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The i >maha Corning Dee chance in temperature. * ^ m. The le" people 'peak of their creat v' ness the more i\c think of it.—Daeon. - ^ ___ , - „ CITY EDITION VOL. 54—NO. 21l7 *~ 0MAHA7 MONDAY, FEBRUARY l7 1925. ♦ TWO~CENTS“ ggaJT"1 > --—' Crevice May Lead to Man Entombed Workmen Beliexe They Have Found Passage to Cave in Rear of Collins; Timber It Now. Progress Is Encouraging By Anoriated Pres*. Cave City, Ky., Feb. 15.— Iprogress has been made during last six hours in tha rescue shaft headed towards Floyd Collins’ natural prison, “due to dirt falls and neces sary timber work,” said an of ficial bulletin issued at 8 to night. Cave City, Ky., Feb. 15.— Sand cave miners engaged in the work of rescuing Floyd Collins from his 16-day en trapment discovered a pass ' able limestone crevice this afternoon leading to an un known destination after they had completed a five-foot tunnel to the northwest of the shaft. • Crawling through the tun nel beyond the timbered por ion of the lateral, miners went downward into a pas sageway described as two feet square until they were more than 12 feet from the shaft proper. Further explor ation was halted to permit timbering the crevice. May I,rad In Cavern. Those underground at the time ex pressed the opinion that the newly found crevice led to the immense cav ern which Collins snld he had dis ^vered and which is- unde'rstood to d'rgctly behind the point of bis imprisonment. , The work of releasing Collins from h>s bou'der trap will he simplified If It is possible to approach him from th“ rear. Workmen and the iri“n upon whom | resnonsibUity for Collins’ recovery, i has left a marked impression, frank ly were more optimistic than for several days. The discovery was described as the most encouraging development since the first lateral in the shaft was begun. Must Tirhber Passage. Samples of limestone from the tint Ural passage were brought to the sdr face and eagerly examined In day light. The specimens indicated that the crevice had at one time been a waterway, according to Dr. W. 1*. Funkhouaer, geologist of the 1 diver sity of Kentucky. One side of the crevice showed sol id limestone ns far as It was ex plored. The other was composed of loose rock and some muck which will necessitates,the entire passage being timbered. The drift excavated from the shaft had been timbered for five feet when the natural cave was discovered. At that point the crevice was found to deviate slightly from the original line of the timbering. Workmen pushed themselvee seven and one lialf feet more before they were re called. Meanwhile no further exca vation was being do'ne In the bottom of the shaft. Shaft Ahead 7 Feet. The official statement given out at 3:15 p. m. follows: "The total progress In the lateral ^^^^^%adlng Is seven feet. Excavation conditions are unchanged and are very unfavorable and hazardous but progress made 1" very encouraging. More definite signs of the anticipated subterranean cavern had been found and it i* judged that that avenue de veloped hy the core drill Is not more than six feet away and probably flv* f»et lower than the floor of the lat eral heading. "Hounds tests between three men tv Hand Cave at a point estimated 15 feet from Collins and a party nt the end of the lateral head were re assuring ns a chock upon previous | calculations. "Those In the sand cave party were: Mike Brenner, Cincinnati; John Hlmmonds, Louisville, mid Lieut. Ben Wells, Bowling Green. Those in the lateral party were Albert Marshall, Danville; Everett Maddox, Central City; H. T. Carmichael, Kyrock, Ky., and Andrcwr Collins, Kewanee, Til. Workers Brighten. "Andrew Collins expressed himself satisfied ns to the correctness^>f the statements made concerning the loca tion of the shaft and the method of procedure. The next few hours w-ll) be spent in timbering the sections already open.” "Carmichael, who la in charge of the timber workers, came smiling up the incline from the shaft to the res cue caniP with M. E. H. Posey, ax -ecutlve secretary of the Kentucky Hftf^iilghway commission. Wr Seepage from nil elites increased to dsy to such an extent that It was found etmperetlve to instnll « pump to avoid further delay In balling wefer out of the shaft. The pump threw a steady stream down Into the \ alley all day some distance frith i >4lie shaft. Rail Fare Askea^ t “Collins of Kansas” Mayor of Haddam Asks ^OA^ to Radio*Cast Appeal for Funds to Defray Expenses of Man and Sheriff to Cave Cave City, Ky.—Money Not Used to | Be Returned. Haddam, Kan., temporary home of “Collins of Kansas.’ would like to send its uninvited and unwelcome lodger to Cave City. Ky., but Haddam prefers that he travel at the expense of the general public. In an appeal, sent through 'I he Omaha Bee to radio station WOAW’. Mayor E. W. Shearburn of Haddam urges persons Interested In clearing up the mystery which at present sur rounds "Collins of Kansas" to send him funds to defray the traveling ex penses of the man ami uf a deputy sheriff to Cave City. “All wfe do not use in paying rail road fare and expenses for ‘Collins’ and an accompanying officer we will pay back to the senders of the con tributions," the mayor tokl The Oma ha Bee. WOAW Kefnses. Officials of WOAW were duly noti fied and announced that radio station WOAW had never radiocasted ap peals for funds and had no intention of so doing, even though "Collins" was an interesting personality and might create quite (1 stir in Cave City. And, while the mayor seeks to rid his little town of this increasingly expensive charge on the public fund, "Collins" sits telling alt who will listen that “I’m Collins; that cate business is the bunk.” In fact, "the bunk" is proving a useful means of replying to many embarrassing ouestlons. “They say Collins had no tattoo marks on his arm." "That's the hunk." Marshal Wearies. "Gerald wires that. Collins had no scar on Ills stomach. " "Bunk." * Certain unkind persons have inti mated to "Collins" that he, himself, is “the bunk," whereupon the tnan retires into a shell of taciturnity front whieh lie emerges only after the ques tioner lias left the room. Each night "Collins" (limbs tlie stairs of Haddam’s hotel and prepares for another restful evening at the expense of Hnddam's taxpayers. With him is the town marshal, who is )*•• omlng a lilt tired of trailing the "cave explorer.'’ / .* Perhaps, when the rescue wovkeis it Sand Cave have reached the im prisoning tunnel, the marshal will be relieved. And then, perhaps. Wash ngton, Kan., ean entertain "Collins" for a brief spell. , That is, if the threat of a Washington (Kan.) news paper man to prosecute him for ob taining money under false pretenses Is carried to the courts. RUSSIAN FAMINE GROWING ACUTE By O. I». TOIJSCHIS. I nhfr«al Senli'f Htaff < c»rr^*pond**nt. Berlin, Foil. 15. Soviet Agriculture ('oinrnl I fin r Svldersky nnnounc»s offi cially that nearly S,000,000 of the pop ulation of Russia are starving, ac cording to a dlspatrh from Moscow. Reports Indicate that the famine i* growing acute In large area*. Relief measures are being In creased by the soviet government a* fast as possible. President of Chile Given Banquet Before Return Paris. Feb. 15.—Arturo Alessandrl, president of Chile, who came to Europe after the coup d’etat which overthrew his government and who has been recalled home by the re cently formed government, was the guest of honor tonight at a banquet tendered hint by the Ere Nouvelle, or gan of the left party In parliament. "I am returning to Chile without either hatreds or rancor,” said Senor Alessandri In a speech, “for they have no place in the soul of n real chief of state.” lie added that he was going home "to work out a program for human solidarity and social Justice.” The banquet was attended by a dis tinguished gathering of Frenchmen and South Americans. ISew Treason Bill Scored l»y Eamonu de \ alera Belfast, Ireland, Feb. 15.—Eamonn de Valera, the republican leader, In a speech today at t'arrlck-on-Shannon, described the treasonable and sedi tious offenses hill Just Introduced In the dall eireann by the Free Mtate government, as the first great coer cion mensure In Ireland, and a con tinuation of Bvltlsh opposition. He was glad this challenge was forthcom ing; the Saorstat government had thrown off the mask and had given a great St. Patrick’s duy message to the Irish race abroad. Mrs. Hheehy Hkefflngton said: "Uldody Balfour’s coercion act pales before the new treason bill.” •160.000 Franc* Spent to Transfer Body of Jaurez Pari*. P>b. 15.—-The amount ex pended on the transfer of the body of .lean Jaurez. the famous French no Wallet, to the pantheon laat Novem bar, wa* 440,000 franc*. There wa* > much rrltlrlmn when the government i l«*t aumnier naked parliament to : vote 650,000 franca for the tranafer of i the n*hex, although It waa noaerted ' that It did not nece**nrlly follow lhat i the ft Hire appropriation would he u«ed% Frederic llpham, G. 0. P. Treasurer, Dies in Florida Fiiiuut ial <»rniiis of of Part) for 20 Years, Who Retired Last June. ^ ietirn.of Hemorrhage. Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 15.—Fred erick A. Upham. 64, of Chicago, treas urer of the republican national com mittee, died here today from cerebral hemorrhage. Chicago, Feb. 15.—Frederic William Upham, v hope death has been an pounced from Palm Reach, was for 20 years the financial genius of the national republican conventions. He retired as treasurer of the national republican committee lost June. l'phatil came to Chicago In 1594 and entered the lumber business. Re sides Ills interest in politics, he was president of the Consumers company, one of the large coal and building ma terlals corporations of the country and director of n large coal company, lie was president of the Illinois Man ufaeturers Association in 1908 09. Ilia Interest In national politics has not waned in 32 years, lie held an elec tive public office only aa a member of the Cook county board of tax re viewers and as an alderman of Chi cago. He held former office for II years, but resigned during his first terirw of the latter. , He has been a delegate to the re publican national convention four times sitpe hit* first selection in 1892 for the Eighth Wisconsin district. Since 1904, as chairman of the local conyention committee, he has organ ised and financed four national con ventions, each year Ills task becoming more difficult and Immense. He saw the national convention expenses grow from J10.000 in 1904 to ?150,000 In 1929. He was treasurer of the national committee for seven years. He had fieen in rather poor health for seine month* before 111* retirement from the lreasurerphlp at the request of bis wife, lie desired, despite Ids poor health, m serve through the < oolidce campaign l.ast winter lie spent a lengthy period in the southwest sod op the Pacific coast and returned feel big much stronger. GERMAN ENVOY ON WAY TO AMERICA Cologne. Germany, Feb. 15.—Rnron Ago von Maltzan, the newly appoint ed ambassador to the I'nlted State*, has arrived here. He will make a tour of the Rhineland area occupied by the allies to*acquaint himself with the wishes and problems of the Rhine and Ruhr Industrialists before start ing for Washington. New Minister Personnel Drawn for Portugal Lisbon, Feb. 15.—Senor Oulmaraes. who was requested last week to form a cabinet to take the place of that of Premier Santos, which resigned after the chamber of deputies bad given It ft vole of lark of confidence, today presented to President Telxeirn Gomes, the personnel of a new min istry ns follows: Premier and minister of finance, Vlctorlno Guiinaraes. Justice, Hr. Adolfo Coutlnho; war, General Viera da Roch; marine, (’apt. l’erelra da Silva; foreign nffalrs, 1 >r. Pedro Mar tins; colonies. Hr. Pni\a Gomes; coni tnerce. Col. Ferreira Simas; Instruc tion, Hr. Xavier da Silva; labor, Hr. Hnmpalo E. Mala; agriculture, Amaral Iiels. The new government Is drawn chiefly from the democratic party. Swedish Astronomer Discovers Mate to Sun By t nbersal Sen Ire. Stockholm. Feb. 15.—The Swedish Astronomer Asklof has startled Stockholm by nnnounelng that he Itu discovered the sun has a mate. The lady sun, however, Is cool, her brilliance Is dimmed and she Is kept at such a distance that she Is hardly discernible. According to Asklof, most of the stars have ''escorts.” Kuilroad ^ ill Pay It« European l.oan in Full New York. Feb. 13.-—The New York, New ?h«\en & Hartford mil rued company will pay lt« f23,000,000 Ihiroprnn loan In full At maturity on April 1 next. Howard O. Auckland, vice prealdent, announced tonight. Fifteen year 0 per cent gold bond a which have been leaned to fun 1 thl.i heavy obligation have been rlrtu ullv ail ^yibecribtd to. Buukland an Id. Auto Sliowj Doors to Be Open Today Latest Products of Car Makers' Art Stand Await ing Inspection of Public-. -- - - 1 140 Models Displayedj Omaha's 2(uh annual automobile show wilt formally open at 2 this afternoon at the Auditorium. One hundred and forty car* of var ious designs to fit all kinds of pock etbooks are on display in all tjieir shiny splendor. Motor will be king for one week. The perfection of the automobile in a few short years since the era of tlie? horseless carriage is to lie clearly demonstrated at the Auditorium these seven days. The show will remain open until 10 tonight. On other days in the week the doors will be thrown ajar 'at 9:30 in the morning and remain open nnlil 10 nt night. There will be music every evening. Hugo Heyn's orchestra playing Monday. Wednes day and Thursday, and Edwin Kahn and his orchestra on Tuesday, Fri day and Saturday. Exhibits Ready. Tlie last minute touches on the Au ditorium were made Sunday. Work men put In tlie final lighting effects, automobiles were giieu their last glistening touches. Every* lilt of metal, woodwork and glass Was given attention. Members of the Auto Trades’ association, under whose aus pices the show l« being put on. made a last minute inspection of their ex liihils. They expressed gratification at the result. A. B. Waugh, commissioner of the association and manager of the show, said last night he expected 1,500 out-of-town dealers and thous ands of visitors from all parts of the Missouri valley. Dealers’ Day Wednesday. Wednesda.\ will be dealers’ day and a dealers’ frolic will he held that evening in the grand ball room of the Hotel Fnntenelle. The program will include Dan Oeedunes' hand, the Kiwanls quartet, Dorothy DeVere’s dancers and an address by William Moiselle, of Columbia. O., chief motor combustion expert of the British gov ernment during the war. Friday night will be a special mu sic night at the Auditorium. GIRL KILLS SUITOR; CLAIMS ACCIDENT; New York, Feb IS.— Dorothy Pel, kino, 17, charger! with killing a suitor, Thomas Templeton of Jersey t’tty, N. .1 . at i party at her home early today, was held without ball for examination tomorrow In homi cide court. The girl told police the shooting was an accident caused primarily bv ihe attempts of her parents to make her marry Templeton and their o|e position to her friendship with an other man. At the party Templeton upbraided her for her attentions to his rival and during the argument her father en tered the room and tried to strike her, she said. He hit a revolver con cealed In her sleeve, she asserted, and dlschargd It. The bullet entered Templeton’s heart. Anti'Christian Feeling High in Southern China Syracuse. N. Y., Feh. 15.—-Anti-oc cidental ami anti Christian feeling said to he Inspired by bolshewtst prop aganda is running high In southern China, according to word received by friends lime from Ulshop Wallace K. Brown of the Foochow, Kukien, area of the Methodist Mplsco|ial church In China. Officials of the Anglo Whlnesc Christian college at Foochow closed the school last month ns a precaution against open outbreaks of the feeling, letters from Bishop Brown reported. A native serving ns a go between for a foreign firm at Foochow was stabbed because lie refused to pay a loll naked by one of the Chinese stu dents spreading any lei propaganda, a letter from the bishop's wife said. Klectric Lights fur Birds and Boast* in Loudon Zoo London, Feh. 15- Fog affects the blrda ami beasts at the London mo to such an extent that It has been de cided to Install electric lights to tem per the dampness and darkness caused ly the moistened har.e and coal smoke which creeps Into all cages when fogs are at their height. Birds particularly suffer from the Impurities In the atmosphere. The monkeys detest the fogs and often crawl Into their corners, where they remain for hours ut a time Only the annkes do not seem to mind the tog. Republic of Poland to Borrow American Lash Vew Vork, Feb. 15. The republic to Poland tomorrow will ho added to th* Hat of contra) Kuropenn countries \vhlch have turned to the American Investment market for riMiatnnco In their financial rehabilitation. Public offering of n $35,000 non j:. vear * per cent loan will hr made through a I Milking trump headed l*\ Dillon, Dead gr l‘o, The hondu will he priced a! o:. pi yield the Investor more than per cent. Connecticut’s New 'Governor ;n Office -- —dii John II. Trumbull (above) net a new revoril w ben be look of five as governor of Connecticut after serving as lieutenant governor only one day. The governor. Iliram llingham, re signed immediately after his inaugur ation to become Tuiteil States senator. Tribute Is Paid to Late Senator Lottee o I IIuiim* \lso Klllogizos Colt of Mitotic Islaiol and Brandcpre. Washington. Feb. 15.—The house | paid a two-hour tribute to tlie jnetn* jury of i luce republican New Knglund 1 senators— Lodge of Massachusetts. Brandegee "f Connecticutt and Colt Iof Rhode Island. Speaker tiilletf led nearly n dozen house member* in eulogizing thd de ceased senators, emphasizing the learning, oratory and political Tnam tery of Lodge; the analytical mind, conversational powers, parliamentary ability and fidelity of Brandegee. and the judicial standing and friendship for the immigrant, of Colt. Senator Lodge's success rested pri marily upon his vast fund of know ledge. Mr. Gillett declared, comparing his attainments in this respect to those of President Roosevelt end Ambassador .Tusserand. Representative Tllson. republican, tonne.-tioutt, eulogizing Senator Brandegee. asserted that "the trag edy of his passing Was and is still a mystery as impossible of solution > death itself ' Senator Colt « Judicial caree of 32 \ears was recalled by Representative I Burdick, republican, Rhode Island who ilest iibetl him as "a judge, by | temperament, by training, by expc ! rience,” and *‘n statesman by his h*\e for Ills country rind bis unalterable determination ne\er to let personal *m party considerations determine his course on public «|uestlons.” FAMOUS MOVIE DIRECTOR HERE Csvll n. dp MIIIp, notrd director of motion picture*, was In Omaha Sunday mnrnlnR. en route from Chi chro to IAnRpIce. with hla party, which occupied 11 stateroom*. 51 r. de 51ll!e*is to supervise the production of 12 motion pictures In 1025 for the Producer* Distribution corporation, an agency handling the output of Independent picture pro duce re. I ranco-(German (Ymmercial Pact Still Considered Paris. Feb. IT*.—'Pit# possibility of prolonging the Franco German rom inrivlal treat' negotiations seems to be held out by an official note today. The note says l*epui\ Knynnfdy. for France. ha" sent a letter to Or. Tien deienbutg, the t hief Gonnan delegate, saying the 1 truth delegation, before reaching a decision on the latest' at titinle taken 1 > Germany, deems it necessary to request in wilting flit thet in formation and pre< ise detail* on certain points, notably with regard to the German references to the gen oral lines of France * future customs regime. The letter Is taken In German quar ters here to foreshadow further con cessions by France. Korgerio* of Xucicnt Ceramic* Discovered lUienn* .Kites. Feb. f—A dispatch 11» l.a NauJon from La Par. Hollvia, says that Professor Arturo Faeiiasky, director of the archaeological museum there, has discovered important for geries of Tlahuanacn archaeological ceramics. Authentic ceramics from the Tlahuftiuitxt region are "aid to sell for high pliers in certain %>ntlflo • enter* in the I’nlted States and ICik* i ope. t errific Storm* PImv lla\oc Near Portugal I i**Iiiin, Portuiial, Feb. IT. * Terrific "tot ins have placed huxoc along the • oiyit and Inland during the Inst three dn> s. Hexeml ships lmve been wreck cd. Vessel* lm\e had to keep outside tiie Iwrs at Llslton and Opeorto as the Portugese idiots could not board tbam owinm lough #cae Fight Looms in House on Gas Tax Bill Legislate e Adherents of Measure Doubtful Now if Majority Can Be Mustered. Child Labor Coming Up By AMurialeJ Prfw Lincoln, Feb. 15.—As Nebraska's; lawmakers convene for their seventh week's sessions tomorrow, after a three-day vacation, they are prepared to debate the merits and demerits of some of the most Important bills in troduced. Whether h -cent gasoline tax to provide revenue for good pouds con struction will get a majority to pass remained doubtful in legislative cir cles tonight. .Supporters contend that It will pass wltli, a "comfortable vote.” In the senate the debates will be confined probably to two major propo sitions, that of the child labor amend ment ratification bill and the non firtiyilion of the reappointment of It. K. Relsche a* a member ot the state normal board. Supporters of the ratification bill are Intent upon push lug it to h decision by both bou-es during the next week. What may develop into a party fight is the repgrt of the senate com mittee, headed by Senator tlrlswold, appointed to investigate (governor Mc , Mullen's appointment of Reisi-he. The latter was \otod a salary of *250 a month and Jtxc a month for expense* by the normal hoard to look after the interests of the normal 'school's ap propriation. Reisclhs vouchers for 34.30 are helo up by State Audilot •Marsh. Rending; tills the senate has refused to confirm bis reappointment. (Jovemor .McMullen lias made it known that tie knew nothing of Reiaehe's extra salary when be made the appointment. Ue.s. he's salary as secretary of the normal board is (Wt a year Repeal of the blue sky law as pro posed In Representative Pollock's bill, which passed the house after a sharp deflate, by a vote of 54 to 3S. w ill be one of the major topics of wrangling; In tiie house Tuesday. both houses will convene tom rrtov afternoon at !. House Continues Aircraft Probe Artm Officer* to Hr (.ailed in Effort to Srltlc ( ontroior*\. V\ aslungt'm. Feb. 1.1 Thr house n.ri iafi committee plans to dig deope.i this week into ihe aircraft eoniro \ersv. I’halrmnn I*anipert and Represen tative Perkins, republican, New .ler see. tilt commitlee examiner, have mapped out a plan which they be lieve will add much valuable Infor mation. Lieutenant Commander Badger of the naval ordinance bureau, has been asked to appear tomorrow for que* tinning about the effectiveness of an tiaircraft fire against airplanes. Brigadier General Fries, chief of Ihe chemical warfare service Is to be called later In Ihe week Commit tee members believe It imsslble III fu ture hostilities this service might, be closely connected with aircraft. The committee also expects to re celve testimony during the week from officials of the forest service of the Agriculture department as to the pos slide use of a I rent ft In its activities, such ns spraying ti-ees against insects and spotting fires, t'oasl guard of ficials also will l>e Invited to present any Information they may have. The committee also plans to visit Ihe army war (allege and Mr. Perkins Is hopeful fhal officers there will pre sent a mimic battle showing the pow I era of aircraft in the light of post-I war Information. Former (ihoniTlIor Hauer Expelled li\ Socialists fit tiiisinisl Press. Berlin. Feb. 15. Gustav Wolf Bauer, former Imperial chancellor, has been expelled from the socialist party. Ills expulsion wan due to his alleged connection with Ihe Barmat financial scandal. A dispatch from Berlin February t> said lletr Bauer had resigned his seat In the relchatag on the demand of the socialist parliamentary party. Ills resignation was requested l>ecau»e op allegation* Bauer received money from Ihe Barmat concern In Holland, ihe director* of which recently were arrested on suspicion of lllegsl trail" actions with ths Prussian State bank Woman Translator .Dim al Her Home in (srrmmtx Rostock. Germany. Feb 15 V'Vau Mnthllde Mannu, translator snd sp* dnllst on Scandinavian literature, died suddenly today She was the first woman in Germany to receive an honorary doctor's degree Site had translated more than 500 volumes of Scandinavian literature ^ * Federal Judge Who Dies by Own Hand i Judge John $JC-Gee. * House Is Moving Slowly; Senate l i ^ed for Haste V I ft|HT lluii-e of Congress HI ocked bv Filibuster * Directed at Several Important Measures. \\ a.-dmdim. Feb. 15.—The SiJtty eiglith congress is leisure^- vvritilig the final chapter of its history. The hou«e, having disposed of all ■ •f the regular supply hills, is moving along slowly in the consideration of tlie general :■ gislatlon on Ite calendar. The senate in less fortunate posi tion with respect fo appropriation measures. feels a keener urge for -haste, but is slocked by a filibuster directed at several measures. With ihc i.iugufatlen of regular night sessions tomorrow, administra tion lenders In the senate are hopeful of sp< diig up business, but are faced with i "a 1 c-ntroversies over the emergency - (fleer retirement bill, tbe Cape v -1 mo. ire and the conference report on Muscle Shoals. No Night Sessions. Mont.* leads; : have made r.o plans far night srs'kine. Satis ssi that all of the appropria tion bills, including a huge deficiency nine- a r still to he passed, will lie in tb<- hands <-f the president well in ad vam-* of rdjournment on March 4. leader of Is*: 1: the house and senate s ■ ns ,-s to the fate of sev r other ' i- .ores, notably the po» :. I pi* and . .1 increase bill and farm • lief legislation. The situation in Ibe sen • e : implicated by rontests oie * umbel of appointments re ceivii i by President Coolidge. Tlie chief hauls center around the nominate s of Charles B. Warren of Michigan i- l« attorney general, and Then s W.-odiook of New York, to le a tnembei of the Interstate Com merce commission. Ms) Force Issue. A\ hile some administration lenders are inclined now to force the igue on these tw .^appointments, it may be they will lie left for action by the new senate, which the president called ves teniay in estrn session for March 4. Kflforts will be made during the coining week to put through the house tiie W. dsworth-Oarrett consti tutional i nendment resolution pro posing i change In the method of rati f) Inc .ni li.ioi.s to the federal consti tution. Farm l--i.hi ..ion still is In tlie f. i mutative st . . and until tlie house and senate „ii. ulttire committees • ame to ;.n agreement on a hill to embodi the i • -minendations of the pi’eaident. ui-ttitural conference, leaders ■ n n, ,e no specific plans as to lime for consideration. Argentine May Settle Difficulty With Vatican Buenos i iti, Feb. IT,—Although no offlclnl announcement t« mailable regarding i reported solution of the difficult) between the Argentine'gov ernnient and the Vatican, I.a \ i don sms it is nmlersiood the con troversy Mill he satisfactorily settled tills week by the wltdrawsl by the Vatican of Nuncio l<eda Cardlmile and his auditor, Monslgnor Sllvattl. who more than a month ago were declared persona non grata by the! Argeatlni government. Simultaneously, the nppolt invent of the pupal nuncio at Kio de Jamltv to fill the vacancy will be announced according to tlie nevvapa|>er. la N o ion .ivs this solution, while! complying with ihe Argentine gov I eminent'e desire, will liave the ap pearau, e of being merely a retirement of the nuncio necessitated by a new appointment. | The Weather | F<*r *'« he«r« 4n(ln| % F m. F«hmnry J HiwirH 1fmi*fr»liirr» h n. m. *4 1 i» m « * s r 1 •• w . *r w b . •« • ft. .... : 4 .1 IV IM « v u ft w h * r II noo# . t I r at 1 Daughter Finds Body i n Vault “Memory Is Failing,’’ Wrote Jurist Who Warred on Boot leggers—Affected by Re versal of fteeisions. Strenuous Record Here | _ N|m«1i«1 DUpntrti to THi* Onuilin Be*. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 15.—Federal Judge John F. McGee, “terror of the boot leggers,” shot and killed him self here today. Four hours after he had left his home for his office in the federal build ing his only daughter, Ger trude, and the building cus todian found him lying dead !in the half-opened vault of his office. A revolver with one exploded shell in the chamber, lay beside him. On the table. In liis office, was a note in which he had written. ‘My memory is failing and I'm In bn -1 health.'* Police authorities said there was no question but that he had killed him self snd indicated th;.t no Inquest would be held. Search for Judge Met lee ya* Insti tuted by his daughter w hen be failed to return home for dinner after leav ing the house for his office at 10. At 2 she went to the federal build ing, but found It lijcked. Summoning the custodian she went at once to Judge McGee's chambers and there found the door locked. It w is open ed by the custodian arid they entered. Kind Body in Vault. The judge's hat and coat were found hanging in bis office. but there was no trace of him. Investi gating further, they found the door of his vault open and Judge McGco lying Inside. Kriends of Judge McGee tonight at tributed Ms act to the prolonged ill ness of his wife "He was devoted to her.” they said. It is known that Judge M Gee has also been affected by higher court re versals of his decisions given both in federal court here and in Omaha. Decision Kev ersed. Only a few days ago the appeal court cut a 15-year sentence meted out by Judge McGee to a drug law violator to five years and. It is said, he felt it greatly. Judge McGee had always been a terror to bootleggers and drug pea {Turn tn Pan* Tn«, ♦ nlumn One.) SEARCH GOES ON FOR MISSING LAD *l»#elal l>U|mlrh !«> Th# Omaha IV#. J-exington, Neb., Feb. 15.—An ap peal to any person seeing Harry M. Morgan, missing student of Valpar aiso university, Valparaiso, Ind., to hold the youth and notify Joe Morgan of Islington was sent to newspaper* today. t The l>oy disappeared several weeks ago and. to date, no trace has been found of him. University officials were at a loss to explain h!s disap pearance and fear that he may be suffering from amnesia. _ Meeting Held in Memory of Dead W orld ar* \ eterans Paris, Feb. 15—Pres.dent IVumer gue. General Nollet. minister of war. and Myron T. Herrick, the American ambassador, were present today At a mass celebrated in the church of St. Louis of tlie Invalides in memory of the Americans .and Frei h killed in the fighting in Champagne during the world war. The mass was held at the request of the committeewhieh Inaugurated the monument at the Viravin farm last September. Quen tin Hoosev elt, is one of the three soldiers depicted on the monument. Nonpartisan 1 fader Dios. Bismarck. N. IV. Feb. 15 —John H. Bloom. Sir editor and mnpager of the North lVikvt.i Nonigutisan. organ of the nonpan.san league of North Tke kola, die!! suddenly In ■ •> t.slay of iu-art disease. — We Have With Us Today [Herbert H. Kish. Jr., i.eneial Maimpi tirest Western Paper Company. laid;smith, Wis, Mr Fish, son >1111 1- «* dent of the Western Newspaper Union, is head of the Ureal Western Paper company, whteh owe- and operates huge papei mil - in W .won sin. The largest ts at l-ady smith, where Mr M -! ha- I,. lets. He i* an tuoaha reared boy jand attended the put'ii. s. hop is o! I this city Inoldgnt dig t - l..d-si h : is re making Hie |vi|vi‘ on wht- h The tanalia Bee t- heipg piloted M Smi.h -a>» i'v\| be 1 out took •« il nit. .if I SMI' day. . 1