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r"HE Omaha Sunday ; iee ♦ VOL. 52 NO. 26. .. *»m<Clua Hatlar Mu 2*. IMS. at OMAHA SUNDAY MORNINn DRr.F.MRFH 10 1 «•)•) • Hi Mill (I mr)i Pally an* Sunday. IS; Sunday. $2.40, •Ithlii Ik* 4tk FIVE CENTS __“* 0*4h. p 0 Pad.r Ad or Mart* «. 117* UJJAI1A, JIUIRUAI .WUU.Vl^Vl, 17T.V -Ea.»! I>r. K 1U, I . outaldt <th „„ ,, Da)u 8u„8„, |I2. Saaday only. Is r 1 V u Girl Killed in Quarrel With Singer I roulmJour Accused of Slav ing Sweetheart Dauglit hv I one Detective After Intense Search. ^ Claims She Struck Him "Singing Mike" l„a Porte, tenor, who was raptured yesterday* after noon by Detective William Guroett 11 hour* after he js alleged to have shot his sweetheart, Alice ltinehart. 27, to death, proliably will defend himself with a plea of self-defense or com* ple*e Innocence. ■ She attacked me,” La Porte de clared a few minutes nficr bis arrest. "J remember we quarreled,” he said later, "and I heard a shot, but after ■bat everything seems a blank. 1 must liavt wandered through the (reels all night. and 1 didn't know anything about the shooting until 1 i rad it in l lie newspapers.” Said lie Did Not Shoot Counsel fm "Singing Mike who leached police headquarters with i 17 minutes after his arrest, said the prisoner would contend tiiat he did not lire tiic shot. No pistol, despite (lie searching of six detectives. Ins been uncurthed. Singing Mike” admits lie carried a weapon fram tin scene find threw ti at some fnrgottei spot along the J sti net. hut did not admit it had been fired. "Why would I shoot her, ' he asked. 1 loved Inr. She was jealous of me without cause, but there was no other trouble bet w ecu- us.” Inquest Monday. •'diaries Van Deus« n. chit f «.f detec fives, said that when an Inquest is 1 ■ Id hvi r the body of Mis Rinehart i 2:dM Monday afternoon in the N\ l* Swanson undertaking parlor at Sev enteenth and ('tuning streets, lie will produce a witness who saw "Singing Mike" run from the house with a pis tol in ins hand. ' I’m glad they caught him." declared In.i Rumba ugh. 20, AkSarBen field, friend of the slain woman. •‘I’ll tell all l km w fur Mice was afraid of him aiul had begged me to stay at her side 'Singing Mike’ swore he would not harm her. so i left, lie violated t his oath to me. The shooting of Mrs. Rinehart took place at 2:10 Saturday morning in 15, Lincoln* r pa ri incuts. Twenty first and ( Ideago streets, while she is supposed to have bcvn alone in the room with "Singh r Alik* . "S'nging Mike," ; *Wr.» JLn* i.art. Inn ttmubaugh and ITank Stuart, truck driver, had been’ mi a drnjktng party that ended at midnight. .> Found in lied. Detective.** found the girl stretched across a bed and in a dying condi t ion. " V brutal murder." declared Bennie Danbaum, detective sergeant, who made an early in\estlgation. “Tiie weapon was deliberately pressed against the woman s nbdoim and f.rod.” “Singing Alik*" has played with end operated musical troupes, and once, he said, played nt the 13mpress theater. He also has played at road houses and is alleged by police to have conducted a rum oasiu at HIT South Seventh street. Sung Over Radio. f Raporte, according to his attorney, doe Lovely, has sung over radio nev (Turn to I'tige si*, ( nhimii Four. > 20 Persons Hurt in Rear End Collision (. haileston. S. r , Dec. 9.—Twenty persons were Injured, two seriously, when passenger train No. 8 of the At lantic Const I.ine rnilroad, ran into the rear end of train No. 52 nt Hanna ban station. 12 miles from here today. The injured were brought to Charleston hospitals on a special train After being given first hid at Mann han liv doctors taken from here in automobiles. The collision is said to >ffr ive been due to a heavy fog that ^Vsrpred signal s* t by train No. 52 when it was forced to stop on account of a hotinxj S> canton. I’a , Dec. 9.- five persons are known to he dead and several \\n ir injured today in an explosion which destroyed the Glazing mill of the Black Diamond Powder company, near Dupont, I’a . about eight miles .south of Scranton. The' explosion was felt at c'arhondale. Spanish Cardinal Dies. Santiago, Spain. Dec. !•.—(By A. P) — Cardinal Martin Do Herreray de la Iglesia. archbishop of Compostella for ;c; years, died today. Ho was ST years of age. for several years he was arch bishop of Santiago, Cuba. Castles in the Air are all right. They may be fine to dream about but you can't derive much comfort out of them. Find your REAL home by looking through the Real Estate columns in the “Want” Ad section of The Omaha Bee. And, if you want to sell your house, phone At-lantic 1000 and ask for a “Want” Ad taker. —— t ... * “Singing Mike' in Jail Charged With Murder lliis is Hie ivay “Singing Mike" Vdamo, alias \ inrr/ino, alias La Porto, arrused as the slayer of his sweetheart. Mire Klneliait, looked when he was raptured in “Little! llaljM h> l)eteeti\e William tiiiriiell.l 10 hours after the girl was found dead in the hedroom of her apart nient in The Liiieoln, Twenty second and ( hirago streets. Girl Threatens to Avenge Death of Companion ‘Til Silence 'Singing Mike Forever,’ S;i\> (ilium of (iirl Shot to Heath. "1 II silence Singing Alike I.n I'ortc forever if I pet the opportunity," de- | dared Inn Kiinihaugh. L«* n compan ion of Alic I’lneimrt. who, it is al leged, was slain hy the road house en tertain* r. ■‘tie'll he 'Silent Alike' if [ ever get a gun pointed at him." she said. She was on her way to the police i station from th** girl's apartment when 'he rowed to avenge the death : Ilia Kumtmii&li. of her friend. Ami as she spoke her eyes were swelled with tears, her teeth were clenched with determina tion, and her right hand was raised upward. "I am a good shot, and T can kill ■i man for that." she said. "Alice was the lost friend i had in the world and T am willing to sit in royal dignity in the electric chair to avenge her death.” The Rutnbatigh girl said that she and Alice wanked and roomed togeth er in Nebraska City after Alice had left her home in Tarkio, Mo. “We wanted to see the bright lights of the city, so we came, and now dear Alice is dead. The man who killed her will pay the price for it." Miss Rumhnngh said she not Miss r.hinehart in Nebraska City four years ago. She was horn in Auburn and lived in Nebraska City most of her life except when she was in the L'nkotas, she said, and came to Oma ha a month ago. Miss Rinehart enmo to Omaha last August. Years ago she was divorced , I from Verio l.ishy, a Nebraska City taxicab driver, the Rurnbaugh woman said. The dead woman leaves a son. 11. who lives with his grandparents on a farm near Tarkio, Mo., her chum told police. Miss Rutnbatigh herself Is a divorcee, she said. According to police officers, I,a Porte's name before he donned trou Ladour's garb and changed his name, was James Vineeziuo. He played in | a trio at the Seventh and Pierce streets cabaret of John Salerno, slain by Tom Fltnn, government informer, according to police. When Salerno was killed and his place closed La Porte began playing in various other cabarets, police said. State Will Build Bakery at School in Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., Dee. !*. (Special.)— .V new bakery buililins to cost ap proximately $25,000 will be erected at the Feeble Minded institute this win ■ter. It will connect with the kitchen land dlniiiR room. The contract will he awarded December 10. The $60,000 ' cottage twins erected at the institute I is neuritis completior Ex-Premier Special Vrticle. Startling Revelations By Kl( * I IT HONOKAUI.K DAVID LU)\ l» t.lOlCt.I, O. >l.t M. I*. I Former British Premier.) Copyright, by I nited Feature Syu dieate. Copyright in t«reat Britain 1*5* l.ondon ( hronlele. GtrlmlMi World Itiicbti Held by I nited Feature Syndieate Keproduet ion in \\ hole or Part Prohibited. London, Deo. 9.—M. Clenunccau. ir. ttio remarkable seri. 3 of speeches lie has lien delivering in the United Slates of America, implies a breach of faitli on the part of Great Britain in reference to the pact for the gnar ; liter of France against the possibility f German aggression, ling land has no better friend in the whole nf France than -M t‘lemenceatt. Throughout a strenuous, but consis tent caret r. lie lias never i iried in his friendship for England. Many a time lias lie been bitterly assailed for Unit friendship. French journalists ate not sparing of inuendo against those they hate. They hate fiercely and they hit recklessly, and M. Cleincnceau, a man of scrupulous integrity, at one period in his stormy political life, was charged by certain organs of the Paris press with being in the pay of England, if. therefore, he now does This is the first of a series of articles by l.loyd George which will .appear each week in The Sun day Bee. an injustice to Britain, 1 ana. con vinced it is not from blind hatred of our country, but from temporary for getfullneHa of fact. He states the fact with reference to the original pact quite fairly. It was proffered as an answer to those who claimed that the left bank of tlie Rhine should bo an nexed to France. River of Blood, There was a strong party In France Which urged M. Clenicneean to do- : manrl that the Rhine should he treat ed as the natural frontier of their country and that advantage should be taken of ihe overwhelming defeat of (iermany to extend the boundaries of France to that fateful river. For un known centuries, it has been fougut OV'i .ir.o act ,,*?•—;> -. .liiible liter of blood. If French chauvinism had its way this time, the Rhine would, with- ' in a generation, once more overflow its banks and devastate France. The most moderate and insidious form this demand took was a proposal that the German provinces on the left bank of the Rhine should remain in French occupation until the treaty had been fulfilled. That meant forever. The rep- rations, alone—ilfully handled by the Quni d Orsay—would preclude the possibility of ever witnes sing fulfillment "f the treaty. The ar gument by which they supported their claim was the defenselessness of the French frontier without some natural harrier. France had been twice In vaded atnl overrun within living mem ory by tier formidable neighbors. The German military power was now crushed and provinces of the German empire had been restored to France and Poland, but the population of Germany was still ,10 per c nt greater than that of France and it was grow ing at an alarming rate, while the French population was at a standstill. German towns and villages were choked with sturdy children. Nourished on Vengeance. Tou cannot talk long to a French man without realizing how this spec ter of German childhood haunts France and intimidates her judgement. Tlieso children, it Is said, are nour (Turn to Pago Nine. Column One.) Man Burned at Stake. Ferry. Fla.. Dec. ‘J.—Charlie Wright, accused of the murder of Miss Ruby Hendry, young school teacher, was taken from the sheriff and burned at the stake at the scene of the crime early last night by a mob estimated at several thousand men. WHERE TO FIND THE BIG FEATURES OF THE SUN DA Y REE PART ONE. Editorial < onmieut— Page 3. PART TWO Sporting New* and Features Pages l and 3. Radio New*— page 3. Of E*pe<-lnl Interest to Motorists— Page I. "Paris Itoiiievards Offer llappv Hour to Stroller*," b> Frederick K. Abbott— Page 5. Markets and Financial Neu*— Page H. Want Ads— Pages 9 and 10. *If This |« Paris, filie Mi* Ne braska.” sn>* Former Omaha Pas tor. \\ ho Is Touring Europe— Page I?. PART THREE. Sneiety and New* for Women— Page* 1 to rt. Shopping Willi Poll}— Page 6. Music Neu*— Page 1. Vniusement*— Page* T. H and 9. "The Married Elfe of Helen and Warren'*— Page 10. “\ hr rant Thought* on Omlng in Neu York.” by O. O. M*lnt>re— Page 10. MAGAZINE SECTION. "Introducing Mis* (Inner;" Hlnc Ribbon Nliort Storj by Oucn OlHer— Page I. "The Room on the Roof.” by \\ ill Pajne— Page 3. Happy I* ml— Page 4. The Teenle Weenie*— page JY t utouts for the Kiddie*— Page * KOTOGKWVKE SECTION. t ommunity (•iris’ Walking ( Ini*— Puge |. I>«*«cmher Uraduatn of Teyludral High— * I’age 2. High Points Made by Llovd George "There are men in (iermany who preach revenge. They must lie told (hat a war of revenge will find the same allies side hy side indicting punishment on the peace breakers." "There are men in France who counsel nunevation of territory popu lated by another rare. They must In warned that such a step will alien ate the sympathies of Itrilain and \morica and that when the inevitable war of liberation conies tlie sympa thies of \meriea and Itrilain will he openly ranged on the side of those who are fighting for national free dom." "Tlie time lias mint for saying llicso things and if they are not said in high plates, humanity will one day call those who occupy high places to a reckoning.” “( Icmciiseail ought to have made Ilfs complaint in Paris against men of his own race and not in New York against Englishmen.” "Tlie part (guarantee to France hacked hy F.nglalid) lies for tlie mo ment in tlie waste paper basket. ISut we never dung it there.” " Vt t.eiioa there was passionate sincerity of desire for peace, hut the European nations could not help see ing that one of tlie great powers was working for a failure.” " VI so. Satan is not through with Europe." "Tlie offer of a pact guaranteeing France against tieriiian aggression oils definitely renewed at Cannes and M. Poincare lias not accepted it. I have my own opinion as to why lie has not done so. If France accepts llritain's guarantee of defense of her frontier every excuse for annexing tlie left hank of tlie Itliine disap pears. If the French ministers have made up their minds that they will not withdraw from the Rhine, then a new chapter o|m'I1s in tlie history of Europe and tlie world, with a cli max of horror such as mankind lias never yet witnessed.” "Is il too much to ask that \rner ica should in time lake an effective interest in the development along the Rhine? To that extent I am ill com plete accord with M. Clemcnreail. It is a far cry from tlie Rhine to (lie Mississippi, hut not so far as il used to be. There are now graves not far from the Rhine wherein lies the dust of men who less than six years ago enntem from tlie hanks of the Mis sissippi." Poincare Declared Ready to Consent to Moratorium Reported to Have Told Allied Premiers in Condon France Will Grant Germany 2 Years. Loudon, Dec. 9.—(By A. P.)—Pre mier Po'ncare towards the close of the first session of the conference of llicd premiers here today is under stood to have said that France would consent to a moratorium of two years for Germany if certain economic guar antees accompanied it, London, Dec. 9.—(By A. PA—The j conference of allied premiers held a two-hour session this morning, ad-, journing for luncheon shortly before 2 p. ni. The heads of all four dele gations—British, French, Italian and Belgian—addressed the gathering, Pre mier Poincare of France holding the floor the longest. No Definite Proposals. While Premier Poincare was re ported not to have reached the point of definite proposals, lie declared the reparation question had arrived at n stage where something radical must lie done. He came prepared, he said, to discuss what action should lie tak en, France’s great interests, lie in sisted. must ho recognised. Those present besides the premiers were the finance ministers of Great Britain, France and Belgium, Count 1 de Saint Atilnire, the French nmbns sudor; Foreign Minister Jaspar of Belgium and tDo Italian members of tho reparations commission. Appears Perturbed. M. Poincare appeared perturbed when he left his hotel for the con ference, having just made a denial of a charge that France intends to an nex the Rhine region. Ho was in good spirits, however, when he re turned, from which the French at taches drew the inference that the conference was going well. Karl Borgmann, the German finan cial expert, has arrived in London. These guarantees briefly were the! economic control of the Rhineland and I artial occupation of the Ruhr district with about one division of troops to collect the customs for the full output, it is understood M. Poincare pointed out to tile other premiers that these guarantees were in no way to be re garded as military action against Ger many, but simply ns temporary eco- | mimic measures to insure carrying out the necessary financial reforms during the life of the moratorium. Famous Players Goinpanv to Drop Mary Miles Minter Yew York, Dec. 9-—The Famous Playevs-Lasky corporation announced today that the contract held by Mary Miles Minter, one ef its most prom inent screen stars, would not be re newed after she finished a picture upon which she is engaged. No reason was given. Old Mother Moore Went to the store, Her children some presents to buy; But she went too late. She’d forgotten the date, And on Xmas her children will cry. Handed Down From Stage Coach Days __ -. .. — Wintry Weather Hard oil Children of Poor in Omaha Employes of TlneC Large. Companies Raise Purses to Shoe Cold Little Feet. Employe of three important com panies made up purses to put shoes i n the cold Jitie feet of small boys and trills In the most desolate homes of Omaha. With the contribution from the workers In the Kirschbraun & Sons plant came this appropriate verse: "From worn little vliocs creeping down the bljC street Peeped l.loe little toe* nnd very cold feet. They hcliiiiKC<| to it liomclcen mol loingry Ihvl. Whose mother wu* dead and so was hie dad." Employes of three yards of the Up dike Lumber and Cony company sent in s-17.50. The present bitter, cold and damp weather is particularly hard on the children of tlie very poor where scarce ly enough food can he obtained to say nothing of shoes. Many mothers toil through the night, scrubbing in office buildings or doing other work in the heroic fight to feed and shelter their little ones. Some are even worse off, as this one: "Wo are four little children and we live in u two-room house. I am the oldest. I am 8. My papa died a year ago and mama works hard all day. Sometimes she rrles, 1 guess because it's so cold.” Every ceht contributed goes to buy shoes lor such children. Each case Is Investigat'd without cost to the fund. Not a cent contributed goes for any sort of “expense ' Ail goes 10 buy shoes. Previously reported $1,081.3(1 Catherine >1. Coleman, tireeimoml, Neh. 2.50 William Nigh, I remont Neh . .. 1.00 K. \. (ox, Dencva. Neh. .... I.oo F F. It. . In. 00 J. \V. ( res*.. South Omaha ..... 2.00 Mrs. Carl Ntratvn 2.00 Deorge Filialt. (•onion, Neh. /.(Ml l.over of Children 5.00 Fmploye* of Klrsc librann A Sons 10.05 Marie Swart* /.(Ml \ Friend, Orleans, Neh. . . I.oo c. 1 Itct* kc ft. (Ml It. 1. . Vilen, Neb. * 5.00 Sodal "civ ice (lass. Presbyterian ( hurdi, Lexington. Noli. lo.(M) \ Friend of Children ., 2.(10 Swan Nelson, Oakland. Nel*. 3.00 Vron Ilcdllind. ( eresro. Nil*. t .00 Krnploy «*s of Iteaeon I’ress .... 7.50 T. N . Seward, Neh. 3.(10 (>• . 1.00 John II Oath .... 5.00 Mabel IliOinger. < lark, Neh. 1.00 I, . It. Norris. loglesltle, Neh. 5.00 I M llnot iiany, Wotnot, Nel*. 5.00 -1. I . M. 1.00 Mr*. Frank llansen, I elding, Neh. 2.(10 Amo- Hartlett. Kaverina. Nel*. 5.00 \ I rientl. Stroinbcrg. N'eli, 2.00 < «"*»i 5,00 (.. M. Mmlnnd. (•<»( hciibtirg. Nil*. 3.00 Omaha Hot ."scoot*. Troop 57 2.00 Deorge N . .laid 1.30 Miilick employe*, Dennison. In. 4 30 \ friend. I.vclcr. Neh. 5.00 Fmployc* of t ptlike Lumber A ( OH I < a. 45.50 HtTfii* •• Connell, I'uirloiry, Neh. I.oo Mrs. V V. Oat is. Fniersoii, Neh. .MMI Alwin Lent/, Oesliler. Neh. i.oo II. II. Neely 10.00 The Drain 'let*. Hastings, Neb, 12.25 Albert 1'. Durdncr. Orleans, Neh. 3.00 Mary Vim Item-diet, Stroinshurg, Nel>. 1.50 \ Friend of Djrls and Hoys, Htirr Neb. . . 1.00 1 Jefferson Ladies’ \id, Lyons, Neh. 10.00 Mrs. Fvu 1l. Shearer 3.00 ( rant Stocker. Stanton. Nel*. .. ft.(Ml Miss II. Kemichek. . . . .... 3.00 Vlr-. T. I.. Stevens 10.00 Mr*. D. W. Mead. Prescott. In. l.(Mi ' i :n.ft .86 Tf you fed you can help put a pair of warm shoes on a pair t*f cold, little feet, send your money, addressed to j Free Shoe Fund, The Omaha He*-. Omaha.” Checks may be made out the sauie way. I_ Day’s Activities j in Washington The annual treasury appropriation carrying *115,000,000 was passed by the house. Secretary A Valin rr ^aol lie would give the government's opinion on the proposed Armour-Morris packer mer ger early next week. The administration shipping lull was reported to the senate by its commerce committee to he called up for consideration Monday. Two additional farm bills were in traduced in the senate and house bv .Senator Norbeek, republican, South Dakota, and K,preventative Strong, republican, Kansas. Some Improvement In the general agricultural situation of the nation was noted in the Department of Agri culture's monthly report. House judiciary committee sub poenaed former Attorney General AViekersh.ini and Samuel (tampers to appear at the Daugherty Impeach Trent hearings. Chairman Holt of the senate ini migration committee said it was un likely general immigration legislation recommended by President Harding in Friday's message would he attempted at present. Ford Says Big Stock Dividends Necessity Boston, Dec. 0.—Henry Ford, visit ing New Kngland to decide on the site for an export terminal for the Ford Motor company, said that he considered the present wave of stork dividend declarations by Dig corpora tions a business necessity, but added that, his company would make no such distribution this year. "AVe are expanding steadily," he said. “AA’e have a $30,000,000 program of im provements to lie completed within a year. AVe won't declare any stock dividend, only the regular cash divi dends. and we will spend them in the same way that we have in the past: tha is. on extensions and improve ments." Snu\v iii Cascade Mountains Stalls Passenger Trains Siiittlo, AVash., Dee. 9—Heavy snowfall in the Cascade mountains resulted in the blockading today to highways west of Kllsburg and de laying two transcontinental trains. The eastbound train No. 2 of the Cl rent Northern was delayed at I.u mola and the eastbound Chicago. Milwnugeo & St. Paul railway's Olym pian was reported several hours late. A Northern Pacific freight train was stalled ai a tunnel entrance In iho mountains. Thirty-two inches of snow fell in the Cascades in 12 hours, ending at noon. Six feet of snow was on the ground at Rockdale and four feet at Kuston. Cost of Harvard University Over Six Million Yearly Cambridge, Mass , Dec. 9— It costs more than $6,090,000 a year to run Harvard university. The annual state ment of the treasurer, Charles C. Frances Adams, made public today, shows that the total expenditure leached the sum of $6,040,971, Involv ing an operating deficit of $77,536 for the year ending June 30. The deficit, however, was unieh smaller than that of the preceding year, when the uni versity ran behind over $338,000. Arthur C. Burch Reported Sane; Given Freedom (.'(xlt'lVii.Jant With Madalymie Obenchain for Murder of J. Belton Kennedy Declared Sound of Mind. 1 ,US Angelos, Dee. 9.—Arthur O. Burch, formerly of Evanston, 111., had his freedom tonight after stand ing trial three times for murder and mice for insanity. The juries on the murder charge all disagreed and the alienists at the insanity hearing did likewise, but the weight of expressed belief of the latter was that Burch was sane, or harmless If Insane, so his frectjom was restored to 1dm. Burch said he did not know what he Would do. The action completed a long chap ter of trials all based on the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, a young broker, who was shot down on the steps of his summer cottage in Beverly Glen, 17 months ago. Burch and Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain wore indicted for the crime. Burch was tried three times to disagreements. .Mrs. Oben chain was tried twice, both juries also disagreeing. Mrs, Obenchain was recently freed when the district attorney dismissed the murder indictment. Burch was held for an insanity hearing on the pteition of his attorney, Paul \V. Sehenck. Mr. Sohenek and the Rev. W. A. Burch, father of Arthur, both testified today they believed he was insane and gave instances of what they said were unusual conduct. The alienists who examined him divided on his sanity and Judge Bertram A. W’eyl, presid ing, held that the question seemed to resolve itself in Burch's favor and di rected that he be freed. State Case Against White Is Dismissed Emporia. Ivan.. Dec. 9—The state’s rase against William Allen White. Emporia editor, charged with violat ing the industrial court law liy plac ing a placard in the window of his newspaper office, was dismissed nt I this afternoon In district court, Judge W C, Harris presiding. Mr. White appeared at the court with his attorney. Double Compartment Mail Boxes Declared Success Washington. Dec. 9.—Records kept k.y the Rostofllce department during the past two weeks on "double com partment’’ boxes in this city Indicate the probability, it was announced to day, that similar boxes soon will be placed in nil the larger cities of the country. The boxes have two slots, one for local mail and one for out cf-town mail. Only H per cent of the mail taken from the experimental 1loves were found In the wrong com partment. The Weather Forecast. Sunday, probably light snow; some what warmer. Hourly Temperatures. X s. in .... IX ; 1 p, tit Ji) r* »• •» .IS 2 p. m.20 7 s. m . IX 3 p. in.21 X a. in . ... .14 » p. ni 21 ■* h. in ....... ,ir» X p. ni .20 to a. in ..10 0 p. m..20 II n. m ..17 1 I), ni in 1* l«n>i _IS I v .. Ten States Want Lower Grain Rates Reduction on Farm Products Demanded of I. ('. C. in intieipatiou of Federal Railroad Legislalion. Farm Bloc for 1918 Rates Washington, Dec. 9.—(Special Tel* gram.)—Anticipating possible congros sional railroad legislation and taking President Harding at his word, 1«' western states swooped down upon I the Interstate Commerce commission | today demanding reduction in rates on farm products Headed by the Kansas utilities commission, then** i states nr*' demanding a reduction on rates on grain, grain products and hay. approximating 3a per cent. It is ' estimated this reduction will cut ! off about $38,000,000 of annual rove j line from the railroads, which now , claim they are earning only about ! half of the t» per cent th* y are en* j titled to earn in their tentative vain* ! at ion. Hearings on the rate reductions de manded will eormnenco next Monday. The states interested constitute th© : middlowentern group, including Kan ; sas, Nebraska. Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Missouri, Colo rado, Wyoming and North Dakota. 1 The fight is In charge of a committee made up of Clyde Reed, chairman, Kansas utilities commission, Thorne Browne. Nebraska; Dwight I j. Lewis. ; Iowa: L\ K. Putnam, Minnesota, and ! J J. Murphy, South Dakota. Want liMH Kates. Tlic western group ins.sis the tales must come down to the 1918 level, and r'all President 1 hit dings addres* to congress In support of thotr con leutloti. Farm senators uml repre sentatives unite in supporting the de mand, claiming the high freight rates nii responsible in large putt for the disastrous conditions that affect agri culture. While the western utility groups are Inaugurating their drive for further rate reductions. Represents tivo Sweet and Senator Capper are endeavoring to secure Immediate con sideration of their respective bills re pealing section 15-A of the Ksob-Cula mina law which includes the soealled guarantee on earnings and deprives the state commissions of their right to control intrastate rates. Republican leaders surveyed the Situation and frankly admitted tho prospect for railroad Ieg.sijUcn Is run good. The T/a Follette group is plat, ping an immediate drive for repeal of tho entire Ksch-Cummlns act and the group represented by Senates Cummins will fight it on the grourd as Senator Cummins expresses it ' that the alternative is government ownership.1' Differ on Method. While President Harding recorn mended. In tho main, the amendment* which Senator Cummins lias in mind to proposp. tho president and the chairman of the I. C. C. differ on the method of putting teeth into the labor clause. President Harding recommends placing upon the Interstate Commerce commission the responsibility for fix ing both wages and raes. Senator Cummins adheres to tho view of es tablishing a "Hoard of Transporta tion,” which shall have jurisdiction over wages, acting on appeals to bo brought up from regional boards which shall pass on local and regional differences. Senator Cummins Is not hopi ful of securing legislative action on the law at this session, but ae knowledges frankly the chances of action will l.e even less favorable at the bands of the newly elected con gress. lb* lias not given lip his in tention of introducing an administra tion bill which will cover the sugges tions mud" by the president, but will probably delay tho bill pending fur ther conference with the president on the subject of abolishing the railway labor board. Seek Extra Session. The canvass of the senate made today developed the La Follette group, including Senator Cummins' now colleague. S' nntor Rrookhnrt, will utilize the railroad question to ac centuate tho name already existing in the hope of forcing President Hard ing to call, tut extra session after March -i Tho investigation of sentiment by the leaders showed that while the ad ministration forces want to confine legislation to amendment of the pres ent act, the La Follette group pro poses to wreck it completely. Senator Brook hart Is already pre paring legislation aimed at the tenta tive valuation of the roads fixed by the Interstate Commerce commission, claiming that the valuation approxi mates $7,900,000,000 wortli of watered stock. ^ allace to Announce Stand on Packing Merger Monday "Washington, Dec. 9.—The federal government's attitude toward the pro posed merger of the Chicago packing firms of Armour and Morris probably will he made known early next week Secretary Wallace of the Agricul tural department, to whom J. Ogden Armour submitted a query on the sub ject, had hoped to announce a decision today, but It was said at his offlre that he still was awaiting formal opin ion from Attorney General Daugherty on legal aspects of the case. The at torney general's opinion was under stood to he virtually complete Hnd there wa>re Indications that Mr. Wal lace would reply to Mr. Armour on Monday. Six Injured !>y Explosion. New York, Dee. 9.—frdx m«n were injured, two probably fatally, when the boilers in the steamship Frltzoe. in drydoctc in Brooklyn, blew up thU ail irnnn»