Nebraska Newspapers

    Tim Omaha -Daily Bee
VOL. MNO. 174.
OMAHA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 0, 1922.
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Big Five
to Outlaw
Sub Boats
Boot Kesoluliou Against Uc
of Undersell Craft in At
tack on Merchant
Ships Av.jmtr.l.
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Delegates inlove Feast
By ARTHUR S
ARl HENNING.
talraca Trlhuiw-On
iha Ih Im4 Hlrt.
n. --I'nanimous
aw 'lie use of the
Washington, J
r.grrcmrnt to (Mi
MiLmiarmc g.nt merchant and
passenger was reached at a
meeting of Hi conference committee
on limitationof naval arnianieitt late
tli'H Hftcrnon.
With fvlKht niodifitations the Root
rcoliiiiyfi, were, accepted by the del
egate, of the iitt, naval powers,
w hi ljy not only invite alt nations to
acjle to the nroliihition of the use
'T the submarine a a commerce de
stroyer under any circumstances, hut
l'tnd themselves forthwith to observe
this prohibition in any, war between
any of them,' '
The French delegation agreed to
the resolutions after endeavoring in
vain to bring about a redefinition of
the term "merchantman" which
would prohibit the arming of com
mercial ships. The British failed to i-
obtam the inclusion of a prohibition
of the use of airplanes as conimerce
destroyers.
Love Feast Staged.'
The British and French delega
tions staged a love feast in the com
mittee meeting. Lord Lee buried
the hatchet in a graceful speech .in
which he accepted M. Sarraut's re
pudiation of a French naval official's
assertion that .unrestricted submarine
warfare affords at last the means of
destroying Britain's naval power. M.
Warrant expressed with great feeling,
his appreciation of Lord Lee's speech
and -Mr. Hughes and the Italian and
Japanese .delegates recorded their
profound appreciation of the re-establishment
of Franco-British har
mony. -
'The committee will meet tomor
row to .consider the' last of the Root
resolutions which provides that vio
lations of the rule prohibiting the
employment of , submarines against
merchantmen shall be punished as
piracy. . ( . . '
r Text of Resolutions. s-
The text of the Root resolutions
adopted today follows:
i "The signatory powers desiring to
Jnake more effective the rules adopt
ed by civilized nations "for the pro
tection of -She lives -of neutrals and
noncombatants at sea in time of .war.
declare IJ&at among 4Hos:rTules the
oiiow-mg are to be deemed ait es-
ihiished part of international law:
J,. . man, vessu uiuai DC Ul-
crcd to submit to visit, and search
(Turn to Fa Cttann Xwa.) .,'
Havs to Receive
-
Salary of $M
Postmaster General ' Said to'
Have Signed Contract With
,. Picture Industry.' ,
New York, Jatl. 5. Postmastet
General Will Hayes has signed a
contract to become director genetal
of the National Association of the
- .Motion Picture, industry "lit a salary
of $150,000 a year, according to the
New York World. .The contract,
which runs for three years, the news
paper says, was signed more than a
week ago.
Mr. Hays, the 'World added, has
Vfirranged a conference with the na
', tional leaders of the motion picture
industry in Washington, January
14, at which time he will make pub
lic on his own' account his decision
to accept the post.
Federal Reserve Building
Operations Are Delayed
Washington, Jan. 5. Chairmen of
all federal reserve banks were ad
vised today by Governor Harding
of the federal reserve board to stop
all construction work or which
contracts have .not yet been let,
pending the outcome of legislation
before congress to require congres
sional authorization for building op
erations by federal reserve banks.
Small Son Finds Parents
Dead of Gunshot Wounds
Hot Springs, Ark., Jan. S. William
G. Bennett, a painter, and his wife
were found shot to death in their
home here last night. A revolver was
"lying beside Bennett. The bodies
were discovered when a 10-year-old
son, Otis, returned home. The fam
ily formerly resided in Woodland.
Cal. -
Louis W. Hill Deposed as
Head of Securities Firm
. St Paul, Jan. 5. Developments
today in the controversy among
heirs over the settlement of the es
tate of. Mrs. James J. Hill included
the deposing of Louis W. Hill as
president of the United Securities
company. .
Last Surviving Member
of Crew of Merimac Dies j
Shrevcport, La., Jan. 5. Benjamin
Holscnian, 78, last surviving member
of the crew of the confederate iron
clad Merimac, which"- fought the;
Monitor in the civil war. is dead, j
Fear Steamer Is Lost j
Christiania, Xorwa. Jan. 5. (By
A P.) A message from Hangesund'
today says it is feared the German
steamer Signal of Kiel w'rth a cargo
ot iron ore and carrying. crew of;
25 men, foundered m the- North sea,!
December 17. The Signal was an
woo screw steamer of 1,276 toot. I
Frozen Bodies Stacked
High in Starving Russia
10,000,000 Expected to Be Winter Famine Death Toll
as Soviet Land Begins Tear With Eight Months
of Unspeakable Horror Ahead Amer
icans Feeding 1,000,000 Children.
Moscow, Jan. 5. ,By A. P.)
Kuia has begun the year 1922 with
right month of unspeakable horror
before her and the terrible , dread
tint next summer's crop , may only
slightly relieve the gnawing famine.
At Tsaratsin, Saratoff, Samara,
Ufa, Orenburg and Kazan, frozen
bodies are stacked high awaiting
burial in trenches which wrokmen
cannot prepare fast enough for .the
victims of famine, exposure and
typhus and every day, the situation
is growing worse,
American relief workers, who
originally cautiously placed the
number of probable deaths in the
famine area this winter at 2,000,000
now say that 5,000,000 i a low esti
mate, and many say the number
may reach 10.000.000 or even more.
It is predicted the typhus epidemic
probably will be the worst that Rus
sia has ever suffered.
Feeding 1,000,000 Children.
The Americans are feeding nearly
1 000,000, children and the British
ar.d various other organizations are
furnishing nourishment for at lca:t
100,000 under the ' most dangerous
conditions. ', .
Dr. Reginald Farrar,' of the epi
Court Rules Baum
Must Account for
Claims Settled
Widow, and Other Heirs Win
Suit in Which Uncles Man
agement of Estate, Was
Questioned. ,
County Judge Crawford, in a de
cision yesterday afternoon, upheld
the five" heirs of the late J. E.rBaum
in their suit against David Baum,
a brother of J. E. - Baum,
and. until a month ago, one of the
administrators of the $1,000,000 es
tate. -','! -
He ordered David Baum to render
a complete accounting of his admin
istratorship. He 'also set aside three
claims aggregating $290,000 paid
out of the estate funds by -David
Baum and the validity of which the
heirs questioned. , . ;' .
' Frank Gaines, attorney for David
Baum, said the case will be appealed
it once to the district court..
' 'TfieTive' heirs of the estate are
Mrs.-J. E. Baum, the widow, Jack
and Richard Baum, sons, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Rouse and Katherine
Baum, daughters. ;.
Tax Expert to Probe
State Needs Planned
Lincoln, Jan. 5. (Special.)" Gov
ernor McKelvie' spent three hours
today in consultation with Senator
C. B. Anderson of Lancaster : and
Representative George ' Williams of
Fairmount discussing the feasibility
of employing- a tax expert, the best
to be found in the United States,
to spend the next year in studying
Nebraska's taxation system and its
method of working, with a view of
recommending to the next legisla
ture, a new taxation bilt from top
to bottom.
"ft may be done," the governor
said. ' ' - .
Anderson and Williams, respec
tively, were heads of the taxation
committees at the last legislature,
which ' finally presented and pushed
through Senate File 65, providing
for a tax on intangibles which be
comes operative this year.
W. H. Osborne, state tax com
missioner, has proposed that mu
nicipally owned water, light, ice and
gas plants will be included in the
next tax-law passed by the legisla
ture. '. , ..
New York Reserve Bank
Earnings Decrease in 1921
New York, Jan. 5. Earnings oi
the Federal Reserve bank of New
York during 1921, less expenses and
the deductions provided by law, were
$20,702,439 as compared with $39,
318.510 in 1920.
Making this announcement today,
the bank explained that the decline
in the amount-of earnings .was due
to the smaller- volume of loans
which the reserve banki was called
upon to make, and the lower discount
rates prevailing in the last half of
1921.
The Bee Offers $50
for the Best
Photograph
Prizes totalling $140 are of
fered in The Bee's 1922 con
test for amateur photogra
phers of Nebraska and Iowa.
For the best, most artistic
picture submitted in the com
petition first prize of $50 will
be awarded. Second prize
will be $25, third prise $15
and five prizes of $5 each and
25 prises of $1 each are
offered. .
One photo is sufficient to
win a prize, but there is no
limit on the number each con
testant may enter.
The contest is open until
Fobruary 1. Please submit
photographs as early as pos
sible, M u to facilitate judg
ing them. Mail photos to
Amatew Photo Contest Edi
tor, The Bee.
demics commiksiou of the league,
nations; Miss Mary Patterson, of t
nations; miss Mary ranerson, oi n
English quaker relief mission, aft
Dr. Guertner of the German Rp
Cross, have died within the past
week of typhus contracted in the
fmnnie area. Miss Nancy Robb and
William Kenworthy of the English
(uakrr unit are ill with typhus it
fcuzueiuk near Saratoff. and Anna
Louise Strong of Philadelphia, who
is associated with the English quaker
organization is recovering from the
same malady in Moscow. ..Colonel
Bell of the American relief admin
istration is convalescing from the
uiscase at Ufa.
Disease Prevalent.
The disease is so prevalent
throughout all of the Volga rcgiou
and in Turkestan that the soviet gov
ernment has stopped all passenger
service to and from these regions.
George Ncwcs of the British save-the-children
fund reports he saw 250
frozen bodies, many of whom were
children, buried in a trench at Sara
toff in one day. He says train loads
of refugee children underfed and
scantily clad, are riding from the
famine area in Such' a pitiable con
dition that the living children are
worse off than the dead,
Alienist Tells
of Conversation
Held With Burcl
Says Lawyers and Family At
tempting to "Railroad" Al
leged Slayer Burch "Pre
fers Asylum.to Hanging."
Los Angeles, Cal. Jan. 5. Dr.
Thomas J. Orbison, alienist, was un
der cross-examination by the defense
when court was resumed today for
the trial of Arthur C. Burch. charged
with the murder of J. Belton Ken
nedy. Dr. ' Orbison handed the de
fense a surprise when in reply to a
question asking him to rcpeat a con
versation he' had in the jail with
Burch,- he said .the defendant had
fold him he. preferred to j take his
chances of being- tried for insanity
rather than being' tried for murder.
The defense, which closed Tuesday,
was largely, predicated on a claim of
insanity, - -
Dr. Orbison- also- testified -iHaf
Burch said he would rather spend
10- years in an asylum than be
hanged.
Burch talked, the alienist testified,
of being released from, the murder
charge and permitted to return to his
home near Chicago with, his father.
He said, according to the witness,
that he thought that he could gradu
ally drop from public view and et
a new start in life, w-
The physician said he told Burch
that should he be found insane, he
might have to remain in an institu
tion in California -instead of being
placed in his father's custody. Cross
examination was continued after this
account of the conversation. "
When' questioned about different
conversations he had held with
Burch. the witness said Burch told
liim his "doctors, lawyers and family
were trying to railroad him to the
asylum." Dr. Orbison said he did not
consider this a delusion, because hs
believed it to be a fact. ,
"Do you think we are trying to
railroad him?" counsel for the de
fense asked.
"Yes, I do," Dr. Orbison answered.
50 Greek Sailors Die '
in Destroyer Blast
Athens, Jan. 5. (By A. P.) Fifty
bodies have, been recovered from the
Greek torpedo boat destroyer Leon,
anchored in the harbor of -Pireaus,
'which was wrecked yesterday by ex
plosion of a torpedo. The explosion
damaged nearby warships and caused
houses ashore to collapse,- killing a
number 6f J inhabitants. . :
, Athens, Jan.'. 5. Two .' officers ; of
the Greek torpadoboat destroyer
Leon were killed by the explosion of
a shell, on board at Pireaus yester
day, and two engineers of the de
stroyer Jerax, lying nearby, also were
killed, says the official account of the
accident. Several sailors also lost
their lives and two officers and sev
eral seamen and civilian on both
craft were slightly injured.
Man Arrested on Charge ;
of Holding Girl Prisoner
San Francisco, Jan. 5. Philip
Whitney, - 30, of Kansas Ctt3r, was
arrested by a detective today after
I the . police had received information
that he had held Mrs. Aland Hux
horn, 20, also of Kansas City, a pris
oner at various hotels and ; other
places in the city for three days,
much of the time at the point of a
pistol, in an attempt to force her
: to marrv him. A charee of threats
against life was placed against Whit
ney and he 'was released on $1,000
ball.
A Correction
Harry W. Woodward was not in
dicted by the federal grand jury
j Wednesday. Woodward's name ap
j pears with that of Curt J. Meitzen
i as copartner in the bankrupt Meit
; ren-Woodward Auto company. It
was reported through error in The
j Bee Thursday morning that Wood
; ward was indicted. Meitzen alone
j was accused m the true bill, charg
! ing unlawful concealment of assets
ol the defunct firm. -
Dail Will
Reject Pact,
Says Walsh
Pre Will "Win
.
jtjyo'' cll Dail,
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in
ucauiock, Aujourus.
Serious Fears Aroused
Dublin. Jan. 5. (By A. P.) The
Dail Eireann after holding brief
morning and afternoon sessions to
day without making further progress
in consideration of the Anglo-Irish
treaty adjourned late this afternoon
until tomorrow morning when it will
meet in private session to hear the
report of the unofficial committee
which Is trvinsr to find a basis upon
'which an agreement might be reached.
London, Jan. 5. (By A. P.)
J. J. Walsh, member of the Dail
Eireann is quoted in a Central News
dispatch from Dublin today as say
ing in a statement:
"I can definitely state that as the
position stands the treaty will be
defeated by at least two votes."
' "I take full responsibility for mak
ing that statement," continued
Walsh. "The decision will likely be
taken late tonight, and I feel that
it is of the greatest importance and
of vital interest for every constitu
ency to realize the exact position."
The Central News correspondent
savs other deputies who were quer
ied in regard to Walsh's statement
said they would not attempt to con
tradict it and that their manner of
saying so jcon firmed he serious fears
Dail Meets.
Dublin, Jan. 5. (By A. P.- The
Dail Eireanu met this morning and
immediately . adjourned until 3
o'clock this afternoon.
The adjournment was to give the
members an opportunity of discuss
ing the situation created by the pre
sentation of Eamon De Valera's al
ternative proposals. It was regarded
by many observers of the proceeding
proceedings as a hopeful sign that
some form of agreement might be
reached.
Rumors Flying.
One member of the Dail said
shortly . after tlie adjournment that
an effort would be made to reach
an agreement on the plan proposed
the other day by Michael .Collins
that the opponents of the treaty
should abstain from voting and per
mit thev treaty to pass. ,' , . ,
x ' Protests Letter.
. When the Dail met William Cos
zrave rose to protest against a let
ter he said ad been em n behalf
of the bum fcm.to a uuDiin ousir
ness house asking for the loan of
the; largest available union jack to
float beside the green flag over the
university building ' which the Dail
is now using, when the treaty, was
ratified. The Dail was in the uni
versity building by the courtesy of
the university of which Mr. De
Valera was chancellor, Mr. Cosgrave
pointed out. .
It was arg'ied by proponents of the
Collins plan that harmony could
thus be secured and that, the oppon-
, (Tarn to Vnx Two, Column Four.)
Hoover Asks 30 Ships
to Take Grain to Russia
rT Washington, Jan. 5. The Ameri
can relief administratipn has applied
to .the shipping board for 30 vessels
to carry grain to soviet 1 Russia in
order to avoid high rates demanded
by private American ship operators,
Secretary Ftoover said today.
At the shipping board office it was
said that the request from Secretary
Hoover would be immediately ap
proved. '
Offers 'for charters to Baltic ports
received yesterday by the buying
commission created ' by President
Harding to purchase grain for Rus
sian relief under the congressional
authorization appropriating $20,000,
000 were from $2 tb $2.50 a ton high
er than the same rates a week ago
and about $3 a ton higher than rates
offered by foreign ship operators to
the same ports, Mr. Hoover said.
Rail Unions to Consider
New Shop Rules January 9
Chicago, Jan. 5. The committee
of 100 of the- federated shop crafts
will meet in Chicago January 9 to
consider railroad shop rules recently
laid down bv the United States
railroad labor board. On its de
liberations will depend whether the
shop crafts unions will call a strike
in protest over the rules and the 12
per cent wage reduction of last July.
Mrs. Dauglierty's-Condition
Is Reported Satisfactory
Baltimore. Tan. 5. The condition
V
of Mrs. Harry M. Daugherty, wife of
the attorney general who underwent
zn operation at Jahns Hopkins hos
pital yesterday, was reported very
satisfactory this morning. ,
- Mrs. Daugherty has been at the
hospital the greater part of the time
during the last three months. .
Motor Sputters Wedding Strains
as Happy Pah' Married in Flivver
Fremont. Neb.. Jan. 5. Stanley
Eskilsen, son of Chris Eskilsen, Fre
mont contractor, and Miss Cecil
Seed of Aurora have the distinction
of having been married, in an auto
mobile. . - .
They wanted to elope and in their
haste forgot to reckon with the law.
They secured their-license at the
courthouse in Fremont. Stanley
borrowed lift father's car and. with
Cnpid at the wheel, sped to Arling
ton, Washington county. No one
thought of the illegalitr of the cer-
, tnony in Arlington with a Dodg:
Woman Tells Holdup
Error of Hit Way but
He Takes Bankroll
Chicago,
Ian. S. Mrs. Margaret
las been studying so
Ryan, who
ciology, remembered the teaching
contained m her book last
night when she encountered a
youth who was beat on holding her
up, Mrs, Ryan lectured the youth
severely,
"I'm shocked at you," she 'd
clsred, when the youth held a pis
tol in her direction. "A boy of yom
obvious breeding. What would your
mother say if she knew you were
out threatening people with a pistol?
You ought to be ashamed of youi
sclf, committing robbery and min
der like that. It's such things that
get a nice young fellow like you in
the jail."
"Can the chatter and kick in," ad
monished the youth, Mrs. Ryan
forgot herself at this point ana
boxed the youth's ears. She re
gretted her action when the youth
began to weep. As Mrs. Ryan was
apologizing for her hasty action, the
weeping youth grabbed ' her purse
containing $90 and ran.
China Delegates
Win Victory at
Arms Conference
Request for Removal of Tariff
Restrictions and Withdrawal
of Foreign Troops
Granted in Part.
Bjr Tho AMOrlated Pru.
Washington, Jan. 5. The powers
acceded in part today, to China's re
quest that foreign restrictions on its
tariff system be removed and that
steps be taken toward withdrawing
foreign troops from Chinese soil.
Under an agreement adopted n
the far eastern -committee of the
arms conference, an increase estimat
ed at $46,000,000 in Chinese customs
receipts is to be granted immediately
through modification of existing
treaties, and machinery is to be set in
motion for further increases wheu
they are warranted by reforms in
Chinese tariff administration.
By another resolution adopted, for-1
eign ambassadors at Peking will con
fer with Chinese officials, whenever
China so requests, relative to execu
tion of the declared purpose of the
powers to withdraw troops in each
case where conditions make it prac-
ticable. . . . , .
"Regarding the' troop declaration,
the Chinese delegates did not express
themselves at length, but they voiced
disappointment that the tariff settle
ment had not fixed a definite date'on
which . foreign supervision of th2
Chinese customs would be withdrawn
altogether.
--' "' " -. - -
Meeting Confined to Tariff.
The meetings of the committee, the
first since December 14, was devoted
to consideration of the tariff and
foreign troop proposals, the Chinese
finding no opportunity to press their
request that the "21 demands" con
troversy be brought into the confer
ence for review. ;fc '
- As a supplement to the tariff res
olution, the special subcommittee,
headed by Senator tjnderwood, rec
ommended adoption of a declara
tion advising China' to take "imme
diate and effective steps" to' reduce
its military forces. ; Maintenance of
"excessive" land armament, the sub
committee held, had seriously im
paired Chinese : domestic economy
and had become a difficult barrier
to the nation's restoration to finan
cial stability. The suggestion was re
ferred to a draft committee for re
vision, but indication tonight seemed
to point to its later adoption.
Benefit to China. .
In presenting the tariff revision
plan, under which China immediately
would have an "effective" 5 per cent
tariff rate instead of the virtual 3 .1-2
per cent in force, Senator Under
wood declared that the new arrange
ment tjot only would greatly benefit
China, but would be a long step
toward promotion of general- trade
and international peace in the far
east. -v ...
Dr. Koo, replying for the Chinese,
conceded that the agreement ' was
"valuable," but added that China
could only regard any continuation
of the present foreign control of tar
iff as -"an infringement of its sov
ereignty." He argued also that main
tenance of the foreign tariff control
system meant a continued handicap
to the opening of China to foreign
trade, contributed to low social and
political morale among the Chinese
and worked many injustices through
placing the interests of the several
powers above . those . of -the Chinese
republic. It was added that in acced
ing to the present plan, China espe
cially reserved the right to continue
its effort for complete tariff auto
nomy. . . . " " ' ".
Mail Guard Exonerated
for Wounding Man Near Car
, Washington. ' Jan. - 5. Private
Marcus M. Henson. a marine mail
guard who recently shot an J
wounded Otto H. Lambert, while he
was in the vicinity cf a mail car at
Breen Bay Junction, Wis., was ex
onerated today by Secretary Denby.
I county license until it was all over.
Not to be cheated or m doubt as
to their lawful state of matrimony,
they took Rev. W. H. Buss into their
car, secured the necessary witnesses,
and headed for the county line. . As
soon as they reached this side of the
dividing line the car was hcited.
White the flivver motor tried to
fputter the wedding strains from
Lohengrin. Rev. Mr. Buss pro
nounced the binding words for the
second time and once more the pair
promised to "love, honor and obey,"
but in an improvised parsonage oa
Farm Crop
Prices Key
toNormalcy
Farmer Are Market for All
Products but Have no Money
t to Buy Serious Condi
tion Faces Country.
Crops to Be Diversified
By PAUL GREER,
NUTf I'orrmpomlMil. Omaha Br.
Lincoln, Jan. 5. There are some
who have feared the farmer in poli
tics. There are some who have
feared him and his co-operative en
terprises. But in 'neither of these
ways was he half so much to be
feared as in his present role of en
forced self-sufficiency.
Even though successful in politics,
constitutional limitations would safe
guard the public from any great ag
gression, such as some business in
terests have feared. The local co
operative institutions, to the extent
that they reduced handling charges,
actually conserved the wealth of
rural communities. The only men
ace to business in general is the in
voluntary withdrawal of the farmer
as a purchaser.
Wants to Buy.
The farmer wants to buy. He and
his wife and children, without ex
travagance, need all the goods whose
manufacture and, sale would bring
about business as usual. - The whole
family could use new and better
clothing. Building materials for
fawn, improvements and new ma
chinery for use in the fields are other
wants. One of the best attended
meetings at the sessions of organ
ized agriculture being held at the
agriculture college is that of the farm
women. Their discussions are all of
the ordinary comforts which are com
mon in the cities. Home lighting
systems, washing machines, phono-!
graphs, sanitary devices, and all the
various labor-saving and health
promoting appliances these are their
desire. ' i
The farmer isn't buying. . lie can't.
He has come to believe " that he
bought too much when times were
flush. Until the prices of his prod
uce are adjusted on a parity with
the prices of other goods, he will be
unable to conic back into the con
suming market. This deprives man
ufacturers aud retailers of a great
part of the business which they ought
to be ' getting from a class which
constitutes 40 per cent of the popu
lation. . " ., ;
- ,,.i?triVti .
: It is tiiis that causes unemploy
ment in the cities. How this in turn
reacts upon agriculture was indicated
in an address by- Dean E. A. Bur
nett of the agricultural college. The
farmer's main problem is one of dis
(Torn to Pag Two, Column Two.)
Woman Now Leader
of Denver Strikers
Denver. Jail. 5. The future con
duct of the 'strike of the-packing
house workers in Denver now rests
in the'hands of a woman Miss Rose
Travison. The action of Judge C. J.
Morley of the district court yesterday
in sentencing the district president
and the local officers to jail for terms
ranging from.l to, 60 days for con
tempt of court brought about this
ftate of affairs. ' , - - -,
The sending of all of the officers of
the union to jail left the strikers,
about 200 in number, without an offi
cial leader to direct their daily meet
ings. Miss Travison. formerly an
employe of Swift & Co., previously
had served as an officer of the local
union and as a result of this service
now. is nominally the leader of the
striking workers. . '
Man Held in Los Angeles
Wanted for Double Murder
: Albuquerque, N. M., Jan. 5. Olin
Clark Walker, who was arrested yes
terday at Los Angeles, is wanted at
Gallup, N. M., in connection with the
murder of J. W. Blackwell, jr.. and
his wife; presumable on the night of
November 25. Their bodies, each
bearing a bullet wound, were found
on the front porch of their home on
the morning of November 26.
Walker is alleged to have been
seen with a large sum of money the
night before the finding of the bodies.
W. T. Christian, manager of a brick
plant where. Mrs. Blackwell worked,
said he had given her $200 to. deposit
in a bank on the day she was killed.
She did not deposit the money and
none was found on the body of either
Mrs. Blackwell or her husband.
Officers Held to Grand Jury
on Charge of Killing Man
Austin, Tex.. Jan. 5. Basset Mills,
federal prohibition enforcement
agent, and three other Austin
officers, charged with nrirder in
connection with the shooting.- De
cember 15. nf PppIoi- nvlnn
fejir. in an alley near the "Ku Klux
Klan hall" here, waived examining
trials today and were bound over
to the February grand jury.
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i Man- Accused of Slavms -
Daugnter to Get rreedom
Madison. Wis.. Jan. 5. Although
Superior Judtse Dane today held that
sufficient evidence had been submit
ted to warrant a fourth degree man
slaughter charge. Martin Lcmberger.
held in connection with the death of
his 7-year-old daughter. Anne, the
nieht of Sentember 5. 1Q1K U rr.'l
pected to be freed Mcnday under the
six-year statute of limitations.
I Back to Prewar Price '
j Cincinnati. Jan. J. Beginning to-.
i morrow, bread will be sold here at
j the prewar price of 5 cents for a
1 16-ounce loaf, it was announced tv
i day by the manager of a chain of
i grocery stores.
Governor Gives Out ,
Final Score in Vote
on Special Session
Lincoln, Jan. 5. (Special.) Gov
ernor McKelvie gave his final score
today on the special legislative ses
sion and measures to be presented. It
follows:
Special session: 41 for; 9 against;
42 noncommittal.
Change in guarantee law: 52 for;
5 against; 34 noncommittal.
Gasoline tax: 38 for; 18 against; 7
undecided; 28 noncommittal.
Reduction $1,000,000 in 1922 ap
propriations. 44 for; none against; 43
noncommittal.
Bryan Terms to
Aid Hitchcock
Are Outlined
State Ownership and "Dry'
Planks Necessary to Unite
Democracy LoeFca6t
Not Attractive Bait.
Lincoln. Jan. 5. (Special.) If
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock ex
pects the support of a united democ
racy in his contest for rc-elcctiori,
he may have it on terms laid down
by "Brother Charley" Bryan and
other leaders of the progressive wing
of his party, but not otherwise.
Furthermore, Hitchcock demo
crats who are trying to stage a get
together love-feast at Omaha Jan
uary 14 will have to do it without
the presence , of C. W. Bryan and
other leading Bryaiutcs. They won't
be there.
These interesting bits of informa
tion came from an " authoritative
source today. They constitute the
first forecast of progressive democ
racy's plans for 1922. They indicate
that William J, Bryan's removal to
Florida has' not taken the "fight"
out of his faction of the democratic
party in Nebraska.
Price of Support.
The price of Bryan support' of
Hitchcock, according to the demo
crat who talked today-and he has
had a hand in Bryan medicine-mixing
more than once will be Hitch
cock's acquiescence , in a state plat
form which calls for strict enforce
ment of prohibition without altera1'
tion of the present restrictions and'
state cncouragenient" of public own
ership in various directions.- Exist
ing economic conditions and the
woman's vote are counted -upon by
the Bryanites to win. the fight and
force Hitchpock ,to un-'on such a
platform. ' , . , ,
.- In the meantime, Bryanites do not
propose tp be tricked into any seem
iug support of Hitchcock by a "love
feast." C. W. Bryan refuses to state
what he witt do on Januray 14, but
his friends say: , .
"Charlie probably will be busy in
Lincoln that day." , ' . . ;
' Butler for Congress.
In short, the Bryan, program in
national and -state politics this-year
will be the same as in the past
formulation of progressive national
and state issues and an invitation to
prospective democratic candidates to
accept and support them. If such
candidates do not, Byran followers
will seek to put their own candidates
in the running.
C. y. Bryan's friends' here assert
that City Commissioner Dan Butler
of Omaha wotrldmake a much bet
ter tandidate for congress in the
Second district than for governor.
They insist that Bryan, with his
municipal coal yard project in hand
and plans for other public ownership
projects for the state at large in- the
making, is the logical candidate for
governor.
Strange Malady Found ;
in Greeley County
Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) Five cases of a strange malady
of a mild and not serious nature
have been treated at the St. Francis
hospital in this city. They are called
sporotrichosis and it is claimed that
123 cases in former German colonies
in Africa and 73 cases in the United
States comprise the number known
to science in 1893 the German health
department appointed . a commission
of scientists to investigate a new disr
ease, apparently blood or tissue, ap
pearing among the settlers of her
African colonies and these found that
the disease started below the finger
nails, due to a scratch or thorn, ai;
infection being thus carried to the
lymphatics where, in. about six 7eks,
small nodules, similar to buckshot,
became visible. All the five cases
came from Greeley county and are at
tributed to contact with some dried
vegetable matter. . , ,
Bidding at Government
Wool Auction Spirited
. Boston, Jan. 5. Bidding was spir
ited throughout the governent wool
auction today, when the government
offered 8,000,000 pounds, mostly low
grade wools. Every pound offered
was s61d. The wools went largely to
dealers although some manufactur
ers, including the American; Woolen
company, were buyers,
! P-rices showed an advance of 20
I t0 25 Per cent on the average, as
compared with the previous sale in
ear,y December. The strength of the
' saic inaicaies ine growing scarcity
01 available wool
The Weather
Forecast.
Friday Fair with rising tempera
ture.
Hourly Temperatures.
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TaxFavored
by Fanners
Committee From Farm Buremi
Endorses Plan Lowtr
Salaries Urged and Farm
Bloc Praised.
Governor's Talk Effective
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Lincoln, Jan. 5. (Special Tele
gram.) The plan for a tax on gaso
line was endorsed tonight by t:e
committee of the Farm Bureau fed
eration to which it was referred. The
favorable report will be laid before
the state convention of the farm
bureau tomorrow, at which more
than iO.OOO Nebraska farmers are
represented. It also is urged that
salaries of public officers in state,
county and local offices be. reduce;!
to prewar figures.
This action w!as taken after Gov
ernor McKelvie had appeared lx:foie.
the convention and explained that
the gasoline tax would relieve gen
eral property of $1,000,000 in taxes
and reduce the state' levy 10 per
cent. The argument that tourist"! '
should be made to pay some of t!-e
cost of road upkeep, and the slate;-,
ment'that this was npt to be an ex
tra tax, but was to replace present .
ones and lower them, appealed to
the farmers. '
Democratic Leader Dissents.
'The committee on taxation had
for its chairman C, J. Jones of Col
fax county. The other members
are: Lewis Anderson, Nance: O. O.
Johnson, Sheridan; E. R. Fuchser.
Saunders; E. T. Woodard, Thaye.v
and Walton L. Purdy, Madison. Mr.
Purdy, who is a prominent demo
crat, dissented from the majority re
port on the belief that the tax would
overlap. The other members mai".
tain that their recommendation that -the
gasoline tax should not become
effective until July 1, does away with
any possible duplication, since per
sonal and property taxes extend
only to that time. The committee
also accepted the governor's offer to "
exempt gasoline used1 in stationary
engines and tractors. .
The committee report - also en
dorses the farm bloc in congress for
iis success in maintaining a compar
atively high surtax on large incomes,
condemns proposals for a sales tax
and opposes the Nolan single ta.
bill in congress. , It pronounces fo
a constitutional amendment which
will make all incomes subject to fed
eral incomes, regardless -of source,
this being an attack bn the further
issuance of tax-exempt securities.
Youngs Will Retire.
The state convention of the Farm
Bureau federation will close tomor
row. Elmer F. Youngs, a noted
Hereford breeder of Lexington, has
announced his business will lrevi.
him serving another term.-.-Among
the possibilities as his successor, E.
Y. Thompson of West Point bulks
large, as does also F. C. Crocker of
Filley. - ,
The keynote of the convention thus
far is that the farmers are in a fight
for their homes against unfavorable
exchange rates which force them to
(Tnrnto Tmg Two, Column Six.)
Five Bandits Kill
Bank President
Seize $12,000 Pay Roll in ChT-.
cago Suburl Wound Two .
in Gun Fight. '
Chicago," Jan. , 5. John SofTcl,
president of the May wood State
baiilc, was shot and killed and Louis
Sweeny, chief of police of the suburb,
and Arthur Benson, a bank messen
ger, were wounded. today when five
bandits robbed . them of a $12,000
payroll . for the Maywood plant of
the American Can company.
The bandits did not give tle
hanker and his two guards a chance
to hold up their hands. They ordere. I
the pay roll ' car to stop, and as i
came to a halt opened fire, killiiig
Soffel almost instantly. .
Chief Sweeney was shot under the
right arm and Benson in the side.
The latter's injuries are serious. . -
The holdup occurred two block-
from the bank and the' robbers
escaped in an automobile.
Chief Sweeney said he was shot as
the bank messenger guided the auto
mobile tc a stop and that Benson
was the second to fall. . Mr. Soffc:
stood up and attempted to draw his
revolver when he was shot dead.
Sweeney, despite his wound, ran to
the bank two blocks away and turn?
in the alarm. Chicago police des
patched three rifle squads and placrd
guards on all roads from Maywood.
Minister Turns Table oft'
Devil With Auto Truck
North Andover, Mass., Jar.. 5.
'tBy A P.) Clergymen who haw
charged the automobile was the caus?
cf small congregations were invited
today by Rev. E. J. Prescott, Uni
tarian pastor to desist their attacks
and turn the tables on the devil.. To
gasoline, Mr. Prescott said, he at
tributed much of the success of. his
thriving Sunday school.. Seated at
the wheel of a big truck and followed
by a fleet of touring cars, he obeys
the biblical injunction by going out
into the highways and byways every
Sunday and bringing to his school
children within a radius of seven
miles.
Wymore School Head
Is Arrested for Skating
Wymore. Neb.. Jan. 5. (Special.)
M. L. Rawlings who operates an
ice plant, has filed complaint against
E. M. Short, superintendent of the
Wymore schools for skating on ice
in Indian creek, leased by Mr. Raw
lings. - -
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