VOL. 51 NO. 142.
Association
Of Nations
Up to Meet
Harding' i Suggestion for Con
tinuing Conference Expect
ed to Be Formally Con
sidered ly Delegates.
Plan Not Rival to League
' Washington, D. C, Nov. 29.-(By
The Associated Press.) President
Harding's suggestion for a continu
ing conference of nations is expected
by administration officials to become
'he subject of formal discussion be
fore the present conference ends.
As a result of foreign comment oi
the president's suggestion, it was
also declared by an administration
spokesman that there was no in
tention that any "association of na
tuns resulting from these confer
ment should become in any way a
ival of the league of nations."
Not Rivel to League.
The president's position was said
to be that the "new association"
should. not have the attitude of "an
undermining agency" for the league.
It was indicated in official quarter
today that although the president had
no intention of complicating the far
eastern and armaments by bringing
the subject before the conference at
present, he fully expected that after
the questions are out of the way
there will be a serious effort for an
agreement for future similar meet
ings. -
Another meeting of the four Amer
ican .delegates was called by Secre
. tary Hughes for late today, presum
ably for discussion of naval matters.
Meeting Postponed.
Washington, Nov. 29. (By The
Associated Press.) The meeting to
day of the "big five" naval experts,
the first general conference . of the
navel men scheduled for nearly a
week, was postponed until tomorrow
at . the request of one of the delega
tions. No official statement as to
thd reason for the postponement or
the delegation making the request
was given.
There was some indication that
the Japanese had sought the post
ponement, although this was not ca
pable of confirmation in confer
ence, circles in general. . It was
known, however, in view of the
statement last night by Vice Ad
miral Kato, chief naval expert of
the Japanese group, that Japan still
was hopeful a 10-10-7 fleet ratio
would be accepted instead of the
American '"S-S-i" proposal. Because
oi hi it was regarded that the" t6n-'
mittee of experts, might still face
' considerable discussion before a re
port to the conference committee it
self was framed. 'For the American
viewpoint, both as to American ex
perts and as to the membership of
the American delegation, it was as
serted that no alteration of the "5-5-3"
ratio would be acceptable to
the United States. ,
The nine powers conference on
Pacific and far eastern questions to
day adopted resolutions providing
for relinquishment of foreign extra
territorial .rights in China.
Italian Destroyer
Goes Down in Storm
London. Nov. 29. The Italian de
stroyer Centrauro- has gone down in
the Mediterranean off the port of
Adalia during a storm, according to
a dispatch from. Brindisi to the Daily
Ma:n. (The Centrauro is not listed
in available navy registers.)
Steamer Thought Lost.
Three Rivers, Quebec,- Nov. 29.
Fears were expressed yesterday for
the safety of . the French steamship
Capiaine Damiane, which left Hali
fax last Tuesday for Mexico. Radio
messages sent out from Canadian
stations have not been answered.
' The Captaine Damiane is a bulk
oil carrier registering 6,500 tons dead
weight.
Foreign Exchange Rates
Strengthened by Rumor
New York, Nov. 29. At rcpor
published yesterday that the repara
tions commission soon would call a
conference of ' 'private European
hankers to discuss means of stabil
izing exchange, caused an . instant
but moderate strengthening of all
leading foreign exchange rates. Local
Lankers were unable to confirm the
report, but stated such action would
not be unexpected. '
Child Breaks Neck While '
Playing With Roller Towel
Huron, S. D., Nov. 29. While
"laying with a roller towel at his
home, 10 miles north of here last
night, Everett Medigcr. 12, twisted
the towel about his neck, slipped on
the bath room floor and fell, break
ing his neck. He was dead when
his sister, the only other person
in the house at the time, reached
him.
Ex-Warden of State Prison
Accused of Dishonesty
- Helena. Mont., Nov. 29. Charg
ing misappropriation of state pro
perty approximating $200,000 in
connection with the management of
the Montana state penitentiary by
former Warden Frank Conley. the
report of Investigator T. H. Mac
Donald was submitted today to the
prison commission by Governor
Jocph At. Dixon. - .
Killed in Corn Shredder.
Huron. S. D, Nov. 29. James A.
Ptacek, living two and a half miles
south of here, was killed yesterday
when he fell into a corn shredder
which he was operating The body
w as badly " mangled. Ptacek leaves
a wife and two children.
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OaM f. 9. Vow
Must Serve Term
For Bond Swindle
Liberty Bond
Swindler Given
Prison Sentence
Ross P. Johnson Pleads Guilty
To Perpetrating $3,000
, Fraud on Trust Com
pany. Ross P. Johnson, alias Harmon,
charged with forgery in connection
with the swindling of the United
States Trust conioanv of $5,000 in
liberty bonds several montths ago,
pleaded guilty to the cnarge in dis
trict court late yesterday, and was
sentenced to from three to five
years in the penitentiary.
Johnson was extradited trom Can
ada by local officals. He posed as
a prosperous contractor curing nis
fnrmpr visit here. He forared a check
and its certification on the First Na
tional bank. He then hired Frank
McCumber, an ex-service man, to be
his "chief accountant in the office."
Tntinsnn instructed McCumber to
take the certified check to the Uni
ted States Thust company for $5,000
u-nrth nf lihertv bonds McCumbet
did so, obtained the bonds, and de
livered them, to Johnson, he said.
Johnson failed to meet McCumber
later as he had stated lie would ana
(-f"iim1ier heraine susnicious and
reported the matter to the police. It
was then that 'the iraua was dis
covered.
Tnhnaon at first refused to plead
wniltv. - On the advice of his wife
and fh ounfy attorney,: however.;
he did so yesterday. ' r
Heroism in Film Fire
Costs Yale Man Life
Kpw T-Taven. Conn.. Nov. 29.
Two more persons, burned in
the fire which destroyed tne iuaiu
theater Sundav nicht. died ' today,
making the actual death list six, the
coroner having eliminated the name
of Timothy mnion, wno was a vic
tim nf heart disease. Those who
died today were Everett Case and
Victor Cortclle, both, ot this city.
The Heaths last nio-ht were those
of Allen Keith a Yale sophomore,
whose home was in South Port,
Conn., and Miss Mabel Moran, a
telephone operator of Derby, Conn.
Keith, after ffettinor ' out of the
theater unharmed, returned and as
sisted a number of women out ot
the place, returning again to search
for others. On his last trip inside,
which he prolonged in order to
grope about in the smoke, he was
burned severely.
Manv Yale students assisted in
rescues, it developed today.
X. E. and A. hi. DolittJe ot Spo
kane, Wash., are twins, and bot'i
were hurt and taken to different
hospitals. George Heffeltinger, '24,
of , Wayzata, . Minn., nephew of
im i t I ... f ...
ball player, stood inside and divided
the crowd so that it used two doors.
He towered over the people he was
ordering to obey his commands.
Lloyd George Will Sail
For U. S. About Dec. 10
London, Nov. 29. The most like
ly date for the departure of Premier
Lloyd George for the United States
to attend the Washington confer
ence is December 10, as well as can
be seen at present, according to the
London Times. ! , '
One suggestion is. it adds, that it
will be possible to arrange with the
Sinn Fein for a continuance of the
truce over Christmas. It is stated
in official quarters that whether the
Irish negotiations continue or break
down, the premier will take the op
portunity of making a flying visit to
the United States that will involve
his absence for about a month.
Noted Austrian Surgeon
Near Physical Collapse
New- York, Nov. 29. After oper
ating on three patients and examin
ing more thart 40 others yesterday,
Dr. Adolph Lorent, noted Austrian
surgeon, was so fatigued that he was
on the point of physical collapse and
was escorted to a room on one of
the upper floors of the hospital for
joint diseases, where he was treated
by visiting physicians. They said his
condition was not serious.
While Dr. Lorenz was upstairs
resting, crowds of crippled boys,
girls, men and women held their
posts outside the hospital in the rain.
Rain' Scares Women Traffic
Cops in New York From Duty
New York, Nov. 29. Hundreds of
New York's 2.500. women reserve
traffic cops, called for duty for the
first time, took one look out into the
cold, dismal rain today and decided
this was no time for christening their
tuoning new uniforms.
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PierceBack
Denies He
Killed Fogg
Returned Man, Howeer, Pro
fesses to Know Identity of
Omaha Druggist's
Slayer.
Fears "Dope" Vengeance
. ,
Lincoln. Nov. 29. (Special Tele
gram,) Frank Pierce, alleged to
have confessed to complicity in the
murder of Frank" Fogg, Omaha
druggist, last July, arrived in Lin
coln tonight from Kansas City in
custody of State Sheriff Gus Hyers.
Pierce, accompanied by Hyers,
will go to Omaha, Thursday, where
he will tell his story to the county
attorney and will return to Lincoln
that night with Hyers. It was only
with an agreement by officers that
he should he in charge of Hyers
that Pierce consented to return to
Nebraska without reuuisUion.
'The story given out by officers
is that he feared the vengeance of
a dope-smuggling ring in which ho
declared he was a member. There
has never been any public intimation
th.it Pierce feared the vengeance or
the third degree from officers as a
result of his claim that on the night
of the Fogg murder he was given
permission by a jailer to take a
stroll and while on his leave of ab
sence gained information, which, he
declares, will lead to the apprehen
sion of the man who killed Fogg.
Denies Confessing Murder.
Pierce denies reports published in
certain Omaha newspapers that he
confessed to committing the murder
?nd statements made and signed by
him in the hands of Hyers sub
stantiate his declaration tonight that
he never confessed to committing
the murder.
"All I'll say now is that I know
the guy who did it, if the' officers
will believe me," Pierce said.
As a result of Pierce's statements
signed at Kansas City, the Omaha
police are holding "Finger" Sevens
a drug addict, who, it is declared,
is implicated in the confession.
Since Pierce's confession Omaha
officers and deputies from the county
attorney's office at . Omaha have
gone to Kansas City to interview
him. Mrs. Frank Fogg,' widow ol
the druggist, also has talked with
Pierce at Kansas City.
Believes Pierce Knows.
On Saturday Mrs. Fogg came to
Lincoln and interviewed Hyers. "I
don't think there is' any.oubt but
that' Pierce knows who did it," Mrs.
Fogg declared. '.
One reason held out for the
strange confession was that Pierce
made it in an attempt to escape from
the Missouri penitentiary 'at Jeffer
son C ty, believe that if he got in
to Nebrtska again he could twist the
letter of the law around, as it has
been twisted in the past, got off with
a light sentence here and escape
from more than a dozen burglary
charges in Kansas City. But, accord
ing to Hyers, Pierce made an agree
mentn with Missouri officers, in the
event his story doesn't get resuls and
he escapes a sentence in the Nebraska
penitentiary or the electric chair,
which can be imposed as a penalty
for complicity in murder, he will re
turn to face the Missouri charges
without extradition.
Names Stevens Slayer.
The statement made by Pierce at
Kansas City, as understood by Mrs.
Fogg, was that on the night of the
murder he, , in company with "Fin
ger" Stevens, went into the drug
store determined to get dope. Fogg
moved as though to get a gun and
Stevens shot him twice. "
"He said they got $85," Mrs. Fogg
declared here Saturday, "and that's
the amount of cash that was miss
ing after the murder and robbery."
Pierce refused to say whether this
version of his story was true or not.
"The county attorney will get it
straight at 9 o'clock Thursday
morning." he said.
American Labor Party io
Be Organized. Is Belief
Cleveland, Nov. 29. A movement
is under way to form a labor organ
ization in America similar to the
British labor party, it was indicated
yesterday, Then the national execu
tive committee of the socialist party
voted to participate in a conference
to be held later. .
Communications sent to a number
of groups by the socialist party fol
lowing its last national convention
have brought many responses favor
ing formation of a new party, it was
said.
Moratorium for Germany
Is Rumored in London
London, Nov. 29. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Rumors of a pro
posed moratorium for Germany are
revived by . the Daily Mail, which
reports that Sir John Bradbury,
British delegate on the reparations
commission, has drafted a memoran
dum on the subject for the consid
eration of the cabinet. The news
paper says that as a result the cab
inet may urge a moritarium on Ger
many's debts to the allies of two or
three years on condition that she
cease manufacturing currency. .
Former U. S. Agent Guilty
Of Embezzling $25,000
New York, Nov. 29. Frederick J.
Kelly, formerly a deputy collector of
internal revenue, pleaded guilty yes
terday to a charge ,,of embezzling
$25,000 in treasury certificates re
ceived in payment of income taxes,
and was sentenced by Federal Judge
Augustus Hand to serve a year and
a day in the Atlanta penitentiary.
Kelly was arrested several month
ago while attempting to cash $X000
worth of the certificates in a broker's
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OMAHA. WEDNESDAY,
Ulster Ultimatum
Sent to Lloyd George
Belfast. Nov. 2. (P.y The Asso
ciated Press.) "By Tuesday next
these negotiations will have broken
down or the prime minister will send
me new proponils for consideration
by the cabinet," said the statement
made by Sir James Craig to the
UUter Parliament today, with re
gard to the Irish peace negotiations.
Sir James Craig, speaking, before
the Parliament, said he had told
l 1 IIIIC 11)1119111 blUJ M 'JtUI fcliutl
the British ffovernment'i Drone
to Ulster for the settlement o.
Irish question were utterly imVNV0
1 1 . ..: .1 T 'i . . i.i .
tcr an all-Ireland parliament und
the present conditions, but was pre
pared to discuss other avenues for
settlement.
State Attempts to
Refute Evidence
IiiArbuckleCasc
Rebuttal Evidence of Prosecu
tion Occupies Entire Day;
To . Introduce Out-of-
Town Witnesses Today.
San Francisco, Nov. 29. Prosecu
tion rebuttal evidence occupied the
entire day in the trial of Roscoe
C. (Fatty) Arbuckle on a manslaugh
ter charge in connection with the
death of Miss Virginia Rappe. The
prosecution announced at adjourn
ment today that it would continue
this character of evidence despite its
earlier announcement that it Would
conclude today.
Final adjournment came an hour
earlier than usual because of the lack
of witnesses. Milton T. U. Ren, as
sistant district attorney, announced
that certain out-of-town witnesses
would be on hand tomorrow and
that the prosecution's case would be
closed after they had concluded their
testimony.
The prosecution's efforts to rebut
the evidence offered by the defense
continued throughout the day. The
major portion of this rebuttal evi
dence was introduced to contradict
evidence that Miss Rappe had suf-
tered tor several' years.
Mrs. Josephine Hardebeck, house
keeper for Miss Rappe. was called
twice during the day. It was her
third experience as a witness dur
ing the trial, v
Mrs. Catherine Fox of Chicago,
testified that her acquaintance with
Miss Rappe extended over several
years time and that Miss Rappe was
always- well.
An attempt was made by the
prosecution to swear out a perjury
warrent against Mrs. Minnie Neigh
bors, a defense witness, who test!-,
fiei she saw Miss Rappe at a re
sort in Los Angeles and tried to re
lieve her during a period of illness
there. The warrant incident fol
lowed testimony by - Mrs. Mary
Paulin, the hostess of the resort,
that Miss Rappe had never been
registered or had never been seen
by her at the place. The warrant
was refused by the presiding judge
of the-supreme court and the judges
of the criminal departments with
held action on it "until both sides
could be heard." The district at
torney temporarily abandoned the
attempt to obtain the warrant.
Other witnesses testified also that
they had known Miss Rappe for
varying lengths of time and that her
health always appeared to be good.
The crowds which crushed about
the' court room doors yesterday to
hear Arbuckle's testimony were
absent today. The court room was
filled throughout the day, however,
and there were many in the cor
ridors. Vanderlip Scores Pact
As an Unwise Document
New York, Nov. 29. Frank A.
Vanderlip, New York banker, who
has just completed a tour of Europe,
declared in an address before the
Economic club last night that the
treaty of Versailles was- "the most
unwise document ever struck otf
from the mind of man."
Before the world could be restor
ed to normal conditions, he said, the
treaty would have to be rewritten
and the map of Europe redrawn.
The speaker asserted that Germany
would not be able to meet her in
demnity payments and that when she
failed to meet them anything might
happen "from .a revolution in Ger
many to the break down of civiliza
tion in western Europe." '
As a remedy other than the re
drafting of the treaty and the re
drawing of the map of Europe he
suggested a federalized Europe,
"something like a United States of
Europe."
Optimist Will Win, Ford
Official Tells Ad-Sellers
S. A. S. Stellwagen, manager of
the Ford automobile plant here, de
clared to the Advertising-Selling
league at the Fontenelle hotel Mon
day night that the business optimist
is the man who can smile when
things are not as bright as usual and
that such a man is bound to win in
the end. (
C J. Lord of the telephone com
pany publicity department" told how
the new automatic telephones will
work. Phillip Gordon demonstrated
the dickering electric piano.
Northern Pacific Promotes
Manager to Vice President
St. Paul, Nov. 29. J. M. Rapclge,
general manager, has been appointed
vice president in charge of operation
and maintenance of the Northern Pa
cific railway, effective Thursday,- it
was announced yesterday. He will
succeed V. T. Tyler, resigned.
Aged Jurist Dies
New Orleans, Now 29. Judge A.
H. Wilson. 64, who has presided over
the juvenile court here since its or
ganization, died yesterday' after aj
week's illness.
Daily Bee.
NOVEMBER 30, 1921.
War "Gentlemen, You May Call Of f
Sailors, But Spare Me My Poison
Two Liquor Law
Violators Given
Heavy Penalties
Man on Whose Farm Still Was
Found Fined $700 and Car .
"-"Confiscated Liquor
, , Seller Jailed.
Attaches and prisoners in federal
court ' sasped yesterday when Judge
J. W. Woodrough awarded, unusual
ly heavy penalties to two liquor pris
oners. John Booth and Walter Haidley
were arrested in an automobile at
Schuyler, Neb., Monday, by Fed
eral Agent Tom Carroll.
i In the car was four gallons of
liquor, Carroll, reported, and at the
Booth farm a still and 250 gallons
of mash were found.
Judge Woodrough fined Booth
$500 for possession of the still, $100
for possession of the liquor, and
$100 for transporting the liquor, and
then ordered .his car sold at auction.
Gets Fine and Jail Term.
Haidley was fined $100 for trans
porting liquor and sentenced to
three months in the county jail for
selling liquor.
. - Federal Agent Carroll has , been
active this week, his reports to his
chief, U. S. Rohrer, show. Art Ne
ville and James McCartney of Kear
ney were arrested in a car with 24
quarts. Pete Gilmore of Glen, Neb.,
was arrested when Carroll uncov
ered two stills, 300 gallons of mash
and 15 gallons , of liquor. Henry
Kerriger of Curtis was arrested for
alleged peddling of 12. pints from a
stand at a county fair.
' . Caught With Liquor.
Charles Hutchinson, 1935 O street,
Lincoln, was nabbed as he stepped
from a train in Lincoln, accused of
having started with liquor in his
automobile from Valparaiso being
besieged by bad" roads and heavy
weather, abandoning the 'car after
hiding most of the liquor in a hay
cock, and boarding a -train with
three bottles in his pockets.
He had the three bottles when he
was nabbed, according to Carroll.
Then Emery Coyle was arrested at
Culbertson for having a still, mash
and liquor.
The rest of these cases probably
will be tried in Lincoln, Rohrer said.
Chicago Company Bids
In Omaha School Notes
Par value, accrued . interest and
$6,800 will be" paid for $l,O00,00Q
notes issued by the Board of Educa
cation to. pay-running expenses of
the schools until taxes are collected
next July and August. The board
at a special meeting" Monday night
accepted this offer by the Continent
al Trust and Savings company of
Chicago. '
Fifty-One Engaged in Glass
Industry Held by Grand Jury
New York,' Nov. 29. The federal
grand jury yesterday returned an in
dictment charging 51 individuals and
53 corporations in the window (Mass
industry with violation of the' Sher
man anti-trust law. J. M. Neenan,
president of the National Glass Work
ers' union, was indicted on similar
charges. .
Packers Cut Wages.
Austin, Minn., Nov. 29. The
George A. Hormel Packing com
pany today announced a wage cut
affecting about 750 of the more than
1,000 employes of its plant here. The
amount of the reduction is not
stated.
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Seven Men Killed
As Building Falls
Over 20 Others Injured When
Partially Constructed Roof '.
Of Theater Collapses. '
New York, Nov. 29. Collapse to
day of the steel-girded roof and a
brick wall of a theater under con
struction in Brooklyn killed at least
seven workmen 'and ' injured more
than a score.. - Firemen and police
working among the ruins tonight
may find more bodies, according to
one owner.
Inside the building w-hen the crash
came . were between fifty and sixty
workmen. Working oil scaffolding
swung from the roof girders and
braced against the side walls, they
had no chance to, escape, eye wit
nesses said.
The 'owners said that the building
was being constructed by them
through sub-contractors. They, as
well as the six sub-contractors, were
summoned before District Attorney
Lewis for questioning. The own
ers declared the work had frequently
been approved by inspectors. -'
Search of the ruins was possible
only by gradual removal of the tons
of twisted steel and terra cotta fin
ishing. Gradually seven bodies were
brought out, many crushed between
recognition. , ' ', ,
The north wall of the building
crashed down over ? a : one - story
building where two men. and a wo
man were eating. All were injured
and had to be extricated. ,
The building, which was to have
had a seating capacity of 1,800, was
designed to cost $750,000, one of the
owners said. . ,
Woman's Arrest Reveals Plot
To Beat Auto Insurance Firms
' New A'ork, Nov. 29. Alleged nation-wide
activities of an organiza
tion to defraud insurance companies,
particularly those writing automobile
risks, is behind the .arrest Saturday
at Philadelphia of Miss Hazel Whit
aker, according to -officials, of the
automobile underwriters ' detective
bureau. '
The case was put into the hands of
the federal Department of Justice, of
ficials said today, because of its scope.
It has been under investigation for
more than one year. Previous ar
rests were made in Los Angeles,
Washington and Baltimore, v
Indiana Farm Boy Wins
Junior Corn Sweepstakes
Chicago, Nov. 29. Frank Lux,; 15,
Shelbyville, Ind., won the- sweep
stakes in the junior corn contest to
night at the International Grain and
Hay show.; The judges declaredlhis
10 ear' samples the best ever ex
hibited here.
District winners in the junior corn
contest for which a special premium
list was offered ' by ' the Chicago
Board of Trade, in addition 'to the
$10,000 in prizes, included George
Holfman, jr., Wiff, Colo. -,, -
9,105,000 Advanced Last '
Week by War Finance Board
' Washington. Nor. 29. Advance
totalling $9,105,000 were made by the
War Finance corporation the past
week, according to a summary issued
today. . . ' .
Fire Destroys Hospital.
Cornish. Miss.. Nov. 29. The
McKae hospital here was destroyed
by fire today which originated in
the basement and spread so rapidly
several ot the patients had to be
lifted through windows and down
fire ladders.. All were rescued.
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UalMa SI.I4. Ctaa M MwlM. S.l
Your Soldiers and
Gas, Makers"
Bullis facing
25-Year Term
In Penitentiary
Man Found Guilty of Receiv
'ing Stolen Property Con
yicted Also Under Habit
ual Criminal Act.
It' required little more than an
hour"- for' the jury in Judge
George . W. Cullison's division
of the ' district court at Coun
cil Bluffs to reach the con
elusion that William Bullis was
guilty of receiving and concealing
stolen property on the Lena Schnei
der, bandit farm as charged in the
grand jury indictment.
The verdict carries the maximum
penalty of five years in prison but
answering affirmatively three inter
rogatories submitted by the court
upon the demand of the state, Bullis
was also declared to be an habitual
criminal, which calls for imprison
ment not less than 25 years, and
there is some reason for believing
that, the man's fate may fall within
the provisions made by the Iowa
legislature last winter when it
amended section 9044 by inserting
the words,, "not more than 40. years,"
It is the opinion of County Attor
ney Swanson, however, that section
5091-a -will govern, which fixes Jhe
punishment at "25 years. Rules of
the parole board, it is understood, do
not make habitual criminals eligi
ble for parole appeals - until the
lapse of 15 years.
Affirmative answers to the three
interrogatories that convicted Bullis
of being an habitual criminal were:
"Was he convicted at Tekamah,
Neb., on .May 14, 1904 of burglary
and sentenced to seven years?"
."Was he convicted at Vermillion,
S. D., April 7, 1910, and sentenced to
four years?" '
"Was he convicted at Columbus,
Neb. September, 27, 1917, and
sentenced to nine years and nine
months?"
' J.. J. Hess, counsel for Bullis, im
mediately gave notice that he would
ask for a new trial and Judge Culli
son gave .him until December 5 to
present his motion.
Dec. 4 to 10 Is Proclaimed
American Education Week
Washington, Nov. 29. President
Harding issued a proclamation today
setting apart the week of December
4 to 10 as American education week,
during which citizens of the United
States are urged to assist general ef
forts to reduce " illiteracy and give
thought to remedying defects in the
nations education system.
The Weather
, Forecast
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day and Thursday; moderate temper
ature. .
Iowa Generally fair Wednesday
and Thursday;, warmer Wednesday
in east portion.
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THREE CENTS
China Wins
Victory, on
"10 Points''
Steps Taken By Committee oil
Far F,at, Looking to Abn J
donment of Foreign
Courts.
Press Other Demands
Washington. Nov. 29. China won
further concessions today in the con
ference of the nine powers on ques
tions affecting the Pacific and th
far cast.
In conformity.. with the Root res
olutions declaring for the territorial
and administrative integrity ot
China, the Pacific-and far eastern
committee adopted resolutions look
ing to abandonment of foreign courts
in China.
The resolutions drafted by the sub-
committee, headed by Senator Lodge
provide for an international commiM
sion of jurists, which is to report
within a year whether the Chinese
laws and court practices warrant
abandonment of the foreign courts
created under treaties granting extra,
territorial rights to China.
The Chinese delegates then press
ed another of their "10 points" thai!
declaring for withdrawal of all for-
eign troops from Chinese soil, and
also for abandonment of foreign telt-
graph, radio and police wire systems
Dr. Sze presented information re- -garding
the number of -troops anft
extent of foreign .wire . systems, -in
which the Japanese predominate. . f
To Continue Discussions.
General, adherence, it wras said,
was given to the principle o?
retirement of foreign troops and)
wire systems from China in con
formity with the principles of the
Root resolutions. - Qualifications
were presented, however, by a
panese spokesmen who dealt with
the necessity of policing railroads
and telegraph " lines. Discussion off
the troop and wire questions are'to
continue tomorrow, with prospects
that a solution will be worked out
by the delegates. ' - '
Another Chinese question, that 'of
tariff and other revenue, was taken
.up later -by ' a '.snbeommittee headed
by Senator Underwood. After dis
cussion the subcommittee adjourned
until tomorrow. ; .'
In the discussion it was said, Chi
na's needs for increased revenue were
recognized generally, but whether
an increase in the "'5 per cent tariffs
was necessary was said to be a ques
tion requiring -considerable ftudy.
Administration of the customs lawst
by Chinese officials slso was report
ed to have been debated.
Want Troops Withdrawn. "
It will be several days, it was said,
before any report can be submitted.
Stress was laid by the Chinese del
egates before the far eastern com
mittee today on foreign troops in
China. Their presence, Dr. Sze de
clared, palpably was a violation of
Chinese integrity,, inasmuch as -the
troops were sent without China's
consent and over its protests. .He
asked that the conference "specifical
ly discountenance" the alleged vio-t
lations.' . . .... " . ; ;
' Prince Tokugawa of Japan told
newspapermen later that Japan "in-
tends to abolish", the system under
which Japanese troops are in China,
"as soon as possible." ,
This was taken to mean withdraw
al of the troops would begin when a
satisfactory formula toward the prob
lem of China was worked out here,
Heavy Damage Done by
Pennsylvania Floods
Pittsburgh. Nov. 29. The first
November flood in; -more than - 20
years was today sweeping down the?
Ohio river from the upper reached,
of the Monongahela and Allegheny,,
the result of an almost continuous,
rainfall for several days. The floo'd,'
stage, 22 feet at the Point bridge
was reached before daybreak and a
few hours later the. Ohio was rising
three-tenths of a foot an hour. I ' .
Scores of persons living in -tha
lowlands of the northside were taken
from their homes ' in boats by ti;a
police, while rising waters competlcd!
the suspension of operations in 4
number of mills and factories.
Reports from points along the Mo
nongahela river 'said the damage
would be heavy, but no estimate
could be made until the flood had
receded.
Custer County Red Cross ;
Chapter Elects Officers
Broken Bow, Neb., Nov.- 29.
(Special.) At the - annual meetitiV
of; the Custer county Red Cross
Chapter the following officers were
elected: - W. A. Baldwin, county
chairman: Alpha Morgan, vice chair
man; Dillard Lessley, secretary; E.
S. Holcomb, treasurer; executive
committee. Myron Wilson, Fred "
Rodgers, C. L. Mullins, Broken Bow
and E. B. Daley, Merna. , ,!
Druggist Shot by Bandits V
Is Said to Be Recovering
W. L. Lundv. Omaha nliimLi
w ho was shot by bandits- the night
of November 9 near his home. 253
Poppleton avenue is reported con
valescent at Wise Memorial hospital.
Mr. Lundy was shot through the
body and later developed pneumonia,
but is now said to be rapidly im
proving. :
Man Shoots Self l ,
Chicago. Nov. 29. Theodore
Rosche. AO, of Davenport, shot and
probably fatally wounded himself-iit
his hotel room yesterdajv He v. a
taken to a hospital, where it is said bit
conditions is serious. Dcspoiidcncy
over ill health is believed to have
been the caue. The bullet entcrrd
his body just below the heart.
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