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_ The < IMAHA Vi irning Bee - ' '■■■■■ — ■ — ■ _ ____ ■ m \ OL. 52—NO. 155. •• Hattw OMAHA FRIDAY DECEMBER. 1 A iqo*"» • ■> Man <i »aar)i Daily »« s«a<«y. u: «ua«a>. *jj». •itwa «w dtn im TWO CENTS Omaha P. 0. Uadar Acl af Bar.a a. IfJS. Ui'lrtnn, r JlliSA I , i'C/V. L.'mtli 1 <>. Outalda «ha 4th Mna tl yaau: Daily aad Sunday. SUs Suaday ealy. to. 4 ” w VrfOAS AO KellerQuits Daugherty Squabble "Prosecution*' id Proceedings to Impeach Attorney Gen eral Blows I p in Stormy Gommittee Session. Subpoenaed to Appear By ARTHUR SEARS HEXNTNG. Omaha Bee lewM W lr-. Washington, Deo. 14. —The “prose outfori ’ In the p roc codings before the house judiciary, committee seeking impeachment of Attorney General Daugherty blow up with a loud bang today. Repress illative Keller, republican, .Minnesota, author of the impeach ment resolution, staged a stormy cli max to today’s session by denouncing the investigation as a "whitewash" and serving notice that he would .prosecute the charges against Daugh terly no further before the Judiciary committee. He announced that he would rarry the case back to the house and demand that it bo pls'-ed in the banJs of « fair and unpreju diced committee. At the same time he made public a letter from Samuel b'niermyer, prominent New York attorney, who branded the inrjuirx "a whitewash"; and Jeciincd to participate in proceed ings before a committee made up in part of "lame ducks." Will I Jr lay Proceeding*. The inference drawn from the state- i mentB of Keller and Uotermyer wati rh»f the impeachment will be put off until the new congress convenes, af ter which the judiciary committee will be completely reorganized. Amid turbulence and confusion | following the prosecution's abrupt | action. Representative Volstead, re publican, Minnesota, chairman of the 1 commit toe, shouted to t*ergeant' at j Anns Rogers to serve a subpoenas on . Keller and require biro to appear on ■ the witness stand Friday., The 311fo- j poena wao Served and Sir. Keller 1 promised to attend. " | Members of the committee, enraged by Keller s action, made it plain that they were prepared id grill him un-* mercifully in an effort to show the 1 groundlessness of the charges upon j which he sought to impeach the at-| torney general. A day of listless testimony was drawing to a'close when Mr. Keller brushed aside his counsel. Jackson IT. Ralston, and asked permission to j make a statement. Demand* Hearing. • Members of the commit tee want'd to know Its nature, «nrl he answered , it concerned the conduct of the in quiry.1 several members of the Com mittee objected and Keller shouted: "1 demand to he heard.” "Sit down'." yelled Chairman Vol stead. banging his gave! furiously on the desk." "I refuse to tit. down," retorted Keller, and advanced towards Chair man Volstead’s scat. • I submit my statement to you now ," he added, and threw a typewritten document on Vo!stpad's desk. Mr. Killer left the committee room end went to his office. Volstead's motion to summon him as a witness was carried unanimously and the ser geant. at arms carried out the instruc t ions. "If ho has no evidence, he ought to be brought before the committee and bo required to admit that he sought to impeach a cabinet officer of high crimes and misdemeanors on in sufficient evidence,” raid Representa tive fJlaason, republican, Wisconsin ‘‘There ought to be some protection for public officials against charge.;." "Grandstand Flay.’-' Representative Tates, republican, Illinois, characterized Keller's action as a "grandstand play.” In his prepared statement de nouncing the conduct of the judiciary committee, Mr. Keller said: "The proceedings to date demon strate beyond question that these meetings are a mere farce intended for the purpose of whitewashing Harry M. Daugherty. "I reiterate now that I am in pos ^^'salon of evidence ample to prove Harry M. Daugherty guilty of all of the high erimes and misdemeanors with which I have charged him. I am ready and anxious to present this evidence in a proper way before an unbiased committee, but I emphatic ally refuse to permit It to be used as whitewashing material. "I have made this decision after oonsultatien with my advisers, among who is Samuel Untermyer of Hew York.” Mr. Untermyer advised Mr. Kel I tr to withdraw from the proceedings. In bis letter to Mr. Kellar he said: “When T realize the extraordinary way in which the committee was act ing and was asked to attend the hear ing, I refused to do so and advised your friends who consulted nm, to urge you to Immediately withdraw from the proceedings and to wait an opportunity for a full and fair in vestigation before an impartial tribunal that would have a rublic responsibility and would not be so largely contpsed of 'lame ducks'. That advise still hold* good." Po»toffice Has Golden Rule for Parcel Handlers "Treat each parcel as you would have others treat your parcel." That is the golden rule of tha Post office department, ngcording to Post master Charles Black, who. In a state ment yesterday, urged the public to exercise greater care in wrapping Christmas parcels. ^^0 The postmaster said claims on in sured parceds are being paid this week. Postmaster Wanted Washington. Dec. 11.—(Ppecial.l— Civil service commission announces that an examination will be held Jan uary 17 for a presidential postmaster at StockviUe. salary ? 1,000 • / Frisco and Atlanta Hold Two-Way Wireless Telephone Conversation San Francisco, Pec. 14.—San Fran cisco and Atlanta, Ga . established radio telephone communication last night in what is believed to be a rec ord feat for a two-way conversation on the air. The same communication ; was established between San Fran j cisco and Kansas City, Mo., an ex pended conversation traveling both ways with the ranv: case as over a telephone. KFPB, the station of the Mercan tile Trust company of California. lo» j rated on Telegraph hill, San Frncisco, | using He experimental call, 6XB. talked at C this morning with 9 XV, j | the experimental station of tho Pwee- j | ney Automobile school station at Kansas City. After an exchange of pleasantries, 1 Kansas City reported WGM, tho sta tion of the Atlanta Constitution, had been trj inp to get Telegraph bill. The local station tuned In for WGM and | the Atlanta station returned its call I letters to Pan Francisco. The dia | | tance betw een Atlanta and San Fran | | cisco is approximately 2,2.'0 miles air i | line. Ismet Announces Turkey Is Ready to Enter League Lausanue Delegate $a\e Action Will Be Takeu as Soou as Peace Treaty la Signed. Lausanii". Dec. 14.—tF.y A. PA— Turkey will join the league of ca tion* a* soon as peace is signed at Lausanne. Ismet Pasha announced at this near east conference today. As the league exercises general su pervision over minority populations. Ismet's announcement w-us interpreted ■ie meaning that Turkey will accept the leagues supervision over the Christian people of Turkey. Turkey accepts in principle the ap plication to the national minorities in her territory of the clauses on this subject inserted in the Austrian. Bul garian and other peace treaties. Ismet Pasha, declared and also the granting of amnesty to the members of these minorities. Ismet said Turkey was ready to accord the satpe treatment to minori ties as provided in the treaties ex changed between the various Euro pean countries. Accept General Amnesty. This. iMnet declared, was not be ' cause of tho menacing worlis yester | day of Lord Curzon, the British for eign secretary, but because the Turk ish national pg' t required it. Jsmet said Turkey accepted the granting of general amnesty to po litical prisoners/ It would decline, however, to establish a national home for Armenians. Ambassador Child's frank talk with jlsmet Pasha yesterday on the subject of minorities residing in Turkey made a good impression in Turkish circles | I and exercised a calming influence on the entire Lausanne conference, which nervously saw dangers of a break down of all negotiations because of the threatened rupture over the treat- j ment of the Greeks and Armenians ; by Turkey. The friendly intervention of the American ambassador at the right moment baa convinced the Turks of . ihe immense strength of the world ' opinion—particularly that of the Unit- 1 led States—ori the need for a settle-; ! ment of t'.io minority problem. I r;«l to KeronitMw. Ambassador Child urged Ismc-t to reconsider his position as tho Arme nians and other dislodged populations, stating Americans desired to know that their gifts would help the refu gees iri Asia Minor to settle in per manent homes. Turkish spokesmen believe that the American representative at the con 1 l'erence was the natoral arbitrator of this vexing problem. They contend that Turkey desires to do the right thing, but adds that any measure de signed to satisfy world opinion must not violate Turkey’s sovereign rights or force her to grant exceptional priv- , | ileges to peoplo within her borders I whom she cannot, assimilate. i Man Ousted From Union Awarded $40,000 Damages Selina, Ala., Dee. 14.—A verdict Tor $40,000 against the International Brotherhood of Locomativo Engine men was awarded J. 5V. Green in the ; circuit court yesterday. Green, a Tor- J j mer member of the brotherhood, enter ed suit for $50,000, suit growingr out j of his expulsion from the order Tor alleged disloyal remarks. Denies Scions “Shadowed.’’ ■Washington, Dev 14.—Charges that operatives of the Department of Jus tice had shadowed members of con gress who attacked Attorney General ■ Daugherty were made and denied to 5 flay at the hearing before the house j judiciary committee on lmpeachement charges against Mr. Daugherty. , It's almost impossible for you to reach out and put your hand on the person who would buy your auto, vacant lot or household good?, yet a “Want" Ad in The Omaha Ree will pick him from thousands. , Remember. Omaha Bee “Want” Ads Bring Better Bet ter Results at Lesser Cost. Telephone Al-lantic 1000 and ask for a “Want” Ad taker. Sales Plan Endorsed by Hardr < \ / _ \V' (Jo-Operatiou Among Farmerti Favored by President aud Secretary Wallace— Benefit Both Sidcr. Would Stabilize Prices Washington, Dec. 14.—-(By A. F V— ’ Endorsement of Vo-operative market ; big was expressed by President liar ding, Secretary Wallace of tho De partment of Agriculture: ,T ulius. Klein, chief of the bureau of foreign ! and domestic commerce of the De partment of Commerce and by n numb*r of representatives of farm ers' organizations at the first meeting today of tho National Council of I Farmers' Cooperative Marketing associations. National organisation's | marketing major commodities v.ere | represented by several hundred dele i gates from 36 states, i In a message of greeting read by Senator Ernst, republican, Kentucky, the president declared bo knew of ‘‘no single movement that promise^ I more help toward the present relief •and the permanent betterment of agricultural conditions'' than the co | operative organisation of farmers to market their products. The sjstem, Secretary ft allays said, houM act to avoid glutting markets with farm products and at the same tuna to obviate periods of scarcity, !thus preventing both ruinously low | prices to producers and high cost to i consumer?. Both Sides Benefited. "If wp can avoid these periods of l'eacta and famine.’ 'ho added, "the farmer? will benefit more by a fairlv stable price and the consumers: will be able to buv what they need at more reasonable prices. Hence, an I tee it. the organization and success ful conduct of the farmers’ co-opera tlve1 associations result in a benefit both to the fanners and the people 1 who consume' the products." "The Department of Agriculture rc Sards marketing as an essential part of production," lie said, "and it seems to us ju£t Si much our business to ! help the farmer market his crops ii> ! telligently and get fair prices for them 1 as it is to help him produce them in the first place. A productive agri culture must be a prosperous agri culture." Declaring he .wanted the govern ment to do "everything within reason j and sound procedure” for (he aid of j the farmers. President Harding sail) , he was “still anxious that tho farm- 1 ors shill themselves co-operatively work to make tha government's ef- j torts doubly fell'icacltjus.” < n-operation Pledged. T'lodces of co-operation in the councils efforts were made lit behalf of their organizations by Walton Peteot of Texas, for the N'at'onal Farmer Kure.iu federation; Kepro sentatiie John C. Kcteham of Mich igan, former officer of the National Orange, and IV. C. Kansdon of K a li ens of tho Farmers' Union of Amer ica. Aaron Sapiro of San Francisco, general counsel for the co-operative associations, told tho delegates the principle of co-operation was tho mer chandising of crops rather than i "dumping" them, utilization by the ’ producers of tho practice of spread- ! ing sales over a longer period and the prevention of high prices to con sumers by obviating periods of scar- . city, lie said co-operative marketing ! was possible with every crop, but had'not progressed far with the great wheat crops because of the lack of leadership. Tho success of organiza tions in handling tobacco and cotton in the south and dried fruita in Cali fornia was cited aa showing the ro- I suits of the system. Mr. Sapiro also j urged that the farmers ba provided with facilities for longer credit. --- Barrows Occupies Governor’s Office Lincoln, Dec. 14.—When fully sat isfied that Governor S. K. McKelvie had crossed tho state lino en route to West Virginia, where he delivered an address before tho conference of governors today, Lieutenant Governor Pelham A. Barrows established him self ns acting governor of Nebraska by occupying the governor's suite at tho state house. j The .Visenee of Governor McKelvie from Nebraska will continue' until December 14, it was sia'od hy his secretary. Before taking up the duties of act ing governor, Mr. Barrows received an opinion front Attorney General Clarence A. Davis which reads irTpart ] as follows: “I take it thaf you become acting governor as soon as the governor crossed the state line, whether you have been officially notified or not. This must be so, as the state is cer tainly not without a chief executive merely because someone fails to noti fy you. ’ Mr, Barrows said no ono notified him in this case, although ho left di rections at the governor's office where he might he found. Rock Rapids Man Kills 'Wife And Then Ends Own Life Hock Rapids, la., Dec. 14. — Floyd Streigel, 29,, ahot and killed his wife, ' Mabel, 29. and then committed suicide j in a cafe here at noon today. The' wife j v.ia employed as a waitress at the . cafe. Jealously is supposed to have ' been the cause. Germauv Near Collapse. London, Dec. 14.—(By A. K)—Ger many is very near to complete col lapse, I'rime Minister Ilonar Law told the house of commons today. He de clared tliat this was the only informa tion he could give the house on the subject of reparation.-. I President of I'rugunv and Former Diplomat F:<tht bloodless Duel _____ __ 'Uruguay. Pc<\ 14—(By A ^ V <*° *> £ Vsar Brum, president V\,*V- * and Pr Luis Alberto ^ ^ jrmer secretary of the lega %\*v ’ Washington. fought, a duel pistols late yesterday Egcli man .red two shots. Neither was hi*. Tt w"<s announced that no reconcilia tion between the men took place. The duel took place in the airdrome. : Pr. Brum was the challenger. The j challenge was tent because of a charge of Pr. Herrera that President , Brum had so manipulated the recent presidential elections as to prevent | the success of Herrera at, the polls. I Few persons believed the duel I w ould be fought, ow ing to the position I of Pr. Brum as chief executive of the i republic, a tribunal of honor, select ed in accordance with Uruguayan law to consider the merits of the chal lenge, decided that a motive for the meeting existed. Standard Oil Head Examined in Price Inquiry President of New Jersey Com pany Describes Control of Corporation to Senate < iomuiittee. Washington, Dec. 14. —Facts and j figures in an endless array concern ing the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, its control. Its operation and to a certain degree its policies, i were presented by Walter C. Teagl e, its president, to a senate eubeommit i tee at the resumption of the inquiry into prices and conditions in the oil •industry. Appearing as the first of the lead ! ers livthe American oil world which j the subcommittee baa summoned, 1 Mr. Teagle foi four hours "as close ly questioned by Gilbert U Roe of New York, counsel for the subconi i mittee, the questions concerning the | minutest details as to the operations of the company and were directed toward bringing out the exact cost i : of the major oil products and the j I, extent of competition in the oil In-j due try brought about by the supremo court dissolution decree of 1911. Mr. Teagle, for most of these ques tions, had ready answers and if some question of minor detail, with which he was unfamiliar, was put, called on a large staff of assistants who' had accompanied him to 'Washing-1 ton for the bringing of voluminous files, ■Statement t ut Short. .\t the start he offered a statement, which was cut short by Chairman i Da Follettr, who announced that the! subcommittee had decided liw should be questioned by the committee at torney. Questions asked by Mr. Roe during the hearing, however, resulted in the placing of most of the state ment into the committee record and ■ before adjournment Mr. Teagle ob tained from Chairman Jones tenta tive permission to tile the statement at the conclusion of his testimony, probably Friday. The ’statement, advance copies of which had been given to the press prior to Mr. Teagle’s taking the stand, in addition to gi\ ing details of the corporation's organization and business preparations, declared the directors of the Standard of New Jersey had, In accord with the su preme court dissolution decree, "con ducted the business of the company under the conditions of free mil active competition, which they recog nized the public demanded." It add ed that the company "is not a. i>arty to any combination, agreement or arrangement to fix or maintain the selling prices of its production." Justifies Stock Dividend. The prepared statement also dis cussed the recent declaration by the corporation of a stock dividend, justl- j tying this action on the ground that the company had, from its inception, been undercapitalized with steadily in j cieasing disparity between issued /cap ital stock and net assets, that it was ' desired to effect a wider distribution of common stock considered impraeti cal under the existing issue because of the high market value of the com pany's stock and that an Increase in the outstanding stock was financially necessary. Questions put by Mr. Roe drew out largely the domestic and foreign bus! ness of the company, operation of Its pipe lines, its refineries and its ships. The committee counsel also was much interested in the ownership of the corporation’s stock and in reply to questions the witness gave detailed statements of the stock ownership. Stock Well Distributed. "Only six stockholders had 1 per cent or more of the company’s stock as of June 30, 1922," Mr. Teagle tes- I titled. "These Six shareholders own a ! total of 29.21 per cent of the com- | pany’s common stock. The largest in dividual owner of common stock is John It. Rockefeller, with 11.4 per cent. Three of tho remaining five common stockholders on the list, own ing together 10 per cent of the com mon stock, are philanthropic instil u tions, such as the Rockefeller founda tion and the general education fund It may bo of interest to tho commit tee to know that John D. Rockefeller, | sr., has not been a shareholder in this company since 1920 and that the late Mr. M ill la ill Rockefeller owned only TOO shares at the time of his death." Other questions brought from the witness the amount of crude oil and gasoline held in storage, prices paid for crude oil and costs of transporta tion and refining. Eight little shopping days “Oh, I must, good heaven 1 ’ But she didn’t do it and Then there were seven. Why The Bee Shoe Fund Is Needed V 17 Scalded Die in Texas Wreck Steam Pipe Sw eeps Into Smok ing Car After Passenger Hits Locomotive. Houston, Tea., Pec. 34.—Th> death of seven more persons today brought tho toll from last, night a Southern Ba* eifio. wreck at Humble. 17 miles from here, to 17. revised figures placiug the night's death list at 10. Investigations were started by the railway company and county peace of ficers aided in the preparations for a thorough investigation. The victims met death when a two-inch steam pipe torn loose by tbo collision swept around and crashed through a. window of tho forward smoking oar of the passenger train. Conductor William C'ampsey, in tho smoker at the moment of impact, died Instantly. i\f. Young, the train news dealer, also died Instantly. Tho five others who Were killed by tlio steam were negroes. Bodies of tho dead were removed to the morgue at Humble, while all of the Injured vvero brought to the Southern Tacific hospital here in ambulances. Engine •'Drills.” “Drifting’' of the switch engine from a point near the depot to a stop nearly a block away where the siding converged with the main IIn", was blamed for the accident. The cylinder heads of the two loco motives struck squarely. The one on the right side of the passenger train and that on the left of the freight en gine being torn loose by the impact. A two-inch steam pipe, which ran from the switch engine’s steam chest to its cylinder head, crashed through the window of the forward smoker of the passenger train. A few minutes after iho crash a re lief train carrying doctors and nurses was en route to the scene from Hous ton and work of extricating the dead and injured was begun by Humble physicians and citizens immediately. At midnight more than a score of Injured had been accounted, for here. According to imembera of the crew of the switch engine, a watchman named Smith had been left in charge while they went to a nearby restaurant. The first they knew of the engines “drift ing” came with the impact of the two locomotives. I nnerxod b,v Tragrdv. Tlie watchman, unnerved by Hie tragedy, was unable to explain the ac cident. The passenger train, running between Houston and Shreveport, left tlie Grand Central depot at 9:15 p. m. in charge of Conductor Campsey, Engineer Harry Hot tie and Fireman Charles Newman. The engineer escaped unscathed, but Newman re ceived slight burns. Physicians and Nurses of Vets’ Bureau in Meeting Physicians and nurses attached to the Veterans’ bureau of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas atnd Missouri, opened a conference yesterday in Bellevue Vo cational Training school, which will bo continued today. Dr. <1. C. Skinner of St. Louis is in charge. There will be speakers from each of the states represented on subjects coming under their observation in their particular line of work. Killed in Tokio Tokio, Dec. 14. — (By A. P.) — Wtl-1 Liam Pepper ,an Englishman, employ ed by the Canadian Pacific Railway company in its transpacific steam ship service, was stabbed to death on the main street of Yokohama by a Japanese, whom he had discharged as a rneber of a launch crew. The slayer surrendered to the police. Day's Activities w in Washington The census bureau reported that cotton consumption in November was tho greatest in any month since Oct ober, 1017. Hearings on oil and gasoline prices were resumed hj' a. senate manufac turers subcommittee with "W. C. TesgU;. president! Of the standard Oil Company of New Jersey, a* a witneesL Secretary Den by announced that drilling of offset gar wells to prevent draining of oil reserves on naval ro servo No. I in California would pro ceed immediately. Senator Bnookhaft, republican, Iowa, offered an amendment to tho administration shipping bill for pay ment of rt subsidy to American indus trial and agricultural producers, while plans were continued for displacing the measure In tho senate for farm credits legislation. Secretary Wallace, in testimony be fore the Interstate Commerce commis sion. supported the application «>£ western states for lower transporta tion rates on hay and grain President Harding, in a letter read at the National Council of Fanners Cooperative Marketing associations, endorsed thejr activities as an effec tive means of providing relief to agri culture. Secretary Wallace also en dorsed them. Two senate comnnUce hearings on various farm credits proposals con tinued with Eugene Meyer, Jr., direc tor of the war finance corporation, among the witnesses urging enact ment of relief legislation. A resolution was offered in the house hy Representative Newton of Missouri, endorsed hy ‘.'0 other repub lican representatives, for a $7u,00ft,00o appropriation to relievo famine condi tions in Germany and Austria. Tho house, beginning consideration of the naval appropriation hill, was told by Representative Eincborgcr, republican. California, that President Harding has been engaged with tho question of negotiating with other powers for a limitation in construction of smaller craft. Representative Kci ley. republican, Michigan, in charge of the measure, said the Navy depart ment had recommend?d a construc tion program costing $371,000,000. Representative Killer, republican, Minnesota, refused to proceed further before the house judiciary committee with his impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty, declar ing tho proceedings v.ero "a comic opera-” He.was summon? 1 to appear before tho, committee Friday to give testimony' under oath as to his charges of high crimes and misde meanors against Mr. Daugherty. Ship in Crash New York. Deo. 14.—In a driving snow storm, in lower New York bay. tho ward liner Mexico, bound out for Havana, Cuba, with 119 passengers, today collided with the Hamilton of the old Dominion line, coming in from Norfolk, Va. T(je Mexico, the port side 6f which was badly dam aged, sent out a wireless call for as sistance. 1 Killed iu Wisconsin Wreck. Thorp, Wife, Dec; 11.—One train man was killed and two others were badly injured and about 15 passengers more or iesg seriously hurt early to day when Minneapolis, St. Paul & Saulte Ste Marie passenger train No. 3, Chicago to Minneapolis, collided headon with a lrieght train near here. i MKelvie Urges Credit to Europe TVIJs Governors’ Meet This Would Increase Demand for U. S. Farm Products. Wliita Sulphur Springs, W. Ya.. Dec. 14.—Farm legislation and Indus trial problems occupied the attention of the I4tli annual conference of gov ernors today at its opening session. The chief executives of nearly a scoro of states were in their chairs when Governor Sprout of Pennsyl vania caled the meeting. Granting additional credit by the United States to foreign countries hav ing stable forms of government, with certain restrictions, was recommend ed by S. H. McKelvle, governor of Ne braska, speaking before the confer ence. as a means of increasing the de mand for American argricultura! products, thereby strengthening the | farming industry. In making this recommendation. Governor McKelvle said he did not favor cancellation of foreign d-dHs by the' United rftates and before grant ing additional credit to a foreign na tion .the governor Btated. the United States should first ascertain whether the applicant had reduced its armed force to a sound peace basis, lie urg ed payment-of obligations now owing the United States by nations maintain ing military organizations jeopardiz ing world peace. Reifschneider Freed by Jury Out 27 Hours The jury in the case of the state against John H. Reifschneider of Council Bluffs, charged with the mur der of Fred Wlmmermark of Omaha, after being out 27 hours, yesterday afternoon returned a verdict of not guilty in district court In Council Bluffs. Reifschneider shot Wlmmermark last April while he and Reifschneldcr’a wife, and two others, a man and a woman, sat in an auto parked near the Reifschneider home in Council Bluffs, where he had surprised them after unexpectedly returning home. Reifsehiv ider is a. traveling salesman. Mrs. Reifschneider, who was also.shot by her husband at tiie same time, re covered and attended the trial of her husband. ■-.-, i New Japanese Ambassador to Washington Announced Tokio, Dec. 14.—<By A. F.) — The appointment of Foreign Minister Hanihara as ambassador to Washing ton to succeed Ambassador Shidc hara, will be announced Saturday, jt was said today. He expects to leave tor the United States tho latter part of January, at though the debates in the diet relat ing to foreign affairs may delay liis departure. Sadao Baburi. first secretary of the Washington embassy, who has been acting in the place of JShihara since the latter was forced to return to Japan because of illness, will remain In the capital for the present. The Weather Forecast. Friday, fair and colder. Hourly Temperatures. 5 ii. in. . l*! ft a. ni. IS « e. m.13 4 b. m.13 0 a. ni. . ...14 10 a. m.. ....14 11 a, m.1H 13 noon i n- m. j: 3 p. .15 3 p. m.IH 4 p. m.la 3 P. o».14 # p. m.13 3 P- m.U » p. » President Negotiates for Parley Question of Coufcreuce oti Liiuiting Construction of W arships Taken Up bv Harding Months Ago. Announcement Surprise Washington, Dec. 14.—(Ey A. I*.)—i President Harding, according to statement made in the house today, “has been engaged for several months" with the question 6t nego tiating with the big powers abroad relative to limiting the construction of warships under 10,000 tons, which lie is r< quested to do under a provis ion of <hc naval supply bill. This information was given by Rep resentative Lmeberger. republican, 1 'allfornla, during a brief flurry of de bate while Chairman Kelley of tht» subcommittee in charge of the meas ure was recking to explain the rea sons for the request. It. was, admit tedly. a surprise to the committee, which had not consulted the presi dent prior to presentation of the bt'I. Mi. Kelley bad just declared that while tlie arms conference bad af forded a net saving of 5113,000,000, the general staff of the navy had rec ommended 3 projected program, un der tho 10,000-ton limitation, entail ing the expenditure of 3331.000,000. Plans .Vlrrady Under Way, ' The gentleman is requesting thv president to do something which we and everyone knows he has been so raged In doing for several months past," interrupted Mr. Llneberger. Would it riot be much better ver biage to approve that which the pres ident is now doing rather than to re quest him to do something that he has been doing for months? ‘ Mr. Keli-y raid he waa not inter ested in th® language of the reqnee*. aa set forth in the bill, at the same tiuio expressing the hope that the Cal ifornian agreed with the idea “I do agree with you In principle."’ he replierj. Tha only reference to th® president, waa made by Representative Byrnei. ; youth Carolina, ranking democrat of i he subcommittee, who said ha did not know that Mr. Llneberger had told the house that "the president Is now at work upon some plan for the call ing of another conference for tha lim itation of armament.” Hope*, Information Correct. "I assume that tho gentleman ha-* tiie information from the president, Mr. Byrnes added, "and X am delight .d to know licit fids is true. X must, say that 1 should value the inform®' tion more and that I would feel more confident about it if only I could have tiie gentifwm state that he <114 re ceive it from the president, but I do not see him on the floor. Ho far at l am concerned, it is my dearest hope that it Is correct.’* Many questions were directed at Mr. Kelley as to what the other na tions had done in the matter of naval reduction. “I do not think any nation has undertaken to destroy any of its ships, although Great Britain pos sibly lias scrapped some of tts old ships, which she had already begun to scrap befi ro the conference,” ho said. OpiMirtunity I.ost. Chairman Butler *d tha naval com mittee broke into tho discussion. "We have accomplished just thix by this,” lio slid. “We have traded tiie 16-ineli gun for two 18-inch guns." Representative Bntten, Illi nois, ranking republican of the naval committee, declared, “we have lost tiie opportunity to become the first naval power and we shall probably be the second or third. Generally tho bill had easy sailing. Mr. Byrnes and Representative Oli ver, democrat, Alabama, another member of tho subcommittee, dis cussed tho measure In detail and ex plained how the arms conference had affected the building programs. Mr. Oliver said that out of 10 battleships and six battle cruisers authorized by the 1916 program, only three would be retained by tho navy under the arms treaty. Taking up tho bill item by Item, tho houso had covered one-fourth of the distance when it quit, and It will bo held in port Friday while an elec* tion contest is given right of- way. Cold Wave Headed Here, Is Forecast The cold wave flag was hoisted for*" the second time this week over the ; federal building at II yesterday after noon. . . The mercury w ill drop to between t and ID degrees bolow zero by dawn Friday .according to the federal weather bureau. The official forecast given out yes terday was snow and 'colder last) night, Friday fair and colder. The cold wavij llag was hoisted tho first timo this year last Monday when the mercury slid down to 3 de grees below zero Tuesday morning for the coldest temperature of the year in Omaha. The federal foreast for the Mis sissippi valley for the week waa be* ' low normal temperatures. W ild Balloon Drifts from California Beyond Ilonolulu Los Angeles. i*ee. 14.—A balloon which was torn from Its moorings near San Fernando. 20 miles north of Los Angeles, recently, just beforo Richard Kerwood. baaloonist of Ven ice, a suburb, was to use It In a "stunt" for a motion picture, drifted to Honolulu and beyond, according to reports received here. Kerwood has a jett'T from "Stub” Campbell, diver at Honolulu, statins he saw’ a balloon lie thought proba bly was Kerwood's, rass over the Hawaiian metropolis and Into the v.cft, more Uua 10 da; :: age*
