Nebraska Newspapers

    POILUS DIG
IN TO HOLD
BALTIC CITY
fieavy Casualties Reported in
Fighting With Lithuanian Ir
regulars—Invaders Form a
Provisional Government.
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Universal Service.
Spepial Cable Dispatch.
Paris, Jan. 14.—Serious clash
es between the Lithuanians and
-French are reported from Mem
«1. Four French soldiers were
killed, say the dispatches, and
the French are digging in'in pre
paration to meet further attacks.
The Lithuanians are saia to 1m*
nmssing for a new onslaught. The
allms are sending 3,000 reinforce
ments commanded by a French
•officer. Five British cruisers ar^
enroute to the scene.
ESTABLISH NEW CAPITAL.
Universal Service.
Copenhagen, Jan. 14.—The Lithuan
ians have seized the town of Heyde
Itrug and have made it the capital of
the provisional government for Mem
el. M. Simaitis is provisional premier.
MEMEL SURROUNDED.
Universal Service.
London, Jan. 14.—Dispatches from
Riga to the London Daily News
Sunday describe the situation at
Memel as “grpve.” The insurgents
have surrounded the city of Memel
-and the French troops opened fire,
killing 160, the report states. j
A British cruiser and two French
warships are rushing to Memel.
Chicago Police Capture Sus
pect Asserted to Be Albert
Hollywood—Little Cash
Found on Him.
Universal Service.
Chicago, Jan. 14.—A man answering
the description of Albert T. Holly
wood, alleged leader of the bandits
who robbed the Denver mint Of $200,
000 December 18, was arrested here
Sunday. He was trapped by a tele
phone conversation with another sus
pect in Kansas City.
The man denied he was Hollywood
and claimed to be Dan Culhane, a St.
Louis gambler, according to Chief of
Detectives Hughes.
The tip to Detective Hughes came !
from the Kansas City authorities,
who said a man had telephoned from
tile Washington hotel in Chicago to a
man in Kansas City, suspected of be
ing connected with the robbery.
The hotel was raided. Culhane was
found in bed. He did not resist the j
five detectives who swooped down on
him with drawn guns.
The “Hollywood” ganf, after the
Denver robbery in which a guard was
killed, was suspected of robbing the
■Citizens State Bank of Springfield,
Rio. Approximately $20,000 was taken
frpm the bank’s vaults.
Culhane had only a small amount of
money on him when arrested. The
authorities fo’und several monsy
wrappers sewed in his coat.
Chief Hughes said Culhane ■ an
swers the description of Hollywood
and announced the suspect would be I
held pending the arrival of the Kan
sas City authorities.
LITTLE GIRL SWEPT
INTO STORM SEWER
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Crippled Child Tried to Wade !
in Gutter—Body Not
Recovered.
_ Universal Service.
Beaumont, Tex., Jan. 14.—Laugh
ing with glee as the sun broke
through a'bank of clouds after a
heavy rainfall Sunday, Angelina
Sciachitano joined her three play
mates wading in the street. Angelina
was four years old and had been a
cripple since a baby, from infantile
paralysis. *
The water was knee deep, racing
down the gutter to a storm sewer.
The little cripple stepped off the curb
but her weakened limbs were not
strong enough to hold in the swift
current. She fell and was carried,
screaming, to the mouth of the yawn
ing sewer half a block away.
Her three little companions ran
along the sidewalk after her as fast
as they could but were unable to
reach her before she was swept over
the brink, her cries drowned in the
water roaring down the dark cavern.
The body had not been recovered
late Sunday night.
TURK OFFICIALS HANG
CHRISTIANS AT SMYRNA
Universal Service.
Smyrna, Jan. .4—Five Christians'
found guilty on charges preferred by
the Turks were hanged here Satur
day by order of the Angc-.j tribunal.
Airplane companies in Condon and on
the continent are planning to handle a
Breall army of American air-going tour
juts during the coming spring and sum
mer. Tour'st agencies ore getting pp
• Itineraries. One American trawled 25.000
miles over Europe in a plane last year.
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LITHUANIAN
INSURGENTS
SEIZE PORT
French Garrison at Memel.
Surrenders, Berlin Reports
—Battle in Heart of City
Reported Earlier.
Universal Service.
Berlin, Jan. 15.—Dispatches from
Memel state that the French' troops
of occupation surrendered at noon
Monday to the Lithuanians.
It is known that the Lithuanians,
alleged to be insurgents, are equipped
with French guns and munitions, .
strengthening the opinion held, in
Berlin in political circles that the
Memel action is but the overture to
more serious military enterprises to
be undertake!) by France’s "vassal
states", especially Poland, whose goal
is the occupation of the remaining
Silesian territory.
IN^onday’s announcement of the call
ing to the colors of younger troops by
the Polish congress is regarded as a
forerunner of coming trouble.
Added to this the soviet government
at Moscow Monday issued a state
ment that in case France’s invasion of
the Ruhr should have the reaction of
drawing Poland into military opera
tions, it might also cause Russia to
participate directly in the central
European crisis.
OVERCOME FRENCH FORCE.
London, Jan. 15 (U. P.)—Lithuanian
troops raking the central part of
Memel with machin guns and rifle
fire had driven defending French
troops to die outskirts, according to
dispatches from the Baltic port early
Monday." " *
The Lithuanians ocupied the cen- '
ter of the city following their in
vasion Monday, tWa French holding
surrounding portions.
FIGHT IN HE/Crt OF CITY.
Berlin. Jan. 15 (U. P.)—French
and Lithuanian troops battled in the
heart of Memel for possession of the
city today.
The Lithuanians, entering the city,
drove back a handful of French
troops who had entrenched them
selves before the gates.
British and French warships were
reported Saturday enroute to Memel
to reinforce the French troops.
Memel is a neutral zone under the
League of Nations. It i3 on the Prus
sian border and is particularly de
sired by Lithuania, whose Irregular
troops are taking advantage of the
Ruhr situation to attack.
The Lithuanians are reported in
almost complete possession of the
contested port.
“AFTER GERMANS ONLY.’’
Copenhagen, Jan. 15 (U. P.)—It is
reported from Metnel that the in
surgent commander there had hand
ed the allied high commissioner a
note declaring the insurgent action Is
directed exclusively aguynst the1 Ger
man government, “which is proving
itself intolerable.”
The commander asked that the
French troops refrain from hostile
acts.
Nebraska Legislature Asked
to Place Bible in Schools
as Obligatory
Study.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 16 (Special).—
A bill making reading of the bible in
the public schools of the state, obli
gatory was introduced In the house
Monday by Densmore, of Gage Coun
ty. The bill provides that the gover
nor shall appoint a committee of Pro
testant, Catholic and Jewish churches
to designate what books of the bible
shall be read, so that there shall be
no disagreement or discrimination.
The present law makes reading of the
bible optional, prescribing use ot the
English language.
Parkinson of Pawnee offered a leg
islative amendment reducing salaries
of members of the legislature from
$800 to $600 for the session.
Aunten ef Boone county intro
duced a resolution in the house calling
on departmental heads of leading
educational state institutions to fur
nish the legislature with a detailed
report of the distribution of^ funds
made two years ago. The resolution
is the outcome of charges of extrava
gance on the part of major educa
tional institutions.
The Streplow bill, intended to limit
the activities of the Ku Klux Klan,
was favorably reported by the houses,
committee on miscelleanous subjects.
The vote in committee was unani
mous.
WALKER SCORES KNOCKOUT.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 15—Mickey
Walker, of Elizabeth, N. J., world's
welterweight champion, made his
first appearance in Philadelphia
Monday night since winning the
championship from Jack Britton, and
knocked %ut Steve Latzo, of Hazelton,
In the third round of their bout.
ORDERS GRAND JURY TO
PROBE MASKED WHIPPING
Houston, Tex., Jan. 15 (A. P.)—In
scathing terms, Judge C. W. Robinson
in criminal district court today in
structed the grandi jury to cease its in
vestigations into "petty thievery and
burglary” and devote its whole atten
tion to running down those respon
sible for the whippings of Mrs. R. H.
JIarrison uimI R. A. Armand at Goose
Creek 10 days ago.
Mrs. Harrison was in the court
room while the instructions were giv
en and afterward was taken into the
grand Jury room.
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Caroling Chambermaid
Of Waldorf “Discovered”
BY CORINNE RICH.
Universal Service Correspondent.
New York, Jan. 15.—"Ah, hut 1
shall not always be a chambermaid.
Some day I shall sing in the Metro
politan opera house.”
It was Asta Moi*er talking, a very
small ^og in the very large wheel that
makes the Waldorf Astoria a leading
hostelry of Ne^ York. •
We sat Monday In a half dark ante
room adjoining the hustling foyer of
the hotel, AsV» and I. A heam'^rom
an outside light struck the dark face
and transformed a demure little men
ial into a being radiant with life, full
of the Joy of doing things.
Then She Was “Discovered".
Asta Mober, who has but rounded
the quarter century mark came to the
hotel two months ago to work in a
small capacity. Just as hundreds of
other girls had done before her.
A short time ago she was "discov
ered.”
Asta was singing, humming some
thing or other under her breath, as
she changed beds and straightened
rooms.
"Oh, you can sing, really sing,”
ejaculated the head housekeeper.
“Have you ever sung in public?”
"I had given myself away,” Asta
told me, going on with her narrative,
her gray eyes widening with interest.
“Yes,” I told her I had sung for five
Twice as Many Now Pending
in U. S. Courts as Year Ago
—Prohibition Starts
Fourth Year.
BY HERBERT W. WALKER,
United Press Staff Correspondent.
(Copyright 1923 by United Press.)
Washington, Jan. 15.—The dawn
Tuesday of the fourth year of consti
tutional prohibition will find the fed
eral courts clogged with almost twice
as many prohibition cases as were on
the dockets a year ago.
This was shown Monday by a com- 1
prehensive summary of enforcement
work during the third year of national
prohibition, which was prepared for
the Unitedi Press by the prohibition
bureau.
As the third dry year ends Monday
flight, a grand total of 68,562 prohi
bition cases are pending in the fed
eral courts, as compared with 38.851
on January 1, 1922. In addition, there
are many more thousands of cases
in state and municipal courts.
47,132 New Cases Filed.
The large increase was partly ac
counted for by 47,132 new cases which
were filed during the year, while the
congestion in the courts resulted in a
disposal of only 17,412 suits. Officials
claimed that the increase also was
caused by a stricter enforcement of
the law.
Summarizing its work during the
last year, the prohibition bureau re
ported as.follows:
Fines received from convicted vlo
laters totalled $3,172, 330.15.
Including fines, forfeitures and col
lections, the prohibition bureau turned
into the federal treasury a total of
$4,304,271.95—more than half the cost
of the federal enforcement organiza
tion. Number of convictions in fed
eral courts, 21.640.
Indictments found or informations
filed, 35,469.
20 Distilleries Seized.
Twenty distilleries and distillery
warehouses have been seized for vio
lations of the Volstead act. Indict
ments have been returned against all
of them, and to date 11 distillers
have been convicted.
A total of 257 breweries fell into the
toils of the federal authorities for
violations during the year, and 70
were placed under seizure with arm
ed guards stationed on their premises.
KLIN HEARING
NEARMUMAX
Prosecutors Announce Testi
mony Will Definitely Ident
ify Black Hooded Men
of Murder Mob.
BY A. G. BROWN,
Universal Service' Correspondent.
Bastrop, La., Jan. 15.—The state of
Louisiana Is about ready to offer its
first clinching testimony as to the
Identity of the members of the hooded
mob \ghlch led Watt Daniel and Tom
Richards into the woods and racked
them until they were dead.
Within the next 48 hours, unless
the program determined upon by state
prosecutors at an important confer
ence Monday night Is altered, at least
two members of the black hooded
band will have been named.
Both will later, according to the In
formation, be Identified as members
of the Morehouse parish Ku Klux
Klan.
Expect to Name 15 More.
And, before many days have passed,
this information continues 15 other
TEACHERS'AN D PUPILS
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Oklahoma City, Okla., "Jan. 15.—
Two teachers and two school children
were killed and two children fatally
injured when Santa Fe passenger
train number- 18 struck the open tour
ing car in which they were return
ing to the country from school, at
Fifty First street south, here at 6:30
o’clpck Monday evening.
The train, traveling at an estimated
speed of 60 miles an hour, completely
demolished the car, dragging it half
a mile before coming to a stop.
years in the Royal Opera house In
Stockholm. Sweden, my native land,
and that two years ago I had come
to America to make my fortune, after
losing most of my family In the flu
epidemic.”
Couldn't Get Contracts.
_ But she couldn’t make advantage
ous contracts here. America was al
most too much for little Asia and at
last she came, discouraged but not.
disillusioned, to the Waldorf.
’.'1 am no business woman," sho
went on In her broken hut musical
English. "I need somebody to get
back of me. Oh, I could, what you
say, make good. But 1 don't get the
chance.”
While her money lasted she studied
here, ^ut finally sho was reduced
to any sort of work.
“Can’t Help Sutginft.”
“Now.everybody is good to mo,” sho
said. “I can’t help singing, and some
times the patrons ask me to. You
see, music makes me thrilled, any
kind of music, if it is played correctly.
When I hear the orchestra here, I
have to sing. But opera 1 love best,
ar>d I know a|l the parts of many.”
And she thrilled a few bird notes
for me, this Jenny Bind.
Some day Asta with her neatly <
bobed hair and her magnetic per
sonality will have her chance.
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4 Special Cable Diepatch. 4
4 London, Jan. * 15.—“Experi- 4
4 ments today are most prom- 4
4 ising- and vajuable, but i do 4
4 not think commarcial tele- 4
4 phoning by radio across the 4
4 Atlantic will Tse likely for two 4
4 or three years yet,” said Senor 4
4 Marconi Monday, commenting 4
4 on the recent successful radio 4
4 telephony tests across the 4
4 ocean. 4
4 “There are many improve- 4
4 ments necessary before radio 4
4 telephony across the Atlantic 4
4 becomes a factor in commer- 4
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4 the Americans are developing 4
4 trans-Atlantio telephony in 4
4 the right way. I have several 4
4 experiments which I am 4
4 working on which may bo 4
4 useful. 4
4 “Today’s experiments are 4
4 successful and cannot be con- 4
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men, black hoods will have been
named.
"We are about ready to place the
first of our vital witnesses on the
stand,” was the statement made Mon
day night by a man who holds the
confidence of Attorney General Coco.
Thus this probe of the state of Lou
isiana is moving on to its great cli
max. Open charges are about to be
filed. Probability of numerous ar
rests becomes greater each day. The
end is drawing in sight.
Monday Developments.
Aside from the decision of state
prosecutors that they are ready to
attack the very heart of the case
there were three very Important de
velopments Monday:
First—Disclosure from the witness
stand of tti% nature of the alibi which
will be offered by a number of the
leaders of the klan should any sus
picion be directed towards them as
members of the black hooded band
which kidnaped Daniel and Richards.
Captain Skipwith, "sheik of the klan,”
was declared by two klan members
to have been in Bastrop all evening
the nlghf of the kidnaping. So were
other influential leaders of the or
ganization.
Second—The statement of F. C.
Eason, Monroe, a sworn witness, who
declared that Captain Sklpwith, la
discussing with him the dlsappearence
of Daniel and Klchards, had explained
St as follows:
“The community thought they were
bad characters and needed attention.”
Third—Claims by the state that of
ficial records have been tampered
with through the changing of dates on
a search warrant from "November 25”
to "November 24.”
NEBRASKA FARMER
KILLED BY AUTO’
County Officials Attempting to
Locate Driver of
Death Car.
Norfolk, Neb., Jan.05 (Special).—
Joseph Kedzer, farmer, of Naper,
Neb., was found dead late Monday
afternoon on a side street here. His
skull was crushed and his nose was
broken. Apparently the man had
been struck by an automobile.
Investigation disclosed that he had
been dragged about 30 feet. An In
quest will be held at Naper Tuesday.
County officials are making an ef
fort to locate the driver of the auto
mobile that Is believed to have
caused his death.
CANTON SITUATION BETTER.
Hong Kong, Jan. 15 (A. P.)—The
situation at Canton which arose from
the revolt of some of the troops un
der General Chen Ch'%pg-Mlng last
week has been eased as a result of
Chen finding money with which to
pay the troops, according to advices
received here today. It is believed
now that the projected attack on Can
ton by the adherents of Dr. Sun Yat
Sen, deposed president of the South
China government, who hope to re
take the city for him, ^.n be repelled.
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4 Specie! Wireless Dispatch. 4
4 Paris, Jan. 15.—Dr. Serge 4
4 Voronoff Monday ridiculed the 4
4 ‘ reported discovery by Dr. 4
4 Leon rtanaen, an American, 4
4 that goat glands may success- 4
4 fully displace mopkey glands 4
♦ in rejuvenating operations on 4
4 humans. 4
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4 chimpanzee is' suitable for 4
4 such operations,” said Dr, 4
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4r animal is of the same physical 4
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4 - Official recognition of gland 4
4 grafting is now accorded by 4
4 the Pasteur Institute which 4
4 has sent a mission to Africa to 4
4 establish a breeding farm for 4
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Many Members of South Da
kota Senate Loath to
Surrender $200
Extra Pay.
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 15 (Special).—
When th«j Amsden bill providing for
the repeal of the legislative expense
allowances came before, the senate
Monday afternoon It was subjected to
Jockeying by a group of members
who wished to avoid being forced into
directly committing themselves on
the subject. The' sidetracking pro
gram had been carefully arranged in
advance and was successful, except in
the effort to refer the badly amended
bill to a cortimlttee for suppression. On
that point the senate membership
bulked and the amended bill will be
before the senate for action Tuesday.
While the Amsden bill was under
consideration on Its merits, talks were
made in favor of the measure by Sen
ators Amsden, I-arson, Benson and
..Tank. Opposing statements were
made by Senator Martens, of Hughes
county, and Senator Kaas, of Mar
shall county. Mr. Amsden based his
argument on the claim that the extra
compensation for legislators, even
If justified by conditions, was clearly
a violation of the constitution and
that two members of th? special su
preme court had so held. Senator
Tank said It was the political duty of
the republican party to clear Itself
of the record made on these expense
allowances.
Need the Money, They Say.
Mr.^Vlartens and Mr. Kaas In their
opposition ^to the bill argued the leg
islators needed the extra $200 to
cover neCessary expenses and that a
decision of the special supreme court
had settled the question of constitu
tionality.
The dftcussion was under good
headway when Senator*Crawford, of
Huron, stepped In with the prepared
program to befuddle the situation.
He submitted two amendments re
pealing the existing expense allow
ances for supreme court Judges, cir
cuit Judges and constitutional state
officers. These amendments were
adopted, getting their principal sup
port from members who wanted to
dodge a record on the original bill.
Then Kaas, of Marshall, in pursuance
of the program, moved to refer the
bill and amendments to the ways and
meafts committee. After some dis
cussion the Kaas motion was de
feated and the amended bill was held
before the Senate for action Tues
day. If a vote can be forced on It
In Its prese,nt form the record roll
call will prove an embarrassment to
some of those who participated In
the Jockeying. But additional horse
play Is fairly certain.
Monday Early Budget Urged.
A mild attack was made on the
regular practice of holding up the
general appropriation bills until the
last few days of the session, thus
giving legislators no opportunity to
deal with the merits of the various
allowances. Senator Brownell intro
duced a concurrent resolution pro
viding that the general appropriation
' bill must be before the assembly not
later than the 40th day of the ses
sion. By request of the appropria
tion committee chairman he changed
the date to the 45th day of the ses
sion and the Rebate adopted tho res
olution -in that form. The budget
committee report is now due under
the statutes, but that committee still
is at work. It is said that a pro
visional bqdget of 17,000,000 has been
outlined and that this must be in
creased to allow for aome necessary
buildings. That is JuBt about double
the budget report of two years ago.
Ronator Brownell Introduced two
bills providing for modifications in
the rural credit* law. One makes the
state treasurer the treasurer of the
rural credit board. The other pro
vides that only persons living on the
land are eligible for farm loans
through the rural credit system.
Charles Day Holds Job.
The senate Monday afternoon con-*
firmed the reappointment of ^Charles
M. Day, of Hioux Falls, as a mem
ber of the state board of charities
and corrections.
TAKE JEWELS FROM GRAVE.
London, Jan. 15.—A Daily News
dispach from Luxor Monday reports
the removal from the tomb of Tut
Ankh-Amen of a jewel box contain
ing some of the finest specimens of
Jewelry of that distant period, a cane
seated couch mounted on a gold
frame and several remarkable ala
baster vases.
MARKS GO LOWER. %
London, Jan. 15 (A. P.)—German
marks took a fresh slump today to
tho lowest tigjre on record in Lon- '
don 55,000 to thq pound sterling.
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U. S. TO GIVE
MORE TiME
FOR PAYING
Brifain to Be Granted fit Least
50 Year? on Big Debt—
Commission Asks 66“ Years
and Low Interest.
BY COLE E. MORGAN, '
Universal Service Correspondent.
Washington, Jan. 15.—There will be
no final settlement of the more than
$4,000,000,000 British war debt owed
this country under 50 years from the *
time of the passage of the funding act
if year ago. It was learned Monday.
The British are asking an even
longer period. 66 years from the pass
age of the act or 65 years from the
present time.
The British are prepared to keep up
current interest payments and begin
small payments oil the principal In
the immediate future, these principal
payments to start in less than five
years.
Payments Indefinite.
The amount of the principal pay
ments will depend upon the rate of
Interest to l»e agreed upon and the
future economic recovery of Great
Britain.
~ A high Interest ra^e will mean
smaller principal payments and a
longer period for the final retirement
of the debt.
The British are not disposed to pay
a^hlgtier rate of Interest than 3^4 per
cent., which is the rate paid by this
government to holders of the first
Liberty bond issue The Fluropean
war loans were made under the au
thority of the same act that author
ised the first Liberty bonds.
Want Rate Retroactive.
The British have proposed that the
interest rate to he agreed upon be
made retroactive from the time the
loans were granted hi lieu of the 5
per cent, rate In effect up to this time,
with proportionate credit given on
the $270,000,000 of interest already
paid and the $430,000,000 accrued and
unpaid. To do this on a 3V4 per cent,
rate would cut the British interest
account already accrued a little more
than $200,000,000.
The British and American commis
sions are not In full accord on many
points In the negotiations now pend
ing, though they have .gotten down to
discussion of actual terms. The Brit
ish have not assented to ceiltain pro
posals by the American commission »
and the American body has not seen
its way to agree to some things the
British have proposed.
Revealed By Spokesman.
The foregoing summary of the debt
funding situation Was revealed MorfC
day through official umrces by an
authorized spokesman for the Ameri
can commission.
No session was held by the t\vo
commissions Monday, the British
envoys having asked for time to com
municate with their home government.
The nature of the cables exchanged
was not revealed. Joint discussions
will be resumed Tuesday, with the
forecast that a basis of agreement will
be reached before the end of the week.
Specific) terms are expected to be dis
cussed at Tuesday session.
The American commission has con
ceded that the British are not in po
sition to retire the debt within the 25
year limit of the funding act, a year
of which already has expired. The
discussions are being confined to a
minimum. of BO years and a max
imum of 66 years. The American
commission takes the view that the
time period really hae not very much
to db with the question. They hold
the view that sometimes long term
bonds are of more value than short
term ones, when account is taken of
the debtor’s ability to make his pay
ments. It Is a question of paying off
the debt and fixing a satisfactory
rate of Interest with which the con
ferences are struggling.
The American commission is not
favorable to the retroactive Interest
suggestion, nor to a suggestion that
has been made of a flexible rate of
interest. The suggestion has been
made, It is Bald, that the Interest start
at 3 per cent, for a period of years,
then Increase to 3 ‘,4 or 3V4 for anoth
er period and by successive stages go
still higher until U would reach a
figure that would strike an average
for the whole period acceptable to the
American viewpoint. The American
commission, however, does not regard
this arrangement as desirable.
♦ NEWS BRIEFS. ♦'
WASHINGTON.—Minority party
leadership in the House will probably
remain unchanged as the result of an
announcement by Representative
John N. Garner, of Texas, he was not
seeking leadership of the democratio
party. #
CHICAGO.—Samuel M. Felton,
president of the Chicago, Great West
ern railway, declares the charges
made by Senator Brookhart, of Iowa,
that the railroad officials did not sup
port the government during the war
were “base and unsupported calum
nies.”
OMAHA.—Bill Brennan and Billy
Mlske, will meet in an Omaha ring
either February 2 or 14, according to
Jack Reddy, Miske's manager.
APPEAL TO WASHINGTON
Washington, Jan. 15 (A. P.)—
Drhped in gaudy blankets and wear
ing beaded moccasins and feathered
head dresses, a dozen Pueblo Indians
from New Mexico appeared today be
fore the Senate committee to opposs
the bill of Senator Bursum, republi
can, New Mexico, to validate title of
settlers on the Pueblo lands, and in
support of a bill by Senator Jones,
democrat, New Mexico, which would
set up a separate court to determine
the titles of white squatters and oth
er claimants and settle disputes of
many years’ standing.