THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1022.
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Congress Given
Fords Proposal
oiiMusclcSIioal
Veekt UgeU Amrudinrnt
tin Contratt Saji Develop
ment of Project Would
Give Work to Many,
Waihiiitgon, Feb. 2. Henry
fd'i propf wl for the government
ojecii si Mude ShoaU, AU., at
hbmittfj ! today to cmiirrii by
rngrc mty timn appropriate,
i Die only tuiwetiuii contained i
; It Iritrr o( tinmiioa rcUted to
I Ucilie cliute in the contract and
e deiubiity o( amendment
! 'liirh auld. in ttic event the pro
!! be accepted by congreM .ur
i rr lifeguard tb eovernment'i in
j reti.
IQtlierwue. the KvreUry of war
1 refullv avoid reference to congre
n! iriinn invfjlvinp the ultimate
Weptance or rejection oi the otfer
tubmitted,
Dam Should B Completed.
i"In the event (r. Ford' proposal
accepted, he declared, ."the gov
eimeiit mu?t make rew approprw
nt amountine to $40,000,000 to
0.00(1.00(1. of wliieh Mr. Ford will
ve the benefit for approximately
0 year at 4 per cent.
In the event the offer he rejected,
fjecretary give it a hi "opinion
t dam No. 2 (Vilon dam) hould
completed by the government,
d that the power requirement for
mmercial nurpojej. the benefits to
ligation, at well as the possible
ed of the government would war
it this expenditure."
'If thii were done." he continue.
t eovernment may iiself under
it to sell the product to the best
wntiffe. In such case the amount
the government' proposed invest-
nt would be very materially re
iced, became dam No. 3. costing
m S18.00(MX to 5.'5.UW,UW,
uld not be built, and it would not
necessary to make the full in
llaiion of power plant on the Wil
i dam until the market required
:h installation.
Qaestion of Unemployment.
Thi partial installatkn,n he ex
ins, "would effect a saving of pres
; investment in at least the sum
$3,000,000, leaving:, according to
chief of engineers' estimate, not
exceed $22,000,000 to be invested
the government at this time tn-
kd of $40,000,000 to $50,000,000."
rhe question of unemployment is
ugnized a a factor to be consid
d by congress fn connection with
treatment of the Muscle shoals
stion.
At thi time."' he points out.
hen there i a large amount of un
ploytnent, h is not without impor
ce to consider the advantage to
j nation of the employment of the
$e amount of labor required in un
making this development. I,
jrefore, urge that congress give
,Iy consideration to this matter, I
only to settle a controverted
;-stioi, but to furnish employ-1
tat on a'large scale." .
gricultural Meet
Success, Says Updike
(Continued trm re l
ibid a rump convention at another
jtl. One thing they expected was a
ft against the farm bloc. Their
s were dispelled when my com
tee presented a resolution praising
stolid of President Harding for
iedying farm conditions, endors-
what had been done by congress
to date along these lines, and com
. iding the work of the members
' he farm bloc. The signs of trouble
i disappeared, and the action was
nhnous. A'l anyone claims for
; agricultural bloc in congress is
t it has a right to exist in self-de-&e,
because . other interests have
r blocs, too. '
Leaders on Committee,
he committed on agriculture and
relations, ot which Mr.
like was a member, had as chair
i, E. B. Cornwall, who runs a
tj and poultry farm and is presi-
t of the Vermont Dairymen s as-
ation. Other members were C.
Raymond and J. B. Bartholomew
Illinois, one owner of many large
Ins and the other connected -with
Avtry Implement company as
as being a farmer, and B. E.
iney,- an Arkansas rice grower
head of a fanners' organization
re. .Henry A. Wallace, son ot
secretary of agriculture.- and
or ot a larm magazine m lovva
another. David Friday,' a noted
tiomist, recentty chosen, president
Michigan agricultural . college,
Professor King of the Univer
of Pennsylvania- composed the
tisticians. The committee of 17
rpfrspntcd bv L. I. Tabcr of
i In. and organized labor bv Samuel
tapers, president of the American
.eration or Labor. .
Co-Operation Is Urged. .;-.'
I found Mr. Gompers a very
kenial man," said Mr,, Updike.
p would endorse in no way any
Motion to lower the " price Of
br. Keep wages whert they are
advance everything up to that
dard; is his idea. He signed the
hrt of the committee along with
rest.
fitrong support developed in the
icrence for co-operation, it was
bed that the tendency toward
Operative effort was in the right
etion, and tnai proper manage-
t was very important among
fciers as m .any otner ousiness.
Iciency must be secured and the
fe toi start is in. the home com-
litv. There seems to be no ques-
but that the most successtul
are those localized in their ac
ies. ' '' ': ' '.
The conference closed with the
ef that President Harding, Sec-
.ry Wallace and congress want
take any steps needed to reme
agricultural conditions. There
c those who" predicted if would
;rmine whether the! destiny' of
nation was to be controlled by
1 cast but 'the program and
bmmendations coma nearer link-
on lhese two fundamental ele-
jits on a broad national scale."
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In this rooin, shewing the seats
and individual canopies, the 57 cardi
nals expected to attend the conclave
F'ebruary I will deliberate and cast
their votes.
Cardinals Meet
to Name Successor
lo Pope Benedict
Conclave of Sacred College
Gathered in Home to Select'
New Pontiff IJegins
Sittiues.
Rome. Feb. 2.-(By A. P.) The
conclave of the bacrcd college which
to choose a- uccessor to Pops
Benedict XV beuan its sittings today
The 52 cardinals who are in Rome-
a
-loii
to in Sammora Fcdj&ctm
meuin D. CvtL
First Field Day
of Presbyterians
Held in 'Omaha
Dr. !weiirin('n, Moderator of
General .emlil), S)i
1921 Year of Dinlhuion.
ment.
, The tirit field day ct the l'rebyte.
ran synod ot .Nebula ana western
oh gpened yeoterday in Omaha
with an atteudanre of nearly luO
iiiinUter at the Fir.t l're.bvtciin
church. Thirty-fourth and Farnam
4aA jijii
Lw iyV:
I i.v,..' As!
and
the
went into seclusion - last night
when the great oak barrier, at
entrance of the court' yard of St
Camaso was closed they were cut oft
from communication with the out
side world until their task was done.
The first ballot will probably not
be taken until Friday morning.
The balloting is not expected to
consume more than two days, anj
the next pope, in the concensus of
opinion in Vatican circles, will com?
from among the moderate section-of
the Sacred college. ' Neither the
"irreconcilables" nor the "peace
party" which favors closer relation1;
with the Italian government, is
Understood to have a chance to elect
its candidate, the moderates holding
the balance of power.
Crowds Gather.
Crowds gathered today in St.
Petersburg square to watch for the
tell tale smoke wreaths from the
chimney of the Sistine chapel, where
the conclave sits. A ballot is taken
on the morning and evening of each
day the conclave is in session and
lhese smoke puffs are the only, indi
cation to thef watchers . as .to the
piogress made. When no election
is effected a little straw is burned
with the voting papers, causing the
smoke to assume a dark color. When
a choice is finally made the ballots,
burning alone,- emit -a thin wisp of
fight smoke.
Until the election the only com
munication between the approxi
mately ,250 persons in the Vatican
and theoutside is through the 'Vota,"
or turning box at the entrance of the
court yard, and such communica-;
tions as arc made in this way, are
not allowed to come to the attention
of the cardinals. - Penalty, for viola
tion of this searecy is excommunica
tion. Monsignor Mahoney, spiritual
director of the' American college, has '
gone ' to Naples to meet Cardinal
O'Connel, archbishop of Boston, who
is a passenger on the steamship Prts-.
ident Wilson, which, steamship offi
cials say here, is not due until Satur
day. As in 1914, when Pope
Benedict was elected, Cardinal
O'Connel may arrive in Rome too
late to participate in the conclave.
Menus for Three Days.
The confidence that the conclave
would be of short duration is shared
by Cardinal Gasparri, who, in mak-
ing provisions yesterday for the sus
tenance of the cardinals, only pro
vided menus for today, tomorrow and
Saturday. '
As the conclave convened . it ap- 1
peared that the "irreconcilables"
headed by Merry Del Val and the
"peace party" under Gasparri could
each count on about 20 votes, the re- :
maining 12 constituting th? moderate
section.-. The candidate of Merry
Del Val's group was said to be Car- j
dinal La Fontaine, while either Car
dinals Gasparri, Maffi or Ratti was
said to be acceptable to those favor
ing rapprochement with the quirinat.
Cardinal Laurenti was mentioned as ;
a candidate who might be put for
ward by the moderates and fully sat- j
isfy both factions. ., Cardinal Marini
has influenza and will be unable toi
attend the conclave. j
The attendance as restricted to !
the cardinals, the officers of the ;
Swiss guards and the members of j
the Vatican houschoIC
- ' (I'urirto ft AlUlitlu rhoto)
On a ballot like this above the cardinals assembled to elect a supreme
pontitf will mark their choice. After each vote without decision the bat-
lots arc burned. ' (
Table Land Has a ' "
, Million in Potatoes
, (Conllnuril from I'f Ibi)
ranchman has just returned from
there after contracting for 4.500 head
of yearling steers to be delivered in
May.
The shortage of cattle is the same
throughout the sandhills country,
more than 150 miles toward Broken
Bow and Long Pine. This is the
aftermath of the deflation by which
ranchman were- compelled to ship a
great deal of immature stock in or
der to liquidate their debts. The War
Finance corporation got under way
too late to prevent this shortage.
Even so, the situation is considered
promising, '
'. There will be an enormous calf
crop this spring, and in three years
the usual'-beef supply will be on
hand. To explain' this', rapid build
ing up of herds it is" only necessary
to cite one rancher with -600 cows
who expects 500 calves by spring.
Diversified Farming. - ' '
"Give us three years without 'a fall
in cattle prices, even if they stay at
the present level, and the ranchmen
will be satisfied," said Dr.'H. A.
Cropsey, who besides being a ranch
man, is president of the First .State
bank in -Alliance.
"By diversifying our agriculture
we have fhe whole state skinned this
year. Any district that raises only
wheat or corn will find that one bad
year can almost break it."
Hogs are another source of wealth
for this county. The manager of the
rarmers union elevator said that
an average of three loads a day is
being shipped to the Omaha stock
yards, A shipment from the Farm
ers' union recently topjjed the mar
ket. I his is not a com growing
country, although -thi' small acreage
averaged from 15 to 25 bushels an
acre. A carload of corn recently im
ported from Grand Island to feed to
hogs cost 47 cents a bushel when .the
freight was added.
Fortune in Potash, .
The sandhill region is dotted. with
small lakes. During the war a for
tune in potash ,was obtained from
them. The re-entry of German com
petition has .left this industry with
nothing more than hone in a new and
cheaper process of -extraction that is
being experimented -with. However,
these lakes serve a number of other
purposes. It is said that trappers
have 'obtained somewhere near $4,
000,000 worth of . muskrat hides in
Nebraska. One man came in from
a ranch' recently and asserted that he
had obtained 1,000 muskrat .hide?
from his land, and that he bad re
fused an offer of $1.55 per hide ',-"?; .;'
About these ponds there ' groK(f
grass which supplies nay tor'tne
ranches. Alfalfa and sweet clove?
re being planted in some of' these
valleys. - For the second year cattle1
have been brought in Irom the sand
hills and put in feed lots on the" table
land. This in a practice that , mav
spread until large numbers of grass
cattle are finished right at home. '
. Profit in Potatoes. '- '
Alliance is part of the real west.
Wyoming is not far off. The people
oc the streets do not appear to be
as well dressed as m some of the
uiral communities to the eastward.
They are not ashamed of patched
clothing, nor was anyone seen try
ing to imitate the latest modes. Rail
road men who have been laid off for
some time, of course, have their rea
sons for thrift and so have farmers.
Some of these made a good profit
on their potatoes, the result, de
pending chiefly on the amount pro
duced per acre. The cost of pro
duction is .generally .conceded to be
$40 per acre, and the average yieH
fcQ bushels. Those who sold at 55
cents or are selling at 60 cents a
bushel evidently did not profit. But
the general price, on account of the
demand for seed,; has .ranged
about $1. , v . -'.'-;'
One farmer made double the aver
age production on a quarter section i
Another, with &Z5 acres, five miles
from town, averaged 125 bushels to
fhe acre. He managed to sell them
at an average of $1.25 a bushel, net.
This was a return of $156.25 per
acre, or, taking out $40 for the cost
of production, a profit of $116.25 an
jacre. He paid $150 an acre for hi:.
place. On the whole farm he made
an income of more than $36,000.
However, this is an exception. No
one can claim that the ordinary farm
er is -getting ahead at any such rate
in Nebraska or anywhere else.
Well-Known Movie
Director Murdered
(Continued from rat Oa)
for this man when Mr. Taylor's'
house again was entered, suits and
articles of jewelry taken.
It was after this second robbery
that Mr. Taylor received a letter. It
read:
"Dear Mr. Taylor: So sorry to
inconvenience you, even temporarily,
also observe the lesson of the forced
sale' of assets. Signed
"ALIAS JIMMY V."
1-rom Miss Normand and other
persons the police learned that Mr.
Taylor had often expressed fear that
some time this man would returu and
do him- bodily barm.
Listed as "Murder Mystery."
The police are not, however, bas
ing their investigation now on the
theory that the thief was the slayer.
Instead they at present list it as a
"mnrder mystery."
The slayer evidently committed the
crime about 8 or 9 last niitht. It was
at that time that Douglas MacLean,
motion picture star, and his wife,
who live next door, say they heard
the sound of one pistol shot. Police
also believe that the slaying occurred
at that time because of the opinion
expressed by the deputy coroner that
the man had been dead fop more
thaii 10 hours when the body was
found.
The last person who saw Taylor
alive, with the exception of the as
sassin, was Miss Mabel JVormand,
film star. She visited him at his
home last night. She arrived at the
house, shortly before 7, she said. Her
statement to Detective Sergeants
Winn and Murphy follows:
"I had my chauffeur drive out to
Mr. Taylor's home last evening, as
we had a number of business matters
to discuss. I should nidge that I
arrived there a little before 7. It
was while I was there that we again
discussed the case of a man who
had been in Mr. Taylor's employ and
who stole from him. .
Planned to Prosecute.
"I asked Mr.. Taylor what he in
tended doing with the man if he
was . captured and he said that he
would see that the man was prose
cuted. We then discussed a certain
scenario that I had written and a
scenario that a friend of mine had
written.
"While we were talking, William
Peavey, Mr. Taylor's butler, was
moving about in the two rooms. It
was then, also, that Mr. Taylor told
me that William was in some lit
tle trouble. He said that his servant
iiad been arrested on a charge of
vagrancy and that he had been-iorced
to go down to the police station and
deposit $200 bail for him.
', "He said that he intended appear
ing, in police court at 3 this after
noon and said he would do what he
could to aid his servant if he was
convinced that the1 man was not
guilty. But he said that if Peavey
had been guilty of doing any wrong
that he would be forced to discharge
him.
' Promised to Call.
"After we had discussed a few
other, trifling matters Mr. Taylor
asked me if I would remain to have
dinner with him. I excused myself
and told him that I must hurry to my
home. He then asked me if he might
visit me later that night, and I told
him I should ' be glad if he would
come over to my house. He promised
to call me on the telephone some
time about 9. . .
"Mr. Taylor then accompanied me
from his house to my automobile. My
chauffeur, William Davis, was seated
in the machine and heard Mr Tyalor
bid me goodnight. Mr. Taylor and
I we're talking when J saw Peavy
leave' the house. He spoke to all
of us and bid us goodnight. We
talked for a few minutes longer and
Mr. Taylor turned and went toward
his house and my machine moved
away. I have not seen him since.''
-No Response to Rings.
It was at midnight that Miss Edna
Purviance, who resides in the houe
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streets. The aembly is for a gen
eral survey of church conditions and
missionary work, preliminary to
Inancial campaign in March.
Dr. II. C Swearingen of St Paul,
Minn., moderator of toe general as
tembly, opened the field day at 10
with a prayer. Other prominent
attendants are: Dr. W. H. Foulkvs
of New York, general secretary of
i ne iew tra movement: Mrs. u. W.
Williams of Portland, Ore., head of
the Women Board of Missions, and
Miss Mable Shieblcy of New York,
assistant general secretary of the
Women's Board of Foreign Missions.
Church Enters Diplomacy.
Dr. Swearingen, principal speaieer
at the afternoon conference, said
this morning:
One of the most hopeful gienj o;
the times is that we seem to be
recognizing Christianity as a true
factor in international affairs. Christ
ianity has fought its way slowly into
fields of ' human activity and !s
juft beginning to come into its own
in diplomacy. If the church had dc
lined its faith as applied to the conr
non concerns of nations 100 years
go, there would have been no world
war.
Year of Disillusionment.
"The year 1921 will be known as
the year of . disillusionment. .. The
war closed In 1918; tn 1919 we tried
to make a treaty on the basis of war
antagonisms, only to find it failing
later. The year 1920 was the hectic
year baiioon prosperity, sky-high
prices, profiteering, extravagance and
a general jazzing of life. But 1921
brought a change. We learned that
the world can get on only by co
operation.
At the banquet in the First Pres
byterian at 6 last night Dr. Foulkes
was to be the principal speaker. Mrs.
Williams and Dr. Foulkes were to
address the .assembly at 8, which
closed tke field day.
adioiniiifir Mr. Tavlor's on the wnl
..u.,t.. DV.I.V. Jl L 1,111V, bill.
said, she noticed that the lights were
burniug in Mr. Taylor's house.' -
She went to the door, she said, and
rang the bell and knocked upon the
door. When she failed to secure
a response she returned to her home,
believing Mr. Taylor had left the
house after forgetting to turn off
the switch.
As detectives, reconstruct the mur
der scene, they believe that the slayer
opened the door a few minutes after
Miss Normand had left. '
Scarlet Fever fepidemic
. Takes Victim at Stella
Stella, Neb., Feb'. 2. (Special.)
F.dith Irene Race, 4, is the first vic
tim of a scarlet fever epidemic that
has been raging on farms in this
vicinity for. several weeks. Her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Race, a younger sister, and
her aunt, Miss Hazel Race, have all
been confined with the disease. Fu
reral services were held in the home,
Elder. Sapp standing in the doorway
to preach the' sernvm. . ' '
The cupola 'school, of which Miss
Gladys Ray is teacher, has been
ordered closed' in an effort to check
the epidemic. .
Fremont Carpenter Is
Injured in 16-Foot Fall
Fremont, Neb., Feb. 2. (Special.)
John Davis, carpenter, is in the
hospital with four broken ribs and
other painful injuries following a 14
foot fall from a scaffold. Davis was
nailing up laths in the new Meth
odist church being erected here,
when he accidentally stepped on the
end of a plank and was hurled to
the hardwood floor belovv. Davis
was unconscious when picked np.
Internal injuries are feared at the
hospital.
Byrum Outlines
Platform in Race
for Governor
Primary Candidate Favor
Curtailmetit of School to
Permit Tax Cut WoulJ .
Keep Code.
Lincoln. Ftb. 2-(Special.)-A. If.
I!) rum ef Bloomington; candidate
for republican nomination for gov
trnor. itturd a statement today out
lining hit platform. Briefly ft if: -
Endorsement of code government
but advocating that elective . state
officer Ule places tf crrtaiu ap
pointive rode department now di
recti reipoiiiible to the governor.
Tut budget teni in chrg of
Irgiklaturt, have legislature appoint
a budget couuitiio(itr and let !!
Ulure check up at its biennial meet,
lugf on prt.poi.e4 expenditure.
Extend Budget Syttem.
,Th budget lyMeni iii operation,
lit this time force expending ageif
cir to outline rxpendiimei proponed
for aet quarter to the governor.
Initial budget system irt' county,
city, village and sdiool ditrict gov
eminent and make torat 'officials'
personally responsible for .money ex
pcuJcd by them in exert of'ium
appropriated for their u.e.with im
prisonment ai an alternative,
Restrict Curriculum
. Cut common tcbool expenditure
by reiiricting curriculum ti pracii
cl ftibjrt't. M'
Cut high tihool expenditure y
t mpluyiiig fewer teacher and Mgn
inir nmre Undent to r.Ji itiitruetor,
Keduiing expenditure (or public
improvement. ,
Cut mUiic of elective tat M li
cet j, mprrine court Justice and Jl
district judge 2d per cent.
l ight for reduction of ceuniv,
city and school expenditure which,
be say, take 85 per cent of the Ne
tratka tax dollar.
St liirk Diphtheria Tet o
he Given In Norfolk School
Norfolk, Neb,, Feb. 2-(Srril
Telegram.) An outbreak of d'ph
theru in thi. tJrant school here re.
suited in the announcement by the
school nure that about 5M pupil i f
the school will be siven the Krhlrk
diphtheria tet.
Injunction Issued
Against Men Charged
With Robbing Bank
Detroit, Feb. 2. An injunction,
restraining four alleged robbers from
disposing of $12,278 stolen in the
holdup of the Halfway State bank
of Halfway, Mich., December 2, was
issued in circuit court today at the
instance of the United States Fi
delity and Guaranty company.
.The bank already had. been reim
bursed for its loss, the company told
the court. .
The defendants are John Higgins,
Nicholas Lambrecht, Russell Lutes
and Charles Minchella. Lambrecht is
under a 25-year prison sentence for
robbing a Canadian mail truck here
last October, '
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Why Not Knit
One Yourself
Because handknit things
are especially smart this
spring and a bright col
ored sweater worn with
a leather belt or a dark
sweater with a gay sash
would never be amiss. .
Spring yarns have arrived
and come in all the new
est bright and dark
shades. Instructions as to
the whys and wherefores
of making one are offered
free of charge if the ma
terials are purchased
here.
Second Floor
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Imported Swiss and English Organdies
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