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The Omaha Daily Bee
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OMAHA. FKIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1021.
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THREE CENTS
K JPromotion
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Schemes to
Be Probed
Judgo Troup Instruct Jurors
Alio to Investigate Rental
Conditioni; B. E. Mc
Cague Is Foreman.
Much Evidence Is Ready
Forceful language marked the in
structions which Trending District
Judge Troup read yesterday morning
to the grand jury, called to investi
gate alleged wild and fraudulent
itock telling and jobbing schemes by
which people have tost millions. The
judge alto instructed the jurors to
probe rental conditions in Omaha.
The 23 veniremen drawn by Jury
Commissioner Moorhead two weeks
ago reported at 10. and just before
11 the 16 had been picked and had
retired to their jury room, clothed
with "unlimited inquisitorial powers."
List of Jurors.
- Brower E. McCague, vice presi
dent of the McCague Investment
company, real estate, rentals, in
urince and investments, was ap-
ff. pointed foreman of, the jury. The
V other IS men are as follows:
V VV AUCI Mr mil wtwvm.w, -I
1 T) . a. n.llanK.. i-nmnanv 115
ruwn .w j
South Thirty-fifth avenue, i
Andrew Busk, contractor, 3412
Hawthorne avenue.
James M. Gillan, manager in
dustrial bureau Chamber of Com
merce, 1340 South Thirty-fifth
avenue.
Harry P. Naylon, United States
Rubber company employe, 2627
Binney street.
C. Blake Erb, manager Colvert
Lithographing company, 506
South Thirty-first street.
Earl J. Brainard, Crowell Gain
company employe, 2522 Bristol
street.
Edward H. Steberg, bookkeeper,
Trans-Mississippi Grain company,
1321 North Thirty-eighth street.
- Arnold C Juergens, Conserva
tive Savings and Loan association,
2464 Harney street.
William J. Hefflinger, laborer,
Armour ft Co., 4019 South Twenty,
third street.
Harold L. Miller, clerk, Holm
qulst Elevator company, 1904 Bin-
I . ' ney street.
Henry Hamon, farmer, Elkhorn.
II ; Oscar Heasly, butcher, Morns ft
( Co., 4825 South Twenty-third
If 'street - ' f- .
II v Edgar H. Pickard, insurance,
5115 Iswd ttwet. '-,. ." '
William W. Carmichael, city
ales manager, C. n. wietx num
ber company,! 3M5 amonua
8tOrtn R. Hayes, 4625 South
Twenty-fif th street, stationary
fireman, Swift ft Co. ; '
, Six Excused.- 1
With Judge Troup sat Jury Com
jnissioner Moorhead and District
t, Tjslii. Fitzarerald. Goss and
Yw nuirirt Court Clerk Robert
Smith called the names of the 23.
All reported except Henry Duve,
4614 North Thirty-first avenue who
is on a visit to Germany. .These men
were found unqualified to serve and
were excused: Edwin J. Busch, 604
North Thirty-eighth street; John r.
Wilcox. 1404 South Eighth street,
Leonard Fry Washington Neb.;
Harry W. Zimmerman, 5332 North
I wentysixth street; Frank L.
S-nith 5002 Capitol avenue and W ill-am
C. Wagner, Route A, South
b,Tiils left just 16. Judge. Troup
pointed Mr. McCague foreman and
l lien administered the solemn oath
tnd the jury retired to the room pro
vided just back of Judge Troup s
court j oom. Murray Estee, a son
of .the late District Judge Estelle,
was appointed, special bailiff for the
jury. . . '' " , -
To Last Until October 3.
'' In the court room were Attorney
General Davis, Assistant Attorneys
General T. h McGuire and W. C.
Dorsey and County. Attorney Snot-
Thf attorrfv eeneral and his as-
!cante will he in Omaha throughout
the sessions ot tne gTana jury, wh.h
will last until October 3 it least and
possibly longer. . .
The grand jury will meet daily
from 9 to 5. It has unlimited powers
of investigation. The votes of only
12 of the 16 men are required for an
indictment.
The attorney general said yester
day he has a Vast amount of evidence
to present to the grand jury involv
ilng a large number of corporations,
ctt romnanies. promotion schemes
whirh have had and prosecuted their
.rtUritiVn in Douelas county. - Pro
ceedings before the grand jury are
r,nm.ll hv law with secrecy.
None of the evidence can be made
public. , . ."
Charge To Grand Jury.
Presiding Judge .Trocp's charge
to the grand jury yesterday follows:
Once more the occasion seems to
this community.
trhirbv it tia ItHomt orooer. if
not absolutely imperative, to invoke
the inquisitorial powers of a grand
;"nry to investigate alleged flagrant
violations of penal laws of our state
and bring the probable guilty of
fenders, if any there be, to arraign
ment before a court ot inst'ce.
il Under ordinary conditions the
Iff county attorney and his deputies are
11 able to investigate infractions of the
II criminal laws of oar state and to
If institute proper proceedings to bring
11 the offending persons to justice, but
I. what complex nature of the alleged
f violations in the present instance an
l. 1 emergency exists rendering it ex-
j tedient that the prosecuting officers
jury.
ion have therefore been duly and;
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Jobless Offered at Auction
Unemployed Men Attempt to Sell Services to High
est Bidder, But Market Is Poor Dog Brings
Highest Price. '
Boston, Sept 8. Jobless men were
placed on the auction block on Bos
ton Common today. Stripped to the
waist, after the custom of the old
slave auction, thev declared their
willingness to work by standing be-
lore a crowd of thousands, offering
their services to the lushest bidder
bhorn lambs of tincniDlovment.
their auctioneer. Urbain Ledoux.
called them. Ledoux, a philanthropic
worker who recently opened the
"Church of the Unemployed," led
50 men to the common to bring
home, he said, to the people their
Atones of human misery, just as
William Lloyd Garrison pleaded for
1 he slaves there 70 years aso. It
was to prove his charges were good
citizens out of a job, that he put
some of them on the block, he ex
plained.
Ledoux s efforts were not re
warded. Of the three who stood up
for bids, none got a job, although
the crowd pledged help to tide them
over a week or two while they
souiitit employment. Their leader
said, however, he considered he had
brought their plight and the honesty
of their purpose to public attention
and he announced that the auction
was to be a daily event, to be con
tinued at least this month.
War Veterans in Crowd.
Ledoux and his men, box lunches
in hand, came to the common from
his headquarters where he has fed
hundreds. While they ate he called
for volunteers to stand at auction
prepared to work for a week for the
highest bidders. Eight men stepped
out, two World War veterans, most
of them in clothing and shoes well
worn. Each was a.ked how long he
had been put of work and without
food and shelter.
One man had not worked for a
year. Another had eaten only twice
a week in six months of unemplyo
mcnt. ,
James Ferris, 25, an upstanding
man who said he had served four
years -in the army, was called to the
! block. He stripped to the waist and
wniic icuoux uirccicu, wciu umvuk"
the army calisthenics to show his
muscular development. Bids were
called for.
"This is one of the men that you
used during the war. What will you
do with him now? How much will
you bid for this man's services for
a week, in order that he may have
food and shelter?" the auctioneer
asked. Bids were made, but when
they were called those who had made
them had slipped away. Ferris was
then declared to be without a bidder.
Dog Sells for IS.
A dog was brought to the block.
He was knocked down for $5 with
the condition, accepted by the suc
cessful bidder, that he be returned
to the "Church of the Unemployed"
as its mascot.
Joseph Mitchell, a negro, was
called. His shoes were without soles
and his clothing was ragged. Re
plying to Ledoux's questions he said
he had been without food for days
at a time in the six months he had
been out of a job.
There was no bid and the auc
tioneer called on the crowd to
pledge him food and shelter for a
week. Mrs. Annie Jackson re
sponded and went the auctioneer
one better by saying she would be
responsible for Mitchell's sustenance
and shelter for a second week if nec
essary. John l arlcy, wearing a G.
A. R. button added a dollar, another
man promised a suit of clothes and
Grain Firm
To Receive
New Start
Reorganization of the Nje-
SchneiJer-Fowlcr Concern
. To Begin at Once;
Fowler Out.
Bankers Advance Funds
The New Russian Wage Scale
second man passed Ledoux S2 to
"buy some beans for the boys."
William Davis, a boy of 18, out of
a job tor a year, was offered. -JJ
said he had kept himself going for
a time on that he had saved
but had reached the end of his rope
and was in hunger yesterday. He
was promised a home for a week by
Mrs. J. ti, Oranningcr, and the man
who promised - the clothing to
Mitchell gave $2 to Davis.
With no bids for the three men
set up, Ledoux suspended his auc
tion until tomorrow.
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Mellon Reports
Large Deficit
In U.S. Expenses
T r c a sury Obligations to
Amount of $600,000,000,
Dated September 15, Of
fered By Secretary.
Washington, Sept. 8. A r.et deficit
of ; $161,464,774 in the current ex
penses of the government for the
first two months of the present fiscal
year was announced by Secretary
Mellon, in a letter to banking insti
tutions offering for subscription com
bined issues of treasury obligations
of about $600,000,000, dated Septem
ber 15.
"With the payment of .ncome and
profits taxes in September, however,"
he said, "there should be, according
to the best information available, a
small net current surplus for the
quarter.
The treasury, he ''explained, has
maturities of principal and interest
amounting to $635,000,000, due Sep
tember IS, and similarly $527,000,000,
due October 15. Against the pay
ments, he said, the treasury expects
to receive during September about
5525,000,000 from income and profits
taxes, in addition to ordi-iary revenue
from other sources. The treasury
was offering the new obligations, he
continued, to provide for its further
tequirenients, including current dis
bursements, and iu furtherance of its
announced plan of dealing with the
short-dated debu
The new issues consi.it of three-
year 54 per cent treasury notes, six
months 5 per v cent treasury cer
tificates, and one-year 5 per cent
treasury certificates. This issue of
treasury notes is the second offering
ot these obligations.
The interest rate on the new nctes
and the one-year certificates is 1-3
per cent less than on the initial of
fering last June. The .nterest rate
on the.. six months certificates is lA
per cent less than on the previous
issue. The reductions in the interest
rates, treasury officials said, indicate
an easier money market . :
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Hunger Striker Loses Pound
For Every Day Without Food
Lethbridge, Alberta, '; Sept. n 8.
Capt. E: L. Janney, former British
aviator, entered the 33d day ot his
hunger strike in the Lethbridge fail
with a record of a pound in weight
lost for each-day. He weighed 170
pounds when he began ' abstaining
frorn food and now weighs 137. Jal
physicians . have advised . forcible
feeding.
Captain Janncy's strike was be
gun in protest against his arrest on
a charge of obtaining money tin
der false pretense in connection with
flotation of. an aricraft company.
Irish Assured
Of Meeting With
British Cabinet
Lloyd George's Letter to De
Valera Sets No Time Limit
On Negotiations
For Peace.
FOLLIES OF THE
PASSING SHOW
' If you seek humor of the type
that is not only vivid but is also
accurate and realistic in portrayal
of life, Watch - for Cartoonist
Louis Hanlon's half page' of
sketches now appearing regularly
in The Sunday Bee.
Did you laugh with him last
Sunday? You'll do it again next
Sunday, over his picturization of
humorous scenes coincident with
"The End of The Season." His
sketches are in the new magazine
section of
THE SUNDAY BEE
. B? Th. Associated Prna. .
"' London, Sept. 8. Premwr Lloyd
George's letter to Eamon de Valet a,
Irish republican leader, forwarded to
Dublin after the meeting of the Brit
ish cabinet at Inverness yesterday
seems at last to insure that Sinn Fein
plenipotentiaries will meet the spe
cial committee of cabinet ministers at
Inverness September 20, to clear up
any ambiguity the Sinn Fein, leaders
may entertain about the conditions
their government stipulated as reser
vations in granting Ireland a do
minion status.
The premier's letter is character
ized by punctilious consideration for
the Nnn ein. While it suggests a
date for the proposed conference, it
is in no sense an ultimatum and sets
no time limit to the negotiations. In
fact, it tends to prove that he earn
estly desires a settlement.
Expect De Valera to Accept.
"We have invited you to discuss
our proposals on their merits, he
says and he adds that It will'be open
to the Irish leaders to raise the sub
ject of guarantees on any ooint.
The belief is almost universal that
Mr. De Valera will accept that what
the premier offers is what Mr.' De
Valera desires, namely. ..in untram
melled conference, with the single
condition that Ireland remain in the
British empire. ; The guarantees Mr.
ut vaiera is supposed to have in
mind are memberships in the league
ot nations and the dominion s con
ference aind these, it is believed, the
government would be ' .villing to
grant..
Assuming that the conference will
meet as suggested, there is still the
question of Ulster, which is not
touched in the premier's letter. Mr.
Lloyd George's original nrooosal was
for a tripartite conference, including
Ulster, out tip to the present there is
no sign Ulster has yielded in its de
termination to base itself . n the home
rule act and the northern parliament
Ulster Still Problem. .
A representative of the government.
in an interview at Inverness, said
that in the event of the conference
failing, the government v;ould pro
ceed with the home rule ;:ct, which,
by inference, may be interpreted to
mean that the government regards
the act in partial abeyance. "
tven should the nrooosed confer
ence at Inverness surmount the ini
tial difficulties, there woi'.d still re
main Ulster, on which Mr. De Va
lera holds strong views. The ques
tion of the desire of Fermanagh and
Tyronne to be separated from the!
northern parliament also "s likely to
be raised and this would, bring a
bitter conflict with Ulster.
Mr. and 'Mrs. William Gurley
Wffl Start for Home Today
Washington, bepr. & (Special
Telegram.) Mr. and Mrs. William
Gurley are visiting Mrs. Gurley's
relatives in Georgetown after a sum
mer spent on the coast of Massa
chusetts.. They leave for Omaha to
Re-organization of the Nye-Schneider-Fowlcr
Grain company of
Fremont, Xcb., which encountered
financial difficulties last June will
begin immediately, it was announced
yesterday.
Re-organlation plans were offered
by interested Chicago and Omaha
hank-em soon after the condition of
the grain company was made known
to the stockholders and creditors.
Sixty-seven per cent of the stock
which the hankers required to be
deposited with trust companies se
Imert for that nurnose has been de
posited. President r. tl. Uavis ot tne
First National banK saiu ycsieraay.
Money to Be Forthcoming.
Money needed to complete the
reorganization and start the com
pany again will be forthcoming as
needed, Mr. Davis said. The bank
ers will advance $2,225,000, Mr, Da
vis said, and as much more as is
necessary to put the company on a
firm financial basis.
Frank Fowler, former president
of the company, will have no inter
est in the management or conduct
of the business. This was one of
the stipulations of the reorganiza
tion.
The Kye-Schneider-Fowlcr com
pany is one of the largest line ele
vator companies in the country,
with terminals at Omaha and Chi
cago. Owned Central Granaries.
It owned the Central Granaries
romoanv of Nebraska. Nye-Jenks
company of Chicago and half a dozen
other subsidiaries. Its capital was
S3.000.000 and the last statement
showed assets valued at $6,000,000,
more than half of which were placed
in subsidiary companies.
All subsidiary companies formerly
under the management A the Nye-
Schneider-Fowler company go under
the direction of Julius Barnes, former
head of the united States (jram
corporation during the war, who will
have direct charge ot the future af
fairs of the company, having been
selected by the interested creditors
some time ago. -
Rumor Unverified. '
Rumors that Charles T. Neal, fotr
merly associated with Mf. Barnes tn
government work, would be Mr.
Barnes' assistant, could not be veri
fied yesterday. - '
J. rl. Uirey Ot Minneapolis, brother-in-law
of Mr. Barnes, was also
mentioned for the post of assistant
Scientist Predicts
Sun Will Furnish Heat
And Power for World
New York, Sept. 8.-The next
great achievement of science will be
utilization of the sun s rays to pro
vide light, heat and power.
1ms prediction' was made by Dr.
A. D.-Little of Boston, in an address
at the international convention of
chemists.
Acording to Dr. Little, the. sun
alone is worthy of scientific investi
gation as a . source of energy. He
said he presumed chemistry would
play an important part in harnessing
solar rays to supplant, dwindling
supplies of coal, petroleum and other
sources of energy.
Attacking the claim that labor is
the great producer of energy, Dr.
Little asserted a few men with brains
could apply scientific principles to
accomplish What mere muscle would
not do. r " ' . ".
Reds Execute 61 Named
In the Plot of Petrograd
Riga, Letvi'a. Sept. 8. (By The
Associated Press.) Sixty persons
have been executed by the bolsheviki,
being charged with participating in
the rpcpnr Pptrnarart nlnt. arrnrrtinor
- . - - --o
o the official : list printed in the
Pravda of Petrograd. Among those
put to death were 16 women, most
of whom were accused of renting
rooms to or otherwise sheltering
male participants; in the plot.
Others executed included Prince
Constantme. Toumanoff, aged 29, and
Prince Sergius Oukhtomsky. aged
35, the latter being a widely known
sculptor. Both were accused of spy
ing or of sending information out of
Kussia. Six on the list were de
scribed as "American spies or cour
iers," one of them being Professor
Vladimir Tagantsiev, aged 31, the
alleged head of the entire Petrograd
organization.-. Count "Schulenburg,
aged 24. was executed on a charge of
having aided an "American courier."
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LarSSTS (til
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Showing it "' """ ej yn get. but how much they will buy. that U tho important thing.
Unemployed in
London Stage Big
Demonstration
Serious Disorders Narrowly
-Averted as Workless Work-,
crs Riot in Cities of
England.
Church Sessions Open.
' Pittsburgh, Pa.. Sept 8. All ses
sions of the 11th general council of
the Alliance ot Reformed churches
throughout the world, holding the
Presbyterian system, to be held here
September 16 to 25, will be open to
the public. Dr. John McXangher,
chairman of the commlllw on ar.
i rangements has announced
Marriage License of
1886 to Be Evidence
In Heart Balm Suit
Salem, Mass., Sept. S. Suit for
$20,000 for an alleged breach of
promise was filed against the estate
of August Mead of Danvers by
Miss Mary Gal li van of that town.
A marriage license taken out by
the couple in 1886, but never used
will be submitted in support of the
suit, according to counsel. ' The
declaration sets forth that Mead and
Miss Gallivan kept company from
the early 80's until Mead's death
last December.-- He died without a
will, leajintr an estate estimated at
jso.coo. . ,
Miss Gallivarv a shoe workc. is
about 60 years old, - V - - 1
London, Sept, 8. Demonstrations
by the unemployed were held
throughout England yesterday and
in several cities serious disorders
were narrowly averted. An ugly
spirit was in evidence at Bristol,
where a crowd attacked the build
ing occupied by the board of
guardians and clashed with the po
lice. Banners were broken and a red
flag was captured by the police.
Finally, the gates before the build
ing were opened and a large body
of constables charged ' upon- the
crowd, which was dispersed, but the
windows m 100 shops were smashed
by the manifestants.
Exciting scenes were witnessed in
Liverpool. After an encounter with
the police, unemployed workers pre
sented to the council a lu-minute
ultimatum, threatening that at the
expiration of that time, they would
not be responsible for the . conse
quence. The lord mayor assured the
leaders in the demonstration that a
plan would be formulated for find-
a work.
One of the notable demonstrations'.
occured in vvaies wnere i,uw peopie
inarched across the mountains from
Abertillery to Tredegar, a distance
of 12 miles.' A similar manifestation
in Sunderland culminated in an at
tempt to force the gates t of the
workhouse. .Failing in this, mem
bers of the , crowd : entered the
guardian buildings, but the police
ejected them.
Two Men Admit Robbery
-- Of Bathing Beach Patrons
Salt Lake City, Sept. 8. W.l C.
Jones, 33, who said his home was in
Troy, N. Y., and. a man giving the
name of Harry Hamliton, 23,. ad-
mittinsr that it was assumed and
stating his home to be at Portland,'
Ore., pleaded guilty to charges of
robbery m the police court jn con
nection with the holdup of, patrons
at a swimming -resort here Monday
night when cash and jewelry totalling
?20,0O0 was stolen. , :
The two men admitted that with
three others, ithey committed the
robbery. They declared, the police
said, that they had been " double-
crossed by their partners in crime,
who had escaped, and that they re
ceived -only a small portion of the
loot. '
Jones and Hamilton waived pre
liminary ' hearing and were bound
over to the district court.
Colonel Naylor' Ordered
To Duty at War College
Washington, , Sept 8. ( Special
Telegram.) By direction of . the
President Colonel William K. Nay
lor, general staff infantry, is relieved
from duties as assistant chief ' of
staff. Seventh Corps area, Ft
Crook, and will proceed at once to
this city and war college for duty.
Illinois Miners
Continue March
Eight Hundred Armed Men
Reported Advancing on
, Elizabethtown.
Bj The Anoclat4 tn.'. ;
Elizabethtown, Ills., Sept. 8.
Miners from the coal fields of
Eldorado and Harrisburg were re
oorted earlv today Dreparinz to con
tinue their march on this city and
Rpsiclare, 10 miles away. Sharp
clashes between the vanguard of the
miners and the sheriff's outposts
were reported yesterday and the two
towns slept last night with a cordon
of ISO deputies scattered through
the outskirts. - . '
The miners' contingent numbered
about 800 last night, but reinforce
ments were expected during the
nicht.- . "
Nothing is. known of the miners'
plans, even if they succeed in reach-
iuk this city,, although the general
purpose of the march, they said, was
IV Ol U C l i jvjii K, a luuiapai iiiiiivtia
in this district. These miners charge
that mine and county officials have
put them under the rule of arms, and
in some cases driven them trorn
their homes. ,
" Shotwell Goes Fishing
Washington, Sept 8. (Special
Telegram.) Frank A. Shotwell of
Omaha is in Washington the guest
of Congressman Jefleris and with
Congressman McLaughlin spent
Wednesday on the Patnxent river
fishing - v - ''."... - - i
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Ord Post Launches
Boom for Cline for
Legion Commander
Ord. Neb., Sept. 8. (Special.)
Fidelity Post, American Legion,
here is after the grapes. George
Munn, ; Les Flynn and : D. L.
Buckles were elected delegates to
the state convention to be held m
Fremont and AIfy Hill, E. M. Hos
man and Ed Vogeltanz were elected
alternates. The entire delegation
was instructed to go and get the
gravy for Ord and Nebraska.
It is the opinion of the Ord. post
that PaSt Commander Cline will be
a good man for' the job as national
commander . and then Ord is atter
a man on the stare -. an nationa:
boards. Ord post has recently com
pleted the, purchase of a modern
two-story building which will be
used for Kheadauarters and . dub
rooms and are now planning the
winter's activities which which , will
include a carnival, home talent
minstrell several dances and special
community service.
Woman Sleeps for Week
In Railroad Rest Room
Grand Island, Neb., Sept. 8. (Spe
cial.) A woman, who rgave her
name as Annette Johnson, was
hmtiirht In thfr'nnlir.f! station aooar-
netly insane, when found wandering
aimlessly around the Union Pacific
depot She was without money
and said that she had been working
in the city since June To all other
questions she kept silence.'.. She had
intermittent fits of cryinsr and
Jauehter throughout the afternoon,
The woman had been sleeping for
almost a week in the ladies rest room
at the depot. She is about 23, has
a sister residing in . the vicinity of
York, and her parents at Springfield,
S. D. "
Omaha -Naval Commander' '
Ordered to Observatory
Washington, Sept 8. (Special
Telegram.) Commander Paul P.
Blackburn, son of Thomas W. Black
burn of Omaha, attached to the bat
tleship Mississippi, has been ordered
to this city for duty at the naval observatory.
Omaha Crowd at
Fair Is Smaller
Than Last Year
w.
J. Bryan and Governor
McKelvie -- Are Principal
Speakers Today La$i
Big Day,
Lincoln, Sept. 8. (Special Tele
cram.) 'Omaha day" . at the state
fair failed to produce the attendance
expected by the management The
turnstiles registered only 52,104 to
day, as compared with 58,413 on the
corresponding day last year. . i ne
number of automobiles on the
grounds decreased from 8,339 to
4,599, as compared with last year.
.V. J. Bryan. was the principal at
traction in the speaking line at the
fair. He spoke on the "Middleman."
He characterized the middleman as
the last person, from consumer to
producer, to reduce prices. Mr.
Bryan spoke in the auditorium tor
about an hour. " .
Governor' McKelvie also spoke
briefly. 4 . .. v ' , '
Although not as large as expected
the Omaha delegation-to the fair
made a marked impression. , Bright
colored hat bands, with the word
Omaha on the front, were to be
seen everywhere on the grounds, r
Tomorrow will be the last big day
of the fair. The Saturday attendance
is always smaller, while exhibitors
and others on" the grounds are plan
ning to get away.
Judge Munger Meets
President Harding
Washington. Sept . 8. (Special
Telegram.) Congressman Reavis
presented Judge T. C. Munger to
President Harding and at the same
time took occasion to present his
name for consideration in connection
with the vacancy on the ..circuit
bench. . -
Mr. Reavis said that'. the bar oi
Nebraska was - a unit for . Judge
Munger; that his state had never had
an appointee on the -circuit bench
and that Nebraska had not had
presidential 'appointment "pure and
simple." -, . He said no embarrass
ments would follow the appointment
of Judge. Munger to the vacancy on
the circuit bench caused by . the
death of Judge Hook and he hoped
the president could see his way clear
to honoring Nebraska by appointing
Judge Munger.
Ihe president expressed great
pleasure in meting the senior district
judge from Nebraska.- Judge Munr
ger leaves today for his home in
Lincoln.
Viet Denied
Place In
Conference
Harding Explains Keunom for
Refusing to Appoint Ex
Soldier to Meeting on
Armament Limitation.
Four on U. S. Delegation
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO.
Chirac Trlbuno-Umnlia Um l.ftiwd lf.
Washington, Sept. 8. President
Harding contemplates limiting to
four men the American delegation to
the forthcoming conference cm tin
limitation of armaments and the
Peciiic and far eastern questions.
The delegation, according to the
prevailing belief here tonight, prob
ably, will consist of the following
members :
Charles Evans Hughes, secretary
of state, republican.
flenrv Cabot Lodge, senator from
Massachusetts and chairman of the
senate committee on foreign rela
tion. republican. '
Elihu Root, formerly secretary of
state and later scnatcr from New
York, republican.
Oscar W. Underwood, senator
from Alabama, democrat.
The selection of Secretary
Hughes and Senator Lodge already
has been announced by the presi
dent Mr. Root called at the White
House and was closeted with the
president for an hour or more, but
declined to reveal the purpose of hi
visit. Indications are not wanting
that he has been invited to serve as
a delegate and it is believed he
would not decline except possibly
on the score ot his auvancca ag?
and condition of his health.
Considers Several Democrats.
Although President Harding has
had several democrats under con
sideration, including Senators Hitch
cock of Nebraska, and Pomerene
of Ohio, John W. Davis and John
Bassctt Moore, present indications
point to the selection of Mr. Underwood.
For secretary general of the con
ference, George Wharton Pcppet
of Philadelphia is said to be slated.
Holland and Belgium will bf
asked to participate in the confer
ence, so far as the discussion relates
to their interests if the other tow
, , . ..
ers aireaay mvnea are wnung.
These two nations have asked rep
resentation and Secretary Hughes
has inquired whether Great Britain.
France, Italy and Japan have any
objections. The olans cf the presi
dent are partly disclosed in a letter
he wrote to Coneressman Teffers
of Alabama last Friday. Mr. Jef
fers. who is a democrat and a for-'
mer soldier of the world war, wrote
the president,' strongly urging the
inclusion of an ex-service man in
the , American delegation.
Mr. Harding replied tiiat it would
not be feasible ' to name an ex
service man for the main delegation
which he contemplates limiting to
four members. He explained the
considerations guiding him in the
choice of the members, among
whom he aims to include "outstand
ing1 representation of the present
minority in congress." :
Congressman Jeffers' letter fol
lows:. -. '
"My Dear Mr. President '.".
"I have been reading with great
interest the plans for the disarma
ment conference as they have been
reported in the daily papers.
It was my privilege to serve in
the army during the world war as a
member Of the 8Zd division, com
manding Company G of the 326th
infantry and also commanding the
Second battalion of the 32Clh in fan
try. Having served in this conflict,
of course I have a very grca'. inter
est now in the plans of the disarma
ment conference and I entertain the
hope that the result of the confer
ence will be all -that we all so much
uesirc.
"I feel that no set of men in the
nation today have a keener or truer
interest in the work to be done by
this important conference tiian the
service men and I write this letter
as an urgent appeal, that the men
who fought the war for the protec
tion of our homes and for the safety
of our flag be now recognized by the
administration in connection . with
the disarmament conference by hav
ing an ex-service man named as a
member of the American delegation
(Tara to Pace Two, Column Tiro.)
1 The Weather
Forecast
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urday; colder.
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Asked for Defunct Road
; Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 8. Military
protection for employes and prop
erty of the Atlanta, Birmingham &
Atlantic railway will be asked of
Governor Hardwick as a result of.
numerous cases of dynamiting of
the road's freight trains, it was
stated today by CoL B. Bugg, re
ceiver for the road, following the
wreck of a freight on the outskirts
of Atlanta last night in which the
engineer was killed and several
negro trainmen injured.
Two Officers Are Killed
In Effort to Arrest Man
Hibbing. Minn.. Sent 8. Chief of
Police Daniel Hays and Chief of De
tectives Gene Cafferty are dead and
William Clark, a traffic officer, ail
of Hibbing, is thought to be fatal
ly injured, from rifle shot wounds,
inflicted by John Webb at Nelson,
just south of nibbinc. late todav.
The officers were attempting to ar-.
rest Webb. He escaped and a posse
was sent in pursuit.
Russian Relief Committee
Banned by Soviet Rulers
Moscow. Sept 8. (By The As
sociated Press.) The Russian soviet
government has declined to permit
the international Russian relief com
mission, recently' appointed by the
allied supreme council, to investi
gate conditions in Russia prepara
tory to aiding in famine relief.
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