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    THE T.EE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1021.
Newberry Target
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Senator Kcnyon
'Entire Election Tinted," De
dure Iowanju Fiery Senate
Speech "Rule of the
People Is Gone,'
Washington, lift. 21. Declaring
lite money spent in Senator Newber
ry'i campaign (or election to the scn
ide from Michigan shows the "en
tire election to be tainted," Senator
Kenyon, republican, Iowa, asserted
in speech in the senate today on
the Ford-N'ewbrrry election contest
that if that body voted to eat. the
Michigan nun it would be "under
mining the foundations of thi gov
ernment." "Tin rule of the people Is gone,"
Senator Kenyon said, "if the senate
jmtifiei the expenditure of hundreds
of thousands of dollars to secure a
beat here."
While the federal act limiting cam
paign expenditure has been declared
unconstitutional by the supreme
court since the Newberry campaign,
the senator declared it was in effect
at that time, and so, he added, "we
(uid the common laws, the federal
statute and the state statutes viola
ted. , the latter Openly, notoriously
so." The record shows an expendi
ture of "at least $203,000," Senator
Kenyon .'aid, adding that "the plain
inference from the testimony is that
a much larger sum was expended."
"If the record showed the expen
diture of a million dollars for Mr.
Newberry," Senator Kenyon con
tinued, "I believe the senate still
would seat him.
. Social Lobby.
"The social lobby has been ac
tive in this case and the social
lohby is effective. No argument here
is going to change any votes. The
matter is pushed at a time when the
country can know but little about it.
If Mr. Newberry were a democrat
he would be promptly voted out un
der this record. Some of the demo
crats would be found stoutly defend
ing him.
"I deny that the Newberry case is
any test of republicanism. I deny
that the 7,000.000 majority of the re
publican party last fall was a vindi
cation of any such methods. I deny
that the day will ever come when
Lorimerism and Stephensonism and
Newberryism will be a test for re
publicanism. The day has not yet
arrived when a few gentlemen in the
senate of the United States can de
termine what republicanism is. If so,
God save the republican party.
"The people oi the country do not
endorse the large expenditure of
money in campaigns. Last year the
republicans did not dare nominate
either General Wood or Governor
Lowden because of the enormous ex
penditures in their campaigns. One
of the great contributing causes to
the nomination of Senator Harding
was the clean account sheet that he
showed in his campaign.
Press Subsidised.
"A large part of the press of the
Mate was subsidized in the ' New
'ierry campaign. At least $140,000
was spent for publicity purposes.
Two hundred and one papers were
secured.
"Mr. Ford is brought in as a smoke
, creen in the matter.
"Ford will rot secure this seat. If
Ford ever said the things that have
been 1 charged he said about the
American soldiers he should not have
t seat in this body. I want to know
the truth about this before I form
n opinion, as I doubt if he ever
said the things that have been
ihargcd.
i "I realize that the stage is com
pletely set, for this performance. The
senate today does not stand any too
,cll with the people of the United
states. When the brand ot approval
vai. put upon the Stephenson cam
paign in Wisconsin the senate suf
fered in the opinion of the country.
When the brand of approval of the
Newberry campaign is now placed
' by the senate upon his seat it will
suffer still more. The price of sen
atorial seats has been going up, and
if it keeps going up it will surely
reach the $500,000 mark in the next
10 years."
Asserting the pending action of the
senate "will not be the last of the
Newberry case," Senator Kenyon de
clared "the day is coming it will be
heard in another court the court of
the great American people."
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Christmas Spirit Is
Evident in Grand Island
Grand Island, Neb.. Dec. 21.
(Special.) Never, in the past, has
the Christmas spirit been more gen
eral in Grand Island than it is today.
The Community Christmas move
ment, now in its 11th year, has re
ceived $1,100 in Voluntary contribu
tions and tlie Christmas cheer com
mittees will induce Santa Claus to
visit at least 100 families, in a more
material way than could have been
possible otherwise. '
An innovation has been introduced
by Mayor Ellsberry, who has con
sented to the removal of the globes
from all of the 12 silent intersecton
policemen and to have Christmas
trees attached in their places. Elec
tric connections illuminate all the
trees at night and add a decidedly
festive appearance to the business
streets.
JVora Bank Robber Given
Term in Nebraska Prison
Nelson. Neb.. Dec. 21. (Special.)
Joe White was given sentence of
from one to seven years in the peni
tentiary for grand larceny. White and
George Melrose robbed the Nora
State bank last July and were later
arrested at Beaver City and brought
here for trial. Melrose pleaded guilty
at the September term of court and
was given a similar sentence.
Association of German
. Nobility Expels Member
Berlin. Dee. 21. The Association
of German. Nobility has expelled
Freiherr von Brandenstein, the pre
mier of the Middle-German federal
republic of Thuringia, who is a mem
ber of the majority socialist party.
The reason is that he suppressed re
actionary propaganda.
nmdmrhrm front MUrM folds.
Unllr. BROMO QCtNINB TbleH T-
)ifv ttie HnlKln ky curing (h Cnld.
A tonic lxatlT aad rrm dMtrnrer. The
rmiit hara t h aicnatar f E W.
Five Generations
s fe oft. -. - o 'm
It is said that only one family in 1,000 reaches five generations intact.
Here is a remarkable five-generation family of Quakertown, Pa. In the
group are Mrs. Julia Steckel, 87, great-grcat-grandmothcr; Mrs. William
Diehl, great-grandmother, 66; Harry Diehl, 51, grandfather, and Mrs. Wil
mer Wampole, 23, mother of little Grace Wampole, who is seated on Jicr
grcat-grcat-grandmothcr's lap. Baby Grace is 4 months old.
Davis Will Seek Right
To Water for Irrigation
(Continued From Faga On.)
additional revenue on, hundreds of
thousands of acres because we can't
get the water," Davis said today.
Colorado claims the right to use
as much water from these rivers
as it can get from authority to that
effect vested in its original consti
tution and O. K.'d by congress at
the time Colorado became a state.
Wyoming claims a law exists
which vests it and all other states
with a just proportion of water from
rivers entering its borders.
The government, which has filed
an intervening petition, asserts pow
er should "be invested in it to han
dle the situation through its recla
mation service..
Favors Government Plan.
Davis is inclined to favor the gov
ernment attitude and intends td
work towards getting the govern
ment to build a reservoir in Wyom
ing which will hold sufficient North
Platte river water in reserve to
make crops certain on hundreds of
acres of Nebraska land which in
past years have suffered from
drouths.
Colorado has offered to arbitrate
the. row over the South Platte river
by building a big retaining dam. or
reservoir, near the Nebraska land
and hold flood waters in reserve un
til the crops in Nebraska need it.
Davis says the logical place for
the North Platte irrigation ditch is
at Lexington, Neb., which, he de
clares, is geographically situated so
tb water held in reserve under his
proposed Wyoming reservoir would
be earned to Phelps, Kearney, Har
lan, Adams, Franklin and Webster
counties.
Arguments before the United
States supreme court at Washing
ton January 4 will mark the fourth
time this problem has been present
ed to that court without a decision.
Citizens Committee Will
Probe Burning of Sheller
Grand Island, Neb., Dec. 21.
(Special.) The burning of a corn
sheller, the property of Wil
liam Fahy of . St. L'tbory, and
the theft of 400 chickens from
the Busig home of the same
vicinity are being investigated by a
citizens' committee. In his corn
shelling operations Mr. Fahy was
known as a price cutter and was do
ing a considerable business. The
sheller was located in a field away
from any other property of a com
bustible nature, and auto and foot
prints leading to the scene beyig
plainly visible, there is no doubt as
to the incendiary nature of the fire.
Holt County Mass Meeting
Favors Cut in Expenses
O'Neill, Neb., Dec. 21. (Special
Telegram.) A drastic reduction in
county expenses next year and the
changing of the form of county gov
ernment to abolish township organ
ization and the board of county
supervisors, and change to the coun
ty commissioner system with three
commissioners was decided upon at
a mass meeting of Holt county tax
payers at the court house here. Com
mittees were appointed tp circulate
petitions for the change in county
government and to confer with the
county board on the expense esti
mate for next year.
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Equine Burglar Killed
After Wrecking Kitchen
Marquette, Neb.. Dec. 21. (Spe
cial.) A horse broke into the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Koy Lewis, near
Marquette,- wrecking the kitchen
stove and destroying china, cooking
utensils and furniture.
The horse finally pushed its head
through a window, cutting its throat
on the glass, the owner having to
shoot it before be' could get it out
of the house.
Food Commission Closes
Creamery at Fairbury
Fairbury, Neb., Dec. 21. (Spe
cial.) The Waterloo Creamery com
pany has been ordered closed until
February 1 by the food commission
of Nebraska. The company has
been buying milk from farmers.
pasturizing it and retailing to Fair
bury residents. The farmers cows
have not been tested and therefore
are not certified animals.
B. & O. Train Derailed.
Baltimore, Dec 21. New York
St. Louis passenger train No. 3 on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad was
partially derailed at Independence.
10 Majority in Dail
For Free State Pact
(Continual From race One.)
dead we have refrained from read
ing letters we have received from
relatives of the dead but we have
them."
Prof. Stockley of Cork university,
formerly of Canada, opposed the
treaty in an impassioned speech. He
said that whatever there was of Eng
lishman in him was shamed by the
British conduct regarding the treaty
revealed by George Gavan Duffy.
Deputy Whelan of Galway sup
ported the treaty. He was declaim
ing on the importance of the control
of education accorded by the treaty
when Mr. DeValera tartly interrupt
ed with the words:
"Education based on dishonor!
You will take an oath you don't
mean tp keep."
He declared he opposed this course
because of high feelinga plebiscite
campaign would create. Such a cam
paign, he said, would rend the coun
try from one end to the other.
Says Delegates Coerced.
Belfast, Dec. 21. (By A. P.)
"I stand by everything I said,"
declared Robert C. Barton to the
correspondent today when shown
the semi-official statement issued in
London -denying that Premier
Lloyd George had coerced the Irish
plenipotentiaries through a threat of
war, as" stated by Mr. Barton in the
rDial Eirean. Mr. Barton was a
member of the Sinn Fein delegation
which signed the treaty. ;
Amnesty for Prisoners.
London, Dec. 21. (By A. P.)
The Central News Agency's Bel
fast 'correspondent yesterday quoted
Sinn Fein leaders as saying they
had learned complete amnesty for
all political prisoners, including
those sentenced to death had been
arranged ' between the British gov
ernment and the Sinn Fein, effective
before Christmas if the Anglo-Irish
treaty were ratified by the Dial
Eireann.
Milton Rogers
AND SONS JLV COMPANY
Hardware Household Utilities
1313 HARNEY ST.
A Great Timely Sale of
Skates Sleds 1Skiis
Cold Weather is here. Let the children play outdoors. Give them a pair
of our "Winslow" Ice Skates, one of our many sleds, or a pair of our
'"Northland" Skiis this Christmas. Our stocks of Skates, Sleds and
SMis were never more complete and our reasonable Hardware prices will
please you. '
ICE SKATES
Our stock of skates is the most complete stock
in the city. A style and a size for every one
they are Winslow skates and we know they
are good.
BOYS'
$1.25 up
SLEDS
A siza and a style for them all. The "Fleet
wing" Sleds are inexpensive and very service
ablebuilt like the Flexible Flyers. The Gen
uine Flexible Flyers are the best they are
stouter and guide truer low in price, too.
"Fleetwings" "Flexible Flyers"
'$2.75 Dp $4.25 Dp
SKIIS
Skiing Is becoming more popular every year.
The Pine Skiis are inexpensive and absolutely
guaranteed "sliver-proof.'' The Maple Skiis
are harder,' faster and stronger. A size for
every one. Eizea from four feet to seven feet.
V
s;
ma
Pine
$1.60
Up
Omuhans Protest
Rate Increase
For Telephones
Making Wartime Surcharge
Permanent Opposed by
Business Firms Forced
To Economize.
Lincoln, Dec. 21. (Special.)
More protests against the attempt
of the NorthweMern Hell Telephone
company to increase its rates 10 per
cent, which virtually means that the
10 per cent wartime surcharge
would be continued, were received
by the state railway commission to
dav. J. A. Kuhn, traffic manager of the
Omaha Grain exchange, has written
asking whether the new rate sched
ule demanded meant (till heavier
tolls for the exchange. The com
mission is unable to give the desired
information oft'hand until its rale
experts conclude their investigation
of the application and ascertain just
how it will affect various subscrib
ers. Forced to Retrench.
The following, in part, is a letter
received from Iceland W. Scott of
T. C. Brunner & Son, 1102 Dodge
street, Omaha:
"With all business suffering a de
pression which already has swept
away a large number of firms, with
those who still continue to hold on
cutting expenses here and there and
sacrificing profits, we cannot recon
cile ourselves to the advance in rates
asked for by the telephone company
in order to assist it in declaring a
big fat dividend, as long as business
is making strenuous efforts to just
hold on."
W. Whitakcr, 206 Arthur building,
Omaha, in speaking of previous ad
vances in phone rates, says:
Higher Than Other Cities.
"As an illustration our office
telephone today, without an exten
sion, costs $9.90 a month, whereas
some five or six years ago it was ?6
a month?
"Why should we pay more than
Denver, Kansas City, Minneapolis
and St. Paul?" ,
The commission welcomes opin
ions on requests for rate increases
or decreases from everyone, as often,
when hearings are held, no one is
present from outside excepting the
applicant.
Bandits Raid Columbus Bank.
Colnnihus. O.. Dec. 21. Five
armed banr,:'s shortly before noon
today held the Steelton branch of
the Citizens Trust and Savings bank
.... An n nn
ana escaped witn $iu,wu.
MAKE US YOUR
Jewelry Buying
Time Is Flying
The lasting charm of jewelry makes it the most
highly prized and sincerely appreciated of all gifts.
It gains in interest with the passing of years.
We can supply you with a suitable gift for anyone
on your list
Last hour bupfeg is easy here because of our ex
perience and willingness to serve. We place a superb
stock at your service and make your buying botherless.
T. L Combs & Mazer
Omaha's Mastar Jewelers Since 1888. .
1520 Douglas
, GIFTS THAT LAST
BSTABLTPfTED 159
GIRLS'
$1.75
Up
Maple
$4.35 Dp
Army Mules Fed New.
Food, "Horse's Brick"
New York, Dec. 21. The army
liorse and mule, too, face another
war horror, this time in the form
of grstrononiical tests. They are.
being fed "horse bricks." Army,
officers declared, however they arc
not as bad as the name implies
for they are made of the finest
grade oats, with about 1J per cent ,
pure cane molasses for food value.
Each brick equals four quarts of
oatD.
"The animals appear to be tlfriv
ing on the new fodder, "said an
oliicial statement
Scottsbluff Refuses to
Install Soup Houses
ScottsblufT, Neb., Doc. 2I.-(Spe-cial
Telegram.) The city council
has tabled indefinitely proposals for
the establishment of soup houses and
lodging homes in the city for needy
men nor will it be joined by other
organizations in providing a gravel
pit for unemployed men to screen
Travel to be used on the city streets
This decision was reached by the city
council after conferences with repre
sentative of the Ro: -y club, Lions
club and Associated Charities at the
instance of the Rotarians.
Unemployment in the North Platte
valley will increase materially thi
month and the first part of January,
when the sugar factories at Bayard.
Mitchell, Gering and Scottsbluff end
their operation.
Liang Shi-Yi Appointed
Head of Chinese Cabinet
Pckin, Dee. 21. (By A. P.)
Liang Shi-Yi has been named pre
mier of the Chinese cabinet to suc
ceed Chin Yun-Peng, who with all
his ministers resigned Sunday. The
fall of the cabinet followed the arri
val here of General Chang Tsao-Lin,
governor of Manchuria, who now is
engaged in forming a coalition gov
ernment in which all the reactionary
parties are participating. It is
charged that Chin Yun-Peng was
guilty of peculations and the sale of
offices.
The new premier is credited with
having inspired the attempt by Yuan
Shi-Kai to create himself emperor in
1915. Among those in General
Chang's following are Wang Chan
Yuen, former military governor of
Hupeh, and Chang Chin-Yao, who
was governor of Hunan province at
the time of the murder of Rev. W. A.
Reimert, an American missionary, in
June, 1920. The American legation
demanded that he be held responsible
for the crime. The legation is said
to be preparing a protest against his
presence in Pekin, at the present
time.
GIFTCOUNSELLORS ,
Street 1520.
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Polite Bandit
Robs Passengers
On Rail Coach
Gentlemanly Holdup Raids
Observation Car. in Chicago
Yanls Kscapes in Auto
Driven by Woman.
Chicago, Dec 21. Police today In
vestigated a report that a well
dressed bandit of fine manners who
single-handed held up observation
car passengers on the Chicago
Washington on the Baltimore k
Ohio system on Chicago's south
i( late last night, had escaped in
an automobile driven by a woman.
Children skating on a pond at 67th
street said they saw the robber leave
in a car which had been parked be
neath the railroad viaduct.
The bandit boarded the observa
tion car at the 63d Street station
and forced the passengers to stand
in line. After robbing four men he
reached Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L.
siiansbury of Tccunicari, N. M., and
their three small children.
"Madam," he said, "will you please
take the children to the other end
of the car. I am not interested in
any valuables a woman may have,
and I do not want to frighten chil
dren. If you please."
As Mrs. Stansbury anil the chil
dren obeyed his request he relieved
Mr. Stansbury of his pocketbook.
As he continued down the line of
passengers, the conductor appeared
at the front end of the car.
"It's quite possible," he told his
victims, "that the conductor is
armed. If he is not he can call men
who arc. That would mean shoting,
and some of you might get hurt. 1
don't want that to happen, so I will
leave you."
He jerked the emergency bell rope,
backed through the door, and as the
train .slowed down, leaped over the
rail and disappeared.
Bee Want Ads Produce Results
From Nine to Six
Are the Shopping Hours
At Thompson, Belden's
Not Open Evenings
Please Mr. Man
"If you really want to know, there are so
many delightful things that are both beauti
ful and useful that I should dearly lqve to
receive. . Take, for example "
Ah
Or a Handbag of Duve
tyn, Velvet or one of
Fine Leather is sure to
find its place. These
run from $3.60 up to
$25.
7
And Hankies Why
one never could have
too many of them. Did
you know that the em
broidered colored ones
at Thompson and Bel
den's are reduced from
$1.25 to 89c.
9
Maybe a string of col-,
ored Beads they
brighten up a dark
frock so beautifully.
They are most reason
ably priced from 50c to
$2.00.
Duke of Atholl Only "
Person in Britain Who
Has Private Army
London, Dec. 21. The duke of
Atholl, newly appointed lord
chamberlain, is the only person
entitled to maintain a private army
in the British empire.
"Queen Victoria save permis
sion in IMS to the then reigning
duke to 'maintain three companies
of infantry, and there is in ex
istence today an Atholl army of
300 men."
This "army" figures chiefly on
ceremonial occasions at the duke's
great house, Blair Castle, Scotland,
hut many of its members fought
beside the duke in Gallipoli, where,
as a brigadier general, he led the
Scottish horse.
Two Bootleggers Fined ,
By Court at Tecumseh
Tecamah, Neb., Dec. 21. (Special
Telegram.) Night Watchman E.. A.
Haughton arrested Merritt E. Fitz
gerald of Tecumseh and , Joseph
Nachtigall of Beatrice and took Fitz
gerald's automobile and 11 quarts and
28 pints of moonshine wh'sky from
them. In county court today they
were charged with the illegal pos
session, transportation and delivery
of intoxicants. Both pleaded guiltylr
Fitzgerald was fined $300 and
Nachtigall $200. The car was con
fiscated. Forgery Suspect Arrested
And Taken to Tecunish
Beatrice. Neh., Dec. 21. (Special
Telegram.) Charles Finney, wanted
at Tecumseh, Neb., to answer a
charge of forging a check- for $150
on the Tecumseh State bank, was
arrested at Leonardville, Kan., by
H. H. Pursel, a private detective.
He will be taken to Tecumseh for
trial.
Minnesota Bank Robbed.
Minneapolis, Dec. 20. Two men
entered the Liberty State bank late
today and covering several officers
and employes robbed the vaults of
$5,000.
This Stone Marten
Scarf is fashioned of
extra large, fine skins
and is only $45. What
could be more attrac
tive as a gift.
Don't think for a min
ute that any womar
would not be ever so
happy if she received a
pair of French Kid
Gauntlets that are
priced, $7.
A Fan always adds to
one's evening costume
especially so,' if it is
a Feathery one. These
may be had from $2.50
to $21.
Or a gift of Ivory is
most delightfuk The
beveled edge mirrors
with long or ring hand
les are from $5 to $10.
The brushes range
from $5 to $8.50 each.
Governor Cox in
Party Raided by
State Dry Agents
Cocktails and Whisky Seized
In Hotel Room Above Room
Where Governor Is -Being
Dined.
Boston, Dec. 21. Prohibition en
forcement officers, under the" leader
ship of Harold V. Wilson, raided a
room in the Uuiucy house lajt tught.
directly over a room where Governor
Cox was, being entertained at a fljiw
ner of republican leaders, and seized
20 bottles of cocktails and four bot
tles of whisky. State Prohibition
Director Elmer C. Hotter was pres
ent at the dinner. According to the
officers, several of the dinner guests
were in the robin where the liquor
was found.
Ernest J. Goulston, understood to
be the host of the dinner; J. J. Mc
Carthy, one of the proprietors of the
hotel, and Harold E. Kern, wtv
lives at the hotel and in whose room
the liquor was seized, were sum
moned to appear in federal court to.
day in connection with the seizure.
At Mr. Wilson's office it was said
Kern was given a permit Monday,
approved by Director Potter, to
move a quantity of liquor from Rox
" ufy to his residence in the Quincy
house. The prohibition agents sait
Kern had admitted that he had taken
the liquor there two days before he
received the permit. They added
that when they entered the room
they found in addition to the liquor
two long tables on -which were 200
whisky glasses, 12 empty whisky
bottles and 16 empty water bottles.
Capper Defends Farm "Bloc"
Wash! f on, Dec. 21. The agri
cultural "uloc" was defended in the
senate yesterday by Senator Capper,
republican, Kansas, one of its lead-.,
ers, as "really rendering the country
a greater service at this time than
any other group of men."
A Woolen Scarf
for $1.95
What a delightful, useful
gift for the' modern sport
girl one of these scarfs of ,
all pure wool would make.
They are so soft and warm
and come 'in the most
pleasing color combina
tions for this exceptionally
low price.
Third Floor
Decorate your Xmas
packages . attractively
use Dennison's
seals and cards.
jehemim
This dainty bit of feminine
apparel comes delight
fully boxed ready for
giving. They are all of
glove Bilk and in colors of
flesh or black.
Plain or lace trimmed
teddies in flesh color
are $3.50.
Hemstitched and lace
trimmed ones in flesh
color are of extra fine
' quality for $5.
11 In flesh, tucked 'and
trimmed in real filet
lace for $7.
Tf In black, tucked and
hemstitched for $7.75.
Second Floor
"It is the Christmas
Time-n
1., t.M -.A. ft fc il
JW. Ya., today. Ko one was hurt.