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OMAHA, SATURDAY, FKBKUARY 4, 1922.
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Beet
May
Be Reduced
Equal Tonnage ou Less Arre
age Diversified Farming
Answer" to Price
Slump.
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By PAUL GREER.
Scottsbluff. Neb., Feb. 3. (Sne
ciaL) A new country frequently has
more problems to solve than have es
tahlished communities. The railroad
did not reach here until 1900, and the
firt big irrigation ditches were con
pleted only in 1W6, although an ex
periment had been attempted 30
years before. There are now 300.000
acres under irrigation in the North
I'latte valley, with 200.000 acres
more to be opened up by a new ditch
within two years.
The four sugar refineries at Scotts
bluff. Gering. Mitchell and Bayard.
recently have completed their run of
beets, and the growers are awaiting
the setting of the price for the crop
to he planted this spring. Business
men are watching, too, for there is a
general impression that unless relief
is given through the tariff, the con
tracts by which the sugar company
ensues to take all the beets raised
on a specified number of acres will
be set at $5 a ton. A duty ot I cents
on imported sugar, it is estimated
would increase the price of sugar
beets $2 a ton.
Acreage May Br. Cut.
This would give the same price as
last year. 57 a ton, as compared witn
$12 in 1920 and $5.65 before the war.
VfOn an average, 10 tons of beets are
" obtained to the acre. One Morrill
county farmer, by practising rota
, tion, doubles this acreage. Last year
64,000 acres were planted to beets,
but unless the price bf sugar goes
up, the area will be smaller this year.
Many competent observers con
' sider that a reduction in the beet
acreage would be a good thing. Al
though, $4,480,000 was paid for the
,tast crop, $1,408,000 went for farm
labor, Then, too, without a rest
from producing the same crop year
after year, the soil will lose its
fertility. So, the aim of many of the
best farmers is to raise about the
same tonnage of beets on a smaller
acreage and turn to dairying, potato
growing and wider diversification. -
The most promising thing in this
iralUu i. thi . turn toward mote in
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telligent production, a numoer
Wmrrs are keeointr cost accounts
and their results are being- collected
bv Phil Sheldon, county agricultural
agent. As a result, instead of ship
ping in vegetables from Colorado,
.the district soon will be supplying
itself. This is one of the best pickle
regions iu America, and a great cast
ern company maintains vats for salt
ing down cucumbers at Scottsbluff,
"Minature and Mitchell. .
'" , Creamery Pays $200,000.
The1 creamery here paid $200,000
to farmers for butterfat last year.
On account of "the distance from
(Ton to Tnga Five, Column Two.)
"Third Party" Conference
Starts Conflicting Stories
Howell for Senator and Wray for Governor Endorse
ments Are Reported by Nonpartisan Attorney
G. 0. P. Committeeman Must Resign Present
, ' Post First, Chairman Edmisten.Declares.
The progressive' party, Nebraska's
new "third party," was responsible
yesterday for two directly conflict
ing bits of political newt of first
clas importance.
Following a conference of several
members of the party at Lincoln,
these contradictor announcements
were made:
That party leaders would in
dorse Arthur G. Wray of York as
the progressive nominee for gov.
ernor and R. B. Howell of Omaha,
already a candidate for the repub
lican nomination for United States
senator, as the progressive nom
inee for senator.
That the meeting adjourned
without decision, influential mem
bers of the party insisting that
Howell not be indorsed unless he
subscribe to the entire progressive
party program, some even de
manding that he resign his posi
tion as republican national com
mitteeman. Ardent Supporter of Howell
C. A. Sorenson, publisher of the
party's weekly, newspaper and for
mer attorney of the Nonpartisan
league, was authority for the first
statement. J. H. Edmisten. chair
man of the party, sponsored the sec
ond. Mr. Edmisten declared that
Mr. Sorenson was not present at the
meeting.
According to the Sorenson version,
the conference first wanted to agree
upon Wray a a Candidate fur tl
senate, with J. N. Norton of Polk
county a it Tandiuaie lor cover
nor. This plan was Mocked by
Norton s refusal to 'consider the
proposition, He is head f the Ne
braska Farm bureau n declared
that he did not want to be in a do
tion which milit tend to involve the
bureau in politics.
Erinuten's ver.ion agrees with
Sorenson't only to the extent that
both agree a meeting was held, r.d
misten declares that the conference
was not official and reached no de
eision, official or otherwise., Wray
Norton, F. L. Bollen and several
others were present.
"The progressive party is not
ready at this -Urne to indorse Mr.
Howell, said Edmisten Ut evening
He intimated further that Howell
must subscribe to the entire pro
gressive party platform before n
would be indorsed.
Says Howell Must Resign.
W. H. Green of Omaha, secretary
of the party knew nothing of the
meeting, he said last evening.
"I believe that Mr. Kdnrnten's
story is correct," he said. "I will go
further and say that the progressive
party will not accept Mr. Mowcil as
a candidate for any office unless he
resigns his position as republican na
tional committeeman."
Statements by other progressive
(Turn to P Ilr Column One.)
First Ballots
' Fail to Elect
New Pontiff
Sacred College Casts Votes
4 Times Without Any Car
dinal Receiving Enough
for Election.
Former Fargo Banker
Surrenders to Police
Sacramento, Cal.. Feb. 3. John J.
Hastings, former banker of Fargo,
N. D.,vand at one time secretary of
the North . Dakota Nonpartisan
league,; surrendered today to the
Sacramento police who held war
rants for him, charging him with the
embezzlement of $3,000 from a Fargo
, bank. Hastings said he came here
from Seattle; where he had been in
business.
, i Hastings, through his . attorney,
J. M. Inman, notified the office of
. Governor - Stephens' that he would
.resist extradition to North Dakota.
: Hactinoe savs the i-harsre of C;T1-
rHezzlement is based on a contribu
tion of $3,000 which the Scandinavian-American-
bank of ' Fargo
authorized him to make the Nonpar-'
. tisan league more than three years
ago and he charged the attempt to
prosecute him is a ' political "frame
... "
up.
Denver Packing House Union
Votes to Call Off Strike
Denver, Feb. 3. Members of the
local branch of the - Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Work
men's union today voted to call off
the strike in the packing industry
here, which has been in effect since
December 5. ' Gilbert Clary, secre
tary of the union, announced the
,men were ready to return to work.
';. - Superintendents of the local pack
ing plants said the men would be
taken back at the reduced scale of
pay as soon as vacancies developed.
Operation of the packing plants was
not affected more than one or two
days during the strike, according to
the employers.
Hanford MacNider Spurns
Offer of U. S. Senatorship
Baltimore, MA, Feb. 3. Hanford
MacNider, national commander of
the American Lebion, refused to ac
cept appointment to the United
States senate from Iowa to succeed
William: S, Kenyon, Col. Washing
ton Bowie,, jr., announced at a meet
ing of the "Maryland executive com
mittee of the legion today, at which
Colonel MacNider was present Col-
..jonel MacNider made no comment.
Colonel Bowie said Colonel Mac-
ider declined the post to remain at
head of the American Legion.
Colonel Bowie said today that his
'information came from a member of
Colonel MacNider's party.
Rome. Feb. 3. (By A. P.) The
third and fourth ballots were taken
by the conclave of the sacred college
this evening in an effort to choose a
successor to Pom Benedict, mere
was no choice, however, on either
ballot.
Rome, Feb. 3. (By A. P.) Vot
ing for the election of a pope to suc
ceed Benedict XV was begun by the
conclave, of the Sacred college today.
Two ballots had been taken up to 1
o'clock this afternoon, on neither of
which, any cardinal received a suffi
cient number of votes to elect "
Four ballots will be taken daily
instead of two as has been the rule,
it is learned through the Irish col
lege, and confirmed in other quar
ters. The number and issue of the
successive ballots will be evident to
the people congregated outside St.
Peters by the customary vote burn
ing, a common iron stove having
been installed just outside the limits
of the long lines of cardinals' thrones
in the Sistine chapel. -Two sacks of
straw lie nearbv. This is used to
rolor the smoke of the burning vot
ing . papers, dark smoke indicating
to the crowds watching the chimney
that there is still no election and light
vapor that a'new pope reigns.
Prince Chici. marshal of the con
clave, and Cardinal Gasparri, the
camerlengo, or acting head of the
rnnrrh. have taken precautions to
prevent the results of the various bal
lots from leaking out before the con
clave is over. Greatest care was
falfpn in securing the doors and rein
forcing the partitions which shut the
area of the conclave from the rest of
the palace.. All the attaches have
been impressed that discretion shall
be exercised in the choice of a per
sonnel of the staff so that no leak is
possible. .. ;
To Arrive Mondey.
Rome, Feb. 3.-(By A. P.)-The
steamship President Wilson, bring
ing Cardinal O'Connell of Boston to
Rome, will not arrive at Naples be
fore next Monday morning.' The
steamship company announced today
it had received a wireless message
which shows this. The captain has
decided to call at Algiers.
.Boddy Sentenced to Die.
New York, Feb. 3. Luther Boddy,
who killed two police detectives on
January 5, today was sentenced to
die in the electric chair at Sing Sing
prison during the week commenc
ing March 13.
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The Looters
By Parcaval Gibbon
A BLUE RIBBON
tory in
The Sunday Bee
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Arbuckle Trial
Unable to Aree
Members Discharged at End
of 44-Hour Session Ma
jority of Ballots 10 to 2
for Conviction.
San Francisco. Feb. 3. The jury
in the second trial of a manslaughter
charire aeainst Roscoe L. (ratty)
Arbuckle decided at the conclusion
of a 44-hour session, that it could
not azree and was discharged today,
with the final ballot standing 10
lor conviction to 2 for acquittal.
Arbuckle was accused of having
caused the death of Miss Virginia
RaDDe of Los Angeles, a motion pic
ture actress, who was taken ill at a
nartv in Arbuckle's suite at the Hotel
St. Francis on Labor day, 1921, and
died four days later. '
The case was placed on the cal
endar for next Monday to be set for
its third trial. Both prosecution
and defense announced that they
would favor such trial. bo sure
was the defense of its position that
it had submitted its case without
final argument. This had an effect
ODoosite from the one intended, ao
cordincr to Nate fnedman, one ot
the jurors, in- a formal statement.
Case Weak From Start.
"We thought that when the d
fense declined to argue it had thrown
uo its hands, he said. Ihe weak'
ness of its case was apparent from
the beginning. The first 10 ballots
stood 9 to 3 for conviction,' and
thereafter until the fourteenth and
final ballot, it was 10 to 2."
Arbuckle appeared to be some
what downcast by the verdict. Mcm-
(Turn to Tata Two, Column Two.)
Iowa Marshal Kills
Brother at Dance
Decorah," la., Feb. 3. Matt Dot-
son, village marshal, shot and killed
his brother, Al Dotson, here last
night at a dance civen bv the De
corah fire department.
Ihe Deace ofheer was in the act
of taking Jack Morris, who was in
toxicated, from the hall when Al Dot
son interrupted the work' of his
brother. Matt Dctson drew his re
volver and shot his brother an inch
below the heart. . The wounded man
was rushed to the hospital, where he
died at 1:M this morning.
Officers of Dakota Bank
Held for Embezzlement
Minot, N. D.'. .Feb'. 3. Three of
ficers of the Mohall State bank
were arrested Wednesday, charged
with embezzlement of $106,000, ac
cording to advice here . yesterday.
Francis Murphy of Minot, assistant
attorney general, filed the complaint
after he had moved for dismissal
of action charging embezzlement of
$9,000. '-
The bank officers arrested are:
C. Peters, president; A. L. Wiebe,
cashier, and Walter Bergman, as
sistant cashier. .
Suitor of St. Louis Girl
Guilty of Slaying Rival
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 3. Found
guilty of first degree murder yester
day in connection with the death of
Francis Fee, 28, John Rappuie, 42,
wis sentenced to lue imprisonment.
Fee's bullet-riddled body was found
on a lonely road November 30 last,
shortly after he had left the home of
his sweetheart. Miss Agnes Aubu
chon. Rappuie, who denied knowl
edge of the crime, was a former
suitor of Miss Aubuchon. '
Total of 24 Bodies Taken
From Scene of Mine Blast
Gates. Pa.. Feb." 3. The bodies of
tv;o more victims of yesterday's ex
plosion in the Gates mine of the H. j
C Frick Coke company, were
brought out late today. So far, 24
bodies have been recovered and mine
officials said they believed the rescue
workers would find only ore more
Lody under a heavy fall of slate.
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New Name,
Mentionec11"1 4
in Tragedyj
Mies Claire Windsor Said to
Ua Attended a Parly
With Murdered Director
Week Af;o Wednesday.
Went Home Thursday
In Training
By EDWARD DOHERTY.
Omaha Km ImW Wlr.
Loi AnRil-'s, Feb. 3. The dainty
figure of Miss Claire Windsor, mov'
ing picture actress, was today rudely
thruKt into the weird mystery in the
murder of William Desmond Taylor,
shot to death in his home Wednesday
niRiir.
Miss indsor is but one of a niim
ln-r of movie stars playing in the
limelight turned on the murder. She
shares the stage with Mabel Nor
mand, Mary Miles M inter and Edna
I'urviance.
A week ago Wednesday night Mr,
Taylor and a prominent moving pic
ture star called at the home of Miss
Windsor's mother, Mrs. G. E. Cronk,
and asked to take Claire to a party
at the Ambassador hotel.
Claire went.
It is declared that Taylor some few
days later took Miss Windsor to an
other party, and that nothing was
heard ot her again until yesterday
morning, some hours after Taylor
was found dead in his luxurious
apartment, a bullet hole in his body.
Unable to Locate GirL
Miss Windsor could not be located
today. Her mother said she was "out
on location with Marshall Iseilan
a director. At the office of the di
rector this was denied.
Neilan, it was said, was on loca
tion. but not with Miss W indsor.
Just what connection there may be
between the murder and Miss Wind
sor's unexplained disappearance from
home, if there be any connection,
could not be learned. Mrs. Cronk
could crive no explanation. -
'My daughter knew Mr. lay lor,
said Mrs. Cronk tonight, but the
first time she ever went out with him
was this time a week ago Wednesday.
"Mr. Taylor camewitrran actor
whom I do not know. ..i thought
nothing of this, for a long time ago
Mr. Taylor was her director and be-
irles. Claire iroes out to dinner par
ties and dances nearly every night.
the ways of the mgvies are queer
and not for me to ask questions
about.
Not Worried by Absence. .
"I had not seen Oaire since Sun
day not until this morning but J
thought nothing of that either. You
ee she has a little boy. 3 years old,
and he disturbs her when she sleeps
at home. 1 So she has had a couch
put in at her studio, and she sleeps
(Turn to Page Two. Column Bevea.)
Kentucky Guardsmen
Ordered to Newport
Frankfort, Ky.. Feb. 3. With the
Covington Tank company in control,
upward of 300 Kentucky National
guardsmen todav are in or enroute
to Newport, Ky., having been or
dered out late yesterday by Gov,
Morrow for strike duty.
The troops sent there for the sec
ond time within five weeks will not
be withdrawn unless order is re
stored completely, it was indicated.
Newport, Ky., Feb. 3. Duiet ore-
vailed in Newport early today except
for intermittent shooting in . the
vicinity of the Newport Rolling mill
where a strike is in progress and
where a tank company of sixty offi
cers and men with seven tanks are
on guard assisting deputy sheriffs
nd Newport police to maintain or
der.
Early today a flurry was caused
when sniping from outside the mill
was followed by firing from machine
nd not guns inside the olant. More
than 100 shots were fired but no
casualties were reported.
tarlier saiety Commissioner 1 hom-
ason was taken to police headquar
ters in a patrol wagon after he had
ttenipted to disperse an assembly
of strike sympathizers and had been
menaced. Sheriff Louis B. Tieman
then went to the scene to talk with
the disturbers and was grazed by a
bullet, fired by a sniper.
Body of Shackleton Will
Rest at Gate of Antarctic
London, Feb. 3. The body of
ir Ernest Shackleton, which is now
at Montevideo, Uruguay, will be
taken back to South Georgia Is
land, to be buried there, according
to the Daily Mail. This decision the
Mail attributes to Lady Shackle
ton, in deference to what she be
lieves would have been the explor
er s wishes.
War Finance Corporation
Loans Nebraskans $306,000
Washington, Feb. 3. (Special Tel
egram.) The War Finance corpora-
ion announces that irom January 30
to February 1 it has approved ad
vances for agricultural and livestock
purposes as follows: Nebraska,
$306,000; Iowa, $318,000; South Da
kota, $471,000; Wyoming, $282,000.
Judge Will Send Auto
Speeders to Rock Pile
Los Angeles. Feb. 3. An old prov
erb reads "He travels far who
travels fast," and Police Judge Ray
1J. Chesebro adds that the terminus
cf the route is likely to be the rock-
le if the traveling is done too fast
ia an automobile.
He has caused to be established at
le Lincoln Heights police station a
speeders' rockpile" and announced
(- would send to it violators of the
City traffic laws.
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Gen. Dawes
Lives Up to
Nickname
Director of Budget Dihtributri
1'raine and Criticimii Impar
tially at Business Meeting
of Government.
Strike Leaders
Blamed for Riot
at Nebraska City
Governor Says Troops -Will
Remain Until Leaders Quit
Inciting.! Lawlessness...-
Costs State $1,000 Daily.
Lincoln. Feb. 3. (Special.) Gov
ernor McKelvie announced today that
trooos would remain in Nebraska
City until Adj. Gen. H. J. Paul recom
mended their withdrawal. .
"The trouble appears to be the re
sult of out-of-town men who went to
Nebraska City to lead the strike,"
the governor said. "Until military
authorities can impress on these so
called leaders, either by punishment
or argument,1 that the lawless violence
and mob uprisings incited by them
must end the troops will remain on
the job, you may be assured of that.
Maintaining these troops at Ne
braska City is costing the state $1,000
a day and the patriotic thing for the
leaders to do is to behave themselves
and discontinue agitating their fol
lowers.
Many Nebraska City citizens have
written the governor, thanking him
for so promptly answering the call
of Otoe county authorities for help
and averting a situation which boded
ill to the public at large. K
There is no doubt that the troops
nipped a situation which in two or
three more days of mob uprising on
the streets, discharge of firearms and
assaults would have resulted in a sit
uation as deplorable and disgraceful
as the Omaha riot," the governor
said. , .
Move Launched to Block
Increase in Coal Prices
New York, Feb. 3. The League
for Industrial Democracy, an or
ganization of engineers, economists
and labor experts, launched today
move to block any attempt on
the part of coal .operators to in
crease the price of coal to cover
wage increases demanded by union
miners.
It was announced at the head
quarters that a committee of experts
was being formed to investigate the
relation of the price of coal to la-
or and other production costs.
A strike of anthracite coal min
ers will result April 10 unless the
present controversy is adjusted," as
serted Harry W. Laidler, director
of research. "Behind, this controver
sy an open shop attack on the
union itself and on the principle of
collective bargaining." .
Five Farmers on
Eva King Jury
Defendant Goes With : Court
Party to Farm Where Raid .
and Killing Occurred..'
rj,.
A urt.? AO'-Aits-lEva King 'xhe
second time for first degree murder
was secured in Judge O. D. Wheeler's
division of the Council Bluffs district
court yesterday, both sides complet
ing their opening statements by 2
so the jury might be. taken to the
Schnieder farnj to familiarize them
with the scene of the raid and mur
der. Five of the jury are farmers.
The jury consists of Emil H. Ha-
mann, Keg Creek township, farmer;
H. F. Caughey,' Council Bluffs, ac
countant; Ed Roarty, Council Bluffs,
foreman Groneweg & Schocntgen
Co.; G. E. Fallers. Council. Bluffs.
traveling salesman; J. F. Allen, Lake
township, farmer; James Jorgensen,
Hazel Dell township, truck driver;
C. Q Green, Lake- township, retired
farmer; Ben E. Ferguson, Council
Bluffs. Union Pacific switchman;
Leon J. Flynn, Neola township, farm
er; F. Zahner, Council Bluffs, re
tired . farmer; Peter Katzenstein,'
Council Bluffs. Union Pacifi; en
gineer; M. W. Davis, Council Bluffs,
retired farmer. ; ,
Judge Wheeler accompanied the
jury to the farm. Besides the deputy
sheriffs- that guarded, her, Mrs.
King's mother, who has never for
saken her for a moment, was at her
side, supporting her as she again
walked through the rooms of the
deserted cottage where the tragedy
of October 14 was. enacted. ,
The taking of testimony will begin
this morning and court will con
vene half an hour earlier than -usual.
Body of Missouri Farmer
Recovered From River
Springfield. Mo., Feb. 3. The
body of A. Berry, 37, Dallas coun
ty farmer, was recovered from the
Niangua river near Buffalo late yes
terday, according to word today
from Dallas county officials. Ber
ry's head had been crushed. .
Officers are searching for men
known to have been . with Berry
shortly before the killing. , ..
Rail Strike in Erin Looms
Belfast. Feb. 3. (Bv A. P.l The
Irish railway managements and em
ployes have failed to reach an agree
ment and the Ulster minister of
labor, J. M. Andrews, has been sum
moned to return to Dublin to renew
efforts for a settlement with Joseph
McUrath, minister .of labor in the
dail cabinet. If the negotiations col
lapse a general strike throuahout
Ireland will go into effect on Feb
ruary 15,
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Omaha Man Submits
Claim to Big Estate
Hashington, 'Neb., Feb, 3. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Hearinsr on the
John F. Kirkman claim to the O'Con
nor estate was closed'today and the.
claim of Henry Colfronr of Brooklyn
and his. brother was next .taken up.'
in tne reouttai evidence thel, claim
ants allied against- Kirkman offered
testimony to the; effect that certain'
photographs 'presented by Kirkman
could not have been in existence at
the dates specrfied, for. the reason
that the paper upon which they were
printed was not in existence at the
dates specified. In the Connor claihi,
it is asserted that John , .O Con
nor lived in Albanj', N. Y.; before
moving to Hastings and was an em
bezzler of fun.ds belonging to the
school tifsfrict,' for which he was a
tax collector. - ,
Indictments by
Lincoln Grand
Jury Returned
Arrest of Prominent Men Is
Expected Today Stock
Sales Probed by Attor-
- . ney General. ,
Lincoln, Feb.-. 3. (Special Tele
gram.) Arrest of several prominent
Lincoln men is promised tomorrow
on grand jury indictments returned
today and turned over to Sheriff Ira
Miller. The indictments are said to be
in connection with fraudulent stock
sales.1
Attorney , General . Clarence A.
Davis had charge -of presenting the
evidence to the' grand jury, which
was called at his request. It is re
oorted that the affairs of six con
cerns,- capitalized at over $10,000,000,
which have failed in the last two
vears were investigated.
Sheriff Miller said that none of the
men against whom indictments were
returned would leave the city and
that arrests would be made tomorrow
as fast as the men could be located.
Farmer Kills Self
in Kitchen of Home
Fremont, NebJ Feb. , 3. (Special
Telegram.) 1 Herman H.. Vieth,
Scribner farmer, swallowed a quantity
of poison following a period of men
tal depression brought on by finan
cial worry. When., discovered by
relatives Vieth was slowly dying in
a chair in the kitchen of his farm
home. Vieth rose early, and after
building a warm fire in the kitchen
stove, swallowecLthe poison and was
overcome in a nearby chair. He died
before a doctor could be summoned.
Vieth ViaH heen worrviner over his
"financial troubles and recently adver
tised a sale of his farm machinery
and implements to be held February
4. Vieth's wife died a few years ago
in an accident. He is survived by
on son and two daughters. He was
well known throughout this section
and was one of the prominent farm
ers of Dodge county.
., Auto License Drive.
Hastings, Neb., Feb.' 3. (Special
Telegram.) The police have thrown
out a net for all motorists who have
failed to procure a 1922 auto license.
Abcjut 25 Hastings drivers have paid
minimum fines. ' y ' .
Two Children Die in Flames.
Watertownj S. D;, -Feb. 3. Two
children were burned to death and a
third seriously injured in a fire at
the home of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Pope, here yesterday.
Thieves Loot Clothing - '
Store on West Broadway
A number of suits, a dozetf hats.
60 silk shirts, $4 in money, and' a
miscellaneous assortment of other
merchandise were stolen Thursday
night from the Aaron Perimeter
clothing store, 504 West Broadway,
Council-Bluffs,-by thieves who ob
tained, entrance through the cellar. '
Public Debt Decreases, j
Washington, Feb, .3. The public
debt decreased., approximately , $15,
000,000 in January, according to fig
ures announced today by the treasures-announced
'yesterday by the
treasury, whiih showed the public
debt on January, 31 to be $23,388,
544.236, as compared with $23,438,
984,351 on December 31 , - -
The Weather
President Is Optimistic
Hr Th Aawlatxl rr,
Washington, Feb. J. Brandishing
a broom in cither hand, striding rap
idly from one end of the platform to
the other and stamping his feet un
til the echoes rang in D. A. R. hall,
where the arms conference meets in
dignified session, Charftj U. Dawes,
director of the budget, brought home
to more than a thousand officials
assembled today, in the second bus
iness meeting of the government, the
appropriateness of his "hell and mar
ia" nickname. . For more than half
an' hour he poured forth criticism
and praise alike on officials of high
and low degree.
Stopping suddenly in the midst of
a citation of instances of lack of co
operation by governmental depart
ments with budget bureau coordinat
ors, which instances he described as
"fly specks" on the bureau's record
of accomplishments, Mr, Dawes sud
denly shouted:
"Where are those brooms?"
Raps Navy Methods.
Three brooms were produced front
under a table by an assistant -
"There," the budget director ex
claimed, pounding the floor with the
handle of one of the brooms, "is
your broom that meets1 navy speci
fication. And here are brooms that
do not meet those specifications, but
sweep just as well. The navy bought
18,000 of its specification brooms,
when it could have had 350,000 army
brooms for nothing."
The budget director went on to
say that it took a month's persua
sion to make the marine corps adopt
a slight change in color in order to
use 100,000 army shirts and save
$24,000.. He told Secretary Denby,
however, the record of the navy for
co-operation with the bureau was the
best of the departments.
As an instance of co-operation in
the treasury, he declared that when
it was found that there were 18 dif
ferent' purchasing agencies in that
department their co-ordination was
effected without delay.
Praise for Mellon. .
"Secretary Mellon is a business
man," he added.
"Legislative and executive heads of
the government "determine how the
ship sails," but the budget bureau
"determines how far she sails,", Mr.
Dawes said at another-point and
added: . '
"If congress should decide that gar-'
baee should be spread on the White
L House steps much as we love the
president it would be tor the budget
bureau to advise how the largest
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Seattle Capitalist and
His Family Drowned
Seattle, Feb., 3. August Ander
son Frojendahl, former Alask.m
capitalist and resident of Seattle,
his wife and four children were
drowned when their private yacht',
in which they were cruising the
south seas, was wrecked two months
ago, according to advices received
by Andrew Chilberg, Swedish vice
counsel today. The message gave
no details and did not mention the
name of the yacht.
Mr. Frojendahl made his fortune
in the Klondike shortly after he ar
rived there in the rush of 1898.
.Mr. Frojendahl later returned to
his former' home in Sweden, but was
connected with trading ventures ou
the Pacific coast .for several years.
Girl Admits Firing
Shots That Killed Man
Everett', Wash., Feb. 3. Treva
Pole. 15, in superior court todav.
testified that she fired the shots that
killed Gus Danielson at the home
of her mother here the night of
November .6. Her mother, Mrs. Ber
tha Wilkes, is ori trial accused of
the death of Danielson. The girl is
accused as an accessory.
Ihe girl s story was similar to her
mother's to the point where the mo
ther had testified she became un
conscious in her struggle with Dan
ielson. lreva then testified she '
picked up the revolver Danielson
had dropped, "squeezed it" twice
wnen Uamelson came toward her
and then threw it awav. The eirl
began to weep' under cross-examination
and refused to take the wea
pon in her hand when asked to
show how she held it. Mrs. Wilkes
became hysterical, crying to her
daughter, "why didn't you tell me?"
the jury was sent from the room
and the judge asserted his belief tha
the girl was innocent.
German Manufacturers
to Furnish Soviets Credit
Washington. Feb, 3. Arrange
ments to furnish a credit of 100,000.
000 marks to the Russian soviet gov
ernment to cover purchases by the
soviet trade department, have been
made by a group of German manu
facturers, according to a report to
the Commerce department today
from Commercial Attache Herring at
Berlin. ,
" The credit, the attache said, mav
be increased later to 200,000,00i)
marks, but German bankers declare
that the amount indicated in the pub
lic announcement is nominal and that
the initial credit will not exceed 500,
000,000 marks.
Arms Session Called
Washington, Feb. 3. (By A. P.)
plenary session of the arms con
ference has-been called for 10.30
a. m. tomorrow,
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