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COURT PLAN ► OF HARDING CRITICIZED Senate Leaders View With f : Disfavor Proposal to Have U. S. Join International Court Under League. Universal Service. Washington, Feb. 25.—That Presi dent Harding's proposal to have the United States join the permanent court of International justice created by the League of Nations will fail to receive the sanction of the Senate was the practically unanimous opin ion Sunday of Senate leaders in both parties. Even the most ardent supporters of the adminstration admit that it will be almost certainly impossible to bring the matter to a vote before adjournment a week hence. Members /of the “irreconcilable" group, which has fought bitterly all attempts to associate the United* States with the League in any way, were frank in their declarations that the president’s proposal “must re ceive mature and very careful con sideration.” This view, moreover, was accepted even by recognized ad ministration adherents on the Senate committee on foreign relations to which the proposal has been referred. Studying Reservations. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, chairman of the committee, is of the •opinion that it will be Tuesday before * he and his associates will be able to givs the question formal considera tion. “Irreconcilables” on the committee, meanwhile, are making a close study •of the four reservations proposed by Secretary ■ Hughes, whom they sus pect of still harboring proleague sen timents. It is practically a certainty that Senators of this group will have reservations of their own to propose when formal consideration of the president’s proposal begins. Small dioubt is felt but that the United States would be welcomed into the court on the conditions out lined by Seretary Hughes. Europe, It is pointed out, would have every thing to gain and nothing to lose by American adhesion, and the League, it is generally agreed, would be glad to give the American government a voice in the election of judges. The state department, according to the prevailing belief, nas received in formal but unquestionable assurances which practically guarantee the ac oeptance of the Hughes plan for American participatipn in case the approval of the Senate can be ob tained. Considerable comment has been caused by the president’s action late Saturday in asking the “advice and consent” of the Senate before initiat ing formal negotiations looking to ward American adhesion to the protocol and statutes establishing the court. While quite in accordance with the constitution and not with out precedent, the president move is interpreted as indicating unusual consideration of the prerogatives of • the Senate in the conduct of foreign *■ relations. Offered the opportunity of passing in advance upon a question of foreign policy, the Senate apparently is de termined upon a thorough study of the problem presented. The state de partment has been giving the matter special consideration for more than six months, and Senate leaders ob viously are unwilling to accept the department's judgment with barely a week’s consideration. Particularly from the viewpoint of the "irreconcilable" group, "eventu alities must be considered, and the Senate must explore all the possibil ities which may arise under the pro posed contract.” The matter, of the enforcement of decisions by the court is regarded as particularly important , bsr Senators Borah, of Idaho,’McCor mick, of Illinois, and others. Unlikely to receive approval from the present Senate, the Harding Hughes proposal also will face con siderable opposition in the new Sen ate taking office March 4. The ad forces will be much new body, where the "irreconcilables" will present a prac tically unbroken front. President Harding asked for the authority to make the United States a member of the permanent court of internatial justice established under the League of Nations, in a special message submitted late Saturday. He asked for the ratification with reservations of a special protocol ne gotiated with the principal powers providing for full participation by the United States in the international court in lieu of the unofficial part now taken by the American govern ment with John Bassett Moore as its representative. Accompanying the president’s mes sage was a letter from Secretary of State Hughes suggesting a series of reservations which the Senate might adopt to keep the United States from becoming entangled in other phases of the League of Nations. The Senate listened to the reading of the president’s message behind closed doors in executive session and then referred it, along with Secretary Hughes’ letter, to the foreign rela tions committee. The text of the reservations recom mended is as follows: LINCOLN CITIZENS HEAR MESSAGE OF KU KLUX Lincoln, Neeb., Feb. 25 (Special).— Lincoln people Sunday night had their first public exposition of the Ku Klux Ktan and its aims in an address at the city auditorium by Z. A/ Harris, of Atlanta, Ga. The auditorium was filled. There were no demonstrations or interruptions. Mr./Harris said the klan had been maligned by the press and public, be cause, he said he preferred to baiieve, it was misunderstood. 1 4444444444444444444 4 4 4 BOOSTING OF MARRIAGE 4 4 LICENSE PRICE SOUfcWT 4 4 4 4 Universal Service. 4 4 Chicago, Feb. 26.-*-What is 4 4 a wife worth? At least $5, 4 4 in the opinion expressed * by 4 4 county officials Monday. 4 4 Efforts will be made to raise 4 4 the fee for a marriage license 4 4 from $1.50 to $5, it was an- 4 4 nounced. 4 4 If a man can’t pay $5 for a 4 4 wife he ought not to have 4 4 one,” Commissioner yom Mur- 4 4 ray said, while statisticians 4 4 of the county treasurer 4 4 showed that the 38,000 licenses 4 4 issued annually would increase 4 4 the revenue by $133,000. 4 4 4 4444444444444444444 LASKER TALKS OF" "SURPRISE” PLAN Shipping Board Head Ready to Present New Ship Pro. gram After Final De feat of Subsidy. Universal Service. Washington, Feb. 26.—Chairman Lasker, of the shipping board, still re fusing late Monday to admit the fail ure of the ship subsidy in the Senate, declared that as soon as he is forced to admit defeat, he will announce a new merchant marine plan, “as novel as it will be surprising, but neverthe less practical.” “The subsidy bill has not yet failed,” he said with defiant emphasis. “But we have always had plans which we have held in abeyance penciling a decision on the bill. If the bill fails I hope and expect to be able to announce the shipping board’s fu ture program before next Monday, when I go south," he added: “The plan, if we have to put it into effect, will be as novel as it will be surprising, but nevertheless practical and expeditious. It has been sub mitted to the president and has the unanimous support of the shipping board. I cannot reveal the details of it at this time-” Evades on Sale Report. His comment on a published report that the board would sell its 393- ships ant^ liquidate its business was this: “A lot has been written with no knowledge.” He pointed out that the congres sional appropriations assure the life of the board until June, 1924. Mr. Lasker admitted that “two or three” members of the board had of fered their resignations but had been induced by him to remain. When asked whether he himself planned to remain beyond June 1. next, when his promise to the president expires, he said: "I am still a free agent.” Agree to Vote Today. Final disposition of the subsidy bill, which will be taken on the motion by Senator Robinson to send it back to the commerce committee, was post poned Monday in the Senate until Tuesday becau'se Senators Ransdell, of Louisiana, and Pomerene, of Ofrfb, desired to speak on the measure. When the Senate recessed until 11 o’clock Tuesday it was with the un derstanding that the Robinson motion will be called up immediately and voted on. Senator Jones and other proponents believe nothing more can be dione to prevent the bill from being recommitted, which means that it will be shelved for the session. MUTINEERS HOLD JAP SHIP CREW IN TERROR Vancouver, B. C., Feb. 26 (A. P.)— Nine armed sailors, plotting with 29 stowaways, held the voyage of the 6,000 ton freighter Tabiu Maru under a virtual reign of terror during the voyage from Kobe, Japan to this port, it was learned today. The voyage, which was dominated by the rebelous party ended Sunday night when the vessel arrived. The stowaways, according to ship officers huddled in the ships coal bunkers, made their appearance on deck a few days after the vessel left Kobe enroute for this port. Joined by nine members of the crew, the party, most of them heavily armed with revolvers told the Japanese captain that they would be In charge of the voyage. All of the mutineers were Japanese. There was no re sistance on the part of the ship offi cer of the 30 remaining members of the crew. DOCUMENTS MISSING IN GEN. CRONKHITE PROBE Washington, Feb. 20 (A. P.)—In vestigators appointed by Secretary Weeks to report on charges made by Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, retired, that tiles of the war department had been tampered with and records con nected with the death of his son, Maj. Alexander Cronkhite at Camp Lewis, in 1918, were incomplete, it was learned today, have found certain papers once in the possession of the department to be missing. Secretary Weeks said the investigation has not been completed and it was not known whether the investigators would be successful in their search for the missing documents. FIND QUANTITY MORPHINE DEAD NURSE'S STOMACH Shenandoah, la., Feb. 26 (Special). —The report of the chemist of the University of Iowa, received Mon day by Coroner Harmon before the nurse, found dead in a car In which jury making an inquiry into the death of Miss Catherine I-ukashavec, she and Charles McMahon went rid ing one week ago, was to the effect that a quantity of morphine was found in the girl's stomach. A GOOSE WEDDING. . > _______ j A Watertown Noodled Goose! To an epicurean the phrase brings forth an excessive secretion of the salivary glands and causes that tingling sen sation such as the one affecting a j small boy when, on Christmas, he re ceives the first aroma of the savory dinner that is to be served. It was necessary to import the old estab lished customs from Strassburg in or der to tickle the pulate of the Ameri can visitors at the larger hotels in any part of the country but this par ticular section of Wisconsin has achieved perfection In this art. After a visit to the farm home of Fred Al brecht, one is convinced that the noodling of geese is an art that can not be imitated by any novice. Long years of study into goose psychology and a thorough training In the busi ness are prerequisites. To obtain first hand Information, go to the source. Fred Albrecht is that source In that he Is the premier feed er of the section, h.is fattened fowls are always desired at a premium, and he is known as the "Goose King" In that community. Durlnguhe past 30 years there has been considerable variation In the size of the flock which he has fed. Some years there were about 100 birds and this year he has 55. Many of the geese are raised on the farm and others are purchased from neighbors. Toulouse, Embden, or a Toulouse Af rican cross are raised. Mr. Albrecht prefers the cross for he claims that the name Toulouse describes the fowl as their skin Is too loose. Pure breds are used In breeding and the cross breds are fattened and sold. Geese that are well grown but In rather sparse condition are preferred. On these fowls it is possible to put a higher gain In the three weeks’ feed ing period. Geese that are extra prime or in fat condition do not stand up or respond as well to the feeding practice. Unless it is possible to go over the flock with Mr. Albrecht it is almost impossible to appreciate the difference which exists in the many individuals in so far as their feed ca pacity, response to feed, etc., is con cerned, The glance at the,flock tells him what the condition of each bird is that day and what feed they can digest and assimilate. The geese are penned in lots of eight to 10 in small, crudely con structed pens In the outbuildings. Water In troughs Is kept before the birds constantly and they are fed five times per day at two-hour intervals. During the last, week at least there is not much rest for the feeder and a cot in the kitchen suffices as a bed to assure himself that the fire is kept going and the water hot. What is a noodle? One mixture consists of 200 pounds succotash. 200 pounds corn, and 100 pounds each of wheat and barley. This mixture Is finely ground and then sifted. After scalding with hot water, enough of the best grade of flour is added to make it sticky. To form the noodles the mixture is put through a sausage stuffing machine and they are either 1% or 1% inches in diameter for the different size of geese. They are cut to 3 Inches in length and cooked until they rise to the top of the water like dumplings. They are then rolled In flour and allowed to dry. When it comes to time to feed, the noodles are put into a pail, covered with hot water, and taken to the pens. Each goose Is taken individually and given six to eight noodles for a feed. The hot water causes the outside of the noodle 'to become slippery so that It slides down without the least incon venience or injury to the goose. They will extend their heads and grab for the feed when It is taken from the pall. If all of the material is not, digested, at the next feeding period the goose is passed up. When finished the goose is well bagged down with accumulated fat. The liver has also increased in size and is an especially prized organ as many of them are exported to Prance and when served ,on a menu are known as pate de foy gras. This sounds like a real dish and tastes even better than it sounds. While in an ordinary goose the liver may weigh about one pound, with the fattening it is possible to bring the weight to three jpounds. The day of the wedding is the day free from cares and a cause for cele bration by the entire neighborhood. Any reason for calling it a goose wedding is not given except it is the day on which each goose meets his fate. It is an old established custom and the neighboring women look for ward to that day and each one seems to have her alloted task. Just the dinner mat is served at noon would be incentive enough for anyone to drive miles on a cold day such as we did just to he in attendance. A feast would come closer to a real descrip tion of that meal. Chicken, goose, veal, ancf pork were the foundation and every imaginable appetizing dish filled in any space that was left. The comradeship, friendliness, and banter that was expressed during the meal told why that section of the state has developed into an agricultural section that is in a clas by itself. Four men carry and kill the geese at the barns. They are then taken to the cellar where a kitchen range keeps the water in a wash boiler steaming. Above the boiler Is a frame covered with burlap that holds the goose. Constantly turning the goose allows Just enough steam to per meate the feathers to loosen them. Each task Is an art In Itself, for a novice could never handle this job. From the boiler the geesp’Vre trans ferred to a table and the feathers from the abdominal section are re moved very carefully to prevent tear ing the skin. About 14 women-sat In the next room and finished the Job, The Incredulous are the most credulous. Th4y believe the mir acles of Vespasian that they may not believe those of Moses.—Pascal. We often wonder if women are changin’ from short t’ long skills as fast as they kin? Who does th’ real work at conven tions?—Abe Martin. Why not ask Senator La Follette to write a new constitution for the country? Very little In the old one seems to satisfy him. % 4 ’ 4 4 THERS ’VII.'. 3 5 ► ♦ POOR r--0'_K3 W-'EN -4 ♦ RICH ARE COME * ♦ 4 ♦ Watth.er 'inhCH'iu. 4 ♦ You Imagin', <!j \ >>j : ot. that 4 ♦ In a linn: where th.ee n-e no 4 ♦ more rich pcoj'l ' t’.i r* v,i; a’-t* 4 4 be no more .j> ,or? “Why, of 4 ♦ couraf not! H >• mn t'n• r» be •> -4 poor people whca there are no 4- ntore rich? An.I yet there will • ■*• be. In the I •in.’ n here t! ere are 4 4- ho more rich there will V*■’ only 4 4- poor, only very po >r. people. 4 4- Whoever oo*. not v»«>v.- this 4 4 amt Is a socialist, that man la 4 4 merely one of the herd or he a 4 ♦ dupe. He who knows it and con- 4 ^ ceals It is a deceiver. 4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4'44-444444444 sorting the feathers as they plucked. Every feather Is removed except the primaries and this joint of the wing l;t cut off. After singeing and wash ing. tiie geese are hung on a pole In the yard to freeze and harden ihe fat. The average price for these geese de lux is 20 cents above average weight of the lot. An average weight of 25 pounds means a selling price of 45 cents per pound, while a 30-pound average would bring 50 certts per pound. Mr. Albrecht has estab lished a reputation so that his geese are sold at a higher price. Real pride In producing a superior product has given this man a stand ing in his community and with the trade that cannot bo surpassed. He has noodled geese for over 30 years. One year in particular high water ball wiped out his crop so that the Watertown noodled goose wa!s the unfailing source of Income for that year that was highly prized. Wlten next you see the Watertown Noodled Goose on a hotel menu, remember the man that has been largely respon sible for its universal demand. He cannot be bribed into producing any thing short of a superior product. SPROUTED OATS MAKE GOOD POULTRY FEED. Green feed during the winter months will encourage egg produc tion and promote the health of the flock. Cabbage or sprouted oats are recommended by the Ohio Experi ment Station poultrymen. Sprouted oats, they say, has the advantage of being easily available. Trays for sprouting oats, made about 2 inches deep and 2 feet square with bottoms of plaster lath, arq conven ient. The trays are supported on tin upright frame or rack provided with cleats so that the trays will slide in and out. A 4-lnch space Is allowed between trays. A rack 5 feet high will accommo date 10 trays, enough for 000 or 300 birds. The sprouter is kept in a fur nace room or other place where the temperature Is 60 to 70 degrees. Two or three pounds of dry oats are soaked over night and placed In a tray each, day where they are sprinkled frequently and allowed to grow from one-fourth to one Inch in length before feeding.—Weekly Press Bulletin Ohio Experiment Station. Moonshine Investments. -Herewith is copy of a letter sent to an investor who wanted to buy some 8 1 per cent, mortgages: Dear Sir. Since prohibition became at least nominally effective, the former slaves of alcohol are developing a new and accursed habit. The savings whioh they once squandered In the brass mounted and bemlrrowed dens of infamy are now being diverted into investments and on every hand we see that degraded, although pitiable object, the 8 per cent, addict. The ingenuity that thl!se monomaniacs will display in their endeavors to gratify their brutish passion makes one despair of humanity. Friends who in the good old days could buy a mortgage or leave it alone—friends who could carry a 6 per cent, coupon like gentlemen—now spend the Christmas savings of their lit tle ones In alluring Investments labelled 8 per cent. Their appetite has resulted In building up a new industry—the financial moonshiners who concoct devllsh mlx turees out of blue skies and black lies, which they artfully embellsh with forged seals and labels, and then sell to victims all over the country. Indeed, the thirst of these addicts for any stuff with a kick in It has grown so strong that the moonshiners are openly advertising that they have 7, 7V4 and even 8 per cent, goods ready for imme diate delivery. The maudlin cries of their debauched victims as they wander through tlie financial district shrieking for 8 per cent, and safety Is the most depressing commentary on the horrors of prohibition. We still have a few cases of the gen uine old-line 6 per cent, mortgages, mel lowed in the wood. They would delight even that refrigerated connoisseur, your loan inspector, lleing as how you have long been bellying up to our bar, we might let you have a quart or so in or der to keep you away from the 8 per cert, white mule. All shipments postlvely made in plain covers with nothing what ever to indicate the contents. Sincerely, •John Smith. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Payne Whitney and E. S. Harkness have given $0,000,000 to New York’s public library. Rockefeller gave half. Tfte money will be used entirely In the reference department. Libraries also are on a big scale in America. Who gives money by millions to libraries shoots his arrows in the air, not knowing where they will drop. They may possibly drop on his own head, for books start think ing, and thinking starts many other things. Voltaire, under the heading “Statesmen”, in hla philosophical dictionary, said he wrote not for statesmen of his day, but for young people that would read and manage things later. He made his last trip to Paris to die, after 80, just too soon to see the French revolution. Meanwhile the Germans, with their sorrows of invasion, have stopped reparation payments to France. And the timid German mark lifts up its head still higher. That pleases the German workman, not the German financier. As the mark goes up In value, German stocks drop. Another Catholic church has been burned In Canada, the 14th in a twelvemonth. Such outrages should serve as a challenge to the dominion police to show their mettle. It won’t make the veterans sore to learn that Col. C. It. Forbes has re signed as director of the Veterans’ Bureau. A g-jk.ar-ol(l girl at Limerick, Me.. Is not oniv »’>■ "''ingest wnowshoer |*T the state .in expert. I 4444444444444444444 ♦ TWENTY RACES ABOARD 4 4 LINER CAUSE TROUBLE 4 4 ♦ 4 Universal Service. 4 4 New York, Feb. 26.—Purser ♦ 4 W. J. O’Hagen, of the White 4 4 Star liner Pittsburgh, came 4 4 down the gangplank Monday 4 4 feeling like The Hague peace 4 4 tribunal must have felt No- 4 4 vember 11, 1918. He was all 4 4 in after acting as peacemaker 4 4 in race wars and nationalistic 4 4 clashes all the way across the 4 4 Atlantio. 4 4 First the German immi- 4 .4 grants would get at the piano 4 4 and play and sing “Die Waoht 4 4 am Rhine.” The Allies then 4 4 would object and O’Hagen and 4 4 other members of the crew 4 4 would have to hold them 4 4 apart. Later the Ruaeiane 4 4 raided the dock chairs of the 4 4 cabin passengers, carrying 4 4 their communist ideas into ef- 4 4 feet. They were separated 4 4 from the chairs with diffi- 4 4 culty. 4 4 O'Hagen and the whole crew 4 4 report they hardly had one full 4 4 night’s sleep on the way over, 4 4 suppressing incipient uprie- 4 4 ings between the 20 races rep- 4 4 resented among the 1,016 pae- 4 4 sengers. 4 4 4 4444444444444444444 BRITISH WARSHIPS TD LEAVE SMYRNA Admiralty Orders Withdrawal to Appease Turk Extrem ists—One Cruiser to Remain. London, Feb. 26 (U. P.)—British warships were ordered Monday to withdraw from Smyrna harbor. The admiralty here accompanied the order with the explanation that Britain hoped thus to ease the situa tion at Angora, where Turk militar ists are clamoring for war. It is stat ed the British ‘ wish to help Mustapha Kemal overcome the extremists.” One light cruiser is to be left at Smyrna. The British withdrawal of the men of war which have ridden at anchor beneath the guns of Turkish forts on the hills about Smyrna is not inter preted as submission to the ultimat um issued some time ago by the Ot toman commander there that allied warships of more than 1,000 tons leave Immediately. None of the Al lies complied with this order. The Angora assembly is debating the Lausanne treaty, having heard Ismet Pasha’s report regarding the peace conference. Extremists, who favor rejection, are said to have the upper hand. Mustapha Kemal Is be lieved to be inclined toward concil iation, but he no longer has his form er power, it is reported. HE KILLED CHILD Leads Detectives to Body of Lillian Gilmore, 6 Years Old, Slain After Assault. Universal Service. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 26.—The | body of Lillian Gilmore, 6 years old, who was kidnaped from In front of her home, was found Monday night on the bank of NeslUny Creek. Wylie Morgan, 38 years old, who several hours before had broken down and confessed to the police to the kid naping and killing, led a squad of police and detectives to the spot un der a dead tree. The body wus taken to the Gilmore home Monday, night. Morgan drove an automobile containing the detec I tives to the exact spot. Morgan Is Haid to have made his | confession to Lieutenant of Police David Craig at about 5:45 o'clock Monday night. The statement came as the culmin ation of l. day’s severe questioning and after he had been again posi tively Identified by five-year-old Dorothy Gilmore as the man who lured her and the missing child away from In front of their home Satur day afternoon in an automobile. Police armed with sawed-off shot guns und rifles will guard the pris oner to prevent any trouble, as res idents of the vicinity of the kidnaping are talking about “lynching”. GANG COUNTERFEITING U. S. NOTES IN POLAND Warsaw. Feb. 26 (U. P.)—The Pol ish government has asked the United States to send an expert to Warsaw to attempt to clear up the discovery of a counterfeiting factory making apparently perfect $20 American bank notes here. Paper declared to be Identical with that in genuine currency 1h used, and already more than 300 bogus Amer ican $20 notes have been discovered In Poland. Five persons have been arrested. YOUTHFUL S.*D. ELOPER TAKEN HOME BY FATHER Council Bluffs, la., Feb. 26 (Spec ial).—Clara Comes, 17 years old, bobbed hair and still declaring her love for Walter Brown with whom she eloped from her home in Waverl.v, S. D., was taken home Monday by her father. Brown at the tame time left for Wichita, Kan., where he says he has an estate. He declared he would buy a bigger ear than the flivver in which they eloped and then return to Dako ta. * TWO CHOW DOGS MAY BETRAY HER Canines Found Asleep in Rear of Auto Containing Borpse of Millionaire Bronx Contractor —Farmer Sees Woman. Universal Service. New York, Feb. 26.—A beautiful blonde woman Ih being hunted In connection with the slaying of Fred Schneider, millionaire contractor of the Bronx, living apart from his wife, who was found dead lying over the wheel of his automobile Monday aft ernoon. The woman, the police were told, was seen to leave the automobile I hurriedly a few minutes before the body of Schneider was found. A re volver with three exploded shells lay on the seat beside the body. Two bullets had pierced the head and an other had penetrated the neck. Doga .Found in Car. In the rear seat of the curtained ear two chow dogs were fast asleep, but when a policeman started to search the body they aroused and sprang upon him. The dogs had to be leashed before the coroner could proceed with his Investigation. It is believed the dogs may belong to the woman sought. The police have no description of the woman they seek except that She was a blonde and carried a large leather handbag. The body was found when a pe destrian told Patrolman James Doyle that an intoxicated man was lying over the wheel of his car In a lonely spot on Sound View avenue, near the Bronx river and Westchester road. Gar in Motion, Belief. The police said Schneider evidently was slain while the car was In motion as the car was in high gear when found, and the Ignition key was turned. Schneider’s right hand was In his overcoat pocket and his left; gloved, rested on the wheel of the machine. Detectives Monday night started to round up all the employes who work at §«<unlder’8 plant In the Brox in an effort to trace his movements before the murder and to try to find out more about the woman who Is sus pected of having killed him. Search for the Blaln man's wife, whose pres ent whereabouts Is unknown^ was also started. The police hope to be able to uso the dogs to trace the mysterious blonde woman, as It is believed they belonged to her and not to Schneider. This, however, they had not deter mined at a late hour Monday night. Farmer Sees Woman Leave. Nick Fulmer, a farmer, 4vho lives , on South View avenue, directly op posite the spot where the murdered contractor was found, told the police he had heard what he thought were revolver shots Just before the car stopped. He said he had seen a woman leave the machine, but all the description he could give was that she was a blonde, fashionably dressed, and carried a dark handbag. Schneider left his office at noon and took three of his women em ployes to a restaurant, leaving them th^re, and was thought to have gone , about his daily business. STUDENTS SEEK REPEAL OF PROHIBITIVE SMOKE Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 26 (Special).— A petition asking for th© repeal of the prohibition against smoking and chewing tobacco among students of the University of Nebraska on the university property was circulated Monday. It is addressed to the board of re gents, and no attempt wus made to conceal the fact that It Is aimed at tobacco using members of the fac ulty. The alleged unfairness of enforcing the rule against students when it is disregarded by professors Is men tioned In the petition. WOULD REVOKE DANCER’S AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP 11 ' ..* a Washington. Feb. 26 (U. P.)—Sec retary of Labor Davis is taking ac tion to have the American citizenship of Isadora Duncan, dancer, annulled, in view of her alleged disparaging comments on America and the Am erican people. Davis said Monday thnt he has asked the solicitor of his department to get an opinion from the attorney general as to the possibility of taking away her American citizenship rights. “Miss Duncan has renounced Am erica in some of her recent utter ances.” Davis said. FREE STATE SOLDIER EXECUTED FOR TREASON Universal Service. Dublin, Feb. 26.—A volunteer mem ber of the Free State army named Gibons was executed Monday at Maryborough prison after being con victed of a charge of treason. His execution was the first since th© amnesty offer was made by the gov ernment. COLUMBUS MARINERS DEFEAT BROOKINGS Sioux Falls, S. D.. Feb. 26 (Spe cial).—Columbus college mariners came from behind during the second half in a hard fought battle on the locals floor Monday night and de- ^ feated state college from Brookings ^ by a score of 32 to 30. The score at the end of the first half stood 15 to 11 for state. Costello led in the scoring for Columbus with 26 points. Captain Patterson, Kru ger and Maimer played well for th* visitors.
