The Omaha Morning Bee
VOL. 52—NO. 152. ? T'uSSTfi’T. ml? J"hi»! OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1922. * g^."Tnrlio„ "f."A*'"*&■”_TWO CENTS
High Court
Pa sses on
Rum Cases
OovermneiU Wind Victory in
Suit From Washington —
Both Federal and State
Prosecutions Permissible.
Loses California Appeal
Washington, Dec. 11.—(By A. l'.>—
Two cases considered by the govern
ment of major importance in the en
forcement of national prohibition
were decided by tho supreme court
today, in one i-f them, coming t'ruin
the state of Washington, tho govern
linnt scored a sweeping victory, the
court holding that both the fedral
and a state government can prose
cute and punish tho same unlawful
act in the manufacture, possession,
transportation or sab of intoxicating
liquors.
Tho other case, coming from Call
^ fi nia, the government lost In its con
ti ntlon that In the enforcement of
national prohibition uu executive of
ficer can impose and collect ns taxes,
the assessments and penalties impos
ed bp those sections of tho revised
Statutes which remain unrepealed by
the Volstead act and which became
law while the manufacture and sale
ot Intoxicating liquor was not pro
hibited.
Decision Reversed.
The Uirtted States district court
for western Washington dismissed a
federal Indictment charging Vito Lan
ai, Dick Barto and others with man
ufacturing, transporting and possess
ing Intoxicating liquors on the ground
that they had been tried and convict-|
f'd in llic state courts for the same of
fense. In reversing this action today
flic supreme court held that “In the
absence of special provision by con
gress. conviction and punishment in
a state court under a state law for
making, transporting and selling in
toxicating liquors is not a bar to a
prosecution in a court of the United
States under (he federal law for the
same acts.”
Tiie rlTeet of the prohibition amend
in . tlie court stated in an opinion
by I’hief Justice Taft, was to establish
prohibition in every part of the.
Tutted States and affecting transac
tions which are essentially local or
intrastate, as well as those pertaining
to interstate or foreign commerce.
The power to take legislative meas
ures to make the policy effective
existed in congress, the court con
tinued “In respect of the territorial
limits of the United States and at the
same time the like power of he several
•slates within their territorial limits
shill not cease to exist.”
May Make Separate Law*.
"Beach state es also congress,” It
added, "may exercise an independent
judgment In selecting and shaping
measures to enforce prohibition. Such
pa aro adopted by congress become
laws of the United States and such
as are adopted by a state become laws
of that state. They may vary tn
many particular*. Including the
penalties prescribed, but this is an In
s'parable Incident of independent
legislative action In distinct jurisdic
tions.”
Referring to the contention by th<y;
defendants that they could not be j
placed In double Jepardy, the court J
explained that the meaning of the
term "double jeopardy" as used In
the fifth amendment to the constitu
tlon, referred to "a second prosecu
tion under the -authority of the fed
eral government after a first trial for
the same offense under the same au
thority.” An act denounced as a
<-i ime by both national aud state
sovereignties, the court held, "is an
offenso against the peace and dignity
of both and may be punished by
mi h." If such a construction did
me apply, the court stated, it would
l>e easy to Imagine the rush of of
f- riders to stave courts to plead guilty,
if t-y so doing they could obtain im
munity from federal prosecution for
the same act.
Kind for Defendant.
The Regal Drug corporation of San
Francisco, obtained a permit to with
draw from bonded warehouses in
ti'xicating liquor and wine for sale
(aider the prohibition act for non
leverage purposes. The permit was
cancelled and the collector of Internal
revenue • imposed upon the company,
in addition to those provided in the
prohibition enforcement act, certain
taxes and penalties carried by un
repealed sections of the reused sta
tutes governing the manufacture and
rale of distilled spirits with wine prior
to "national prohibition.
The supreme court, in an opinion
by Justice McKenna, explained that
the court £»gd held in the rase of
l.pke V. Letidrcr, collector, decided
last jitne thaJ a cr.roqtor of internal
revenue could not punish by fine and
ptnv lty for an u'leged criminal of
feree without hearing, Information,
;i,n nt, or trial by jury.
Farmer Killed and W ife
Injured When Auto Skids
Shenandoah, la., Dee lWPpeelal
Telegram.) — Arnold Nadgwick, 30,
farmer, wae instantly killed and his
w ife seriously injured Sunday after
noon when his automobile, which he
was driving, skidded on Icy roads and
turned turtle six miles northeast of
Essex, pinning them under It. The
little s°n was slightly bruised, but a
liaby and a little nephew were not
hurt.
Fireman Killed in W'rerk.
Binghmapton, N'. Y.. Dec. 11.—
Vireman Edward Storrer. of 1’ort Jer
vis was killed and engineer Donald
Kegon of Matamorris injured when
Erie Train Number 5, Jersey City to
Cleveland, was derailed near Tustln
late last night. The locomotive is rr
I,, .i ;ed to have I-ft tie veil* and plung
• . ''. n -II embankment. All of the
• "I'.lu'S remained on the tracks, ar
cording to early reports from division
al bead^uaucfs
“Jack Rabbit” Man to Relate
Children’s Stories by Radio
_
K idd ies of Nebraska and Iow a
to H ear About Adventures
of Cory's Animal
< lharaeters.
"Oh, dearest me:’’ cried Little Jack
Rabbit as Mr. Wicked Wolf jumped
out from behind a big rock, "Now
I'm a goner.”
Hut Just then the little rabbit spied
a Hollow Stump telephone booth,
"S. O. s: Please come quick.
“Policeman dog with your hickory
stick:”
Thus wailed little Jack Rabbit over
the ‘phone. It remains for David
Corey, the “Jack Rabbit” man to get
Little Jack Rabbit out of this tight
fix. He promises to do it when he
begins tilling stories to children of
Omaha at the Rurgess Nash store to
day.
% Mure Stories Inniglit.
And tonight ihe "Jack Rabbit" man
will relate even more exciting stories
for tlia kiddies of Nebraska and west
ern Iowa by radio from station ;
WAAW. It's another Omaha Bee radio ;
treat, and this time it’s for the chil
dren. Tune in and let the kiddies lis
ten to storites told by Mr. Cory, who
is one of tile most famous narrators of |
children’s tales.. The stories will
start immediately after the grain re
port has been completed at WAAW.
If you have’nt a radio receiving set
Mr. Cory will be in the Burgess Nash
book department from 10 till noon,
and from 2 to 4 this afternoon. He
will then go to the Burgess-Nash au
ditorium to tell some more stories.
Writes Stories, Tin). ’
The story about Mr. Cory himself is !
almost as interesting as those he has
been writing and telling thousands of
kiddies in all parts of the country. He
David Cory.
was manger of a New York stock ex
change house until it was closed In
iitl t. Then he decided that he'd been
so successful entertaining his own
children with “Little Jack Itubbit’’
stories that he would enter a wider
field, and entertain other people's
children.
Mr. Cory began writing his stories
for The New York Mail six years ago.
He still is, but lie's also writing them
for many other papers, and ho has
w ritten about to hooks. Then he decid
ed to he an itinerant story teller, and
roam the country like the hards of
the olden times. He's been doing it
for the past four months, gathering
delighted children about him wherever
he goes, and talking over radio at
many of the largest stations in the
country.
Western States
Ask Reduction in
Freight Charges
Hearings on Grain anti Hay
Rales Begin Before In
terstate Commeree
Commission. v
Washington, Dec. 11. — Western
states began the submission to the
Interstate Commerce commission of
evidence on which is based their de
mand for reductions in the railroad
freight rates now charged on grain,
grain products and hay in the terri
tory west of the Mississippi and east
of the Rooky mountains. The pro
ceeding was originally brought by
the Kansas Public Utilities commis
sion, and the commissions of Minne
sota, Nebraska, North and South Da
kota, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma j
have Intervened for the same object. I
while all the western railroads are
represented in opposition.
Dr. Henry J. Waters, former presi
dent of the Kansas Agricultural col
lege, was the first witness called by
Clyde M. Reed, chairman of the Kan
sas commission, and described the
history of the rate situation, as well
as outlining the grounds on which ;
the states demand reduction.
Trices Pushed Down.
When western states were given a
reduction ranging from 11 to 15 per
rent on these commodities in 1921.
Dr. Waters said, the commerce com
mission had recognized the special
need of agricultural producers for
assistance, because their prices had ;
been pushed down further by general
deflation than those of any other
commodity. Whatever advantage had
been given farmers by this step, he
continued, had been practically "oblit- '
erated” by the 10 per cent reduction
given all rates last July.
Dr. Waters spoks approvingly of
President Harding's annual address to
congress last week In connection with
Its declaration that the necessity in
the transportation field was the mak
ing of low rates for producers of food
stuffs and raw materials generally,
and leaving charges on high unit
priced articles unchanged.
Distress among agricultural pro
ducers was as great today as in 1921.
the witness contended, adding that
the disproportionate burden which the
present rates placed upon them was
even greater and the ability of rail
roads to reduce the chnrges could be
shown.
Tells of Production Costs.
F. K. Grimes, a statistical expert
for the Kansas Agricultural college,
followed Dr. Waters with a study of
hay and grain production costs
I throughout the west, hut chiefly in
Kansas. His conclusion was that
'grain and hay were now being
; produced at a loss by most of the
j farmers in the west. His testimony
; was offered in substantiation of Dr.
'Waters' statement that millions of
! acres of land would he deserted by
! farmers in coming years unless relief
I was obtained.
An analysis of existing grain rates,
< Turn te Tage Two, Column One.)
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Taxpayers" League
Delegates Gather
for Big Meeting
Purpose of Convention to
Form State Organization
for Effective Work to
Reduce Taxes.
Hastings, Neb., Dee. 11. — (Special
Telegram.) — Forty delegates from
various counties were present this
evening for the opening of tho meet
ing of tho Taxpayers’league, called to
meet here by C. I. Farley of Aurora,
for the purpose o'.' organizing a state
league which w .i have representatives
at the legislature to aid In bringing
about a reduction in taxes In the
state.
The Hamilton county delegation,
composed of .\lr. Farley, T. M. Scott,
J. R. Davidson, C.enrge D. Burr and
F. E. Edgerton, brought a proposed
constitution for the state league.
Talk among the delegates indicated ;
that the abolishing of the accredited
school system and investigation
by the coming legislature of the ex- j
penditurcs of tho state university are
objectives some will seek.
Have Salary Problem*.
Among the early arrivals was the
delegation from Garfield county, com
posed of T. H. Horan, representative
In 1905 and 1907; Frank Wagner,
Frank Monasil and William Wonderlv.
“There are 17 counties in the west- j
ern and northern part of the state,” j
Mr. Doran said, “that have a prob
lem m salaries of county officials,
raised by recent legislation."
The county judge In Garfield
county, Mr. Doran said, gets $1,500
a year for work that for 20 years had
been done for $.100 or #40i) a. year. I
And the pay of the sheriff, he said,
was out of all proportions of the work.
Harlan enunty Is represented here
by C. A. Davis and l’eter J. Shea.
Teachers' Salaries High.
Webster county has three delegates,
Alva Stoner of Tnavale, C. A. Waldo,
Representative Garber and Mr. Amack
ot Red Cloud.
W. D. McCord of Ainsworth, in
lirown county, said that the salaries
of rural teachers in that county was
an excessive burden on the taxpayers.
They remained, ho said, at the peak
of war prices, and rural teachers are
getting from $f0 to $195 a month.
T. E. Wyman, delegate from Wheel
er county, said that In his county the
accredited school system was a bur
den.
“We feel that we have to put in
studies that the children never finish
and never use,” he declared. “And
we want to get away from this bur
den.”
Many deem it important, that the
Taxpayers' league get .to Lincoln be
fore the house organizes, so that some
pffect may he produced in the selec
tion of committee chairmanships.
Man Murders Daughter
After Hearing Prayers
Saginaw, Mich.. Dec. 11.—Suddenly
losing his mind Walter T. Hubbard,.
,■43, murdered lus daughter, Marguer
ite, 11, the unly child, and then made
an unsuccessful attempt to commit
sueiclde by cutting Ills own throat The
murder was committed in the Hub
bard home late Saturday night after
the father had put the girl in her
bed and heard her prayers. Yesterday,
on the road to recovery, he says he
remembers deciding to kill himself,
but his mind is blank as far as his
daughter’s death is concerned
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Student Killed in Attempt
to Hold Up Store Manager
l Nashville, Tenn , Dec, 11.—Stewart
: S I-ynch, 19, high school student, who
with two companions attempted. Sat
i urday night, to hold up J. J. Evans, 83,
! a grocery store manager, died at an
early hour yesterday morning as the
result of the bullet fired into his brain
Evans. - J. J. Willoughby, 23, sales
1 man, who admits being one of the rob
hers, surrendered himself to police,
l'olic" an still . nking for the third
i member of tke baud,
Searc tiers
Carry Hunt
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Into Mexico
.x* - v' 6 Cross Border in At*
%•
^ ipts to Loeate Army Fly
ers Missing Since Last
Thursday.
$100 Reward Is Offered
Xogales, Ariz., Pep. 11.—Throe
United States airplanes crossed thu
Mexican border today, in the search
for Col. Francis Marshall and Lieut.
C. L. Webber, missing sinc< Thurs
day, according to reports brought back
to the flying field here tonight.
A squadron of 10 planes left the" fly
ing field here, but according to state
ments by the first flyers to return,
only three crossed the border, the
others continuing their reconnaissance
on the American #lde.
Permission for %nerican planes to
cross tht» border ^kd conduct their
search without resti^tion throughout
the state of Sonora \%is obtained by
Col. J. A. McNab as the result of
negotiations with Mexican officials.
The planes were not expected to
land In Mexico today and it was un
derstood the flight was preliminary in
nature. At 5:30 only part of the
squadron had returned to Nogales.
Col. Edwin Winans, commanding
officer at Fort Huachuea, who took
general command oi the situation at
Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, will arrive
here tonight by automobile to estab
lish headquarters and it is expected
that planes for a more general search
In Mexico will he outlined tonight.
Twenty Plane* In Search.
Five additional airplanes were due
here before dark tonight from Tucson
and five more Tuesday. With these
additions, the flying force will number
20 planes.
Capt. It. A. Erwin, in command of
the searching planes, before taking
off. declared that he believed the miss
ing aviators were forced to land in
Mexican territory bb a result of en
gine trouble. On account of the
rough nature of the country In the
region, Captain Erwin also said he
believed it possible the airplane j
crashed In landing and that the avi
ators were injured.
The latest reports received here in
dicate that the missing plane passed
Yuma safely and somewhere along its
eastward course turned southward
and crossed into Mexico.
Reward Offered.
Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 11.—The search i
this afternoon spread from military
authorities to civilians when Briga
dier General Howie of For' Bliss
wired Col. E. B. Winana. in command,
that a reward of $100 would be paid
to any persotr not connected with
military service who may And the
lost plane or one or both of passen
gers.
Mail Carried Brins* » lue.
Pan Antonio, T< x.. Ore. 11.—Search
for Colonel Marshal and lieutenant
Webber missing aviators, was carried
>n in ibe state of Sonora. Mexico. by
army airplanes, after announcement
that, tho governor of Sonora^ had
granted permission for tho fliers to
cross the international boundary.
At the same time, however, a syste
matic combing of the territory about
20 miles south of Tucson, Ariz.. where
a mail carrier reported having set*)
an airplane flying between Twin
Buttes and Paliuarita Thursday after
noon, with the motor missing fire,
was ordered by army officials. The
carrier said the machine wss flying
east In the direction of the Santa Rita
mountains.
Headquarters for the Eight corps
area Fort Sain Houston, under whoso
direction the search is being conduct
f d, upon receipt of tho above informa
tion ordered out three Kelley Field
aviators to join the large detatcli
ment already operating in Arizona.
The planes will leave early Tuesday
morning for El Paso, where a short
stop will be made before proceeding
to Tucson, which is the base of opera
tions.
Investigating Report.
After the receipt, of a telegram from
Col. E. B. Mlnans, who Is at Tucson,
officers at headquarters Indicated that
more attention Is being given the re
port of the mail carrier than to the
possibilities tlie aviators are missing
in Mexico.
four planes and a squadron of the
Tenth cavalry were detailed to the
territory south of Tucson to investi
gate tho mail carrier’s report, accord
ing to announcement at corps head
quarters.
Col. A. E. Saxton, adjutant of tho
Eighth corps area, announced that
lie had also received a report of a
plane near tho Juck Rabbit mine, 25
miles west of Red Rock. This in
formation has not been verified, Col.
Saxton said.
The three planes which left Kelly
field Sunday left fort Bliss early this
morning, arriving in Tu< son in the
afternoon.
\rmy Gris Giant Recruit.
Syracuse, K \. five. 11.—Pacifists
who decry “giant artpics should take
a slant at the newest recruit of "this
man’s army” in this city.
He's William Randolph Hare of
Rochester, 24 years old, 6 feet 1 inch
In height and weighing just 265
pounds. Hare, enlisted for the modi
cal corps, is elated for service in the
Hawaiian islands.
11
If you do your shopping early,
You avoid the rush and roars;
You escape the hurly-burly
Of the later Christmas store;.
The President Broadcasts a Call for Help in Holding Down the Corpse
(Copyright. lf.C.)
Colorado Editor
Freed in Murder
Jury Finds Rod S. Day Not
Guilty in Slaying Durango
City Editor.
Durango, Colo., Dec. 11.—Rod S.
Day, editor of the Durango Democrat,
was found not guilty of the charge
of the murder for which he was tried
In connection with the death of Wil
liam L. Wood, city editor of the Dur
ango Herald, last April. The verdict
was resumed at 8 o’clock this morn
ing, after 18 ballots had been taken.
Verdict Readied.
The verdict was given to the court
approximately 34 hours after the case
went to the Jury, hut it was reached
about 9 o'clock Inst night, when the
Jury reported to the court that a de
cision had been agreed upon, tho court
ordering the Jurors to he locked up
for the night with instructions to re
turn their verdict this morning.
According to testimony given at the
trial Day and Wood became enemies
through a newspaper controversy.
They met on the street early one
morning and heated words led to
blows.
• struck in rare.
Day, testifying in his own behalf,
declared that Wood, a man consider
ably his physical superior, refused his
peaceful advances and strucK "him in
the face. Fearing the consequences
Of an impending assault, he said, he
drew his automatic revolver and shot
from liie hip. Tho first bullet indicted
a mortal wound: a second shot. Day
said, was died by him unintentional!}
in I ho excitement.
The case has attracted statewide
interest owing to the prominence of
tho principals. The court room was
thronged daily and when (lie iury re
1‘red shortly after midnight Saturday
men, women and children remained in
tho court room, many of them eating
lunches and dozing on t lie benches
waiting tedious hours for the verdict
to bo returned.
Record ^ ine Production
Registered in France
Tail-' Dec. 11.—The hn-gest win*
harvest since 187.5 lias been registered
in France this year. The yield is 6Sf
000,000 hectolitres. The 1910-1914 aver
age was 47,000,000 hectolitres and the
war average was 3*,000.000.
When the results of the wine har
vest in Algiers and Tunis are added to
that of V’rancc the total wine yield
tor this year will reach 76,000.000 hec
tolitres. llesides all this it. is estimat
ed that there are 9,000,000 licetolitics
nf wine in stocks on hatid.^
This year’s registration reveals the
fact that even the city of Taris has
vineyards whoso output has increased
from eight hectolitres in 1921 to 20
hectolitres this year
Former Officers of Dakota
Packing Company Indicted
Rapid City, S. £>., Deo, 11.—After,
deliberating for five days, investigat
ing business activities of the South
Dakota Packing company, a grand
jury in the circuit court returned j
eight indictments against two former
i fficera of the company.
Five indictments are against II. F.
Fellows, former secretary, for cm- I
bezzlrtnent, and three are against H.
1'. Fellows and Orville G. Rhinehart, j
former vice president and treasurer, :
jointly, charging them with embezzle
ment and witli making alleged faulty
reports to the South Dakota State
Security company.
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Sued for Divorce, Kills Self.
Cedar Rapids, la , Deo. 11,—A few
minutes after he had been served with
divorce papers, Charles William.*, 2R,
ended his life hv hanging himself in
his gniagr The Williams separated
, two weeks ago.
The senate began consideration of
tho administration shipping bill.
Hearings were begun by a house
committee on Mississippi flood con
Irol bill.
Tlie weather bureau reported that .
a severe cold wave was sweeping
over the country from the west.
The supreme court, after handing
down several decisions, adjourned un
til anuary 2.
Chairman McLean of the senate
banking committee announced hear
ings would begin Tuesday on the vari
ous rural credit bills.
Nominations made several weeks ;
ago by President Harding to the
I'nited States coal commission were
confirmed by the senate.
The annual supply bill for the de
partments of Commerce and Labor i
carrying $25,800,000. was reported by
the house appropriations’ committee.
President Harding approved court- 1
martial findings on midshipmen at ■
tho naval academy in connection with !
recent hazings.
The Central American conference
adjourned for a week after the Costa
Rican delegation had resigned, on ac
count of the political situation in
Costa Rica.
Secretary Hughes, at a hering be
fore u house committee, emphasized
I he necessity of adequately compen
sating men who enter the diplomatic
and consular service.
Chief Justice Taft expressed will
ingness to testify at the house judi
ciary committee's hearing on the Kel
ler impeachment charges against At
torney eneral Daugherty.
Further reduction in railroad rates
on hay and grain was urged at an
Interstate Commerce commission
hearing by representatives of a myn
her of states west of the Mississippi.
Administration leaders decided to
seek enactment before March 4. of
legislation authorized the alien prop
erty custodian to release 30,000 trusts
valued at $1,000 to 510,.. The
treasury appropriation hill was made
ready after brief hearings for report
ing from committee to the senate
tomorrow with but few amendments.
lixpansinn of the government's con
ciliation machinery to enable it to
deal ably with nation-wide labor dis
putes wr.e advocated by Secretary
Davis in his annual report.
Germany Complies TVitli
Allied Request for Payment
1 'urls, Dec. 11—03' A. l’>— A Ger
man note complying with the demands
nf the council of ambassadors for
1 000.000 gold murks us indemnity and
n renewed apology for the recent at
tacks on Interallied military control
officers at I’a.-sau and lugoldstadt in
Bavaria, was delivered toilay at the |
foreign office.
The note previously published in;
Berlin says the 1,000,000 marks is at
the disposal of the allies.
Labor Haps Ship Bill.
\V ishitigton, Dee. II —Arguments of
12 labor union officials cither heads of
international craft organizations or of
state federations, opposing enactment
of tho administration shipping bill,
were made public by the American i
Federation of Labor. The views were
declared to be representative of a
large number given to Samuel Gom
pors, president of the federation, and
to "indicate a thorough understanding!
of the measure and" a genuine appre
hension of evil results in the event of
its enactment into latt^f
“Only Force Can
Stop My Concert”
Mme. Gadski, in L. A.. Says
She'll Sing Despite Ameri
ean Legion.
low Angeles, Pec. 11.—Mme. Johan
na Gadski, diva, had arrived here to
day from San Francisco, and it was
.-aid by friends "only physical force”
could prevent her from appearing In
concert here tomorrow night.
Members and posts of the American
Legion and other organizations have
asked the board of police commls
ioners to bar her from the concert
stage here .because of alleged pro
German sympathies during the world
war and because her appearance
might result in a "demonstration.”
It was Intimated by the singer’s
friends that if the board ruled against
her she planned to sue the city.
It was predicted that representa
tives of the Merchants and Manu
facturers association, the Bettor
Business bureau and the California
Music Trades association would ap
pear before the board today In oppo
sition to the legion and its supporters.
Madame Gadsky is said to have
been Informed by counsel there Is no
legal means to prevent her concert
and that she is entitled to police pro
tection.
The police hoard lias been notified
by tho city attorney that it has the
right to instruct the chief of police
to "take steps to prevent a riot by
prohibiting and event which seem
ingly would provoke a demonstration.”
Midshipmen Fired
for Flazing Students
Washington, Dec. 11.—Midshipmen
Bruce H. Robinson, appointed from
Arisons, and Stuart S. Hawkins, ap
pointed from Massachusetts, were
ordered dismissed from the Njival
academy today, President Harding
haying approved court martial sen
tences resulting from tho recent haz
ing eases at the academy.
On recommendation of Secretary
Den by, the president approved modi
fication of dismissal in the .,%« of
Midshipmen Thomas J. Casey, Mas
sachusetts; Thomas E. Boyce, Indiana,
and H. C. Kish, New York, to lose one
year each in their academy course.
The hazing cases at the academy
were taken up with the president by
Secretary Tfenby and -his recommen
dations approved throughout. Other
cases of a similar nature await final
action.
New Apples Developed.
Geneva. X Y. Doe. 11.—Two new
apples, tlto Cortland and Tioga, the
former a cross between the Ben Da
vis and McIntosh and the latter from
the Northern Spy and Sutton, have
been developed by horticulturists a'
the state agricultural experiment, ala
ttnn here. The new fruit now is being
distributed to members of the New
York Fruit Testing Co-operative As
sociation, Inc., for seeding.
The Weather
Forecast.
Tuesday fair and continued cold.
Hourly Trni|»oral ures.
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Premiers’
Conference
Breaks Up
itritish Opposition to French
Military Occupation of
Ruhr Causes Adjourn
ment to Jatiury 2.
Ask U. S. to Cancel Debt
lamdon, Dec. 11.—Illy A. P.l—The
conference of allied premier*, railed
to arrange the oasis for an allied
financial and reparations conference
ill Itrimsels, has broken down. It was
announced at <i o'clock this evening
tliat the premiers had taken adjourn
incut until January 2.
After the conference adjourned.
Premier Poincare said
"It is finished."
The conference January 2 will be
held in Paris, it was announced to
night.
Eondon, Dec. 11.—(Bj A. Pi—Ad
jourument of the premier's confer
ence tonight in order to avert an open
tupture between England and France
over Iho question of German roparn
tions bus lieen virtually decided upon,
it was learned today.
Tho British cabinet rejected tb‘
measures of force for the Ruhr dis
trlct upon which Premier Poincare in
sisted.
Prime Minister Bonar haw in
formed Premier Poincare that British
public opinion was overwhelmingly
opposed to any military measure?
against Germany.
Poincare’s Demand.
Poincare had made a demand foi
tlie occupation of the Ruhr as a guar
antce for a German moratorium.
it is hoped that, some guarantees
may be found which will satisfy tie
French and at the same time make
military action unnecessary.
It was stated in French circles that
the imminent adjournment was mep
ly a maneuver to prevent an open
break among the allies, particularly
between France*and England, and
that there was little likelihood of
finding a common basis of agreemen'
between England and Franco.
Forced to Uemaiid Itiiler.
It was further pointed out that in
spite of Premier Poincare's desire to
co-operate with the new British go'
ernment, he has been forced largely
by the poliitcal situation at home to
demand the Ruhr as the price of anj
concessions to Germany.
Chief Hope In U. 8.
It was stated in an authoritntm
American quarter that the chief hopi
of bringing the British and French tr
gether during the adjournment period
lies with the United 8tat»s.
It was said that England will pr-oha
Wly ask the American government, if
it is willing to cancel the French debt
to the United States provided England
in turn cancels the French debt to
Great Britain and enters a definiti
agreement with the American govern
merit, ultimately to pay the British
debt to America.
This suggestion was made Informal
ly last evening to a certain important
American now in London and It wiil
probably Vie presented directly to Sec
retary Hughes this week.
Favored hy England.
Great Britain is saw to look fa\
orably on the cancellation of the
French debt due her, provided the
United States cancels the French debt
to America. It is the belief of Bri
Ush officials that the United State'
officials will be willing at leabt to a'
tend a. conference at which such a
proposition could be thoroughly dis
cussed. It was also stated in Arnett
can circles today that the definio
agreement to pay the British debt to
the United states could or might l>
accompanied by a proposal for a long
period, say 50 years. In which only in
terest would be paid. It was ej
plained that this was on the theory
that the United Slates was primarily
Interested in securing the ultimate
payment of the British debt, rather
than an immediate settlement.
In conference quarters, it was the
general view that France had indi
eated her willingness to give up mili
tary penalties in return for the can
collation of debts hy the Unite.1 State
and Great Britain and would be ready
also to give a long moratorium to
Germany.
•Vt eather Lottery” Latest
M ay to ^ in Money—or Lost
Minneapolis, Dec. it.—A "weathei
lottery" is the latest gambling scheme
iti Minneapolis, according to l' <;
I’ui ssoll, federal meteorologist, who
forwarded copies of the gamblers'
"weather ticket" to r. F. Marvin,
chief of the United States weathei
bureau at Washington.
Mix cities in the United States jp
"punched" on each ticket and tin
purchaser holding the coui>ons show
ing the highest total temperatures for
the week wins the capital prize witl
a smaller prize for the lowest, it was
sald
W onian W ftjfletl 43 Y care
Given Divorce for Cruel!v
Waukesha, Wis., Dec. It.—After 4
years of married life, Mr. and Mrs
Ole Anderson of Oconotnowoc, hate
leached the parting of the ways.
Charging cruelty and inhuman
treatment, Mrs. Anderson was granted
a divorce by Judge D. W. Agnev
here. Mrs. Anderson Is 67 and hei
husband 71.
i4he asserted he told hep shorth
after the wedding ceremony in 1$TP
that he had "married her on a bet
Iowa Slavrr Sent to Pen.
Burlington, In.. Dec n.—(teorgt
Leroy Spees, confessed slayer of John
Shurtr, Middletown. (Ia.) farmer, was
sentenced to life imprisonment fn the
penitentiary et Fort Madison. Ta.. and
w ithin one hour after sentence ^
in the prison, 13 uuUs +
