The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51-NO. 221.
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OMAHA, THURSDAY. MARCH 2. 1922.,
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TWO CENTS
East-West
Debate on
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Waterway
Cold Fact! Feature Discus
tion of Great Lakes Project
Between New York and
Kansas Governors.
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Herrick Opens Contest
By E. C. SNYDER.
Wa.hUxtoa (oirmwudMit Omh Bt.
Washington, March 1. (Special
Telegram.) The, joint debate be
tween Governor Allen of Kansas
and Governor Miller of New York
on the question of the advisability
of constructing; a shin canal between
the Great Lakes and the Atlantic
ocean via the Welland canal and
the St. Lawrence, was the magnet
which brought together today a no
table audience of business and pro
fessional men. legislator, engineers,
vt.amsliin owners. hvdroelectric
power operators and plain "dirt"
farmers, who arc vitally interested,
m the big subject 01 irant.pori.t
tiou. Ttie Rivers and Harbors congress
was fiie forum selected for the de
bate between two of the big men of
the country, an added starter having
Ven chosen in the person of 11.
H. Herrick of Chicago, awell-known
hanker of that city and a former
president of the Mississippi Valley
association, who opened the debate
for the proponents of the Great
Lakcs-St. Lawrence project.
In many ways the debate took
on the aspect, figuratively speak
ing, of a great gladiatorial contest
in which cold, hard facts vied with
oratory, vision with the common
place things like tonnage, hydro
electric power, bond issues and sec
tionalism, although the latter was
denied by all three participants in a
very memorable debate that was
conducted under the most approved
gladiatorial rules.
Tells of Great Dream.
In opening the debate, which
roused the partisans of the par
ticipants to noisy demonstrations at
times , as telling points were made,
Mr. Herrick asked his audience to
cast aside all sectionalism and con
sider this great problem in its bear
ing upon the interests of the whole
United States.
"We," out in the central states,"
said Mr. Herrick, "the middle vest
cm states, the district sometimes re
ferred to in this connection as the
vsrritory of the Great Lakes, ever,
l.l'.v thatVnuntrv was first settled.
to .Md l, great dream common j
of hi,,- o tnrougn an mes",
i. "s:css to me sea. i
n no theory of an nn-I
nrariiraiT?Hharacter. When we re
fer to the C-Vat Lakes as the
American- Mediterranean, we ire not
merely dreaming jor today in meas
ured tonnage whave 124,000,000
tons on the GreatTcs, on freights,
water borne, the greatest tonnage
of its character in tlie world. We
have developed water carriers, load
ing and unloading into ships, on that
American Mediterranean to a point
not known anywhere in-, the world."
Then fhat the audifcnee might
have a clear conception of the sec
tion most interested in the building
of such a canal, he enumerated the
following states as behind the prop
osition: Ohio, Michigan, North Da
kota, Nebraska. Montana, Idaho,
Indiana, Wisconsin, South Dakota,
Kansas. Colorado, Utah, Illinois,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wyo
ming and Oregon, a section of the
republic containing upwards of 42,
000.000 people, who pay" more than
a third of the taxes of the United
States.
Would Pay for Itself.
He said that engineers had esti
mated that it would cost $250,000,
000 to build the canal, which would
result in the development of 1,460,
000 hydro-electric horsepower which,
if sold at approximately one-third of
tli nrpnr nrice nhtaininsr in the
mertopolitan district of New York
city, would produce a sum sutticient
to pay the interest on a bond issue
for the entire cost, to amortize that
bond, issue so that it would be en
tirely retired in 50 years and to pro
diifp a Ri'nlcinir funrl for further de
vclopment of about $2,500,000 per
year.
Whrn Governor Allen was intro
ditcfd as the "Virile executive of the
sreat tate of Kansas," the audience
rose N en-masse and accorded the
aUAiatnr a most tumultous ovation
The reception evidently pleased the
governor for he made a humdinger
Fleldt Sentenced to
Prlton for Forgery;
Scout Taylor Story
Detroit. March I. Harry Field.
who claims to have been the driver
of the auto that carried the flayer
of Williim Demiond Taylor, film
director, to the latter's Jiotne in Hol
lywood, Cal,, on the night Taylor
was murdered, was sentenced yester
day to serve from J to It) years in
Jackson prison, having been convict
ed of obtaining money under faUe
fretenses. Official, both here and in
-os Angeles, have virtually dis
carded Field' confession as a due
in the Taylor case and lie had noth
ing further to add to his statements
today.
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Navy Faces
Complete
Ship Tieup
Action of House Committee itt
Cutting Appropriation for
Fuel May Cause Suspen
sion of Activities.
Road Cost
Comparison
Impossible
State Highways More SubMan
tially Built und Grade Cut
Deeper Than County,
Witnesses Testify.
$1,000,000 Potash Firm Floated on "Shoestring," ,
Manager of Plant Testifies at Promoters' Trial
Itow the $1,000,000 ltg I'uUh t
corporation is alleged to have , n
flnateit on a fhortrinff
in
all
oats
ot a speech, as a Kansas yjty news
paper man remarked during its de
Governor Allen said that the 18
.i.i. "ulintf commission he bore."
represent the surplus food produc
ing area of the United States."
Wnt ner cent ot til tne
wheat," .the governor said, "produced
the United States, OO per cent oi
the corn, 80 per cent ot" all the
. ro rent nf the barlev oro-
in Miissirm va ev ana tu-
tiguous states, and for all time we
have had present before us always,
the tragedy of transportation, while
the others of you have been thinking
of transportation in terms of rivers
and oceans and coming here for your
annual appropriations which we have
come to term good naturedly pork
barrel appropriations. Out in the
middle west we never have raised a
voice against any appropriations for
a waterway, although never have we
had advantage of a waterway. ,
Pay for Own FuneraL
Even when it has come to the
point in the oast that we paid dis
criminatory freight rates charged by
the railways to make up the deficit
they have been allowed to create m
favor of some theoretical water com
peting point- They have created a
deficit for the purpose of stamping
out competition and they know they
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Washington, March l. Necessity
of tying up every ship in the navy
for lack of fuel to permit operation
faced the Navy department as an im
mediate probability tonight, due to
action of the house appropriations
committee in reporting out a defi
ciency item of $6,200,000 for naval
fuel to be used during the remain
der of the fiscal year. This sum is
about one-half of the original fuel
deficiency estimate submitted by the
department.
As drawn by the committee, the
bill does not provide for an addi
tional appropriation but merely au
thorizes the department to spend
money it might be able to take from
other current appropriations for fuel
up to the limit set.
Naval officials are known to re
gard the situation as serious, al
though Secretary Denby refused to
authorize any comment on the ac
tion of the committee. There wer:
indications however that orders
must go forward to all parts of the
navy almost immediately under
which no ship would be permitted
to operate under steam for the re
mainder of the fiscal year, unless ad
ministration officials were success
ful in inducing congress to make
more liberal fuel provisions.
' Drastic Cuts Made.
While the Navy department has
authnritv nnttrr evistinc law to cre
ate deficiencies as an emergency, it!
is known that the policy of the ad
ministration is against that practice
and that Secretary Denby proposed
to two exoenditures of his deoart-
ment within' limits of appropriations
if 3t is humanly possible to do so. .
In presenting the fuel deficiency
situation to the subcommittee on na
val appropriations, Secretary Denby
pointed out that the original . esti
mates for the current year were
$37,000,000, which was ultimately re
duced by the denartment to $30,000,
000 and cut by congress to $17,500,
000. Of that sum, only $14,000,000
was available for fleet fuel.
Mr. Denby explained that should
every ship now in commission re
main at anchor throughout the year,
the total fuel bill to keep them un
der necessary steam in port would
amount to $12,850,000. which would
leave the navy only$l, 150,000 for op
erations under way, against $13,500,-
000 requested for the 192? year.
Must Tie Up Ships.
Destroyers on both coasts are now
reduced to a maximum of eight
hours steaming per month to save
(Torn to Tag Two, Column 0n,)
Harvey Church Will
Die Friday at 4 P. M.
Chicago, March 1. Harvey W
Church, condemned to die for the
murder of two automobile salesmen
here, and in a state of semi-coma, as
the result of attempted starvation to
cheat the gallows, will be hanged at
4 o'clock Friday aternoon,' Sheriff
Charles W. Peters has announced.
Daybreak is the customary time for
execution, but on account of Church's
condition, the delay until afternoon
will mean nothing to him, the sheriff
believes. ' ' '
The afternoon execution will be
more convenient for the witnesses
and jury of doctors who must attend,
county officials explained.
McMullen Headquarters
Are Opened in Lincoln
Lincoln, March 1. (Special Tele
gramsAdam McMullen of Bea
trice, one of the republican candi
dates for governor, opened McMul
len for governor headquarters at
Lincoln, Paul R. Halligan, Lincoln
attorney, will be in charge of headquarters.
Details Are Investigated
Lincoln. March I. (Special Tele
gram.) Failure to get relative com
of state and county road work
marked the second day of the road
probe here.
Lven Kichardson county oifidals
and residents appearing before the
board with avowed intention of dis
crediting state roads admitted a
comparison of state and county road
costs would be unfair a the K'lc
were cut down more m the state
roads, the etate roads were more
substantial for heavy traffic and
more work had been put in on them.
A probe into a $15 expense account
of l'rank Stewart, a state engineer,
occupied considerable time. Testi
mony was offered to the effect that
I art .Shihlncck, Kirhardson county
official, had driven Stewart over the
county for three days a jut at the end
of three days Stewart had him sign a
blank receipt.
The testimony indicated that sev
eral months later Stewart sent Shild-
neck a check for $5. in full payment
for his work, while records show
the blank receipt had been made out
for $15 and Steward had collected
that much. Stewart said he paid for
gasoline, oil and other expenses of
the trip, which, he believed, made up
the other $10.
Protest Contract Change.
Richardson county officials com
plained because Johnson and the
county board had made a contract
for a road project with one contract
or and without consulting the board,
Johnson gave it to another.
Johnson presented figures to show
that the second contractor received
exactly the same amount .of money
as the first and the reason for the
chanKC was the fact that the first
contractor had failed to begin work
on the project at the time indicated
in the contract.
"The reason no one was consulted
was that things became so deplorable
that the only way I could get action
was to act on my own initiative,"
Johnson said.
Continuing, Johnson presented
minutes of the Richardson county
commissioners' meeting to show that
they had passed favorably "on every
other state road project put through
in that count'.
Explains Machinery Cost
J.. F. Rclf. county ..engineer, an ap
pointive officer, who,' actotding to
Johnson, resigned as county sur.
vcyor, an elective office, after his
books had been examined by the
state engineer's department, declared
that ' government trucks and other
government machinery was furnished
to Kansas counties much cheaper
than ft Nebraska counties.
"The Kansas machinery is shipped
to Kansas counties direct," Johnson
said, "and much of it has never or
will never be used. The government
machinery is shipped to the state in
Nebraska and we repair and send it
to the counties in a workable condi
tion. Wre sell it at cost and have
never made a cent from it."
E. K. Hurst and R. B. Thomas,
contractors, were called to the stand
by Johnson and refuted statements
charged to them by Richardson
county residents that the bridge
over the Nemaha river had not been
properly built.
Lewis C. Westwood, county at
torney of Johnson county objected
to the cost of a road project in that
county in which he said Johnson
had offered to handle excavation
for 50 cents a yard and which was
costing 71 cents a yard.
Differences in Cost.
"At the time the excavation ' bids
were opened the lowest bidder of
fered to do the work for 65 cents
a cubic yard," Westwood said, "and
Johnson said the state could do it
for 50 cents. Instead it is costing
71 cents.
"The total cost of the job will
be $113,150.48, while under the 50
cent excavation contract, if carried
out, would be $88,327.69. It means
that under government rules, which
pay on contract prices.vthat approxi
mately $24,000 of our federal aid
will be taken off some other job
to .make up for the excessive cost
of the job.
4'Mind you, we believe the state
is -doing everything possible to build
rbads. economically, and we would
not say for a minute that the coun
ty could have built the same road
for less money.' Only we feel that the
state should lose on its contract and
we shouldn't."
Johnson replied that the Johnson
county project was one of the first
(Torn to Pre Two, Colnmn Three.)
Princess Wed, London Revels
West End Resounds With Song and Laughter Until
3 A. M. Today Great Crowds Fill Theaters.
London, March 1. (By A. P.)
While Princess Mary and her hus
band, Viscount Lascelles, were be
ginning their honeymoon in seclu
sion at Weston park today an
nouncement was made that in re
sponse to many requests the whole
musical portion of yesterday's wed
ding ceremony in Westminster Ab
bey would be repeated by the com
bined abbey and chapel royal choirs
two weeks hence.
Interest in yesterday's event con
tinued today. Hundreds of persons
waited at the abbey doors from an
early hour this morning to gain ad
mittance and view the srene of the
function.
The newspapers today reported
the great achievement of carrying
out yesterday's program in perfect
order, despite the fact that the
crowds constituted the largest pub
lic gathering over recorded at any
state function. Scotland Yard re
ported that nearly 9,000 police were
on duty, and it was unofficially stat
ed that the ambulance corps dealt
with 500 cases of fainting, so dense
were the crowds in some places.
The West End resounded with
song and laughter until - nearly 3
o'clock this morning in celebration
of the wedding. Such crowds had
not thronged the streets and filled
the hotels and theaters to overflow
ing since Armistice da)'
A. U Krcisi of Jick. vA
.former general manager, V ' . I
lit Merrmmn, .Neb., and t -.inrn
for the government, in the trial
of William A. McWIiortcr. Charles
W ohlberg, W. (,. Cliiplejr and Jacob
Mae in federal court eterdy.
"McWIiortcr told me be didn't
know where to get any money to
make the MrU payment on $25,000
for Irancs on potah lakes. butWohl
berg said he thought he could get it
from Chiplry or Mae. not yet
brought into the concern," said
KreUi.
Stock Offered for Sale.
One of the firt acts when the
company organized May 31, l'MC,
was to authorize the sale of 200
shares of stock, par value $100 per
share, for 50 cents on the dollar, be
fore June 10, in order to have a little
caih on hand, he testified.
Important exhibits were introduced
today by A. W. Lane, prosecuting
for the government.
Among them are minutes of di
rectors' meetings which, the govern
ment expects to prove, were never
held. A half dozen of thent are
dated May 31, at various hours, such
as 10 a. in., p. in., and 5 p. in.
Couics of an acrccmcnt for tern
porary pooling of directors' stock,
expected to figure in later testimony,
and of a contract by which Kreiss
was to assign back to McWhorter
$1W,0(K) out of $J00.0O0 put on the
books to Kreiss' credit, also were in
troduced as exhibits.
Stock Deal Described.
A letter from Charles L. Dundy
to Kreiss. covering the latter trans
action, including $100,000 more stock
to T. W. La Fleischc and F. V. H.
Collins, and leaving enly $10,000 for
Kreiss' share, asks Kreiss to sign an
enclosed contract to this effect.
When Kreiss demurred because his
stock was not sent to him, Dundy
wrote he "would send it if you want
it." Kreis3 testified he never signed
the document.
McWhorter first demanded $500.
000 in stock as his share of the pro
motion scheme, but Kreiss objected
to his having more than $200,000, it
was testified.
"I considered the blue sky commis
sion's ru hue ot M per cent tor a
$1,000,000 capitalization to be a legal
commission, though 1 knew at tne
time that the company did not com
ply otherwise with the blue sky law,
Kreiss admitted.
Subscriptions Asked, v
Kreiss recalled a meeting of
prominent citizens at Merriman,
Neb., June II, Wlo, wfiere flicwnor-
tcr, Wohlberg and Areiss made
speeches to the townspeople about
the ootential wealth in nearby lakes
and asked them to subscribe $75,000
jn ftock if the p ant was nuia mere.
A banker, Comiskey, pledged $10,
000, but others demurred, t
"Then McWhorter told them he
wouldn't insist on the $75,000 sub
scription," Kreiss said. "He said he
knew he could sell that much or
more to the townspeople' on the
project's own merit. Three das-s
later I began construction of a $350,
000 plant at Merriman, by McWhor
ter's orders." .
This plant never was completed.
Witness 111. j
The total amount alleged to have
been obtained fraudulently by the
quartet on trial is $496,000 instead of
$436,000, according to revised figures
announced by J. C. Kinsler. United
States district attorney, yesterday.
Mrs. William Berg, widow of the
late Berg from whose blacksmithing
supply house the stock promoters
took their name, and whom the gov
ernment expected to put on the stand
yesterday, is ill at the Colonial, Kins
ler stated. If necessary, her deposi
tion will be taken in the sickroom,
he said, in order not to delay the
trial.
Cash Plan
Cut From
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Here's the way the four potash promoters now on trial before Judge Munger looked as they sat in fed
eral court Tuesday, sketched by The Bee staff artist. Left to right, they are: William A. McWhorter, W.
G. Chipley, Jacob Masse and Charles Wohlberg.
Judge Decides "Somebody Lied" 'Yap Treaty
in Piekford-Wilkenning Suit ! Ratified Jjy
Court Leaves It to Jury to Say Which One Departed j
From Path of Truth in Action for $108,000
Against "America's Sweetheart."
Union Pressmen Vote
to Accept Wage Award
New York, March 1. New York
morning newspapers, which appeared
in abbreviated form today because
of a delay by the local web press
men's union in . accepting terms of
an arbitration award handed down
by Federal Judge Manton, will ap
pear in their regular dress tomor
row morning, it was announced to
night. ,
The union voted early today for
unconditional acceptance of the
award, but did not return to their
posts until the publishers had met
and accepted the pressmen's offer
to go back. ;
The publishers agreed to a confer
ence Friday at which union repre
sentatives will urge modification of
the award. The most- important
concession to be sought, it was un
derstood, would be restoration of
the-six hour shift. Judge Manton de
cided in favor of an eight-hour shift,
which the union contends will throw
several hundred of its 1.800 mem
bers out of work; ,
Kenyon Takes Oatli of
Office as Circuit Judge
' St. Louis, Mo., March 1. William
S. Kenyon. lately United States sen
ator from Iowa, took the oath of of
fice as judge of the United States
circuit court of appeals, Eight dis
trict, in the appellate court room at
the federal building here today, i
Judge Walter H. Sanborn admin
istered the oath. He said the new
judge had had a "glorious career"
in the senate and expressed the hope
that his career on the bench would
be equally illustrious. . , .
Judge Kenyon said he would not
give up his Iowa residence.
Citizens State Bankat - ,
"Winside Given Charter
- Lincoln, March 1. A charter for
the Citizens State bank at Winside
was granted by the state department
of trade and commerce, the first for
the vrar 1922. Capital was placed
at $30,000.
New York, March 1. Federal
Judge Mack reached the conclusion
today that either Mary Tickford or
Mrs. Cora Wilkcnning, w ho sued the
actress for $108,000, bad deliberately
lied, and he left it to a jury to de
cide which one was guilty.
The jury returned its decision this
afternoon, but as Judge Mack had
gone home, the verdict was sealed
and the question as to the veracity
will not be publicly settled until
tomorrow.
The lie, according to the judge,
rested in the conflicting stories of
the methods Mary used in 1916 to
get Adolph Ztikor to raise her sal
ary from $4$00 a week to $10,
000. Mrs. Wilkcnning, whose business
is that of- locating jobs and better
salaries for people who live by amus
ing others, claimed that it was she
who pcrsuade'd Mr. Zukor to fatten
Mary's income. She said the screen
star came to her and told about
hearing that Charlie Chaplain was
making $1,000,000 a year and she
thought her curls and her pout were
worth just as much as the comedi
an's derbv and shuffle, or words to
that effect.
Was to Get Commission.
" According to 'Mrs.' ' Wllken niug's
story, it was agreed that she woula
sally forth and get other producers
to bid for Mary's services which
would force Zukor to raise the ante
and then she would get 10 per cent
commission on the new contract.
Thus she claimed $108,000 as her
commission and extra charges be
cause Mary got a $10,000 a week
contract running two years.
Mary today flatly denied Mrs.
Wilkenning's story. Her lawyers
told the jury that Mary was s.uch
a good actress that producers came
around to her with tempting con
tracts and that it was downright
silly to think she would have to run
around looking for a job.
Mary's mother testified yester
day that Mrs. Wilkenning did not
have a thing to do with the con
tract, but wanted it signed in her
office because it would lend her pres
tige. Today Mrs. Wilkenning's law
yer told what he thought about
Mary's mother, and Mrs. Pickford
almost cried. But she smiled again
when Mary kissed her and told her
to brace up and show her "Irish
sense of humor."
"Somebody Lied."
"This interview between the plain
tit'f and the. defendant either took
place or it did not take place," said
Judge Mack addressing the jury.
"One or the other has deliberately
lied. It cannot be a mere figment
of the imagination."
Then he told the jury that if they
found Mary had been the one who
slipped from the path of truth, they
could award Mrs. Wilkenning any
sum up to $108,000. '
A crowd loafed all day in the cor
ridor outside the courtroom to catch
a glimpse of Mary, and "Doug."
When ihe screen stars departed after
the judge "had charged the jurr.jhese
movie fans formed an unsolicited es
cort down the stairs to a .waiting au
tomobile. Douglas was so busy slip
ping on a greatcoat that he almost
lost Mary in the mob of autograph
hounds, stenographers, clerks, star
gazers and unclassified mortals who
surrounded her.
"Wait a minute, dear," she said.
That seemed to tickle the crowd
just as though they had been won
dering all along what Mary called
her husband.
U. S. Senate
Pact With Japan Confirming
American Rights on Inland
Approved 67 to 22
Amendments Defeated.
Head of California
-Dry Forces Replaced
Washington, March 1. Resigna
tion of Federal Prohibition Director
E. F. Mitchell of California and ap
pointment of Samuel F. Rutter' of
Oakland, Cal., to succeed him was
announced today by Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes.
The change in federal prohibition
directorship in California was said
to be the first step in a general re
organization of the dry law enforce
ment forces there. Reports of the
resignation of . Mr. Mitchell have
been current for some time.
The action taken . by Commis
sioner Haynes .'ollowcd conferences
with Senators Johnson and Short
ridge on the situation in California.
"There has been, however," Mr.
Haynes said, "a lack of complete
sympathy and harmony in Director
Mitchell's organization. I have re
peatedly stated that whenever condi
tions in any state developed to such
a point that the maximum results
could not be attained, changes in
personnel would follow." v
Imperial Valley Water
Project Favored by Fall
Washington,' March 1 A volumin
ous report favoring the project for
the development of the Imperial val
ley in California by irrigation from
the Colorado river was transmitted
to the senate today by Secretary
Fall of the Interior department. .
Included were recommendations of
the director of reclamation and the
record of public hearings held at San
Diego, Cal., and at other points.
. The project recommended provides
for construction by the government
of a "high line" canal from Laguna
dam to the Imperial valley and erec
tion of a large dam at or near
Boulder canyon in, the lower Colo
rado river. The canal would be paid
for by assessments upon adjacent
property benefitted. Ihe Bouler dam
propect also contemplates develop
ment of a large power supply for sale
to interests of adjacent states at
prices to be fixed by the govern
ment. '
Judge Julian W. Mack
Takes Place of Landis
Chicago. March l.--Federal Judge
Julian W. Mack of New York was
selected today by Judge George A.
Carpenter, senior federal judge of
the northern district, United States
court, to serve the unexpired"-term
of Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, whose
resignation became effective today.
Judge Mack will serve until such
time as President Harding may ap
point a successor,
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McAdoo Will Make
Future Home in West
By The AMuclatrd I'resn.
Xew York March 1. William G.
McAdoo. secretary of the treasury
under President Wilson, announced
tonight that he will leave Acw York
Friday, his home since 1892, and set
tle in Los Angeles.
His son, Francis II. McAdoo, will
succeed him as a member of the New
iork law firm of McAdoo, Cotton
and Franklyn, of which he was senior
member. , ,
Asked whether he meant to retire
from the practice of law, Mr. Mc
Adoo said:
"No sir; I intend mv new life to"
be the beginning of greater activity
than ever before.
He flouted the suggestion that he
might be going west to become
head of any part of the movie in
dustry or that he was making a po
litical move.
"I'm simply going to Los An
geles to make my home because Mrs.
McAdoo and I like the climate and
the country," he said. "I expect
to hang out my shingle and practice
law just as I have been doing since
I. left my office at Washington."
Dispute Between Pressmen '
and Publishers in N. Y. Ended
New York, March 1. The con
troversy between the publishers of
the daily newspapers of New York
City and the Web Pressmen's union
over the arbitration award of Fed
eral Judge Martin T. Manton was
ended today, Don C. Seltz, manager
of the New York World, announced
after a publishers' meeting this
morning. .
All afternoon "papers, which had
omitted their first editions, would
appear in full size at 11 a. m., Mr.
Seitz said. Morning papers had ap
peared in abbreviated form, with
most of the advertising omitted.
Beatrice Attorneys Urge
Colby for Supreme Bench
Beatrice, Neb.; March 1. (Special
Telegram.) A petition is being cir
culated among the attorneys of Bea
trice asking that Gen. L. W. Colby of
this city enter the race as a candidate
for supreme judge from the Sixth dis
trict. He is now serving as judge
of this judicial district.
$223,000 Fire in Hollywood
Los Angeles, Cal., March 1. Fire,
thought to have originated from the
explosion of an oil stove, this morn
ing practically destroyed three busi
ness establishments in the Holly
wood district here, entailing a loss
estimated at $223,000,
Washington, March I. Taking its
first ratification roll call on the series
of international covenants negotiated
during the arms conference, the sen
ate today ratified without reservation
or amendments, the treaty with
Japan confirming American cable
and radio rights on the Inland of
Yap.
The final vote was 67 to 22, repre
senting a margin of seven over the
necessary two-thirds. The 31 deniO'
crats present divided, 13 for ratifica
tion and 19 against, while only three
republicans voted m the negative.
As soon as the result had been
announced,, the four-power Pacific
treatv, the pivotal agreement of the
arms conference series, was brought
before the senate for action. The
prolonged and bitterly fought debate
which is expected to precede a vote
on it will begin tomorrow.
Ratification of the Yap treaty fol
lowed an all-day battle over reser
vations and amendments, during
which dissatisfied senators on the
democratic side, joined by a few re
publicans, sought unsuccessfully' to
attach qualifications to the ratifica
tion resolution. A halt dozen pro.
posals, all presented by democratic
senators, were voted down succes
sively by overwhelming majorities.
Want U. S. to Be Judge.
The reservationista made their
principal fight and reached the high
water mark of their strength in la
vor of an amendment which would
have declared that the United States
should be the sole judge as to
whether American radio develop
ment on Yap is warranted. Under
the treaty, no American plant is to
be installed there as long as Japan
maintains one "adequate" to meet
the situation, but proponents of the
amendment argued that a controver
sy might arise over the question
whether Japanese facilities are ade
quate. On Hie roll call, 29 votes, in
cluding those of . four republicans,
were mustered for the proposal,
while 54 senators,, including five
democrats, voted against it.
In opposing the radio amendment,
senator Lodge, Massachusetts, the
republican leader, and Senator Un
derwood, Alabama, leader of the
democrats, both of whom were
members of the American arms con
ference delegation, declared that un
der the treaty itself this govern,
ment would judge exclusively in
any controversy over the efficiency
of the service rendered and that to
attach either reservations or 'amend
ments would require that the long,
standing Yap problem be reopened
to negotiation. "
Both Factions Confident.
' Leaders of the various senate ele
ments disagreed as to the significance
of today's action with regard to the
four power and other treaties await
ing senate action. The administra
tion managers declared that on sub
sequent ratification roll calls they ex
pected to lose "very few" of the
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Northwestern Train to
Emerson to Be Restored
Lincoln, March 1. (Speciat.)
Trains Nos. 7 and S must be put back
in service on the Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha railroad, be
ginning March 20, according to an
order made today by the state rail
way commission.
These trains run between Omaha
and Emerson and were taken off last
fall. ,
The Chamber of Commerce of
Omaha and inhabitants of the towns
along the line have fought for re
storation of the trains ever since
they were taken off.
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to Elimination of Money
Feature.
j Early Action Expected
Wii'liiiiittoii. M.irch 1, Mimim.
lion of the eah feature of the sol
diers' bonu virtually was agreed
upon today by republican inrmbers
of the hou-e ways and means com
mil tec.
Chairman hordnry announced that
a itprcial rubrunniiittre of six had
been named by unanimous agree
ment to "work out some plan thsl
would not rntji! any targe drifts 0
the fedrral treasury within the w
two ear." .Such a plan would
make nnecesai'y any immediate
bonus financing and would remove
the cause of controversy in th
house over the bill.
Bill Ready Soon.
The special subcommittee will
meet this ai'trrnoon and Mr. Ford
ury said it was the belief that
measure could lie made rely cer
tainly within two or three days. lie
added that it was possible that de
tails of the bill could be worked out
at the first session.
Before deciding to appoint the sub
committee the majority members
again canvassed the whole situa
tion. The compromise finally
reached was said to have been bv
unanimous consent.
It was the general understanding
that in the measure to be drafted the
cash feature, if retained, would b
made so much less attractive than
the other features that there would
be small demand for it.
Complete Elimination.
Some members of the committee
said complete elimination of the
cash bonus was in mind and that it
was the plan to make the insurance
feature more attractive. They ex
plained that while the service men
accepting this option could not bor
row from the government on their
insurance within three years they
probably could obtain the money
from other sources before the ex
piration of that period.
Representative Longworth said
the idea was to relieve the treasury
of any heavier drafts on account of
the bonus during the period of the
refunding of the $6,500,000,000 of
Victory notes and the short dated
certificates.
f Suggested 3y Vetersns.
Some such plan as' that on which
the committee is now working has
been suggested by a number of
former service men and by mem
bers of the house and has been
looked upon with favor by some
leaders of the agricultural bloc who
have held out against President
Harding's suggestion of financing
the cash bonus by means of a ssl-s
tax.
Committee members said it was
the expectation that the vocational
training and home land settlement
options would be retained, explain
ing these would not cause any heavy
drain on the treasury within the next
few years. With the cash feature
eliminated, it was said, the ultimate
cost of the bonus would be greater
than estimated under the present
"five-way plan," even with federal
aid, under those options held to the
present proportion. ' -
While the' majority members were
in session, Representative Fish, re
publican, New York, laid before
President Harding a s u g g ested
amendment to the bonus measure
which would limit the adjusted com
pensation pay to recipients of vo
cational training, those drawing com
pensation for disabilities and to vet
erans who certify to their unemploy
ment in making application.
Wheat Growers Hopeful
for Working Agreement
Denver, Colo., March 1. Repre
sentatives of the Northwest Wheat
Growers, associated, and of Ne
braska, Kansas, Texas and Okla
homa state co-operative organizations
of wheat growers will confer here to
day to discuss matters of mutual in
terest. Plans for closer co-operation
between various gfoups of wheat
growers will be discussed, leaders
said.
Conferences between representa
tives of the Northwest Wheat Grow
ers, associated, and of the United
States Grain Growers, Inc., begun
yesterday, also are to be continued
today with prospects for the adoption
of a working agreement, "hopeful."
according to leaders of the two or
ganizations. The conferences yester
day were said to have resulted in
progress being made toward work
ing out an agreement but all of the .
details were not arranged. '
Wool Men Protest Rail Rates
Washin crtnn Marrli 1 Wti
wool growers at the Interstate Com
merce commission's general rate
hearing today asked not only for
reductions in freight rates, but also
for removal of alleged discriminations
in the aoulciation of rates.
F. R. Marshall, secretary of the
National Wool Growers' association,
declared that the sheep business was
operating generally at a loss under
present conditions, while freight rates
were 51 per cent above prewar
schedules.
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12 More Brokers Indicted
New York, March 1. Twelve
more stock brokers were indicted by
a supreme court grand jury today
for irregularities 'disclosed in District
Attorney Ranton's investigation of
bucket shopping, which followed
failure of a number of brokerage
iirms. Names of the defendants were
withheld.
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