
Waves washed the deck at every
lunge. The coal bunkers floated and
water poured into the ship faster than
the exhausted men could pump it out.
1t was not until Tuesday morning
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Former Sheriff
Slain in Squabble
Over Klux Trial
Ex-Officer Shot Near Bastrop
- Personal Friend Of Dead
Man Placed Under
Arrest.

Monroe, La. Jan. 20.-John P
Parker 1r., former sheriff Of Ouachita
parish who was shot on the Bastror
road Is. miles from Bastrop last night
by Carey Calhoun, of Monroe, died
at a local sanitarium here early to-
day without having regained con.
sciousness.
The shooting of Parker is shrouded
in mystery. Ouachita parish officials
state that the shooting was not re
ported to them until after midnight
They stated that there were no wit
nesses to the shooting, so far as
known.
Calhoun, who is superintendent OF
the MCGOWAN Brake Fishing and
Hunting club near Sterling, La, was
arrested early today.
"I was a personal friend of Jack
Parker" Calhoun said. Il have
known him since boyhood and we
were friends for years. l hate the
shooting as much as anybody else,
but l have no statement to make as
to it. All that / can say is that
am sorry"
For hours Calhoun. who Is well
guarded at Monroe police headquar'
ters, has spent his time in weep
ing because of the killing of his
former friend.
Bastrop, La, Jan. 20.-tBy A. P.)-
H. e. Blankenship testified today he
had identified a Ford truck bearing
Louisiana license tag No. 74657 as
the truck he saw on August "a in
which Watt Daniel was a prisoner OF
hooded men.
Blankenship said two of the masked
men he recognized as Oliver Skip
with, youngest son of Capt. j. *. Skip
with, head of the Morehouse parish
Ku Klux Khan. and Smith Stevenson
A. V. Coco, attorney general, an
this afternoon for Baton Rouge for
conference tomorrow with Governor
John NJ. Parker.
The attorney general said the con
ference is for the purpose of dis
cussing the investigation into masked
band activities and the report made
to him by Department of Justice
Agents yesterday that black hooded
band continues to operate in More
house parish.
T. Jeff Burnett, held on an affi
davit charging murder in connection
with the deaths of Watt Daniel ant
T. +. Richard. will be released or
bond of $4,000 today, it was officially
announced.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Crazed Man Kills
Three Travellers
in New Mexico
Shoots Into Crowd of Passen-
gers and Jumps Off
Coach to Escape
in Desert.

FL Paso, Tex, Jan. 20.-Harry
Turner, livestock agent of the South
ern Pacific at Tucson, Ariz.; p. o..
Cochran Of Joplin, Mo-. and Herbert
Brown. of Indianola. Okl., were shot to
death at LanarE, n. NJ, 90 miles east
of Ell PasO this morning while riding
on a Southern Pacific westbound
train. The slayer jumped from the
train and escaped i'm the desert. He is
reported to be insane.
After killing Turner. the man fred
at the crowd on the train which
blocked the passageway.
He hit nobody, according to the
train crew, except the three men he
killed.
All the dead were shot through the
head
Officers from FL Paso and several
small towns in New Mexico today
were hunting the desert and other
hiding places for the slayer.
In flour sack containing the per.
sonal effects, found in the seat where
the slayer had been sitting. was a
package addressed to w. NJ. Sprague
Of Paris. Mo.
Mr.. Turner had been connected with
the Southern Pacific for 20 years.
first as ticket agent. later as an
auditor and was livestock agent at
the time of his death.
Mr.. Cochrane is survived by a
mother. Mrs. j. A. Cochrane of Jop.
lin, Mo. He was on his way to San
Francisco to see his brother, accord
ing to a telegram found in his pocket.
The man who left the flour sack
and contents on the train in which
was found the name Sprague, prob.
ably was a bricklayer. Bricklayer's
tools and working clothes were found
in the sack.
Fugitive Killed.
Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. pa man
believed TO be w NJ Sprague of
Paris. Mo. who escaped from a
Southern Pacific train near Lenark
n. NJ, early today after shooting
Harry Turner, FL Paso, and Herbert
and fatally wounding p. Q. Cochran,
Branson, Mo, was killed late today
near La Mesa, N. NJ, by a posse head
ed by Sheriff Doncano Rodriguez Of
Las Cruces.
He was practically without clothes
when killed, having discarded all of
his outer garments and shoes in his
flight. Officers expressed the belief
that he was demented.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Thousands Pay Final
Tribute to "Wally' y

Los Angeles. Jan. 20.-Thousands
upon thousands. film players. film
workers and film fans and host of
friends and admirers silently passed
through downtown church here to-
day in the final tribute to Wallace
Reid actor, whose body reposed in
state for six hours before funeral SER
vices were held.
The personal and the floral tributes
formed one of the most impressive
marks of respect in funeral services
ever held here.
The church doors were closed an
hour before the final services were
held and that period given over to
Mrs. Dorothy Davenport Reid and the
immediate family and intimate mourn
ers to be with the remains.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Bank and Railway Station
at Tobias Are Robbed

Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 2o.-Robbers
visited the town of Tobias. cut tele-
phone wires and then broke into the
Citizens State bank. They rifled safe
ty deposit boxes of Liberty bonds and
papers, but failed to enter the vault.
A check of the cash taken has not
been made. They then broke into
the Burlington depot, took some
money orders and small amount of
change and escaped.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
K. of C. to Start Suit Against
Anti.Parochial School Law

New York. Jan. '20-A legal fight
TO test the validity OF the Oregon
anti-parochial school law was decided
upon today. following a conference be-
tween the archbishop of Oregon and
the supreme board of directors of the
knights of Columbus. The law re-
Gently was adopted by the voters Of
the state.
1t was charged that the Oregon law
was violation of religious freedom
and an attack on the patriotic useful.
ness of parochial schools.
A special committee, composed of
Supreme Advocate Luke l.. Hart Of
st. Louis and Supreme Directors Will
liam c. Sproule of Boston and Frank
J. Lonergan Of Portland. Ore, was
named to bring the action.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
New Fox Trot
Sings Praises
of Fair Omaha
Song, Written by Two Oma'
hans, Distributed in To-
days Issue of The
Omaha Bee.

I'VE were just bubbling over with
the spirit Of Omaha and wooed by the
muse of civic pride. I guess" said
julius X. Johnson when asked what
prompted the writing OF the latest
song hit. "I Want to Grow With
Growing Omaha"
Mr.. Johnson. master Of the pipe or
gan and manager of the Rialto the
ater, wrote the music of this new
song. The words were written by q
prominent professional man of Omaha
who conceals his identity behind the
nome de plume of Albert Adair.
The song is a snappy fox tr0t. a
lifting tune which soon will be whis-
tied, hummed and sung all over
Omaha.
The words:
No matter where l roam. I'll never find
a home.
Like the town call my own;
I've Travelled far and wide, but always
look with pride.
To my King AK who rules there from his
throne;
So I am going there; I'll ieav. behind
dull care,
I'm going there and I'll not be alone.
I'm going out where they're growing.
I'm going back to dear old Omaha.
l love 1t best; I've seen the rest, and It's
the gateway of the Golden West.
The birds are singing. and laughter ring
ing. it's the livest town l ever saw
You bet I'm going, out where they're
growing,
1 want to grow with growing Omaha.
The song has been published by the
Rialto theater and is distributed with
today's issue of The Omaha Bee.
Audiences at the Rialto theater
Sunday afternoon and evening will
be led in singing 81 Want to Grow
With Growing Omaha" by Gus Swan
son, song leader of the AdSell league
and Monday afternoon and evening
by George w. Campbell Of the Y. NJ
C. A, song leader of the Lions club
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid Here
on Way to Winter Home

Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and her broth
er, Ogden Mills. Of New York City.
passed through Omaha yesterday in
their private car. en- route to their
winter home in California.
Accompanying them was Eleanor
Goss of New York. a cousin Of District
Judge Charles Goss Of Omaha. She is
n close friend of theirs and will spend
the winter with them.
Judge Goss visited with them at the
Union station.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Days Activities
in Washington

The public health service announc-
ed that it's reports show wide
spread epidemic of grippe.
Continued improvement was report
ed in the condition of President Hard
ing, who is suffering from an attack
of the grippe.
The census bureau announced de
creased spinning activity dur
ing December, the active spindle hours
being 4S1 ,926,410 less than in Novem.
ber.
Secretary Weeks, in a statement,
declared the recent action of the
house in denying retirement pay to
Maj Gen. Harbord was IAN insult to
Gen. Harbord and to the government
itself"
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
of
Ex-Pren1ier
Suppressed
London Daily Telegraph De-
clincs to Publish Article
by Lloyd George on
Ruhr Occupation.
Publisher Keeps Silent

London, Jan. 20.-Fearing Lloyd
Georges frank discussion of the
French invasion of the Ruhr valley
might have disastrous effect upon the
relations between England and Franc
The London Daily Telegraph toda
declined to publish the seventh artic
of the series being written by Lloy
George for The United Feature syndi
cate on current international events.
The Telegraph's announcement says
To-day the seventh of the series OF
articles which Mr.. Lloyd George is
contributing to The Daily Telegraph
on current political questions of ma
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21

that Captain Stures permitted Wire
less Operator Tomaso Montari to ask
aid. The Verdi. 100 miles away, an.
.wered, and arrived at that after
noon.
1t was impossible to launch boats
in that sea. So the Verdi, with 61C
passengers aboard, spent the night
slowly circling about the water-logged
Montello, whose decks now were con
tnually under water. Comforting
messages were wirelesscd at intervals
Passengers Pray.
Throughout the night the Verdi S
passengers paced the decks, their eyes
straining toward the Montello. Now
and then they sang hymns. Finally
they knelt in prayer.
Among them knelt four nuns. The
ships chaplain, Giuseppe Verde
chanted the Te Deum. and plaintive
Italian voices repeated it.
AS told in wireless dispatches sent
from the Verdi as it approached New
York, the sea thwarted an effort to
launch boat at dawn. At 7:30 the
Montello got a boat overheard, the
sea having Gained slightly.
First lowered into the heaving swell
was the mascot, Netti. a water span
iel. Twenty-Five men followed the
dog. The crew had refused to bulge
until the pup was saved.
A battle of an hour and a half
brought the weary sailors close to the
Verdi's side. AS they grasped for
lines and lifebelts, a swell washed
over their boat, and IL went over
board. All were saved.
A half hour later First Officer
Stagnaro and II members OF the
Verdi's crew rescued the II remain
ing aboard the Montello. The freight
er sank as the Verdi turned it's nose
toward New York.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21

tional and international interest was
due to appear IN our columns. 1t deals
with the action which the French
have already taken and will take in
the Ruhr and condemns 1t in unspar.
ing language.
'Mr. Lloyd George, as is well
known, is taking a holiday in Spain
and in the interval which has elapsed
since he wrote his article the gravity
ifestly deepened hour by hour. In
view, therefore of the delicacy and
difficulty of the international situa-
ton and of the importance of main
tanning, Notwithstanding present diff
ferences, the friendship. sealed by the
common services, of the two nations
in the war, the editor of the Daily Tel
egraph has decided not to publish the
article
p't~ nsily Chronicle, however, pub
lishes Lloytt Georges seventh article,
and in haf column editorial says,
I'm writing the article we publish to-
day, Mr.. Lloyd George. we believe, has
rendered a service to his countrymen
and the world"
New York, Jan. 20.-Lord Burn
ham, owner of the London Telegraph,
ls in New York. He admitted cabling
the order to the Telegraph to omit the
seventh Lloyd George article, but pre-
ferred not to discuss the matter be-
yond the Telegraph's announcement.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Drive to Collect Taxes
Brings in Sl65.OO.OOO

washington, Jan. 20.-The drive by
the internal revenue bureau to collect
back taxes brought nearly $165000,-
600 in income and profits taxes into
the treasury in the first half of the
fiscal year 1929. according to esti-
mates made by Commissioner Blair.
II the rate is maintained collection for
the fiscal year will far exceed the
estimate of s3oo,ooo,ooo made last
June. Mr.. Blair said.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
WHERE TO FIND
THE BIG FEATURES OF
THE SUNDAY BEE

PART ONE.
Editorial Comment Page 8.
PART TWO.
Sporting News and Features-
Pages l and g
Tripping a Few Light fantasies"
by o. o. Mcintyre Page 3.
OF Especial Interest to Motorists
Page 4.
Markets and Financial News
Page 8.
Want Ads Pages 7, 8 and o.
France Marching to Own Doom. Says
Lloyd George Page 10.
PART THREE.
Society and News for Women
Pages I to 5.
Shopping with Polly Page 3.
Amusements- Pages 6. I and 8.
Music News Page y.
The Married Life of Helen and
"Ioudon. Like south Bsnd, Ind, Is a
Clean City," by Stephen Lcacock-
Page 10.
MAGAZINE SECTION.
Button, Button" Blue Ribbon Short
story by Julia Frances Wood
Page I.
"The Room on the Roof" by VIII
:. Payne Page 2.
Happy Land Page 4.
The Tecnie Weenies- Page 3.
Fashion Fanny and Her Friends
Page 8.
ROTOGRAyURE SECTION.
The Altruss Club Of Omaha.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Deposed Head of Kansas
Miners Sorry to Leave Jail

Girard Kan. Jan. 2O.-"In some
ways l am sorry to leave this place."
Alexander Howat, deposed president
of the Kansas union of coal miners.
told John burlington, sheriff, as he
prepared to leave the Crawford coun.
ty Jail at noon today. With five 9th.
er deposed officials who had beens
like Howat. serving a sentence of one
year for contempt of court in calling
n strike. Howat was paroled today by
Judge d. II. Wolly at Pittsburg.
They have been in Jail 266 days.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Bandits Hold
Grocery Store,
Shoot Customer
W. M. Deerson of Lodge Pole,
Neb., in Hospital With
Bullet Through Abdo-
men-May Die.

w. M. Deerson. SO, of Lodgepole,
Neb. was shot and probably mortally
wounded by one of two bandits who
last night held up and attempted to
rob the grocery store Of w. E. Gro
gan, 1924 Seward street.
The holdup occurred early in the
evening. The two holdup men walked
into the store and waited until Gro
gan finished waiting on several GUS
toners. Deerson entered the store af.
ter the bandits, who apparently did
not see him.
Give me a plug of tobacco" one
of the men asked Grogan. As Gro
gan turned away he drew a gun and
commanded Hands up" His com
panion started toward Grogan.
Strikes at Bandit.
Deerson sprang at the bandit with
the gun, and struck at him, after
which he dashed toward the door
and fired at the fleeing man, the bull
let passing through Deerson' abdomen
and the glass in the door.
The wounded man ran to the home
of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs G.. p Franzen, 2S27 Seward
street, where he has been stopping
with his wife since October. Later he
was taken to Lord Lister hospital
Physicians stated he has slight
chance of recovery.
Bandits Flee.
The two bandits ran east on Seward
and were seen by Thomas Rance
sOo2 Seward, who was in the store al
the time of the holdup, to turn north
on Twenty eighth.
Police have their description.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Harvey Sails for England.

Hoboken, N. j., Jan. 20-Ambassa-
dor Harvey sailed today to the court
of st. James on the America. He
had no comment to make regarding
reparations or the funding of the
British debt. Asked il he expected to
attend any meetings in London re-
garding the debt. Mr.. Harvey replied:
"I expect to attend strictly to my job
in London on my return"
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Bad Faith
Blamed for
Ruhr Mess
Sullivan Says World Stabiliza-
lion Awaits Retracing of
False Steps in Decid.
ing on Reparations.
Mistakes Pointed Out
by MARK SULLIVAN.
Copyright. 1925.

livery person who reads the I'M
happy news from Europe from day to
Gay must wonder why 1t is that four
Years after the peace conference in
Paris the principal item of that peace,
namely, the amount of reparations to
be paid by the defeated enemy, is still
Unfixed and is at this moment the
occasion of warlke actions--actions
not wholly removed from having the
nature of a renewal of war--on the
part OF one of the conqlierors. This
question, unfortunately, has more
than merely historical interest. 1t
is at the bottom of most of the pres
ont trouble In the world and il casts
a most somber shadow on the future.
If there is any aspect of Europe upon
which there is general agreement
il is that Europe--nor America. either
will not be stabilized until all the
painful mistakes about reparations
are retraced and the sum is fixed
again, and fixed. this time. right.
The purpose of the present article
Is to point out where and how and
why the mistakes were made--so far
as it is possible to do so in so limited
space.
Fourteen Points" First
Outline of Terms.
The first mention OF what was to
be exacted from Germany in the way
OF reparations occurred in Wilson's
famous IA points. The illusions to
reparations were very brief. In Point
nAI<
must be evacuated and restored" In
Point VIII he said: "AN French terri
tory should be freed and the invaded
portions restored"
To this definition Of what Germany
would be required to do in the way
OF reparations Wilson subsequently.
in another address to congress. on
February II. 1918. added Limitation,
saying: There shall be no annexa-
tions, no contributions. no punitive
damages"
These words constitute all that was
said about reparations in the docu-
ments which constituted President
Wilson's statement of what the allies
were fighting for--the program which
was meant to be accepted, and was
accepted, first by the allies and later
by Germany, as the basis for peace.
Germany Asks Armistice
To Make Peace.
Some 10 months after Wilson had
laid down this definition and limita-
ton of Preparations as part of the
basis of peace for which the allies
We're fighting. Germany accepted the
basis and asked for an armistice in
which to make peace based on the IA
points and Wilson's other speeches.
The precise phrase in the correspond
ence between Germany and President
Wilson leading up to the armistice
was: The German government .
accepts the terms of peace laid down
in his d. e.. Wilson's) address to con-
gress January s. 1918 Il. t., the IA
Turn to Page Eight. Column One)
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
French Deputy Put i'm Jail.

Paris, Jan. 20.-(By A. P.l-Marcel
Cachin. the communist member Of the
chamber of deputies. accused of ac-
ton hostile to France on the occa-
sion of his recent conference with
German and other communists at Es-
sen, was arrested this afternoon.
Cachin was lodged in the Sante
prison
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Injunction Granted.

Spokane, Jan. 20.-A permanent
injunction restraining striking rail.
way shopmen from interfering with
the company's employees or property
was granted the Oregon Washington
Railway and Navigation company by
the United States district court here
today. One picket will be permitted
at each entrance to the railroad COM
pany's property.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Douglas County Bee Men
to Join National Body

Members of the Douglas County
Honey Producers association, in a
meeting yesterday at the Y. M. c. A,
voted to affiliate with the national
association, for the betterment of the
industry in Douglas county.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Omaha Man Charges State
Officials Are Lobbying

lincoln, Jan. 20-Collins Of Omaha,
democrat, introduced a resolution In
the lower house charging state Of
ficials with lobbying to increase their
appropriations and demanding they
either cease or register as lobbyists.
On objection of Lundy OF Sargent.
consideration was postponed until
Monday.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Aged Mother and Young Wife
Defend ALLEGED Murderer

Beatrice, Neb. Jan. 20.-tSpecial.(-I
The defense in the South murder case
rested, when Judge Colby adjourned
court until Monday at which time ar
guments will be submitted. South's
aged mother and his young wife testi-
fled in support Of the alibi clsimed by
the defense.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Named OH Parole Board.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 20.-AppOint-
ment Of ]. Ray Murphy Of Ida Grove
as the democratic member Of the
state parole board to succeed Chair
man Lester brennan. resigned, was
reported to the senate bv Governor
Kendall
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Payroll of $4,000 Taken
From Safety Deposit Box

New York, Jan. 20.-Disappearance
Of pay envelopes containing $4,000
from a safe deposit box of the Ameri-
can Trust company was discovered to-
day when 1sadore Krasbar, paymaster
of Rosser Brothers, shoe manufacture
ers, opened the box to pay off EN-.
ployes. The employees went home un-
paid.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-21
Rum Fleet Plainly Visible
Off Coast of New jersey

Highland. N. j.. Jan. 20.-By A. P.)
Rum row" was clearly visible from
shore today without glasses. 1t was
seen that the liquor fleet off Ambrose
channel lightship had increased over
night 1t numbered IS good sized ves-
sells. with a number of small schoon'
ers nearby. Business seemed dull.