Story of Flood
Based on Tradition
Declares Pastor
Dr. Frank Smith Speaks on
Buckner Controversy and
Biblical Truths in
Sunday Sermon.
"The story of the flood Is a prehis
toric legend." declared Dr. Frank
Smith, speaking to his congregation
st the First Congregational church
yesterday morning on "The Buckner
Controversy and Its Relation to the
Trustworthiness of the Bible.”
Rev. 3. D. M. Buckner, since his
retirement by the Methodist confer
ence, has atracted attention through
out the country because of views
which did not meet approval of those
in authority in the Methodist church.
"Rev. Mr. Buckner, in a recent state
ment, wrote that his critics have
dodged the Issue and have not an
swered the questions he raised,” said
Dr. Smith. "I have not seen a con
structive explanation of Mr. Buck
ner's attitude of mind and thought.
One of the questions he asked w-as
'Do you believe in the story of the
flood?' I will reply to that by first
stating that the Bible Is the world's
greatest and best story of the entrance
of Ood into human life and human
experience. I will add that no new
moral or spiritual truth has been given
to the world since Christ was here
nearly 2,000 years ago.
Has Great Truths.
"My heart responds to the great
verities of this book—to the great
abiding truths that find their echo in
the hearts of men. Now, I am asked
if I believe the story of the flood. If
you ask me whether I believe In the
story as a literal narrative of an inci
dent which occurred centuries ago,
I will answer ‘No.’ I doubt whether
25 per cent of this congregation have
even read the story of the flood dur
ing the last 10 years.
"Tou know that It is not true lo
say that a man built a large ship and
took therein all kinds of animals and
birds. This story of the flood is a pre
historic legend, and we know that a
legend Is a narrative, usually inter
esting and based on tradition and un
consciously embodying popular belief.
The story of George Washington and
the hatchet probably is a legend and
no doubt there are stories today of
I.lncoln, not based alto^i (her on facts.
There was probably some foundation
for the Bible story of the flood. There
was a flood Jnd some prehistoric man
made provls'on against such a dis
aster. He pi .hably placed in his craft
such animals and birds that he own
ed and when the flood spread all about
him, he thought the whole earth was
covered.
Came From Tradition.
"Let us remember that the five
great stories which we find in the
first IX chapters of the Bible came
out of the traditional past. It was an
endeavor of a primitive people to
state an abstract truth in a concrete
form. The flood is a great prehis
toric legend which the Hebrew peo
ple Mm pro vert upon. But what a small
thing a flood Is compared 10 the great
wealth of truth we find In the Bible,
which offers permanent and rpirituH!
value to the people of the earth. Its
inspiration rests on the influence of
the personality of Jehovah on hu
manity. This Inspiration does not
mean that Jehovah sut down, as I
would with my stenographer, and dic
tated, but It means that Jehovah im
pressed His spiritual and moral in
fluence on the minds and hearts of
men centuries ago. The Bible is
authoritative and holds power over
my soul; it grips the human heart
with its great and enduring moral
truths.
"Itev. Mr. Bucknell has asked his
critics whether they believe that
Christ came to earth to manifest the
life of the Father. I believe that
Christ did come to earth to reveal the
life of the Father and to soften the
hearts of humanity. Man does not
become a fine character until he hears
the music of God's voice. God is con
cerned about making men good here
and now, so that they may enter
heaven. There is no creed or cere
monial of admittance to heaven un
less a man has the key in his own
heart. I say that God does reveal
himself here and now.”
Did God Want Slaying*
Rev. Mr. Buckner has asked: "Do
you believe that God commanded the
soldiers of Israel to slay; that he com
manded that those who worshiped
other gods should be slain?”
'You can't say, ‘Thus Haith the
Lord.’ to every act that Moses did
or for every act of the children of
Israel,” said Dr. Smith. ”1 don't be
lieve that God told Germany to slay
the Belgians. I don't believe that
God sets his seal of approval on war
and I am not a pacifist.
“And again I say. that the Bible
is the world's best and greatest story
of the entrance of God into human
life and human experience.”
Prohibition Agent Shot
in Battle With Moonshiners
Mount Sterling. Ky., Deo. 10.—Rob
ert E. Duff, federal prohibition agent,
was shot from ambush in a battle
with alleged moonshiners in the hills
of Menifee county.
Prohibition agents from various sec
tlons of the state were being assem
bled here to Join a posse which was
being formed to go to the scene of the
battle
A telegram was sent by United
States Commissioner W. H. Wood to
the secretary of war asking that the
commanding officer at Fort Thomas
be Instructed to hold troops In readi
ness to entrain for the scene of the
battle.
Former Milligan Banker
““^Pleads Guilty in U. S. Court
Lincoln. Dec. 10.—Louis Larson.
Henry Carnes and Thomas Skaggs
were sentenced by United States Dis
trict Judge Thomas C. Munger to
serve respectively five, two, and •
year and a day in the federal peniten
tiary at Leavenworth, Kan. Larson
was convicted of automobile stealing
and Carnes and Skaggs pleaded guilty
to Indictments charging illegal pos
session of narcotics.
Adolph Kotas, former banker of the
town of Milligan, pleaded guilty to
tbs charge of converting liberty bonds
by means of forged endorsements.
His sentence was deferred.
Activities of Insurgent Bloc
Portrayed in Song and Verse
Efforts of Radicals in Congress to Gain Control of
Government Chief Theme at Gridiron Dinner—
Guests Met by Fascisti—President Harding
Interested Watcher and Listener.
Omaha Be© Lcasd Wire.
Washington. Dec. 10.—The radical
bloc in congress and its efforts to
gain control of the government formed
the chief theme of burlesque at the
Gridiron dinner. The dinner fol
lowed the annual election of the
club, at which Arthur Sears Henning.
Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune, was elected presi
dent. President Harding, who headed
the list of distinguished guests, was
an interested watcher and listener as
the activities of the insurgents were
portrayed in song and verse.
As the guests entered the hall they
noted pickets attired in the black
shirts and hats of fascistl. One of
the picket banners bore the legend'
"Mr. President, are you with us or
against us?"
"The hour has come.”
President Hornaday of the club had
scarcely rapped for order when a mob
of fascist! rushed into the hall in vio
lent protest against this rule by
"lame duckH.” A new president had
been elected by the club a few hours
earlier and the occasion was taken to
burlesque the radical program on the
Capitol hill to wipe out "lame duck”
congresses.
Witches Brew Broth.
The third party skit was the chief
feature, written as presumably
Shakespeare or Bucon would have
written a one-act characterization of
the radical bloc's drive. The scene
opened with the three witches brew
ing a "new party broth” in a caul
dron. The witches were Borah, La
Follette and Hiram Johnson.
The music was an enlivening fea
ture of the dinner. There was a par
ody on a well known song entitled,
"Sailing, Palling, Over the Three Mile
Line,” which described the troubles of
the rum ships, while "Listen to the
Mocking Bird” was paraphrased into
a story of the democratic victories in
the -last election with the refrain,
‘Moisten to the McAdoo."
The names of other possible presi
dential candidates were in like man
ner attached to the several verses.
The musical skit was entitled “The
Gridiron Follies of 1922,” with the so
loists and chorus attired in harlequin
suits of various colors.
“I thought the follies was largely a
leg show," remarked one of the sing
ers, when the title had been an
nounced. "Sure enough," was the re
sponse. "Produce the leg.” There
upon a wooden leg, encased in a big
boot, was hoisted on a tall pole in the
background and the performance
proceeded.
Notables Attend.
The gathering was remarkable for
its personnel, including President
Harding, Vico President Coolidge,
every member of the cabinet, the Brit
ish and French ambassadors, Associ
ate Justice Sutherland of the United
States supreme court, Daniel Willard,
president of the Baltimore & Ohio; C.
H, Markham, president of the Illinois
Central railroad; K. A. S. Franklin,
president of the International Mercan
tile Marine company, besides a score
of senators and senators-elect, includ
ing Edwards of New Jersey, Couzens
of Michigan, Representative Volstead
of Minnesota, prominent newspaper
owners and editors and distinguished
then from all sections of the country.
Speeches were mnde by President
Harding, Justice Sutherland, former
Vice President Marshall, Senator
Borah, Rev. James E. Freeman, rec
tor of the Epiphany church, Wash
ington, and "Uncle Joe" Cannon. This
will lie the last public entertainment
in the national capital at which the
venerable ex-speaker of the house
will appear. He was presented with a
bronze gridiron as a memento of the
occasion
Suburban Police
Stations in Omaha
Urged by Clubs
Police Must Be Equipped as
Well as Criminals to Cope
With Them, Expo
nents Say.
Practically every civic and improve
ment organization in Omaha is unani
mously in favor of the proposed plan
for the establishment of suburban po
lice stations and motoreycle patrol
service. This question has been dis
cussed in a large number of meetings ■
of the various organizations.
Police Commissioner Dunn is a j
strong advocate of this new system
of police protection, pointing out the
fact that practically every criminal
operating in the city, outside of the
business district, does so with the aid
of automobiles or trucks.
Lorenz Petersen, grocer, Thirty
sixth and Ames avenue, ut a meeting
of the Monmouth Park Improvement
club, stated had this system been in
effect his store would not have been
robbed. At 2 In the morning a large
truck backed up to his front door,
every light in the store was turned on
and the thieves took their time (about
three-quarters of an hour) in helping
themselves to the best of his stock.
Numerous instances like this have
been quoted in meetings showing that
if Omaha is to have the protection it
should have, the police must be j
equipped equally as well as the crlm- j
inals.
Petitions are being circulated by the
various civic and Improvement organ
izations and thousands of signatures
will be presented to the city commis
sioners at a meeting some time this
month.
Organizations that have endorsed
the plan are: Rotary club. Triangle :
club, Kiwanis club, Continental club.
Lions club, Omnha Chamber of Com- j
merce. Business and Professional
Woman's division, Omaha Real Estate
board. West Leavenworth Improve
ment club. Monmouth Park Improve
ment club, Field club. North Omaha
Activities association, Fontenelle Im
provement club, Kenwood Fairfnx Im
provement club, Southeast Improve
ment club, Omnha Manufacturers' As
sociation.
Moving picture houses are co-oper
ating in the movement by running
films this week, including a map of
the policed districts and showing that
from 85 to 90 per cent of the city is
not policed, except by an occasional
motorcycle officer.
The city commissioners’ budget for
expenses will be determined about
January 1. when members of these
clubs hope to see the necessary funds
to put this system into effect appro
priated.
Hunt No Longer, Diogenes;
Here Is an Honest Woman
Oh, Mr. Diogenes, hurry with your
lantern; here is—not an honest man—
but an honest woman.
Agnes Miller, 4526 Decautr street,
picked up her groceries in her usual
manner and placed them in her bas
ket at the Piggly-Wiggly store, 4327
Decatur street Saturday. When she
arrived home she discovered that she
also had a sack of money. In the
sack was J250. It had been left on the
counter by the cashier of the store.
She caJled the manager of the store,
i She was given a sack of flour as a
j reward.
Double Compartment Mail
Boxes Declared Success
Washington, Dec. 10.—Records kept
by the Postofflce department during
the past two weeks on "double com
partment” boxes in this city indicate
the probability, it was announced,
that similar boxes soon will be
placed In all the larger cities of the
country. The boxes have two slots,
one for local mall and one for out
of-town mall. Only 6 per cent of the
mail taken from the experimental
boyes were found in the wrong com
partment.
Nebraska Brief
on Language Law
Is Completed
Attorney General Davis Makes
Public Principal Points
in State’s Contention
on Law.
Lincoln, Dec. 10.—A brief in su
preme court of the Nebraska lan
guage law lias been prepared at the
office of Attorney General Davis, it
was announced, for submission
to the United States supreme
court at Washington, December 18,
without oral argument. It is sup
posed here the Nebraska law will be
considered at the same time as that
of the laws of Ohio and Iowa. The
Nebraska law stands suspended as
a result of the writ of error issued
by the supreme court of Nebraska.
In the brief made public today the
attorney general's office makes the
following points:
The Nebraska foreign language
slatute was a legitimate exercise of
the police powers of the state.
The Nebraska statute does not cur
tail constitutional guarantee of re
ligious liberty.
Tho Nebraska statute is neither un
reasonable nor arbitrary classifica
tion.
The Nebraska statute does not
violate the constitutional guarantee
of personal ilnerty or private prop
erty.
The state has the right to regulate
courses of study in schools.
Tip From Woman Leads
to Arrest for Murder
Buy City, Mich., Dec. 10.—Arraign
ment of Harold H. Mendell. 42,
charged with slaying his closest
friend, Rollin Morgan, 35, whose body
was recovered from the Kawkawlln
river August 9, was postponed until
Monday. Mendell is being held in
communicado at the county jail.
An admonition to investigate Mor
gan's death, received at the sheriff's
office from an unidentified woman, led
to the charge against Mendell, ac
cording to Sheriff Theodore Trudell.
Tho sheriff said the woman called
while he was absent and told Mrs.
Trudell Morgan's death might not
have been accidental.
Morgan was father of three chil
dren, the eldest 7 years old.
Cost of Harvard University
Over Six Million Yearly
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 10 —It costs
more than $6,000,000 a year to run
Harvard university. The annual state
ment of the treasurer. Charles C.
Frances Adams, shows that the total
expenditure reached the sum of
$6,045,071. involving an operating def
icit of $77,536 for the year ending
June 30. The deficit, however was
much smaller than that of the preced
ing year, when the university ran be
hind over $338,000.
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Spook on Ocean-Going
Steamer Turns Out to Be
Stowaway With Piccolo
Hoboken, N. J., Dec. 10.—A weird
piping coming from a coal Diinker on
| the transatlantic liner America shock
' ed Otto Schmidt, a coal passer, to
| death, so his fellow stokers Insisted,
: when the liner arrived from Bremen
i today. The ship’s doctor, however,
said it was heart disease.
In any event, the stockers were full
of the story of the haunted ship. They
said the "tweet-tweet" kept coming
from the bunkers and they all got so
frightened they appealed to the cap
: tain for action. He investigated and
as a result a stowaway, who had
aspirations to play on the piccolo in
the opera orchestra here, was brought
| to the deck. His ambition was so
! great, he said, he couldn't lesist the
j temptation to practice.
* He's going back.
Governor-Elect
Invites World
to Inauguration
Call for Enough Provender to
Feed 2,000 People Two
Days Broadcast Over
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City. Dec. 10.—A call for
enough provender to serve 200.000 per
sons two days lias gone out over Ok
lahoma.
Governor-elect J. C. Walton, demo
crat, has invited the world at large
to his inaugural party, January 10
and 11, at the state fair grounds here.
He said he expects his guests to
come by ox trains, airplanes, motor
cars, special railroad trains, riding
the rods and cushions, afoot, horse
back and by nil other methods of
travel.
He will serve them barbecue and
give a square dance on the complete
ly floored-in circle of a half-mile race
track.
Dan V. Lackey, prizefight promoter,
is chairman of the committee of 300
members arranging the festivities.
List of Supplies.
Here is a tentative list of supplies
for the barbecue, prepared by Lackey:
Five hundred beef cattle, 200 hogs,
200 sheep, 5,000^ chickens, 1,000 tur
keys, 3,000 rabbits, 1,000 squirrels,
200 opossums, 500 ducks and geese,
10 buffalo, 10 bears, 10 deer, 10 an
telope, 5 tons of coffee, 5 tons of salt,
5 tons of sugar, 1,000 pounds of pep
per 250 bushels of onions; 100,000
loaves of bread; 100,000 buns, 15 car
loads of firewood and 3 carloads of
pineknots for kindling.
Here might be included, also, as
listed by Lackey, 3,000 persons :o
serve the multitude, ami 500 expert
butchers, sheers and harbecuers.
The new governor is to take his
office on a stand erected In the race
track paddock. The two houses of
the state legislature will convene in
joint session on the stand and swear
into office thee hief justico of the su
preme court who will then administer
the oath to the chief executive. This
is to take place January 9. The two
day celebration will follow.
I’arade to Start Fun.
The new governor will ride a $5,
000 saddle horse, seated on a $10,000
saddle, in a parade which will start
the festivities. The horse has been
promised, according to Lackey, by
Col. Zach Mulhall of Mulhall, Okl.,
and the diafnond and ruby studded
gold-mounted saddle by Col. George
Miller of the 101 ranch. Both are
members of the central barbecue com
mittee, as is also “Pawnee Bill,”
showman and rancher.
Word has gone to democratic head
quarters in every county of the state
to enlist all the old-fashioned fiddlers
who know how to play "Turkey in the
Straw.” Other oldtlmers who spe
cialized in calling the figures for
dances are being sought.
Adjt. Gen. C. F. Barrett has prom
ised that units of the Oklahoma Na
tional guard will police the gather
ing. From National guard and regu
lar army sources in the state, accord
ing to Lackey, It is expected that
enough tents can be gathered to shel
ter the visitors.
Indians to Stage Dances.
Among the especially invited guests
of the new governor at hts inaugural
party will be about 1,000 Indians,
representing all the tribes living In
Oklahoma. Several tribes have prom
ised to stage dances.
Governor-elect Walton was the
nominee of the democratic party. In
his statewide campaign he promised
that if he wero chosen for the office
of chief executive his Inaugural ball
would be no "pink tea party,” for
the "400,” but would be a real old
fashioned outdoor celebration for any
one who cared to be present. The
barbecue will carry out his campaign
promise.
Walton's barbecue, however, will
not be the first inaugural celebration
of Its kind in Oklahoma. C. H. Has
kell, the first governor of the state
who, in 1307, took the oath of office
three hours after the president had
signed the statehood bill, gave such a
celebration at Guthrie, the former
state capital.
Mother and Four Small
Children Die in Fire
Eldorado, Kan., Dec-10.—Mrs. C. C.
Catton and her four small children
were burned to deah at Hav
erhill, 12 miles south of here, accord
ing to a report reaching here. When
Mr. Cotton returned to his home from
a trip to Augusta he found his wife
outside the house dead with her cloth
ing burned from her body. The house
was burning and the cries of the chil
dren could be heard. They were dead
when he fought his way through the
flames and carried them out.
Mississippi Flood Control
Legislation Discussed
Washington Deo. 10.—Legislation
affecting flood control on the Missis
sippi river was discussed here by di
rectors of the Mississippi liver flood
control association, preparatory to the
appearance of spokesmen for the
organization before a house committee
next week. It whs decided to make
the pending Humphries-Wilson bill
the basis for discussion before the
committee.
Aside from the flood control ques
tion, the house committee will take
up navigation on the Mississippi and
the Ohio, with particular reference
to the maintenance of the barge lines
established by the federal government.
This matter will be discussed by rep
resentatives from Pittsburgh and
other mtdwestern cities affected.
Doug and Mary Charter
Vessel to Circle Globe
New York. Dec. 10.—Douglas Fair
hanks and Mary Piekford plan to
circumnavigate the globe in a Jap
anese liner next spring. The trip will
start from San Francisco.
KODAKS
And many other us. ful articles in our
stock will solve the g'.ft problem.
Christmas Greeting Cards and Seals.
The Robert Dempster Co.
Eastman Kodak Co.
1S13 Farnem Street.
Branch 308 South 15th Street.
State Refuses to Prosecute
Editor Under Kansas Law
Action Against William Allen White, Charged With
Expressing Sympathy for Strikers in Railway
Walkout, Dismissed—Judge Says Suit Was
Started Without Investigating Facts.
Emporia, Kan-. Dec. 10.—The state's
case against William Allen While,
Emporia editor, charged with violat
ing the industrial court law by plac
ing a placard in the window of his
newspaper oflice, was dismissed in
district court. Judge W. C. Harris
presiding. Mr. White appeared at the
court with his attorney.
White, in a statement after the
hearing, declared he had been “ku
kluxed” and “by a court that did not
have the 'guts’ to pull out thel1" shirt
tails and give a ku klux parade.”
It. M. Hammer, attorney for White,
asked Judge Harris if he would make
a statement as to whether White had
been done an injustice by the admin
istration's actions.
After reviewing the information
and citing the fact that three times
Mr. White appeared demanding trial
and three times the state refused to
t:y him, asking continuances, Judge
Harris said:
Judge Soys Wrong Done.
"The state has a legal right to a
dismissal of its case, but it is a great
wrong to charge a person with a
criminal offense and humiliate him
by arrest maliciously or without prob
able cause; the lay mind associates
arrest with guilt. The court is forced
to the conclusion in this case by the
conduct of the moving party, that this
case was commenced maliciously or
recklessly ■without investigation of the
facts to ascertain whether a prosecu
tion was Justified and in event the
action was equally reprehensible.
"A defendant in a criminal prosecu
tion is entitled to fair treatment. 1
do not think the defendant In this
case has had it. lie is left in a most
embarrassing position.”
Judge Harris emphasized the wrong
that had been done Mr. White by re
citing rumors which the state's persis
tent refusal to try him had started.
White Disappointed.
"Of course, I am bitterly disap
pointed at the outcome of this case,
Mr. White said in a statement this
evening. "I was arrested during the
late railroad strike for posting in my
window a placard declaring half-way
sympathy with the strike in which 1
did not wholly believe. The governor
had ordered all placards down. I
denied his order In order to test the
case in the court because good lawyers
said it was an illegal order. The test
was brought because I feel that Gov
ernor Allen, in his anxiety to make
the Industrial court function, over
stepped the law in his order forbidding
an outside party to the controversy to
express any temperate opinion about
the controversy and because I sin
cerely feel It was against the good
public policy. The point I raised never
has been decided in the courts. Hero
was a chance to decide it.
“Now, to understand exactly why
the state did not want It decided, a
few facts must be known. First, the
attorney general advised the governor
against making the arrest, directing
that I had not violated the picketing
law, and the attorney general would
not draw up the warrant.
No Law Violated.
“Judge Jliggins, chairman of the in
dustrial court, declared publicly that
1 had violated no law. lie agreed
with the attorney general. But Judge
McDermott of the industrial court felt
that an arrest should be made and is
responsible for the warrant, signed
by a clerk In the governor's office.
“The warrant alleged two things
for which there was not the slightest
evidence and that is why Judge Mc
Dermott is afraid to have it tried.
The two things were a charge of con
spiracy with three men I never saw
or heard of and a charge that I had
stopped Santa Fe trains, which is silly.
Now. the reason those two tricky
charges were made wras to prevent me
from going immediately In the su
premo court and demanding relief on
a habeas corpus. This I could have
done if the warrant had been drawn
merely alleging the fact in the case.
"I begged the governor to amend the
warrant in accordance with the undis
puted facts, so that he could get the
supreme court to decide the funda
mental question at issue in the su
preme court. I had his assurance be
fore he left for the governors' confer
ence in the east that some way would
be found to get the case into the court.
But Judge McDermott vetoed him. Of
course, as the attorney general's office
did not believe in the case, as it had
been brought against their judgment,
they would not try it. And so we go
into the next labor controversy with
out an important point settled, which
might have been settled.
No Cases Tried.
"Under the promise of the trial, I
asked that the placards come down
and they came down all over the
state. 1 am now denied a trial, and
what is more, the state has not dared
to try anyone else for displaying that
poster, though banks, big stores,
hotels and offices all over Kansas dis
played the objectionable placards.
“It all amounts to this: This indus
trial court law, which I believe was
written to establish law and order in
industrial controversies, will never
stand in the books if under It men
are arrested on tricky warrants that
the state dare not defend in courts.
Prussian methods on tho part of offi
cers of the law on behalf of law with
out warrant of law, are worse than
lawless methods of capital and labor
In their battles. If I was within the
law in contending for the right of
free utterance for the puhlic wholly
outside the controversy, then I should
not have been subject to a shang
haied arrest. If I was wrong, and if
the industrial court law does gag the
public whose interests the law should
protect, then I should have been tried
and put in jail. I was ‘Ku Kluxed'
and by a court that did not have the
guts to pull out their shirttalls and
give a Ku Klux parade.”
Governor Denies Injury.
Minneapolis, Dec. 9.—"It's all non
sense to talk about an injustice i ty
ing been done William Allen White,”
declared Governor H. J. Allen of Kan
sas, here tonight, when informed of
Mr. White’s statement following dis
missal of the case against him at Em
poria.
"Mr. White stated at the time that
he was trying to see how near he
could come to violating the law” con
tinued Governor Allen.
"The whole incident has been a
merry holiday for him and there Is
nothing sadder to see than a merry
man now shedding crocodile tearB in
ar. effort to make the public believe
that he had been martyrized He is
making more fuss than Alexander Ho
wat did when we sent him to jail. The
attitude of public minds has not been
changed toward the industrial court
law."
‘City Beautiful’
to Rise on Site of
Flame-Swept Town
Steps Taken to Prevent ‘Shack
town’ on Ruins of Astoria
—Rain Quenches Dy
ing Embers.
—
Astoria, Ore., Dec. 10.—(By A. P.)—
Halil fell oil the ruins of As
toria's business district, helping fire
men to quench the smouldering re
mains of the blaze which Friday w iped
out the heart of this eentury-old city.
But neither the rain nor the gloomy
aspect quenched the spirit of Astoria's
leading citizens, who vigorously at
tacked the job of rehabilitation.
The vision of a “city beautiful" to
replace the one gone up in smoke was
before the men who gathered to plan
the reconstruction. To avoid the
springing up of a "shacktowm" on
the ashes, they made provision for the
erection of temporary structures out
side the hurned area under permits is
sued by authority of a committee
which took charge of the entire locdl
situation.
An executive committee, composed
of officials and business men, clothed
itself with power to handle not only
relief work and reconstruction prob
lems but to administer municipal af
fairs until such time as orderly condi
tions ure re-established.
The relief work was well In hand to
day and there was no prospect of
physical suffering. To provide meals
for such as could not be accommo
dated In the homes of the city. Na
tional guard forces today began serv
ing meals from two rolling kitchens
in one of the buildings which escaped
the flames.
Insurance adjusters established
headquarters at the courthouse and
sent out notices to all fire sufferers
to send in their claims. No official
estimate of the aggregate loss was
made, hut the general opinion of busi
ness men who were familiar with local
conditions was that the loss would be
between $10,000,000 and $12,000,000.
Sugar Beet Farmers
Will Get $ 1 Bonus
Scottsbluff, Neb., Der. 10.—(Special
Telegram.)—The Great Western Sugar
company has announced that it will
pay sugar beet farmers an additional
$1 per ton, above the $5 minimum, as
a first payment under the sliding
scale contract on December 22. This
means that in the four factory dis
tricts of Scottsbiuff, Gering, Mitchell
and Bayard, the sum of $647,000 will
be paid out.
The company announces that it
does not consider this the final pay
ment by any means and many beet
growers believe that the final bonus,
based upon selling price for sugar,
will amount to about $2 a ton, giving
farmers of this region $1,500,000 in
excess of the $3,500,000 guarantee un
der their contracts. The payment is
expected to materially aid business
conditions in this region.
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MajorPolitical
Parties Assailed by
New York Mayor
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British Misrepresentations and
Wall Street Greed Blamed
for Entry Into War—
Praises Hearst.
Chicago, Dec. 10.—(By A. P.)—Mayor
John F. Hylan of New York, brought
his attack on tho existing political
anil economic order to the mlddlewest
in a speech before the Cook County
Ileal Estate board.
He assailed both the republican and
democratic parties, tho “powers of
greed and corruption" in Wall street,
denounced the Ku Klux Klun and all
other organizations which, ho said,
seek to divide the electorate on racial
or religious lines, blamed our entry
into the war on British niisrepresenta
tions and Wall street greed, scored
the tar.If law and paid a warm tribute
to William Randolph Hearst.
The speech was under the sponsor
ship of Mayor William Hale Thomp
son, with whom he conferred recently
over the poltical outlook for 1924.
While eastern reports have indicat
ed their conference would be con
tinued during his visit here, both ex
ecutives were noncommittal on the
subject.
A small group of “excessively
wealthy individuals” control both the
major political parties. Mayor Hylan
told the realtors, and through the ex
ercise of "powerful, sinister and too
often unlawful influence, have become
the virtual dictators of the destinies
of more than 110,000,000 people.”
They have dictated nominations for
tho presidency, ho said, written the
platforms and party pledges and be
cause of their campaign fund contri
butions, arrogated to themselves the
right to dictate governmental policies.
Public officials who daro to oppose
this power, Mayor Hylan said, are
driven to "an earthly as well as poli
tical grave.” or compelled to compro
mise with their conscience and become
subservient tools.
Bonar Law Switches
on War Debt Question
(Continued Prom I'nge One.)
lean Ambassadors Houghton and
Fletcher and United States Senator
McCormick. Ambassador Fletcher
left tonight for Brussels, but Mr.
Houghton and Senator McCormick
are remaining. It was said in well
informed British quarters that Great
Britain wanted to invite the United
States to the meeting, but M. Poin
care opposed this, wishing to limit
the discussions to the four allied pow
ers.
U. S. Stand in Doubt.
Allied observers are still wondering
if America will make its views known
during the conference. The British
say that the American viewpoint co
incides with theirs and is opposed to
dll forms of military pressure and
favors a moratorium. It is said In
French circles that Ambassador liar
vey will see certain of the allied offi
cials now in London. Ambassador
Houghton has Insisted that his visit
to London at the same time as the
visit of Ambassador Fletcher and Sen
ator McCormick is a mere coincidence
and that he has no instructions or
plans respecting the conference.
It is learned that Premier Mussolini
did not quite come up to expectations
at today's meetings. He made a per
functory speech In which he express
ed lus ideas on reparations and said
he favored a moratorium on condi
tion that guarantees were exacted,
which, in the French view, Is Inter
preted as supporting their position.
Itelgian Plan Submitted.
Tho Itelgian plan presented by Pre
mier Theunis calls for a two years
moratorium and a loan to he partici
pated in by all nations a: the rate of
000,000,000 gold marks per year for
7 years, making a total of 35.000,000,
000. This should represent the totnt
reparations indemnity. The loan will
he guaranteed by the wealth of tho
German republic.
According to this plan, the Ger
man debt would be reduced to between
thirty and forty billion gold marks
and France must abandon all Idea of
military or economic pressure on Ger
many. The Germans would be required
to effect rigid financial reforms, in
cluding balancing the budget and sta
bilizing the mark. Part of this loan
would be handed over to Germany
for that purpose.
The Belgians propose postpone
ment of the Brussels conference until
tho end of January or the middle of
February. Their plan will probably
be discussed Monday.
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