The Omaha Daily Bee
vol. M vn. ana
OMAHA. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1922.
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Subsidy for
Marine Is
Big Issue
In Letter to House Leader
President Gives Congress to
Underttand He Wants Ship
Question Settled
Rallies Timid Members
By GEORGE P. AUTHIER.
Walat lerTMpaaamt ef The Bm,
Washington, June 12. (Special
Telegram.-) The American mer
chant marine hat become about the
liveliest issue there i in the hoube
of representative. While the senate
if droning; over the taritf with an oc
casional' flurry over the bonus plus
a political speech now and then, .the
house has been informed that the ad
minitration expects it to consider
the ship subsidy before it adjourns.
The word to the republican leaders
has come from no less a -person than
President Harding.
Irritated by Soft Pedal
The President, it Is understood,
has ' become considerably irritated
over the fact that certain republican
congressmen have undertaken to
soft pedal the subsidy measure. Re
publican Leader Mondell is reported
to have favored leaving this measure
alone until after the elections, and
Republican Whip Knutson recently
buttonholed members, cautioning
them that it would be bad politics
for them to have to go before their
constituents and talk ship subsidy.
The president is determined above
everything else to save the Ameri
can merchant marine and believes the
subsidy measure is the only way in
which it can be done.
He believes the prosperity of the
entire United States is bound up in
the measure, which would furnish
transportation ' for American export
products.
Foreign Powers Opposed.
Under coyer of this surface agita
tion, it is well vknown that the for
eign powers are determined that the
American merchant marine shall be
crushed if possible. Its creation and
growth is -. recognized as the most
dangerous menace to European dom
ination of world trade that has ap
peared on the horizon. Much of this
opposition to the American merchant
marine is legitimate enough, from
the foreign viewpoint, but President
Harding is just as determined that
the American merchant marine,
which was built by the American
people during the war at a great sac
rifice to save the world war situation,
shall jiot be scrapped.
Message , Causes Scare. x
The message sent by the president
to Leader Mondell today asking that
w.rthe house consider -the ship subsidy
measure, has thrown a scare into the :
' timid congressmen who want togo
into the elections with as few ques
tion marks as possible. The presi
dent does not entertain the view held
by many house members that there
. ' ii! ...i : it,.
IS opposition lu amp suuaiuy in- mc
middle west. ,
' Reports that have reached the ad
ministration show the farmers of the
Mississippi and Missouri valley sec
tions are keenly alert to what a mer
" chat marine means to them. ,
House Members Timid. '
It is the administration view that
house members are unduly timid. At
any rate, the president believes the
measure is right and has put it up
squarely to the house members to
pass on it. He wants action on other
administration measures. The presi
dent is beginning to show his teeth
and reports reaching Washington in
dicate the public is willing to stand
by the president and wants more
results -and less talk from congress.
Bankers' Meet Failure,
: 4 Declares Paris Journal
Paris, June 12.-(Ir A. P.) The
unfavorable reception given the re
port of the international bankers on
the question of advancing money to
Germany reaches its climax in an
editorial in the Temps, which ar
raigns the work of the bankers as
"complete failure." It says the re
port tries to throw upon France the
onus of the failure of the bankers.
The Temps complains that the
ommittce declares the loan was im
possible without a reduction m Ger
man reparations, "but it -does not
dare add that a reduction in the Ger
man debt was made impossible by
the maintenance of the -American
" debt'" ' ' ' ' ;;' . '
Harding to Announce Farm
Member on Reserve Board
Washington, Tune 12. Early an
nouncement of President Harding's
choice of the dirt farmer of the fed
eral reserve board under the act in
creasing its personnel to eight was
forecast tnriay in official circles.
Three men suggested for the post
t ion. were Milod Campbell of Cold-
water, Mich., president of the Na
tional Milk Producers association;
Eugene Funk of Bloomington, I1J.,
well known as a seed corn producer,
and Sherman P. Houston, a farmer
and banker of Malta Bend. Mo.
Calves Bought Here Show
Big Profit After Fattening
Two loads of heiters bought nerc
last august as calves, averaging at
that time 260 pounds, were brought
to the local market yesterday by Kay
H. KnaoD of Wahoo and they aver
aged 767 pounds making a gain of
507 pounds each. The calves tost
56.75 a hundred and were sold yester
day for $8.35 a hundred, netting Mr,
Knapp a handsome profit
Pioneer Stockman Dies
Pender, Neb., June 12. (Special.)
Herman siebrandt, 72, . pioneer
stockman and farmer of this vicinity,
died Sunday at his home here from
pneumonia. - Funeral services will be
held at the home Wednesday after-"
noon at 1. ; Burial will be in St
John emetery, "
Death Rate Among
Moonshine Drlnkert
Hailed at Blessing
Mutkfgon, Mich., June 12.
"Physicians have given us the in
formation that booe drinkers can
rot live more than three years, said
Mrs. C L. Calkins, president of the
state asoiution of the Women's
Chriktian Temperance union, ad
drettiug the Michigan convention.
Mrs. Calkins hailed the high death
rate from moonihine as one of the
chief bletting of prohibition.
Gunman Thought
to Be Fred Brown
Wounds Sheriff
Sidney Officer Shot at Farm
Home Assailant Captured
Refuses to Disclose
Identity.
Sidney, Neb., June 11 Sheriff J.
McDaniehj was wounded, possibly
seriously, and a man who refuses to
disclose his identity but who it is
believed may be Fred Brown, was
arrested late this afternoon at a farm
house a mile north of Huntsman,
eight miles north of here. McDaniels
was shot through the breast when
he attempted to arrest the man, who
had barricaded himself on the second
floor of the farm residence. -
According to Police Chief J. J.
Wait, who arrested the ma.n after
McDaicIs fell wounded, a call was
received from the farm house saying
that a stranger had appeared there
about 5 o'clock and asked for food,
which was given him. After he had
eaten, the man drew a revolver and
went upstairs after threatening
members of the family.
Met By Bullets. '"
When the officers arrived Mc
Daniels started up the stairs and was
met by a fusillade of bullets, one
striking him in the breast. Before
the m?;i could reload Wait had
seized.him and handcuffed him.
The man was brought to the jail
here and the sheriff was removed to
his home, where the extent of his in
juries was not known early tonight
Officers believed that the prisoner
may be Fred Brown, the Omaha
"manacle man," and Omaha police
will be asked for a complete descrip
tion of Brown in an ateempt to make
identification positive. The man re
fused to answer all questions con
cerning his identity and reason for
his. act.
'Seen in Iowa."
Chief of Detectives Van Deusen
received a report .from a woman at
Honey Creek, la., that Brown en
tered her place Saturday night, with
a coat over his arm ', which was
crooked as though he held a gun
in his hand, bought a loaf of bread,
paid or;it andr .departed, w -. ;
She is" sure it was Brown for she
used to know the man when he
went under -the name of Ernest
Bush, she told Van Deusen.
Van Deusen declined. to reveal her
name, saying she is afraid Brown
would kill her. In the discussion as
to whether Brown is Bush. Warden
Fenton offers to cover bets. . He
says he is Bush. " .
Circulars Broadcast.
Officers in Lincoln today stated
they are positive Brown is now out
of the state and another lot of cir
culars calling for his arrest has been
broadcast. - '
Sheriff Mik-e Clark received a
message from State Sheriff . Gus
Hyers yesterday that an automobile
believed to have been stolen in Lin
coln by Brown had been abandoned
at North Platte.
The man, believed to be Brown,
stole another Dodge touring car the
renort stated, "with engine , number
348.620 and state license number IS-
1780, belonging , to B. J. Kaiser.
Brown left North Platte at 2:30 and
was seen going ; west, the report
stated.,- : ; .
John McCormack Decides :
to Postpone American Tour
London. Tune s 12. Owing to his
nervous condition following his re
cent serious illness in New York,
John McCormack, on the advice of
his London physician and , Charles
Wagner, his manager, has decided
to postpone for at least six months,
his American tour which was to have
begun in New York, October 8. He
intends to rest quietly in tngland
and Ireland, and to proceed to south
ern France later to avoid the cold
weather. ' ." : ' . . .
Young Wife Sticks to Story". )
- She Shot Mate s Assailant
Leola, S. D., June '12. Mrs. Stan
ley Mathis, 17wife of the youth on
trial here for the murder of Clarence
Berry the night of December 11,
1921, underwent the third day of in
tensive grilling by the prosecution in
an effort to break down her story
that she fired the fatal shot to pro
tect her husband after he had been
clubbed by Berry. Mrs. Mathis ap
peared calm and showed no effect of
the grilling.
Still Is Found Under
Kennel of Bad Dog
Sioux ity, June 12. State and
federal prohibition officials Saturday
night swooped down on the Charles
Bruno farm, a short distance south
of South Sioux City. Neb expecting
to locate a still. The whole farm.
buildings and all,, were carefully
searched and there was no evidence
of wrong doing. However, a vicious
bulldog attached to his kennel at
tracted the attention of the officers
as he charged about in an effort to
reach the invaders. After a battle
with the dog, in which one of the
officers was badly bitten, the kennel
was removed and revealed an open
ing in tne ground. . descending the
steps into a large underground room
the officers found a large still. They
took nearly a barrel of the finished
product and destroyed about 300
gallons of mash. .
S. P. and C. P-II
OneS
Two Roads Sep , .Name
Only, President' Sproule
Says, in Comment on
Court Decision.
Consolidated in 1872
San Francisco, June 12. (By A.
P.) That the Southern Pacific and
the Central Pacific railroads have
been under common control for half
a century and that their growth has
been the development of a single
railroad system, - separate in name
only, filling a demand which a single
company could not have filled, is the
assertion in a statement by William
Sproule, president of the Soothern
Pacific. The statement was issued
in commenting on the recent United
States supreme court order directing
absolute separation of the two roads.
"The Central Pacific has been
leased to the Southern Pacific for 37
years," he said. He continued:
"The Southern Pacific has been the
actual owner of the entire capital
stock of the reorganized Central Pa
cific for 22 years. The decision of
the supreme court is that these facts
are in violation of the Sherman act,
although the Sherman act was not
passed until 1890.
Under Common Control
"Besides this thre is sufficient evi
dence that the Central Pacific and
Southern Pacific were held in com
mon ownership as early as October,
1870. The official records prove
that the two have been under com
mon con(ro and management for
SO years, or since July, 1872.
."The growth has been of o.ne sys
tem and not of two. The two com-1
panies did what one company could
not do under the circumstances of
the time. Each has been necessary
to the other for effective service.- .
"The supreme court now decides,
in effect, that the lease of the Cen
tral Pacific to the Southern Pacific
became void when the Sherman act
was passed, because . of the Subset
Route through Texas on the south
competing with the line through Og
den on the north. The fact is that
the line down the San Joaquin -val
ley and over the i ehachapi moun
tains to Los Angeles, was built to
meet the public demand for a railroad
through the San Joaquvi valley and
on to southern California. The same
public demand was behind the
further extension of the line from
Los Angeles eastward through El
Paso and to Sierra Blanca, Tex.
Backed by Public Desire. '
"The . Central Pacific carried the
extension mto the Sajt Joaquin val
ley as tar as Goshen, the Southern
Pacific takiflK it uo there and carry
ing it on southward and eastward.
Everything that, was done had behind
it the backing of public desire with
the approval of congress for the de
velopment of the resources of Cali
fornia, OrefSJh and other Pacific
states resources then dormant,,, but
with their possibilities evident. ?
After expressing his belief that the
only question of present interest to
the public is whether the public is
hurt by faying this development
done by a single control under' two
corporate names, instead of. by a
single control with a single name.
President Sproule joints out that the
transportation act of 1920 "provides
that with the consent of the inter
state commerce commission, it shall
be lawful for two or more carriers
to consolidate their properties or any
part thereof under conditions in har
mony with the general plan of con
solidation of .the railroads of the
country in groups." ' ;, ,
Conditions Changed, t ",' ; "
"The . interstate commerce com
mission thus can take up -the chain
of events," the statement, continued.
"The fact is that government con-
Urol of the railroads has so increased
and the policy of the government so
changed since the suit was begun
in 1914, that the ' situation needs to
be dealt with in the light of present
conditions and not . the ' conditions
that prevailed from 1885 to 1899.
Every essential factor .in 4he railroad
business is supervised by the com
missions created to protect the gen
eral public interest. , , ,
"The interstate commerce commis
sion following ; the - mandate of the
transportation act of 1920, already
has prepared a tentative plan for con
solidating the railroads into a limited
number of systems. In this tentative
plan the Central Pacific . ' and the
Southern -Pacific remain together."
"As a business question, the com
mission evidently saw the wisdom
of hot disturbing the "present con
trol and found no reason to believe
that there was any undue restriction
of competition in the situation now
existing, pr if there was any titular
restriction that it was more than bal
anced by the other conveniences af
forded the public."
Nomination to War Finance
Corporation Confirmed
Washington, June 12. The nomi
nation of Fred Starelc of Ohio to be
a director of the War Finance cor
poration was confirmed by the senate
late today. . Mr. Starek, ' a former
Washington newspaper correspond
ent and widely known in political
circles," will fill. the vacancy caused
by the recent resignation of Agnes
McLean. The nomination was sent
to the senate by the president earlier
in the day and. the quick action of
the senate was taken under an unani
mous consent agreement. , .
New York City Editor Speaks
Before Lincoln Press Club
Lincoln, June 12. (Special.) H.
C. McCaw. city editor of the New
York Globe, spoke here tonight, at
a banquet in his honor given by the
Lincoln Press club. .McCaw is a
University of Nebraska graduate, His
parents live near Lincoln, .
Candidates Pass Edison Tests
lmost Score Able to
. s With Sufficient High
Inventor.
'.ew York, June 12. Between 14
and 20 candidates have passed the
new Edison tests with satisfactory or
high marks and are being appointed
by the inventor to positions in hit
plant, according to William H,
Meadowcroft, secretary to Mr, Edi
son. Since Mr. Edison adopted the ques
tionnaire method, more than a year
ago, between 75 and 80 young col
lege graduates who stood the test
well, have been employed by Mr.
Edison. The great majority of these
are stilt in Edison's employ and most
Fontenelle Hotel
Lease Not Valid,
Ruling of Court
Appointment of Receiver for
Nebraska Building and In
vestment Company De
clared. Unconstitutional.
Lincoln, June 12. (Special.) The
state supreme court today held that
the action of the Lancaster county
district court in appointing a receiver
for the Nebraska Building and In
vestment company was unconstitu
tional under the testimony intro
duced in the receivership proceed
ings, and the sale of the following
properties to Eugene . C. Eppley of
Sioux City was held not valid:
Lease and furniture of Hotel Fon
tenelle, Omaha; Lincoln hotel, Lin
coln; hotels at Table Rock, Scotts
bluff and Columbus.
Eppley purchased these properties
for $1,000,000 from W. E. Barkley,
receiver.
The property now reverts back to
the . Nebraska Building and Invest
ment company, the supreme court
holding that this company was not
jnsolvent.
The action against the ' receiver
ship was brought by stockholders of
the firm in which $1,600,000 worth of
stock was sold at the time of its or
ganization. U. P. Traffic Head
Cruel, Wife Says
Answer to Divorce Petition of
Noten D. Ballantine ,
Is Filed.
Mrs, Sadia A. Ballantine who was
sued, lor; divorce by Noted D. Ballan
tine, Superintendent - of; transporta
tion of the ..Union Pacific railroad,
charges her husband was cruel and
deserted her for two years in an an
swer' she filed in district court yes
terday. ' ' . ,.; ,
Mrs. Ballentine says her husband
earns $600 a month and owns a $32,
000 farm near Olathe, Kan. She asks
$10,000 alimony and custody of their
only child, Noten, 9.
They were married in Chicago
November 7, 1911. Ballantine lives at
617 South Thirty-first street.
Ballantine in his 'petition for di
vorce charged cruelty and desertion."
"War Upon War" Motif of '
French-German Pacifists
Berlin, June 12. By A. P.) "War
upon war," was the recurring motif
of the speeches delivered by French
and German political and academic
leaders before a meeting convoked
by German pacifists for the purpose
of discussing a ( 'Franco-German
rapproachment. - '
The French delegates, assured the
German auditors that they repre
sented the sentiments of the masses
of the French people, who fervently
believed it imperative that the gulf
now separating the two nations must
be bridged, if European civilization
was to be saved.
The other . German ; speakers as
sured the French visitors that the
German people were actuated by a
sincere desire to fulfill the reparations
demands, but insisted upon assurance
that their contributions would go into
the upbuilding of Europe and would
not be diverted into the furtherance
of foreign imperialism.
Posse Seeking Fred Brown
Nabs Four Men With Hootch
Lincoln, Jtfne 12. (Special.) The
posse which raced to Ashland Satur
day night when Brown was reported
hiding on a farm near there didn't
catch Brown, but did catch four
Omaha men, howevr, who ar now in
trouble. .
While conducting their search the
officers came.upon George R. Camp
bell, Route 8, Florence, asleep in an
automobile. He gave evidence of
communion with Bacchus. The of
ficers i roused him and he told of
some companions. -
About -a mile down stream, they
found John E. Rick, 1335 Ogden
street; John L. Nichols, 1402 Jaynes
street, and Emil Gustafson, 1350 El
lison avenue, all of Omaha, and 140
quarts of beer and two gallons of
whisky.
Battle in Paraguay.
Buenos Aire, June 12. (By A. P.)
Government troops and Para
guayan revolutionists are locked In
sanguinary battle in the outskirts of
Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay.
A. dispatch from the city of Formosa
says machine guns and artillery are
being used and the people of Asun
cion have fled from the streets.
y Farm Loan Approved
Washington. June 12. (Special
Telegram.) The war finance cor
poration announces that from June
5 to June 10 it approved advances
for agricultural and livestock pur
poses as follows: Nebraska, $10,000;
Wloming, $50,000. r
Answer Latest Puzzles
Marks to Land Jobs With
of them are doing well, according to
Mr. Meadowcroft.
About 1.0U0 young men have gone
through the questionnaire mill, more
than 90 per cent of them making a
poor showing against the inventor's
formidable interrogations.
Many other big employers have
been greatly interested in Mr. Edi
son's methods and their results, ac
cording to Mr. Meadowcroft, and
have consulted him about the prep
aration of similar questionnaires. He
also has carried on a wide corre
spondence with educators on the
subject.
Bee's Free Milk,
Ice Fund Boosted
Over $100 Mark
But $100 Cannot Begin to
Supply Scores of Ailing
Babies in Need of
Aid.
The Bee's tree milk and ice fund
for babies of the. poor was boosted
over the $100 mark yesterday by
generous friends.
But $100 cannot begin to-' supply
the scores of ailing infants who will
require fresh milk and ice with which
to keep the milk cool and sweet
throughout the coming summer
months.
Those who have known the joy
of giving to the fund once are gen
efally found on the subscription list
each year thereatter.
"Anything for the little ones," is
their motto.
The Visiting Nurse association
whose angels of mercy discover the
needy little patients, administers the
fund. To date it stands as follows
PrTlonl.r acknowledged f M.1S
4. H. Hi'K, council muni i.wi
Mike and Ika t
Miza BnrdVtte Patrick 18.00
Total
fill AS
McGintys Make Up
.for Third Time
Couple Whose Marital Woes
Have Occupied Courts Are
Reconciled. !
For the third time Mr. and Mrs,
Frank McGinty. whose marital dif
ficulties have occupied the courts for
months, ' have become deconciled,
Tune evenings' wooing by her es
tranged husband, and the welfare of
their children, were given by the. wife
as cause for the reconciliation.
McGinty was expected to return
to his home from which he has been
barred by stern court order, last
night. ;'jC .''
"He's made all kinds of promises,"
smiled Mrs. MtGihty, "and I really
believe he intends to keep them this
time. He's giving me all I ask and
says he will consider my wishes in
the future. -
The McGintys are going to move
from their big home at 2524 Dodge
street, one of the issues in the di
vorce suits, Mrs. McGinty said, for
f .t; it a ;
more comtoriaoie ana cozier quar
ters, and their son, Frank, jr., 13,
is going to give up his pop stand,
another divorce issue, which his
mother said yhe has to conduct to
suooort himself. .
.McGinty is reported to be worth
more than $500,000.
Britain Agrees Hague Meet
Should Avoid Politics
Parfs, June 12. (By A. P.)-The
British reay to Premier Poincare's
memorandum setting forth the
French attitude agrees that The
Hague conference should be a con
sultation of experts and should avoid
political and diplomatic questions.
Great Britain disagrees, however,
regarding M. Poincare's demand that
the soviet government withdraw its
memorandum of May 11, holding
tint it is superseded by the Soviet's
later' declarations and that r;quests
for withdrawal should hive been
made-'before the Russians v.vie in
vited to The Hague. ' '
The British government considers
that the Cannes conditions should
be the basis of the program and as
serts that private property in Russia
should be restored to its owners or
that they "should be fully compen
sated. Great Britain considers it
necessary that Russia's war debt
should be reduced in part.
Steamer Sets New Record .
for Transatlantic Trip
New York, June 12. The steam
ship Mauretania, which arrived at
Southampton, set two new world's
secords for speed on its latest voy
age, said a cablegram received by the
Cunard line. , -'The
Mauretaia, which left New
York on June 6, arrived at Cher
bourg at 3 this morning, with a cross
ing to its credit of S days 8 hours
and 10 minutes. . The Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse in June, 1900. set a
record of S days and 16 hours for the
New York-to-Cherbourg trip.
Last April 1 the Mauretania made
the crossing from Cherbourg to New
York in S days 9 hours and .50
minutes.
Florence School Pupils
to Give Flag Day Program
Pupils of Florence school will give
a flag day program on the campus
next Wednesday at 6:45. Bugler
Granville Tohnsnn wilt nlav at itio
i flag-raising, after which the kinder
I garten orchestra will play the na
tional antnem. .
Following presentation of diplo
mas, the pupils all will sing "Now
the Day is Over," and the manual
training display will be held
Organized
Labor P aces
Hard
"We Do Not Fool Ourselves
Into Any Fancied Secur
ity," Gompers Tells
Convention Delegates.
Praises Arms Meeting
Cincinnati. O, June 12. (By A. P.)
Facing a fight that leaders of or
ganized labor regard cs one for the
very existence of unionism, the Amer
ican federation ot Labor today open
ed its 42nd annual convention, which
was marked by the presentation of
many issues to be considered during
the next two weeks, and a speech oy,
President Samuel Gompers. declar
ing "we do not fool ourselves into
any fancied security,"
The issues were brought oetore
the delegates by 4he report of the
federation's executive council.
"We are not in a mood, said Mr.
Gompers, "to have those rights and
priviliges guaranteed to us by our
constitution, taken from us by any
subtle reasoning or assumption of
power, no matter whence t eman
ates." This declaration of the veteran
labor leader was greeted with ap
plause, as was also his statement that
organized labor would "go onward
and forward more determined than
ever that there shall not be imposed
upon our brown, upon our backs, the
type of the 'man with the hoe. "
Big Hall Filled.
The speech by Mr. Gompers came
after a program of welcoming ad
dresses by Mayor George P. Carrel,
Secretary T. J. Donnelly of the Ohio
Federation of Labor and others. The
big armory of the Ohio National
guard, which is the scat for the con
vention, was filled by deelgates and
spectators, while above their heads
wer hung 1,000 American flags,
forming the hall decorations.
In his brief speech, Mr. Gompers
declared that organized labor only
asked employers to meet with the
union leaders in conference for the
settlement of disputes, but he said
that a genuine conference was im
possible unless both-sides stand on
equal footing. The "'open shop," he
added, "is not the result of confer
ences." -
Mr. Gompers concluded with a ref
erence to the disarmament confer
ence, asserting it made a beginning
toward abolishing war and that labor
throughout : the ..Iworld made the
'greatest contribution toward that
purpose." k
: : Membership Drops.
ine convention session also was
marked bwpresentation of a reoort
by Santiago Iglesias, president of the
Free Federation : of Workers of
Porto .Rico, endorsing the ad minis
tration of E.'Mont Reily as governor
ot forto Kico. ' ::
While the executive council's re
port centered around many questions
that will come before the convention
it also showed that the total member
ship of the federation is 3,195,635. Al
though this is a loss of 710,893 in the
last year, members of the commit
tee pointed out that it was a gain of
more than 1,1000,000 over 1916, which
year was tollowed by big gains dur
ing the years of the war. Further
the report told of labor's accom
plishments of the last year, which it
saidi was marked by unusual strife
and unusual industrial depression."
Hoffmeister Enters
; v Congressional Race
Lincoln, June 12. (Special Tele
gram.) Dr. f Fred Hoffmeister of
Imperial filed today for the demo
cratic nomination for congress in the
Fifth district.. Dr. Hoffmeister has
been a member of the legislature for
several terms and has lived in the
Imperial valley 44 years. He was
the democratic member of the road
investigation committee who refused
to join attempts of democratic party
leaders to play politics m the inves
tigation and signed the report exon
erating Oeorge Johnson, state
engineer, from all charges made
against him and the state depart
ment.
William E. Flynn of North Platte
filed as a republican candidate for
nomination for congress in the
Sixth district, making three candi
dates aspiring to fill the shoes of
Congressman Moses P. Kinkaid.
J. Ray Shiek of University Place,
blind candidate for congress in the
first district, filed today as a candi
date tor republican nomination to
1, ....
nu tne vacancy created by the re
signation of Congressman C. Frank
Keavis. .
Counsel for Mrs. Stokes
Takes Issue With Court
New . York. June 12. Supreme
Court Justice Finch ruled that he had
authority to decide whether W. E.
D. Stokes, wealthy hotel and realty
owner, can visit his children. He
could do this, he held, considering
the application of Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes for alimony of $75,000 a year
in connection with their separation.
Samuel . Untermyer. her counsel,
took, issue withthe judge. . The ques
tion of visitation on the part of the
children's father as well as that of
their custody was "res adjudicata,"
he said contending both of these
questions had been determined with
finality by Judge' Ben Lindsay in
Denver. , . - , -
Lemne s Condition Better.
Moscow, June 12. (By A. P.)
Premier Lenine's condition continues
to show improvement, it is stated in
official circles, and he is now able
to walk in the garden and to dictate
letters. Contrary rumors still pre
vail, but the pessimistic attitude of
the communistic circles 10 days ago,
when the premier was admittedly in
a critical, condition, has vanished
since the specialists pronounced his
Fight
anment curable
Howls of Mountain
Lion jVake Residents
of New Rothelle, N.Y.
New Rochelle. N. Y June 12.
The howl of the mountain lion as she
cradles hrr cubs resounds nightly
throughout the great open spaces of
New Kochclle, jutt 45 minutes Irom
Broadway.
At leant, that's the report which
came to the police and has sent offi
cer in quest of big game.
Danel J. Linden, a westerner, said
he met a puma and four cubs this
morning at 3:30. He said he num
bered the puma among the wild ani
mate he has known, and is sure of
his vision.
A woman later reported that the
howls of strange animals have kept
her awake for the last three nights.
No circus has been reported in the
vicinity lately and the police are a
bit skeptical.
Smith Bread Law
Is Held Valid by
Supreme Court
Supporters Claim Uniform
Size of Loaves Will
Insure Full ,
Value.
Lincoln, lune 12. (Special.) The
state supreme court today held the
Smith hread law constitutional.
This was one of the hardest fought
laws passed by the last legislature
When the bill was passed Dy me
legislature, the bakers went into the
courts and renewed their efforts to
have it killed. '
The bill was introduced by Repre
sentative Ed Smith of Omaha. It
provides that bread shall be baked
in one pound, pound and a half and
two-pound loaves.
It was claimed by supporters of
the law that it would force bakers
to give full value at all times. Bakers
in onnosine the law contended it was
impossible to adhere to strict weight
requirements because ot tne large
amount of moisture in bread.
Ord Farmer Kills
Wife, Slays Self
Alleged Attentions to Mate by
Another Man Given as
Motive.
Grand Island, Neb., June 12. Wil
liam Daxrah, 52 farmer residing near
Ord, this morning shot and killed
his wife, aeed 44. and thereupon
turned the weaDon unon himself. He
AA shortlv afterwards. Alleged at
tentions to his wifeb' another man
is said to be at the bottom of the
tragedy.' There are three quite small
children at home, one of them, after
witnessing the crime, picked up the
revolver and ran several miles to the
village to notify the otficers. Dar
rah threatened a few days ago, in
the presence of a county supervisor,
to kill himself, detailing his griev
ance. A coroner's inquest will be
held Tuesday.
Fight on in Election
of Ad Club President
Omaha Km Leucd Wire.
Milwaukee. June 12. An unusual
political -situation arose here in the
opening session ot the annual con
vention of the Associated Advertis-
ing Clubs of the World in the oppo
sition to the re-election as president
of Charles Henry Mackintosh of
Chicago and the putting forward of
Lou Holland of Kansas City as can
didate. ': it'
The principal opposition to Mack
intosh has developed in the Chicago
delegation, the largest to attend the
convention, and it is the Chicago
delegation which is strongest in sup
port of Holland, and members are
positive in their , assertions, that
enough votes ,'have already been
pledged to elect Holland.
The Kansas City man is not un
known to national advertisers for he
is a member of the national execu
tive committee, and has been active
in organized advertising for more
than 20 years.
Girl Swears Chester
Killed Florence Barton
Kansas City. June 12. Following
a sworn statement that she was with
Denzel Chester the night Miss Flor
ence Barton, local society girl, was
slain in October, 1920, and saw him
fire the shot that killed the girl,
Mrs. Bessie Curtis, 23, was held to
day by the Kansas City (Kan.) po
lice. Chester was acquitted of the
murder of Miss Barton in May, 1921.
York Dentists Robbed
York, Neb., June . 12. (Special
Telegram.) Prowlers rifled the
dental offices of Drs. Charles Calkins
and C. H. Burg Sunday night and
made away with $500 worth of gold
in crowns, leaf and old work. En
trance was gained by the use of
sharp instruments to push the night
latch back. Instruments in the of
fice were not molested. Chief, of
Police Olson declared it was the
work of a gang operating through
out the state.
The Weather
Forecast
Tuesday, fair and continued warm.
Hourly Temperature!.
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Highest Monday.
Cheyenne
M'Pueblo
! Rapid Cltr
ravenpurt .
Denver
Dodre. City
Lander
..-!! Lake. .
. Snt fm ..
.!8heridan ..
.8!Sie City .
More Than
60 Killed by
Hurricane
Waves Wabh to Shore Victims
Caught Boating When Tern-
pent
Broke Ferris Wheel '
Hit. by Lightning.
More Bodies Recovered
New York, June U-(By A. P.i
The death to ot the Dnei oui
terrific hurricane that swooped
down on the metropolitan area i
yesterday pascd the 60 mark today
with indications that the total num
ber of dead might go much higher.
The death list leaped ahead when
an incoming tide returned 18 more
bodies that had been swept out to
sea last night. Pour more ooaiea
were recovered at Hunters island
and two were reported to have been
picked up at Travers island.
Worn by Hyiteru.
. . . , 1 c f.
Uty tsiana naven iot iuuuy
ftLacnr tkeri and amateur tisn-
crmcn was the hardest hit point w
the metropolitan area but casualties,
mosny Dy arowniug, ws
from many other points. The
beach at City Island today presented
desolate spectacle, several nun-
dred persons, relatives of the miss
ingworn by hysteria, waited in
little groups among the wreckage
on the sand for some word of the
fate of their loved ones.
iWailUC BIJUIU rviil.v, w J
their all night vigil, continued their
If nnli.. .vhsiitt.fl hv
C1UI9C, KCCJlllg auaiy ivwnvwfc .v.
additional bodies.
The full toll of the storm may not
be known for days, if ever.
48 Boats Unaccounted For.
Boatmen at City Island said there
were 48 small boats as yet ton
accounted for. Occupants of many
of these undoubtedly were saved by
United States coast guards, and by
members of yacht clubs about the
island who put out as soon as the
terrific blow had subsided, but the
police believe ntany more were lost.
There were at least 250 small boats
and canoes out . when the " squall
struck; ,
All the damage was wrought in
less than a quarter of a hour.
Weather bureau reports the storm,
lasted officially but five minutes. It
was described as "a severe thunder
squall" during which the wind
averaged 72 miles an hour. There
was a brief period when the wind
velocity touched 88 miles '"an hour
and it was at this point, it is be
lieved that most of the damage was
done.
Centers on Ireland City. .
The tempest, which "roarecf out of
the hills of northern New Jersey,
beat the Hudson into foam-capped
breakens. sweot across New Ynrlr
City and then seemed to center its
who. energy on Uty Island and vi
cinity. Thousands of launches and row
boats dotted the sound off City
Island just before the breaking of
the storm; when it , had passed the
water was strewn with overturned
craft and the buildings on shore re
sembled a battle-torn village in No
Man's Xand. Many parties hurry
ing to safety saw people struggling
in the water, but dared not stop for
fear of capsizing their . own craft.
(Turn to P roar, Colamn Thrae.)
New Irish Constitution
: Satisfactorily Revised
London. June 12. (By. A. P.)
The articles of the New Irish con
stitution have been revised so satis
factorily, the Evening Star assert
today, that Arthur Griffith will re
turn to Dublin with them
It
adds that Colonial Secretary
v,nurcniu may postoone his statp-
ment in the house of commons until
tomorrow so that announcement of
the agreement may, be made simul
taneously in London and in Dublin.
The whole six points raised by the
British signatories to . the . Anglo
Irish treaty in connection with the
forming of the constitution have
been adjusted, the newspaper de
clares, and the problem of the im
mediate future is a settlement be
tween Michael Collins and Eamonn
De Valera. , . . ,.
Winston Churchill, the colonial
secretary, announced in the house of
commons that it would be more con
venient and in the general public in
terest if he deferred his statement on
Ireland.
Gypsies Pay Money Stolen
From Bank to Escape Jail
Atlantic, la, Jun 12. (Special
Telegram.) A sum of $485, alleged
to have been stolen from the Farm
ers' bank of jNebraska Ciy last
week by Gypsies was recovered here
yesterday by the sheriff's ffice. Au
thorities telephoned this city Sun
day to be on the lookout for the
tribe headed by Jesse Miller. They,
had passed through here but weres
apprehended a few miles east The.
wanderers' denied any knowledge of
the robbery but produced the amount
alleged to have been stolen. They,
were -not arrested, and went east
ward i
Rio Grande River Reaches .
? Highest Stage in 15 Years
Rio Grande City, Tex., June 12. "
The Rio Grande here is at the high
est stage in 15 years and still ris
ing at the rate of one foot an hour.
It was 20 feet above norma! here
and 35 feet above normal at Roma,
15 miles to the west At San Pedro.
Mexico, opposite Roma, the custom
house is under water. '
Rain . Prayed for
Beatrice, Neb, June 12. (Special
Telegram,) Prayers for rain were?
offered at both services of St. An
thony Catholic church at Steinauer
Neb., yesterday. Moisture is badly'
avyvu ssi nits Ui I flC SI aiCl
although little .damage to crops ha
I North PUtte
resuuea so lar.
t