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Cri sis Near
in Lausanne
Conference
Question of Special Privileges
Enjoyed by Foreign Nations
Threatens to Wreck
Parley.
All Proposals Rejected
Lausanne, Dec. 3.—(By A. P.)—A
review of the second week of the near
eastern conference shows clearly that
the negotiations have reached a point
of danger; the question of capitula
tions or special privileges enjoyed by
foreigners In Turkey which was taken
up Saturday, may make or break the
conference and this is ro because an
adverse decision on capitulations may
so wound Turkish national pride that
the Turks may don their fezes and go
hack to Angora.
Everybody realizes the extreme
delicacy and danger of the negotla
tiona on capitulations. The Turks
have rejected all suggestions of the
powers, Including the United States,
that the special privileges enjoyed by
foreigners In the past shall be retain
ed, more specially any attempt to have
foreign consular courts try cases in
volving foreign residents or foreign
property.
Want Full Independence.
Both Ismet Pasha and Dr. Riza
Nur,plenipotentiaries from Angora, in
formed the correspondent of The Asso
ciated Press that they would resist
any attempt to place Turkey on a
lower international standing than
"smaller and less Important states, like
Greece and Mexico; they would Insist
on complete administrative independ
ence.”
Dr. Riza said:
“We hear that the powers, including
the United States, are thinking of sub
stituting ‘juridical guarantees’ for the
hateful expression ‘capitulations.’
"Insofar as foreign tribunals are
concerned, this will not do; it means
the same thing under a. different
name. And we object to a transitory 1
period, whereby Turkey would be sup
posed gradually to emancipate herself
from the ancient regime of capitula
tions. Ws want complete freedom
now."
The Turks argue that complete ad
ministration sovereignty is perhaps
the most solemn article of the new
Ottoman national pact. A prominent
Turk said:
"If Americans and other foreigners
do not like to be under the authority
of our Turkish courts, then let them
stay away from Turkey. If a Turk
wers arrested In New York, he would
be tried before an American court and
not murmur. The same situation
should sxiat In Turkey.”
Russia to Aid Turks.
Tbs Turkish position Is weakened
by ths fact that complete unity of
front by the great powers has been
erected against the Turks'on this
problem. However, Russia is expect< d
to side with its ally, Turkey.
Another capitulation difficulty lies
in fixing tho customs tariff. The pow
ers will not permit Turkey to increase
lts^tariff from 11 to 15 per cent, but
the Ottoman state wants complete
freedom to make its own tnriff sched
ule. The present schedule is practic
ally prohibitive for the great bulk of
British and French goods. It remains
to be seen whether the threat of the
foreign powers to expend no capital
in Turkey will Induce the Turks to
change their recalcitrant attitude.
Nebraskan Named Head
of National Teachers
ChattunooBa, Term . Dec. 3.—The
12th annual convention of the Na
tionad Council of Teachers of Eng
lish ended here following addresses
on problems now facing the educators
of the country, the speech of Prof
John M. Avent of Richmond high
school. New York city, being the
outstanding event of the session. He
sterssed the lack of uniformity in the
schools and the herculean tasks which
the teachers of English arc encoun
tering.
The following officers were elected:
J. W. Searson, Lincoln, Neb., pres;
dent; O. II. Sherlin, Washington, first
vice president: Alonzo C. Hill, North
Carolina college of women, second vice
president; W. W. Hatfield, Chicago,
secretary-treasurer: C. C. Certains, De
troit, auditor. C. R. Gaston of New
York city, retiring president, was add
ed to the executive committee.
Two Richardson County
Of fires to Re Contested
Table Rock, Neb., Deo. 3.—(Special.) ]
—R. C. James, the defeated demo- !
oratlc candidate for county attorney
for Richardson county, and R. R. Mc
Nulty, defeated republican candidate i
for sheriff, same county, have decided
to contest the election. Mr. James
waa defeated by five votes and Mr.
McNulty by only tfiree. The matter is
to be taken up January 1.
Boy Severely Injured
When Thrown From Horse
Grand Island. Neb . Dec. 3.—(Spe
cial Telegram.)—Glen Kelly, 10, son
of a widow at Clark, Neb., was thrown
from his horse against the railing of a
bridge while riding home from Sun
day school today, fracturing the right
side of his skull. He was brought to
the St. Francis hospital In this city,
where It Is feared the injuries will
prove fatal.
Village to Vote Bonds
for Electric Current
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 3.—(Special.!—
A special election will be held at Lib
erty December 23 to vote bonds not to
exceed ST.000 for the purpose of se
curing electric current from the Be
atrice Power company’s plant near
Barneston. If the bonds carry a
transmission line will be built to that
point.
Terrible DayforTiernans
Reporters Locate Elusive Professor, but All They
Get Is Sleeve of Coat—Bride of Two Days
Waiting to Pounce* on “Sakanawin.”
Chicago, J><<\ 3.—The Tiernan clr
■ us ran u close second In Chicago to
the Hagcniiack offering in the Col
iseum. One morning paper Is sup
posed to have Prof. Tiernan and ”Gu‘" ,
sie,” his first wife, in tow, whll
rival sheet has Mrs. Blanche Ilaw.^J
Bash Brlmmer-Tiernan lurking in tl\l
"fling, ready to pounce upon her
“sakawawln,” a pet Indian name she
fias bestowed upon the professor
which means “raw meat.”
Meanw'hile, scurrying hither and
yon, panting and perspiring, deputies
from the sheriff’s office sought the
professor, with the fell des gn of haul
ing him into the psychopathic hos-’
pltal and examing his head to dis
cover whether or not the blood is cir
culating properly above his ears. |
The embattled Blanche, etc., etc.,
Tlernan’s Iowa bride of two days, is '
to tight for her rights. Scouts for
one morning paper encountered Prof.
Tiernan in the lobby of the Plaza
hotel, but all they got after n fierce
and swift battle, was one sleeve of
the professor’s overcoat. His cus
Indians, rr or> another paper,
manage'* *-0<5 'ij and the re
niair ^yboA*'? .-I-' \s into a taxl
^ a ^ a
ole day for the prin
.» * one is wavering between
a\* ■ rt and authorship, She hates
.a publicity quite as much as if
o had been a movie actress all her
life.
And John P. Tiernan, the joint tius
band, is trying to choose between sev
etal stage offers. Outsiders can have
no idea of how all (his publicity an
noys him.
"CracyV" said County Judge lilgh
nieyer, in an unofficial opinion as he
awaited the interrupted sanity pro
ceedings. "He’s as crazy ns a fox,
that old hoy is."
Meanwhile the city rubs its hands
in anticipation of a meeting between
Tiernan’s two wives. Mrs. Tiernan
No. t has broken with her sister, Mrs.
Pulaski, who went to her assistance
in South Bend. "Gussie” charges her
sister with a plot to separate her
from John P.
Experts to Discuss
Rural Situation
at National Meet
Farm Credits and Agrarian
Situation to Be Analyzed
at Confab Called by Mar
keting Associations.
Washington. Dec. 3—(Special Tele
gram.)—Farm representatives nml
government experts will consider the
subject of rural credits on a national
scale in Washington December 14. A
national convention, called by tlie Na
tional Council of Farmers Co-opera
tive Marketing associations, will fur
nish the occasion for the discussion.
While the question of rural credits
will be considered from the angle of
the co-operative organizations, the
whole subject of farm credits and the
agrarian situation will be analyzed. It
is planned to formulate a program
for presentation to congress. Presi
dent Harding will welcome -tile con
vention with a word of greeting.
Among some of the men who will
discuss rural credits at this national
gathering will he Eugene Meyer,
managing director of the United
States War Finance corporation; Sen
ator Arthur Capper of Kansas, Adolph
C. Miller of the federal reserve board,
and others.
This will bo the first time the co
operative societies of the country
held a national convention. Delegates
will be present from every part of the
United States and from Canada.
Manning Dogcrty, minister of agricul
ture of Canada, will he one of the
speakers who will describe “co-opera
tive marketing” in Canada. Among
the nationally prominent speakers
who will discuss vital phases of the
agricultural problem are Aaron Ha
piro of New York, head of the na
tional organization; John G. Ketchum
of Michigan, Dr. Julius Klein, chief
of the department of foreign and do
mestic commerce of the Commerce de
partment; Secretary of Commerce
Hoover. Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace, Carl Williams, president of the
American Cotton Growers exchange;
George W. Jewett, manager of the
Northwest Wheat Growers associa
tion; Milo D. Campbell of Michigan,
president of the National Milk Pto
ducers association, and H. C. Coyken
dall, general manager of the Cali
fornia Prune and Apricot Growers
association.
Bandits Get $8,000 in
Loot From Apartment
Three bandits entered the home of
J. P. Cohn, Frederick apartments,
4S24 Chicago street, and were sur
prised by occupants of the apartment
while they were in the act of gather
ing loot.
They forced members of the family ,
into the kitchenette at the point of j
guns and carried away jewelry and j
furs valued at $«,000. according to I
Cohn.
The smallest of the three burglars
Scrawled through the transom and let
his companions in through the door.
Presidential Election in
Poland Set for Dee. 9
Warsaw. Dec. 3.—The presidential
election is set for December 9. don.
Pilsudski is supported by all parties
except the nationalists. It is reported
that he will be a candidate for the
presidency only if assured of a pure
Polish party and the extension of the
presidential powers.
Rafet Pasha Attempting
to Find Husbands for
150 Members of Harem
Constantinople, Dec 3—(By A. P.)
—Rafet Pasha Is trying to find hus
bands for 150 members of the former
sultan's harein. The women range
from 17 to 35 years. All of them are
penniless.
Rafet also Is anxious to solve the
fate of the former monarch's numer
ous progeny, as well as that of 20
princes and princesses of the royal
blood. Since the sultan’s flight, the
nationalist government has been sup
porting these women in addition to
many servants. The government now
has decided that these people must
shift for themselves.
“It ought not to be difficult to find
husbands or helpmates for these worn
| en,” said a palace functionary. “They
1 all were selected for their beauty,
j youth and figure. Most of them were
! gifts to the sultan from governors of
I the provinces. They have matchless
complexions, dark eyes and long chest
' nut colored hair.”
Total of 281 Auto
Drivers Jailed bv
j
Los Angeles Court
Traffic Violators Draw Sen
tences of 1 to 100 Days—
No Favors Shown Women
by Judges.
Los Angeles, Pec. 3.—Two hundred !
and eighty-one persons found guilty '
of traffic violations here during tliu
past two weeks have served or are
serving jail terms of from 1 to 100
days, as a result of a campaign to
curtail accidents, inaugurated by Po
lice Judge Joseph E. Chambers and
other magistrates.
The drive Was started following the '
publication in newspapers here of
figures showing that in proportion to !
population, Los Angeles led the na- |
tion in the number of automobile fa
talities. It soon spread to San Fran- j
cisco, where several heavy sentences I
have been Imposed.
On the fourth day following the j
opening of the drive 4ft drivers were
ordered locked up. Only eight were
sent to Jail Saturday. The judges
assert they will continue to deal
severely witli offenders until the city
is made safe for pedestrians and
motorists.
Actress Out on Parole.
Physicians, a motion picture actress
and a high school teacher are among
those given enforced vacations from
tHeir regular work. L'pnn the solemn
pledge to adhere exclusively to horse
back riding for the next 90 days and
not put her foot on the accelerator of
her machine. Edythe Sterling, screen
actress and circus equestrienne, was
released on parole from the city jail
Saturday ofter having Herved three
days of a five-day sentence for speed
ing 37 miles an hour
Margaret Henry. 19. of Redondo
Beach, a suburb, served one day for
speeding, while Isola Williams, 19. of
Los Angeles, was given a five-day
sentence for reckless driving. A. B.
Ketcheil. teacher of dramatics at
Hollywood high school, was jailed for
speeding at a crossing.
Golfer Draws Five Days.
One motorist, hurrying to a golf
course, was arreBted and later in
formed that five days In ,1all would
enable him to consider carefully, the
inadvisability of his haste.
Steam heat is of uncertain quality
and quantity in the Lincoln Heights
Jail where a majority of the speeders
are sent. Most of those called into
court appear in old clothes or over
alls, anil carry packages -ontaining
playing cards, soap and safety razors.
One man who began a three-day sen
trnce with only a deck of cards, got
out with the same deck of enrds,
somewhat worn, a three days' growth
of whiskers and $175 in cash.
Many Accidents Fr’ffay.
Despite the zeal of squads of mo
torcycle officers, 201 accidents were
recorded last Friday. The slippery
condition of the streets because of
rain was said to have been partly re
sponsible.
It was announced that the greatest
number of accidents since ‘he advent
of the automobile had occurred in
Los Angeles during November, in
spite of the campaign. It was said
that heavier jail sentences would be
Imposed hereafter.
Reginning Monday. San francisco
| police Judges will penalize all speed
ers with jail sentences, they have
| announced.
A report Saturday by a vigilance
committee of 200, appointed to check
\ and report traffic law violations, said
j the violations averaged l.Obo a day
i for a week.
I Senator-Elect to Discuss
Complaints of Car Shortage
Washington. Dec. 3.—Senator-Elect
I B. K. Wheeler of Montana arranged
; with Senator Walsh, democrat, of his
| state to take up woth the Overstate
: Commerce comission Monday com
plaints of car shortage in Montana
and adjacent stales made by shippers
and producers generally. It was said
to be their intention to ascertain if
remedial measures could not be
adopted for the more expeditious
movement of agricultural and other
products.
Man Charged With Murder
During Fake Liquor Raid
I Columbus. O., Dec. 3— Melvin
Brown, 29, alias Karl Burke, was ar
rested here by Michigan federal au
thorities and local police on a charge
of killing Alexander Androwskei at
Gibraltar, near Detroit, last January,
during a fake liquor raid. Brown also
is charged with having participated in
a $100,000 alcohol robbery at Detroit
February 19.
I
Howell States
His Position on
Rail Problems
Senator-Elect Correct:- Mis
statements Relati\e to His
Views on Government
Ownership.
K. B. Howell. Nebraska United
1 States senator-elect, has issued a state
ment correcting mis statements of his
position on the railroad regulation
quest bin, published in eastern news
papers since his election.
Mr. Howell says:
"It would lie a disaster for this gov
I eminent to take over the railroads at
a valuation based upon ‘reconstruction
new less depreciation.' The estimated
value of our transportation system on
this basis is $30,000,000,000. or about
TiO per cent in excess of all the rail
way' stocks and bonds outstanding. As
a matter of fact, It would be a fatal
mistake for the government to lake
over, bodily, the railroad systems of
this country under any probable cir
cumstances. We are not prepared
for it. No man now living would see
the end of the readjustment period:
|and, before that time came, tlic public
would be in revolt.
Danger of Public Control.
“I have taken over two utilities on
behalf of the public ami gone through
the period of readjustment, and feel
that I know something about the mat
ter, from actual experieijcc; therefore,
I believe such a plan impracticable.
Unfortunately, the present stipulation
threatens public ownership of the rail
roads on a wholesale scale. Not that
it will come from the people—not that
it will come through the labor unions.
The real danger is the railway capi
talist. When he concludes that he can
no longer largely control railway leg
islation—when the game begins to go
against him—the railroad capitalist is
liable to throw his weight in the ;
scales of public ownership.
'That is just what happened here in !
Omaha in connection with the gas
plant. In other words, whenever the
railroad security holder concludes that
it will pay him better to have govern
ment bonds rather than his railway se- j
curities, no sentiment will prevent him
from embracing public ownership and
urging it with all his power and in
fluence.
Howell is Opposed.
“Consider the railway capitalist's
power. Supose another general strike
should take place and the railroad
managers were directed by the own
ers to refuse all proposals for an ac
comodation. It Is readily imaginable
that the transportation of this country
could be brought to a standstill and
kept there until the government should
t ike some drastic action. Under such
circumstances, of course, the railroad
capitalist would urge that I he govern
ment take over all the roads under
its polioe power—just as it did dur- ■
ing the war. The result would be I
that the roads would probably never I
go back, and the treasury of the I
United States would begin to pay a
railway operating deficit, just as it
did during its recent experience. Un
der any such circumstances, I am op
posed to the government taking over
the railroads again, under its polic>
power.
“I would meet such an emergency
as suggested, by the appointment of
a receiver for any road that failed to
perform its functions as a public utili
ty. Such a course would put the rail
rbads into operation without doubt,
and convince the railroad capitalist
that this method was not necessarily
an easy and certain road to public
ownership.
Start With One Line.
“Of course, the situation created by
such developments would arouse, ap
parently, a very strong sentiment for
public ownership and congress might
seriously consider it; and it would have
not only the support of railroad iabor
but also of the railroad capitalist and
his adherents; in fact, the govern
ment’s hand might be forced, in which
case I should oppose any wholesale
public ownership.
“If the United States government is
going into the railroad business, it
should go in at the bottom and not at
the top. Let’s start with one great
railway line and not with all the prop
erties of the eighteen hundred railroad
corporations in this country. An ex
perience with one great line might
open the eyes of the people, might
thoroughly clarify the situation. Of
course, this would not be what the
railroad capitalist would want; at
least, if I were a railroad capitalist,
I should want the government to take
over all roads, if they took over any.
Rut that would be. the natural game
for the railroad capitalist. It would
be best for him. but not for the
people.
•'As complicated as the railroad prob
lem seems to be, the motives that will
dictate its solution tire simple—they
are primal. Preconceived opinions will
be forgotten. Self-interest will rule.’’
House Committee to Hear
Charges Against Daugherty
Washington. Dec 8. —Chairman
Volstead announced that the house
judicial committee would meet in open
session Monday to give Representa
tive Keller, republican, Minnesota, an
opportunity to present in detail, the
charges on which he is asking for
impeachment of Attorney General
Daugherty.
The meeting for Monday was ar
ranged some weeks ago and the com
mittee had requested Mr. Keller to
file specific allegations, together with
the names of witnesses by whom he
would attempt to prove them.
Burchard Reydence Is
Harold Lloyd’s Birthplace
Table Rock, Neb.. Dec. a.—(Special.)
—John Lloyd of Trf>s Angeles. Cal.,
who has l>een visiting friends and rela
tives in this county for some time, re
cently went tq Burchard and took
photographs of the birthplace of his
nephew. Harold Lloyd, the famous
film cqniedian- The residence now
occupied by C. A. Hunt of 6urchard,
was identified as the one in which the
famous comedian was born.
'Tiger Urges U. S.
to Participate in
European Affairs
Clemenceau Confident He Has
Convinced People France
Is Not Militaristic Nor
Imperialistic. *
St. Louis. Mo., Dec. 3.—(By A. P.)—
Re entry of America into European
affairs, either as a member of the
league of nations or on some other
basis, was urged by Georges Clemen
ceau. war premier of France, in the
fourth of his series of addresses in
this country, delivered at the Odeon
before a capacity audience that ap
plauded him roundly at frequent in
tervals.
The “Tiger," summarizing what he
thought he had .accomplished so far
on his tour of America, declared lie
believed he had convinced the country
that France was not militaristic nor
imperialistic, and that it had every in
tention of paying its debt to the
Tiniled States.
Just to make sure, however, lie re
peated arguments bearing on lliese
points before lie launched into the
subject of American participation in
old world affairs—the point, he said
that he has been most frequently
advised he should not discuss.
“I don’t intend to interfere in your
policy,” he said. “However, I think
I have the right to say that some
times you were very much inclined
toward the development of your mill
tary establishments.”
Warships No Longer Capital.
“You have the best frontiers in the
world. They cannot be bettor. But
the other day you said you could not
leave one unprotected unless you had
500,000 tons of warships. That may
be. I will give you 10,000,00p tons
if you want it. I don't believe very
much in capital warships now, be
cause there are submarines and air
planes which make warships no long
er capital.
“England has increased her mili
tary power 10 per cent,” he continued,
"and Japan 71 per cent. Well, we
will see. I doubt whether 1 will see
the effect of this, but it may be the
privilege of some of you.. We will
see what may come out of it.”
Plunging then into business appeal
for America to resume an active role
in Europe, Clemenceau recited the his i
tory of America’s entrance into the
war and her part in making peace.
Applaud Mention of Wilson.
He was interrupted by a long wave
of applause when he mentioned Wood
row Wilsbn and his "14 points" on
which he declared the peace was
based.
"What were the 14 points for?” he
continued. "Pledgings set forth be
fore all human kind. Your declara
tion of independence said: 'Equal
rights, pursuit of happiness for every
man. Eiberty.' ”
"That was beautiful for them to
flght-for in 1776. It came from Amer
ica to Europe again and you may
he proud that this armistice and
treaty had at Its front the 14 points,
which were nothing but the transla
tion of the declaration of indepen
dehce.
"It seems to me some are very self
ish.
"They say we will make our home
comfortable. We will build walls, we
will not admit strangers, and we will
live there and be happy. You did not
say that in '76.
“There is a tale, in an Arabian book
• of a geni in a bottle, and when it is
out, you cannot make him get in.
(Turn to Paso Two, Column Five.)
“White Scourge’’
Low in Nebraska
Tuberculosis Ravages Lower
Here Than in Any Other
State of Union.
Washington, Dec. 3.—(Speeiul Tele
gram.)—Nebraska is more free from
the “white scourge’’ of tuberculosis
than any other state in the union, ac
cording to figures furnished by the
census bureau. The highest rate of
tuberculosis is fouad in the neighbor
ing state of Colorado. The propor
tion is 36.7 per 100,000 population in
Nebraska, while it is 173.8 per 100, j
000 in Colorado. In Michigan the |
proportion to each 100,000 is a little
less than 75. In Nebraska the nunt
ber of deaths from this disease in
1921 was 487, in 1920 561. or 37.1 to
each 100,000, indicating the disease is
being controlled. In Michigan the
deaths front this disease were 2,755 in
1921, 3,101 in 1920, 3,106 in 1919, also
showing progress in the right dlrec
tion.
The total number of deaths in 1921
was 88,000 in the registration area
If the deaths averaged up for the en
tire population they were approxi
mately 107,000 or 15,000 less than'the
1920 estimate, which was 122,000.
The bureau says the tren l of tuber
culosis death rate is downward. In
the 34 states of the registration trea
all except one state, Ctah. shcav theit
lowest rates for the year 1921, The
tuberculosis death rate in the regis
tration area in 1921 was 99.4 per each
100,000 against 114.2 per each 100,
000 in 1920.
Doughboys in Rhineland
Give Millions of Marks
For Kiddies' Christmas
Coblenz, Deo. 3.—(By A. P.)—-The
American doughboys on the Rhine are
making up a purse of many millions
of marks with which to give to Ger
man yourgsters a real Christmas.
The Rhineland post of Veterans of
Foreign Wars started the purse with
300,000 marks and every poldier in
the American forces is giving at least
1 the equivalent of *1, which Is more
than 8,000 marks. Top sergeants are
entrusted with the task of seeing that
none of the soldiers forget to con
tribute. ...
Relief work already has begun
among the German poor.
Two Furnas County Sisters
Are Successful Candidates
Miss Madgo Oishrov..
fount,v Clerk-elect.
Miss Maude Disbrow,
» KUiity Superintcndent-eleel.
Beaver City, Neb., Dec. 3.—tejpo ■
cial)—Fui rfas county voters did some
thing in the Inst election that perhaps
is the only instance of its kind in
Nebraska, when they elected two sis
ters to county offices in the last elec- 1
lion.
-Miss Madge Disbrow. who has ;
served the county as clerk for one !
term was re-elected to the office by !
1.400 majority, carrying every pre
cinct in the county.
Her sister, Maude Disbrow. ws& I
elected superintendent of public in- |
struction by a majority of 600 and i
will take her office in January.
Both were opposed by women.
Miss Maude Disbrow lias taught
scshool in Furnas, Pty-lps and Red
Willow counties for IS years. Al tho
time of her election she was principal
of tho Beaver City high school. She
has been prominent in the Nebraska
Teachers association and is tho presi
dent of the norniaktruining section of
that organization^
Miss Madge Disbrow will attend the
meeting of county commissioners,
county supervisors and county clerks
In Omaha this week.
Seven Mexican
Banks Collapse
During November
Government Expected to En
act Laws Making Reoccur
ance of Panic Unlikely—
Crisis Believed Passed.
Omaha Bp* Iauml B irr.
Washington, Dec. 3.—The unfavor
able economic conditions which have
existed in Mexico during the current
rear resulted in the failure of seven
banking institutions during the
month of November, the first and
chief of which was the sensational
collapse of the French bank of Mex
ico, El Banque Francaise du Mexique.
Official advices received here indi
cate that the crisis has been passed,
however, and that banks which have
survived the events of the past 30
days are so firmly established that
they are facing the future with con
fidence, though without expectation
of an immediate return to conditions
of normal prosperity.
The Mexican government is expect
ed to enact legislation to render a
recurrence of the November panic
unlikely if not impossible. Finance
Minister De la Huerta is said
to favor a measure which would re
quire hanks to maintain a cash re
serve of 50 per cent against deposits.
Pending congressional action on such
a measure President Obregon may is
sue a decree to that effect.
Although present conditions admit
tedly are bad. hope for the future is
seen in certain factors Petroleum
exports for October were approxi
mately 13.900,000 barrels, more than
2.000. 000 In excess of the September
figures.
Another favorable factor is the in
dicated wheat yield for this year of
227.000. 000 kilos, about 65 per cent
higher than the 1921 yield of 138.000,
000 kilo^ An increased corn yield
also Is retorted.
Two Men Hurt While Tuning
Up Car for Automobile Race
Los Angeles, Dec. 3.—Herschell Mc
Kee, autoombile race driver, and Ids
mechanician. Hughes Curley, were in
jured, the latter probably fatally,,
when their car crashed into the rear
of Joe Thomas’ machine while tuning
up before the sturt of ihe 250-mile
championship race at the Beverly Hill
speedway near here.
Apparently McKee was trying to
pass Thomas when his right front
wheel caught the tail o' Thomas’ car.
McKee’s machine pivoted about, crash
ed into the top guard rail, burst into
flames and rolled over and over, down
the inclined track.
Thomas was not injured nor was his
car noticeably damaged.
Burglars Load #800 in Loot
in Auto and Speed Away
Fairbury, Neb., Deo. 3.—(Special.)—
McCurdy 1’rothers- general merchan
dise store at Reynolds, Neb., was
robbed sometime Friday night of $800
worth of merchandise, consisting of
shoes, sweaters, silks and other mer
chandise. Entrance was forced
through the back door and the goods
were loaded in an automobile or truck.
The track of the vehicle was followed
out in the road where it was lost.
#8.000 \ illiage Church
Destroyed hy Flames
Lincoln. Dec- 3.—The Catholic
church at the village of Agnew, near
Lincoln, was burned this afternoon.
Practically nothing was saved. The
loss Is placed at $8,000. The fire
broke out shortly after the conclusion
of church services.
Rhodes Trustees
Announce Awards
to 32 Students
Annual Election for Scholar
ships to Oxford Held Satur
. da>—Selections Made on
Three-Fold Basis.
Swartkmore, Pa., Dec. 3.—The re
sults of the annual election of Amer
ican Rhodes scholars to the Univer
sity of Oxford held Saturday in 32
states wero announced today by
President Frank Adyelott of Swarth
more college, American secretary
the Rhodes trustees.
Thirty-two Rhodes scholars are ap
pointed from the United States each
ye»r. A scholarship is tenable for
three years and carries with it a sti
pend of 350 pounds sterling a year.
The selection Is made on the three
fold basis of: (1), character and per
sonality; (21, scholastic ability, and
(3), physical vigor, whether shown by
participation in outdoor sports or in
other ways.
For the 32 appointments made Sat
urday there were 344 candidates.
Those elected, subject to the ratifica
tion of the Rhodes trustees, together
with the institution from which they
are accredited include:
Arizona: R. L. Nugent, University
of Arizona, Tucson. Ariz.
Idaho: P. A. Ruck, University of
Idaho, Monrovia, Cal.
Montana: Bert A. Teats, Univer
sity of Montana, Missoula, Mont.
Nevada: L. M. Bruce, University of
Nevada, Reno.
New Mexico: F. Fergusson. Har
vard university, Cambridge. Mass.
Oklahoma: R. E. Burk, Phillips uni
versity, Okmulgee, Okl.
- South Dakota: E. M. Fitch, Yank
ton college. Yankton, S. D.
Utah: Russell Kiauss, University
of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Wyoming: S. G. Parker. Univer
sity of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyo.
Strike of Paris Bakers
Broken by Government
Paris, Dec. 3.—(By A. P.)—The
bakers’ strike, which began Saturday,
has collapsed. The master bakers in
formed the minister of agriculture to
day that the baking of bread would
be resumed Monday.
The strike of the bakers lasted 25
hours. Its collapse is attributed to
the energetic attitude taken by the
government, which outlined to the
public that the price of flour had not
varied to an extent since May and
that hence it was fighting against
profiteering which was unjustified.
Reduction of Red Army
to 200,000 Men Proposed
Moscow. Dec. 3.—(By A. P.>—At the
opening of the disarmament confer
ence here, Maxim Litvlnoff. Russian !
assistant commissioner of foreign af
fairs, definitely proposed a reduction '
of the red army to 200,000 men. lie I
made this conditional, however, on "a !
corresponding reduction in the stand- 1
ing armies of the states on Russia's
western boundaries."
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The Weather
FiirecMt.
Nebraska: Generally fair Monday: j
r.o important change in temperature. 1
Hourly Teniporatures.
5 a. .85'
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7 a. in.30
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ShipSubsidy
Amendment
Under Fire
Senate Leaders Oppose Clause
Requiring Congress to Make
Annual Appropriations
for Payments.
Permanent Fund Urged
Oninhn lt«*e ImviI H ire
Washington, Dec. 3.—Senate lead
ers who will direct the administration's
tight for passage of the ship subsidy
hill will make every effort to have
eliminated from tho bill the amend
ment requiring congress to make an
nual appropriations for subsidy pay
ments out of the merchant marine
fund. Other amendments adopted by
the house will lie passed over if the
appropriation amendment is cut out.
Analysis of the effect of the urnend
| incuts adopted by the house by ev
certs of the administration indicated.
; according to their opinion, that the
house gave the subsidy bill an almost
fatal blow when it adopted the appro
prialion amendment.
If tho amendment is retained, it
was declared by administration spokes
men, the effect would be practically
to make inoperative President Hard
ing's program for rehabilitation of'tin
j American merchant marine under pri
i vate operation.
I’rrniancnt Fund Essential.
Establishment of a permanent na i •
chant marine fund out of which sub
•sidy payments may bn made by the
shipping board without annual ap
] rov.il of congress is essential if a
privately owned and operated mer
chant marine is to be created, it was
declared.
Confidence In the shipping industry
must be established if shipping se
curities are to be sold to the invest
ing public and this confidence can not
be obtained if the Utici rtninty of
whether or not congress is going each
year to authorize appropriations from
the merchant marine fund is to be in
jected into the situation, it was point
| fed out.
| Under the house amendment con
gress each yeai will have the power to
refuse to authorize' anpjnprtatinn? out
i of the merchant mnii.ie fund.
Fears Expects, d.
Apparently there is no ftui that if
tire shipping board proceeded to exi •
| rate contracts und. i the terms of the
subsidy bill, assuming that it is oast -d
; by congress, that congress would re
fuse to make the necessary appropria
tions. The fear is that the fact that
congress must annually approve the
appropriations win reve'op in ship
j owners, banker? and investors, ,ui at
titude of aloofness from hipping sc
'curities. <
If shipping securities can not be
made attractive to the investing pub
■ lie, it wan declared, the attempt to
I hulld up a privately owned merchant
! marine might as well be dropped.
Such securities will not V -,v.ue at
tractive if the subsidy ppprapriation
question is ti^be brought lip cacli year,
it was asserted, and an effective pro
gram for aiding the merchant inarino
can not be worked out unless a per
manent merchant marine fund is es
I tablishod.
Judge Thinks Klan
Persecuting Governor
Alla, Okl., Deo. 3.—(By A. P.)—
i Judge J. W . Bolen of tho Pontotoc
| county district court, In which Is
I docketed the bribery case against Oov
| ernor J. B. A, Robertson of Okla
| honia, issued u statement declaring
I that his observations convinced him
"that a republican county attorney
out of a spirit of personal ambition,
and heedlessly driven along by an ar
dent prejudice, was being industrious
ly assisted by the Ku Klux Klan to
j despoil the hood name and character
I of a democratic governor."
Judge Bolen outlined his reasons
j for adjourning his court until next
i April, despite the fact that the gov
' ernor’s trial Is set for December 12,
land declared he had considerable evi
| deuce that convinced him that the Ku
[ Klux Klan was organizing a jury to
try the governor
Wets of Germany Oppose
Plan to Curb Liquor Sale
Berlin, Dec. 3—(By A. P.i—More
than 5,000 opponents of prohibition
adopted a resolution at a mass meet
ing in protest against legislation
which the federal ministry of eco
nomics is said to be preparing, de
signed to curb the consumption of
alcoholic liquors. The assembly cor
stituted the first organized public at
tempt to combat the dry movement
in Germany.
The resolution declares:
"According to official statistics the
consumption of spirituous liquors nov
comprises only a fragment of that
drunk by the German people before
the war. The abstinence movement
is striving not only to oppose misuse
but far more to pave the way, after
the American pattern, for making
Germany completely dry."
United States to Exclude
Refugees From Near East
Washington, Dec. 3.—There will b*
no lowering of the Immigration bar*
to admit refugees from the near east.
Chairman Johnson of the house im
migartion committee said today in
commenting on the suggestion of
former Premier Veniselos of Greece
that a large portion of tile 1,100,00(1
persons from Greece and Asia Minor
be given entry to the United States
Payroll Stolen.
Peoria, 111., Deo. 3.—Five armed men
in an automobile escaped with tins
$2,000 payroll of the Liberty Coal com
pany after holding up C. K Bohn and
Sherman Crotnby, custodial;*, on the
bridge street viaduct this afternoon.