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VOL. 62 NO. 41.
Proposal to
Cancel Debt
Draws Fire
Borah Declares Renunciation
jt of War Obligations Must
Be Preceded ly Euro,
pean Disarmament.
Note Aimed at America
Washington. Aug. 3. (By A. T.)
-Great Britain' suggestion for can
crllation of war debts drew a sharp
attack from Senator Horah of Idaho,
republican, member of the senate
foreign relation committee and
leader .of the senate "irreconcilable"
wing, who issued a statement declar
ing emphatically that any debt re-
nunciation would have to be preceded
by European disarmament. Senator
Horah said the Balfour note to the
allied nations, which has been con
strued in some quarters as contain
ing such a suggestion, realty was in
tended for the United States.
The American people "could never
be greatly interested in any propo
sition for the cancellation of any part
cf the debt to the United States un-
. less the proposition is accompanied
by a definite and specific plan sup
ported by certain guarantees for
practical disarmament, both by land
and sea," Senator Borah asserted,
adding that the disarmament pro
gram of the Wasington arms confer
ence had been "halted and crushed."
Disarmament Not Mentioned.
"Assuming, for the purpose of
this statement," he said, "that there
will come a time when the United
States will consider the proposition
of cancelling a part or all of the for-
eign debt, I take it that that time will
never come during the program as is
k now luvuturu. i iicrc is une iiiiiiK
in all this discussion trom aoroaa
relative to cancelling the foreign
debt which is never mentioned, and
; ,', that is thi subiect of disarmament.
L. & "Thr ic nnthincr in he aained hv
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our cancelling this debt, or any part
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armament programs in Europe are
to continue. It would amount in
practical effect to our aiding and
abetting the building up of these
great military and armament estab
lishments, and thereby abetting war.
If cancellation is to be considered at
all, it ihould be considered in the in
terest of humanity, of economic
sanity.
vW Quote Lloyd George.
"Within the last 'week,., the pre
mier cf England has declared:
" 'Keep your eye on what is happen
ing. They (the nations of Europe)
are constructing more terrible ma
chines than even the late war ever
saw. What for? Not for peace.
They are not even to disperse
armies, they are to attack cities un
armed where you" have defenseless
population.' ' x
"The Washington conference ad
journed last February. The senate
of the United States ratified the
treaties, I think, in April. The treat
ics are yet, however, to be considered
by foreign countries. I observe by
the press dispatch that the assembly
in France has adjourned and that
. these treaties will not even be con
1 sidered before October. They were
not so much as considered by the
committee, according to the same
dispatch.
Spirit of Move Crushed.
"Knd even if they are ratified ulti
mately, the spirit of the movement
has been crushed and the great cause
of disarmament halted and scotched
by the delay and utter loss of interest
in the proposition. In the meantime,
every effort is being made in this
country in certain quarters to revive
the war soirit. People who have great
interest in disarmament and peace are
j.nnnH hv those in authority.
"Any scheme fori the cancellation
of debts which does not disclose be
yond question that it will result in re
ducing the land and sea forces is not
in the interest of peace but in the in
terest of war, and not in the interest
of humanity, but in the interest of
- ' murder.
Five Roads Obtain
Injunctions in Iowa
Des Moines. Aug. 3. Temporary
injunctions were granted by Federal
Judge Martin J. Wade to the Chicago
Great Western, the Wabash, the Des
Moines Union, the Illinois Central
and the Union Pacific restraining
striking shopmen from intert'erfng
with shop workers.
The injunctions provide that it is
a violation for strikers to call workers
"scabs," to carry banners or to place
' more than one picket at any one
point near railroad property.
Harold E. Clancy of Clinton, ar
rested for violating an injunction at
Council Bluffs, was arraigned before
Judge Wade. His bond was fixed at
. . 1 . is - trill
$500, and tne case w
His attorney demanded a jury trial.
Clancy is alleged to have crossed a
right of way against the wishes of a
railroad guard.
Golf er John Black on
Fairway to Recovery
San Jose, Cat., Aug. 3. John
Black, nationally known golfer, in
jured at Irvington near here Mon
day night and thought fatally hurt,
was on the fairway to recovery to
day, according to reports from
Columbia hospital here.
Black, suffering from concussion
of the brain, a broken clavicle and
abdominal injuries as the result of
the automobile accident, in which
Herbert Hamilton Brown, his com
panion, lost his life, passed a quiet
night
"Gas" Price Cut 2 Cents.
New York, Aug. 3. The Standard
: Oil company of New Jersey today
announced reduction of 2 cenU
m lwei m.ih.
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Public Debt Reduced
$6,000,000 Last Month
Washington, Aug. 3. A reduction
of $6,000,000 in the public debt during
July was announced by the treasury.
On Julv 31 the grots public debt
tnod at $.V.957.J7J.891 as compared
with $.3.38.708 on July 30 and
$.'.1,771,237,008 on July 31, a year ago.
Ordinary receipts for July aggre
gated $205,000,000 compared with
$.119,000,000 during the ame moth
latt year. Ordinary expenditures, in
cluding public debt retirements
chargeable againt ordinary receipts,
totalled $223,000,000 is against $J8-V
000,000 in July latt year.
Customs receipts aggregated $37,
000,000 compared with $20,000,000 a
year ago. Revenue from income and
profits taxes amounted to $32,000,000
during the month as against $47,000..
000 during the same month a year
ago.
France May Cut
Rhineland from
Germany for Debt
Action Considered as Part of
Scheme of Penalties Would
Set Up Local Parliament,
Oust Prussians. .
Faris, Aug. 3. Separation of the
Rhincland from Germany, with its
own parliament and government and
a separate iinaiicial regime super
visd by the allies, is a part of the
scheme of penalties presented to Pre
mier Poincare. as represntative of the
opinion of the French parliament and
which he is known to have taken
under consideration.
The scheme which would be put
into effect upon the definite refusal
of the German government to fulfill
the agreement for payment of private
debts owing to French citizens by
Germans since before the war, also
involves the expulsion of all the
Prussian functionaries from the
Rhineland, the officials to be re
placed by natives.
Other provisions include an ex
tension in the power of the allied
Rhineland commission and measures
of economic pressure upon the prin
cipal German industries amenable to
the action Tf the commission such as
the analine dye industry, the iron
industries of Hugo Slinnes, August
Thissen, the Krupps and Franz
Haniel and others which are more or
less dependent upon the occupying
forces for the freedom of transit of
raw materials in the region of Dus
seldorff, Duesiburg and Ruhrort.
Germany Drafting Reply.
Berlin, Aug. 3. The German gov
ernment is drafting a reply to the
French note of Tuesday, which de
manded the payment of debts to
French citizens contracted by Ger
mans before the war, it was an
nounced last night.
The reply will point out that the
German government has not an
nounced any intention of ceasing to
make payments, but merely asks for
certain facilities to do so.
British Do Not Ask U.S.
to Wipe Out War Debt
London, Aug. 3. (By A. P.)
Prime Minister Lloyd George, after
having devoted considerable atten
tion to the American criticisms of
the earl of Balfour's note on the
war debts question, is understood to
have concluded that there has been
a serious misunderstanding of its
purport.
It is stated that the impression,
which apparently is widespread in
America, that the British govern
ment through this note indicated a
desire that America should cancel
the British debt, is entirely wrong,
and Mr. Lloyd George is expected
to make his position clear in his
speech in the house of commons this
afternoon.
U. S. Stand Unchanged.
Washington; Aug. 3. Great Brit
ain's note to its debtor nations sug
gesting cancelation of the whole
interallied indebtedness will cause
no change in the policy of the United
States towards its foreign loans, it
was stated today at the treasury.
Secretary Mellon was represented
as taking the position that the Ameri
can de'ut commission must continue
negotiations for funding the obliga
tions owed this country without re
gard to the disposition evidenced by
Great Britain to wipe out interna
tional wartime indebtedness.
Nebraskan Nominated for
British-U. S. Claims Body
Washington. Aug. 3. Fred K.
Nielsen of Nebraska, solicitor for
State department, was nominated to
day by President Harding to be
agent of the United States on the
British American claims commission.
Garbage Wagon Too Much Disgrace;
Former Fire Horse Commits Suicide
Washington, Aug. 3. Ten years'
honorable service as'a fire horse re
warded with a job hauling a garbage
wagon broke the heart of old Jack
Gallup. He committed suicide
Thursday in front of a fire house
and his firemen friends say he did it
deliberately.
Old Jack for years was one of
three plump, sleek bays who whirled
a steamer to every big fire in Wash
ington and many little ones, too. But
the motor finally got Old Jack and
his pals and they went the way of
thousands of others in an age of
progress.
A week ago there were some sobs
choked down and some tears brushed
away among the firemen in Congress
Heights when Jack and his mates
were led away. Jack turned up with
oo of then today on, ap UJ-flytllicg,
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Cult Lea1
An
Tall
Women Foil .iers Pray Fer
vently as "Prophet" Is As
sisted from Canvas Sanc
tuary by Police.
Disturbance Is Charged
Rev. W. II. Sanford. leader of a
religious organization holding serv
ices at Thirty-first and Cuming
streets, was led from his canvas sanc
tuary yesterday morning at 11 to a
police patrol on a charge of disturb
ing the peace.
The appearance of four detectives
and newspaper men attracted a
crowd that pressed in with curious
interest.
Declining to submit willingly to
arrest, the preacher was assisted by
the officers to the street, where the
women of the sect prayed fervently
and asked the police to be allowed to
accompany their "prophet" in the
patrol.
Signs Own Bond.
The 11 "sisters" succeeded in ob
taining rides to the police station in
civilian automobiles.
Rev. Mr. Sanford was booked at
police headquarters and was re
leased on a bond of $500 signed by
himself for appearance in police
court on the charge against him.
The police Wednesday notified the
preacher that he would be allowed
until 11 a. m. yesterday to vacate his
present location because neighbors
had transmitted a signed complaint
to the city council. He was in
formed that he would be arrested if
he refused to comply. His answer
was that he is acting on orders from
the Lord and would not willingly
leave.
Police are Prayed For.
The complaint was signed by Paul
Bohan, acting city prosecutor; resi
dents of the vicinity of Thirty-first
and Cuming streets who signed will
be summoned by police to appear
against Sanford when his trial is
called.
While waiting for the patrol to
arrive at the Cuming, street rendez
vous the preacher and his women
companions were on a sidewalk sur
rounded by an increasing crowd.
"Forgive them, Lord, for they
know not what they do," was the
supplication of one of the women of
the flock. she explained to those
near by that Rev. Mr. Sanford was
being persecuted even as the Lord
was persecuted.
"Rev. Mr. Sanford is a prophet
of the Lord. He is inspired and re
ceives messages from the Lord. We
are all as one," she added.
While the officers were waiting
for "the zero hour of 11" to strike
the oreacher said thev would have
the Lord to deal with. .
Robbers Steal
Safe in Fremont
Truck Used to Cart Strong
box From Scene Loss
Over $250.
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 3. (Special
Telegram.) Backing up their truck
to the rear door of the L. P. Han
sen grocery store, yeggs carried
away a 300-pound safe containing
$200. besides a large quantity of
merchandise. The safe, with the
door broken, was found in a melon
patch about one mile from the
scene of the robbery. The grocery
store is located at some distance
from other buildings in that vicinity.
The tools used to break open the
safe was stolen from the Farmers'
elevator, where a robbery was re
ported. Police assert it is the same
gang that broke into the Nicholas
Oil company warehouse in the same
vicinity and made away with about
$100 worth of merchandise. The
melon patch, where the safe was
opened is isolated from the road.
Sledges and crowbars were used in
opening the safe, police say. The
Hansen store has been the scene of
six robberies during the past year.
Sioux City-Norfolk
Train Service Resumed
Sioux City, la., Aug. 3. Complete
service on the Omaha railroad be
tween Sioux City and Norfolk, Neb.,
has been restored after a tieup for
several days due to washouts follow
ing the heavy rains. Twelve trains
were taken off Saturday on account
of the bad condition of the tracks.
There was no train service for two
days between Emerson and Norfolk
or on the Bloomfield and Crofton
lines. .
filthy garbage wagon in old George
town. The day was hot and the job
was nasty and the disgrace was
worst of all. Nobody knows what
jack might have said in horse lan
guage to his mate, but, anyway, he
took the bit in his teeth and bolted,
dragging his teammate with him and,
heading for the nearest engine house,
Jack knew right where it was, too,
jaCK KI1CW Ilglll wucit iv nao, ivu,
although he never had worked in
that part of the chy before. He gal-
loped lull tut right into tne dhck
wall headon and crumpled down in a
heap. The shocked and grieved are-
neap. 1HC miulkcu hu iktu m-
men, recognizing the old hero by the
brand marks on his hoofs, gave him
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ine coup ae grace io enu nn i'"s
gles.
xoooay couia convince mem mail
Jack Gallup didn't deliberately take I
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garbage gagon, ; "
OMAHA, FRIDAY,
Governor's Meet on
Coal May Be Called
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 3. (By A.
) State officials in Ohio and Mich-
n in conference here today with
ernor McCriy of Indiana, decided
fer state action toward bringing
vut resumption of coal mining until
after the meeting at Cleveland next
Monday of operators and leaden of
the striking miners.
Unless the Cleveland meeting re
sults in bringing the coal strike to an
end, the governors in conference here
decided to call a conference of state
officials of all coal producing states to
be held at Columbus, O.
Kentucky as well as Indiana, Ohio
and Michigan were represented in the
conference here today, called by Gov
ernor McCray of Indiana, but most
of the Kentucky mines are in opera
tion, the union miners there not hav
ing joined in the nation wide suspen
sion of work that began last April 1.
I. C. C. to Issue
Fuel Priority
Orders at Once
Federal Distributor An
nounces Plan to Facilitate
Rationing of Coal Under
Emergency Program.
Washington, Aug. 3. New priority
orders for the transportation of fuel
will be issued immediately by the In
terstate Commerce commission, Fed
eral Fuel Distributor Spencer an
nounced, with the purpose of facilitat
ing the distribution of coal under the
administration's emergency program.
"The district committees represent
ing the federal organization in the
producing coal fields will be function
ingby Monday," Mr. Spencer said.
Efforts to bring government influ
ence to bear upon coal mine operators
who have been unwilling to attend
the central competitive waee scale
joint conference with John L. Lewis,
president ot the United Mine work
ers, called for Monday at Cleveland,
with support of some operators, was
understood to have been the purpose
of the visit here of Samuel Glasgow,
general attorney for the union. Mr.
Glasgow held a prolonged interview
with President Harding, being ac
companied to the White House by
Secretary Hoover. Both refused to
discuss the purpose of their visit.
Mr. Glasgow was understood to
have suggested that Illinois mine
owners who have so far refused to
join the Pittsburgh Vein Operators'
association of Ohio and the scattering
list of individuals in Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, Illinois and Indiana who will
meet as employers with the union,
mi?ht be induced to change their
position if President Harding urged
it. The Illinois operators will meet
Friday to consider their decision on
Mr. Lewis' last offer.
Furse Tells Meet
of Peace Session
Rail Strikers Here Also Are
Warned That Proposal Does
Not Mean Strife's End.
B. H. Furse. president of the
Union Pacific Federation of Shop
crafts, returned yesterday from
Chicago, where he had been meeting
with other members of shopmen
union executive boards He told a
mass meeting of striking shopmen at
the Labor temple about the meeting
yesterday at which it was voted to
accept President Harding's plan for
a settlement of the strike.
With Mr. Furse in Omaha is Ray
Focht, general chairman of electri
cians on the Southern Pacific sys
tem, who also was at the executive
board session in Chicago.
The following telegram from B.
M. Jewell, head of the striking shop
crafts, was received at federation
headquarters yesterday: "Executive
boards of three divisions in con
junction with the executive council
adopted President Harding's pro
posed agreement as basis of strike
settlement. Acceptance on our part
does not mean settlement of strike.
Membership is urged to use all hon
orable means of making the strike ef
fective pending final settlement."
County Valuations
Changed by Board
Lincoln, Aug. 3. (Special.)
C mintipc crlvpn rpHnrfinns in land
valuations by the state board of
equalization below the valuations
turned in and the percentage of re
ductions follow:
Blaine, 3; Burt, 2; Dakota, 2;Fur
nas, 4; Jefferson. 6; Johnson, 4; Mer.
rick. 4: Red Willow, 4: Sarpy, 3;
Thomas, 5.
Those given increases over valua
tions turned in are: .
Banner, 14; Boyd, 3; Brown, S;
Buffalo, 10; Cedar, IS; Cherry, 8;
Cumming 9; Custer, 4; Dawson, 7;
Dixon, 21; Dundy, 6; Garden, 10;
Garfield, IS: Greeley, 4; Hall, 6;
Hayes, 20; Holt, 10; Knox, S; Lin
coln, 19; Loup. 10; Nance, 4; Otoe,
4; Perkins, 6; Pierce, 20; Richardson,
2; Stanton, 5; Washington, 4.
Marilynn Miller's Brother
Defendant in Divorce Plea
Minneapolis, Aug. 3. Edward D.
Reynolds, 27, brother of Marilynn
Miller, who was married to Jack
PJrtffnrd mnvip. star Sunday, has
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been made defendant m a suit lor
divorce by his wife.
Hams Going Down
vuit.ai, iug. j. itiiuicwic inula
for ham have gone down 15 to 20
per cent in the last 30 days, and hams
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larc rciauvciy toiiijjarca 10
I other foods, according to Edward
morns, prrsmeni pi jiurris u to.
He said that consumers have so far
t - mA tfs fair ailvsiifiifri ff ri m .
jiaiyS $ J. .
AUGUST 4, 1922.
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Both Sides Look
to U. S. Capital
in Rail Strike
Indications at Washington
That Government Plans No
Further Action Shop
men Form New Body.
New York, Aug. 3. Indications
continued to multiply today that the
federal government contemplated no
immediate step in the rail strike situ
ation. Chicago, Aug. 3. Ten thousand
shopmen on the Santa Fe, who have
formed an "association of new em
ployes," today telegraphed Chairman
Hooper of the United States railroad
labor board demanding their rights
be safeguarded in any settlement of
the shopmen's strike.
They are entitled, they say, to pro
tection in the seniority rights ac
quired during the strike.
Lull in Peace Plans.
Chicago, Aug. 3. (By A. P.)
There was a lull today in peace ma
neuvers of the strike. Railroad men
were reticent and there was no fore
cast of where the next peace effort
would originate.
Railroad men noted the invitation
of the Southern railway to striking
shopmen to negotiate for a settlement
based on President Harding's plan,
but made no comment.
At Dallas, Tex., the Texas division
headquarters of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas, announced union men
now on strike would be employed
only as new men.
Violence was reported from six
cities in as many states during the
night
Carl Spradley was killed during an
exchange of shots at Van Buren,
Ark., between guards in the Missouri
Pacific shops and men said to be
strikers. The dead man's brother,
Will Spradley, was wounded, but will
recover, physicians say.
At Jackson, Mich., several were
slightly injured when more than a
thousand strikers and sympathizers,
including many women and children,
attacked nonunion workers leaving
the shops of the Michigan Central
railroad.
Workers Attacked.
Eighty strike sympathizers at
tacked more than 60 workers in the
Chicago Great Western shops at
Des Moines. One man was severe
ly injured and a dozen of the work
ers were missing when police stopped
the fighting.
Three special guards of the South
ern Pacific at East Bakersfield, Cal.,
were fired on.
A strike sympathizer at Spring
field, 111., was sentenced to 30 days
in jail for violating a federal injunc
tion by tearing one of the printed in
junction notices from a telegraph
pole.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul was granted a temporary re
straining order, forbidding interfer
ence with operations in Helena,
Mont.
Sioux City Dentist Killed
When His Car Is Overturned
Sioux City. Ia.. Aug. 3. Dr. H. D.
Evers, 45, a practicing dentist in
Sioux City for many years, was al
most instantly killed at 8:30 this
morning when his touring car which
he was driving home from a visit in
Omaha, overturned in a drainage
ditch 10 miles east of Sioux City. Dr.
Evers was pinned beneath the car,
Mrs. Evers having remained for a
long visit ia Omaha.
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Will History Repeat
Good Will Girls
Enjoying Trip
Succession of Wonderful Par
ties, Says Katherine
O'Brien in Cable.
New York, Aug. 3. (Special Tele
gram.) The following messages
from he members of the Nebraska
Good Will delegation in France were
received today by cable from Paris:
"The Good Will tour has been a
succession of wonderful parties. All
the Omaha delegates are having a
splendid time. Our ship seemed just
like the Fontenelle afloat. We all
hated to leave! but Paris is before us
now. Katherine O'Brien."
"Just can't wait to see the actual
country where our boys fought. We
have had the best and most thought
ful care every minute. Everything
here is so different from at home;
even the coal on the locomotives'' is
square like loaves of bread. Eliza
beth Pace."
"We're just beginning to realize
what a wonderful privilege it is to be
a Good Will delegate and carry
America's messages of friendship to
France. We are being royally enter
tained everywhere. French people
in the streets, in the stores, the rail
way porters, everyone who sees us
greets us enthusiastically. Never saw
saw such crowds on the dock, waving
American flags and cheering. The
governor of the department extended
the freedom of the city to us. Mary
Leary, Kathleen Rossiter, Ella Fenn,
Elizabeth Kaufmann, Nellie Donn,
Anna McNamara."
Former Nebraskan
Dies of Starvation
Falls City, Neb., Aug. 3. (Spe
cial.) Judson H. Smith, 63, formerly
of Falls City, who seven years ago
inherjted $50,000 from his brother's
estate, died of starvation at West
Palm Beach, Fla., according to a mes
sage received here. Little is known
of what brought about his plight, as
he left here about 35 years ago, im
mediately following his father's sui
cide on a farm near Falls City and
was not heard of again until his
brother's death seven years ago. He
was always regarded as eccentric, and
it was only after repeated efforts that
he was induced to accept his share
of the estate. Smith's mother was
a member of the Orendorff family of
Illinois, associated with the Parlin
Orendorff Implement company.
Newlyweds Congratulated
by Their Grandchildren
Los Angeles, Aug. 3. Mrs. Har
riet J. Kirkham, 83, widow of the
Rev. Frank M. Kirkham, fotmerly
publisher of a church paper in Chi
cago and sister of Gen. Francis M.
Drake, former governor of Iowa and
a financial founder of Drake diver
sity at Des Moines, yesterday became
the bride of the Rev. John B. Hay, 80,
for 58 years an associate of her first
husband in church work.
The couple received the congratu
lations of children and grandchildren.
Secrecy Is Maintained
in Normal School Probe
Lincoln, Aug. 3. (Special.) Se
crecy is maintained as to the findings
of a special committee appointed by
the state normal board to investigate
charges made against A. L. Caviness,
president of the Peru State Normal
school by residents of Peru several
weeks ago- The committee has made
its investigation and reported at a
meeting of the board held in Oma
ha Monday. The result of the in
.vestigation has not been djsclostd.
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Itself ?
Unknown Writers
Will Hold Honor
Seats at Banquet
Three Persons, Strangers to
Fame in Penning Editorials,
to Be Chief Guests at
Gathering.
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to fame as writers, will occupy posi
tions of honor at the banquet to be
given by the Omaha Bee to the
Nebraska Press association, the eve
ning of Friday, September 1 in the
beautiful new Italian Renaissance
Brandeis restaurants.
You may be one of these. They
will be chosen thus:
The Omaha Bee and 23 other
Nebraska newspapers are conducting
editorial-writing contests., Writers
of the best editorials submitted to
each paper will receive prizes. In the
case of The Omaha Bee, these rlzes
will be $25, $15 and $10.
Grand Prizes to Be Awarded.
The winning editorials of all the
papers will then be carefully judged
by a committee of the press associa
tion, and the best three will be award
ed grand prizes by The Omaha Bee
'of $100, $50 and $25.
The writers of these three will be
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and $25.
Titles Are Prepared
for Referendum Ballots
Lincoln, Aug. 3. (Special.) At
torney General Clarence A Davis
prepared ballot titles for the four
laws referred to a referendum vote
by the Nonpartisan league. The
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TWO CENTS
Attempt to
Rush Tariff
Bill Upset
Senator Lenroot Refuses tc
Enter Agreement for Final
Vote on Measure Au
gust 17.
Would Limit Speeches
Wa.hington, Aug. 3. (By A. IM
Upsetting plan of republican and
democratic leaders for s final vote on
the administration tariff bill on Aug
ust 17, Senator Lenroot, republican,
Wisconsin, gave notice in the senate
that there would be no unanimous
consent agreement for a final vote at
least until all important committee
amendments to the measure had been
discussed and acted upon.
The Wisconsin senator said he was
anxious to limit debate and proposed
an arrangement under which discus
sion would have been confined exclu
sively to the tariff with each senator
limited to 10 minutes talk on amend
ments on the bill after August 11.
Senator Lodge, republican leader, ob
jected to this, however, and the ef
fort to come to an understanding in
the open senate ended.
Subsequently private negotiations
looking to at least a curtailment of
discussion were reopened and some
republicans were of the opinion that
these might lead to results. Certain
democratic senators, however, were
reported as objecting to limitation of
debate until after votes on the sec
tions dealing with duties on sugar
and hides.
Introduces Resolution.
Senator Gooding. Idaho, chairman
of the republican-agricultural-tariff
bloc, introduced his resolution direct
ing a special committee of five sena
tors to inquire into and report to the
senate on:
The financial interests of senators
in the wool and sheep industries.
The financial interests of Frank
A. Munsey in European industries
which compete with American in
dustries; the amount and percentage
of his income derived from adver
tisements placed in his . newspapers
by the importing department stores
which have financed a campaign of
defamation against the 'pending tar
iff bill and which will profit by the
defeat of the bills.
The number of senators owning or
controlling or financially interested
in newspapers, the amount of rev
enue obtained by these newspapers
from ' department stores, which will
benefit financially by the defeat of
the pending tariff bill.
Probe Financial Interests.
The financial interests of all mem
bers of the senate or their immedi-.
ate relatives in any American indus
try or any property in any com
munity in the United States "which
may be affected directly or indi
rectly, either by the passage or de
feat of any proposed schedule in the
pending tariff bill.
The preamble of the resolution re
cited that charges had been made
by the New York Herald, owned by
Mr. Munsey, "that members of the
senate engaged in the sheep industry
had thereby been financially inter
ested in the wool schedule of the
tariff bill."
Objection by Senator Lenroot to
the fixing of a date for a final vote
was made after Senator Simmons for
the minority had agreed to accept the
republican substitute date of August
17. Mr. Lenroot explained that while
he was anxious to see an end to the
consideration of the tariff bill, he
could not consent to any arrange
ment under which important amend
ments might be acted upon without
any discussion.
Chemical wood pulp was restored
to the list by the senate, which re
jected, 30 to 22, an amendment pro
posed by the finance committee ma
jority to make it dutiable at S per
cent ad ' valorem. Three senators,
who publish newspapers Capper of
Kansas, Glass of Virginia and Hitch
cock of Nebraska withheld their
votes.
.
Sixteen Persons Hurt
in Oregon Train Wreck
Lagrande, Ore., Aug. 3. Sixteen
persons were injured, one possibly
fatally, in the wrck of train No. 4
of the Oregon-Washington Railroad
& Navigation company, 41 miles east
of here. Mike Molamun, who suffer
ed a fractured skull, was reported in
a critical condition.
The wreck was caused by a broken
rail near North Fork, according to
reports received by railroad officials
here. The train was thrown into a
ditch.
The injured included: Mrs. Alice
Burtenspaw, Boise, Idaho, back hurt;
Clarence J. Cougden, Warren, O,
head cut and bruised; Bill Tuseff,
Tamarack, Idaho, bruised cheek. L. C.
Robertson, Payette, Idaho, side in
jured; E. F. Storey, Junction City,
Kan., right arm and back injured;
Caspar Schlund, Emmett, Idaho, left
side bruised; Robert Crejin Tucson,
Ariz., head bruised.
Ten Million Dollar Merger
of Steel Firms Announced
Pittsburgh, Aug. 3. An important
development in the iron and steel
foundry interests in Pittsburgh has
been announced in the $10,000,000
merger which unites the Mackintosh
Hemphill company, Pittsburgh Iron
and Steel company, A. Garrison
Foundry company', and the Wood
ward Machine company of Woos
ter, O.
Army Officers Guests
at Lincoln Men's Home
Lincoln. Aug. 3. (Special.) Gen.
John J. Pershing and Gen. Charles G.
Dawes, director of the first federal
budget, both Nebraskans, are guests
of Woods brothers, Lincoln, at their,
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