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KellerQuits
Daugherty
Squabble
"Prosecution*' id Proceedings
to Impeach Attorney Gen
eral Blows I p in Stormy
Gommittee Session.
Subpoenaed to Appear
By ARTHUR SEARS HEXNTNG.
Omaha Bee lewM W lr-.
Washington, Deo. 14. —The “prose
outfori ’ In the p roc codings before the
house judiciary, committee seeking
impeachment of Attorney General
Daugherty blow up with a loud bang
today.
Repress illative Keller, republican,
.Minnesota, author of the impeach
ment resolution, staged a stormy cli
max to today’s session by denouncing
the investigation as a "whitewash"
and serving notice that he would
.prosecute the charges against Daugh
terly no further before the Judiciary
committee. He announced that he
would rarry the case back to the
house and demand that it bo pls'-ed
in the banJs of « fair and unpreju
diced committee.
At the same time he made public
a letter from Samuel b'niermyer,
prominent New York attorney, who
branded the inrjuirx "a whitewash";
and Jeciincd to participate in proceed
ings before a committee made up in
part of "lame ducks."
Will I Jr lay Proceeding*.
The inference drawn from the state- i
mentB of Keller and Uotermyer wati
rh»f the impeachment will be put off
until the new congress convenes, af
ter which the judiciary committee
will be completely reorganized.
Amid turbulence and confusion |
following the prosecution's abrupt |
action. Representative Volstead, re
publican, Minnesota, chairman of the 1
commit toe, shouted to t*ergeant' at j
Anns Rogers to serve a subpoenas on .
Keller and require biro to appear on ■
the witness stand Friday., The 311fo- j
poena wao Served and Sir. Keller 1
promised to attend. " |
Members of the committee, enraged
by Keller s action, made it plain that
they were prepared id grill him un-*
mercifully in an effort to show the 1
groundlessness of the charges upon j
which he sought to impeach the at-|
torney general.
A day of listless testimony was
drawing to a'close when Mr. Keller
brushed aside his counsel. Jackson
IT. Ralston, and asked permission to j
make a statement.
Demand* Hearing.
• Members of the commit tee want'd
to know Its nature, «nrl he answered ,
it concerned the conduct of the in
quiry.1 several members of the Com
mittee objected and Keller shouted:
"1 demand to he heard.”
"Sit down'." yelled Chairman Vol
stead. banging his gave! furiously on
the desk."
"I refuse to tit. down," retorted
Keller, and advanced towards Chair
man Volstead’s scat. • I submit my
statement to you now ," he added, and
threw a typewritten document on
Vo!stpad's desk.
Mr. Killer left the committee room
end went to his office. Volstead's
motion to summon him as a witness
was carried unanimously and the ser
geant. at arms carried out the instruc
t ions.
"If ho has no evidence, he ought
to be brought before the committee
and bo required to admit that he
sought to impeach a cabinet officer of
high crimes and misdemeanors on in
sufficient evidence,” raid Representa
tive fJlaason, republican, Wisconsin
‘‘There ought to be some protection
for public officials against charge.;."
"Grandstand Flay.’-'
Representative Tates, republican,
Illinois, characterized Keller's action
as a "grandstand play.”
In his prepared statement de
nouncing the conduct of the judiciary
committee, Mr. Keller said:
"The proceedings to date demon
strate beyond question that these
meetings are a mere farce intended
for the purpose of whitewashing
Harry M. Daugherty.
"I reiterate now that I am in pos
^^'salon of evidence ample to prove
Harry M. Daugherty guilty of all of
the high erimes and misdemeanors
with which I have charged him. I
am ready and anxious to present this
evidence in a proper way before an
unbiased committee, but I emphatic
ally refuse to permit It to be used as
whitewashing material.
"I have made this decision after
oonsultatien with my advisers,
among who is Samuel Untermyer of
Hew York.”
Mr. Untermyer advised Mr. Kel
I tr to withdraw from the proceedings.
In bis letter to Mr. Kellar he said:
“When T realize the extraordinary
way in which the committee was act
ing and was asked to attend the hear
ing, I refused to do so and advised
your friends who consulted nm, to
urge you to Immediately withdraw
from the proceedings and to wait an
opportunity for a full and fair in
vestigation before an impartial
tribunal that would have a rublic
responsibility and would not be so
largely contpsed of 'lame ducks'.
That advise still hold* good."
Po»toffice Has Golden
Rule for Parcel Handlers
"Treat each parcel as you would
have others treat your parcel."
That is the golden rule of tha Post
office department, ngcording to Post
master Charles Black, who. In a state
ment yesterday, urged the public to
exercise greater care in wrapping
Christmas parcels.
^^0 The postmaster said claims on in
sured parceds are being paid this
week.
Postmaster Wanted
Washington. Dec. 11.—(Ppecial.l—
Civil service commission announces
that an examination will be held Jan
uary 17 for a presidential postmaster
at StockviUe. salary ? 1,000
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Frisco and Atlanta
Hold Two-Way Wireless
Telephone Conversation
San Francisco, Pec. 14.—San Fran
cisco and Atlanta, Ga . established
radio telephone communication last
night in what is believed to be a rec
ord feat for a two-way conversation
on the air. The same communication ;
was established between San Fran
j cisco and Kansas City, Mo., an ex
pended conversation traveling both
ways with the ranv: case as over a
telephone.
KFPB, the station of the Mercan
tile Trust company of California. lo» j
rated on Telegraph hill, San Frncisco,
| using He experimental call, 6XB.
talked at C this morning with 9 XV, j
| the experimental station of tho Pwee- j
| ney Automobile school station at
Kansas City.
After an exchange of pleasantries,
1 Kansas City reported WGM, tho sta
tion of the Atlanta Constitution, had
been trj inp to get Telegraph bill. The
local station tuned In for WGM and |
the Atlanta station returned its call
I letters to Pan Francisco. The dia |
| tance betw een Atlanta and San Fran |
| cisco is approximately 2,2.'0 miles air i
| line.
Ismet Announces
Turkey Is Ready
to Enter League
Lausanue Delegate $a\e Action
Will Be Takeu as Soou
as Peace Treaty la
Signed.
Lausanii". Dec. 14.—tF.y A. PA—
Turkey will join the league of ca
tion* a* soon as peace is signed at
Lausanne. Ismet Pasha announced at
this near east conference today.
As the league exercises general su
pervision over minority populations.
Ismet's announcement w-us interpreted
■ie meaning that Turkey will accept
the leagues supervision over the
Christian people of Turkey.
Turkey accepts in principle the ap
plication to the national minorities in
her territory of the clauses on this
subject inserted in the Austrian. Bul
garian and other peace treaties. Ismet
Pasha, declared and also the granting
of amnesty to the members of these
minorities.
Ismet said Turkey was ready to
accord the satpe treatment to minori
ties as provided in the treaties ex
changed between the various Euro
pean countries.
Accept General Amnesty.
This. iMnet declared, was not be
' cause of tho menacing worlis yester
| day of Lord Curzon, the British for
eign secretary, but because the Turk
ish national pg' t required it.
Jsmet said Turkey accepted the
granting of general amnesty to po
litical prisoners/ It would decline,
however, to establish a national home
for Armenians.
Ambassador Child's frank talk with
jlsmet Pasha yesterday on the subject
of minorities residing in Turkey made
a good impression in Turkish circles |
I and exercised a calming influence on
the entire Lausanne conference, which
nervously saw dangers of a break
down of all negotiations because of
the threatened rupture over the treat- j
ment of the Greeks and Armenians ;
by Turkey.
The friendly intervention of the
American ambassador at the right
moment baa convinced the Turks of .
ihe immense strength of the world '
opinion—particularly that of the Unit- 1
led States—ori the need for a settle-;
! ment of t'.io minority problem.
I r;«l to KeronitMw.
Ambassador Child urged Ismc-t to
reconsider his position as tho Arme
nians and other dislodged populations,
stating Americans desired to know
that their gifts would help the refu
gees iri Asia Minor to settle in per
manent homes.
Turkish spokesmen believe that the
American representative at the con
1 l'erence was the natoral arbitrator of
this vexing problem. They contend
that Turkey desires to do the right
thing, but adds that any measure de
signed to satisfy world opinion must
not violate Turkey’s sovereign rights
or force her to grant exceptional priv- ,
| ileges to peoplo within her borders
I whom she cannot, assimilate.
i Man Ousted From Union
Awarded $40,000 Damages
Selina, Ala., Dee. 14.—A verdict Tor
$40,000 against the International
Brotherhood of Locomativo Engine
men was awarded J. 5V. Green in the ;
circuit court yesterday. Green, a Tor- J
j mer member of the brotherhood, enter
ed suit for $50,000, suit growingr out
j of his expulsion from the order Tor
alleged disloyal remarks.
Denies Scions “Shadowed.’’
■Washington, Dev 14.—Charges that
operatives of the Department of Jus
tice had shadowed members of con
gress who attacked Attorney General
■ Daugherty were made and denied to
5 flay at the hearing before the house
j judiciary committee on lmpeachement
charges against Mr. Daugherty. ,
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you to reach out and put your
hand on the person who would
buy your auto, vacant lot or
household good?, yet a “Want"
Ad in The Omaha Ree will
pick him from thousands. ,
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Sales Plan
Endorsed
by Hardr <
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(Jo-Operatiou Among Farmerti
Favored by President aud
Secretary Wallace—
Benefit Both Sidcr.
Would Stabilize Prices
Washington, Dec. 14.—-(By A. F V—
’ Endorsement of Vo-operative market
; big was expressed by President liar
ding, Secretary Wallace of tho De
partment of Agriculture: ,T ulius.
Klein, chief of the bureau of foreign
! and domestic commerce of the De
partment of Commerce and by n
numb*r of representatives of farm
ers' organizations at the first meeting
today of tho National Council of
I Farmers' Cooperative Marketing
associations. National organisation's
| marketing major commodities v.ere
| represented by several hundred dele
i gates from 36 states,
i In a message of greeting read by
Senator Ernst, republican, Kentucky,
the president declared bo knew of
‘‘no single movement that promise^
I more help toward the present relief
•and the permanent betterment of
agricultural conditions'' than the co
| operative organisation of farmers to
market their products.
The sjstem, Secretary ft allays said,
houM act to avoid glutting markets
with farm products and at the same
tuna to obviate periods of scarcity,
!thus preventing both ruinously low
| prices to producers and high cost to
i consumer?.
Both Sides Benefited.
"If wp can avoid these periods of
l'eacta and famine.’ 'ho added, "the
farmer? will benefit more by a fairlv
stable price and the consumers: will
be able to buv what they need at
more reasonable prices. Hence, an
I tee it. the organization and success
ful conduct of the farmers’ co-opera
tlve1 associations result in a benefit
both to the fanners and the people 1
who consume' the products."
"The Department of Agriculture rc
Sards marketing as an essential part
of production," lie said, "and it seems
to us ju£t Si much our business to !
help the farmer market his crops ii> !
telligently and get fair prices for them 1
as it is to help him produce them in
the first place. A productive agri
culture must be a prosperous agri
culture."
Declaring he .wanted the govern
ment to do "everything within reason j
and sound procedure” for (he aid of j
the farmers. President Harding sail) ,
he was “still anxious that tho farm- 1
ors shill themselves co-operatively
work to make tha government's ef- j
torts doubly fell'icacltjus.”
< n-operation Pledged.
T'lodces of co-operation in the
councils efforts were made lit behalf
of their organizations by Walton
Peteot of Texas, for the N'at'onal
Farmer Kure.iu federation; Kepro
sentatiie John C. Kcteham of Mich
igan, former officer of the National
Orange, and IV. C. Kansdon of K a li
ens of tho Farmers' Union of Amer
ica.
Aaron Sapiro of San Francisco,
general counsel for the co-operative
associations, told tho delegates the
principle of co-operation was tho mer
chandising of crops rather than i
"dumping" them, utilization by the ’
producers of tho practice of spread- !
ing sales over a longer period and
the prevention of high prices to con
sumers by obviating periods of scar- .
city, lie said co-operative marketing !
was possible with every crop, but
had'not progressed far with the great
wheat crops because of the lack of
leadership. Tho success of organiza
tions in handling tobacco and cotton
in the south and dried fruita in Cali
fornia was cited aa showing the ro- I
suits of the system. Mr. Sapiro also j
urged that the farmers ba provided
with facilities for longer credit.
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Barrows Occupies
Governor’s Office
Lincoln, Dec. 14.—When fully sat
isfied that Governor S. K. McKelvie
had crossed tho state lino en route
to West Virginia, where he delivered
an address before tho conference of
governors today, Lieutenant Governor
Pelham A. Barrows established him
self ns acting governor of Nebraska
by occupying the governor's suite at
tho state house. j
The .Visenee of Governor McKelvie
from Nebraska will continue' until
December 14, it was sia'od hy his
secretary.
Before taking up the duties of act
ing governor, Mr. Barrows received
an opinion front Attorney General
Clarence A. Davis which reads irTpart ]
as follows:
“I take it thaf you become acting
governor as soon as the governor
crossed the state line, whether you
have been officially notified or not.
This must be so, as the state is cer
tainly not without a chief executive
merely because someone fails to noti
fy you. ’
Mr, Barrows said no ono notified
him in this case, although ho left di
rections at the governor's office where
he might he found.
Rock Rapids Man Kills 'Wife
And Then Ends Own Life
Hock Rapids, la., Dec. 14. — Floyd
Streigel, 29,, ahot and killed his wife, '
Mabel, 29. and then committed suicide j
in a cafe here at noon today. The' wife j
v.ia employed as a waitress at the .
cafe. Jealously is supposed to have '
been the cause.
Germauv Near Collapse.
London, Dec. 14.—(By A. K)—Ger
many is very near to complete col
lapse, I'rime Minister Ilonar Law told
the house of commons today. He de
clared tliat this was the only informa
tion he could give the house on the
subject of reparation.-. I
President of I'rugunv
and Former Diplomat
F:<tht bloodless Duel
_____ __
'Uruguay. Pc<\ 14—(By
A ^ V <*° *> £ Vsar Brum, president
V\,*V- * and Pr Luis Alberto
^ ^ jrmer secretary of the lega
%\*v ’ Washington. fought, a duel
pistols late yesterday Egcli man
.red two shots. Neither was hi*.
Tt w"<s announced that no reconcilia
tion between the men took place.
The duel took place in the airdrome.
: Pr. Brum was the challenger. The
j challenge was tent because of a
charge of Pr. Herrera that President
, Brum had so manipulated the recent
presidential elections as to prevent
| the success of Herrera at, the polls.
I Few persons believed the duel
I w ould be fought, ow ing to the position
I of Pr. Brum as chief executive of the
i republic, a tribunal of honor, select
ed in accordance with Uruguayan law
to consider the merits of the chal
lenge, decided that a motive for the
meeting existed.
Standard Oil
Head Examined
in Price Inquiry
President of New Jersey Com
pany Describes Control of
Corporation to Senate
< iomuiittee.
Washington, Dec. 14. —Facts and
j figures in an endless array concern
ing the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, its control. Its operation
and to a certain degree its policies,
i were presented by Walter C. Teagl e,
its president, to a senate eubeommit
i tee at the resumption of the inquiry
into prices and conditions in the oil
•industry.
Appearing as the first of the lead
! ers livthe American oil world which
j the subcommittee baa summoned,
1 Mr. Teagle foi four hours "as close
ly questioned by Gilbert U Roe of
New York, counsel for the subconi
i mittee, the questions concerning the
| minutest details as to the operations
of the company and were directed
toward bringing out the exact cost i
: of the major oil products and the j
I, extent of competition in the oil In-j
due try brought about by the supremo
court dissolution decree of 1911.
Mr. Teagle, for most of these ques
tions, had ready answers and if some
question of minor detail, with which
he was unfamiliar, was put, called
on a large staff of assistants who'
had accompanied him to 'Washing-1
ton for the bringing of voluminous
files,
■Statement t ut Short.
.\t the start he offered a statement,
which was cut short by Chairman i
Da Follettr, who announced that the!
subcommittee had decided liw should
be questioned by the committee at
torney. Questions asked by Mr. Roe
during the hearing, however, resulted
in the placing of most of the state
ment into the committee record and ■
before adjournment Mr. Teagle ob
tained from Chairman Jones tenta
tive permission to tile the statement
at the conclusion of his testimony,
probably Friday.
The ’statement, advance copies of
which had been given to the press
prior to Mr. Teagle’s taking the
stand, in addition to gi\ ing details of
the corporation's organization and
business preparations, declared the
directors of the Standard of New
Jersey had, In accord with the su
preme court dissolution decree, "con
ducted the business of the company
under the conditions of free mil
active competition, which they recog
nized the public demanded." It add
ed that the company "is not a. i>arty
to any combination, agreement or
arrangement to fix or maintain the
selling prices of its production."
Justifies Stock Dividend.
The prepared statement also dis
cussed the recent declaration by the
corporation of a stock dividend, justl- j
tying this action on the ground that
the company had, from its inception,
been undercapitalized with steadily in j
cieasing disparity between issued /cap
ital stock and net assets, that it was '
desired to effect a wider distribution
of common stock considered impraeti
cal under the existing issue because
of the high market value of the com
pany's stock and that an Increase in
the outstanding stock was financially
necessary.
Questions put by Mr. Roe drew out
largely the domestic and foreign bus!
ness of the company, operation of Its
pipe lines, its refineries and its ships.
The committee counsel also was much
interested in the ownership of the
corporation’s stock and in reply to
questions the witness gave detailed
statements of the stock ownership.
Stock Well Distributed.
"Only six stockholders had 1 per
cent or more of the company’s stock
as of June 30, 1922," Mr. Teagle tes- I
titled. "These Six shareholders own a !
total of 29.21 per cent of the com- |
pany’s common stock. The largest in
dividual owner of common stock is
John It. Rockefeller, with 11.4 per
cent. Three of tho remaining five
common stockholders on the list, own
ing together 10 per cent of the com
mon stock, are philanthropic instil u
tions, such as the Rockefeller founda
tion and the general education fund
It may bo of interest to tho commit
tee to know that John D. Rockefeller,
| sr., has not been a shareholder in this
company since 1920 and that the late
Mr. M ill la ill Rockefeller owned only
TOO shares at the time of his death."
Other questions brought from the
witness the amount of crude oil and
gasoline held in storage, prices paid
for crude oil and costs of transporta
tion and refining.
Eight little shopping days
“Oh, I must, good heaven 1 ’
But she didn’t do it and
Then there were seven.
Why The Bee Shoe Fund Is Needed
V
17 Scalded Die
in Texas Wreck
Steam Pipe Sw eeps Into Smok
ing Car After Passenger
Hits Locomotive.
Houston, Tea., Pec. 34.—Th> death
of seven more persons today brought
tho toll from last, night a Southern Ba*
eifio. wreck at Humble. 17 miles from
here, to 17. revised figures placiug
the night's death list at 10.
Investigations were started by the
railway company and county peace of
ficers aided in the preparations for
a thorough investigation.
The victims met death when a
two-inch steam pipe torn loose by tbo
collision swept around and crashed
through a. window of tho forward
smoking oar of the passenger train.
Conductor William C'ampsey, in tho
smoker at the moment of impact, died
Instantly. i\f. Young, the train news
dealer, also died Instantly. Tho five
others who Were killed by tlio steam
were negroes. Bodies of tho dead were
removed to the morgue at Humble,
while all of the Injured vvero brought
to the Southern Tacific hospital here
in ambulances.
Engine •'Drills.”
“Drifting’' of the switch engine
from a point near the depot to a stop
nearly a block away where the siding
converged with the main IIn", was
blamed for the accident.
The cylinder heads of the two loco
motives struck squarely. The one on
the right side of the passenger train
and that on the left of the freight en
gine being torn loose by the impact.
A two-inch steam pipe, which ran
from the switch engine’s steam chest
to its cylinder head, crashed through
the window of the forward smoker of
the passenger train.
A few minutes after iho crash a re
lief train carrying doctors and nurses
was en route to the scene from Hous
ton and work of extricating the dead
and injured was begun by Humble
physicians and citizens immediately.
At midnight more than a score of
Injured had been accounted, for here.
According to imembera of the crew of
the switch engine, a watchman named
Smith had been left in charge while
they went to a nearby restaurant. The
first they knew of the engines “drift
ing” came with the impact of the
two locomotives.
I nnerxod b,v Tragrdv.
Tlie watchman, unnerved by Hie
tragedy, was unable to explain the ac
cident. The passenger train, running
between Houston and Shreveport, left
tlie Grand Central depot at 9:15 p.
m. in charge of Conductor Campsey,
Engineer Harry Hot tie and Fireman
Charles Newman. The engineer
escaped unscathed, but Newman re
ceived slight burns.
Physicians and Nurses
of Vets’ Bureau in Meeting
Physicians and nurses attached to
the Veterans’ bureau of Nebraska,
Iowa, Kansas atnd Missouri, opened
a conference yesterday in Bellevue Vo
cational Training school, which will
bo continued today.
Dr. <1. C. Skinner of St. Louis is in
charge.
There will be speakers from each
of the states represented on subjects
coming under their observation in
their particular line of work.
Killed in Tokio
Tokio, Dec. 14. — (By A. P.) — Wtl-1
Liam Pepper ,an Englishman, employ
ed by the Canadian Pacific Railway
company in its transpacific steam
ship service, was stabbed to death
on the main street of Yokohama by
a Japanese, whom he had discharged
as a rneber of a launch crew. The
slayer surrendered to the police.
Day's Activities
w
in Washington
The census bureau reported that
cotton consumption in November was
tho greatest in any month since Oct
ober, 1017.
Hearings on oil and gasoline prices
were resumed hj' a. senate manufac
turers subcommittee with "W. C.
TesgU;. president! Of the standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, a* a witneesL
Secretary Den by announced that
drilling of offset gar wells to prevent
draining of oil reserves on naval ro
servo No. I in California would pro
ceed immediately.
Senator Bnookhaft, republican,
Iowa, offered an amendment to tho
administration shipping bill for pay
ment of rt subsidy to American indus
trial and agricultural producers, while
plans were continued for displacing
the measure In tho senate for farm
credits legislation.
Secretary Wallace, in testimony be
fore the Interstate Commerce commis
sion. supported the application «>£
western states for lower transporta
tion rates on hay and grain
President Harding, in a letter read
at the National Council of Fanners
Cooperative Marketing associations,
endorsed thejr activities as an effec
tive means of providing relief to agri
culture. Secretary Wallace also en
dorsed them.
Two senate comnnUce hearings on
various farm credits proposals con
tinued with Eugene Meyer, Jr., direc
tor of the war finance corporation,
among the witnesses urging enact
ment of relief legislation.
A resolution was offered in the
house hy Representative Newton of
Missouri, endorsed hy ‘.'0 other repub
lican representatives, for a $7u,00ft,00o
appropriation to relievo famine condi
tions in Germany and Austria.
Tho house, beginning consideration
of the naval appropriation hill, was
told by Representative Eincborgcr,
republican. California, that President
Harding has been engaged with tho
question of negotiating with other
powers for a limitation in construction
of smaller craft. Representative Kci
ley. republican, Michigan, in charge
of the measure, said the Navy depart
ment had recommend?d a construc
tion program costing $371,000,000.
Representative Killer, republican,
Minnesota, refused to proceed further
before the house judiciary committee
with his impeachment charges against
Attorney General Daugherty, declar
ing tho proceedings v.ero "a comic
opera-” He.was summon? 1 to appear
before tho, committee Friday to give
testimony' under oath as to his
charges of high crimes and misde
meanors against Mr. Daugherty.
Ship in Crash
New York. Deo. 14.—In a driving
snow storm, in lower New York bay.
tho ward liner Mexico, bound out for
Havana, Cuba, with 119 passengers,
today collided with the Hamilton of
the old Dominion line, coming in
from Norfolk, Va. T(je Mexico, the
port side 6f which was badly dam
aged, sent out a wireless call for as
sistance.
1 Killed iu Wisconsin Wreck.
Thorp, Wife, Dec; 11.—One train
man was killed and two others were
badly injured and about 15 passengers
more or iesg seriously hurt early to
day when Minneapolis, St. Paul &
Saulte Ste Marie passenger train No.
3, Chicago to Minneapolis, collided
headon with a lrieght train near here.
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MKelvie Urges
Credit to Europe
TVIJs Governors’ Meet This
Would Increase Demand
for U. S. Farm Products.
Wliita Sulphur Springs, W. Ya..
Dec. 14.—Farm legislation and Indus
trial problems occupied the attention
of the I4tli annual conference of gov
ernors today at its opening session.
The chief executives of nearly a
scoro of states were in their chairs
when Governor Sprout of Pennsyl
vania caled the meeting.
Granting additional credit by the
United States to foreign countries hav
ing stable forms of government, with
certain restrictions, was recommend
ed by S. H. McKelvle, governor of Ne
braska, speaking before the confer
ence. as a means of increasing the de
mand for American argricultura!
products, thereby strengthening the
| farming industry.
In making this recommendation.
Governor McKelvle said he did not
favor cancellation of foreign d-dHs by
the' United rftates and before grant
ing additional credit to a foreign na
tion .the governor Btated. the United
States should first ascertain whether
the applicant had reduced its armed
force to a sound peace basis, lie urg
ed payment-of obligations now owing
the United States by nations maintain
ing military organizations jeopardiz
ing world peace.
Reifschneider Freed
by Jury Out 27 Hours
The jury in the case of the state
against John H. Reifschneider of
Council Bluffs, charged with the mur
der of Fred Wlmmermark of Omaha,
after being out 27 hours, yesterday
afternoon returned a verdict of not
guilty in district court In Council
Bluffs.
Reifschneider shot Wlmmermark
last April while he and Reifschneldcr’a
wife, and two others, a man and a
woman, sat in an auto parked near
the Reifschneider home in Council
Bluffs, where he had surprised them
after unexpectedly returning home.
Reifsehiv ider is a. traveling salesman.
Mrs. Reifschneider, who was also.shot
by her husband at tiie same time, re
covered and attended the trial of her
husband.
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New Japanese Ambassador
to Washington Announced
Tokio, Dec. 14.—<By A. F.) — The
appointment of Foreign Minister
Hanihara as ambassador to Washing
ton to succeed Ambassador Shidc
hara, will be announced Saturday, jt
was said today.
He expects to leave tor the United
States tho latter part of January, at
though the debates in the diet relat
ing to foreign affairs may delay liis
departure.
Sadao Baburi. first secretary of the
Washington embassy, who has been
acting in the place of JShihara since
the latter was forced to return to
Japan because of illness, will remain
In the capital for the present.
The Weather
Forecast.
Friday, fair and colder.
Hourly Temperatures.
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11 a, m.1H
13 noon
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President
Negotiates
for Parley
Question of Coufcreuce oti
Liiuiting Construction of
W arships Taken Up bv
Harding Months Ago.
Announcement Surprise
Washington, Dec. 14.—(Ey A. I*.)—i
President Harding, according to
statement made in the house today,
“has been engaged for several
months" with the question 6t nego
tiating with the big powers abroad
relative to limiting the construction
of warships under 10,000 tons, which
lie is r< quested to do under a provis
ion of <hc naval supply bill.
This information was given by Rep
resentative Lmeberger. republican,
1 'allfornla, during a brief flurry of de
bate while Chairman Kelley of tht»
subcommittee in charge of the meas
ure was recking to explain the rea
sons for the request. It. was, admit
tedly. a surprise to the committee,
which had not consulted the presi
dent prior to presentation of the bt'I.
Mi. Kelley bad just declared that
while tlie arms conference bad af
forded a net saving of 5113,000,000,
the general staff of the navy had rec
ommended 3 projected program, un
der tho 10,000-ton limitation, entail
ing the expenditure of 3331.000,000.
Plans .Vlrrady Under Way,
' The gentleman is requesting thv
president to do something which we
and everyone knows he has been so
raged In doing for several months
past," interrupted Mr. Llneberger.
Would it riot be much better ver
biage to approve that which the pres
ident is now doing rather than to re
quest him to do something that he
has been doing for months? ‘
Mr. Keli-y raid he waa not inter
ested in th® language of the reqnee*.
aa set forth in the bill, at the same
tiuio expressing the hope that the Cal
ifornian agreed with the idea
“I do agree with you In principle."’
he replierj.
Tha only reference to th® president,
waa made by Representative Byrnei.
; youth Carolina, ranking democrat of
i he subcommittee, who said ha did not
know that Mr. Llneberger had told
the house that "the president Is now
at work upon some plan for the call
ing of another conference for tha lim
itation of armament.”
Hope*, Information Correct.
"I assume that tho gentleman ha-*
tiie information from the president,
Mr. Byrnes added, "and X am delight
.d to know licit fids is true. X must,
say that 1 should value the inform®'
tion more and that I would feel more
confident about it if only I could have
tiie gentifwm state that he <114 re
ceive it from the president, but I do
not see him on the floor. Ho far at
l am concerned, it is my dearest hope
that it Is correct.’*
Many questions were directed at
Mr. Kelley as to what the other na
tions had done in the matter of naval
reduction.
“I do not think any nation has
undertaken to destroy any of its
ships, although Great Britain pos
sibly lias scrapped some of tts old
ships, which she had already begun
to scrap befi ro the conference,” ho
said.
OpiMirtunity I.ost.
Chairman Butler *d tha naval com
mittee broke into tho discussion.
"We have accomplished just thix
by this,” lio slid. “We have traded
tiie 16-ineli gun for two 18-inch
guns." Representative Bntten, Illi
nois, ranking republican of the naval
committee, declared, “we have lost
tiie opportunity to become the first
naval power and we shall probably
be the second or third.
Generally tho bill had easy sailing.
Mr. Byrnes and Representative Oli
ver, democrat, Alabama, another
member of tho subcommittee, dis
cussed tho measure In detail and ex
plained how the arms conference had
affected the building programs. Mr.
Oliver said that out of 10 battleships
and six battle cruisers authorized by
the 1916 program, only three would
be retained by tho navy under the
arms treaty.
Taking up tho bill item by Item,
tho houso had covered one-fourth of
the distance when it quit, and It will
bo held in port Friday while an elec*
tion contest is given right of- way.
Cold Wave Headed
Here, Is Forecast
The cold wave flag was hoisted for*"
the second time this week over the
; federal building at II yesterday after
noon. . .
The mercury w ill drop to between
t and ID degrees bolow zero by
dawn Friday .according to the federal
weather bureau.
The official forecast given out yes
terday was snow and 'colder last)
night, Friday fair and colder.
The cold wavij llag was hoisted tho
first timo this year last Monday
when the mercury slid down to 3 de
grees below zero Tuesday morning
for the coldest temperature of the
year in Omaha.
The federal foreast for the Mis
sissippi valley for the week waa be*
' low normal temperatures.
W ild Balloon Drifts from
California Beyond Ilonolulu
Los Angeles. i*ee. 14.—A balloon
which was torn from Its moorings
near San Fernando. 20 miles north of
Los Angeles, recently, just beforo
Richard Kerwood. baaloonist of Ven
ice, a suburb, was to use It In a
"stunt" for a motion picture, drifted
to Honolulu and beyond, according to
reports received here.
Kerwood has a jett'T from "Stub”
Campbell, diver at Honolulu, statins
he saw’ a balloon lie thought proba
bly was Kerwood's, rass over the
Hawaiian metropolis and Into the
v.cft, more Uua 10 da; :: age*