The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL .11 NO. 232.
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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15. 1922.
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TWO CENTS
Taxpayers
Con'ductiiis
Mee tiiiirs
llolil S-ioiH la Consider
With PuMic Official Meant
of Grtting KrouaM
Limit.
Public Interest Intense
By PAUL GREER. ,
No one liai to think very hard
ilioui itt ) discover that a Ux
on niercliaudte. which, include the
fate Ux, tends o inrrcaie it price,
while a tax on the value of land or
other permanent ource of income.
melt a lnnK lowers us price. .V
land tax. in otlirr word, cannot be
sliiiird to consumer.
Thus is rxilainfd tlie activity of
the rral ctatc dealer of Omaha in
lii-half of Kreattr public economy.
Hence aUo the intense interest of tlie
farmers of Nebraska in tax matter.
The fact that agricultural profits are
low. is of course, another factor. In
Col fat county a group of substantial
farmers among them some Non
partisan leaguer, with a sprinkling
of nrnizrrssive nartv advocates, and
almost all opposed to the Farm bu
reau, nave organized a taxpayers
Protective league. In Stanton coun
ty the Farmers' union has called a
mass meeting for next Thursday to
consider means of keeping tae
within reasonable limit. In Thurston
rountv, under the auspice of the
Nebraska Farm Bureau federation,
largely attended meetings are be
ing held in eaclf school district on
the same topic.
Meetings Not Partisan.
One of these meetings was held
at Winnebago. The speaker had a
large chart on which was displayed
the tax figures for state, county,
si-hoot and villaae taxes. After the
chart had been explained hand bills
containing the same figures were dis
tributed. What distinguished this
7 hurston county meeting from some
of those held elsewhere in the state
is that no effort was made to pro
duce partsan capital. The compli
ment was paid the audience of pre
senting the simple facts and leaving
rach man and woman to draw his
own conclusions.
One of the difficulties in tax re
form is that the average citizen looks
upon the whole ' problem of state,
county and local government from
too partisan a standpoint. Meetings
mic as this at Winnebago serve to
increase local citizenship interest in
local government. It is a' fact not
altogether logical that the average
citizen has greater interest in state
government. which his ' individual
voice and vote can do o little to
con.'rol. than he has in local govern
ment, which is more directly under
his influence, observation and com
V prehension. .. .
Great Interest Shown,
.'threat interest, however, has been
aroused in these Thurston county
meetings, as many as 200 persons
attending some of them. The point
that interests the taxpayer the most
h to know the ultimate expenditure
of his taxes. An astonishing feature
is the variation in the cost of sup
porting schools. On the $1,000 full
(Continued on fm Two, Column Two.)
Six Jurors Accepted
r'm Arbuckle Trial
San Francisco, Ca., March 14.
Six jurors had been accepted tenta
tively at the close of today's ses
sion of the third manslaughter trial
i-f Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle.
'Two of them were women. Only a
hslf-day session of court was held
en account of the funeral of a
sister" of one of the prospective
jurors.
The prosecution attempted to ask
uv.c of the women members of the
venire what she would do if it were
shown that Arbuckle had told three
different versions of events at a
party in his hotel apartment here
September 5. 1921, which was fol
lowed four days later by the death
of Mi?s Virginia Rappe, but defense
objections to the questions were
sustained.
Irish Agitator May Be 1
Pardoned St. Patrick's Day
New York, March 14. Leo. H.
Hcaly, a Brooklyn lawyer, who has
been seeking the release of James
Larkin. Irish agitator, now imprison
ed at Danncmora for criminal an
archy, said today that Governor
Miller has under consideration a
pardon, perhaps on St. Patrick's day.
. If freed. Larkin would return to
Ireland. Healey .said. Once back
home, Larkin. in Mr. Healy's opin
ion, would prove a potent force in
uniting the factions led apart by De
Yalcra and Collins.
"I believe that he has a greater fol
lowing in Ireland than cither of
them," Mr. Hcaly said.
Women to Hold Purse Strings
of Many Michigan Towns
Detroit. Mich., March 14. Women
arc to hold the purse strings of more
that a dozen Michigan villages that
held election? yesterday. Returns
completed today" show that women
candidates for treasurer were suc
cessful in five villages in Van Buren
count-, five in Lenawee county and
one in Kalamazoo county. '
Seeks to Be N. D. Senator
Lakota, X. D., March 14. A. J.
Gronna today announced that he is a
candidate for United States senator
to succeed Porter J. McCumbefv
whose term expires March 4 next.
Mr. Gronna represented North Da
kota in the upper house for 12 years
and was defeated at the 1920 pri
. n-ary by Dr. E. F. Ladd, then presi
dent of the Aorth Dakota agricul
tural college, who was endorsed by
the national nonpartisan league.
Prominent Omahan,
Here 40 Years, Dies
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Husband of feK;
11 Wed lo
Nebraskan
W. O. Shrivtr.
W. C. Shriven 63,
Pioneer. Expires
Realtor Once Associated With
George P. Bcmis Dies
Leaves Widow and
Daughter.
W. O. Shriver. 65, 1902 North
Twenty-fifth avenue, prominent
realtor and a resident of Omaha for
40 years, died yesterday at his
home.
' During his residence in Omaha
Mr. Shriver has been associated
with several real estate men, among
them being George P. Bemis, John
T. Hell and A. U. Wyman. At the
time of his death he operated a real
estate and insurance office in the
Omaha National bank building.
He leaves a wife and a daughter,
Mrs. J. J. Brown, jr., Hannibal,
Mo. He was a prominent Mason.
being at the time of his death master
of the Nebraska lodge No. 1. A. F.
& A. M.
Mr. Shriver was born in Jolly
town, Pa.
The funeral will be held Thurs
day afternoon and the body will be
interred in Forest Lawn cemetery.
Labor Urged to
"Fix Its Fences"
Nonpartisan Political Commit
tee Issues , Proclamation
- on Primary Election.
Washington, March 14 j Meet
ings immediately- f local nonpartisan
campaign committees throughout the
L'nited States, to ."begin active pre
parations for the primaries," - were
called , for today in a proclamation
address to organized labor by the ex
ecutive committee of the American
federation of labor's nonpartisan po
litical campaign committee. -
Where local organizations have
not remained in existence since the
fast election formation of new com
mittees is urged so that plans may
be made quickly "for a most inten
sive campaign of education of not
only membejs of trade unions but of
the great masses of the people," and
for placing ' candidates in the field
where neither party puts up a candi
date regarded as "representative of
the people's interests."
"Every state federation of labor,"
says the announcement, "every city
central body, should create nonpar
tisan political campaign committees.
Every local union should appoint a
committee to co-operate with the
state and central bodies. .
. The announcement declares that
Vno genuine constructive . mcSsure
has been enacted by congress since
March 4, 1919.".
"Every means used to secure
legislation that will aid in relieving
unemployment has been met with re
buff." it'states. . '
"The present deplorable condition
of our country artigcially made and in
which labor and the farmers have
been deflated until it hurts, has been
ignored by congress. Only appeals
for subsidies for ship owners. . rail
roads and other interests find listeners."
N. Y. Girl Must Spend $250
Annually for Clothing
New York, March 14. It costs
New York girls at the least $250 an
nually to clothe themselves properly,
members of the League of Girls'
clubs announced today. Today's re
port, filed after the -working girls
composing the league had answered
a questionnaire on the '..subject, de
clared that opeka (Kan.) and Chi
cago estimates are too low for New
York. - - : - ,
A report of the findings of To
peka merchants declared that $82 was
a sufficient dress allowance - for ' a
working girl. ; Chicago girls later re
ported they could dress properly on
$117 annually. -
Phone, Mail,
or Bring
Your
"Wcint"Al
to The Bee
17th and Farnam
AT Untie 1000
''Romeo" Marrie Dud City
Divorcee Pmuadci Her
Mother to Mortgage
Home.
Nabbed at" Indianapolis
r.ishieeit month of upfne were
ended Monday night for Florence
Johnon of David City. Xcb when
she was told her neeond litn.band, J.
II. Vaughn, under arrest in In
dianapolis, Ind.
Vaughn, whose real i.ame U Isaiah
Moore, 32, was arrested in the
I lousier metropolis on charges of
embezzlement and bigamy, and hi
alleged confession to having married
II wive and being betrothed to wed
& 12th yetred.i revealed hi ident
ity the J. II. auniin mr witom
warrant itiU tanl in David tnv.
Late in the winter of l'J19-20 a
neat and genial baker appeared in
David City and secured work in the
Gates restaurant as master baker, ac
cording to friend of Mis Johnson
He worked under the name of
Vaughn and soon won the confidence
of hi employer.
Sang in Choir.
He joined the Congregational
church, sang in the choir and took
active part in the social activities of
the congregation. .
Soon he met Esther Johnson,
divorcee and mother of little Neal.
row 13. Mis Johnson had married
IX. W. Higginbotham and had di
vorced him after he was alleged to
have made threats against her life,
l ater he married again, but she was
given custody of their child. -
Vaughn infatuation tor Miss
Johnson seemed love at first sight
and after a whirlwind courtship they
were married.
Wins Mother-in-law.
Vauehn's winning ways were not
confined to his business and church
associates, for he soon won a place
in the' affections of his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Elmer Johnson, widow of
a former well-to-do business man;
so strong a place, it is said, that he
is alleged to have induced her -to
mortgage her home and give him the
money thus acquired with which he
said he would purchase a bakery in
Omaha and set up in business for
himself.
All this within six weeks from the
wedding,' and a few days later, on
Saturday when the banks were closed,
Vaughn is alleged to have visited
two iewelrv stores, purchased two
.valuable diamond rings "for his wife"
for Which he gave his personal
checks, and then bought complete
sets of clothing from haberdashers in
similar fashion.
On Midnight Train.
'On the midnight train he -left.
Monday morning the checks were
stamped "no funds" by the bank. No
word came to his bride of six weeks
and she began to worry for fear he
had been the victim of foul play.
Her search for him reached into the
far places, but no trace could be
found.
After weary months of waiting,
her heart cooled, chilled by the
thoughts of her mother's lost money,
and she brought suit for divorce on
grounds of desertion and nonsup
port. The decree w-as granted last
December, and her maiden name re
stored again.
She now is working as linotype
operator in, the office of the Butler
County Press.
Illusions Shattered..
Monday "night her illusions that
her fiery" lover of two years agd
might have been the victim of dis
aster were shattered when she was
informed of- Associated Press dis
patches from Indiapolis relating
Vaughn's varied voyages on the
matrimonial sea..
Authorities at David City yester
day were considering the. advisabil
ity of putting in a bid for extradi
tion of Vaughn to Nebraska or leav
ing him to the acre of Indiana au
thorities. Miss Johnson, however,
declined to push the case, saying she
will be satisfied to let Hoosicr law
take its course.
No. 12 Escapes.
Indianapolis,. Ind., March 14.
Isaiah Moore's 12th marriage was to
(Turn to yg Tonr. Colnmn One.)
St. Louis Order Buyers'
Rates Excessive, Is Charge
Washington, March 14. A com
plaint alleging that an apparently
unjustifiable increase had been made
in the commission charge for buying
hnaa fnr pastern market's. waS issued
by Secretary Wallace against the 92
order buyers constituting tne at.
Louis National Stockyards.
The complaint, under the packers
and stockyards act, states that the
association, February 3, adopted a
schedule fixing the commission
charge at $10 a car, whether single
or double deck, compared with the
old rate of $3 for single deck and
$5 for double deck cars.
A hearing, when the order buyers
will be required to show cause why
this increase should not be held un
reasonable, was set for April 6 in
the exchange building. National
Stockyards, Illinois. ' -
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Will Not Join Conference
Morgantown, V. Va., March 14.
Seventy-five coal companies, forming
the Monongahela Coal Operators'
association, today announced they
would not join the Northern West
Virginia Coal association with its
meeting with United Mine Workers
of District No. 17 at Baltimore,
March '27 to agree on a working
scale.
.. The, Monongahela association re
cently agreed upon a scale providing
for 30 per cent reduction in mining
rates, which it will undertake to put
into effect April 1.
Bonus Bill
Favored by
'Committee
Vote of 19 to 5 Send Soldiers
Cqmncnsatiou Measure to
House for Legislative
Action.
Air Sortsnian
Denies Swindle
S. K. J. Cox, Entry in Pulitzer
Race Here, Accused in
$I,000,(X50 Fraud.
New York, March 14. Seymour
FJ. J. Cox, prontoter, of Houston,
Tex., charged with defrauding in
vestors out of $1,000,000 in worth
less stocks, waived examination and
removal proceedings when arraigned
in federal court today. He stated that
his affairs in Texas were all right,
and that he was anxious to get back
there and answer any complaints
against him.
Cox has attracted considerable at
tention by his airplane "stunts."
Recently he sent Mrs. Cox and
their son in a plane from Houston
to New York to enter the lad in. a
private school. He also entered planes
in the Omaha Pulitzer and -James
Gordon Bennett races.
Last October Cox's methods of
advertising the Cox Realization cor
poration, which dealt in potash and
oil securities, were denounced by the
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World.
The report quoted the Cox claim
that he had discovered rich potash
beds in Texas were grossly exag
gerated and declared he had out-
Ponzicd Ponzi in the glowing prom
ises his literature held out to pros
pective investors. Some of the lit
erature, it was declared, offered ' as
much as 2,000 per cent to investors
in his potash .lands. .
Man Facing Death
Again Asks Parole
Loren Wright, Burglar, Makes
Second Plea Brother
Died in Prison.
Lincoln, March 14. (Special.)
Will two brothers die within peni
tentiary walls of tuberculosis?' The
state board of pardons and paroles
must answer this question. Loren
Wright, sentenced in Dixon county
for burglary, appeared the second
time today before the board asking
for a parole. He is in the last
stages of tuberculosis.
Brother Succumbed.
Another brother, died - several
years ago in prison of the same dis
ease. A third brother appeared be
fore the board today, asking that
Loren might go home to die. The
mother appeared before the board
several days ago, urging her son's
parole.
Wright was paroled once and
failed to make good. He was taken
back to the penitentiary.
Charles Luker. 40; convicted of a
crime against' his daughter, asked
for a commutation of sentence.
Ball Player Hides Name.
Jack Ward, professional ball play
er of Chadron, serving time for
forgery, told the board be was regis
tered under an assumed name and
no one excepting himself and Gus
Miller, superintendent of the re
formatory, know his 'name in Ne
braska. "I have received a letter from his
father living at Memphis, Tenn..
saying that he had recently lost a
fortune, but it would be more than
returned to him if his boy could be
sent home," Miller said. .
Girl Who Jumped From
Auto in Serious Condition
Kalamazoo, Mich., March 14. Miss
Emmeline Kwakerneck, 18-year-old
Western Sta,te ' normal student,' in
jured when she jumped early Sunday
morning from an automobile driven
bj- John D. Dodge, son of the late
millionaire automobile manufacturer
of Detroit, was said this morning to
be in a serious condition. ' At a
hospital, where it was said she -was
suffering from fractured skull, . all
visitors were , denied admittance, to
her room.
Dodge, arraigned yesterday on
charges of driving an' automobile
when intoxicated and illegally trans
porting liquor, is . under bonds of
$7,000 to appear for a hearing Tues
day, March 21. .
Aside frem denying he was intox
icated and asserting it was planned
only to give the young women "a
little ' ride," Dodge has refured to
discuss the affair. ,
Report Planned at Once
Washington, March 14. A favor
able report on the long controverted
loldiers bonus bill was ordered to
day by the house way and mean
committee by a vote of 19 to 5.
Chairman Fordney plan to sub
mit hi formal report tomorrow or
Thursday, but said the time of call
ing the measure up in the house
would not be fixed definitely until
after the return here of Speaker Gil
lett, who is in Florida with President
Harding.
Representative Fordney said he did
not expect Speaker Gillttt to bring
any mcsjage on the bonus from the
executive and that the subject of the
conference with the speaker would
be the question of calling up the
bill next Monday under a suspension
of the rules. Some members of the
house, however, expressed the be
lief that Mr. Gillett would be pre.
pared to give the president's views
on the compromise bill.
Hear Bank Heads.
The vote on the measure today
was taken 10 minutes after Secre
tary Mellon, Comptroller of the Cur
rency Crissinger and Governor Hard
ing of the federal reserve board, had
been questioned for two hours, in
open session, as to their ideas of the
bank loan adjusted certificate plan.
The five members voting against a
favorable report were Garner of Tex
as, Kitchin of North Caroline and
Collier, Mississippi, democrats, and
Treadway .of Massachusetts and Til
son of Connecticut, republicans. All
members of the committee were
present with the exception of Mr.
Kitchin and Representative Chand
ler, republican, Oklahoma, whose
votes were cast by proxy.
Before the final vote, the com
mittee rejected 19 to 5 an amend
ment offered by Representative
Bacharach, republican. New Jersey,
to impose for a period of three years
a 1 per cent tax cm wholesales, de
signed to raise $300,000,000 with
which to finance the bonus. Those
supporting this amendment were all
republicans Longworth of Ohio,
Bacharach, Mott of New York, Til
son and Watson, Pennsylvania.
Aid Harding Amendment.
Under an amendment . suggested
by Governor Harding and adopted
by unanimous vote, banks making
original loans on the adjusted serv
ice certificates could have those
certificates rediscountetl by other
banks authorized to make originat
loans on the certificates. Governor
Harding objected to having the
certificates rcdiscountable by fed
eral reserve' banks, saying the gen
eral economic effect would be un
favorable. Decision to call the federal re
serve governor, Secretary Mellon
and Crissinger was reached by the
committee at a morning secret ses
sion. The democrats insisted that
they should have opportunity to
hear these officials and they finally
carried their point of a sharp debate,
the vote being 13 to 11, with seven
republicans supporting the motion
and two democrats opposintr it. The
republicans were Longworth,, Til-
(Tura to Pire Two. Column Four.)
Bryan's Lincoln Home
Donated for Hospital
Lincoln, March 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Charles W. Bryan an
nounced today that Fairview, Lin
coln home of William Jennings
Bryan, and 10 acres adjoining, had
been donated to the Methodist hos
pital association. The one condition
attached is that it be used for a
hospital.
Rev. W'alter Aitken. chairman of
the association, announced the home
would remain mtact. to be used as
an administration building. A large
hospital will be built adjoining.
Second Man Sentenced to
Death for- Hotel Murder
Butle.e Mont., March 14. Mont
Harris was found guilty of first de
gree murder and ordered hanged by
the jury yesterday after deliberating
50 minutes. He is the second to be
sentenced to- death for the killing of
Cyril Schilling during the robbery of
a hotel here November 26.
William Harris was sentenced to
death for the same crime, and Earl
McCoy received a life sentence. Wil
liam and Monte Harris are not re
lated. Two defendants remain to be
tried.
Chance Resemblance Opens j
Fortune to Omaha Student1
Ralph Powell, Amateur Athlete, Taken Under Gilded!
! Wing of New York Woman Rated at $,00),()p0 j
Acquaintance Regan When Millionair-
i ess Saw Likeness to Dead Son.
j Becatoc he rreitibl- a son of
jMr. Arthur I.. ShoellUtt of New
I York city, who died many ear
ago, Ralph rowlt, i'reighton law
indent and state and city tennis
champion, has the dour of wealth
open to him.
Wealth laid iiscli at his feet jev
terday when the New York woman
whose financial rating is $j.Ou0,'XKl,
and who own the controlling in
terest in the Niagara 1 all Power
Company of New York, sent a tele
gram afkiug him to join lur on a
trip to Kuropc ami then return and
make his home her palatiat rcidcuc
in New York city.
Began in War Day.
The affair date back to the world
war. Powell, a'member of an Omaha
ambulance company, w-as sight er
ing in the shipyards at New 'York
city. Mr. J'cho'rllkotf saw him. II?
was the image of her dead son, whoxe
athletic prowess is still sung at Cor
nell. Mr. Schoellkotf. a woman of 70.
made his acquaintance, and during
his four days' stay in New York
lavishly entertained him.
She had not seen him since until
he went east with the Crcighton
basket ball team a few weeks ago,
although they had corresponded and
slfe had often called him over long
distance from New York.
Wires Money For Trip.
Since his departure her desire to
have him near her became stronger
and yesterday she wired him $5(Kl
and told him to join her in New
York city in time 4o sail for Eng
land Monday.
Mrs. Schoellkotf is making a tour
of Europe with a party of New York
and Chicago people, including wife
of the mayor of Chicago.
After the European tour, which
will take them to England, France,
Belgium, Holland , and Germany,
Powell will return to New York to
be the aged woman's private secre
tary. His time is to be his own; a
corps of motor cars will be at his
disposal, and he will take several
years' advanced course in law at'
Columbia.
"I don't know how to explain it,"
said young Powell, who was almost
overcome with his good fortune, "it
seems just like a fair story."
Tells Him to Get Wardrobe.
"Buy yourself some clothes," Mrs.
Schoellkotf told him in the telegram
!
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Supporters
of Pact Win
by 55 lo 30
Suloiu Turn Down l'rupoal
lo Kxtrnd Ilrnrfiu of Treaty
to Non-Signatory
I'mvrr.
Second Vote Is 50 to 27
Pardon for Lukens
Will Be Next Move
bv Lifer's Friends
in which the sent hint money, so
Powell received the first vexation of
wealth yesterday when he could not
buy shoes worth more than $20 and
a suit higher than $105.
Powell is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George B. Powell, 5108 tnderw-ood
avenue.
He is a senior' in' Crcighton law
school and has attained considerable
recognition as an athlete.
Prosecutor and Judge Urge
Release of Man Convicted
of Murder Following
Bank Robbery.
Army Aviator Killed '
Dayton, O.. March 14. Lieut.
Frederick W. Nicdermeycr. , jr., . of
McCook field, was killed late yester
day when a monoplane, in which he
v.-as doing combat problems, fell sev
eral thousand feet in a tail snrin.
Ne:drrmeyrr"s home was said to be
Columbia, Mo. - - . '
Straight to her breast
she gathered the fallen
head, while the gray eyes
shot fire at the abashed
crowd, of adoring punch
ers who were but fight-'
ing in her honor.
MissPuttyFace
Br Vingie E. Rea
' A mifhty good BLUE
RIBBON western story.
Next Sunday's Bee
Lincoln, March 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Friends of K. G. Luk
ens, lifer, whose sentence was com
muted to 10 years several months
ago, are preparing to request a new
hearing before the state board of
pardons and paroles, with a view "of
getting a pardon.
Lukens has a letter from a prom-
... i : ... ATn..A...
, ineni Dusiness mm u ivaicuunu,
Wis., offering to give him employ
ment at a high salary. Another let-:
ter written since ins sentence was
commuted bears the signature of J.
L. Mcintosh, a Sidney (Neb.) attor
ney, and urges an unconditional par
don. District Judge J. L. Tewell of Sid
ney also urges the release of Lukens,
! attornev. who prosecuted .Lukens,
declares ne snouia oe out or tnc pen
itentiary. Kadcliffe appeared before
the board when Lukens' case was
considered.
"My conscience always hurt me,'
he said, "when I thought of Lukens
serving life, when there was grave
doubt as' to his guilt.v
Attracts Many Women.
Lukens is a handsome chap and,
from investigation, it was shown he
came from one of the best families
in Pennsylvania.
His story, coupled with his picture
and his antecedents, aroused the am
bition of from 25 to 30 women of
uncertain years, either old maids or
widbws, the sympathy of many other
women and the admiration of others.
As a result, Lukens recently has
been overwhelmed with candy and
other delicacies. He is kept busy
writing letters and has an array of
knitted hosiery and neckties complete
(Tnrn to PC row-, Colnmn Six.)
Crypt Containing Body '
of Wealthy Man Looted
Saginaw, Mich.. March 14. The
mausoleum containing the body of
Wellington R. Burt, who at the
time of his death in 1919, was con
sidered one of the 10 richest men in
America, was broken into Sunday
nitrht and thoroughly ransacked. The
j front of a crypt was removed and
I the coffin placed on the floor. The
! bodv w-as not disturbed, although
j the lid of the coffin showed signs of
I having been removed. j
Police believe- the vandals expect
ed to find jewelry or other valuables
in the mausoleum.
Sinclair Bonds Subscribed
New York, March 14. Subscrip
tion priveleges to the new issue of
Sinclair Consolidated Oil $45,000,000
first lien 7 per cent bonds, offered by
a country wide banking syndicate
were closed almost immediately after
the opening of the books this morn
mg. It is claimed that requests for
participators tar exceeded the entire
underwriting.
South Is Swept
by Wind Storms;
27 Known Dead
Only Meager Details Available
Due to Damage to Wire
Communication Death
Toll M,ay Grow.
New Orleans, March 14. At least
27 persons were killed and many
others were seriously injured as a
result of a series of storms at places
reaching proportions of tornadoes,
which visited isolated sections of
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and
Oklahoma, last night and early to
day. The heaviest loss of life reported
was at Gowen, Ok!., a village 15
miles cast of McAlestcr, where 12
persons were killed when a tornado
swept through the foreign section
of the village last night. Many others
were slightly injured.
Four white persons and six negroes
were killed when the storm passed
througli the northeastern section of
Jefferson- county and the southeast
ern section of Tonoke county, Arkan
sas, early today. The storm in this
section left a trail of wrecked build
ings for 20 miles.
200 Left Homeless.
At Sulphur, Okl., two persons were
killed late yesterday and 19 others
were seriously, injured. Property
damage is estimated at $100,000. Fif
ty buildings were completely demol
ished and 200 people were left' home
less. Eight homes were demolished at
(Continued do Page Two, Column Two.)
Other Garment "Workers. .
to Aid Eastern Strikers
Providence,. PL. I.,' March 14. The
decision of the American Federation
of Labor, to. stand firmly behind the
striking textile workers "of Rhode
Island, announced by Samuel Gomp
ers, president ' of the federation, in
speeches here ;. Sunday, will result
in union garment workers of the
United States being called into the
contest, it became known here j'es
terday. Garment workers' unions affiliated
with the American Federation will
be asked to refuse to - cut goods
manufactured in Rhode Islandmills,
where' wage reductions have, been
made. It was further stated by
strike leaders that workers in union
textile finishing plants in other states
will be requested to refuse to handle
the products of such mills. - '
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Wellington, Match 14. Alter an
other etormy debate- in whuli possi
ble political coiuciiuciicf s of the ad
miniktratioit treaty program were de
clined trout scvetat atmles the urn
ate lute today n-ii-rtid by a divikm
ilmc.it on party line, the firt t
of the propo-rd amendments to th
ftmr-powrr Pacific pact.
At the jx-ak of the strength vvl'k
II hort of the full iiiemberhin pres
ent and voting, the opposition to th
treaty marshaled 2 democratic and
four republican votes within two it
a third of the full ctutc member
chip, but three lei thau enough j.i
upset the two-thirds needed tor fi
nal ratification, if all xenatori. partic'
pate in this vote. Leaders on botit
sides conceded, however, that at bet
the division w-as but a poor index M
senate sentiment on the question of
ratification itself.
The first of the two amendments
acted ttpon was offered by Senate?
Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, an, I
provided that the four powers shouM
refrain from aggression against non
signatory as well as signatory m '
tions. and that all interested natioi-,
whether semitone to the treaty of
not, should he invited to any confer
ence over a Pacific controversy. The
proposal was lost JO to 55. Later a
similar amendment in different form
was presented by Senator Walsh,
democrat, Montana, and was voted
down, 27 to 50.
Few Desert Party.
On both roll calls, four repnl
cans, Bora. Idaho; Johnson. , Cali
fornia; France of Maryland and l a
Follette oi Wisconsin, voted in the
affirmative, whiie an equal number
of democrats. Pomcrene of Ohio.
Ransdcll of Louisiana, Underwood
of Alabama and Williams of Missis
sippi, joined in the opposition.
In the debate preceding the -first
vote nearly all the issues of the treaty
fight were revived and both dem
ocrats and republicans indulged in
prophesies of what might happen if
the arms conference treaties became
an issue between the republican and
democratic parties. Senator Lenroov,
republican, Wisconsin, warned the
democratic side of the chamber that
should the four-power pact be defeat- '
ed, President i Harding might with
draw the other treaties from the sen
ate and ask the country for a verdict
at the polls in November. 1
Want World Association.
By Senator McCumbcr, repub
lican, North Dakota, also a sup
porter of the treaty, the president
was invited to say what had become,
of the republican campaign pledge
forJ920 for an "association of na
tions" which should embrace all the
principal powers of the world. Sen
:.tor McCumber said a smaller "as
sociation" had been formed by the
four-power treaty, but. argued that
Germany and Austria, among others,
should be brought into a similar
compact, because an 1 incomplete
combination "only would . be a
trouble breeder." lie put into the
record a plan of his own for such a
world "association."
Arguing for the Robinson amend
ment, Senator Walsh, democrat,
Montana, announced that he could
not support the treaty unless soma
such quantity were adopted and. lik
ened the present contest to that
which was waged over the treaty of
Versailles. Sponsors of the present
treaty program, he said, were fol-
(Turn to Pago Two. Column Fire.)
Mrs. Obenchain Weeps
as Lawyers Argue
Los Angeles, Calif.. March 34.
Tears came to the eyes of Mrs.
Madalynne Obenchain today as she,
listened to the opening argument hi
her' behalf in her trial on the charge?
of murdering her sweetheart, J. Bel
ton Kennedy. Alfred F. MacDonald.
who made the argument, dwelt upon;
the love, which according to testi
mony existed between the defendent
and Kennedy, declaring it showed
she had no motive for plotting Ken
nedy's death.
One of the three women on the
jury wept when MacDonald read a
letter Kennedy wrote to Mrs. Oben
chain, containing the appeal:
Says "Man Scorned."
"Love me always." - The attorney
declared thfe. state's story that Mrs.
Obenchain was a . "woman scorned''
had been disproved and that "if
anything this was a case of a man
scorned."
MacDonald w-ill resume his argu
ment tomorrow. According to the
announced program, he will be fol
lowed by Jud R. Rush, senior de
fense counsel, who will address th
jury for the rest of the day. Aa
Keyes, deputy district attorney, will
make the final argument Thursday.
Five Automobiles Stolen
by Auto Show Week Thieves
Automobile thieves, evidently ob-.
serving Auto. Show week, stole five
cars from the streets Mondav. The
cars belonged to . A. O'Keefe. 80.2
North Thirty-ninth street: McCaf
frey Motor company. Fifteenth ami
Jackson streets;. Ed Brauer." 392.
North Twenty-eighth street; E. W,
Griffith. 31 14 Woolworth avenue,
and J. Leib. 1924 Sahler street.
Ellis Lewis Garretson Dies
Tacoma, Wash., March 14. Kilt
Lewis Garretson. in 1920 imperial
potentate of the Order of the Mys
tic Shrine of North America, died
suddenly thU morning at' his subur
ban home here.
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