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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. NO. 167. t. ..t CI. IIH I l M. IN Mm l I. tl tin. OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1921. Mill fl Ml. 0.M, . II. ftttkl (M 41k ltt hn, lu.a, Iv.Ul I tlllM '! t Vl tUIM. ( l 17 M TWO CENTS V 0 AttempL Lo Limit Subs j Ceremony Marked by Grace l' l lie i I l I ' Spectlic Silver Scrv X tl 1 1 O 1 1 tl I ! ,Ve GUeu ncliriug Chief France JiimMs on Allowance of 00 00(1 Tftn i J I Tn,l,.r...u I ilM rfl pceche$ on both jv,Wt I on ot UiiiJercca Llktt Hcrbrrt S. Daniel retired from HoaU and 330,000 Ton ''!e r,'"K P,rl;ip ta eve- ninir at 5. and Charles E. Black, re AllXlIiary Craft. ! publican appointee, took over the , postnflicc. The ceremony took place ai j-i i. p . 1 in the presence of 200 postal ent- asli tnlivens Session , io.vc 'v' i"t,,r.or,!h C0l,rt' By ARTHUR SEARS 1IENNING. (Iiliiigu Irlbuiir-tlniMlin Hn Lnnl Wlr. Washington, Dec. JH.Tlic effort to reduce anl limit submarine and auxiliary naval tonnage tnct with comolctc failure today in a session of the' eonierVncc committee on armament. The session was marked lv srnoatiimal iutcrchaiiKcs iH'Uvecn Mr. Balfour and M. Sarraut. con tirniiig the naval preparations of drcat Britain and . Trance and- the possibility of war between the two nations. France insisted on an allowance of 90.0(H) ton of submarines, an amount equal to the maximum Mr. Hughes originally proposed for the United Stales and Great Britain and three times the present French tonnage, and asked for 330,000 tons of auxil iary craft. Mr. Balfour, in polite but grim terms, immediately charged that the French contemplated using subma rines illegitimately against com merce, pronounced the French naval building plan a menace to Great Britain and declared that under the circumstances England could agree to no limit on the construction of cruisers, destroyers and other anti- tjsubmarine craft. Sarraut Denies Charges. M. Sarraut denied that submarines were to be used illegitimately, mo tested that a large submarine ton nage was needed to protect France ana its colonies and expressed sur prise that French defense plans should arouse British fears of ag gression with .Britain allowed a cam tal sjiip tonnage greater than that of r ranee and Italy combined. Mr. Balfour retorted with the as sertion that in the event of war be tween Great Britain and France, England, hiving no large army, could not strike at the heart of France, but France, employing a ftrcat navy of submarines against eqmmcrce, could destroy the "very existence" of Britain. In only slightly veiled language Mr. Balfour accused France of mili taristic designs, made manifest by its naval building program and "the refusal of the French delegation to discuss land armaments." The clash between "the envoys of the two governments in the confer ence committee accentuated the dis cord between London and Paris that has been developing for some time and bred predictions in , some quar ters that England and France. soon will be found building navies against etch other as England and Germany were before the war. Agreement Impossible. Mr. Hughes reminded the French ticlcgation that expansion of arma ment was not under consideration and announced with regret that an agreement on .the reduction and lim itation of submarine and auxiliary tonnage appeared impossible. At a subsequent meeting of the conference committee, Mr. Hughes countered forcefully with a proposal that the employment of submarines against merchant ships should be ab solutely prohibited and violations of (Turn to Vans Two, Column Five.) Bandits Loot Express Car, Shoot Messenger Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 28. Police here today were searching for two bandits who held up the express messenger of Missouri Pacific train No. 209, Joplin lo Kansas City, and looted the safe in the express car of an unannounced sum late last night. L. II. Holland, the express mes senger, was shot in the leg. the bandits boarded the tram at Pleasant Hill, Mo., and got off at Sheffield, a suburb of Kansas City. Holland was shot when he reached for his revolver as he saw the men entering the express car. First Action in Scries Of Oil Land Suits Fileti Shrevcport, La.. Dec. 58. The first of a dozen actions to be filed against major oil companies operat ing in the Homer field, in which claims aggregating approximately $30,000,000 and decrees confirming ownership of hundreds of acres of the most valuable oil land in the field arc the issues involved, has been filed by counsel for the Con solidated Progressive Oil corpora tion. This action is directed against the Standard Oil companv and seeks a judgment for S.000,000 and con firmation of title to land in the heart of the discovery section and one of the richest tracts in the en tire producing area. The other suits are in course of preparation and will be filed immediately on completion.! Prize Fighter Arrested On Charge of Robber)' Beatrice. Xeb.. Dec. 28. (Special .Telegram.) Monty Wisdom, prize li if liter, wanted here on a charge of robbing Davison's dairy of $200 a f,w ivprk-c a crn u-ac arrrsitpH at Kansas City, under orders fromlZita to Be Present When Sheriff Emerv of this city and willi fc TTJ. n . i be brought here for trial. i bon "goes Operation I According to the officers. Wisdom., Berne, Dec. 28. (By A. P.) For- : v k wa visiting with Davison, dis-jnicr Empress Zita of Austria-Hun-appeared the night the safe was , j,arv is expected to arrive in Switzer- ; taiped of S2U0, driving to Linco:nj land about January 8 from .he Island i.n n-s wiic uy auio. rrora incr,ot : ey were followed to Sabetha. Kan . "here alt trace of them was lost. l;criff Emery and private detectives 1 vc Keen working on the case ever uicc the robbery. Charles E. Black Installed AsPostmaster of Omaha Hy Portal Employes. liMiui ui mv ivuvriii iHiiiuiUKt Daniel introduced Black to the pos tal employes as "the most popular business man in Omaha and the one destined to he the most popular post master." Will Try to Equal Record. Black responded with the senti ment that Daniel's record was one it would be hard to match. "Hut with your help. I'm going to try to ciii;:l and maybe beat his record,' the new postmaster de clared. 1". L. Hoag, assistant superin tendent of mails, then presented to Mr. .and Mrs. Daniel a costly silver service a token of esteem from the 07S employes serving ivith him in the past year and a half. James I. Woodard. assistant post master and for 50 years in the local service, presided and voiced the em ployes' tribute to the retiring official. "You have endeared yourself to us all and the handling of "the Christmas mail alone the heaviest in the his tory of the local office is evidence of your efficiency," he said. Compliments Loyal Employes. Daniel replied that the reputation for efficiency was due to the loyal em ployes and declared his term of office to be the most interesting period of his career. After the speeches, the employes shook hands with both retiring and incoming postmasters. Mrs. Black, Mrs. Daniel and. Mr. Daniel's mother and sister, Mrs. John Lionberger also were present. Associated retailers will send a committee to greet Postmaster Black at 10 this morning, after he has taken the oath of office. Many floral tri butes were sent to his office yester day. Co-Operative Head Wins Victory In Bankruptcy Suit Appeal Court Holds Judge Ex ceeded Authority in Connec tion With Receivership Of Chicago Society. Chicago, Dec. 28. Harrison Parker, head of the Co-operative So ciety of America, today won two of three points iu the United States court of appeals which decided legal points involving bankruptcy proceed ings against tlie society. One of the principal points brought out in the appelate court's decision was that the society is a common law trust and Parker codefendants in the bankruptcy proceedings are trustees. The court of appeals ruled that District Judge Evans had no right to place receivership proceed ings in the hands of a master in chancery before he had passed upon the fundamental legal points involv ing bankruptcy proceedings against a common law trust. The appelate court also held that the petitioners in bankruptcy had failed so far to show fraud. The contention lost by Parker was that no court had the right to hear bank ruptcy proceedings in common law trust. The decision was that courts had this right under certain circum stances. Judge Evans is directed to certify the order of reference and to sustain the defendants' .motion to dismiss the complaint. The district court is given permission to fix the time and terms of filing an amended com plaint. . Upon the district court's decision depends the continuance of the in vestigation conducted by attorneys representing the Central Trust Com pany of Illinois, receiver. A week ago a preliminary receiver's report asserted that the co-operative-society had a bank balance of $16 and that its assets ' had been transferred to various interlocking enterprises, chiefly the Great Western Securities company, of which Mrs. Edith S. Parker. Harrison Parker's wife, is the controlling' factor, according to the report. The original petition in bankruptcy was filed August 3 by William Hart man, Sarah Smith and Alexander C. Friedman. The appelate court's de cision was on the petition of Parker j and his cotrustees, N. A. Hawkin- j son and John Coe. to review hjt or-1 ders entered by Judge Evans rela-! tive to chancery proceedings. j Khabarovsk Captured by j Washington, Dec. 28. Military torces of the "white" Russian govern-1 ment of Vladivostok have taken Khabarovsk, according to dispatches received at the State department to day. The dispatches, which came by ; vay of Tokio. stated that troops of j tne tmta government who hai been holding Khabarovsk evacuated the town on December 22. Madeira, where she and tormer Emperor Charles are exiled. Zita is froing to Zurich under spe cial permission of the allies to be present when an operation is per formed cn her son, Robert. : . i Herbert S. Daniel. Forty Arrested In Liquor Raids At Reck Springs Federal Agents' Swoop Down On District Described as "Wettest Spot in Wes tern America." Rock Springs, Wyo Dec. 28 What federal agents declare is the biggest prohibition raid ever under taken in Wyoming is going. on today in Rock Springs, Green River and Superior. Up to noon 40 persons had been arrested in Rock Springs and hundreds of gallons of illicit liquor confiscated. The district is described by pro hibition agents as the wettest spot in western America. The raiders, led by State Prohibi tion Director Carl Jackson and 40 deputies, arrived here in a spee'al car and immediately started out in couples. It was but a few minutes before they began returning to the car . with prisoners and confiscated liquor. As fast as the liquor was seized it was tested by F. D. Strib ling, division chemist of Denver in a complete laboratory testing ' outfit with which the special car was equipped. . .... Fifteen deputy United States mar shals are working in Superior, while five officers are in Green River, ac cording to the director. Open definance of the federal pro hibition laws discovered after an in vestigation of weeks, is given as the cause of the concerted effort to round up the violators by. Commissioner Jackson. As fast, as the alleged violators are arrested, they are being taken before UnitJtl States Commissioner L. H. Brown for arraignment. Those un able to furnish bond are being held to take back to Cheyenne. N Three thousand gallons of liquor in one place, 30 barrels of wine and bonded liquors, in addition to an en tire wagonload of moonshine, are said to have .been confiscated by the raiding party shortly after its arrival here. A special car is being chartered to carry the evidence back to Cheyenne. TWO YEARS of mas- ; culine attention had left domestic matters at the ranch crudely awry. Lanham decid ed to go east and bring 1 back a woman. Reading Sign By Kenneth B. CUrke . Sk m . ncuuBi A BLUE RIBBON Story ia Next Sunday's Bee Mrs. McCormick Granted Divorce In Chicago Only Ihuml Rockefeller . -bj. Presi dent of Harvester Com pany Deserted Her. Chicago, Dec. 28.-Mrs. Edith R. McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, sr., was granted a di vorce front Harold F. McCormick, president of the International Har vester company, in superior court to day. Xo provision for alimony was in cluded iu the divorce decree, which was signed in court by Judge Charles A. McDonald after Mrs. Mc Cormick had filed suit charging of desertion against Mr. McCormick, whose attorneys filed an answer ad mitting the charge. Agreement Reached. While no announcement of any .settlement was made in court an i.grecnicnt has been reached between Mr. and Mrs. McCormick cn a di vision ot property, according to Clarence Darrow, one of the counsel for. Mr. McCormick. Mrs. McCormick appeared in open court with her lawyer and two wit nesses. Mr. McCormick was not present, although his three lawyers were there. Otherwise the court room was deserted. According to Mrs. McCormick's testimony, the McCormicks were married in 1895 and lived together until 1918, when, she alleges, that Mr. McCormick deserted her white they were staying in Zurich, Switzer land. Deserted in 1918. "I have lived in Chicago since 1897," 'Mrs. McCormick testified. "In November 26, 1895, I was 'married to Harold F. McCormick and lived with him conlnnuously until May 27, 1918." "At that time we were in Zurich, Switzerland, when he left me." Questioned by her counsel, Mrs. McCormick said Mr. McCormick had not contributed to her support since the date he is alleged to have left her. "Did he give you any reason for leaving?" Mr. Cutting asked. "He did not, and there was none," Mrs. McCormick answered. She returned to this country a few weeks ago after spending eight years in Switzerland. Upon her re1 turn, she took up her residence in the McCormick town house, while Mr. McCormick moved to his-estate at Lake Forest. Iowa Woman Arrested As, Automobile Thief Chicago, Dec. 28. Miss Kathleen Bates, 31, of Clinton, la., vvas to he returned there today on charges of stealing Liberty bonds and an auto mobile. She was arrested yesterday and bonds fixed at $5,000 by United States Commissioner Mason. She is said to have sold the automobile for $30 after driving it here, It also is chargtd that Miss Bates, who conducts a bond brokerage busi ness in Clinton, persuaded Miss Pearl Boyd of Green River, Wyo., to turn over to her two registered Liberty bonds. It is alleged she had her own name substituted for that of Miss Boyd. 25 Bandits Hold Up Kentucky Distillery Louisville, Ky., Dec. 28. (By A. P.) Twenty-five bandits swooped down upon the Blue Ribbon distil lery at Eminence, Ky., early today, locked five guards in the office of the plant and stole 325 cases of bottled-in-bond whisky, according to a re port to Louisville police. The report said all of the robbers w-ere masked and heavily armed. Automobile trucks were used to haul the liquor away. Soon after the bandits departed, the five guards, who were bound with ropes, released themselves and noti fied the authorities. . The whisky was valued at $30,000. Women Observe Birthday ; Of Ex-President Wilson Xew York, Dec. 28. Fifty women from various cities observed the 65th birthday of Woodrow Wilson at a luncheon today. They were ad dressed by Frank L: Polk, former tinder secretary . of state: Henry Morgenthau, one-time ambassador to Turkey, and Miss Virginia Potter. Mrs. William G. McAdoo, daughter of. the former president, was an honorary guest. The campaign to - raise $1,000,000 for awards of the u oodrow ilso.i foundation "for meritorious service to democracy, public welfare, liberal thought or peace through justice." was discussed. It was decided' to start after contributions January 26. Son of Cotner Professor tt 11 ij c . Held as liandlt Suspect Lincoln. Dec. 28.' (Special Tele- gram.) To make good three worth- less checks he had written. Carl Dun-1 'can, 16, son of Professor James F. I Duncan of Cotner university, eng! neered a holdup of John Hanlcn hce iast night. The police say Carl con fessed today. With Duncan, they say, was Donald Parker, 18. who. they say. Carl admitted inducing against his will to take part. The 1 . 1 . . L 1 T! being held pending a complaint. Shipping Fight Settled Boston. Dec. 28. The controversy f between thr United States shinning i board and British ship owners over1 yhiDments of . Eevotian cotton in! J. J. Halloran. an official of C H. Spraeue & Sons, shipping aeents. announced today, the steamer West University of Nebraska, was threat i Lake now is bound here with the ! tned by fire originating in an electri ; first cargo under the new arrange-! cal fuse box. The damage was con- l ment, he said. ' I j ',. rv ,c. German Flasf to Fly in America In Near Future Envoys to United States , Ar rive Consulate at New York City to Open January 3. By The .tftMovltttt'd rre,$. New York, Dec. 28. Germany's diplomatic and consular forces today pressed their preparations for hang ing out tneir flag again in Washing ton, New York and other cities. The Steamer Nieuvv Amsterdam arrived with Karl Lang,, charge of the German embassy, and consular agents for western cities. The new German consulate liere opens January 3. lost of its staff already has arrived. Among those who - arrived with Herr Lang who on appointment of a German ambassador, will become German consul general at New ork was Armand Valette. vice consul at San Francisco. Herr Lang, who has been 24 years in the German diplomatic . service, summed up the question of indemnities in these words: ; Germany Cannot Pay. "At present Germany cannot pay. We must devise new ways." Expanding on conditions at home, he continued: "Economic conditions are r much sounder. The new republican gov ernment is doing its best to establish good conditions. If they leave usthe means to do things, we will certain ly 'come back.' The peoole are in clined to live in an orderly manner and want better conditions of life. "It is very hard for the people to face the future under, conditions im posed in the treaty of peace. Accord ing to the treaty, we have to iur nish coal and dyes and pav 'clear ing money' of more than 500.000,000 marks a year, and in addition we have the reparations. "We have been hurt a great deal by the cutting off of the eastern provinces. That compels us to go outside of Germany for much of the food. , Must Find New Way. "We have the idea that the present conditions and methods cannot go on. We tried two ways of meeting the conditions, the only two ways we knew, and they would not work. Some otiier way must be found, so that we can pay. What it will be, I do not know. "I do know that we felt the only way to get money was to export our goods to all countries and this we have tried to do. Many countries ob- : i . . j j i , , . . . ijtticu aim jjdsscu laws 10 Keep our j merchandise out. In this way they deprived us of the only sensible way j to earn the money they ask of us. "This being a failure, our only wa' was t0 buy foreign money. This lowered our mark, and acted temptation to foreign buyers." New Mexico Legion Will flivp drls TVnvpl fiift The state adjutant of the Ameri- can Legion in New Mexico has I promised to send a genuine Mexican Washington, Dec. 28. While jumping bean to every American i girl j there was Q o(rir;a, statement, indi yjw fo'wpond with one of the cations at the hite Houe todav -" " ' . . m '"'were that President Harding had "Pltals ot at slate- J TT . . fire at University ; gram.) University hall, the oldeft j buiWinz on the citr campus of the! lined to ione room. She Needs the Same Cannibalism Rife In Famine Areas s Starving Russians Reported to Be Eating Bodies of Dead ' Children Killed. By TU Av"'M'lnld 1'rens. Riga. Dec.'28. The first official re port of cannibalism in the famine districts' of Russia has been made to the all-Russian soviet congress by Delegate Oviescinko of Damara, ac cording to b dispatch to the official Rosta News, agency, dated Moscow. "At Ramlkoveksy the parish peo ple are eating the bodies ot their dead, he told the congress. It is dangerous to Inirv tne famine vic tims in the presence of the people and guards must be kept over them until they are in a state that makes eating impossible." He said that Dr. Nanscn, high com missioner of the international com mittee of Russian relief, even though a hardened explorer, returned to Moscow sickened by the scenes he witnessed. The speaker said that children are being taken to ' the steepes. and left there to die; that mothers, maddened by their exper iences, cut the throats of their babes. At the beginning of January, he continued, the Soviets, with all their outside aid, will be able to feed only half the starving children and only one-twentieth of the adults. The rest of the people would have to die while waiting for help. Women Meet to Celebrate Woodrow Wilson's Birthday New York, Dec. 28. Women from, all over the United States were here today to attend a luncheon commemorating- the birthday of Wood row Wilson. At the same time they were" to celebrate the first anniver sary of the plan to honor the former president through a permanent foundation. Plans for raising at least $1,000,- 000 as a fund to endow periodic awards for "meritorious service to democracy, public welfare, liberal thought or peace through justice," were announced to be making prog ress. The campaign for this fund will begin Qn January 16, the period between noon and 1 o'clock p. m. on that day being designated as "Wil son hour." Texas Legion Protests Release of Eugene Debs Dallass Dec. 28. Disapproval of the release of Eugene V. Debs was expressed in a statement by Wayne Davis of Goliad, Tex., departmental commander of the Texas American Legion, today. The announcement read: "The American Legion of Texas feels the recent release of Eugene V. Debs, after serving a small portion of his 10-year- sentence : in , federal prison following his conviction on charges of obstructing the draft, is an insult to those who died as well as those who wore the uniform dur ing the war. regardless of the fact j that his release was camouflaged t with sentiments of mercy as well as hedged about with political reasons. """""IS auuwu irip To Soutll. Is Indication abandoned his tentative plan to ycna a yumon oi me nonoays at Pinehurst. N C. YUltS as Fierce-Arrow Head, f Buffalo. N. Y.. Dec. 28. Col J Geo. Mixter has resigned as presi-! uent ot tner fierce Arrow Motor! company. He will be succeeded by Vice President H. F. Forbfs ! Remedy Publishers Are Attacked During Tariff Hearing Paper Manufacturer Charges Congress Yielded to Agents Of Papers Connecticut Pdblisher Replies. Washington, Dec,, 28. Senate tar iff hearings were enlivened today by an attack on American newspaper publishers by Col. William E. Has kell of New York, vice president of the International Paper company, and a counter attack on the news print paper manufacturers by Wil liam J. Pape, publisher o the Water bury (Conn.) Republican, speaking for small publishers who, he said, or ganized a buying corporation be cause many of them were "unable, single-handed, to assist themselves in an endeavor to obtain fair priced news print." Urging tariff protection for his in dustry against European competi tion, Colonel Haskell said congress had gradually .yielded to the clam ors of the paid agents of the publish ers "until finally all tariff on news mint had been removed and the in dustry abandoned to drift iu the ebb and flow of the international com petitive tide." Asserting news print was the only product of the paper making indus try which has been deprived of all protection and bedeviled by inspired federal regulation and interference," the witness said that the reason for "the invidious treatment this branch of the industry has suffered is ob vious." Says Publishers Weak. Mr. Pape said that the question before congress in determining as to the retention of news print paper on the free list was whether the pub lishers should again have imposed on them such a condition as was found by a senate committee, which reported last year that certain man ufacturers had' taken advantage of a news print shortage "to exploit the purchasers" and "hold them up for excessive, unreasonable and wholly j unfair prices. Publishers, who, as a class, large ly dominate public opinion affect ing business policies through direct appeal to readers, he added, "have been violently weak when fighting for a fair price news print." He declared that on not less than three occasions in 10 years, prices had "soared to undreamed of heights." and that nothing, including the fed eral trade commission, congression al and court action had "stayed ;he demands imposed by certain of those who control the supply of news print." . Colonel Haskell suggested no def inite rate of duty for news print, (Tarn to I'nre Two, Column Eight.) The Weather Forecast. Iowa-Fair Thursday and prob- ably Friday; colder Thursday; ris - mg temperature Friday. Nebraska-Fair Thursday and Friday; rising temperature Friday. Hourly Temperatures 8 1 P- , B. m - 1 a. m. R m. m. HI. IA ft. m. II . m. .. o. . .t ! . m. . .HO I i p. m. . b. m. . .3 ' J p. m. ..3 I It p. m. s I ..Ml ..3 ..it ' - ft. ton . "" Highest Wednesday. i j, 4, ;! 'T" : ..5 Rpi4 c:ttjr . S4 Sail r.rkc . .,.lo: Fa .. - . Shri4iin . .40 Valentin r- Moinn c,,y " .vorth'riaVtV 4, i Telephone Finances Are Probed KcprcM'iitulnes of TU.OOOSuh- bcribcrs Seek to Truce $1 1, 000,000 Taken From Karu fngs for Depreciation. Statisticians on Stand Liucliiii, Dec. 28. (Special Tele- Kram.) What has become of $14. IKIO.OOO taken out of earnings of the Northwestern Bell J elephone com pany and charged to depreciation? I wfiity representatives ot 70,1100 subscribers of the Northwestern Bell Telephone company spent the entire afternoon endeavoring to locate the whereabouts of that sum at the blar ing on the application of the com pany for an increase in rates, which on exchanges alone would net $138.. (Mill a year in excess of present reve nue. The hearing was held in the senate chamber because the ordinary hear ing room of the slate railway com mission would not accommodate the crowd of protestants. The commission refused to comply with a request of the protesters to refuse the application of the company to continue the 10 per cent war-lime surcharge until a final decision is reached on the application for perma nent rates, which, it was admitted, is an increase over the surcharge now being imposed. The commission ruled that on the showing of the company at this time a decision would be reached on the surcharge application, while time would be given the pro testers to study and analyze the showing of the company for perma nent rates before a decision was handed down. . Show Plant Earnings. Statisticans on the stand this after noon presented a report of the plant value and earnings for November ci this year. This table showed that before dividends on the plant invest ment of the month were made pub lic, $64,893.98 was lopped off to charge against depreciation. This sum, it was explained, yas only Ne braska's share of the regular monthly depreciation of the entire company, which encompasses Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa and Ne braska. Pressed as to the total of deprecia tion fund on the books at this timr, the statistician said it would aggre gate $14,000,000. "What is this depreciation?" the statistician was asked. "It represents the consumption of our property in givine service," was the reply. Money Not Spent. "Now is all of this money spent?' he was asked. "No." "Where is that which is not spent?" "Invested in bonds and securities, no doubt." "Does the revenue from Nebras ka's share of ihese bonds show on your table before us?" "No, the table here is just the actual earnings of the physical plant." ' H. A. Livermore was the statisti cian on the stand. Quote Parent Company. Protesters pointed to prospectuses of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, admitted to be the parent company of the North western Bell Telephone company, which, in selling bonds throughout the country, declared it paid 9 per cent dividends on stock, while the Northwestern Bell Telephone "com pany in its application declared it paid only 4.13 per cent book divi dends on its tock. "Well, in November we paid the parent company $17,287.31," Liver more replied. This sum, like the depreciation, is tf.ken from book earnings, before the Northwestern Bell Telephone company made public its 4.13 per cent dividend. "Are you absolutely sure that w;n all paid to the American Telephone ?nd Telegraph company?" he waj asked. "The exact transactions between . those two companies are best known to administrative heads who will be on the stand later." Livermore said. Question Labor Cost. protesters pointed out that the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company operated for 25 per cent less'labor cost because it maintained a piece work plan-while the North- (Turn to Page Twn. Column Six.) Kansas Packing Strike Leader Sentenced to Jail Kaias City. Mo.. Dec. 28. George W. Reed, negro leader of the packing plant strikers in Kansas City. Kan., was fined $100 and sen tenced to 30 days in jail in police court there today in connection with the clfaring of a street car of negro packing house workers yesterday. Reed was given a stay of serw fence on condition that he remain! away from Kansas City, Kan, foe j 130 days. He will be succeeded as a strike i leader by John Blaha of Omaha, an-. otr.cial ot the international vnion. j - i l l,n Creek oinan Injured j In Auli Accident at Gibbon Gi,,b Xfc Dec. 28.-(Spcca , Ttlogram.)An automobiie' cn i,,y a Mf Wat,5 accompanied hr Mrs. May Clinc of Elm Creek, wcrt into the ditch iust vest of ;;!, -i .A m, -ir... .u- ...... fence, cutting a large gash in one Two Fivers Killed Arcadia. Fla.. Dec. 28 Lieu. . Samuel H. Davis and William ". Sinclair were killed and their hod:" burned when their airplane cra-h-d' tire miles from here today. lit y t ; were Matwnrd at Uarlslrotll Ueiv