The Omaha Daily ; Bee
VOL il-.NO. 298.
OMAHA. THURSDAY, JUNE 1. 192
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naai,o used
in Hunt for
Chain Man
Lincoln Di? ided Into District
and Combed for "Manacle
Man" Who Held
Omaha Girls."
Gus Hyers Takes Charge
' Fred Brow n, alia Gus Griinri, ex
convict o( loo and Ncbraka, now
minted in connection with hit chain
acrocitic against two girls and their
would-be rescuer at Benson Sunday,
i atill it large.
State Sheriff Gus Hyera, who re.
'.timed hurriedly from the sandhill!
iMstrict of the state to take charge of
the man hunt, broadcast drcrip
tions o'f Brown by radio from the sta
tion of State Engineer George John
son in Lincoln last night.
M A regular military siege of the
ctly f Lincoln was mapped out by
tin state sheriff and posses spent the
atire day in the search. The town
was ' divided into districts and the
officers divided into small groups,
each, assigned to a district.
Posse on Trail
In the posse are Omaha detec
tives. Douglas and Lancaster county
sheriffs, fcincoln city police, Warden
Fenton with guards from the peni
tentiary and parole officers who
would recognise Brown by sight.
Knilroad detectives are aiding in tht
hunt and searching all trains leav
ing Lincoln.
Action of the officers was centered
on Lincoln because of Brown's hold
appearance on the street there
Tuesday afternoon, when he was set
upon by a woman who used to live
at the same rooming- house he oc
cupied, but escaped and eluded a
crowd of several hundred pursuers
by dodging into another rooming
house.
, Here he: forced an occupant to
give him food, keep watch while he
rested and allow him to depart in
peace, at the point of two revolvers.
Omaha Residents Excited.
Meanwhile, numerous reports were
being received at Omaha police
headquarters of "a man answering
the description of that fellow Brown
acting queer out here."
These reports came from all sec
tions of the city. Each was fol
lowed up closely, the police work
ing on any possible clue toward cap
turing the "manacle man of Benson.-
.
State Sheriff Gus Hvers arrived in
Lincoln yesterday morning at 2. He
Has been up hv-the sandhills of north
western Nebraska hunting stills and
liquor law . violators. -He
conferred - with Omaha and
Lincoln officials, sheriffs of the two
counties, and agreed with them the
hunt should be centralized in Lin
coln.: ' ;- v. .
He asked for men from all
branches of the law enforcement in
the two cities and counties and
called the conference for 11.
At that conference the city of Lin
coln was platted off into blocks. Of
ficers were assigned to each block,
and the careful, combing of every
block in the city was inaugurated.
From Omaha, Deputy Sheriffs
Charles Hoyt and Nick Halter and
Detectives Andy Trapp and Benny,
Danbaum were sent to jojTfie
search. .''.- - .
Meanwhile Omaha ; deputy sher
iffs and police officers were keeping
sharp lookout for Brown should
he succeed, in making the trip to
Omaha. V ' '
Gets $300 in Cash. c
Charles Robinson, teller in the
Hrt National bank at Lincoln yes
terday morning verified the story that
Brown had entered the bank between
1 and 2 Monday afternoon and with
drawn $300 on deposit there in his
name. " " ' .. '
, He said he did not call police be
cause af that time he had not read
the morning papers and knew. noth
ing of the Omaha storyi.
Freight trains leaving Lincoln were
boarded by officers all night, Tues
day and ridden several miles out of
the city as the ouicers searched
Jat)hem for Brown. :'. y j
Brown will shoot to kin wnen cor- j
litred, Omaha police allege, recall
ins one occasion when Detective j
Anhur Cooper, who was shot and1
killed by Nels Johnson, a burglar, ;
sought to arrest him near Fifteenth j
and Cass streets for the alleged theft j
of an automobile.
Brown drew, a heavy pistol and
snapped the trigger, but the cartridge
failed to explode and Cooper grap
pled with him. - - . :
Other officers came to Cooper's
aid and had to beat Brown into in-
sensibility- before they could get him j
to police headquarters. . V J
,-, Shot Bob Samardick. ,
While being' closely questioned the
next day Brown told Detective Jack
Pszanowskt "Yon can cut off my
head before you'll get me to say a
word." -. ?
Again, when Robert ' Samardick,
former city detective, sought to ar
rest Brown in Benson on charges of
sending threatening letters demand
ing money, Brown stepped suddenly
from behind a tree, fired twice at
the officer and wounded him in the
left arm. Brown later was arrested
for the shooting.
- Omaba police never were notified
Brown had been paroled, Lieut Jack
Pszanowski declared yesterday.
"The parole board at Lincoln never
notified us that Brown was paroled,"
said he. "We knew he was a des
perate man and we are the ones who
shonld know when such men as he
are released.
Finds Temporary Refuge ".-
in Lincoln Rooming; House
Lincoln, May 31. (Special)
Fred Brown was almost captured in
Lincoln yesterday afternoon by a
woman who knew him, but he jerked
free from her and escaped. " -
From the clutches of the woman
. (Tn tm rst Twa. Ctau OmJ
This Is Fred Brown;
Have You Seen Him?
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Fred Brown. '
Maximum Prices
on Coal' at Mines
Fixed by Hoover
Secretary ' Announces . Action
Taken as Means to Prevent
Profiteering During Re
mainder of Strike.
By GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
Omaha Hra Imh4 Wlra.
Washington, May 31. Fair maxi
mum prices for bituminous coal at
the mine for three districts were an
nounced by Secretary of Commerce
Hoover tonight, after a day of con
ferences with operators.
The prices ranged from $2.20 to
$2.60 per ton for the Alabama dis
trict, $J.50 per ton for the smokeless
coal districts of West Virginia, and
$3.50 per ton for the Harlan and
Hazard fields of Kentucky and the
Southern Appalachain fields of Ten
nessee and Kentucky. The prices
apply only on spot coal.
Secretary Hoover, at a conference
attended by more than 500 producers
whose mines are in operation in the
nonunion fields, announced that" he
would assume personal responsibility
for fixing minimum prices as a
means of - preventing profiteering.
Because of possible infringement on
anti-trust laws, Mr. Hoover said that
he would ask the operators to agree
among .themselves on. fair prices but
that he would take all responsibil
ity upon himself. ;.His only weapon
in enforcing them is the power of
public opinion..
; Summarim Plan.
Announcement of .what he consid
ers fair prices was made by Secre
tary Hoover in separate statements
dealing with the three distrcts.
- Secretary Hoover summarizes his
plan as follows;
.1. That the Garfeld prices for
run of mine coal should be the basis
of computing sale prices with such
adjustments as .v. are necessary to
wholesale set'ing costs, changed con
ditions at the mines and other fac
tors that will be fair to the pub'ic
and the operators maintaining pro
duction. 9 That each district should nom
inate to the secretary of commerce,
a committee to advise with him on
conditions which bear on' the Gar
field level and on which a basis of
fair prices i-i each district may be
established by the secretary.
3. That after the fair prices have
been established, these district com
mittees ' should report to the secre
tary of commerce any casts of
profiteering and act as he requests
to meet such cases.
' Committees Named.
Following the general conference
the different groups of operators met
independently to select committees to
discuss the situation in the various
districts with Secretary Hoover.
Secretary Hoover, in addressing
the conference, said that . action is
pnecessary to prevent, high prices.
"We are producing 5,000,000 tons
of bituminous coal a wrick." jaid Mr.
Hoover. "Our consumption, is from
8.000.000 -to 8.500.000 tons a week.
We are drawing from stocks at the
rate of probably 3,500,000 tons a
week. ; - .. ''
. "In the last . disturbance prices
went from $6 to $10 to even as high
as $15 Der ton at the mine. -
"The unrestrained operation of the
law of supply and demand can eas
ily carry the "price to $10 or $12 at
the mine and I believe you will agree
with me that that must - be pre
vented." ,-':
"In times like, this somebody must
take the responsibility. Someone
must take the leadership and say
what is fair..-: 1 am,' therefore, not
going to ask you to enter into any
combination among yourselves which
is illegal, l propose to consult with
you as to conditions. I am going to
take' the responsibility upon myself
as to what is fair. I am going to
ask the operators to do what is fair.
The, agreement will be only be
tween the operator and myself."
Financial Commission,
, of League Meets June 6
Geneva, May 31. (By A. I P.)
The economic and financial commis
sion of the league of nations 'will
meet here June 6 to examine ques
tions referred to the league by
Genoa conference. Thse include cus
toms, tariffs, exportation of capital,
commercial treaties, investigations of
the financial status of several coun
tries and similar matters.
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University Head Kills Self.
Vancouver, B. C May 31. Gor
don Charles Davidson, vice presi
dent in the University of British
Columbia, shot and killed himself
yesterday. He was 37 years old.
He was gassed overseas and for
some time had been m ill health. .
Pickford
Divorce Is
Sustained
j" V
hok
tion
to . Decree.
Fraud Charged in Suit
Bf Ta AMrtal4 I'm.
Carson City, Ner., May 31. Mary
Pitkford's divorce from Owen Moore
was sustained today when the Ne
vada supreme court affirmed the or
der of District Judge Frank P. Lan
gan, quathinf? service of summons in
the action brought by Attorney Gen
eral Fowler to set aside the decree
granted the movie star.
The divorce of Marr Pickford. mo
tion picture star, from Owen Moore.
also a screen actor, at Minden, New.
March 20, 1920, precipitated an action
by :he state for the diolution of the
decree on the ground that Miss Pick
ford's reid;nce in the state had not
covered the condition required by
law. The district court, in which the
divorce was granted, was asked '.o
review its decision and reverse it
self, but held that the action had been
regular in every particular and that
the decree should stand.
Attorney General Fowler then ap
pealed to the state supreme court,
charging that divorce was obtained
through "fraud and collusion" On the
part of Miss Pickford. and holding
that the Minden court had no juris
diction. The defense answered that the
state was not an aggrieved party and
therefore had no authority to prose
cute the action. Arguments were
heard here with the personal appear
ance of both counsel, January 30.
Gavin McNab of San Francisco was
chief counsel for Miss Pickford.
Miss Pickford married D,ouglas
Fairbanks, also a motion picture ac
tor, two weeks after her divorce.
Mary Very Happy.
San Francisco, May 31. "I am
very, very happy; more happy than
I can express," said Mary Pickford,
when informed of the decision of the
Nevada supreme court upholding her
divorce from Owen Moore, accord
ing to her 'counsel, Gavin McNab,
who telephoned the news to her in
Los Angeles.
Grain Futures
v Bill Introduced
House ' Action v Expected 2 in
Short Time by Represen-
tative Tincher.
By GEORGE AUTHIER.
Waahlaftoa Cormpondent Omaha Pae.
' Washington, May 31. (Special
Telegram.) Representative Tincher
of Kansas, who has introduced the
.new grain bill regulating trading in
tutures, said he expected house ac
tion on his bill . within a short time.
Senator Capper has introduced the
same bill in the senate, both' going
into the hopper today.
The farm bloc is solidly behind
the. new; measures, as it was behind
the original law Avhich was declared
unconstitutional ... by the supreme
court. ' .... , -. ' ' . f
The new bill, as explained by Mr.
Tyicher, has received the approval
of well-qualified lawyers. He thinks
it will stand up. Its provisions arc
the same as the original bill, except
the taxing power is not used to en
force its provisions and, patterned
after the packer control law. the en
forcing provisions are based upon the
interstate commerce features of the
grain-trading business.
Masked Bandits Kill
Woman in Auto Holdup
San Francisco, May 31. Motor
squads of police were searching to
day for three masked men who shot
and killed Mrs. Annie Wilkins as she
and her husband and their two chil
dren were returning last night from
an automobile camping trip.
The j bandits opened fire after
crowding the Wilkins car to the curb
of a city street and holding up the
family. Wilkins handed over $300,
but as the bandits started back o
their car he reached for. his rovolver
under a seat. The leader of the
bandits started shooting and the first
bullet struck Mrs. Wilkins above the
heart. She died before reaching a
hdspitaL v '
Wyoming Bank Robbed
Shoshoni, Wyo.. May 31 .-Robbers
who blew the safe of the Sho
shoni State bank here at 2:30 this
morning secured $3,500 in currency
and escaped, leaving no clue to iden
tity. One package of money taken
contained $1,000 in new Wyoming
National bank (Casper) bills, which
can be identified, it is said.
Air Cop Needed in Chicago
Flyer Buzzes Around Chimney 'Tops in Complete
' Disregard of City Ordinance Alderman Draft
ing Ordinance for Purchase of Plane. .
Chicago, May 31. An aerial police
man has become a necessity in Chica
go, Alderman Eli M. Frankhauser as
serted after a vain search for some
one to arrest an aviator who has
been buzzing disagreeably about tne
heads of his constituents in Lake
View and Edgewater for the last two
weeks.
The aviator, the alderman com
plained, flew around the chimney
tops in total disregard of the city
Rail Unions Prepare
for Vote on Strike
Detroit. My JI.-(R A. P,)
Grsnd oliif r of the L'niied Brother
hood of Maintenance oi tm
ptoyrs and Ksitway Shop Laborers
i pent today perlecting pUn for
Mrike vote among the 471000 mem
bers of the urgniistion throughout
the United Ststrs and approximate
ly 73.000 nonunion men who would
be alfrctrd by a walkout.
F.. F. tirable, grand pretident ol
the organifstion, reiterated his belief
that other railroad brotherhoods in
addition to hit own would tend out
strike ballots.
A check of the official ruling of
the railroad labor board with figure
publithrd In tie h .paper accounts of
the drcikion, made by the executive
ctiunril today, showed the two to be
identical in the main, Mr. Grable an
nounced. Ban on Marriage
ofMcCormick Girl
Asked in Court
To Ask Court Action to Pre
vent Mathilde't Marriage
to Swiss Riding
Master. ,
Chicago. 111.. May 3l.-(By A. P.)
A petition for a restraining order
to prevent the marriage of Miss
Mathilde McCormick. 17, grand
daughter of John D. Rockefeller, to
Max Oscr, former Swis riding mas
ter, more than twice her age. was
presented in probate court todav on
behalf of her mother. Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller McCormick. ,
Probate Judge Horner announced
he would grant letters of guardian
sliio of Mathilde to her father.
Harold F. McCormick. prenident of
the international Harvester com
pany. - Objections to Marriage.
Mr. McCormick in her petition
objected to the proposed marriage
because of the disparity in the ages
of the girl, and Oscr, and because
the marriage would make Mathilde a
Swiss subject.
- Mrs. McCormick's petition was
filed by her coun.-cl, Attorney
Charles S. Cutting, in the guardian
ship proceedings, although no ob
jection was offered to Mr. McCor
mick as Mathilde's guardian.
In the arguments of the attorneys,
Edward Cassel. representing Harold
McCormick, told the court the
arguments presented by Mr. Cutting
and the i petition never before, had
bef n offered In court.
No Consent Before Saturday.
After', stating' that he agreed with
Attorney Casse) that only under
"grave circumstances" should the
court interfere, Judge Henry L.
Horner stated that to properly bring
the matter into court, attorneys for
Mrs. McCormick . should present a
petition, setting up the objections to
Miss Mathilde's marriage, instead of
including them in the answer to the
driginal guardianship proceedings.
The court therefore continued the
motion for a restraining order until
Saturday when a hearing will be held
on the petition. Attorney Cutting
agreed to the continuance after Mrs.
Cassel assured-the court that no
consent to the marriage would be
given by Mathilde's guardian, before
Saturday.
Letters of guardianship were then
ordered issued to Harold McCor
mick upon approval of bonds in the
sum of $20,000. . ' .
Mathilde returned to Chicago yes
terday front New York, where she
was virtually halted at. the pier in
preparation for a voyage to Switzer
land in company with Julia Man
gold, Oser's former secretary, who
had been Mathilde's1 guest.
Falls City .Youth Is
Drowned in Lake
' Falls City;' Neb., May 31. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Swimming took its
first toll of the season here, when
Robert Shepard, 14, was drowned in
Maustls lake. The boy had gone yi
swimming with two friends and re
mained in the water after his com
panions had gone ashore. While
dressing the boys heard Robert's
cries for help, but thinking it a boy
ish prank, they . ignored his yells.
When ,he failed to appear aiter IS
minutes' waiting, the boys became
alarmed and summoned help. The
body was recovered 'within a . few
minutes. Robert graduated from the
grade school two weeks ago. He
was considered a good swimmer.
Graduate From Langley
. Field School Is Kille
Richmond, Va., May 31. William
A. Sydnor of North Carolina, who
was graduated from the Langley field
photographic school,' was killed late
today while flying over his uncle's
tarm four miles from here, his single
seat army plane going into a nose
dive and bursting into "flames when
it crashed. j , .
The identification W'as made by
th" uncle through a ring on Sydnor's
finger. ..
ordinances- requiring airplanes-"' to
keep 2,000 feet or more in the air
while flying over the city";
"How do you expect us to get
him? Lasso him?" answered Chie
of Police Fitzmorris when the city
father presented hfs complaint. "It
would mean just one more police
man up in the air if we did."
Alderman Frankhauser then began
to draft a resolution providing for
the purchase by the city council of
a municipal airplane.
It
Citv in Danger
of
Losing
Air
Mail Service
Dunphy . Says ' Route May Be
Changed Unless Field, Is
(Provided for Night - ''
A, R. Dunphy, superintendent of
the air mail service, Central division,
told members of the Rotary club
yesterday noon in Hotel Fontenelle
that Omaha will be in danger of
losing the air mail service unless
a landing field adequate for night
flying is provided. :
A committee of Rotarians will
confer with the Chamber, of Com
merce, with a view of preventing
the loss of air mail service hefe.
' "Night flying is contemplated,"
said Mr. Dunphy. "We ' can't use
Ak-Sar-Ben field for night flying.
If we don't, take some action here
quickly we may ' force the air mail
out. ...of ' Omaha. Denver Kansas
City and St. Louis are endeavoring
to .change the route. Omaha at
present is on the only transconti
nental air route."
The speaker asserted that an mail
field in a city denotes progress, and
he added that $50,000 a year, is paid
in salaries to the local personnel of
the ; service. He read statistics
showing that the air mail advances
delivery 18 to 24 hours and stated
that 12,000 letters are received here
every day from Chicago by air mail.
fMaj. Fred 'L. Lemmon, assistant
adjutant of the Seventh army corps
area, urged a general interest in the
citizens' military training camps
which - are held every summer, according-
to the provisions of the na
tional defense act. He " explained
that this corps area was entitled to
1,200 attendants last summer and
will be entitled to 3.000 this vr.
The camp will be held from August
1 to 30. Applications will be re
ceived at, the local army headquar
ters, Fifteenth a.nd Dodge streets, to
June IS. - The government pays rail
road fare and furnishes clothing and
food.'-' .. :,'v v .: !- .'- '
Bnai B'tith Neutral
on Zionist Question
'Resolutions indicating a neutral
stand on, the Zionist question were
passed by the B'nai B'rith ' district
lodge at the. closing session of its
annual convention, at the Blackstone,
Wednesday afternoon.
Not all members of the order are
Palestinian advocates and the Zion
ist question is not 4 B'nai B'rith is
sue, leading official averred. ,
Omaha Zionists proposed the reso
lution of endorsement, ,
Committee reports completed the
final session. Next year's meeting
will be held at Duluth Minn.
German-Poland Agreement .
on Upper Silesia Adopted
-Berlin, May 31. (By A. P.)-
The reichstag adopted the German
Polish agreement on upper Silesia
which was recently concluded by a
joint commission meeting at Gen
eva. The people's party and com
munist deputies voted against rati
fication. Pope Celebrates Birthday
, Rome, May 31. Pope Pius" cele
brated his sixty-fifth birthday today.
H received numerous congratula
tory telegrams and best wishes were
senP to him by all the cardinals and
archbishops. The Vatican presented
a festive aspec
May Come to
(MBtLO I Jr'WSa
em. what I vnif'
vow ''
Kinkaid in Race
Reconsiders Reconsideration of
Reconsideration to Withdraw
From Congress. '
' Washington, May 3l (Special)
Congressman Kinkaid of the Sixth
Nebraska district has reconsidered
the, reconsideration of his reconsid
eration. of his-withdrawal from pub
lic life' and, at this moment, is a
candidate for re-election.
Mr. Kinkaid announced bis re
tirement two weeks ago, due to ill
health.- Telegraphic requests from
constituents caused him to recon
sider, and he said he would again
seek the republican nomination.
Later, finding that Secretary of
State Amsberry had filed, Mr. Kin
kaid formally withdrew. Now, hav
ing heard from Amsberry that the
latter is willing to withdraw, Kin
kaid again reconsidered and decided
to stay in the race.
Judge Kinkaid's decision is accom
panied by a reservation to the effect
that . he. will continue as a candidate
unless his candidacy embarrases
others who may have become candi
dates. The judge spent all day today
reading telegrams and letters from
friends urging him to stay in the race
for personal and party reasons.
Senate G. 0. P. Agreed
on Move for Cloture
Washington, May1 31: Republican
senators today committed themselves
to the movement designed to bring
about amendment of the long exist
ing senate rules permitting unlimited
debate. By a vote of 32 to 1, the
republican conference decided ' Tjo
draft and press a new cloture I ru!c
Whether the cloture effort would
be made while the tariff bill impend
ing, was not decided. The v pros
pects, however, were said to be that
action on-the cloture proposal would
go' over until later. A committee
was appointed to draft the new clo-
Mure rule, and another majority con
ference will be held to fix a time to
bring the . plari' before the senate.
War Department Supply
Bill Reported to Senate
Washington, - May 31. Te an
nual War department appropriation
bill carrying $333,972,000 was report
ed today to the senate by its. appro
priations committee. - The measure,'
as it js: returned is $49,985,000 larger
than as jgassed by the house, but ap
proximately. $40,000,000 under the
estimates . of'.'the coming year's ex
penditures v -;: ' ':
For pay of enlisted men the meas
use appropriates : $60,981,000. suffi
cient for an army of .133,000. The
proviso is made .that the size of the
army shall not exceed 140,000 except
in .emergency. ..The appropriation
for the officer personnel, limited to
an average of 12,530, totals $35,390,
000. ' The house , appropriations for
tTiese two items, the largest in the
bill, : nre. $48,863,000 and $26,896,
000, 'respectively.
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Tribute Paid to Roosevelt
in .Oyster - Bay Cemetery
Oyster' BayMay 31. A ' parade
led by Acting Secretary of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt: and comprising
delegations from the American Le
gion, GA. R., Veterans of the Spanish-American
war and the Boy
Scouts opened memorial services held
yesterday for the late President
Theodore Roosevelt
More than 5,000 persons visited his
grave in Young's Memorial ceme
tery. Included in the organization
which sent delegates was the Inter
collegiate Association of New York
c:ty. which was represented bv 200
j of its members, -
This
Senate Finance
Body Approves
Bonus Measure
Bank Loan Provision Retained
Effective Date of Legis-
'' i lation Changed to Jan
Tnary 1, 1923. T
Washington, May 31. The house
soldiers' bonus bill, amended in sev
eral important particulars, but with
the much-discussed bank loan pro
vision reta'ned, was approved today
by the senate finance committee by
a vote of 9 to 4. Chairman Mc
Cumber proposed to report : the
measure to the senate within a few
days and said he hoped to get ac
tion on it before the passage of the
tariff bill.
. The more important alterations
bade in the house measure were:
The changing of the effective date
of the legislation from October 1 to
January 1. 1923.
Removal of the time limitation on
the tiling of applications by world
war veterans for adjusted service
compensation.
Abandonment of the reclamation
flan and the substitution of a pro
vision under which veterans would
be given preference in making entry
on public or Indian lands when
opened to entry.
' Forfeiture Eliminated.
Elimination of the forfeiture pro
vision under which veterans failing
to repay loans made by banks of
the government on adjusted service
certificates" would have forfeited
their 'certificates. :
Under the amended bill such vet
erans could reclaim their' certificates
at any time before their maturity, 20
years from the date of issue, upon
payme.'it of the sum they were in de
fault, plus interest at 4 1-2 per cent.,
compounded annually.
Approval of the later house ms
ure, commonly called the McCumber
plan, was voted by the committee
after rejection, 8 to 5, a measure
offered by Senator Smoot of Utah,
ranking committee republican, pro
posing paid-up life insurance in lieu
of all other forms of compensation.
On the vote for the McCumber
measure, Senator McLean broke the
tie ' that had existed . among the 10
republicans of the committee as be
tween two propositions. Besides Mr.
McLean, those supporting the
amended house bill were: McCum
ber North Dakota; La Follette, Wis
consin; Watson, Indiana; Curtis,
Kansas, and Sutherland, West Vir
ginia, all republicans; and Simmons,
North Carolina; Walsh, Massachu
setts, and Gerry, Rhode Island, dem
ocrats. . . ' ;V Want Quick Action.
Senator Simmons, ranking minor
ity member of the committee, said
the democrats supported the Mc
Cumber plan not because they fa-
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British to
Block Irish
Republic
Foreign Secretary Charges Re-
cent Agreement Strike
at Proiions of Anglo
Irih Treaty.
Troops May Take Dublin
BcWaM. May Jl.-(0y A. P.)
Fiercc noting occurred this after
noon in the Miltield district of net
fast, following the shooting of two
pecial coiutables. KouUton and
Campbell, who were badly wounded.
Incendiarism and bombing were
rampant, and the crown forces used
machine guns. Several persons wcrt
reported killed.
London. May 31. (By A. P.)
British troops will prevent the es
tablishment of a republic in Ireland,
if such action should become neces
sary, Winston Spencer Churchill,
foreign secretary, declared in tht
house of commons today during de
bate on the Irish situation.
"In the event a republic is set up,"
he said, "it is the intention of the
British government to hold Dublin
as one of the preliminary and es
sential steps of military operation."
Content With Provisions.
In the original statement, Mr.
Churchill declared that the provision
of the recent agreement between the
Irish factions that four anti-treaty
men be included in the new Dub
lin government after the election pro
vided for by the free state treaty,
strikes directly at the provisions of
the latter treaty: adding that the
British making Jjie treaty- did not
demand that the members of the
Irish parliament should take the
oath prescribed by the treaty for the
free state parliament, when finally
constituted, t '
"We were content." he said, "with
the provision inserted in Article 17
of the treaty, that the members of
the government should in this
interim period sign a declaration of
adherence to the treaty which here
tofore has ben signed willingly by
all the members of the provisional
government.
In Bona Fide Manner.
"If Mr. De Valera and his three 1 1
anti-treaty men, or whoever the min
isters are to be who are to come -' '
into the government ofter the elec- ,
tion, are willing to sign that decla-
ration in a bona fide manner we. will
have no grounds for complaint, but ' ,
if they become members of the gov- . ,
ernment without signing that decla- - c
ration the treaty is broken by that .
very fact" - " -
The imperial government would
not, in any circumstances, agree to
deviate from the treaty, either in the
strict letter. or. the honest spirit of
the document, Mr. Churchill de-
clared. .'-'' .' -'.. ',
Later on in the i debate, in which. , v
the Ulster group assailed the gov
ernment's policy, Mr. Churchill
frankly admitted that British troops - '
were being held in Dublin as a pr
liminary step to military operation,
if these became necessary.-
After Secretary Churchill's speech
Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins
said the colonial secretary had made
a perfectly fair presentation of the
situation. 1
. Craig to London. -
- Belfast, May 31. (By A. P.) Sir
James Craig, Ulster premier, an- .
nounced today that he and the mar
quis of Londonderry, the Ulster min
ister of education, were going to
London tonight at the. British -government's'
invitation to confer re
garding the situation in Ireland. He m
said they were going on the distinct ''
understanding that they would not
meet the Dublin representatives.
Third Party to Try
Woman Candidate
Lincoln, May 31. (Special.) The" -third
party will be the first political"
party in Nebraska to put a woman .-
candidate in the field.
J. H. Edmisten, third party chair
man, announced today Mrs. Emma ,"
Hamlin Paul of Harvard would be -the
third party nominee for secre
tary of state. ' j
She is a state university graduate, . ', ,
taught school in Hastings six years
and then went to live with the cows
and chickens onher husband's farm
for a while, entering the lists as an ;
active woman worker in the organ-'
ization of the Nonpartisan, league.
At the Nonpartisan league conven- -tion
here several months ago she be-
came so excited making a speech in .
which she was denouncing capital
and ' other bugaboos, that she took
off her new hat and tossed it across
the convention halt ,
Candidate for Presidency
of U. S. Three Times Expire v
Pana, 111., May 31. Henry E.
Simpson, 82, of Pana, three times an
aspirant for the presidency of the ;
United States, died yesterday at
Broken Arrow, Okl., where he had,'
been for the past six months on ac
count of his health. ,
A candidate before the republican
national convention in 1880, Mr.
Simpson lost the nomination to
President Garfield. He left the. re-,
publicans and made a second attempt
for a nomination with the so-called .
greenback party, but failed again.
He dropped out of politics then, and
made jio further attempts until 1912,
when he organized the People's
Christian party, and was its presi
dential nominee. He secured a
sprinkling of votes. .
Chile's Reply Unfavorable.
Washington, May 31. (By A. P.)
An unfavorable reply by Chile to ' ,
the Peruvian proposal to arbitrate
the sovereignty of Tacna-Arica is
understood to have been presented
at today's joint session of the Chu
can-Peruviajj conference
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