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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 31-NO. 213. m um4-titM nirtM .f m. im. .1 . 0, VMM JM d awe It it I. OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1922. f Mail II KMl I t.lli M4 4n M- M ! TWO CENTS Jury Frees Stevens in Fogg Case Man Attuned of Murtltrins Drupgiht Found Inuoccut Daughter in Tcari. Hugs Defendant. Only One Ballot Taken Waller (linger) Stevens wa found not guilty of the murder of I' rank Fogg, druggist, late jester, day. following one of tl most unique trials on record in Uonglu county. The case was given to the jury at y.S5 p. rn. At 4:20 the jury reas sembled in its box; Stevens van brought into the courtroom and Judge Leslie took the bench. Stevens' young daughter. Mrs. Margaret Marie Hurton, tat near her father, her hands clenched and her lips trembling as the jury assembled. Shout Is SiJenced. As the verdict "not guilty" fell irom tne lips ol a district court clerk a muffled, joyous shout aro.se from he crowd which had been awaiting the decision. It was silenced by oaums. Stevens. ' who had hech leaning tensely forward in his chair, slid nack inert and quiet. Tears came to the eyes of his daughter. They were helped trom the courtroom. In a corridor leading' to the countv jail, where Stevens has so Jong been i on fined, the father clasped his daughter tn his arms. It was a Iomr, joyous embrace. She rained kisses on his face. . Part Without ' Word. Then they narted. aod without a word Stevens permitted himself to pe leu to his cell. He brushed tears of gladness from his eye. The daugh tcr,. who had announced she would defend her father to the last, stood watching him depart. C. E. I Iain, foreman of the jury that acquitted Stevens, said only one ballot was taken. , ... "We were not influenced by argu ments of. the attorneys," said llain. '"We went according to the evidence in the case. We all agreed that the testimony of Frank Pierce, star wit ness for the prosecution, could not be relied on." ' . ' Say. He's Off "Dope." Main, accompanied by newspaper men, visited Stevens in ' his cell, where he is being held for the gov ernment because of a forfeited bond in a narcotic case, according to jail ers. - - . '--.' "I'll never touch dope again,". Stvens told Hain. . The Stevens trial, was remarkable in that the only wituess called by! the defense was the prosecuting at torney, Abel ' Shotwell. Attorneys Richard Organ and Ray Lones took but eight' minutes for the defense, while the prosecution consumed five days. - ' ...... "The slate has lost a 'strong case." was the comment of Mr. Shotwell, when informed of the verdict. "The defense should be congratulated" Mike Damato Weeps. Mike Damato. convicted, of man slaughter recently on the same charge of which Stvens was acquit-' ted, wept in his cell when he heard the verdict for his co-defendant. ' "Stevens had nothing to do with the murder nor did I," he' said. . Men Fighting Over Girl Fall 4 Stories to Death Chicago, Feb. 20. An inquest into ihc deaths of Joseph Horan,' 65, and Joseph Hussey, 42, who, locked in a htruggl for possession of a pistol, crashed through , a window and plunged four stories last night, will be hed today. Such was the impact when the bodies struck that a first floor ;Mate glass window was bro ken, although neither body touched it. , - The fight began in the flat of a woman friend of Hussey. Horan, a. roomer, was said to have taxed Hus sey with responsibility for an ejec tion order. -. - , ' Alien Property Custodian Files Reply to Bergdoll Washington," Feb. 20. Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, today filed in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, an answer! to the petition of Grover C. Bergdoll, draft evader, for the return of prop erty valued at $750,000. Bergdoll acted through his mother, Mrs. Em ma C. Bergdoll. " 1 Mr. Miller asserted .that Bergdoll, by reason of his conviction before a court martial at Governor's Island, X. Y.. lost his rights as an Ameri can citizen, and for the same reason M as unable to ' give his mother a power of attorney to sue for him. Dismissal of the suit was asked. Fire Sweeps Business - District of Cornwith, la. Cornwith, la., Feb. 20. Fire today destroyed four business blocks and wiped out several, firms, inflicting a loss estimated at upwards of $15, 000. The business section was prac tically wiped out. Only one wire telephone, a long distance line run ning .into the People's State bank, remained intact. A shifting w-ind probably saved the town, residents said. The origin of the fire could not be learned. ' Reuter's Dispatch Reports . New Revolution in Portugal London, Feb, 20. (By A. P.) A new revolution has broken out in Portugal, says a dispatch to Reu ter's from Madrid today. : The dis patch contained no details. An earlir dispatch to Reuter's from Lisbon stated that . the new Portuguese government would not present itself before parliament-tin-til after the spring earn in 1, '..-!'' Daughter Overjoyed When Father Cleared ! 7s. Mrs. Margaret Marie Burton. Support of Labor Men Is Pledged Walter C. Stevens. Bonus Financing Issue Sent Back to Subcommittee Trend of .Thought --Turns to Some Form of Manufactur ers' or Wholesalers' Levy to ProVidc Funds. Washington, Feb; 20. The ques tion of financing, the soldiers' bonus was referred back to the special tax subcommittee by the majority mem bers of the house ways and means committee and it was announced that the subcommittee would attack the problem again late tomorrow. J he trend of thought in cloak rooms and corridors was that some sort of a - manufacturers or whole salers tax plan would be drafted in accordance with President Hard ing's suggestion that the financing be done by a sales tax. Whether approval of such a tax by the entire, committee could be obtained ap peared to be a moot question. " In an effort to block the sales tax within the committee 22 re publican, opponents met and framed petitions which were freely cir culated and signed before the house adjourned for the day. Representa tive Dickinson of Iowa, who called the meeting, said it ws the hope to obtain sufficient signatures to con vince the majority committee mem bers that it would be impossible to put a . sales tax provision through the house. - - The petition declared in favor of adjusted compensation, but - in op- (Torn to rage Two, Column One.) Vote on Bursuin' Measure Expected Jii Senate Today Washington, Feb; 20. A vote in the senate tomorrow' on the Bursum bill, giving disabled emergency -officers of the A. E. F. the same retirement benefits as regular ,army officers, was believed assured as a tesult of an agreement entered ' into late today. Under the agreement, debate will proceed at 1 tomorrow afternoon under the .five-minute rule and a vote soon afterwards is ex pected. . ... senator Bursum, republican, New Mexico, author of the bill, and other supporters tonight predicted passage of the bill but opponents said the vote would be very 'close Harvey Church Is Granted 2 Weeks for Sanity Hearing Chicago,- Feb. .20. Lying on a stretcher, Harvey Church was car ried into Judge Kickham bcanlon s court today for the hearing, as to whether he has become insane since his conviction .for the . murder of Bernard Daugherty. Church, sched uled to hang last Friday, was grant ed a two weeks' stay for the hearing. He has become so weak from his hunger strike that it is 'doubtful if even the forcible feeding', he now undergoes will . keep him 'alive - for two weeks more. Budget: Bureau Announces Federal Real Estate Board Washington, Feb. 20. Creation of a federal real estate-board to co ordinate in all government activities connoted with real estate outside the District of Columbia was an nounced by the budget, bureau. : The new. board will be .composed of a representative from each of the government ."departments and agencies . and . its .chairman will be James A. Wetmore, federal surveyor general of real estate, . L Movrtnent to Install Members of Working Claes in Lrgie lathe Hall I.uniiclieil at Chicago. Germ of New Party Born Hjr Tli AaamUUd lr-i. Chicago, Feb, JO. L'n.iiiimuiis support of a new niovciuriit to in stall men and women of the wink ing cla in the nation's legislative halls was pledged by farmer, mem bers of the socialist and farmer-labor parties, labor union leaders and clergymen in a conference tod.iv railed by a group of railroad union men, headed by William II. John ston, president of the lutcrnaiiunul Association of Machinists. Declared by Morris llillquit of New York to be "the most signifi cant event that has taken place in the American labor movement for a generation," the conference brought together leader high in la bor and minor political party circles. Although Chairman Johnston de clared in his opening address that the time was not yet ripe for forma tion of a new party, today s meet- j ing was expected to develop the i germ or a new political organization which some delegates said would be functioning by 1924. Aid to Working Men. Nonpartisan political anion in the 1022 election was the keynote of the meeting. A dozen speakers pledged their support of a program to endorse candidates favorable to the working man. Committees on program and organization will re port to the convention tomorrow, when definite plans are expected to be adopted. By combining their efforts, work ers of every class could build a political jnachine which would elect "men and women truly representa tive of the people of the United States," J. Manion of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, told delegates. Morrison Millqtiit of the socialist party declared he was not at the meeting to make "political capital" and did not seek office for socialist candidates. "We are willing to give everything we have as a party and as a move ment toward the common ce.use, Mr. Hillquit declared. "This is the first time that the progressive elements of all divergent fac tions have gotton together in one common action. . I believe it is the most significant event that has taken place in the American labor move ment for a generation." ;'" - Urges Unity of All Classes. ' The Rev. Herbert Bigclow of Cin cinnati made a plea to capture the primaries in the established parties by electing men representative of the workers' interests and II. F. Samuels, a farmer of Jdaho. urged the unity of idl classes in achieving that end. He declared he had "looked and hoped for 35 years to be in such a convention 'ai this." Another clergyman, the Rev. Rich ard IloAe of Philadelphia, executive secretary of the Church League for Industrial Democracy, pointed out the opportunity to gather support from students. "A new tide of in surgency only. -lacking direction," he said, w-as sweeping the schools and seminaries of the country and its support could be gained by supplying leadership. The organized farmers' aitiiuile was presented by A. A. Long of the United Society of Agriculture, who emnhasized the necessity for obta.n in i? the actual facts on the value of their products Jtnd demandinjjfluir share of production. Brown Pledges Support. The farmer-labor party, represent ed by J. vj. Brown, national secre tary, was friendly to the new move ment, asserted Mr. Brown, who (Torn to Pace Two, Column Six.) Business Revival Near, Says U. S. Reserve Body "If They Treat Me as Thoroughly as at Genoa Go-o-o-o-o-od Nfcht!" Wanliirgton. Feb. 20. Buine throughout the country, ,rogreain tltiouli well-defined circles, i lim ine the jHin of the upward ing of the rcommiic pendulum, according In the annual icpoit of the federal rrrrve board trannuiiicil toJy to congress. "Ihere are tUost," the rcpoit m!I, . "win lirlirvc that the beginning of i'"' revival not tir iiisunt. When it dor definitely t in it will be fol lowed in due course by a new cu of prosperity." HiiMnevi, in one of its "long swings" from prosperity, the report Mid. has followed us uual rotation I lin rotation u doenbed as lot lo: ISiiitn activity and increase production; xrr4ivr expansion and siu'ciiuiion, followed Intlierto by ; panic and foiced liijuidation a long period of slow liquidation, business ileprt'sion and stagnation and then rcuval. Senate Probe of U. S. Dye Industry Gels Under Way Long Delayed Inquiry to Dc tcrminc if Monopoly Ex ists Among Maoufarlur crs Finally Opened. Washington, Feb. JO. The long delayed tcnatc inquiry to determine whether a monopoly cxist among the dve and chemical makers of this country and to investigate the activi ties of their alleged lobbyists got un der way today. Indications of the sweeping nature of flic investigation were given in demands by ?cnator King, demo' ctat, Utah, sponsor of the resolution, that 30-odd persons, some of them government or former government ofticials, be called to testify. The day was devoted largely to statements by Mr, King and Sena tor Frclinghuyscn, republican, New Jersey, whose amendment to the resolution has broadened it to in clude importers as well as Amer ican manufacturers. Mr. King laid before the commit tee the names of those who he said should be called and who could give testimony evidenciary in character. Mr. Frclinghuyscn. on the other hand, pleaded with the committee to make the inquiry an investigation and not "a prosecution." Mr. King said the committee, in addition to examining witnesses, should obtain records of. their busi ness affairs since the end of the war, together with correspondence with the government on the dye embargo in the emergency tariff law and the handling of reparation dyes which w ere alloted -to' the United States. Mr. Frclinghuyscn declared that charges had been made and it was for the committee to determine whether a trust actually existed. Early determination was required, he added, in justice to those whose money was, tied up in the business as well as to the honor of the lead ers in the industry? A question of national poh'cy wa3 involved, he declared. Hoover Denies He Favors t r, Immunity for Trusts Washington, Feb. . 20. Secretary Hoover of the Department of Commerce-today denied charges by Sen ator Norris, republican, Nebraska, that in negotitions with Attorney General Daugherty over regulation of commercial organizations im munity from the Sherman law was proposed for trade associations. The secretary in a letter to Senator Willis, tcpublican. Ohio, presented in the senate, said his position was "dia metrically the opposite" and that Senator Norris' charges "are an ab solute distortion of the basis and in tent" of the negotiations with the Department of Justice. Loeb Berates N. Y. Jews, Opening Relief Drive New-York. Feb. 20. The Jews of New. York City were roundly criti cized last night by Jacob Loeb of Chicago for what he called "their in difference"' to the present national campaign for Jewish relief in Europe. ' Speaking at a dinner launching the city's drive for its $5,000,000 quota, Mr. Loeb said it was estimated that at least one-half of the Jewish popu lation of the nation lived in Greater New Y'ork, and he charged that Jews here had failed to meet their obliga tions tn 1918 when, pledges to the war relief funds were less than 50 per cent of the assigned quot Less than 92 per cent of these pledges was collected, he declared. Injunction Against Ban' von "Demi-Virgin" Granted New York. Feb. 20. An injunc tion ' restraining License Commis sioner Gilcrist from interfering with the performances of "The Demi Virgin" at a local theater was grant ed today by the appellate division of the supreme court to Al Wood?, pro ducer. - The decision reversed one by the ' special term of the supreme court " Million Dollar Gem Box Bobs Up And Peggy Dazzles Autcuil Race Fans With Famous Marquise Diamonds. ' 1 ' 1 Former Senator From Colorado Dies in Denver Paris, Feb. 20. The "$1,000,000 jewel box,". for which federal custom sleuths hunted all last year, sudden ly reappeared today when Peggy flopkins Joyce removed it from her safety deposit vault, . where it has been al! the while. Peggy's object in opening the box of jewels was her desire to wear the famous Marquise diamonds, an imperial chain of diamonds, and her pearl necklace at the ppening of the automobile taces. As a counter attraction to the rac ing, Peggy proved irresistible to the huge crowd and she was surrounded as soon as she appeared. She was accompanied by Pierre Merrilon, the young Franco-American millionaire, who, refusing to be rebuffed by Peggy breaking her en gagement to him, has been laying renew siege to her affections ever since she arrived in Paris. On her right hand Peggy wore the two famous Marquise, diamonds, each almost an inch in length. One of them, which was a gift of her recent husband, Stanley Joyce, is said to rival the Kohinocr dia mond in purity. Bankruptcy Is Asked for Best Clymer Company St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 20. An in voluntary' petition iu bankruptcy to day was filed in federal court against the Best Clymer Manufacturing company, a $3,000,000 corporation and a subdiary of the Temptor Corn and Fruit Products company, a re ceiver for which was appointed Sat urday. ' Bank Messenger Robbed of $22,000 in Downtown N. Y. New York, Feb. 20. William A. Russell, messenger for the Green wich bank, was robbed of $22,000 in currency today by an automobile bandit wlio boarded the truck in which he was transporting the money to a dontowwn bank.,. The robbery occurred on Nineteenth street, near Seventh .avenue. House Extends 3 Per Cent . Immigration Act to 1923 Washington. Feb. 20. The house today passed and sent to the senate a resolution extending until June 30, 12.3, the 3 per rent restrictive immi gration law. The rules were sus pended to rermit action at this time. John F. Shafroth, Twice Gov ernor of State, Succumbs Aftei; Illness of Ooe Denver, Feb.. 20. John"; F. Shaf roth, former United States senator from Colorado and twice governor of this state, died here this after noon. He was 67 years old. He had been ill about a week. Senator Shafroth was a democrat. After having served in the national house of representatives, Shafroth was elected governor of Colorado in 1908 and re-elected in 1910. He was chosen United States senator in 1912, but was defeated in 1918 by Lawrence C. Phipps, republican. Shafroth began his political life as a republican. He went to con gress as a republican, m loyo, after having been chosen city attorney of Denver. . Changed Party Allegiance. In 1896, however, Shafroth de serted the' . orthodox republican party and aligned himself with the free silver element and that wing of the party returned him .to con gress. In 1904, one of the most dramatic incidents of. Shafroth's political career occurred when ho made the race for congress for the 58th ses sion as a democrat. His: opponent was Robert W. Bonynge, republican. On. the face of returns, Shafrotlvwas declared the winner. Bonynge, how. ever; charged fraud in the counting of ballots. Prompted by . his desire to hold office without, criticism, Shafroth instituted an - investigation of his own. In one of the most re markable speeches of-its kind 'ever delivered in the national hous'e' of representatives, Shafroth' resigned from that body. Made Tour of Europe. , - In the fall of 1921, the .senator and Mrs. Shafneth made'an extend ed .tour of Europe, Since" the first of January; Senator." Shafroth; has devoted his entire time to" the law business here. . ..'''. He is survived by his widow, and three sons, John F,, jr.; Morrison and William, all of. Denver., One Man Dead, Five Blinded by Drinking Poison Liquor Sacramento, Cal., Feb, ;,20. Rob ert Sherman of Knights Landing died at. the 'county' hospital tonight, fivencn are lying in the -institution without their sight and several other men are partially paralyzed; as a re sult of drinking poisonous. 'liquor, it was stated by Dr. E.' S. ' Louizeaux; superintendent of the hospital. The liquor, it is said by city of ficials, is sold lawfully, although- its poisonous nature is known gener ally. Appealsl to druggists in Sacra mento : to' discontinue sale of the liquor have been futile,, it was said by city: officials, who planned to draft an ; ordinance prohibiting the sale. . ! ',.'.- . ' ,'' ....... Three Members of .Texas . Family Fatally Burned Fort Worth, Tex., ' Feb!' 20.-W. H. Kelly a'nd w if e and their. 6-year-old daughter '.were fatally, burned near Desdenionda last . night when tbjir automobile, struck- a gas pack et. An explosion and fire envelop ing the automobile followed. Two other children, though badly burned will recover,' - Bishop Gailcr Says Dry Law a Mistake ' Chicago, Feb. " 20. Bishop Thomas F. Gailer, president of the National Council of the Episco- . pal church, said in an address here last night that he believed "the . 18th amendment was a mistake." He also said that he believed in the modification of the Volstead law. , Kinsler Declares McWhorter Not 111 Former Potash Promoter Will . Be Returned on Stretcher for Trial Here. William A. McWhorter must be returned to Omaha for trial "if he has' to be brought back on a stretcher," J. C. Kinsler, United States attor ney, indicated yesterday. Mr. Kinsler said he had ordered a postoflice inspector of Texas to investigate the reported illness of McWhorter and stated the reply was that WcWhorter was not confined to - bed. v "The report also said." Mr. Kins ler stated, - "that WcWhorter was about the . city. If he is not here when his case " is called the bond will be forfeited." , Removal orders to bring him here for. trial next Monday in" the William Berg case, ycrc forwarded to Grosbcck, Tex., where 'the former Stock promoter is reported ill. When notified thatthe trial would proceed Monday, whether McWhor ter was able to stand trial or not, his attorney, A. L. Sutton,-ga'vc notice he would argue a motion for con-' tinuance before Federal Judge. Wood rough. W. G. Chiplcy, Jacob- Masse and Charles Wohlberg are other defend ants iu' the:, trial.-' . . Detroit Man. Sentenced to Death for Texas Murder Alpine, Tex., Feb. 20. Harvey Hughes of Dotroit today was sen tenced to hang following his convic tion on a charge of murdering C. II. Rogers of Austin, Tex.' Hughes was arrested shortly after. Rogers. ,had been.-slain. . Suspicion was directed toward him when it developed that Rogers had ' taken Hughes, who was -without funds,- into a restaurant and purchased him a meal. Rogers, in paying for the meal, secured change for $20, this1 latter being found in the possession of Hughes. Rogers was shot tn the back. Edith Kelly Gould Denied . Order to -Vacate Divorce iNew Y'ork, Feb., ', 20. Supreme Court" lustice Mtillan-, today denied application of Edith Kelly Gould for an order vacating the' divorce de cree obtained'.in Paris" by Frank J. Gould. .: ; ' 1 ' In dismissing the. action with $10. costs, the court set forth that the ac tion .had not been brought in good faith' by the actress -and that "the limit of her hope is to coerce the de fendant." ; , -". . , : - '. ; Canlu 'Leader 'of Revblt El: Paso. Tex.. Feb. '20.-Colbnel Esteban Cantu, governor of Lower California during the Carranza- re gime;' is the leader of the present revolutionary movement against the Obregon government in Mexico, ac cording to Jesus E. Flores, publisher Of El I'resentc, a weeklv bpawsli language newspaper of El Taso. Mr. Hores today reported having re. reived a personal communication- from Colonel Canlu at San Antonio, Tex.- - Normal Heads to Shield Teaehers From Deadly Tag' Board Refuses Schoolma'ams Permits to Attend Colum-'. - bia Because of Preval- ence of Cigaret Habit. Lincoln. Feb. 20. (Special Tele gram.) The state normal board at a meeting here today passed resolu (ions refusing to give-teachers at Nebraska normal schools leaves of absence to attend Columbia. Chicago and Northwestern universities be' cause of alleged prevalence of cig aret smoking among instructors there. The board ruled that President A. L. Cavincss of Peru State normal must pay the state rent for -the home he has been living in, which is owned by the stale. Recently certain mem bers of the student body, angered because work on a normal building had been discontinued, and several thousands of dollars spent on re pairing the president's home, wrote midnight inscriptions on the house and walk. Col. T. J. Majors was elected president; Dan Morris. Kearney, vice president; H. E. Rcischc, Chadron, secretary Harding Unable to Give Data on 4-Power Pact Washington. Feb. 20. President Harding replying today to the. senate on the Hitchcook resolution asking for information -relative to the nego tiation of four-power Pacific treaty stated it was impossible to furnish the requested information because most of the negotiations were con ducted without the maintaining of a record... ' The president said it) would not be compatable' with public interests to disclose the confidential negotia tions of the. treaty negotiators, but lie declared that "there were no con cealed understandings and no secret exchanges of notes." Almost, coincident with the arrival of the president's letter at the senati the foreign relations committee of that body by a vote of ten to one ordered favorably reported the in between the United states and Japan regarding the island of Yap. The action followed a tow-hour debate in the committee. The sin gle negative vote was cast by Si alor Pittman, democratic, Nevada. Without discussion the president's letter was referred to the foreign -relations committee whetfit was read in the senate, the motion being made by Senator Hitchcock. The Weather Forecast. Tuesday probably snow or rain; somewhat warmer. ." . Hourly Temperature. s . m. 6 a. m. 1 . m. S a. tn. a. m. 10 . m. 11 a. in. 13 noon . t 2 24 ..S-t 2 27 2 .rT....il 1 i. m. S p. m. 8 p. ra. 4 p. m. a p. m. p. m. 1 p. m. 8 p. in. S ST 4 4'J .IK an s Highest Monday. Chyenne SO' Pueblo ....SO. l-avenport , S Rapid City 30 I'encr W; Salt Lftka ...... .83 ps Moines 40'Snt V'a SO Podt City M Sheridan ..30 t-aivler .3i(Mou City It Norttt Hullo ...,3S Valentine. S3 Nhlppera ftollelln. 'Proleet htpn!eiit Ourinir Un next ?t to 3 hour from temperatures Ha roiiow: Norlh, 1 dereei: eatt and t. SO !- ( greet; south, 50 decrees. Guilty Plea Entered by M a t h e w s Former Prridnl of Pioneer State (tank to Be Sentenced tut Mart it 7 for F.mbro zlfiurnt. Three Others to Be Tried WilUtJ V. Mithciv. former pini tlrnt tf the now ilrimut l'mnrer State- bank. pWdcd guilty tter day tJ M indictment charging h m wuli rnilelitiii $.fMV'i tr'MH th bank on Novnniicr 15. 191V. lie will be teiitrnred to the penitential v March I by HistrUt Judge 1 esbe, before whom he lradei. Judge l-rhe. at the reiuct of At- i toiiirv General Davis, has agreed that Thomas Mailt ri. who wa u -dieted on a count iiinibr to tint of Mathews, Marion and Ward blister and Robert C O'Brien, !o uner state indictment, shall appear I" fore him this morning tint Yr mav fix dales for their trial. lie indicated that he would name next Monday as the date for the Matter trial. At. Mr. Mathews request. Judge I e.lie deferred the sentence until March 1, to "enable him-to straight en out business matters and to make provisions for his family." The at torncf general agreed to this ar rangement and was willing that the $20,U0) bond, nigned by C, D. Arm strong, under which Mathews ha been at liberty, shall stand until X'r.t sentence i pronounced. Davis ami Assistant Dorsey also agreed to drov counts two and three of Mathews' in dictment, w hich charge him with em bezzlement of $75,0K on March 1?. 1921, and of $25,000 on May 18. 1921. Financial Depression. ''It all grows out of the purchase of $.'00,0X) worth of bonds of the Colonial Timber and Coal corpora tion of West Virginia," said Ed V. Smith, counsel for Mathews. "Finan cial depression made the bond; un marketable." "I have thought the thing 0-f, and in pleading guilty I believe I am doing the best thing for everyone concerned; the thing a man should do," said Mathews. Attorney General Davis is rejoic ing over the outcome of the first ii dictment to come before the court. Mathews Is Calm. "Trial of Mr. Mathews cse would have been the most expensive one of all those indicted," said Davis. "It should save the state between $5,000 and $10,000. Moreover it -may facilitate the prosecution of cases to follow." Mr. Mathews was calm when he entered his plea of guilty. His countenance revealed no emotion, and he smiled faintly as he left the court room, where, in eight days, he must return to receive his sentence. Ralph E. Sunderland and Walter Stickel, named in indictments as ac cessories to the transaction on which Mathews was indicted, will have separate trials. Although he did not request a separate trial, Mr. Matters will be tried alone, because, the other three men's cases will be disposed of separately, Attorney Gen eral Davis said. One to Ten Years. Trial of the Shafers, indicted for . i i . :.. ...:.t. . - CIllUVAtClllCIIL 111 V.UIIIICI.IIUI1 Wllll-ll-V American Bank Building company, (Turn to Fare Two. Column Tno.V E. C. Lindley Resigns as Great Northern V. P. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 20. Erasmui C. Lindley, vice president and gen eral counsel of the Great Northern railway, resigned today as a result it was announced, of a conflict among heirs of Mrs. J. J. Hill over appoint ment of an administrator . for " her $12,000,000 estate. Louis W. Hill, chairman of the Great Northern railway, has pe titioned for his appointment as ad--ministrator, but seven other- heirs oppose his selcctcion. including Mrs. Lindley, who was Clara Hill. The seven heirs ask appointment, of. the Northwestern Trust . company, -.St. Pau.l V--V. It was announced by President Ralph Budd that Mafeellus T. Coun tryman, general solicitor of the Great Northern, had- been . named general counsel to succeed -- Mr. Lindley, who will continue as a - di rector and member of the executive committee. . . Probate Judge Howard Wheelet now has under advisement; the ap pointment of an administrator . for . Mrs. Hill's estate.' ... . Japan Bars Birth Control Propaganda of Mrs. Sangci Tokio. Feb. 20. The instruction of the Jaoanese foreign office to the Japanese consulate in San Francisco that it refuse to vise the passport or Mrs. Margaret Sanger, head of, the Birth Control league, were on the , ground that propaganda along , th ' lines it was understood she proposed was illegal in Japan and an improper subject for public discussion. - The foreign office's action,- how ever, it was stated by an official .to day, did not mean that Mrs. Sanger would be denied admission to Japan. France Asks Postponement r. of Conference at Genoa Paris. Feb. 20. The French gov eminent, desirous of making proper preparation for 'the Genoa confer ence. has announced that the vork of French experts might require three weeks more, according to the Temps. The government has therefore in formed all the participating powers that it will not be possible - for France to take part ii the conference if called on March 8. and has asked the Italian government for a P2sl poneraent. )