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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-04-08
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"Jsem 81 ted uz jist tim!"
pomyslil 81 lekar. s'V Brunoy
musilo propuknouti ponejpry
silenstvi jeff nasledkem neja-
Ike hrozne udalosti!"
Esterka, jejiz rty beze zvu-
ku jeste .se pohybovaly, skies
la do kresla jeff bohaty ru-
81 vlas rozpleten jsa rozestrel
Sc po ramenou jejich. stepan
odhrnul vlas ten a hladil il
rukou hlavu, patraje vsak "
pravde, zdaz by nenalezl ma
hlave stopu rany nejake zasa-
zene pri takovem ci onakem
nestesti, jez bylo by tax pfi-
cinou silenstvi nebohe russo
vlasky. H
Nahle Sc stepan zachvel.
Objevil jizvu v kdzi, pod niz
nahmatati Sc dala ryha v same
kosti lebecne. Rozhrnul opatr-
nd vlas i spatril ma kdzi kol-
IN bile, ma jednom miste
rdzovy pruh as 6 en- dlouhy,
ma iehoz konci jednom male
zal Sc ma lebce hrbol as v roz-
meru drobne mince. Pc neko-
lik minut doktor zkoumal co
nejbedliveji tento abnormalni
ukaz, jel nejprve prstem po
jizve potion Opel no taky o
hrbol sam ma konci jizvy a
pfitlacil.
Esterka zachvela Sc cd hla-
WI k pate a vztycila Sc kre-
sla pronikavym vykfikem.
Oci jeji byly vytresteny. Mad
zvedla ODE ruce a chytla Sc "a
hlavu, jako by byla pocitila Y
mozku prudky, bolestny otres
To trvalo nekolik jen vtefin
nacez silena upadla v df1vej.
81 svou otrlost.
Doktor sledoval s napetim
kazdy pohyb Estercin a tvai
jeho zazarila.
"Nemylil jsem se," del ,
duchu sam k sobe, "zde jes
puvod zla. Uboha zena utrpel;
kdysi ma hlave zranenf j chte
bych sc vsaditi, ze cizf jake'
teleso, tlaGfci Sc stale ma bla
nu mozkovou, zarylo Sc do ko
sti lebecne."
Esterka nehybala. sc jiz
zdala Sc byti ted lplne bezcit
ma. stepan pouzil tohoto stavl
iejiho, ably znovu a bedlivej
ranu prozkoumal shledal, Il
domnenka jeho byla pravou
"zena tato," del 81 v duch1
sam, "byla zranena vystrelen
ma vrcholu lebky. Zde pod prs
tenn mym naleza Sc v lebc
kousek olova. Dluzno vykona
ii operaci. Bude to ovsem op
race strasliva, z niz weld
smrt anebo vyleceni. - Co
obou?" 4
Hluboce zamyslen opouste
stepan Loriot celu Estercin,
opakuie jeste jednou:
"Ano. zkusim operaci sti
co stGj!"
XIII.
Dedictvi silene.
Po sve navstave v charel
tonsk6m Gstavu choromyslnyc
stepan Loriot vracel Sc nejp'
We do bytu sveho v ulici Cuv
Grove v PaTizi. Jeste pred d.
mem setkal Sc S pfitelem svyl
JindTichem z La Tour-Va,
diem, kteryz pfichazel pra,
no navstfviti. Pozval no ma sn
dani a v brzku byl rozhov'
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Evening star., 1924-04-04
BEAT, THEN DROWNED
GIRL, ID, BOY ADMITS
Prisoner, II, Declares Murder Fol.
lowed Attempt to As
sault Victim.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICOPEE, Mass, April 4.-Boats
are dragging the Connecticut river in
this vicinity for the body of Sophie
Kupek, fourteen years old, believed
to have been murdered. Stanley Ia
lewska, seventeen, was said by the
police to have confessed that he
threw the girls body into the river
after an attempted assault.
According to the boys alleged con-
fession, the girl was passing his
house on her way home. when he en-
ticed her into the house and to the
cellar, on the subterfuge that his sis
the police, he beat her with a club
until she lost consciousness.
Tried to Hide Body.
Thinking she was dead, he tried to
dig a hole in the cellar to conceal the
body, but finding that he could not
complete the task before his parents
returned from their work in a nearby
factory he wrapped the body in an
old carpet and tOwed in toward the
river on a toboggan.
Before he had completed the quar-
ter mile to the river, the girl showed
signs of life. He told a suspicious
passerby that the carpet contained
kittens he was going to drown, ac-
cording to the police, who said that
farther on, when the body rolled
from the sled, Zalewska was seen to
club it with his fists.
Fearing that the carpet might lead
to his detection, according to the
confession, Zalewska removed the
body from its covering at the bank
of the river and showed it into the
stream. then rowed to the middle.
Zalewska is said to have police
record.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
DRASTIC RULE HALTS
EXODUS OF GERMANS
Minister Of Finance Orders Visas
Refused and Frontiers Closed
Against Emigration.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 4.-The ministry of
finance has ordered that visas be re-
fused and that the frontiers be closed
to Germans seeking to leave the
country The intention is to check
the exodus of Germans to Italy, Bel
gium, Switzerland and other coun-
tries, which has been in progress for
a long time and has aroused adverse
comment in the German and foreign
press.
The newspapers here have charged
the temporary emigrants with taking
money out of the country to live
prodigally where the cost of living is
cheaper, thereby depressing the mark
and giving the impression abroad
that the cry of suffering on the part
of the German populace is unfounded.
The order to suspend visaS is only
temporary and will be replaced by a
decree signed by President Ebert re-
stricting pleasure trips abroad. The
decree Stipulates that only 200 gold
marks may be taken out of the coun-
try by each traveller, who, however,
is allowed an additional limited sum
of foreign currency for travelling ex-
penses, this currency to be bought in
Germany at the current rate of ex-
change.
Every traveller will in addition be
taxed 500 marks, exceptions to be
made only in the cases of traders and
other legitimate travellers.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
PRESIDENT CALLS
SENATORS IN AGAIN
Talks Over Legislative Pro-
gram at Breakfast-Farm
Relief Taken Up.

The Senate Legislative program was
the subject of another White House
breakfast conference today, attended
by eight republican senators.
The conference was the second of
it's kind within three days for the
purpose of agreeing upon a concrete
program for the remainder of the
Senate session and speeding up legis-
lation to allow Congress to adjourn
by June l. Senators attending said
the situation was discussed only in a
general way.
Farm Relief Up.
Those invited to take breakfast
with the President included Chairman
Smoot of the finance committee,
Chairman Warren of the appropria-
tions committee, Senator Capper OF
Kansas, head of the farm bloc, and
Senators McNary, Oregon: Weller
Maryland; Edge, New Jersey; Cou-
One of the Legislative proposals
considered was a farm relief meas
ure. The President expressed the
hope that some sort of legislation of
an agricultural nature would be en-
acted, and the discussion turned to
the McNary- Haugen farm export cor
poration bill, which the President
thus far has declined to support, bur
which is advocated by the Depart
ment of Agriculture and most of the
members of the farm bloc
Evening star., 1924-04-04
LANGLEY AND WEST
PLEAD NOT GUILTY
Representative, Arraigned
Today, Denies Charge of
Conspiracy Against U. S.

John w. Langley, Representative
from Kentucky, was arraigned today
before Justice Hitz In Criminal Divi-
sion l and entered a plea of not
guilty to two indictments charging
him with conspiring to commit 100
offenses against the United States
through the Illegal removal of whisky
from government warehouses to be
sold for beverage purposes.
Millard f. West, former deputy
commissioner of internal revenue,
who is named in one of the indict-
ments with Langley, was also ar
raigned. He entered a plea of not
guilty, and his counsel, William A.
Leahy, asked for twenty days in
which to decide whether or not to
attack the validity of the Indictment
Attorney Henry L. Davis, represent
ing Mr.. Langley, reserved the usual
twenty days for filing a demurrer, but
later told Justice Hitz that he did
not expect TO attack the indictments.
We want an immediate trial." said
the lawyer. We want to go to the
mat with them on the merits" he
said.
Assistant United States Attorney
Bilbrey told the court that there are
four other persons included in one
of the indictments, and if Mr.. Davis
could arrange with the attorneys rep
resenting them, the government would
be able to assign an early date for
the trial He informed the court that
some of the other defendants, being
residents, are arranging today to
-ni =
missioners at their home towns. He
suggested that by Monday he will
have heard about these bonds and
would then confer with Mr.. DAVIS.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
CLAIMS 625 VOTES
FOR COOLIDGE NEAR
Butler Says Nomination of
President Will Be Made
Certain April 22.

President Coolidge. by April %, will
have 625 delegates to the republican ma
tional convention, or seventy more than
enough to nominate him, according to a
statement made today by William NJ.
Butler, his pre-convention campaign
manager. who is in the city comforting
with the Coolidge forces Including the
delegates who have been chosen this
week, he had 3S5 UP to today.
No serious contests are seen in the
future months, with the possible excep-
ton of Nebraksa and California. Mr.
Butler said it is evident that President
Coolidge is growing stronger all the
time, and that no adverse influences
have affected him.
Mr.. Butler had nothing to say about
the organization of the convention, the
selection of temporary and permanent
chairmen and keynote sounder. Those
are questions to be worked out later.
When he was asked about his own
course after the nomination was made,
he said he expected to have something
to say in the conduct of the campaign
for election, although as he expects to
run for the Senate in MASSACHUSETTS, he
did not indicate who would be the prob
able chairman of the republican national
committee.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
EXPERTS RUSH REPORT.
Presentation Tomorrow or Sunday
Is Expected.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 4-The reparation
experts drafting committee, of which
Owen d. Young is chairman, is Sit
ting all day today in an effort to have
the experts report ready for presen-
/ tation to the reparation commission
late tomorrow or early Sunday.
No date has been set for the final
plenary session of Brig. Gen. Dawes
committee, but this meeting, which
will be purely formal, for the attach
ment OF signatures and similar busi-
ness, is expected to occur some time
tomorrow. The second committee, un-
der Reginald Mckenna will meet at
the same time.
The semi-official Temps, comment
ing today on the virtual completion
of the work of the experts, says the
men who devoted SO many days of
intense work to this tremendous task
must be sincerely thanked, but it
feels that although the experts have
finished their labors. the real work
in the settlement of the reparation
problem has just begun.
AS soon as the reparation commits
sion receives the report" says the
newspaper. the stipulations of the
treaty of Versailles recommend that
Germany be extended an equitable
commission must first hear the repre-
sentatives of the reich, and then,
within the limit of it's power, pass
upon the conclusions in the experts
reports. The creditor governments
cannot enter into negotiations among
themselves without knowing evactly
what Germany's attitude will be, and
If certain official German declarations
are to be believed, the government of
the reich will not be prepared to state
it's opinion concerning the report be-
fore the elections of May f."
All in all, the Temps concludes. a
settlement of the reparation problem
is still probably very far away.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
.BELGIANS TO BORROW
s2OO,OOO,OOO IN U. S.
Banking Syndicate Reported Ready
to Assist in Move to Pro-
mote Industry.
Rv the Associated pness

BY the Associated Press
BRUSSELS, April A big financial
operation, designed to enable Belgian
commerce and industry to enter into
contracts without fear of the effects
of wide fluctuations in the exchange
market. now is under way. according
to the ViHgtieme Steele.
The Belgian bank. Societe Rationale
de Credits a Industrie, is understood
to be ready to use 100000. 900 francs
of its assets to permit it to obtain for
a period of twenty years credits in
dollars and sterling sufficient to sta
Billie Belgian currency. the paper
says.
According to the Nation Beige, an
American banking syndicate has
agreed to place credits amounting to
$500. 100000 at the disposal of the So
eiete Rationale.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
WOMAN CUT TO DEATH,

CLEVELAND. April A woman
identified as Miss Pauline Loeff1er
was found with her throat cut and
her wrists ripped, in a gully in the
outskirts of the city, this morning.
Two workmen found the body. No
razor, knife or other instrument was
found.
The throat was slashed in three
places and the wrists encircled by
deep welts. Detective Capt Cody,
after examining the body and scene
of the crime, was inclined to believe
that the woman had committed sui
eide.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
PIRACY AND MURDER
LAID TO 36 JAPANESE
Gang Indicted on Charge of Selling
Russian Ships and Staying
Thirty-Five of Crews.
Ry the Associa ted Press,

BY the Associat ted Press.
TOXIC, April 4.-Rekiichiro Ezure
and thirty-five of his followers, who,
after an unsuccessful hunt for gold
in the Okhotsk region of Siberia,
turned pirates, seized two Russian
ships and, it is charged, killed the
crews, numbering thirty-five Rus
SLAMS, were indicted today for piracy
on the high seas. All defendants are
Japanese.
The motive for the piracy, Ezure
declared, was a desire to avenge the
Nikolaievsk massacre of 700 Jap
anese by Russians in March, 1920.
After Staying the Seamen the only
loot the craft offered was fish oil
cargo, valued at $4,000 yen. This was
disposed of in Hokkaido. When the
spoils had been divided the men
scattered. Subsequently all were
rounded up.
Ezure and his companions will go
on trial in Toxic late this month.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
BOY Is SHOT TO DEATH
IN MOCK COWBOY DUEL
Sons of Wealthy Families Were
Playing With Guns Believed
Empty.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SUMMIT, n. J., April 1.-Two boys.
sons of wealthy New York and Sum
nit families, stood on opposite sides
of bed in a mock cowboy duel with
revolvers, and at the word draw"
fired at each other last night.
Unknown to them, one of the guns
was loaded and Noel Danforth
nfteen, was shot through the right
breast by his playmate, Andrew
Magrauth, fourteen. He ran from
the room screaming I'm shot," and
died before an ambulance arrived
The tragedy took place in the home
or Joseph Walker Magrauth, New
I fork lawyer, where the boy killed
mad come to visit. The latter was
the son of George II. Danforth of the
American Bank Note COMPANY New
YORK, who died a year ago Mrs.
Danforth is travelling in Europe.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
CH0RUSES AND BALLETS
GO ON STRIKE IN GERMANY
Performers in State Supported
Operas Want Pay Virtual
ly Doubled.

BERLIN, April 4. German grand
opera patrons who attend the state
opera house and the Kroel Opera
House must content themselves in
definitely with productions which
have neither choruses nor ballets.
Dancers and singers of these two
state-supported houses have struck
to have their salaries raised from 10
gold marks to 800 gold marks
monthly. Programs have been ar
ranged for ten days which require
neither choruSeS nor ballets, and
negotiation are progressing with the
dancers and singers.
The Peoples Opera House and the
German Opera House, both of which
are also presenting grand opera and
which were faced with similar de-
mands, have effected settlements.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
BELGIAN BANDIT GANG
MEETS HARSH JUSTICE
Ten Given Death; z, Life in Prison
5, Twenty Years; 4, Fifteen
Years in Record Trial.

By the Associated Press
GHENT, Belgium, April A trial
which surpassed all records in the
history of Belgian justice has just
been concluded in the esatern FIan-
ders assizes with a verdict condemn
ing ten men to death, seven to life
imprisonment five to twenty years
four to fifteen years and one to
twelve years.
The men were members of a band
of thirty-six criminals who operated
with practical impunity throughout
Belgian Flanders in the period imme-
diately following the armistice
profiting by disorganization of the
crims were charged against them and
the jury in it's verdict had to pass on
343 questions.
Only nine of the defendants were
acquitted. The trial lasted a month.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
Once Head of $3O,OOO,OOO Business
Firm, Murder-Bandit Suspect Says

breach of promise suit against him
Scott, already married. left Toronto
and the business went into re-
ceiver's hands, he says.
Blames His Brother. =
He has admitted being a partner of
his brother Robert in the drug store
holdup. which occurred within two
blocks of the detective bureau and
across from the city hall, while
to the police. He first admitted the
shooting, police say, but later de-
clared it was done by his brother
He admits, police say, robbing more
than two score drug stores and haher-
dasheries during the past few weeks.
Arrested with Scott was Helen
Bullard, who is held with her brother.
Rex Bullard, and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Devine, but police have not disclosed
any results of questioning them,
Evening star., 1924-04-04
AROUSED SENATORS
SEEKING EXTENSION
OF RENTAL INQUIRY
King Declares Matters Al
ready Uncovered Warrant
Grand Jury Action.
WILL PROBE ALLEGED
SENSATIONAL CHARGES
"Secret" Report Cites Conspiracy
to Keep Up Prices-$5,000
More Funds Asked.

Aroused by a secret report submit
day afternoon which, it is said, sub
stantiates charges of a conspiracy
to keep up prices of real estate in
Washington, the committee today is
asking that the Senate appropriate
$1,000 additional to continue the in
tions here and that the committee
be given until June 1 to complete its
report to the Senate, instead of
April 7.
Senator King of Utah, a member of
the committee, said today that if the
facts developed by the investigation
warranted such action the United
States attorney for the District of
Columbia would be asked to take up
with the grand jury the charges so
made. He said that in his opinion
some of the matters already uncoy-
cred warranted such action.
King Changes Stand.
One probable result of the investi-
cation so far made, it was indicated
today, wHl-be to line up many of the
Senate District committee menrbe bers
in favor of a continuation of the Rent
has always strongly opposed a rent
act in the past, declared today that
he would not now oppose a continu-
alton of the Rent Commission after
May %.
The resolution asking for additional
funds to carry on the investigation was
introduced late yesterday by Senator
Jones of Washington for Senator Ball,
chairman of the District committee 1t
was referred to the committee on audit
ol
of the Senate, from which a report will
be promptly asked.
Calls Report n Rumor.
CharacterizinG the report of a real
estate combine here as a recurrence
of .rumor" which appears periodi-
cally. and denying the existence of
any ring or combine among the real
estate dealers, John A. Petty, execu-
tive secretary of the Washington
Continued on Page 2, Column %
Evening star., 1924-04-04
Banker Tries in Vain to Cause
O,m Arrest on Shortage Charge

to explain the shortage, save that he
had "juggled" the accounts.
After his confession, bank examin-
ers closed the bank and went over
the books. A few days later the
bank reopened and was pronounced
sound by the examiners. who said
they were unable to find a shortage.
Weaver was told by the prosecuting
attorney the case was not in his
Jurisdiction and that If an arrest was
made it would have to be made by
federal authorities. He then came
here while federal court was in ses-
sion, kept the authorities posted on
his movements and awaited the sum-
mons of an officer. No summons came.
Weaver was advised to forget the
case and get himself job. Today
he started work for a local firm.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
Anticipate Experts Recon-
mendation of Big Credit
Extension to Germany.
ALL FINANCIAL HOUSES
READY TO EXTEND HELP
Way for Vital French and Belgian
Money Aid to Be Opened,
Leaders Believe.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 4.-American
bankers, anticipating recommenda-
tions of the Dawes commission for
financial assistance to Germany. are
making active preparations to raise
capital for German international
credit bank. While official action has
been withheld pending publication Of
the report, steps already have been
taken to assure American leadership
in financing such an institution.
whose needs would absorb a large
share of the proposed international
loan.
Subscriptions to the banks capita,
would be made by virtually all of
this country's leading financial insti-
tutions. it appears. Prominent inter
national bankers have indicated their
Willingness to assist in raising
Americas quota, although the man
ner and extent of their participation
will be determined by the nature of
the Dawes report.
To Open Way 10 Others.
In addition to supplying funds for
the establishment of the German
bank, American financial interests, it
is believed, will open the way for
participation by France, Belgium and
other foreign nations, whose assist
ance in financing the rehabilitation
of Germany is one of the essential
conditions on which the Dawes report
has been framed.
The slOO, 900, 900 credit recently es-
tablished here for the Bank of France
was not strictly limited to measures
for stabiliZing exchange, aIthouGh n
THAT was effectively accomplished 1he
gold, which forms security for the
loan, it is believed. can now De utll-
lied to enable France to assume her
share of the German bank undertake
ing. A proposed loan TO Belgium
would accomplish Il similar purpose.
Through this country's participation
in the project, vast stores of American
gold would find an outlet into pro-
ductive channels. Bankers, in dis
cussing the situation, said this would
be one of the principal benefits TO the
United States and also pointed out
that the granting of an international
credit to Germany would open large
field for the export of American goods
BY assuming leadership in the ac-
tual restoration of Germany the
United States, they predict, would
further enhance its financial prestige,
giving it a position of Importance
even exceeding that of the critical
days of the war.
TyDEprC TTCu pEDnpT
Evening star., 1924-04-04
POLE FLIGHT BY .NANSEN
is REPORTED PLANNED
Norwegian Explorer, Sixty-Three
Years Old, Would Accompany
Rossinsky, Russian.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, April At is reported
that DR.. Fridtjof >Nansen, famous
Norwegian explorer, has consented to
undertake with the Russian airman.
Rossinsky, a flight to the north pole.
According to the latter, while ap-
proving the plan, DR.. Nansen has
cabled that he will shortly arrive
here to discuss. the full details Of
the expedition. A specially designed
airplane would be used.
DR.. Nansen is sixty-three years of
age and has not engaged in eXplora-
tionS for many years Since the war
he has devoted himself to relief work
under the auspices of the league of
nations. of which he Is a staunch
advocate. He is known, however, to
believe a flight to the pole feasible.
and was one of the first to suggest
such a venture.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
OIL PR0BERS CALL
FRIENDS OF HAMON
Three to Be Questioned Regarding
Alleged Deals at Chicago
Convention.

Three additional witness who are
to be questioned about reports of
oil deals" al the Chicago republican
national convention in 1920 were
summoned today by the Senate oil
committee.
They are H. W. Ballard of Los
Angeles, Calf; John Smith of Paris.
Tex, and j. F. Baughan of Har-
lingen, Tex, who were friends of the
late Jake Hamon of Oklahoma.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
FLORES RESUMES FIGHT.

CULIACAN, Sinaloa, Mexico, April
4.-Gen. Angel Flores, Governor of
Sinaloa, has officially announced the
resumption of his candidacy for the
presidency of the Mexican republic.
He will leave Immediately for
Mexico City in the interest if his
campaign. Gen.. Raoul Madero, brother
of former President Francisco
Madero. was appointed national cam
paign manager for Gen. Flores.