The ( IMAHA M< iRNING ; lEE • _ _ VOL. 52—NO 150 e«i«w •• fc«eii<-ciM. m., 28. i9M. »i * OM\HA SATURDAY DECEMBER 0 19‘>° • •» ««nn rw): o«n» .»< s«in.». %y, s««or.. k-sj..«"• «» ««• TWO CENTS * nvj. 0«aha r. 0. Uadar Act af March 3. I*7f. V/ WAnA, Ort ICDUAI, UDVDi«DOlv v, 1 Outatda tha 4th iota (I roar): Dally and Sunday. $12. Sunday only. $5. Harding to Launch Big Rum Drive Tell, ( Congress in Annual Mes sage Repeal of Dry Laws Un like!}—Urges Co-Ordina tion of Transportation. Asks More Farm Credit Washington, 1 H'c. S.—President Harding in hi* annual message, de livered today to congress in person, i ideals with nearly a score of subjects, chief among them prohibition, farm credits, the transportation problem, child labor and immigration. The executive announces his pur pose to Invite the .governors of the slates and rerrltorics to an early con ferenoe with the federal executive au thority Willi a view to adopting defin ite policies of national and state co operation in administering the pro hibition laws. He says the day is unlikely to come when the prohibi tion amendment wtll he repealed and that the nation should adapt its course accordingly. Conforms Willi laws. President Harding tells congress that if the statutory provisions for prohibition enforcement are contrary to deliberate public opinion, which he does not believe, the rigorous and lit . era! enfore.emecnt will concentrate public attention on any requisite mod ification. "Such a. course,” he added, "con terms with the law and saves the humiliation of the government and the humiliation of our people before the world and challenges the destructive forces engaged in widespread viola tion, or corruption and individual de moralization.” With regard to the transportation problem, Mr. Harding proposes that t ho railroad labor board ho abolished with the substitution of a labor divi sion in the Interstate Commerce com mission with ample power to require its rulings to he accepted by both par ties to a disputed question. The exec utive also proposes that the law re quire the carriers and their employes to institute means and methods to ne -^v.otiate between themselves their con sointly arising differences, limiting . ppeals to the government body to disputes of such character as are likely to affect the public welfare. Transportation. Coordination of all transportation facilities Is urged by the president. These would Include not only Inland waterways, but motor truck transpor tation as well. He inveighs against .tli* ystem of paralleling tie rail roads with truck roads, thus cawing freight from the steam lines instead of making the motor truck a ’erder for them. As to the carriers themselves, Mr. j Harding suggests as ways of increased , economy and efficiency there he a merger of lines into systems, inter- I change of freight cars, the consolfda t on of facilities and the ^conomio use of terminals. He declared that the managers of the lines are without that iuterearrler. co-operative relationship, "so highly essential to the most and J hci-t economical operation,” addins that they could not function in har-j n,r ny when the recent strike threat- j i nod the paralysis of nil railway Iran? portatlon. Credit for Farmers. 'Tore extended credit for the farm ( is strongly urged by the execu tv who declares that the very proof of helpfulness already given is the s longest argument for the pernian i ,it establishment of widening credits. I te satys the farm loan bureau may well have its power enlarged to pro vide ample farm production credits well as enlarged land credits. Two constitutional amendments are moposed. One would give congress ^authority over child labor and the other would restrict the issues of tax i \empt securities, which are declared to be "drying up the sources of fed oral taxation and encouraging unpro ductive and extravagant expenditures by states anad municipalities." Enactment of legislation providing for registration of aliens and for more i rorough examination of emigrants at : iie ports of embarkation is urged. The president says there is a "re , rudescenee of hyphenated American is.ni which we thought to have been -damped out when vve committed the nation, life and soul, to the world war." and adds that advocates of revo lution are abusing the hospitality of American shores, "finding their de luded followers among those who take on the habiliments of an American without knowing an American soul." Registration of aliens, the presi dent adds, will enable the nation to ruard against abuses in Immigration, checking the undesirable whose trreg ular coming is his first violation of the law and at the same time will •...-dilate the needed Americanizing of 11 re who mean to enroll as citizens. Dealing with foreign affairs, Mr. Il.ii-dlng tells congress that American relations are not only fre* from every threatening cloud, but the country has contributed its "larger influence" toward making mabkets conflictless likely. "It has been our fortune both to preach and promote International un derstanding." he adds. "We are A cognizant of the world's struggles for full readjustment and rehabilitation, id we have shirked no duty which ouvs of sympathy or fraternity, or . ghest fellowship among nations. !l\ery obligation consistent with Mtvrican ideals and sanctioned under ■ ir flag is willingly, met." Again and again *he president was pplaud-j he outlined his ... luru te reft: two, Column Oh.) Leaders in Attack on Four Courts Are Slain O 'Cotvjxcrr I .lain Mrllowm. Scout Planes to Hunt U. S. Fliers Army Officers Scheduled to Arrive at Tucson Thurs day Morning Missing. Tucson, Ariz., Dec. S.—No trace of j Col. Francis Ci. Marshall and Lieut. Charles Webber, scheduled to arrive hero yesterday morning, had been found at 9:3—Rory O'Connor and Liam Mellowes, to gether with two other Irish rebels, were executed In Mount Joy prison this morning, it was officially an nounced. An official army report is that the four me i were executed as a reprisal for the assassination of Scan Iiales. the deputy shot yesterday, and as a solemn warning to those associated with them "in tho conspiracy of as sassination against tho representa tives of the Irish people.’ The two other men executed were Joseph McKelvle and Richard Barrett, both prominent, republicans. The prisoners were tried by a mili tary court martial during the night, found guilty and sentenced to death. O'Connor Near Collapse. The death sentence was carried out at 9:20 o'clock this morning. Three priests were present. The prisoners, blindfolded, were marched to the place of execution. O’Connor had to be as sisted to the scaffold. The startling swiftness with which the free state government acted in consequence of the assassination of Deputy Hales caused a great sensation among Dublinites, used as they are to sensational happenings. Through today’s executions the ir rtgulars lost two of their principal leaders and two other important al though less known men. AH four sur rendered after the destruction of tlm Four Courts, in the seizure of which O'Connor and Mellowes took a leading pa rt. Leaders of Insurgents. Roderick (Rory) O Connor and Liam j Mellowes, were leaders of the band of Irish insurgents that held the Four Courts building in Dublin in its stand against the free slate troops last June. Each was taken prisoner when the building was captured after a three day’s siege. Declare Ilealy Enemy. London, Dec. S.—(By A. I’.)— Tho Irish republicans, says a dispatch to the Evening Standard from Dublin, haye issued a manifesto describing Timothy Healy, tho governor-general, as a life-long enemy of the nation. The manifesto adds: "The light will go on as long as there is a man in Ireland. It is war to the death.” Shot in Reprisal. London, Dec. 8.—(TJy A. P.)—Tho Dublin correspondent of the Evening Standard reports that a party of men today entered the Mercers hospital and shot a free state soldier lying in one of the beds iit reprisal for the executions of Rory O’Connor and Lianf Mellowes. Woman Drops Divorce Case Against Kleagle A telephom call from Mrs. Helen: Sorenson Fuller reached Henry Peal, county attorney-elect, at an early hour yesterday morning, requesting that he j dismiss the divorce action filed in dis- , trlct court against her husband, Edgar Fuller, former kleaglo of the Ku Klux Klan at Sacramento, Cal. "For the baby’s sake alone," said Mrs. Fuller's voice over the wires. Mrs. P'ulier dropped from sight with 1 her husband Monday evening after ; their marital difficulties had been tho roughly aired following a chase half way across the continent by the father, who sued for custody of the child, Helen Dorothy, 5. She refused to tell Beal where she was. During 'heir recent unexplained ab sence. the Fullers have been "some where in Iowa." Mrs. Obenchain III Los Angeles, Dec. 8.— Mrs. Mada lynne C. Obenchain, released from the Los Angeles county jail last Monday 1 after two juries had disagreed as to I her guilt or innocence of the charge ; of murdering her former sweetheart, ; .1. Belton Kennedy, last night was said | by friends to be under the care of a ■ physician, who was treating her for "a complete nervous breakdown." Who Killed John Waring? That question baffles all investigators until Flem ing Stone, detective, is assigned to the case. , The facts before him are: .John Waring, newly elected college president, stabbed to death in his study—all doors and windows locked on the inside— no possible exit for the murderer—a strange girl, known as “Miss Mystery,” whose actions need ex plaining—two men who desire her acquittal at any cost. Follow these tangled threads as they are un raveled by the mastpr hand of Caroline Wells in “The Mystery Girl” It Will Appear in The Morning Bee Beginning Monday — loua Girls Declared V a it n i n g Cham pious: l our Europe as Reward Chicago, 1>. . v—Two girls from the little Iowa village of Ed.lyville today won the national canning contest hold in connection with the International Lives Lock exposition. They arc Itue lah Kodgers and Katherine Bolihangh, lid will receive a three-months' tour • of Europe as their reward. The Colorado entrants, Elaine llen-j drlcks and Bertha L’ogcr, won second j place, white the Connecticut team j members were named as alternates. The contestants represented practi cally every state. The contest was held under the auspices of the Amer ican cdnmiittee for devastated France. Daring Bandits Rob Omaha Train Mail at St. Joseph Masked Kobbers Knock Clerk I town and Crab Mail Hags ^ bile Armed Agents Are in Station. Mail robbers are much rougher than A1 Jennings ever pictured them, in the opinion of Mail Clerk A. J. Woell ner, who was knocked down and robbed of several registered mail pouches shortly after midnight Thurs day night at St. Joseph, Mo., by "three or four” masked bandits. Mall Clerk W. F. Shuck of Kan sap City, who was in charge of the mall, i yesterday told the story of the rlarirfg , robbery to Assistant Superintendent I Blackwell of the 14th railway mail i division at the Omaha Federal build- 1 Ing yesterday morning. Clerk Knocked Down. "I was In tlie car with three other! clerks loading mail when the thing happened." said Shuck. “Woellner and ] a man from the St. Joseph Union sta- ; tlun wero taking the registered mail j into the station. Woellner was knocked down by one of tho bandits with tho butt of a revolver. Another bandit stood on him. Woellner was not unconscious; ho stjulnnod around and made wlvit noise he could. They then heat him some more. “We left S*. Joseph so quickly af ter the robbery that we didn’t find, out w hut happened to tho station man. Woellner could not have been more than 10 or 15 feet from our car when he was knock'd down, but we didn’t | hear anything. When he stagfeered up to the edr we snatched our guns and rushed out, but the bandits, were gone. •Inking Kepis. "While Oils Happened there were three Burlington railroad special agents, fully armed, upstairs in the Union station. A brakemau at the end of our train, which was Burling ton No. 22, due iri Omaha Friday morn ing, saw the bandits walk leisurely around the train and off into the yards. He usked ’em whither bound and made some joking reply.” Woellner had a large bump on his head, but was not seriously injured. Mr. Blackwell said it would be up to Kansas City-to determine the value of th* mail stolen. It was all for St. Joseph. All the mail clerks on the train reside In Kansas City. The other three in the car were Edward Messaccr, Herbert Dexter ami Ken neth Brown. Tilths,ante train was reported robbed of several pouches of mail Wednesday night near Armour Junction, Mo., when several bandits boarded tin mail car, held up the clerks and threw out several pouches of mail. The ' alu able mall was taken. Nebrakan Named Director of Interstate Merchants : Chicago, Deo. s.—Paul Davis of Waterloo. Jh», was nominated for president of the Interstate Merchants council at a meeting at the domestic and foreign commerce department of Die Chicago Association of Commerce. The council will hold Us semiannual meeting hero in February. Selection of directors Included: L. R. Rafter, Santa Ana, Cal.: Tom Mac Donald, Denver; .1. H. Strain, Ana conda. Mont ; H. E. Stein, Hastings, Neb.: L. Rosen, Las Vegas, N. M.; H. N. Moe, Klamath Falls, Ore.; G. F. j Buche, Lake Andes, S. P . T. Hooks, ' Waco, Tex.; F. S. Carpenter. Manti, | Utah; R. H. Rhodes, Tacoma. and R. ! Merritt. Douglas, Wyo. Corn erstone Laid for Cathedral at Hastings Hastings, Neb., Dec. 8.—The corner- j stone of St. Mark cathedral a* Hast- ] ings was laid by Dean Charles i Tyner and Bishop Beecher. .V largo j congregation witnessed the ceremony. , The old church was built 12 years I ago. The committee expects to have the roof on the new structure by Easter, 1923. The clergy from over the district of western Nebraska were present.. A banquet followed the cere-j mony to which 190 were present. Dean I Charles R. Tyner has been in charge ! of St. Mark for the past four years. I The new building "ill he of stone and 1 will roft $90,000. Caidiirr of Defunct Hank Held to High Court for Trial Geneva. Xeb., Dec. 8.—Adolph Ko tas, former cashier of the defunct Ne braska State Bank of Milligan, was arraigned in district court on n charge of making false statements to the Ne braska. bun^u of banking, and was bound over to tb*' n«xt term,of district court. Kotas pleaded not guilty. Bond was fixed at $5,009. Claims of depositors and draft hold ers of the bank amounting to rnoiT titan $172-900 were approved Ly tin* ! district judge. t % Scratching the Mountain ©oe. to ^ OF woHrhless; r»fv*tVASsv.'&i? Ka i “Tiger Woman” Baffles Police Officials Admit ’Hardly Know W lien* to Look* for Clara Phillips. — l.o# Angeles. Dec. S.—Officials were quoted early today as admitting they "hardly knew in what direction to look,” for Mrs. Clara Phillips, "ham mer murderess," who sawed her way to freedom from tlie Los Angeles county jail lust Tuesday mornlg. Si nee her escape became known, ap proximately six hours after she sev ered the bars across her cell window, the police of the greater part of the country ami of the .Mexican territory of Lower California as well, have been on the watch for her., But so far, the search has resulted only in scores of “tips,” which proved worthless and in-annoyance to women as far east as Chicago, who were be lieved to bear some resemblance to the missing murderess and who ware passengers on trains on which she was reported to be traveling east ward. "While the police, sheriffs’ forces, private detectives and citizens in gen eral were still searching for her the district attorney’s office reviewed the punishment prescribed by law for prisoners who break jail, to dtermine what further penalty might be given the woman already under sentence to serve from 10 years to life for beating Mrs. Alberta Meadows to death with a hammer. Charles Flick, deputy district at torney who assisted In Mrs. Phillips' prosecution, stated the California penal code classified a jail break as a misdemeanor and fixed punishment for it at six months imprisonment in the county jail, a. fine of $500 or both. But in damaging the jail by filing through the cell bars, lie added, slie had committed a felony, punishable by a fine of $5,000 or by a sentence of from six- months to five years in the penitentiary. It she had accomplices In her es cape, he said, they were guilty of felonies and liable to severe punish ment, if apprehended. Jury l liable to Agree Jackson. Miss., ,D»eo. s.—The jury trying AN'ill Atkinson, a Leak county farmer, charged with the killing of Joe Owen, a prohibit ion agent, last August, reported last night after being out. 20 hours that it was hopelessly divided and was discharged. 1 Jl One, two, Button your shoo; Thrpe, four. Open the door; Five, six, Your Christmas shopping fix; Seven, eight. Don't, be late. You only have 1 4 days more. f -— Day's Activities J in Washington The navy's bureau of aeronautics I reported satisfactory progress hi post war development.of naval aircraft. Kuropoan wheat rf-'iu rement s for J the current cereal year were placed it 640,000.000 bushels by the Depart | merit of Commerce, The Interstate Commerce controls* 'sion announce.! that hearing on pro ! posals to consolidate railroads in the west would be resumed January IT. Congressional proceedings were broadcast by radio for the first time, apparatus having been rigged up for transmission of the president's ad dress. 4 Tduj. Gen. Rickards, chief of the militia bureau, in bis annual report declared development of llu- national guard Waits retarded by luck of funds. Continuing consideration of the treasury appropriation bill, tin house rejected amendments to restrict the prohibition unit in us expenditure of I government funds. Allied proposals at Lausanne for control of the Turkish straits were dis cussed by Secretaries Hughes and IDenby and a. group of high navy offi cers during a conference. Clemencea-U, concluding his four-day stay In the capital, renewed his plea for American participation In Euro pean affairs In an address before a dis tinguished audience. President Hauling addressing a joint session of congress, discussed a score of subjects, among them prohi bition, rural credits, transportation, I child labor and immigration. The Interstate Commerce commis sion announced that b-’ginning Mon day at midnight, practically all out standing service orders giving prior | ity to coal movements would be cnn | celled. Expansion of the nation's air forces to insure offensive as well as defensive strength In the event of war was j urged by Cien. Pershing In his annual report as chlefof staff. Representatives of bituminous oper ator* and mine workers were re quested by the federal coal commis sion to meet with it next week )n an effort to reach an agreement on a new wage scale. Nomination of pierce Butler of St. Paul to be associate justice of su preme court opposed byj Senator-elect Shipstead n-t hearing before senate committee. — Senate commerce committee prac tically completed consideration of the administration shipping bill after vot ing to eliminate the Madden amend ment and substitute the Willis Len root compromise. Exchange to Close Dec. 23. New York, Dec. b.—The New York cotton exchange today announced that it would he closed on the Satur days preceding Christmas and New Year*. Death Sentence of Nichols Commuted Mau W ho Shot ami killrd Sweetheart in Cheyenne County Escapes Chair. * Kineoln, Dee. *>.—{.Special.)— The electric chair erased to become a spoi ler today for Charles Nichols, 4S, when j the supreme court commuted his sen tence from death to life imprisonment. ! Nichols shot and killed his sweet heart, Emma Carow, June 17, 1921, in Cheyenne county, nnd shot himself twice, but recovered. Mo was taken , to the state penitentiary six months l ago. tv hen told today by Deputy W arden j Kiyva'naugh that his sentence had been .changed from death to life im prisonment. he said: “Well, I'm mighty glad to hear it. 1 want to live now and make some ’ thing "myself." For several months he had refused ; to permit his relatives to apply for i clemency to the supreme court. Broke Kngageinent. Testimony at his trial showed tluil Miss Carow had broken her engage to Nichols three different times. He worked ns a hired man on her moth er's farm. He claimed she came into tho Held where he was working on tiie day of the murder and Told him ha was dis charged and their engagement brokers He went lo his room, got a revolver and met the girl and her mother on the road. He declared he intended IT shoot himself before them, did shoot himself lirst and then turned the gun on her. , Didn't Want Suffering. She fell wounded and he said that rather than see her suffer he shot her again. Then he shot himself a second time. The supreme court held that his case was premeditated murder, but r.ot a cold prearranged plan for mur der, such as would call for a death sentence. "It Is a case where justice should be seasoned with mercy,” the supremo court ruling read. This action of the supreme court re duced the population of the death house at the state penitentiary to one Walter R. Simmons, waiting for death or clemency from the supreme court for the murder of Frank Pahl, a Spen cer, Neb., taxi driver. The Weather Forecast. Saturday mostly cloudy with slowly rising temperature. Hourly Temperatures. 5 a. m. .ft ft a. ui.10 \ ». m. ft H A. m.ft 9 a. m. ft 10 a. m. 11 11 a. m. 15 ft M, ,|| t P. m.It * P. ni.IS » P. ni. IS < P. m. IS * p. »'. IS * p. IP. II t p. m. . . is * p. m. ii Hlghput Kridii). •*'heyenne .an; Davenport . .... ..22 P*n\or . . . . r* Pea Main**? .is r*odf (.'i'y t.aixp: . .24; Port'd Piattt .SO Pueblu ....3‘ Hop] ) f'ily . h Salt Lok.. .32 Santa Ke ....... 42 Sheridan . j; Siou\ i.’ity .It alenUaft » «jj mill , 30 Blocks Razed; Loss ' Business Section of Astoria. Ore.*. Destroyed —Dyna mite I’sed to Stop Kusli of Flames. Other Towns Offer Aid Am, < n-«■.. | )i i s - tTty A. ^.v-— The business district in Astoria, tile oldest city in Oregon, is in ruins, hundreds of persons are homeless and property los estimated around SIB. UOO.OOO was caused by p fire here to day. For lo hours the flumes held sway, ruling no ever-widening path through the city Until shortly aflei noon Hank- newspupei plants, hotels, stores, theaters ami numerous build imp housing a variety of business places were wiped out According to Fire Chief Foster, the fire got out of eontrol because it burned beneath the buildings on piling! upon which the, business section "f 1 lie city was built He attributed the disaster to fallun to fill the space beneath the piling Dynamiting was resorted 10 In an ef fort, to stay the flames. Netores Staples, automobile man and president of tho Bank of Com merer, dropped dead of heart failure while tin fire was til Its height. 30 Blocks Wiped Blit. The; body of C. .1. Smith, r trail si*-tit, was found hanging under tho sidewalk on.the waterfront at Eighth and Astor streets, but whether he had ended his life because of, the fire or for other reasons the police were tin able to determine. He had spent the night in a cheap lodging house on the. watet- front. Thirty blocks were wl|>ed out l,y the flames. Many homes in the old* ■>• residence district were destroyed and about 50 families living In &n apart ment house were made homeless by the destruction of that building. In addition to these, many persons oc cupying rooms In the destroyed area lost everything they had except the clothing on their bucks. l’lan Belief Measures. A committee of citizens met at tho call of Mayor -lames Breninui* anil planned immediate relief measures They were assured of help from Port land and Seaside. Every restaurant and hotel in the eliy had been wiped | out, so there was prospect of immedi ate want. Portland bakeries sent loads of 'bread and Seaside sent word that the hotel there was open to receive thus*, wltleoit shelter. A large number of summer cottages at (he beach resorts also were offered 1*^ the homeless. Homes in ihe residence district, a I o were thrown open to give aid and food i to the needy. "I” Building Thrown B|u-n. Tlio V. M. C. A. building, which wipj outside the fire zone, was opened us tho headquarters of all welfare agencies. r The Budget an afternoon miner.' which attempted lo got out an edi tion on the press of the paper at Seaside, found this Impractical, and instead issued mimeographed sheets. ^ J H. Dellinger, published of tip Asturian, the morning paper, announc ed that he w >uld probably get out Saturday morning edition on the press of the local Finnish daily, the I.o veil. The Artorian recently moved into a new building which ih« swept bv tie fii’. Mr Dellinger said three type setting machines laid been saved but tlw r*-s, of the plant was destroyed. Including the file- of 10 years ago Telephone Exchange Hums. Telephone exliaiiges and telegrupii offices were burned. Communication with the outside was maintained throughout the dn\ hy means of a long distance line teni porarily set up at the city hall. The meeting of citizens and the mayor resulted in the naming of r committee on temporary relief. II. A. Hoefler placed his resident at the disposal uf St. Mary hospital for housing of patients. The hotel keepers of Oregon in session at Pori land donated $1,000 for relief and railroads offered free transportation and free aid. The C. T. (' established a fro lunch. The Columbia River Racking as sociation donated the ns. of two steamers for housing purposes ai facilities In churches and other build ings were listed for housing A detatchment of National guard was due to arrive to aid the local police. Orders were issu'd to keep every person out of (he burned dis trict tonight Ree Drake, part owner of the As toria Budget and president of tin Astoria Chamlier of Commerce, cali » . meeting of all merchant* for S.n urday to discuss plans for rebuilding. liernan Goes to New York “to (»et on His Feet’’ New York, Dec. S —John 1*. Tiernan, former member of the faculty of Notre Dame university, whose recent marl* tai affairs ln'|t> public interest, has ar t riled in New York "to ^r-t on lu- fi-ot'* out will remain in i'Im; i-n fur some time, : datives ennui.i.i ’ ! ”el< r Tit-man, bis b tint di'dand tin Tiernan family vanted to John n oilslire to e, l s'ramht vitlt 'i t' "' if Hid ! ' 11 . > m ould help hint.