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Wets and
Drys Clash
in Congress
Question of Cutting $250,000
From Enforcement Allow
ance Rriugs Sharp De
bate in House.
Merry War Predicted
Omaha Hr* Wire.
Washington, Dec. 7.—Tho first
dash bteween the “wets’’ and "drys"
in congress since tho ‘‘wet’’ successes
in the November election took place in
tlie house today when the treasury
appropriation bill, containing $9.00d,
000 for prohibition enforcement, came
up.
Although the “wets’’ appeared to
be headed for certain defeat in this
particular fight, their efforts clearly
foreshadowed a merry war over tlie
liquor issue in congress during the
next two years.
The issue presented to the house
/oday was that of upholding the rec
ommendation of tie- appropriations
committee, reducing tho annual al
lowance for prohibition enforcement
from $9,250,000 to $9,0o0,000, or cut
ting it still further. This question is
expected to provide a test of strength
for (he present session, which, how
ever. will have little or no bearing
on the relative strength of the two
factions during tho next congress.
“Dr>»” Oppose Amendments.
Representative Hill, republican,
Maryland, lender of the “wets,” pre
sented a series of amendments which
brought a storm of protest from the
"drya” on the ground that they would
practically destroy prohibition en
foroement. Mr. Hill contended, how
ever, that the amendments were
merely designed to bring about honest
enforcement. The ''dry's” received
Mr. Hill's proposals with such heat
that they insisted upon rigid observ
ance of the tlve-minuto rifle and re
fused to permit him to complete his
speech.
Mr. Hill stated the purpose ef his
amendments was to eliminate $150,000
a y ear for the maintenance of Prohi
bit ion Commissioner Haynes' press
bureau, $150,000 for the purchase of
bootleg liquor by federal agents for
evidence purposes, all expenditures
for propaganda purposes and for the
transfer of the task of prohibition en
forcement from the Treasury depart
ment to the Department of Justice.
Nebraskan Takes Hand.
Representative Andrews, republi
can, Nebraska, charged that Mr. Hill
was trying to bring bark the open
saloon. Mr. Hill dented this and said
he was merely' seeking to bring about '
honest enforcement. He declared that
no bureau of the government was eiv
titled to $9,000,000 when It approved
the conduct of the Ku Klux Klan and
produced a press statement from the
Prohibition commissioner's office pro
claiming the fact that the Ku Klux
Klan in Arkansas bad declared war
on moonshine,
Charges were made by Representa
tive Blanton, democrat, Texas, that
beer was being sold over the bars in
Baltimore, Mr. Hill's home.
Wants to Know Where.
•'Will tho gentleman, for my own in
formation. kindly furnish me with a.
list of the places where he gets his
beer?” asked Mr. Hill, and the house
roared with laughter.
Representative London. socialist,
New York, urged that a scientific
study lie made to determine the ad
visability of liberalizing the Volstead
act adding:
''Personally, I never have taken a
drink In my life—unless I wanted to.”
Representative Magee, republican.
New York, called for action by con
gress to permit the states to decide
upon the alcoholic content of intoxi
cating beverages so that Kansas, if it
desired, might have cold water, and
New York if it desired, have beer or
wine. -
Crissinger May Be Made
Head of Reserve Board
Washington. Dec. 7.—(Special.)—
Dr. Crissinger, comptroller of cur
rency. is scheduled for appointment
to the federal reserve board to suc
ceed W. P. G. Harding. The presi
dent has yielded to the farm bloc
Which places responsibility for the de
flation policy upon the former board
governor. Opposition exists to ap
pointment of J. R. Howard. Iowa, as
dirt farm member, because of his sup
port of ship subsidy.
Iowa State Canncrs Both.
Cedar Rapids, la., Dec. 7.—SI. W.
Jones of Sac City was elected presi
dent of the Iowa Nebraska Canners'
Association at the closing session of
the annual convention yesterday.
The. convention went on record in
favor of a higher standard of clean
liness in the canning factories and
appointed a committee to draw up a
bill for the next legislature to require
high sanitary standards tn commercial
canneries.
Fugitive Kills Farmer.
Marked Tree. Ark.. Dei-. 7—Izzy Phil
lips, iii, Poinsett county former, was
shot to death and Louis Finley, 25,
also a farmer, probably was fatally
wounded last night hv Mack Key when
a posses attempted to capture him in
connection with an attack on a deputy
sheriff. Although probably 100 men
■ re said to be scouring the woods in
this section with bloodhounds, the
fugitive had hot been captured.
Power Line Authorised
Lincoln. Dec. 7.—(Special.!—Ap
proval was granted by the Nebraska
Railway commission for construction
of an electric transmission line which
win connect the villages of Maxwell
and Ready with an electric generating
plant at Gothenburg.
Housewife and Mother Wins
First in “B” Picture Puzzle
Kearney Woman Not Sure What She”' With $1,000
Prize; Holdrege Bride and D>* ,\ olboy in
List of 15 Winners Sr' n^'^^.dges.
A .X
Judges of the “B” picture pui
Contest conducted by Tlie Omaha B<,^d
have picked the 15 prize wanning word!
lists from among the thousands sub
mitted.
Winner of the first prize of $1,000
is Mrs. F. E. Hollingsworth, 1034
Fifth avenue, Kearney, Neb., house
wife and mother of two children.
There was a tremor of gladness in
Mrs. Hollingsworth's voice when she
was informed by long distance tele
phone, that she had won the great
1 est of all the prizes.
Her Spouse Assisted.
‘T-I worked very hard to win,” she
exclaimed. "I spent almost every even
ing for several weeks studying the
picture and the dictionary. But it
pays to keep at a thing, doesn’t it?
Ves, with a family one doesn't seem
to have much time to study over any
thing. I have two children, a boy, 5,
and a girl, 2. But I was determined
to win a prize, and my husband
helped.
“What will 1 do with the money?
Well, it isn't my money, it's ours.
I mean anything that I win belongs j
to niy family as much as to me. I'm
not sure, hut I think we might save
the money until spring and buy an
automobile. That would he nice for
,v
A -it you think? Uh, I am
IV .«v\ py over winning!”
i> ,rn. E. E. McMillan, 912 South
Thirty-seventh street, was awarded
the second prize of $509.
"I don't know wnat I'll do with
the money,” confessed Mrs. McMillan.
"This simply takes me off my feet.
But I can tell you one thing: It's the
easiest $500 I ever earned. 1 spent
about 30 hours on it, and turned in
263 words. I didn't find it hard work,
but it took a great deal of thinking.
Such a puzzle certainly makes for the
use of better diction. I am very
happy over winning.”
Miss Elizabeth E. Fisher, 804 Lin
coln avenue, Hastings, Neb., was win
ner of the third prize of $250,
"Well, I suppose I might take a
trip to Europe," laughed Miss Fisher.
"But I guess 1 won't do that. No,
I just can't decide what 1 11 do with
it. But it was a great puzzle contest
and The Omaha Bee is to congratu
lated for running it.”
* Largest Number 25T.
rhe largest number of correct
words found in the picture by
a contestant was 257. The winning
list contains 256 correct words and
(Turn Ui I’ngfl Ten. Column One.)
The 15 Prize Winners
First Prize ($1.000)—( lass C: Mrs. F. E. Hollingsworth, 1931 Fifth ave
nue, Kearney, Neb. *
Second Prize ($500)—Class C: Mrs. E. B. McMillan, 912 South Thirty
seventh street, Omaha.
Third Prize ($250)—Class C: Elizabeth E. Fisher, 804 Lincoln avenue,
Hastings, Neb.
Fourth Prize ($200)—Class C: Mrs. Paul Nelson, 608 Blaine street, Hoi
dredge. Neb.
Fifth Prize ($50)—Class B: Mrs. Frank B. Hunnioutt. 302 Lafayette street,
Holdrege, Neb.
Stxtli Prize ($80)—Class C: Mrs. N. A. Mulford, Blair. Neb.
Seventh Prize ($60)—Class C: Charley Porleg, 1520 North Twenty-sixth
street, Omaha.
Eighth Prize ($10)—(lass C: Burton Haworth, 2518 Twentieth street,
Columbus. Neb.
Ninth Prize ($30)—Class C: Mrs. J. M. Craig. 115 West Twenty-ninth
street, Kearney, Neb.
Tenth Prize ($20)—Class C: Anna K. Hetzlcr, 2024 Douglas street,
Omaha.
Eleventh Prize ($10)—Class B: Katherine Tynon, Peru, Neb.
Twelfth Prize ($20)—Class C: Arthur Anderson, 406 I/Ogan street. Hoi- '
dredge. Neb.
Thirteenth Prize ($20)—Class C: Mrs. A ft on Ward. 2868 Newport avenue,
Omaha.
Fourteenth Prize ($20)—Class C: Mrs. L. C. Donelson. State Hospital,
Kearney, Neb.
Fifteenth Prize ($20)—Class C: Elsworth Ingalls Davis, 5016 Cass street,
Oipaha.
Yank Beaten in
Hospital, Charge
Body, Exhumed, Shows
Bruises — Philadelphia
Grand Jury to Investigate.
Philadelphia, Deo. 7.—Testimony to
show that A. Alfonso Swertz, a
wounded and shell-shocked soldier of
the A. E. S\, who had become insane,
died as a result of brutal treatment
in the United States Veterans' hos
pital here, were presented to the fpd
eral grand jury hero yesterday by
former orderlies at the hospital and
department of justice agents assigned
to the casp. The investigation was
ordered by the United States attorney
general after complaints had been
made to him by representatives of the
American Region.
Swertz died in March, 1921, from
"bronchial pneumonia'' and an un
diagnosed mental disease. His body
was exhumed three months later.
A special agent of the Department
of Justice, J. G. Shuey, said he was
present at the autopsy and saw three
broken ribs and great body bruises.
There was every evidence, he sajd,
that the soldier lind been brutally
treated. Shuey said his Investigation
showed that Swertz had been subjected
to a course of treatment which includ
ed immersion from six to eight hours
at times up to his neck in water heat
ed to 98 degrees.
The purpose of this, said Shuey,
was to weaken the man, that sleep
would be induced.
At the time of Swertz's death Dr.
O. C. Willhite* was chief surgeon. He
is now in charge of the public health
service at Perryvilie, Md. Dr. Wil
liam Dobson, present chief surgeon,
declared that Swertz had not been
beaten at the United States Veterans
hospital.
"He was brought here from the jail
in Indiana county, Pennsylvania,
i where he had been confined because
; of his insanse violence,” Dr. Dobson
said, "He was badly bruised when re
■ reived here. ’
Rotarians ant] Real Estate
Men Endorse Patrol Plan
The Omaha Real Estate board and
the Omaha Rotary club have passed
resolutions endorsing the propo'S^j
motorcycle polios patrol system, plans
for which are to he submitted to the
| city commission in connection with
i the apportionment of funds for 1923,
1 In each case, endorsement followed
' an address by W. W. Carmichael, in
which he outlined the plan and told
of the Inability of the police depart
ment under present conditions to
furnish protection in residential dis
tricta.
i Jack Sprat could eut no fat,
His wife could,eat no lean;
But she did early her Christ
mas buying,
You’ve got to admit she
was keen.
9 Children Die
in 2 House Fires
« —
Tragedies Occur at Chicago
and Eugene, Ore.—9
Other Persons Hurt.
Chicago, Doc. 7.—Four of the six
children of Joseph < and Veronica
13udak were burned to death and the
parents and their two remaining chfl
dren were severely burned in a fire
early today that partially destroyed
their home. It was believed by fire
men that the Maze was started by an
over heated stove. •
One of the dead children was a 10
months old girl. Heat from the
flames awoke the eider son and the
father who ran to warn Mrs. Budak
and the children, sleeping in a rear
bedroom. But the flames so en
veloped the rear of the house that
they were unable to gain an entrance.
The father was severely burned in
the attempt. Within a few moments,
the fire department, called by a
pedestrian, had arrived and members
rescued the mother and daughter and
carried out the dead bodies of the
four children.
The four injured were, taken to a
hospital where physicians said In all
probability they would recover.
Within a few minutes after the
fire department arrived, the blaze was
extinguished with only the rear and
part of the dining room destroyed.
5 Die in Explosion.
Eugene, Ore., Dec. 7.—B'ive chil
dren were burned to death and several
other children and three grown per
sons were severely burned when a
can of gasoline used to start a. fire at
the home of Ivor Johnson, in the west
part of the town, exploded last night.
Four of the injured are expected to
die.
The dead:
Orville Church, 5; Ida Church, 3;
William Church, 6: Marvel Johnson,
4; Leroy Johnson, 2.
Injured: Clifford Johnson. 1; Hazel
Church. 4: Mr and Mrs. James Chuxi'h
and Mrs. Ivor Johnson.
Two families occupied the small
| tiouse which was destroyed. Ivor
Johnson and his wife had three chil
dren and James Church and wife,
who lives with them, had six children
from 4 to 12 years old.
Grand Champion Steer
Sells for $1.25 a Pound
Chicago, Dec. 7.—Chenowetli .Jock,
the grand champion steer at the In
ternational Livestock exposition, was
I auctioned for $1.25 a pound for
| Christmas beef.
Tlie Manitoba department of agri
' ulture and immigration won the
blue ribbon for the senior champion
| stallion with their exhibit in the
Clydesdale division.
In tlie cattle judging the award for
the champion cow in the Shorthorn
, breeding class went to the Innisfall
herd of Davis, Cal.
Control of Packers Urged.
Washington, Dec. T.—Amendment
of the packer control law to restore
the federut trade commission's power
to Investigate the meat packing Indus
try was proposed in a bill today by
I Senator LaKokttc. republican. Wis
consin. who yesterday secured adop
tion of a resolution inquiring inlo the
i proposed Armour-Morris merger.
Premiers
to Decide
%
on Policy
Conference in London Regard
ed as Last Attempt to Reach
Agreement on Repara
tions Question.
British View Unchanged
Paris, Dee. 7.—(By A. P.i—Premier
Poinearo will leave Friday for London
to attend the conference of allied pre
miers which is regarded by many here
as the last great effort of the entente
to reach an agreement on Germany’s
reparations bill before France sets out
Independently to collect In Its own
way.
The meeting is looked upon in many
respects as the most important, since
the armistice, involving as it does the
continuance of friendly co-operation
between France and Great Britain. A
lesser, hut none the less important
•factor, is the prevailing impression
that M. Poincare's political existence
is at stake in the policy for which the
proposed Brussels financial conference
stands.
French optimism over the makeup
of tjic new British government lias
given way lately to a feeling of pes
simism In view of certain definite in
dications that Premier Bonap I.aw
holds to substantially the same views
on reparations as did Mr. Lloyd
George.
Long Moratorium Favored.
Although the British have disclosed
no stated policy since the resignation
of Mr. Lloyd George, Premier Bonar
Law seems to agree with his predeces
sor that Germany should ho given a
long moratorium from cash payments,
that the total of the indemnity should
ha reduced and that no military meas
ures should be used In attempts to
force Germany to pay.
M. Poincare's much discussed plan
of settlement Is expected to ho placed
before the present meeting, but It. ap
pears that he will reveal it only In its
broad outlines, reserving the detailed
plan for the Brussels conference.
However, it is learned that the fol
lowing definite proposals, while not
constituting the plan, will probably
guide the French In th«dr arguments
In London:
1. No moratorium to Germany i
without the surrender of productive
guarantees, such as mines and forests.
Wants Percentage Revised.
2. Reduction or the German In
demnity to from 40,000,000,000 to $60,
000,000,000 gold marks, only on con
dition that there ho a parallel reduc
tion in the French and other allied
debts.
S. Revision of the percentages of
the German payments in favor of
France. France at present is entitled
to B2 per cent but would claim Great
Britain's 22 per cent In return fur fix
ing the Indemnity at the suggested
amount.
4. When the voluntary default of
Germany Is definitely established or
when Germany refuses to carry out
the financial reforms of balancing its
budget and stabilizing the mark, pen
alties would he imposed. These would
increase the extension of the allied oc
cupation of the Ruhr so as to permit
a customs cordon around that terri
tory and the economic exploitation n.nd
the administration, of the Rhineland.
Hear I’nderstanding Necessary.
On the other hand, backed by Italy
and Belgium they hold that it is use
less to convene the Brussels meeting
unless there is a clear preliminary un
derstanding on certain points which
M. Poincare would leave for consider
ation at Brussels.
These are the fixing of a reasonable
sum of indemnity anil the method of
its payment, redistribution of the pay
ments among the allies, cancellation
of the allied debts so far as possible
without affecting America, methods
by which Germany's finances can be
restored under allied control, and the
raising of a loan for Germany.
Meeting of Ambassadors
in London Is Postponed
London, Doc. 7.—The conversations
between George Harvey, W. B.
Houghton and P. Fletcher, American
ambassadors to Great Britain, Ger
many and Belgium, have been post
poned until Friday and perhaps will
not take place until later, owing to
Mr. Harvey's inability to come to
London because of bis wife's illness.
Mrs. Harvey continues to Improve
rapidly.
It Is expected that the ambassadors
will discuss the general lines of the
American procedure at the forthcom
ing Brussels financial conference.
Day’s Activities
in Wasliinjtfon
Clemenceau s\ns guest of honor at
a White House luncheon.
Augmented work makes rcstamping
of the government’s judicial organiza
tion advisable, Attorney General
Daugherty declared in the annual re
port.
The house tobk up the first of the
12 annual supply measures, the treas
ury appropriation bill carrying $9,00t>,
000 for prohibition enforcement.
Enactment of legislation clarifying
the transportation act in regard to
proposed consolidations of railroads
was urged by the Interstate Com
merce commission.
Substantial progress was made by
the commerce committee in its con
sideration of the administration bill
and It appeared likely that the meas
ure would be reported t;o the senate
Saturday.
Appropriations of $500,l)0tl for the
prosecution of war funds and $5,000,
, f-uo for another treaty payment of
i Colombia were carried in the supply
I bill tor the Departments of State and
' I’ustlce reported by the house appro
, pmtious cjwimLue.
One Big Fund to Keep the Wolf From the Door
fTne Poor.
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Police Baffled in
!
Hunt for Escaped
Hammer Slayer
J
All Clues to Whereabouts of
Clara Phillips End in Blind
Trails—Sporting Man
Released.
I,os Angeles, Dec. 7.—Investigation
of the escape of Mrs. Clara Phillips
from bos Angeles county Jail came to
the end of half a dozen trails today
without finding the slightest trace of
the convicted murderess.
Sheriff Traeger Bentwood from Ti
juana, Lower California, said that he
was continuing the investigation in
that neighborhood, there still being a
strong belief that Mrs. Phillips would
seek refuge across tho Mexican border.
Ed T, Johnson, sporting ntan who
became acquainted with Mrs. Phillips
while both were prisoners here, was
released from custody after the sheriff
sent word that no trace had been
found in or near a bungalow near Ti
juana said to have been owned by
Johnson.
Later in the day Mrs. Peggy Caffee,
principal witness for the prosecution
in the Phillips’ (rial, advised the sher
iffs ollire she believed the missing
woman was hiding in or near Los An
geles. She said, however, she had no
particular reason for that belief.
Messages were received during the
day from persons who claimed to have
seen Mrs. Phillips in or near the city
but deputies said all undoubtedly arose
from mistaken identity.
Two Held in Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 7.—Miss Elsie Coe and
Miss Clara Hutchins of Baltimore,
Md., were taken from the incoming
Los Angeles Limited of the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad today by
police seeking Mrs. Clara Phillips, con
victed murderess, who escaped from
the Los Angeie9 county jail. The
women satistled the police of their
identity.
The women w-ere not placed undei
arrest but after being questioned
were directed to go to a local hotel
and the police suggested that they
remain in Chicago for 24 hours until
all suspicion was allayed.
The police boarded the train at
Maywood on a report that Mrs.
Phillips was believed to have ’been
seen on the train as it left Omaha last
night, although detectives had said it
was extremely unlikely that Mrs.
Philips could reach Chicago in three
days without the use of an airplane.
Wire Omaha. .
Omaliu police received a wire last
night from Los Angeles authorities
asking that last night's Los Angeles
train he searched tor Mrs. Clara Phil
lips, hummer murderess. The train,
however, was five hours out of Oma
ha ou the way to Chicago when the
telegram was received.
Harding May Deliver Annual
Address to Congress Today
Washington. Dec. 7.—The expecta
ti> n at the White House tonight was
that President Harding would deliver
his annual address to congress in joint
session Friday The president was
understood to have completed the
message and the only question ap
peared to be how soon it could be
sent to the public printer.
Rails Not Liable for Thefts.
Washington, Dec. 7.—Railroads are
justified in refusing to pay damages
! for jewelry lostj or stolen from the
| baggage of travelers, the Interstate
commerce commission held today, and
I Mrs. F. Berkley Jones of Kirkwood
'I'.i* lost a claim of $250 which she
. matfp against the Missouri Pacino,
Premier Writes
Coment Series!
_ i
Lloyd George’s Reply to
Clenieneeau Offered The
Omaha Bee Readers.
The speeches of Georges Clemen
ceau. "Tiger of France," during his
good will tour of the United States,
will be answered by I.loyd George,
former ^premier of England, whose
coalition government Was in power
during the world war, in a series of
30 articles.
These articles wdl! appear exclu
sively in The Omaha Bee and asso
ciated newspapers.
In these articles, the "little Welsh
man" answers charges made by the
former premier of France in his char
acteristic style which stirred vnsf
audiences throughout England when
the former premier was on a speak
ing tour.
Tile first of this series, "Our Pact
Witn France,” which In truth will be
a direct answer to Clemenceau, will
appear in The Omaha Bee Sunday
December Id.
Following articles will discuss tlfe
British debt to the United States,
treaty reparations, the Irish question,
the socialistic menace, the Turkish
treaty and prohibition relations be
tween Great Britain and the Untied
States.
These articles will appear in The
Omaha Bee at intervals of two weeks.
They will discuss present day world
problems.
Cause of Argonaut
Fire Still Unknown
Sacramento, Cal.. Dec. 7.—The com
mittee appointed by Governor Steph
ens to investigate the cause of the
fire In the Argonaut gold mine at
Jackson, August 27, reported today
“that while the loss of life was ap
palling, the cause of this great dis
aster 's still unknown.” Forty-seven
lives were lost in the fire.
Three possibilities were considered
as to the cause, the most acceptable
being Incendiarism and defective elec
tric wiring. The third possible cause
was carelessness with cigar or clgaret
stubs, carbide lamps or candles. The
report declared Clarence Bradshaw,
who with two miners broke the news
that a fire was raging, did not use
good judgrrtent in not notifying the
men at wprk below. The report de
clared Bardshaw devoted his time to
means of extinguishing the fire.
U. S. Gives Colombia Check
for $5,000,000 Damages
Washington, Dec. 7.—The United
States gave the republic of Colombia
a. check for $3,000,000, its first pay
ment under the $25,000,000 treaty rat
ified in 1921 to rover certain damages
incurred in the construction of the
Panama canal. The payment was due
September 30, but for some uncj
plained reason Colombia ' was not
ready to receive it until today. Under
the treaty the remaining payments
will be made yearly in $5,000,000 sums.
Fanatics Fired Catholic
Buildings, Says Mayor
Quebec, Dec. 7.—The burning of
Catholic institutions in various parts
of the dominion coupled with receipt
by prominent persons in Montreal of
letters purporting to come from the
K. K. K. wft'o declared last night
by Mayor Mederlc Martin, to have
been work of fanatics, using the
Klan as a cloak. The major is in this
city as a member of the legislative
i council. *
Assassins Slav
j
Member of Free
State Parliament
Sean Hales Shot to Death ami
Deputy Speaker of
Parliament
Wounded.
Belfast, Dee. 7.—(By A. r.V—Both
houses of the Ulster parliament voted
unanimously today to "contract out”
of the Irish free state, as permitted
under the Anglo-Irish treaty.
Dublin, Dec. 7.—(By A. P.H-Presi
dent Cosgruve announced to the par
liament tliis afternoon that Deputy
Sean Hales had been shot and killed
and Deputy Patrick O'Maille, who
was deputy speaker, had been wound
ed while they were on their way to
the parliament session.
The two victims were on a jaunt
ing car proceeding along the quays
when they were attacked with revol
vers.
Deputy Speaker O'Maille's wound
la serious.
After President Cosgrave'e an
nouncement, Minister of Defense Mul
chay rose and said:
"These men did not have a priest,
nor were they asked if they would
see their relatives.”
Ail the members of the parlinient
rose as a mark of sympathy.
These are the first acts of violence
reported during the inauguration
the free state government.
O'Maille was elected deputy speaker
of the dall. or lower house of the
free state parliament at yesterday’s
session, when the members took the
oath of allegiance.
Hales was returned from South
Cork In the last parliamentary elec
tions, running as a pro-treaty candi
date on the panel ticket framed by the
opposing factions.
Bombing in Cork.
Cork. Dec. 7.—(By A. P.)—A power
ful bomb was thrown at a military
car this afternoon. The missile did
not reach its mark, but exploded
nearby, wounding two men and two
women. The bomb thrower escaped.
Net Income of Farmer to Be
$465 This Year, Says Speaker
Burlington. Vt., Dec. 7.—The aver
age net Income of the American
farmer will he less than $467. this
year, Gray Silver, of Washington,
D. C., representing the American
Farm Bureau federation said in an
address last night at the annual meet
ing of the Vermont Farm Bureau Fed
eration here.
He declared that the national or
ganization with a million and a half
members, 2,000 county organizations
and many thousands of community
centers representing more than $80,
000,000,000 invested, was now in the
"throes of distress." far lack of n
reasonable income to take care of
actual needs.
The Weather
Forecast.
Friday snow and colder.
Hourly Temperatures.
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Highest Thursday.
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I-I410.
U. S. Takes
Firm Stand
at Parley
KxpuUiou of Creeks From
Constantinople Protested in
Pursuance of Humani
tarian Policy.
Allies Approve Attitude
Eausaim* . Dee. , *(!'•> A 1’.)—True
to its traditional humanitarian policy,
the United States government took a
strong position at the near eastern
conference in protesting against ex
pulsion of tho Greek populate % from
j Constantinople, Apprehension that
the Turks would insist on deporting
i Ml the Greeks from their sacred city
| proved to ho well founded when, at
i a meeting of tie* subcommittee on the
j exchange of populations .1 Turkish
representative announced that depur
| tun of ali tin Greeks was u feature of
their program concerning the adjust
ment of populations.
The American representative then
}i*:h1 ihe following statement.
“The American delegation 1 not. in
! accord with the proposals for m u
I compulsory movements of populations
i unless it is dearly shown that good
; purposes will ha served, as might 1>«
the case in the exchange of prisoners,
| or of populations where exchange ^
necessary to serve humanitarian ends.
I liable to Approve Dan.
“Without discrimination between
i the parties to tho negotiation for ex
; change, the American delegation is
! unable to approve the movement from
] Constantinople of the Greek popula
tion of that city, particularly mirier
conditions which will send an urban
people, used to artlsanship and com
merce, to a rural district,
“We will not hesitate to express, in
pursuance of our legitimate humani
tarian interests, our protest at any
Midi diHlodgement of human beings.”
Subsequently the representatives of
France, England and Italy strongly
advised the Turkish delegates to
change their minds about sending the
Greeks away from Constantinople.
They pointed out that Turkish in
sistence on such deportation would on
danger the entire negotiations rela
tive to the exchange of populations
and prisoners of war.
\ enlzt'lus Announces Mann.
The former Greek premier, Veuizelos,
j declared he would not sign any agrec
I rncnt whereby hla fellow citizens
would have to leave the city where
they had resided for centuries and hail
done so much for the prosperity of
all.
The Greek delegation issued a state
ment Hint the Holy See's appeal In be
half of the Ghrlstlans In Constan*
I tinople was not based on Grecian In
: formation, hut on observations by
j Vatican representatives that the
Greeks were being mistreated.
Ambassador Child and the heads of
, the other delegations to tho near east
; conference were asked to lend their
aid in providing a national homeland
for the Armenians.
Rev. Dr. George R. Montgomery, di
rector of tho Armenian-American so
ciety, visited the delegations separ
ately and presented a petition on be
half of those Americans who have
given millions of dollars to help tho
Armenians suffering as a result of
| the war.
Omaha Bank Seeks
to Get Taxes Reduced
Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 7.—<SjH'ci8l.)~
An attempt to t.**ke approximately
>10.000,000 from Nebraska’s tax rolls
" s opened in the state supreme
court, A hen the State Bank of Omaha
j filed application to have the capital
stock in that bank classified as in
tangible property.
In the event this move is ntytcessfb
tho capital stock in the bank would
be taxed tho same as intangibles. Thu
Intangible tax Is one fourth the tax
placed on tangible property. The total
capital stock In state banks at this
time is $25,122,200, according to a
statement from the office of J. K.
Hart, secretary trade and commerce.""
The suit is brought in form of an
application for a restraining order
against collection of taxes on fade,
value of capital stock by the Douglas
county treasurer and other taxing a'+c
thorlties of Nebraska.
While the application make? no
mention of other state banks. It is
stated by authorities, that if the re
straining order Is issued for the
Omaha bank other banks may take
. advantage of it. A speedy hearing
was promised by Attorney General
j Clarence A. Davis, who will represent
tile state,
^ omaii Addresses River*
and Harbors Congress
W aaiiington, Dec. 7.—Problems of
transporting the product* of the na
tion’s industries, both by land and by
water, were discussed at the opening
session of the 18th convention of the
National Rhers and Harbors eon
gress.
An interesting address was that of
Mrs. Sarah W. Strout of Portland.
Me., president of the Womans Na
tional Rivers and Harbors congress,
w'ho stressed the need of gaining co
operation df the nation's women, who
both understand and are interested in
j transportation. She proposed the
utilization of unorganized consumers
to bring about greater use of Amer
| ica’s waterways as an agency to
i lower the cost of living.
CMdefet Member of G. A. R.
Dies at Age of 05 Years
Denver, Dec. 7.—Garret H. Van
lleet. 05, said hv relatives to he the
oldest member of th. Grand Army of
tho Republic. db'd at the bonis of hi*
son. Marshall II. Vnntieet. after n
short illness. .Mi- Vanlb at had spent
the last 25 year* at Alamo*a. coming
to Denver n month e.go fur a visit
■ ah In, -on. Uuiial will be at JJp
i coin, Kau,