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I_I VOL 54 NO 40 n»* »»„ OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 15,1925, * XX FIVE CENTS » ■ • '
COOLIDGt utFIES SENATE POWER
4*Lie ’ Flung
in Senate
Tax Probe
Chamber Thrown Into Tur
moil by Clash Between
Ernst and Couzcns;
Glass Enters Fray.
Fist Fight Threatened
Br International »w» Service.
Washington, March 14.—As a sen
sational climax to a fight over the
reflection of Income taxes by the
Treasury department, the senate this
afternoon deprived Senator Richard
E. Ernst, republican, of Kentucky, of
, the right to dehate for having pub
licly insulted a fellow senator.
The vole was taken on a motion to
lestore Ernst's floor privileges after
he was ‘'railed to order" for asking
permission to call a fellow- senator "a
wilful, wicked and malicious liar.”
Ernst did not indicate who the term
would he Applied to, but the drift of
debate pointed his remarks to Sena
tor James A. Couzens, republican, of
Michigan.
The vote was 32 to 43, and the re
sult forced Ernst to remain in his
seat without the privilege of entering
debate.
Denounces Couzens.
The clash rame after Ernst de
nounced Senator Couzens for alleged
persecution of Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon In his investigation of in
come taxes. Couzens retaliated by
charging Ernst with "tipping off"
the treasury to cases under investiga
tion so that important records could
be destroyed. Senator Carter Glass,
democrat, of Virginia, former secre
tary of the treasury, criticized both
Ernst and Mellon.
Glass said Mellon's srbitrary assess
ment of $11,000,000 agslnst Couzens on
the old Ford motor stock esse was
“tyranny.”
A moment later Ernst sprang to
his feet and asked Ihs presiding of
ficer whether It was in order to "call
a fellow senator a willful, wicked and
malicious liar.?" *
This produced an uproar in the
rhamber, a dozen senators shouting
for recognition. Above the roar of
voices Senator Glass was heard shout
ing:
"Do you mean me?”
Points of 'Order were raised sgainst
Ernst from all sides of the chamber
and l’inall Senator Robinson of Arkan
sas, minority leader, formally made
the objection.
Point Sustained.
The point of order was sustained by
Senator Kess, republican of Ohio, who
was presiding, and Ernst ordered to
resume his seat.
‘T want the senator to be specific,"
Glass pei slated. "Does he mean me?"
"f can't reply," Ernst shouted hack.
Order was flnall restored when Sen
ator Moses, republican, of .New Hamp
shire, made a formal motion to re
store his floor privileges to Ernst.
This Immediately provoked another
outburst, with democrats shouting
"No, no,” and Glass still Insisting os
learning whether he was the object
of Ernst's attack.
"Tile senator (Ernst) Invited this
situation himself,” Senator Porsh. re
publican, of Idaho, finally declared.
"He violated the rules of the senate
four or five times by charging an
other se.nalor (Couzensl with sinister
purposes in the conduct of public af
fairs. I demand that his remarks
against that senator be eliminated
from the record."
Vote Demanded.
Ernst refused and the vote to re
store his privileges followed. On the
balloting, democrats and independent
republicans voted solidly against the
Kentucky senator, and he was forced
to remain In his seat, deprived of the
right of debate.
After the vote, Robinson obtained
the floor and yielded to Krnst, who de
clared that Couzens' attack upon him
was "unfounded."
Ernst denied he had "lipped off
the treasury to embarrass the sens
torial investigation. .
RETIRED FARMER
DIES IN OMAHA
Chnrlee A. McGee, 47. retired
farmer of Albion. Neb., died Saturday
at the home of hla mother, Mra Mart
McGee, 41# Lincoln boulevard. He
had been ill for two yeare.
He la aurvtved by hla mother, hla
wife, Alta, and one aleter, Mre. Maude
Norton of Dougina, Aria. Hla father,
W. L. McGee of the United1 Statea
Supply company, died In April, 1924.
The body le at the Rralley A Dor
rance mortuary pending the arrival
of Mra. Norton.
NEW JERSEY BANK
ROBBERS CAUGHT
TucHahoe. N. ,f„ March 1J —Three
no n who today robbed the Tm Inline
National bank, ahot a bank director
ar.d blackjacked tit* ceahler and hla
wife, were capture* iata .'hla after
noon by North Wildwood police In the
wnoda *ome dlatance from here,
Maj. Mason in Iowa City.
Maj. C. W. Maaon of the Beventh
Onrpa area, will return •unday from
Iowa City. Ia., whara li* went to
deliver a lecture on ehemlcal war
far*.
Driver-Mate of Heiress Jailed
$ne..g hRg.jACK ^ATyDO KR^AP.^COD^oM
For two years Mrs. A. B. Woodson, wealthy society leader of Washington,
D. C., nought her daughter, Mary, who had mysteriously disappeared. When
shfe finally found her daughter, she found she was Mrs. Mary Seldo, wife of
John Seldo, bakery wagon driver, living In a modest little flat In Brooklyn,
N. T. Hardly had the society dowager granted paternal forgiveness than
Seldo was arrested on a charge of violating a parole in failing to report regu
larly after his release from the Elmira (AT. V.) reformatory, •» which he had
been sentenced on a burglary charge.__
Alienists Battle
at Griffith Trial
Hearing Adjourned 1 ntil
Monday After State Refutes
Defense Insanity Evidence.
Kim hall. Neb.. March 14.—The
♦ rial of F.. L. Griffith nn a charge of
first degree murder In connection
with the death here February 2 of
.Terry Mandrel!, was adjourned until
Monday morning after one rebuttal
witness had been placed on t^ie stand
by the prosecution.
The lebuttal testimony offered this
afternoon was intended to refute that
of defense alienist Dr. Mayhew, who
testified that the defendant was the
victim of hallucinations, and that his
retiring and temperament showed
that he probably was temporarily in
sane at the time of the shooting. Dr
Johnson pf f’heyenne will be placed
on the stand Monday In rebuttal of
Griffith's testimony.
The defense is battling stubbornly
'to save the alleged slayer from the
electric chair, frequently raising ob
jection* to the state's line of ques
tioning, and verbal clashes are be
coming more numerous as the nerve*
of opposing counsel wear down.
Griffith, facing fate gamely, has
neves denied Killing Mandrell, but
Insists that he did so in defense of
his home, alleging that It was the
culmination of a period of improper
i elation* between his wife and the
slain man.
Good Roads Head
Raps Fee System j
Governor Hears Protest
Against' Amendment Giving
Money to Gountjes.
Br Th# AiinriAt^d Prw«.
Lincoln, Merch 14.—B. A, George,
chairman of the legislative commit
tee of the Nebraska Good Roads as
soelatlon, called on Governor McMul
len today, protesting against the
Keck amendment to house roll 114,
adopted by the house Friday, which
provldee that all automobile license
money shall remain In Ute county
where collected, half to he used on the
state highways within lhat county
and the other half upon the county's
own roads.
Hpokcsmen for the association will
Join hands, it was indies ted by the
conference In the governor's office to
day, with members of the legislature
to defeat the amendment.
The association has ex pressed Its
desire that the hill he changed hack
lo Its original form, providing that ,r,n
per cent allotted for the state high
ways need not be wperit In the same
county where It Is paJd but may he
used where It Is most needed for
maintenance of slate highways.
Mr. George told newspaper men
lhat his organisation Is backing Gov
ernor McMullen's highway program
and Is anxious that the state public
works department he given full lati
tude to apportion the slate s share of
auto license revenue among Hie
counlies without regaid to hovv much
was collected by each.
"Some counties would lose by this
method, hut tilts I* Immaterial when
we are trying to develop a highway
system for the whole state," Mr.
George said.
MAN SLAYS THREE
CHILDREN WITH AX
By International Xfwi Service.
Kansas City, Mo.. March 14.—Three
children were slain with an ex. a
fourth 1* In a hoapltal and Is expected
to die, and Mrs. M. T. Gibson Is In
a serious condition from shock as the
result of an attack this morning by
M. T. Gibson, 36-year-old garage man.
Glbaon was found later at the foot
of the stairs In the cellar of his home,
♦ offering from an ax wound. It Is
believed he received the wound when
he fell on the ax.
At General hospital If was said hr
was In a serious condition.
Gibson, believed Insane, was cbn«
lug his wife aMumt ttietr 'hmfie In
North Kansas City with sn ax, ar
cording to neighbors. As she eluded
him, he crasher) /He sx against the
skill’s of the children.
DOCTOR RETAINS
EQUIPMENT; SUED
Dr. It. Allyn Mopher. Ml 3 P*lor
ei»» o boulevard. 14 *made defendant In
it suit for $847.21 brought b.V the
state, through the attorney general,
alleging that since retiring as major
In the Nebraska National guard
medical corps on June 28, 1921, the
doctor has refused to ret ifi ti, national
guard equipment worth that amount.
Marrird in Council Bluff*.
Th«* following ponton* nlililnel ms ri
ng* llcanara In Council Bluff* voalarrlay
ftranvlil* Hill. nn»w», 1, ............ >*
loaaphlnt Mill. «>nawa, I* . 2ft
laainru Charon Lincoln. Nah .. 4ft
I,opart* Ladaame. Iilftioln. Nab. .. 4«>
Laatar R Srara. M n-l#n. K*b . 34
Alma F. lairarn, Vllndan. Nab.?2
Harold A Ballangar, Cminrii Rluffa .. "ft
Barth* A Flanagan. Council Hlugffa . 3*
Lon C. Martin. Siowa Clfy. ta ..
Borg maKar Sioux Cltj, fa **
£4»' a r d Ahtbarg. Overton, Nfb . ••
arcla Holmaa. Overton, Neo. 14
BETTER BUSINESS
BUREAU PLANNED
Omaha may secure a Better Busi
ness’bureau In the near future, ar
cording to Ontshtins Interested In se
curing a future convention of the As
seriated Advertising Clubs of the
Worjd. The convention. If brought to
Omaha, would bring thousands of ad
vertlslng men throughoflt the world
to oniaha.
The bureau would be added to the
Omaht advertising l'fllllnc Teague
At the meeting Thutsdny noon at
the chamber dlsensstng tlr« proposed
convention were Harley Conant and
Montague' A. Tnnrork of the bureau
of publicity of Hie Chamber of Com
luen.e, Dr, .Stuart MacDalrntld ami
Blank o. Malm of the Omaha \dvoi
Using Helling league, and represenla
lives of the advertising, d«'|ai rtnielits
yf i tmuha’s ^lewspnpet s.
I The Weather |
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McClin took
Indictment
Looked for
State Adds to Pile of Evi
dence to Be Given to
the Grand Jury on
Wednesday.
Young Widow Sought
fly I'n I rerun 1 ^errlr*.
Chicago, March 14.—William D
Shepherd is held in custody by the
state's attorney tonipht pending
presentation to a grand Jury Monday
of evidence tending to incriminate
him in the death of William Nelson
McClintock, millionaire orphan, who
died in December after making Shep
herd solo heir to his fortune.
Taken from his home last night
• .
and confronted by a w itness who
identified him as having made many
inquiries about typhoid germs and
how- to administer them without de
tectlon afterwards. Shepherd made
efforts today to obtain his release
on a writ of habeas corpus.
Threatened with having a charge
of murder placed against him, Shep
herd through attorneys agreed to
have hearing on the writ postponed
until next "Wednesday, by which time
It Is believed an indictment will have
been returned against him.
Following that action in criminal
court event* in tile investigation into
MeFlintoclt'e death piled up rapidly.
Fifty Students Called.
Fifty- forthwith subpoenas Were
Issued for witnesses and Robert K
t'roWe. state's attorney, and his as
sistants prepared for an unceasing
week-end gathering of evidence to he
laid before the grand Jury.
Among tha witnesses called were
former student, of the National T di
versity of Science who will be asked
to identify Shepherd as having brief
ly attended-a biologic*! course there
a. few davs before the less of three
test tubes of typhoid cultures disap
peared.
Louis Kies, former houseman for
Shepherd, also was requestloped and
repeated a story of seeing Shepherd
in a sfnalUaborntnry in the basement
with bottles in his hands, while Me
Clintock was on what proved his
deathbed. Shepherd alone had keys
to the laboratory, Kies said, and
when surprised there by him fled
into s closet with the bottles
Investigation was being made also
into s story |n the effect that, a orate
of guinea pigs had been dell'sired to
the Shepherd home about thw same
time.
School Head to Testify.
Dr. C r, Falntan. president f the
university, "-ill he the first witness
before the grand Jury. It "i « he
who confronted Shepherd In a stormy
scene in which tie told the m»u t° ^
accused to his face that he bad at
tended bacteriology classes for -hree
weeks, had made many u '
about typhoid germs and sMidied
them under the microscope snd lamr
paid Falman $50 for the return of a
letter In which he applied for enroll
ment in the school.
Meanwhile another "woman In the
case" was l>clng sought ' » pretty
and charming widow, who is said to
have been friendly with Shepherd
after Ills breakup with a nurse to
whom he wrote ardent Inters.
"Perjury," "crucifixion.", "third de
gt-ee," "persecution" a d similar
terms were used In state - ents issue.!
by Shepherd's attorneys In which,
while asserting the Inno- \ e of ttolr
client, they admitted hieMndltfine.lt'
on a murder charge was expected
Shepherd la held In on Jody at a
hotel, where tie la guard* by dot *c
ti\e* from the slate's s' , rney'» of
fice. Permission for Mm o ee* his
attorneys and his wife et reasonable
hour* ha* been granted 'Mr*. Shep
herd. wifi) followed ler f u*l>n nr to
I ho prosecutor s office " $>n he w-as
(nken In charge and hers- If »««i ues
tinned at length, wa. reported in a
stn(e of collapse tonight.
CARDINAL SCORES
MODERN FASt HONS
Berlin. March 11 Tom,»• with
recent Instruction* ‘wuied h' th* \»11
can, the cardinal archbl*»\/ !> e' Bt*>
lau h*a l**il*d a paafm f.l letter to
hi* flock* afronal. der ;m or the
abbreviated akirt * *pn*e. ha {*, hare
arm* and aim Mar f«*hiO' *
He warn* women the" th y mtiat
have their atyle* rani, ally altered,
because local pHeaia #»11 1 forbid
den even f«* tnm . v w » * »* who are
iriint 11y clad.
The at c hblalmp lav- town title* foi
their Htlhbttice He he body
tmi*t Ire completely . and yen
deied completely In i i»>.e from he
low the knee to ne Arm*
mud not be |*ve»l«l . (he elhow
and no traaapat oo Hat tl of *nv
kind must he ji* ■*
lie further ▼ women t«»
appear modSatK • outside the
« hurctv
Huffman I* i ho eril
a* Mil »•* I rugiiHV
Wmblntton, M ' Mnffnun
Philip of New o American
mlnlater to I t >, selected to
,d*\ by Preai^.a OtudlcU* a* mini*
I ter to Psr«i*
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Omaha Has Great Future, Says Denver
Multimillionaire Visiting in City
"You have plenty of nil in Nebraska
nrd It will he gushing before long,”
said Charles Boettcher, 73, Denver
multimillionaire, who was In Omaha
Friday. "It has already been found
In Colorado and Kansas, and will soon
be discovered in Nebraska.”
Mr. Boettcher Is said to be "worth”
$30,000,001). He is head of Denver's
street railways, head of the Moffat,
railroad, whtch Is now tunneling the
Rocky mountains between Denver aifd
Balt Bake City, and president or
director in 10 other corporations.
Future for (liualia.
"Omaha has a great future,” he de
clared. "You may have had several
disappointing ventures lately, but
things will Iron themselves out.”
He is vice president of the Oreat
Western Sugar company, with plants
In Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and
Montana,
"Senttsbluff district. In Nebraska,
ha* the best soil in the country for
raising sugar beets" he said. "I
don’t see why more of the sugar
raised and made there Is not used by
Nebraskans. I’m a great believer in
using home products. That saves
freight.”
Pleased at Report.
He was pleased when informed bv
the manager of the Nebraska Portland
Cement company, which he owns, that
all the street improvement depart
ments of the city use cement made in
that Nebraska plant, which employs
300 men, and, lie said, is running 24
hours a day, and every day in the
mont h.
Mr. Boettcher believes in work, and
plenty of It.
“It is better to work 16 hours a day
than not at all.”
"Buy products made and grown in
Omaha and Nebraska, ' was the part
ing advice of the millionaire.
Fall to Take
Stand on Monday
tf
at Dome Inquiry
Defense to Launch Fight to
Prevent Exposure of Ex
Secretary'i Bank
Records.
Delays in Senate
»
Lengthen Session
of Legislature
—
^ ork of House Nearly End-,
ed a* East of Important
Measures Goes to Upper
Body.
By The AmofiaM Press.
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 14.— Tiie
battle of Teapot Dome will reach Ite (
climax In T'nlted States district court!
here Monday.
Albert R. Fall, former secretary of
the Interior, who is accused by the
government of conspiracy and fraud
in connection with the he gave
Harry F. Sinclair's Mammoth Oil
company, Is scheduled to be in court
Monday to await the call of govern
ment counsel for an explanation of
his now famous act of April 7, 1322.
when the lease was delivered to Sin
clair.
Federal Judge T. Rlake Kennedy
also will rule Monday on the question
of admitting Into the evidence of the
government s civil suit to cancel the
Teapot lease the hank account rer
nrds of Fall in K! Paso. Tex . and
Pueblo, Py these the govern ■
ments expects to trace s movement1
of liberty bonds from the now de
funct Continental Trading eompam
Of Toronto, alleged Intermediate aren' \
for Sinclair, to Fall.
Evidence Called "Hearsay."
The defense has fought this angle;
of the government's caje with all the
legs! machinery at Its command, de ;
daring the bank records to he In - i
competent evidence because the gov
ernment has not yet established anv
connection between Fall and Sinclair
financially and localise the govern
ment has not subpoenaed hank clerks
who actually made the bank account
entries, hut rather hank officials. Tie
cause these officials hav# no personal
knowledge of the entries made and
because the government has Intro
dured no previous testimony to show
a financial liaison between Sinclair
nnd Fall, defens# attorneys contended |
In argument that the proposed teeti
monv of the government Is ‘double
hearsay."
Whether the hank records and tes
tlmnnv constitute hearsay testimony
or whether they are competepf evi ;
dence. Judge Kennedy will decide j
Monday and because of the Impend j
Ing decision an admittedly large part I
of the government's case hangs in J
the balance. Tf Judge Kennedy bars!
the record* and testimony regarding
them, much of the government’s at
tempt to prove a financial connection
will he wiped out of the trial; If not
the plaintiff will he allowed to make
the most of the material It has for
Its cn«e.
Fall May Keep Silence.
Mr. Fall. who ha* been staving
In Denver 1* due to arrive In Chev j
enne tomorrow, along with his son j
Inlaw. <’ (* rim##, former collector]
of <u*tom* at Kl Paso, who also ha*
been subpoenaed hv the government
Whether or not he will testify or
whether he will e*erolse his const!
tut local right to refuse to answer
questions on the ground that to do
«o might incriminate hl»\i* is no? j
known, but T« a matfer of wide j
spread speculation here Fall now i
Is under indictment in Washington i
In connection with the leas* and hi* I
alleged dealings with Sinclair and ha«|
the privilege of refusing to testify If ,
doing *o would incriminate him. at i
to-nev s here say. The opinion n#|
many of the attorney* Is that Fall
"111 keep silent "hen called to the
sla ml
There was *n appreciable lull I"
both government and defenae circles
h'd.iv. There "as a • -(inference rtf
defense attorney*, hooded hv Mm tin
'V I.lit let on of New York and .1 AY
l.mev iti the latter's Che.vert ne office
hut onl\ let httlcalllles of the case
were discussed. Mr. TJltlelon old
newspapermen. Mi Sinclair sp
Fared outside of his quarters tn the
hotel only for food
Hr The Associated Trees.
Uncoil’, March 14.—Whether the
Nebraska legislature »• an adjourn sine
• lie in two weeks or so. as hoped for
hy some of its more prominent lead
ers, now depend* on the senate. Jn
the coming week, with passage by the
lower house of th« motor license bills
the upper branch will he generally
conceded the importance It attar hes
to Itself, 'for it will then hold all the
must ' hills not yet passed.
The hill reducing auto license fees '
$- is due to be passed when the hou»e ,
reconvenes Monday afternoon and!
sent to the senate. The companion
men a ura regarding distribution of’
funds from licenses should be ready
for passage Tuesday. unless op
ponents of the .V) SO provision succeed
in sending It lrark to committee of
the whole for amendment.
With these two bills out of the way
the house will proceed with “chicken
feed measures and a few bills of
some importance but which are not
regarded as major ones Outside of
acquiescing to senat# amendments on
house bills and acting on the Cooper
«heik“ bill, the representatives have
little on the program to entitle them
to the ilmelighf.
These impor tant "house bills are
awaiting disposal in the upper branch
Oenersl appropriations for Man
nianv, repealer of 10-day marriage
notice law; bill repealing intangible
tax law; repealer of bins sky act;;
gasoline tax; Halms and deficiencies
bill; university and Normal school
building levies
The appropriations still are in the
setiaie finance committee and until
tha and the gas tax are finally ap
proved by the senate, the legislature
cannot quit. Most of the anions ate
doubtful as to these bills getting
through in two weeks and they think
adjournment will not be taken until
April 1 st least April 10, thev say
Is at more probable date.
The marriage bill w ill be up . for 1
passage In the senate probably Tries
day.
The gss tax will be put out on the
floor, early in the week by' the sen
ate revenue committee atfd it may be
passed Friday.
KANSAS MAN TO BE
NEW PENSION HEAD
Hr I nlfmtil Krrilrf.
Washington. March 14 —President i
Oonlldge todav sent to the senate the
nomination of Wilder s Metcalf "f I
lawrencs, K.in, to be co^ntnisfioner
of pen shuts
Metcalf Is s veteran of the Spanish!
and world wars, lie rose to the!
grade of brigadier general. He re
reived the congressional medal for!
his services during the Philippine In
surrect ion.
The new commissioner will succeed
Ofn. \' rshlngton Hardnei of Michi■*
gun, a tJ. A H. veterans who ie
signed.
HASTINGS CHURCH
PLANS BIG DRIVE
Hastings. Neb. March 14—The
First Presbyterians church of Ihiaj
city will attempt at the morning serv
Ices tomorrow to raise its entire
hurget of f 1 S.443 for the new church
year beginning \piII l by voluntary!
subscription. The church has one of I
the luges member ships In the state!
and a finance committee Is Attempt J
lug to raise the budget entirely with '
out pn tonal solicits I Ion.
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BROTHERS DENY
MURPHY CHARGE
Joseph K and John \ Murphy
Omaha fil*»«l an answer In counts J
court Saturday to chargee of a third i
brother, Matthew J Murpbv of
Pasadena, t’al.Athat they bad misled ■
him into roMtaning his share in thr
estate of their late brother. James
S\ Murphy. for INn.ono, when in*
reality, he says hla share ts HSrt.rtrtrt 1
The * bn a ha brothers den\ ths> mis *
led Matthew,
CLAUDE B0SS1E
TRIAL TUESDAY
«’laud* ttoiiMfft, former oltv clork. i*
In go on trial Tueariav In P|Mrlrt
hi rig# c;o#«' mutt on the charge of
*nih»&i)#m#n», it wa* announced Hhi
urday M Mrpufy fountv Utornaw
Irvin Ptalmavter. who la to ptvetf^J'*'
i ha ca*a.
Man, 107, Has Been Out
of County Only Once
clAOQC) CABI/g. [
Jacob Cable recently celebrated bis
107th birthday at hie Butler, Pa.,
home. He prides himself on belnfr out
of hie native Butler county but once,
when he went to Pittsburgh to enliet
for civil war service. He was reject
ed t‘cause of hie heichf. Cable was
l*>rn at Whlteetown, Butler county,
on October 3», 1R17.
Second Raid Is i
Made on Alleged
Narcotic Resort
1 wo Persons Arrested in
Fruitless Fffort to Bag
Den's ealthier Patrons;
Inmates Are Held.
A second raid was made Saturdav
on 1119 North Nineteenth street,
where police lieliev* they uncovered
a popular drug den when they visited
the address Friday, in an effort to
snare si me of the resort's patrons,
said to be well-to-do persons.
Floyd Carter and Etta Stewart,
colored, were arrested and held for
violation of the Harrison drug art.
Officers were told that sine® the
raid Friday the establishment has
not been \ sited by its apparently
wealthy white patrons who rolled up
to its door in expensive cars driven
by liveried chauffeurs
Fred Savles. arrested Friday as the
keeper of the establishment at 111%
North Nineteenth street, i* held for
federal court Six Inmates arrested
are serving da vs each in the mun
tv Jail.
$54,000 PLEDGED
FOR UNI STADIUM
More than $.**4.000 had been pledged
in the Creighton drive for a stadium
Saturday night, it was announced at
the campaign headquarters. SO4 First
National hank building.
sAtinlay was the first day of the
drive. The total pledged includes
more than 140,000 pledged prior to
the opening of the campaign.
Creighton university students have
raised $*>.a*o since Thursday by their
Huy s Sack of Cement for the
Creighton Stadium ' campaign.
An out stiue man • mated ST ft»*
Saturday, while a local merchant
subscribed *?oo. Thev were the larg
est donors
GAS T.ANK BLAST
FIRES BUILDING
V gasoline tank <f a F< • d car on
the third floor of the McCaffrey Mo
tor company building. Eighteenth
and Howard street**, exploded at S 30
Saturda> morning, blowing out three
large windows and starting a fire
which was put out by the fire de
partment before much damage had
been done.
Six men. working on the other side
of i he room, escaped injury.
The cause of the explosion Is un
determined.
37 BUY LICENSES
WITH BAD CHECKS
Thirty M\#n motorist* paid for their
lf>?5 licenses with bad checks
The check* me still here in the
office. ‘ said t'ounty Treasurer Otto<
Bauman. Warnings have been sent
the writers and 1 h*\e alleged hem
tilt Mondax to make good the , hecks,
all of which ate marked by the hanks
"Insufficient fund* Nn»»e tint ate
not mad* a «*d i t M cn\ w 1»
turned o\ei t«» tie oMint) at|orne>
for criminal m
Omaha I IK l)i**s ill
* Marion Sanitarium
T V tn>t hvan, 3k. member of Klk*
lodge v> st, Omaha, died Saturday
morning at Marlon. Ind., Avoiding
to a teles; ? tut ^received by Otto Nlel
sen of the local lodge
tVvehran has been an inn>ate of the
Marlon sanitarium fop the Uet >est
His health ta sail to ha\e iw*en fad
Ins since his return from service:
overseas
He is survived hv hi* parent a wrhoi
11' • at Kl'erton la whet# funeral j
sarvtce* «rUl ba held.
Recess Term
Appointment
Threatened
--— t
President Angered by
ports He Has Abandoned
Fight for Warren'i
(Confirmation.
Solons Amazed at Turn.
By W II.MAM K. HI T( HINSON.
International .New* Service Staff Cnrro ■
•pondent.
Washington, March 14.—President
Coolidge defied the senate tonight to
prevent Charles R. Warren from sit
ting in his cabinet as attorney gen
eral.
While the senate was engaged late
this afternoon in further acrimonious
debate over Warren's fitness, and
threatening for a second tim* t* re
ject his nomination, the White ilduse
Issued a formal statement to the ef
fect that if the senate persists in dis
approving Warren, Mr. Coolidge will
wait until the senate has adjourned
and then give Warren recess appoint
ment?
The White House announcement
said: <
Notwithstanding various reports
and rumors, the president is making
every possible effort to secure the
confirmation of Mr. Warren.
"As the time is very short and to
accommodate the aena'e, he has con
sulted certain men and certain sena
tors as to what course should ba pur
sued in case Mr. Warren is not con
firmed
Hopes for Confirmation.
"He has decided on no other ap
pointment. He will offer him (War
reni a recess appointment. He hopes
however that the unbroken practice
of three generations of permitting the
president to choose his own cabinet
will not now be changed, and that
the opposition to Mr. Warren, upon
furl her consideration, will be with
drawn In order that the country may
have the benefit of his excellent qual
ities and the president may be unham
pered in choosing h!s own method of
executing the laws
The White House announcement
created amasement and confusion at
The capitol—all the more so because
only a few hours earlier republican
leaders had been to 'he White Hcuse
and returned to inform their col
leagues that the president desired the
senate held in session to receive a
new appoiri'm»nt should Warren
again be rejected.
Explode* Ijke Bomb.
Shortly after the White House an
nouncement fall like a hrmbshell in
the chamber a gentlemans agree
ment was reached to recess tonight
and vote on Warren again at :;J»
o clock on Monday.
The net result of the day's develop
ments was to create a situation to
night that 4* without parallel in his
tory.
Should Warfe- accept a recess ap
pointment he would have to serve in
the cabinet without ray throughout
the summer—and ahead of h‘>n
would always he another vote next
December when the senate convene*
again.
While the white House announce
nient did not s'ate whether Warren
would accept the recess appointment
the plain inferer e was that he l»8d
been con* ,!;o-i about it and that h*
w oulii.
The reaction at the capitol to tbs
president s surprising pronouncement
was instant and unfavorable. Whi'*
administration senators generally re
served comment the democrat* and
independent republican* commented
adversely Tba- of Senator Carter
Class, democrat, of Virginia, was
typical.
' Mr. \\ uren will have 'he pleasure
of serving without compensation until
lie Is again rejected next Pec ember."
said Class.
The threat of a re. es* appointment
for Warren was -* ribed to President
Cot^idge * .ii'ii' i \ er reports tha- he
was pro pa led to abandon the Warren
tight. It w i* Issued at the White ,
House only after the afternoon news
pa per s hid been put on his .leak,
carrying headlines to that effect
\\ hat :ally happened according
to th. *e in a p -«it Ion to know, w*s
this
ltep'.iM an leader* of th# senst*
went to ' h e White Ho se *• noon to
again report to Mr. Ooehdge th*' 4.n
their opinion there wx* no chanc*
of a. favorable yote on W arren. Thev
uvged him to send up a new nemtna
won.
On tha p-o« lant • .!.a«k at tha ttma.
aooordtng to raport* »n a Hat of
ax wtabta tandida o« who h»va Naan
:mdar . onstdri .itton. ltaading tha
list »n tha namo of John C5 Sar>
Kant, focniar attuinav ganaral of Var
mont and a tong lima friand of Mr.
t'oolhtga a.
Tim a.I ministration aanatara r»*
tionait to tha trnjlf and al'i'wal tha
woi t to go ont that If tha aanata
■ r.iln tala,'ad Warran tha praohtoht
would submit anothar nomination. Alt
that lima an tnfoiiwnl aK'aamant had
twan tad chad txotwaan tha opposing
tnivaa to rarM tint It Monday and
than vota on Wat ran.
Mannwhila. X' hlto ill «a attarhoa
ha.I p ■ «fi"n van iwiv « on tha
p-oatdont a dask Thov . tniod stowaa
lhat tha fight for NX'a■ an « a# to ha
aktndoiisil .afiar tho »a ond raiaa'ton,
and this 'task is rapaitot) to hava
so angarod Mr OooUd#a that
t'lompilx .14001 tha fpvauti Mtiaat
Of hit poaiuea |t %B ^